A temporary ceasefire to fighting in Northern Syria both turkey and the kurds say they will honour it. The son ofjailed drug lord el chapo is arrested, then later released, amid fierce fighting in northern mexico. And this weekend will see an increased presence of the premier leagues zero Tolerance Campaign against racism, following the scenes in bulgaria on monday night. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Boris johnson will today attempt to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal, after forging an agreement with the eu yesterday. The house of commons will vote on the new deal tomorrow. Its expected to be extremely close. But what exactly has the Prime Minister agreed with brussels . First, to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland, Northern Ireland will remain aligned to a set of rules related to the eus single market. Northern ireland remains a part of the uk customs territory, but by avoiding a Customs Border on the island of ireland, there will be a de facto border for goods down the irish sea. The controversial backstop has been removed. And members of the Northern Ireland assembly at stormont will have a say on the long term application of eu law in Northern Ireland, but any decision would be based on a simple majority. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. We have a deal. Many thought that simply wouldnt happen. Borisjohnson, hand in hand with the eus Jean Claude Juncker, after signing off on a brexit deal some thought was impossible. This is a great deal for our country, for the uk. I also believe its a very good deal for ourfriends in the eu. And what it means is that we, in the uk, can come out of the eu as one united kingdom. It removes the controversial backstop and replaces it with new arrangements to avoid a hard border in ireland. Boris johnson, though, still faces a massive battle to get that deal through parliament. At the moment, he just cant be sure that a majority will back him in the house of commons. The next 2a hours is going to involve some intense arm twisting, trying to persuade his own mps, and some from the opposition, to get on board. The Prime Minister runs a minority government here and, officially, every single Opposition Party is opposed to his plan. Crucially, the dup, who keep the tories in power, arent getting on board. In order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost and the fact of the matter is if he had held his nerve, held out, he would of course have got better concessions which kept the integrity both economic and constitutional of the united kingdom. The pm will be back at his desk this morning to try and change minds, to convince everyone in his own party, former tory mps who now sit as independents, and, importantly, some labour mps who want to see brexit delivered. If he can do that, maybe, just maybe, his deal could get through parliament tomorrow, but its going to be tight. Nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. Lets look at the numbers in the house of commons. If every mp who usually takes part in commons votes is at parliament tomorrow, borisjohnson willl need 320 votes for his deal to pass. There are 287 conservative mps. The Prime Minister will need them to be loyal if he is to succeed. If all the conservatives back their leader, that leaves mrjohnson needing 33 extra supporters. So, where will they come from . He wont find them among the liberal democrats or Scottish National party. And the Ten Democratic Unionist Party Mps who previously propped up the minority conservative government have said they wont vote for it either, saying its not in the interests of Northern Ireland. That leaves mrjohnson needing the support of the 23 former conservative mps who are currently independents, but even if they all vote for the deal, he still falls short. Jeremy corbyn has instructed labour mps to vote against the deal. The crucial question is, will there be any rebels . In march, when mps voted on theresa mays deal for the third time, five labour mps backed it, plus two ex labour independents. This time, it is likely to be a bit higher than that because several mps have said they would now back a deal. All this still leaves the vote very close. And it is possible some mps could abstain, making it even harder to predict the outcome. Tomorrow, mps will sit in the house of commons the first saturday session since the outbreak of the falklands war. If the deal is passed, the uk will leave the eu on october 31st. This would trigger a transition period lasting until december, 2020, where the uk would have to negotiate free trade deals and work out the future relationship with the eu. If they reject the deal, then under the so called benn act, the Prime Minister is obliged to request an extension of article 50, therefore delaying brexit. But theres no guarantee that the other eu countries would agree to an extension. That could mean that the uk leaves without a deal. The default position is still that the uk would leave the eu on october 31st. An early election is widely expected after october 31st maybe later this year or early next. There could also be another referendum, although it would certainly require a brexit delay and, most likely, a change of government first. In a moment, we will talk to our ireland correspondent in belfast, chris page, but first to westminster, and our Political Correspondent, iain watson the numbers are going to be incredibly tight. They are going to be very tight indeed. Borisjohnson supposedly on a Charm Offensive to win people over, have to be very charming to some of those conservative mps he chucked out of the party because they were opposed to no deal. Possibly very offensive towards some of the mps long standing brexiteers in his own ra nks long standing brexiteers in his own ranks have severe doubts about this because Northern Irelands dup are not only not coming on board but they are saying actively they will try to encourage conservative mps to vote against it. They have concerns over a de facto border in the irish sea. Earlier i spoke to the foreign secretary dominic raab and said, look, are you going to be as tough on those mps as on some of the other conservative mps who wanted to avoid no deal, would you take the conservative whip away from those mps if they do not back Boris Johnson in the crucial vote tomorrow . This is how he responded. Let us leave the whipping to the chief whip. The reality is Prime Minister. People said the Prime Minister. People said the Prime Minister could not get the changes, he has, and i think that is a reflection of his leadership and of course we are going to try to persuade and point out the positives oii persuade and point out the positives on the deal and im confident that will help bring people behind it. Obviously, it will be a close vote, but i am confident we can get it done. Very close vote is the production from the government. As things stand, from our calculations on the borisjohnson falling short of what is necessary to get the deal prediction. Also crucial is what labour mps do. From my conversations, looks like the rebellion in the labour ranks, those prepared to vote for borisjohnsons deal, relatively small, 7 10 labour mps. Because the margins are so tight, it could be crucial. A labour mp has said he will vote with the government tomorrow and the shadow chancellorJohn Mcdonald government tomorrow and the shadow chancellor John Mcdonald told government tomorrow and the shadow chancellorJohn Mcdonald told the bbc earlier he has had a conversation with an john mcdonnell. Did not sound like it was convivial. I will have a chat with him the backstop was not the big issue for us. He is a socialist labour and issue for us. He is a socialist labourand p on issue for us. He is a socialist labour and p on the one thing he has stood up for all his life is the protection of workers rights. This will undermine the rights of workers in this country and i am really worried people need to be fully understanding of the implications of this deal. I am sure when he looks at it, as he did with theresa mays deal, he sat down and thought, i cannot vote for something that will reduce the working standards, he has fought for working people all his life, as all labour mps have done andl life, as all labour mps have done and i do not believe they will support a deal that will undermine basic trade union undone deployment and unemployment rights. Basic trade union undone deployment and unemployment rights. There is going to be no moves at the stage to try to get a referendum attached to the deal, some speculation about that, big march in london tomorrow in favour of it. But the focus of the opposition will be to try to get it out, and the focus of Boris Johnson will be to try to desperately get it over the line and he will be talking to people from different Political Parties through the day. Thank you. Let us go to belfast, ireland correspondent, chris page. I saw a comment from a leader of one of the smaller unionist parties yesterday saying Boris Johnsons deal places Northern Ireland on the window ledge of the union, vivid description. Give us a take of what political opinion is at the moment, we are not just political opinion is at the moment, we are notjust talking about the dup, although they are very prominent, lots of people want a deal, they fear no deal above all else, so where does it leave what might happen in westminster tomorrow . Brexit not for the first time has laid bare the political divisions in Northern Ireland. The leader of the ulster Unionist Party yesterday, second biggest Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, said it placed Northern Ireland on the window ledge of the union. All the unionist parties are united in their opposition to this deal. In westminster terms, the party that matters most is the democratic Unionist Party. They have ten mps who have kept the minority conservative government in power for the last few years. They have made it very clear they are going to vote against the deal because it breaches theirfundamental against the deal because it breaches their fundamental political principles. They say it would drive an economic wedge between Northern Ireland and england, scotland and wales, give dublin and brussels too much say over Northern Irelands economy, loosening links with london. So that is something they could not stand for, as unionists. National side, they look at things very differently. Sinn fein, the biggest party, they say there is no such thing as a good brexit, they say it is fundamentally bad for ireland but they say the deal is the least worst option. Cross Community Alliance party say the deal is not as good as the one to easily negotiated, they are pushing for a second referendum on brexit. The one to ease the unpredictable process , one to ease the unpredictable process, brexit, but no one is predicting the dup will do an about turn, they have made it clear they are going to vote against the deal, no talk of financial assistance, new money for Northern Ireland, it would not sway them. Also, to stay true to the red lines they have been outlining through the whole brexit negotiations, this deal does not meet those fundamental principles, and they will be voting against the government tomorrow, and i cannot see any change to that position at all at the moment. Thank you. Let us talk now to professorjohn curtice, professor of politics at the university of strathclyde. That morning. If you could give us a take on where voters, those who voted leave and remain in the referendum, where they are at with the deal, what do they make of it . They make of it somewhat differently from the way they reacted to mrs mays deal, that was unpopular among remain and believe voters. Borisjohnsons deal, still not very popular among women voters, according to the first polling evidence this morning among remaining voters. 0nly i9 approve. Among the the figure stands at two thirds. Still means there is at two thirds. Still means there is a third of leave voters to be persuaded. But insofar as Boris Johnson faces the risk tomorrow of not getting the deal through and in the wake of that finds himself going to the country, that will give him some comfort that the battle he would then face in such a contest, effectively to persuade leave voters that despite the fact for the third time ina that despite the fact for the third time in a row the government will have failed to deliver brexit, they should still be voting for him, as the best way of delivering it, rather than voting for nigel farage who has come out against mr johnsons deal. It gives him some encouragement that perhaps he would be able to squeeze the Brexit Party Vote further and he needs to squeeze it further to be sure he could win an overall majority in a general election. The battle, the of leave voters is crucial. Early signs are good for the Prime Minister but we need but would need to be made better if indeed he can afford to ta ke better if indeed he can afford to take the risk of going to the country in the wake of the house of commons voting against it tomorrow. Dont you think that is probably pa rt dont you think that is probably part of his plan and something that he probably wants . He obviously wa nts he probably wants . He obviously wants the deal to go through in the first instance, but if not, next best option for him. Certainly i think above all borisjohnson wants the deal to go through. He would like it to go through by the 31st of 0ctober. Like it to go through by the 31st of october. I think we should be aware that if he does manage to win the vote tomorrow, and as a result of that the house of commons will spend at least the next two weeks going through the fine detail of the bill and maybe it will spill over a little bit into november, that will reduce quite significantly the prospects of an early election because we will start to run out of time to hold one this side of christmas. Borisjohnson wins tomorrow, the chances of an election go down significantly. Undoubtedly the opinion polls have shown for some time good though not brilliant news for the conservative party on average. Bbc poll of polls put them nine points ahead which should may be just about enough for an overall majority but not necessarily one of any great size. To that extent, he has been regarding a general election as a potential full back option. Remember, if indeed he is forced to go back to the country, there will be that argument about, actually, is it really possible for the conservatives to deliver . That will be the argument nigel farage puts forward and in a general election, still around 25 of leave voters who say they would vote for the brexit party. Borisjohnson will need to get the number down and he certainly will not be able to afford it going up in the wake of any disappointment leave voters have about failing to deliver a deal and in particular if they were to blame borisjohnson as a result of the failure. Professorjohn curtice, thank you. Lets go to brussels now. Nuala mcgovern is there for us. They are moving on to matters other than brexit today, on the agenda, but now it is over to borisjohnson as far as they are concerned to make what he can of the deal. That is right. A lot of the leaders just arriving in the last few minutes in the pouring rain in brussels. They have the budget on the agenda, also the long term priorities, climate change. You will hear about that today. We want to get into a little more of the context and analysis of the brexit deal agreed yesterday between the uk and the eu. Joining me now is tom, he has written an article for the atlantic and it is about mrjohnson, he has got a brexit round, this does not mean the eu lost, good to have you with us. What about that . Who were the winners or loses, as you see it . In any negotiation, long lasting, successful, you have to have two winners. That is what we saw here today. Boris johnson winners. That is what we saw here today. Borisjohnson did winners. That is what we saw here today. Boris johnson did win some concessions from the eu and the irish that theresa may did not, leave radtke moved on consent for the Northern Irish assembly lee over radtke. A big move. If a majority of mla bloomers instalment. Members of the legislative assembly. Mlas. If they vote to come out of the arrangement, hard border goes up. That is a big deal, big move from the irish and the eu. That is a win injohnsons colin. Let us not beat about the bush. The irish and the eu stuck to the redline, no hard border in ireland column. They have four significant concessions on Boris Johnson to accept an administrative border down the irish sea. They have forced. We saw Arlene Foster and nigel dodds speaking, they seem to be furious with this deal and they will not vote for it, they said they will not vote for it, they said they will not vote for it, they said they will outrightly reject it, even before the deal was announced. I think they would probably see themselves as losers. They would, yes. Right now it is hard to see how they are winners. They put their bet on borisjohnson. They were not happy with theresa may. For legitimate reasons, from their point of view. There was not a consent mechanism in the previous backstop and it was a permanent arrangement. This is different. Ultimately, they feel they have been abandoned at the la st feel they have been abandoned at the last minute and that is because primarily i think the extent of the customs barrier between Northern Ireland and great britain. Essentially, borisjohnson ireland and great britain. Essentially, Boris Johnson has ireland and great britain. Essentially, borisjohnson has made a choice between the whole of the uk sticking to eu rules orjust Northern Ireland and he went with the latter. That is the difference between previous withdrawal deals and this one that has been signed off. Yesterday, what i thought was interesting, i wonderfor your off. Yesterday, what i thought was interesting, i wonder for your take on it, the taoiseach of ireland was a centralfigure when it on it, the taoiseach of ireland was a central figure when it came to the discussions about Northern Ireland and the republic and the backstop, he was talking yesterday at the press c0 nfe re nce he was talking yesterday at the press conference they gave about how he felt the power of a small country within the eu and i think perhaps this deal illustrate some of that. Absolutely, no doubt about it, if you just imagine a situation where ireland did not have the eu standing. Iare ireland did not have the eu standing. I are behind ireland did not have the eu standing. Iare behind it, it would bea standing. Iare behind it, it would be a very different situation. Standing full square behind it. Support for the eu extremely high already, it has gone up. What i have noticed is when you talk to irish people and british people about their perceptions of the, they are like talking different languages. For the like talking different languages. Forthe uk, to like talking different languages. For the uk, to a like talking different languages. Forthe uk, to a certain like talking different languages. For the uk, to a certain extent, like talking different languages. Forthe uk, to a certain extent, the eu isa forthe uk, to a certain extent, the eu is a compromise on its sovereignty perceptions of the eu. For ireland, it enhances its sovereignty, it feels more powerful in the eu and both of those things can be true at the same time. Another point yesterday in the press conference where there was a journalist asked if any of the gentleman, Jean Claude Juncker, donald tusk michel barnier, leo varadkar, anything they would like to say to Arlene Foster, they all passed on that particular question, but do you think there is a way that dup could be brought around . cannot see it, seems too far gone, you have seen the headlines this morning in Northern Ireland and the unionist papers, they are calling it the betrayal act, abandoned by london. This is something that has always been felt in Northern Ireland, always waiting to be betrayed by the english, they feel it happened regular, 1972, 1985, to some extent in 1988, good friday agreement itself, always waiting to be betrayed and they feel they have been. I have retweeted your article in the atlantic, thank you. They are all arriving again, eu leaders, sitting down for the next session. 0n the agenda, the budget, 20212025, the 0n the agenda, the budget, 2021 2025, the long term priorities as well, not expecting compromises oi as well, not expecting compromises or decisions, just opening those discussions. Also, a little later, climate change, this of course has dominated so many headlines over the past few months, they will try to see what the directives should be for the eu. He will also be hearing about and looking towards chile, Un Climate Conference that will be taking place in december, so this is i suppose the opening gambit, some of the framework, working towards that in the coming months. A lot of people meeting and chatting and no doubt probably a little chat about brexit before they sit down and move on with day twos business of the european summit. Thank you very much. In brussels. You are seeing live images of the various leaders, Angela Merkel at the moment, gathering for day two of the summit after a really intensive day yesterday and indeed the day before that in preparation for the summit, leading up to the deal which was announced just before 11am yesterday morning. Another intensive day for borisjohnson who is of course back in the uk trying to sell the deal and make sure he has enough and to support it tomorrow enough mps. Coming up, we will be answering your questions on the new brexit deal, just after 12 30pm. Police have arrested more than 700 people across the uk during a week long operation to tackle so called county lines drugs crime, where gangs from cities expand their operations to smaller towns. In total, drugs with a street value of around £a00,000 were also seized. Heres our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. Across the country, Police Forces urban and rural have been working together to move in on the county lines drug gangs. This was a joint West Midlands west mercia operation. Suspected dealers from birmingham involved in the supply of drugs to worcestershire. Operations like this take enormous resources in co operation, but it seems to be working. In the week long push, 743 people were arrested, more than £a20,000 worth of drugs were seized and 49 phone lines used for deals were disrupted. The police say there will be more to come. We know more than we have ever known about the gangs and those people who get exploited as part of county lines activity because we have real close Co Ordination now between different forces up and down the country. Just as the police have changed their tactics, its likely the gangs will too. Theyve shown theyre prepared to protect their trade worth £500 million a year and they seem to be here to stay. Tom symonds, bbc news. Turkey has agreed to a five day ceasefire in Northern Syria to allow kurdish led forces withdraw. The pause in hostilities was announced after talks in ankara between turkeys president erdogan and the us Vice President , mike pence. Rich preston reports. Gun fires for days, turkey has been bombarding kurdish posts in Northern Syria. Now, hope for some respite. Mr president , welcome. Americas Vice President mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in ankara for talks with turkeys president recep tayyip erdogan. After five hours, the deal was agreed. Turkey will pause its military operations for 120 hours to give kurdish fighters chance to retreat. Turkey wants the kurds to push away from its border, where it considers them a threat. But the sdf, made up mainly of kurds, considers this its territory. They say they will stop fighting, but wont leave. 300,000 people, mostly civilians, have been displaced from the area. Its not certain this deal will do anything to help that. President trumps withdrawal of us troops was condemned across americas political spectrum, with many accusing him of abandoning us allies. Mr trump has called this new agreement amazing, saying it will save millions of lives. But there are doubts over whether it will work at all. Neither the kurdish leadership nor other key groups, such as the syrian or russian governments, were involved in the talks. Rich preston, bbc news. A huge gunfight has erupted in North Western mexico after the Security Forces seized one of the sons of the jailed drug kingpin el chapo. Fighting raged for several hours in the city of culiacan between members of the Sinaloa Cartel and the police and military. From mexico city, will grant reports. Culiacan is a city at war. Not a conventional war, perhaps, but an intense and violent conflict all the same. Heavily armed gunmen from the powerful Sinaloa Cartel exchanged sustained gunfire with the police and military in the state capital, spreading panic in the citys Main Commercial district. Their demand was simple. They wanted their leader, 0vidio guzman, the son of the notorious drug lord, Joaquin El Chapo guzman, to be released immediately. Once the fighting subsided a little, the government gave its version of events, saying a routine Police Patrol had been attacked from a home and the officers went in to take control. Translation during this incident, one of them was identified as 0vidio guzman lopez. As a result, several organised crime groups surrounded the house with a force greater than that of the patrol unit. Given the cartels greater force and the potential harm to the civilian population, the authorities later said the police decided to turn the wanted drug lord over to his men. If that is in fact what happened, and, in mexico, moments like this are generally very murky, it will be a huge embarrassment to the state and federal governments. At the same time, there was a prison break in the city involving as many as 20 inmates who escaped amid the chaos. El chapo guzman was recently sentenced to life in prison, plus 30 years, in the us on Drug Trafficking charges. His sons have partly inherited the family business. The government of president Andres Manuel lopez 0brador have been accused of failing to create a coherent Security Strategy on the drug war since coming to power nearly a year ago. This latest violence will only serve as further evidence to his critics that his Administration Needs to get a grip on the problems still sweeping much of the country. Will grant, bbc news, mexico. Time now for a look at the weather forecast. A bit of sunshine today but take a look at this. In the last hour, big shower clouds building across in devon, they could bring pretty nasty downpours through the day, already have done tonight into the morning, torrential thunderstorm in the south east and north of scotland, they are clearing. But more pushing on. Persistent rain spreading into eastern parts of scotland, risk of flooding. When persisting in some areas, lots of surface water. Brighter afternoon in northern england. The wind is starting to pick up in the south, touching gale force, tempering the feel of things. Staying windy this evening, further showers through into the start of the night, some will fade, rein in central pushing back to southern scotland later on. Tonight, temperatures down into single figures like last night, should be frost free. The week and looking drier. More on that through the morning. The weakened looking drier. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Borisjohnson says he is very confident mps will back borisjohnson says he is very confident mps will back his new brexit deal, ahead of a historic vote in the house of commons tomorrow. More than 700 people have been arrested during a week long operation to tackle so called county lines drug gangs across the uk. A five day pause in fighting in Northern Syria comes into Operation First turkey, now the kurds, say they will honour it. There are fierce gun battles in mexico after the son ofjailed drugs Baron El Chapo is arrested Authorities Say he was later released to prevent further violence. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. 0ur most watched video on the bbc website is about the protests in catalonia that were sparked after the ruling against Pro Independence leaders at Spains Supreme Court on monday. The Court Sentenced nine catalan people to jail for speaking out and rebelling against the government. Protesters have been clashing with the police and setting fires in the streets of barcelona since the ruling. We are living really demonstrations, and, for example, todays student strike. This is something that is not only about this weekend, because on first october 2017, we saw the people trying to vote, and the police going against. And of course its been a significant week in politics. Borisdeal is the most used term related to brexit on twitter in the uk, having been used almost 4,000 times since the agreement with the eu was announced yesterday. The most retweeted and liked tweets, from both the left and right, are overwhelmingly against the deal. An anti brexit account has a popular tweet, simply asking people to ask their mp to vote against the deal. And pro eu professor Tanja Bueltmann calls for labour mps not to support the deal as it will destroy the future of the people. Labour was basically founded for. His deal will destroy the future of the very people uklabour was basically founded for. Meanwhile, a brexit party aligned account calls the deal a rehashed mays surrender treaty. But it is not all negative. A rather sweet message asking mps to please vote for a deal. On youtube, previously unseen footage of the worlds fastest ants is one of the most popular news videos in the past 2a hours. The guardian posted footage of the ants at speeds approaching one metre per second thats the equivalent of 120 miles an hour. At full pelt, the saharan silver ants can travel 108 times their body length per second in gallops that take all six legs off the ground at once. And there they are, i was hoping we would get to those pictures. It is really quite something, small but mightyi really quite something, small but mighty i think is the way to describe those and. Lets take a look now at what you are reading and watching on the bbc knows website. Heavy fighting in a city in northern mexico, where the sun of el chapo, the drug baron, was arrested, then released, according to authorities, to avoid further violence. Number two is Boris Johnson to avoid further violence. Number two is borisjohnson looking for those votes to win a victory in the house of commons tomorrow. And number three, just to give you something completely different, a lot of people looking at this story, it was number one earlier, a viral sign ina it was number one earlier, a viral sign in a park in buxton in derbyshire, a mother, louise taylor, took a photograph of a sign saying, please feed bread to the starving ducks. The sign says, it is ok to feed us bread. The people who look after the park say they did not put it there. But when louise posted it on facebook, it was shared more than 17,000 times and reposted thousands of times, with lots of people telling her to take it down because this wasnt correct, that we shouldnt be feeding ducks bread. Welcome of the bbc has asked experts and even among the experts there is disagreement about whether it is ok oi disagreement about whether it is ok or not to feed ducks bread. But obviously lots of you are reading that story and a quick look down at the most watched, this hasjust ppped the most watched, this hasjust popped in, james mattis, the former us defense secretary, who was sacked by donald trump, describing him as the worlds most overrated general. James mattis has been taking the opportunity to poke fun at a donald trump and saying, not only is he the most underrated general, well, in that case he is in good company, he says, because donald trump said that meryl streep was the worlds most overrated actress. Taking a chance, james mattis, there, to bite back at donald trump. And that is it for todays morning briefing. Theres been an eightfold increase in the number of child victims of modern slavery referred by local councils in england for support. National crime agency figures reveal the number of children earmarked for help grew from 127 in 2014 to more than 1,100 last year. The local Government Association said the spiralling referral rates are being fuelled by an increasing awareness of modern slavery and the growing issue of young people being exploited by county lines drug gangs. Simon blackburn is the chair of the local Government Associations safer and stronger communities board. He joins us via webcam. Simon, good morning to you. So, a hint in the introduction of why these referrals are up of potential child victims, you say. How many of these children actually go on to be designated as victims of modern slavery . A very considerable proportion, more than three quarters of referrals and up with some sort of referrals and up with some sort of action being taken either by the local authority, or by charities in the third sector, or by the police. So, it is a very significant strike rate. Added his probably worth reminding our viewers that the children exploited by these county lines drug gangs, who we have already been talking about today, they are very much seen as victims of modern slavery . Absolutely. In the past, we had an image of drug dealers and drug runners as being young people who were very well rewarded for their work, and that encouraged people to think about them as chemicals themselves, but actually these are young people whose every move is being monitored via their telephones, who are carrying out hugely dangerous tasks for drug dealers, drug balance, who are making a lot of money at huge personal risk to themselves, and it is very hard for them to get out of it. And what kind of slavery are we talking about here . Generally speaking, when were talking about children and young people, it does tend to be the county lines drug dealing. When we are looking at adults, then were looking at places like nail bars and car washes, those are the kind of environments where people can be brought into the country, sometimes legally, sometimes illegally, but then enslaved by their employers and the people that they rely upon. So, focusing again on children, which this report does in terms of the number of referrals, how much pressure is that putting on Children Services . It is putting a huge amount of pressure on a service that is already under a huge amount of pressure. The lga earlier in the year estimated there was a shortfall in childrens social care across the country of £3 billion a year, and this pressure is adding to that. And so, at the local Government Association, you would like to see government putting to one side a dedicated amount of money to deal with children who are victims of modern slavery. How much are you looking for, and how much progress, if any, have you made in terms of talking to the government about this . We continue to lobby ministers and Civil Servants on a very regular basis. There is, i have to say, an understanding within government that this is an emerging problem, albeit it has been emerging for five years, and that funding streams need to be made available. At the moment we are trying to put a figure on what that might be, and then we will press the government further. Simon blackburn from the local Government Association, thank you very much for your time. Sport now, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Good morning. Wales will be at full strength for their quarterfinal at the rugby world cup. Dan biggar has been passed fit to play against france on sunday. Hes recovered from a concussion which kept him out of their final group game. Its the same team that beat australia, Warren Gatland says theyve no reason to fear the french. Over the last eight games and the one we lost was the 100 minute game in paris. We won the other seven. But in saying that they have always been close games but we will go in with a lot of belief and self confidence. Chris jones is our rugby correspondent. Chris, this is a big boost for wales, at full strength . Yeah, this isafar wales, at full strength . Yeah, this is a far cry from four years ago, john, when wales were really on their knees by this stage of the competition. Remember back in 2015, they had to battle past england and also passed australia, they had so many injuries that if they had beaten south africa in the quarterfinal, i dont think they would have been able to get a team out for the semifinal against new zealand. Fast forward four years, they have won their four games, and yes, they had a few injuries before the tournament, but during it, they have managed to pretty much escape the bad luck. Yes, dan biggar has had a couple of head injuries, but to have him fit, hadley parks, and jonathan davies, who injured a leg quite recently, for him to be back fit is absolutely huge, one of the best centres in the world. So wales go in on sunday in relaxed, focused mood and full of confidence. Does that make them of the most likely home nation to get through . Tough question. I think that youve got to back wales in this game. Speaking to a few people close to the french camp recently, and they accept that wales are the clear favourites. 0ne journalist i spoke to gave france a 20 chance. So that is the mood out here in japan. Ireland 20 chance. So that is the mood out here injapan. Ireland are up against it, against new zealand. You would have to back the all blacks. But this ireland team do know how to beat new zealand. As for england, theyve beaten australia six times ina row, theyve beaten australia six times in a row, theyve got a strong team out, like wales, injury free, so you have got to back them. I cant see all three going through but an excellent chance that two of them should. And theres loads more from chris and the team injapan on the latest episode of Rugby Union Weekly which is now live on bbc sounds. The premier league will step up its efforts in the fight against racism this weekend 00v with increased visibility of its no room against racism this weekend with increased visibility of its no room for racism campaign, following events in sofia this week. Fans wil be told if you see it, report it. Englands game with bulgaria was stopped twice on monday night. And this weekend there will be an increased presence at grounds for the no room for racism campaign. When things like this happen, they area pinch when things like this happen, they are a pinch points where we can really get around the issue and really get around the issue and really do something about it, so thats why its great that the premier league are taking an initiative now, i know there are a lot of different groups, kick it 0ut, show race on the red card, have been fighting the battle, but it is about time that we all come together. Andy murrays reached the european 0pen quarterfinals after beating pablo cuevas. He won in straight sets over the eighth seed and will play romanias marius copil in the last eight. He could be forced to jet home at any moment with his wife due to give birth. It was another successful day at the european track cycling championships for great britain. They added three more medals on day two, with the team of laura kenny, katie archibald, neah evans and Eleanor Dickinson beating germany to win gold in the womens team pursuit. The men then went on to win bronze in the same event. And that was after emily nelson, who had already claimed the gold in the womens scratch race on wednesday, took the silver medal, she just couldnt quite pull past in a thrilling finish in the womens elimination race. Lets have a look at some of this mornings back pages. The mirror are one of a number of papers with a picture of Manchester Uniteds paul pogba chatting to real madrid coach Zinedine Zidane on holiday in dubai. The sun have a write up of a briefing uniteds vice chairman ed woodward gave to journalists yesterday saying they are right behind 0le Gunnar Solskjaer despite their poor start to the season. And the express are getting into the spirit of the rugby world cup, with eddiejones calling his team samurai warriors ahead of the clash with australia injapan tomorrow. Thats all the sport for now. The headlines on bbc news. Boris johnson will attempt to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal today, ahead of a historic vote in parliament tomorrow. More than 700 people are arrested across the uk as police clamp down on so called county lines drug gangs. Theres a temporary ceasefire to fighting in Northern Syria both turkey and the kurds say they will honour it. Lets go back to our main story. Boris johnson will attempt to persuade mps to back his new brexit deal today, after forging an agreement with the eu yesterday. The house of commons will vote on the new deal tomorrow, its expected to be extremely close. This is all happening against the backdrop of the eu summit of european leaders in brussels. Nuala mcgovern is there for us. Thank you very much, annita. You can see the European Council beginning to fill up behind me, we have a lot of press down below, but every now and again, on those big screens, you will see some of the leaders that have arrived. Have a busy agenda to today, not brexit, that box has been ticked for now. What they are moving onto our issues of the budget, long term objectives, climate change, for example. You can expect to see some details on what they are concluding on those issues. Also expect a press conference between Jean Claude Juncker and donald tusk, the two eu leaders, that will be coming upa the two eu leaders, that will be coming up a little bit later. Probably in about an hour and a half or so. When we talk about climate change, there is one woman who feels very strongly about it, her name is ska keller, she is a german mep. She is also the leader of the greens in the european parliament. And i was curious how she felt about this deal that had been reached between the uk and the eu. Well, the deal is certainly something where the european side has to take some concessions. From our point of view, it is not fantastic news that standards, wherein it comes to end or mental standards, for example, might be reduced, but it is at least a deal that could prevent a no deal brexit, but of course we will have to see what happens on saturday. When it comes to environmental standards. That will be a big task forjohnson, who has claimed that he can get this deal through, and i guess there are many people in the uk who are rather sceptical about that. Yes, i think a lot of people now are trying to work out the numbers and see, can he get to that magic number of 320 . But i suppose a question for you, ska keller, would be, if it is not approved, what way do you think the eu leaders may go, would they approve an extension . Well, by law, johnson would have to ask for an extension, and i do believe that this extension should be granted, very much so, and of course, it is also up for the people in britain to decide how to go forward, and maybe it is indeed time to ask the people in britain again how they want to go forward , in britain again how they want to go forward, because ifjohnson doesnt get this deal through, then he has obviously also failed, and he was only chosen by a very small minority of people. So, after all this long process, i do think that maybe it would be time to get a general direction again from the british people, and i also do think that eu Member States need to improve approve an extension, a no deal brexit would be very bad for both sides. Ms keller, do you think your view is echoed by other leaders . It was interesting yesterday evening when a lot of leaders were asked about the extension, they would not really go there. They say, we have a deal, this is what we are concentrating on. But if it was voted down, do you think there would be an appetite for an extension . think its very difficult to not give an extension, if this is being asked for, because the situation is so asked for, because the situation is so dire, and i think the reaction from the european leaders, by not giving a clear answer, certainly also it would be something that johnson has asked for, and thats fairenough, but there johnson has asked for, and thats fair enough, but there is also the overall situation, that no one wants to see britain leaving without a deal, because it would be bad for both sides, and i do think, while it is from our perspective as greens an absolute tragedy that the uk would leave, but if it has to happen, then at least there needs to be a deal which would make sure that were ending ona which would make sure that were ending on a situation that is not a total disaster for both sides. Ska keller there. So, we will have to wait and see tomorrow, whether in fa ct wait and see tomorrow, whether in fact borisjohnson will be able to push his deal through the house of commons. The figures, we stilljust dont know. Ska keller, quite forthright with her opinion, perhaps other eu leaders a little bit less so. Stay with us, we will bring you more from brussels. A senior white house official has acknowledged that military aid was withheld from ukraine in order to put pressure on the government there to investigate president trumps political opponents. The comments from mick mulvaney, who is the acting chief of staff, come at a time when mr trumps dealings with ukraine are the focus of a congressional impeachment inquiry. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Could this be the smoking gun . An apparent admission from one of the most seniorfigures in apparent admission from one of the most senior figures in the white house that military aid was being withheld from ukraine in return for a politically motivated investigation. A quid pro quo. Mike mulvey nice surprise to reporters when he said funds were held back to put pressure on ukraine over an investigation into the hack to serve a big belonging to the Democratic National committee. a big belonging to the Democratic National committee. I was involved with the process by which the money was held up temporarily. Three issues for that. The corruption in the country, whether or not the countries while participating in the support of ukraine, and whether or not they were cooperating in an Ongoing Investigation with our department ofjustice. It was described as a quid pro quo, funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well . We do that all the time with foreign policy. Democrats, who has launched an impeachment investigation into the president , have seized on mr mulvaneys words as evidence that mr trump had been acting inappropriately. The idea that vital military systems would be withheld for such a patentee political reason, for the reason of serving the president s real election campaign, isa the president s real election campaign, is a phenomenal breach of the president s duty to defend our national security. But in a statement, make more veiny said his words at the News Conference had been misconstrued. Let me be clear, he said, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian Military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election. The president never told me to withhold any money until the ukrainians did anything related to the server. Mr trump later said he had a lot of confidence in his acting chief of staff. In a separate development, another Senior Member of the Trump Administration has resigned. The energy secretary, rick perry, is leaving after being drawn into the ukraine investigation over the role he played in the president s dealings with ukrainian officials. Hes been outstanding, and we already have his replacement, rick has done a fantasticjob at energy, but it was time, three years is a long time. Donald trump is also defiant over news that next years g7 summit will be held at one of the president s us golf resorts. The white house has denied that he will profit from the event. Peter bowes, bbc news. And what do you make of this . Stopping employees from using their work email after hours could do more harm than good. Companies are increasingly trying to curb email use once the work day is over, but now researchers from the university of sussex say it could stop workers from meeting their targets and then end up causing extra stress. They say a total ban could be particularly harmful for staff with high levels of anxiety. Now its time for a look at the weather. We have had a lot of showers over the last few days and we have got more in the forecast over the coming days. It is going to feel a bit more chilly as we head towards the end of the week. This morning, we had some heavy showers across southern areas of england, some thunderstorms mixed in with that. Those showers continuing at the moment and over the next few days we will keep those showers and it will turn chillier by the time we get to sunday. Here is the time we get to sunday. Here is the satellite imagery from this morning. You can see the swirl of cloud across the uk, linked into an area of low pressure. It is going to be moving gradually eastwards with a few weather fronts embedded within it. That is going to give us some lengthy spells of rain, especially this morning across the north east of england. That rain will be edging further up into the east of scotland. It could give quite a bit of by the end of the nay day, so maybe some Flooding Issues here. Frequent showers over the Bristol Channel and the south of england into the afternoon, some of them could be heavy, maybe even thundery. Some sunshine in between the showers. Tonight, that rain will continue across the east of scotland but it will gradually edge a bit further southward. The low pressure is still there. You can see it moving gradually eastward. As it does so it will tend to weaken as we go through the weekend. Saturday, further outbreaks of rain, particularly across central and southern scotland. That will be moving southwards. Eventually it should clear away. Some showers across wales but in general i think there will be fewer showers on saturday, and there will be some sunny spells. Temperatures on a par with today. On sunday, there is the area of low pressure. It will continue to weaken and then we have got a northerly wind starting to set up. Quite breezy in scotland and Northern Ireland. There will be a bit of rain around on sunday, especially in the north of england. But for many of us sunday should be a dry day with a fair amount of cloud but some bright spells. Temperatures are coming down, and it will be feeling quite chilly for many of us. Next week, we have got this area of High Pressure which is starting to extend across the uk, keeping things a bit more settled for the start of the week. There could be some chilly nights and some fog around. But in general, from monday to wednesday, it is looking largely dry with some sunny spells. But overnight, there could be some frost around. Beyond midweek, it is a bit more unsettled and uncertain, stay tuned. Hello, its friday. Its ten oclock. Im Joanna Gosling at westminster. So, theres a brexit deal on the table. Can borisjohnson really squeeze it through tomorrows historic saturday parliament . The numbers are on a knife edge. This is a moment to focus minds. Weve got ourselves a good deal. It dealt with the lions share of the concerns, certainly that people like me had about the last deal, and its an opportunity for us to move forward. At least one labour mp has newly emerged to say he will back the deal. I think this country isjust fed up with the way parliaments run this the last three years and its we got around the table and got a deal and got us through