Around at the moment which will probably produce more heavy and persistent rain than the by remnants of dorian. Some of the rain down into the south west is pretty intense, quite shark met with rambles of thunder. The rain will gradually ease eastwards. The temperatures will struggle for the first week of september, a maximum of 13 to 17 degrees the hype. The rain will ease off. With all the moisture in the air, classic autumn mist and fog is likely to form. It could be a murky start to the morning and quite chilly in some places. Single figures in more rural spots. Some of the fog will be slow to play in the midlands. The cloud was then and break that more sunshine coming through tomorrow. A quieter day for most of us. In Northern Ireland and scotland the winds will strengthen. The rain will arrive in some of it quite heavy. The remnants of by hurricane dorian, the area of low pressure arise tuesday night into wednesday. Wendy, and wet fulsome time. It will weaken off considerably. Across england and wales, a band of showery rain. For some time. A degree or so warmer on wednesday with temperatures up as high as 21 celsius. We had to look to another by storm, and this is gabrielle. By thursday that will move in from the atlantic. When a south westerly flow it will bring tropical humidity with it. Things will feel warm towards the end of the week across england and wales. It will bring rain but mostly in Northern Ireland, scotland and north west england. Ahead of it we will see temperatures peaking perhaps as high as 23 degrees. Not bad as we are heading towards the middle part of september. Just to summarise, cool autumn flavour, getting a little better later on. A reminder of our top story. Boris johnson tells the irish Prime Minister he would overwhelmingly prefer to find an agreement with the eu as the government confirms parliament will be suspended tonight. Thats all from the bbc news at one. So its goodbye from me and, on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Good afternoon. Its 1 30pm, and heres your latest sports news. Rafael nadal is now one grand slam title behind Roger Federers record of 20. Thats after he came through an epic us open final. Russias Daniil Medvedev was two sets down but forced a decider, the spaniard hanging on to become champion in new york for the fourth time. Joe lynskey reports. As rafa nadal took it all in, on the big screen they showed what he had done. A tribute to what now is 19 grand slam titles. Even he can lose track. Nadal said this win might have been his most emotional. He was pushed all the way by Daniil Medvedev. The russian was playing in his first grand slam final, he looked a bit overwhelmed for the first two sets, and nadal raced into a two love lead. But as the light fell on new york, the crowd asked for more and medvedev roused a come back. Play like this could make him the next star. He won the next two sets to force the decider, but with nearly five hours on the clock, nadal found the will to respond. The way the match went on, a very good match at the end, this makes this day unforgettable part of my history in the sport. Rafa nadal this is the last major of the year, but injanuary he could go level with Roger Federer on 20 major titles. As this sport goes into a new decade, it still looks to the same icons. Johanna konta is up to eleventh in the World Rankings following her run to the quarterfinals at flushing meadows. The british number one stands on the brink of a place in the top ten for the first time in 18 months. England have named an unchanged squad for the final ashes test that starts on thursday. Yesterdays defeat at old trafford means australia retain the ashes, but england can level the series with a win at the oval. Joe root has insisted that he is the right man to captain the side, despite australia leaving england with the ashes for the first time in 18 years. There are two more euro qualifers tonight involving home nations. Tough trip for scotland to unbeaten belgium, and Northern Ireland will be looking to stay top of group c. They have to avoid defeat to germany at windsor park, to germany at windsor park. The germans lost to the netherlands last friday, who are also vying for one of the two qualification spots. You can listen to Northern Ireland against germany on five live and radio ulster. Waless friendly against belarus is on radio wales, and highlights will be on bbc wales at 10 35pm tonight. All those games kick off at 7 45pm. Five time Paralympic ChampionEllie Simmonds has made a good start to the para swimming World Championships in london. She finished third in her heat of the 400 metres freestyle that sees her qualify for tonights final. Ukraines mereshko won the heat. From my point of view, this isjust a bonus, you know what i mean . I have achieved my dream of getting five gold medals. At the come to the World Championships, i gave everything i had to qualify for this competition. To be here, i am in top form, i competition. To be here, i am in top form, lam competition. To be here, i am in top form, i am feeling good, and i have just got nothing to prove to anyone. Whatever comes tonight, it is just a bonus. And ijust want to enjoy it and have fun. Ill have more for you in the next hour. More now on our top story. The government has confirmed that a five week suspension of parliament will begin later today, with mps expected to again reject government calls for a snap election. Speaking in the last few minutes, the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, has been giving his reaction to that news. Lets listen to what he said. I think it is disgraceful, parliament should be sitting, and parliament should be sitting, and parliament should be holding the cove na nt to accou nt. Parliament should be holding the covenant to account. The Prime Minister appears to want to run away from questions he was appointed Prime Minister at the end ofjuly, he has faced one Prime Minister questions, and now he is proroguing parliament to avoid pm cues this wednesday. Also, all mps need to be able to question the government on its proposal to crash out on the 3ist its proposal to crash out on the 31st of october from the eu with all the problems that would mean for food and medicine supplies. But it is also the Prime Minister going around the country saying that he doesnt accept an act of parliament thatis doesnt accept an act of parliament that is now law. Which is that he has got to ask for an extension until the end of january so we has got to ask for an extension until the end ofjanuary so we can avoid crashing out, which i think everybody accepts is very dangerous. Opposition Party Leaders met this morning, what was said in the meeting in terms of when to hold the general election . It wasnt a discussion on the day of the general election. There was an agreement on two things we will do everything we can to avoid crashing out on the 3ist can to avoid crashing out on the 31st of october, and we will support an election when it is clear that we are not doing that crashing out. We all wantan are not doing that crashing out. We all want an election, we all want to avoid crashing out. So in terms of labours position, when is the earliest you think you could back an election . When it is clear that the government is going to abide by the act of parliament which has now been passed which requires them to have an extension, a short extension, untiljanuary, to prevent the no deal exit from the eu with all the problems that causes in ireland, all the bottoms that causes for all of oui the bottoms that causes for all of our manufacturing industry, medicine and food supplies. And for you, when would it be clear the government was doing that . After the eu council on the 17th of october . That would be the 17th of october . That would be the obvious time. That is the point at which the British Government will have had to have made its application. But we are in extra ordinary times. A Prime Minister saying that he doesnt want to abide by what is a clear decision of a democratically elected parliament and that he is prepared to countenance plunging many peoples lives into complete chaos. When michael gove last week gets up in parliament and announces that he is employing 1000 people to deal with Traffic Congestion leading to the port of dover, surely the effort, the energy and cost should be put into ensuring that we have continuing trade arrangement with europe. So stop the no deal exit. Wightman well, today, the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has been on a diplomatic trip to dublin to talk to his irish counterpart leo va radkar. The Prime Minister said he would overwhelmingly prefer to find an agreement with the eu, and believed it could be reached by the middle of october. Mr varadkar gave a statement ahead of his meeting with the Prime Minister. He said he would be asking his uk counterpart how he plans to get a brexit deal through Parliament Without a majority in the house of commons. Prime minister, first of all, i really wa nt Prime Minister, first of all, i really want to very sincerely welcome you to ireland. I look forward to our conversation this morning. I think we can both agree that we have much to discuss. Negotiating ftas between you and the us, and securing the ratification in less than three years, i think is going to be a Herculean Task for you. But we want to be your friend, and your ally, your athena in doing so. And your ally, your athena in doing so. I think the manner in which you leave the European Union will determine whether that is possible. Iam determine whether that is possible. I am ready to listen to any constructive ways in which we can achieve our agreed goals and resolve the current impasse. But what we cannot do and will not do, and i know you understand, is agree to the replacement of a legal guarantee with a promise. 0ur businesses need long term certainty, and the people of this island, north and south, need to know that their livelihoods and security and their sense of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of identity will not be put at risk as a consequence of brexit. So the sta kes a consequence of brexit. So the stakes are high, avoiding a return toa stakes are high, avoiding a return to a hard border on this island, and protecting our place in the Single Market are the irish governments priorities in all circumstances. We must protect the peace, and also the burgeoning all ireland economy, and thatis burgeoning all ireland economy, and that is why for us the backstop continues to be a critical component of the backs of agreement. Unless and until other alternatives are found. But we are open to alternatives. But they must be realistic ones, legally binding and workable. And we havent received such proposals to day. I am confident that we will be able to find Common Ground today, and to be able to defend the peace, the all ireland comic, and what we hold dear. We may sometimes differ, but we are bound by our shared past and kinship. I think we have achieved one of peace freedom and prosperity. The all ireland economy. The Prime Minister borisjohnson also gave a speech ahead of that meeting. He said he wanted a brexit deal and a no deal brexit would be a failure that both the british and irish governments would be responsible for. I have one message that i want to learn with you today. That is that i wa nt to learn with you today. That is that i want to find a deal. I want to get a deal. Like you, i looked carefully at no deal, i have assessed its consequences, both for our country and yours. Yes, of course, we could do it. The uk could certainly get through it. But to be in no doubt that that outcome would be a failure of statecraft for which we would all be responsible. And so, for the sake of business, of farmers, and for millions of ordinary people who are 110w millions of ordinary people who are now counting on us to use our imagination and creativity to get this done, i want you to know that i would overwhelmingly prefer to find an agreement. Our governments have spent three years masticating this problem. And so now i think it is time to honour the achievements of oui predecessors time to honour the achievements of our predecessors who tackled far worse problems by cracking this one ourselves. In a moment, well have all the Business News, but first the headlines on bbc news. Borisjohnson says a no deal brexit would be a failure, as he meets with the irish Prime Minister, leo varadkar, in dublin. Downing street confirms that parliament will be shut down after the close of Business Today, as the government suspends proceedings until mid october. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers as pilots go on strike. Its the biggest walk out in bas history. Im Dharshini David in the Business News. The uk economy appears to have avoided recession over the summer with gdp growing 0. 3 in july versus june. Thats according to the office for national statistics. However, it also revealed that output was flat in the three months tojuly, confirming that the economy has lost momentum compared with last year. Lloyds Banking Group is counting the cost of a last minute surgee the cost of a last minute surge in claims for the mis selling of payment protection insurance. The bank says the extra bill could reach £1. 8 billion, after it saw more than four times the number of cases it had expected ahead of the 29th august deadline. Others including rbs and cybg have also set aside more money for compensation. Graduates from wealthier families are more than twice as likely to start work on a higher salary than their working class peers. Thats according to trade union body the tuc. Its called for legal action to tackle discrimination based on class at work. Discimination against workers on the basis of class should be outlawed according to the National Trade union body, the tuc. It says some of the best skills and talents in the country are being wasted, as those from working class backgrounds continue to face unfair barriers at work and in society. Amongst its proposals are that companies publish pay gaps bsased on class, as theyre currenty as theyre currently are obliged to for gender. Kate bell is head of economics for the tuc she joins me from the tuc congress in brighton. Take us through the findings of your study here. Many people will think that actually, perhaps with the spotlight shining on forms of dissemination, that we should be seeing an improvement in terms of social ability. Unfortunately, our research out today shows what many pea people see in their daily lives that are classed as domination, snobbery are still alive in the workplace. We found that even people have degrees, those from a working class are half as likely as those from professionaljobs to end up those from professionaljobs to end up in the highest paid jobs. We think that that is telling us in ha rd think that that is telling us in hard figures are something that to any people know, that it is too often old boy networks, unpaid internships, who you know not what you know, that gets you into the better paid jobs. Talking about conscious and unconscious bias, so to speak . I think that is right. It can be, you know, some people tell us can be, you know, some people tell us about being looked down upon because of the way they speak, but it can be more subtle things. The kind of culture you talk about, where you went on holiday, things that people use to say that that is of someone like me, they are the kind of person i will hire. These kind of person i will hire. These kind of person i will hire. These kind of cultural factors sometimes that we might not be aware of, that is why we are asking for new laws to make sure that we actually shine a light on that and that we start asking employees to think about what their workplace practices do, and who they are unable to get on. But how do you go on about actually putting in legislation to deal with this . Because you would have to have an awful lot of information about peoples backgrounds. And have to be very clear about what dissemination looks like. Government that is right, but some organisations are already doing this. We know the Single Service, the bbc, and big firms like kpmg have actually started to do this already. The Single Service have published guidance on how to do it. We heard this with other forms of dissemination, can you really tackle dissemination, can you really tackle dissemination on the basis of gender . Can you tackle it on the basis of race . We think you can come and we think you can based on class. When it comes to gender pay gap reporting, we think that things have budged. But firms arent penalised for not improving. So if its a meaningful exercise . Absolutely, with gender pay gap reporting, we have called not just with gender pay gap reporting, we have called notjust for companies to report their gender pay gaps, but also to have to carry out an action plan should put that in place and report back on what they have done to tackle the gender pay gaps that they reveal. And that is what we wa nt to they reveal. And that is what we want to see in place for class pay gap reporting too. Thank you. In other Business News, discount retailer primark says it expects full year sales to be up by 4 , thanks to the opening 01 14 new stores. However, strip that out, and group sales are down 2 , with a 1 drop in the uk. The company says two thirds of its operating profits are earned outside the uk but the recent strengthening of the us dollar and weakening of sterling will increase the cost of goods for next year. Nissans chief executive says hes ready to step down and pass on his role to the next generation. Hiroto saikawas comments came in response to reports that he may resign imminently. The troubled japanese car makers board is due to meet later today. Mr saikawa has come under increasing pressure after it was revealed hed had been overpaid whilst the companys profits plunged. Belfast international has been voted the uks Worst Airport in a survey by consumer magazine which . Long queues, crowded terminals, and pricey Parking Charges were all a contributing factor. Customers gave the airport an approval score of 42 , saying it was shabby, understaffed and had a poor layout. It came just behind luton on 43 , and manchester t3 on 47 . By contrast cosy Doncaster Sheffield came top, followed by birmingham, and heathrows terminal five. What about the markets . Talking about airports, we have been hearing about airports, we have been hearing about British Airways and the strikes. You can see there that the group which owns British Airways, the massive disruption with the strikes, that has investors worry. The share price down. The ftse 100 the share price down. The ftse100 overall had a fairly bright start, but lost those games very quickly indeed. Concerns about the Retail Sector as well. The pound having a better day. That is your Business News for now. 15 years ago, the bbcs security correspondent, frank gardner, was shot by alqaeda gunmen while on assignment in saudi arabia. He has used a wheelchair ever since. A competent water skier before his injury, the idea of ever doing it again seemed a challenge too farfor frank until he heard of adaptive water skiing. Lets take a look at how he got on. How do you water ski when you cant use your legs . Im frank gardner, and i use a wheelchair because i got shot while on a bbc assignment in saudi arabia 15 years ago. Ive done a lot of skiing, snow skiing. Its called adaptive skiing. I used to water ski before my injuries, but water skiing has always just been that one challenge too far. Ive avoided it, ive dodged it, ive ducked it all these years. There is a charity called access adventures that gets disabled people like myself into the water to give it a try. The first challenge is going to be struggling into the wet suit, and that is a challenge in itself. I have just put my leg through the arm of the wet suit. I feel like a kind of beached seal. Ok, second challenge is getting into the actual kit that im going to ski in. So this is called an adaptive water ski, which, as you can see, its got a kind of fixed seat attached to it, which im now going to get myself into. How does it feel being back in the water . Well, cold and wet. Hit it its a big moment where you feel that tug on the rope, and the boat accelerates in front of you. And suddenly youre up, surging out of the water, youve got spray all round you. Youre skiing on the water, its unnatural. It is exhilarating, its totally exhilarating. There is a definite eureka moment in this, where the instructors just peel away and suddenly youre on your own. When theyjudged i was ready for it, they allowed me to go over the wake, to ski over the wake, which is this its kind of a bump in the water. And its a little scary at first. Its kind of like youre side slipping over a little hillock made out of water, is the best way i can describe it. And of course, youre thinking, im going to fall on the other side. But you dont quite, you adjust. One, two, three excellent, well done. That was so much fun. Really enjoyed that. I hadnt done this for so many years, so to get out on the water and finding out what the limits of your body and your skills are, its brilliant. If you spend pretty much all your waking day based in a wheelchair, which is endlessly tedious, ill never sugar coat it, thats a lovely independent feeling. Refusing to be defeated. Our amazing colleague there. Eddie redmayne says its absolutely wonderful to be working again with felicityjones, in their new film the aeronauts. Their last movie together the theory of everything won redmayne an oscar. The aeronauts had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival last night. Our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, was there. Im a really good aeronaut. Five years after the oscar winning the theory of everything, felicityjones is reunited with her co star eddie redmayne. I need to make studies of the air. I am not a coachman for hire. You are the only person who could fly us higher than anyone has ever been. This time he plays a scientist very different from stephen hawking, while she plays an adventurer, and they both embark on a terrifyingly dangerous balloon flight. We had the most intense and extraordinary experience making theory of everything, and when we were offered this script, there was that slight nervousness of, you know, do we go back . But we enjoyed that experience so much that it was, we both called each other up, and said, ill do it if you do it. Who said yes first . You or him . We both said yes together we were both sent the script separately. The fact that they were two such two brilliant characters, thats what clinched it. I think had one character not been so good, the other person wouldnt have wanted to take the part. But there was so much rich stuff there for both of us. This is a festival that has a reputation for showcasing potential oscar winners. So expectation is growing that this could well fly extremely high during award season. So it begins. Lizo mzimba, bbc news, Toronto Film Festival. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise lear. Often at this time of year, you can get atlantic storms influencing the weather across the uk. That is what is going to happen. This is the remnants of hurricane dorian. By the time it moves across the cooler waters of the atlantic, just an area of low pressure. Ahead of it, we have a weather front at the moment that that is producing some rain. It is starting to weaken a little, but there will still be some intense thundery downpours across the south west and parts of wales. So here we could see some heavy rain in a short space of time. Slowly brightening up this afternoon across the northern isles. Cloudy skies and bits and pieces of showery rain. And not feeling very warm with it, between 13 and 16 celsius. A disappointing feel to the afternoon. The rain will tend to ease overnight, we do keep a lot of cloud. And with the moisture from the rain, there could be patchy mist and fog forming towards dawn. And we will see a chilly start in some places, single figures quite widely. It will be a cloudy and murky start. The mist and fog will thin and break, then we will see brighter skies into the afternoon. By the end of the day, the winds are strengthening, the rain arrives, and this is the remnants of hurricane dorian. There will be wet and windy weather up into the north west. Highest values of 19 celsius. The storm will continue to push its way across the country. A deep area of low pressure, there will be strong winds, but nothing particularly unusual for this time of year. It will bring heavy rain across scotland and Northern Ireland, then a band of weaker showery rain will ease its way across england and wales. Bright and breezy behind it. Temperatures if anything on the up as we go through the middle part of the week. So 15 to 21 celsius the high. As we move from wednesday to thursday, another ex Tropical Storm will push more humid air from the south. So it will bring rain. A different feel to the weather towards the end of the week, turning a little warmer and a little drier across england and wales. There will be some rain, mostly into Northern Ireland and western scotland. Perhaps into north west england and the far north of wales. Further south with the southerly wind, we will see temperatures peaking at 23 celsius. So a real changeable week of weather ahead. We start off cool and wet and windy at times, but it will get warmer and drier a little later. Hello, youre watching afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Parliament will shut down after the close of Business Today as the government suspends proceedings till mid october. It comes as borisjohnson tells irish Prime Minister leo varadkar he would overwhelmingly prefer to find an agreement with the eu than leave without a deal. Yes, of course we could do it. The uk could certainly get through it. But be in no doubt that outcome would be a failure of statecraft for which we would all be responsible. There is no such thing as a clean break orjust getting it done. Rather, we willjust move on to a new phase. If there is no deal, itll cause severe disruption for british and irish people alike