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Diana did the same. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. One of the Prime Ministers most Senior Advisers has said he is not surprised that some voters are angry with mps over brexit. Dominic cummings said the only way to solve the issue of abuse would be if mps respected the result of the eu referendum. And he said if mps say we dont want to respect that vote, what do you expect to happen . The angry tenor of debate over brexit has caused more than 100 bishops to warn against further entrenching our divisions. Theyve called for respect on all sides, in the debate on britains withdrawal from the eu. Boris johnson has defended the language he used in wednesdays commons debate, after he described one mps safety concerns as humbug. But the prime minster insists he deplores any threats to anybody, particularly female mps. Speaking at a book launch in london last night, mr cummings dismissed suggestions the government was under pressure over brexit, saying he was enjoying it. 0ur Political Correspondent Jessica Parker is at westminster. Tell us more about what Dominic Cummings was saying at that book launch last night . It is interesting to hear him just they are talking about how this was all going to be a walk in the park compared to delivering the referendum, that they we re delivering the referendum, that they were enjoying the process, that they are going to win, that britain is going to leave the European Union. I think the context of these comments come after what has been an incredibly stormy week in parliament, as you were just outlining there. There are a large number of Opposition Mps who are pretty determined to take on Dominic Cummings. They dont think his plan oi cummings. They dont think his plan or strategy is the right one for the uk. 0bviously or strategy is the right one for the uk. Obviously in Early September mps passed an act designed to prevent a no deal brexit of borisjohnson hasnt won approval for a deal by the 19th of october, so i think Dominic Cummingss comments could further irk some of those mps. It was interesting because Boris Johnsons Senior Adviser was again approached this morning about those comments he made at the book launch. Lets have a listen to what he had to say. Why are you blaming mps . Who is blaming who . Why are you blaming mps . Lovely to see you all. It doesnt look like a walk in the park, does it . A walk in the park . Who said it would be a walk in the park . You said it last night at a book launch. As you say, it has been an incredibly stormy week in parliament. Taking the heat out of that, it is not going to be necessarily a simple process, as it . No because the tension still exist. There are a fear, one over the governments brexits strategy. The closer we get to that 0ctober governments brexits strategy. The closer we get to that october the sist closer we get to that october the 31st deadline, tensions could raise further. Also there was this debate about the language used. Boris johnson taken to task by some mps for using phrases such as the surrender act. I was referring to the ben bill a moment ago, now a law to stop a no deal brexit. Boris johnson often gives it the name they surrender act. Johnson often gives it the name they surrender act. Some johnson often gives it the name they surrender act. Some mps were raising their concerns and heated exchanges earlier this week saying that the language that Boris Johnson earlier this week saying that the language that borisjohnson uses is sometimes quoted back to them, a loss of mps received death threats, that they are frequently put under huge amounts of pressure with very unpleasant correspondence sent to them. One mp was seen by some mobile phone footage to confront Dominic Cummings over what a lot of mps say isa cummings over what a lot of mps say is a deliberate strategy to pitch people against parliament. Some of the heat we were talking about in evidence. Moving to the procedure is in parliament and what might unfold over the next month, a little over a month before the 0ctober little over a month before the october 31 deadline. 0ur viewers will know that the ben act is designed to force the Prime Minister to ask for an extension from the eu ifa to ask for an extension from the eu if a deal hasnt been agreed by mid 0ctober. John major has been talking about a way to get around that, what has he been suggesting . Yes, sirjohn major a former Prime Minister from yes, sirjohn major a former Prime Ministerfrom the yes, sirjohn major a former Prime Minister from the conservatives, a man who has been highly critical of them are critical of the Boris Johnson administration. Raising a possibility, and at this stage we can only say to speculative, as to how the government might try to get around this law, as you say, is designed to make sure borisjohnson has to ask for a delay to brexit every deal hasnt been approved by the 19th of october. The context, government ministers have said theyre going to try and test the law and Boris Johnson theyre going to try and test the law and borisjohnson is still insisting that the uk is going to leave on the 31st of october, he isnt going to ask for a delay. Sir john major raising the possibility speech last night of something known as an order of council. Another bit of lingo for the brexit lexicon. What it means a power by preppy councillors, one they can exercise without requiring demonics approval. We dont at this stage know whether this is something being considered by ministers. A cabinet minister today has suggested that this idea is too clever by half, in terms of whether an order of counsel can be used to somehow get around the act. But while people try and work out what the government are planning, lets have a listen to James Cleverley who was pressed on this issue last night. What im not going to do is im not going to talk through how the government intends to discharge its business, knowing full well there are a whole load of people who will try to distort every procedure we have in british politics to try and prevent that. It is worth saying, i was just looking at what orders of counsel have been used more recently, they have been used more recently, they have been used to amend the bylaws of the Royal Academy of dance and the british Occupational Hygiene society. So early to be used to somehow get around this act, it would be pretty unusual. Meanwhile in brussels, the eus chief brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will meet the uks brexit secretary later with pessimism seemingly on the rise about the prospects for a brexit deal. On thursday mr barnier said brussels was still waiting for workable proposals on managing the border with ireland. The bbcs Kevin Connolly is in brussels. He was asked if there was any indication that britain and the eu were close to reaching a deal. I suppose we should start with a spoiler alert that it is perfectly possible we wont know much more by the end of the day than we know now about what is really going on behind the scenes in those talks. As you say, they work from the European Union is negotiator is pretty damning, he is talking about the fa ct damning, he is talking about the fact there is still no workable proposals to replace the irish backstop. That is the solution to keeping the irish were open. We hear there is cautious optimism and negotiations are proceeding at pace and the British Brexit secretary will be here later today. There is a process under way, but there is a tremendous amount of work to do. Of course, the basic point is that when you look at the deadline, the European Council meeting in the middle of the next month when the readers will have to sign off on a deal, you are essentially i suppose saying that something is going to have to be achieved in three weeks that hasnt been so far achieved in three years. People here know that any deal has to get through the house of commons. When you look at the scenes in the commons, when you listen to the word spoken there, when you sense the atmosphere even from a distance in brussels, it seems hard to imagine that a deal can be smoothly engineered through the commons in the very short time left. People do watch those fractures scenes, they do take political cue from them and most people behind the scenes here are pessimistic, but of course the negotiators still have to engage with the uk team, they still have to work on whatever proposals the uk tea m work on whatever proposals the uk team put forward. So the process does continue, but there is no real sense of optimism that a breakthrough is close. Senior us democrats say a whistleblowers letter which has been made public proves that donald trump tried to cover up details of a phone call he had with the president of ukraine. In the call, mr trump asked for an investigation into former Vice President joe biden, his leading rival in next years us president ial election. Mr trump denies exerting improper pressure, but the call has triggered an impeachment inquiry against him. David willis reports. A beleaguered President Trump returned to the white house last night. Even by the breathless standards of his administration, the last few days have been particularly tumultuous. A whistleblowers report maintains not only that mr trump misused the office of president for personal gain, but that white house officials, alarmed by his request for dirt on democratic rival joe biden, then sought to bury the evidence. President trump seen here with mr zelensky earlier in the week has lashed out publicly and privately. At a closed door event in new york, he suggested that white house staff who spoke about the telephone conversation should be seen as traitors. Democrats in the house of representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry earlier this week. 0n capitol hill, the battle lines are being drawn along party lines. This phone call is a nothing burger in terms of a quid pro quo. The president of the United States did not remotely suggest to the ukraine, if you dont do my political bidding against the bidens im going to cut your money off. The president of the United States and his actions with telephone call with a head of state betrayed his oath of office, our National Security and the integrity of our elections. Last night, President Trump renewed the attack on his political rivals. Ijust watched a little bit of this on television. Its a disgrace to our country. Its another witch hunt, here we go again. Its adam schiff and his crew making up stories and sitting there like pious. Whatever you want to call them. Itsjust a, really, a disgrace. The president is not without his supporters, however. Sheriffs from across the us converged on the white house, looking to raise his spirits at the end of a brutal week. Seven days ago, most people in america had yet to hear of mr trumps fateful conversation with the president of the ukraine. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. A british flagged oil tanker has left iran and reached international waters, after being held for more than two months. The stena imperos swedish owner, stena bulk, said it was on the move from the bandar abbas port, where it has been anchored sincejuly. The vessel was seized by iranian troops in the strait of hormuz after they accused it of breaking maritime rules. It followed the Royal Marines seizing an iranian tanker off gibraltar, suspected of carrying oil to syria. The headlines on bbc news. The Prime Ministers top advisor, Dominic Cummings, says its not surprising some people are angry with mps over brexit, saying parliament hasnt respected the result of the referendum. It comes as more than a hundred of the church of englands bishops warn politicians that their language over brexit has been unacceptable in the last few days. In the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistle blower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. And in sport. Englands Piers Francis has been cited for a high tackle during yesterday world cup win over the United States wales have named an unchanged 15 for their match against australia in tokyo on sunday captain Alun Wyn Jones will become wales most capped player. The world athletics championships gets under way this afternoon in qatar with the build up dominated by issues over the heat and humidity in the host city doha. Ill be back with more on those stories later. Its been claimed there are still significa nt gaps in the governments no deal planning in relation to the nhs and care homes. The National Audit office praised the department of health and social care for the enormous amount of work that had been done, but said there were still risks involved if the uk left the eu without a deal. Andy moore sent this report. From rubber gloves and syringes to medicines and blood products, the entire health and social care system in the uk relies heavily on medicines and equipment imported from the eu. Much of this comes via the channel ports, which could see huge disruption in the event of a no deal brexit. Even though mps have passed a law to stop a no deal brexit, the department of health and social care have been working on ways to minimise the risk, should it happen. But todays report from the National Audit office says some serious questions remain unanswered. Even with six weeks supply or some stockpiling going on, if there is not a simple way of getting medicines into the country or if theres a hold up at any point, the stockpiles will go down quickly and they need to be replenished so theres an awful lot to play for, an awful lot we dont know because it will depend on what happens in other countries as well. A no deal brexit could cause serious disruption to medical supplies, not least because, of the 12,300 medicines licensed for use in the uk, around 7,000 come from or via eu countries. The governments own worst Case Scenario is that a no deal brexit means cross channel goods could be cut by up to 60 . A statement from the department of health and social care reassured patients that everything was being done to make sure they could access medicines after brexit, whatever the circumstances, and the departments preparations were unprecedented. But the nao report makes clear that with just weeks to go before a possible brexit, much work remains to be done. Andy moore, bbc news. Earlier i spoke to rebecca sheeran, the executive leader of the National Audit office who said the government has already done an enormous amount to manage the risk of disruption. It has taken a multilayered approach, which we think is a very sensible approach. Yes, looking at stockpiling, looking at its own stockpiles for the nhs, but also looking to encourage pharmaceutical companies to make their own stockpiles for a six week period. In addition to stockpiling, it is also looking at doing what it can to make sure that goods continue to flow across the channel, by putting in place additional transport capacity away from those short channel crossings. And the department for health and social care is also putting in place its own Courier Service that can be used if particular urgent needs arise. But, and this is a very significant but, understandably people are really concerned about health supplies. Are they going to get the medicine they need to treat their conditionsyou there is still significant work to be done, so what are the key areas lacking at the moment . Government still needs to needs to continue to build that complete picture of how ready all the different key suppliers are. It doesnt quite have that complete picture yet. Ive already mentioned that they are doing a lot of work to try and get in place extra transport capacity, things like berries, away from the short channel crossings. The contracts are not yet in place. Are things like fairies. The process started a little bit later than they had hoped. There is a lot to do to get that sorted by the 31st of 0ctober. Get that sorted by the 31st of october. The other area we are really highlighting in our report is the unknown is around the readiness of social care providers, so things like nursing homes, domiciliary care providers, to make sure they have things in care to provide the things they need, things like dressings and rubber gloves. You say the government has asked those domestic ca re government has asked those domestic care providers to put robust contingency plans in place, but you going to say, for the indications of a no deal brexit, the government doesnt actually know yet how many have actually followed that advice the implications of a no deal brexit. It is a much more challenging job of communicating and getting that understanding in the social care sector compared to the nhs. It is quite diverse, there are a lot of small players operating at a lot of small players operating at a local level and we think it needs to do more to get a better understanding of how many of those providers are acting on its advice and have those contingency plans in place. If the uk was to leave the eu without a deal any little over a months without a deal any little over a months time, how do you assess the risk to this Health Sector currently of availability of supplies, medicinesi think you say thatjust over 12,000 medicines that are used in the uk at the moment, 7000 of those come from our vie at the eu. Yes and because that volume comes from or via the eu, this is obviously a very important area to prepare for. If we are to leave without a deal. Nobody can know exactly what will happen at the border on the 31st of october are the days that follow in the event of a no deal. Government is highly reliant on a huge number of players in the sector are all playing their pa rt in the sector are all playing their part and all preparing, which is difficult to do in an environment of uncertainty. There is also uncertainty. There is also uncertainty around exactly what is going to happen on the other side of the channel. For example at french customs. Cleveland police has become the first force in the country found to be failing in all areas. The Police Inspectorate said it was not investigating crime effectively and it didnt always respond to Vulnerable People quickly enough. The new chief constable , Richard Lewis whos the sixth to hold the post in almost six years said it must be given time to sort out its problems. The same watchdog has also warned that 35,000 people employed by Police Forces across england and wales have not been properly vetted. They include officers, support staff and contractors. Earlier i spoke to Zoe Billingham the hm inspector of constabulary who gave more details about the report. There is a backlog building up. We have more concerns now that there are 20,000 more Police Officers coming into policing that this problem will become only more acute. That the pressure is going to build. Yes. When you look at some of the exa m ples of yes. When you look at some of the examples of people have slipped through the net, you realisejust how vital this is. Absolutely, we have seen some awful cases where Police Officers have gained employment, have gone on to rape children have actually other cases in their path that could have been uncovered if appropriate betting had taken place at the appropriate time. This is the first line of defence, it is really important that forces undertake betting, not just it is really important that forces undertake betting, notjust when people come into forces, but also periodically every ten years or so, because peoples circumstances change. Is this purely about betting are also about communication between forces . Are also about communication between forces . Partly it is about making sure forcesjoin forces . Partly it is about making sure forces join up the information and the actually check police databases. There and the actually check police data bases. There is and the actually check police databases. There is much better information held across england and wales that Police Forces can access, but in the case that we have just been talking about, that wasnt done. What the story is really about is making sure that Police Forces have in place, within their own workforce, mechanisms for making sure that if people are going and abusing some of the most vulnerable communities, that they re abusing some of the most vulnerable communities, that theyre actually rooted out and detected. Sadly, two thirds of forces dont have enough people encounter corruption units to be able to undertake this quite difficult work and, also, two thirds of horses dont have in place proper Monitoring Systems to make sure that, two thirds of forces, if a peace officer is going to be bombarding a victim 200 times a day with text, then the Police Identify that this is happening and stop it from happening. This is an ultimate betrayal, people expect the police to be the protectors, they do not expect to be preyed on by the police. Therefore, even though there are very small numbers here, it is incredibly important that the police to all that they can to root out this problem within policing. Prince harry is in angola to help promote landmine clearance efforts. Hes followed in the footsteps of his mother by walking through a partially cleared minefield. Princess dianas visit 22 years ago gave added impetus to a un treaty banning landmines. Prince harry spoke while visiting the site praising the clearing efforts to help the Community Find peace. Landmines are an unhealed scar of war. By clearing their landmines we can help this Community Find peace, and with peace comes opportunity. Additionally, we can protect the diverse and unique wildlife that relies on the beautiful cuito river that i slept beside last night, and that river and those wildlife are your natural assets, and if looked after, will bring unlimited opportunities within a conservation led economy. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell sent us this update from angola. Its 17 years now since the civil war here in angola ended. Yet, there are still more than 1000 minefields scattered across the country. Prince harry, following of course the lead set by his mother, who came to angola in 1997 shortly before her death and highlighted the whole issue of minefields. He arrived here a short time ago. He had a briefing on this particular minefield close to the border with namibia. Hes now gone into the minefield. Hes seeing the painstaking work which is done by the mine clearers, inching their way through the minefield meter by meter, checking for mines. When they find one its removed. Its a huge problem in this country, which they are now tackling with the help of the halo trust, thats a British Organization which is leading the demining effort in angola. Later, harry will go onto the city of huambo thats where his mother Princess Diana came in 1997. Those unforgettable images of her walking through a minefield which led eventually to the passing of the ottawa convention, which finally criminalized the use of anti personnel land mines. If your heart sinks when you realise youre sitting next to a child or a crying baby on a long flight one company may have found a solution. Japan airlines has introduced a feature on its booking system that shows where Young Children are seated. The firms website says an icon will appear to let other passengers know a child under two may be sitting nearby. Now its time for a look at the weather. Weve got some heavy showers out there at the moment, particularly across western parts of the uk. Our weather watchers have been sending in lots of photos of the current weather. That is the scene this morning in yarmouth on the isle of wight. You can see here the mass of blue and greens next then, potentially thundery downpours moving their way from west to east. Some strong gusty winds associated with those showers, particularly across southern with those showers, particularly across southern areas. With those showers, particularly across southern areas. There is some sunshine out there across eastern parts and later towards Western Areas. Temptress getting to about 1417dc. The areas. Temptress getting to about 14 17dc. The weekend, low pressure on saturday, if you weather fronts moving through. By sunday, this area of low pressure moves and it will give us a lot of rainfall and also some strong wind. The rainfall could amount to quite bit, so it could cause some flooding problems and there will be some strong wind particularly on sunday across the eastern part of the uk. For many of us, staying very unsettled over the weekend. Hold onto the umbrella and make other plans if you can. By. Bye. Hello this is bbc newsroom live. The headlines the Prime Ministers top advisor says its not surprising some people are angry with mps over brexit. The former vote leave director Dominic Cummings said parliament had failed to respect the referendum result. The archbishop of canterbury has called for a cooling of tempers on all sides as all bishops in the church of england rebuke politicians for using what they call unacceptable language in the Brexit Debate. In the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistleblower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Tens of thousands of people working for the police in england and wales have not been properly vetted a watchdog report has found. And in angola, prince harry walks through a partially cleared minefield 22 years after his mother diana did the same. Stay with us for todays Business News coming up shortly, the latest on holiday makers stranded by the colla pse on holiday makers stranded by the collapse of thomas cook. Sport now and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre heres 0lly. The 2019 world athletics championships will begin in the blistering heat of doha today. So hot will it be that the womens marathon will begin at midnight local time. Britains team have been set a target of seven medals. Natalie pirks reports from doha. Its an undeniably spectacular place to hold the middle easts first athletics world championships, but with concerns around human rights issues and humidity that leaves you breathless, picking doha has not been without controversy. The championships had been moved from their usual august slot because of the heat, but its still around a0 degrees in the day here. Tonights womens marathon around dohas skyscrapers and waterfront will be held at midnight for the first time in the events history. For athletes, the weather is the big talking point. Its going to be crazy out there for our distance runners. Theres no getting away from it. I think what youll see is, youve got a team and a really positive culture within our team, where people are going out there to achieve successes, to win medals. Its going to be gold britains team have been set a tough minimum target of seven medals, one more than they managed in london seven years ago. Two years ago. The record crowds inside the Olympic Stadium will be a distant memory here, where ticket sales have been poor. Double 0lympic 800m champion Caster Semenya wont be here to defend her world title. Star draw usain bolt has now retired and the man expected to take his mantle, christian coleman, arrives here under a cloud. Hes just avoided a potentially lengthy ban for missing three drugs tests on a technicality. Athletics is undeniably crying out for some star power and for britain that could come in the form of asher smith. Fans hope shell get honours in the 100 metres, 200 and the sprint relay and she appears to be peaking at the perfect time. There is definitely a little bit of expectation but its something thats nice. I think its something thats refreshing, as a british sprinter, a british female sprinter i should say, that theyre going, we expect you to do x, y, and z. I think its nice, i think its nice to see to see the gb vest somewhere, hopefully, like, in the finals, smiling pressure what pressure . Natalie pirks, bbc news, doha. And you can follow the world athletics championships on the bbc. Coverage starts on bbc two at 1 45pm. The heats of the mens 100m among the events this afternoon. Full coverage on the website as well, of course. Some Rugby World Cup news that england had been expecting their centre, Piers Francis, has been cited for a high tackle in the opening minute of yesterday world cup win over the United States. Hes facing a likely suspension of three matches. Its a rest day at the world cup today, but some big matches coming up opver the weekend. Wales coach Warren Gatland has named an unchanged side to play australia on sunday in tokyo. Theres just one change to the replacements 0wen watkin coming in for leigh halfpenny. Captain Alun Wyn Jones will win his 130th cap, making him the most capped wales player of all time. Wales beat georgia in their first match of the tournament. British golfer bronte law is in second place after the first round at the indy women in tech championship. She shot a 7 under par 65 in indianpollis and trails south koreas mijung hur by two shots. Bronte, who was part of the triumphant European Team at the solheim cup, won her first lpga tour event back in may. Isa is a funny old course at this, four all the holes inside the indy 500 racetrack. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website thats bbc. Co. Uk sport. The bbc has released more detail on its decision to uphold a complaint against one of its news presenters, Naga Munchetty. The bbc breakfast host was found to have breached guidelines by criticising President Donald Trump after he said four female politicians should go back to places from which they came. Heres the exchange with her co host, dan walker, which prompted one viewer to complain about political bias. That was the most telling quote, for me, last night. I cant remember who said it, but she said, ive been told to go home many times, to go back where i have come from many times in my life. But ive never been told by the man whos sitting in the oval office. And every time i have been told, as a woman of colour, to go home, to go back when i came from that was embedded in racism. Now im not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean. Are you still told that, do you hear that quite regularly . Not regularly but, you know, ive been told it. I know that youre sitting here not giving an opinion, but how do you feel then as somebody whos been told that before when you hear that . Furious, absolutely furious. And i can imagine lots of people in this country will be feeling absolutely furious that a man in that position feels its 0k to skirt the lines with using language like that. Thats the point i was trying to make, do you feel that his use of that legitimises other people to use it . Yes. As our guest was saying there, if feels like a thought out strategy to strengthen his position. Its not enough to do it just to get attention. Hes in a responsible position. Anyway, look, im not here to give my opinion. A statement from the Corporation Said that President Trumps comments were widely condemned as racist, and we reported on this extensively. It added the bbcs editorial guidelines do not allow forjournalists to give their opinions about the individual making the remarks or their motives for doing so in this case, President Trump. Senior bame broadcasters including lenny henry, David Harewood and Adrian Lester have written an open letter to the bbc questioning its decision to uphold a complaint about the broadcast. That was organised by the journalist afua hirsch who, in the last hour, told the bbcs Victoria Derbyshire programme this legitimises racist opinions. By saying that Naga Munchetty breached the guidelines of impartiality by clearly expressing an opinion on the author of these remarks, the bbc is suggesting we should take comments like the ones President Trump made which, by the way, were acknowledged throughout the Mainstream Media worldwide as racist and not express a view. Now, in my opinion, thats wrong for several reasons number one of which is that its an misunderstanding of the bbcs own guidelines. The bbcs guidelines say presenters should be impartial but there are exceptions to that, one of those exceptions are when it comes to fundamental, democratic principles such as the rule of law, the right to vote and democracy. And i would say that racism falls into that category. So i think its a very dangerous precedent, and apart from this misunderstanding its own guidelines, it also suggests to people like me i work for the bbc, im not employed as staff but like many of the people who have signed this letter, we do work with and for the bbc, and we care about the bbc deeply as an institution, and we feel that this ruling send the message that our presence on the bbc is conditional on us acting as if we do not have a stake in overtly racist comments. It was actually Naga Munchettys co host, dan walker, who invited her to give her opinion, and when she did so she did it with a number of caveats she never actually said that President Trump was racist, thats something that everybody else has inferred. She was very careful not to say that. Furthermore, she also said that she is not accusing anyone of anything and that shes not there to give her opinion. So what she did do, however, was the logical consequence what the bbc is saying, its ludicrous to say that its fine for a presenter to express her own experience of racism, but she shouldnt cast judgment on the person being racist. That is suggesting that as people of colour who have experienced racism, we could talk about those experiences but remain impartial about whether we think they are good or not. Its a completely absurd thing to say. The corporations director of editorial policy and standards, david jordan, told radio 4s today programme more about the bbcs ruling. If racist language is used, by anyone by anyone whether its President Trump or anyone else and its clearly racist language, a racist trope which is well known as such, it should be described as such. You have a hell of a repairjob to do with non white members of staff, indeed, lots of members of the public who are outraged by this judgment. Well, to be honest, ithink they need to understand the judgment and what it did say and what it didnt say. And what it emphatically did not say was that Naga Munchetty was wrong to react to what is clearly a racist form of language, and also to the effect it would have on people like her people of colour in the uk. Saudi arabia is opening its doors to tourists from around the world for the first time. The kingdom is launching visas for 49 countries and relaxing strict dress codes for female visitors. Until now, visas have largely been restricted to pilgrims, Business People and expatriate workers. Saudi arabia is also hoping to secure Foreign Investment in the tourism industry. It wants tourism to rise from 3 to 10 of Gross Domestic Product by 2030. With me is Tharik Hussain, travel writer for the lonely planet, who also wrote a travel guide for saudi arabia which went on sale earlier this month. You spent two months travelling around the country so low, how well set up is it for torres . Solo. |j think is not very well set up for solo travellers, thats for sure, this is in a country that doesnt really have the infrastructure in place in contrast to dubai. Many parts of saudi arabia are not used to foreign tourists, so often, it is very difficult there are language barriers and things like gender segregation. Just a a very simple example, some restaurants will have and entrance for males and females plus families, and if you are not aware of Something Like that, you can easily be a cultural mistake. You use to live the teaching english, even someone like you who has had experience of the country found travelling challenging . Has had experience of the country found travelling challenging . |j has had experience of the country found travelling challenging . I used to live in jeddah, found travelling challenging . I used to live injeddah, is the ancient pilgrim port used by foreigners. Going somewhere like that for someone going somewhere like that for someone abroad is relatively co mforta ble. Someone abroad is relatively comfortable. But when you come out ofa comfortable. But when you come out of a cosmopolitan area like that, it is challenging, yes. When we consider the kingdoms strict conservative culture, to what extent is that going to be adapted for the visitors . I think we are already seeing some changes. Women been allowed to drive, the recent announcement today of the desk out. Whether or not more changes will come is difficult for us to tell, but clearly, the country is trying to make itself much more appealing and attractive to foreign visitors. You have written your book, how high on the radar of travellers do you think saudi arabia is at the moment . I think its quite high on the radar of certain travellers, this is the finalfrontier of certain travellers, this is the final frontier of tourism, thats how i have described it. A lot of people that i actually bumped into we re people that i actually bumped into were lured because they were intrepid, they wanted to be those first few, so i think it will appeal to those kinds of individuals, for sure. Thank you forjoining us. The bbc has learned that some universities are starting to open up their own foodbanks on campuses for students who are living in poverty. More than a quarter of students at Staffordshire University are from deprived areas, and more than half are the first in their families to go to university. As part of the bbcs we are stoke on trent series, 0ur reporter Sophie Calvert is in stoke on trent. That is a massive buzz around stoke on trent this week as the bbc has taken over three Shopping Centres, we have been asking for people for the study is to make sure stoke on trent has been highlighted stop we have been hearing things about Community Projects going on, bus services, and student poverty, as well. We have been to staffordshi re as well. We have been to Staffordshire University, the concealment has finding out. Welcome to the first week of the rest of your life. Yet despite all the clubs to join, society to sign up for, and all the new friends we made at freshers week students are only thinking about one thing. I think every student has money and finance on the mind. Money is really always going to be a problem because i get the lowest amount of maintenance. I mean, its been difficult. Yeah, so im going to save up and everything. With tuition fees, accommodation and living costs, students in stoke need to find an average of about £17,500 a year before they can even start lectures. I left school with no qualifications, ended up getting kicked out. And then after that, i got made homeless. Ben is not your typical student. I know its going to be a struggle with Student Loans and stuff. I know what spare time i have got, im going to have to work and stuff, and just get that extra money. Stoke takes more than a quarter of its students from deprived areas, many from the local area, which creates a particular set of problems. According to the latest figures from Staffordshire University, 38 first year students dropped out entirely in a 2016 2017 academic year, citing money problems as the reason why. What that basically means is that one in 25 students had to stop studying because they couldnt afford to. That may be why staffordshire is one of only a handful of campuses with a food bank on site. So we have got everything. We have got all the pasta and stuff here, the dry ingredients. It comes from an advisor, either through the university or ourselves, they assess what the best route is to help that student. Because of the stigma of using food banks, anyway, you wouldnt want to use it unless you have to. Ben is about to move into his student accommodation. He has been at stokes ymca for five years since he came off the streets, but now he is at university, someone else needs his room. My standard charge is £15 a week to live here. The house that im going to be staying in costs £75 a week to live in. I really havent been thinking about it, as of yet this is kind of make or break for me. Thats how i look at it, its not an option, im not going to drop out. Thats it. Lucas yeomans is here with me. You hit some you have some really eye opening stories, didnt you . M is incredible. It was good of them to share that. It was really eye opening because you wouldnt expect it from a Small University in stoke, i have lived here all my life. Hearing their issues and how they overcome the issues was really empowering to me. Did you hear from a lot of students they are considering how they will pay the bills for the next steering year . We we re bills for the next steering year . We were chatting to them at the freshers fair about what their worries were, their main concerns was how am i going to get through with this Student Lounge might help like you, can i afford my rent, can igo like you, can i afford my rent, can i go out and enjoy Student Lifestyle . I go out and enjoy Student Lifestyle . That was concerned but i think the support of the university, they will be able to understand the help and support out there. Its great to see the food help you witness is up and it open, did you talk about other advice for students . The Student Union is a really good in terms of helping the stu d e nts really good in terms of helping the students understand and embrace the fa ct students understand and embrace the fact that if they are struggling with money, dont be embarrassed about it, have the confidence to speak to them about it and they will share bits of advice with them. Id give the students an idea of how to develop and hopefully balance out their savings a lot more. Technically bbc is going to stay in stock for the rest of this week, and you can still get in touch with your stories if you have got them. You can still get in touch with your stories if you have got themm really is a good atmosphere, we have had hundreds of e mails so far. Please do get in touch. In a moment well have all the Business News, but first the headlines on bbc news the Prime Ministers top advisor, Dominic Cummings, says its not surprising some people are angry with mps over brexit, saying parliament hasnt respected the result of the referendum. It comes as more than a hundred of the church of englands bishops warn politicians that their language over brexit has been unacceptable in the last few days. In the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistleblower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Im susannah streeter in the Business News. The Civil Aviation authority says it has now flown a total of 61,000 thomas cook customers back to the uk, taking the total to 40 of passengers. The caa says 0peration matterhorn will continue until 6 october with more than 1,000 flights planned in total. The bank of england may need to cut Interest Rates should brexit uncertainty persist, one of its policymakers has said. Even if the uk avoids a no deal brexit, rates may still need to be cut Michael Saunders said. Interest rates have been on hold at 0. 75 since august 2018, when they were raised from 0. 5 . The uk Housing Market is going through an adjustment leading to more realistic prices thats according to property website the biggest house price fall in august was in aberdeen, where house prices were 4 lower than a year earlier. Not a single one of the uks biggest cities saw annual property growth edge above 5 in august the First Time Since 2012 that this has happened. More now on the latest situation for passengers who booked with thomas cook and staff who were employed by the company. 16000 people today are expected to be brought back home today on 72 flights as part of the huge repatriation plan 0peration matterhorn which began following the collapse of the company on monday. The Civil Aviation authority said that 95 of passengers have been flown home on the planned day of their departure. Also today people who worked for thomas cook are due to meet at Manchester Airport today, many very concerned about wages which are due. Latest data from the Insolvency Service shows that 6,000 thomas cook staff in the uk have been made redundant and just over 3,000 employees are currently retained. 0ne thomas cook employee, claire hoang, who worked on the social media team told the bbc how unprepared she and colleague were for the collapse of the company. Its a little bit of shellshock, you know. We are a family, we came into this business, weve known and supported each other. We were told by e mails that the leaders were doing the best to get a deal over the line. To be honest, i didnt think the government would let us down, i didnt think that anyone would say, we are not going to support you. We are such a large number of people, so youre shell shocked. You suddenly go, do i go into the office . I was one of the lucky people who knew what was going on because i was reading the e mails at 1am in the morning. A lot of people werent. I have heard stories of people who are travelling or in the air, they havent even had the monday morning debrief. Even the monday morning debrief was like, we are going to read a really cold to statement out to you. 0h, pack up your bags, leave your computers. Off you go. We were supposed to be paid, were not going to be. Cash flow is going to be a massive issue for a lot of staff. Im one of the really lucky ones, you know, my husband works, ive worked freelance so i kind of know the issues. There are people whose entire families worked for thomas cook, so they have no income coming in, they dont have any money coming to support them, and they dont know when their next job is going to come along. So it does feel a bit like the rug has been pulled from under ourfeet. Weve got a snapshot about the health of the Retail Sector today and its not optimistic reading. Vacancy rates have hit the highest level since 2014, reaching 11. 8 . Retail parks have seen the biggest rise in vacancies up by 2. 3 year on year high streets remained more resilient with a smaller increase of half of one per cent while Shopping Centre vacancy is up by 1. 1 . Interesting that they high street is holding up, we have heard a lot of doom and gloom about it, why do you think it is there a little better compared to retail parks . think it is there a little better compared to retail parks . I think the high street has been able adapt to changes much faster,. With the reduction planning policies, people being able to convert. There have also may not have shoot businesses grow, barber shops and gyms. Do you think Customer Experience overall is better in high streets rather than at retail parks . I think retail parks take a bit longer, they have a largerfloor parks take a bit longer, they have a larger floor space parks take a bit longer, they have a largerfloor space and parks take a bit longer, they have a larger floor space and out is less demand for retailers looking for the larger units. Special with the grief of downline and the growth of digital platforms. I think some of the parts will be downsized and it may be reoccupied for other uses. The leisure sector, vacancy rates have risen sharply, why do you think leisure is suffering particularly badly . I think leisure vacancies at the highest we have ever seen at this current moment in time. I think there is a lot of great and casual expansion, particularly dining area. But now as people become more uncertain, and people start saving more, there are increasing cost pressures and various other measures which have made them saturate the market. There is a lot of competition are not space. There are some great areas, for example regan restau ra nts. Vegan restaurants. Lets check in with the Financial Markets now and the blue chip index, the ftse100 has risen there is some hope washing around that there could be some resolution ahead for the us china trade dispute as its reported that trade talks have been scheduled for october 10th. But its also because the pound has fallen back. The ftse100 is full of International Companies which book profits in dollars so they profit when the pound is lower. And when that comment from bank of england policymaker about how a rate cut might be needed came through as i was telling you about earlier the pound fell back, dropping against the dollar it was trading down around 0. 4 before making up a little bit of ground. That was actually because there was a broker upgrade to persimmon. 0ne broker said i did not believe the property sector would suffer quite as much from all the bricks that uncertainty sell the share price that has lifted. That is all from me. Just to tell you that the Prime Minister has been visiting a hospital in essex, he has been saying to reporters that that he is not exploiting divisions over brexit. We will get that interview in full brexit. We will get that interview infulland brexit. We will get that interview in full and will bring it to you at 12 oclock. The time is now five to 12, so lets have a look at the weather with simon king. We have had quite a lot of rainfall the last few days, it will stay very u nsettled the last few days, it will stay very unsettled of the next couple of days. This area of cloud here is going to be at the weekends weather, in the meantime i have that, there is quite a decade of low pressure, driving in a lot of showers into the uk. They are clumping together to get longer spells of rain across Western Areas currently. The general movement is from west to east which will continue throughout the rest of the day. There still could be heavy and thundery downpours associated it very gusty winds across southern areas in particular. There will be a bit of brightness across wales later on, perhaps the midlands, Northern Ireland and western scotland as well. Maximum tip which has a 1k ireland and western scotland as well. Maximum tip which has a 1a to 18 celsius. Still if few weather systems, a front moving its way through on saturday giving initial showers across northern parts of england and into southern scotland. Those showers will take to ease away, then practice guys across scotland, Northern England, eastern parts of england. Down to the south west, there is another batch of rain starting to move its way in, temperatures on saturday about 16 to 19 celsius. Saturday night into sunday, a low pressure system moves north eastwards, bringing quite a bit of rain and also some strong queens. The rain particularly heavy across wales, up to Northern Areas of england. There could be flooding issues. Strong winds, 50 to 60 mph around because the parts, particularly eastern parts of england later on sunday. That rain will gradually ease its way to the north and the east. Behind it, there will be something a bit brighter coming through these Western Areas but the wind stay strong and gusty. Particular across the eastern side of england late on sunday. Temperatures will be down to 12 to 18 celsius, a northerly wind starting to set up. 0ver 18 celsius, a northerly wind starting to set up. Over the weekend, without heavy rain and strong winds, this could be some localised flooding, travel could be a bit tricky at times where you have the bulk of the rain through wells and loving parts of england. Staying u nsettled and loving parts of england. Staying unsettled as we go through next week as well. Youre watching bbc newsroom live its midday and these are the main stories this morning the Prime Ministers top advisor, Dominic Cummings says its not surprising some people are angry with mps over brexit, saying parliament hasnt respected the result of the referendum. But he denies the government is under pressure. The referendum was difficult, this isa the referendum was difficult, this is a walk in the park. It comes as more than a hundred church of englands bishops warn politicians on all sides not to further entrench divisions in society. In the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistle blower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. A watchdog report finds tens of thousands of people working for the police in england and wales have not been properly vetted. And on tour in africa, prince harry walks through a partially cleared minefield in angola 22 years after his mother diana did the same. And would you take a holiday in what has been called one of the worlds most repressive regimes . Saudi arabia is offering visas for tourists for the first time in a bid to diversify its economy. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has again denied the language he has used in the Brexit Debate is divisive. Speaking on a visit to a hospital in essex, borisjohnson said he condemned any threats to mps but said it was important to be able to debate brexit openly, and said it would be right to describe the legislation forcing him to ask the eu for a delay to brexit in the event of no deal as a surrender bill. What of no deal as a surrender bill. We need to do now brexit what we need to do now is to get brexit done by october the 31st and i genuinely think that, once you do that, then so much of the heat and the anxiety will come out of the debate. I think a lot of people are very tense, businesses are still uncertain. And to get it done, i think we will all be able to move on. But your language is divisive. As Prime Minister, shouldnt you be trying to bring the nation together and not stoke the fires . Must respectfully disagree with you about that. It is very important to separate out two issues. Yes, i think there is too much abuse of parliamentarians, particularly female mps. I think the threats against mps and particularly female mps are absolutely appalling. We are doing a lot of work to give mps the security that they need. But then there is another question which is, can you use words like surrender to describe a certain act, a certain bill . Quite frankly, i think that you can. If you say that you cant, youre kind of impoverishing the language, improper assuring political debate. The use of that kind of metaphor has been going on for hundreds of years. If you dont like that then they shouldnt vote for that, because what it does, it gives the power of the country to decide whether or not to stay in the eu beyond a certain date to the eu. It really makes it very difficult for us to get on and get a deal, but we are not daunted and we are going to go on and get a deal, if we possibly can, on october the 17th and 18th. And then bring it back to parliament, so that is the plan. And parliament, so that is the plan. And parliament will have time to debate it, we hope between the summit and the end of october. So, yes or no, Prime Minister, are you looking for ways columns, possibly in order of council to look or get round the benn acts no, we will obey the law and we are confident we can come out on october the 31st. The best way to do that is to get a deal. That is why the surrender act is so damaging. I wont hide it from you, it has had the effect with our european friends of making them think, may parliament can block this thing, maybe they will be forced to extend. If youre any negotiation, that obviously makes it more difficult. But we are still cautiously optimistic that we can do it. So john major is wrong, cautiously optimistic that we can do it. Sojohn major is wrong, youre not looking for a way to get round the benn act, and if you can get a deal, you will be looking for an extension . Let me be very clear, we wa nt to extension . Let me be very clear, we want to get a deal, we are working for a deal, but we are going to come out if we cant get a deal on 0ctober out if we cant get a deal on october the 31st. 0ur Political CorrespondentJessica Parker is at westminster. Borisjohnson continuing Boris Johnson continuing to borisjohnson continuing to use the phrase surrender act, similar lines to what Dominic Cummings has been saying as well. All this week when parliament returns, temperatures we Re Parliament returns, temperatures were raised and, on wednesday night, were raised and, on wednesday night, we had this particularly heated debate in parliament where a number of mps, labourmps debate in parliament where a number of mps, labour mps and Opposition Mps raised their concerns, as they sought, about the language they feel borisjohnson sought, about the language they feel Boris Johnson and his sought, about the language they feel borisjohnson and his team are using, for example labelling the benn act the surrender act. They took issue with that language, mps raising their concerns that sometimes they are subjected to death threats. 0thers claim that sometimes borisjohnsons death threats. 0thers claim that sometimes Boris Johnsons language is used in threats against them, and borisjohnson is used in threats against them, and Boris Johnson doubling down is used in threats against them, and borisjohnson doubling down saying that actually it is an accurate description of what he sees as a piece of legislation that has undermined his negotiations with the European Union. And Dominic Cummings, his senior aide, European Union. And Dominic Cummings, his senioraide, singh overnight that it is not surprising there is anger directed at mps over brexit, and the way to get that done is to get brexit on and the way to get rid of that is to get brexit done. We are not under pressure at all, the referendum was difficult, the referendum was pressure. This is not difficult at all, this is a walk in the park. All they leave team, we are enjoying this, we are going to when, were going to leave. Dont worry. Sorry the Audio Quality was a little pair on that clip. He was saying in that that dealing with a brexit and being in government as a walk in the park compared to the referendum, but this morning Dominic Cummingsi referendum, but this morning Dominic Cummings i think try to deny that he said that. Yes, a slightly odd turn of events. Rbc people are just heard what Dominic Cummings said last night, saying that this was a walk in the park compared to the referendum. This was put to him this morning, lets have a listen. Why are you blaming mps . Who is blaming who . Why are you blaming mps . Lovely to see you all. It doesnt look like a walk in the park, does it . A walk in the park . Who said it would be a walk in the park . You said it last night at a book launch. Are you causing chaos in the country . That is what is happening on the conservative side of the house. Beyond that the opposition parties are looking to their way between now and october the 31st. There has been discussion about some sort of caretaker government as one possible option if borisjohnson was to be removed from the position of Prime Minister. We are hearing some suggestions that Nicola Sturgeon has been talking about whether or not she would backJeremy Corbyn in that situation, what can you tell us . Nicola sturgeon, the snp leader, sent a tweet in the elastomer that she agrees with the idea of putting forward a vote of no confidence, it needs Opposition Party to unite around a Single Person for the sole purpose of she was courting another tweet which names Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of that ca reta ker corbyn as the leader of that caretaker government. I think it is important to say that the snp have been clear this week that they are very open to the idea of having a vote of no confidence, potentially trying to insult someone else in number ten mac, the think Boris Johnson shouldnt have the keys to number ten, to secure an extension then immediately have a general election. I think what has slightly shifted this morning is that the snp now specifically naming Jeremy Corbyn as a possible candidate, they are not saying he is their preferred candidate but, the reality is, as the leader of the opposition he is likely to get first steps if there isa likely to get first steps if there is a vote of no confidence, and the convention is that that would be brought by the leader of the 0pposition. The snp are trying to push the idea they would back labour any push the idea they would back labour a ny vote push the idea they would back labour any vote of no confidence, some heavy caveats, a time government in order to deliver an extension to article and then have an immediate extension. But the numbers arent quite there and the liberal democrats have been pushing back on the idea of handing Jeremy Corbyn the idea of handing Jeremy Corbyn the keys to number ten. The right reverend David Urquhart is the bishop of birmingham, and convenor of the lords spiritual, thats the bishops who sit in the house of lords. He signed that letter calling for restraint, and joins me now from our birmingham studio. Thank you for talking to us today. You may have been able to hear that clip of Boris Johnson you may have been able to hear that clip of borisjohnson interviewed a short while ago are still talking about the benn act as a surrender act. Do you think that specific use of language is helpful or not in the situation . The bishops from around england have made a statement this week, from all the different regions, from places where there are very different opinions as to what should happen about brexit. But our reason for writing is that we would like the quality of the debate and the language that is used to not be that of metaphors of war but that of metaphors of peace and love, so that more people can participate in responsible and respectful discussion about this very important matter and lots of other matters in our political discourse. That seems, frankly, a big ask, looking at the scenes we witnessed in parliament this week. How on earth are mps going to do that . I think the starting point is to listen as well as to speak, to realise there is a longer term future that everyone in the is looking towards once this negotiation and the brexit that is expected happens, so that we can actually have confidence and trust in our constitutional arrangements, our democracy, particularly in the way that we elect people to parliament, to draw up laws, to scrutinise the executive and to make people feel that they are all part of Decision Making and also part of the important issues that matter to them. Sorry, i was the important issues that matter to them. Sorry, iwas going the important issues that matter to them. Sorry, i was going to say, how much do you think the tone of the language in parliament is influencing the tone beyond westminster more generally . We have heard the appalling treatment that has been handed out to some mps, evenin has been handed out to some mps, even in our own region. Some have had, not only on social media, but the face to face, threatening and abusive behaviour which is com pletely abusive behaviour which is completely unacceptable. When we are in parliament and we are leaders in society, we need to recover our roots, which is indeed any christian tradition, due to others as you have done to yourself, and also, love your neighbour. Those very big themes get lost in the heat of individual discussions and the anxiety that decisions like brexit bring in people. So we actually have to recover our roots, and i think thatis to recover our roots, and i think that is why we want to talk about language of peace and love, rather than h. So when the Prime Ministers is the best way to take the heat out of this is to get brexit done, should he, in your opinion, be saying take the heat out of this,. , irrespective of what is happening with brexit. Obviously we want vigorous debate obviously people get passionate and there is vigorous debate. We need some strong has to get us there are a very rigorous time. We need to make a prosperous country where the economy works for all. One of our main concerns is that the abominable and peers and society get disadvantaged when there is uncertainty in the overall economy. The way we speak about and to people is fundamental to our basic humanity, and they love that we need is a love that isnt of fear, it is a log that is bold, above all a love that is not hateful. A love that is bold. More on todays main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. The Civil Aviation authority says it has now flown back a total of 61,000 thomas cook customers back to the uk, taking the total to 40 of passengers. On thursday it used 69 flights to bring back 15,000 people as part of its repatriation scheme following the collapse of the holiday group. Some 72 flights are due to operate today to return another 16,000 people. A british flagged oil tanker has left iran and reached international waters, after being held for more than two months. The stena imperos swedish owner, stena bulk, said it was on the move from the bandar abbas port, where it has been anchored sincejuly. The vessel was seized by iranian troops in the strait of hormuz after they accused it of breaking maritime rules. It followed the Royal Marines seizing an iranian tanker off gibraltar, suspected of carrying oil to syria. Cleveland police has become the first force in the country found to be failing in all areas. The Police Inspectorate said it was not investigating crime effectively and it didnt always respond to Vulnerable People quickly enough. The new chief constable , Richard Lewis whos the sixth to hold the post in almost six years said it must be given time to sort out its problems. The headlines on bbc news. The Prime Ministers top advisor, Dominic Cummings, says its not surprising some people are angry with mps over brexit, saying parliament hasnt respected the result of the referendum. It comes as more than a hundred of the church of englands bishops warn politicians that their language over brexit has been unacceptable in the last few days. In the us, a cia officer is reported to be the whistleblower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Sport now, heres 0lly foster. Its the start of the world atheltics championships in qatar. The late staging of the event is becasue of the extreme temperatures in the gulf state. The british team have been set a target of 7 medals, sprinter Dina Asher Smith is one of the teams best chances of individual success, tipped for the podium in the 100 and 200 metres by sprint legend michaeljohnson. She legend michaeljohnson. Leads the world list in the metres, she leads the world list in the 200 metres, shes had some great victories in the 100 metres beating the double 0lympic victories in the 100 metres beating the double olympic champion just a few weeks ago. She is in a great position but it is not easy to come into a major championship like this when you havent won medals at a major championship or 0lympics. She has not done that yet. But i think she has certainly put yourself any great position for medals in both the 100 and 200 metres and it could be called, who knows . He would know if anyone knows. You can follow the world athletics championships on the bbc. Coverage starts on bbc2 at 1. 45pm. The heats of the mens100m among the events this afternoon. Full coverage on the website as well of course. Some Rugby World Cup news that england had been expecting, their centre Piers Francis has been cited for a high tackle in yesterdays world cup win over the United States. Hes facing a likely suspension of 3 matches. Its a rest day at the world cup today, but some big matches coming up over the weekend. Wales coach Warren Gatland has named an unchanged side to play australia on sunday in tokyo. Theres just one change to the replacements 0wen watkin coming in for leigh halfpenny. Captain Alun Wyn Jones will win his 130th cap, making him the most capped wales player of all time, he had been level with gethinjenkins wales beat georgia in their first match of the tournament. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Practice has started ahead of the grand prix. The whistle blower at the heart of the claims prompting impeachment proceedings against President Trump is reported to be a cia officer. The New York Times said he had been assigned to work in the white house, which he claims tried to cover up details of a damaging phone call between mr trump and the president of ukraine. David willis reports. A beleaguered President Trump returned to the white house last night. Even by the breathless standards of his administration, the last few days have been particularly tumultuous. A whistleblowers report maintains not only that mr trump misused the office of president for personal gain, but that white house officials, alarmed by his request for dirt on democratic rival joe biden, then sought to bury the evidence. President trump, seen here with mr zelensky earlier in the week, has lashed out publicly and privately. At a closed door event in new york, he suggested that white house staff who spoke about the telephone conversation should be seen as traitors. Democrats in the house of representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry earlier this week. 0n capitol hill, the battle lines are being drawn along party lines. This phone call is a nothing burger in terms of a quid pro quo. The president of the United States did not remotely suggest to the ukraine, if you dont do my political bidding against the bidens im going to cut your money off. The president of the United States and his actions with telephone call with a head of state betrayed his oath of office, our National Security and the integrity of our elections. Last night, President Trump renewed the attack on his political rivals. Ijust watched a little bit of this on television. Its a disgrace to our country. Its another witch hunt, here we go again. Its adam schiff and his crew making up stories and sitting there like pious. Whatever you want to call them. Itsjust a, really, a disgrace. The president is not without his supporters, however. Sheriffs from across the us converged on the white house, looking to raise his spirits at the end of a brutal week. Seven days ago, most people in america had yet to hear of mr trumps fateful conversation with the president of the ukraine. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. A british couple have been jailed for eight years by a Portuguese Court for drug smuggling on a cruise ship. Roger and susan clarke, who are both 72, were caught last year while attempting to smuggle nine kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of a million pounds. Damian grammaticas has this report from lisbon. Lisbon beautiful in the autumn sun. Last december, a different ship was here. The marco polo, just arrived from the caribbean. In cabin 469, roger and sue clarke, pensioners who took frequent, costly cruises, living beyond their modest income. Police had noticed. Today, the couple, both 72 years old, were brought to court in handcuffs. Sentenced to eight years each for drug smuggling. As the judge spoke, sue dropped her head in tears and roger, also shaken, turned to her and said, ill be nearly 80 when i get out. Its ridiculous as he left the court, he turned to me and said, the truth needs to come out. Come and visit me in prison. But the truth is the couple have a history. This was roger injail in norway, caught 15 years ago with 200kg of cannabis hidden in his car. And recently frequent trips to jamaica the photo they took from their hotel, the wedding they attended. But Police Caught them with these cases. Empty ones for a friend, they said. The drugs officer who raided their cabin found more than £1 million of cocaine in the lining of the bags. Translation at first, they acted confident. They said, youre not going to find anything. But afterwards, they admitted theyd known all along the cases had drugs. Now, instead of enjoying their sunset years, the couple may be spending the rest of them behind bars. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, lisbon. Lets return to brexit. We are talking a short while ago about Nicola Sturgeon. The snp giving perhaps its most explicit suggestion that the church could back a Jeremy Corbyn time limited administration. Lets just look at the tweet from Nicola Sturgeon. She is responding toa Nicola Sturgeon. She is responding to a tweet from a journalist. It says that the only fail safe way to avoid no deal, to get an extension, is if the opposition parties pass a vote of no confidence and install Jeremy Corbyn or someone else as Prime Minister. So she is suggesting that needs to happen very quickly. Nicola sturgeon in hard tweet agreed with this. Nicola sturgeon in her tweet agreed with this. That is very interesting to see that from Nicola Sturgeon, talking to the snp at westminster this week. Politicians telling me they are keen to move forward with a vote of no confidence, sooner rather than later. Meanwhile in brussels, the eus chief brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will meet the uks brexit secretary later with pessimism seemingly on the rise about the prospects for a brexit deal. Yesterday mr barnier said brussels was still waiting for workable proposals on managing the border with ireland. The bbcs Kevin Connolly is in brussels. He was asked if there was any indication that britain and the eu were close to reaching a deal. Well, i suppose we should start with a spoiler alert that its perfectly possible that we wont know much more by the end of the day than we know now about what is really going on behind the scenes in those talks. As you say the, the word from the European Unions negotiator Michel Barnier is pretty downbeat. Hes talking about the fact that there are still no workable proposals to replace the irish backstop. Thats the eus solution for keeping the irish border open, of course. From the british side, of course, we hear that there is cautious optimism that, that negotiations are proceeding at pace. And the British Brexit secretary will be here later on today. He will be meeting mr barnier. So there is a process under way but there is a tremendous amount of work to do. And, of course, the basic point is, when you look at the deadline of the European Council meeting in the middle of next month when the leaders would have to sign off on a deal, youre essentially i suppose saying that somethings going to have to be achieved in three weeks, that hasnt so far been achieved in three years. People here know that any deal, of course, has to get through the house of commons. When you look at the scenes in the commons, when you listen to the words spoken there, when you sense the atmosphere even from a distance here in brussels, it seems hard to imagine that a deal can be smoothly engineered through the commons in the very short time left. So, of course, people do watch those fractious scenes. They do take a political cue from them and most people behind the scenes here are pessimistic. But, of course, mr barnier, the negotiators, they still have to engage with the uk team. They still have to work on whatever proposals the uk team puts forward. So the process does continue, but theres no real sense of optimism that a breakthrough is close. Its been claimed there are still significant gaps in the governments no deal planning in relation to the nhs and care homes. The National Audit office praised the department of health and social care for the enormous amount of work that had been done, but said there were still risks involved if the uk left the eu without a deal. Andy moore sent this report. From rubber gloves and syringes to medicines and blood products, the entire health and social care system in the uk relies heavily on medicines and equipment imported from the eu. Much of this comes via the channel ports, which could see huge disruption in the event of a no deal brexit. Even though mps have passed a law to stop a no deal brexit, the department of health and social care have been working on ways to minimise the risk, should it happen. But todays report from the National Audit office says some serious questions remain unanswered. Even with six weeks supply or some stockpiling going on, if there is not a simple way of getting medicines into the country or if theres a hold up at any point, then those stockpiles will go down quickly and they need to be replenished so theres an awful lot to play for, an awful lot we dont know because it will depend on what happens in other countries as well. A no deal brexit could cause serious disruption to medical supplies, not least because, of the 12,300 medicines licensed for use in the uk, around 7,000 come from or via eu countries. The governments own worst Case Scenario is that a no deal brexit means cross channel goods could be cut by up to 60 . A statement from the department of health and social care reassured patients that everything was being done to make sure they could access medicines after brexit, whatever the circumstances, and the departments preparations were unprecedented. But the nao report makes clear that with just weeks to go before a possible brexit, much work remains to be done. Now its time for a look at the weather with simon king. Hi, there. I wish it was a longer pause because ive an awful lot to tell you about in this weekends weather. It looks very unsettled with bouts of wind and rain at times. The rest of this afternoon, very windy towards the south and gus touching 50 mph for channel coastlines. Longer spells of rain pushing eastward, some sunny spells between and temperature is 1419d. Spells between and temperature is 14 19d. 0ne clutch of showers were cleared from the east overnight and we see more from the west, pretty blustery across the southern half of the uk, and lighter ones and clear skies in scotland but will get a little chilly. Tomorrow if you showers to start of the day. They will tend to fade as the day wears on. More dry weather and spells of sunshine, temperatures typically between 14 19d. But behind me, some more very wet and windy weather which will turn things blustery across southern parts on saturday night. Rain for the midlands and Northern England, this combination of heavy rain and gales throughout the weekend could well bring some travel headaches. Hello this is bbc newsroom live with annita mcveigh. The headlines the Prime Ministers top advisor says its not surprising some people are angry with mps over brexit. The former vote leave director, Dominic Cummings, said parliament had failed to respect the referendum result. The archbishop of canterbury has called for a cooling of tempers on all sides as bishops in the church of england rebuke politicians for using what they call unacceptable language in the Brexit Debate. In the us a cia officer is reported to be the whistleblower whose claims have prompted impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Tens of thousands of people working for the police in england and wales have not been properly vetted a watchdog report has found. In angola, prince harry walks through a partially cleared minefield 22 years after his mother, diana, did the same. Sir lenny henry and Adrian Lester are among dozens of celebrities and broadcasters calling on the bbc to overturn its decision to uphold a complaint against presenter Naga Munchetty over comments she made on air about President Trump. Heres the exchange with her co host, dan walker, which prompted one viewer to complain about political bias. That was the most telling quote for me last night. I cant remember who said it, but she said, ive been told to go home many times, to go back where ive come from many times in my life. But ive never been told by the man whos sitting in the oval office. And every time i have been told, as a woman of colour, to go home, to go back when i came from that was embedded in racism. Now im not accusing anyone of anything here but you know what certain phrases mean. Are you still told that, do you hear that quite regularly . Not regularly but, you know, ive been told it. I know that youre sitting here not giving an opinion, but how do you feel then as somebody whos been told that before when you hear that . Furious, absolutely furious. And i can imagine lots of people in this country will be feeling absolutely furious that a man in that position feels its 0k to skirt the lines with using language like that. Thats the point i was trying to make, do you feel that his use of that legitimises other people to use it . Yes. As our guest was saying there, if feels like a thought out strategy to strengthen his position. And its not enough to do it just to get attention. Hes in a responsible position. Anyway, look, im not here to give my opinion. A statement from the Corporation Said that President Trumps comments were widely condemned as racist, and we reported on this extensively. It added the bbcs editorial guidelines do not allow forjournalists to give their opinions about the individual making the remarks or their motives for doing so in this case President Trump. It went on to say, it was for this reason that the complaint was partially upheld. Thosejudgements are for the audience to make. The corporations director of editorial policy and standards, david jordan, told radio 4s today programme more about the bbcs ruling. If racist language is used by anyone, by anyone, whether its President Trump or anyone else and its clearly racist language, a racist trope which is well known to be such, it should be described as such. Youve got a hell of a repairjob to do with non white members of staff, indeed, people in the public, who are outraged by this judgment . Well, i think, to be honest, they need to be understand the judgment, and what it did say and what it didnt say. And what it didnt say, emphatically did not say that Naga Munchetty was wrong to react to what was clearly a racist form of language and also to the effect it would have people like her, people of colour in the uk. Thejournalist, afua hirsch, helped organise an open letter criticising the bbcs ruling. She told the victoria dernyshire programme it legitimaizes racist opinions. By saying that Naga Munchetty breached the guidelines of end impartiality by clearly expressing an opinion on the author of these remarks, the bbc is suggesting we should take comments like the ones President Trump made which, by the way, were acknowledged throughout the Mainstream Media worldwide as racist and not express a view. Now, in my opinion, thats wrong for several reasons number one of which is that its an misunderstanding of the bbcs own guidelines. They bbcs guidelines say presenters should be impartial but there are exceptions to that, one of those exceptions is when it comes to fundamental democratic principles such as the rule of law, the right to vote and democracy. And i would say that racism falls into that category. So i think its a very dangerous precedent, and apart from this misunderstanding its own guidelines, it also suggests to people like me i work for the bbc, im not employed as staff but like many of the people who have signed this letter, we do work with and for the bbc, and we care about the bbc deeply as an institution, and we feel that this ruling sends a message that our presence on the bbc is conditional on us acting as if we do not have a stake in overtly racist comments. It was actually Naga Munchettys co host, dan walker, who invited her to give her opinion, and when she did so she did it with a number of caveats she never actually said that President Trump was racist, thats something that everybody else has inferred. She was very careful not to say that. Furthermore, she also said that she is not accusing anyone of anything and that shes not there to give her opinion. So what she did do, however, was the logical consequence to what the bbc is saying, its ludicrous to say that its fine for a presenter to express her own experience of racism, but she shouldnt cast judgment on the person being racist. That is suggesting, as people of colour who have experienced racism, we can talk about those experiences but remain impartial about whether we think they are good or not. Its a completely absurd thing to say. A Police Watchdog has warned that 35,000 people employed by Police Forces across england and wales have not been properly vetted. They include officers, support staff and contractors. Earlier, i spoke to Zoe Billingham the hm inspector of constabulary who gave more details about the report. What we found is that many forces who are under significant stress and pressure are deploying resources in other areas, not deploying officers into their vetting unit. Meaning there is a backlog building up. Of course, we have more concerns now that theres going to be 20,000 more Police Officers coming into policing that this problem will become only more acute. That the pressure is going to build . Yes. When you look at some of the examples of people have slipped through the net you realise just how vital this is. Absolutely, we have seen some awful cases where Police Officers have gained employment, have gone on to rape children, and have actually. Other cases in their path that could have been uncovered if appropriate vetting had taken place at the appropriate time. So, this is the first line of defence, it is really important that forces undertake vetting, notjust when people come into forces, but also periodically every ten years or so, because peoples circumstances change. Is this purely about vetting, or also about communication between forces . Partly it is about making sure forces join up the information and they actually check police data bases. There is much better information held across england and wales that Police Forces can access but in the case that we have just been talking about, that wasnt done. But what this story is really about is making sure that Police Forces have in place, within their own workforce, mechanisms for making sure that if people are going and abusing some of the most vulnerable in communities, that theyre actually rooted out and detected. Sadly, two thirds of forces dont have enough people in counter corruption units to be able to undertake this quite difficult work and, also, two thirds of forces dont have in place proper Monitoring Systems to make sure that if a Police Officer is going to be bombarding a Domestic Abuse victim 400 times in a day with texts which is another case highlighted in our report then Police Identify that this systems thats is happening and stop it from happening. This is an ultimate betrayal, actually, people expect the police to be their protectors, they do not expect to be preyed on by the police. Therefore, even though there are very small numbers here, it is incredibly important that the police do all that they can to root out this problem within policing. Saudi arabia is opening its doors to tourists from around the world for the first time. The kingdom is launching visas for 49 countries and relax strict dress codes for female visitors. Until now, visas have largely been restricted to pilgrims, Business People and expatriate workers. Saudi arabia is also hoping to secure Foreign Investment in the tourism industry. It wants tourism to rise from 3 to 10 of Gross Domestic Product by 2030. Earlier i spoke to Tharik Hussain a freelance travel writer who has travelled across the kingdom of saudi arabia. He told me that, for many tourists, it wont be most straightforward place to visit. Its not very well set up for solo travellers, thats for sure, this is a country that doesnt really have the infrastructure in place in contrast to somewhere like dubai, which is often used as a parallel for it. Many parts of saudi arabia are not used to foreign tourists, so often it is very difficult there are language barriers and also things like gender segregation. Just a a very simple example, some restaurants will have and entrance for males and females, plus families, and if you are not aware of Something Like that, you can quite easily make a cultural faux pas. You used to live there teaching english, and even someone like you who has had experience of the country found travelling challenging . I used to live injeddah, i would say thatjeddah and riyadh are both relatively cosmopolitan. Jeddah is the ancient pilgrim port, its used to foreigners. So going somewhere like that for someone from abroad is relatively comfortable. But once you start coming out of international and cosmopolitan area like that, it is challenging, yes. If we consider the kingdoms strict conservative culture, to what extent is that going to be adapted for the visitors . I think we are already seeing some changes. Women being allowed to drive, the recent announcement today of the dress code. Whether or not more changes will come is difficult for us to tell, but clearly, the country is trying to make itself much more appealing and attractive to foreign visitors. You have written your book, how high on the radar of travellers do you think saudi arabia is at the moment . I think its quite high on the radar of certain travellers, this is the final frontier of tourism thats how ive described it. A lot of people that i actually bumped into that had managed to get in on the early visas that they provided for events were there because they were were there because they were intrepid, they wanted to be those first few. So i think it really appeals to those kinds of individuals, for sure. Prince harry is in angola to help promote landmine clearance efforts. Hes followed in the footsteps of his mother by walking through a partially cleared minefield. Princess dianas visit 22 years ago gave added impetus to a un treaty banning landmines. Prince harry spoke while visiting the site praising the clearing efforts to help the Community Find peace. Landmines are an unhealed scar of war. By clearing the landmines, we can help this Community Find peace, and with peace comes opportunity. Additionally, we can protect the diverse and unique wildlife that relies on the beautiful river that i slept beside last night, and that river and those wildlife are your natural assets and if looked after will bring you unlimited opportunities within the conservation led economy. Needs to bring you concerning the former home secretary, amber rudd. She has been interviewed exclusively by the Evening Standard and is saying that borisjohnson is deploying aggressive language that does incite violence. 0nce deploying aggressive language that does incite violence. Once again, the former home secretary, amber rudd, accusing Boris Johnson the former home secretary, amber rudd, accusing borisjohnson of deploying aggressive language that does incite violence. This in a week when the language used by mps, very specifically by the Prime Minister, has been the subject of so much scrutiny. She has condemned as immoral some of downing streets tactics in the Brexit Debate, and has criticised what she has called a casual approach to the safety of mps and their staff. Looking through this, she says, the sort of language we have seen this, she says, the sort of language we have seen more this, she says, the sort of language we have seen more and more coming out of number ten does incite violence. Is the sort of language people think legitimises a more aggressive approach, and sometimes violence. She also says that Boris Johnsons rhetoric was reminiscent of donald trump leading of lock up, in relation to hilary trump in at the 2016 president ial race. She has urged ministers to consider their ownjudgments rather urged ministers to consider their own judgments rather than be desperately loyal. Amber rudd resigned the tory whip in solidarity with those 21 tory mps who were expeued with those 21 tory mps who were expelled from the Parliamentary Party for voting to stop no deal brexit. She is saying that she may stand against her party in a london constituency as an independent conservative. All this week the bbc has been in stoke on trent, discovering the stories about what makes the city tick and hearing what matters to the people who live there. 0ur correspondent beccy wood is there this morning tell us a bit more . Welcome to day five of we are still content here in hanley. There is a bit of a buzz around here, this is where we are asking people to come and give us their stories. We have had lots of people seeing us, hundreds getting in touch, bringing stories about the six times the make up stories about the six times the make up the city. Lots of people and seeing great things about the work of community groups, i have been out filming this morning with one of those community groups. We have had loads of people coming to us that we should be praising the work of the charities whod do a lot of work in the city, some fantastic and positive stories. Of course, stoke on trent is known as the potteries, there is still a great deal of industry coming out of the city. In recent years, the industry has changed, there is no secret about that. If you groups have got in touch with us and told us about the work that former potters are still doing. We caught up with some china painters, and this is their story. I have been on us about six weeks. I have been on us about six weekslj i have been on us about six weeks. have no artistic skills whatsoever. I was known as the washer upper i used to meet up with linda for coffee, and we thought we would do something creative. So we came along, and i never done any art at all. I thought i was in at the wrong place, but tony said he could teach me stop and its marvellous, he has. I love teaching and im very proud of all this. Its good to be able to come and do the same job at an easier pace, its very relaxing. What inspired me tojoin is keeping the skill alive, because that i think is so important to the city. Its history, it is done now, i think its nice to do it. Colours become colours, actually. If you dont look after them, they can go damp, and once they are damp, you cant really work them so you have to look after them, keep them warm. Like a little pet that isjust one of the many stories that we are hearing from across the six towns that make up the city. People are still coming in today, bringing us the stories that matter to this community and that they want to see making the news. You can find all of those stories. You can also follow us on those stories. You can also follow us on social media. The conker tree has been put on the official extinction list. Ravaged by moths and disease, the horse chestnut is now classified as vulnerable to extinction. The tree is among more than 400 native european tree species assessed for their risk of extinction by the International Union for the conservation of nature. Steve marsh from the Woodland Trust joins us from grantham. It can season, isnt it . Conkers a season. Tell us more about why there is this problem for the horse chestnut . The Climate Crisis is a real threat to uk woodlands. We have over19 real threat to uk woodlands. We have over 19 pest and diseases which are affecting our native trees. Those trees, one yours might have heard of is ash dieback. It is prevalent in the uk now, and estimated to affect more than 120 million ash trees, costing about £15 billion in the long term. The number of reasons for the of the press are importation on infected stocks, ash dieback was evicted by imported species. 0thers we re evicted by imported species. 0thers were imported on rhododendron trees. The changing climate is making our native woods more susceptible to these pests and disease. What are we going to do about this because like yourself in terms of protecting the species and bettered by security . We do need better by security. We have a scheme here, we plant and allow the generation of much uk woodlands. From that, we have a project called uk sourced and growing. All of the trees that we plant are sourced and grown in the uk, so we can make sure that they are disease free. As part of that, we need to create resilient landscapes. Those which need to adapt and be resilient to the changes that we are seeing, to help us changes that we are seeing, to help us tackle and fight back against climate change. Is this a case of fighting so many of these native species that even if some are lost of these pests and diseases, there are still a good population of those native trees . That is exactly what im saying. We if you have a weight limit up of one species, and that one species comes under threat, you have the risk of losing an entire habitat. You have a diverse woodland, made up of lots of species, if one species is written, the others can still maintain the continuity of habitat. That is why it is real important to look at building this diversity into our uk woodlands. That is what we do when we are creating woodlands, allowing them to regenerate. It also for people at home, when we are planting trees in our gardens or when we are creating small birds in our schools, where are we getting those trees from and how can we make sure that those trees are in the best possible health that they can be in . M those trees are in the best possible health that they can be in . If we didnt have conkers season, it would be very strange indeed. It would be awful to not have conkers season. 0ur trees are effective quite heavily, lets hope that something can be done to ensure we are all wrapping each others knuckles were conkers into the future. Here, here to do that. Thank you forjoining us. Elderly eu nationals could find themselves shut out of the nhs, unable to draw their pensions or even deported after brexit, according to concerns raised by the charity age uk. 0nly16 of 0aps born on the continent have currently registered for settled status, mainly because most are simply unaware of the process and ignorent of the implications of not doing so. Jayne mcubbin has more. Sonja is 84 years old. Shes lived in the uk for more than six decades. We meet in hospital as she fights cancer and, her husband says, fights for the right to stay in the country after brexit. 65 years, four children, six grandchildren, spent all her working life in the uk. Its ridiculous. A lapsed dutch passport meant sonja was told she didnt have the right id to apply for settled status. Thats the legal standing all eu nationals have to have to stay in the uk. Unable to travel to london for a new passport, they tell me theyve struggled with a rigid system for almost a year, to try and find a solution. It is exactly computer says no. We need to get on with our lives, to be quite honest. Getting her home. At home in swansea, photos of a life well lived here. But the clock is ticking for eu nationals like sonja who have until december 2020, at least, to apply for settled status. Weve never really regarded ourselves as other than being a british Family Living under british circumstances. Just to prove her right to stay here is not only barmy, its cruel. The home office, when theyve spoken to us, have said this is quite a simple process. There will be people who are old, there will be people who are ill. And it seems to me that a compassionate organisation would have actually preplanned processes for dealing with those people effectively. Your friends, have they applied already . Yeah, theyve applied already. If we dont do it before the deadline. The government has given £9 million to charities to help people through the process. Really important to get access to the nhs. But there is concern that the elderly, especially, are unable or unwilling to apply, or even unaware that they need to. People, i would say, 60 plus are struggling, are not really watching the british media. And i think this is the Biggest Issue here. People are literally unaware that they have to do this . Exactly, exactly. In fact, the latest available data shows only 16 of over 65s have applied for settled status half as many of those who are working age. Age uk say that is a problem. Age uk have sent a red flag to you guys saying this could be a windrush ii. Im always pleased to talk to any of the third parties that we are working with, there are hundreds of them around the country, because we work with about 57 different. Windrush ii are the words. Yeah, and i think it is a misplaced and bad choice of words. We do want to make sure that everybody, including the most Vulnerable People in the country, get their applications in, so they can get that certainty in the confirmation about the legal position. The government says there are helplines, even home visits for the most vulnerable. Three days after we met sonja, the home Office Finally granted her settled status, a process, they said, would normally only take a couple of days. Jayne mccubbin, bbc news. The reason at one with ben is next. If you are travelling this weekend or have outdoor plants, keep up to date with the weather updates. Saturday night and sunday, very wet and windy. In the meantime, there is and windy. In the meantime, there is a big swirl of cloud diving showers and longer spells of rain across the British Isles this afternoon. Some spanning spells in between. When denisov, just up touching 50 mph english coast. Not as windy up north, temperatures ranging from 14 to 17 celsius. Into this evening, showers are likely to clear away before the more we send from the west, pushing into Northern Ireland, scotland, parts of Northern England and wales. It stays breezy across the south, temperatures generally 9 to 13 celsius. Some rural spot in an office cotton could get colder than that. For saturday, there is a little area of High Pressure trying to build its way in. That will suppress the shower activity to some extent. Showers tending to fade away through saturday, and we will see some spells of sunshine. Temperatures at 13 to 19 celsius. That is another area of unsettled weather, low pressure, pushing in from the south west. Very heavy, spreading rain to parts of england and wales. Strong winds also, 40 to 50 mph, may be a little stronger than that in places, there could be enough to cause some problems. The lubricious wintry on a sunday, particularly in parts of wales and Northern England. Scotland and Northern Ireland not saying as much wet weather, there will be some showers but some sunshine as well. When coming down, i kill a feeling day. Sunday evening, an area of low pressure pushes eastwards. Another swathe of strong winds, coming down from the north or north west, could be gusts of 50 to 60 mph. That could help to bring some coastal flooding in combination with some high tides. Heavy rain and gales of this weekend, there could well be travel problems. Downing street is accused of using aggressive language that incites violence. Former cabinet minister amber rudd condemns some of number tens tactics as immoral but borisjohnson denies his language is divisive. Can you use words like surrender or describe a certain act, a certain bill . And, quite frankly, i think that you can. Meanwhile, the snp suggest they could accetheremy corbyn as a caretaker Prime Minister. Well have the latest from westminster. Also this lunchtime. Cleveland the police force so bad its putting the public at risk, according to inspectors. Calls for the bbc to overturn its ruling against its presenter Naga Munchetty over remarks she made about President Trump. And following in his mothers footsteps prince harry walks through a partially cleared