Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many will involve young people staying away from school, university or work. Those involved are calling for more urgent action from governments to halt global warming. The demonstrations come ahead of a un summit on Climate Change in new york on monday. This was the scene outside westminster where thousands are expected to gather for one of the strikes getting under way shortly. The first protest began in the Pacific Island of vanuatu where rising sea levels threaten communities. In dehli, children an
Well have the latest on the first of three days of hearings at the Supreme Court. Also on the programme. At the lib dems conference, the new party leaderjo swinson pledges to stop brexit immediately if she was in government. Today, i am standing here as your candidate for Prime Minister. 30 years after a tragedy in ben stokes family, he accuses the Sun Newspaper of being immoral in its latest coverage. We have the latest on the israeli general election, the second in five months, as Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to form a new government. And after 5a hours, sarah thomas becomes the first person to swim non stop across the English Channel four times. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news wales assistant coach rob howley is sent home nine days before their opening world cup match, for a breach of betting rules. Good evening. We start with the landmark case being heard at the Supreme Court, as the constitutional conflict provoked by the brexit crisis reaches the highest court in the uk. 11 Su
Airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. At least five people are dead in the second mass shooting in texas in a month. Police describe the lone gunman as an animal. The government says schools rated outstanding will no longer be exempt from inspections by ofsted. And commemorations in poland started this morning to mark the day germany invaded the country, sparking the start of the Second World War. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Labours brexit spokesman has said this week will almost certainly be the last chance to stop britain leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october. Sir keir starmer said mps opposed to a no deal brexit would try to introduce legislation to prevent it happening. Meanwhile, the senior cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, has refused to be meanwhile, the senior cabinet minister reponsible for no deal preparations, michael gove, has refused to be drawn on whether the government would abi