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Minister digbyjones and talkradio presenter daisy mcandrew. Stay with us for that. Borisjohnson has been told he has 12 days to find an a solution to the irish backstop problem, after the finnish Prime Minister called on him to make his brexit plans clear. After speaking with french president , the finnish Prime Minister told reporters that they need to know what is happening amid concerns of a no deal brexit, adding if no proposals are received by the end of september, then its over. Lets cross to our Political Correspondent nick eardley in westminster. Nick, i suppose the first thing to say is what else has the finnish Prime Minister ben saying, and is he speaking on behalf of all of the 27 Member States of the eu . Well, there isa Member States of the eu . Well, there is a frustration in europe that although the uk might be presenting ideas in meetings at coming up with what it rings our solutions to some of the problems it has with the current exit deal, we have heard numerous european leaders say over the last few days they are frustrated that a formal proposal hasnt been put down in writing. The uk government hasnt gone to europe and said here is our alternative in writing. Finnish Prime Minister has said today after with french president Emmanuel Macron that they agree that that needs to happen now, and by the end of the month, or in the words of the finnish Prime Minister, its over. Now, it is not clear what its over actually means. We dont know exactly what that would entail, and it is not a full eu position yet. This is the finns, and they say with the support of the french, talking about the urgency they now see in getting a deal down on paper, or i should say proposal from the uk down on paper. They will now take it to other European Countries and to the uk government. But to say, end of september, that is not the timetable that the uk government is working on. Number ten sources are saying government is working on. Number ten sources are saying theyll continue to negotiate and put forward a formal proposal in due course. But they have been suggesting that that formal proposal wouldnt come until next month, after the conservative conference which ends on two october, and in the run up to the next European Council meeting which is 17 and 18 october. What the finns are doing tonight, and as i say, they say with the support of the french although we have not had that confirmed from the elise a palace tonight, they need to do that much faster elysee palace. If they have not got it done by the end of the month, times up. And how they going to respond, you think . In some ways, can Boris Johnson going to respond, you think . In some ways, can borisjohnson turn this to his advantage to say look, yet again we are being bullied by europe . think borisjohnson we are being bullied by europe . think Boris Johnson has we are being bullied by europe . think borisjohnson has made it clear in the last few days that he thinks there is a solution, and he wa nts to thinks there is a solution, and he wants to try and find one. Now, as i say, the big frustration is there hasnt been a formal proposal put to europe by the uk government. But the uk government has said it is not ruling that out. It does plan to do it at some point. Some ministers have concerns that if you do it too early it could fall apart too quickly. I think there are some in government who want to wait until close to that European Council meeting to put it on paper. Will this speed up that process . Not clear yet, because what needs to happen is the rest of the eu need to endorse this end of september deadline for it to become a firm one rather than one thats been suggested, albeit by two key players. Remember, finland has the rotating presidency of the European Council at the moment, so it has a much louder voice than it might in other circumstances. So not com pletely other circumstances. So not completely clear whether this will become a firm deadline, but it is a sign that some European Countries are extremely frustrated. They want to speed this process up, and they wa nt to to speed this process up, and they want to see a solution, if there is one, from the uk government soon. And it is worth seeing, isnt it, nick, that when the finnish Prime Minister is calling on borisjohnson to make his brexit plans clear, i am assuming the crux of the problems around the irish backstop. That is the proposal that europe wants to hear what the British Governments plans are to try to solve that problem. Well, thats the bit that the uk government has a huge concern about when it comes to the Withdrawal Agreement that was already agreed between the uk and the European Union. The bit that johnson doesnt like, he says he cant live with, is the arrangements to stop there being a hard border in ireland. The ones that will keep the uk much closer to the European Union than some are comfortable with if there was no free trade deal. Now, so far there has been no sign that there was a breakthrough imminent on that issue. Some in london are making positive noises about the way that they think they can have some checks in Northern Ireland, away from the border, and also maintain some similar rules between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland when it comes to things like agricultural trade. So when it comes to things like agriculturaltrade. So far, when it comes to things like agricultural trade. So far, as i say, because there isnt a firm proposal there, it is not clear whether that is going to be a cce pta ble whether that is going to be acceptable to the European Union. Some have had enough. They are saying 31 october is far too close. The end of this month, give us a plan, or its not going to work. Good to talk to you, thanks, nick, our Political Correspondent in westminster. In an exclusive investigation the bbc has revealed the level of abuse and exploitation that many vulnerable teenagers face. Children who are either in care or have recently left care are being placed at risk of abuse while living in what is called supported accommodation in england and wales. At least 1a Council Investigations have been launched into allegations of abuse and failure to protect children over the past four years. The department for education says councils have a legal duty to make sure accommodation for these children is suitable. This report by our special correspondent ed thomas and producer noel titheridge has content you may find upsetting. Inside the unregulated homes failing to protect our most Vulnerable Children. It was a literal hellhole. Living here was a punishment. Tonight, we hear stories of abuse, exploitation and despair. How many times did you attempt to take your life . I think about three times. That is actually disgusting. No one should ever lay their hand on someone like that. How do you sum up your experience inside centurion care . Appalling. A year ago, we were told Vulnerable Children were being badly failed by authorities across england and wales. Increasingly, teenagers aged 16 and over, and often in care, are being placed in homes where checks are only made by councils, and not a regulator. This is where she lived. We obtained this confidential briefing sent around councils with claims of serious safeguarding failings in homes run by a Company Called centurion care. We set out to find the young people affected. It was horrendous. Drug taking, motorbikes being stolen. We have Learned Police were conducting surveillance on this home for young people caught up with criminal gangs. I saw them dealing drugs over the back wall. While other Vulnerable People lived inside. I used to live on this top floor. Carla spent years in foster homes before being sent to centurion care. So my self harm would be quite severe. There was a situation where it had been really bad, and id lost a lot of blood, and i went down to a member of staff and said i needed to go to the hospital. And they told me that they couldnt leave the boys unattended. Refusing to take you to hospital . Yeah. He was like, oh, you should just walk to the shop. She says she was taken to a pharmacy an hour later. Just a house where people profit from young, Vulnerable Children. Centurion care told us that all of their homes had first aid kits. Incidents were recorded and sent to social workers. On one occasion, carla was taken to hospital, and they cooperated with police, installing cctv to prevent drug dealing. We then moved to another centurion care home, two miles away, where they looked after a boy with learning disabilities. Theres a camera. And we obtained a recording outside the home showing the child in the yellow shirt, in distress, lashing out. Police were called here to an allegation of an assault by a boy on a worker. We cant be sure what led up to this, but watch how the worker responds. Tia was also a resident at the time. That would have probably scared the life out of him. They used to swear, scream in his face, tell him that they was going to take his balloons away. And theyjust used to take them, pop them, threaten him with police. He was absolutely petrified. Centurion care told us police were given cctv. No one was charged with an offence, and they werent aware of any allegation of bullying on this boy. We spent weeks trying to track down someone who knew the children involved. They were all very high risk. Andy was a support worker across many of the homes. Sexually exploited kids, drugs and alcohol abuse, some that had disabilities, all in one roof. He seemed most shocked by what happened here. Andy remembers a girl who regularly went missing. Ijust saw a bunch of boys in a car, and shejustjumped in, really. From this spot . From this spot, literally right here. And that was it. That was the last time i saw her. Trafficked, gone . Yeah, gone. She was missing for more than a week before being found in the midlands. Police ended up finding her. All sorts happened. There is no suggestion centurion care staff were involved in her trafficking. It took months to find out who she was and where she now lives. A lot of people go through things where, like, the care system, where its just they give up. Youre alone. What was the impact on you, being taken like that . A bad impact. It was the worst. You know, no one deserves that. Like many children in care, she was placed in a home outside of a local authority. I didnt have no friends or anything. I was always just running away, trying to get away the home. I was trying to get away from the environment, the staff, them. She says she was also sexually abused by a young person in the home. Did the Staff Members phone the police . No. Did the Staff Members remove the boys from the home who had been hurting you . No, theyjust told me that me and the guy were in a relationship. They told me that thats what i wanted. Centurion care told us all staff had safeguarding training, missing person procedures were followed, and they had no record of a Sexual Assault allegation. What were you hoping it would be . Just, like, a fresh start. The homes were closed in 2017 and the company dissolved when an investigation was launched over organised and complex abuse facing children in the homes. We have learnt it is just one of 1a such investigations facing vulnerable teenagers in england and wales in unregulated homes. Everyone that was involved, and whoever did what they did, someone needs to pay a price for the pain. Saudi arabia has produced evidence which it claims is proof that iran was involved in attacks on two of its Oil Refineries over the weekend. The Defence Ministry unveiled parts from what it said were 18 drones and cruise missiles which caused significant damage during the raids on saturday. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said that the attacks amounted to an act of war. Our middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville has the latest. Here is what saudi arabia failed to stop the remains of a swarm of 18 drones and seven missiles, a terrible miss that knocked out 5 of the worlds Global Oil Supply in an instant. The attack was launched from the north, and was unquestionably sponsored by iran. And, despite the pile of enemy debris before him, he praised saudi defences. Well, we are pretty proud about our air defence. Our air defence have intercepted, until now, almost 232 ballistic missiles. But what saudi arabia didnt say, as the United States has done, is that this was a direct attack from iran, and from iranian soil. Instead, it said it was sponsored by iran. These two bitter enemies have proxies throughout the region. Any direct escalation would spread like wildfire, and would be difficult to contain. Arriving injeddah today, the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, called the attack an act of war. Injune, the us blamed iran for these attacks in the gulf of oman. Last years abandoned nuclear deal and us sanctions have fuelled confrontation. Good morning, Prime Minister. Iraqs Prime Minister, speaking to the bbc, urged his neighbours to exercise caution. Well, i hope we dont go to attack they attack each other, really, because if we have an open war, it will not stop. This is a very dangerous war. Its not like any other wars. This was an attack with global implications. Tonight, President Trump and borisjohnson spoke and called for a united diplomatic response. Hardly fighting talk. Few want to run the risk of this crisis raging out of control. Quentin sommerville, bbc news, beirut. The headlines on bbc news the french and the finns call on borisjohnson to put forward his alternative brexit plans within 12 days, or they warn its over. A bbc news investigation finds teenagers in care are being placed at risk of abuse in unregulated homes. Saudi arabia has displayed what it says is wreckage of drones and cruise missiles which prove that iran was behind the recent attacks on two oilfacilities. There were some robust exchanges during the second day of hearings at the uk supreme court, on whether it was lawful for parliament to be suspended in the run up to brexit. The Prime Ministers case, that the decision was a political one and not one forjudges, was dismissed by a barrister representing his opponents, who told the court that the mother of parliaments was being shut down by the father of lies. Our home editor, mark easton, reports on the days events. At the supreme court, the power struggle between the united kingdoms government and its parliament has, for some, become an instagram moment, a photo opportunity. I was there. Good morning. 11 justices are being asked to make the final legal call on whether borisjohnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks was an unlawful ruse to get brexit done by halloween. The suggestion, ultimately, that the Prime Minister was concerned to stymie parliament whatever on earth that means is, we respectfully submit, untenable. The case hinges on what might be called westminsters triangle of power the relationship between 10 downing street, the houses of parliament and the supreme court. Sirjames eadie, the governments go to barrister, argued suspending, or proroguing, parliament was a matter for downing street and the courts shouldnt interfere. Somejudges raised a legal eyebrow. If there is anybody who is better placed to defend parliamentary sovereignty, the legal principle of parliamentary sovereignty, it is us here. Its no good simply turning up and shouting about parliamentary sovereignty because parliamentary sovereignty means a number of different things. Isnt it odd that nobody has signed a witness statement to say, this is true, these are the true reasons for what was done . My lord, i, i, i. You have the witness statement you have. So what is borisjohnsons working assumption as to what is going to happen here . Well, a senior government source says downing street thinks thejudges will want to rule on the legality of the Prime Minister suspending parliament and may want to fire a few warning shots about a government Closing Parliament illegitimately. But even if they are right, how that affects government business, or even brexit, for that matter, well, that is far from clear. Once parliament has been prorogued, the only constitutional actor Still Standing is the courts. This lawyer, representing scottish politicians who want to stop a no deal brexit, took thejudges back to the triangle of power, arguing the courts must decide on the legality of downing streets actions. Weve got here the mother of parliaments being shut down by the father of lies. Rather than allowing lies to triumph, listen to the angels of your better nature. Accusations of lying and dirty tricks inside, aggressive barracking by brexit supporters outside, as gina miller, the remain campaigner who is challenging the government, left the court. To the gallows respect the referendum, miller anger is in evidence. Mark easton, bbc news, the supreme court. The father of a hospital patient has been filmed confonting borisjohnson during a visit to a hospital in east london earlier today. The Prime Minister was visiting Whipps Cross University hospital when he was challenged by omar salem, a labour activist, who claimed there were not enough doctors and nurses in place to provide an appropriate service. They are not enough people on this board. Not enough doctors, nurses. The nhs is being destroyed. Its been destroyed. And now you come here for a press opportunity. Well, actually, theres no press here. What do you mean theres no press here . who are these people . sir, you need to stop raising your voice. Inaudible. It is a bit late now, isnt it. Years and years of the nhs being destroyed. And you are telling me there are no press here. There is no press here . this is a press opportunity. Believe whatever you want. Tonight the Prime Minister gave his response on social media and said todays events hadnt been an embarrassment and is was all part of his job. Three teenagers have been charged with the murder of a Police Officer who was killed while investigating a burglary. Pc andrew harper, who was 28, died after he was dragged along a road by a vehicle in berkshire last month. An 18 year old and two 17 year olds will appear in court tomorrow. Another man has already been charged with the officers murder. The First Court Hearing has taken place in the controversial criminal case against a former british soldier, accused of murder during the bloody sunday shootings in londonderry in 1972. 13 people died after soldiers from the parachute regiment opened fire on a civil rights demonstration, in the bogside area. The former paratrooper, known as soldier f, is facing two charges of murder, and 5 charges of attempted murder. From derry, our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. A moment of reflection in the bogside, a place forever synonymous with one of the darkest days of the troubles. For the families of victims, the possibility a british soldier could face prosecution had once seemed extremely remote. Today, they retraced part of the civil rights march on their way to witness the start of this divisive case. In 1972, the day had begun peacefully. But, after rioting broke out, the parachute regiment opened fire. Soldier f, now in his late 60s, is facing charges for the murders ofjames wray and william mckinney, four charges of attempted murder, and a charge of attempted murder of people unknown. This is a very significant event for us on ourjourney towards achieving the third and final demand, the prosecution of a soldierfor murder and attempted murder on bloody sunday. The man known as soldier f was not required to be in court for this hearing but, nonetheless, the start of these proceedings were watched by a packed public gallery. What does it mean to you to be here today . Its a day when we have campaigned for a7, 48 years nearly, to make somebody accountable for what happened to our relatives. This is the moment it starts. What do you say to those who argue that veterans from the troubles should not be brought back to court years later . People are responsible for their actions. It took us a7, 48 years to arrive here because of the system and the society we lived in. They are no more or less answerable to the law than i am. It was a short procedural hearing and the case has now been adjourned until december. Today was a very symbolic one forfamilies but it may take many months to reach a full trial. The prosecution of former soldiers is strongly opposed by some conservative mps and the British Government is funding soldier fs defence. But the families who lost loved ones on bloody sunday hope their fight forjustice is moving forward. Emma vardy, bbc news, derry. A pensioner has been cleared of murdering her terminally ill 81 year old husband, who died after they both took an overdose at their home in staffordshire. Mavis eccleston, whos 80, sobbed in the dock as the verdict was read out. Sian lloyd reports. A devoted couple, married for 60 years. But Mavis Eccleston was accused of murdering the man she described as the love of her life in a so called mercy killing. It took a jury four hours to clear her of all charges, verdicts welcomed by her family who described the past 18 months as a terrible ordeal. If there had been an assisted dying law in the uk, our dad would have been able to have the choice to end his suffering. He would not have asked our mum to do something that is considered breaking the law. Our dad would have been devastated at the thought of his beloved wife waiting to find out if, at the age of 80, she would face a life sentence in prison simply for respecting his wishes. At the couples home, the prosecution alleged that Mavis Eccleston had given her husband a potentially lethal dose of prescription medicine in a night time drink, without him knowing. She told the court that they had acted together, that dennis wanted to end his life and she couldnt live without him. She had also taken an overdose and the couple were found unconscious during an unexpected visit from relatives. Following hospital treatment, she survived. A sense of relief for this family, but wider questions will again they are looking forward to getting her home. A coroner has found that a 90 year old woman, who was left for almost two hours after a fall, and an 87 year old man left bleeding for three hours, both died from neglect because of a failure of the south east Coast Ambulance to prioritise their 999 calls. Amanda akass has the story. They were left waiting desperately for the ambulances they hoped would come and save them but when helped arrived, it was too late. 90 daisy filby year old dialled 999 after she fell and could not get up again. Daisy and her daughter linda, who is disabled and was not able to help her mother, called 99 nine five times. The target Response Time was 60 minutes but within 90 minutes, daisy, who was lying face down and unable to move, had stopped moving. Today the coroner said. South east Coast Ambulance service told the coroner they were regularly stretched beyond capacity and that the call handling system was a National System which has since been replaced. Our thoughts are with the family and everyone affect at this difficult time and we are very sorry for the service they receive. Affected. Since these incidents took place in 2017, it is important to note that a significant amount of work has taken place to improve the services we provide. The coroner also ruled maurice goodwins death had been contributed by neglect. His wife called for an ambulance after his trousers became soaked in blood. The coal hamlet referred him to a nursing service. When the nurses arrived he had stop breathing. Another man had waited one hour and a quarterfor an another man had waited one hour and a quarter for an endless was due to a quarter for an endless was due to a shortage. The staff who deal with that system are very well trained and do have medical clinician in that room to assist them. It is 2017, there was not as much of that. There have been improvements. People who take the calls are much better trained and there are more of them but not nearly enough. Commitment to making further improvements has been made. Amanda akass, bbc news. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers. That is coming up after the headlines at 11 30pm. Now to the weather. Thank you forjoining me. We will be taking a look at the outlook for the next ten days. The next few days looking quiet. A lot of settled weather, light winds and dry conditions thanks to these area of high pressure. This. Cloud and rain into scotland. Sitting across the Northern Isles on thursday. Sunny spells developing through the course of the day. Much drier and brighter than wednesday and warmer as well. A

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