Time for a look at the weather. Heres helen willetts. Some parts are up to 25 days of rain in the uk. The rivers are not responding or responding and not subsiding so quickly, and with more u nsettled subsiding so quickly, and with more unsettled weather to come there is potentially more woes to come with that rain. Todays rain for most is clearing but we are watching for rain towards the south. Even if it does so this low pressure moves in for thursday, friday, does so this low pressure moves in forthursday, friday, saturday and sunday, and around it we will see bands of showers passing across the uk, so more rain. It might however be at this stage before we get to the early part of next week we are afforded possibly two days of dry weather. Its an improving picture out there, this is brecon in powys, taken out there, this is brecon in powys, ta ken recently, the out there, this is brecon in powys, taken recently, the sun coming out in many areas. The rain dragging its heels in scotland, then potentially coming back in across the south east of england and that could bring another 5 10 millimetres of rain. Foremost, very few showers this afternoon. Light winds and sunshine, i think it will start to feel pleasant. But the long nights mean we are in for some chilly weather, and given we have had so much rain, there will be mist and fog forming, as well as those showers gathering out of the west, but we could have a frost across the glens of scotland and it will be a chilly wake up for most of us. Tomorrow morning there could be mist and fog around but the big story is this approach of low pressure, with windy weather picking up pressure, with windy weather picking up through the day so it will feel cooler even if you escape a lot of the showers. Eastern areas wont see that many, but they are meandering around this area of low pressure and with low pressure nearby some of them will be torrential with hail, thunder and lightning so it looks like quite a turbulent day. A subtle change on friday into the weekend, with a northerly wind across the northern half of the country which will lower temperatures as well, we may get a little bit below average, but the main story as we have more torrential downpours meandering around the area of low pressure. If you do see some sunshine, of course it is good news and not everywhere will see the showers all the time but it still looks a very unsettled picture, and it looks like we will have to wait until the beginning of next week to see anything drier. A reminder of our top story. A crunch day for brexit. As another deadline passes, warnings that chances of a deal today are shrinking. Thats all from the bbc news at one, so its goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Youre watching bbc news, im olly foster at the bbc sport centre. The time is 1 33pm. Bulgarian police have arrested four men suspected of aiming racist abuse at england players during monday nights euro qualifier in sofia. They also say theyre working to identify others. Midfielderjordan henderson says the england players wanted to make the home fans suffer for the racist abuse by beating them on the pitch. They won 6 0. There are also reports that some bulgarian players told england that the racism was pre planned and co ordinated, with claims that some of the abusers were disguised as stewards in sofia. It looks organised. I need to get that many people inside the stadium all dressed up in a t shirt and the no respect signing, you know if you compare that in our own stadium, that would not be allowed. For the best pa rt that would not be allowed. For the best part of the first of it was before the left, whether it was of their own accord or whether they we re their own accord or whether they were asked to leave, it looked coordinated. And talking about it as guide stewards, that make sense as well. The authorities had 72 hours before the game, the Czech Republic in managed to get things right and 110w in managed to get things right and now that the eyes of the world would be watching them and they did not ta ke be watching them and they did not take the opportunity, unfortunately i think hurricane is a white covering i think harry kane as a weight england captain has to be guided by the players. They did not lose focus by the ridiculous things that were happening in the crowd and it is something that needs to be stamped out. Uefa have sanctioned the italian side lazio because of the racist behaviour of theirfans. Their stadium in rome will be partially closed for their Europa League game against celtic on november 7th. That follows incidents during their match against the french side rennes earlier this month. Theyve also been fined just over £17,000. The republic of ireland missed the chance to qualify for next summers european championship. Thats after losing 2 0 to switzerland. The hosts took the lead early on, and then doubled their lead right at the end of the game. Ireland also had captain Seamus Coleman sent off. Their qualifying hopes now rest on next months home game against denmark. Meanwhile, theres a worry for Manchester United after keeper david de gea limped off during spains qualifying match with sweden. United face premier League Leaders liverpool on sunday. The game last night finished 1 1, meaning spain qualify for next years finals. The spanish football authorities are looking to reverse the fixture between barcelona and real madrid later this month. The first el clasico of the season is scheduled to take place at the nou camp on october 26th. Catalan groups and Political Parties are preparing a demonstration in barcelona on that day following the sentencing of nine separatist leaders by the spanish Supreme Court. Authorities want it to be played in madrid instead. Bury Football Club has been given two more weeks to avoid going out of business. The League One Club were expelled from the English Football League in august because of their ongoing financial problems. Today, a winding up order at the high court was adjourned for 1h days. Andy murray has paid tribute to the role that wife kim played in his rehabilitation from major hip surgery. Murrays currently playing the european open, and beat home favourite Kimmer Coppejans in the opening round in antwerp. Murrays says he would have given up on the game had it not been for his wife. Plenty more on on the bbc sport website and app, including details of which batsmen will cost the most at sundays main draft for the hundred. Thats all the sport for now. Thank you very much. A very good afternoon. Youre watching bbc news. We are keeping an eye on all things brexit today, but lets take a look at the other main stories of today. India is to appeal against a decision not to extradite a london couple suspected of arranging the murder of their adopted son. Its alleged they arranged for the 11 year old to be killed in the indian state of gujarat for an insurance pay out of 100 and £50,000. A uk court rejected the extradition on human rights grounds. Bbc Asian Networks reporter Poonam Taneja has this report. Arti dhir, did you arrange to have your adopted son killed . Were you involved in the murder . Face to face with the british woman wanted over the murder of her adopted son gopal sejani. Here he is in an indian hospital shortly after he was attacked. The 11 year old manages a smile for the camera while battling for his life. Doctors spent three days trying to save him. Gopal was an orphan a farm boy living in poverty in the indian state of gujarat in 2015. Arti dhir and her husband Kaval Raijada traveled from britain to adopt him, offering him a better life with them in england. But the Indian Police claim the couple had another motive. This boy was adopted when mrs arti dhir was here in india in 2015 and fter a few days she took an insurance policy in his name which was for a huge amount and she paid two premiums and she knew very well that in the event of death of gopal she would be paid ten times the insured amount. The couple only met their adopted son once they returned to the uk. The couple only met their adopted son once. They return to the uk and he was left behind while they arranged his visa. He never made it to london. In february 2017, he was abducted and stabbed by two men on motorbikes. The insurance money was never paid out. Police in gujarat allege his death was part of a calculated plan. In september 2017, the indian authorities requested the extradition of the couple. Injuly, this year a uk court turned down the request on human rights grounds. But the court said its possible they could be prosecuted here if there was evidence an agreement to murder was made in this country. These defendants may well have committed some of the acts in the uk, for example some money was sent from the uk to india, some meetings potentially took place in the uk. In those circumstances, this offence could be prosecuted here rather than india. Why are you refusing to go back to india to face charges . Did you have gopal killed . The indian authorities plan to appeal the extradition decision but the couple have denied the allegations against them. The parents of harry dunn, the teenager killed in a car crash involving the wife of an american diplomat, have met President Trump at the white house. Charlotte charles and tim dunn arrived for the meeting to be told that the woman concerned, Anne Sacoolas, was in a room next door. But the couple declined to see her, saying they didnt want to be railroaded into a meeting they werent prepared for. They told cbs this morning how the meeting came about. Our spokesperson had a phone call from the white house extending an invitation for us to get there as soon as possible to meet with a senior official, that is all we knew. We had no idea who it was and we certainly did not think for a second that it would be President Trump. Did they tell you that the Anne Sacoolas would be there . So youre shocked to learn that she was there . He said that she was in the building, but they room next to us was was being highly guarded. You walk in and he says what . He offered condolences and he seemed warm and was welcoming. That was nice, but it did not take long for him to then drop into the conversation that Anne Sacoolas was in the building. How did you feel when he said that . Honestly, we had discussed it on the train going to washington that we thought the scenarios that might have happened, we did discuss that it might be the president and that maybe anne would be there, so we were pre thinking it, but it was still took our breath away when they mentioned it. Were youre bothered by that suggestion . Tell us why you were bothered . Wrong setting, we have said that all along that we are willing to meet her and we are still willing to meet her, but it needs to be on uk soil. And with therapists and mediators and that is notjust for us, that is for her as well. She is traumatised, her children are traumatised. To be thrown into a room together with no prior warning, that is not good for her mental health, its certainly not good for ours. Weve been locked in grief for seven weeks and none of us know how we were going to react to have that sprung on us. Did you feel pressure . He did ask two or three times. He did mention two ro three times because we said no, it did not feel right. He said lets get some healing. It was a bit of pressure, but we stuck to our guns. Charlotte, you grabbed him by the hand . What did he say when you talked to him . I did not have his hand when i was talking to him, but i just but ijust explain to him like i have done since we arrived in new york that if it was his child, he would be doing exactly the same as we are doing. It is not right. He agreed, he absolutely agreed. He was agreed, he absolutely agreed. He was a very willing to listen. He said, did not interrupt me at all. Ijust explained that, you know, it is just not right. The parents of harry dunn speaking on cbs. Lets return now to the turkish offensive in syria, pushing into kurdish held areas in the north east of the country. The move has sparked controversy in many nato countries. The turkish ambassador to the uk, umit yalcin, spoke earlier to beyond 100 days presenter christian fraser. He told him sanctions would not make the country rethink its actions. Turkey has gone through these kind of suspensions of arms sales before and every time we got out of these processes is a more sufficient country in Defense Industry. These sanctions did not work in the past and they will not work in the future either. These things, these limitations do not deter our determination in our efforts against terrorists. Do they make you rethink your position within nato . We are the strong member of nato. We are the second biggest army of nato and i think we are no we are number three in ourfinancial contributions to nato. And an important ally of nato. And you do not think that your position is affected by this . Of course not. I mean this is not a nato issue. This is the nato members counterterrorism issue. And then we are defending our borders. We are aware that we are also defending nato border. But youre being sanctioned by nato countries . These countries when they are taking these decisions, of course they are disappointing us as allies but they should understand our legitimate concerns and they should give support to us. I mean, sometimes you being alone doesnt mean that we are not right. I mean, we will be determined in our efforts against terrorists. If our nato allies are trying to sanction us, then how come they expect us to sit and wait for our Defense Industry needs . I mean, we can change and replace our procurement sources but we cannot replace our borders. Turkeys ambassador to the uk. The time is 13 minutes to two. The headlines on bbc news. Government sources say the chances of of agreeing a deal with brussels this week are shrinking. The eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, says there are significant issues to resolve. Harry dunns parents go to the white house but refuse to meet the woman involved in the fatal crash which killed their son, saying they felt ambushed. Police in bulgaria arrest four men in connection with racist chanting directed at black england footballers during their euro 2020 qualifier on monday. The firstjudge to claim protection as a whistleblower has won a landmark appeal at the Supreme Court. The Court Unanimously ruled judges can be classified as workers and so should be entitled to whistle blowing protection. Our Legal Affairs correspondent, clive coleman, said the judge in question had tried to raise concerns about workload and security. Yes, well, this is a particular judge judge claire gilham. She sat as a districtjudge at Warrington County Court and when cuts to the Justice System and to the court system started to bite in 2010, she became very concerned about the increased workloads onjudges, but also judges security. She herself had been warned by the police that a litigant in person and, of course, litigants in person, people who had to go to court because they werent getting legal aid had to go themselves that one these people had a settled intention to kill her, she was warned by the police. She raised her concerns and she says, as a result of raising those concerns, she was bullied by seniorjudges and court staff and her concerns simply werent taken seriously and that led to her health suffering she suffered a breakdown and shes fought a legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court to establish the right thatjudges are entitled to blow the whistle like other workers and not suffer as a result of that. And today, a unanimous ruling the judgment given by lady hale, the president of the Supreme Court, thatjudges, alljudicial office holders, are entitled to whistle blowing protection. Now, after the ruling, i spoke spoke tojudge gilham. I felt forced to go off sick. I felt that there was a strong reaction. I didnt feel that i was supported while i was off sick and, after trying to get back to work and have these issues addressed by every possible means internally, i felt i had to take the matter to court. And you fought a very long battle, legal battle. You are a judge well equipped to do that, but youve taken it all the way to the Supreme Court and today, unanimously, they vindicated your claim that judges should be entitled to blow the whistle on matters of public concern. Yeah. I think the Supreme Court clearly felt that there is a public duty here. You take an oath of office and all the consequences that go with it and youre doing a public service. And so you have a duty to speak out if things arent going right and you should be protected. So shes had a long fight and as you point out shes a judge and the fact that she struggled with it shows how its tough for anyone going through that sort of thing. She is obviously part of a select group, though, as ajudge. Are there wider implications as a result of this . I think the real point of this case is look traditionallyjudges havent commented about you know matters concerning the administration of justice, political matters, if you like. Their position is such that they just. It simply isnt the role ofjudges to get involved in that sort of thing. What this case establishes really is that if they have serious concerns about the workings of justice, faults within the Justice System and it is in the Public Interest that those matters are raised then they have the whistle blower protection to do that. Now, judges are very seldom likely to do that. If you speak to some judges off the record theyll tell you that you know raising those sorts of concerns may not do yourjudicial career a whole lot of good. But what this establishes is that if the matter is important enough and it is in the Public Interest, then judges along with other workers have the right to blow the whistle safe in the knowledge that they have the protection that if they do blow the whistle, they should not suffer a detriment as a result of doing that. Clive coleman are Legal Affairs correspondent. Premature birth which is defined as a birth before 37 weeks is globally the biggest cause of death among newborns. While incubators can save the lives of some premature babies they can also leave them with long term disabilities. Now scientists in the netherlands say they are within 10 years of developing an alternative an artificial womb that could save many more lives and reduce the risk of disabilities. As part of our 100 women series sofia bettiza reports. Imagine a future where babies are born from machines. In 2017, researchers in the us successfully tested an artificial womb on lambs. And now a group of doctors in the netherlands are working on the first artificial womb for humans. After being born, a premature baby would be placed in this, an artificial womb full of liquid. And we will close the bag. This is the artificial placenta and it is connected to the baby with the umbilical cord of the placenta and the umbilical cord of the baby. The hope is that this could increase the chances of survival of premature babies. Around the world, about 50 million children are born prematurely every year. And half of them dont survive. Like james. His mother gave birth to him when he was only 2a weeks old. He died two months later. At that time, artificial womb was like magic. We dreamt about it, if that was a possibility, but it wasnt. When premature babies are put in an incubator, they get oxygen pumped into their lungs to survive. But theyre not yet developed enough for this. An artificial womb, on the other hand, would have a baby floating in fluids and kept in a sealed environment until it is fully grown. This will change the lives of many people, because those babies are going to survive. Dr oei says the technology is nearly ready. But is Society Ready . A group of designers in amsterdam have created this to represent what the technology could look like. The inflatable balloons are like wombs with babies inside and the tubes coming out of them would carry the fluids that babies need to survive. This was one of the first sketches. Lisa created the model because she feels the key to society accepting this new technology is the way it will look. You wouldnt really imagine putting your baby in a plastic bag. You wouldnt feel comfortable with that. So we need to think about a design that you feel comfortable. This technology seems to offer parents hope, but could it actually end up presenting them with an extremely difficult choice . As it is now, if the child is 22 weeks, we just simply do not treat and, unfortunately, the child dies. But with the artificial womb, it seems to be the case that they have to actively say no, were not going to say the child, not going to sav the child. Which can, you know, evoke feelings of being a bad parent, you know. Despite some concerns, doctors plan to Start Testing artificial wombs on humans within the next ten years in the hope this could save the lives of millions of preterm babies around the world. Sofia bettiza, bbc news, the netherlands. Lisa mandemaker is one of the bbcs 100 women of 2019. She is the designer that we saw in that report. For more from the Award Winning 100 women season, head to bbc. Com 100women where youll find more stories from this years list of inspirational women. A picture of the moment a himalayan marmot is surprised by a tibetan fox has won yongqing bao wildlife photorapher of the year. Mr bao had to stake out an Alpine Meadow in chinas oilian mountains for several hours in order to capture the dramatic stand off. He beat more than 118,000 entries from 100 countries to scoop the prize. This picture of an iridescent big fin reef squid won 14 year old Cruz Erdmann Young wildlife photographer of the year. He took it on a night dive in indonesia. Judges said the shot by the teenager who gained his diving certificate aged just 10 was a resounding achievement. Among the category winners, Thomas Easterbook won the 10 years and under section of the competition for this picture of a hummingbird moth he captured on holiday in france. The birds category was won by this shot of a golden eagle which took three years to achieve. Audun rikardsen carefully placed an old tree branch in a position where the eagles would land, triggering a camera flash. Stefan christmanns the huddle won the portfolio award. In this image, more than 5,000 male emperor penguins gather together in east antarctica. They are incubating eggs at their feet while the females have gone to sea to forage. And this American Bison battling through the snow in Yellowstone National park won max waugh the prize for best photo in black and white. Thomas easterbook, who won the 10 years and under section of the competition, spoke to Victoria Derbyshire earlier about how he took his prize winning photograph. The photo i took is of the hummingbird hawk moth which is actually a type of moth which hums because its wings beat at up to 75 beats per second. And it also, is almost indistinguishable in flight is almost indistinguishable from a hummingbird. Here it is depicted drinking nectar from a bright pink flower against a green background of grass. How old are you . I am 11 now. How on earth did you manage to take that photo . Well, i took a lot of photos and failed in a lot of them, but if you take a lot of photos, by the law of numbers, you are likely to get a good one. Yeah, but there is a good photo and then there is an absolutely stunning photo, which is what that is, isnt it . It is really amazing. Thank you. Well done to thomas for taking the and under category. Now its time for a look at the weather with helen willets. Good afternoon. There are still a handful of flood warnings across england despite waking up this morning to the rain this is how it looked in norwich. The rain is clearing quickly her. It drags on the north east and we could see a pulse of rain in south eastern parts of england before it clears. Withjust a light wind and good spells of sunshine, perhaps they are showery in western scotland, it actually feels quite pleasant out and about. Through this evening of over about, you can see towards morning that the showers are gathering strength for the rest. It will not be quite as chilly across northern ireland, but we could see a touch of frost and the glens in scotland and the mist and fog as we get into thursday morning and that will be something to watch for in the morning rush. Sunshine and showers then. They will be prevalent across western and southern areas, but i dont think anybody is exempt. As a result, it is going to feel quite cool in that blustery wind. Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy live at westminster. Today at two all eyes are on the talks in brussels but so far no signs of any white smoke. I spoke to the Prime Minister by phone this morning and ive been in contact as well with the european commission. I do think we are making progress, but there are issues yet to be resolved and hopefully that can be done today. As Michel Barnier prepares to update eu ambassadors on any progress its a race against the clock for the Prime Minister to secure a deal before eu leaders meet tomorrow. Here in westminster, the Democratic Unionist Party has had further talks in downing street and the cabinet is due the parents of harry dunn meet President Trump at the white house
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