We hear from the british woman who was brought back to life after her heart stopped beating for six hours. And in sport, var played its part in newcastles 2 0 win at Sheffield United prompting the manager to criticise the technology. Good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00am. Boris johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head in a live bbc Election Debate this evening. It will be the last time the tory and labour leaders share a stage before next thursdays general election. It comes as borisjohnson faces renewed pressure to agree to an interview with the Bbcs Andrew Neil, in his series of programmes Challenging Party leaders. Well, we begin with our Political Correspondent iain watson. Good correspondent iain watson. Morning to you. A lot i this good morning to you. A lot riding on this head to head tonight between the two leaders. Thats right, the final head to head between the two people who could be Prime Minister a week from now. And i think it is going to be a crucial clash because although some people will have already voted by post, many people mightjust be already voted by post, many people might just be focusing already voted by post, many people mightjust be focusing on the selection and what they are going to in the final week, with six days to go until polling day. The challenge is really for both men, the conservative still ahead in the polls but for Boris Johnson conservative still ahead in the polls but for borisjohnson he has to make sure absolutely that he is not going to slip up tonight and give away his lead to his opponent. Jeremy corbyn has got to make more ofan Jeremy Corbyn has got to make more of an impression if hes going to win over wavering voters and convince them, not just win over wavering voters and convince them, notjust that hes got policies on investment and on the nhs, but that he himself is ready and fit to hold the keys to no 10. Ready and fit to hold the keys to no io. Huge challenges for them tonight. They will be questioned by the audience as well. But interestingly enough last night, certainly labour insiders feel they we re certainly labour insiders feel they were handed a weapon in the unlikely form of the bbcs inquisitor andrew neil, because in many of the marginal seats which labour either has to hold or to win but they are finding this phenomenon that some former labour voters are suggesting they will back boris rather than back the conservatives come in so far, labour is finding it very difficult to undermine the Prime Ministers personal standing. But if questions tonight in tonights debate about his character can be raised, then labour think that could be played to their advantage, and therefore having andrew neil make his appealfor this therefore having andrew neil make his appeal for this interview with borisjohnson his appeal for this interview with Boris Johnson last night his appeal for this interview with borisjohnson last night on the bbc on the basis of trust, then that may, they think, cut through where they themselves have failed. This was andrew neils challenge to the Prime Minister. No broadcaster can compel a politician to be interviewed but leaders interviews have been a key part of the bbcs prime time election coverage for decades. We do them on your behalf to scrutinise and hold to account those who would govern us. That is democracy. Weve always proceeded in good faith that the leaders would participate. In every election, they have, all of them. Until this one. It is not too late. We have an interview prepared. Oven ready, as mr johnson likes to say. Now, andrew neil says the interview is oven ready. I dont yet know if borisjohnson is is oven ready. I dont yet know if Boris Johnson is going is oven ready. I dont yet know if borisjohnson is going to find it palatable. Certainly what downing street are saying as he has done a series of interviews with the bbc andindeed series of interviews with the bbc and indeed with others, he is doing the big head to head clash tonight. That kind of response does not suggest to me that he is saying the name of the time and place, andrew, im ready. 0k thank you very much, iain watson. Our correspondentjon kay has been at the studio in maidstone where the televised debate will be held this evening. This is quite a small, intense space, only a small audience in the studio, about 100 people are going to be here asking questions. The two candidates, Jeremy Corbyn on the left and Boris Johnson candidates, Jeremy Corbyn on the left and borisjohnson on the right, may be no surprises there, they could almost touch one another here, not just face to face but almost total toe in the studio and it will be intense and you will see every flicker of emotion and a syllable of policy they will come out with tonight. This is the final confrontation between the two men who want to be our Prime Minister and the man with the job of moderating it is Nick Robinson, former bbc Political Editor. Am i looking stressed . Are you stressed . How do you feel . I never wake up overnight over thisjob how do you feel . I never wake up overnight over this job but i how do you feel . I never wake up overnight over thisjob but i have overnight over thisjob but i have over this because it is different from anything ive ever done before because im not interviewing these guys, im a bit more than a referee but a referee is part of what ive got to do. Ive got to make sure it isa got to do. Ive got to make sure it is a clean, fairfight between got to do. Ive got to make sure it is a clean, fair fight between the two of them, they both get an equal say, ive got to make sure that from the audience the questions genuinely get some sort of answer and then occasionally i might be able to slip ina occasionally i might be able to slip in a follow up just to make sure that they have really addressed it. But its like nothing ive done before, very exciting. Describe the layout of the studio because you are between them keeping a close eye on them but you will encourage them to interact with one another as well as the audience. The idea of having them close, you can see there are almost turn towards each other, we do want to debate. These guys are coached within an inch of their lives, Boris Johnson coached within an inch of their lives, borisjohnson has an american political consultant who has come over and what they say is stared down the lens like this, talk to the folk at home on their own sofas. What i want to make sure we can try and do is as well as that, we say, engage with each other. Part of my job will be saying, come on, mr johnson, answer the point mr corbyn has just laid, johnson, answer the point mr corbyn hasjust laid, or vice johnson, answer the point mr corbyn has just laid, or vice versa and try and get some sort of lively debate. 0ften and get some sort of lively debate. Often at these events, it is playing safe, isnt it . Stick to the same messages, repeat the same thing to try and blend into the background. But tonight might be a bit different. It is so close to the election, both under enormous pressure, especially borisjohnson in the light of the andrew neil sit down debate question. Youre going to have a tough job. Thanks a lot in truth, what they know about these debates, why they matter is they reach the parts of the electorate even breakfast and might show today sometimes doesnt reach. People who dont watch news a lot of the time, people who are not tuned into political shows. The young in particular, sometimes people who may be of this is the First Programme they have watched about the general election and they have now they are going to give it to make up their mind. It is the equivalent of flicking through the papers and deciding which mobile phone you want to buy. These guys will go back to core messages. Johnson will talk about getting brexit done and ive no doubtJeremy Corbyn will talk about the health service. What we need to do is make sure there is a bit ofan need to do is make sure there is a bit of an argument, that you can make sure you know what the holes in their arguments are, what the challenges are, so that you can make up challenges are, so that you can make up your mind. No format is perfect. An interview is going to give you a lot more detail about policy than you can never get on the stage. You doing interviews with members of the public will get a more empathetic and a more emotional connection than you can get in something grand like this. But there is nothing to match the theatre of debate. There is nothing to match the kind of slightly spine tingling hairs on the back of your neck feeling of these two guys for an hour on their own and they only have six days to go. When they came face to face with the itv debate three weeks ago, it seems like ages ago, it was quite testy at times, wasnt it . There wasnt a great deal of warmth between the two characters. It is fair to say they are not mates. Some politicians i have covered over the years behind the scenes are having a beer or a whiskey and getting on. These two dont want to spend any time with each other. Not only are they very different characters and not only have they got very different backgrounds, they have profoundly different visions of the way ahead for the country, which is why it matters to escape from the sound bite and say which of these guys do i want . There will be people watching those who may choose to vote for other parties, but whoever you vote for may have some sort of impact on which of these guys ends up impact on which of these guys ends up in no 10. Nick robinson, thank you very much indeed. I will let you get used to your podium. It looks very flash with the in built lights and you have your timer so you can keep an eye on. You are going to like this, this is my sort ofjames bond. What does he drive . Aston martin type thing. It gives me the timing someone who is talking for how long, cumulatively on each answer, so how long, cumulatively on each answer, so i can try and stick to the rules and make sure they are fair. Nick robinson, thank you. The questions will be submitted by the audience when they arrive tonight, about 100 people selected independently because they represent not just the two independently because they represent notjust the two parties of the two leaders but other parties as well and floating voters as well from all over the uk. They will submit their questions and they will be reviewed by an independent Editorial Panel and the two candidates wont have a clue. They might prepare and practice but they wont have a clue what they will be asked until it comes out of the audiences mouth, 8 30pm tonight, bbc one. Jon kay and Nick Robinson setting the scene for that debate tonight. As we get ready for the last Leadership Debate tonight, let s look at their personal ratings. One of the features of labour s surge in the 2017 campaign was the corbyn factor . A sharp rise in his personal Approval Ratings mirrored by a fall in theresa may s. All this fed into to a sharp narrowing in the gap between labour and the conservatives in the weeks running up to polling day. Here with the data is the bbcs head of statistics, robert cuffe. So, how popular are mr corbyn and johnson . Lets ta ke lets take a look at the data. They are both divisive, i think you can say that, so for mrjohnson, i think as many people, slightly more people disapprove of him than approve it and thats why his net Approval Rating is below zero. You want that to be up and thats not looking great but forJeremy Corbyn it is even worse, it is lower down. With any polling you dont want to get too obsessed about the exact numbers, the trends tell you the story and as you said in 2017 there was that big narrowing during the course of the campaign. This time around i think the changes tell you around i think the changes tell you a bit more because what has happened since the start of the campaign is almost nothing. Interesting people havent really changed their views about either of the two leaders and is looking very similar to the start of the campaign. 0k. And what then. Tell us about the parallels with the 2017 elections. This is very different of the 2017 story but in 2017 if we look at the pole tracking this time around to remind ourselves of how things are going now, we can see that over the last few months there has been a sharp rise for both the conservatives and labour, moving up in the polls, and it is almost a mirror image of the liberal democrats and the brexit party have been drifting downwards. It is the mirror image. A good day the conservatives, bad day for the brexit party. In 2017, if you compare it back to 2017, you will see there are some similarities. 0ver see there are some similarities. Over a slightly longer time frame but you see over the course of the campaign labour shifting up, just as they are now, and landing on about they are now, and landing on about the mid 30sjust they are now, and landing on about the mid 30s just as they are now. For the conservatives they are flat. The long term changes are not very different for them but they are in the kind of mid 40s, so they are kind of around the same point now that they were in 2017. Reflecting perhaps, of course, that we are essentially talking about the same subjects in the selection with the dominant one being brexit. Absolutely, and i think if you pull the two things together, what is telling you is that in 2017 people we re telling you is that in 2017 people were making up their minds about the relative merits of the two leaders. But, and this is a significant but, the polling didnt get it exactly right in 2017, did it, robert . No, they got the conservative show pretty much bang on, got the lib dems are right and the snp right but underestimated the labour share and thats kinda very important as in the last three elections we have seen very narrow results. The last three elections we have seen very narrow results. The difference between a Hung Parliament and a narrow majority. That makes a big difference. But if you are looking for polling to tell you exact number of seats within one or two decimal places you will come a cropper. What polling is useful for is telling you about those bigger, broader trends about why people are doing what theyre doing and so in 2017 it was that choice about mr corbyn versus mrs may. Whereas in 2017 it is about people choosing between parties that reflect their view on brexit, lest under the leadership. Robert, thank you very much for that. Robert cuffe, our head of statistics. And at 11. 30am well be speaking to Liz Saville Roberts of plaid cymru in your questions answered. So were really keen for you to get in touch with us with your questions on twitter using bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk. A man has been charged with murder after a 12 year old boy was killed in an alleged hit and run outside a school in essex. Harley watson died after a car ploughed into a group of children in loughton on monday. Terence glover, whos 51, has been charged with murder, 10 charges of attempted murder and dangerous driving. Police in india have shot dead four men suspected of raping and killing a vet in the Southern City of hyderabad last week. Police said the men had been taken to the scene of the alleged crime and were shot after they tried to attack police. The murder of the 27 year old woman has triggered protests across india. 0ur correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan joins us from delhi. What do we know about the circumstances in which these four suspects were shot . Police have said they took the suspects, they were in custody of the court, but the police took them to the scene of the crime in the early hours of the morning around 3am in the morning, we are told, for what they said was a crime reconstruction. Now, police say that during that reconstruction, they say that the four accused tried to attack them and thats when the Police Killed the four men, reports say that they were shot dead. Today, at that scene, people have been flocking to the area. We have seen pictures of people dancing, celebrating, scattering petals, letting off fireworks. Lots of people in that area saying this was the right thing for the police to do. The bbc has spoken to members of the 27 year old victims family, including her sister and her father, who say that they believe that justice has been done. But on the flip side they have also been a number of politicians today who have condemned the actions of the police, saying that they basically tried to subvert the criminal justice saying that they basically tried to subvert the criminalJustice System and that these rapists should have gone through a court process, should have had a trial, and that this isnt the way to solve the ongoing problem of Sexual Violence here in india. Those comments from the victims family and more widely, probably reflect a frustration with the Justice System in what has been a number of very high profile cases involving Sexual Violence. Yes. Only yesterday i was reporting on another horrific case of Sexual Violence in india. North india this time in uttar pradesh, where young woman was on her way to court for a hearing on a rape case she had filed earlier this year when she was accosted by a group of men, they allegedly assaulted her, and then they set her alight. Really horrific details there. She has been moved to a hospital in delhi where she is being treated for severe burns, and police say that two of them and they arrested in relation to that attack where the two men she accuses of raping her. 0fficers said they believed this could have been a revenge attack. That case yesterday raised questions about how safe people can feel when they come forward and make