We start with brexit, because as youve been hearing, britain and the eu are in a last minute scramble to agree a deal to be put before a summit of european leaders which begins in brussels in a few hours time. Any agreement would then need the approval of parliament here in london. In case anyone needs reminding, the uk is due to leave the eu in less than two weeks. At 23 00 gmt on 31 october. Prime minister borisjohnson has repeatedly said this will happen, regardless of a deal or not. Under a law passed last month, he must ask the eu for an extension to that deadline. Thats if he does not get a new deal approved by parliament this saturday. The European Union is britains biggest trading partner. Last year, 46 of all uk exports went to the eu and 54 of all imports came from the eu, according to data from the uk parliament. If britain leaves without a deal, disruption to business could be huge, despite attempts to prepare. The governments own efficiency watchdog, the National Audit off
Two months after a ba flight filled with smoke, and was forced to make an emergency landing, passengers tell the bbc theyre 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 hes 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 couldnt accept the plans as things stand. Its understood that the new text of the agreement
max in the spotlight it s the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in the spotlight the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in indonesia in 2018 and ethiopia in 2019. addressing employees at its factory in washington state where the planes are assembled chief executive dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. when i got that picture, and i hope all of you, in some way, i hope most of you have seen it, and those of you who haven t do look at it, all i could think about was i did not know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that hole in the airplane. i ve got kids, grandkids, and so do you. this stuff matters. earlier i spoke to professor graham braithwaite, director of transport systems at cranfield university and asked him whether customers and investors were reassured by the boeing boss s words. i think we ve seen a big difference in the way that boeing has reacted to this
meanwhile, ukraine has denied responsibility. this was vladimir putin in the last little while. translation: as a response, as you know, the kyiv regime l chose a different path, frightening citizens of russia and hitting residential buildings. this is a clear sign of terrorist activity. the air defence system of moscow worked normally, satisfactorily, although there are things to work on. we ll talk to our correspondent on those comments in a moment but let s first focus on those drones attacking moscow. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg who sent this report from moscow. explosion. russian tv says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. from early morning, people in and around the russian capital reported hearing explosions. idid, too. at home, my window shook from the force of the blast. russia s defence ministry says that ukraine had targeted moscow with drones. the russian military claimed it had brought them all down. look at that, a man says in this
episodes. remember not that long ago the drone that appeared to target the drone that appeared to target the kremlin? but this does appear to involve a number of drones, we don t know how many, at least eight, some reports suggest many more. there is a lively debate going on about the type of drone that was used. our colleagues at bbc verify our study on those videos in an temp two get to the bottom of exactly what we are looking at. we are talking about a target around 300 miles from ukraine. it is within range of some of the munitions ukrainians have. you mentioned it in your introduction, 17 attacks on kyiv this month alone. there is the view that this is a case of ukraine giving moscow a taste of its own medicine. there had been warning last few days that there would be some kind of response if this relentless nightly and in some cases daily attack on the ukrainian capital went on. we are still attempting to get to the bottom of it, but it is likely ukraine did this to gi