two months after a ba flight filled with smoke, and was forced to make an emergency landing, passengers tell the bbc they're still suffering from breathing difficulties. the veteran labour mp dame louise ellman quits the party after 55 years saying jeremy corbyn is not fit to be prime minister. also coming up: a new way of detecting arthritis in knees moves a step closer. researchers use high—frequency sound monitoring to help their diagnosis. and in sport, american boxer patrick day has died aged 27 four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against charles conwell. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. borisjohnson is expected to travel to brussels in the coming hours where he's hoping to finalise a brexit deal with eu leaders. but his chances of that deal being supported at westminster have this morning been dealt a severe blow by the democratic unionist party. the dup said it couldn't accept the plans "as things stand." it's understood that the new text of the agreement includes a promise that some goods crossing the irish sea would be exempt from customs checks and that stormont would be given a choice about how northern ireland is treated in future. but the eu says it could never give the northern ireland assembly an up—front veto over the arrangements coming in to force in the first place, and that's one of the dup's big demands. we'll be live in brussels in a moment but first we can cross to wesminster and our assistant political editor norman smith. bring us right up to date with the statement from the dup this morning. the statement from the dup is a com plete the statement from the dup is a complete game change, frankly, we seemed overnight to be heading towards a potential agreement in brussels today, that now is thrown into complete question, because the dup are not involved about on board and so that seems impossible for borisjohnson to and so that seems impossible for boris johnson to sign and so that seems impossible for borisjohnson to sign up to the proposed agreement with arrangements of customs borders and consent for the northern ireland assembly regarding the new arrangement. it also raises a question about whether saturday's special sitting of parliament will go ahead, without the dup, boris johnson of parliament will go ahead, without the dup, borisjohnson does not have the dup, borisjohnson does not have the numbers for any deal. and the problem may be a pretty profound one, because although the dup have suggested that it mayjust be a temporary disagreement, the issues at stake are really very profound indeed. they centre over how you would ensure the northern ireland assembly gives its consent to the new customs arrangement. it might seem all a bit technical and finicky but it cuts to the very core of dup beliefs around the union. and the reason is, the proposal mooted by the eu would involve a simple majority in the northern ireland assembly, voting to roll over the customs arrangements every four yea rs. so far, so straight forward, but from the point of view of the dup, the majority could be achieved by the majority could be achieved by the nationalist parties working with some of the smaller parties such as the alliance party and the green party, in other words, the dup could find themselves in a situation where they might want to get out of these arrangements but were unable to do so. arrangements but were unable to do so. in other words, arrangements but were unable to do so. in otherwords, locked arrangements but were unable to do so. in other words, locked into this new customs regime. the big fear is that over time, the gravitational pull of northern ireland, politically and economically, would increasingly be towards dublin and brussels, and away from london. for them, this is not about voting systems, this is about the union, and that is why this may prove a very fundamental stumbling block for borisjohnson. let's cross to brussels now. everything that norman was talking about will inform what happens in brussels. the deadline is elastic, whether it can cope with this intervention from the dup, that is another matter. nuala mcgovern is there for us. brussels woke up to this, three out of the four sticking issues they could not deal with: the issue of consent, the customs union and where northern ireland would be placed when it comes to brexit, whether it isa when it comes to brexit, whether it is a align closely enough with the uk or not, it seems to be that arlene foster and the ten members of the dup that are a part of a confidence and supply arrangement with the british government, they feel it is not a good enough thing for them. vat, value added tax, raised its head and has remained an issue for the dup. numberfour, the level playing field, we have not heard so much about that this morning but expects to hear it today at the eu summit. let me bring in my colleague. great to have you with us, adam, talking about this being a blow to boris johnson this us, adam, talking about this being a blow to borisjohnson this morning, when you look at it, will it be a body blow when it comes to getting a brexit deal done over these two days? hard to say about the eu has been here before, december, 2017, theresa may, then british prime minister, came to seal the first stage of the brexit deal over lunch withjean—claude stage of the brexit deal over lunch with jean—claude juncker, got a phone call from arlene foster, still leader of the dup, pulling the plug that started four days of frantic renegotiation and ended with a sort ofa renegotiation and ended with a sort of a deal. this is happening again. the eu knew that support was not guaranteed, they expected something like this and try to pre—empt it by addressing the dup concerns in the revised deal that has been agreed by the two negotiating teams. for example, those customs checks that would take place on goods going from great britain to northern ireland, controversial for the dup, there would be exemptions for lots of things agreed between the two sides to minimise those customs checks, thatis to minimise those customs checks, that is addressing the dup concern. the stormont assembly, northern ireland political body, would have a review mechanism every four or eight years on review mechanism every four or eight years on whether these arrangements should continue or not, that is an exit mechanism from these arrangements that the eu was not willing to contemplate before, contemplating them now, to reassure the dup. what the eu will not give them is one of its big demands, upfront vote veto on these arrangements ever coming into force at all in the first place. that is something the eu is not prepared to offer. where the wriggle room on that is, i don't know. how quickly this can be done, as well, reading german chancellor angler merkel, she says, we don't know where we will be at the end of the two—day summit, but she took the opportunity to talk about that they will always support peace in northern ireland, they will not allow a return to any violence or hatred, she said that after the dup statement. so, we are trying to see exactly how far the eu might go when it comes to the dup, and, will borisjohnson continue to try to court them. he has a choice this morning, confront the dup, come to brussels, signed the deal anyway, knowing they don't support it? that is tricky for the incredibly politically sensitive situation in the northern ireland, it is notjust the northern ireland, it is notjust the dup, it is normal people who have the same views in northern ireland, who will have to live with this arrangement for decades and decades to come, it is such a tinderbox, when it comes to these things. i suspect, tinderbox, when it comes to these things. isuspect, does tinderbox, when it comes to these things. i suspect, does the eu have something that is in the draft text they are prepared to sacrifice at they are prepared to sacrifice at the last second to get the deal across the line? the third point, the timetable has gone out the window, before, the eu used to say, the "brexit" deal has to be ready, the "brexit" deal has to be ready, the legal text must be lowered up and translated so that we can advance so that eu leaders have enough time to study it. they will have less than five hours, maybe even less than one hour, by the time they get here. everything is up for grabs when it comes to the timeframe. thank you so much. some of the lingo that we have been hearing is difficult but possible. stay with us, we will be bringing you up—to—date throughout the day. up-to-date throughout the day. much more of course, coverage on those brexit negotiations, we are just hearing that the prime minister, borisjohnson, has spoken to the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, as pa rt commission, jean—claude juncker, as part of those ongoing discussions in effo rts part of those ongoing discussions in efforts to secure a brexit deal. in the next few minutes i will be talking to hilary benn, the mp behind the act which requires the prime minister to ask for an extension from the eu to the " b rex it" extension from the eu to the " brexit" process if extension from the eu to the "brexit" process if no deal is done by this saturday. commuters have clashed with extinction rebellion activists at a number tube stations in east london this morning. pictures show protestors being pulled off the roof of trains by angry members of the public. in a clip posted on twitter, one of the activists was pulled from the train by his foot, and ended up on the ground surrounded by furious commuters. a member of tfl staff appeared to stop people from attacking the male activist further by intervening and holding them back. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, said in a statement strongly condemned the extinction rebellion protesters and called the illegal action extremely dangerous. very dramatic images. meanwhile, commuters at shadwell station also confronted protesters. you are not doing any good for your own cause. it's very selfish, my children are on the train, one has a medical procedure. one has a medical condition. if anything happens, you know... condition. if anything happens, you know. . . you condition. if anything happens, you know... you couldn't care less. that smug look on your face, it is shocking, you should be ashamed, i don't think anybody is supporting, no one has said, well done, no one has said this is a great thing, has anybody said, well done, good job? no. we need to get to work, we have a livelihood, we understand, we have children, everybody does. but it's because we have work to go to, that's what it is. some people over there in the train, there might be some people they might have... so many other things that might affect them. my daughter is one of them. when she is in someplace she can suffer. let's get more with our correspondent richard lister who's at canning town station now. reaching —— reaching the end of two weeks of action of extinction rebellion, with this particular course of action, this particular course of action, this particular course of action, this particular occasion, it looks like they have overstretched the the public. i think london's rush-hour commuters are not the most patient bunch at the best of times, start throwing in this kind of protest into the mix and, frankly, people we re into the mix and, frankly, people were getting pretty annoyed, certainly here at canning town, it was really beginning to turn towards violence. this protest at canning town began just before seven o'clock, protesters went onto the roof of a london underground train, when it was in the station here, on thejubilee when it was in the station here, on the jubilee line. and when it was in the station here, on thejubilee line. and almost immediately, people started throwing things at them from the platform level, people coming off the train, you could... listening to the live stream, that extinction rebellion put up on facebook, you could hear a number of commuters were seriously unhappy about this destruction caused. after 20 minutes or so, after a couple of attempts, they pulled down one of the protesters, and then another commuter got onto the roof of the train and chase the other one off as well. the young man who was filming for extinction rebellion, he describes himself as an independentjournalist rebellion, he describes himself as an independent journalist brought rebellion, he describes himself as an independentjournalist brought in by extinction rebellion to illness, he said after he had finished filming, he was brought to the ground and on the ground being attacked and punched and kicked for 20 seconds, quite shaken. after 11 days of protests, tempers are beginning to fray a little bit, and thatis beginning to fray a little bit, and that is what we saw at canning town a little earlier. all networks, back to normal, one or two minor delays, but things back to normal. at this and the station is affected. 5 million passenger movements every day, there is plenty of potential for disruption here. do we have any sense that the protesters are planning to target public transport further today? it is hard to know, extinction rebellion keeps their plans fairly well concealed when they are planning to do something disruptive, they don't want to tip off the police. they have made clear that, despite the fact the metropolitan police put out a statement a few days ago saying all gatherings of extinction rebellion must now cease, so any gatherings of extinction rebellion must now cease, so any protest in the capital is illegal, they intend to continue with their programme of events. we saw them gathering at trafalgar square, even though the camp was cleared, previously, they cleared the camp at vauxhall, as well. the extinction rebellion protesters are determined to make their presence felt, they want to see out the two weeks they said they would spend protesting about what they see as a climate emergency and they see as a climate emergency and the lack of response to it. we can expect more of this. thank you very much. eyewitness aaron ramsden was at canning town trying to get to work this morning and saw the heated scenes unfold... thank you for speaking with us, i understand the protesters were on the roof of the train when you arrived at the station, what happened next? i arrived at the train station on my way to work, and, basically, yeah, the protesters we re and, basically, yeah, the protesters were on top of the train. over the tannoy it said, this is an emergency, all the public are being asked to leave the station. i thought it was something to do with terrorism, and not to do with extinction rebellion, at this time. asi extinction rebellion, at this time. as i came down onto thejubilee platform, this is when i have seen commuters trying to grab them off the train. exactly what you saw in the train. exactly what you saw in the video is the time i was there. and it was pretty angry, pretty heated. well, if you're going to protest, you want the support of the people. you can't win support of the people. you can't win support of the people by disrupting theirjourneys, especially on transport for london, which has moved towards greener energy in recent years and is trying to become a neutral, positive energy user. i get what you are saying, and you are basically saying, aren't you, that you think extinction rebellion, with this particular target, chose the wrong form of protest. yes, definitely. are you broadly supportive of what they have been doing? i understand their concerns, and i understand everything to do with their protests. but this is not the best way to win the support of the people. you obviously got to work, but, how are you, how do you think these protesters can continue to win these protesters can continue to win the support of the broader public, but, you know, without causing disruption. they will say, that is the whole point, you need to disrupt the whole point, you need to disrupt the lives of the normal people and normal business to get them to wake up normal business to get them to wake up to the cause they are talking about. well, in regards to... they have not picked the right people to target. you have got to win support for the course, you are not going to do that by disrupting working—class peoples journeys who are trying to get to work. many of them on zero hours, like myself. you are not really helping. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us today. on the platform at canning town this morning. when the protesters were on the roof of the train. obviously, trying to... the people on the platform, trying to get to work, pulling protesters off the train in dramatic scenes. sadiq khan, mayor of london, has been condemning this particular action by the protesters: i'm looking at his twitter feed and it says, "i strongly condemn the extinction rebellion protesters who have targeted the london underground and the dlr this morning." "this illegal action is extremely dangerous, counter—productive, and it is causing unacceptable disruption to londoners who use public transport to get to work, it is also an unfair burden on the already overstretched police officers. i urge demonstrators to protest peacefully and within the boundaries of the law." sorry we could not show that to you on the screen as planned, that is what sadiq khan is saying. the headlines: the dup says it can't support the revised brexit deal, being negotiated between britain and the eu — as things stand. there's been angry scenes this morning — as extinction rebellion protesters were dragged to the ground by commuters after climbing on top of a train in east london. the veteran labour mp, dame louise ellman, has quit the party — after fifty five years — saying jeremy corbyn is not fit to be prime minister. -- 55 —— 55 years. and coming up, two months after a ba flight filled with smoke, and was forced to make an emergency landing, passengers tell the bbc they're still suffering from breathing difficulties. owen farrell will be starting at fly half, george ford has been dropped. henry slade will start at outside centre. ireland make three changes for their match with the reigning champions new zealand, all blacks have not lost a world cup match in 12 years. manchester city have work to do to work the quarterfinals of the women's champions league, held 201-1 the women's champions league, held 201—1 draw against atletico madrid in the first leg last night. more to come on all of those stories a little later in the hour. let's return now to our top story this morning as the prime minister prepares to head to a crunch summit to get the eu's approval for his proposed brexit deal. you for his proposed brexit deal. will know this mornin dup you will know this morning that the dup has announced it cannot support the deal, as things stand. we can speak to hilary benn who is chair of the brexit select committee. good morning. it is unclear if a deal can be done in brussels but i wa nt to deal can be done in brussels but i want to focus on the potential scenarios facing politicians in westminster, in the next couple of days. if a deal is done, in brussels, and there is a vote on saturday in the commons, at the special setting, if it goes ahead, just clarify for the viewers, your position, would you urge opposition mps to back that if voters have another chance to get their say on that deal? yes, if there is a confirmatory referendum, if there is a deal reached, and put to the british people, so they can decide if they want to leave on that basis, or, on reflection, to remain. i think that should be the choice. then i would be prepared to do that. it was one year ago that my colleagues, peter carr and phil wilson, made exactly that same offer to theresa may on her deal. u nfortu nately to theresa may on her deal. unfortunately it was not taken up. everyone agrees that you must find a way of ensuring the border remains open, negotiations have been taking place over the last week, looking at a different way of achieving the same outcome, my opposition is based on what the government has said about future economic relationship with the european union, about which there has been almost no discussion whatsoever. and i think it is important that we talk about that because the prime minister has said he wants a deal like canada, the problem with a deal like canada is that you are going to have customs checks, you are going to have regulatory checks, checks on rules of origin, and we saw last week, five great british success stories, five great british success stories, five big business sectors. aerospace, food and drink, and others. came out and expressed deep concern about the impact of that kind of arrangement on the economy and their businesses. from the government's own assessment, we know that the free trade agreement is the second worst outcome for the economy after no deal, which the legislation passed, it is to prevent. even if the prime minister was too, if there isa the prime minister was too, if there is a deal to vote on, if boris johnson were to offer a confirmatory referendum, you might not vote for it, because because of the substance you have spoken about. not vote for what? the offer to have a confirmatory referendum ? what? the offer to have a confirmatory referendum? 0r, what? the offer to have a confirmatory referendum? or, the subsequent referendum itself? focusing on saturday, let's say that there is a deal over the next 2a hours, 12 hours, and borisjohnson puts that to mps on saturday, and says, i will give you, i will give the public a vote on this. you might still be objecting to the deal, based on the substance, irrespective of whether the prime minister would offer a referendum. that is not the case, then the decision would go to the british people... that is what i'm to clarify. in that referendum i would be campaigning for remain, and the vast majority of labour party members would be doing the same, the arrangements that we have at the moment are betterfor the british economy than that kind of deal. we all have to compromise. important word, compromise. we cannot continue to push this down the road, and, therefore, the offer of a compromise, a come confirmatory referendum, is in the middle, boris johnson as prime minister says he is prepared to push the economy over the cliff with a no—deal brexit. 0n the cliff with a no—deal brexit. 0n the other hand, they are arguing it is the lib dems policy, that they would cancel the referendum result, pretend it never happen, if they won an election, revoke article 50. the position in the middle is to say, we have a problem, we cannot carry on, we need to bring this first phase of the brexit process to an end, because the prime minister talks about getting brexit done, even if a deal is agreed, if that is what the british people decide, in those circumstances, this is only the beginning of a long process and there will be a great deal of negotiation over many years to decide what the future relationship will be like. i want to get to another couple of points, we don't know if there is a deal, if there is the offer of a confirmatory referendum, if there is not a deal and we are into the realms of the benn act, named after you, coming into play, and the prime minister, we heard the "brexit" secretary say, we heard the "brexit" secretary say, we will ask for an extension. are you confident at this point that the extension would be watertight and it would get the uk passed the date, the 31st of october? the act is very clear, if i saturday the prime minister has not been able to get parliament to approve an agreement with the european union, and clearly if there is no agreement, then it cannot be approved, and if he has not persuaded parliament to say, all right, we are happy to leave without a deal, then he must write the letter... the one thing the act does not do and cannot do is determine the response of the european union. iam the response of the european union. i am reasonably confident that in those circumstances, the european union would grant a further extension, if they offer the 31st of january, by law, the prime minister is bound to accept that. but we must all answer the question, which the eu will have uppermost in its mind over the next couple of days, if we granta over the next couple of days, if we grant a further extension, what is it for? how are you finally going to bring this to a conclusion? that is the argument for the confirmatory referendum, it allows parliament to say to the eu, i know that we have not been able to agree anything thus far, but, if you can get a deal agreed with them, then it will not depend just on the votes in parliament, it will depend on the vote of the british people. in those circumstances, it is committed to a confirmatory referendum, that seems to me that it can provide the compromise that we want. talking about getting into the realms of a general election, that brings me to the next question, moving away from brexit, i want to ask you about the news that we have been carrying today, about dame louise ellman, quitting the labour party after 55 yea rs, quitting the labour party after 55 years, saying jeremy corbyn is not fit to be prime minister. how do you feel about her departure from the party? i am very sorry, i think it isa party? i am very sorry, i think it is a terrible shame that she feels she has had to come to this decision, she has been an outstanding servant of the labour movement over many years, as a council leader, as a liverpool member of parliament, is chair of the transport select committee, and it is clear from reading the transport select committee, and it is clearfrom reading her the transport select committee, and it is clear from reading her letter that she has agonised over this, and it shows there is a continuing programme, which the party nec and the leadership need to get to grips with. we have the equalities and human rights committee investigation taking place at the moment but we really cannot have a situation in whichjewish really cannot have a situation in which jewish labour members really cannot have a situation in whichjewish labour members of parliament feel there is not a place for them... parliament feel there is not a place for them. .. does jeremy corbyn need to do more? to stop people from leaving the party? all of us must do more to confront this. if we are honest, at the beginning of the process , honest, at the beginning of the process, some have denied there was a problem. then, finally, it was accepted that there was a problem. but it is action against those who bear behave in a way that makes life difficult, uncomfortable, unbearable, for labour members of parliament. we saw luciana berger, in effect, pull it out of the party, and we cannot accept that. those of us and we cannot accept that. those of us who are proud to be members of the labour party and will remain members of the labour party, this is our party, it is up to all of us to bring this kind of behaviour to an end. it is not the party that we are. the vast majority of labour party members are as appalled about what has happened as everyone else is. thank you very much for your time. and in sport american boxer, patrick day, has died, aged 27 — four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against charles conwell. coming up, a new way of detecting arthritis in knees moves closer as researchers use high—frequency sound monitoring to help their diagnosis. combination of sunshine and showers, as you can see, this world of cloud here, this is an area of low pressure, moving its way east over the next few days. most of the showers will be across southern and western parts of the uk and they could be heavy at times and merge into longer spells of rain and drierfor most of merge into longer spells of rain and drier for most of us and temperatures between 13 and 15. tonight, some of the showers will move their way east, affecting northern and eastern parts and the showers will continue through the night and it could be quite chilly into friday morning with temperatures going down into single figures, but double figures in the south—east of england. throughout friday, again, it's a case of sunny spells and showers. goodbye. hello this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines — the dup says it can't support the revised brexit deal, being negotiated between britain and the eu — as things stand. hopes are fading that the final legal text of a deal will be ready to be signed off by eu leaders at the brussels summit. there's been angry scenes this morning as extinction rebellion protesters were dragged to the ground by commuters after climbing on top of a train in east london. the veteran labour mp, dame louise ellman, has quit the party after 55 years, saying jeremy corbyn is not fit to be prime minister. the us vice—president, mike pence and secretary of state, mike pompeo, are due in turkey to try to find a way to end the turkish offensive against kurdish forces in northern syria. the president of spain's catalonia region has called for an immediate halt to the violent street protests by supporters of nine jailed pro—independence leaders. the morning briefing is a little later today. let's return now to our top story this morning as the prime minister prepares to head to a crunch summit to get the eu's approval for his proposed brexit deal. let's cross to brussels now and nuala mcgovern is there. thanks very much. interesting to hear what hilary benn had to say there, but at the european council building this is where the summit is taking place the next two days, and the schedule has been thrown into chaos by the statement by the dup, as viewers were hearing there. they said they cannot accept the number of issues that were expected to be in this deal. let me bring in my guest, the european diplomatic correspondent for the financial times, michael peel, thanks for coming. quitea times, michael peel, thanks for coming. quite a dramatic morning, but there's always a bit of drama when it comes down to the wire. this course is unprecedented because it's the first time we have had a country leaving the european union so its uncharted ground for everyone, and asa uncharted ground for everyone, and as a senior official in the eu said this morning, expect the unexpected. another line, and we are getting these lines from senior eu officials, and he or she said so far on the eu 27 side, so the european union members, patients, and they'll need a lot of it considering the hours ahead. it is crunch time, and talk our viewers through a little bit what a short period this is that they are looking for with this deal. the european council summit is due to start this afternoon and it's literally just a matter to start this afternoon and it's literallyjust a matter of hours away. they will consider their position what they will do about it, and then the clock ticks down to the afternoon and still no indication outside of a few people about what the draft deal looks like an as a way few minutes ago, it's not been shared with european member states, and everybody pretty much in the dark. there is definitely a lot of diplomacy in these negotiations. how can the member states think about what way they might look at this deal if they've never seen the printed text of what it is, which must be translated. this is one of the big challenges and eu diplomats are worried about this, the truncated nature of the progress and summit to date or tomorrow may be a british parliamentary vote on saturday but at this moment, from start to finish in 72 hours to do that, it's extraordinary. there will be many things if the deal is agreed and it's important to stress the text isn't like that, but it is not agree there will be large areas that are similarto agree there will be large areas that are similar to theresa may's deal, but this document will be hundreds of pages long in the process of going through to check what has changed and are there text where things have been inserted or taken out but are crucially important and need a close read to identify, that's a process that takes time and cannot be done in a matter of hours. another couple of lines coming in from the eu senior officials that if a deal is not agree then we will have to discuss the next steps even if there is a deal, ratification before the end of october may be impossible because borisjohnson has this deadline of october the 31st for britain to leave the eu and many in the uk feel quite strongly about that date, and i'm just wondering that date, and i'm just wondering that when it comes to the eu whether that when it comes to the eu whether thatis that when it comes to the eu whether that is just a date that is too close to be able to call? there are two aspects to this, but that is borisjohnson's two aspects to this, but that is boris johnson's self—imposed timetable but as a matter of legality, that is the date in which britain will leave the eu but the other effect of what mrjohnson has said and some people here see it as leverage over him is that he has set himself this deadline which, politically, he needs to meet, and therefore that is potentially a lever to make him make concessions that people on this side wanting to make. we heard from hilary benn talking us through the objections of the dup led by arlene foster and there was a round table set for 3:30pm and late to wait for the uk to sort out this is something that is really crucial in the process. agreeing the test is only half of it. the other half is getting it through the uk parliament people here are very, very aware of the difficulty and it feeds into the process that people are trying to judge what would have the chance of flying in the uk parliament and can mrjohnson garner the votes he believes he can and these are the kind of fine judgments that people here are trying to make, with good intelligence, but they are not in london and ultimately do not have control over how british mps and the dup or other parties are going to react. michael peale, thank you very much. i will leave our viewers with one more line from the eu senior official. i have no idea how the ratification process will look on the uk side. we were told in the past that the uk ratification take six months and there we were told it ta kes six months and there we were told it takes six weeks, and now we are being told it could take just a few days and he apparently laughed as he or she walked off. thank you very much for that. i want to bring you the latest night krait —— knife crime figures. danny shaw says knife crime has gone up danny shaw says knife crime has gone up again according to figures from the police forces in the 12 months to the end ofjune, there is a 7% increase in knife crime but if you're looking a bit more detail, the number of murders where a knife or sharp instrument was involved decreased by 1a%, so knife crime is up decreased by 1a%, so knife crime is up overall but the number of murders where a knife or sharp instrument was involved decreased by 14% and we we re was involved decreased by 14% and we were told that the decrease was mainly driven by falls in london. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. 0ne story gaining lots of traction on social media is that of louise ellman, thejewish mp who has quit the party after 55 years as a member, saying jeremy corbyn is not fit to be prime minister because of the growth of anti—semitism within the party. labour says today they are doing all they can to tackle anti—semitism. louise ellman spoke to the today programme this morning. jeremy corbyn has struggled to accept there is any such thing as anti—semitism in the labour party. even now? i think he has had to acknowledge it but he finds it very difficult to do it and even now the labour party only takes action when there is public exposure of what is going on and when brave whistle—blowers come out and talk about what they themselves have experienced. there's been plenty of reaction on twitter, labour mp ruth smeeth, calling it a tragic loss to our movement, saying another jewish woman has been hounded out of the party. miriam mirwitch, national chair of young labour, says "we are failing if talented, strong and dedicated mps like louise ellman cannot remain in our movement." though labour said today they are tackling anti—semitism. another story with lots of reaction today is the death of boxer patrick day, the 27—year—old boxer who was put into a coma while fighting in chicago on saturday. his death was confirmed last night and we've seen tributes from boxing promoter eddie hearne, anthonyjoshua's promoter, he said. devastating to hear the news of the passing of patrick day and i met him for the first time last thursday and what a charming young man with a dream and a smile that lit up the room. deepest prayers with his family, joe higgins, charles conwell and his promoter. there's a tribute from former world championship frank bruno. perhaps the most touching of all comes from charles conwell, the man who day was fighting on saturday, who has posted a letter on social media to him and his family, saying how he can't stop thinking about what happened, and how many tears he has shed over the death of patrick day, he says he has even considered quitting boxing. there's also a lot of reaction over one of our top stories today, the extinction rebellion protests that have caused major disruption in canning town in east london. protests are continuing and culminating after almost two weeks of protests. this tweet says, i support the extinction rebellion protests because they've made people sit up and notice, but targeting an area like canning town where every hour of lost pay will have a major impact on people's lives is stupid and wildly misjudged. go after the big businesses and government. adam parsons said, if i was going to enrage commuters, i really wouldn't have picked canning town. after those images being circulated of the protester being dragged off the roof of a train by a commuter. james deegan says, i think extinction rebellion may find out that people will not tolerate the disruption of the tubes. also on social media today, some people are amused by president trump's comments at a press conference with the italian prime minister. they were tweeted by the whitehouse, the president said the united states and italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to ancient rome. well, a few people were confused, tomi ahonen points out that the usa was born in 1776. ancient rome was already an empire 1,776 years before that. david leavitt here says "so trump says america was allies with ancient rome — and a rather sceptical emoji there, but some are pointing out that perhaps he means american politics are inspired by ancient rome. now let's take a look at some of our most read and most watched stories this morning. its climate protesters being dragged from the tube train, and you can see the interest in that story, the dramatic pictures of the protest is being pulled off the train and why thatis being pulled off the train and why that is doing so well on the most read. number two, the news that the dup has rejected the brexit deal that has been worked out in brussels, as things stand is the important phrase, and then looking down to the most watched a couple of interesting picture stories. number one, news from thailand of a giant king cobra caught in a sewer, four metres long and it was found in a housing area in southern thailand and catching it was pretty difficult from the storm drain and they had to put upa from the storm drain and they had to put up a battle to go into the storm drain to actually catch the cobra which they later released into the wild, a rather magnificent —looking creature, and if you wait, you will get this rather good impression of how long it is, speeded up, all four metres of it. and a quick look at number three, the village good enough to eat. this is ian in derbyshire and one lady, along with the help of residents in the village, they have been baking lots of fruit cakes, more than 60 on them, recreating the model of the village to raise funds for the community transport. it was taking over her room but it's now on display in the local church. that is it for the morning briefing today. the time is 9:46pm. let's get a round—up of the sport. we start at the rugby world cup as we edge closer to those quarter final match ups, three home nations in action, and england head coach eddiejones has restored owen farrell to his preferred position at fly half. it means george ford who's been one of england's stand out players so far, drops to the bench. sojones going for the trio of owen farrell, manu tuilngi and henry slade at outside centre that he went with in the six nations. there are three changes for ireland for their match with the reigning champions new zealand — rob kearney and peter o'mahony both start, they have huge experience, wales yet to name their side for sunday's match with france. let's go live to japan now and speak to our rugby union correspondent chris jones. chris, what do we read into eddiejone's selection.. he is going back to the six nations midfield on account of the balance it provides an defensive solidity. lots of chat around australia's ball carriers and the inside centre and the rookie at outside centre, and just like stuart lancaster four yea rs just like stuart lancaster four years ago when the crunch has come and the heat has been turned up, eddiejones has and the heat has been turned up, eddie jones has put and the heat has been turned up, eddiejones has put george ford on the bench and it seems it's not like four years ago when lancaster threw in an untried centre pairing with sam burgess and brad barritt. these guys, sam burgess and brad barritt. these guys, to a lively and slade paid in the six nations and would have played against france if the game had not been called off, so because jones couldn't use them last week, it seems like a selection bombshell this time around and it's got everybody talking about it. that is the standout line to come from the line—up. as far as ireland are concerned, it doesn't get tougher than the world champions, new zealand, and they've had great success in previous tournaments. yes, and this is a new zealand side that are so far beyond the new zealand teams of maybe ten years ago where come the knockout stages, teams felt they could have been vulnerable and of the all blacks teams, they choked in 2003 in 2007 but since getting over the line in 2011 at home and then 2015 away, they are the team to beat. ireland have had real success against the all blacks, most recently in dublin all blacks, most recently in dublin a year ago all blacks, most recently in dublin a yearago and all blacks, most recently in dublin a year ago and their coach has gone for the tried and trusted combinations with players like peter 0 leanne rob kearney at fullback, but you feel that this ireland team are not quite at the level of a year ago and you wonder if new zealand arejust coming into an ago and you wonder if new zealand are just coming into an ominously rich vein of form. if ireland are going to do it, you feel they have to roll black clock and put out their best performance of 2019 by some distance. more broadly on the quarter finals, some distance. more broadly on the quarterfinals, could we some distance. more broadly on the quarter finals, could we see japan spring a surprise? great question and that is the game all the neutrals are looking forward to and obviously the hundreds of millions of japanese fans here obviously the hundreds of millions ofjapanese fans here injapan obviously the hundreds of millions of japanese fans here in japan where iam. we of japanese fans here in japan where i am. we have four fantastic quarterfinals, the england and australia, renewing the old rivalry and eddie jones and australia, renewing the old rivalry and eddiejones and all six nations affair with ireland against new zealand who have been jousting for the position at the top of the rankings, but japan is the position at the top of the rankings, butjapan is the romantics games and you look at what happened in brighton, the miracle of brighton with japan beating south africa and this is a much betterjapanese side now but a word of warning, it's also a much better springboks side, and can you see the springboks being beaten twice by japan can you see the springboks being beaten twice byjapan in can you see the springboks being beaten twice by japan in two world cups? many springbok fans would say surely not and it should be some occasion and you for your south africa's physicality might shine through. absolutely. it's too tough to call. chrisjones, many thanks indeed. the rugby world cup featuring on most of the back pages this morning. most of them with comments from england's maro itoje, who says there's racism in rugby as well as football. "never assume rugby is free from discrimination” is the quote in the telegraph, and the guardian has an interview with the rising tennis star coco gauff. she says that she wants to use her tennis career to make a difference away from the game. paul pogba's out of manchester united's game against premier league leaders liverpool on sunday. he's failed to recover from a foot injury. keeper david de gea's a doubt after he was injured on international duty. tough times for united and their worst start to a league season in 30 yea rs. and manchester city have work to do to if they're to reach the quarter finals of the women's champions league. they were held to a 1—1 draw by atletico madrid in the first leg. there were wins for glasgow city and a big win for arsenal. and we finish with something that caught our eye on social media, and easy to see why because it's not often you see mo salah dressed quite like this. the liverpool star dressed here as a charachter from the disney film moana for his daughter's fifth birthday. he did use the hashtag "amazing father" in the tweet — so he's obviously pleased with his efforts. just goes to showjust because you're a superstar footballer, it does not mean you're getting out of dressing up for your child's birthday. i love it, john. i was waiting on my microphone to be brought up which is why there was a delay. great pictures. love them. thanks very much. let's get more now on knife crime which has gone up again, according to the latest figures from police forces. our home affaris correspondent danny shaw is here with me now. the main headline is that in the 12 months till the end ofjune, a 7% increase in knife crime, but bring us the story behind that statistic. these are figures compiled by the office for national statistics based on returns from police forces, so these are offences reported to police and recorded by police and they show there were 47,500 offences involving knives or other sharp weapons in the 12 months to the end ofjune, which is 7% up on the previous 12 months and the highest figure since figures were compiled in this way since march 2011, so another record high. but the increase does appear to be slowing because the previous year there was a 14% rise and in terms of the picture across england and wales, the 43 police forces, 32 of them showed an increase in knife crime but, significantly, in london, where you have a third of offences there was very different —— little change, so it seems that in terms of knife crime in london the rise has been stabilised. the other main areas where knife crime affects people is greater manchester police, the west midlands and west yorkshire. let's pick up on the london statistic, the number of murders where a knife or sharp instrument was involved, decreasing by 14% in the decrease was mainly driven by falls in london. and is that because of a change in behaviour of people who are carrying knives? is it because our programmes in the capital to stop them being carried in the first place? what is going on? first of all you have to put it into context. in the previous year or so it was very high levels so we have a fall from very high levels to something not quite as bad, as it were, but they are still high levels of knife crime and knife —related murders but the numbers are certainly, in terms of knife related murders, broadly, they are coming down. 14% down, as you say. down to 248, which is to win every five murders involving somebody being stabbed, so the metropolitan police is driving the reduction in that sense as well and attempted murders across the board are also down a bit. so there are signs of inroads into these figures around knife crime that we've seen over the past few years, but still the numbers, historically are pretty high levels. danny, we must leave it there but thank you for that. technology used to listen to the high—frequency sounds made by arthritic knees, has the potential to improve diagnosis of the condition, according to researchers at lancaster university. the study, involving nearly 90 people, showed the technique could recognise the different sounds produced by healthy knees and joints with osteo—arthritis. 0ur health reporter philippa roxby has more. the technology has been used by engineers to listen for faults in road bridges, and it has now been adapted for use on people's knees. osteoarthritis of the knee is a common joint condition which can cause pain, stiffness and swelling. normally the body can repair low—level damage to the joints, but with osteoarthritis, the protective cartilage on the ends of bones breaks down and can't mend itself. in this study, a tiny microphone was attached to the side of the affected knee to pick up acoustic signals from inside thejoint. participants were asked to stand up from a sitting position five times, and some were tested repeatedly over several weeks. although the sounds produced cannot be heard by the human ear, the signals can be analysed by computers. they give an insight into the health of each individual knee joint. like engineering structures, smooth, well—lubricated joints move quietly, while rough, uneven surfaces make more noise. the research team says the new approach could lead to better diagnosis of osteoarthritis and more personalised treatments, but larger trials in more people are needed first. the researchers are now working on a device to test the knees of athletes prone to injury, which could also be used to see if their knees are responding to treatment. the victoria derbyshire programme coming up in a few minutes' time, and she will be talking to dame louise ellman who has quit the labour party after 55 years, saying jeremy corbyn is not fit to be prime minister. be prime minister. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello, you might be sick of the phrase sunshine and showers over the next few days because we're going to see a lot of that into today on the weekend all courtesy of the area of low pressure sitting towards the west. we have showers rotating around and if you look at the satellite imagery, or the view from space, it looks quite beautiful with a spiral of cloud and the showery cloud going around it. this feature is going to move east, so we will see increasing showers through the course of the day but for many this morning it's been a fine start with lots of sunshine out there this morning but showers across southern areas of england which have been heavily, heavy showers around the irish sea and in south—west scotland and we will continue with those across western and southern areas into east anglia throughout the afternoon. for central and north—eastern areas, one or two showers popping up, but looking largely dry with sunshine and a maximum temperature of 13 to 16 degrees and quite breezy near the area of low pressure. through the night, showers drift their way north and eastwards and many of us will catch a shower and some could be heavy and temperatures tonight, not as low as they were last night, down to about five or 9 degrees. friday, worth keeping an umbrella handy because many not escaping the showers and it will be quite heavy and thundery, particularly around south wales into northern scotland. some sunny spells in between the showers, and temperatures down a bit on today, but are cooler feeling day between 12 and 14 degrees. then for the weekend, no surprise, low pressure moving eastwards but still staying unsettled and more showers in the forecast, so for saturday, the showers heavy around western areas, more persistent rain where the showers merge together to give longer spells of rain across northern areas but many of us at some point during the day on saturday will catch our and equally there will be brighter skies but sunshine in between the showers with temperatures between 11 and 15 celsius and in two sunday more focused on northeast areas and a bit dry on sunday, so sunday is properly the most reliable day for dry weather and again temperatures between 12 and 14 degrees and it will feel pretty chilly throughout the week so there you go, sunshine and showers, you'll be sick of that phrase after the spell. goodbye. hello, it's thursday, it's 10 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. extinction rebellion protesters have targeted london tube stations this morning. commuters were seen physically dragging protesters from the roof of a train in a video on social media. we are not here to stop trains, it is the system that is the problem, we are here to raise the alarm, to get everybody to realise how urgent the situation is. we need a radical change in the system, we need a profound ecological response. we'll talk extinction rebellion, live in the studio.

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