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And in sport, humiliation for spurs in the Champions League, beaten 7 2 by bayern munic in the biggest ever home defeat of an english team in europe. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. The government will submit what it calls its final proposals for a new brexit deal today, with a warning there will be no further negotiations if brussels fails to engage with the offer. Borisjohnson is expected to tell the conservative Party Conference the plan is a fair and reasonable compromise that all sides can build on. While the official plan wont be published till later, the Daily Telegraph has published details of what it says are the proposals british negotiators are putting forward in place of the backstop designed to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. The paper says the idea is to have some checks on the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of irelandand other, different, checks across the irish sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is calling this plan two borders forfour years. Lets look at what the Daily Telegraph is suggesting in more detail. The paper reports that under the proposals the uk and Northern Ireland would have a special relationship until 2025. Northern ireland would remain within much of the single market. It would leave the Customs Union with the rest of the uk. The paper says the proposals would create a regulatory border across the irish sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It would create a Customs Border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. After four years in 2025 the papers says the Stormont Assembly would have a role in deciding the relationship beyond that. We can now go live to the conservative Party Conference in manchester, our assistant political editor, norman smith is there. Our assistant political editor, does our assistant political editor, this sound like every versioning does this sound like every versioning of what was said between the eu, the government and the dup . This is what the British Government regards as its big compromise is that Northern Ireland would stay in the single market, abide by eu regulations. But, and this is the big ask from the British Government, would leave the Customs Union and be a separate customs territory with its own customs check. If you listen to everything the eu has been saying, when the scene there is much chance of this getting liftoff, added to which the language mr johnson has ramped it up, take it or leave it, my way or no way, doesnt sound like the sound of language that will encourage a conciliatory response from the eu. I think most people are a little bit pessimistic about the prospects of this working. Although mrjohnson takes a view that in private the negotiations have been much more constructive and more fruitful. I think he has concluded we have reached a moment of truth. His view is if we are leaving the eu, then part brexit is being able to have our own trade policy, own tariffs and customs policy, own tariffs and customs policy and therefore our own checks. Anything short of that, in his view is staying in the eu. He takes the view we have reached a moment of truth and the eu has to accept we are leaving the eu and if they want us are leaving the eu and if they want us to stay in the Customs Union that would mean overturning the result of the referendum. So for him, this is a moment of reality, this is it, this is the brexit crunch. Listening to the Party Chairman this morning, james cleverly, pretty clear that if there is going to be a deal, the eu will have to back down. Now is the time for the eu to consider seriously, the proposals we are putting forward. There will not be a delay, we are leaving on the 315t of october and what we really, really want is for the eu to recognise that movement on their part will give us the opportunity to get a deal we can get through the house of commons, get brexit done. The other component of thejohnson deal is what role for stormont . How can the politicians of Northern Ireland have some say over this precarious position that Northern Ireland would be put in because in effect, Northern Ireland would have a regulatory border with the rest of the uk and would have a Customs Border with the eu. In other words, it wouldnt have frictionless trade with anyone. Now that would have to have the consent of the people and politicians of Northern Ireland. That is another tricky area for the eu to agree to, but clearly, if mr johnson is going to get the dup to agree to that precarious predicament, hes going to have to get the eu to allow stormont to have some sort of say or veto over that package. Norman, picking up on, you have already alluded to it, the language and the rhetoric, how much is this design for the consumption of the conservative Party Conference today . How much of it in reality is borisjohnson going today . How much of it in reality is Boris Johnson going to today . How much of it in reality is borisjohnson going to follow through on or his negotiators follow through on or his negotiators follow through on or his negotiators follow through on in discussions with brussels . It is undoubtedly true, the sort of dirty harry language will go down hugely well at this Party Conference. But if you are going into a negotiation, it doesnt strike me as the measures for language if you are going to make compromises and you want to make the other side make compromises. There was an interesting interview with mr johnson in the sun where he did adopt more wriggle room in some of his comment saying he would look at any proposals in which the eu put down as a sort of counter offer. Clearly, if you re down as a sort of counter offer. Clearly, if youre going to reach a deal, there is going to have to be some give and take. Although it seems a fairly uncompromising position, if you take borisjohnson at his word, and his word is, he wa nts a at his word, and his word is, he wants a deal, if you want to deal he has got to give himself some latitude to move. I suspect the broad outlines will have to stay the same, but in terms of a lot of the detail, then mrjohnson has to be ready to compromise if he wants to getan ready to compromise if he wants to get an agreement. Norman, thank you very much. We can speak now to our brussels correspondent, adam fleming. What do you think brussels is going to make up the presentation of the so called final proposal from Boris Johnson . We are still waiting to find out how that presentation will happen. There is speculation david frost, the Prime Ministers brexit negotiator will head to brussels today and present the proposals to Michelle Barniers teen face to face after mrjohnson had sat down from his speech in manchester. That is still to be confirmed and that will kick off a whole series of meetings, whether it is with meps, eu Member States and ambassadors, getting an initial pass on it from the eus negotiators. In terms of this idea, this is the last and final offer, ta ke this is the last and final offer, take it or leave it, that has not gone down particularly well. A senior eu official close to the negotiations said, surely the historical belfast agreement on the Peace Process deserves better than a first and final offer. Of course, the actual content norman was alluding to, lots of rumours about what it will be, we saw the Irish Government reacting last night, irish ministers taking to the airwaves in ireland saying, if this plan involves customs checks between Northern Ireland all ireland, or the absence of customs checks and the absence of customs checks and the absence of customs checks and the absence of a system for managing customs otherwise, then that is not a go. If there is going to be a time limit, maybe four years on this replacement backstop, then that makes it not the insurance policy it is intended to be. It is time limited, it is meant to be there until there is a replacement, not a specific date in time. So people are pretty sceptical already. Having said that, having said that, the eu having rejected this take it or leave it approach, i can imagine Michelle Barnier saying, we disagree with most of this but lets keep talking and then it is up to Boris Johnson to decide whether he is pulling the plug or not. Adam, thank you very much for that. Im joined now by europe editor of the Daily Telegraph, peter foster. Is this a re singer or an attempt to re purpose old ideas that have already been rejected from various quarters, or is there something new in here . Well, there are no new ideas in brexit. I think there is an attempt, as it were, to finesse the fa ct attempt, as it were, to finesse the fact you are going to end up with two borders in both directions and the idea is, there might be a bit of pain both ways for unions who want to protect the internal market of the uk, but nationalist by aligning on eu rules for agriculture. It cuts across a binary restraint on the dublin side. They think any form of checks on the border is going to undermine the all ireland economy, which they consider to be the bedrock of the Peace Process. Whilst this is an old recipe with a new topping on it, i struggle to see how it can be squared with the red lines coming out of europe and dublin. Do you get a sense it is not so much throwing the ball back into the eus code, but forcibly shoving the ball back towards the eu, perhaps setting up back towards the eu, perhaps setting upa bit back towards the eu, perhaps setting up a bit of back towards the eu, perhaps setting upa bit ofa back towards the eu, perhaps setting up a bit of a blame game . Sorry, do you still have me . We can hear you, peter. The picture is back, fantastic. Is it a blame game . I think in another world when no deal was still on the table, the british side really thought they might be able to use pressure to get this deal over the line. But of course with the ban act, there is the option of an extension. How do you think this speech will go down with the Party Faithful at the conference . Will they keep faith with borisjohnson, with his way of doing things . Well, the slogan of the conference is, get brexit done. Iam not the conference is, get brexit done. I am not sure this proposal is going to get brexit done. With the benn act, all mrjohnson can do is continue to demonstrate he is determined to get brexit done and bring the uk out whole and entire from the european union. I suspect, as you say, if this deal is rejected, mrjohnsons plate will be i moved a mile, they wouldnt move an inch. I think that is probably where he has to go if this deal doesnt cross the line. 0k peter, thank you very much for your time this morning. Peter foster, europe editor at the Daily Telegraph. Away from politics. Tesco has announced that its chief executive dave lewis is stepping down after five years in the role. Mr lewis said the decision was a and tesco chairmanjohn allan said he had accepted the resignation with regret. The departure was announced as tesco reported a rise in profits. Business presenter Dominic Oconnell is here. Good morning. Is this a genuine surprise, do you think . It is, many people thought dave lewis might stay ona people thought dave lewis might stay on a bit longer to enjoy the fruits of the turnaround he engineered. But timing is everything in business and i think dave lewis realised it wasnt going to get much better than the set of results. He joined the company when it was in disarray and there had been a string of profit warnings and there was an accounting scandal. Tesco was in ms and he has done a lot. He sacked quite a few thousand staff, change the Senior Management and move to head office and the results have been overshadowed by the news of his departure. Like for like sales, tough comparison with last year because last year was a good one for tesco. At the operating margin, which is what a lot of people look at was back up to 4 . A level it has not been at since the glory days. The grocery market is super competitive. Aldi and lidl are snapping up tescos heels, sainsburys is cutting costs very hard. It is not going to get that much easier in the future so his timing is probably impeccable. 0k, as we were mentioning, some critics saying the job is far from as we were mentioning, some critics saying thejob is farfrom done but i guess in the current economic climate, it is how long is a piece of string, how can anybody step away from a role like this and say i am content with all i can do . It is a job that will never be done. It is getting more competitive, the grocery market is tough. Aldi and lidl pushing hard at the more established players. And also you have amazon, who is always threatening to push into the market but hasnt made many inroads. But amazon is waiting in the wings. Dave lewis has proper thought, i have done pretty well, it is not going to get much easierfrom here, good time to go. Dominic, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news. Borisjohnsons take it or leave it message to europe as he prepares to set out his final offer on brexit. The duke and duchess of sussex take the mail on sunday to court for publishing one of the duchess private letters to her father the boss of tesco quits after five years in the job he says the turnaround he led is now complete, but critics say theres still work to do. In sport, humiliation for spurs in the Champions League last night. They were hammered 7 2 at the biggest european home defeat by any english side ever. Raheem sterling inspired Manchester City to a 2 0 win against dynamo greer. And andy murray beats Cameron Norrie over a gruelling three sets to reach the quarterfinals of the china open in beijing. I will be back with more on those stories in about 20 minutes. See you then. More now on the news that the government will submit what it calls its final proposals for a new brexit deal today, with a warning there will be no further negotiations if brussels fails to engage with the offer. Borisjohnson is expected to tell the conservative Party Conference the plan is a fair and reasonable compromise that all sides can build on. Mrjohnson is expected to give some details in his keynote speech to the conference later this morning. But, aside from europe, the speech will be a chance for the Prime Minister to reset, after a turbulent few weeks. Someone who knows a bit about speech writing is chris wilkins, former head of strategy and speech writer for theresa may. He writer for theresa may. Joins us from the conferenn manchester. He joins us from the conference in manchester. Good to have you with us. What Boris Johnson manchester. Good to have you with us. What borisjohnson is saying, it gives quite a lot of wiggle room. It is the final offer if the eu fails to engage. But of course the eu is going to engage at some level with what the government is suggesting, isnt it . Yes, it does allow some wriggle room. The key for number ten today really is get to the day with the eu not having completely rejected the offer that is made in the Prime Ministers speech later this morning. The question is, is it the basis for having a conversation really . If they get to the day and there are indications it is at least worth sitting down and talking, i think they will be happy with that. There has been a mismatch in the messaging overnight, some of the language in the newspapers this morning about, this is ourfinal offer, no further. There has been some rolling back from that by some sources at number ten because i dont think it landed quite how they wa nted dont think it landed quite how they wanted it to be. Is it the basis for a discussion . The final day will not look like the thing that is being talked about today but can we talk about it . If they can get that through, they will be happy. About it . If they can get that through, they will be happym about it . If they can get that through, they will be happy. If one wa nts to through, they will be happy. If one wants to sound tough, but at the same time not completely offend or put of the other side, you have to strike a fine balance. What is your assessment in a bit more detail of the language that weve heard been revealed that borisjohnson, we are told, is going to use . Yes, this is a lwa ys told, is going to use . Yes, this is always a tricky thing with these Conference Speeches. Ive been to a couple of them now. As a speech writer you spend a lot of time thinking about the language in some detail and there is nuance and things like that, phrasing you use. And then you hand it over to somebody else in the team and they talk to the media. Sometimes things come across rather harder in the media than you had intended them. I have certainly been through that circumstance. I think of the first Conference Speech that theresa may gave as Prime Minister, which i worked on with her, there were certainly messages in there for the whole, which was quite strong. But we we re whole, which was quite strong. But we were surprised actually by the way that was received in brussels, who sort of thought it was a message designed for them, in many ways. We would say, this was a Party Conference speech, it is a political event and you use certain bits of language in a speech like that. They didnt necessarily understand that this connect. It is a really tricky line to walk. The key thing is, what is the actual language the Prime Minister uses on the stage later this morning . People need to focus on that and less on some of the briefing that goes into the newspapers. He has had a really rocky time as Prime Minister, hasnt he . He has had a couple of ropey speeches, widelyjudges to be ropey, particularly the one in front of the police recruits, for example. He has had a very difficult time in the house of commons, there are the other issues around his personal conduct as well. How important is it for borisjohnson that he absolutely gets this speech right, that it is well received by those in the hall . It is absolutely a really big moment. The speech always are. It is the closest thing we have to do a sort of state of the Union Address really. But borisjohnson is absolutely guaranteed a rapturous reception in the whole, they are already queueing to get into the speech. Even though things have not been going entirely according to plan and there have been lots of difficulties in recent weeks, the atmosphere at a conference this week has been quite positive and there is a sense people feel they have the leader and the Prime Minister they a lwa ys leader and the Prime Minister they always wanted. They are definitely behind him. But this mornings speech, that is not his difficulty. The question is, how does he speak to the country beyond the hole. I think what you will get this morning therefore, is a forensic message we have had since he became Prime Minister around things like increasing police numbers, investing in the nhs, investing in schools. What this number ten operation is doing successfully, getting messages like that into the speech, short m essa 9 es like that into the speech, short messages they clip and put out on social media afterwards, they fire it into the feeds of the key target audiences, key voters they are after. That is what a lot of this morning will be about, it will be an election rally spirit in the whole, i think but about getting the retail offers into the speech that can be pumped out on social media and other channels after the speech into the country. But the whole wont be a problem because this conference, they are definitely on side and they are looking forward to hearing from him. Are looking forward to hearing from him. The hall. Are looking forward to hearing from him. The hall. Chris wilkins there, thank you very much. Away from politics. The duchess of sussex is suing the the mail on sunday, over a claim it unlawfully published one of her private letters to her estranged father. In an emotional statement, prince harry accuses the press of bullying and destroying lives. The paper says it will defend itself vigorously. 0ur correspondent, Nicholas Witchell is with the royal couple on their tour of Southern Africa. It is this article in the mail on sunday earlier this year which is at the centre of the duchesss legal action. It quoted from a private letter she had written to his estranged father, thomas, at his home in mexico. To her estranged father, thomas, at his home in mexico. The couple, who are in the final stages of their tour of Southern Africa, have now begun legal action in the duchesss name in the high court in london alleging breach of privacy and copyright infringement. In a strongly worded statement, the duke has said. Harry says his deepest fear is history repeating itself. He writes. That is a remarkably outspoken statement. It is clearly a measure of how deeply the couple feel. They believe they have no option now but to take a major Newspaper Group to court. Nicholas witchell, bbc news, johannesburg. More than 150 flood alerts remain in place in england, with more rain and strong winds forecast for tomorrow. 0n the isle of man a Major Incident was declared yesterday, after flash flooding trapped some people indoors. Cars were submerged after heavy rain in leicestershire and landslides blocked Railway Lines in cumbria. 0ur correspodnent tim muffett is in laxey on the isle of man. Some of the pictures from yesterday we re some of the pictures from yesterday were quite astonishing, lots of people looking at those images on the bbc news app, so what is it like today . It is nice and sunny, but as you say some of those pictures were dramatic. Many places had heavy rainfall but on the east coast of the isle of man. The river close by, burst its banks and the water came cascading into many properties, this being one of them. The water has subsided now but the damage. This must be very traumatic and thank you for talking to us. What happened yesterday . We came out, a normal day and it was raining. Went to go to work. Studio iam really studio i am really sorry, studio iam really sorry, i studio i am really sorry, i do apologise, we are having technical problems which is such a shame. But thanks to tim and his guests. But u nfortu nately, thanks to tim and his guests. But unfortunately, the technical difficulties got in the way. The time is 9. 25. A teenager accused of throwing a boy from a viewing platform at the tate modern in london can be identified for the first time, because hes turned 18 today. Jonty bravery, whos from west london, has been charged with the six year olds attempted murder. An application to extend the reporting restriction protecting his identity was rejected by a judge yesterday. The victim, a six year old French National who still cannot be named, suffered a deep bleed to the brain and fractured his spine. His family say he now struggles to speak, eat or move. Communities without a free to use cash machine will be able to request one, in areas where residents find it difficult to withdraw cash. The organisation which runs the uks atm network, has set up a £1 million fund but businesses say its not enough. Our Consumer Affairs correspondent, Coletta Smith has more. More and more of us have been tapping, beeping and using our pins to pay. Card payments now outstrip cash transactions. So, with fewer people using them, cash machines have been disappearing, hundreds every month, and Consumer Group which says the poorest areas have been seeing free machines vanish quickest. Now, the biggest provider of cash machines, link, has decided to install free to access machines in some areas without them. They say it will protect the high street and vulnerable customers. Communities are now going to be able to ask directly, or through their mp or local council, for a free to access cash machine. But link have only set aside enough money to fund about a0 or 50 machines, and that means there is likely to be plenty of areas forming a long queue for the cash machine. 2. 4 billion withdrawals were made from cash machines last year, with nearly £200 billion worth of cash taken out. But a recent report suggests the current rate of decline means cash use could end in less than a decade. Todays news will only help a handful of areas to fight that cashless tide for a while longer. Coletta smith, bbc news. Still to come, humiliation for spurs at the Champions League, beaten 7 2 by buying munich. That coming up in the sport in a couple of minutes. Now its time for a look at the weather. It has been a chilly start for most of us. But a lot more sunshine through the day and drier weather than yesterday. But having said that, a few showers coming in across the north and east of scotland on a gusty wind and the same for east anglia, a gusty wind down the north sea coastline. Wales, western parts of the midlands through the afternoon will catch a few. They will be the exception rather than the rule. Temperatures ten to 14 or 15. The winds will start to ease off, clear skies and it will be a cold night for many with a touch of frost and in central and eastern areas, we could see some mist and fog. Later on on thursday, we can see how exco retain x Hurricane Lorenzo is touching our shows. By thenit lorenzo is touching our shows. By then it will be a deep area of low pressure. Severe gales to Northern Ireland and Western Isles but gales in the irish sea. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Borisjohnsons take it or leave it message to europe as he prepares to set out his final offer on brexit. The plan is expected to include some checks on goods crossing the Northern Irish border. The duke and duchess of sussex take the mail on sunday to court for publishing one of the duchess private letters to her father. The boss of tesco quits after five years in the job he says the turnaround he led is now complete, but critics say theres still work to do. Flash floods cause chaos across england. On the isle of man, a Major Incident has been declared. And coming up on the programme, the latest addition to yorkshire Sculpture Park one of six buildings in the running to win this years stirling prize for architecture. Some breaking news coming to us that cardiff is to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against fifas decision that they have to pay the first instalment of the transfer fee for the late argentina striker mariano sala. They are ordered to pay the first instalment, equating to {5. 3 pay the first instalment, equating to £5. 3 million, something the welsh clu b to £5. 3 million, something the welsh club contested on the grounds that his revised contract had not been signed. So, cardiff announcing that they are going to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against that decision. Time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the news that the duchess of sussex has begun legal action against the mail on sunday over a claim that it unlawfully published one of her private letters is attracting a lot of attention on social media. The hashtag meghan is trending on twitter and one of those whos showing her support for the royal couple is the talk show host, ellen de generes. She tweeted im proud to call meghan and harry friends, and im even more proud of them for finally saying enough is enough. Well roy greenslade, the guardian columnist and former editor of the daily mirror, spoke to the today programme on bbc radio 4 about the legal action. He was asked whether there was any Public Interest in publishing the letter. I dont think there is a massive Public Interest in it, to be honest. But it is typical of a lot of royal coverage, going back a long way, as prince harry points out, certainly to his mother and beyond. And it is a matter of taste, i think. To his mother and beyond. And it is a matter of taste, ithink. If to his mother and beyond. And it is a matter of taste, i think. If the paper feel that the audience want it, and the audience are buying it, then they will feel they can get away with it. But i would have said, by the way, that on the legal action itself, and i think we have to unpack that from the statement by prince harry, i think on the legal action it would seem to me that the mail on sunday is on pretty thin ground. What is so surprising is that it was published in february, and Meghan Markle didnt feel she needed to act right away at the time. To me, the moment i read it i thought, gosh, that is a copyright action because she owns the copyright. The privacy lawyer, emma woollcott, told bbc breakfast that, as well as the copyright issue, the duchess was pursuing the action on two other grounds. Well, the claim is brought on three basis, for misuse of private information, for infringement of copyright and for breach of data protection. In my view, i cant see any Public Interest, genuine Public Interest in the publication of this deeply private letter. From what you said, it seems like you think the claim will succeed . Said, it seems like you think the claim will succeed . I said, it seems like you think the claim will succeed . I know it is ha rd to claim will succeed . I know it is hard to plan out exactly what will happen from this point forward, but it looks like they have a strong case . I have read the letter, and i really wish i hadnt been able to. I dont think it should be in the public domain. It is clearly a private letter, it is handwritten, addressed dear daddy, the duchess of sussex imploring her father to reflect on his behaviour, she describes her heartache and anguish, and it is clearly private, i dont think it should be public domain. Mps will be debating the Domestic Violence bill in the house of commons today. The bill is expected to, among other things, ban perpetrators from being able to directly cross examine victims in court. Barnardos is just one of the charities tweeting about it this morning were calling on all mps to consider speaking in the Domestic Abuse bill second reading debate today. Please support this opportunity to improve support for vulnerable children. Nicole jacobs, the governments first Domestic Abuse commissioner whos just been appointed, has been talking to bbc breakfast. She said her priority was to amplify the voices of those suffering from abuse and draw attention to the issues they face. There are so many barriers for someone who is subject to Domestic Abuse, in terms of understanding what services are out there, interacting with Statutory Services or community, or their own family, and really understanding what they are going through and putting a name to it. These are all the kind of things that we really need to address, to end this Postcode Lottery for victims and their families. Presumably, one of the things, it is very simple, it comes down to fear . Absolutely. There is fear of the abuser, there is fear of the systems, there is fear of what may happen if i leave. You know, most people who are killed in terms of domestic homicide are killed after the point of separation. So this is why, as a society, we have to ta ke this is why, as a society, we have to take this issue much more seriously than we have today, and invest in a kind of services and the responses that we need. Now what you are watching and reading on the bbc news app. At number one, dave lewis leaving his role in tesco. And at number two, the story of the duchess of sussex suing the mail on sunday over that letter to her father. On the most watched, the village that confiscates plastic. An interesting story about a himalayan village in the North Eastern state, and it follows a call from the indian Prime Minister there in the notary for people not to use single use plastics. It is leading the way by banning the use of single use plastics. People coming into the village are stopped, questioned. Items are confiscated if necessary and the village is promoting ego friendly alternatives. A really interesting watch on what the people there are doing. At number two, there are doing. At number two, there was really striking images from the isle of man, suffering from severe flooding yesterday. So, many of you are still looking at those really dramatic images. No doubt feeling sorry for the people who have been affected by that. That is it for todays morning briefing. The impeachment inquiry started by president trumps opponents in congress, over his phone call with the ukrainian president , is gathering pace. Leaders of three house of representative committees have accused his secretary of state of intimidating witnesses they want to question. Mike pompeo has thrown back much the same accusation. In a tweet hes written im concerned with aspects of the committees request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully, treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the department of state. Peter bowes reports. Tough talking from a close ally of the president. Mike pompeo was fighting back. Democrats from three committees in the house of representatives want to know more about the events surrounding Donald Trumps phone call with the president of the ukraine during which he asked for help to investigatejoe biden, a possible challenger for his job at the next election. They demanded that five state Department Officials appear this month to give evidence for the impeachment enquiry. But in a strongly worded response, mike pompeo said the request could be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully and treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the department of state. I will not tolerate such tactics, he said. Mr secretary, do you have comments on reports that you were on thatjuly call . Nothing to add during a trip to italy. Back in washington, House Democrats fired back. The three Committee Leaders said the failure to comply with an interview request was illegal and would constitute evidence of obstruction. The five officials include kurt volker, the former special envoy to the ukraine who resigned from his post last week. And he is still planning to appear and give evidence on thursday behind closed doors. The road to impeachment will be bumpy, to say the least. North korea may have fired a Ballistic Missile from a submarine, according to officials in south korea. Its thought the missile was launched in the sea north east of the port of wonsan and flew around a50 kilometers before landing in the sea ofjapan. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abe has condemned the launch, pointing out that pyongyang is in violation of un resolutions. His Spokesman Says the missile may have split into two before falling into waters off japans west coast. More now on the news that a government bill to tackle Domestic Abuse, first introduced by theresa mays government, will return to parliament later. The Domestic Abuse bill looks at making sure victims and their children are placed in secure accomodation and perpetators are prevented from cross examining victims in court. Joining me now is lucy hadley from the charity womens aid who gave evidence to a Public Bill Committee on this legislation back in april. You are talking to me a few weeks ago before parliament was suspended, really concerned about how long the suspension might be on the impact it might have on the bill . Exactly, it isa might have on the bill . Exactly, it is a really important of legislation. Unfortunately it has been beset by delay after delay, because of the current political situation we are in. Its fantastic to see it is in parliament and mps will be able to debate it, to vote for it to be able to carry on to make its passage into law and we can show that protecting and supporting survivors is a priority. After today, you are fully expecting this bill to be passed today, explain for viewers the process by which it then becomes law, and how long about my take. Because you want that to happen as quickly as possible . We do wa nt happen as quickly as possible . We do want it to happen quickly. We also wa nt want it to happen quickly. We also want improvements to the bill. Its a really good piece of legislation, but it needs a lot more if it is going to deliver the transformation and response that we need to Domestic Abuse in our society. At the moment, it is very focused on criminal justice the moment, it is very focused on criminaljustice alone and we want to see a whole range of measures that victims are calling for, from housing to health, to their protection for their children and things like that. But in terms of the passage of the bill, it can really vary as to how long it will take. But we are expecting it to go through a number of further stages in the house of commons, and then it has to pass the house of lords before it becomes law. Those elements you would like to see added into the bill, is there any possibility of that happening today . It wont happen today, but we hope that mps will discuss further measures that are required if the bill is to be truly effective in protecting and supporting victims today, and then they will introduce those further along the process. And they will strengthen the bill, so it does really deliver the changes that we need. I recall a few weeks ago when you were in, you were talking about the sort of changes, the adequate accommodation, the womens aid centres and so forth, and you said that there just isnt the funding for these. So even if these elements are introduced, what prospect is there of the funding being forthcoming so that you can actually put these measures into action . Thats a really important pa rt action . Thats a really important part of it and something that we will be pushing for at womens aid. Underpinning the new law is the funding for the support services and the response needed to keep victims safe. We know that domestic homicides are at a five year high. If we dont have enough refuge spaces and support Services Available for victims that are seeking help, we are not going to be able to tackle the crime effectively. Are you worried that, because what else is going on in politics, that those discussions about funding and so on might get pushed to the back burner a little . It is definitely a real challenge. Asi it is definitely a real challenge. As i said, the bill has been. We have had numerous delays to the process , have had numerous delays to the process, it has taken over ten years to get to where we are today. Its really important that its the top of the political agenda. A positive step today . Definitely. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news. Borisjohnsons take it or leave it message to europe as he prepares to set out his final offer on brexit. The duke and duchess of sussex take the mail on sunday to court for publishing one of the duchess private letters to her father. The boss of tesco quits after five years in the job he says the turnaround he led is now complete, but critics say theres still work to do. Sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sally nugent. Good morning. Sorry to keep everybody waiting, but you might not want to watch if you area spurs you might not want to watch if you are a spurs fan. It was an embarrasing, humbling night for spurs thrashed 7 2 at home by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Empty that was tottenham at full time. Against a club with five european cups, they had just conceded seven goals seven. Strange thing is, spurs actually took the lead. It looked good for them, after 11 minutes. Sadly, the lead barely lasted three minutes. Could kimmich score from there . Well, yes. Well, if you allow players to shoot, they will score, especially if they are one of the outstanding finishers. Perfect from robert lewandowski. Now look who led the game. Now look who fell apart. The second half began with Bayern Munich scoring almost at will. Three quickly became four. Tottenhams manager looked at the floor. What was left in the game . Well, a harry kane penalty. 4 2, if you had lost count. Spurs were, remember, Champions League finalists. What are they now . Serge gnabry, a former arsenal player, completed his hat trick. Lewandowski helped himself to another. By now, it was just torture, tottenhams ambitions and status shattered by a single scoreline 7 2. Manchester city, in contrast, were serene 2 0 winners against dinamo zagreb, even if the referee decided to book their manager. Well, cheer up, pep. Have you heard the score from spurs . Joe wilson, bbc news. Humiliation then for tottenham, and the statistics make awful reading too. This was the biggest home defeat for an english team in any European Competition ever. Its the first time that spurs have conceded seven goals in any home match in their 137 year history. And theyre the first english side to concede seven goals in a european home match theyre also the first to concede six. The feeling is, of course, are not so good. And now it is a moment to be calm. I know we made a mistake. The most important now, after a lesson like today, it is important to stay calm. We are not going to fix nothing shouting, or talking, now, when the emotions are on the skin, you know . This mornings papers scathing of that spurs performances. The star calls it seven and hell for tottenham and mauricio pochettino. The guardian says spurs were in seventh hell. And the telegraph goes simply with humiliation well the man who got four for bayern was serge gnabry, who spent five year at tottenhams big rivals arsenal, a fact that wasnt lost on him on social media. He says north london is red. And one famous spurs fan probably ended up having the right idea. Simon mayo says he went to bed with the score at 1 1, and saracastilly asks if he missed much. Andy murray is through to the quater finals of the china open after beating fellow briton Cameron Norrie over three sets. After two tight sets both of which were taken on tie breaks, murray raced through the decider 6 1 after nearly three hours. It is the first time hes won two straight atp tour singles matches since hip resurfacing surgery injanuary. Next up will be either top seed Dominic Thiem or chinas zhang zhizhen. To doha, where there was huge disappointment for britains adam gemili at the world athletics championships. He narrowly missed out on a medal in the 200 metres finishing fourth by the narrowest of margins, the same thing that happened to him at the rio olympics three years ago. The race was won by the favourite, american noah lyles. I had it, i had it, and ijust. I gaveit i had it, i had it, and ijust. I gave it everything and i lost all my balance at the end, i have nothing left. All my form went out the window, and i ran like such an arm at her. I cant believe that. I came so close. This was such a good opportunity. Ive been running so well through the heats, my body feels good, and ijust. Ijust let it go when i had it. Meanwhile there was another impressive performance from dina asher smith. She looked in fine form as she comfortably won her 200 metres semi final. Shes now the big favourite to win gold in tonights final. Dont forget the Rugby World Cup one match already underway. France 12 6 up against the united states. They just started the theyjust started the second half. Its live on 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport webiste. Thats all the sport for now. The winner of the Royal Institute of british architects most prestigious award, the Riba Stirling prize, will be announced a week tomorrow. There are six nominations for britains best new building 2019 which include a railway station, new Council Housing and a property made entirely of cork. Every day this week we are taking a closer look at each of the nominated buildings. Today is the turn of the weston yorkshire Sculpture Park, which sits in the grounds of bretton hall, an 18th century country park estate. The weston is the latest addition to the Sculpture Park, which has been in action since 1977. The new building provides a Visitor Centre and gallery. We needed a new entrance into the park. We needed more car parking, more cafe space. And we also wanted a building that was going to bring people into this 18th century landscape in a new way. You approach the building from the car park, and youre taken into something which is almost like a kind of slit in an earthwork, you feel as if youre going into a hill. And then everything explodes when you come into this room. The light explodes, and of course the landscape explodes in front of you. What we wanted to do was to create a complete transition, from the motorway and the 215t century infrastructure. To cross the threshold, you would descend into the building and then we wanted people to be kind of met with a calmness before them, venturing out to the park and discover the wonderful works of art and the landscape. The site itself is a former quarry in the 18th century. That was the starting point, really, in terms of the tones of the wall. We picked up on the millstone grit, limestone and granite, which is abundant in this area, and tried to express those in these striations up the wall. The building is as much of the landscape as it is a building on its own right. So, weve used materials that have a natural tone and texture throughout to try to achieve something that felt really geological, and rooted to the sense of place. Theyve fulfilled something far beyond our expectations, because we have something which is almost like an artwork thats come out of the ground. Its a building that holds light, its a beautiful building to be inside. And its a building that people want to be in. People feel kind of embraced by this place. And its really made it a fantastic new experience, coming into yorkshire Sculpture Park. You can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this years Riba Stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel next tuesday evening from 8. 30. More than 150 flood alerts remain in place in england, with more rain and strong winds forecast for tomorrow. On the isle of man a Major Incident was declared yesterday, after flash flooding trapped some people indoors. Cars were submerged after heavy rain in leicestershire and landslides blocked Railway Lines in cumbria. We tried to talk live to our correspondent in laxity in the isle of man. That didnt quite work out, but here is a report. Here, it pocketed down, the river burst its banks and the water came cascading into many properties, this being one of them. The water has subsided, but the damage is evident and the clean up is under way. Mark and the clean up is under way. Mark and tracy, this is your property. Thank you for talking to us. Talk us through what happened yesterday. We just got up in the morning, we came out, it was raining, and then a bit later on itjust out, it was raining, and then a bit later on it just bucketed out, it was raining, and then a bit later on itjust bucketed it down. Outside it was about three or four foot. It has just ruined everything. Everything. What were the Emergency Services saying to you, tracy . Just to stay upstairs so they knew where we were. They were going to helicopter us out at one stage. The life crew were going to come down in boats. But they never had to, it never had to happen in the end. There having floods here before, four years ago. But this seems far more dramatic than what you have previously seen. About four years ago, it has neverflooded previously seen. About four years ago, it has never flooded this end of glen road. It is always down the farend. Of glen road. It is always down the far end. Last time, we help the people down there. We have never had no problem at all. So it is. The amount of debris in the river has blocked it and that is what has caused to the wall to go, and the water to come over. Thank you so much for talking to us, we really appreciate it. Best of luck with the clean up. We are going to chat to dan from the isle of man government. Is being done, and what is being done to help people affected . The First Priority is to keep you safe in their homes, which we did yesterday. Today is about clean up, recovery, supporting Vulnerable People affected . Recovery, supporting Vulnerable People affected . The recovery, supporting Vulnerable People affected . The First Priority is to keep you safe in their homes, which we did yesterday. Today is about clean up, recovery, supporting Vulnerable People, working with Health Services and social Care Services to get the care they need and the support they need. Its going to be a we infra structure is safe and look at how the flood risk can be mitigated may be in the future. The river isjust here, this is the bank over which the water came. You might be able to see over here, trees and branches are blocking it. That dam has been created by it being forced along the river. A whole load of debris was washed along the river, which created a back up, meaning that the wall eventually got breached and it came onto the road. Later on today or over the next couple of days we are going to look at how the dam can maybe be removed safely, get the debris out the way, and then look at the whole of the village and how the Flooding Risk can be mitigated in future. Thank you. You can see some of the debris behind me, there is eight big clean up operation about to get under way. Everybody theyre relieved to have some sunshine today. The Victoria Derbyshire programme is coming up next, and later this morning we are expecting that speech from the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, expecting that speech from the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to expecting that speech from the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, to the conservative Party Conference, at around 11. 30. We will bring that to you live on the bbc news channel. Right now, it is time for a look at the weather forecast. That is with simon king. Yesterday we saw the pictures of the isle of man, where we had that flooding. Lots of flash floods were around england and wales yesterday, from the heavy downpours. Today, much improved. There is a respite to the wet weather. We have sunshine across many parts at the moment, thatis across many parts at the moment, that is just one weather watcher photo we had this morning. It was pretty chilly for some of us this morning, a touch of frost in northern parts of england and scotland. The weather system which brought the rainfall yesterday has cleared away and we have a northerly wind across the uk. Track the isobars back, and if you do that, you can see we have this cold air from the arctic, just across the united kingdom. That is why we had a chilly start. Today, we will be feeling much more chilly compared to yesterday, despite the fact for most of us it is sunny out there. Some showers around north wales, the west midlands, they will tend to clear away later. Still some showers in the far north east of scotland this afternoon. The maximum temperatures are 13 or15 afternoon. The maximum temperatures are 13 or 15 celsius. In contrast to the 20 or 21 we saw yesterday in the south east of england. Through this evening and tonight, still if you showers in the far north east of scotland. Elsewhere, simply skies. Turning quite chilly. One two mist and fog patch is developing. In the atlantic, we will have the remnants of Hurricane Lorenzo moving its way to the west of Northern Ireland and ireland. It will be a deep depression, not a hurricane at this stage, but it will bring wet and windy weather. As the cloud starts to increase across england and wales, for the north and north east of scotla nd wales, for the north and north east of scotland will stay largely sunni. Eventually we will see the rain pushing its way into western areas, with gales, it may be even severe gales around the coast of Northern Ireland on the irish sea. Gusts of 65 Miles Per Hour here. Maximum temperatures here about 12 or 16 celsius. The track of the deep depression will move its way east and then south east as we go into friday. There will be strong wind for a friday. There will be strong wind fora time, and friday. There will be strong wind for a time, and south wales, the south west of england, the squeeze on the isobars there. It is clear away. The isobars are slackening and it will be better in the afternoon on friday. The rain will clear away with it. Lighter wind, sunny spells during friday, and maximum temperatures getting to 1a or 16 degrees. For the weekend, we have got something a little bit quieter during saturday. A brief ridge of High Pressure bringing some fine weather. Some showers here and there. Temperatures generally on the rise as we go through the weekend. Goodbye. Hello its wednesday, october 2nd, its 10 00. Im Victoria Derbyshire. Harry and meghan take the mail on sunday to court for publishing extracts from one of the duchess private letters to her dad. Well, ive read the letter and i really wish i hadnt been able to. I dont think it should be in the public domain. Its clearly a private letter. Its handwritten, addressed dear daddy. And its the duchess of sussex imploring her father to reflect on his behaviour. She describes her heartache and her anguish, and its clearly private. I dont think it should be in the public domain. The couple are on a tour of Southern Africa with baby archie heres meghan speaking to the Charity Action aid in johannesburg yesterday. Its been very important to me for a long time to focus on womens and girls rights especially empowerment