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At 915, well be getting reaction after more than 20 replublica ns stormed president trumps impeachment inquiry. The Royal British legions poppy appeal gets underway. Your mission . To identify undercover celebrities working as poppy sellers. And its a good week for english clubs in the Champions League. Wins for liverpool and chelsea follow those of tottenham and manchester city. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police have begun the process of trying to identify the bodies of 39 people found in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. Paramedics made the discovery shortly before 2am on wednesday, sparking one of the uk biggest murder inquiries. Police say the lorrys cabin came via holyhead. Officers in Northern Ireland have raided two houses and the National Crime agency said it was working to identify organised crime groups who may have played a part. The lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essex police. The trailer arrived in the uk from belgium, though police arent sure how long it spent there. It left zebrugge and arrived in purfleet on the river thames, leaving the port shortly after 1am on wednesday. A0 minutes later, paramedics arrived at an Industrial Estate in grays to find the lorry containing the bodies. Our correspondentjon kay joins us now from grays. Police made it clearfrom police made it clear from the outset yesterday that their absolute priority was to identify the victims. Are they making any progress on that as far as you know . They have said its going to be a long and complicated International Process due to the nature of what has happened. This is the Industrial Estate where the lorry and container we re estate where the lorry and container were found yesterday morning just on the little road behind me and you can see it has been screened off by police with a large presence here and the lorry has been taken away to tilbury docks a couple of miles away which is where the processes going on, the process of identification, the identification of 38 adults and one teenager which is being done in tilbury docks so it can be done with as much privacy and dignity as possible. And the police therefore not just working possible. And the police therefore notjust working out possible. And the police therefore not just working out who were these individuals, but where do they come from and how did they get into that refrigerator unit, and why and how where they bring brought to the uk. There are so many questions and the police are stressing its just the beginning of the investigation. Just a thought on the toll that this case must be taking on the professionals involved with it, professionals, but they still have feelings, they are rarely confronted with such an horrific sight as they were yesterday. Absolutely and it was referred to by politicians in parliament during Prime Ministers questions yesterday afternoon and we saw it ourselves, as the lorry was taken away from the under Police Escort for that task to begin of identification. We saw Senior Officers bowing their heads and taking off their helmets and caps and clearly, visibly moved by what was happening. This is not the first time that there have been deaths in some sort of truck or vehicle in these kinds of places where there is so these kinds of places where there is so much haulage traffic and vessels going backwards and forwards across the channel. Weve seen it before, but its a long time since weve had anything like the numbers in one incident that were seen here yesterday, and its notjust the professionals involved, but also the people who live and work around here, the people who go about their own Business Life and live in the houses nearby who have been driving past and walking past this morning, looking with horror about what was discovered beyond those screens. Thank you very much. He was just mentioning the International Aspect to this investigation and our european correspondent is in zeebrugge and sent us this update. What weve heard from the prosecutors in belgium, the federal prosecutors in belgium, the federal prosecutors have opened their own enquiry and they are in contact with the uk, with police in the uk and they are beginning their enquiries. What they say is that they believe that the trailer came through here, but what they do not know is where it originated, where those people might have got on board and whether that was in belgium and how long it spent in belgium. All things that they want to try to identify, but to give you a sense of what theyre trying to deal with. We have been here injust the past trying to deal with. We have been here in just the past 45 minutes and we witnessed this, and we have pictures of this, for migrants trying to come down to the port in zeebrugge who were looking for a way into the port and they were trying not to be seen and they went down the road looking for a way into the Ferry Terminal and the port authorities acted quickly and the men left the scene. This site is a giant port and there has been real pressure in recent months as places like calais, the security has improved there, that is a hundred kilometres away and hear 4000 trucks and trailers a day go back and forth to the uk so its a pretty difficult job to keep the security here going. Lets now speak to ahmad al rashid. He travelled from syria to the uk in 2015. After 55 days, he made it to britain hiding in the back of a lorry. Hes with us now. Thank you very much and we are grateful to you forjoining us this morning. Listening to you talking to my colleagues on bbc breakfast, its clear that talking about your experience takes an emotional toll still, and first of all, please tell us still, and first of all, please tell us what it was like being in the position that these 39 people who lost their lives, being in the same position in the back of a lorry, what was it like . Thank you very much for having me. I am just sitting here thinking how fortunate iam, sitting here thinking how fortunate i am, because at some stage in 2015i was in their shoes. I was hiding in the back of a refrigerator in a lorry freezer, almost basing my death, but i was lucky because they came andi death, but i was lucky because they came and i was rescued and there we re came and i was rescued and there were police who let me out, so when i heard about this and the headlines it was very, very shocking. You say you were in a lorry, a refrigerated lorry . When i was in calais, the refrigerator, the freezers, the shipping ones as well. How many people were in that with you . At different times there were different people because i was in two different ones, so at one stage there was seven and in the other time there were two people as well. And the people who put you in that lorry, once you are actually inside, did you see them again . No, you dont see them. Normally you dont even meet them because this will happen through other people who are brokers, and the refugees are desperate and gain employee by them but you never really see who these people really are. Just to be clear, when you came out of that lorry you are in the uk at that point . Yes i was in the uk and then i was arrested by the police and immigration authorities. And then obviously you apply for Refugee Status. People will have been watching this horrific story unfold yesterday and they will listen to your interview and they will ask, why . What would drives and want to put themselves in that situation. Why would somebody take the risks associated with getting from one place to another in this way. When i left syria, as assyrian, but also as a syrian kurd, the situation was horrific, which made fleeing inescapable but now if you look at the situation in north east syria with the bombing and shelling, its pretty horrific. For me it was about survival, it was bombing and shelling and it was seeing one of the first massacres in my entire life, witnessing a mass grave. This is what kept me moving because at that time i was newly married and my wife was pregnant and i had a child when i fled. I could not get them out. So it was pure desperation to get somewhere safe to see my children, my wife, my self living in a safe place. This is the reason i did this. So there was no choice . People do not generally, if you look at people fleeing conflicts and horrible situations, people do not choose to leave their homes and loved ones. People are forced to flee. And your family are with you now and obviously you wanted to make a pathway, if you like, to get them back with you in safe circumstances, so back with you in safe circumstances, so your wife and children . back with you in safe circumstances, so your wife and children . I had to make this a legal move because there was no legal pathway but i was lucky because the uk granted me Refugee Status which meant that my wife and daughter at that time would not have to ta ke daughter at that time would not have to take a smuggling route, so they we re to take a smuggling route, so they were granted a Family Reunion visa which meant they could fly safely, with dignity and we were reunited in the united kingdom. Ahmad thank you for talking to us about your experiences on yourjourney to the uk. Thank you very much. One week left till the the Prime Ministers preferred deadline for brexit and all eyes are on the european union. Leaders are expected to grant a delay, but its not yet known how long it will be. It comes as borisjohnson wrote a letter, which you can see here, delaying his appearance before a select committee. Chairman Sarah Wollaston accused the Prime Minister of refusing to face detailed scrutiny. All this comes as number 10 has been forced to deny splits in the cabinet over when to hold an election. If the eu proposes delaying brexit untiljanuary, it is thought the Prime Minister will seek a snap election but reports suggest some cabinet members want him to focus on getting the Withdrawal Agreement through parliament instead. So, with wesminster full of election speculation, how could it be held . Well, borisjohnson is constrained by the fixed Term Parliament act, which states the next election will be held in 2022. In order to override that, the Prime Minister has three options. First, two thirds of mps could vote to end this parliament and go for an election. The Prime Minister or labour could call for a vote of no confidence in the government, but that would include a two week period wherejeremy corbyn can see if he can form a government. The final option is a one line bill, dissolving parliament. This just needs a simple majority of one, but can be ammended, which could constrain any future eu negotiations. So much to get through here, our assistant Political Editor norman smith in westminster. Talking to your sources, what do you think borisjohnson will go for . Is he looking at that election or will he looking at that election or will he try to get his bill through down the parliamentary route . He try to get his bill through down the parliamentary route . |j he try to get his bill through down the parliamentary route . I think genuinely we dont know and maybe he doesnt know. I think what is true is that at the moment they seem to be of the view that an election is the only way out of the impasse, a view strengthened in the last 24 hours following that meeting with the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. It wasnt, i dont think a particularly acrimonious meeting, but i think tea m acrimonious meeting, but i think teamjohnson acrimonious meeting, but i think team johnson came away with the conclusion that there was no chance labour would bail them out and ride to the rescue and somehow give them a smooth passage and they came away with the view that labour would continue to make life as difficult as they could. Added to which they we re as they could. Added to which they were a bit spooked by the briefing from labourfigures were a bit spooked by the briefing from labour figures saying that they needed a months worth of scrutiny to give this bill adequate time and some of them were, frankly, still scarred by the aftermath of mrs mays attempts to cobble together a deal with labour and the talks went on for weeks and in the end they got nowhere, so the default position at the moment is to go for a winter election and they are now waiting to see what the eu comes back with. That said, its easier said than done because their preferred route would be to secure an election under the fixed Term Parliaments act but that does require securing a two thirds majority of mps, in other words, you need the say so of labour. Publicly, labour are words, you need the say so of labour. Publicly, labourare still saying that they will back an extension if the eu grants a delay. Privately i think there are all sorts of doubts and question marks creeping in, but publicly they are prepared to go for it. This was the shadow business secretary. Prepared to go for it. This was the shadow business secretarym prepared to go for it. This was the shadow business secretary. If you go straight to calling for a general election we will support the general election we will support the general election but i would be quite sad. Before christmas . I would be quite sad having been offered a pragmatic compromise that it would be viewed quite unreasonable for the Prime Minister to not put his bill through parliament if, really, he wants to reach consensus and he wants to have it properly scrutinised. But this is important, as soon as the Prime Minister asked for a general election, once the eu has given the uk and extension, the labour party will vote for it. That is our position but we also want the Prime Minister to look at the compromise offered, that a lot of mp support, and that is the ability to be able to properly scrutinise the bill. Quick word on the liaison committee. We showed our view was the letter that boris is not appearing in front of and its the only committee where he can be question, so he is being standing accused of avoiding scrutiny again. Certainly there is a lot of incredulity on the opposition benches that mrjohnson has chosen not to appear before the committee for the second or even third time. Bearin for the second or even third time. Bear in mind hes only ever done two Prime Ministers questions, so there isa Prime Ministers questions, so there is a fairly widespread view amongst the opposition parties that mr johnson is simply seeking to avoid detailed scrutiny. The take of team johnson is that in the middle of the brexit crisis, the last thing he needsis brexit crisis, the last thing he needs is a two or three hour grilling at the hands of mps when he probably doesnt really have any a nswe is probably doesnt really have any answers on brexit and is still waiting for europe, and against that the figures on the Committee Say that brexit is not the only show in town, and they also wanted to ask about social care and what are his plans because we didnt get much detail in the queens beach and they also wanted to ask about a drugs policy and the different areas they wa nted policy and the different areas they wanted to ask about. And the curious thing is select committees can summon thing is select committees can summon people and papers and i think a few mps are beginning to look around to see if theres any sanctions or measures they can enforce to oblige the Prime Minister to appear before the committee. The headlines on Bbc News Police investigating the discovery of 39 bodies in the back of a refrigerated lorry in essex have searched two addresses in Northern Ireland. Will the pm push for a general election or focus on getting his brexit deal through parliament . As reports of a cabinet spilt over how to move forward with brexit are dismissed. Research finds people with Long Term Health conditions are more likely to suffer pain on days when its humid or windy. George ford will start at fly half for england in saturdays crucial world cup semi final with new zealand. Captain 0wen farrell moves to centre as henry slade drops to the bench. There was a couple of good wins for english teams in the Champions League. Chelsea got a late goal to beat ajax in amsterdam whilst reigning champions liverpool thumped genk 4 i and english teenager josh hill has become the youngest male player to win an official world golf ranking event but at 15 he couldnt claim the ten thousand pound prize money becuase hes still an amateur. More to come on those stories later. Republican members of congress have disrupted the impeachment inquiry against president trump, barging into a hearing room as laura cooper, a senior specialist from the pentagon, was about to testify. Democrats see it as a way to prevent more evidence emerging that mr trump withheld aid to ukraines government until they investigated his political rival, joe biden. The president has urged republicans to toughen their opposition to the impeachment inquiry. 0ur north america correspondent david willis says tensions are escalating. This could be a sign of things to come. We saw the two dozen protesters who believe there is a lack of transparency to what is taking place. And they believe there is an attempt behind closed doors to overturn the outcome of the last american president ial election. Their protest succeeded in delaying proceedings by about five hours, but this contention that the proceedings are not transparent enough or are weighed against the republicans is a little difficult to swallow when you bear in mind perhaps that use each of the three committees that form part of this impeachment investigation have republicans on them and they are granted equal time to question witnesses. Added to which, the chairman of one of those committees, the house intelligence committee, the chairman of which is adam schiff, he has promised that they would be public hearings and he will be releasing testimony in public once the fact finding element of this whole thing has been completed. You mentioned lauren cooper, shes the pentagon official who was due to give evidence just as the process began today as the person who basically oversaw aid money going to ukraine. She obviously has a very interesting role to play in all of this, particularly since we heard from the acting ambassador to the ukraine, william taylor, the other day, that there was a quid pro quo, an agreement to allow aid to ukraine in return for the ukrainians launching an investigation intojoe biden. David willis, our north american correspondent. Researchers have found people with Long Term Health conditions, such as arthritis, are more likely to suffer pain on days when its humid or windy. Scientists at the university of manchester used a Smartphone App to track the pain experienced by more than two and a half thousand people across the uk while also mapping the local weather conditions. Jayne mccubbin reports. Three years ago, bbc breakfast launched an ambitious Citizen Science project with the university of manchester to find out if there was a link between weather and pain. We were using a smart app to track this. After the programme, 13,000 people joined the study. And the results are in. Data from breakfast viewers has proven there is a link between weather and pain, and exactly how that link works. This didnt have anything to do with rain. What is it to do with then . We found pain is associated with high humidity and pain can also be higher if there were strong winds and if the pressure is low. Its all about the pressure . Three things. It is high humidity, strong winds. And low pressure. The old wives tale that will elixir pain is absolutely true. We found an association with thousands of participants. Some are more equipped to deal with the cold than others but surprisingly the study showed temperature was not a key factor and it came to pain, pressure was. Humid, damp windy days are most likely to be painful. Increasing your chance of arthritic pain by 20 . Do you suffer from aches and pains . Yes, from time to time. Can anybody here the weather wasnt going to change because they can feel it in theirjoints . I normally feel it in my water. Is weather making it worse . Yes. My mum used to say things like that. She could feel what the day was going to be like by her bones. You can tell her she is scientifically correct. Well. Well done, mum. What until now has been seen as folklore is now in fact fa ct. Next stop . Possibly the weather pain forecast coming toa screen near you. Soon. The remains of spains former dictator Francisco Franco will be exhumed this morning, to be re buried alongside his family in a cemetery near madrid. General franco was honoured during an elaborate state funeral 44 years ago. Since his death in 1975, his body has been in a mausoleum carved into a mountain, among thousands of others who died in the civil war which he triggered and eventually won. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez has made moving the remains a priority since coming to power injune last year, arguing the country should not continue to glorify the former dictator. In southern europe, deadly floods have hit parts of spain, france and italy, with rains continuing to move east across the continent. Rich preston has this report. In spains northeast region of catalonia, the second heavy rainfall in two months, bursting river banks and submerging streets. A75 year old man was washed away. His body was found hours later. Several others remain missing. In the south of france, ten areas were placed on orange alert. Two months worth of rain fell orange alert. Two months worth of rainfell in orange alert. Two months worth of rain fell injust orange alert. Two months worth of rain fell in just six hours. Flash floods in italy killed two people. Towns and villages have been left devastated. Now, across all three countries, a major clean up. Cars washed down streets have to be dug out while people try and rescue what they can from what is left of their homes. Forecasters say spain and france can breathe a sigh of relief, but as the rain moves east across the central mediterranean, there might be more to come for italy. Richard preston, bbc news. 16 people have been given the death sentence in bangladesh for murdering a 19 year old student. Nusrat jahan rafi was set on fire in april this year after she reported an allegation of sexual abuse against the headteacher of her Islamic School a week earlier. Her murder sparked outrage and protests across the country. The trial was one of the quickest in bangladesh, where previously it may have taken years to conclude. The american Actress Rose Mcgowan has filed a us federal lawsuit against the disgraced Film Producer harvey weinstein, accusing him of trying to silence her and prevent her publishing a book alleging he had raped her. Her lawsuit also targets two of mr weinsteins former lawyers and a private intelligence firm, black cube. Mr weinsteins attorney has called the accusations baseless. Rose mcgowans public accusations helped spark the Metoo Movement two years ago. Its taken ten years to put it all together, but today an exhibition opens in the louvre in paris to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vincis death. As Lucy Williamson explains, it also shows us a new way of looking at one of the worlds most famous paintings. Scientist or painter . Leonardo da vinci is often seen as a universal genius, but this exhibition suggests his insatiable curiosity was all about creating the perfect image. And it offers a new scientific way of looking at his paintings as well with a specially created a Virtual Reality experience around his most famous work. The mona lisa. Da vinci spent the last few years of his life in france and the louvre already owns five of his paintings, including the mona lisa. More than any other institution in the world. They have used new technology to reveal the different layers of his key works, some of which took 15 yea rs key works, some of which took 15 years to create. You can change the form of the composition, but also the iconography of the competition composition. The iconography of the competition composition. Without these Scientific Investigations we would not be able to understand the meaning and also the revolution of each painting of leonardo. The queen has lent two dozen pictures from the royal collection, including the studies of plants. But other requests have proved harder to come by. Lending a leonardo, the museum admits, is no small favour. The fact that this exhibition is taking place in paris has ruffled a few feathers in rome. Leonardo was italian, one junior minister said. He only died in france. Both countries are planning major events this year to mark the anniversary, and not eve ryo ne mark the anniversary, and not everyone is agreed on where the artworks should be shown. It took an Italian Court to rule that the vitruvian man, one of the most famous drawings in the world, could be sent to france, a Cultural Heritage group objected it was too fragile. In 2015, italy made a wonderful exhibition of Leonardo Da Vinci and we were the only country in the world to send three paintings by Leonardo Da Vinci. We were the most generous lender to their exhibition and now they help us, lending us the vitruvian man. Over 200,000 tickets have been sold before opening and the louvre was expecting more than half a million visitors in total. Drawn to understand the secrets of the artist who painted this enigmatic smile. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. In a moment the weather but first lets join Victoria Derbyshire to find out what shes got coming up in her programme at ten as police try to identify the 39 people found dead in the back of that refrigerated lorry in essex, we talk today to 120 year old who arrived in the uk also in the back ofa arrived in the uk also in the back of a lorry when he was 16 20 year old. He secretly stowed away four years ago and we talk to him lie. Also on the programme, why is the one of the Biggest Bands about revealing their track listing of their album in the classified ads of their album in the classified ads of their album in the classified ads of the north wales daily post . We will find out. Join us live at ten p mon will find out. Join us live at ten p m on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. We will see victoria at ten. Lets take a look at the weather forecast. Good ten. Lets take a look at the weatherforecast. Good morning, carol. Some of us have had a foggy start to the day and now we can see rain pppin9 the day and now we can see rain ppping up, the day and now we can see rain popping up, coming through the English Channel and into the south of england which will push into the north east. Ahead of that, the cloud brea ks north east. Ahead of that, the cloud breaks and sunny spells come through that equally some showers and quite windy especially with exposure in the west of scotland. Temperatures ranging from 11 to 16. Through this evening and overnight, under clear skies, temperatures will fall away quite quickly and there will be showers, wintry across the far north of scotland. More cloud and rain coming across the south west will help to maintain temperature levels here. Cool enough for pockets of frost and patchy mist fog. Tomorrow this rain band will push steadily north eastward, sometimes heavy across wales and north west england. Falling as snow on Higher Ground of the pennines and potentially the southern uplands. Still wedded to the north and also windy to the south. Still windy to the north. Good morning. This is bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. The headlines Police Investigating the discovery of 39 bodies in the back of a refrigerated lorry in essex have searched two addresses in Northern Ireland. Will the pm push for a general election orfocus on getting his brexit deal through parliament . Reports of a cabinet spilt over how to move forward with brexit are dismissed. Research finds people with Long Term Health conditions are more likely to suffer pain on days when its humid or windy. Us democrats condemn republican rivals after more than 20 storm president trumps impeachment inquiry. Well be speaking to former strictly judge Arlene Phillips as she goes undercover for this years poppy appeal. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. There continues to be Significant Interest in our top news story of the day, the Police Investigations following the grim discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry trailer in essex. Its currently one of the most read stories on the bbc news website, as Police Question a man named locally as mo robinson on suspicion of murder. Many of the morning front pages are also focusing on the horror of yesterdays discovery. The daily mirror features an image of the white refrigerated container in which the 39 bodies were found, describing it as a tomb of steel. The same image is splashed on other newspapers, including the daily mail, which asks why were warnings ignored . The paper says ministers were warned three years ago about the port, where the bodies were found. The Daily Telegraph says that the police are investigating a suspected irish people smuggling ring in connection with the deaths. Well be following the story over the day, and bringing you all the latest developments here on the bbc news channel, so do stay with us for that. Now, if youve been claiming for years that bad weather gives you aches and pains it turns out you were probably right all along. New research has found that people with Long Term Health conditions like arthritis are 20 more likely to suffer from pain on days that are humid, windy, or with low pressure. The study was carried out by the university of manchester, and carolyn gamble, who has arthritis, was among 2,500 participants in the study. Shes been speaking to Naga Munchetty on bbc breakfast this morning and she started by explaining her exact symptoms. They used to call it bamboo spine, just to give you an example of what that might look like. Bamboo spine . Because the vertebrae fused together and they stick in one solid piece. But with medication and whatnot, we manage it differently. So how can the weather affect your condition . have always believed that it has an impact on my condition. Hot and humid, i have always been in a flower, and dry i have always thought was better for me and the Study Confirms that hot and humid or cold and damp is bad for a lot of different pain conditions including mine. You feel and see tangible difference according to the weather. Yes, going awake and ready help, such as being in spain for a few weeks, i feel a lot better. 0nto another story thats doing well on our website this morning. Theyre one of the Biggest Bands in the world but coldplay have decided to reveal their latest album tracks in the classified adverts of a local paper. The notice for everyday life sat alongside ones for a fridge freezer and bales of hay in north wales daily post. It comes just days after the band announced news of the new album, by sending a letter to one of theirfans. Coldplay of course has strong links to north wales, which may explain why they chose to place the advert there. Lead guitaristjonny buckland, who grew up in flintshire, wrote on twitter he once had a holidayjob at north wales daily post. But the band has also been placing their track list in the classified sections of newspapers around the world. Here they are in the Sydney Morning Herald and in the 0tago daily times in new zealand to name but a few. Us president Donald Trumps promise in a speech that he was building a wall in colorado made headlines buzzfeed says no one knows what hes talking about. The state is located hundreds of miles away from mexico. And the mail continues the theme, pointing out that colorado lies hundreds of miles from the mexico border. Colorado is trending on twitter, in the us as well as worldwide. Many, including the states democratic governor, jared polis, calling out the apparent geographical gaffe. The president later tweeted, saying that his colorado wall statement was a joke and he was actually describing the packed auditorium in which he was delivering his speech. And another two, lots of you reading about the tragic deaths of those 39 people discovered in that lorry container in essex yesterday. Going down to our most watched, at number one, it is a story that links in with the news from essex, because it is inside bosnias camp for migrants trying to enter the eu. Aid agencies in the country warning of a humanitarian disaster in the offing with all the official refugee camps. Many people are in accommodation thatis many people are in accommodation that is simply not fit or proper to cope with the harsh winter. Bosnia is now a major entry point, major route into the eu, with around 45,000 refugees coming into bosnia since the start of 2018, trying to get into the eu. That is number one on our most watched and that is it for todays morning briefing. Now for todays morning briefing. Now for a full round up of the sport, john watson is that the bbc sport centre. Good morning. Lets start this morning at the Rugby World Cup injapan, where the england head coach eddiejones has once again shuffled his pack for this weekends semi final. George ford comes back into the side at fly half having missed the quarter final against australia. It means that captain 0wen farrell moves to centre with henry slade dropping to the bench for the game in yokohama. Eddiejones giving eddie jones giving that eddiejones giving that press conference in tokyo at the moment. Lets dip in and hear what he has got to say. We were speaking to steve about that, mate 0bviously you work for talk sport. Talk to your employees there. Clearly a bit of discussion with a journalist. Eddiejones of discussion with a journalist. Eddie jones laughing at of discussion with a journalist. Eddiejones laughing at suggestions. Trying to suggest his side are under no pressure in the lead up to this match, piling it all new zealand ahead of that crucial semifinal to come. Looking very calm as he faces the media. We wonder if that will continue as we head ever closer towards kick off on saturday morning at oclock in nearby yokohama. Nine oclock. As for the all blacks, one of their players has been making an impression on social media and easy to see why. This is jack goodhue and his impressive mullett. Even the new zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has commented on it. And he says hes not getting rid of it, because theres Scientific Evidence that it makes him faster. We will see if that helps his side against england it has helped so far. To the Champions League, and two more impressive displays from english sides. A couple of great goals from alex 0xlade chamberlain helped liverpool to a good win, whilst a late goal gave chelsea three points. Austin halewood rounds up the action. A warm welcome for the champions of europe. Genk had not faced liverpool in their 31 year history but it did not take long for the visitors to settle into their surroundings. Second minute, first goal. Alex 0xlade chamberlain scoring his first goal for the club in over one year. Liverpool were far from their best. Then alex 0xlade chamberlain burst them back into life once again. Special. The 0x back to his dazzling, brilliant best. After that, it was a matter of how many. Sadio mane added a third before mo salah made it four. For two years, liverpool had not one away from home in the group stage. But this one was never really in doubt. For chelsea, it was a night out in amsterdam, but contrary to belief, it became less of a struggle as the evening went on. Ajax went ahead when Quincy Promes tapped in, but the goal ruled out by var. For offside. Just. Chelsea just needed a chance, an opening. When they got it, they missed it. Michy batshuayi blasting over the bar but when the ball came back to him, he did not miss. A crucial away win, and probably Frank Lampards best as the chelsea manager so far. It feels huge, which always scares me because there is a lot to do and its six points halfway through a group now and we play burnley on saturday but we are entitled to be excited tonight about how we played. Plenty of reaction to that result on the back pages of todays papers. Screamers the headline in the mirror, refering to alex 0xlade chamberlains brilliant goal. Lampard quoted as saying his young squad are only going to get better. Same picture in the express. The telegraph, blues hero. And the paper predicting change in englands back line, george ford coming in. Liverpool have condemned a racist banner that was displayed by their travelling fans ahead of that match in belgium. The club say the banner perpetuated a racist stereotype and was completely unacceptable. Elsewhere last night there was another milestone for messi. His goal against slavi prague means hes the first player to score in fifteen Consecutive Champions League seasons. Hes scored 113 Champions League goals in total. Very, very impressive but trails the all time goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo by 14. And just to show how much hes changed, this was him scoring his first Champions League goal as an 18 year old in 2005. To more teenage success next, this time in golf where a 15 year old has become the youngest man to win an official ranking event. Heres englishman josh hill on his way to winning the al ain open in the uae. He was playing off scratch at the age of eight. Now at 15 here he is sinking the winning putt. And perhaps its all sill sinking in. As hes still an amateur he couldnt claim the £10,000 prize money. Im sure he wont stay amateurfor long. Dont forget sportsday. All the days sports news on the bbc news channel at 6 30 tonight. Thats all the sport for now. Recorded Sexual Offences against children have reached an all time high, the nspcc has found. Figures obtained by the Childrens Charity under a freedom of information request found that in the past year, there were just over 76,204 recorded offences including rape, grooming and Sexual Assault against children and where the age of the victim was provided, 16,773 offences were recorded against under 10sand 341 of the recorded offences were against babies under the age of one. Its prompted calls from the nspcc for a radical reorganisation of how support is delivered to victims across the uk. Lets speak now to Andrew Fellowes from the nspcc, who joins us from westminster. Terrible figures. Is this about children being able to report this or is it offending rates going up . That is a difficult question to answer. From our prevalence estimate, many children experience sexual abuse and are not able to report to the police or if it is passed onto adults, it is not passed on or taken seriously. This is not a picture of total offending but it may reflect the greater willingness of children to come forward and tell adults about their experiences. And infour adults about their experiences. And in four years we have seen a staggering 60 increase in the number of reports. It is a very significant increase in a very short of time. So to begin to understand what the nspcc once in terms of this radical reshaping of support that can be offered to young victims, perhaps you can begin by explaining why you feel support is not working as it showed right now . When a young person comes forward and makes a report to the police, there is a long journey that has got to happen. That includes the criminaljustice system but also getting the right Mental Health support, therapeutic support. At the moment they are disjointed services. Issues around delay are getting worse and it takes longerfor delay are getting worse and it takes longer for child delay are getting worse and it takes longerfor child sexual delay are getting worse and it takes longer for child sexual abuse cases to work there for the way through the criminal justice to work there for the way through the criminaljustice system than any other type of case. It is taking 190 days from when the cps are taking a decision to take the case forward to trial and the completion of the trial, and that doesnt even include the period by the police are investigating. You might see cases where children, very young children, are waiting over a year for their case. In some cases, those cases are getting pulled immediately before they were expecting to go to trial. We also know that having to give evidence can be an extremely traumatic experience if it is not done right. There are long waiting lists for Mental Health services. In some cases, children are not receiving therapy because they are awaiting trial. What we want to see awaiting trial. What we want to see a services working together. Sorry, they are not receiving therapy because they are awaiting trial . Why does that make a difference . There are guidelines around pre trial therapy. The type of therapeutic support and counselling the children can receive prior to giving evidence ina court can receive prior to giving evidence in a court case. There is guidance around that but there are calls for it to be updated. We did some Research Last year that found there was a great deal of confusion among professionals even about whether it was permissible to provide Mental Health support for children before that trial goes ahead. And if so, what kind of support could they be given . It is around concerns that somehow that might have an adverse effect on their ability to give evidence. You highlight the light house in camden as an example of how you think things should work. The lighthouse. All the services, legal, medical, police, advocacy for children, all under one roof. What kind of difference does it make to a childs future if they get that excellence in terms of the help that they need . We know it can make a massive difference. 0bviously they need . We know it can make a massive difference. Obviously the trauma of sexual abuse can have a really Significant Impact on childrens Mental Health and emotional well being in the short term and the long term. We know from evaluating our own services that if they get the right support at the right time, it absolutely does not have to be irreversible. At the lighthouse we have worked with the mayor of londons office, the police, the nhs, ucl, specialist cams services, and we have all the services together, play therapists, paediatricians, doctors. It is a specialist environment and it is important to make clear that children are being asked to talk about the most traumatic experiences they have been through in environments which are entirely unsuitable. Cold, clinical, not child friendly. We have built an environment that is totally centred around childrens environment that is totally centred around child rens needs environment that is totally centred around childrens needs to try and make that experience as easy and reassuring as it possibly can be. Andrew, we appreciate you talking to us about this story. Andrew from the nspcc. The metropolitan police is working with facebook to try and stop terrorists livestreaming their attacks on social media. The partnership was formed after the new zealand mosque attacks when facebook was criticised for not removing material posted by the gunman quickly enough. Our Home Affairs Correspondent sarah corker reports. The body camera supplying these images have been supplied by facebook. That gives us opportunity to capture footage from the viewpoint of a shooter, and by sharing that with facebook, they are going to be able to build algorithms to identify that type of material when it is loaded onto the internet very quickly and prevent that being said further. It was facebook that approached the metropolitan police and us authorities so it can gather the volume of footage are needed to train its systems. Hundreds of people working facebooks safety and Security Team at its base here in london. 0ver Security Team at its base here in london. Over the last two years, 26 million posts from global terror groups have been removed, and facebook uses Artificial Intelligence to spot extreme content. This is how the technology works, identifying people and objects. But the company was criticised for failing to prevent videos of the new zealand mask shootings from being widely shared. The christchurch attack went more viral than any one piece of terrorist content i have ever seen and i analyse terrace content every single day. What we also realised was because it started on facebook live, perhaps our tooling wasnt as good as it could be about proactively detecting what might be First Person Shooter content. We are very good once we know about a violating piece of content to stop repeat uploads, but we still more than 800 different forms of the video being uploaded to try to avoid our detection. Social media platforms are under increasing pressure to stem the flow of violence and hate online. The home office now plans to share this footage with other technology companies. Sarah corker, bbc news. Today sees the launch of the Royal British legions poppy appeal. This year, its being supported by gchq, the Intelligence Department responsible for breaking the enigma codes at bletchley in world war two. A number of celebrities are helping to launch the appeal, by taking part in whats being called 0peration poppy. This year, the royal legion has also confirmed that as well as remembering the uks armed forces, the red poppy will also pay tribute to civilian victims of war and acts of terrorism. Here with me now is the former strictly come dancing judge Arlene Phillips and vera dunning, who started fundraising after her son pete was injured in iraq. You are both really welcome and complements on the scarf, vero, which matches our set and is very much on theme for the day we are talking about arlene, can i begin with you . The special mission you have been given and how you got involved. They asked if i wanted to be involved and i did because we discovered only last year that my fathers cousin was in world war i and was killed. This was a New Discovery for us. When they asked if i would be part of the poppy appeal, i instantly said yes and i went on a secret mission selling poppies with a pppy secret mission selling poppies with a poppy seller called lyn, and it was undercover to see if people recognise me. A lot of people walk past and that is absolutely their thing and that is fine. They are used to seeing you in a certain context in a glamorous gown perhaps. I guess some people recognise you insta ntly i guess some people recognise you instantly but others might have done a double take. I double take and one woman who bought a puppy even went inside to do her shopping and came out and kept on looking at me. Pppy out and kept on looking at me. Pppy you out and kept on looking at me. Poppy. You just had to ask if i was Arlene Phillips. I said yes. And i met a mother whose adorable children are huge fans of strictly, and she had shown that the old videos. We canjust had shown that the old videos. We can just see you meeting some of the people buying the poppies now. That must have been great fun having people come up to you and doing that double take thing. People come up to you and doing that doubletake thing. And it was a double take doubletake thing. And it was a doubletake out of context, you know. Vera, you have been selling poppies at kings cross and i think ross kemp was there as well. You are very much at the front line of what this is all about, remembering and supporting. As we mentioned in the introduction, your son pete was injured in iraq. Tell us about him and how the royal legion poppy appeal has helped you and your family. He was injured in afghanistan. I do beg your pardon. I was told iraq. I am so sorry. He was injured in 2008. He was in a viking carrier and his driver was killed outright and he was kicked out of it through the top patch. He had severe life changing injuries including losing the bottom of both his legs and fracturing of vertebrae and all sorts of other things. The Royal British legion has helped us in so many ways. They helped us adapt our bathroom and make it into a wet room for him because he kept falling in the bath and hurting himself. They are there all the time and they do so many things besides helping families like that. If that support had not been there, both the emotional, practical, the financial support, all of it, if it had not been there, it have been possible for pete to be living at home . Yes, because he is very adaptable in himself and he will get on and do things. But climbing in and out of the bath was one of the struggles that he had. Making it into a wet room i so much easierfor him. That he had. Making it into a wet room i so much easier for himm has just room i so much easier for himm hasjust made things room i so much easier for himm has just made things easier for you, hasnt it . There are so many things competing for our attention now all around us, and social media. The Royal British legion each year is looking at ways of getting peoples attention. And 0peration poppy is a really dynamic way of doing that. Absolutely and it will engage young people. You have got to break the code to find out who the celebrities are that it may be standing by one of the poppy sellers and you can have a look and break the code and young people will be much faster at this. I heard a speech by the code breakers, the original women at bletchley park, and they were just saying you have got to be good at maths to be a code breaker. But what is extraordinary about this is that pppy is extraordinary about this is that poppy sellers themselves give hours upon hours of their time selling poppies, all voluntarily, to raise money, to help the people who really need it and have been in the armed forces, who need help when they come back with ptsd and whatever it may be. This is a really exciting way of raising funds. Vera, you are very much giving back. Do you have any idea of how much you have raised and whether funding goes to . Idea of how much you have raised and whetherfunding goes to . I expected goes into a big pot. It is notjust about what the appeal has done for your son but other people as well. Last year i personally helped to raise over £100,000, over the time i have been doing it. I hadnt realised it was that amount myself until somebody asked me to count it up until somebody asked me to count it up and until somebody asked me to count it up and i was amazed that i had helped to raise that amount. up and i was amazed that i had helped to raise that amount. If you can begin to do the maths and times that by the numbers of thousands of pppy that by the numbers of thousands of poppy sellers, if they all do as well as you, that is an incredible amount alone. We always need more volu nteers amount alone. We always need more volunteers and there is always a cry for help. Selling at the supermarket had rattling betting at wherever. even got £5 notes from people and i was shocked it was notjust even got £5 notes from people and i was shocked it was not just change. Thank you both are coming in. Now it is time for a look at the weather. Hello, simon. It has been and murky start to the day with drizzle across many parts of england and wales this morning. As we go into the afternoon, the rain becomes heavier and more persistent across central and more persistent across central and eastern parts of england. Further west, there will be sunny spells and also some gales affecting the west of scotland and this line of showers moved south and east. Maximum temperatures today 12 to 14. Tonight we will see colder air digging in across northern parts of the uk, bringing us wintry showers and temperatures across northern pa rt and temperatures across northern part is getting close to freezing. Further south that will not be as cold into tomorrow morning, eight to ten. 0n cold into tomorrow morning, eight to ten. On friday, heavy rain spreads across wales, the netherlands and into Northern Areas of england. More detail throughout the morning on the news channel. Wales, the midlands and Northern Areas of england. Hello. Its thursday, its 10 oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire. Police have raided two houses in Northern Ireland as part of their investigation in the deaths of 39 people in a refrigerated trailer in essex. As weve seen with this devastating case, the consequences of the total disregard for human life, whether thatis disregard for human life, whether that is a consequence of people smuggling potentially Human Trafficking and modern slavery. Well be speaking to ali mustafaj, who made the journey to the uk, from albania, hidden in the back of a lorry, when he was 16. As her appeal against losing her british citizenship continues, a friend of shamima begums family tells this priogramme exclusively she now believes it was a huge mistake for her to leave britain