Against the syrian kurds. Racism on campus universities are told by the equality and Human Rights Commission theyve done too little to tackle it. Singing the blues a late winner for chelsea at ajax in the Champions League. And coming up. Have traditional computers had their chips . Google claim their quantum computer can now perform tasks at a fraction of the speed of its conventional counterparts. Well find out more later this hour. Good evening. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex. Its not known who they are or where they came from. One was a teenager. The lorry driver, whos 25, from Northern Ireland and named locally as mo robinson, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The victims were discovered at 1 40 this morning. The police say identifying them is their number one priority but its expected to be a lengthy process. The trailer was registered in bulgaria two years ago. Police say they believe it travelled from zeebrugge in belgium into purfleet in essex shortly after midnight this morning before arriving at an Industrial Park in grays in essex at 1 15am. Our special correspondent, ed thomas, reports. Just before 1 40am, paramedics called police. The doors of the lorry container had been opened. Inside, 39 bodies. 39 lives, people with hopes and ambitions. The youngest was a teenager. Its tragic, absolutely terrible. Such a shame. They were obviously trying to get over here for a better life. It is heartbreaking for me. Feel very sorry for them. Its horrible. It is quite difficult to believe that thats happening quite close to the place where youre working every day for many years. Weve obtained this cctv from i. I3am this morning. Close to where it was found, the lorry passes at speed, the final moments before itsjourney ended. When paramedics were called, all 39 people inside were pronounced dead. Today, the search for clues and answers had begun. This is as close as the police will allow us to the lorry. All morning, forensic teams have been coming and going from that tent. We still dont know who put these people on the lorry. We dont know exactly how they died. All we know is that the lorry was found here in the early hours of this morning. We know the truck was registered in bulgaria. Police say the trailer travelled from zeebrugge in belgium into purfleet on the river thames, arriving just after midnight. The driver of the lorry has been named locally in Northern Ireland as 25 year old mo robinson. Hes being questioned on suspicion of murder. This matter has attracted national and International Interest and it is imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. Grays is at the centre of a huge haulage network. Lorries stop overnight and people are coming out of them. Some here are shocked but not surprised. This cabbie says he and his colleagues are often approached by desperate people. They come up, they cant speak english. They hand you a phone, you speak to someone on the other end and they ask you to take them to an address. Its normally round by london. Ive seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. This man didnt want to be identified. My best friend has seen people running out of a lorry and scattering in all directions. He walks past the place where the lorry was found most mornings. Everybodys had an experience that i know, especially in that area. And itjust seems to be a thing that no one seems to care about. Today the Prime Minister and labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn spoke of their shock and sadness. This is an unimaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking. I know the thoughts and prayers of all members are with those who lost their lives and their loved ones. To open that container and have to remove 39 bodies from it and deal with them in an appropriate and humane way, we should just think for a moment of what inhumanity is done to other human beings. Tonight, the lorry and the people on board have been taken away. Police said their dignity and finding their loved ones comes first. Ed thomas, bbc news, grays. Joining me now is former director general of Immigration Enforcement for the home office, david wood. What was your initial reaction when you heard this story . Its a very tragic story, with all of these lives lost and all their families who will suffer as a result, and it shows the consequences of organised crime and their lack of care and respect for that Vulnerable People who they provide these services to. There are lots of questions, we dont have the identities, the nationalities of those who died in that container, but i dont know if you could tell us a little bit more about what we do know in terms of the route. What do you make of that . Its an unusual route, of course, because zeebrugge is a freight and container port, so not one where there would be a focus on immigration type cheques, because thatis immigration type cheques, because that is not what the port is used for, for passengers, and neither would purfleet be somewhere where it would purfleet be somewhere where it would be geared up for immigration checks so, in terms of migrants wishing to get into the uk, it would bea wishing to get into the uk, it would be a fairly safe route, if it wasnt for the tragedy that occurred. But, in terms of getting from europe into the uk, it would, on the face of it, bea the uk, it would, on the face of it, be a pretty clear route for people to use. For many of us, this is the first time we will be hearing about the fact that the cap would have used one route, the container would have come along another route. Is that normal . Yes, quite normal, because if you go to places like felixstowe there are 4 million containers that arrive there each year, and tractor units arrive to collect them, whether they be refrigerated containers like this or other forms of trailer, so it is quite normalfor them to be put onto ships and other forms of transport and collected this end by tractor units. Border force last year introduced those cuts, in terms of trying to cut the crossings on the channel. This was done differently, because there they were using small dinghies and whatever. Our mission is like that really effective . What needs to be done to tackle illegal immigration . Im not sure that cutters are effective in reducing crossings. I think they are good for the humanitarian effort and they probably save lives, because all that happens is, if the boats get intercepted, they bring the passengers to the uk and they are never removed, because they claim asylu m never removed, because they claim asylum they are always from countries that are difficult to remove them too. What you have here, in all probability, and we dont know, its a matterfor the Police Investigation, but in certain censuses investigation, but in certain censuses certain circumstances like this it is organised crime behind it, and it needs European Forces working to tackle organised crime, because criminals are benefiting. The individuals in that tragic trailer would have paid a lot of money to come to the uk, as well as all of those in the small vessels which go across the country. They will pay a lot of money. So its probably where the real focus should be. Well leave it there, but thank you for the insight. We are getting more on this from zeebrugge, and will be speaking to our correspondence, Damian Grammaticas, later on. In kent, nine people have been found in the back of a lorry on the m20. Police were called out to the lorry at 3 40 this afternoon. The vehicle was stopped betweenjunctions nine and eight on the london bound carriageway. The stowaways are now being checked as a precaution by the south east Coast Ambulance service. Theyll then be passed to Home Office Immigration officers. Boris johnson has had a meeting with the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, amid uncertainty about what happens next with brexit. Last night, mps rejected the Prime Ministers attempt to push his brexit bill through the commons in just three days. There has been cautious support in the European Union for granting the uk more time to try to approve the brexit deal. But borisjohnson has told the European Commission president , donald tusk, he doesnt want an extension. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more. Forget all westminsters flurry its up in the air. Will we leave the eu before christmas, or be back at the ballot box . The Prime Ministers attempt to walk his brexit deal through the commons stalled last night, so delay is on the cards and it is not in his hands. They said we couldnt get a new deal, and we did. Then they said wed never get it through parliament, and they did their utmost, didnt they . They did their utmost to stop it going through parliament, and we got it through Parliament Last night, mr speaker. Mps did agree the Prime Ministers deal to take us out of the eu was worth talking about, but they did not pass it, not at all, and kicked out the governments timetable, so the brakes are on. He threw Northern Ireland undera bus, he ripped up protections for workers rights and environmental standards. Does the Prime Minister accept that parliament should have the necessary time to improve on this worse than terrible treaty . In truth, therell be no Big Decisions at home until other choices are made elsewhere. Its for ireland and the rest of the eu to allow the uk more time or not and under what conditions. My bags are always packed for brussels, and packed they are again. In writing, if theres agreement around the continent, or at a summit on monday. If there is no consensus, we will have to convene a meeting of the European Council to discuss whether or not to grant an extension to the uk, for how long and under what conditions. Until there is a Firm Decision from the eu, this place is in limbo. The Prime Minister and Jeremy Corbyn met in here this morning to discuss whether there was a way through, but at a slower timetable. But they agreed nothing, and the Prime Minister claims if there is a delay of months, he would rather go straight for a general election. Yet, just as some in number ten are gung ho for the ballot box, there are some ministers in the cabinet who visibly disagree. With an agreement that has a chance of being approved, some ministers are arguing to agree a new timetable, a Programme Motion, and try again. I want to listen to Northern Ireland mps, get a Programme Motion that is to the satisfaction of a majority of people in this house and resolve the situation. That is where i feel our responsibility lies, and we can Work Together to address many of these issues. Our politicians have a patchy record of that, but the politicians agree a delay must be granted before they will permit an election. The opposition parties agree a delay must be granted. It should notjust be long enough to scrutinise a bad bill for a week or two longer. It should in my view be long enough to allow a general election or a referendum. It may only be a few days before that choice is made, but in political terms, a long walk yet. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Well, to discuss whats likely to happen when it comes to that extension of the brexit deadline, im joined by lili bayer, who works for politico in brussels. Thank you for speaking to us this evening. As leo varadkar was saying in that piece, how long is an extension likely to be granted by the eu . Thats a matter for debate this evening. Ambassadors from 27 eu countries met to talk about first of all whether an extension would require simply whats called a written procedure, or whether it would require eu leaders to come to brussels to sign off, and the second of all they talked about how long extension would be. What we are hearing from senior diplomats is that there is broadly a consensus that there is broadly a consensus that some kind of extension would be allowed, but there seems to be more ofa allowed, but there seems to be more of a disagreement over how long the extension would be, so diplomats will meet again on friday to discuss and take stock of what has happened in london during the intervening time. Do the eu27 have their own red lines they will refuse to cross . Time. Do the eu27 have their own red lines they will refuse to cross7m really depends who we are talking about. I think france is a hardliner right now, and theyve raised questions tonight at the meeting as well, and what french officials have been saying is, if an extension were to be something beyond a technical one for a few days for the Uk Parliament to vote, they might want more guarantees, for example an election or referendum, or some other kind of political process to assure them there would be progress. After events last night, do you get the sense that the eu just want this done and dusted . I think there was a lot of frustration but, at the same time, ithink lot of frustration but, at the same time, i think eu leaders are quite committed to not being perceived as intervening in domestic british politics and, as a result, at the end of the day, they will probably agree to an extension and whatever time the uk needs to sort out the domestic situation. Thank you very much. Our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, is in westminster and we can speak to her now. Some breaking news is coming into us from westminster concerning the Liaison Committee meeting. Whats going on . It might not sound too exciting, that meeting, but what was due to happen tomorrow is that Boris Johnson was due before what is basically a senior group of cross party basically a senior group of cross party mps, they various select committees and they meet, and i think its now sort of tradition that the Prime Minister appears before that committee once a year, and the difference than that and, say, borisjohnson and the difference than that and, say, Boris Johnson appearing and the difference than that and, say, borisjohnson appearing in the commons is it is a chance for some very detailed scrutiny of policies, andi very detailed scrutiny of policies, and i am sure brexit would have come up. It was due before the committee at 10am tomorrow, but tonight he has pulled out of that committee meeting. He says hes got to focus on delivering brexit. But the chair of the Liaison Committee, dr sarah wollaston, a former conservative mp, is not particularly impressed by what has happened and, indeed, yvette cooper, a Labour Committee on that committee, branded it disgraceful this evening, accusing him of dodging scrutiny. There are conservatives who have jumped to Boris Johnsons conservatives who have jumped to borisjohnsons defence, saying he regularly faces scrutiny and he does have to focus on delivering brexit. But it was something of a potential event tomorrow morning in parliament, but it has been postponed, borisjohnson says he hopes, until maybe december or january. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres ben. Good evening. Chelsea have gone top of their Champions League group after a late 1 0 win over last seasons semifinalists ajax. Its the first time the dutch champions have lost this season. Austin halewood reports thejohan the johan cruyff arena, thejohan cruyff arena, a stadium named after its footballing history but right now ajax are all about the talent of their youth, just like chelsea. Mason mount is one of their new kids on the block, the midfielder going close early on. Five months ago, ajax were minutes from the final. Some of that team have moved on but this season they found new leaders, like quincy promes, but offside, just. But ajax we re promes, but offside, just. But ajax were just inches away from taking the lead next, the visitors needed an opening, and they got one, they just missed it. Substitute Michy Batshuayi blasting over the bar. Chelseas best chance gone, not quite, Michy Batshuayi and another, and he didnt miss. A crucial away win for chelsea, and probably the best for the manager so far. Defending champions liverpool are in belgium to play genk, a team who have never won a Champions League game. Just over 15 minutes gone and already liverpool are ahead. Alex Oxlade Chamberlain with a well placed effort from 25 yards out afterjust 2 minutes. Liverpool are leading i o. Wales expect centres Hadleigh Parkes and Jonathan Davies will be fit for their Rugby World Cup semifinal against south africa on sunday. Davies missed the last eight win over france, whilst parkes has been carrying knocks for a while. Away from match preparations, the squad met the prince of wales at training in tokyo, and our correspondent andy swiss was there. Wales have had a special visitor at their training wales have had a special visitor at theirTraining Camp wales have had a special visitor at their Training Camp here today, Prince Charles, whos been here in tokyo for the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor. That happened yesterday, but today he met up with the wales players. First, he met warren gatland, the coach, and the captain, alun wyn jones, warren gatland, the coach, and the captain, alun wynjones, before meeting up with the rest of the wales players. He was presented with a signed rugby shirt by the wales squad. After that, Prince Charles said he was sure the players would make everyone proud. He went on to present one of the players, owen lane, with his Rugby World Cup cap, because owen lane has just arrived atan injury because owen lane has just arrived at an injury replacement, so that was a proud moment for him. We know that Prince Charless sons are very keen rugby fans, and william is a patron of the wru, whereas harry is a patron of the english rfu, so he and the rest of the wales players certainly seemed to enjoy themselves. British number one dan evans is out of the swiss indoor tennis in basel. He lost five straight games in the first set against Frances Tiafoe of the United States, slipping to a 6 4, 6 2 defeat. Tiafoe will play the three time grand slam winner Stan Wawrinka next. And just before we go, a great story on the website you may not have seen where british teenagerjosh hill became the youngest male winner of an official ranking event in the uae atjust 15 years old. He could have pocketed ten grand in prize money but, because hes just an amateur, he couldnt. He shot a final round of 62. Im happyjust to break 100. Head to bbc. Co. Uk sport for that. Ill be back with sportsday at 10 30. See you then. Thank you. Around a quarter of students from ethnic minorities have experienced racial harassment at university, according to the equalities watchdog. The equality and Human Rights Commission says institutions are reluctant to face up to the scale of racism for fear of damaging their reputation. Universities uk said the report was shocking, and it would seek expert advice on how to tackle the issue on campus. Fope olaleye, the nus black students officer and a politics graduate, says the sector must now combat any acts of racialised hate or harassment students experience. Lets speak to fope now. Thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. First up, have you ever experienced racial harassment on campus . Yes, i have and im not the only one. The amount of comments ive had in seminars, on nights out, on campus, reflecting the colour of my skin or my hair, is numerous. Its ridiculous and i am glad we are finally talking about it. How was it handled at the time . At the time, there was very Little Information given to students about how to report racial harassment on campus. I was told to brush it off, they didnt mean it, and it was very uncomfortable to challenge somebody thats your superior. How do you combat or turn this around . Universities and institutions need proper structures to address racial harassment on campus. They meet reporting systems that provide support for students and hold people to account. They need. Support for students and hold people to account. They need. There was an element of this report that upset an element of this report that upset a lot of people, and there was some criticism, in terms of including anti white harassment as well. Isnt racism racism . Well, i think the specific forms of discrimination which take many different forms and ma nifest which take many different forms and manifest in different ways, and its important to understand there are specific solutions, so its not about whether or not white people face harassment, its about what universities are doing about racialised hate crime. Its not the first time in recent weeks or months that universities have had a spotlight on them concerning non white employees. There have been questions about pay gaps with academics. What is the atmosphere like at the moment, when you talk within groups, because i understand that you do sit in roundtable events . That you do sit in roundtable events . What is it like . Explain what you go through. When we go through it and discuss it, its u ntold through it and discuss it, its untold micro questions, the fact that, if you do want to talk about it, you may face a pay cut. What is unsurprising as it is the same things over and again which is why, when we read the report, a lot of us we re when we read the report, a lot of us were like, these are not new findings, they have been going on for a long time. So whats next . I think universities and institutions need to look at their policies, and we would welcome the equality and Human Rights Commission to use their statutory powers to hold them to account. When you say their policies, give us an example of a policy that would work . Growth policies that would work would be having specific reporting systems for racial harassment, because at the moment universities dont generally put up desperate dont generally. We need structures to hold people to account, whether that is sanctions, people being taken off campus, or something that allows them just to report, but notjust in a general way. Thank you very much. No worries. Lets turn to international events. President trump has announced that all sanctions imposed on turkey over its offensive in kurdish held areas in Northern Syria will be lifted. In a televised address, mr trump said that turkey had assured him that it was stopping combat there and making the ceasefire permanent. His decision came after russia agreed with turkey to use troops to extend a ceasefire along the syrian border. So the sanctions will be lifted, unless something happens that we are not happy with. This was an outcome created by us, the United States, and nobody else. No other nation. Very simple. Should turkey fail to honour its obligations, including the protection of religious and ethnic minorities, which i truly believe they will do, we reserve the right to reimpose crippling sanctions, including substantially increased tariffs on steel and all other products coming out of turkey. Yerevan saeed is a Kurdish Affairs analyst at the middle east research institute. Hejoins me now from washington. What is your reaction to what President Trump was just saying . The Kurdish People are very disappointed in this statement. This happened while turkey invaded the kurdish held territory in syria and displaced 400,000 people, killed and wounded hundreds of people, and there are reports of war crimes committed by turkish forces, and these come from just yesterday by these come from just yesterday by the us special envoy to syria. So its really quite disappointing to hear this from President Trump. What do you make of russias presents . It looks fairly permanent now in the region. What does that say . They we re region. What does that say . They were able obviously to drive out the us forces from syria, even though President Trump said they are going to keep a number of us forces to secure and protect, but that held that russia won the war in syria, it became some real factor on the ground. In the meantime, russians just entered into the kurdish towns, especially kobane, and Russian Forces will be protecting the border with turkey and there might be some sort ofjoint initiative with turkish forces. What can you tell us about the future for the kurds . That is the question every coat is asking, including myself, because these kind of massacres in these places, they are ethnic cleansing, and its been the history of kurds in the modern history, since the kurds were deprived of their own state after the first world war, and that was the story of my grandfather, my father, and myself as well, and it is the same thing for the Kurdish People, the new kurdish generation in the middle east. I think what President Trump did by pulling out the us forces from syria was quite, you know, consequential for the Kurdish People, because the kurds had depended on the United States for the last 30 years in russian kurdistan and also for the last five yea rs kurdistan and also for the last five years in syria. There was cooperation between the american and Kurdish People, i think President Trump has harmed that relationship, as we saw when the us forces were pulled out of syria, people were throwing potatoes at us forces, and that happened again in ras al ain. That was almost unthinkable to say, because kurds used throw flowers at us forces. Does there seem to be some sort of semblance of a relationship between the us and the kurds concerning the protection of the oilfields . And why is it significant . Its really unclear, but i think, in the past few days, there was some discussion between there was some discussion between the white house and some senators, talking about the us protecting an oilfield in syria so there could be some sort of government of their own affairs, but when you see forces coming back to take control of kurdish held territory, its really unclear to what extent the kurds or the americans have any leveraged to hold these oilfields. In the past, they were selling it to the assad government, but now set obviously has the upper hand and he can just reta ke has the upper hand and he can just retake control of these important oilfields. Will leave it here for now. Thank you. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Good evening. We have yet more wet weather to come for parts of england and wales in the next few days. Heavy and persistent, it could turn out to be rather problematic. For the northwest, it will be a case of showers for scotland and Northern Ireland. Here is our set up at the moment. One front in the southeast, another one pushing in from the northwest. They will merge through thursday and we will see some showery outbreaks of rain coming in on this band as the day progresses into scotland and Northern Ireland. So, overnight tonight, largely dry across central and eastern areas, but turning quite misty and murky. Some rain around for Northern England and wales, clearer skies across scotland and Northern Ireland, albeit with a few showers. Through thursday, daytime, not a bad start, actually, across scotland and Northern Ireland with plenty of sunshine, but some heavy showers arriving through the afternoon. The rain further south getting quite invigorated across central and eastern areas during the afternoon, some heavier downpours to end the day here. Top temperatures i2 i4d. Hello this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. The headlines. Essex police are investigating the deaths of 39 people, whose bodies were found in a lorry container. This matter has attracted national and International Interests, and its absolutely imperative that the operation is conducted with the utmost respect for the 39 people who have lost their lives. The lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Hes been named locally as 25 year old mo robinson, from the portadown area of County Armagh in Northern Ireland. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn meet to try to find a way through the brexit stalemate. President trump has said hell lift the sanctions he imposed on turkey after it halted its military action against the syrian kurds. Racism on campus. Universities are told by the equality and Human Rights Commission theyve done too little to tackle it. And coming up have traditional computers had their chips . Google claim their quantum computer can now perform tasks at a fraction of the time of its conventional counterparts. Well find out more later this hour. Lets get more on our top story. A murder inquiry has begun in essex after the bodies of 39 people, one of them a teenager, were found in a lorry container. The driver, a 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested. Essex police, with the help of the National Crime agency and border officials, will now begin the lengthy task of identifying the victims. So where could the people found dead in the lorry have come from . What routes are now being used to smuggle people into the country and what can be done to stop a trade that can lead to such tragedy . Our home editor mark easton takes a closer look. Just before 1 40am, paramedics called police. The doors of the lorry container had been opened. Including 15 children, one from afghanistan was dead, todays container and its tragic contents we re container and its tragic contents were found a short distance away. There are four significant people smuggling routes into Central Europe come up through spain, across the mediterranean to italy from north africa, through poland from the east, and probably the busiest route through turkey and up through the balkans. From the black sea, migrants are smuggled through countries like bulgaria, where the authorities have been under pressure from the eu to improve border security. People traffickers and smugglers were targeted in bulgaria this summer, including this operation on the banks of here, the lorry found in essex has links with that country. Those looking to move to the uk are generally carried in lorries or containers to the channel parts, the container found today appears to have come through belgium and taken the ferry, part of londons docs on the thames, and increasingly popular route for smugglers. Containerwas increasingly popular route for smugglers. Container was found nearby at the watergate Industrial Park, police say, smaller British Ports like london, away from the intense security through routes through dover are increasingly attractive to the organised criminal networks charging desperate people vast sums for a perilous journey. The home secretary appearing before a committee of mps today said the essex Police Investigation was moving quickly. I think first and foremost, its important to recognise that obviously, in light of what has happened, which is dreadful, Border Force Immigration teams and Law Enforcement agencies, of course, Work Together. In terms of information sharing, data sharing, cooperation. The key to beating the smugglers is cooperation across borders. The National Crime agency work closely together with other partners to disrupt the gangs, and our efforts being made to ensure such vital collaboration is not adversely affected by brexit. Mark easton, bbc news. Lets go now to our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas who is in zeebrugge, which is where the trailer containing those 39 people left from on its way to purfleet. What are the ports authorities been saying there, damien . While the port authorities themselves have not been commenting very much, but what the police and prosecutor has said this evening is that they have opened an investigation, they are setting up lines of communication with the uk authorities are also investigating this, but at the minute, the belgian side are saying they cannot confirm that the container was shipped from here. Its a possibility that it also might have come from rotterdam, there is a connection from rotterdam to per fleet in the there is a connection from rotterdam to perfleet in the uk, one a day i think, roughly. But there are more connections from here, so its more likely that it came from here. And they are looking into that. And at they are looking into that. And at the same time, we know that the port authorities are saying that all they say the minute ours they are dealing with 4000 trucks or containers a day moving back and forth on this route. They do check them for security, but they do also say that they have seen growing incidence of migrants trying to use this route or being found in the last few weeks trying to use this route. Yes, we have been hearing from various people that checks really arent that common at places like they are. Are we talking about physical checks where the containers are opened out . Well, there are actually some pretty serious checks here, and its actually, the port itself is very secure. Its pretty hard to get access into the port at any point u nless access into the port at any point unless you are travelling efficiently. So there is security, barriers, fences, truck scans as well as they go in, not all of them, obviously, when you have that the volume of trucks. Its also worth saying cooperation already between the uk authorities and the belgian authorities. There is uk Border Force Officers here who deal with the belgians and help with i think the belgians and help with i think the transfer of information, intelligence, that sort of thing. Because this is a problem that has been known about for a long time. The issue of people trying to use this route to get across, nearly 20 yea rs this route to get across, nearly 20 years ago, there was a case then, terrible case with a container moved from here, in which 58 chinese, people of chinese origin died from suffocation inside that truck. It was found when it arrived in dover, and there have been more instances, five years ago, there was another truck or container which went from here to tell barry. That was found with banging and screaming inside that container, and they found 35 individuals and their alive. So there have been efforts for a long time to try to improve security here, but of course, its possible still to find ways through. 0k, damien, thank you very much, indeed. Lets get more now on the news that borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have failed to agree on a new timetable to revive the governments brexit deal. The Prime Minister has paused the draft legislation after being defeated in the commons last night, with mps demanding more time to scrutinise the proposals. Im joined now by laura hughes, a Political Correspondent for the Financial Times and the brexit commissioning editor for the telegraph, asa bennett. Familiarfaces here familiar faces here on familiarfaces here on bbc news. Thank you forjoining us. Ok, so really, the question is what next. Lets talk about what next for Boris Johnson first. Well, borisjohnson clearly johnson first. Well, Boris Johnson clearly wants johnson first. Well, borisjohnson clearly wants to try his best to eitherjust keep going with the brexit deal, knowing that if he does, there is a manifest risk of being mangled and delayed with amendments go lower by mps, but at the same time, he has to face up to the fact the huge elephant in the room that he has to see brexit delayed. To what extent though . These are white he finds out from eu leaders, its delicates, as far as he can within the boundaries of the been locked, tell them please do not make it, please dont do it all the way tilljanuary 3i make it, please dont do it all the way tilljanuary 31 of 2020, as i am legally obliged to tell you. And Emmanuel Macron seems to be sort of listening to him, throwing a bone by suggesting that he may wantjustice a tiny november the 15th delay. There is so much bluff going on we are all learning about it one step ata are all learning about it one step at a time. Laura, another delay has come through this evening in terms of the cancellation in terms of the Liaison Committee meeting, how significant is that do you think was . He wanted a chance to be able to grow the Prime Minister on a whole raft of issues, and he has pulled out very last minutes. Hes argued that theresa may, gordon brown had a lot more time in the job before appearing before this committee, but really he couldve made that argument perhaps a little earlier and so many are saying hesjust dodging scrutiny, and yes, its the third time hes turned down a request to appear in front of them. 0k, request to appear in front of them. Ok, so how do we break through, you know, this block . A going to come down to opposition parties having to make a move, you know, a significant move . Yes, because the Prime Minister has tried to have an election, whether she could hope to win a new parliament thats ready to do the brexit he wants, and each time he has been rejected and had his attem pts has been rejected and had his attempts denied the supported needs by the opposition. At the time, Jeremy Corbyn said to just let this bill passed, the been act, and then we will have the election, he broke his word. Now he saying we need to have an extension, and borisjohnson is on the verge of securing depth, and it seems that for a third time, the labour leader sees labour leader seems to be moving his goalposts once more. When we have taken the goalposts once more. When we have ta ken the table, goalposts once more. When we have taken the table, so in one breath that could mean one you have secured the extension, or in another breath, the extension, or in another breath, the only time we can be sure its off the table is next summer, if slash when the Prime Minister negotiates a free trade agreement. So the labour leader could well delay for many, many more months, why would that be . Perhaps because he fears and looks at the polls, the drumming hed get from Boris Johnson. So he is dragging this out to see if he can stop the election ina weaker to see if he can stop the election in a weaker position. So in terms of general election, who would benefit the most . Well, this is where it all gets complicated, because really, borisjohnson and gets complicated, because really, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn would much rather go into an election having done brexit. The brexit deal having passed, because for the conservatives, if a brexit deal is agreed upon, that really diminishes the chances for the brexit party, making huge gains, and also the liberal democrats, because their whole existence at the moment is based on this idea of a second referendum. And that loses some of its significance if the deal as agreed. And also for labour, they wa nt agreed. And also for labour, they want to be able to go into an election and talk about social and economic policies where there are real divisions with the conservatives. The snp wants an election very soon. We know that, the liberal democrats would also like one before a brexit deal is agreed. So everybody has a slightly different agenda here, which is why its been so hard thus far to actually get a consensus on when these things should happen. So we have to see if labour do allow for an election if the Prime Minister tries in tables one, he if he decides, you know what, we cannot agree on a longer programme for the government to sit in debate my bill, so government to sit in debate my bill, so imjust government to sit in debate my bill, so im just going to go straight into an election. We have to see if labour agree, because labour are very divided on this. They really fear that the Prime Minister could do very well, and he could get this majority. So why would they want to give him the gift of an election at a point that labour is divided, the Prime Minister will accuse opposition parties of thwarting his deal. They are going in a very muddled position, but equally, its not ideal for the tories either, and there are many conservatives and members of the cabinet who want the Prime Minister to push for the deal and hold off on an election for now. Its very very competent. 0k, and hold off on an election for now. Its very very competent. Ok, so lets bring it back to the british public, because parliament doesnt seem to know which way to turn so far. Do you think they have more of an appetite for a general election now having seen whats going on for the last, not just now having seen whats going on for the last, notjust months, but over three and half years now . 0h, three and half years now . Oh, yes. When you look at the polling, it shows that 50 of the plurality of those polled say they would like an election, 25 say not. Interestingly, for labour voters, its the same maturity and leaning towards an election. Which does mean that when you look at whatJeremy Corbyn might pull out of the house as an excuse if you did want to delay, its going to look pretty rich. And thats why Dominic Cummings and the Borisjohnson Team would argue that if they want to call them a check in and say he is running away from voters, then this may well hit home then, because the people want to, you know, give their performance appraisals to the political representatives. If they are running shy of that, doesnt look very good. The counterargument to that is if you havent got a brexit deal agreed and you have an election and you dont actually come back with a massive majority for anyone party, the issue of brexit hasnt been resolved, which is why there are some who say no, we need to keep going, actually, with the public mind just waiting a couple of extra weeks to get this through, instead of going into a five week election with the issue of brexit not resolved, you know, its a really ha rd not resolved, you know, its a really hard one to call, which is why there are so many divisions on this in both parties tonight. |j think we will leave it there. But you are back in the paper review, laura, we will see you, im sure. But to both of you, thank you very much for that, thank you. You are watching bbc news. The future of fracking in the uk is hanging by a thread today. The bbc understands there are no plans to increase the level of earth tremors permitted during fracking, but the industry says it cannot continue with such limitations. Back in 2013, there were promises that gas extracted from fracturing shale rock with water under High Pressure could revolutionise our energy supply. A report out today by the public spending watchdog casts doubt on whether those promises can ever be delivered. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Deep beneath these fields in lancashire lies a fortune in gas. To release it, you need to fracture orfrack the rocks its captured in with High Pressure water thousands of metres down. Didnt feel very nice at all. Nearby dairy farmerjohn bradley says this fracking operation made itself felt over the summer in a big way. One of them was like a long, slow tremor when i was in the house. Wasnt very nice at all lasted 8 9 seconds. Quite scary, really. The other was a large bang, like a large shock, a loud bang. Initially, i was on the fence about it. But once the tremors started, im not for it at all. The gas, which is separated out, comes across here. The boss of Drilling Company cuadrilla admitted the summer tremors were close to the maximum they had anticipated, but said the prize was worth trying to fix the problem. We are demonstrating a resource here that could be potentially worth billions. It is worth spending some money on to find a way dealing with the seismicity, and im confident well be able to do that. Its notjust the earth tremors todays report punches a number of holes in the case for fracking. Slow progress in assessing its commercial viability, confusion who ultimately gets the bill for cleanup costs, a hardening of Public Opinion against fracking, which has put extra pressure on local authorities whove paid out £13 million on managing protests. As you can see, there is gas under these rocks here in lancashire. But the question is whether that can turn into the dream of a self sufficient uk the way that the us has had a Game Changing industry. Todays report, however, means the fire of that ambition is in danger of going out. The report does acknowledge the uk is increasingly reliant on imported gas, which cuadrilla says neednt be the case. Is the gas there . Is it good quality . Is it producible . We will answer that yes, yes, and yes. We will be using gas for decades to come, and our argument still consistently is, we should develop our own gas, rather than rely on imports. A review of earth tremor rules is expected imminently. Unless theyre relaxed, fracking has no future, according to the governments former shale commissioner. The regulations under which the industry had to operate made it completely impossible. And they were different from the regulations under which other industries have to operate. And i think separating out fracking from Everything Else and making it uniquejust made it impossible to do the job, really. The bbc understands the government will not be relaxing those rules. That means activists will get what they want the gas we will still need wont be coming from here. Simonjack, bbc news, lancashire. Republican lawmakers in the us have disrupted the democrat led trump impeachment inquiry, as a Senior Pentagon specialist was about to testify behind closed doors. Reports say the group barged into a secure us capitol meeting room delaying the testimony of a pentagon official, the latest witness in democrats investigation of possible abuse of power by trump over his Pressure Campaign against ukraine. Our washington corrsepondent Chris Buckler is in washington. Chris, the emotions are really getting going on this impeachment case, arent they . Yes, and President Trump had told republicans that they needed to get tougher into fight back against the democrats, and this was the response of some republican members of congress. They essentially forced their way into this closed door meeting that was taking place. They went in there shouting, screaming, and posting on social media, deliberately attempting to disrupt these proceedings. In fact, the Capitol Police had to be called in order to clear the room. Just to give you an idea, these impeachment inquiries are happening behind closed doors, and republicans feel very strongly that no transparency to this process. At that also means its been held in a pretty highly secure facility. As a result, they had to make their way in there, puts on this show, and to some extent, that is going to lead to something of a backlash i suspect from congressional officials who was a lesson from is this appropriate to do . But as i say, they feel strongly there should be more transparency come on the other hand, democrats feel strongly that they are trying to intimidate witnesses. This is oncoming behaviour, like you said there, but how on earth would they be able to storm a hearing like that . Well, if you think about it, they are all people who are elective, they have got badges to ta ke elective, they have got badges to take them wherever they want. But it is true that they barged their way in there, and ultimately, that is something that is going to be reflected upon all stop i suspect though, democrats will not want this event to take away from what they regard as the main events, and that is the impeachment inquiries that are taking place, and of course, yesterday was a big day, whenever there were senior diplomatic officials in the ukraine for the us to give testimony that suggested President Trump did suspend military aid to try and push the ukraine into launching an investigation into his political rivals, something the president has denied time and time again. They were about to hear, before all of these delays, from the us defence official who oversees russia and ukraine policy in the us. And again, there will be some democrat suggesting that they really wa nt to democrat suggesting that they really want to hear what she was going to say. They will want to focus on this evidence, as i keep on saying comments behind closed doors, so we dont know whats being said in there, but the reality is, is that it could be interesting material that democrats are waiting to make public at some stage. Chris, thank you very much indeed, thank you. Researchers claim to have achieved a milestone in quantum computing. Using specially devised google hardware, they say their machine completed a mind boggling calculation in just over three minutes that would take a conventional super computer 10,000 yea rs to process. But what is quantum computing . Our technology correspondent, rory cellan jones, has this report. How does a quantum computer work . Drill down into a conventional computer and you will find the bits, the basic unit of information which is either a zero or a one. Think of it as a switch which is either on or off. But at the heart of a quantum computer is the cubit, and the magic here is that it can be both one and zero at the same time. The switch can be both on and off. Which supercharges any computer programme, making impossible problems easy to solve. We could find answers to climate change, make rapid progress in artificial intelligence, and break encryption secure codes would be simple to crack. 0k, ok, so thats what it is, but christopher monroe, a physicist at the university of maryland and co founder of the quantum computing startup ionq hejoins me now. Obviously many people in the scientific world are very excited by this, but have they really come have google really achieved quantum supremacy on this . Well, its a tricky metric, because anything in quantum is actually hard to prove that its useful, or so far thats you can do something that you couldnt do otherwise, so this achievement is, its a pretty serious technical achievements, on par with lots of other things going on. And so the good news is they built a system that is programmable, more programmable than past systems that have shown similar hints of supremacy, the bad news is, the problem they have chosen is really useless. And it has a feature that allows them to run the computer longer than you would normally on any useful computation. So a little bit of a mixed bag, but you know, could progress continues on this technology and many other. Its being compared to the Wright Brothers and flying, so essentially, we are at the point now where they have proved the point. You know, nearly 40 years on. How long do you think before it becomes applicable to real life situations . Thats a tricky one. I asked that question all the time. I think in the 3 10 year timeframe, we will see early applications that will be fairly esoteric, one of a kind type things. But they will be solving a problem thatis but they will be solving a problem that is actually useful for somebody in logistics or Financial Markets models, or chemistry, learning and calculating the structure of a molecule, for instance. And, you know, there are many different technologies right now, i dont think, its not yet clear what the winning technology, or what the winning technology, or what the winning application will be yet. Very quickly, there is a lot of talk about, you know being used in climate change, but a key problem here is encryption and national security. China, the us, are watching this very closely. Yes, one of the long applications as both sides of security. Encryption, you can use quantum state to encrypt, because when you look at a quantum system you destroy it and detect it. You can also use, as said earlier, you can use Quantum Computers to break codes. It turns out that application, its very hard, it requires systems that are way bigger than what we have now. So thats at least a decade away, may bea thats at least a decade away, may be a few decades. But you have to be on top of those applications very early on. If something is coming in 25 years, you have to deal with it now. 0k, thank you, sorry to interrupt, but thank you very much for that. My for that. My pleasure, thank you. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Good evening. We have yet more wet weather to come for parts of england and wales in the next few days. Heavy and persistent, it could turn out to be rather problematic. For the northwest, it will be a case of showers for scotland and Northern Ireland. Here is our set up at the moment. One front in the southeast, another one pushing in from the northwest. They will merge through thursday and we will see some showery outbreaks of rain coming in on this band as the day progresses into scotland and Northern Ireland. So, overnight tonight, largely dry across central and eastern areas, but turning quite misty and murky. Some rain around for Northern England and wales, clearer skies across scotland and Northern Ireland, albeit with a few showers. Through thursday, daytime, not a bad start, actually, across scotland and Northern Ireland with plenty of sunshine, but some heavy showers arriving through the afternoon. The rain further south getting quite invigorated across central and eastern areas during the afternoon, some heavier downpours to end the day here. Top temperatures 12 14d. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. British police are trying to establish the identities of 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in south east england. The 25 year old driver has been arrested. The brexit stalemate continues as the uk government awaits a decision from the eu about yet another deadline extension. President trump says hes lifting all sanctions on turkey after they agreed to a ceasefire in Northern Syria. But he stands firm that us troops have no role there. Let someone else fight over this long, bloodstained sand. And google says that for the First Time Ever a computer has achieved quantum supremacy