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Charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking, after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Instagram introduces tougher controls after 14 year old Molly Russell took her own life after viewing images of self harm online. And in sport, england fans scrabble for Rugby World Cup final tickets. But its heartbreak for wales, who miss out after losing to south africa. And after hanging on a kitchen wall for years, a long lost painting by an italian rennaisance master is sold for more than 26 million. Good morning from westminster, where mps will vote later on borisjohnsons proposals for an early general election. Already this morning, the eu has agreed to extend the brexit deadline until 31st january 2020. The uk was due to leave the eu on thursday. The Prime Minister has repeatedly said, we would leave on the 31st of october do or die. But the law known as the benn act requires him to accept the offer of an extension from the eu. European Council President donald tusk said of the eu 27 would accept the uks request for a so called Brexit Flextension until january the uks request for a so called Brexit Flextension untiljanuary 31. That means the uk could leave before the deadline if a deal is approved by parliament. Michel barnier, the eus chief negotiator, says he is content that the eu has agreed to a flextension until january 2020. It was a very short and. A very short and efficient and constructive meeting, and i am happy that the decision has been taken. Reporter is this extension to long . Is this going to drag on and drag on . Lets get more from brussels, and our correspondent, adam fleming. At the end of last week it was all you blink, your move, my move, now they moved with considerable dispatch dispatch this morning . Yes, the meeting only lasted half an hour which makes me think the groundwork was laid down over the weekend. You talk about the last time they had a meeting like this. It was on friday. France had two objections. One, making this decision now because it wasnt clear what was happening at westminster and they would like to have more clarity. Secondly, wouldnt it be embarrassing to have a short extension because that could provide the greatest incentive to mps to pass the brexit deal. Those french objections were addressed, either because they thought there was no chance the brexit deal would get passed quickly, or they felt a path toa passed quickly, or they felt a path to a general election had become much clearer and perhaps the state m e nts much clearer and perhaps the statements from the snp and the lib dems did that. Perhaps france came under pressure from the eu, donald tusk, who was saying, the easiest, simplest, least intrusive way the eu could behave in this situation was to grant the request. That is what they have done, but with the option of, if the deal can be ratified sooner, the uk can leave sooner. Does that mean that to all intents and purposes, brussels is out of the brexit picture until the end of january . Yeah, that is the hope of diplomats expressed to me this morning. They can now take a break from brexit. It the hands of the uk. The next time the eu has to worry about it is january next year. Or if the uk can pass the deal sooner, thatis the uk can pass the deal sooner, that is because the deal has been passed and the uk is leaving sooner. A sense of relief in brussels it is not their problem at the moment. Lets move back to westminster. Thanks, adam. Here, mps will vote later on borisjohnsons call to have an election on the 12th of december. Labour has said it will support the idea only of a no deal brexit is taken off the table. The liberal democrats are proposing an election be held on december nine. The government has not ruled out getting behind that proposed date if it fails to get its preferred date through the house of commons. Lets speak to norman smith. Norman, where do they stand and what are they jockeying for . They are jockeying about the general election. Boris johnson wants a general election. We 110w johnson wants a general election. We now have the liberal democrats and the snp putting forward their own proposals for a general election. What is interesting about that politically is that for the first time we have got the opposition parties pursuing different approaches. The view of the snp and the lib dems is it is going up for a so called peoples vote in this parliament. There are not the numbers. There is no point banging away at this. The only way is to have a general election to change the arithmetic in the house of commons. Intriguingly, because the government now they are almost certainly heading for defeat tonight, because they are trying to secure a general election under the fixed term parliaments act, you need two thirds of mps to vote for you, which gives labour a veto. Labour wont back it. Downing street are now leaving open the option of coming behind the lib dem snp plan. Have a listen to Gavin Williamson. Taking any form of legislation through both the house of commons and the house of lords, even if it isa and the house of lords, even if it is a short piece of legislation, can be challenging. Is it a possibility then . They should be voting for an election tonight. The government will look at every single option but the best way of delivering a vote in terms of the people being able to have their say, is by voting for a motion tonight. That is what the government is totally focused on. Whats interesting i think is that the so called rebel alliance, which is held together throughout this brexit process, they forced the benn act upon Boris Johnson, brexit process, they forced the benn act upon borisjohnson, they held together over the prorogation row, they held together over the timetabling vote the other day, they have stuck together through thick and thin. That has caused some consternation, certainly on the labour side of the peoples vote campaign, who have been urging the lib dems and the snp to get back on board. One of the key players is neil coyle, the labour mp. I hope the lib dems and snp get back around the table for those of us who do wanta around the table for those of us who do want a peoples vote. A Million People didnt match for an election. They marched for a new say. Until we get a new public vote, the general publics involvement in this crucial issue, it will not go away. An election will not solve anything. You might get five more lib dems and a handful more snp members, that is Party Political interests, not national interest. Although things have shifted a little bit in favour of Boris Johnson, his chance of getting a general election is still quite difficult. Even if he manages to get a bill, whether it is a lib dem spill or his the great fear in number number10 spill or his the great fear in number number 10 is that there will be amendments, allowing 16 to 17 year olds to vote, maybe even eu nationals. If that happens, the argument is changing the franchise could delay an election for up to a year. There are high stakes year for downing street. Every which way they turn its not easy to trigger a general election. Labour has got a problem as well, problem of perception. They said a techno deal off the table and we will be up for a general election. In flextension has been granted until the end of january. It is hard to explain why you are not going for a general election now, isnt it . There is a furious debate in the labour party. The shadow Cabinet Meeting at 12 oclock to try to get a grip on what their position is. A number of things are at play. Some around mr corbyn believe he is such a phenomenal campaigner, he can defy the polls and when. I think others have a rather more jaundiced view of mr corbyn and they look at the polls and think, really now is not of the time. They have also not given up on trying to engineer another second referendum. They seem to believe if you go on a bit longer, maybe some of these former tory mps will think, look, parliament cant resolve this. We have to support a second referendum. They still believe it is game on for trying to secure another referendum. All sorts of debates and tensions on the labour side. Thank you so much, norman. All to play for in westminster today in the run up to that vote that we are expecting mid afternoon. Late afternoon, the vote on the Prime Ministers motion to move an election for december 12, having got his deal discussed and hopefully through in his opinion and then the dissolution of parliament he is hoping for on the 6th of november. We arejoined now hoping for on the 6th of november. We are joined now by liberal democrat mp chogm una. Thanks for talking to us. Shuker una. Your position as the 9th of december rather than the 12. To the average voter, what difference does three days make . It does make a difference. It is fantastic the eu have agreed to extend article 50 until the end of january. Have agreed to extend article 50 until the end ofjanuary. It is quite clear if we hadnt sent a very clear signal that we would use that time to follow our democratic processes, to break this deadlock, it is quite clear we could have ended up with a shorter extension with the rest of us crashing out without a dealjust in a matter of weeks. It is very good that extension has come through. Our proposals for the 9th of december, if you a triple lock. One, it stops the Prime Minister dictating the date of an election. At the moment he can change his mind about the 12th of december after passing his motion tonight. And set it for say the 1st of february. This would stop it from happening. Secondly, it stops him from being able to ram his Withdrawal Agreement through. And of course the other part of it, it only happens if that extension is formally being completed. It will either come through tomorrow or wednesday. The long and the short of this is for the liberal democrats, we want to stop brexit. Actually the snp wants to do that too. The only way you can do that is through a democratic mandate of the people. The problem that we have had in trying to secure a peoples vote, and lets be clear about this, the liberal democrats have put down 17 amendments in this parliament for a peoples vote, we have voted for it seven times and recently have not had the support from the rest of the house of commons, particularly from a significant minority of labour mps and conservative mps to get it through. You dont have it now from labour, do you, because they will not get behind you, will they . On the peoples vote, on the issue of referring it back to the people in this parliament, 19 labour mps last week actually voted for Boris Johnsons hard brexit. There is no way those 19 were asked to support a peoples vote. Then you have got conservative mps, around half of whom are clear they will not support a referendum. One of the leaders of that group is former chancellor philip hammond. He was curious that he would not support a peoples vote. He would support a peoples vote. He would support a peoples vote. Without those people coming on board you dont have the numbers for a peoples vote in this parliament. Your best bet is actually getting a new parliament with different arithmetic. Just to be clear about who does what and who can trust what, you said you can trust the Prime Minister not to change the date of an election. Can anyone else trust the lib dems not to, having got the bill through, not to amend it for the sake of a peoples vote, as you call it . If we get the bill through there is nothing that we could do. If the bill passes through both houses of parliament, then we have fixed in low a date of the 9th of december general election. In terms of amendments, the bill is very carefully and narrowly drafted. It only relates to polling day. If you wanted to, for example, expand the franchise to include 16 and 17 year olds, or eu citizens, those are things we support in principle but require much greater scrutiny. You couldntjust but require much greater scrutiny. You couldnt just do that but require much greater scrutiny. You couldntjust do that in but require much greater scrutiny. You couldnt just do that in a matter of weeks. You say it is a one line bill. You can give that assurance to the Prime Minister should he not win today you wanting to get behind your bill on wednesday . This is not about doing anything for the Prime Minister. It is about doing everything for our country, to provide a degree of stability and certainty. At the moment you have got a government with 45, moment you have got a government with 45, which is not introducing legislation into the legislature because it is not confident of getting through. You have got a legislature that is completely dysfunctional. We cannot responsibly, as politicians, allow that to carry on. It is all very well to be taking a salary cut that is wrong. That is what you have to show leadership, which is whatjo swinson is doing. And yet there will be voters who say, look, the Prime Minister went to brussels, everybody said he couldnt get a deal. We got a deal. He brought it back. He got it through. Why dont you just let that bail get through, scrutinising it properly, and then have the election on the day he wants . Because if that happened we would go out on his hard brexit terms. Our intention is that he doesnt have a mandate for that. In any event, i dont think youll get it through the house of commons. People keep saying this agreement past. It has in the past. He has actually got to ta ke in the past. He has actually got to take it through all its stages. You are just going to end up with a war of attrition in the house of commons, going on and on and on. And iio commons, going on and on and on. And no decisions being made. Whether you wa nt no decisions being made. Whether you want to leave the European Union or remain in it, i think people want a sta ble remain in it, i think people want a stable government. They actually wa nt stable government. They actually want us to make decisions. In the end you have to revert back to the people. If the unholy alliance of mainly conservative but a significant minority of labour mps are going to stop us having a peoples vote on this deal, how will steely resolve this other than actually having a general election . Thank you. Ill be bringing you the latest developments from westminster throughout the morning. Now lets go back to joanna in the studio, with more of todays news. A lorry driver has appeared in court by videolink, charged in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. Maurice robinson is facing charges of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and Money Laundering. In vietnam, police are collecting dna from people who fear their relatives are among those who died. Richard lister is at Chelmsford Magistrates Court for us. Richard, what is the latest . As you say, joanna, Maurice Robinson appeared by video link. The 25 year old was only involved in his appearance for about four minutes. He spoke to confirm his name, his age and his address, and the fact that he is british. He faces 39 cou nts that he is british. He faces 39 counts of manslaughter. He is also charged with conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and Money Laundering. He was not required to enter a plea today. There was no application for bail. There was no application for bail. Thejudge said he there was no application for bail. The judge said he should next appear infour the judge said he should next appear in four weeks. The 25th of november. That will be at the old bailey where he is excited to be given a chance to indicate a plea. Thejudge that if he chooses them to plead not guilty, he will be tried in the new year. There are three other people currently who have been arrested in connection with this case. All three have been released on bail. They are from either the Irish Republic or the Northern Ireland. A fourth person was arrested in dublin on saturday in connection with other offences. Essex police say he too is a person of interest in this case. As you say, efforts are continuing to try and identify the 31 men and eight women who were found dead at the back of that refrigerator truck. That was in grays in essex last wednesday. The british authorities are working with the vietnamese authorities especially on dna testing, as its believed many of those victims were in fact from vietnam. Thank you richard. The headlines on bbc news. The eu agrees to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january meaning the uk wont leave as planned on thursday. Here mps prepare to vote this afternoon on whether to back a december election Maurice Robinson a lorry driverfrom County Armagh has appeared in court, charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. England head coach eddiejones says that his side have more to give as they prepare to take on south africa in the World Cup Final on sunday. Arsenal head coach unai emery criticises captain granit xhaka, who swore at fans as he was substituted in their 2 2 draw with crystal palace. And tiger does it again. He claims a record, equalling 82nd pga tour win with victory at the zozo championship injapan. Ill be back with more on those stories later. A day after it was announced that the head of the Islamic State group died in a Us Special Forces raid, there are reports that another senior is leader has been killed. A Syrian Kurdish militia leader says the us targeted Abu Hassan Al muhajir, a spokesman for the Jihadist Group and possible successor as its leader. Allies of the United States have warned that the death of the is leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, does not mean the fight against the group is over. Chris buckler reports from washington. Us forces carried out this raid, with orders to capture or kill. The deliberate and carefully planned strike left the compound, where Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was hiding, as little more than rubble. As others surrendered or were shot, the Islamic State leader tried to escape running into a tunnel with three children, where cornered, he blew himself up. We believed we knew where he would be, and by thursday afternoon the president and i were informed that there was a high probability he would be at the compound in idlib province. The president immediately directed our commanders to develop military options. Watching in the white house situation room was President Trump and, during a news conference, the us commander in chief was keen to take credit for the death of a man he called sick and deprived. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. Baghdadi was last seen earlier this year in an Islamic State propaganda video. The us and others hope the loss of his leadership will now make it less likely that is will be able to regroup. It once controlled a significant amount of territory in syria, but all that is gone. Translation i am happy because i was imprisoned three times by is. I have problems with my back and nervous system, until now, because of all the torture. Thank god, i am happy today, very happy. But many are warning that, while the is leader is dead, the ideology that inspired him and others to commit countless atrocities is still a threat to the middle east and the rest of the world. Chris buckler, bbc news, washington. Bbc presenter samira ahmed is taking the corporation to an employment tribunal today over alleged unequal pay. She presents newswatch, which examines bbc editorial decisions, and the radio 4 arts show front row. Its claimed the bbc failed to provide equal pay for equal value work under the equality act of 2010. The case will be held over five days. The family of a british backpacker who disappeared after a beach party in cambodia, have flown to the country to join searches for her. Amelia bambridge, whos 21 and from worthing in sussex, was last seen in the resort of koh rong on wednesday, but did not return to her hostel. Her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards has been found on a beach nearby. Our South East Asia correspondent nick bea ke is in yangon in myanmar and told us the search is intensifying. The family are on their way. They have actually arrived on the island in cambodia. They are nowjoining what is obviously a more intense surge to try and find her. We know the local authorities on the island have been leading this for the last two days. The police have been posting photos of officers with drones. We know some divers along the main beach area have been leading the search. The area they have been focusing on, you would imagine, is between the site where emilio was last spotted, the spa which is popular with lots of people, backpackers in particular, and the hostel she never got back to. She was last seen at about half past three in the morning. Her family are desperate for more information. We know that her brother has been updating people on facebook and on social media, saying that he is now on the island joining the search. But really five days into this there is a high degree of alarm for the family. The British Foreign office is saying that it is in contact with the family and also with the authorities, with the cambodian police, so there is now an extensive search under way. Instagram has told the bbc its extending a ban on graphic posts to include material about self harm and suicide including pictures, drawings and cartoons. Its the companys latest response to public concern over the death of 14 year old Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017 after viewing such content. Her father, ian, travelled to california to press for urgent reforms, as Angus Crawford reports. Ian russell is looking for answers about big tech, social media and suicide. This is notjust for molly, this is for every young wasted life. Molly took her own life after viewing graphic material about self harm and suicide. Mainly on instagram. Despite a crackdown on those posts, look hard enough and theyre still there, graphic and dark. But today, revealed to bbc news, new tougher measures against a wider range of material. Images of methods and materials used in self harm, that is a significant step forward. I am proud of that step forward. It will take time to implement fully throughout the product but its also not going to be the last step that we take. So thats a new commitment, notjust to remove the graphic images of self harm but the dark memes and pictures about suicide. Success wont be measured in the words of the chief executive but whether in time, genuinely, instagram becomes a safer place for young people. Childrens er, accident and emergency. Were here on a monday morning. Ians with dr free hess. Shes treating more and more young people who self harm. The numbers are rising rapidly, the ages are decreasing significantly. Do you think this is connected with social media . Absolutely, absolutely a connection with social media. She always wanted to help people so im pretty certain that she would be pushing for change so that young people were safer when they were online and that if they need help, they can more easily find it. So some change in Silicon Valley but for now, for molly, ian russells journey goes on. Angus crawford, bbc news. A rescue effort is under way for a man is stuck at the top of a 290 foot high chimney in carlisle. The man was reportedly first seen at the top of dixons chimney early this morning, and a team in a coastguard helicopter have been assessing his condition and how to bring him down. Surrounding streets have been evacuated. Witnesses have said he appears to be hanging vertically from a structure at the top of the chimney. A 13th century masterpiece that had been hanging above a cooker for years has fetched more than £20 Million Pounds at auction. The painting, called christ mocked, by the pre renaissance italian artist cimabue was found in an elderly french ladys kitchen earlier this year, and was apparently spotted just before it was about to be chucked out and taken to the rubbish dump. Eric turquin, an old master appraiser based in parisjoins us now. Thank you forjoining us. This is just incredible. This painting was discovered by complete chance. It could have gone into the bin but the contents could have gone into the bin but the co nte nts of could have gone into the bin but the contents of the property were being appraised by an auctioneer who spotted it. Lets get that valued. Tell us more about this painting and why it is so special . This painting is very special because cimabue is the first artist that transformed the first artist that transformed the greek tradition of painting the icons into the modern paintings. He is bringing humanity into the pictures. He is an artist who was very influenced by Saint Francis of assisi and brought humanity into the painting. What sir francis brought into the faith and religion, he brought into the picture. That is what makes it so exciting. That painting now ranks alongside works by leonardo da vinci, rubens, rembrandt and raphael in the top ten of the most expensive old painting sales. When the auctioneer brandished the hammer he said, there will be there will never be another cimabue at auction. What did you think with a hammer went down for that price . First, i hope he was wrong. I hope to find another one. There are still five pictures from that set which are running loose. This is good news for antique dealers, runners, raconteurs, as we call them, people with empty houses. There are still five more that are lost. So i hope they will be another one. Everybody will be checking carefully to see what might be hanging above the cooker was it not a damaged hanging above the cooker from greece splatters and Everything Else . No, it was not really hanging over a cooker. It was in a corridor. You know, this picture would not have been thrown into the bin. The world is functioning better than that. When i tell you there is hope, there is. There are still many more pictures to find. Many more. And tell us a bit more about how it was actually identified as being what it is . I was reading some amazing detail about worm holes through the wood on this painting, which matched up wood on this painting, which matched up with worm hole to run others . Cimabue is an artist who is very important. But very few works by him are known. Most of them are in italy. We now ten pictures by cimabue, ten more have been found. Two of them are frescos. Four are in churches in italy. And of course they want to travel. Two or three of them are out in italy. Two have been discovered in the 20th century. The first in 1950 was brought from a gallery in paris here from new york. And in 2000, an englishman, another appraiser like me, discovered one in appraiser like me, discovered one in a Country House in suffolk and this is the picture which is today in the National Gallery in london. When you compare the two pictures, they are the same measurements, they are painted the same way, which is the main point, the same colours, samey liquid treatment of the figures. When you return, look at the back of the pictures, the back of the National Gallery picture, the painting, you see they come from the same ward, even the same plank of wood, and the finishes, with the two pictures together were together until 1820, so that is the proof. The most sceptical, negative, the most unbelievers, cannot reject the picture. Will it end up in a gallery . Will we get to see it or is it going to a private collection . It has gone to a private collection, but i have good reasons to believe this private collection is very close to a major museum that we will see the picture again. We will keep an eye out. Thank you for joining we will keep an eye out. Thank you forjoining us. Isnt that an amazing story . Lets catch up with the weather with simon. Many had to use the caddy i said this morning, there was widespread frost across the country and this is the satellite at the moment, lots of blue skies down towards the south west, there is more cloud and that will bring some rain to South West England throughout this afternoon. Some showers in the north and north east of scotland, for most it is dry, sunny, but also quite chilly full stop maximum temperatures about 7 degrees in aberdeen, ten in belfast, 11 in london. This evening and tonight, not a lot of change, some showers in the north east of scotland and the cloud, some rain towards the south west, in the far south of england, temperatures above freezing full stop at elsewhere a frost into tuesday. But whilst there is some fog, it will be a good day during tuesday and see temperatures between ten and 12 celsius. Hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. The headlines. The eu agrees to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january, meaning the uk wont leave as planned on thursday. Here, mps will vote on borisjohnsons plan to hold a december 12th general election. If he loses, the government may back lib dem proposals to hold an election three days earlier, on 9th december. Maurice robinson a lorry driverfrom County Armagh has appeared in court, charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Instagram introduces tougher controls after 14 year old Molly Russell took her own life after viewing images of self harm online. Sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Hello. Eddiejones has promised theres more to come from england as they prepare for their first World Cup Final in 12 years. Fresh from one of their finest performances in history in the dominant win over new zealand in the semis, england will play south africa in the final on saturday after the springboks narrowly beat wales. We played a great team on saturday, but we didnt feel we played as well as we can and the challenge for us is to keep improving and there are small margins now, as you go through, the margins get a smaller but the improvements you can make are still significant and we are looking to see how we can keep improving for this weeks game and that is the exciting part for us. A huge week ahead then for england, but as eddiejones says theyre not getting carried away. And its that attitude thats really impressed matt dawson, who won the world cup with england in 2003. I have got to say, one to 15 that have played in that white shirt, particularly over the last two weeks against australia and new zealand have been magnificent. The question will be can they maintain that form, can they perform at that level against a team in south africa who barred the pants off wales and managed to scrape over the line with their incredible effort from wales. So very contrasting methods of play, but i truly believe that england have a game plan that can take on anyone. They have the physicality and the mentality and they have the support. Arsenal manager unai emery has criticised his captain for how he reacted to supporters booing him during their draw with crystal palace. Granit xhaka was substituted during the second half at the emirates and swore at the fans before taking his shirt off as he stormed down the tunnel. Arsenal had already thrown away a 2 0 lead, but on match of the day 2, ian wright wasnt impressed. We are talking about fans that have watched him play in the four years he has been there, some good games, and he treats the fans like that. He should apologise. That is the captain. He should have apologised already. And then that is the end of it . No, but that is the guy chosen as the captain and that is not captains behaviour. Elsewhere in the premier league, liverpool have restored a six point lead despite conceding afterjust 48 seconds against spurs at anfield. Liverpool though came back to win 2 1, with mo salah getting the crucial goal from the penalty spot. Manchester united meanwhile won a premier league away game for the First Time Since february despite missing two penalties. Anthony martial amongst the scorers in a 3 1win over norwich. Elsewhere newcastle and wolves drew 1 1. The southampton players and staff have decided to pay for their record equalling defeat to leicester on friday they lost 9 0 at home, matching the biggest ever scoreline in premier league history. And in response the team have donated a days wages to charity. Lewis hamilton will have to wait at least another week to claim his sixth world formula one title, thats despite winning the mexican grand prix. He came from third on the grid to win what was a very tense race. He will now clinch his sixth championship at the us grand prix next sunday as long as he does not lose more than 22 points to his Mercedes Team mate valtteri bottas. There was more history for tiger woods overnight, hes equalled the pga tour record of 82 tournament wins. He did it by winning the zozo championship injapan his first event since having his fifth knee operation nine weeks ago. He won his first pga title 23 years ago this month. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Mps will vote later on Boris Johnsons proposal to hold a general election on the 12th of december. Ambassadors from the other 27 eu countries have agreed to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january. Its a flexible extension which would allow the uk to leave the European Union earlier if the withdrawal bill was ratified. Joining me now is georgina wright, a Senior Researcher on the brexit team of the non partisan think tank, the institute for government. Thank you forjoining us. What do you think the eu 27 want to see with the extension they have granted . They want to see some movement. When it came to an extension, it was a lwa ys it came to an extension, it was always likely they were going to grant one, but they did to have three consensus one is they did not wa nt three consensus one is they did not want a no deal or be blamed for it, they would like this to be the last extension because they want to on to the crucial talks about trade and security, and there was this sense that they wanted focused minds and westminster, and they wanted a joint decision and the eu posing terms. That is what they want to see. What they expect see . They want, expect some movement, but much like brexit, it is unclear what will happen and the ball is always in the Uk Parliament cloud. Will we have a general election . And if we do have a general election, we then have a new government and what happens . From the eu perspective, they are really hoping this deal will get through at some point. And by giving the extension of the way to january 31 potentially they are allowing critics to say this gives too much leisure to mps to procrastinate more, it takes the pressure off, some would say. At the same time, the eu did not wa nt at the same time, the eu did not want no deal, they dont want that and dont want to be blamed for it. If they had gone for a shorter extension and we had a general election or we didnt and mps failed to pass the Withdrawal Agreement bill, we would be venturing in no deal territory and they want to avoid that. They are taking their fingerprints off the outcome. They have shown they are keen to reach a dealfor the uk they have shown they are keen to reach a deal for the uk to leave with a deal which is why they parred hours into the negotiations two weeks ago and the uk government and the eu have agreed on the legal text, they have endorsed it and it is up to mps what happens. And you are parting thoughts on the lay of the land today and this week with the speculation about elections, what date. We know borisjohnson had a phone call with president macron and that they were talking about general election, moving things forward. I think it will be on that this week, will we have a general election in december, . Will will we have a general election in december, . Will it be on the 9th of december, . Will it be on the 9th of december or later . And if we dont, will government be fast forward in trying to pass the withdrawal bill for a delay that will end before the end of the year and see the uk leave the eu before then. Thank you forjoining us. Ill be bringing you the latest developments from westminster throughout the morning. Now lets go back to joanna in the studio with more of todays news. California has declared a state wide emergency as wildfires sweep through the area. The Governors Office has described the situation as unprecedented. In the north of the state, authorities have ordered nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes. Rhodri davies reports. The race is on in Northern California to keep wildfires hemmed in and to get residents out. About 180,000 of them have already evacuated and more may follow. Although i have heard some people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, i think those concerns are not valid at this point. As we see from this report we just received, our evacuation of healdsburg and windsor yesterday was well warranted, there is significant danger to anybody whos still in the Healdsburg Windsor area. Authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000 people live. There, cars have packed roads as people fled to safety. But officials were cautioning that the scramble doesnt affect the firefight itself. This is a Major Incident and were still bringing in Additional Resources not just locally but regionally and we need these roadways clear to move these. The kincade and the tick fire near los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes and hot, dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying them. Forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. And amid the bright blazes, the states biggest power firm, pacific gas and electric, has started blackouts. Its worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. The start of the kincade fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the States History will see electricity to around two Million People cut, leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. Rhodri davies, bbc news. A rescue operation to save a toddler stuck in a narrow well in india has gone into its third day. Heavy machinery is being used to dig a second hole, parallel to the one the child fell into, in the state of tamil nadu. Oxygen is being pumped to the two year old boy, but layers of mud mean the rescuers cant assess the childs condition. There are now calls to fine those who leave abandoned wells open. Argentinas left wing candidate Alberto Fernandez has won the countrys president ial election. The Current Centre right president , mauricio macri, has conceded defeat. Referring to mr fernandez as president elect, macri told his supporters the two spoke about beginning an orderly political transition. The result shifts one of latin americas biggest economies firmly back towards the left. Alberto fernandez had more than 47 of the vote ahead of macris a0 . 45 was needed to avoid a runoff and win the election outright. This is being seen as a vote against austerity, as katy watson reports from buenos aires. Argentinas new president , the man who has promised a new political direction for this struggling nation. Translation we are going to rebuild the egalitarian in support of argentina we have all dreams of, that is our commitment, and hopefully whoever our opponents are in four years time, may they be aware of what they have left us and help us rebuild the country from the ashes they have left behind. And for his supporters who came out to watch his win, that couldnt come soon enough. Translation immense happiness, i cant believe this moment has come. We have returned, we are putting an end to the torture. It has been awful. It is pure happiness, the people have spoken. As argentinians went to the polls on sunday, it was clear the economy was the Biggest Issue at stake. Unemployment is rising, inflation is at 50 . One in three people lived in poverty. These past three years have been tough. And many blame mr macri, he promised to fix argentinas cycles of crisis, he wanted a second term, but in the eyes of many here he failed. In one of buenos aires poorest neighbourhoods villa 31, people queued up to vote on sunday. Julio cesar runs a butcher opposite the voting centre. Hes a fernandez supporter through and through. Translation we work but we sell 40 of what we used to sell before. People cant even get to the end of the month. Taxes have gone up and the price of produce too. They used to be a big line here at the weekend and now nothing. Alberto fernandez is a centre left politician who was until recently relatively unknown. More famous is his Vice President Cristina Fernandez de kirchner, a former leader and a controversial one. A modern day eva peron to some, a corrupt and irresponbsible politician to others. The voters worry with cristina as Vice President there will be a return populist policies that many fear are to blame for the economic crisis in the first place. Judging by the celebrations on the streets there is plenty of hope that the next four years will be different to what has gone before. This was a vote against austerity, a vote against the economic crisis that hit millions of argentinians hard. Alberto fernandez has a toughjob on his hands, not just satisfying those who wanted a return to old politics but convincing his critics that he can the country forward. In a moment well have all the Business News, but first the headlines on bbc news. The eu agrees to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january meaning the uk wont leave as planned on thursday. Here mps prepare to vote this afternoon on whether to back a december election Maurice Robinson a lorry driverfrom County Armagh has appeared in court, charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Now for the Business News. Hsbc is planning a major reorganisation of its business. The bank which is the biggest in europe said current improvement plans were not sufficient. Earlier this month, the bank was reported to be planning up to 10,000 job cuts it employs 238,000 people. Who has pockets deep enough to buy the whole of tiffany . Fellow legendary luxury goods firm Louis Vuitton is who. It has confirmed it has held preliminary discussions about buying the us jeweller. Price tag is said to be over £11 billion. Lvmh owns many of the worlds biggest luxury goods names including Christian Dior and givenchy and champagne brands, including dom perignon and moet chandon. Sick of it failures at your bank . So are mps. A Treasury Committee report said Online Banking crashes and customer disruption happened too often typically about ten times a month to be acceptable. The report said with Bank Branches and cash machines closing, there was more urgency to make sure Online Banking worked. It says financial levies and more regulation may be needed. Hsbcs plan to speed up its restructuring comes as it announces worse than expected profits. Noel quinn took over as hsbcs acting chief executive in august following the shock departure ofjohn flint. Hes now promising action. Europes largest bank said profit before tax fell 18 to £3. 8 billion in the three months to september. Fiona cincotta is a market analyst at city index. Shejoins us now. Where are she joins us now. Where are the shejoins us now. Where are the main problems here . I think he pointed to europe and the United States. What are they . Exactly, the problem ec is hsbc, they are in a position where it is suffering from the uncertainties from brexit, the uncertainties from brexit, the uncertainties from brexit, the uncertainties from the us chinese trade dispute and the uncertainties from their political disruptions in hong kong. That is what the problems are. They are being reflected, we see them reflected in the European Business and the us branches. They are the two areas that are really suffering, whereas the asian region has performed pretty well. There we re has performed pretty well. There were issues with china, but hong kong has held up, it has put proven to be resilient, though they expect some problems in coming quarters. Are we clear what noel quinn, who is the interim chief executive, what he is planning . Job cuts are unavoidable . He has not come out and said that, they say around 10,000 people expected to have theirjob cut. We expected to have theirjob cut. We expect to get more details on that in february as to exactly what the next steps will be. These results are quite gloomy and they underline the fact they do need to take some serious action to get a grip on the bank. What you think this will involve . Will it be edging itself more towards rebalancing the business in and leaving more of the developed west behind . That is more likely what we will see because the losses in europe were large, profits in asia were very strong, so with that very strong they will be looking to rebalance more towards asia and away from europe and the us. Thank you forjoining us. In other business stories weve been following. Pigs in blankets and otherfestive meal treats might be in short supply this christmas. The British Meat Processors Association says 60 of the labour force in uk meat plants comes from other countries and the industry is not attracting enough seasonal eu workers. Its chief executive, nick allen, told the bbc that wrapping cocktail sausages in bacon was done by hand. He said the job was fiddly and hard to mechanise. Virgin galactic, the space venture backed by sir richard branson, is ready to launch on the new york stock exchange. Shares in Virgin Galactic are set to start trading on monday, that will be the first listed Space Tourism company. The move follows virgins merger with publicly listed Silicon Valley holding firm social capital hedosophia. Taking the firm public will open space to more investors and in doing so, open space to thousands of new astronauts, sir richard said at the time. The takeover battle forjust eat has heated up. Bosses at takeaway. Com, which is involved in merger talks withjust eat, have demanded that one of their shareholders does not vote on the deal due to a conflict of interest. Prosus, a European Investment vehicle for naspers, already owns shares in takeaway. Com and delivery hero, but has been selling its stake in the former to allegedly undermine the merger and make its own bid £4. 9 billion bid forjust eat more appealing. Takeaway. Com said prosus should abstain from voting on the merger due to the conflict. Now lets go back to Carrie Gracie. This morning, the latest is that the eu has decided to grant the uk an extension untiljanuary 31 should it needed and that means we will not be leaving the eu this thursday. Meanwhile, there is here plans for the Prime Minister to get his vote that he wants in order to get an election, general election on december 12, but some oppose that. The s p, Ian Blackford among those. We can speak to him in westminster. Thank you forjoining us for step can you explain to our viewers what the differences between the Prime Ministers plan for a 12th december poll and your plan for a ninth december poll. Firstly, let me welcome the fact we have got the extension to the 31st january, but i think there is the responsibility that we use that time to get out of the brexit mess we are m, to get out of the brexit mess we are in, get out of the impasse. I know eve ryo ne in, get out of the impasse. I know everyone is fed up of. You never get a straight answer from the Prime Minister and he is seeking to get through the Withdrawal Agreement bill and then call an election and thatis bill and then call an election and that is completely unacceptable. Cani that is completely unacceptable. Can i interrupt you for a moment because you said Everyone Wants to see us because you said Everyone Wants to see us get out of the mess, but many people say the way to get out of thatis people say the way to get out of that is to let the Prime Minister get his bill through parliament and then have his election on the 12th rather than stymie him on that. We are not going to play any part in seeing that happen because brexit will form everyone and as leader of the snp in westminster, i have an obligation to represent the majority of people in scotland that voted to remain, 62 38. We have no desire to be taken out of the eu. Sorry to interrupt again, to be very clear, the difference in your mind between the ninth december and 12th decemberfor a general between the ninth december and 12th december for a general election is you wont see brexit pass so you will have a general election which is about the principle of brexit in your mind. It is about stopping brexit and i make no bones about that. We dont wa nt make no bones about that. We dont want it to happen, whether in scotla nd want it to happen, whether in scotland or the rest of the uk to stop in scotland, if an election happens, i will fight the basis of the right of the people of scotland to determine their own future and to make sure we give advice to the mandate that the Scottish Government already has for a referendum on independence. I want all parts of the uk to stay in the eu, but i have to ta ke the uk to stay in the eu, but i have to take my responsibility to collea g u es to take my responsibility to colleagues in the snp to make sure our position is protected. I want to stick to it might take on the brexiteers in scotland, defeat the conservatives in scotland and im confident we will do that. I willjust query one thing that you just said because you say you want to promote the interests of a referendum in scotland, protect the position of your mp5, but one of yourmps, position of your mp5, but one of your mp5, Angus Macneil, has said that he doesnt want an election at this point and he thinks you could be doing more as a party to push for the referendum by making that the price for agreeing to an election at all, deepest regional decisions around agreeing a referendum after it. I believe snp is pretty united, whether in westminster or scotland, and we want that election to give voice to the people of scotland to demonstrate they dont want to brexit and we want that opportunity to have a referendum on Scottish Independence so we can stay in the eu as an independent country. And the movement is pretty united on that. You say so, but Angus Macneil says he will not vote for that. At the end of the day, i think youll find settled position of the snp isjust youll find settled position of the snp is just as youll find settled position of the snp isjust as laid out. That is youll find settled position of the snp is just as laid out. That is the position we will be taking, we are putting forward a way out of the impasse which is having a general election and making sure our position of staying in the eu with independence is the campaign is we will be fighting and the party will be behind that campaign. And a 1 word answer to this question, are you prepared to commit there will be no amendments to the one line belt you want on the general election you want an december night. That is not in my gift. It is up to the speaker of the parliament to determine if any amendments will be taken. What i say is that if we can get this bill throw at stages in the house of commons and get it at the house of commons and get it at the house of commons and get it at the house of lords, the commons can rise this week, we can go into the election campaign, is people of scotla nd election campaign, is people of scotland and elsewhere in the uk can have their say in what they want but i think we have an obligation to make sure that happens in a timely manner. Lets get this out of way as quickly as possible before christmas is in front of us. We have to leave it there. Thank you for joining we have to leave it there. Thank you forjoining us. Time for a quick look at the weather. It is looking pretty sunny in westminster, pretty chilly as well. Many had a frost this morning, the first significant widespread frost of the season. This is the satellite, you can see many have clear skies, but in the south west, more cloud, some cloud in the north east of scotland. That gives summer north east of scotland. That gives summer showers and in the south west, some rain this afternoon across the isles of scilly and the far south west of cornwall. Elsewhere, dry and sunny but it will be fairly chilly for stop maximum temperatures up to 9 11d. This evening and tonight, not a great deal of change, is still some showers in the north east of scotland, still some rain across the far west of england. It will turn chilly again, there will be a frost into tuesday morning, more cloud further south. We keep the conditions as we go through tuesday. For most it is dry, sunny, but chilly. Bye bye. Youre watching bbc newsroom live, im Carrie Gracie at westminster. The headlines at 12 the eu agrees to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january, meaning the uk wont leave as planned this thursday. It was a very short and. A very short and efficient and constructive meeting. And i am happy that a decision has been taken. Mps will vote on borisjohnsons plan to hold a december 12 general election. If he loses, the goverment may back lib dem proposals to hold an election three days earlier, on the 9th of december. Im joanna gosling. The other main stories at 12 Maurice Robinson a lorry driverfrom County Armagh has appeared in court, charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Instagram introduces tougher controls after 14 year old Molly Russell took her own life after viewing images of self harm online. And after hanging on a kitchen wall for years a long lost masterpiece is sold for more than 26 million. European Union Ambassadors have agreed to britains request for a delay to brexit, meaning the uk wont now leave the eu this thursday. Boris johnson had promised to leave by october 31st, do or die. Following the ambassadors meeting in brussels, european Council President donald tusk said the eu 27 would accept the uks request for a so called Brexit Flextension untiljanuary 31 meaning the uk could leave before the deadline if a deal is approved by parliament. Downing street says the Prime Minister will respond once hes seen the details of the letter from the eu. Michel barnier, the eus chief negotiator, says he is content that the eu has agreed to a flextension until january 2020. It was a very short and. A very short and efficient and constructive meeting, and i am happy that the decision has been taken. Reporter is this extension too long . Is this going to drag on and drag on . Lets get more from brussels, and our correspondent, adam fleming, is there. Give us your assessment of what this means . There is a sense of relief in brussels today because they feel for next time they will have to Pay Attention to brexit will either be because the uk has ratified the brexit deal in the next few weeks and is leaving on one of the new potential brexit dates, the 30th of november, the 31st of december or the 31st of january, or they dont have to worry about the whole issue untiljanuary. Have to worry about the whole issue until january. The stalemate have to worry about the whole issue untiljanuary. The stalemate may have continued in the uk. They dont have continued in the uk. They dont have to worry about that now. That is for another day. A sense of relief. I think they are relieved they managed to find a formulation that means the eu has as little input and impact on british domestic politics as possible. I think a few officials were getting a bit annoyed just how often we are hearing from the uk, we will only decide if the eu does this. The eu has now delivered an extension which has got maximum flexibility. The uk can come out earlier if it wants, or later if it wants. As they kick the ball firmly back into the uk court, what do you make of the unity they have shown . There were suggestions that this would be fractious, this would be difficult. They might face problems. But again, they have managed to stick together . Yeah. When we spoke on friday, when ambassadors had a meeting then, it was looking slightly grim for the eu side. You had a 26 countries, including germany, saying, lets sign up to the 31st ofjanuary. It was in the pmis letter. You had Emmanuel Macron and france along saying, no, lets go something much shorter, perhaps the 15th of november, the 30th of november, just to focus minds in the uk. Obviously over the weekend conversations were had and french objections were overcome. I had and french objections were overcome. I wonder had and french objections were overcome. I wonder if a bit of it was the Scottish National party and the lib dems saying they would support and direction, albeit a slightly different date from the one borisjohnson is slightly different date from the one Boris Johnson is proposing . Slightly different date from the one borisjohnson is proposing . Was it that that shifted the dial . Or was it always the case france was happy to play the role of the country that asks the hard questions and doesnt go along with everybody else . That is what happened in the previous extensions. Bear in mind one of the conditions of this extension is that the Withdrawal Agreement is not reopened by either side. A previous. One other condition being attached to the uk, they need to suggest a candidate to be new commissioner which will set the new commissioner which will set the new commission on the 31st of december. That has been put in such a software that it that has been put in such a software thatitis that has been put in such a software that it is not a top condition. I wouldnt be surprised at both sides up wouldnt be surprised at both sides up ignoring it. Thank you so much. The spotlight moves thank you so much. The spotlight m oves very thank you so much. The spotlight moves very firmly back here now. Here, mps will vote later on Boris Johnsons call to have an election on the 12th of december. Labour has said it will support the idea only if a no deal brexit is taken off the table. The liberal democrats are proposing that an election be held on december the 9th, and government has not ruled out getting behind that proposal date, if it fails to get its preferred date through the commons later. Lets get the latest from our assistant Political Editor, norman smith. Before we turn to that, how much does it matter that we are not doing the die in a ditch thing on october 31 . Nobody quite knows. Everybody do ordie is 31 . Nobody quite knows. Everybody do or die is now dead. It is not happening. The Calibration Team johnson have to make is, do people think that was such a symbolic, emblematic stance by Boris Johnson that if he cant deliver on that, he will never deliver on brexit . He promised, just like theresa may, to get us out and he has failed just like theresa may. How far that it damages him. Do people by the narrative he has been trying to set out, which is, dont blame me, it is the fault of parliament . Genuinely we dont know how that is going to play. He doesnt know. The default position in the wake of that was to try and get his deal through, to say 0k, try and get his deal through, to say ok, i have got a deal try and get his deal through, to say ok, i have gota dealand i can try and get his deal through, to say ok, i have got a deal and i can get it through parliament. I think it is now much more sceptical about that. They seem to be taking their foot off the gas. They fare bluntly that labour will play for more time, it will be mission impossible. Plan c is to go for the general election to try to break the deadlock by getting a general election. They there have been helped by the liberal democrats and the snp who have come to the same conclusion but for different reasons. Their reason being, no chance of a second referendum the current make up of parliament, lets get another leg up. Those two forces, who are diametrically opposed, the snp and lib dems want to stop brexit, borisjohnson wants brexit, are bizarrely working together. That does increase Boris Johnsons chance of getting the election. And intriguingly, Gavin Williamson is, the education secretary, said this morning they we re secretary, said this morning they were not ruling out using the snp and lib dem ocean to get that election. Taking any form of legislation through both the house of commons and the house of lords, even if it is a short piece of legislation, can be challenging. Is it a possibility then . They should be voting for an election tonight. The government will look at every single option, but the best way of delivering a vote in terms of the people being able to have their say, is by voting for a motion tonight. That is what the government is totally focused on. The decision of the liberal democrats and snp has caused a good deal of anger, particularly among supporters of a peoples vote. We heard john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, saying this morning that jo swinson had sold out the peoples vote campaign. Angus macneil, an snp mp, said he was perplexed by his laters decision, that it was like giving borisjohnson a Christmas Present and a birthday present. Listen to neil coyle mp, labour. I hope the lib dems and snp get back around the table for those of us who do want a peoples vote. A Million People didnt march for an election. They marched for a new say. Until we get a new public vote, the general publics involvement in this crucial issue, it will not go away. An election will not solve anything. You might get five more lib dems and a handful more snp members, that is Party Political interests, not national interest. Where are we on the election front . In short, todays vote, Boris Johnson will not win that. As he got a chance working with the liberal democrats and the snp to trigger an election . Possibly. It is still an uphill task because of the risk of amendments causing all sorts of complications. In short, watch this space. Thank you. We will talk to you more later. Lets look at some of the electoral considerations for the Political Parties at this point as they consider whether and how to approach that prickly question of a general election. And the voters, who, of course, have been watching on since the referendum in 2016 with some dismay as this things go this way and that. Lets talk to the conservative mp vicky ford. Thank you for talking to us. What are you going to vote today . thank you for talking to us. What are you going to vote today . I am going to be voting with the Prime Minister for a going to be voting with the Prime Ministerfor a general going to be voting with the Prime Minister for a general election going to be voting with the Prime Ministerfor a general election but in that package as well is also that important fortnight for us to get a deal over the line. I think it is really important that we do that. People have seen this parliament go round and round and round in circles. And we do need to respect the referendum, get that deal over the referendum, get that deal over the line. I hear what you say, and thatis the line. I hear what you say, and that is your position, it is helpful to know it. However, it is not going to know it. However, it is not going to happen today, according to norman. Will you be urging the government and the rest of your party to get behind that lib dem snp plan . I am urging people to get behind the motion by the Prime Minister. That is what i am urging people to do. It is really important in my mind that we also deliver on the referendum. I voted remain. In my mind that we also deliver on the referendum. Ivoted remain. But we give people a vote. And we need to respect that. The Prime Minister got a deal. People were not expect him to but he did. He got it through the second reading by a large majority. People want to see us working night and day to get that. And that is very different to what the lib dems and the snp say. Isnt that better than sitting in a kind of box where the Prime Minister is stuck unable to do anything . of box where the Prime Minister is stuck unable to do anything . I am going to focus on his motion today. Iam going to focus on his motion today. I am working my socks off to get that deal over the line. Until it gets defeated at about 530 prime we need to work our socks off to get that deal over the line. If the lib dems and the snp want to. Their solution does not end this uncertainty. If they said they wont hang any amendments on this, get the general election done on the 9th of december, now 16, 17 year olds, general election done on the 9th of december, now16, 17 year olds, now european voters, just get an election . It doesnt end the uncertainty because you wont have completed what the referendum started. It just creates completed what the referendum started. Itjust creates more divisions. And no more firm decisions. That is why i think we should be working our socks off over the next couple of weeks to get the deal over the line. And then, yes, have the general election. Various voices in government have said, we might be prepared to look at the lib dem snp plan. Taking a back to the people is the right answer if we cant get progress. Do you look at the arithmetic and think, we are not looking too bad in the opinion polls, lets go for it . I look at the fact that the Prime Ministers deal was passed by a large majority last tuesday in the house of commons on that crucial second reading, which was the meaningful vote. We should be winding up our sleeves and getting it sorted out. Should be winding up our sleeves and getting it sorted outlj should be winding up our sleeves and getting it sorted out. I am going to let you go and lobby for that vote. Thank you. More on todays main stories coming up on newsroom live here on the bbc news channel, but now we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. Ill be bringing you the latest developments from westminster throughout the morning. Now lets go back to joanna in the studio with more of todays news. Thank you very much, carrie. A lorry driver has appeared in court by videolink, charged in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. Maurice robinson faces charges of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people and Money Laundering. In vietnam, police are collecting dna from people who fear their relatives are among those who died. Borisjohnson has pledged to do everything in his power to find those responsible for the deaths of those responsible for the deaths of those people are found in that lorry container. He has been signing a book of condolence this morning. He wrote, the whole nation and indeed the world have been shocked by this tragedy and the cruelty of the fate that has been suffered by innocent people hoping for a better life in this country. We mourn those who lost their lives. Our thoughts are with theirfamilies lost their lives. Our thoughts are with their families far away in condemning the callousness of those responsible for this crime, we are, in the government of the united kingdom, resolved to do everything in our power to bring the perpetrators to justice. Earlier i spoke to richard lister. He has been following proceedings at Chelmsford Magistrates Court. Following proceedings at Chelmsford Magistrates Court. Maurice robinson appeared by video link. The 25 year old was only involved in his appearance for about four minutes. He spoke to confirm his name, his address, and the fact that he is british. He faces 39 counts of manslaughter. He is also charged with conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and Money Laundering. He wasnt required to enter a plea today. There was no application for bail. So thejudge today. There was no application for bail. So the judge said that he should next appear in four weeks, the 25th of november, at the old bailey, where he is expected to be given a chance to indicate a plea. Thejudge said if he given a chance to indicate a plea. The judge said if he chooses them to plead not guilty, he will be tried in the new year. There are three other people currently who have been arrested in connection with this case, all three have been released on bail. They are from the Irish Republic or Northern Ireland. A fourth person was arrested by the irish authorities in dublin on saturday, in connection with other offences. But essex police say he too is a person of interest in this case. As you say, efforts are continuing to try and identify the 31 men and eight women who were found dead in the back of that refrigerator truck last wednesday in g rays refrigerator truck last wednesday in grays in essex. It is authorities are working with the vietnamese authorities, especially on dna testing, as its believed many of those victims were in fact from vietnam. Richard lister. The headlines on bbc news the eu agrees to britains delay to requested a ibrox until the 31st of january. Mps will vote this afternoon on whether to back a december election. Maurice robinson, lorry lover driver from county man has appeared in court charged with people traffic and Money Laundering after 39 people we re Money Laundering after 39 people were found dead in a lorry and Money Laundering after 39 people we re Money Laundering after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders won the fight against Islamic State group is not over despite the death of its leader. Time for the sport. Good afternoon. Eddiejones has promised theres more to come from england as they prepare for their first World Cup Final in 12 years. Fresh from one of their finest performances in history in the dominant win over new zealand in the semis. England will play south africa in the final on saturday, after the springboks narrowly beat wales. We played a great team on saturday but we didnt feel we played as well as we can and the charge for us is to keep improving and there are small margins now, as you go through, the margins get a smaller but the improvements you can make are still significant and we are looking to see how we can keep improving for this weeks game and that is the exciting part for us. Arsenal manager unai emery has criticised his captain for how he reacted to supporters booing him during their draw with crystal palace. Granit xhaka was substituted during the second half at the emirates, and swore at the fans before taking his shirt off as he stormed down the tunnel. Arsenal had already thrown away a 2 0 lead. But on match of the day two ian wright wasnt impressed we are talking about are fans that have watched him play in the four yea rs have watched him play in the four years he has been there, a handful of good games and he has treated fa ns of good games and he has treated fans like that. He should apologise as the captain. He should have apologised already. And if he apologises that it is the end of it . It is not the end of it. But that is the guy they have chosen as captain and that is not captains behaviour. Lewis hamilton will have to wait at least another week to claim his sixth world formula one title, thats despite winning the mexican grand prix. He came from third on the grid to win what was a very tense race. He will now clinch his sixth championship at the us grand prix next sunday, as long as he does not lose more than 22 points to his Mercedes Team mate valtteri bottas. There was more history for tiger woods overnight, hes equalled the pga tour record of 82 tournament wins. He did it by winning zozo championship injapan his first event since having his fifth knee operation nine weeks ago. He won his first pga title 23 years ago this month. He has come back and at the very first opportunity he has won and in so first opportunity he has won and in so doing he has moved alongside sam snead, one of the legendary records in the game of golf, and 82nd victory. He met sam snead as a five year old and snead was quite impressed because that little five year old tiger woods was able to get the ball out of the water and make a bogey on the par three. My goodness me, need 23 years of his professional career, tiger woods has just rewritten the record book after record book. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Thank you. Bbc presenter samira ahmed is taking the corporation to an employment tribunal today over alleged unequal pay. She presents newswatch, which examines bbc editorial decisions, and the radio 4 arts show front row. Its claimed the bbc failed to provide equal pay for equal value work under the equallity act of 2010. The case will be held over five days. A day after it was announced that the head of the Islamic State group died in a Us Special Forces raid, there are reports that another senior is leader has been killed. A Syrian Kurdish militia leader says the us targeted Abu Hassan Al muhajir, a spokesman for the Jihadist Group and possible successor as its leader. Allies of the United States have warned that the death of the is leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, does not mean the fight against the group is over. Chris buckler reports from washington. Us forces carried out this raid, with orders to capture or kill. The deliberate and carefully planned strike left the compound, where Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was hiding, as little more than rubble. As others surrendered or were shot, the Islamic State leader tried to escape running into a tunnel with three children, where cornered, he blew himself up. We believed we knew where he would be, and by thursday afternoon the president and i were informed that there was a high probability he would be at the compound in idlib province. The president immediately directed our commanders to develop military options. Watching in the white house situation room was President Trump and, during a news conference, the us commander in chief was keen to take credit for the death of a man he called sick and deprived. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. Baghdadi was last seen earlier this year in an Islamic State propaganda video. The us and others hope the loss of his leadership will now make it less likely that is will be able to regroup. It once controlled a significant amount of territory in syria, but all that is gone. Translation i am happy because i was imprisoned three times by is. I have problems with my back and nervous system, until now, because of all the torture. Thank god, i am happy today, very happy. But many are warning that, while the is leader is dead, the ideology that inspired him and others to commit countless atrocities is still a threat to the middle east and the rest of the world. Chris buckler, bbc news, washington. The family of a british backpacker who disappeared after a beach party in cambodia, have flown to the country to join searches for her. Amelia bambridge, whos 21 and from worthing in sussex, was last seen in the resort of koh rong on wednesday, but did not return to her hostel. Her handbag containing her purse, phone and bank cards has been found on a beach nearby. Our South East Asia correspondent, nick beake, is in yangon in myanmar and told us the search is intensifying. The family are on their way. They have actually arrived on the island in cambodia. They are nowjoining what is obviously a more intense search to try and find her. We know the local authorities on the island have been leading this for the last two days. The police have been posting photos of officers with drones. We know some divers along the main beach area have been leading the search. The area they have been focusing on, you would imagine, is between the site where amelia was last spotted, the bar which is popular with lots of people, backpackers in particular, and the hostel she never got back to. She was last seen at about half past three in the morning. Her family are desperate for more information. We know that her brother has been updating people on facebook and on social media, saying that he is now on the island joining the search. But really five days into this there is a high degree of alarm for the family. The British Foreign office is saying that it is in contact with the family and also with the authorities, with the cambodian police, so there is now an extensive search under way. Nick beake there. Instagram has told the bbc its extending a ban on graphic posts to include material about self harm and suicide including pictures, drawings and cartoons. Its the companys latest response to public concern over the death of 14 year old Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017 after viewing such content. Her father, ian, travelled to california to press for urgent reforms, as Angus Crawford reports. Ian russell is looking for answers about big tech, social media and suicide. This is notjust for molly, this is for every young wasted life. Molly took her own life after viewing graphic material about self harm and suicide. Mainly on instagram. Despite a crackdown on those posts, look hard enough and theyre still there, graphic and dark. But today, revealed to bbc news, new tougher measures against a wider range of material. Images of methods and materials used in self harm, that is a significant step forward. I am proud of that step forward. It will take time to implement fully throughout the product but its also not going to be the last step that we take. So thats a new commitment, notjust to remove the graphic images of self harm but the dark memes and pictures about suicide. Success wont be measured in the words of the chief executive but whether in time, genuinely, instagram becomes a safer place for young people. Childrens er, accident and emergency. Were here on a monday morning. Ians with dr free hess. Shes treating more and more young people who self harm. The numbers are rising rapidly, the ages are decreasing significantly. Do you think this is connected with social media . Absolutely, absolutely a connection with social media. She always wanted to help people so im pretty certain that she would be pushing for change so that young people were safer when they were online and that if they need help, they can more easily find it. So some change in Silicon Valley but for now, for molly, ian russells journey goes on. Angus crawford, bbc news. Now time for the weather with stav danaos. Good afternoon. A cold start, mist and fog around as well. It will stay largely dry and study in the next few days but on the cold side. Not the same everywhere as we head through today. Weather fronts pushing from the south west bringing more cloud and patchy rain to the channel islands, South West England as well. Some showers peppering the north and east of scotland today and perhaps Eastern England through the afternoon. Most places dry, sunny and cold. Temperatures nine to 12 degrees. As we had through tonight, stays pretty chilly across the whole country. Temperatures plummet under clear skies. A few showers peppering the eastern coast. More cloud across the eastern coast. More cloud across the south and south west. Not quite as cold as it will be further north. Tuesdayis as cold as it will be further north. Tuesday is another fine and sunny, cold day. Rain arriving in the south west on wednesday. Hello, this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. The headlines. The eu agrees to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january meaning the uk wont leave as planned on thursday. Here, mps will vote on borisjohnsons plan to hold a december 12th general election. If he loses the government may back lib dem proposals to hold an election three days earlier, on 9th december. Maurice robinson a lorry driverfrom County Armagh has appeared in court, charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Instagram introduces tougher controls after 14 year old Molly Russell took her own life after viewing images of self harm online. Now lets go back to westminster for more from carrie. Thank you, joanna. Mps will vote later on borisjohnsons proposal to hold a general election on 12th december. Ambassadors from the other 27 eu countries have agreed to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january. Its a flexible extension which would allow the uk to leave the European Union earlier if the withdrawal bill was ratified. The government wants the election on the 12th of december. The snp and the 12th of december. The snp and the lib dems are calling for an election on the 9th of december. What is the difference . Our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. The 12 december, the Prime Minister at once that, why . It is of the last thursday, anomaly elections are held on a thursday. It is pretty early for Village Halls been booked up the fares instead of polling stations. He is doing this under the fixed term parliaments act and what that means is he needed a two thirds majority in parliament to get this through for his call. He will not get that today and the government probably knows that. So the problem therefore is, why is he doing it . It is one way to be able to say to the electorate when an election eventually comes, once again, the opposition, the labour party in particular have been offered the chance to have an election and have turned it down. We know there is a lot of game playing, strategising going on, but his view is december 12 would be a good day foran is december 12 would be a good day for an election to allow us to be able to get brexit done, in his words, before the end of january but when we now know there is a brexit extension well beyond the day he was going to die in a ditch. The other date, the not the date for dying ina the other date, the not the date for dying in a ditch, not the date the Prime Minister once, but the 9th of december, the data couple of opposition parties one. Explain that. It is the same week, it has to do with when students go home for christmas vacations and stu d e nts home for christmas vacations and students are in some ferries tight constituencies, they are a tight pa rt constituencies, they are a tight part of the electorate, and they think if students, young people vote, it would benefit opposition parties more than the government. The more important thing with the offer to hold an election on the 9th offer to hold an election on the 9th of december that is putting forward by the lib dems and snp is it would be not under the fixed term parliaments act but he would introduce a simple one line belt saying notwithstanding the fixed Terms Parliament act, there will be an election on the 9th of december. That needs a simple majority, so 50 plus one. So if you have the whole of the conservative party plus all of the conservative party plus all of the conservative party plus all of the lib dems and snp, you are into the territory where you can get that done. The fear for the government is because it is a new piece of legislation, the new one line bill, it could be amended to add, for example, the idea that 16 and 17 year olds would be allowed to vote. If that was passed, and amendment of that kind, you cannot do that in a couple of weeks, to change the franchise, to change the law, add people on to give them the chance to register and so forth. That could take months and months, so that could take months and months, so you could have an election on the 9th of november, but because we have amended it, it is impossible and it moves us into next year. I think the reality check is, with people saying brexit is going to be the simplest thing in the world, even the process for holding an election in these frenetic times as proving extremely difficult. What is concrete now is no brexit on the 31st of october. While we are talking about different bits of election day is in so forth, thatis bits of election day is in so forth, that is the big news from today. We knew it was going to happen, some question over the weekend about whether the eu was going to kick up a fuss, france in particular. But we knew that under the terms of the ban act, the letter had gone in and the eu has agreed the date of the 31st of january with the potential of coming out up to two months earlier. But when you step back from that, it was a big promise of the Prime Minister by hook or by crook we will get brexit done on the 31st of october. But we know that will not happen definitively. Thank you so much. That was extremely helpful. Now as we move on through the various options for the various plays in westminster, i am just getting a line through from our Political Editor and quoting a number 10 sources saying tonight is a labours last chance to have an election with a brexit delivered. They can vote tonight for the 12th and get brexit done before parliament is dissolved. That is the 12th of december fuss of if not, we will introduce a bill almost identical to the lib dem snp built tomorrow and we will have a pre christmas election anyway. That isa pre christmas election anyway. That is a development, a significant element, the government talking about introducing its own simple bill. Almost identical, they are saying, to that proposed by the lib dems and the snp for stop we will have a pre christmas election anyway. They go on to say the government has failed to deliver on respecting the referendum, many people cannot plan because of co nsta nt people cannot plan because of constant delays was that we need a new parliament by christmas so we can get brexit done injanuary and the country can move on. And worth mentioning as well that is from the governments side and meanwhile from the labour side, the shadow Cabinet Meeting right now to make a decision about whether to back the Prime Minister later. Now lets get some analysis on the latest developments. Joining me now is the new statesmans Political Editor stephen bush and katy balls, the spectators deputy Political Editor. Thank you both very much. Do you wa nt to thank you both very much. Do you want to go first, an assessment of the latest development out of downing street saying we are going to have a bill like the snp lib dem one. They are getting ready for the plan bif they are getting ready for the plan b if plan a fails. The expectation is the plan a, requiring it to thirds two thirds to vote will not work out. With the signs over the weekends, they are pointing in that direction because you have opposition parties in the snp and the liberal democrats who now see the liberal democrats who now see the merits of having a pre christmas election. That is why figures in number 10 election. That is why figures in number10 and election. That is why figures in number 10 and the cabinet are quietly confident, perhaps not quiet, but increasingly confident they will get their election for debating the question is on whose terms . Because what the opposition parties want is an snp and the lib dems is for the government to stop trying to put the Withdrawal Agreement through, it is not sure if they are planning to do that, but they are planning to do that, but the want of an election prioritises over that. I think that is essentially where we are. 40 out hours ago, it was like the government would not get the election it craved because you cant get one under the fixed term parliaments act without the part of the biggest Opposition Party for stop the lib dems and the snp want an election the side of the new year when the bus ability of stopping brexit is available. Does downing street decide . Better did not take the lib dem olive branch . It looks like when you speak to them, they are of the opinion they should take the lib dem offer and try and win a majority to do brexit. Is that because they have been scrutinising the poles over the weekend and they like the look of the opinion poll despite the fact they are not doing or dying in a ditch and the rest of it . The big argument is some people think of look at the polls, it is fine if we have to go back on the guarantee to get out by the third october, fine. Some say do not risk brexit, there is a majority third borisjohnsons exit brexit, there is a majority third Boris Johnsons exit terms, lets worry about the future relationship another time was to be looked like that has been definitively won by a lets get brexit are done election. There are others who are saying, that leave electoral politics and patiently get on with seeing this bill through. There are tory mps that would rather have a brexit deal passed before a general election, but the dominant view in downing street is that they dont think there is a clear majority for their brexit deal. There are confusing messages because the conservatives have been suggesting they have majority backing for their deal, but only passed at second reading and the Programme Motion to pass it at high speed did not pass. With government, if they try to pursue with the bill, you will have amendments on a customs union, things that will mean the bill might pass. But it is not the bill they want in the end. Then they will have a clumsy election message where they have to say, we have pasta deal, it has a customs union, but that is only in uk la. If you give us their majority, we will overturn that and go back to the brexit we promised. I think there is a sense that the clea n think there is a sense that the clean option is to have this election before it passes if they have to and try and shift the blame. I think it is now clear we are not living on the 31st october there is still expectation it would take a dent in the polls for that because some of the votes will go to the brexit party, but i think they are confident they can bring it back. And they do have a deal to offer to voters worrying about no deal. Another important difference is if the election happened before the deal, big businesses would say i am worried about no deal and the radical Left Wing Programme advanced byJeremy Corbyn. Some are worried about the loss of a customs union, but the balance of risks for big business without which there is these part with tara is never winning majority in the last 50 years, that is now back on side and it is an important change. We cant end this discussion without talking about the challenges, the shadow Cabinet Meeting right now. They have some very hard choices. There is the snp suggesting they are in favour of there is the snp suggesting they are infavourofan there is the snp suggesting they are in favour of an earlier election on their terms. Some will say, you are looking at the opinion polls and it is not a bad exit, youre worried about losing seats, which is not a great look. There are some of the leaders of us who think we had bad polls everyone, we didnt win, but not a brilliant defeat and that means it will be interesting to see what comes from the meeting and there is some. And they want Jeremy Corbyn not to stumble into an early election but for him to say his party is ready to fight it. And do you think that the Boris Johnson that the thought of having Jeremy Corbyn as his electoral opponent is another key factor alongside brexit to say lets get on and have an sooner sooner rather than later . Jeremy corbyn is historically unpopular, but he still leads by 30 points, borisjohnson. Unpopular, but he still leads by 30 points, Boris Johnson. But unpopular, but he still leads by 30 points, borisjohnson. But if youre not yourself that popular, you would be crazy to risk it in Boris Johnsons shoes. We will have to leave it there, but thank you both so much for your insights. We will keep you up to date with all the developments through the afternoon. Simon will be here. But i will hand you back to the studio and it is rebecca with the studio and it is rebecca with the business headlines. Hsbc is planning a major reorganisation of its business. The bank which is the biggest in europe said current improvement plans were not sufficient. Earlier this month, the bank was reported to be planning up to 10,000 job cuts it employs 238,000 people. Who has pockets deep enough to buy the whole of tiffany . Fellow legendary luxury goods firm Louis Vuitton is who. It has confirmed it has held preliminary discussions about buying the us jeweller. Price tag is said to be over £11 billion. Lvmh owns many of the worlds biggest luxury goods names including Christian Dior and givenchy and champagne brands, including dom perignon and moet chandon. Sick of it failures at your bank . So are mps. A Treasury Committee report said Online Banking crashes and customer disruption happened too often typically about ten times a month to be acceptable. The report said with Bank Branches and cash machines closing, there was more urgency to make sure Online Banking it says financial levies and more regulation may be needed. Why does the worlds biggest luxury goods firm Louis Vuitton want to buy tiffany . Tiffany is interested enough to have held preliminary talks with the giant rival. The price tag is reported to be more than 11 billion pounds. Tiffanys brand is as venerable as anybodys the compnay is 180 years old. Maria dalton is the co founder and editor in chief of the jewellery editor. Lvmh owns so many luxury brands. Why does it want to add this one to it . I think it is a very Ambitious Group and the head really wants to be the number one in jewellery fuzzed and the head really wants to be the number one injewellery fuzzed up and the head really wants to be the number one in jewellery fuzzed up to do that he has had a bit of a slow start. They started by developing their own brands which are fashion brands like dr and Louis Vuitton. In 2011, they barred baldry and they have shown they can really manage a pure jolly have shown they can really manage a purejolly brand. Have shown they can really manage a pure jolly brand. They are looking at tiffany with the same eyes that they looked at with other companies. It is one of the most famous in the business. Why would tiffany be willing to talk to another company about being taken over . It is 180 yea rs of about being taken over . It is 180 years of independence. It is interesting, it has had an incredibly successful track record helped by the presence in films, but the reality to be a truly global player, you do need to have that reach that a clung the conglomerate has the stubborn is the scale and know how and being able to engage with an audience on many levels. Whereas tiffany is pure jewellery, this group can tap into different areas, like music and entertainment and fashion that makes it more appealing. I think that tiffany could benefit from the know how of this group. And what health has its own business and at the moment . It has been trying to branch out to younger audiences, experimenting with a new style star concept. They have had had lots of ups and downs. They have had lots of change in design direction, i remember ten yea rs in design direction, i remember ten years ago they were wanting to move out as being from the place to buy a silver charm to being a high end jeweller. They say they want to appeal to a younger audience so it is very difficult and it takes very deep pockets and a lot of marketing spend to be able to position a brand brand globally and to focus the brand globally and to focus the brand Going Forward Going Forward on all brand Going Forward Going Forward on a ll levels. Thank you forjoining us. In other business stories weve been following. Pigs in blankets and otherfestive meal treats might be in short supply this christmas. The British Meat Processors Association says 60 of the labour force in uk meat plants comes from other countries and the industry is not attracting enough seasonal eu workers. Its chief executive, nick allen, told the bbc that wrapping cocktail sausages in bacon was done by hand. He said the job was fiddly and hard to mechanise. Virgin galactic, the space venture backed by sir richard branson, is ready to launch on the new york stock exchange. Shares in Virgin Galactic are set to start trading on monday, that will the the first listed Space Tourism company. The move follows virgins merger with publicly listed Silicon Valley holding firm social capital hedosophia. Taking the firm public will open space to more investors and in doing so, open space to thousands of new astronauts, sir richard said at the time. The takeover battle forjust eat is turning into a right bun fight. Bosses at takeaway. Com, which is involved in merger talks withjust eat, have demanded that one of their shareholders does not vote on the deal due to a conflict prosus owns shares in takeaway. Com but is mounting its own £4. 9 billion bid. Takeaway. Com fear it may use its position as a shareholder to try to scupper its chances. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the markets now. The ftse unchanged. Hsbc holdings down 4 . That is the Business News for now. But first the headlines on bbc news. The eu agrees to britains request to delay brexit until the 31st of january meaning the uk wont leave as planned on thursday. Here mps prepare to vote this afternoon on whether to back a december election. Maurice robinson a lorry driverfrom County Armagh has appeared in court, charged with manslaughter, Money Laundering and people trafficking after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in essex. World leaders warn the fight against the Islamic State group is not over, despite the death of its leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. California has declared a state wide emergency as wildfires sweep through the area. The Governors Office has described the situation as unprecedented. In the north of the state, authorities have ordered nearly 200,000 people to leave their homes. Rhodri davies reports. The race is on in Northern California to keep wildfires hemmed in and to get residents out. About 180,000 of them have already evacuated and more may follow. Although i have heard some people express concerns that we are evacuating too many people, i think those concerns are not valid at this point. As we see from this report we just received, our evacuation of healdsburg and windsor yesterday was well warranted, there is significant danger to anybody whos still in the Healdsburg Windsor area. Authorities are evacuating a huge area of sonoma county, including santa rosa city, where about 175,000 people live. There, cars have packed roads as people fled to safety. But officials were cautioning that the scramble doesnt affect the firefight itself. This is a Major Incident and were still bringing in Additional Resources not just locally but regionally and we need these roadways clear to move these. The kincade and the tick fire near los angeles are threatening tens of thousands of homes and hot, dry winds of up to 90mph are intensifying them. Forecasters expect several more days of similar conditions. And amid the bright blazes, the states biggest power firm, pacific gas and electric, has started blackouts. Its worried that damaged cables will trigger new fires. The start of the kincade fire has been linked to a possible damaged power line so the biggest blackout in the States History will see electricity to around two Million People cut, leaving californians fearful and unsure of what comes next. Rhodri davies, bbc news. Argentinas left wing candidate Alberto Fernandez has won the countrys president ial election. The us President Donald Trump was booed at the grand finale of the us baseball season, the world series on sunday. Here he is, along with first lady melania, at the World Series Game in washington between the nationals and the houston astros. They were show on the stadiums big screen between innings. Some members of the crowd made their dislike of him apparent through boos, and some chants of lock him up. Mr trump left the game early, with the nationals on their way to defeat he hasnt yet commented on the catcalls. A long lost painting by the early italian rennaisance master cimabue has sold for more than 26 million at auction more than four times the pre auction estimate. The painting was discovered earlier this year in the kitchen of an elderly french woman, where it had been hanging for years. Kathryn armstrong has more. As far as record breaking art sales go, this has one of the more unusual back stories. This small painting known as christ mocked, which dates to the 13th century, has just become the most expensive medieval painting ever sold. It had been hanging for years, not in a grand gallery, but in an elderly womans kitchen north of paris. She had paid little attention to it, thinking it wasnt worth much. The painting was my true identity was only revealed earlier this year during a valuation of her possessions. Translation it was the sale of all possibilities. Cimabue is a great painter and it is a unique work of art. There are no others like it. Anybody who wanted a cimabue painting today was ready for anything. Obviously, we knew that our estimate had some potential. Already at 10 12 Million Euros we were immensely happy but to finish at more than 24 Million Euros is more than we could have dreamt of. Cimabue, who taught the italian master giotto, was a pioneering primitive artist and one of the first to give his works perspective. The auction house that sold his painting didnt reveal the identity of the successful bidder but said a foreign museum had been among those who put in an offer. Kathryn armstrong, bbc news. Earlier eric turquin, an old master appraiser based in paris, told us that although the painting went to a private collector, he doesnt believe it will be the last the public will have seen of it. This picture is very special because cimabue is the first artist that transformed the greek tradition of painting into the modern paintings. He is bringing humanity into the pictures. He is an artist who was very influenced by Saint Francis and brad humanity into the painting. He brought this all into the picture and that is what makes his work. And so that painting now ranks alongside works by da vinci, rembrandt and raphael in the top ten of the most expensive old painting sales when the auctioneer brandished the hammer, he said there would be another there would never be a cimabue and action at auction again. I hope to find another one. There are still five pictures from that set which are running a loaf, so this is good news for the dealers, raconteurs, people who empty houses, there are still five mile of that a series that are lost, so. The news at one is coming up with reeta chakrabarti. Now time for a look at the weather. It was a wet start for england and wales, but conditions settles down as we head through sunday and today and for the next few days looking fine and dry. Thanks to High Pressure, plenty of sunshine forced sub it will be called with overnight frost and mist and fog. That is because High Pressure dominates. It will influence the weather for the next few days. We have these weather fronts, area of low pressure in the south west that will spoil things down there with cloud, more breeze and patchy rain. Also some cloud affecting northern and eastern scotland, some showers here as well, some running into eastern coastal counties and will be wintry over the high ground, but a dry, sunny cold day. Overnight, we hold onto the cloud and the breeze in the showers in the north east, easing down to the night and it there will be patchy rain across the far south into the south west. Not as cold tonight but it will be a cold one further north and west under the clear skies with fog to greet again on tuesday. But also looking pretty fine, High Pressure, some cloud in the north east of scotland, most cloud across the south into the south west, perhaps patchy rain for south west, perhaps patchy rain for south wales, into cornwall and devon and the channel islands. Wednesday, High Pressure still with us to bring another fine day, but its pushing into the north sea and allowing low pressure to build in to the west. That means we will see increasing cloud across central and southern parts of southern england into wales and Northern Ireland outbreaks of rain, wind is picking up from the south east. The north of the country should have another cold start but are dry and bright with sunshine. These and tremble turn increasingly hazy across central and northern parts of england. That is because it looks like low pressure will wind out at the end of the week, uncertainty on the timing of the fronts moving in, but it is likely to bring increasing cloud and also outbreaks of rain and some milder air, particularly across england and wales. More and settled towards the end of the week is a low pressure invades to bring rain at times and it will be turning a little bit milder. Another brexit delay as the eu agrees an extended brexit deadline of january 31st, potentially putting off britains withdrawal by three months but the eu says if the Prime Ministers brexit withdrawal deal is approved by mps britain could still leave this year im live in westminster where that brussels decision has bought the Prime Minister more time. But where his do or die pledge of leaving the eu on thursday looks dead mps will vote on his election call later this afternoon with all eyes on the opposition parties to see what they will do. And the other main stories this lunchtime. 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