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In other news, englands fracking industry has been much slower than expected to get up and running a report says low Public Acceptance is partly to blame. Turkey and russia have agreed what they say is an Historic Deal aimed at keeping Kurdish Forces away from syrias border with turkey. A generation of young people with special Education Needs are being failed a report by mps suggests bureaucracy and a lack of funding is tearing familes apart and in sport, it was a five star night for the english clubs in the Champions League as harry kane revives tottenhams qualification hopes, Raheem Sterling scores a hat trick as Manchester City beat atalanta. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Downing street has signalled that borisjohnson will step up his efforts to force a general election, if eu leaders approve an extension to brexit of up to three months. It comes after last nights commons votes where mps first voted in favour of the governments Withdrawal Agreement bill, but then voted against the fast track parliamentary timetable, with many arguing there wasnt enough time to debate the details of the bill. So in yet another eventful brexit week, where are we now and what happens next . Borisjohnson has paused his brexit bill after mps derailed his plan to rush a deal through the commons. Parliament had been due to debate the bill over the next couple of days but will instead return to discussing the contents of the queens speech. Eu leaders will now have to consider whether to grant a delay to the 31st october brexit deadline and decide what length it should be. They could agree an extension with a maximum end date, but with the flexibility for the uk to leave early if a deal is ratified sooner. A longer brexit delay could mean a general election the Prime Minister is pushing for this to try to restore the conservative partys majority in the commons to make it more likely for his deal to pass. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, joins us from westminster. Good morning to you, helen. Is there actually any parliamentary road left for borisjohnson actually any parliamentary road left for Boris Johnson and actually any parliamentary road left for borisjohnson and his deal good morning to you, norman. All are all roads pointing inevitably towards a general election now . The Prime Minister has options. Its likely depends of course on what the eu does and they are the next key players in all of this, but the assumption is they will agree an extension, and probably an extension that passes the ball back to Boris Johnson, in other words one that gives him enough time to decide whether he wants to go for a winter election or whether he wants to try again with his brexit deal. There are those in his party who believe that, actually, if he were to try again he would succeed, and they point to the fact that before he was defeated last night on the timetable motion he actually won quite a clunking majority on the second reading, the broad principles behind the deal, and they argue if he came back, secured a longer time for mps to scrutinise the bill, there is a decent chance he would be able to get it through, and that he is, in their view, within touching distance of getting a brexit agreement. That said, the very strong mood music from number ten this morning as they are set on a general election. Their view, it wouldnt matter if you give piled on 30 days, three months, they are never going to sign up to Boris Johnsons deal if you gave parliament 30 days. They say there are those in parliament set on thwarting brexit and their message is there is no point carrying on down the parliamentary road, they wa nt to down the parliamentary road, they want to go down the general election road. That was the message this morning from thejustice secretary, robert buckland. Parliament has made this decision, and parliament has asked for and extension from the eu, well then that we are waiting of course to hear what other eu leaders say about the situation, but we want to crack on, and if we cant crack on then, you know, regrettably, it does seem that a general election is the only way to sort this impasse out, however cold and inhospitable the next month might be. Now, what strengthens mrjohnsons hand in seeking a general election is that the opposition parties now are all pretty much seen on board for a general election, once the eu has granted an extension. The liberal democrats, the snp have said they would do it, and this morning labour, who had previously left themselves lets say a little wiggle room on this, because there are senior labour voices who would much prefer senior labour voices who would much p refer to senior labour voices who would much prefer to have a referendum than a general election, and this morning we had from the shadowjustice secretary, richard bagan, who could not have been more categorical and explicit in saying that once the eu come back with an extension then, yes, labour will back a general election shadowjustice secretary, richard burgon. If the eu responds by agreeing an extension of a number of months, that means that borisjohnson, in that time, cant push us out through a no deal brexit. Given that, labour would be calling for a general election once a no deal is off the table, because actually its only a general election that can, yes, sort out brexit, because a Labour Government would hold a public vote between a credible leave option and remain to finally sort this out, but also sought out all these tory created crises after nine years of austerity. The one thing, annita, i think is clear is that the do or die deadline is probably dead, because it seems to be even if borisjohnson did bring a deal back, there is no way he could get it through parliament by october 31 because we know mps are already asking for more time, but also he has to get it through the house of lords and the European Parliament have to give their approval, so i think we are safe in saying do or die is dead. 0k, norman, thank you very much, and thatis norman, thank you very much, and that is something our next guest said last night. Nigel farage tweeting yesterday that do or die is over. Lets speak now to nigel farage, who is an mep and leader of the brexit party. He is in strasbourg. You are convinced the uk will not be leaving the eu on the 31st of october. The brexit party has been an election preparation mode for some time now and asa preparation mode for some time now and as a result of what happened last night does not now step up for the party . Yes, i think it has to, andl the party . Yes, i think it has to, and i think even if borisjohnson was to bring back this eu treaty i have no doubt parliament would an end it by adding back into it a Customs Union so, yeah, it seems a general election is the only possible route for some resolution. We are preparing, absolutely. There was some talk, some suggestion, of arrangements between the brexit party and the conservative party in some constituencies avoid splitting the leave vote. Is there any possibility of that happening now because you also said when you stood with your prospective general election candidates you would be taking on the conservatives in every constituency if he didnt stick to this deadline . Yeah, i mean, it is notjust the failure this deadline . Yeah, i mean, it is not just the failure to meet the deadline, it is worse than that. What borisjohnson is trying to do is sell the country a new eu treaty saying it gets brexit done. 0n the face of it that is very appealing, but yesterday here in strasbourg mr barnier said the next phase of negotiations would last for a minimum of three years. I would ask people, who do you think is telling the truth, borisjohnson or Michel Barnier . The brexit party is the only party saying the vote to leave meant leaving the eu institutions, not being trapped inside them for many years to come. There is a possibility of i suppose with a general election that Boris Johnson could drop the idea of pushing for this treaty, but it doesnt look like it at this moment in time and thatjust isnt brexit. So are you leaving open the possibility of some sort of electoral pact . To be honest, i would work with anybody that wanted to honour the result of the referendum for us to leave the eu and leave its institutions and be an independent country, but right at the moment that looks very unlikely. Do you have concerns, though, in terms of the voters that you wish to win over, that Boris Johnson the voters that you wish to win over, that borisjohnson will to those voters have done enough to convince them that he has tried to get brexit over the 31st or up to the 31st of october deadline, that he has tried to deliver brexit . Well, he came back from brussels la st well, he came back from brussels last week and there was a sort of collective sigh of relief, hooray, great new deal, but i think as time goes on and people realise that this is mrsmays dreadful surrender with a couple of improvements but leaves mrs mays dreadful surrender, and it leaves us trapped inside institutions of the eu, and in areas of military and foreign policy, it is not leaving the eu but becoming an associate member of it without a vote, without a say. Well then i think the optimism we saw last friday morning after the european summit could very quickly disappear, thenif summit could very quickly disappear, then if people think, actually, what borisjohnson was doing then if people think, actually, what Boris Johnson was doing was telling us Boris Johnson was doing was telling us something that simply wasnt true, well, Public Opinion can change very quickly. What length of extension do you think will be offered from the eu . Well, minimum three months. Obviously what they wa nt three months. Obviously what they want isa three months. Obviously what they want is a general election or a second referendum, they want some degree of resolution well then i would have thought at least until the end of january, would have thought at least until the end ofjanuary, perhaps even longer. 0k, nigel farage, leader of the brexit party, thank you very much for your time this morning. Thank you. The fracking industry has developed much slower than expected, and has cost the taxpayer more than £30 million in court cases, regulation and policing costs, according to a report by the National Audit office. It says those projects that have started are losing public support. The fracking industry insists it still has huge potential to supply energy, as our environment analyst Roger Harrabin explains. The shale gas boom in the usa it sent Energy Prices tumbling. A downing street official told the then Prime Minister, david cameron, who predicted a shale gas bonanza in the uk. One report said itd generate £38 billion in revenue and create 64,000 jobs, with 400 wells being fracked a year. But the uk is not the us. Protesters have held up fracking over earth tremors. The uks geology has proved very different, too. The report says just three wells have been fracked, and theres no sign of lower prices. Whats more, the project is losing support. The economic benefits around fracking now are very uncertain, not least because the government doesnt really know how much shale gas could be extracted from england. The government itself doesnt think that it will have a Significant Impact on gas prices, which are set internationally, and the scale of the shale gas industry, if it were to take off in the uk, wouldnt really be significant enough to change that much. But north sea oil took a long time to get going, the shale firms maintain. There is plenty of shale gas available, they say, and no local environmental problems have been caused. But this is political now. Labour says it would ban fracking immediately. Roger harrabin, bbc news. Turkeys Defence Ministry say there is no need for a new military offensive in syria. The announcement was made after turkey and russia have agreed what they say is a Historic Deal aimed at keeping Kurdish Forces away from syrias border with turkey. This all comes whilst turkeys offensive to drive Kurdish Forces out is paused. Under the deal, syrian and Russian Forces will immediately oversee a withdrawl of Kurdish Forces. Our correspondent Mehrdad Farahmand is in the border town on sanliurfa, and joins us now. How do you think the Kurdish Forces are going to respond to this . Well, in less than two hours from now what is left of the Kurdish Forces in a town not very far from where i am standing, they are supposed to be pulling out from the town. Yesterday kurdish sources published a letter written by the commander of the Kurdish Forces addressing mike pence, the us Vice President , that he would abide the deal between russia and turkey and he would take out his forces from the designated area. Therefore for now we would say that what is going to happen is there will be a gradual process of withdrawal of the Kurdish Forces, overseen by turkish, russian and syrian armies from the two different sides, but that will be only in an area of 2000 square kilometres. And in what is left of that designated area, more than 10,000 square kilometres, that would be only the russians and the syrians that would make sure that the kurds would be pulling out from up to 20 miles away from the border. The other question, what will happen to Kurdish Forces when they pull out and go deeper into syrian territory . Nothing is known about that. Even from the syrian government, the details are not known to us and it is yet to be seen. Like my 0k, mehrdad, thank you very much, from the turkey and syria border there very much, from the turkey and syria border there yes, 0k, mehrdad, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news. Borisjohnson will call for a general election if the eu proposes delaying brexit until january. Its after mps rejected his plans to get his brexit bill passed in three days. The fracking industry has failed to meet its targets in part because of a lack of public support. Turkey and russia have agreed what they call an Historic Deal to ensure Kurdish Forces remain away from the Turkish Border with syria. Totte n ha m Tottenham Hotspur went 5 0 with harry kane scoring in the grip stage of the Champions League. And ryan sterling scores a hat trick, as Manchester City beat atalanta 5 1. And england taking on new zealand on saturday. More to come on all of those stories later in the hour. Thanks. We will see you very soon. More now on our main story. Downing street has signalled that borisjohnson will step up his efforts to force a general election, if eu leaders approve an extension to brexit of up to three months. Last night, mps voted in favour of the governments Withdrawal Agreement bill. However, the Prime Ministers plans to fast track the legislation through the commons, in time for the uk to leave by the end of the month, were rejected. We can speak now to David Herszenhorn chief brussels correspondent for politico. Firstly, wendy what you think is the length of extension the eu are likely to give, and secondly, when will we here . It will be the extension as put forward in the benn act put forward very reluctantly by borisjohnson on saturday. The first letter, i have to ask you for an extension, but i dont want it so please dont give it to me. Seeing it as an urgent moment to prevent and no deal is an eye on october 31, donald tusk. Out of paris, notably, from advisers to emmanuel macron, they would like to see something a lot shorter to keep the pressure on london but i am not sure theres a great deal of consent in the eu for that that such would actually work to prevent a no deal, donald tusk. One way to keep the pressure on, keep the uk dangling, but of course there is a price to pay for that kind of uncertainty and eu leader matts had made clear they dont want uncertainty, risk. Leaders. They thought they were out of this, the uk domestic political problems, they thought by agreeing to another Withdrawal Agreement with borisjohnson, they to another Withdrawal Agreement with Boris Johnson, they thought they we re Boris Johnson, they thought they were done, and it was really now up to london and westminster in the uk in general to resolve its internal differences. They are quite angry, some of them, to be dragged back into this, especially after assertions by some on the side on what they will get. They want the uk to get its act together and decide what it plans to do. Some eu leaders will say there should be a National Election in the uk or some big political development, second referendum, to justify an extension, but at this point the message from donald tusk is an extension is needed to prevent a disaster scenario, and there is political paralysis in london so that is what they should do. He is trying to avoid eu leaders coming back for another summit so we will see they go for that or want to come back to discuss this in person because it is a very momentous decision. Is there any particular date, david, in terms ofa any particular date, david, in terms of a length of extension, that brings any political advantage for the eu, or is that not really a factor at this stage . They dont wa nt to factor at this stage . They dont want to be seen as trying to gain political advantage and many dont see how there is a political advantage to be gained, knowing circumstances are completely out of their hands and out of their control. Guidance from the european council, from the general secretariat, the president , donald tusk, the safest thing for the eu is to go for the 31st of january date put into the benn act, essentially give the uk only what it requested, nothing more nothing less, to avoid any of the stakeholders on the british side saying that you are trying to gain advantage or trying to push an election or trying to push toward a referendum, trying to help or hurt borisjohnson, they dont want to do that. Of course they are under no obligation so they could set a date a week or two weeks out but the risk of course is that they then have to come back, and once again prevent what may be, based on all the expert analysis, a disastrous and potentially cataclysmic no deal scenario. Economically, all sides would suffer in that case so i imagine if they give borisjohnson in that case so i imagine if they give Boris Johnson another week in that case so i imagine if they give borisjohnson another week and he still cant get this deal ratified in the common is they have to come back, another day, two days, weeks, months, so if they were to give him that january 30 five state with the possibility which i believe has been the provision all along that if the uk ratifies the 31st date. That if the uk ratifies the deal, then that would happen as soon as everybody was ready. But anything in between, i would suspect we end up in between, i would suspect we end up back doing this all over again at some point soon. David, thank you very much, chief brussels corresponded for politico. A quarter of all ethnic minority students at University Say they have experienced racism. A new study by the governments equality watchdog highlighted that 29 of black students said they had been targeted, whilst 27 of asian students had been victims of racism. The equality and human rights commision say that the issue of racism on campuses isnt being tackled, because universitys are in denial about the extent of the problem. Universities are in denial about the extent of the problem. The former top us diplomat in ukraine has testified that he was told President Trump had made the release of military aid to ukraine contingent on a public declaration from kiev that it would conduct an investigation into the leading democratic president ial candidate, joe biden. William taylors evidence to congressional committees leading an impeachment inquiry was met with gasps in the closed door hearing. Donald trump has denied using a threat to withdraw military aid as political leverage. David willis reports. William taylor career diplomat, man of the establishment his testimony the most explosive yet of Donald Trumps impeachment enquiry. Called from retirement to serve as americas top diplomat in ukraine, he said he arrived to find two separate channels of us policy making, the official channel, of which he was a part, and an unofficial one made up of the president s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others. Their goal to leverage millions of dollars in us aid money on an investigation by ukraine into President Trumps political rivaljoe biden, whose son was doing business there. It amounted, mr taylor said in his opening statement, to a rancorous story about whistleblowers, mr giuliani, side channels, quid pro quos, corruption, and interference in elections. Some see his testimony as a potential turning point. Ambassador taylor highly detailed credible account. That came across that he has a very steep recall of what has happened. And, remember, were not asking people to recall something that three, four, five years ago, four, five years ago were talking about events injuly, august, september. Having previously likened the impeachment enquiry to a witch hunt and a coup, the president had earlier gone a stage further. All republicans must remember what they are witnessing here a lynching, he wrote on twitter. Prompting condemnation, even from members of his own party. Given the history in our country, i would not compare this to a lynching. That was an unfortunate choice of words. It is an unfair process. William taylor is the latest in a series of current and former us diplomats to have voiced concern about the trump administrations policy towards ukraine to the impeachment enquiry. The white house continues to insist there was no quid pro quo. In a Statement Last night, it called the impeachment inquiry a Smear Campaign co ordinated by far left lawmakers and unelected bureaucrats. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. The president of chile made a public apology on tuesday after days of protests that brought the country to a standstill. He also introduced measures including a rise in pensions and a cut in electricity bills in order to quell the anger among protestors. 15 people have died and more than 2,500 people have been arrested since the protests began. From santiago, our south america correspondent katy watson reports. Chileans arent giving up on trying to get their president out. Resign now, say these protesters, who blame their leader for their countrys problems. Chile has woken up, they chant, and theres no going back. The persistence had paid off. Pinera on tuesday struck a more conciliatory tone, meeting opposition members and offering some concessions on live television. Translation faced with the legitimate demands and needs of the citizenship we have listened with great humility because they have given usa great humility because they have given us a very powerful message. Whether those measures will satisfy protesters, though, is unclear. The anger towards the political elite is palpable. Translation chile has lots of money but it is unfair, totally unfair. My family is middle class. They have worked so, so hard by themselves. All i have to say in front of everyone here is that this isnt fair and it is not hard. The politicians are the ones who are stealing. The soldiers remain on the streets, and in a country that lived through a dictatorship less than 30 yea rs through a dictatorship less than 30 years ago that makes people nervous, even for those protesters too young to remember. I can hear my parents who have lived this before, and they have a very big feeling of fear, you know . This is not normal, this is a situation that is the biggest crisis we have ever lived through, so we wanted to take part in this. These past few days of largely peaceful protests have also seen violent stand offs, more than a dozen deaths, injuries and over 2500 people arrested. This opposition politician says authorities have a lot to answer for. We are very concerned first of all about the human rights issues. We have a lot of repression, we have people dying, and we also have people taken and we dont know their names and the context, where they were detained. Throughout tuesday the crowds swelled and the demands got louder. This has been the focal point of a protest they started last week. This crowd has been building since midday. Many people here are asking the president to resign, but also a feeling of tension, and the curfew is shortly going to kick in. People wa nt to is shortly going to kick in. People want to get home and get safe before that starts. As we have seen in the past week, the confrontations started even before the curfew began, but will pineras peace offering be enough to the anger of the streets . Katy watson, bbc news, santiago. A generation of children with special Educational Needs are being let down day after day, according to a report from mps. The Education Select Committee has strongly criticised the implementation of reforms brought in five years ago in england, designed to improve support available for families. If i hadnt found here, then i wouldnt have known where to start. Whether it is just a cup of tea, a chance to meet others in a similar situation or an offer of legal advice, this group of parents all have children with special Educational Needs to get together every week. How are you coping . I dont, most days. I get up and get dressed in the hope that one of them might say, im going to go to school today, mum, in the hope it might happens, but it doesnt. Weve been discharged from speech Therapist Services three times, and his 50 now and he still selectively mute. I have a 13 year old with autism. I couldnt get any social care for him, we had one assessment for him after three years of asking. Its torture and peoples attitudes towards children with disability is a real shame. Following an inquiry, the Committee Says the system is not working because that is no good to throw more money at the system or using a lustre passed to solve individual problems as they arise. The government needs to give much more stronger guidance to councils to see this as a major area of social injustice in our country. It is shameful, and it is wrong. Councils that run the services they they have reached a Tipping Point with funding not keeping up with demand. The government says it is investing more and once the system to work for every child. But that these parents, like thousands across the country, they just want their children to have the best possible chance in life and get the support they were promised. Frankie mccamley, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. Good morning. This morning, we have seen good morning. This morning, we have seen quite a lot of patchy fog across southern parts of england and wales. We do still have that but it will slowly lift through the morning. At the same time, a weather front coming in from the south east will spread around the wash into east wales and all points south of that and we could see some showery outbreaks of light rain. To the west, another front bringing outbreaks of light rain. To the west, anotherfront bringing rain across Northern Ireland and western scotland, gusty winds around this. In between, something drier and brighter with some sunny intervals. Temperature more or less where they should be at this stage in october, 11 in the north, 15 in the south. Overnight, the weather front peps up and moves a bit further north. A weather front in the north west slips a bit further south and in between, where we got clearings in the sky, we could see some patchy mist and fog form. Tomorrow morning, all of these bands of cloud and rain will push down towards the south east, probably not clearing until the evening. Xiao was merging to give longer spells of rain and gusty winds across western scotland, some showers into Northern Ireland and some of those will be thundery but, in between, some brightness. Hello, this is bbc news with anita mcveigh. The headlines. Borisjohnson is understood to be pushing for a general election if the eu agrees a three month brexit extension after mps rejected his fast track commons timetable now eu leaders will consider whether to grant a delay to the 31st october brexit deadline and what length it should be. Englands fracking industry has been much slower than expected to get up and running. A report says low Public Acceptance is partly to blame. Turkey and russia have agreed what they say is an Historic Deal aimed at keeping Kurdish Forces away from syrias border with turkey. A generation of young people with special Education Needs are being failed a report by mps suggests bureaucracy and a lack of funding is tearing familes apart. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. And first up, lets have a look at one of our most read stories online. Its the story of a trio of influencers who have had instagram posts touting diet products banned by the uks ad regulator. The Advertising Standards Authority said tv star, katie price, former the only way is essex star Lauren Goodger and love islands georgia harrison, uploaded irresponsible posts for weight loss products. The ads showed products from boombod and protein revolution, but the Advertising Standards Authority said it was clear that the influencers did not need to lose weight in order to achieve a healthy weight. Instagram ruled that the ads must not appear again in the same form again. The Advertising Standards Authority published an advertising guide for influencers last year. This is another one of our most read stories online. The belgian Paralympian Marieke vervoort has ended her own life through euthanasia at the age of a0. Vervoort, who won gold and silver at the london 2012 paralympics, and two further medals at rio 2016, had an incurable degenerative muscle disease. Euthanasia is legal in belgium and in 2008 vervoort signed papers which would one day allow a doctor to end her life. Vervoorts disease caused constant pain, seizures, paralysis in her legs and left her barely able to sleep. Tributes have been made to the paralympian online. The american diver and four time olympic Gold Medalist Gregory Louganis wrote. And the former a00m runner, Katharine Merry wrote. Lets turn now to one of our most watched videos online. This is a video from bbc 100 women, which names 100 influential and inspirational women each year and shares their stories. Amy webb is a renowned futurist she looks back at the past and scours data to figure out what might be round the corner. She named three things she thinks are most important for us to know about right now, to help make 2030 a better place and this was her top tip. Im amy webb, im a quantitative futurist. When i think about the next ten years, the most Important Development will fall within artificial intelligence. There is a small group of people who are in the process of making decisions about which data to collect and which algorithms to use. And, unfortunately, that group doesnt include enough women. It doesnt include enough people of colour. And, so, the challenge is that the systems and machines that are being designed today to make decisions for us dont actually have all of us in mind. The best possible thing that we could do for our future is to recognise all of the incredibly smart, incredibly driven women who also work in the field and to elevate them to positions where they can also have some say in the Decision Making process. We arejust going we are just going to pull away from the briefing because we have some breaking news coming to us this morning from essex police, who say the bodies of 39 people have been discovered in a lorry container. This is at a water glade Industrial Park, Eastern Avenue, in grays. Police say they were called by collea g u es police say they were called by colleagues from the Ambulance Service shortly before 1 40am this morning, following the discovery of this lorry container, and 39 people we re this lorry container, and 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene, inside this lorry container. Early indications suggest that a 38 are adults and one is a teenager. Police say a 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. And just looking through the rest of the information we have here at the moment, chief superintendent Andrew Marriner is quoted as saying this is a tragic incident where a large number of people have lost their lives, our inquiries are ongoing to establish what has happened. Police say they are in the process of identifying the victims. However, they anticipate that this could be a lengthy process. They believe the lorry is from bulgaria and they believe that it entered the uk at holyhead on the 19th of october. They say that they have arrested a 25 year old man. Shocking news that 39 people have been found dead at the scene of this incident, discovered inside a lorry container in essex, in grays in essex. We hope to talk to our correspondence about this breaking news shortly. Lets ta ke this breaking news shortly. Lets take a look at the sport now and get a full round up from the bbc Sports Centre with john a full round up from the bbc Sports Centre withjohn watson. We will begin with last nights Champions League football. Two of englands best players stole the show in europe last night. Raheem sterling with an 11 minute hat trick as Manchester City beat atalanta 5 1, while harry kane scored twice as tottenham beat Red Star Belgrade 5 0. Adam wild reports. Amidst the light show at tottenham, a desperate need to brighten the gloom. Last years run to the final seemingly a dimming memory, fans keen to capture those good times once more. Against Red Star Belgrade, it didnt take too long. Harry kane, a constant among the inconsistent this season. His header relieving the pressure. Moments later, son heung min added another. This suddenly more like the spurs supporters expected. Confidence returning off and on the field, son scoring a third before half time. The game all but won, the question now was just by how many . Erik lamela with a fourth before harry kane finished what he had started. 5 0 to spurs, their biggest ever Champions League victory. That gloom and those spirits lifted at spurs. Its only time we need to recover our best feelings, we need to build that confidence, of course, but we need to go step by step. Being solid again. For Manchester City, a comfortable night, too, although they did have to come from behind against italian side atalanta. But once Sergio Aguero had put them in charge, the brilliance of Raheem Sterling did the rest. A second half hat trick for the england star, a spectacular, sparkling performance that not even the sending off of phil foden could spoil. 5 1 to city on another sterling night in europe. Last nights football picked up on this mornings back pages. In the sun, sonny and ster. They havent had much to smile about this season, tottenham. The mirror, rout of this world, going with sterling and kane. Spy storm that is related to claims by england coach eddiejones that that is related to claims by england coach eddie jones that they were spied upon as they hit a cuddly prepare for their semifinal with new zealand at the rugby world cup. Sol campbell in back in football, but has a huge task on his hands if hes to keep southend in league one. He managed to steer macclesfield to safety in his previousjob, but watched southend, who are second from bottom, lose 7 1 last night. He has brought in andy cole, the former newcastle and Manchester United striker, as attack coach. The Welsh Rugby Union team met Prince Charles this morning as they continue their preparations for their world cup semi final at the weekend. His Royal Highness was at their Training Session in tokyo this morning. Wales play south africa in yokohama on sunday. The team reached the semi finals after just scraping past france last weekend. That is all from the bbc Sports Centre for now. We are going to come back to this breaking news just emerging in the last few minutes from essex police saying that the bodies of 39 people have been found atan bodies of 39 people have been found at an Industrial Park in grays in essex. Lets speak now to our news correspondent, lisa hampele. What more are the police saying . They are telling us that the Ambulance Service contacted them at 1 40am this morning, having found that these people inside a lorry, at the water glade Industrial Park in grays. They found 39 people that are sadly dead, and that includes 38 adults and one aged in their teens. And a 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Now, we have had a statement from chief superintendent Andrew Marriner and he says it is a tragic incident where a large number of people have lost their lives and enquiries are ongoing. They say the lorry came from bulgaria and that it entered the country on saturday, it came in at holyhead on saturday and they are working closely with their partners in bulgaria to investigate. They say ina in bulgaria to investigate. They say in a statement that they have arrested a lorry driver in connection with the incident and he remains in Police Custody and enquiries continue. He said i appreciate this chord and is going to disrupt the activity of local businesses in the area and they are going to work to see if they can help people as much as possible there, but obviously this is a major incident. I phoned the policejust before i came into the studio and they tell me they are, we are going to be able to talk to one of their Senior Officers later this morning. In terms of the uk and this investigation, presumably police will be looking at any cctv that they can use between holyhead and they can use between holyhead and the location that the lorry was found, to see exactly what its journey was and how long it has been at this Industrial Park. Absolutely, they will be looking at all the cameras, looking at all the routes here and especially at this waterglade Industrial Park and what it was doing there, what else they might be able to find at the Industrial Park in grays. 39 people dead, including a teenager, that is an massive investigation they have got on their hands. Absolutely shocking. Lisa, thank you very much and, as lisa was saying, we are expecting a statement from essex police at some stage in the morning. Improving survival rates for extremely premature babies mean it is now possible to save the lives of some of those born at 22 weeks, according to new guidance. Advice until now had been to only give life saving treatment to those born at 23 weeks. Around 3,000 babaies are born extremely premature in the uk every year. Improving survival rates for extremely premature babies mean it is now possible to save the lives of some of those born at 22 weeks, according to new guidance. Advice until now had been to only give life saving treatment to those born at 23 weeks. Around 3,000 babaies are born extremely premature in the uk every year. Katherine da costa explains. Two happy, inquisitive little boys. Jenson and reuben from brighton recently celebrated their first birthdays, a major milestone given their risky start to life. Their motherjenny was on holiday in cornwall when she went into early labour. She was airlifted to the closest specialist Neonatal Unit in oxford. There, the twins were delivered at 22 weeks and six days, four and a half months before their due date, making them the youngest surviving twins in the uk. It was so uncertain at all times. You were scared to leave the unit for five minutes for fear everything would have changed when you got back. They were so vulnerable and their saturations would change and you would hear the alarms go off and you would worry that, if im not here now, i wont get my chance to say goodbye, so it was always on edge, always on edge. Despite progress, the chances of survival are still low. Data from 2016 shows there were nearly 500 babies born at 22 weeks in the uk. Most didnt survive labour or were given Palliative Care to ease their suffering. 43 were given treatment to try to save their lives. Of those, just a third survived. 22 weeks is the earliest a baby can survive because their lungs arent developed enough. The Research Found that four babies born just a week the Research Found that for babies born just a week later at a 23 weeks, survival rates have doubled in the past decade to 38 . But decisions over care remain complex. One of the things that we make a lot of in this framework is the importance that these decisions have to be made on a case by case basis. These extremely premature babies are all different and a decision cant be based simply on the babys level of maturity or gestation, it also has to take into account all the other factors that might affect the babys chances. Jenny knows the heartache of losing a baby too soon. Two years before having her twins, her son linnie was stillborn at 22 weeks. She welcomes the guidance that makes parents a central part of Decision Making and praises the care her family received. They treated me with utter compassion and really were fighting as hard as they could and we were alljust hoping and willing that the outcome could be different for us. Because i think they could tell how desperately we wanted our family. Jenny calls them her miracle boys. She hopes continued improvements in neonatal treatment will mean many more extremely premature babies will go on to defy the odds. Katherine da costa, bbc news. A group of mps say that the government should decriminalise possession of all illegal drugs. The health and social Care Committee say that such a move could help prevent the rising number of druge related deaths. 2018 saw a 16 rise in the number of drug related deaths, when compared to 2017. Edward davies is the director of policy at the centre for socialjustice, and joins me now. It isa it is a conservative think tank focused on helping people in poverty. Edward, thank you very much for coming along. This is what the health and social Care Committee is saying in terms of suggesting at least that the government examines decriminalising drug use for personal use from a criminal offence toa personal use from a criminal offence to a civil matter. But you dont think that decriminalisation should be part of the debate, do you . Why not . The report is usually welcome, just for us to be sitting here talking about this issue is unusual, it isa talking about this issue is unusual, it is a good thing but it proposes a whole raft of changes. Some of them are excellent and some, like decriminalisation, i have more concerns about. When you look around the world at the liberalisation of drug laws, it has not always gone well. The decriminalisation argument comes principally from what has gone on in portugal and the important thing to know about portugal is it is not just about thing to know about portugal is it is notjust about decriminalisation, it is about Huge Investment in deterring people away from drugs, from actually investing properly in recovery and Treatment Services and that in the uk, is an area where we have a slightly shameful record over the last ten years. So you agree with this report that they should be more investment in support, education and Treatment Services but budget cuts of nearly 30 in the last three years to those in the uk, i right . Thats exactly right, over the last six or seven years, we have devolved funding to local authorities, who are very squeeze, and they have pulled back. We spoke to an council who said we never hold our hands up, it is or is about other things. We have cut by 30 . There are Treatment Centres closing every month now around the country. So are you opposed to decriminalisation from an ideological perspective, if you like, orare you ideological perspective, if you like, or are you saying you cant have decriminalisation if you dont have decriminalisation if you dont have the money going into these services to try and help people and stop them getting addicted in the first place . We need to disentangle what is going on. We look at portugal and say that success is due to decriminalisation but its not, its due to treatment and recovery. If we look around the world, liberalising drug laws has had negative consequences. We have seen black market opening up in canada, we have seen an increase in use and our own Research Says we should expect if we liberalise drug laws, millions of new users. You are talking about portugal because that is an example that the health and social Care Committee talk about in their report, but to come back to their report, but to come back to the point i was asking about a moment ago, what youre saying is that decriminalisation on its own doesnt work, in your opinion . You think its got to accompanied by extra funding for extra Treatment Services. If that money was in place, do you think decriminalisation could be something that could help . I think it is a very high risk strategy, knowing liberalisation can cause these problems if we liberalise drug laws and the benefits we want to achieve can be done without decriminalising drugs. There are great examples around the country. In thames valley, it is a bit like a speed awareness course, if youre found with drugs, youre shown a Recovery Centre and the consequences of your drug use and you pay for those recovery ce ntres drug use and you pay for those Recovery Centres in trouble at the moment, so there is a way to do it without decriminalising this. So you are saying decriminalisation in and of itself is still acting as a deterrent to some people . Very much so, so polling around the country, we found that they would definitely be millions of people who would try drugs who havent before and for every ten people who try, you should expect one to develop a serious problem, so we would be creating hundreds of thousands of people with very serious drug problems overnight. Is there any prospect of getting the additional funding that you think is needed for drug Treatment Services, given that we know budgets are so stretched and you say that you havent heard a local provider ever saying we need to spend more money on this area. Local provider ever saying we need to spend more money on this aream is really important to see addiction in the round because we sometimes focus on the drug issue but we have about 430,000 problem gamblers, we have more than that with a drink problem, there is huge amount of money in those industries but we have money in the country that we could focus on people with addictions and, at the moment, we are choosing not to. We could make that choice, we could funded from gambling levies, from drinks but we dont have to, we could take it from general taxation but it is a massive growing issue and we are not doing treatment and well. Edward davis, from the centre for socialjustice, thank you very much. Let mejust remind let me just remind you of the awful news coming into us this morning, the bodies of 39 people found in a lorry container at an Industrial Park in grays in essex. Essex police say they were called by the Ambulance Service in the early hours of this morning shortly before 1 40am two to Industrial Park in easton avenue in grays and 39 people we re easton avenue in grays and 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene called to waterglade Industrial Park. 38 adults and one aged in their teens. A 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. You can see they are part of the Police Statement on your screens. They say we are in the process of identifying the victims. However, this is from chief superintendent Andrew Marriner, i anticipate that this could be a lengthy process. Police do know that there is a lorry came from bulgaria. It entered the uk at holyhead on the 19th of october, so on saturday, and police say they are working closely with all their partners to investigate they say they have investigated the lorry driver, who remains in Police Custody as their enquiries go on. We have a witness statement from someone who was driving past the Industrial Park, again in the early hours of this morning, way home from work. Paige wade told the press association she had just finished work and was driving along motherwell way, which people in the area will know and all you could see we re area will know and all you could see were blue flashing lights, there was Police Caught on tape from the start of Eastern Avenue and i knew it was serious because of how many police ca rs serious because of how many police cars and ambulances were there, but the police had parked their cars across the whole access of the road so you couldnt see anything beyond that cordon. There are always lorries around there as they park up for the night. She says she couldnt say whether she did or didnt see the actual lorry in question but obviously an impression from somebody driving past that Industrial Park, waterglade Industrial Park, waterglade Industrial Park, waterglade Industrial Park in grays, of a Massive Police operation in response to this horrific discovery of 39 bodies ina to this horrific discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry. Just looking to see if there is anything more from the police at this stage. They have told one of our correspondence that we will be making a statement later on this morning, butjust to reiterate, 39 people pronounced dead at the scene of this discovery inside a lorry container at waterglade Industrial Park in grays in essex. The body is found early this morning. 38 adults and one aged in their teens. At 25 year old man from Northern Ireland arrested on suspicion of murder. We will, of course, keep you up to date with any developments in this breaking story. Relatives of british people murdered abroad should receive financial compensation, according to the victims commissioner for england and wales. Dame vera baird says support for families is patchy and sometimes inadequate. Every year, between 60 and 90 uk citizens die in suspicious circumstances overseas. The ministry ofjustice says the proposal will be considered as part of a wider review. Whenever you are a victim of homicide in the family, at home or wherever, it is appalling but to try to cope with it without that much help when there are translation issues, you may not be there, you may have to fly out, the expense, the bureaucracy, a system you dont understand with nobody really to befriend you consistently from start to finish, it is very hard. People feel abandoned and are not able to grieve in the way they should. The duchess of sussex has made her first public appearance since revealing she and prince harry are struggling with media attention. Meghan was attending a Charity Event at the royal albert hall. Last week, in an interview on itv, she described her past year as a member of the royal family as hard and admitted she was not prepared for the intensity of the tabloid interest. A 120 year Old Lighthouse in denmark has just been successfully moved away from the edge of a sandy cliff. Engineers managed to lift it up onto two tracks and slide it about 70 metres at the dizzying speed of up to eight metres per hour. It took six hours, and thousands of people came to watch. Time now for a look at the Weather Forecast with simon. I lighthouse might be pretty useful this morning because we have had some fog patches around and it has been quite dense and patchy across central and southern areas. Parts of Northern England seeing a bit of fog around as well and we have had some pictures from our weather watchers, that was the scene this morning in birmingham. But there is some sunshine out there, south west england, parts of wales and northern parts of england. That is in cheshire. But toward scotland and Northern Ireland, a cold front bringing some outbreaks of rain. To the south east, a warm front to bring some cloud into the south east of england. As we go through the day, that cloud could thicken up and spread its way further north and west would, eventually bringing outbreaks of rain this afternoon. The rain will continue in western scotland, edging eastwards across Northern Ireland but drier and brighterfor northern Northern Ireland but drier and brighter for Northern England and wales. The midlands, the fog will clear here and temperature is about 1115d. Clear here and temperature is about 11 15d. Tonight, this area of rain moves eastwards. We still have the rain from central southern areas open towards lincolnshire, just easing out a touch but much more cloud around tonight compared to last night, so it is not as cold as we go through into thursday morning. Quite a messy picture on thursday, those weather fronts kind of bump into each other and it means it will bea into each other and it means it will be a cloudy start on thursday, some outbreaks of rain further north and west, some stronger winds developing around an area of low pressure. Gail is expected here throughout the day, rain across southern and eastern areas as we go through thursday. Gradually clearing towards these, there will be some sunny spells and ill be showers, some of them quite heavy and thundery towards the north west. Maximum temperature 1114. As north west. Maximum temperature 11 14. As we go into friday, warm air moving its way in from the south but cold air pushing its way in from the north and as close to meet, we are going to see some heavy rain, perhaps even some snow but mainly over the higher ground. The main emphasis should be on the rain as it moves its way in across wales and towards england. The rain will be particularly heavy across the north of wales and england, there could be some gales across the far north, well worth staying into the forecast over the next few days. That is all from me. Bye bye. Hello its wednesday, its ten oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire at westminster. I think that its ourjob to get brexit done on october the 315t. This country will leave the eu on october the 315t. Well make sure that we can come out on the 315t of october. We are ready, on october the 315t. To come out on october the. 3ist . 315t, correct, come what may. Do ordie . Do ordie. Despite all those promises, it looks very likely we wont be leaving the eu on october 31st. Mps have rejected the Prime Ministers fast track timetable for approving his brexit bill