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Is armando iannuccis satirical take on the dictators final hours. Well find out what mark kermode makes of it in the film review. Our main story at 5 00 eu leaders meeting in brussels have agreed to let officials prepare for the next phase of brexit negotiations on a future trading relationship with the uk. But, as expected, they said not enough progress had been made in the talks, so far, to open formal discussions. The president of the european council, donald tusk, said claims of a brexit deadlock between the uk and the eu were exaggerated while the Prime Minister theresa may said she was ambitious and positive for britains negotiations. But she admitted there was still some way to go. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from brussels. Before dawn, theresa may was back. Her speech at the summit last night not enough to end the brexit stalemate. Other leaders say speeches are not enough. Its time to go for real negotiations and notjust negotiating in the media by rhetoric. Is not what you mean, the financial commitments the uk wont detail that . I think she made a firm, but not final offer in florence. Now we need her and the british negotiators to move this into the negotiation room. Enter the man who sits in that room. Bonjour, im from the bbc, is your recommendation today sufficient progress . Were going to work, sorry. Im not answering questions. Its Michel Barnier who the uk has to satisfy first. Today he was here to brief eu leaders on how the negotiations are progressing. Mr barnier. Im sorry, but i dont want to answer questions now. Let me work, please we know that the eus chief negotiator will say that sufficient progress has not yet been made in these negotiations. Thats what he will brief the eu leaders and the next negotiation rounds will have to change if this negotiations is to move forward. For eu leaders, the Sticking Point is, that despite theresa mays promise in her florence speech, when she said the uk would meet its financial obligations to the eu, in the talks, the negotiators havent said what that really means in practice. And without detail, things cannot move because for now mrs may is not prepared to go beyond what she said in florence. What ive made clear to my eu counterparts in relation to financial contributions is what i set out in my florence speech. Which is, that i have said nobody need be concerned for the current budget plan, that they would have to either pay in more or receive less as a result of the uk leaving, and that we will honour the commitments that we have made during our membership. Now there has to be detailed work on those commitments. As david davis has said, were going through them line by line and will continue to do so. The british taxpayer wouldnt expect its government to do anything else. With that, the Prime Minister left this summit, but going through line by line is what the uk has been doing already. It has led to the impasse. Her exit leaving the other 27 nations to talk brexit among themselves no breakthrough in sight. And while they may not be satisfied, eu leaders emerged today keen to send positive signals, hoping to inject new momentum into the brexit talks. While progress is not sufficient, it doesnt mean that there is no progress at all. Today, the council has agreed to start internal preparatory discussions in relation to the framework for the future relationship and on transitional arrangements. But whats needed now is a new dynamic to get these talks back on track. 0ur Political Correspondent alex forsyth is in westminster. Just your reading of this and what people are saying to you as to whether there has been any slight shift in the mood music, what has been happening . In the mood music, there certainly has been and i think number ten will walk away from this summit feeling pleased with how it has gone. It seems eu leaders were encouraging, you heard donald tusk saying, he was taking a more optimistic tone than Michel Barnier. But remember, the government had hoped, at one point, to be much further along in this process than it is. Yes, for recent days, we have not expected the eu 27 to say, lets get on with the trade talks immediately, but that is what the uk government had hoped had happened by this point and it hasnt. That Sticking Point, the issue of the financial settlement is not going to be easy to resolve. The eu was saying we need some concrete commitment from theresa may that she will meet her obligations. Theresa may is facing domestic pressure on that settlement. If the figure sta rts that settlement. If the figure starts to skyrocket, you can imagine theresa may will run into some serious opposition from her own backbenchers. It will not be something that can be easily unpicked, but that is what has to be done if these talks are to get moving before december and that is the next point the 27 leaders meet to see progress has been made to talk trade and transition. Thats summit is looking to be crucial to keep these negotiations on track with the hope of getting a successful deal at the end of it. Theresa may will walk away from these few days thinking, yes, there has been progress made, not least in terms of tone and mood, but in her own words, there is some way to go. Alex, thank you for now. Lets take a step back and assess a wider view. Joining me now is former polish foreign minister radoslaw sikorski. Under donald tusk . Yes. What is your reading of this, has there been any kind of shift in the last 2a, 36 hours . It is a move in the right direction but it doesnt change the essential fact it is britain whose time is running out. By lodging the Resignation Letter with the ending of britains membership of the eu in march 2019, it is britain that has to be ina march 2019, it is britain that has to be in a hurry. That belies some of the things that were set during the referendum campaign, the moment we decide by brexit, we will hold the cards. It doesnt look like that. Britain is now subjected to the usual eu tactics, namely, member states, even the biggest ones, are very nice. Because all the tough positions have been delegated to the eu officials. It is much easier to instruct your ambassador in brussels to say no, or not to say yes, than to say no, or not to say yes, than to deliver a tough message face to face. To deliver a tough message facetoface. So it is a deliberate good cop, bad cop . It has been tried ceremony times arent always successfully. What for the eu, those playing the bad cop, what is success for them, and very large bill . Playing the bad cop, what is success for them, and very large bill7m you want to know where these negotiations will end, look at the mandate Michel Barnier has received. The eu will wait until britain has agreed to those conditions. Because they know any disruption in trade will be at least three times more inconvenient for the uk than for the eu. That is, for you, and mathematical formulation because in this country when we talk about the trade issues, we are reminded that both sides benefit, yes britain needs the eu, but it cuts both ways . Britain is 15 to 17 of the eu economy. Where as trade with the eu is 47 of britains trade. Plus the fa ct is 47 of britains trade. Plus the fact under wto rules, if there is no deal, europe can still get its goods to the uk because tariffs on goods are very low, so the germans will still be able to sell their cars. Where as britain needs to export services and services are not covered under the wto rules and britain has a big problem. Doesnt the eu also want britains money and by that i dontjust mean the divorce bill, it is clear there is still haggling over that but when britain leaves in 2019, the eu is not getting our regular funds and that surely is an issue of concern . No, thats what it means to no longer to be a member. They dont wa nt to longer to be a member. They dont want to lose that sum of money do they . They have resigned themselves for that so if Great Britain doesnt continue in the norway style in the single market, they have got used to that, losing that money. The continentals want there to be a visible sign that britains decision was a mistake. Remember, for britain, the main issue is regaining control of migration. For the eu, the main issue is extra sense to preserve the union and to preserve the union, you have to discourage others from doing what britain has done. So britain cannot be seen to have got a better deal as a nonmember than she has as a member. Do you still talk to your former boss . I talk to my former boss and i talked to my colleagues from university here, who are in the government. What is his recent text message to you . It is useful for both sides to understand each others interests and politics. It is rather wonderful that suddenly british politicians are taking interest in the politics of the continent of europe. Have discovered we have politics and Public Opinion and we have a European Parliament as well, which will accept certain deals are not others. Previously, britain relied on its veto. The veto, politically is over. Legally not yet, but the veto is over and paradoxically, britain is getting more interested in european politics. Is that what donald tusk thinks . It is what i think. Thank you for coming in to talk to us. We may talk again, i dont know. Lets ta ke lets take a look at some other stories. The labour mp, david lammy, has accused oxford and cambridge universities of perpetuating a social apartheid , after it emerged that theyre admitting few under privileged students. Data shows that four fifths of those given places had parents working in professional and managerial jobs. Both universities say theyre trying to widen access. Helena lee reports. Oxford university in the 1960s. A place of privilege, attended by the children of britains elite. Butjust how much has changed since then . New figures reveal both 0xford and cambridge are still struggling to offer places to students from less privileged backgrounds. The data, revealed under the freedom of information act, shows that four fifths of students accepted at both universities had parents from top professional and managerial jobs between 2010 and 2015. It also exposes a regional bias. London and the south east of england received 48 of offers from both oxford and cambridge. That compares to northern england, which received just 15 of oxford offers and just 17 of those for cambridge. There are still issues around diversity. Five 0xford colleges didnt make any offers to british ethnic minority candidates in 2016. Lets be clear. Oxford and cambridge are entrenching privilege. Its the sons ofjudges, of members of parliament, of newspaper editors, that make their way to oxford and cambridge. Not the sons of plumbers and teachers and nurses. But oxford and cambridge say they are taking steps to widen access, both spending £5 million each year to reach more students and address inequalities. Progress, they say, has already been made. I wouldnt necessarily say things are going wrong. Were actually making progress in some areas and if there is a poor student, so a student from a poor background, who applies to oxford and is getting three as or above they are more likely to get an offer from oxford than their more privileged peer group. Cambridge University Says poor results were the greatest barrier to disadvantaged students and its admissions were based on academic considerations alone. A lot of people i speak to are from, like, london, the south of england. I grew up on a council estate. I went to state schools here i am. Its overwhelmingly white, thats what id say it is. Todays figures show that inequality very much exist and could widen calls to rethink entry requirements for disadvantaged applicants. I will be talking more about that story after 5 30pm. Theresa may says she is optimistic about a deal with the eu. And the uks budget deficit was the smallest for any september in the last ten years. In sport, everton are charged by uefa after their players and some supporters were involved in a brawl with lyon players. The fa have opened Disciplinary Proceedings against everton. Lewis hamilton could win a fourth world title this weekend. He is setting the pace in practice in practice at the moment, if it goes his way on sunday he will have enough points to wrap up the championship early. And the dutchman heads a rare albatross in the valda rama masters in spain. It was at the 11th hole in the second round. Hes leading the tournament by two shots on seven under. I will be back with more sport later. Britains budget deficit last month was the smallest for any september in the past ten years, according to the office for National Statistics. The government borrowed £5. 9 billion, down almost 11 compared with the figure for a year ago. The treasury was helped by stronger receipts from vat, income tax and stamp duty. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityjoins me. Explain about what has gone on here . Essentially we are growing, but not as fast. We thought we were slowing down earlier this year but the tax receipts are growing faster than the spending. We have to borrow money to plug the gap between what they spend and what their income is. Most of the time, the public spectre is spending more than a gets in in taxes. In september, the difference between the two that had to be plugged with borrowing was £5. 9 billion. If you look at the more important figure, how much we borrowed over the last six months, it is £32. 5 billion. That is the lowest it has been since 2007. It may sound like a lot of money but when you think about how low Interest Rates are, it is manageable. Then when you break it down into how much is day to day spending, so how much was for capital spending, investment and how much was the day to day spending like benefits and pensions. £16. 1 billion was for day to day spending, which makes it look manageable. Although the debt is growing, as a portion of the economy, it is shrinking slightly. That favours Philip Hammond and the budget, might bea Philip Hammond and the budget, might be a bit more room for manoeuvre. But productivity isnt growing. The amount you and i can produce per worker isnt growing like it used to. Each one of us working isnt producing more than we did before and therefore, we are not paying more tax, taxes havent grown like they have hoped and it puts the skids under most of the Public Finance forecasts. The budget is next month, of course. Thank you very much for now. Heavy fighting has broken out in Northern Iraq between kurdish fighters and the Iraqi Armed Forces, close to the oil rich city of kirkuk. The fighting comes just weeks after a referendum on independence was held in the kurdish region. The vast majority of people who voted, were in favour of breaking away from iraq, but baghdad demanded that the referendum be scrapped. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin reports now from the front line. Hundreds of kurdish fighters, known as the peshmerga, heading into battle this morning. The fighting breaking out with the iraqi army and its militia allies around this major highway between the Kurdish Regional capital and the oil rich city of kirkuk. The fear is that this could mark the beginning of the civil war. Translation the shia militia and army of iraq all have weapons and fire on the peshmerga. We will defend ourselves, we will not break. The kurds do seem to be fighting a rearguard action with the Iraqi Armed Forces pushing up the highway towards them and towards the kurdish capital, irbil. Baghdad says their goal is restoring government control over territory seized by the kurds recent years. And soon the advance sparked panic. Suddenly, as you can see, all these vehicles are driving fast up the road, back towards irbil. People are fleeing. It seems the Iraqi Federal forces are moving closer and closer. The smoke is burning, i direct hit on peshmerga artillery placements. Already there have been casualties. This fight with shrapnel wounds in his back and his head, one of several men we saw being treated here before being taken by ambulance to hospitals in irbil. Its less than a week since the kurds first witnessed disputed territory which had been under their control being taken back by the Iraqi Armed Forces. That had largely been without bloodshed and now. Today could prove a turning point. Richard galpin, bbc news, in Northern Iraq. A number of female conservative mps are calling forjeremy corbyn to remove the party whip from the labour mp clive lewis, after a video emerged of him using unacceptable language. Clive lewis was filmed making the comments at an event organised by the left wing momentum group. Mr lewis said the comments were made at a boozy comedy event and said he apologised unreservedly. The leader of plaid cymru, leanne wood has said she needs to earn the trust of non plaid cymru voters as she vowed to stay on as leader. In her speech to the partys conference in caernarfon she also suggested the party could back another brexit referendum, if there was no deal with other eu states by march 2019. Plaid cymru won one extra seat in junes general election but saw its share of the vote drop. The prize available to us, if we are united, is the greatest prize of all the trust of people here in wales to lead their government. Plaid cymru exists to empower the people of wales, so that we can do more for ourselves. To the citizens of wales, i want to say that i accept that we need to earn your trust. You havejust voted in the most dramatic election for decades. But plaid cymru and i are ready to serve your interests, and has the ideas and ambition to show a new way for wales. Citizens advice has warned that millions of mobile phone users are paying too much. It says customers of vodafone, ee and three are getting billed for handsets theyve already paid for. The companies insist their charging plans are fair and that they make sure their customers know the end date of their contracts. But citizens advice says a third of mobile phone users stay on their contracts beyond the fixed term period, as our Business Correspondent emma simpson reports. The latest iphone. It aint cheap. Thats why most customers pay for their phones, whatever the make, through a contract, but when its over, it seems millions are still being charged for the handset, even though its been fully paid off. Like it consultant richard yarnold, in york. I only found out that my contract had come to an end when i logged into my online account to see when i was due an upgrade. I was due and upgrade two months previously, so in those two months i had been paying for a phone and paying extra for a phone that i had already paid for. It meant i was around £75 out of pocket. Citizens advice found vodafone, three and ee were charging customers for their handsets even though the cost had been covered in theirfixed deal. It means customers could be overcharged by up to £38 a month, depending on the device. One in three customers failed to change their contract after it expired. One in five did not switch for more than six months. What that means is that people can end up paying hundreds of pounds in excess charges. We think this is outrageous, it is a rip off by mobile phone companies. What they should be doing is, when you get to the end of a fixed term contract, the bill should be automatically reduced to reflect the fact that you have paid off your handset already. Vodafone, ee and three all insist their billing systems are fair. Where possible customers are contacted with a range of options and the end of a contract is always made clear. But the boss of this rival Company Takes a different approach. We broke down the charges between the device and the connectivity. We think thats the fair and equitable way to treat a customer. It means that once a customer has paid off the device, we automatically stop charging them for it. They dont need to approach us, we will automatically reduce their bill. Campaigners want all companies to do the same. The regulator says its already considering the issue as part of a wider plan to help consumers secure the right deals. Emma simpson, bbc news. Donald trump has been criticised for linking a rise in the crime figures in england and wales with radical islamist terrorism. The american president tweeted. The office for National Statistics published the latest crime figures yesterday and said the increase reflected a range of factors including continuing improvements to crime recording. Joining me now is our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. In essence, when you look at the tweet specifically, is there anything in that, can you extrapolate the crime figures in that at all . I dont think you can. He was talking about the uk, they we re he was talking about the uk, they were talking about england and wales, scotland and ireland publish their data separately. The survey showed crime fell by 9 . He was talking about the crime figures recorded by the police. By 13 and thatis recorded by the police. By 13 and that is correct. And spoke about the apparent link between islamic attacks. We have seen more attacks this year, there were 3a deaths related to islamist related attacks. The number of attempted murders was up the number of attempted murders was up considerably as well on the previous year. Those bits are right. The number of Arrests Police have made for terror related offences, those have gone up as well. But as a proportion of the overall increase in crimes, there was 580,000 extra crimes recorded by the police. As a proportion, the number of terror related offences is about 0. 1 of that overall increase. So 99. 9 of crimes have nothing to do with terrorism thank you. Much more to come in the next half an hour, including the film review, but now lets see what the weather has in store. There was some sunshine today but it was the calm before the storm. We are talking about storm brian. Cloud thickening up in northern ireland, wales and the south west and the rain is looming on this weather front, which will sweep eastwards and take wet and windy weather eastwards very quickly, but it is due to storm brian, and the centre is getting closer to our shores. By saturday, may be severe gales around western and Southern Coast of england and wiles. 60 two may be 70 malls are hour. Notjust windy but also wet. Heavy, frequent showers piling in. Fewer showers for eastern scotland. By sunday, the centre of the storm is out in the north sea. It is much weaker by then whilst it is windy on sunday, not as windy and not as wet either. There will be sunshine and showers, mostly showers for western scotland and north west england. This is bbc news, the headlines eu leaders say they are prepared to start talks about a trade deal. Oxford and cambridge universities are accused by one mp of social apartheid for not accepting enough underprivileged students. The uks budget deficit last month was the smallest for any september in the past ten years. Heavy fighting has broken out in Northern Iraq between kurdish fighters and the Iraqi Armed Forces close to the oil rich city of kirkuk. In the next few minutes, we will talk more about that story involving 0xford talk more about that story involving oxford and Cambridge University is, but first we will find out what is happening in the sports news with Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Everton have been charged with uefa after their players and some fans were involved in a brawl with lyon players last night. Everton were a goal down when captain on the night Ashley Williams shoved the lyon goalkeeper, and that sparked a brawl between the players and some of the everton fans. One of those fans having a go was holding a small child. He has since been banned by everton, and Merseyside Police are also investigating. Williams then scored an equalizer, but lyon went on to win 2 1. So everton have only got one point from three games in europe so far and are very unlikely to make it to the knockout stages. Manager Ronald Koeman is under even more pressure, as David Bornstein explains. He has described the scrutiny as increased after that defeat, he had previously, earlier in the week, had the dreaded vote of confidence from the club and said he had the total support of the majority shareholder, farhad machinery, and the chairman, bill kenwright. Everton and spend in excess of £100 million in the tra nsfer excess of £100 million in the transfer window but bottom of their Europa League group, having won no games in that group. The pressure is oii games in that group. The pressure is on the manager, but i watch television, im sometimes on social media, i know what is going around, and that is normal, because that is football, and i dont go back, i go forward , football, and i dont go back, i go forward, lets for three points and after sunday everyone will be more happy than maybe yesterday. Tonight brighton travel to the london stadium to face west ham, both an eight points after eight matches. Slaven bilic admit sea need a win to help ease the pressure on his job. Chris hughton admits results on their travels were bt to their season. their travels were bt to their season. Will be key to their season. It isa it is a game away from home, a big stadium, against, irrespective of league position, and seeing a way for us to get points away from home. Lewis hamilton could win the title this weekend in texas. After a damp start, he set the pace around the circuit of the americas, nearly 0. 6 faster than rival sebastian vettel. Second practice gets under way at eight oclock this evening. Scotlands fraser brown will be ruled out of the autumn internationals with a knee injury, although he does not require surgery. Brown will miss the tests against samoa, new zealand and australia. Hejoins captain Greig Laidlaw in missing the three matches. And you dont see many of these. Dutchman joost luiten was playing his second shot at the par 5 11th during the second round of the valderrama masters in spain. He launched his ball up the hill, it rolled onto the green, and wouldnt you know it, into the hole. Its known as an albatross three under par on one hole. Hes leading the tournament by two shots on 7 under par. That is it for now, if you want to find out more about that golf, you can find the leaderboard on the bbc sport website. We will have more for you in sportsday at 6 30, join us then. Secret superstar very much, see you later. Thanks very much, see you later. Thanks very much, see you later. Thanks very much, see you later. Lets return now to oxford and cambridge universities which have been accused of social apartheid by the labour mp david lammy. Hes obtained figures showing that four fifths of students had parents in top professional and managerial jobs. He also found what he described as a shocking regional bias, with more offers made to Home Counties pupils than the whole of northern england. Both universities insist they are trying to widen access. Naomi kellman is co chair of the Oxford Black Alumni Network and the founder of target 0xbridge, a programme which helps minority students increase their chances of getting into oxford and cambridge. Fantastic that you could come and talk to us, you graduated with a first from oxford in 2011, what was your experience, how did you end up applying in the first place, was it somewhere you always wanted to go . Tell us about your personal experience. I grew up in croydon, my parents hadnt been to university, but education was important to them. My comprehensive school had only send one person to 0xbridge before. My send one person to 0xbridge before. My teacher suggested i look at it, andi my teacher suggested i look at it, and i moved to a sixth form that had and i moved to a sixth form that had a history of sending people to 0xford, so i got lots of support through that process, i managed to 90, through that process, i managed to go, and it was an adjustment for me, but i had a great time and left with a good grade. Very modest so three orfour a good grade. Very modest so three or four years a good grade. Very modest so three orfour years at a good grade. Very modest so three or four years at oxford, however long you did there, work their challenges in the early days . We re challenges in the early days . Were there . Were the obstacles that you felt you had to overcome . There was an adjustment period, my first year was a challenge. Growing up in croydon, it is exceptionally diverse, and moving out of london, it is not like that, which i had not realised at the age of 18. But i didnt manage to find the african and caribbean society, and i made lots of friends and similar experiences and backgrounds to me, which was great. Separately, i had a bit of confidence issue, not coming from a typical 0xford background, i was worried that i was not doing well. When i ask my tutor, he said, no, you are doing great, and when i realised i deserve to be there, i did fine, iflirt, but forany stu d e nts did fine, iflirt, but forany students worried about that, i would say, if you are getting the grades, it is because you are bright enough and you will be fine. The idea that david lammy is talking about, that there is still social apartheid, the figures are very small for, in particular, people from black, afro caribbean backgrounds. It is quite hard to generalise on the course of a short interview, but do you recognise that . Is he making a valid point . 0xford you recognise that . Is he making a valid point . Oxford and cambridge should be doing more . Yes. The reason that target 0xbridge exist is because more needs to be done. Progress has been made, so the number of offers made to black stu d e nts number of offers made to black students has doubled since 2010, but more needs to be done to make sure it is fully representative, and it isa it is fully representative, and it is a question of making sure there is a question of making sure there is enough role models, another encouragement, people to explain how to go through the process. And there isa to go through the process. And there is a question of educational equality, so gcse and a level attainment, you need to be getting top grades to go to oxford or cambridge, and that is not happening for all groups, and there is a wider question about what government might wa nt to question about what government might want to be doing. When you hear what 0xford want to be doing. When you hear what oxford and cambridge are saying, they say, we only take people with they say, we only take people with the very best grades, by definition, so they are knocking it back to the schools, encourage your students to think they can apply, but they have to do well in their exams. Is that right, or should allowance be made in exams if the university drills down further and looks at the background of the young applicant and things, you know what, they have come an incredibly long way that we should be making an allowance for that . Because they could flourish in our system . Could that . Because they could flourish in our system . Could allowances that . Because they could flourish in our system . Could allowances be made . Oxford and cambridge do already do contextual admissions, in the sense that they look at peoples backgrounds. People assume you have to have the very highest grades, but they will look at the school you have come from, the area you live m, have come from, the area you live in, and they will look at you for interview even if you do not have ten a s. Most of the students who apply to have those results, but they also invite students who do not have those grades. It is a question of making sure that enough people get to interview, and it is a very competitive process, and not getting a place does not mean that you are not bright, because they cannot take everybody. My goodness, there are so many questions, but perhaps another time. Good to see you, thank you very much indeed for coming in. Pollution contributed to the death ofan pollution contributed to the death of an estimated 50,000 people in the uk in 2015 according to a major study published in the Lancet Medical Journal which study published in the lancet medicaljournal which looked at the effect of man made chemicals on people with illnesses such as Heart Disease or stroke. Here is rob sissons. Particles in the air built up, breathed in. Here in britain and around the world, there is growing recognition that toxic chemicals are now notjust an environmental challenge, but a big health problem, too. During 2015 in the uk, 8 of deaths, thats 50,000, have been linked to pollution. That puts us behind the us and many other european countries, including germany, france and spain. We need the government to act immediately. We want them to use the budget next month to end the tax incentives for diesel vehicles, and in the long term they need to commit to a new clean air act. The diesel emissions scandal has heightened concern about the role of particulates from exhaust emmission. The uk governments new ambition is to ban diesel and petrol cars by 2030. Motor manufacturers are now under pressure to develop more efficient versions of cleaner technologies. On a global scale, the challenge appears huge. Two thirds of worldwide deaths are put down to air contamination, many of the rest linked to polluted water. In some african countries, 25 of deaths were attributable to pollution, like niger, chad and somalia. In india, the figure is also around a quarter, and in china, 20 , one in five deaths, were linked to pollution. These time lapse pictures show pollution in beijing. Countries which have undergone rapid industrialisation have some of the highest figures. The study is a snapshot from 2015. In the indian capital, delhi, where diwali was being celebrated with a night of fireworks, people dont need to read todays report to be reminded of the pollution threat. Its hit 18 times the health limit. Rob sissons, bbc news. One of the last known letters to have been written on the titanic is being put up for auction this weekend and is expected to fetch up to £80,000. Written by an american businessman on the day before the disaster in 1912, its the only known letter on headed titanic paper to have fallen into the atlantic and survived. Duncan kennedy reports. Wow, this boat is a giant in size and fitted up like a Palatial Hotel the words of 0skar holverson from a letter he never sent. Dated 13th april 1912, it was written the day before the titanic disaster. Mr holverson was travelling with his wife, mary. They were first class passengers onboard the luxury liner and had been enjoying their voyage. So far weve had good weather. If all goes well, we will arrive in new york wednesday am. But mr holverson never did. He died with 1500 others. His body and the letter were later recovered. Quite simply, what were talking about is the ultimate letter from the titanic. Andrew aldridge is a world expert on titanic artefacts and says the letter is unique because. Its the only one known to have been written on april 13th 1912. Secondly, its the only letter written on titanic stationery to actually have gone into the water, so its bearing those scars from that immersion in the cold north atlantic. That immersion, that stain of history, can be clearly seen, when you shine a backlight on to the letter. So too the white star shipping line watermark, sharing the page with 0skars innocent pre tragedy thoughts. But its notjust the letter being sold at this titanic auction. This suitcase belonged to millvina dean, the youngest survivor of the titanic tragedy, and these keys belonged to sidney daniels, a first class steward. These alone have a reserve price of between £50,000 and £60,000. These two photos of the titanic have never been published before and are also in the auction. One of a number in recent years that show the insatiable interest in the ship and its story. This deckchair went for £101,000. This key to a locker went for £85,000. Whilst this, the violin that played on deck as the titanic sank, sold for £1. 1 million. The 0skar holverson letter is expected to sell for at least £60,000 as part of the auction in wiltshire tomorrow. A single page from titanics enduring reach from history. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. This is bbc news at five, the headlines eu leaders agreed to start preparing for trade talks with the uk. Theresa may says she is optimistic about achieving a good deal. Oxford and cambridge universities are accused by one mp of social apartheid for not accepting enough underprivileged students. The uks budget deficit last month was the smallest for any september in the past ten years. Now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6 30 tonight. Weve got a busy show coming up, with a look ahead to the weekends biggest football fixtures

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