Good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Our headlines today unsigned, but sealed and delivered borisjohnson sends a letter to brussels seeking a delay to brexit but without his signature. In a second, signed letter the Prime Minister says a further extension would damage the interests of not only the uk but also the eu. Can wales join england in the Rugby World Cup semi finals . We are just 15 minutes away from their match against france in japan, but theyve had a late injury blow, Jonathan Davies has had to pull out of the game. And well ask if mikes hip thrusting take on the samba is enough to see him through to next weeks strictly. The weather today isnt looking too bad at all. For most of us some sunshine on offer and the forecast for the beginning of the week is not looking too bad either. Its sunday the 20th october. Our top story. After defeat in the commons yeterday, borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks withdrawal date but hes refused to sign it. The Prime Minister did sign a second letter warning against any further delay. He was legally obliged to ask for an extension after mps voted yesterday to withhold approval of his brexit deal, until all the necessary legislation was in place. So what happens next . Eu leaders will now consider the Prime Ministers request for an extension to the brexit deadline. Ministers will publish the Withdrawal Agreement bill, which would put the deal into law. The government may even ask mps to back Boris Johnsons agreement in principle as soon as tomorrow. If a deal is approved, the transition period will last until the end of December Next year, but could be extended for another two years if a new trade deal proves complicated to negotiate. It all feels complicated. Lets speak now to our Political CorrespondentJessica Parker whos in westminster this morning. Good morning, jessica. Theatrics, evenin good morning, jessica. Theatrics, even in the art of posting a letter 7 even in the art of posting a letter . Yes, absolutely. After super saturday, it did not turn out the way borisjohnson hoped. He had to send a letter asking the European Union for a delay to brexit but as he was saying, he sent the letter but did not sign it. I am highlighting where you would expect to see his signature, it is absent that he signed another letter basically saying he thinks the idea ofa basically saying he thinks the idea of a delay to break set is a bad idea. Some mps in westminster would be infuriated by what he has done overnight brexit. Downing street saying that what they have done is lawful but borisjohnson has written this letter to donald tusk, the European Council president , saying he plans to bring forward the legislation needed to get the brexit deal over the line and intends to get the uk out the eu by the end of the month. It is a Noble Mission to try and explain what will happen next but frankly the bottom line is still that there are so many options that could end up happening . That is absolutely true, a lot of people will be keeping an eye on what the eu decide to do. Donald tusk European Council president , tweeted last night he received the letter and would consult eu letters about the of an extension but they said the of an extension but they said the leaders may be ambiguous as to whether they want a delay or not and whether they want a delay or not and whether they want a delay or not and whether they will permit one. That can pile on pressure on mps in westminster to get the brexit deal over the line. That is what Boris Johnson will be hoping. Meanwhile, as you mentioned before, the government is set to try for a meaningful vote tomorrow, weather john bercow the speaker will allow that we will have to wait and see but weve had super saturday, may be we are heading to manic monday, to mulch to mulch was tuesday . It can go on and on to to mulch us tuesday. Wobbly wednesday . Thrilling thursday . If it was mike, it would be thrusting thursday mps on both sides of the Brexit Debate were heckled by demonstrators as they left the houses of Parliament Yesterday. Cabinet ministers Andrea Leadsom and Jacob Rees Mogg were both given a police escort. The shadow women and equalities minister dawn butler tweeted that shed felt intimidated. Labours Jess Phillips who says she had to be escorted out of parliament by Nine Police Officers called the heckling wrong and counter productive, and said that those responsible should pack it in. It is worth pointing out that it was a minority. Hong kongs Anti Government protest leaders have urged for a big turnout in a planned marches today, despite the risk of arrest. Police declared the planned march illegal on friday, citing concerns over public safety. Lets speak to our correspodent nick beake who is in hong kong. Iam i am curious to know whether the momentum behind these marches is dying away at all . I think today will be a big test of that. Let me show you the scene. Thousands of people are on the streets defying that ban not to come out today or protest. Potentially this is an illegal act, authorities have said and people who wear a facemask face up and people who wear a facemask face up to and people who wear a facemask face uptoa and people who wear a facemask face up to a year injail now but and people who wear a facemask face up to a year in jail now but people are still on the streets. Moments ago we saw some hardcore protesters attacking a metro station, the underground here. You get the sense that the mood is changing, like it does on so many weekends here. This is the 20th consecutive weekend to protest. Remember that most protesters here say they want more democracy and they are worried china is eroding their freedom. This used to bea is eroding their freedom. This used to be a british colony. Fight for freedom, that is what people have been shouting here in english. It is directionless here at the moment, people are walking and stopping and going back the other way because the whole protest has been characterised as leaderless, a lot of people making decisions on social media and sending messages to one another. We heard sirens a short while ago, i think some people will melt away soon. Think some people will melt away soon. Some families. The way it is going there may be some more violent confrontations with police later today. Thank you very much indeed. The yellow stars and the red flag being distorted into swastikas there, on the flag of china. Three people are dead after riots in the capital of chile, santiago. The demonstrations began in response to a planned rise in metro fares. A state of emergency has been declared, as Gareth Barlow reports. What started as a protest against travel fares has escalated, with chileans angry over huge wealth inequality. The capital should be quiet as theres a state of emergency, but instead the streets are ringing with the sound of pots and pans a symbol of dissent which continued into the night amid the military controlled curfew. The announcement that soldiers would be used to protect people and their property marks the first time troops have been deployed to the streets since chile returned to democracy in 1990 following the military dictatorship. The protests have brought chaos to parts of the capital. More than 300 people have been arrested and the metro is closed after it was heavily damaged. In an effort to quell the unrest, chiles president announced the fare hikes would be reversed. The protests are the worst in decades and the signs are it will take more than cheaper travel to restore calm to one of the regions wealthiest countries. Gareth barlow, bbc news. The duke and duchess of cambridge have paid a second visit to the sos childrens village in lahore in pakistan, after thunderstorms prevented their return flight to islamabad. Its understood that the duchess was particularly keen to return to the organisation, which provides support to more than 150 orphans in boarding homes. After a quick game of cricket, william and kate were given friendship bracelets a pink one for the duchess and a blue one for the duke. It isa it is a mike progress update and on last nights strictly, guestjudge Alfonso Ribeiro revived a classic scene from the fresh prince of bel air, and who better to show it off with, than mike. Mike and his partner katya danced a samba to jump on it by the sugarhill gang. But it was alfonso who brought a bit of the carlton magic with him. Look at that blimey what we are going to do. 0h, hello we are going to come out here and lets do it together one time. So. Jump on it, jump on it, jump on it and then youve got to get. Cheering. Applause. Thank you he ended up second from bottom, mike, on the leaderboard, and. We saw a lot of his bottom there i recoiled in horror, darling, that is what Craig Revel Horwood said. He does, quite frequently the future of life on the island of ireland has long been at the heart of brexit negotiations particularly the issue of the border. Late last night, borisjohnson sent an unsigned request to the eu, asking for a brexit delay. Lets try and figure out how brussels will react with the irish mep and Vice President of the European Parliament, mairead mcguinness. Good morning. Good morning, it is a little calmer here this morning perhaps only for a short period of time before it gets noisy again. Your reflections, first of all, on what happened in the building behind you yesterday . I suppose nobly could anticipate what happened so when the vote ca m e anticipate what happened so when the vote came through with a majority of 16 for the amendment, it had eve ryo ne 16 for the amendment, it had everyone thinking what would happen next. There is no ratification process going through the house of commons and we have to wait until tomorrow to see what emerges here but from the eus side, i dont think people were rolling out that there would be a letter looking for an extension but people have to be cool an extension but people have to be cool, calm and collected about this because thats how weve been up to now. Look at what is happening on the ground here in uk politics, its a second deal with another Prime Minister and both sides of europe and the uk represented by Boris Johnson were happy with this outcome and we need to be ratified so all of us can and we need to be ratified so all of us can get on with life and talk about the future and relationships between the eu and the uk. It is interesting that tomorrow, the European Parliament sits in strasbourg and we anticipated a change in our agenda to ratify this deal had it gone through the house of commons yesterday. Now, we will be looking to see what decisions we make, because if we were to delay, and out of respect to the house of commons that may be the decision, we will have two, at another stage, we dont normally meet in full session just once a month, that would be november. Why couldnt you in the European Parliament crack on with the ratification process now and then let westminster catch up . That might be the decision. That will be talked about my with all of those possibilities on the table. We a lwa ys possibilities on the table. We always took the view that out of respect to the house of commons and the parliament here, we would wait until ratification happened but perhaps our colleagues, when they meet, im on the Constitutional Affairs committee and they may take Affairs Committee and they may take a different view, it is important to say that one of the letters requesting an extension has gone in. We do have time before the 31st of 0ctober. It doesnt mean that the deal will not be ratified by that stage. I think we just need to be calm about it. And also say that this is 2019, the referendum happened in 2016. Its a busy political agenda in europe, and we would like to move on. Although we are conscious of the deep divisions in the house of commons and british society. How much significance do we attach to the noises we have heard in the last 12 hours . From the likes of the french president , saying, as you were reflecting there, a desire to get on with things . Is it reasonable to guess that we may get a week or so of the European Union and the British Government saying we have to get on with this and get it sorted, and then you get to five to midnight, a minute to midnight, or for thursday the 31st of october, and if it isnt close to being there, hey presto, theres another delay . Thats one of the possibilities, i think. Delay . Thats one of the possibilities, ithink. There delay . Thats one of the possibilities, i think. There was a lot of calls and context tween the british Prime Minister and leaders around europe. The president of the council has said they would take time to reflect on the next steps, which is quite right. There is no urgency or rush to decide on another date, another exit date and there is time, even up to the very close margin of october the 31st for europe to say that we need a technical extension. As we listen to commentators and politicians here and get divisions about that, the british Prime Minister does not want an extension. That was clear. But i am minded to be calm, but there is a wea ker am minded to be calm, but there is a weaker politics in the house of commons and European Parliament and eu leaders, but i think there is a desire to move from this stage, the divorce settlement, which is taking much longer and is more difficult than the uk anticipated, or indeed ourselves at an eu level because then we can move on to the future relationship which is what a lot of us relationship which is what a lot of us would like to do. You say there isa us would like to do. You say there is a need for calm, suggesting perhaps behind the scenes in europe there is less calm . Th like a lot of people watching this, nobody could have anticipated the twists and turns of the votes and the amendments of court cases and all of the unrest that has happened since the unrest that has happened since the referendum in 2016. No one day to day would have anticipated this and that is why we have to be calm. If we reacted like yesterday with a degree of urgency or frenzy, tomorrow may give a different outcome and we have to be balanced. If you look at the style and manner of Michel Barnier throughout this process. Of Michel Barnier throughout this process. The chief brexit negotiator. Yes, his experience and depth of vision, he has always been calm. He has always been respectful and understands the complexities and iimagine and understands the complexities and i imagine that this morning, i havent spoken to him this morning that he would have hoped the divorce settle m e nt that he would have hoped the divorce settlement would have been ratified and we could move on and that hasnt happened. I dont think theres any point in us getting excited or boisterous about this. That is why i am delighted it is calm here this morning. Ive not been on the ground here in london since yesterday and now i know the amount of tension in the airand we now i know the amount of tension in the air and we need to defuse it. Everywhere. And realise. Good luck with that we need to respect the vote and try and move on. People understand that, i have spoken to many members of Parliament Meps who would actually like to remain. Im hearing both sides but clearly from an eu side, a deal is done and we would like to see it ratified as soon as would like to see it ratified as soon as possible in a calm manner. Mirroraid, if we want to escape all of that and achieve that kind of calm, i know we need to turn to tomasz schafernaker. Look at that picture lets look at the sunrise. Lets look at the sunrise. Lets pause for a few seconds and ta ke lets pause for a few seconds and take all of that in i tell you what, it is a nice start to the day. Of what, it is a nice start to the day. Of us. It is chilly though. Temperatures in the last hour or so have been barely above freezing in areas. Close to freezing in the south east. In the last hour also, three degrees in tunbridge wells. Liverpool is less cold, in the north of the country it isnt as cold as in the south east. A fresh morning run which should perk you up and get you ready for the day ahead. Which is looking fairly promising. Plenty of fine weather around. Low pressure which upset the weather for the last few days in the north say. That is pulling away. Clouds to the south, heading in the direction of the south east. There could be a fly in the ointment for folks in the south east and london. For the vast majority of the uk, the weather will settle. High pressure building in, a large area in the atlantic. Before that happens we have a few showers across the north and the north east of scotland, some remnants of the low pressure that was over us but there are clouds here across the continent. These clouds are heading in our direction. Through the evening and overnight, clouds increasing in the south east and by early in the morning we could have rain in kent, sussex, Greater London and essex, suffolk, norfolk quite possibly. It will be the south east. A vast majority of the country will have a dry night. It will be nippy first thing on monday, you can see the blue. This weatherfront first thing on monday, you can see the blue. This weather front may bring some spots of rain to london on monday, we think, it is difficult to predict. This is a little unsure, you may need your umbrella in london tomorrow morning, you m