End their tour of Southern Africa as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. We will firmly stand up for what we believe and we will do everything that we can to play our part in building a better world. Tributes are paid to the former itn and bbc news presenter Peter Sissons who has died at the age of 77. And, Dina Asher Smith aims to make history in the final of the womens two hundred metres at the world athletics championship in doha. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has laid out his new proposals for a brexit withdrawal deal and used his First Party Conference speech as leader to urge compromise from the eu. The response from brussels tonight has been cautious chief negotiator Michel Barnier said there was progress, but a great deal of work had to be done. The most significant change to the deal which theresa may negotiated is over what happens in Northern Ireland. So lets look at this new brexit offer. Northern ireland would stay in th
It is slowly coming to me that i am a World Champion which means so much to me. Around four million women will hear if changes to their state pensions amounted to discrimination. As the last emergency flights bring back stranded thomas cook customers, im at customers, Manchester Airport, where later today therell a jobs fairfor ex thomas cook workers. Afair bit a fair bit of sunshine, changing as storm lorenzo approaches introducing hailfor storm lorenzo approaches introducing hail for some. Its thursday, the 3rd of october. Our top story Boris Johnsons plans for a new brexit deal will go under scrutiny today following their announcement at the conservative party conference. In westminster theyll be debated by mps. Meanwhile european leaders are still considering a detailed response. The question is whether the Prime Ministers proposals are enough to break the deadlock before the leave date on 31st october. Our political correspondent, Jessica Parker has more. Borisjohnson has always b
By democrat led committees. Also on the programme. China has been celebrating 70 years of communist rule but in hong kong more violent demonstrations. The police have been using tear gas, pepper spray and live rounds to quell the protests. And what to do when your name is facing extinction . 0ne nigel brought together 400 nigels, for a night of nigel nostalgia. Hello and welcome im Christian Fraser in london, Michelle Fleury is in washington. When the European Commission president Jean Claude Junker met with borisjohnson a few weeks ago, he said hed discovered something new; that this Prime Minister wanted more of a border on the island of ireland than his predecessor. And today mrjohnson confirmed it. The reality of brexit, he said, means that there must be customs checks of some description in Northern Ireland, after the uk leaves the eu. The Prime Minister has rejected briefings from the irish side that that will effectively mean a hard border, in the form of a series of customs pos
The farm put sandbags in front of the farm put sandbags in front of the front door, and we had water coming under the door. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Adam peaty talks World Records and the battle against doping in swimming. Plus, the build up to the ashes, as england prepare to host australia. And ben rich has all the weather. Hello there, if you more heavy downpours around today, they should slowly ease over the next few days, good news for many, i am sure, all the weather news plus a look at the state of the uk climate, that is coming upjust state of the uk climate, that is coming up just before state of the uk climate, that is coming upjust before her state of the uk climate, that is coming up just before her past. Also coming up, it misses the point, jousters are up in arms over plans to introduce var Video Technology to bring the medieval sport into the 21st century. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Iam simon i am simon mccoy. An investigation has found t
tech bosses including meta s mark zuckerberg and linda yaccarino of x have been accused of having blood on their hands by a powerul us senate committee in washington. the hearing was called as concerns rise about children s mental health and safety online. politicians say big tech companies are not doing enough to protect children from sexual exploitation. they have been debating tougher laws, and demanded executives explain what has been done so far. in his opening remarks, senator lindsay graham, the top republican on the committee, took aim at facebook founder and ceo, mark zuckerburg. mr zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your you have a product that is killing people. and i use it, we all use it. there s an upside everything here. of the dark side has not been dealt with. it s now time to deal with the dark side because people have taken youridea dark side because people have taken your idea and they ha