first of all, to protect the london fire brigade and to protect her position. 0r protect the london fire brigade and to protect her position. or the person that's going to be taking her position. there are clear failings from the london fire brigade and those failings are due to lack of leadership, lack of training to the london fire brigade. there were clear errors that were made. there was a lack of communication. a lack of training. and to actually say that she basically was sending firefighters to their death in terms of with the way the building behaved, well, had your firefighters been trained to deal with a situation like that, they shouldn't be surprised by, you know, how the fire behaved. in fact, it is within their policy that they are supposed to recognise fires that have cladding material on them. sol don't understand why they are surprised when they have come across this. we are going to talk to the fire brigades union and national fire brigades union and national fire chiefs council in a moment. rukayet mamudu, what do you think? she said she was surprised with the way the

a humpback whale has been spotted in london near the dartford crossing. it's over 80 foot, or nearly 30 metres long, and doesn't seem to be in any distress. scientists monitoring the animal say its behaviour is "perfectly normal". time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. enjoying the sights wasn't he, a beautiful morning this morning as well, if you were over the thames you were greeted to sun rise like this but it was red sky in the morning shepherd's warning because look what arrived later on, we have seen some look what arrived later on, we have seen some rain today, it has been persistent and showery over the last few hours so we have this line of rain to clear, we have had some thundery showers into the far north—west. that is because it is closest to the area of low pressure and that low pressure will stay with us and that low pressure will stay with us right throughout the night and into tomorrow, so it will keepifieding in the showers across the north and west facing coast but at the same time further south and east the rain will ease

and it wasn'tjust london. extinction rebellion protests included a mass lie—in in mumbai, road blocks in berlin, actions in new zealand, and in dublin, too. the crowds are thinning out now, though some activists do plan to sleep over, despite the rain. but it's unlikely to be comfortable, especially when you are chained to a friend. what are your plans for the night? to stay here, keep the strand blocked, yeah, keep the blockage. aren't you worried the police are going to come and arrest you in the middle of night? no, a cell might be a bit drier than this. # we are getting stronger by the hour... and remember that guy in the hearse? he's still there, though now his passenger is wearing the bike lock. one of the co—founders of extinction rebellion says these dramatic gestures are needed. people have got to get their heads around how serious this crisis is. it's not going away. justin rowlatt reporting. the former conservative mp heidi allen is the latest parliamentarian to join the liberal democrats. the m

at the royal london hospital staff we re at the royal london hospital staff were on alert. another big of knife crime is about to enter the building. this man took a single blow to thejob. building. this man took a single blow to the job. a staggering act of aggression in the middle of a petty quarrel. it is over nothing. it is pointless. deprivation and hopelessness can attempt youngsters tojoin gangs hopelessness can attempt youngsters to join gangs and hopelessness can attempt youngsters tojoin gangs and deal drugs hopelessness can attempt youngsters to join gangs and deal drugs and the ease of access from any kitchen drawer means knife are ready weapons in any turf war or to settle scores. the fact that we're living in a society where is normal! based at the royal london hospital, her team councils knife crime victims after surgery, helping to prevent revenge attacks. it is heartbreaking because eocene children, families whose lives are destroyed. i had a young person here a couple of weeks ago, his mum found out on snapchat. she found out on snapchat that her child had

the opening carpet for the bfi london film festival teamed with familiarfaces bfi london film festival teamed with familiar faces and rising stars of british comedy. he found much to love and charles dickens‘ ate the most autobiographical novel. you did not need to have heard of dickens or david copperfield or any of them, i just wanted to captivated me about the book is it is such a vibrant, funny, loving book, it is about humanity and friendship and community, and the themes are so contemporary as well. it is set in 1840 but the people in the film that is the present day, so i asked eve ryo ne is the present day, so i asked everyone to behave as if they were in modern times, and they have an exciting future ahead of them. like last year‘s mary queen of scots, this film also chose colour inclusive casting, meaning death patel got to play the leading role. —— dev patel. patel got to play the leading role. -- dev patel. the cast is incredible, and just to be able to step into the world of dickens in victorian england is a real honour. it isa victorian england is a real honour. i

part of being in london? a young man in london? yeah, maybe part of growing up in london. it gets like that. i think so. i can't sleep well at night, because sometimes i'm still up cos i'm just like paranoid orjust like, i think about it and i don't want to sleep. so you know, it's one of those things. back at home, gadi is experiencing nightmares, flashbacks of the day he was stabbed. these guys come up to us and they like, they said, "where you guys from?" and then ijust froze, everything just froze. like, i didn't know what to say. then my friend just said, "run". i trip over, like i'm stumbling. i don't even remember him stabbing me here and stuff. and that's when he got me here. i was bleeding, i was bleeding. and then i saw loads of blood pouring out. i wasjust holding it tight, squeezing it. i told myself, what i've got to do is keep calm, at that time. don't panic because, if i panic, then you never know, cos your heart starts racing and then, like, you know, you're just scared. like, if you panic, if i panic, i feel i could have passed away. if i would like panic

part of being in london? a young man in london? yeah, maybe part of growing up in london. it gets like that. i think so. i can't sleep well at night because sometimes i'm still up 'cause i'm just like paranoid orjust like, i think about it and i don't want to sleep. so you know, it's one of those things. back at home, gadi is experiencing nightmares, flashbacks of the day he was stabbed. these guys come up to us and they like, they said, "where you guys from?" and then ijust froze, everything just froze. like, i didn't know what to say. then my friend just said, "run". i trip over, like, i'm stumbling. i don't even remember him stabbing me here and stuff. and that's when he got me here. i was bleeding, i was bleeding. and then i saw loads of blood pouring out. i wasjust holding it tight, squeezing it. i told myself, what i've got to do is keep calm, at that time. don't panic because, if i panic, then you never know, 'cause your heart starts racing and then, like, you know, you're just scared. like, if you panic, if i panic, i feel i could have passed away. if i would like

al-jazeera london. spain's acting prime minister has dismissed a call for dialogue by cattle on leaders pro and dependent supporters protested for a 6th day in a row on saturday there has been anger since spain supreme court sentenced 9 separatist leaders to prison for their role in any legal independence referendum in 2017 is an barcelona. for the mood here is very on stable the protesters who are south take freedom from the civil forces everything housing the police some of the only boxes and take afghanistan to stay thanks to the bonus of a yet to retaliate son perceptive even come up trying to antagonize the police to be told by him from the crowd one of the other tones of the we are peaceful people who are now sitting down because the police have announced that they will start advancing on this but now behind me are thousands because i see more of the exits to the square being below 0 so when they move forward that is going to be a bit of a scrum the hotels of the businesses have led to is a tough

when he was mayor of london he presided over a fire service cuts despite warnings from london mps over a fire service cuts despite warnings from london mp5 from across parties, and he didn't heed those warnings. does he regret that? secondly, the regulators under his government's watch were descriptive powers, including those of the ombudsman to investigate complaints without going to their mps before that happens. will he now take action, he doesn't have to wait for the reports to come out, to take action to strengthen regulations and also provide the much—needed resources . also provide the much—needed resources. we had to fight tooth and nail with grenfell united and... it is time he acted and provided additionalfunding needed is time he acted and provided additional funding needed so constituents can sleep at night, instead of having to worry about whether their homes will be set alight. sir martin notes that appliances were at the site within five minutes, and he makes no findings about lack of resources, and not that i am aware on the other issues she raises. i do think it is

course london is known for being quite anti breck said how's the delay being received outside of london and the rest of the country. i mean it really really depends we know the country is split over you all the latest polls to show for have been showing for weeks and weeks now that there is now a rather stable majority even though a small majority of about 53 to 47 percent against breaks for remaining in the e.u. bot of course the country is really so do you find it and the the whole discussion has been so acrimonious that the bricks of tears are sort of getting more and more upset and getting more and more angry and so this whole thing is just driving it deep. for this this delay of course is driving this deeper and deeper because both sides haven't really played their game till the very end and i think there is still just this little bit of time left to fight for it and so the mood of course on the other side is really bitter because we can hear the shouting behind you call it can i ask you how does this delay affect the chances of johnson's deal now being passed by parliament i mean

london. rather sorry reaction to the vote m.p.'s have voted to delay the approval of this deal. for this deal what's the reaction been in london. well i can tell you what the reaction and paloma i think the labor party is quite happy that the government of course was defeated on this motion and they have always said that another extension would grant more time to scrutinize the deal that boris johnson has negotiated with the european union it would give them more time to have a closer look at it and maybe find points that they can oppose so i think half of the site in parliament that we've just seen voting for those amendments 322 votes i believe it was a 320 vote. of course quite happy for the government of course it's a huge political defeat i mean they thought today was going to be a good sized surf and crucial vote on this deal of that in the end was negotiated with brussels and lots of effort let's not forget that lots of nights of late negotiating and boris johnson was quite proud of th

their good this isn't the 1st time that extinction rebellion has staged protests in london what do londoners make up. for life being speaking to people that are passing by this particular protest and it in the very it randomly i have stockpiles this fire stops like this and my opinion is my impression is that most of broadly supportive particularly the people who are cycling was this is a very. very it's a group that's used over by cyclists in the morning in and out of work one of the big sort of routes into the city and the cyclists of very supportive of the process however i've also spoken to some others and one lady said she she does understand where they're coming from but on the other hand they are blocking the roads and of course london is a very busy city and they are blocking a judge traffic arteries and and they would also do that would hinder people also who are already travelling and agree no way for example by buses so some people do to object to the best methods that's for sure. bigot thank you very much for now that spigot mass force in london and here in berlin we had simon yo

i don't think dany cotton at london fire. i don't think dany cotto n ca n at london fire. i don't think dany cotton can ever come back from the comments that she made at the inquiry about how she wouldn't change a thing. london deserves better, quite frankly, and so to the victims of the fire, and so do the firefighters themselves, because, you know, we also have to consider the fact that london fire brigade is an employer, and it needs to be looking after its employees, and at the moment it's not. it has failed them horribly. unfortunately for us, them horribly. unfortunately for us, the consequence of them failing their employees is death, given high criticaljob their employees is death, given high critical job those their employees is death, given high criticaljob those employees undertake. so if any service needs to be looked after, it is the front line emergency services, because we will all be very grateful for that fa ct if will all be very grateful for that fact if and when we ever come to need the use of any of them. you wa nt need the use of any of them. you want

is it getting support in london? that is com pletely getting support in london? that is completely crucial. we had some initial reaction from leo varadker yesterday, lukewarm to say the least. we are expecting also to hear from him in the next hour. we will see if he cast further light. we think there will be further discussions in the coming days before there is a full response from dublin and brussels. but what about the cross border communities? those are the people that are perhaps most acutely affected by what happens. chris page has been investigating. the border is being used as a political football, and it‘s not doing anyone any good in the island of ireland. boating on the border is the essence of tranquillity, but the simplicity of life on the water also shows the complexity of the issue which has stalled brexit. here, and at other parts of the border, it‘s just unpoliceable. a hard border — it‘s unworkable, whatever they say. and they can put whatever agreement they want in place, but it‘s not go

the truth is there a central london campsite may soon be closed. well, our correspondent dan johnson is in central london at one of the protests — how have they reacted? more than a70 people have been arrested. this is one of the biggest protest sites today in whitehall right at the end of downing street and even from this crowd, even though people are overwhelmingly almost entirely peaceful, they are obviously being disruptive by blocking the road. every now and again police will go into the crowd to arrest someone and take them away. getting loud applause from the crowd when they do that. this has been a pretty positive atmosphere. and certainly polite. apologies to the police from some of the protesters that they‘ re the police from some of the protesters that they're having to deal with these demonstrations at different sites around london and had had to stand out in quite an intense rain shower. reminded that no matter how kind the message might be on the climate the weather has not been a friend to anyone. but that has not reduced the com

in london. we have what is known as a second reading vote on the government's withdrawal agreement bill. joining us from outside is our bloomberg west mr. anchor -- west mist and stir -- westminster anchor. what is the timetable if they go according to the plan? at 7:00 p.m.ks off local time with the second reading of the bill. this is the first time despite the name that mps get to vote on the legislation which would implement boris johnson's brexit plan. we think there are probably enough votes just to squeak that one through. of the about the timing passage through parliament. they want to push this through at a very quick speed. three days. -- thethat into context, wild animal bill took longer. plans to force her high-speed brexit, this gives you an idea of the lever -- the level of anger in parliament with the speed. 31 deadlineober still applies to boris johnson. that is what he has to face the country with if he fails. bill,it sounds like the the original bill, might pass. he might have t

we invited the senior members of london borough of barnet to come because we want secure london borough of barnet to come because we want secure tenancies london borough of barnet to come because we want secure tenancies we wa nt because we want secure tenancies we want our doors locked, and... you wa nt to want our doors locked, and... you want to secure tenancies. i'm afraid secure want to secure tenancies. i'm afraid secure tenancies is not on offer. mr coleman, why are you so unsympathetic? it doesn't make sense. what doesn't make sense? you sound so casual and dismissive. a lack of compassion. no landlord, public and private... and you are shouting at everybody in thisjudeo. sorry, i'm not here to defend barnet council. they thought was a stitch up, which is why didn't come. there is no stitch up. we went into a block of flats, we filmed what was there, the residents spoke to us openly, we are reflecting accurately what it's like for annie to live in that building. yes, and it's not good enough. in what way is that a stitch up? ask the leader of the council, he said it was a stitch

romaine: from london -- guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. romaine: from new york, i am romaine bostick. type the bloomberg business flash. makeche bank is going to half of its plan 18,000 job cuts in germany. they want to rely on savings at their retail unit to lower costs. deutsche bank has about 92,000 employees worldwide. there is a new ceo at nissan. the head of the japanese automakers china joint venture will become the third chief executive of nissan in as many years. he faces a number of challenges, among them, falling profits, massive restructuring, and problems with its top shareholder, french carmaker renault. in new york has rejected a hedge fund manager against the showtime show billions -- the court disagreed. it said billions and schultz do not resemble each other in the least. that is the latest business flash. guy: coming up, "balance of power." david westin taking the helm. joining him on bloomberg television and radio, former national security advisor susan rice. that will be a fascinating conversation, particularly what is

part of being in london? a young man in london? maybe pa rt london? a young man in london? maybe part of growing up in london.” think so. i cannot sleep well at night because sometimes i am still up night because sometimes i am still up because i am paranoid orjust scared. i think about it and i do not want to sleep. it is one of those things. back at home, guarding is experiencing nightmares. these guys is experiencing nightmares. these guys come is experiencing nightmares. these guys come up to us and said, where are you guys from? ijust froze. my friend just said, run. are you guys from? ijust froze. my friendjust said, run. i are you guys from? ijust froze. my friend just said, run. i tripped over, i friend just said, run. i tripped over, lam friend just said, run. i tripped over, i am stumbling. friend just said, run. i tripped over, lam stumbling. i friend just said, run. i tripped over, i am stumbling. i don't even remember him stabbing me here and stuff. and that is where he got me, here. iwas stuff. and that is where he got me, here. i was bleeding, stuff. and th

this is london this morning. the houses of parliament. the millennium will, the london i... it is certainly the thames. that is a beautiful sunrise. how will it be today? a lovely blue sky and some of us starting off on that note but for others we have heavy showers. for the next few days sunshine and showers and also wendy for most of us. low pressure driving our weather. look at the isobars, the fa ct weather. look at the isobars, the fact they are close together tells you it is going to be windy. at the end of the week, more fronts coming in bringing rain. a mild direction for the winter, so we're not expecting any problems with frost and daytime temperatures roughly where they should be at this stage in october. heavy showers moving across the bristol channel. more showers moving across scotland, northern ireland and in fact you could catch a shower almost anywhere. it will be blown across quickly on gusty winds. because they are showers, not all of us will catch them. temperatures down a couple of degrees on yesterday. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we

london time. but first, the brexit deadline is quickly approaching and london may still be the vast real estate market to park your cash. we speak to one of europe's real estate investors on opportunities. that is up next. ♪ daybreak europe and i am manus cranny in dubai. let us get a business flash from beijing. hsbc may cut as many as 10,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive according to the financial times signaling that europe may have -- the initiative. the bank is questioning why it has so many staff in the region when it has double-digit returns in asia. hkex will raise its bid for the london stock exchange according to the times. the move comes after they received a conditional vote from some shareholders. the deal would need to be raised up to 90-100 pounds to be taken seriously. lse rejected the initial offer last month. use of newll have plastic by 2025 as the industry faces criticism of the negative effects of its plastic packaging. they will reduce the use of plastic by 100 tons

penguins charlie, pringle and degroot have come to london. they are lovely animals, beautiful animals, really lovely animals. so tame, aren‘t they? animals, really lovely animals. so tame, aren't they? 99-year-old joyce told staff that her care home she wa nted told staff that her care home she wanted to meet a pink one, and today she got her wish. —— penguin. wanted to meet a pink one, and today she got her wish. -- penguin. we have a wish tree, so we ask most residents to make a wish and as a full spectrum of which is like a particular cake to something slightly more exotic, i like to meet a penguin. it was notjust joyce who was happy to see these playful birds. they are fantastic, really gentle. i thought they were going oh, but there's nothing like it. as close of ever been to a live one. brilliant. sat on my knee and i stroked it, it was so beautiful. it was so nice we could touch them, my daughter won‘t believe it happened, i told her i had a penguin on my knee. it makes everyone's day when we broke up with a penguin in the back

the cuts to 10 london fire stations mayor of london oversaw personally the cuts to 10 london fire stations. now the inquiry is critical of some of the commission is concerned. now the inquiry is critical of some of the commissioners comments during the inquiry for which she subsequently apologized comments during the inquiry for which she subsequently apologised but whether that's a resigning issue or not it is a matter for her and the men but whether the. it's a resigning issue or not it's a matter for her and the mayor. of prosecution of individual for thoughts is there. some sort of prosecution of individual forethought says again i would report return to what the the report says about the extra again i would report return to what the the report says about the extraordinary bravery and commitment of the far far as responding on the nights and i think as a union mary bravery and commitment of the far far as responding on the nights i think is a union would be disappointed if we ended up in that position where we could be disappointed if we ended up in that position where we caught rightl

i should say all right frank early in london thank you for that insight. let's get a round up now of some other stories making news around the world climate protesters in london have disrupted rush hour commuters by climbing on top of a subway car and unfurling a banner the protest sparked angry confrontations on the platform with at least one protester being dragged from the train and some scuffles breaking out climate activists are staging several weeks of civil disobedience in major cities. officials in the philippines say at least 4 people have died after an earthquake caused a fire at a mall as well as a landslide a 6.33 magnitude quake hit the south of the country on wednesday in the region surrounding north cotabato province. maryland congressman elijah cummings has died at the age of 68 the long serving democrat was chairman of the house oversight committee and has played a key role in the impeachment inquiry into president trump his office said he had longstanding health challenges. turkey is continuing its offensive against kurdish militias in no

cash and so on all right frank early in london thank you for that insight. thank you all right let's listen in now in more detail to some of the points of agreement outlined by michelle in particular the new points of agreement with the u.k. compared to the previous brags that yale agreed with boris johnson's predecessor. the u.k. government the other one to do all the one for. the rule agreement. for people. the question of the protocol and i don't need more on. all these negotiations. and we're committed to protect. the. first include only. when we do work. avoider all border between arm on the north for normal. or our own economy and protect the integrity of the single market. should only. point to extremely important prime minister drawn from under you. who moved from arnold remains in the u.k. storms territory. overall the possibility for. autonomy. but we all do. and we all. only rushed through on 4 main elements number one. more often arnold will remain and i'm good doreen you could say. look i've really only 2 groups this means that all are. only. re

back in london, not everyone agrees with the approach. i think you are historical extremists and you are alienating public opinion, and they won't turn off their lights until you ask them to individually. there may be more frustration over the next fortnight, but these climate campaigners say they feel this is their only option to get urgent action to address our warming planet. although the protesters are currently sitting here in trafalgar square, earlier they were blocking whitehall further towards parliament, and they keep moving to stretch the police to catch them out. so far, they seem to have been successful in that. it is a challenge for the police and so far this morning they have made 135 arrests. many thanks. boris johnson has urged an american woman who is wanted for questioning over a fatal car crash to return to the uk. anne sacoolas, the wife of a american diplomat, left the country after the accident in northampshire this summer. a teenager, harry dunn, was killed in the incident. mrjohnson said he was prepared to raise th

guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. this is the european close on "bloomberg markets," and we have the first word news. reporter: emmanuel macron blocked the attempt to delay brexit for three months. the u.k. may not know if it will get an extension until hours before it is set to be rejected. emmanuel macron wants to grant the delay until november 30 or sooner. the goal is to put pressure on the british parliament to approve the deal. california's biggest utility admitted its equipment may have ignited a wildfire burning in wine country today, despite blackouts being imposed across the region to prevent places. pg&e had a powerline failure and sonoma county moments before a wildfire broke out, earning 25 square miles, prompting evacuation orders for 2000 people. joe biden has unveiled a labor plan aimed at middle-class voters, which would help workers unionized and protect their rights. rivals portray themselves as champions of working americans. indonesian investigator found missteps in the crash of the one crash that

i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the islamic state group was killed. raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the ronald reagan presidential library. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore and midnight in london. twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. the social media company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. the policy comes in on 22 november, so it will affect the uk general election and next year's us election. our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters‘ attention is increasingly being waged online. recognise any of these? in the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or party political broadcasts. today there i

to parts in london for us thanks very much. take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world in hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators have held a further protest against a little banding mosques by covering their faces and making a human chain in the city many will cartoon character masks as they linked hands in a peaceful demonstration. chile's president has declared a state of emergency and made widespread post protests there's been violent demonstrations in the capital santiago as well as mass fires in high rise buildings the protests started after the government announced a hike in city transportation phase. in protest in the lebanese capital beirut have turned violent with police firing tear gas into crowds of demonstrators that demanding that the government scrapped plans for new taxes amid a severe economic crisis many want an end to a ruling political class they say is corrupt. to spain now where there's been another night of violence in the city of wasilla as catalan pro independence protesters

to parts in london for us thanks very much. let's turn now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world in hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators have held a further protest against the law banning masks by covering their faces and making a human chain in the city many war cartoon character mask says they linked hand in a peaceful demonstration. chile's president has declared a state of emergency amid widespread protests there have been violent demonstrations in the capital santiago as well as massive fires in high rise buildings the protests started after the government announced a hike in city transportation fares. the army has stepped up security in the lebanese capital beirut nationwide protests against the worsening economic crisis and continuing for a 3rd day demonstrators want the government to scrap plans to impose new taxes they accuse the political late late of looting the economy. as to spain now where there's been another night of violence in the city of barcelona as catalan pro independence protest

it is not a london fire brigade issue, it isa not a london fire brigade issue, it is a national issue. there are buildings with this type of cladding all over the country and buildings with other breakdowns and fire safety all over the country. that is a national matter and one that government should have addressed immediately after the grenfell tower fire. instead, they had told us they are waiting for this inquiry. we might be waiting years to get to the bottom of this if we allow it to continue. i know you have been with usa continue. i know you have been with us a long time already, but we heard in the report, graham satchell asked jonny clayton about what she said at the time, she said she would not have changed anything and she seems to have slightly changed position. do you think london fire brigade and others have learnt enough about what happened at grenfell, so it would not happen in the same way? —— graham satchell asked da ny not happen in the same way? —— graham satchell asked dany cotton. the people running the london fire brigade have to apply the lessons of thi

rejected a merger between the exchanges in london and frankfurt. oh yeah the london stock exchange actually sets an entire graveyard of attempted and failed mergers and acquisitions. it was not just the bid with frankfurt that was rejected because it would effectively create a monopoly in a fixed income sector that's what margret avesta here. from the you said there's also 2011 alice he tried to merge with toronto that failed now that refund if he'll that might be a different story but that's because it might actually create more competition. changing its direction to become more competitive with bloomberg for example or perceived as a friend for thank you the united states and china will take another shot at resolving their protracted trade war this week in the meantime the u.s. and japan have signed off on a limited trade agreement u.s. presidents donald trump as one might expect is in no danger of underselling the deal claiming it will create countless jobs however critics say it falls short of the transpacific partnership the u.s. ditched in fa

in eight years he was mayor of london, the london fire brigade was required to make gross savings of £100 million. that led to the cutting of 27 fire appliances, 552 firefighters, 324 support staff, two fire and rescue units, three training appliances and closed ten london fire stations. mr speaker, grenfell, we all agree, must never happen again. and it happened i think because of the way in which building regulations have either not been adhered to or are inadequate. inspection regimes that are either nonexistent or inadequate. and a response that was insufficient, yes one response that was insufficient, yes ...oneof response that was insufficient, yes one ofthe response that was insufficient, yes one of the real problems is the way responsibility was taken away from building control officers and local authorities who acted independently so developers can appoint their own friends now, very often, to sign up the buildings. isn't this something dame judith identified as a real problem that needs addressing needs urgent action on now rather than waiting for legislation in two years?

meanwhile hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of london to defy bret's it they're demanding a 2nd referendum. and spain's acting prime minister petro sanchez rejects calls for talks with top to land separatists in his comments commons barcelona cleans up after nearly a week of protests against the jangling of several separatist leaders. i knew it was mackinnon thanks so much for joining us british lawmakers have delivered a crushing blow to prime minister barak johnson's bret's it plans it's been a day of high drama in london and a special saturday sitting of parliament johnson sale to secure enough backing for the brics a deal that he reached with the e.u. in brussels only 2 days ago lawmakers agreed by just 16 votes to postpone a make or break decision on the brics if agreement but to do. joe says he will still try to meet his deadline to take britain out of the e.u. at the end of this month. and to discuss today's historic vote i'm joined in the studio by do these reports call now xmen he's standing by in london is our correspondent sean potts and we have correspondent be

danjohnson is at the london protest. dan, tell us the extent of what the protesters are doing in london. this is probably the biggest gathering we have seen so far this morning. there are a few hundred people here on whitehall in the heart of westminster, blocking it entirely. the traffic is having to turn around and head back towards trafalgar square, and there are other groups of protesters who are really just other groups of protesters who are reallyjust popping other groups of protesters who are really just popping up other groups of protesters who are reallyjust popping up in different sites around london, blocking roads, causing disruption, and this is the strategy. there is a group over here who have sat down in the middle—of—the—road, blocking the traffic. i will see if we can have a word. the police are here in quite heavy numbers. guys, can wejust word. the police are here in quite heavy numbers. guys, can we just ask you what you are doing sat in the middle of whitehall today? we are doing a peaceful pro

london was definitely a strange city for me in 016. trish: i have heard that in terms of the intel communities it can be extremely strange. you have all these people reaching out to you. where does it take the turn where you think they were trying to set you up? >> there is a very interesting moment in my i guess part of this saga. approximately one year ago i was one of four witnesses invited to testify to the house oversight committee in front of congressman mark meadows and john ratcliffe. the other three witnesses were jim comey, and loretta lynch. when i went to testify behind closed doors before these prominent members of congress. it was clear there was a lot at least some sort of surveillance going on our me in london. the key question is was that based on facts and a legal basis or was there something more insidious going on here. in my opinion, and i think my testimony for anybody who is interested, they can google it it's public now, will see i actually notified authorities my meetings with these people including the austral

transport in london, and it works. we area transport in london, and it works. we are a grown—up nation. we have a duty to our children to take them out of this flood of unhealthy food and drink, and we all recognise that, so now let‘s find the many different ways we can change it to help them to look after them, and to ta ke help them to look after them, and to take unhealthy food and drink out of the spotlight. i take your point there are different ways of going about it, but the question in my headis about it, but the question in my head is still hanging out there, which is how on earth do you enforce a ban on the eating on a bus. i don‘t understand it. it‘s all very well saying it, but! don‘t understand it. it‘s all very well saying it, but i don‘t understand it. well, i think we are a law—abiding nation and there are ways we can do it, but it is one option and i have asked the government to explore. so you make it illegal? i remember on debates like this, on smoking, and about the sugar levy, it‘s

the head of the london fire brigade, dany cotton, has expressed her deepest sorrow. we will never, ever forget the tragedy of that night. the 72 lives lost were just the worst thing ever and london fire brigade are truly sorry we couldn't have saved everyone‘s life that night. the report said more lives could have been saved if the evacuation had taken place sooner. victims support groups have said it was heartbreaking. we believed the firefighters who came and knocked on our door and told us to stay. so, we believed them and we stayed. also in the programme tonight: the last prime minister's questions before the general election as leaders clashed on the nhs, the economy and of course brexit. a police helicopter crash in glasgow which killed 10 people — an inquiry finds the pilot consciously took a risk by ignoring warnings about a lack of fuel. and, how the man known as the bad boy of rugby, kyle sinckler, has become one of england's standout players and great hopes for saturday's rugby world cup final. and coming up on bbc news, sam burgess is forced to retire

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: a new tactic from hong kong's hardcore pro—democracy protestors — attacking pro—beijing targets while dodging the police. and we'll meet the drivers lighting up the roads in australia, as they race in solar—powered cars. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 3am in northern syria, where the united states is to withdraw all its remaining troops, as turkey's offensive against the kurds intensifies. the us defence secretary said kurdish fighters would now be backed by syria and russia — and america could not be caught between two opposing armies. the us withdrawal comes as syrian government troops are said to be heading towards the turkish border — where turkey is trying to create a so—called ‘safe zone'. meanwhile, hundreds of people — some said to be the families of islamic state group fighters — have escaped from a camp that was guarded by the kurds. aleem

, decreasing by 14% in the decrease was mainly driven by falls in london. and is that because of a change in behaviour of people who are carrying knives? is it because our programmes in the capital to stop them being carried in the first place? what is going on? first of all you have to put it into context. in the previous year or so it was very high levels so we have a fall from very high levels to something not quite as bad, as it were, but they are still high levels of knife crime and knife —related murders but the numbers are certainly, in terms of knife related murders, broadly, they are coming down. 14% down, as you say. down to 248, which is to win every five murders involving somebody being stabbed, so the metropolitan police is driving the reduction in that sense as well and attempted murders across the board are also down a bit. so there are signs of inroads into these figures around knife crime that we've seen over the past few years, but still the numbers, historically are pretty high levels. danny, we must leave it there but thank you for tha

i was in london. and show them how to do things such as the cold approach, which is stopping someone you don't know in the street, stopping women in the street who you don't know, and trying to get a phone number as quickly as you can with as many women as you can. there are also other techniques that they train you m, other techniques that they train you in, which you pay for. you did a report earlier this year on this which resulted in that man being convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour. i wonder how widespread it is. it is extremely widespread. it is global. in india, australia, the states, south america, you will find organisations which operate online mainly selling these courses. they are available almost everywhere. let's have a look at the clip where you confronted the boot camp artist. —— the pick—up artist at the boot camp. you teach men how to pressurise women into having sex. you taught me this. i don't pressurise any women into having sex. no, you teach men to pressurise w

i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. our top stories: syrian government forces are on the move towards the border with turkey — risking another dangerous confrontation. more than 100,000 people have been taking part in rescue operations injapan — following typhoon hagibis, the worst storm to hit the country in decades. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the french publication le figaro is leading with the fighting in syria. it features a picture of syrian army vehicles entering a northern kurdish town. the paper says france is planning to withdraw its own soldiers, as kurds have now turned to assad and russia's putin for help. the irish times has brexit on its front page. the paper says the democratic unionist party are raising opposition to the proposal involving northern ireland remaining legally part of the uk customs union, but in practice operating as an eu customs territory. and the south china morning post reports on the latest hong kong protests. an aerial shot of the huge crowds at

francine is in london. right now, after a to mulch was six weeks, we are in london. >> good morning. oil and money conference, the yearly conference that brings titans from the corporate side and the policy side into one room. we are joined by a man who travels both of those worlds. thank you so much for joining me. the last time we spoke, you are the last opec meeting. you have left the group. we have seen an escalation in tensions in the gulf, the devastating attack on the saudi aramco. has this impacted your business? you do have oil. we don'ttack like that condone. we don't want to see any facilities being harmed in the world. --y are strategic accept assets. course, it was shocking to see an attack on an oil and gas facility. >> prices haven't stayed elevated. is there too much oil in the market? >> we look at the oil market and production, you look at venezuela, libya, it's surprising that 5 million barrels off the market from the biggest producer outside the is a huge shock to head of taken prices hi

and it wasn'tjust london. extinction rebellion protests included a mass lie—in in mumbai, road blocks in berlin, actions in new zealand, and in dublin, too. the crowds are thinning out now, though some activists do plan to sleep over, despite the rain. but it's unlikely to be comfortable, especially when you are chained to a friend. what are your plans for the night? to stay here, keep the strand blocked, yeah, keep the blockage. aren't you worried the police are going to come and arrest you in the middle of night? no, a cell might be a bit drier than this. # we are getting stronger by the hour... and remember that guy in the hearse? he's still there, though now his passenger is wearing the bike lock. one of the co—founders of extinction rebellion says these dramatic gestures are needed. people have got to get their heads around how serious this crisis is. it's not going away. so, what does extinction rebellion want? they want the uk government to declare an immediate climate and ecological emergency and b

the london fire brigade, clearly, the people running the london fire brigade, need to learn lessons and apply the lessons of this fire and previous fire. boris johnson will try again today to win support for a december general election despite mps rejecting his plan yesterday. security minister brandon lewis says the government will push ahead with trying to win over opposition. i hope that opposition party members themselves would also want to trust themselves would also want to trust the public, that the public have a say. they seem determined not to deliver on the referendum but i feel that it deliver on the referendum but i feel thatitis deliver on the referendum but i feel that it is time, to deliver on brexit, to have the general public of the united kingdom have a say. residents flee parts of los angeles as some of the city's wealthiest areas are threatened by wildfires. two british men have been seriously injured in a shark attack in australia — one lost a foot in the attack. beware of the boks — jonny wilkinson is urging england not to get over—confident ahead of the rugb

also coming out hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of london to protest breck said that amounted to a 2nd referendum. on rebecca raters welcome to the program british valmai kids have voted to postpone a vote on the terms of the u.k.'s departure from the european union in a dramatic saturday sitting of parliament prime minister barak's johnson failed to secure enough backing to hold a vote on the brakes a deal he negotiated in brussels just days ago will make his a grade 532223062 withhold their approval a defiant johnson says he will still try to make his deadline at the end of this month. this is. to discuss today's historic vote i'm joined in the studio by data. analyst rob much of also joined by in london by our correspondent shylock potts and we have to have you correspondent in brussels schalit i'll start with you tell us what is happening where you are what are reactions to this vote. well outside here of parliament of the houses of parliament the atmosphere is really really heated there been some major protests going on in london today. those are unrelated to wha

but back in london, not everyone agrees with the approach. i think you are hysterical extremists, and you are alienating public opinion, and they ain't going to turn off their lights until you ask them to individually. there may well be more frustration over the next fortnight, but these climate campaigners say they feel this is their only option to get urgent action to address our warming planet. it is difficult to estimate the true numbers involved because they're a different process that had popped up at different sites —— different protests. they seem to be keeping on the move to try and catch at the police and they have had some success with that today, although the number of officers out on the streets has meant that they have not been ordered to stay anywhere for too long. we have seen some police officers intervening to remove people and make arrests. around 148 arrests so far today. these groups are saying that they will carry on this action around london, cities across the bow, for the next fortnight. thank you for the update. t

i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the islamic state group was killed. raging wildfires in california — as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the ronald reagan presidential library. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore and 1am in london. twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. the social media company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. the policy comes in on 22 november, so affects the uk general election and next year's us election. our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters‘ attention is increasingly being waged online. recognise any of these? in the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. elections used to be all about the ground war and

of london and the rest of the country. i mean it really really depends we know the country is split and we all of the latest polls to show for have been showing for weeks and weeks now that there is now a rather stable majority even though a small majority of about 53 to 47 percent against breaks it for remaining in the e.u. bot of course the country is really so do you find it and the whole discussion has been so acrimonious that the bricks it tears are sort of getting more and more upset and getting more and more angry and so does whole thing is just driving it does. for this this delay of course is driving this deeper and deeper because both sides haven't really played their game till the very end and i think there is still just this bill a little bit of time left to fight for it and so the mood of course on the other side is really bitter because we can hear the shouting behind you call it can i ask you how does this delay affect the chances of johnson's deal now being passed by parliament i mean there's 2 ways to look

cess ollie travelled to london on tuesday afternoon. after meeting with boris johnson he said no progress had been made. there are 2 alternatives to a deal it is juncture extension or no deal. after as a solo his departure boris johnson told parliament he still wants a deal giving the impression that the 2 sides are living in different universes. when our correspondent in london bagot mass has more about boris johnson's efforts to renegotiate a break to deal both joins in the still insisting that the u.k. wants to leave the with a deal and the latest u.k. offer was a significant step and a reasonable compromise however the question is how realistic is a deal at this point nobody of bricks it for sure will be economically really damaging for the u.k. and by blaming germany and the e.u. for the stalemate in the talks prime minister johnson tries to shift the responsibility away from his own government ok mass there reporting from london now brazil's president xi of course in our 2 says that the mysterious appearance of oil slicks on his c