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In football, Kevin De Bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals and secure victory against watford. And 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop takes place in the netherlands to mark what was known as 0peration Market Garden in world war two. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul, and broadcaster Lucy Beresford stay with us for that. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row thats overshadowed the start of labours conference in brighton. The grassroots group, momentum, had tabled a motion at the partys Ruling National Executive Committee to abolish tom watsons role. But this morning the nec backed Jeremy Corbyns proposal to review the position instead. Tom watson likened the ploy to remove him as a sectarian attack on a broad church. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley explained more about the role played byJeremy Corbyn. Its my understanding that Jeremy Corbyn was pretty angry at the way this came out, and the way that it emerged last night so late, kind of last minute backroom attempt to get rid of tom watson. Absolutely, there are some who arent quite convinced that Jeremy Corbyn is completely distant from this, because momentum are the group who support mr corbyns leadership, and helped him win the leadership the second time around, when he was challenged by owen smith. But mr corbyn, adamant that this isnt the way that he wants to spend the conference, and making sure that it doesnt dominate the next few days as well. Ayesha hazarika is a former labour advisor and commentator, she told me earlier, that this was not the way to start a political conference. Well its a very unfortunate start, normally, when you go into conference, you want to go in with a very big positive message. Normally a policy announcement. Something to really kind of rally the troops, send a signal to the outside world, that you are thrusting forward. Remember, conferences are sort of like a shop window for Political Parties to really show their wares to the media, and to the public. And this is such a critical time, because we could have a general election within a couple of weeks being announced. So, i think for a lot of delegates that ive spoken to today, i arrived here last night, people are just a bit dazed and confused about this, because the labour party had felt like it was sort of coming together on brexit, yet to go into this Party Conference in such disarray, and with such disunity is really a gift to the conservatives. You make the point people are dazed, and wondering where this came from. Whats your take on a . Is this John Landsman momentum going rogue . Going it alone . Or do you think there is a Stronger Movement to try and sideline tom watson . I think its a bit of both, to be honest. Some sources i spoke to last night, my understanding is that a lot of the senior people in momentum were not in agreement with this particular move right now, and that it was a bit of freelancing. However, there has been a broader, sort of current of, you know, disaffection with tom watson. Hes spoken out about anti semitism. Hes also spoken out about the brexit position, which is still sort of fairly fuzzy, and unclear. So i think a lot of people felt that, you know, he was sort of being punished for disloyalty, but the thing about a Political Party is, you cannotjust have enforced purity of thought across every part of the party. It is a place where you have disagreements, you do have about things. Debates about things. Debates about things. Talking of disagreements and debates, we will be finding about and well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 30 and 11 30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster and psychotherapist Lucy Beresford and the chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul. In a moment, kate silvereton will be here with the late news bulletin, but first the teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg has been in new york for a youth summit on Climate Change ahead of the un general assembly. The United Nations hosted young people discussing what actions should be taken to tackle Climate Change a cause which brought millions of people around the world onto the streets in demonstrations on friday. The un secretary general Antonio Guterres said he would listen to their concerns. This is the largest gathering of youth on climate at the United Nations. There are thousands of activists here for more than a hundred countries, from the countries that are the biggest polluters to small island states, who are already feeling the effects of rising sea levels. Greta thunberg was there addressing the young crowd, saying that the weekends protests show that they are united in that they are unstoppable, and the secretary general, again, saying, you know, his generation had failed the youth, but that he would be taking their initiatives that were proposed forward to World Leaders at the un general assembly. Well, with me now is one of the climate activists who was on stage with Greta Thunberg, and the secretary general. Just give us a sense from your perspective of how important it is to have young voices listen to you when it comes to Climate Change. So, i guess when it comes to young people, we are sort of like the liaison, or the mediators between what happens in the policy level, and whats happening at the grassroot level, because young people now are coming up with their own Innovative Solutions and ideas that they are actually going to implement at the committee level, that you know, these are some of the efforts you can put into contribute to the bigger, the Bigger Solutions of Climate Change. So yeah, i think youth play a very Important Role in this. And you have felt Climate Change very personally from fiji. Whats it been like for you to see that real time effect . Well, to be honest, its quite devastating. Because you get to see your people, like the smaller communities, they are feeling the brunt of it. They are relocating. They are leaving behind their land, their houses, to move to, to relocate to other places, so that they can somewhat adapt to the rising sea levels. So, yeah. And how concerned are you for your future . It is very concerning for us, because leaders are talking about our future, that this is the future that we need to give to our children, but you also need to be taking responsibilities for your actions as well. So if you are not doing that, how can we young people be assured, you know, you are actually really thinking about our future, you are really actually doing all of this for our future. And specifically, what do you think of you know, developed, bigger countries, the worlds biggest polluters need to be doing to help developing countries . Well, they need to be the ones setting examples for the smaller countries. So, if, for example, the bigger countries, they should be the ones, the ones who take the pledge for the paris agreement. They should be the ones at the top of it. Doing everything, so that the others, the other smaller countries, or the other smaller governments can really actually Work Together with them with these issues, not the other way around. Thank you so much. Well as you heard there, a lot of passion here, a lot of youth who have personally felt the impacts of Climate Change. We have heard from them here today also saying, we are protesting today, tomorrow we vote. Really urging leaders to take action. So we will see you monday, when the un holds the Climate Action summit if World Leaders follow through with that momentum and act. Labours deputy leader tom watson calls for unity after describing a plan to oust him as a bad start to the partys conference in brighton. Jeremy corbyn earlier quashed the attempt by left wing activists. Tom watson says the party needs to come together. We have had a bad start to our conference, i cannot do anything about that. There are divisions over labours exit plans. Saudi arabia says it will respond with necessary measures to last weeks attacks on its oilfacilities, once again accusing iran. 75 years on, one of the last surviving veterans of the battle of arnhem takes to the skies to remember those who died. And defending champions the all blacks get their Rugby World Cup campaign off to a winning start. Good evening. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has prevented an attempt by left wing activists to oust tom watson as his deputy. Mr watson likened the ploy to remove him to a sectarian attack. The Party Leadership says mr watsons role will now be reviewed rather than abolished. But labours divisions over brexit also surfaced on the first day of a conference which had been designed to demonstrate unity. 0ur Political Correspondent iain watson has been following the days events in brighton. The day began in relative calm after a stormy night. Labour s deputy leader had almost been swept from office by left wingers who saw him as disloyal but Jeremy Office by left wingers who saw him as disloyal butJeremy Corbyn was not in on the plan, so to avoid damaging pre election row he had to stop some of his supporters from abolishing the post. We are going to consult on the future of the position to reflect the diversity of oui position to reflect the diversity of our society. Tom watson is the deputy leader of the party and i enjoy working with him. Tom watson leads a group of around 100 moderate mps and arriving this afternoon he accused some on the left of derailing any hope of unity. Accused some on the left of derailing any hope of unitylj accused some on the left of derailing any hope of unity. I am disappointed because i hoped we could unite the swing and i am still hoping that and that is what i am hoping that and that is what i am hoping to do. It is fair to say that the atmosphere has been heating up inside the labour party make no mistake, if tom watson had been forced out of his position as deputy leader we could have seen a pre election crisis in the main party of opposition and potentially even a split. This row has almost overshadowed the arguments about brexit. Almost. Labours late National Executive drew up its preferred brexit plan today. If passed by the Party Conference it would mean that a Labour Government would mean that a Labour Government would negotiate a new brexit deal in its first three months. They would then hold a referendum on this deal within six months but with the option to remain on the ballot paper. But crucially this would mean the party wouldnt decide whether to back leave or remain until after the general election. What Jeremy Corbyn is effectively saying is i will speak for everyone, i will negotiate a deal much better than theresa may s. We will stop the disaster of a fio s. We will stop the disaster of a no deal from borisjohnson s. We will stop the disaster of a no deal from Boris Johnson and we will take that back, let people decide. The trouble is that these people have already made up their mind without seeing any leave deal. Even members ofJeremy Corbyn s own top team say the party should campaign to remain in the forthcoming general election. What do you think of the of labour campaigning fora labour do you think of the of labour campaigning for a labour leave version of brexit . We must make sure that we lead the campaign to remain. If the party does not do this, tonight the local labour mp claimed that labour would be facing an electoral disaster. If labour does not stand for that, we will have the same result as we had in the european elections. We will be third or fourth. An encouraging end for a day that had not entirely gone to plan. Jeremy corbyn wants to keep his fire trained on the enemy outside rather than inside his party. Can he do that . outside rather than inside his party. Can he do that . I think what Jeremy Corbyn is going to try to do is unveil a radical policy agenda aimed at uniting his party and also aimed at uniting his party and also aim to bring in a new generation of voters as well. There will be very ambitious Climate Change targets, calls for a shorter working week but as we heard, the old divisions over brexit are reignited and what is interesting if i may point this out, you have a Jeremy Corbyn ally on the left of the party calling for labour to be more unambiguously remain. We have a usualJeremy Corbyn ally Len Mccluskey calling for exactly the opposite. Then there is the whole tom watson affair, partlyjeremy poor michaelJeremy Corbyn not involved in left wing attempts to oust his own deputy leader calling into question his own authority. Around these parts they say unity is strength but quite frankly they are going to need a strenuous course of political body building in the next few days and indeed in the run up to the next general election. Ian, thank you. Saudi arabia says it will respond with necessary measures to attacks on two of its Oil Facilities last weekend and has again accused of iran being behind them. Iran denies involvement and earlier today said it was ready to destroy any aggressor after the Us Government announced it was sending troops to saudi arabia. Frank gardner reports from riyadh. Punctured, bombed, and blasted, the graphic aftermath of last weekends missile and drone attack on saudi Oil Facilities. The pinpoint attack, quickly blamed by the us on iran, temporarily knocked out half saudi arabias Oil Processing capacity. Iran denies responsibility, but today, this revolutionary guards commander issued a fiery warning against any possible retaliation. Translation a limited aggression will not remain limited. We will punish you. We will follow you. We have shown we will not rest until the aggressor is destroyed. The us has held off military action, instead, slapping sanctions on Irans Central Bank and its sovereign wealth fund. Its also sending additional troops to defend saudi arabia. At a press Conference Today in the saudi capital, the minister of state welcomed this move. In addition to the us, weve also had very Strong Military cooperations from a number of other allies, in particular the united kingdom, and i think that the challenges we are facing now call for enhancing Security Cooperation between the kingdom of saudi arabia and its allies and partners. The saudi government has welcomed the deployment of additional us troops to bolster its air defences. Now is the time, said the minister, for his country to work more closely with the us and britain. Iran, he said, was to blame for all the recent missile attacks on his country. Only days ago, President Trump said the us was locked and loaded, but the saudis called for restraint, and washingtons measures appeared defensive. But with tensions high, it may not take much to change the president s mind. Frank gardner, bbc news, riyadh. Government ministers are being urged to help the travel firm thomas cook to prevent it from going out of business. It is struggling to find an extra £200 million of private investment. A Union Representing some staff says the firm must be rescued no matter what. Around 150,000 holidaymakers could be stranded if the company collapses. Every schoolchild should get to spend a night under the stars in a National Park or area of outstanding beauty thats according to a government report which also says more money needs to be spent on National Parks and in creating new ones. Angus crawford has more. Extraordinary beauty in a fragile landscape. Englands iconic National Parks, facing serious problems, like lack of affordable housing, poor transport links, environmental decay. People who visit them may love them, but not enough get the chance. People in our country come and love places like this wonderful spot in the Peak District we are in today. Millions of people enjoy it, but millions dont. Todays report calls for a n

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