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Well be live in penzance at 9 15am for a special report. And in sport, wales get ready to take on fiji in the Rugby World Cup, while scotland play russia in a bid to reach the quarterfinals. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. The irish Prime Minister has warned it will be very difficult for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement on brexit before the deadline of 31st october. Speaking to rte news, leo varadkar said big gaps remained between the uk and the eu on crucial issues. ...

The headlines at 11am. Writing in two sunday newspapers, borisjohnson urges the eu to show that its willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal the brexit secretary says the onus is now on the eu. We set out very serious proposals, including compromise on our side and we now need to seek flexibility on the eu side in order to reach that deal. This is the live scene hong kong as police have fired tear gas at demonstrators as they continue to defy an emergency law by wearing face masks duri...

Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson claims hes been a model of restraint when it comes to his use of language, in the brexit debate. He was speaking on the opening day, of the conservative Party Conference in manchester. The Prime Minister refused to apologise for using words such as surrender, when describing the legislation, designed to stop the uk leaving the European Union without a deal. This report from our Political Correspondent jonathan blake, contains some flash photogra...

Hello and welcome to world news today. There have been running street battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of Anti Government unrest. Protesters threw petrol bombs, while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. There were multiple arrests, as the authorities try to assert control, in the run up to tuesdays 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china. From hong kong, heresjohn sudworth. They are determined to spoil the part...

Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many w...

An historic tragedy. At least 25 people have died after a diving boat caught fire off the california coast nine others are still missing. In tennis, the defending womens singles champion, japans naomi osaka, is knocked out of the us open after losing to Switzerlands Belinda Bencic in the last 16. The bbc home and forces programme. Here is the news. And 80 years on since the outbreak of World War Two, we look at the contribution Radio Broadcasts made to the war effort. Good morning and welcome to...

At this moment, as we come face to face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. May love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. Thank you, helen. That now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. Please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just tributes and flowers to andrew. This i...

Trade deal after brexit. We are going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up we are going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up some we are going to do a fantastic deal once we clear up some of the obstacles once we clear up some of the o bsta cles in once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path. As far as the uk and United States are concerned, we re uk and United States are concerned, were working on a very big trade deal and i think it is going to work out very well. The Prime Minist...

Fires in the amazon. We report from a rainforest in crisis. Its a huge task for the troops who are supposedly reaching this region. This is a Global Crisis because these are considered the lungs of the world. England continue their uphill battle now without captainjoe root to try to pull off an unlikely ashes victory at headingley. In dateline,. The g7 summit, the amazon in flames, and china. All discussed in dateline london in half an hours time, here on bbc news. The Prime Minister has told th...

Was a dearly loved and respected colleague. We gather here one week from the tragic death of pc Andrew Harper, our dearly loved and respected friend and colleague, a dearly respected police officer. Tv chef pru leith is brought in to help aid a new review of food in nhs hospitals. Its another one. Disaster for england in the ashes as the top order collapses at headingley. And coming up on bbc news the clock ticks at bury. The club will be expelled from the efl at midnight, unless a last minute d...