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To take on south africa in the World Cup Final. And coming up at quarter to 8 shaun ley delves into viewers comments on bbc news coverage, in this weeks newswatch. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union and form an alliance with his party, in the upcoming general election. Speaking at his campaign launch, he said hed field a candidate in every seat in britain, if the Prime Minister didnt drop his brexit plans which he described as a sell out. Today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties, would put Jeremy Corbyn into number 10. More on that shortly, but first, heresjohn pienaar. The biggest grin in politics but what has he got to smile about . Nigel farages party is trailing in the polls but still grabbing tory votes. So his ultimatum to borisjohnson today, drop your deal, leave the brexit party to fight labour in many leave voting areas, or we will take on tories across the country. There are around about 150 seats in this country that are labour held constituencies that the conservative party have never, ever won in their history. That i think is how a deal of this kind would work, a nonaggression pact of this kind would work, and i think it would be to our advantage, to their advantage but most importantly, to brexits advantage. So, an offer of friendship with a hint of menace but what if all he does is split the brexit vote, help remainers win and parties wanting another referendum 7 you say that you are now the only party fighting for a real brexit. Do you accept, if you are standing in every seat across the country, you are also risking brexit . If the conservative party stand on the basis of this new eu treaty, that is not a brexit. In those circumstances, we would be the only person standing saying we must leave the institutions of the European Union. The brexit party wants a deal with the tories, maybe needs one to be able to win seats as well as votes. Donald trump seems to think it is a good idea for what that is worth, but Boris Johnson hasnt been tempted. So what would happen if the brexit party stood in seats across the country . What would that do to the outcome . Take places like labour dagenham and rainham in essex. Its a tory target and voted leave. But labour could hold on here if brexiteers split. This issue splits families like brothers jeff and john. I would vote conservative now again because i just want to get it done. I think its going on too long, whatever way you are, ijust think its got to get done so we can get on with other things, rather than just keep talking about brexit. John, tell me what you are thinking. So, i am thinking brexit. I think they need my vote. But i am concerned the vote to brexit could dilute the votes to conservative. Hazel, how are you going to vote in this election . Labour. Why is that . Well, because ive always done it, always. My mum and dad done it, so ive always done it. Ive never changed. Im too old now to change, 85, nearly 86. Of course, labour is just not relying on old habits. They are promising a better deal and another referendum. To the country as a whole, what we are saying is, whether you are remain or leave, there is a route through for you by voting labour. For the other parties, its either one side or the other, its very divisive. One of the things we want to do is try to reunify quite an angry country. The tories are telling voters their brexit will take the uk out, free to strike trade deals, set its own rules and standards. We will have a choice of parties, a choice of brexit or no brexit at all on polling day as big an influence as many perhaps, people just wanting to get it over with. John pienaar, bbc news, essex. The Prime Minister has rejected calls from nigel farage and donald trump, to work with the brexit party. He said he wouldnt enter into electoral pacts, but that he was always grateful for advice wherever it comes from. The Prime Minister also suggested the us president was wrong to believe that a trade deal between the us and the uk would be difficult under his brexit deal. He was speaking to our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg. Are there any circumstances under which you might work with nigel farage . Well, first of all, it is a great brexit, its a proper brexit, it delivers exactly what we wanted, what i wanted, when i campaigned in 2016 to come out of the European Union, takes back control of our money, our borders, our laws, it enables us to do proper, all singing, all dancing free trade deals. The difficulty about doing deals with any other party is that any other party simply risks. Or voting for any other party simply risks putting Jeremy Corbyn into number ten. There are no circumstances under which you would work with nigel farage . I want to be very, very clear that voting for any other party than this government, this conservative government, this one nation conservative government, is basically tantamount to putting Jeremy Corbyn in. Your mutualfriend, the president of the United States, thinks you should work with nigel farage. Is he wrong . Look, im always grateful for advice from wherever it comes and we have great relations, as you know, with the us and many other countries. Im just telling you, laura, what i think about the way to do this. President trump has also said that your brexit deal means that you cant really do a good deal with the americans, is he wrong about that as well . Theres one thing hes right about, which is theres certainly no question of negotiating on the nhs, that is absolutely true and hes right about that. But on the technicalities of the deal, anybody who looks at it can see that the uk has full control, as one whole uk england, scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. As one uk. He said, you cant do it, you cant trade, we cant make a trade deal with the uk. So hes misunderstood it . I dont wish to comment on what he may or may not have. What im telling you is what everybody can see from the terms of the deal we did. If we can get it over the line with this election in the middle ofjanuary, then well have it done. Why would anyone believe you on that, when youve broken your promise already . We should have been out of the eu yesterday. You failed on that. I bitterly regret that we havent come out, but on the other hand people said we wouldnt be able to get a new deal at all. Yourfirst speech in downing street, you stood outside there and said the buck stops here, and now this has gone wrong, you took your deal away from parliament, like taking your bat and ball away, now youre blaming them. Well, with great respect, laura, i dont think that parliament were. I think mps were never going to deliver that deal on that timetable, and they werent going to. So why did you try, then . Notjust by october the 31st, it was clear from what they did, they wouldnt have done it by christmas. They wouldnt have done it by january the 31st. Their strategy was to keep rope a doping the government and then pushing the deadline on beyond january to 31st. It would have been totally miserable. Would you rule out expanding the use of the private sector in the Health Service . Look, we are putting £34 billion into the nhs, and that is taxpayers money, and we are absolutely determined to continue to increase taxpayers money. Would you rule out expanding private sector involvement . Look, of course, you know, there are dentists and optometrists and so on who our providers to the nhs, of course thats how it works, but we believe, i believe passionately in an nhs free at the point of use for everybody in this country, and if you ask me, is the nhs. . Of course it isnt. Do you worry this gamble of going to the country now might backfire for you, just as it did for theresa may . Well, honestly, laura, weve just got no choice, and parliament is determined, this is a parliament that is basically full of mps who voted remain, and the overwhelming bulk of the mps in parliament voted remain you know, i love them, they are a lot of my friends, but thats the way they are, they voted remain, and they will continue to block brexit if theyre given a chance. There was no option for us. Prime minister, thank you very much. Thank you. We will be speaking to all the main Party Leaders here on bbc news. The snp leader Nicola Sturgeon has said shell make a formal request before christmas for a second independence referendum whoever wins the election. She said a vote for her party was ever to escape brexit. The town is to put scotlands future into its own hands. Meanwhile Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have agreed to a head to head tv debate later this month. Theyll meet on the 19th november on itv. Both leaders welcomed the debate on twitter, but the liberal democrats have criticised the two party format. Lets talk to chris curtis Political Research manager at the Market Research group yougov. Thank you for speaking to as on bbc news this evening. First off, its a confusing picture, the question at the moment is how key an alliance between the brexit party and the tories really is. How much of a threat are the brexit party . Early in the year, towards the end of theresa mays premiership, we saw a big surge of support for the brexit party where they were taking lots of conservative votes in some polls, the conservatives fell down to fourth place. The brexit party is a large potential threat to the conservatives. Since borisjohnson has come back to power, the brexit party have subsided, borisjohnson has taken most of those votes back. If the brexit party surges again, it could be a big threat for Boris Johnson because my chances of winning a general election. That he is doing a good job of holding onto those leave voters. What does this say about traditional characteristics of voting in terms of the leave versus remain intentions, how much is it affecting oui intentions, how much is it affecting our choices at the polls . To a very large extent. We basically see in the opinion polling, a country that is divided into. When you ask the public, what is the most important issue, seven in ten say brexit. When we look at the information, its all along brexit lines. It is the labour party losing remain voters to the liberal democrats and the greens, and the conservative voters paddy and the conservative voters paddy and losing voters to the brexit party. Those movements on the labour side within the rimene coalition ill side within the rimene coalition ill believe side, votes moving away from the conservatives. It is boris right in saying that, in going into an alliance, you are letting Jeremy Corbyn into number 10 . Do the figures, the poll figures show that . There is a threat, so most seats in the country i conservative lead, mostly in england and wales, mainly conservative, labour seats. What we will see a lot of at the end of this election campaign, the conservative saying, if you vote for the brexit party, it is going to main labour will have more votes. 0n the other side, we will see the labour party saying if you vote for the lib dems 01 saying if you vote for the lib dems or the greens, the conservatives are going to win. Theres going to be lots of messages about tactical voting and the impact of voting for other parties. How difficult a job is it for you at the moment . It is a very difficultjob. The key thing is to remember is polling isjust a snapshot of where Public Opinion currently is and any political times that are as unpredictable as this, it is hard to see what will happen. At one point this year, for different parties have light in the polls, the brexit party, the lib dems, the conservatives, the labour party have led the polls. Weve also seen Academic Research by the British Election study showing that is more swing voters than ever before, more voters are more willing to move within the parties. That level of unpredictability makes it out of work out where were going to end up with election campaign. Geographically, when you look at the map of britain, other any clear patterns in terms of seats that are threatened or it is obvious where the different leaders are targeting. What we are seeing geographically is, there are some different pictures. Firstly, if we talk about the conservatives losing seats, despite Holding Quite a Comfortable Lead over the labour party in the polls, wed expect on current polling, they will lose some of those easily gained in scotland at the last election because the snp are doing well. To lose potential licensees to the liberal democrats in the south west of england because the lib dems are doing quite well relative to the conservatives. The other thing with the lib dems is, they are doing well in london, they will be expecting to take seats in london from labour and the liberal democrats. The conservatives are hoping, to overcome the loss of the seats, they hope to make up the lost disease by gaining seats from labour in the rest of england. Some seats in the rest of england. Some seats in the midlands and the north of england. Very quickly, how key is age playing in this general election . We talked about brexit, eight is one of the biggest dividing lines amongst british public. Theres a big dividing line in the Eu Referendum and the last general election and it is a very big dividing line now. In the same way social class was, how people voted, age is one of those key variables. What we are noticing is labours voters i younger. The conservatives are more reliant on older voters, retired voters. That big dynamic is going to be one of the things that we will be watching out for. Thank you very much. If you are unsure how to register to vote, you can find out exactly how to do this by visiting our website. The time is 17 17 pm. Here are our headlines because of my final score on borisjohnson to join forces for the election but the Prime Minister says they will be no deal. A man faces extradition from ireland as pa rt faces extradition from ireland as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. The england team prepares for tomorrows big match, where they left the Rugby World Cup trophy for the First Time Since 2003 . Millions of people are expected to tune in, to watch england take on south africa in tomorrows Rugby World Cup final injapan. Thousands of england fans have made the journey to yokohama, some paying thousands of pounds for a single precious ticket. This afternoon, the queen sent her best wishes to the team, for a memorable and successful match, and while england go into the game as favourites, they face formidable opponents in south africa, two time previous winners. In a moment well report on how fans here are gearing up for the big match, but first, our sports editor, dan roan has the very latest, from tokyo. Another tactical masterclass by eddiejones. It may be the eve of the World Cup Final, but englands head coach still found time to put some local school kids through their paces today. Earlier, it was his captain taking instructions this the squads final Training Session before the biggest game of their lives. Its a good session, boys, its good work. Puts us in good stead for saturday, that. 0wen farrells leaderships been crucial to his teams journey in japan. Theyve had much to celebrate during this campaign, but he told me the jobs not yet complete. We know that, and we cantjust expect to do the same as last week and the same to happen. Weve got to figure out ways to put ourselves in the best place possible to perform. Its 16 years since one of the most cherished moments in english sporting history Jonny Wilkinsons extra time drop goal sealing victory over an australia side coached byjones to win the world cup for the first and only time. Today, the hero of that triumph was helping englands kickers as they try to emulate the team of 2003, but he told me this current squad can handle the pressure. I see a difference in this team, to a degree, or certainly from some of the players, because i dont think theyre like the way i was. I think theyre not reclusive, im very introverted in that respect. I think theyre going to deal with it in their own way. But englands opponents, south africa, also have great pedigree in this tournament, their iconic 1995 triumph on home soil uniting a nation. 2a years on, siya kolisi is the teams first black captain, a powerful symbol of a more representative team. I havent seen support like this for our team in a very long time, you know, since 2007, and its really special, and i dont think anyone outside south africa understands what this means to us. Ive seen it, ive seen bits of it. I havent seen all of it yet, and i know tomorrows going to be more, more, more special for the country. 0rganisers have hailed asias first world cup a towering success, but for the thousands of england fans descending onjapan, theres only one place to be tomorrow. Wed love to get tickets, we are going to try when we go to tokyo. Weve got time, we arrive early in the morning, kick offs around six oclock, i think, local time, so hopefully we can get tickets. Weve had requests to find tickets, but theyre like gold dust. You wouldnt sell your tickets youve got . No way how much do you need . How much do you want . Go on. Not a chance if england do return home victorious, these are the kind of scenes that will greet them after a win that could change the players lives and reinvigorate the sport. England will always look back fondly on theirjourney here injapan, having re established themselves as a majorforce in the game, but now they stand on the brink of sporting immortality, their challenge to finish on top of the rugby world once again. Dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. Back here, rugby fever is high ahead of tomorrows final, with many bars, pubs and rugby clubs preparing to open early for the 9am kick off, under special licensing rules. 0ur correspondent danny savage is at a pub in leeds, where theyre expecting a big turnout for the game. The time difference between here and japan means this World Cup Final will be a breakfast experience. Someone will come up with a number for how many full english breakfast of bacon rolls will be consumed. The landlord here expect queues at the doorfrom 8am and hopes his beer garden will be transformed from this, to something more like this. But with a big coat on. This is a rugby club, has special will it be . Good, it is busy, good humoured. The fans, some who play rugby, are warming up, but they are not all on message. Cannot wait, same again as we had last weekend, it will be such a great atmosphere. Been loving watching it all, been really fun. Scotland was kicked out, but i am excited for tomorrow and i will be backing south africa. For England Rugby fans, there is only one thing to be doing tomorrow. Watch, hope and be inspired. It is amazing because it tells you what you can be when you are older. When i am watching it, i will be thinking one day, i might be on that pitch playing. I think it is going to be exciting to see how they play and how they cope with the intensity of it. You are all pretty sure england are going to win . Yes. A number of the england players attended Saint Georges school in harpenden. Rugby is in the blood here. You bet they will be glued to the tv in the morning. Everyone is inspired and we have that connection. Everyone is aware of what they have achieved. Every one of the england players started offjust like this. 80 minutes of play tomorrow will decide if it is going to be disappointments, or elation. The man leading the contaminated blood inquiry, says some of the victims and their families are living in grinding hardship, and hes calling on the government to improve their Financial Support. Sir Brian Langstaff was speaking on the final day of evidence from those who were directly affected by whats been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. Around 3,000 people died and tens of thousands were infected, as a result of blood products carrying hiv and hepatitis c. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. He couldnt to do the things other children did. That was all taken away from him. We thought, i wonder if weve all got it . I wonder if the babys got it . Would itjust be one of us . Would malcolm die and id be left . I was told i had about a year to live, i was told not to tell anybody. Including, excuse me, including my family. Theyve told their stories, and some have left messages for those theyve lost at this memorial, which stands at the inquiry. A memorial to the victims, those infected with deadly viruses because of their nhs treatment haemophiliacs and some who received blood transfusions. Steve had hepatitis c. He came to the opening of the inquiry a year ago but died a few months later. His widow, sue, has given evidence. Like others, she is angry at the level of Financial Support for victims and the bereaved. There are a group of people have been living and dying in poverty because of the state, actions of the state, whove been ignored for so long, who are now actually getting their voices heard, and the inquiry isnt taking away the financial misery. The chair of the inquiry repeated his call for more government financial assistance. An overall picture of relentless hardship for many. Its nowjust over a year ago since i wrote to the minister for the cabinet office, calling for Decisive Action to be taken to alleviate this. A Government Spokesperson said there was a commitment to guarantee equal support across the uk and campaigners would be consulted. Since april, in this hearing room and at other centres around the uk, nearly 200 witnesses have given their often powerful and moving personal stories to the inquiry. The hearings will resume early next year, and in due course get to the doctors who administered the treatments, and eventually the senior Civil Servants and politicians who were in power at the time. Those still living say, that on behalf of relatives who have died, what matters above all is getting to the truth. Hugh pym, bbc news. Mistaken look at some of the other top stories. A postmortem examination has revealed that the british backpacker, amelia bambridge, died from accidental drowning after going missing in cambodia. Officials said the 21 year olds death was not related to any other crime. The chief coroner says new laws are needed to ban the possession of extremist propaganda. Mark lucraft qc has issued a raft of advice in the wake of the London Bridge terror attacks, in which eight people died. An uber driver has been sentenced to death in lebanon for the murder of a british diplomat. Rebecca dykes was raped and murdered and found beside a road in beirut two years ago. Tarek hous heieh confessed to raping and strangling the 30 year old who worked for Britains Department for international development. Essex police have begun proceedings to extradite a man from ireland, wanted over the deaths of 39 people, found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry. Eamonn harrison appeared in court in dublin this morning. It comes as two other men have been arrested in vietnam as part of the investigation. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has more. Eamonn harrison, the 23 year old from county down in Northern Ireland, who appeared in court in dublin today on a european extradition warrant. Detectives suspect he was the driver of this blue lorry cab which dropped off the refrigerated trailer in zeebrugge before the deadly trip across the channel. The trailer travelled from belgium unaccompanied on this cargo ship, the clementine, arriving in purfleet on the thames just east of london. Essex police want to extradite Eamonn Harrison because by the time the trailer got to waterglade Industrial Estate, less than two miles away, 39 people were found dead inside it. Police also want to talk to ronan hughes and his younger brother chris hughes the trailer was rented in ronans name. And the detective leading the investigation was in Northern Ireland today to make this direct appeal. Ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. We need you both to come forward and assist this investigation. In vietnam, the National Broadcaster showed pictures of police launching an investigation there as two people were taken into custody on suspicion of people smuggling. What started with the discovery of 39 people dead in a refrigerated trailer here on an essex Industrial Estate has turned into an International Investigation with Police Looking into what seems to be a loosely linked to Global Network of criminal organisations smuggling people into the uk from halfway round the world. Daniel sandford, bbc news, grays in essex. Do stay with us because coming up, as thousands of newly identical m essa 9 es as thousands of newly identical m essa g es of as thousands of newly identical messages of support from Boris Johnson are being posted to Facebook Pages, we will be analysing whether they are true and where they are coming from. Now it is time for the weather. Batten down the hatches, weve got an impending autumn game and it has prompted the met office toissue and it has prompted the met office to issue a Severe Weather warning. Weve got high winds across the southern parts of the uk on saturday. Lets have a look at the big picture, this is the low pressure that is going to bring the nasty weather, the strengths of the wind will be confined to southern parts of the uk so other areas of the north want to be experiencing high winds. We have rain across Northern Ireland, scotland as well, to the south of that, the weather will cleared up and of the night it is this is where you will see, the curl, that is where the wind is racing very fast, severe gales, cornwall, devon, south wales and spreading towards the east. The wind will be very strong, potentially damaging and destructive. Good evening, this is bbc news. The headlines at 7. 00pm nigel farage calls on Boris Johnson tojoin forces for the election but borisjohnson says therell be no deal. Any other party, voting for any other party, it risks putting Jeremy Corbyn into number10. A man faces extradition from ireland, as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. The england team is preparing for tomorrows big match will they lift the Rugby World Cup trophy for the First Time Since 2003 . The queen has wished englands rugby team the very best for a memorable and successful match tomorrow as they prepare to take on south africa in the World Cup Final. And coming up at quarter to 8 shaun ley delves into viewers comments on bbc news coverage, in this weeks newswatch. Thousands of nearly identical messages of support for borisjohnson are being posted to Facebook Pages and has prompted concerns about whether bots, or automated accounts, are being used to try to sway voters. While bots do exist, the bbc has spoken to real people, both for and against brexit, who have posted such comments. They say theyre doing it because they think its funny and to try to trick the other side. So what is really going on . Im joined by bbc digital journalistjoey durso a look at what is happening online. What is a part . What is a bot. What is a part . What is a botm is an automated account. It is a real serious issue that social media platforms are dealing with. Setting up platforms are dealing with. Setting upfake platforms are dealing with. Setting up fake accounts. You have had a look at Boris Johnsons Facebook Page. If you look at Boris Johnson Facebook Page, you can see lots of identical comments saying support bodies, brilliant bodies, fantastic bars and they will be identical. And some that look like a malfunctioning bit of code, syntax error, colon, back bodice. Normally, that would indicated that night, wouldnt it . Back bodice. It isjust indicated that night, wouldnt it . Back bodice. It is just recently constrained to confusing. I message some of these people because if you click on someones profile they may have one or two profile pictures and if they are but they might have not much history but these people appear to be based in britain who had propelled pictures and history, so i asked them where they were doing it and basically it is not part of some calculated attempt to take the election, they think it is funny. I spoke to both and one appropriates it Facebook Page posted to say posters to freak at the remainers. It is clearly an orchestrated campaign to do that, but then i found that remainers were doing the booking code, broken but, to try to look like borisjohnsons Facebook Page was full of bots. So with a bot generated messages have a real impact normally . It is hard to say because they do have a big impact and alters what people think the conversation is online because if a lot of people are saying that they support Boris Johnson then lot of people are saying that they support borisjohnson then you will think it is the opinion, but it is very repetitive so it is like unlikely to see people swung on their vote by that. Facebook has clamped down and dilated on a lot of them. It is really hard because it is quick to set up a facebook profile so there is a real problem that facebook is dealing with but dealing with bots. People are becoming more aware about online scandals and bots and what have you, can track against the subject who is thinking, i will use this to my favour, can it actually work against them cosmic i think so. People are becoming more savvy are these things. Fdc generic, repetitive accou nts things. Fdc generic, repetitive accounts than they think it is a bit weird. Thank you very much indeed. 5 Million Masks have been handed out to stu d e nts Million Masks have been handed out to students in delhi to combat the toxic air. The air quality has been measured at 20 times worse than the levels deemed acceptable by the world health organization. All construction work in the city has been halted for a week and diwali fireworks have been banned. Delhis chief minister has called the city a gas chamber and said the increased pollution was due to smoke from crop burning in neighbouring states. Joining me now is delhi based journalist, ned donovan. These masks helpingthe masks are certainly helping the vulnerable people, but they are just a stopgap. They do not have any great impact and ultimately these are still children Walking Around the streets to have air that has incredibly dangerous to them. This is an annual spring, is it not cosmic it is annual and it has been getting worse, it is much worse this year. Many of my indian friends have noticed that it is visible. You can walk into the street and see the smog around you. You can taste it. It is annual, but it is getting worse. What is being being done to fix the problem. The government has used measures which will limit its impact, but nothing that has much of a lasting effect. They introducing odd, even the number plate roles where if you have a car that has an applet that ends in two and you can drive on monday, but if you have one that ends in an odd number you can drive the next day. It does little to actually change the cause of it, which is mostly from agriculture combined with diwali fireworks and general industry. It needs root change instead. The problem of the smog began at the beginning of october and there have been links to weather and the movements of the monsoon season. I suppose weather and the movements of the monsoon season. I suppose it would be fairto monsoon season. I suppose it would be fair to say that the putter resident pooler residents of delhi are worst affected by this residents. I have a new filter in my room and if you are a pure resident of delhi you are not able to afford one of these. I have one of these masks, a black mask that gets most of the bad air, but even then you may not be able to afford that if you are a poor resident of delhi. You have to hope the government of delhi does something to help you. How long is going carry on for . The season of the smug . As delegates courier, and because we have had such a long and so monsoon and a lot of rain and an active diwali which puts a lot of fireworks and dust into the air, itjust depends on how long crop burning goes on for and how the weather comes. If there is a lot more wind, and there is more movement, perhaps theyjust send the smoke will move out, but it is not going any time immediately. Very quickly, with the firm is cooperating trying to combat this problem . Is there something that the government would risk taking on . With the farmers cooperate. Individual farmers often control a small area so you do not get the same impact from larger firms small area so you do not get the same impact from largerfirms in countries in the uk. Thank you very much indeed. Some breaking news. The latest development in the 39 deaths in the refrigerated lorry that was found in essex. We have a statement here from essex police. They say that they are continuing to work closely with the senior coroner and National Crime agency to progress the investigation and help identify the investigation and help identify the victims. At this time, we believe are the victims are vietnamese nationals and we are in contact with the vietnamese government. They go on to say that they are in direct contact with a number of the families in vietnam and the uk and we believe we have identified families for some of the victims whose journey ended in tragedy. On our shores. The evidence needed to affirm the present cases to the senior coronerfor needed to affirm the present cases to the senior coroner for her consideration has not been obtained. Says the statement. This evidence has been gathered across a number of jurisdictions worldwide and as a result, we cannot at this time announce the identity of any of the victims. They say that they will continue to co operate closely with the government, labour is government to identify the vietnamese government to identify the victims. The 39 migrants found dead in the back of the lorry in essex are believed to all be vietnamese nationals. That coming from essex Police Assistant chief constable tim smith. There had been in question over the nationality, but confirmation that all 39 were vietnamese. It is almost here, the by vietnamese. It is almost here, the rug by world vietnamese. It is almost here, the Rugby World Cup final. Two extra cheap players have been into the england to face actra to exeter chiefs players have been an ounce in the england squad. Swing low sweet chariot a song synonymous with rugby. This is not just any a song synonymous with rugby. This is notjust any england match and not just any old crowd is notjust any england match and notjust any old crowd sing it. The stu d e nts of notjust any old crowd sing it. The students of this academy, joined by children from primary schools, i think notjust to celebrate one but two former pupils who are in the england world cup squads. Two former pupils who are in the england world cup squadsm two former pupils who are in the england world cup squads. It is incredible now that could be one of us incredible now that could be one of us and it is really inspirational. Maybe someday i might play for england. They had a dream like ours and they have of estimate that stream. Swing low sweet chariot the great thing about here is that about cornwall is that everyone comes together. It is inspiring for the youth and all of cornwall is behind them. While some of jacks family have headed to japan, lukas brother tom still has his job to go for the cornish pirates. Brother tom still has his job to go for the cornish pirateslj brother tom still has his job to go for the cornish pirates. I would love to be there and watch him in the final. If he comes back from japan asa the final. If he comes back from japan as a world cup winner, how will you get over that . japan as a world cup winner, how will you get over that . I would be over the moon, he has worked so hard for it and done so well. He would have to buy me a beer or two luke and jack are not the only connection at this famous Rugby World Cup has. Former player and. How appropriate would it be if two boys, one from penzance and one from un were to lift that trophy. Coming for to carry me home come on england fantastic. Some familiarfaces have been spotted at the nec in birmingham this week but in cake form. Some of the worlds best cake artists rose to the challenge at birminghams Cake International showcase. Among the baking creations werejodie comers killing eve character villanelle a life sized armoured bear from the fantasy character villanelle, a life sized armoured bear from the fantasy series his dark materials and a donald trump creation. Is that really a cake, wow . The headlines on bbc news. Nigel farage calls on borisjohnson to join forces for the election but the Prime Minister says therell be no deal. A man faces extradition from ireland, as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. Police confirm that all those who died are vietnamese nationals. The england team prepares for tomorrows big match will they lift the Rugby World Cup trophy for the First Time Since 2003 . 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Heres Laura Kuenssberg looking forward to the fun on wednesdays news at 10. The warm up parliaments cameras capturing the last moments of this particular generation. The whole world knows that, why cant he get it . The commons has examined every angle of brexit and failed