tom barton, bbc news.ssex have been released on bail. the 25—year—old lorry drive — maurice robinson is due to appear in court tomorrow charged with manslaughter. meanwhile familes in vietman have been holding vigils and ceremonies for loved ones they fear died in the lorry as mark lowen reports. in vietnam, a shattered community is trying to keep faith. not yet knowing but fearing that their children's journey across the world for a betterfuture has ended in tragedy. most of the 39 lorry victims are thought to be vietnamese, and this nation is grieving. translation: we are hoping that our children will have the same life that people have over there, and now things have turned out like this. an unbearable weight, for news of this man's sun, the father of a little boy, too young to understand. he last heard from his son one week ago, on facebook. —— son. "i'm about to board a car to britain", he wrote, "i will contact the family when i arrived in britain. translation: i have no hope any more and i am very a

december — if the eu offers a brexit delay until the end of january. 0ur political correspondent tom bartoni am wrong, but it seems we have a stand—off between the government, mps, and the eu. if iam right, who the government, mps, and the eu. if i am right, who will blink first? nobody wants to make the first move, do they, as is often the case in those situations. we did get a conclusion of sorts from this meeting, the eu ambassadors yesterday, in that they agreed they would be an extension, what we didn't hear is how long that extension will be. and there is a big disagreement in the eu about that, particularly with france's president emmanuel macron who is very keen on a much shorter extension than some of the other eu states. so, instead of up to the end of the year, potentially the end of january, he would rather see extension ofjust a couple of weeks. and that matters because boris johnson would like to see the selection on december the 12th, he will put that to parliament on monday, we understand. and he can only call that election of two thirds of mps to support him. 0pposition par

that was our political correspondent tom barton. ben gillham—rice and dom ansah died after being attacked at a birthday party in archford croft. two suspects have now appeared in court. both have been remanded in custody. the family of a british student who disappeared after a party on a cambodian island has flown out to join the search for her. 21—year—old amelia bambridge from worthing was last seen in the backpacker resort of koh rong on wednesday. her handbag has been found on a nearby beach. there have been reports of further violence in iraq despite an announcement by protest leaders that they will suspend demonstrations to give the government time to come up with solutions to their demands. funerals were held today after at least a0 people were killed in the demonstrations yesterday. they began three weeks ago in protest at corruption, lack ofjobs and economic hardship. dr renad mansour, project director of the iraq initiative at chatham house, said the protestors‘ ultimate aim is to change the entire political system in iraq

that was tom barton.to give the government time to find solutions to their demands. we are hearing reports of more u nrest we are hearing reports of more unrest today. at least a0 people were killed, and 2000 others were injured, in protests across the country yesterday. security forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. demonstrations began three weeks ago against corruption, lack ofjobs and economic hardship. the iraqi prime minister, adel abdul—mahdi, has refused to step down but promised to reshuffle his cabinet. joining us via webcam is dr renad mansour, project director of the iraq initiative at chatham house. thank you forjoining us. this is a complicated situation and the background to it is complicated. can you help us to understand it a little bit better? for some time, there has been a sort of gap between there has been a sort of gap between the people and the rulers in iraq. it was for many seen that the next fault line, the iraq that we once thought was a fault line has actu

tom barton, thank you for the update.ear in court this morning charged with a double murder at a house party in milton keynes. dom ansah and ben gillham—rice were stabbed to death last weekend. earl bevans, who's 22, has also been charged with two counts of attempted murder. another man, 21 year old charlie chandler, was remanded in custody on the same charges. at least a0 people have died in iraq after a fresh wave of anti—government protests descended into violence. reports say half of the victims were killed while trying to storm the offices of militia groups and the government. protesters are demanding more jobs, better public services and an end to corruption. a man from derby has completed an epic 4,000 mile walk around the coast of britain in memory of his daughter, who died from a blood clot in 2011. martin shipley began his amazing journey from robin hood's bay in yorkshire in february. his wife, maureen, has been supporting him throughout the challenge, and has walked a thousand miles herself. they've raised mor

here's our political correspondent tom barton.ike you've done this quite a lot recently. at the referendum in 2016, at the election in 2017. but could you be doing it again before the end of 2019? today the lib dems and the snp we have american media reporting that a special operation had eliminated al—baghdadi, and we are waiting for mr eliminated al—baghdadi, and we are waiting foertrump to eliminated al—baghdadi, and we are waiting for mr trump to make his announcement. he tweeted last night that something big has happened. without specifying what that was. lets put together the facts we have at the moment and see if we can just check and challenge and look at some of the narrative. reports we have suggests that the radon al—baghdadi may have happened in the idlib region in north—west syria. that's a long way from his heartland. is that a place he could be, in idlib? he could have been anywhere. he was originally born in southern iraq, and when he founded the islamic state group and declared the caliphate across iraq and syria,

the snp have joined forces in an attempt to trigger an earlier poll. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonion parties to work together to stop boris johnson from doing things and this looks like a plan from the lib dems and the snp to try to help him get the election that he once even if labour, as it looks like they might, decide not to back it. this is because the law as it stands mean that you need a two thirds majority in parliament for a snap election like the one borisjohnson wants to be called. that needs the support of labour mps be called. that needs the support of labourmps are be called. that needs the support of labour mps are bidders going to go over the line. this proposal would essentially see the party is changing the law, changing the fixed—term parliaments act to hold an election slightly earlier than borisjohnson an election slightly earlier than boris johnson wanted. he an election slightly earlier than borisjohnson wanted. he wanted one december 12 and this would be monday the 9th of december. because it is a change of the law it would only need half of mps wish they c

parties who explicitly said they wanted to stop brexit from happening. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonrnment's plan for an election three days later. if a snap election like the one borisjohnson wants is to be held, in normal circumstances, you need a two thirds majority in parliament. that can't happen without labour's support. this proposal would see the parties changing the law to set the election date. that only needs half of the mps and so could happen without labour. just in the last hour or so, jo swinson, the leader of the lib dems, has been setting out how the proposals would work. i haven't spoken to borisjohnson, but i think the challenge is absolutely on him. because if he is serious about wanting an election, and if he is genuine that it's about having an election before christmas, then he can back this bill. because the other problem with his plan is that it leaves the ability to set the date of the election down to the prime minister. he says the 12th of december, but, i mean, this is a man who is prepared to say anything. he doesn't do what he says. the advantage of thi

december, if the eu offers a brexit delay until the end of january. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton mexican stand—off between government, mps, and the eu, with no one wanting to make the first move. yesterday we had a conclusion of sorts between eu ambassadors saying that they would agree to an extension, but not saying how long that extension would be. that matters because borisjohnson has said he wants to hold an election on december 12. he needs the support of opposition parties. and they have said they will only commit if it happens before the brexit deadline. that is a deadline that we do not yet know the date of. so now we are no clear whether boris johnson will get his election force of his ministers today saying that there should be an election and the opposition, jeremy corbyn in particular, you need to get on board. when theresa may was prime minister, or he would talk about, and one of the things he was talking about constantly with this need for about constantly with this need for a general election. now he seems to have changed his mind and is a saying that that is beca

the snp have joined forces in an attempt to trigger an earlier poll. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonw days earlier than boris johnson, on they want to just a few days earlier than borisjohnson, on the 9th of december 12. it really this is a way of the two opposition parties that we are talking about, the lib dems and the snp, trying to get an election even if labour choose not to support one because at the moment labour, it is very unclear which way they are going to fall. of course, ifa snap they are going to fall. of course, if a snap election like the one borisjohnson if a snap election like the one boris johnson wants to if a snap election like the one borisjohnson wants to be held in normal circumstances you need a two thirds majority in parliament. that cannot happen without labour‘s support. this proposal would see the party is changing the law to set the election date. 0nly needs half of mps and so could happen without labour. joe swinson has been setting out how the proposals would work. i haven't spoken to borisjohnson but i think the challenge is absolutely on him because

december, if the eu offers a brexit delay until the end of january. 0ur political correspondent tom bartonhe prime minister. we did get a conclusion of sorts from this meeting of the eu ambassadors yesterday, in that they agree there would be an extension. but we did not hear is how long that extension will be. there is big disagreements in the eu about that, particularly with france's president emmanuel macron, who is very keen on a much shorter extension that some of the other eu states. so, instead of the other eu states. so, instead of up to the end of the year, potentially the end of january, he would rather see an extension of just a couple of weeks. that matters because boris johnson just a couple of weeks. that matters because borisjohnson would like to see the selection on december the 12th. he is going to put that parliament, we understand, on monday. he can only call that selection of two thirds of mps supporting. now, opposition parties have made it clear, first of all, they were not necessarily support there is no matter what, but if they did it would be conditional on it's ha

we can speak now to our political correspondent tom barton, and tom, there have been further developments parties this weekend? i think set to pick up pace tomorrow? absolutely. borisjohnson is set to ask mps to back him in an election but also potentially getting some help from the opposition. we have heard a lot in recent week about opposition parties working together to try to stop borisjohnson. now working together to try to stop boris johnson. now it looks working together to try to stop borisjohnson. now it looks like the lib dems and the snp could be working together to try to help them to getan working together to try to help them to get an election even if labour decides not to back one. that is because at the member did boris johnson wants to call a snap election needs a majority of two thirds of mps which means it cannot happen without the support of at least some labour mps. this proposal from the lib dems and the snp would see them change the law to set an election date. just a few days earlier than boris johnson were suggesting on monday, december nine. if they did that they

we can speak now to our political correspondent tom barton. osition parties this weekend? further developments this weekend from opposition parties. they deliver what the premise has been frustrated by? we have heard a lot in recent weeks about opposition parties working together to try to stop borisjohnson. parties working together to try to stop boris johnson. well, parties working together to try to stop borisjohnson. well, now we have a proposal from the lib stop borisjohnson. well, now we have a proposalfrom the lib dems and the snp to try to help him to get started election that he desperately wants, even if labour decides not to back it. —— get that election. the law, as it stands, means there needs to be a two—thirds majority for a vote to a snap election. that would need a labour backing it. this proposalfrom the lib dems and the snp to change the law and hold an election ever so slightly earlier than boris johnson is proposing, on monday ninth december, instead of 12th december, would need only half of mps, which means it could happen

here's our political correspondent tom barton. what jessica parker. are suggesting nine december for some there are couple things you need to discuss. they don't want to be seen dancing to borisjohnson's tune on this one, but there is also a crucial plane between their plane and the government's plan. the government's plan centres on looking at the withdrawal bill, scrutinising and trying to get it through parliament before that snapple. the snp and lib dems say they are not interested in passing the withdrawal agreement bill, they don't like brexit. they want to secure a three month delay to brexit from the eu, and have that snap election. i think some key differences there. also intriguingly, there has been talk as to where there will be a few more stu d e nts to where there will be a few more students still around in their university towns on december the micro nine december as opposed to 12 december, which could be helpful to the lib dems. in terms of the potential for a the lib dems. in terms of the potentialfor a general the lib dems. in terms o

let's chat to our political correspondent tom barton.e right now, if you can! i will try! we have a conclusion of sorts in the eu's ambassadors last night, not really one that gets us any closer to know what happens next in the brexit saga. so they have delay to the brexit deadline but haven't as you say told us how long the delay is going to be, and that is crucial because boris johnson is going to be, and that is crucial because borisjohnson says he wants an election to sort all of this out on december 12. he can only do that with the support of opposition mps. and they have made it clear that they will only support an election if it happens before the date of brexit, which means for now we are no clear on whether borisjohnson is going to get his wish of a general election. the eu's ambassadors say they will carry on talking about all of this over the weekend and a decision is expected on monday or perhaps tuesday but there is real disagreement among eu leaders on how long this extension should be with friends‘s president emmanuel macr

let's chat to our political correspondent tom barton.ere is that boris johnson takes his department on monday and he needs to thirds of mps to give him that election and it is by no means certain he will get them? that's right, essentially you have something of a stand—off between the government, parliament and the european union. nobody wants to make the first move. we have a conclusion of sorts yesterday from eu ambassadors agreeing to a delay but not telling us what date they would like to delay brexit until. and that is crucial because boris johnson once this election on december the 12th. as you say he can only do that with the support of two thirds of mps. and opposition parties have made it clear that even if they were to back the election, thatis if they were to back the election, that is by no means certain that they would only do so if it was before the date of brexit. we are no closer to knowing whether or not borisjohnson will get closer to knowing whether or not boris johnson will get that election oi’ boris johnson will get