susana mendonca so susana mendonca so there. susana mendonca there.oid press — taking action against the owners of the sun, the now defunct news of the world, and the daily mirror, in relation to alleged phone—hacking. it‘s not yet clear when prince harry‘s allegations date from — but in a phone hacking trial in 2011 he was named, along with prince william, as a victim. his move follows the announcement that his wife meghan is taking separate legal action against the mail on sunday. ben ando has more. the end of another high—profile tour fulfilling their royal duties, meeting and greeting, but amid ever—frostier relations between the prince and the press. now, harry is suing the publishers of two tabloid newspapers, the sun and the mirror, over allegations his mobile phone was hacked, it‘s thought, in the early 2000s. the phone—hacking scandal led to the closure of the mighty news of the world newspaper in 2011. and, during a trial that year, princes harry, william and kate middleton, now the duchess of cambridge, were named as victims. but why is the

that was susana mendonca speaking to me earlier.us demand the white house hands over documents for their impeachment inquiry into president trump. protesters defy a ban on wearing facemasks as much of hong kong is shut down. the government indicates it could clarify its new brexit offer after the eu called for "fundamental changes". in sport, england are the first team through to the rugby world cup finals. they beat argentina 39—10, three victories out of three, they play france in their final pool match. tottenham lost 3—0 away to brighton in the lunchtime kick—off, no goals in the other matches in the premier league so far this afternoon. the england lionesses luz one against brazil. they were playing a friendly at middlesbrough's riverside stadium. an update for you in the next hour. iran has released a british—australian woman and her boyfriend who'd been detained for three months on spying charges. jolie king and her australian boyfriend mark firkin had been accused of using a drone to take pictures of military sites. separate

susana mendonca there. chancellor, john mcdonnell, said boris johnson's offer of a deal to the eu was nothing more than a political stunt. it looks like an election stunt, it looks like they are put forward proposals they know the eu will not accept, and not basis borisjohnson will portray himself as some form of victim either from the will portray himself as some form of victim eitherfrom the eu parliament and that will be the basis of his election campaign. what we want is a prime minister who looks after the long term interests of our country, make sure we rule no—deal off the table completely, goes into negotiations, secures a sensible deal and put it back to the people with the option to remain. what we wa nted with the option to remain. what we wanted to bring the country back together again. the best way of doing that is let the people speak. iran has released a british—australian woman and her boyfriend who'd been detained for three months on spying charges. jolie king and her australian boyfriend m

earlier our political correspondent susana mendonca said that it is unclear how the government couldr brexit if a deal is not agreed with the eu by october the 19th. if the government has not agreed a deal with parliament by october 19th, then it has to ask the eu for an extension, so it has to send a letter to the european union asking for that extension. there is a court case going on at the moment in scotland, where those who have taken that there are basically trying to make sure that borisjohnson does obey the law. the prime minister said that he will obey the law, but at the same time he is saying he will leave on october 31st. but it is not clear that if he can‘t get a deal with the eu or through parliament and the law as it stands it says we can‘t leave. a sense we are getting certainly from the government, is that perhaps they are looking for alternatives, other ways to get around that law. in terms of the letter that they sent to the courts this week, a lot of people are suspecting that perhaps this is about discouraging the court from making some kind of ruling that would

our political correspondent susana mendonca explained how the deal presented by borisjohnson to the euot from the european union is what is on the table at the moment is not in keeping with what they are after and borisjohnson is basically saying that he will want a situation where you have northern ireland staying within the single market for goods leaving the whole of the uk leaving the eu customs union. so one of the key challenges and debates around all of this and the reason for the backstop which is this insurance policy to prevent a ha rd this insurance policy to prevent a hard border is about trying to keep an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. is planned by borisjohnson, the government are saying that you will be able to do order checks and factories and away from the border but the european union does not seem particularly convinced of that and what we have had so far from the eu, the irish p.m. saying it falls short and donald tusk saying he has not convinced and on friday there is a meeting of eu negotiators with eu diplomats saying that funda

our political correspondent susana mendonca explained how the deal presented by borisjohnson to the eumoment is not in keeping with what they‘re after. borisjohnson has said he would want a situation where you have northern ireland staying within the single market for goods, but leaving the whole of the uk leaving the customs union. so one of the key challenges and one of the key d e bates the key challenges and one of the key debates and the reason for the backstop, this insurance policy to prevent a hard border is about trying to keep an open border in ireland and this plan by boris johnson, the government say that you would be able to do border checks in factories and away from the border. but the eu doesn‘t seem convinced and what we have had from the europe and what we have had from the europe and the irish pm saying it falls short and on friday there was a meeting of eu negotiators with diplomats saying fundamental changes have to happen. the government has been talking of how it will clarify its offer and there will be talks in brussels on monday and borisjohnson is heading to m

borisjohnson has insisted the only options are a ‘new deal or no deal‘. 0ur political correspondent susana mendoncame now. the question still remains, what is going to happen if there is not a deal agreed at the end of october? the government is still insisting they will exit, but they have not said how. yes, there is a low in place which basically says if the government has not agreed a deal with parliament by october 19, then it has to ask the eu for an extension, said it has to send a letter to the european union asking for that extension. there was a court case going on at the moment in scotland, where those who have taken that there are basically trying to make sure that borisjohnson does a baby law. the prime minister said that he will obey the law, but at the same time he is saying he will leave on october 31 —— will obey the law. but it is not clear that if you can't get a deal through parliament and the law as it stands it says we can't leave. a sense we are getting certainly from the government, is that perhaps they are looking for alternatives, other ways to get around that law. in terms

borisjohnson has insisted the only options are a "new deal or no deal". 0ur political correspondent susana mendoncao get ideal? it is difficult to say that at the moment, the sense from the european union is that what is on the table is not in keeping with what they are after. borisjohnson has said he would want a situation where you have got northern ireland staying within the single market for goods but the whole of the uk leaving the customs union, and so one of the key challenges and one of the key debates around all of these, and the reason for the backstop, this insurance policy to prevent a hard border, is about trying to keep an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and this plan by borisjohnson, the government say that you would be able to do border checks at factories and away from the border, but the european union doesn‘t seem particularly convinced of that, and certainly what we have had so far, leo varadkar, the irish pm, saying that it falls short, donald tusk saying he is not convinced, on friday there was a meeting of eu negotiators with eu diplomats, ba