On bbc news at 5pm a brexit showdown at the Labour Party Conference. Could Jeremy Corbyns support for a neutral stance be defeated by remain supporters . This is the scene live at the conference now and any short after the session there will be a vote on brexit and then a speech from sir keir starmer who is due to address the conference shortly. We will bring you that live. British talent dominates the emmys. Well speak to luke jennings, the writer who created killing eve. And wales enjoy a strong start to their Rugby World Cup campaign, beating georgia by 43 points to m in japan. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the collapse of the holiday giant thomas cook and the measures being taken to help those affected. 0peration matterhorn is the biggest ever Peacetime Operation to repatriate those britons stranded abroad. The Civil Aviation authority has chartered a fleet of jets, to bring home more than 150,000 british holiday makers. Thomas cook is britains oldest package tour company and wen
Wings ready to sweep into bringing these unsettled conditions was much wetter across south west and then through the day, in towards wales, that rain pushing into northern ireland, too. Strong winds with rain getting into parts of the midlands. Much of the north and east should stay dry and bright with some sunshine and a few heavy showers for the north and western scotland the top temperature is 21 in the east, maybe 22, much cooler than yesterday when we saw 28 in norfolk. That rain continues to move north and it turns wet and windy across much of the country through the night but the far north of scotland should stay dry with some of the rain heavy and thundery across the southwest. Because of the cloud and wind and rain it shouldnt be too cold, 1215d, rain it shouldnt be too cold, 12 15d, quite a mild night. Low pressure 12 15d, quite a mild night. Low pressure family with us into tomorrow with a wet start. We have this centre of low pressure pushing on towards the south of britain
This is your land . Yeah. Like all refugees in rural parts of uganda, naomi has been given a plot of land to build and farm on. It offers some stability after a troubling past. Translation in the night, people would come and knock on your door. And when you opened the door, theyd cut you with a knife, slaughter you and go. Naomis brother was killed in front of her. She managed to escape with her husband and children. Uganda is renowned for its refugee friendly policies. As well as getting land, refugees are allowed to work, set up businesses and move freely around the country. In the bidi bidi settlement, you have markets. Now, whats really interesting about these markets is that the locals do business with the refugees. Singing. Translation this part of the marketplace is given to us and we also pay for it. Most of the goods you see, we buy them from the ugandans and resell them for a small profit. Local ugandans actually lobbied the government to have a refugee settlement built and t
Dominates the emmy awards with flea bag and dominates the emmy awards with fleabag and killing eve amongst the knights winners. The nights winners. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A huge operation the biggest in peacetime has been launched to bring back british tourists who are stranded abroad following the collapse of the uks oldest package tour company thomas cook. A fleet of planes has been chartered to repatriate more than 150,000 british holidaymakers after last minute negotiations aimed at saving the 178 year old holiday firm failed. Many more customers who are booked to go on holidays are affected. And the jobs of 22 thousand people around the world are now at risk including nine thousand in the uk. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has more. The last thomas cook flight ever arriving into manchester, after the company went bust. Passengers are lucky to be on board, the crew out of a job. As soon as we landed, all of them were crying. Its devastating, its a legacy ha
Social Media Companies to react after paul pogba receives racist abuse. Good morning, once again from the farm in leicestershire as the bbc continues its focus on farming. Today will be talking about gm crops as the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, comes out in favour. Its a beautiful start of the day, chilly, we could have some rain and increasing winds coming in from the north. In the south, were looking at drain cloudy conditions. Well have further details in 15 minutes dry and cloudy. Its wednesday, the 21st of august. Our top story borisjohnson will repeat his demand for fundamental changes to the brexit Withdrawal Agreement, when he meets the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, in berlin later today. Allies of mrs merkel have accused the Prime Minister of making a completely impossible request and actually not being serious. In a moment well get the view from germany, from our correspondent jenny hill in hamburg. But first, our political correspondent, iain watson in westminster. Iai