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Eu leaders met to discuss their response to the uks request for an extension this morning insisting that the deal is not dead. Police in hong kong fire tear gas at protesters as violence erupts at an illegal march in one of the cities main shopping districts. The hardcore protesters who have really been upping the ante, throwing petrol bombs at the police. A quick game of cricket for the duke and duchess of cambridge as they visit an orphanage in pakistan as their royal tour to the country comes to an end and after a nailbiting finish wales beat france by one point winning themselves a place in the Rugby World Cup semi final. And at 11. 30 well hear how volunteers helped save a Somerset Heritage railway line thats in inside out south west. Borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks withdrawal date. But hes refused to sign the document and hes also sent a second letter warning against any further delay. The Prime Minister was legally obliged to ask for an extension, after mps voted yesterday to withhold approval of his brexit deal, until all the necessary legislation was in place. Meanwhile, eu27 ambassadors met for around 15 minutes in brussels this morning to continue the Legal Process of ratifying the eus side of the brexit deal. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Another decision and with it further delay. Mps voted yesterday to hold off approving Boris Johnsons brexit deal until all the laws to implement it had been passed. I will tell our friends and colleagues in the eu exactly what i have told everyone in the last 88 days that i have served as Prime Minister that further delay would be bad for this country, bad for our European Union, and bad for democracy. Today is an historic day for parliament, because it said it will not be blackmailed by a Prime Minister who is apparently prepared, once again, to defy a law passed by this parliament. And so the Prime Minister was forced to request an extension to the brexit process. A letter sent, but not signed by Boris Johnson, read. A second letter was also sent, making clear the Prime Ministers view and the governments policy was that further delay would be bad for the uk and the eu. What was dubbed Super Saturday saw some angry scenes at westminster. Despite the request for delay, the government is keen to press on with its plans in an attempt to give mps another vote on the Prime Ministers deal on monday. Jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. Meanwhile the ambassadors of the 27 other eu Member States have met this morning in brussels. Our correspondent, adam fleming is there. What is the fallout the day after Super Saturday, as was called . What is the fallout the day after Super Saturday, as was called7m what is the fallout the day after Super Saturday, as was called . It is very chilled out sunday here in brussels. Doesnt quite rhyme. The ambassadors met for about 15 minutes this morning which shows just how much they wanted to talk about brexit on their weekend. The reason they were meeting was to kick start Legal Processes required to ratify the deal on the eu side. There are some little bits of information and documents that have to be signed and then passing the deal over to the European Parliament to in an ideal world, approve it in strasbourg later this week. There was a very brief update from Michel Barnier as well. He was very much on the lines that the shenanigans in Parliament Yesterday amounted to a delay in approval of the brexit deal. In the eus eyes, a delay is better than a rejection, even it is not as good as approval. In terms of the extension from the uk, the fact that Boris Johnson sent multiple letters doesnt really matter here. As far as they are concerned, a request for as they are concerned, a request for a delay is a request for a delay. Donald tusk is now consulting with other eu leaders which buys the eu time to sit back and watch what happens in padma before they have to commit to anything before they could formally have to discuss anything. They have been sent these various letters. I suppose they wont entirely surprised by that. No, they knew it compelled the. Hey presto, the stroke of midnight the letters arrived. In terms of what the eu thinks about an extension, at the moment lots of leaders are saying that they dont think they need one, and im not in favour of granting one but that is a tactic to apply maximum pressure at westminster to get this deal through. If it gets to next weekend of the week after that and the deadline approaches and there is still no deal and there is still a request from the uk, they will have to consider it and they will have to consider it and they will be considering how long it should be, a short extensionjust because they want a bit more time for legislation to get through westminster and the uk is definitively heading for the exit, 01 definitively heading for the exit, or is itjust a massive logjam and stalemate at westminster which needs a longer extension, perhaps till the end of january as the a longer extension, perhaps till the end ofjanuary as the benn a longer extension, perhaps till the end of january as the benn act says. They probably think. Then there isa. They probably think. Then there is a. If the uk is injusta. They probably think. Then there is a. If the uk is injust a couple of weeks or months they could probably scrape through it without having to send a new commissioner to ta ke having to send a new commissioner to take part in the new european commission. Any longer and the uk will probably be asked to provide a new commissioner. Many thanks. Adam fleming in brussels. Adam fleming in brussels. Earlier i spoke to our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, who says government ministers are still insisting this morning that the uk can leave the eu on the 31st october. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson wrote borisjohnson wrote to the eu, as we have been hearing, asking for this extension, although i think downing street is trying to insist that this is parliaments doing. Borisjohnson said he would rather be dead in a ditch then ask for a delay. He said this had a letter saying it was all a bad idea. Also insisting that he thought the uk can still leave the European Union by the end of october and that is something that government ministers are saying this morning. Michael gove has been saying that the uk will still be living on the 31st of october. As will the foreign secretary dominic raab who said he feels it is still possible. He has complied with the floor. Pa rliaments possible. He has complied with the floor. Parliaments request has been conveyed to the eu. He has also made very clear in a separate letter that his view hasnt changed. He doesnt wa nt his view hasnt changed. He doesnt want an extension. Above all he has proved that the doubters are wrong by getting a deal that can pass through the house of commons and getting the eu. Dominic raab was talking about getting a deal through the house of commons this week. We do expect the government to start this process bringing forward the necessary legislation because a government doesnt need to just win a meaningful bow, it needs to pass all of this stuff into law. However, it could prove to be a quite common gated process because the likelihood is that amendments will be thrown at this legislation and that is something the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer made very clear this morning. We have been arguing fora clear this morning. We have been arguing for a Customs Union with the eu or Single Market alignment. There are other amendments that are really important because there is a trap doorto important because there is a trap door to no deal at the end of 2020 that we need to deal with and close. We can do that in the legislation and of course we need an amendment to say that whatever deal gets through, it should be subject to a referendum where that deal is put to the public stop and they are asked, do you want to leave on these terms or would you rather remain in the eu. Key rest on making it clear that he expects to see, as part of these amendments, the chance of trying to bring forward another referendum. Attaching a referendum to Boris Johnsons deal. That is quite significant. When he was pressed as to whether this had come from the front bench of labour or the backbenches, but that will be something to watch out for this week. Andrew marr has also been speaking to oliver letwin, who we have been speaking a lot about over the last 2041 was. He brought forward this amendment yesterday that looked a safeguard the benn act. It was designed to withhold approval of the deal until all those legislation was passed. Oliver letwi n legislation was passed. Oliver letwin was successful. A lot of his fellow conservative mps, although he has now lost the weight, are very cross with him about this because they think he is working with people who is trying to stop brexit. He says he wants to stop a no deal. He has been talking about his work to andrew marr this morning. People do get to thinking that if you are in alliance with people who have a different agenda, and it was an alliance. Most of the people voting for these things have been people who didnt want brexit or passionate about a referendum or whatever. That is not my view. My view is we need an orderly exit and if you are going to achieve that end if the government isnt willing to do it on its own you have to allow yourself delay ally yourself with people with differing views. The government and number ten with differing views. The government and numberten might with differing views. The government and number ten might be relieved to hear that he also said he one be putting forward any bar amendments over the week or so this is where the borisjohnson has some way to find the benn act. The letter asking foran find the benn act. The letter asking for an extension, he refused to sign, he did sign the accompanying letter which said he didnt want an extension. One view is that he has sent the letter, as for the extension and therefore complied with the law. Another view is that he has frustrated the principle of the law and could see quality action. We will have to wait to see over the next 2041 was. Jessica parker there. Police have fired tear gas at protesters who are throwing petrol bombs and starting fires in hong kong, as pro democracy demostrators continue their campaign. Volleys of tear gas were fired, as thousands of protesters staged an illegal march through the kowloon district. This weekend marks the twentieth week since the protests began. Chinese officials and the state news media have denounced the protests as a separatist movement. Our correspondent nick beake is there for us. Give us a picture of what has been going on. We saw you earlier on with your mask and because of the tear gas. There is be more violence. Their house. At this particular spot the police are trying to reclaim the streets but they have got their work cut out. You can see the flashing light from their vehicles. Hundreds of Police Officers on the street, riot officers. Relatively calm here. It wasnt a few minutes ago. We are hearing another part of hong kong, there are still barricades and tear gas in the kowloon district. A little earlier we saw petrol bombs being thrown at one Police Station in particular and then the hard core of the protesters move their way up one particular row to another Police Station where they were met with tear gas and also resort the water cannon make its way through the streets of hong kong. It was firing a blue liquid. I think they are telling us to move back. I wonder if they are coming through once again. I think the police have got another few hours of work still to do. Just put all of this into a bit of context for us. These demonstrations have been going on for weeks and weeks. At the moment the chinese, some would say, are showing some. They are not showing any signs of interfering directly on this but how much longer can this go on . Are the protesters getting any closer to fulfilling their demands . What is a reaction of the hong kong authorities . If you speak to the protesters on the streets, they say they will keep on going. And they say they will not win this battle but they have to keep on fighting. They say, this is our future. But they have to keep on fighting. They say, this is ourfuture. The chinese still have the option of sending in Paramilitary Police or soldiers across the border. So far they havent done that. They have lifted to these officers from hong kong police. But we had really Strong Language from the president of china saying that they will be crushed if people try to bones will be crushed if people try to break up china. He didnt mention hong kong in particular but it is pretty clear that is what he was talking about. There are more announcements on the loudspeaker. The protesters have melted away but it is pretty clear they are going to regroup and they will come once again. This is the dynamics on the ground. The politics of this is really complicated and there is no end in sight. The beleaguered chief executive, the woman in charge, hong kongs leader, chi tried to give her vision of the future here this week. It was met with a pillar response from protesters. She talked about housing. She said that government would help people get on the property letter. It is extremely expensive to rent here. Most protesters said, yes, we know that any protesters said, yes, we know that a ny lots protesters said, yes, we know that any lots of big city it is very expensive to get decent housing or any housing but they are really talking about democracy. They want more democratic freedoms and they ta ke more democratic freedoms and they take china are trampling on the freedoms they have been promised. The two sides, the protesters and politicians, seem as far away as ever. Thank you very much. Three people have been killed in a fire in the capital of chile, as violent protests continued for a second night. A curfew has been imposed in parts of santiago after demonstrations began in response to a planned rise in metro fares. Protests have since spread to other cities despite president ial promises to suspend the move. The military was brought onto the streets of the capital to help Police Control the protests. Police are investigating a double murder in milton keynes, where two teenage boys were stabbed early this morning. Our news correspondent andy moore can tell us more. What are the play saying . We have got limited information. Itjust comes from a Police Press Release from Thames Valley police. They say they were called just before midnight to report a stabbing at a property in milton keynes. When they got there they found 117 year old boy who was already dead. Another 17 year old boy was taken to hospital but died later of his injuries. Two other adult men were taken to hospital with what police say are serious but not life threatening injuries. The next of kin of the two boys have been informed. No arrests have been made yet. We have got a brief statement from the head of crime who said Thames Valley police is in the early stages of a double Murder Investigation after two teenage boys have tragically died in a shocking incident. The area is cordoned off. They are appealing for any information. We dont know what was happening at this property last night. We dont know what the possible motivation may have been. Aja croft, the location where this happened, is a cul de sac. It is a area of smart, modern family homes. It looks like an ordinary residential suburban area. The headlines on bbc news. Borisjohnson has sent the eu an unsigned letter, requesting a brexit extension and a signed one saying a delay would be a mistake. Labour say whatever deal gets through should be subject to a second referendum. Eu leaders met to discuss their response to the uks request for an extension this morning insiting that the deal is not dead sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres olly foster. Wales are through to the world cup semi finals for only the third time after beating france in a thriller injapan. 20 points to 19 the french hit the ground running with two tries inside the first ten minutes in oita, they took a 12 nil lead. Wales hit back through Aaron Wainwright to narrow the deficit, but they still trailed by 9 points at halftime after another french score although the france also missed a number of penalties. The turning point came when sebastien vaha mahina was sent off for that elbow on wainwright in a maul. 8 years ago, wales had a man sent off and they lost by a single point to france in the semis in their only previous world cup meeting, but this was revenge, ross moriartys try inside the last ten minutes, converted by dan biggar saw them triumph by the narrowest of margins, they will now face the winners of the quarterfinal between japan and south africa that has just kicked off. I think the better team lost today so the thing about our boy is that they dont give up. Theyjust keep trying to win. We kept working away. France came out of the blocks quite well. At half time, we said we have to score next. The red card was the big significant moment. Wales through to the last four injapan. They are going to play either the hosts south africa and their match is just getting under way in tokyo. No points on the board just yet. They are only just no points on the board just yet. They are onlyjust been playing a couple of minutes. The other semi final is already set. A

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