emma vardy, bbc news. this is the briefing from bbc news.— despite a growing challenge to her leadership. other eu leaders have said they won't renegotiate the brexit agreement, even if it's rejected by parliament. the authorities in california say the number of people reported missing after the deadliest wildfire in the state's history has sharply increased to more than six hundred. at least 63 people are now known to have died. judges at the international tribunal in cambodia have convicted two former leaders of the khmer rouge of genocide. they were accused of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities. now it's time to look at the stories that are making headlines around the world — and no surprises as brexit dominates many of the front pages. let's just take a quick peek at the financial times — and how the uk is waking up to what's been called the most important issue since the second world war. the ft says the prime minister is fighting for her political life, and her brexit plan. the times suggests mrs m

leicester strikerjamie vardy opens up about the death of the club's chairman and says the team will plays honour this weekend. it was a unanimous player, every play -- it was a unanimous player, every play —— decision, every player and staff member said we need to play this game. also coming up in the programme: we meet the 6 six—year—old from kent who's been taking the world of golf by storm. i started with one shot and i won on the second day. hello and welcome to the programme. with the opening weekend of the autumn internationals upon us, we have some rather intriguing fixtures ahead, as the world's top teams step up their rugby world cup preparations. another blow for injury—hit england though — they'll have to face a resurgent south africa side without manu tuilagi. but could that see the return of another prodigal son, as chris ashton takes his place on the bench? with all the latest from the england camp, here's our sports news correspondentjoe wilson. if we're thinking of world cup final ina if we're thinking of world cup final in a year's time, the positive way of looking at th

emma vardy, bbc news.can migrants travelling through mexico towards the us have reached the mexican border city of tijuana. a caravan of around 5,000 more is currently making its way north. the us defence secretary has been defending president trump's decision to send thousands of troops to the border. caroline rigby reports. relief, exhaustion — after a month on the road. this is the us border in the mexican city of tijuana. up to 1000 migrants are thought to have arrived here in recent days, but this is just a splinter group which pressed ahead of the main larger caravan that follows behind. that contains around 5000 people from central america who say they are fleeing persecution, poverty, and violence. all dreaming of a better life in the united states. hoping president trump will let them in. translation: we're not bad people. we hope he will let us through because we're going to find work and we want to be able to provide the best for our children. translation: i want to work, help my family. have a

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.cretary, boris johnson is due to address the conference in the next half hour. speaking ahead of that mrjohnson called on the government and the eu to get rid of the irish backstop. the best thing we can do isjump the backstop and get both sides to ee, backstop and get both sides to agree, which they both do agree, that there is no need through our border in northern ireland. the commission doesn't want it, or the technical experts say that there is no need to have it, and then take that discussion out of the withdrawal agreement and put it for the negotiations that are going to ta ke the negotiations that are going to take place over the next couple of yea rs, take place over the next couple of years, which is where it belongs, and that is the way forward. separately, you agree to do a big free—trade agreement and both sides need to do that, and i think what we should also do, to encourage progress towards that free—trade agreement, we need the uk government to say now, that £39 billi

speaking before this afternoon's match, jamie vardy said the players we re match, jamie vardy said thelayers were given the option over whether they wanted to play this afternoon but that the decision was unanimous that everyone wanted to get out on the pitch and to do justice to their chairman. the fans were given a free brea kfast chairman. the fans were given a free breakfast at the king power stadium before setting off to cardiff this morning, and they were also given t—shirts when they arrived in cardiff to commemorate their chairman. we spoke to some fans who we re chairman. we spoke to some fans who were delighted to be here and felt they wanted to show their support. he is the top of the family tree, really. from supporters, the fans, their players, he has been there for their players, he has been there for the community, not just their players, he has been there for the community, notjust for the club but for the wider community. as a lot of people have been saying, he has done a lot for football in the country and around the world. he has shown how you can run a football club

emma vardy, bbc news.oling, who won singapore's first—ever olympic medal in swimming in 2016 — beating his childhood idol michael phelps. he's about to compete in the world championships in singapore, but managed to squeeze in time to talk to me at the pool. i'm here withjoseph schooling, one of the fastest swimmers in the world, and, you know what, we will be finding out if he can answer questions as fast as he can swim. ready, set, go. your favourite pre—competition song. what are your goals for the tokyo olympics? best times. your favourite movie of all time? ghosts of girlfriendspast. char siu or texas barbecue? texas barbecue. how many hours per day do you train? five hours per day. what is your guilty pleasure? local food that i shouldn't be having because it makes me fat. favourite junk food you are not allowed to have? mcdonald's. will you go into politics? never say never, maybe. what do you hate about training? jumping in the cold pool early in the morning. singapore or texas? singapore. so wait.

emma vardy, bbc news. theresa may will be speaking to parliament.be speaking about five hours because time. we will be here to take you through that, sally. thank you, villa park, we will see you soon. on my way to work this morning, i was digging deep into this withdrawal agreement and what it means. —— phillipa. ifound agreement and what it means. —— phillipa. i found this online. agreement and what it means. —— phillipa. ifound this online. it agreement and what it means. —— phillipa. i found this online. it is a fantastic explainer from the process today onwards and what could happen in every eventuality. it is a good way of getting your head around the process from here onwards. we will have more on brexit in business briefing. former first lady michelle obama has begun an international tour promoting her new memoir, becoming. the book reveals that she had a miscarriage, and used ivf to conceive both her daughters. she talks also of seeking couple's therapy with her husband, former president barack of course. she told cbs news there were times

emma vardy, bbc news.one in florida, where ballots in the senate and governor's races were undergoing a recount. now everyone awaits the results, it probably won't surprise you to learn this drama may not be over yet. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan is in fort lauderdale. florida is a state that is no stranger to recount. we all remember that hugely contentious presidential race between george w bush and al gore 18 years ago, and it looks like the ghost of recount has come to haunt this state once again. now more than a week on the mid—term elections, some key races are still undecided. we have two recounts this week, the ones are watching the race the senate and the race for governor, and they were triggered because the margin between the republican and democratic candidates was close enough to go to a recounts, although the republican candidates in both of those races we re candidates in both of those races were ahead. now in the race for governor, the republican candidate remains ahead and off after the r

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.pected to be in brussels later this afternoon ahead of tomorrow's meeting of eu heads of government. spain's prime minister, though, insists he will not attend unless spanish objections concerning gibraltar are sorted out. our correspondent gavin lee is in brussels. how serious is the spanish threat of a "no show" (05) threat of a "no show". how serious is the spanish threat of a "no show"? well, pedro sanchez, the prime minister, has arrived back in madrid from cuba, when he gave that speech last night to say that unless they have an explicit legal text saying that spain has a say, final say, with the uk over gibraltar, which it still contests the british overseas territory, he will not be attending tomorrow's summit, which means the summit cannot go ahead because you cannot have an extraordinary summit with one key member missing. according to eu rules. talking to eu officials today, they are saying the brits and spanish officials are trying to come to some way to placate the spanish

they are not all here but we saw jamie vardy, captain wes morgan, goalkeeper kasper schmeichel, of courseearing black suits with other players, and officials. they were taken straight into the temple complex. you can see behind me where the funeral will go on for many, many more days. there are four more rituals over the next five or six days, but then the cremation itself will not be for at least another, well, close to 100 days. they are there today with the daughter of thailand‘s current king, maha vajiralongkorn. this is a royally sponsored event. it makes it a very elite and illustrious occasion indeed. a reflection of vichai‘s extraordinary business success, and the status he achieved in a relatively short time. he made his money relatively quickly here in thailand, and of the very good network he had. we have seen the cream of the great and good coming to show their respect for him. but it does not have the same kind of feel as the tributes we have seen back in britain. his sporting success, while many thais have taken pride in it, can‘t have the same impact as it has for a team li

emma vardy, bbc news.ster of wales, carwynjones, have written a joint letter to theresa may criticising the "chaotic" approach to brexit and demanding a much greater involvement for the devolved administrations in the negotiations. ms sturgeon says the plans put scotland at a competitive disadvantage because they would take scotland out of the single market, while northern ireland would in effect stay inside. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith joins us from edinburgh. talk us through the case that the first minister is likely to be making in the days ahead. nicola sturgeon says the proposed brexit agreement is unfair to scotland because it gives northern ireland the sort of deal that she's long been arguing for. the snp have a lwa ys been arguing for. the snp have always said they want scotland to stay in the single market on the customs union even after the rest of the uk have left. the prime minister has always said that's impossible. but, say the snp, if you can have separate arrangements were northern ire

emma vardy, bbc news.on, and the first minister of wales, carwynjones, have written a joint letter to theresa may criticising the chaotic approach to brexit and demanding a much greater involvement for the devolved administrations in the negotiations. ms sturgeon says the plans put scotland at a competitive disadvantage, because they would take scotland out of the single market, while northern ireland would in effect stay inside. our scotland editor sarah smith reports. nicola sturgeon says the proposed brexit agreement is unfair to scotla nd brexit agreement is unfair to scotland because it gives northern ireland this sort of deal she has long been arguing. the snp has a lwa ys long been arguing. the snp has always said they want scotland to stay in the single market and customs union even after the rest of the uk has left. the prime minister has always said that is some possible but the snp says if you can have separate arrangements the northern ireland why can't scotland operate under those rules? it is

emma vardy, bbc news.lling through mexico to seek asylum in the us have reached the mexican border city of tijuana. a caravan of around 5000 more is currently making its way north through the country. meanwhile, the us defence secretary, generaljames mattis has defended president trump's decision to deploy thousands of troops to the border. caroline rigby has more. relief, exhaustion. after a month on the road. this is the us border in the road. this is the us border in the mexican city of tijuana. up to 1000 migrants are thought to have a right here in recent days, but this is just right here in recent days, but this isjust a splinter right here in recent days, but this is just a splinter group which pressed ahead of the mean larger ca rava n pressed ahead of the mean larger caravan at that follows behind. —— maine. that contains around 5000 people from central america who say they are fleeing persecution, poverty, and violence. all dreaming ofa poverty, and violence. all dreaming of a better life in the

emma vardy reporting. talks are needed to finalise a brexit deal before sunday's planned eu summit. a 31—year—old british academic is jailed for life in the united arab emirates. matthew hedges was charged with of spying for the uk government. the family of a six—year—old girl who was sexually assaulted by boys at school is awarded compensation from the local authority. around 200 people died every day in the united states last year after a drug overdose, as the number of deaths hit record levels. in chicago, more people died from drugs than from gun—related crimes or car crashes. most of those who died had taken opioids, a class of drug that includes heroin and synthetic fentanyl, which is far more powerful than heroin. but in chicago, there has also been a big rise in the number of deaths from cocaine. it is up by more than a third. and that is because the synthetic drug fentanyl, which is 50 times stronger than heroin, is now being mixed in with cocaine to ensure those who take it get hooked. nick bryan

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.f britain's top police officers says his force is unable to provide the public with the level of service they require. cleveland police chief mike veale says financial cuts are too deep and have gone on too long. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is here. these comments follow some filming you did in cleveland in hartlepool the other day. yes. they have had budget cuts of more than a third which is led to them losing more than a quarter of staff including 500 officers and we filmed recently with police officers in hartlepool the effects of that. ten officers on a night shift to cover a total of 92,000 people. the custody suite was not open because they did not have enough staff saw prisoners were being taken to middlesbrough, taking officers out of the town. local residents patrolling the streets trying to deter criminals because they felt the police were not able to respond to car crime and robberies. the chief has come out in response to this and said the cuts have go

emma vardy, bbc news.een ordered in the us state of florida for the hotly—contested senate seat in last week's mid—term elections. an electronic recount revealed the margin of victory for the republican candidate, rick scott, was less than 0.25%. he has again urged his democratic party rival, bill nelson, to admit defeat. the director of the us emergency agency says that paradise — the town in california destroyed by wildfire — will take years to rebuild. he described the destruction there as "one of the worst disasters" he had ever seen. so far, it's confirmed 56 people have been found dead, 130 more are still missing. there are figures we can't confirm at the momentjust coming in from the reuters newsagency talking about more than 600 people missing and a death toll of 63 and, but as i say, we cannot confirm those figures. 0ur north america correspondent dan johnson reports. these are the teams that must answer the painful questions that hang in this acrid air. where is my family member? what happened to

in his honour — jamie vardy says leicester city will play this weekend as a tribute to the club's ownerour high street bad for you? new research reveals the unhealthiest high streets in the uk. and who do you think should go on the new £50 note? just one rule — it must be a british scientist. and coming up, it's another blow for injury—hit england, with manu tuilagi set to miss tomorrow's opening autumn international with south africa at twickenham. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after the joint hottest summer on record this year, the met office has confirmed the uk has experienced more weather extremes over the last 10 years compared to previous decades. the hottest days have become almost 1 degree centigrade hotter while the coldest days are not as cold. and the number of nights when temperatures stay above 20 degrees centigrade is increasing. the met office says the changes are consistent with man made global warming. our environment editor david shukman has more. the year began with the punishing conditions of the beast from the east. roads were paralysed by snow.

emma vardy, bbc news., has underlined her dissatisfaction, pointing out that if northern ireland is to get economic advantages, well then, scotland, which also voted to remain, should be given the same opportunity. the current proposals, in her view, represent a bad dealfor scotland. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, is in edinburgh. sarah, what is your sense of how the first minister is likely to construct first minister is likely to co nstru ct a first minister is likely to construct a bigger response now to this proposal? well, she has said tonight, as you say, that this is a bad dealfor scotland, tonight, as you say, that this is a bad deal for scotland, and tonight, as you say, that this is a bad dealfor scotland, and she has a lwa ys bad dealfor scotland, and she has always argued that scotland should be allowed to stay in the single market and a customs union even if the rest of the uk leaves, and of course now she the rest of the uk leaves, and of course now she can say the rest of the uk leaves, a

in his honour — jamie vardy says leicester city will play this weekend as a tribute to the club's owner street bad for you? new research reveals the unhealthiest high streets in the uk. and who do you think should go on the new £50 note?

emma vardy, bbc news. amidst all the debate about the irish border, big e upu's vote crucial.ave the european union voters can now study the government's plans for leaving the eu in march next year. back in 2016, in southmead in bristol, 52% of people voted to leave — 48% to remain — a perfect illustration of the final outcome across the uk. our correspondentjon kay has spent the day there asking voters how they feel about the way things have turned out so far. we will not renege... it breaches the prime minister's own... you are not delivering the brexit... the prime minister has told us that no deal is better than a bad deal... it is a quite incredible state of affairs... while the politicians argue, the people wait — to find out what happens next. everything will come to a standstill... as she started work this morning, maria didn't know where the uk was heading. how would you sum it up right now? chaos — complete and utter chaos, in't it? it doesn't feel like anybody knows really what's going on, and it doesn't feel like anybody knows what they're doing, so, yeah, it's qui

they are not all here but we sanamie vardy, from the airport.y, wes morgan and kasper schmeichel coming off wearing black suits with other players and officials. they were taken straight into the temple complex you can see behind me where the funeral will go on for many, many days. the cremation itself will not be for at least another close to 100 days. they are there today with the daughter of thailand's and king. this is a royally sponsored event. it makes it an elite and illustrious occasion indeed. a reflection of vichai's will be business success which he achieved in a relatively short time. he had a very good network will stop we have seen the cream of the great and good coming to show their respect for him. he does not have —— it does not have the same kind of feel as tributes backin the same kind of feel as tributes back in britain. it cannot have the same impact as it has the leicester and the people in the city. thank you. voters in the french pacific islands of new caledonia have decided to remain part of france. an independence vote

emma vardy, bbc news, waterford. that's it from us for tonight.ewsnight is coming up on bbc two with emily maitlis, who's in washington. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins, coming up: late, late drama as manchester united overcome a ronaldo wondergoal to win atjuventus. when your luck‘s in, raheem sterling awarded a bizarre penalty as manchester city put six past shakhtar. and england's spinners finally see the light — their best first innings performance since 2012 as the visitors take control of the first test in sri lanka. hello and welcome to sportsday. well, let's start in turin, where manchester united pulled off a remarkable turnaround to win 2—1 againstjuventus in the champions league. a wonderstrike from cristiano ronaldo had put the hosts ahead, that his first european goal for the italian side. but then, jose mourinho‘s side scored two goals in the final five minutes to steal the victory. a dramatic night in turin then, and adam wild has the details. for manchester

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.ys it's considering an appeal for clemency from the family of a jailed british academic. matthew hedges was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of spying. he denies the charge. the uae‘s ambassador to london says he hopes an ‘amicable solution' can be found. this was also an unusual case. many researchers visit the uae freely every year without breaking our laws. under uae law everyone has the right to appeal after conviction and everyone can request a pardon from our president. mr hedges' family have made a request for clemency and the government is studying that request. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has been following developments. the appeal was lodged yesterday morning. the question is how long it will take. it could be a few days. it is mentioned could be sunday, the 2nd of december which is the uae national day. the ambassador went to some lengths to defend the country's judicial racket and says the uae is a country with an independent judiciary and was

vardy and his team mates will travel to thailand for the funeral after the game tomorrow.n in the game after defender timothy fosu—mensah landed heavily on his left knee. this kind of injury is under the. i think he is so strong and he recovered so well from the previous injury. it was more dangerous than this one. so i think he will recover well because we have an excellent department and he is doing well and hopefully i think he is likely. we area hopefully i think he is likely. we are a stronger team. that we have to live with that. neil lennon says he "may reconsider" his position as hibernian boss after being hit with a coin during wednesday's goalless edinburgh derby. lennon was struck after celebrating a disallowed hearts goal near the end of the match. today he's claimed he suffers anti—catholic "racism" in scotland and his career in england was "unblemished" by these issues. lennon says it's making him consider walking away from the game north of the border. former arsenal striker nicklas bendtner has been convicted of assaulting a taxi driver and been sentenced t

emma vardy reports. this island's history is marked by struggles over land and sea. today brexit is redefining its modern borders. people here have found themselves caught in the middle of a political storm. you don't want to go back to the days of old. whatever happens, happens. idon‘t go back to the days of old. whatever happens, happens. i don't think it can makea happens, happens. i don't think it can make a gigantic difference to what higher powers decide. at northern ireland's larne harbour, everyday trucks arrive from britain. checks are needed on live animals but currently little else, because the whole island, north and south, is under the same eu rules, but now that will change. in future, new checks may be needed on some items coming into northern ireland from britain over the irish sea. northern ireland's democratic unionist party believes the deal undermines the very integrity of the uk. believes the deal undermines the very integrity of the uki believes the deal undermines the very integrity of the uk. i know for the unionist community in northern irela

speaking before the match this afternoon, jamie vardy said the players were given the option of weathery wanted to play this afternoon, but the decision was unanimous and everyone wanted to get out on the pitch to do justice to their german. fans were given a free brea kfast their german. fans were given a free breakfast at the king power stadium before setting off for cardiff. they we re before setting off for cardiff. they were given t—shirts to commemorate their chairman. we spoke to fans earlier who were delighted to be here to show their support. he is the top of the family tree, as we have always said. from supporters, the fans, the players, he has been there for the community notjust for there for the community notjust for the club but the wider community. he has done a lot for football in the country and around the world. he has shown chair people how you can run a football club. you have obviously been a supporter for many years. how did the club changed under his ownership? we had nothing left. we we re ownership? we had nothing left. we were skint. he brought in sustainabilit

attend the funeral of their owner steve but had a problem in thailand on sunday players such as jamie vardy paid their respects with the owner's son io watts and the rest of his family in bangkok iow what's father was killed when his helicopter took off as usual from the leicester pitch last saturday but crashed in the stadium carpark four others also died the billionaire owner had helped luster to the premier league title in two thousand and sixteen one of the most unlikely achievements in european sports history. this year's defending champions manchester city extended their lead at the top of the premier league on sunday they improve their goal difference as well beating southampton six one and chelsea move above liverpool into second by winning their match against crystal palace three one now the central coast mariners might be wishing they had kept you same goal in their squad if only to put him in goal bowl had trained as a striker but may have done better between the sticks with goalkeeper ben kennedy not covering himself in glory here on sunday olympic sprint legend bolt was not abl

the strikerjamie vardy says the game against cardiff will be in honour of vichai srivaddhanaprabha, whoking power stadium. natalie pirks reports. it's been one of the hardest, i think, weeks that myself and the lads have had to go through. it was another day of quiet reflection for leicester city players today. but this isn't just about an owner. it is more personal than that. he wasn'tjust the chairman. he always made sure that he went out of his way to get to know you on personal levels as well, with yourfamilies, he took us in as his extended family. so close were the players‘s relationships with vichai srivaddhanaprabha that he was a guest atjamie vardy‘s wedding to wife rebecca. as the shock subsides, honouring his memory is now at the forefront of the players‘s minds. 0bviously, at first you think no, that hasn't happened, it's not possible. everyone is feeling the same. we are all hurting, but we know that he would want us out there, and we as a team and club wants to do him proud. they will attempt to do that tomorrow against cardiff city, their first game since the accident. se

emma vardy, bbc news, waterford. we will look ahead at the front pages at 10:40pm.ild evening in prospect but overnight as he went to went to start to fall light and with clearer skies as most of our showers pushoff to the north sea, it will turn quite chilly but the time we get to thursday. overnight lows typically 3-5 that thursday. overnight lows typically 3—5 that some scottish glanced down to freezing. a chilly night that we have had of late. by the end of the night, showers returning to the southwest of england, wales and in the morning running across northwestern england and southern scotland. it will ease as the morning goes on a potentially be replaced by more persistent ramp to the far southwestern england, towards devon and cornwall and towards devon and cornwall and towards wales. gusty winds with array as well. elsewhere, a southerly breeze and mild once again in highs of 250 in the sunshine. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. in the last few minutes we've learnt thatjeff sessions — the us attorney general — has been fired by president trump

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. watched conference in the party's history. northern ireland's dup are poised to vote down theresa may's draft brexit deal. the government's support depends on them. for this draft agreement fails her own key commitments. the prime minister has not eliminated the risk of a backstop arrangement. on one hand, we are told the backstop would be the best of both worlds and on the other hand, we are told we're not going to need the backstop. on this plan to avoid a hard irish border, they are not backing down. bin the backstop. look who's become an ally — borisjohnson in belfast to lend his support. it is the dup's confidence and supply agreement keeping jeremy corbyn out of downing street, he said. it is vital that we keep this partnership going and we keep this confidence and supply arrangement going and that we're not so complacent as to abandon the government of this country to a man whose avowed policy is to break up this country. if the backstop is used, northern ireland would remain f

their midweek cup game was postponed but strikerjamie vardy says its important for the club.and that is exactly what happened. has said, for the players, we want to be there. the play is a club, we should be there, as i said, it is an extended family. hibernian manager neil lennon may reconsider his position at the club due to the sectarian abuse he receives from football fans in scotland. it was reflected in one of the incidents that marred wednesday's edinburgh derby when he was struck by a coin after celebrating a disallowed hearts goal near the end of the game. as an irish catholic who has captained celtic, lennon believes he's singled out for sectarian abuse. aston villa are up to 13th in the championship after a two—nil home win over bolton wanderers. jack grealish gave them the lead in the 4th minute — his first goal of this campaign. defenderjames chester added a second after the interval with this header to give villa the three points. new world number one novak djokovic battled past marin cilic to reach the final four at tennis's paris masters. djokovic is a 4—time

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.lieved to be more than 3,000 years old. the discovery, on the west bank of the nile at luxor, contained two mummies encased in coffins which researchers said had been perfectly preserved. sodaba haidare reports. this ancient coffin is one of the two discovered in luxor, on the banks of the river nile. it contains the mummy of a woman named thuya, almost perfectly preserved in linen inside a coffin for more than 3,000 years. ancient egyptians mummified humans to preserve their bodies for the afterlife. the woman was from the 18th egyptian dynasty, whose most famous pharaohs include tutankhamun and rameses ii. it is the first time egyptian authorities have opened a sealed sarcophagus before the international media. the discovery was made by a french—led mission in a northern region, alongside other significant finds. september 2018, we did continue the work, and then we found a side chamber sealed with mud bricks. so we did open it. we found two intact wooden coffins in perfectly preserv

the team, including manager claude puel and strikerjamie vardy, arrived at a temple in bangkok to payretive military intelligence agency, the gru, has celebrated its 100th anniversary. it does so against a background of scandals, including accusations of meddling in the us presidential election, and of involvement in a deadly nerve agent attack in britain. but on home soil, russia's military spies have been praised by vladimir putin for their dedication and unique abilities. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg reports. dimitri tells me that, if what the west is saying about the gru is true, it means the russian agents are doing a good job. it means they are scared of us. not everyone here is so upbeat. with the gru also implicated in election meddling in the west, and in a failed coup in montenegro, some russians believe the spy agency is playing a dangerous game. translation: this situation is not normal. if every country did the kind of things the gru is accused of, this could end very badly for the whole world. as for the show, well, it ends bizarrely, and rather violently. when russia has a

jamie vardy said ahead of this match they had been asked if they wanted the game to go ahead.id yes they al wanted to be here and felt it was really important that they play today and that they wanted to make their chairman proud. we spoke to a few fans who felt it was important here to represent the club. a few players are on their way to bangkok to thailand to attend the various funeral ceremonies that are now under way there. tuesday tuesday ahead of leicester's next premier league time against burnley this time at the king power stadium. we'll talk more about the match in the moment. let's hearfrom both players —— managers. we wanted to honour our chairman and when this game. i would like to congratulate my players. it was fantastic and outstanding. now is the first step, we have to continue. what can you say, really? i don't think we will get another day like that, it felt surreal. i can't fault the effort, i thought the effort was there. football seemed insignificant today. demaria grey goal in the sceond half. and there was a huge outpouring of emotion as the entire tea

and jamie vardy said as of this match their asked if they wa nted as of this match their asked if they do game to go ahead and they said yes they did and felt it was really important to come here today and pay tribute to their chairman menopause heading to thailand where they will travel to bangkok and attend the various rural services over the next two days. ahead of their next premier league match they'll be at home to burley. the radio presenter, paul gambaccini, has received a pay—out from the crown prosecution service, over the way it handled unfounded historical sex abuse allegations against him. he was arrested in 2013 after claims he sexually assaulted two teenage boys in the early 1980s. he's always denied the allegations, calling them completely fictitious, and spent a year on bail before the case was dropped. here's frankie mccamley. arriving at the bbc studios in central london this morning to host his radio 2 show pick of the pops, paul gambaccini had nothing to say. the veteran broadcaster, known as the professor of pop, has been paid an undisclosed sum by the crown prose

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. adam fleming joins me now from brussels.d of this hugely significant summit? the man who will chair that historic summit of eu leaders tomorrow, the president of the european council, donald tusk, said letter to all eu leaders inviting them and were he has tried to sit at the till he wa nts to has tried to sit at the till he wants to achieve, he writes during these negotiations no one wanted to defeat anyone, we were all looking for a good and fair agreement and he backed that up with that tweet quoting the lyrics of freddie mercury from queens saying, friends will be friends right till the end. and the reason he has done that is supposed to provide a massive springboard for theresa may to help sell this brexit deal to bury sceptical members of parliament back home at westminster. and i think this last—minute snag of gibraltar is very instructive because it is one of those issues of which there are many buried in the brexit deal but i think we'll come back again and again in negotiations in future, negotiations which could l

the team, including manager claude puel and strikerjamie vardy, arrived at a temple in bangkok to pay in india's capital have been experiencing a blanket of thick, grey smog with pollution levels at 20 times the world health organisation's recommended limit. the air quality is expected to worsen this week, with firecrackers used during diwali, the festival of light. devina gupta has more from delhi. iam in i am in one of the world ‘s worst polluted cities and the air that i breathing is filled with sulphur, nitrogen and pm 2.5. the level of pm 2.5 is 50 times the prescribed safe limit by the world health organization. some of the side—effects is that i get tingling in my throat, burning, my eyes start watering after some time. the main reason is that farmers are clear their crop area by burning their residue and because the win is less, this air creates a smog, a haze around the city. pollution and the festive season diwali is also adding to it. demand for pollution masks are shooting up. customers are buying these masks for about $50 to fill to the toxic debt but experts say they are

a problem in thailand on sunday players such as jamie vardy paid their respects with the owner's son io watch and the rest of his family in bangkok iow what's father was killed when his helicopter took off as usual from the leicester pitch last saturday but crashed in the stadium carpark four others also died the billionaire owner had helped luster to the premier league title in two thousand and sixteen one of the most unlikely achievements in european sports history. this year's defending champions manchester city extended their lead at the top of the premier league on sunday they improve their goal difference as well beating southampton six one and chelsea move above liverpool into second by winning their match against crystal palace three one. now the central coast mariners might be wishing they had kept you same bowl in their squad if only to put him in goal bowl had trained as a striker but may have done better between the sticks with goalkeeper ben kennedy not covering himself in glory here on sunday olympic sprint legend bolt was not able to sit or cure a contract with the aus

we saw jamie vardy here with wes morgan and casper ‘s michael who was particular close to the man.they were taken straight into the temple complex. you can see behind me. the funeral go on for many days. the cremation itself will not be for at least close to 100 days for are there today with the daughter of thailand's and king. it is a royally sponsored event, an elite and illustrious occasion indeed. a reflection of his extraordinary business success and the status he achieved in a relatively short time. of the very good networking he had. we have seen really big cream of the great and good coming to show their respect for him. it does not have the same kind of deal as the tributes we have seen back in britain. his supporting success cannot have the same impact it has for a team like leicester and the people of that city. it is more of a formal buddhist occasion where there is not much engagement of the type public buses that republic. republicans and democrats have begun a final burst of campaigning — ahead of tuesday's mid—term elections in the united states. president trump tol

i knowjamie vardy has said the players were given the choice and they all felt it was really importanthey want to do the chairman proud. do you think the result is important today? no, it is about being here, it is the first match, it is not at home, but the cardiff fa ns match, it is not at home, but the cardiff fans have been phenomenal to us. cardiff fans have been phenomenal to us. and we want to be here because thatis us. and we want to be here because that is what we do. we support our tea m that is what we do. we support our team and we really are one big family. it seems he wasn'tjust a chairman, he meant more than that to the supporters. tel is a bit about his significance within the club. he is at the top of the family tree really, from supporters, the fans, the players, he has been there for the players, he has been there for the community, not just the players, he has been there for the community, notjust for the club but for the wider community. he has done a lot for football in the country and around the world. he has shown how you can run a football club. talk to us abou

the problem in thailand on sunday players such as jamie vardy paid their respects with the owner's son io watch and the rest of his family in bangkok iow what's father was killed when his helicopter took off as usual from the leicester pitch last saturday but crashed in the stadium carpark four others also died the billionaire owner had helped leicester to the premier league title in two thousand and sixteen one of the most unlikely achievements in european sports history. this year's defending champions manchester city extended their lead at the top of the premier league on sunday they improve their goal difference as well beating southampton six one and chelsea move above liverpool into second by winning their match against crystal palace three one. now the central coast mariners might be wishing they had kept you same bowl in their squad if only to put him in goal bowl had trained as a striker but may have done better between the sticks with goalkeeper ben kennedy not covering himself in glory here on sunday olympic sprint legend bolt was not able to sit or cure a contract with the

emma vardy reports. this island's history is marked by struggles over land and sea.here have found themselves caught in the middle of a political storm. you don't want to go back to the days of old. whatever happens, happens. idon't go back to the days of old. whatever happens, happens. i don't think it can makea happens, happens. i don't think it can make a gigantic difference to what higher powers decide. at northern ireland's larne harbour, everyday trucks arrive from britain. checks are needed on live animals but currently little else, because the whole island, north and south, is under the same eu rules, but now that will change. in future, new checks may be needed on some items coming into northern ireland from britain over the irish

aerospace company, bombardier, is cutting nearly 500 jobs in belfast. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardylarge—scale redundancies for a while. now, we know that this is part of a cost—cutting drive across the company, essentially, bombardier wants to be able to sell more planes by making them cheaper. but the announcement today of 490 jobs to go, the unite union says, well, it exceeds their worst fears. and it is part of a string ofjob losses that have been announced at bombardier in northern ireland, over the last three and four years. the company employs about 4,000 people in northern ireland. this belfast plant here makes the wings for the c series passenger jets. and the company has said it will try to mitigate compulsory redundancies. the union says it is particularly disappointed that the job losses had to be this high, because the company, bombardier, had announced a rise in profits, earlier this year. so, of course, this is a blow to the economy overall of northern ireland, but very worrying news for many workers and their families here, particularly in the run—up to christmas. th