To zimbabwes former president Robert Mugabe as preparations continue for his funeral ceremonies this weekend. Britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says he is cautiously optimistic of getting a brexit deal. Hell travel to luxembourg on monday for his first meeting since taking office with the European Commission president , jean claude juncker, and the eu chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. At an event in the north of england today, borisjohnson told an audience that theres a rough shape of a deal in place for britain to leave the European Union. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar reports. The names boris, borisjohnson. Trust me. Nice to see you. It looks like campaigning, and it is, for future votes and for trust that hes the one to deliver brexit no more delays. An exciting time, he told one supporter. Not exciting, worrying, she said. Maybe worrying for him too, wanting a brexit deal, attacked by critics for closing the commons. Im all in favour of our mps. Heckler why are you not with them in parliament sorting out the mess that you created . Get back to parliament and sort it out hes being heckled by the Commons Speaker too, whos warned of more laws to ban a no deal brexit, maybe force another extension. Whatever the shenanigans that may be going on at westminster, we will get on with delivering our agenda and preparing to take this country out of the eu on october the 31st. What chance of a deal . He is hoping for a last minute breakthrough. I am cautiously optimistic. Is that a good enough characterisation . I am cautiously optimistic. He will meet the eu Commission President in luxembourg on monday, still a long way from agreement. His Democratic Unionist Party allies want to be convinced by a brexit deal that they see as no threat to the union, and they havent been. We are not going to vote for any arrangement which makes us different than the rest of the United Kingdom and as a result forms a border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. As far as the Irish Government is concerned, our position hasnt changed. I would have to say that what has been put forward so far falls very far short of what we need. So the chances of a deal still seem remote, but that doesnt mean it cant happen. It would certainly help borisjohnson out of a tight political corner. If he is forced to extend brexit he could expose the tories to a potentially serious threat from the brexit party. And now there is a law that could virtually out laura no deal brexit. Wanting a deal, even needing one, wont necessarily make it happen. Good luck with brexit. Thank you very much. Where theres a political will, theres often a political way. But no one has found it yet. John pienaar, bbc news, westminster. The metropolitan police has ended its criminal investigation, into the Campaign Group leave. Eu, over its spending during the 2016 brexit referendum. The inquiry began after the Electoral Commission referred the campaign, founded by the businessman aron banks, to the police, and fined it £70,000. But the met now says theres insufficient evidence to justify further action. Mr banks has called for an inquiry into the Electoral Commissions actions, and a separate investigation by the National Crime agency into other allegtions, is ongoing. The american Actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days injailfollowing her involvement in the Us College Admissions scandal. The desperate housewives actress was involved in a plan to fix her daughters exam results and help her get into good schools. In a letter to a judge, huffman described her desperation to be a good mum as one of the reasons she was involved. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has been following the story. He went through the reaction to the sentencing. Considerable reaction on social media, as you can imagine, some saying this has been a life sentence for Felicity Huffman, others saying that she did well to admit to it and to admit to it early, and to clearly be willing to take what is coming to her. She issued a statement after the hearing, saying that she would accept the courts decision without reservation. She said i have learnt a lot over the last six months about my floors as a person. There are no excuses or justifications for my actions, period. Flaws as a person. Do you think, following hollywood as well, that she will be able to regain her celebrity status, to go forward with her career after Something Like this . Well, the irony of all this, actually, is that she is not due to actually go and start this sentence until the 25th of october. So that could mean that on saturday she will be spending it out of the emmy awards ceremony, because she is in a Netflix Series called when they see us which has been nominated for a whole bunch of emmies. Just wanted a whole number of ironies about this whole case. But there will be others, on a more serious note, who plead not guilty in this case, which involves about 51 different defendants. And they will presumably be very concerned. Laurie locklin, who was a sitcom star and a soap opera star, she is one of those who has been steadfastly maintaining her innocence in this case. Who is a sitcom star. Lots of speculation on social media that she may be worried now, given that Felicity Huffman, who admitted her guilt, is serving a prison sentence, albeit not quite as long as the prosecution sought for her. What about the universities that were involved in these scandals . Have they responded, or what has, i suppose, been some of the lines coming from them . You know what, it is interesting, isnt it . Because this is unquestionably an elite College System here, people pay large sums of money in terms of annual fees to go to these elite colleges and this is what a lot of these people, very wealthy people, are seeking to do, to subvert the system, and basically cheat their offspring into these very exclusive colleges, and in some cases, even by doctoring pictures, to show that they were avid participants in certain sports, when in actual fact they had no interest in them. So it is a very profound scandal, and it speaks to a lot of Different Things aside from, of course, fame, access and the power of money. Lets get some of the days other news. The United States and brazil say they will Work Together to promote Economic Development of the amazon rainforest. They plan to raise a 100 Million Investment fund to support businesses in hard to reach areas of the amazon, saying that Economic Development is the only way to protect it. The swedish teenage climate activist, greta thunberg, has joined hundreds of young protesters outside the white house to demand action against climate change. The demonstration marked the first high profile event of gretas 6 day visit to washington. The idea was to pressure a sceptical Trump Administration to tackle climate change. Some of the evidence at the inquest into the suicide bombing of an Ariane Grande concert in manchester in may 2017 is to be kept secret. The coroner in charge of the case said that releasing certain information from the Security Service and the police might jeopardise national security. 22 people were killed in the attack, which was carried out paris metro walkers have walked workers have walked off the job, sparking transit delays as commuters search for other ways to get to work. Most of the citys lines have shut down completely, while the others are severely disrupted. That is according to the citys transit operator. Some of the evidence at the inquest into the suicide bombing of an Ariane Grande concert in manchester in may 2017 is to be kept secret. The coroner in charge of the case said that releasing certain information from the Security Service and the police might jeopardise national security. 22 people were killed in the attack, which was carried out by a british man with family in libya. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz said the coroner gave a lengthy explanation of his decision. Quite fulsome detail, because now it is still the case that inquests into how 22 people were killed here at the arena are yet to be held, we have had pre inquest argument, and the coroner has been looking at arguments about whether some evidence should be heard in private. The inquests are due to start in april next year, that will be nearly three years since the attack, and the families of those who died have lots of questions, including whether the attack could have been prevented, and whether the Security Services knew about the movements of the bombers family beforehand. Today they found that they wont hear all the relevant evidence. Lawyers for the Security Services and the police have argued that to make some of it public could pose a risk to national security. Lawyers for the families demanded full transparency, and they say the authorities are seeking to withhold the information are the same authorities that stand to be criticised. The coroner, sirjohn saunders, has agreed that there is a risk to national security, in fact he said that to make the information public could help terrorists carry out similar atrocities and make them harder to prevent. And so it is now thought that rather than holding inquest, instead a Public Inquiry will be held. Despite its name, that sort of inquiry means that some evidence can be heard privately. Now to an incredibly destructive greenhouse gas, that can seriously damage the atmosphere. Sulphur hexafluoride, also known as sf6, is used to prevent fires and accidents in Electrical Equipment in power stations and wind turbines. But if it leaks the consequences for the environment are severe, and levels of sf6 in the atmosphere have increased sharply in recent years. Across the eu leaks have been equivalent to the emissions of 1. 3 million extra vehicles on the road injust one year. Matt mcgrath investigates whats behind the rise. Were about to witness the startling destructive power of electricity, as technicians prepare a short circuit test at this laboratory. This is why industries rely so heavily on sf6. It prevents overloads that destroy installations. But the gas is also the most powerful climate warming substance known to science, 23,500 times more damaging than carbon dioxide, and levels in the atmosphere are increasing. Its leaking into the air faster than ever before. This is a very potent greenhouse gas, and its very long lived. So what we put up in the atmosphere will essentially stay there for hundreds or thousands of years. If we dont cut emissions, welljust continue to add to that atmospheric burden. The main reason for the rise in the use of sf6 has been the change in the way we make electricity. In the past, we relied on a handful of large coal stations for our power, but these have been replaced by dozens of wind farms, requiring many more substations and connections to the grid. The electricity generated by wind farms is sent via underwater cables to substations on land. It travels along high voltage lines, and the power is then converted so it can be used in homes and offices all over the uk. On every step of the journey, switches and fuses are used to prevent short circuits and fires. But around 80 of the ones in the uk depend on the powerful greenhouse gas, sf6. The eu will review the regulations on sf6 in 2020, but some Energy Companies are sensing that change is coming. This new wind farm being built off the coast of east anglia is one of the first and largest in the world constructed without sf6. However, there are limitations. The turbines here are connected to the substation, and that still relies on the gas. But at this factory in the netherlands, they have been making electrical switch products without sf6 for decades. They are ready for a0 years in the field and they are reliable, they are safe and they are really working with no use of sf6. Changing from sf6, a reliable and Cost Effective insulating material, wont be easy. The industry regulator 0fgem says its setting targets for companies to move away from the gas. But a ban on the substance is thought unlikely before 2025. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come, the british singer lily allen says her record label has not taken any action after she claimed she was sexually assaulted by someone at the company. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. There is people alive, and there is people not alive. We just can help and give them whatever weve got. A state funeral is being held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. It looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The governments case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. Hes campaigned vigorously for the abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. Now that she has become a saint, its expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local businessman regard the anticipated boom as just another blessing of st elizabeth. This is bbc news, the main story this hour britains borisjohnson says hes cautiously optimistic about a brexit deal as he prepares for his first face to face talks with the European Union next week. Desperate housewives star Felicity Huffman sentenced to two weeks in prison forfraudulently huffman sentenced to two weeks in prison for fraudulently securing a University Place for her daughter. To zimbabwe now, thousands of people have been queuing to pay their last respects, to the countrys former president Robert Mugabe, whose body is lying in state. Arguments between his family and the government continue, over his final resting place. And as our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports, deep divisions remain, over the wider legacy, of his decades in power. Crying in own language. Mourning zimba bwes long serving leader. Thousands brought to the capital, harare, to see him one last time, even if to catch one final fleeting glimpse of the former president. The mention of Robert Mugabe invokes strong emotions. There are those who loved, even revered him, and thousands have been coming here to pay their last respects. But elsewhere in the country his memory elicits strong feelings of pain, bitterness and anger. Charles thomas witnessed horrific scenes at this mine, more than three decades ago. He can still hear the cries, he says, of children tied between their parents and pushed into this shaft hundreds of metres deep. People be dismounting from the trucks. Started being stabbed with bayonets, beaten, to run here, those who were refusing they shot dead. A paramilitary wing, called the fifth brigade, rounded up men, raped women and killed up to 20,000 zimbabweans. It was dubbed gukurahundi, the rain that washes away the chaff. Controversial land reforms saw white owners forcefully ejected and their farms given to black zimbabweans. Peter kuyeri is one of the beneficiaries. The former Civil Servant is full of praise for Robert Mugabe. If it wasnt for him, i dont know where we would be. I am just grateful that god gave us that kind of a person, of the kind of mugabe. To some, a caring leader to others, an unrepentant tyrant. Here lies a man of contradictions, who defined zimba bwes history for decades. Four people have died in spain as heavy rain and flash flooding continue to batter the south east of the country shutting down Regional Airports and schools. Spains Meteorological Office forecast torrential downpours of up to 18 centimetres over 2a hours and warned that heavy rain was expected to affect parts of Southern Spain and the Balearic Islands including ibiza. 0livia crellin reports. Without the tip of this road sign poking above the murky flood waters, it would be impossible to tell that just 48 hours ago, what now looks like a major river was a motorway. Heavy rainfall in the south eastern regions of valencia and murcia have been sweeping away cars and debris, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people as the river broke its banks. This half submerged band was the focus of rescue efforts as elsewhere floodwaters claimed a third and fourth victim in the andalusian cities of elm and granada. Translation he had cut himself on the window when he broke his window to get out, then he kind on top of the car and he was all right when we found him but he had contracted hypothermia. Roads, coasts, homes, trains and airports have all been affected, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded. This includes tourist in this airport, as the area remains on red alert and authorities continue to recommend citizens remain at home and avoid using their cars. Nobody gets out here, everybody is stuck on