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Well have the latest from westminster and brussels, including an interview with the belgian mep, philippe lamberts. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. A mother breaks down at the contaminated blood inquiry as she talks about the death of her ten year old son. 19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tonnes of drugs are seized. And coming up on the programme well be live from the roundhouse in london, ahead of tonights building of the year award the stirling prize for architecture. Today at five, the top story talks to secure a brexit deal appear close to collapsing after a downing street source said the eu had made a brexit deal essentially impossible. The source claimed the german chancellor Angela Merkel had told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a brexit deal is now overwhelmingly unlikely. Mrs merkel reportedly said a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union which is not part of the uks proposals. The president of the European Council donald tusk reacted sharply, accusing the Prime Minister of focusing on a stupid blame game and jeopardising the future security of the eu and the uk. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Is today the day the wheels came off Boris Johnsons brexit plan . Ministers arriving for cabinet this morning with the prospect of a breakthrough increasingly slim. Perhaps gone completely. Everyone wants a deal, we would like to have a deal, but the eu needs to know we are absolutely ready without a deal and we will leave on the 31st. Is it possible well have no deal on the 31st . Everything is possible. Brussels do deals when things go down to the wire, the offer is there and it is up to them to take it. Number ten says the german chancellor Angela Merkel told borisjohnson a new deal is overwhelmingly unlikely and one would only be possible if Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union, something mrjohnson will not accept. The German Government has not confirm what was said but number ten says a deal is essentially impossible, notjust now but ever. It leaves talks between brussels and london in tatters and sets up a bruising debate about who is to blame. Brussels made clear overnight it had real concerns about elements of the new uk plan. The president of the European Council, donald tusk, the usual diplomatic language out of the window, tweeted the Prime Minister. At home, too, an escalation in language a source said the eu had shown no desire to budge one centimetre and number ten would take an obstructive strategy if forced to delay brexit. The government put proposals on the table that were never going to work, they were designed to fail. Instead of reacting and changing their proposals, they are now collapsing the talks and engaging in a reckless blame game and it will be our economy and working people who will pay the price for this recklessness. Borisjohnson has tried to bully the eu member states, independent, sovereign member states. That might have worked on the playing fields of eton, i was not there, i would not know, it does not work with independent states. Others blame opposition parties for trying to outlaw no deal. Our parliament has brought this about, i understand they were progressing well until the so called surrender act went through, the benn act, which chopped off the negotiations at the knees. With the prospect of a deal fading quickly, number ten might soon be promising a no deal exit. Mps here will do everything they can to make sure this does not happen. There are big battles to come before we know for sure what happens next. Lets cross over now to westminster and speak to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. These quotes about the talks perhaps collapsing are from a downing street source, rather than from the official downing street, rather than being the official line. Assess that, how close can we see the talks are to collapsing . Its worth pointing out its very unusual. Normally leaders have phone conversations and you get a pretty bland official readouts of one side oi bland official readouts of one side or the other and they do not often say very much and you have to read between the lines that there might have been a row. This is completely different. An unsourced quote from downing street, saying they felt these talks were close to collapse. Highly unusual. Also unusual because they were talking about what the others say the said, what Angela Merkel said. Berlin have not engaged with this much so its hard to assess what exactly went on in that conversation. Its been quite clear for the past few days from people inside downing street they have been concerned there was no concession coming from the eu side, the British Government feel they have put something on the table that was quite a big movement for them and the dup by saying Northern Ireland would effectively remain in the Single Market for goods. But they cannot accept Northern Ireland being ina cannot accept Northern Ireland being in a Customs Union with the eu, effectively cut off from the rest of the uk. They would not accept that and it feels were going back to 2017. There is a reason theresa may ended up with the deal she did, to avoid customs checks on the island of ireland. In that sense we do not feel much further forward. What is interesting is the motive behind these briefings. It could well be to maybe put some final last minute pressure on the eu to try and come up pressure on the eu to try and come up with a compromise before the summit next week. It could also trying to put pressure on the opposition parties, to say if you wa nt opposition parties, to say if you wantan opposition parties, to say if you want an election lets do it now. Its also about the blame game, preparing the ground in case we get toa no preparing the ground in case we get to a no deal scenario, because no one thinks is going to be easy. On that note, michael gove was in the house of commons today talking about no deal preparations and about whether the opposition were right to say the government have not been trying seriously to get a deal. 0f trying seriously to get a deal. Of course no deal will bring challenges. Ive been open about that today as in the past. Its not my preferred outcome zero that of the government. We want a good deal. Or that of the government. Whatever short term challenges it creates they can and will be overcome. Far creates they can and will be oveicoitie. Far worse creates they can and will be overcome. Far worse than no deal would be damaged to democracy caused the referendum result. There has been no official word on either side of the negotiations have com pletely either side of the negotiations have completely abandoned. This is all ahead of the summit next week. Downing street have been saying for weeks they didnt expect any Movement Towards a deal until that moment. Now it looks quite unlikely, even rumours circulating Boris Johnson may not go at all to attend that and then we will have to see what happens back here. Lots of people thinking we could be heading towards a delay to brexit, even though Boris Johnson does towards a delay to brexit, even though borisjohnson does not want that, and then potentially general election. How is this all playing out in europe . Our correspondent there is Damian Grammaticas and can speak to him now. People have been saying the words as reported which have been said by Angela Merkel dont really sound like her, what is your assessment . That is certainly the view in the eu. They say at this does not come across as a credible readouts of what Angela Merkel would have said because it does not sound like the eu line, she is someone who sticks a very carefully to a script, she is not someone who goes around issuing threats. She is a very cautious and careful politician and, above all, in this Brexit Process that has been her approach throughout, we heard from a very close ally of hers in berlin, the head of the bundestags Foreign Affairs committee and he tweeted there has been no change in germanys position and he said Boris Johnsons proposals have been unrealistic and the eu is willing to engage but will not accept blame. The eu is keen to send this message it is still talking and still wants to talk. Michel barnier also tweeting this afternoon and he tweeted after meeting in the italian minister and said it was a friend that meeting and said the shared objective is to reach a deal that is workable and peace and stability on the island of ireland and in the eu. That has certainly been at the eus bottom line. On top of that we heard from the irish, the foreign minister, simon coveney, the deputy Prime Minister, saying ireland and that you want ideal but Boris Johnson wants to change what was already agreed and therefore the onusis already agreed and therefore the onus is on him to come up with a workable proposition. Simon kofi saying he felt those briefings this morning coming from london were all trying to pressure ireland and the eu trying to pressure ireland and the eu simon cove me saying this morning. Thank you. Philippe lamberts is a belgian mep and co president of the european greens group. We can speak to him now from the European Parliament in brussels. Thank you forjoining us. First of all, what is the reaction, your reaction and those of people youve been speaking to about whats been going on today . What we see is a well rehearsed scenario unfolding. Boris johnson has always been in need of a situation where he can portray the eu as the aggressor, and he is the defender of the people and thats what he has been preparing for evatt since he became Prime Minister. That is the study he tries to tell now, there has been no change in the position of the eu and that position is not linked to a special treatment we would like to inflict upon the uk, it is simply the fact the United Kingdoms position is constrained by the good friday agreement and that has constraints and these require regulatory and customs alignment between Northern Ireland and the republic of irelands to be maintained. That is simply the reality and what we keep repeating and ive been repeating for a while. Isa and ive been repeating for a while. Is a the government would say it has compromised and suggested keeping Northern Ireland i suppose the government would say. Keeping it in the Regulatory Framework and it has other customs arrangements. This is again the story he is telling but the one thing people should have clearly in mind is the so called concession made that as a regulatory alignment but not customs alignment, it is absolutely conditional, it is not an offer, it is very much conditional offer and the condition is of course prior agreement of the Northern Irish institutions and that means basically veto right for the union. I understand why hes doing that but we cannot take as a concession something that might not ever come. What we need in order to an open border on the island of ireland is our firm an open border on the island of ireland is ourfirm commitments. It is not hypothetical commitments that we need. We need firm commitments. Do you have sympathy for the political realities in the uk . The government doesnt think it could get this deal through the house of commons the government thinks it could get this deal through the house of commons in a way theresa may could not. Can you understand the political realities, they think they could get this through . First, one thing our political realities, another thing is political assertions. It is not because the Prime Minister claims he has a majority for his proposal that there is a majority, the evidence we know and that is the reality, we understand the Prime Minister has no majority at the moment and we have no signs this minority could be propped up by significant transfers or defectors from the opposition. There is no evidence of that. We appreciate as political reality is the Prime Minister does not have a majority. Again, the proposals he has been making are unworkable, simply practically unworkable. What happens now . Do you have a sense the talks between the uk and the eu are going to continue . The question is whether the United Kingdom and the British Government can address the concerns of the eu. There was some rumours that this prior consent thing that made the wreck alignment conditional regulatory alignment conditional could be. Its not certain the British Government is prepared not to give a veto rights to the Northern Irish institutions. And the customs arrangement proposed in any legal text are again hypothetical. Ive never seen a legal text were basically what is stated our intentions and not firm arrangements. Again, there is lots of work to be done there if the British Government is prepared to reconsider those two major points then the talks can certainly continue. We have to leave it there. Many thanks. The Irish Government has announced a budget with a 1. 2 billion euro fund to help absorb the impact of a no deal brexit. The package includes 650 million euro to support the agri food and tourism sectors. There will also be 200 million euro made available to Government Departments to increase Staffing Levels and upgrade airports and ports. Finance minister Paschal Donohoe said the budget was without precedent. This is a budget developed in the shadow of brexit and the context for brexit has shifted to no deal as our central assumption, this does not mean no deal is inevitable, but equally we stand ready if it does happen, he told the Dail Parliament in dublin. The Scottish Government has committed £7 million for a new fund to help tackle poverty in the event of a no deal brexit, as price hikes could push 130,000 scots into financial hardship. Deputy first Ministerjohn Swinney announced that the Rapid Poverty Mitigation Fund would provide resources to local councils. Deputy first Ministerjohn Swinney announced that the Rapid Poverty Mitigation Fund would provide resources to local councils. We will publish a tool and report that highlights areas most vulnerable during an eu exit with or without a deal. The first of its kind in the uk, tracks on various factors that make communities vulnerable to exiting the eu. As a result of this analysis we are putting in place a plan to establish a£7 putting in place a plan to establish a £7 million rapids poverty mitigation funds. In the event of no deal this will be allocated to local authorities are so those people most in need can get support quickly and efficiently. That might be through the scottish welfare fund, discretionary housing payments or for particular help with Food Insecurity or fuel poverty. Theres a warning that a no deal brexit could result in government borrowing soaring to its highest level for half a century. The independent think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, says emergency tax cuts and higher public spending could mean borrowing doubles to nearly £100 billion. Our economics correspondent, andy verity, explains more. Thanks, reeta. Last month sajid javid claimed he could deliver the biggest boost to spending this decade and still keep government borrowing at less than 2 of the size of the economy. But the institute for fiscal studies says no hes going to break that rule. In march his predecessor Philip Hammond had a buffer of £27bn to use for tax cuts or spending boosts to help the economy if it ran into trouble. But a weaker economy and less tax from corporations has shrunk that buffer to £14 billion and hes already spent all of that in the autumn spending round. The ifs says the governments now operating without any fiscal rules. Weve had so many fiscal rules over the past ten years, most of which have been broken or replaced just before they have been broken, that will happen again now because we are on course to break the current set of fiscal rules. The government is beginning to lose a framework and become very unclear what it is trying to achieve in terms of debt and borrowing and spending. The chancellor, i guess, ortry and borrowing and spending. The chancellor, i guess, or try and give a sense of that in a coming budget but at the moment we are adrift. Far from sticking to the governments 2017 manifesto pledge to balance the budget spend no more than its income, its now pledged to spend £325 billion on Public Services next year nearly as much as labour promised in 2017. But because the economys already growing slower than expected theres less tax coming in so to cover that spending. The chancellor will have to borrow £50 billion next year and thats assuming there isnt a no deal brexit. He ifs says if that does happen, borrowing next year will be double that. If we had no deal the economy would grow very little if at all over the next two or three years, borrowing would rise up towards 90 or £100 million each year, very significant increase in weight we are. If that happened we would have to have another period of either tax increases or spending cuts to get it back under control. If we start borrowing more to cover spending the governments debt will climb to its highest since the 19605 90 of gdp. So even if theres a mini boom for public spending next year, the ifs says that would likely be followed by another bust as the government tries to bring the public finances back under control. Under those circumstances, borisjohnsons promises of permanent tax cuts for the countrys highest earners look increasingly unaffordable. Turkeys Defence Ministry says all preparations for a possible military operation in northeastern syria are complete, despite a warning from President Trump not to take advantage of the withdrawal of us troops from the area. Mr trump said he would destroy the turkish economy if ankara went, as he put it, off limits. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for borisjohnson has said that britain is deeply concerned by turkeys plans to launch a military campaign in the region. Our correspondent martin patience has the latest. The turkish guns on the border are silent, but for how long . They are now trained on Kurdish Forces who feel betrayed by america. Backed by the us, the Syrian Democratic forces led the fight against the Islamic State group. They have lost thousands of men, only for washington to now turn its back. It symbolises the betrayal by the Trump Administration of democracy, of lets say human values, of what, lets say the sdf forces have fought for. It is the betrayal of their hope, and in fact trump has dashed the hopes of humanity, that isis, lets say, has been eliminated. Syria remains a fractured country with rebel and Kurdish Forces Still Holding swathes of territory. The picture may get even more complicated as president erdogan told the un just how far he wanted the safe zone to extend. The us president faced a furious backlash in washington for apparently giving turkey the go ahead for the offensive. But donald trump believes that fighting endless wars is no longer americas business. We have been in syria for many years, syria was supposed to be a short term hit and we were supposed to be in and out, that was many years ago, i have told turkey that if they do anything outside of what we would think is humane, to use the word a second time, we talk about hong kong, we talk about this, they could suffer the wrath of an extremely decimated economy. The Islamic State thrives on chaos. Any conflicts between turkey and the kurds could allow the extremists to stage a comeback. Martin patience, bbc news, beirut. Lets go to westminster now and speak to labour mp Lloyd Russell moyle, chair of the all Party Parliamentary group on north east syria. Thank you forjoining us. What is your assessment of american policy at the moment with regards to Northern Syria . At the moment it is com pletely Northern Syria . At the moment it is completely confused. America had only about two or three weeks ago just implemented the latest brokered agreement where you would have local forces, turkish forces, American Forces, turkish forces, American Forces and even some syrian Damascus Forces and even some syrian Damascus Forces patrolling the border or any demilitarised zone, heavy artillery on both sides was drawn back, and the feeling was peace was starting to be maintained, democracy was starting to be built, gender equality, schools and all other things that are important in rebuilding a country. Overnight, almost, with a set of tweets, donald trump is starting to move troops out, it looks like he did not seek any advice from even the pentagon itself. Lets remind ourselves the kurds were the people in North Eastern syria that took the fight first of all to isis and started destroying the fascist cult that raped their women, destroyed their towns and they fought back, they never had intention of separation, they want to be part of a holistic syria. The problem is eve ryo ne a holistic syria. The problem is everyone in our parliament agrees with that assessment, everyone all sides of the house are great we have a debt of duty to the kurds and to support them and not allow them to be massacred as turkey has already donein be massacred as turkey has already done in one area. What government is not putting its money where their mouth is. We asked the government to table an emergency United Nations resolution to make it clear turkey cannot invade, it would be illegal. We wa nt cannot invade, it would be illegal. We want it to be raised at the north atla ntic we want it to be raised at the North Atlantic Council meeting this coming week to say if turkey invades we would not honour the commitments under clause five to then defend turkey because they would be putting themselves are necessarily endangered but this government has not yet given us commitments. There is a sense the president is a rowing back, he is now threatening turkey in case it acts, the state department has said only two dozen troops also have been pulled out so far. Does that reassure you somewhat . It does. In the long term we need a negotiated settlement here, it must be negotiated with the kurds and arabs and turks in the north east of syria and negotiated with the groups who control damascus. And it needs to be negotiated with the arabs, sunni and shi, throughout the country and that can only happen if there is not these threats and there is stability. Clearly donald trump has had to row back to bits but some of the damage has been done. The feeling of betrayal has been felt already. The kurds will have to think twice about relying on american support ann western support in the future and that is not good for us or the west more generally. Ifi for us or the west more generally. If i could also ask you briefly about the big brexit story of the day, where we are on the talks. I wonder if this gives you cause for concern because there are mps on your inside appear willing to vote for the Prime Ministers deal and your reaction to whats been going on today. There is not the Prime Ministers deal. Im sorry,. He has proposals. This is fake news, im afraid, to take a trumpian term. He has proposed abstract proposals that might be able to put into a deal. He not even propose concrete wording. Those abstract proposals was then asked for more detail, he was then asked for more detail, he was unable to propose any detail of what this fantasies new deal would look like an Angela Merkel is unable to reach agreement. There is no new deal. Boris has failed and there would be no votes from our side because there is no deal to vote on. This is the game borisjohnson has tried all along, propose something thats impossible to get, suggest the impossible is reachable and then blame everybody else. We know thats what he does, we know he blames everybody else because of course we overheard the argument between him and his girlfriend where she said he was a selfish individual. I think we are straying a little bit off the territory there. We will have to leave it there. Many thanks. Climate change protesters have continued their demonstrations in london, with some activists glueing themselves to government buildings. The Prime Minister made unflattering comments about the Extinction Rebellion protesters at a book launch last night, this is what he had to say. Backed up by officers on horses. The strategy was clear. The roads around the palace of westminster had to be open and ready for the state opening of parliament tomorrow. Almost 500 people have been arrested so far, even though one officer told us it was getting hard to find cells to hold them. It takes really judgment to hold them. It takes reallyjudgment to police these demonstrations and police do not want too much confrontation but they also cannot allow too much disruption. What does Extinction Rebellion want . It says the government must declare a climate and ecological emergency. Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut to a net zero by 2000 and 25 and they what assemblies of a randomly chosen people to formulate government policy on climate. The Prime Minister said last night he was warned about climate activists lurking in what he called the hemp smelling bivouacked. My smelling bivouacked. My own team did not want me to come tonight because they said there were some uncooperative crusties and protesters of all kinds littering the road. The challenge for the protesters now is to keep the momentum up. This is only day two of what Extinction Rebellion has said will be a0 days 11; rebellion has said will be a0 days 1a days of direct action. Trees we re 1a days of direct action. Trees were planted outside the house of commons. Many activists were making themselves comfortable. All they police were circulating amongst the protesters, reading out the riot act or at least one of the laws that replace that. I want to make you aware we have a section 1a public order. The one protesters if they did not move that could be arrested. Most did not seem to care. The police are being a bit heavy handed. The truth is there a Central London campsite may soon be closed. Well, our correspondent dan johnson is in Central London at one of the protests how have they reacted . More than a70 people have been arrested. This is one of the biggest protest sites today in whitehall right at the end of downing street and even from this crowd, even though people are overwhelmingly almost entirely peaceful, they are obviously being disruptive by blocking the road. Every now and again police will go into the crowd to arrest someone and take them away. Getting loud applause from the crowd when they do that. This has been a pretty positive atmosphere. And certainly polite. Apologies to the police from some of the protesters that they re the police from some of the protesters that theyre having to deal with these demonstrations at different sites around london and had had to stand out in quite an intense rain shower. Reminded that no matter how kind the message might be on the climate the weather has not been a friend to anyone. But that has not reduced the commitment in terms of numbers although it is telling out a little bit now although they may pop up as another site for the bet seems to be the strategy. We can expect that to continue but whether the last full fortnight will have to wait and see. Many thanks. This is bbc news. The headlines. A downing street source says a brexit deal is now essentially impossible following a phone call between Boris Johnson and germanys chancellor, but in the Commons Michael gove insists a deal can still be done. European Council President donald tusk warns borisjohnson it shouldnt be about winning some stupid blame game. A mother breaks down at the contaminated blood inquiry as she talks about the death of her ten year old son. 19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tons of drugs are seized. And coming up on the programme well be live from the roundhouse in london, ahead of tonights building of the year award the stirling prize for architecture. A look at the sport now with holly hamilton. One week after shamed athletics coach Alberto Salazar received a four year ban for dopng violations, the uk athletics performance director neil black has announced hell step down from his role at the end of this month. Salazar, who coached four time olympic champion mo farah, was banned by the United States Anti Doping Agency following an investigation that began four years ago. Uk athletics conducted a review in 2015 and said there was no concern about salazars link with farah. Before his departure at the end of october, black will support farah at the chicago marathon on sunday. Andy murrays injury comeback again showed positive signs as he pushed world number 12 Fabio Fognini all the way in the second round of the shanghai masters. After losing the opening set after a tie break, he came back to win the second set 6 2. A tight decider saw an angry murray tell fognini to shut up as he failed to serve out for victory. His defeat comes on the day, Australian Open organisers announced hell make his return to the tournament injanuary. Wales women are in action as they take on belarus in their euro 2021 qualifier this evneing. Wales are currently second in their group. Theyre looking to bounce back from their disappointing 2 2 draw with Northern Ireland last time out. 20 minutes into the first half at the borisov arena it remains goaless. You can follow that match on the bbc sport website. Scotland face russia in the Rugby World Cup on wednesday in a game they cannot afford to lose. Russia sit bottom on group a and are facing elimination from the tourament. The stadium has already played host toa the stadium has already played host to a major upset in this Rugby World Cup when japan stunned to a major upset in this Rugby World Cup whenjapan stunned ireland to blow full a wide open scotland take on russia tomorrow and they are expected to beat them with something to spare the maximum five points is what they really need ahead of the final game in their pool against japan on sunday. It is largely a Second String scotland side the tech field tomorrow but the job they have to do is important. We pretty much need five points from this game so weve spoken about that and we need to make sure we go and play the right game. It is a massive burden on the players but they are good enough to do this. We have made this squad strong and whatever player we pick from that squad is capable of doing the job. It is good for some of the guys that have not had the chance to play in a high profile game. Russia had not been an easy pushover for any team yet so it will bea pushover for any team yet so it will be a tough test. A massive test for us. Scotland get what they need with a bonus point win over russia, the prospect of a winner takes all decider against japan will begin prospect of a winner takes all decider againstjapan will begin to loom large with the scots having just three days to recover between matches. Simone biles has become the most succesful female gymnast at a world championships, after the usa won the team event in stuttgart. Biles posted the best individual scores on the vault, balance beam and her briliant brilliant floor routine to see the usa win their seventh consecutive team crown at an olympics or world championships. Thats all the sport for now. You can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. Ninteen people have been arrested in connection with what detectives say is britains biggest ever drugs operation. Police launched dawn raids in london and across the north of england, and say the suspects are part of a network responsible for importing more than 50 tonnes of drugs into britain. Our home affairs correspondent, sarah corker, reports. Police open the door before dawn this morning, a series of coordinated raids in seven towns and cities across the north of england and here in the capital. This is hammersmith in west london, and one man is arrested at an apartment block. He is one of 13 men aged between 2a and 59 now in police custody. All are suspected of being involved in one of the uks biggest ever drug smuggling operations. The investigation has been running for approximately 18 months in partnership with dutch law enforcement, and we believe that in excess of 50 tonnes of controlled drugs has come into the country over a specific period, amounting to billions of pounds worth of commodity. And there was also Police Activity in st helens in merseyside. There were also raids in manchester, leeds and bolton. It is alleged that from february 2017 the crime group used dutch and british Fake Companies to import the class a drugs. This has been described as drug smuggling on an industrial scale. An International Crime group hiding cocaine and heroin in lorries underneath fruit and vegetables and bringing it through uk ports from the netherlands. And there is a county lines element to this. A large amount of drugs will come into the uk and then be split up across various counties. That then goes to other networks around the country. The drugs will then get distributed and unfortunately, we are now seeing that a lot of vulnerable individuals and particularly children are being used to distribute those drugs and that obviously has a devastating effect on the children themselves, their families, the public, and the economy. Todays operation comes after the arrests in april by dutch police of four men and two women in the netherlands, and the National Crime agency says they have now dismantled a well established drugs supply route, stemming the flow of class a drugs on to britains streets. Sarah corker, bbc news. The fbi says a man whos confessed to nearly 100 murders is now considered americas most prolific serial killer. 79 year old Samuel Little is serving multiple life sentences at a prison in california. He told detectives hed killed 93 people between 1970 and 2005. Most of his victims were strangled. Officials say over half of his confessions have been confirmed as being credible. The serial killer admitted innocent people might have been imprisoned wrongly for his crimes. Residents in Finsbury Park in north london woke up to flooding of up to a meter deep this morning. A burst water main has caused major issues with homes and a school being evacuated. The london fire brigade deployed 80 firefighters to the scene on queens drive, where they are still working to pump water away from the area. The mother of a ten year old boy who died after contracting hiv through contaminated blood broke down while telling a Public Inquiry of the familys ordeal. Lee turton died in 1992. His mother denise told the inquiry she believes the government knew the blood being used was infected, as did the pharmaceutical companies, and that they did nothing. Hugh pym reports. Good morning, son. Merry christmas to you. All right . Ive got stomachache. It was lees final christmas. He was ten and only had weeks to live. He had been infected with hiv because of his treatment by the nhs. Im trying to get to sleep and keep waking up. He was just four when his parents were told he had contracted hiv after being treated for his haemophilia with contaminated blood products. He never had a childhood. He couldnt do the things other children did. That was all taken away from him. He used to say how frightened he was. And what can you say . You know, hes a little boy of eight or nine, telling you hes so frightened and you cant take that away. They said they were shunned by other parents, one teacher even refused to have him in the class. They were harassed by the media and felt they had to move. Today denise told the enquiry about lees final days. They actually told us he had between two and ten days to live. Sorry. They said he had an infection in the brain. So we insisted that he went home that day, because thats what he wanted to do, he kept asking to go home. We got him home with a nurse and he lived for another eight days at home. In that time he sort of demanded he wanted to go down and see the beach for the last time so we managed to carry him down to the beach. I think the hardest thing is not knowing the truth about what happened. And knowing it has all been covered up. Like other affected families, they help the enquiry hope the enquiry will finally get to that truth. Hugh pym, bbc news. More than 20 thousand young people in england and wales were injured by knives or sharp instruments last year and survived some of the many victims of knife crime. And often they are left traumatised by their experience, struggling to return to education, training, or the workplace. Clive myrie has been finding out what it has been like for one such survivor. This is a tale from a frightened city. Meet gaddi. He survived a knife attack. These guys, they came up to us and they said, where you guys from . And ijust froze, everything froze, i didnt know what to say. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Assaulted on his way home from football practice. Hes 15. I dont even remember them stabbing me here and stuff. And that is when he got me here. I was bleeding, i was bleeding and then i saw loads of blood pouring out and i was just holding it tight, squeezing it. This is gaddi recovering in hospital two days after the attack. A grateful family by his side. Let him be alive, god, please let him be alive. I was praying for him to be alive with all my energy, all my. Those were my feelings as a mum. So they are saying the best thing to do is to move out of the area. Deprivation and a sense of hopelessness can lead some to join gangs, deal drugs, fight turf wars. But theres never any excuse for the savagery of a knife attack and the ease which some are willing to grab a blade. Gaddi was attacked simply because he wandered into the wrong area. Hes now left hospital and hes back at school, but bad memories persist. I cant sleep well at night, because sometimes im still up because im, like, paranoid. Its just like, i think about it and i dont want to sleep. So, you know, its one of those things. So, today, hes meeting a caseworker from the St Giles Trust, a charity that helps victims of Violent Crime adjust to lives transformed. I just get frustrated sometimes. Yes. And illjust be angry. Like, why me . Stuff like that. There was one, i came in on a tuesday and there were 11 new admissions. The St Giles Trust now has an Office Inside the royal london hospital, where gaddi was treated. It means trauma experts can help stabbing survivors straight after surgery. Hundreds in this hospital every year, thousands around the country, who are stabbed and survive but are traumatised. One consultant surgeon says they need compassion and understanding, not suspicion. We live in a society that judges these people based on their demographics and makings of their injury. Nothing else. We pay no attention to their circumstances or their back stories, to what these lads are going back to. And we want them to be better, to be normal, to be fixed. And we are scared and they deserve what happens to them. And, more importantly, we are going to tolerate it. And that cant be allowed to stand. You are lucky you are still here with us. And dont forget the strain on families, too. Moving away from this part of london, will that give you peace of mind . Probably it will give a little bit of peace of mind. But there is a tension. Im completely against it, to be honest, because i have football and i have school. It is not like they targeted me. I know, i know. It is not about me being safe, its. How do you know they didnt target you . Im not involved in anything. Why would they, attack an innocent person, mum . Why . The dilemma of a loving family. One of many now being driven away by a violence thats staying put. Clive myrie, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. A downing street source says a brexit deal is now essentially impossible following a phone call between Boris Johnson and germanys chancellor. European Council President donald tusk warns borisjohnson it shouldnt be about winning some stupid blame game. A mother breaks down at the contaminated blood inquiry as she talks about the death of her ten year old son. An update on the market numbers for you heres how london and frankfurt ended the day. And in the United States this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. Lets return to our top story a number 10 source has said a brexit deal is essentially impossible after a call between the pm and Angela Merkel. Borisjohnson and the german chancellor spoke earlier about the proposals he put forward to the eu but the source said she made clear a deal based on them was overwhelmingly unlikely. In the past few moments michael gove the minister in charge of no deal preparation has been speaking about the uks readiness. The chancellor of the exchequer has made available £6 billion to make sure were ready for no deal and business organisations have used the money to make sure the they represent get ready. Our firm preference is to leave with a deal but we have to be ready for every eventuality and if we can help business repair we can continue to flow and we continue to prosper as a nation. Did Angela Merkel tell the Prime Minister that if the uk leaves the Northern Ireland has got to stay in the Customs Union and in full alignment with uk rules . |j in the Customs Union and in full alignment with uk rules . I was not in on that core but it is the case that we are talking notjust in on that core but it is the case that we are talking not just to in on that core but it is the case that we are talking notjust to the german chancellor but other friends in europe and were hopeful we will be able secure a deal. We have put forward a fair be able secure a deal. We have put forward afairand be able secure a deal. We have put forward a fair and reasonable of which the eu and we hope that you will show appropriate flexibility. We already said we are prepared to accept eu rules on Northern Ireland to help safeguard the Peace Process and trade and commerce in Northern Ireland and the republic. I think this fairand ireland and the republic. I think this fair and reasonable will get support from other eu countries. Tonight sees the announcement of building of the year the stirling prize for architecture. Last year, the award went to the bloomberg building, a huge Office Development in london that cost more than a billion pounds. But this year, the bookies favourite is very different, a small estate of Council Houses in norwich. Its the first time that Council Housing has made it to the shortlist and as David Sillito has been finding out its notjust the rents that make them affordable. Goldsmith street, norwich, the first time Council Housing has ever been acknowledged for britains top architectural award, and taking me on a tour is one of the residents, chloe smith. Nice into the living room. Id never have thought this would have been a council property. Have you turned the heating on . Twice, i think. Twice in a year . Since being here, yeah. Have a look at how thick these walls are. These houses are designed to be low energy. Youre not even allowed a letterbox in the door in case it lets out some heat. Well, this to me is a snicket. Coming from scarborough, its a snicket im looking at. Weve been calling it a ginnel. And its this child friendly safe space that made all the difference for chloe and her partner louis. We have a problem with lack of social connectedness and this housing is thinking a lot about how to encourage social connections. There are ideas about how to encourage children to play outdoors and get to play areas without crossing roads. And this made all the difference for chloe and her partner. Theyre never going back to a flat. When you first walked into it. Yeah. Did you think. What do you think . I thought, theyre lovely. Id love one. And, yeah, i managed to get one, which is really good. My partner and i have both said since we moved in, we are here for the long run. Its brilliant. David sillito, bbc news, norwich. And david is at the roundhouse in london for us now not long to go now until we find out the winner . The programme starts live tonight at 8 30pm but there are five other nominated buildings. And we can talk about some of those with the person who helped draw up a shortlist for thejoiner bacon, one who helped draw up a shortlist for the joiner bacon, one for who helped draw up a shortlist for thejoiner bacon, one for me who helped draw up a shortlist for the joiner bacon, one for me stands out as being the biggest in comparison with Council Houses, London Bridge station. Why did that make the shortlist . It has made a huge and significant contribution to its surroundings for that it has made a significant contribution to london. Network rail have resolved access to all to all the stations, there is a clarity in the transport network now that came from chaos. There is a clarity in the transport network now that came from chaosm really was case, i missed my train so many times because i could never find the platform. Essentiallyjust bea find the platform. Essentiallyjust be a lot of viaducts and they have created, they dug a huge kind of gap in the middle of that with all these escalators while the station was still operating. That broad daylight down to the station for allowing them to open up and allow for good signage, there is a clarity to your route and lovely materials used. Theyve also refurbished some of the viaducts so now theres a clear route through the underground station. You do not miss your train any more and that the perimeter of the station it has cleaned up and created spaces either side of the station which are pleasant to be in. And the far end, in a back garden, and made entirely out of cork, explain this because it is the most recycla ble explain this because it is the most recyclable building ive ever come across. We are looking for Innovative Solutions and they have tackled the task of looking for a building which only needs one material to make up the whole of its external wall. It both insulates, protects you from the weather and creates a beautiful environment inside. It is just like creates a beautiful environment inside. It isjust like building blocks. They have created their own lego box if you like from cork, theyve used the most advanced of Robotic Arm Technology to cut each piece. And they have delivered somewhere very comfortable. It is small, a kind of small persons house but very sustainable and could be relocated. Theyre pushing the boundaries about about materials for a better climate. He said it was a tough challenge because there are so far removed. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us tonight. We will be coming live here from 8 30pm tonight on the news channel with the award, the stirling prize for architecture at live here tonight beginning at 8 30pm. A statement from downing street that borisjohnson has spoken to the irish premier leo varadkar about the brexit negotiations, spokesperson said both sides strongly reiterated their desire to reach a better deal and help to meet in person later this week. That is the latest from downing street. Now time for the weather. Some thunderstorms out there at the moment and some heavy showers. Some pushing into the east of england. For some of us it is a bright and to the day with a mixture of sunshine and showers. And tomorrow we do it all again because sunshine and showers once again and quite a gusty wind as well. So looking at the big picture, low pressure is close by and we have some heavy downpours coming through. Closer to the low pressure the north, north west scotla nd pressure the north, north west scotland the showers here are relentless one after the other. And this is where we have some of the strongest wind as well. Tonight some of those showers will fade and later they come back in across the south of wales and the south of england. Soa of wales and the south of england. So a repeat performance tomorrow, we get to see some sunshine but there will be showers moving through and again there is targeting north west scotland. Some dotted around elsewhere. To the west and south in particular but not too many reaching all the way east across the uk to sell some of us may stay dry. The showers themselves have quite an impactand showers themselves have quite an impact and they are quite heavy and gusty wind still moving through maybe with some thunder. A chance of some hail as well. And temperatures tomorrow a degree or so down compared with today. Feeling a little bit cooler especially in that brisk wind. A slight change to the pattern going towards thursday and friday and into the weekend, still low pressure but weather fronts coming our way low pressure but weather fronts coming ourway and low pressure but weather fronts coming our way and they provide some longer spells of rain rather than the passing showers we have at the moment. Still some of the showers around initially on thursday but then crowd gathering with outbreaks of rain pushing in. Coming into Northern Ireland, parts of the north of england and north wales at the moment. Temperature is pretty much where they have been and where they stay by day and night. Looking further ahead, into the weekend, still low pressure so it is going to be unsettled. Quite a changeable patent was still some uncertainty about the detail of work that rain will fall. So these forecasts may change every now and again as new information comes in. If you have outdoor plans, things could change. More as ever online and through the weather app. A deal before the brexit deadline on october 31st now looks extremely unlikely, as talks in brussels fail to make progress. Borisjohnson appeals to eu leaders to accept his proposals but a downing street source says a deal now looks essentially impossible. The Prime Minister spoke to Angela Merkel this morning. Number ten says she dismissed the latest plans, but, this afternoon, michael gove said its up to brussels. And in setting out these proposals, weve moved. It is now time for the eu to move, too. If it does, then there is still every chance that you can leave with a new deal. The stark reality is that the government put forward proposals that were designed to fail and it still wont take responsibility for own actions. Theres been an angry reaction from brussels