gavin, ican gavin, i can see it is 5 busy, what. going gavin, i can see it is 5 busy, what i going on at. moment will about the let me explain what's going on here. this is an upmarket suburb of barcelona. there are shouting, "we have voted, we can vote", and shouting at the catalan police because developments in the last few moments, let's move away from the camera because the police officers, local catalan police officers, have walked through the crowd on the other side of the gate, where there are people who have got the ballot boxes. they have just been counted here, but the officers now in the red hats have come to the gates and are starting to walk away. i will try to have a word with one of them, follow me. bbc, a quick word? no, 0k. little explanation. let me explain... i can't. you are in a difficult position. i can't speak english. he doesn't want to speak. this is a difficult position, the cata la n this is a difficult position, the catalan police have been ordered by the catalan police —— spanish government is about taking place. the officers have been told they face p

gavin am a thank you. gavin with the very latest. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jessica creighton. good morning. good morning to you. manchester city are are top of the premier league, on goal difference, this morning, after beating champions chelsea 1—0. manchester united put 4 past crystal palace, and harry kane continues his goal—scoring form for tottenham. tim hague rounds up the action. chelsea at home to manchester city was the biggest game of the premier league season so far, and was decided by this man. while the match was not a classic, this winner was. a quality goal. a game is always going to need a quality goal to separate the sides and that was it. not bad. we are so happy, we were able to win. before guardiola's men went top of the table, their rivals, manchester united were there. two goals scored by fellani in a 4—0 win against crystal palace. how he would have liked to play with a striker like romelu lukaku. lu ka ku scoring his 11th goal in ten games. th

gavin robinson. foreign secretary boris johnson too great. gavin robinson. foreign secretary borisjohnson has become the latest senior party figure to voices support for theresa may, telling a group of conservative mps that they should get behind the pm. his intervention comes after former party chairman grant schapps said about 30 tory mps backed his call for a leadership contest. mrjohnson said, we havejust had an for a leadership contest. mrjohnson said, we have just had an election and people are fed a up with all this malarkey. it comes after the leader of the scottish conservatives, ruth davidson, told critics of the prime minister to put up or shut up. she is being viewed by some as a potential contender to leave the party in westminster. this report from ian watson. grant schapps has received plenty of advice from colleagues, with some mps and peers literally telling him to shut up. most of the party strongly support. we can behave like knuckleheads, like grant schapps did today. knuckleheads? what else was it? it is trying to act against the prime m

gavin lee is in barcelona for us this lunchtime. gavin. these are the so—called silent majority, now in full voice, taking to the streets of barcelona, uniting under the colours of spain's nationalflag. many under the colours of spain's national flag. many here under the colours of spain's nationalflag. many here refused under the colours of spain's national flag. many here refused to vote in catalonia's independence referendum. the result was 90% in favour of independence, but more than half of the population stayed away from the voting stations. they are calling for unity. people here are calling for unity. people here are saying once and forever that we wa nt to are saying once and forever that we want to be free to speak our minds, to say that catalonia is in spain. we want to show people that not everyone in catalonia wants independence. as you can see, there are a lot of people that once spain and catalonia to be together. there has been a week of demonstrations and those calling for dialogue, but the spanish government is claiming

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gavin lee, bbc news, barcelona. earlier, my colleagues spoke to gavin with the pro—unity demonstration. the silent majority of 950,000 people. according to the organisers, the pro—union organisation who have just anotherfigure the pro—union organisation who have just another figure in the past few minutes, very hard to know, but i have been here for the past week and a half, i have seen the crowds at the other demonstrations, the pro—independence demonstrations, they were much smaller than this. there are coaches and buses that cannot get five miles near the city because all of the street in downtown barcelona are blocked. you can see the spanish flags, the cata la n can see the spanish flags, the catalan flags, people saying they are rallying to the government called to be here today together to say they want to stay united. bear this in mind as well because it is about what images go around the world support the government or the independence movement, the independence movement, the independence supporters

gavin lee has this update. gavin: there is a delay untilially of 24 hours the catalonia government calls unilaterally for a declaration of independence. we were told it would be monday when the parliament meets. n presidente catala would make an announcement, but the spanish government said that would be against the constitution, threatening a prison sentence. now we are there will be some sort of announcement on tuesday. it will be interesting because the mayor said that both sides should step down from the brink, negotiate the train them -- negotiate the tween them. wait for a few weeks. alsohe spanish government moving away the police forces after sunday night from referendum. some -- the european commissioner says if events go ahead there could be another civil war here. speaking for the police, they have all been moved out because of the discomfort of catalan not wanting them here. the officers are worried. there and 30 of assaults against the police and they are worried about a potential increase in viole

i'm gavin grey. our top stories: thousands take to the streets of barcelona as the catalan leader carles puigdemont makes a passionate appealfor the defence of catalonia's rights. we do what we do because we believe in a democratic and peaceful europe. millions of people across japan are voting in a snap general election. we'll have the very latest live from tokyo. after growing international criticism, the world health organization is set to rethink a decision to make zimbabwe's president a goodwill ambassador. storm brian batters parts of britain, bringing high seas and violent winds of more than 120km/h. hello and welcome to bbc news, i'm gavin grey. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona to protest against spain's plans to sack the regional government and hold fresh elections. the spanish prime minister said he'd been left with no choice but to restore the rule of law. carles puigdemont, catalan‘s leader, compared the actions of madrid to the fascist regime of ge

gavin has since graduated, but is still hoping to change the school's policy. in the commonwealth today - state officials are meeting to discuss the possiblity of decriminalizing possesion of small amounts of marijuana. the virginia state crime commission will present the findings of recent study at a meeting today in richmond. the outcome of today's meeting could lead to legislation in 20-18. coming up at six - another w the shocking accusations from a former sopranos star. plus - getting your car ready for winter. seven is on your side finding out if it's worth the cost. and stress in the classroom - the new survey showing a disturbing trend of overworked teachers, coming up at six. new this morning. the houston astros win game 5 of the world series in walk-off fashion. alex bregman's rbi single in the bottom of the 10th sealed a 13 to 12 win for the astros putting them now just one win away from their first world series title. the game lasted five hours and 17 minutes - the second longest world series game ever played. game 6 is tomorrow night in los angeles

gavin lee. we can speak to a journalist who has been following developments throughout the day in barcelona. hello to you. it is a little quieter now where you are, compared to earlier. what is the mood like? do you sense that people, after the referendum, that vote last week, that people are perhaps a little bit nervous at how things have developed in the days since then? yes, definitely. people are very nervous, very yes, definitely. people are very nervous, very worried and afraid of what is going to happen next week, on tuesday. i spoke to a woman and she told me, we are really afraid because we have no clue what is going to happen. these politicians just want their political agenda, it doesn't have anything to do with the people's well. and also, we are the silent majority. and not the ones who are for independence. and not particularly against it. they were all wearing white shirts and saying how they were neutral. they want dialogue between mariano rajoy and ca rles dialogue between maria

and it looks like at the moment, gavin, that it looks like at the moment, gavin, thatitis looks like at the moment, gavin, that it is about, it is a risk, that is going to pay off. it looks like mrabe is is going to pay off. it looks like mr abe is heading for another majority. and would you say that is because he has played a shrewd political game and being a good politician, or because of a lack of any good characters in opposition? yes, very good question. i think it is in part both. people are going with the candidate and the government that they know and they feel safe with. japan's economy is growing, slowly, but growing. there is almost full employment here, so this is a vote for stability, in one way. it is also what one commentator called a vote for tina, there is no alternative. japan's opposition is in disarray. there was a new challenger to mr abe earlier in the month when the very popular governor of tokyo came out and said she was going to form a new party to run against him, but that has fizzled very rapidly, and it looks like her party, which is called hope, is not go

gavin lee, in barcelona, thank you. rodney bickerstaffe, the former general secretary of britain‘s largest trade union, unison, has died at the age of 72. unison called mr bickerstaffe a ‘true giant of our movement‘, with a deep—rooted sense of social justice. the home secretary amber rudd has announced plans to tighten the law to try to stop terrorist material being viewed online. she also announced a ban on the sale of acids to under 18—year—olds. acid attacks are absolutely revolting. you have all seen the pictures of victims that never fully recover. endless surgeries, lives ruined. so today, i am also announcing a new offence to prevent the sale of acids to under—18s. applause our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is with me now. acid attacks are on the rise which is why the home secretary is stepping in? there has been ten -- there has been a terrible scourge in recent yea rs, there has been a terrible scourge in recent years, young people worried about carrying a knife and being caught in

gavin reporting from barcelona. hurricane nate has hit the united states, bringing torrential rain and powerful winds to communities along the southern coast. since making landfall, its winds are weakening and it has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. but weather officials warn the threat of dangerous storm surges remain. after claiming at least 30 lives in central america, it became the fourth major storm to make landfall in the us this year. anisa kadri reports. as it approached, hurricane nate promised strong winds and torrential rain. it hit the gulf coast of the united states, causing flooding in parts of mississippi, alabama, florida and louisiana, where people have been ordered to evacuate. although it is weakening, the impact is still being felt. we are still seeing wind gusts between 70 and 80 mph. we have water coming up on most of our roadways, about two miles inland. so we've got about seven to ten feet of storm surge. so our first responders are kind of overwhelmed right now. the force of nature h

gavin lee is in barcelona for us this lunchtime. gavin. these are the so—called silent majority, now in full voice, taking to the streets of barcelona,

our correspondent gavin lee, who is in barcelona, says the spanish prime minister's latest comments where he refused to recognise the referendum, come as no surprise. my sense is that the latest words of spanish prime minister mariano rajoy are as uncompromising and consistent as he has been for the last few weeks. he is saying that, ultimately, if in the next few days the catalan government declares unilateral independence, he will use any legal means open to the spanish government to make sure it doesn't happen. they could use the constitution act iss. he also said spain will be spain and will continue to be for a long time and urges and wants to see a moderate, a government here in catalonia that as sensible as well. i think, ultimately, what we see now and perhaps what we see now and perhaps what the hope is from the spanish government is that the catalonia government will start to think, wanting time and space to work out, is this the right move? there are reports that within the cabinet here in barcelona, there is a hesitation, wanting some room to negotiate with the spanish governm

gavin, thank you so declare independence. gavin, thank you so now. declare independence. gavin, thank you so now. we'll come back to you later in the day. we appreciate your insight from barcelona. keeping an eye out on social media which is happening all the time. we are seeing pictures of riot police tussling with their visors as people attempt to get in the polling stations. 0ther attempt to get in the polling stations. other pictures have shown a glass doors being fashion they can force entry as well. it is clearly a moving situation, we will keep an eye on it. headlines are on the way. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. coming up before nine sarah will have the weather. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. theresa may has announced a freeze on tuition fees in england and an extension of the "help to buy" scheme in a bid to win over younger voters. the announcement comes on the opening day of the conservative party conference, which begins in manchester later. the prime minister described her proposals as a key part of her plan

gavin lee is in barcelona for us this lunchtime. gavin.

my name is gavin grey. our top stories: harvey weinstein has been ousted by the board that runs the oscars. the academy said he longer merited the respect of his colleagues. distressing details emerge after a canadian couple are released after five years held hostage in afghanistan. it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children to call home, to focus on edification, and to try to regain some portion of the childhood that they have lost. more people have been forced to leave their homes by wildfires in california. at least a0 people are known to have died. and touchdown — as one of the world's most isolated outposts joins the 21st century. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm gavin grey. harvey weinstein has been expelled from the organisation that runs the oscars. the academy said he no longer merited the respect of his colleagues. it follows a series of sexual assault accusations against the producer, including rape — some o

gavin munro has been running a furniture farm for about ten years it requires a lot of patients he expects his first major chair harvest in twenty eighteen. a trained furniture designer he uses wire and plastic frames to get the trees mostly willows into shape. also makes wall mirrors and lampshades. customers from all over the world by his furniture if you order now you'll get a chair in about seven years. it's really starting to become an actual manufacturing process and system that is repeatable in the sky level so it's. you know it's all of these things that's kind of. all mixed into one. wants to expand his tree park in austria and bring new ideas to life. where they might like to grow bigger sculptures made from lots of eatery and once you can even go inside sculptures you can climb. growing furniture a game of creativity where the payoff only comes with patients. now for many musicians writing an album is a labor of love it takes time and inspiration to get the twelve or so tracks done but the front man of finished rock band sunrise avenue you took an extreme measure . to finalize h

thank you very much, gavin lee. we will keep in touch throughout the morning of the day. we will keep you up—to—date as well. we will move on, now, because winds of more than 140 kilometres an hour battered northern and central europe on sunday, killing at least six people in germany and the czech republic. hundreds of thousands of homes were without power. and during the storm, a huge freight tanker ran aground in the north sea close to northern germany — authorities are watching closely for oil leaks. sarah corker has the latest. powerful winds sweeping across austria proved challenging for pilots at sulzberger airport. is this passenger plane at approach the runway, it lurches side to side. at the last moment, the pilot abandons his attempt to land safety. —— salzberg. in eels of the country, the storm caused widespread damage, blocking roads ripping through ruse. in germany, a state of emergency was declared. in hamburg, it was the problem. what fighting that was the problem. what is roads around the historic fish market, three minutes high —— three metr

gavin the reporting in barcelona. the low—cost travel company, monarch has been granted a 24—hour extension to its license to sell package holidays. it means travellers who book with the firm until midnight tonight will be covered for their trips. the airline is understood to be in talks to sell part or all of its short—haul operation, as simon cleminson reports. for almost as long as package holidays have been popular, there has been some form of protection in case businesses fails. the government scheme atol ensures that not only do you get a refund if you booked ahead, but if you are already abroad, and the firm you're travelling with goes bust, you can get home. companies need to prove they are financially robust to get a licence in the first place. under intense pressure from falling prices, a weak pound and shrinking demand because of terror threats in egypt and turkey, monarch is trying to find a buyer for part or all of its shorthaul operation. it is engaged in talks with a large number of potential inve

our correspondent gavin lee went there. this is the situation right now, opposite the government office in barcelona, one of the main squares, just look around right now. thousands of people with the red, yellow blue flag, the white star as well. there are pensioners, children, dogs here, these are the people who have been watching earlier today the parliament, the voting take place, they have been watching on the big screen outside, partying or they and they believe that for them, albeit illegally, there is a moment to claim independence. there are people who a spoken to who are not coming out who think that catalan committee has been lost they are calling for the cata la n been lost they are calling for the catalan president to come to the balcony, the spanish by minister says that he will be removed, and there will be elections, but for these people that is another day, tonight there are celebrations. surgeons in the indian capital, delhi, have separated twin boys who were conjoined at the tops of their heads. it's the f

gavin, thank you very much indeed. gavin lee in barcelona. theresa may has announced a series of measures ahead of the conservative party conference she's hoping will appeal to younger voters. there's to be a freeze on tuition fees and students won't have to start paying back loans until they're earning over £25,000 a year. the prime minister says these are the first steps in a wider review of university funding. labour, which has promised to abolish tuition fees, has called the proposals "desperate." 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. the first day of conference. a big day for the prime minister. she has not had much to celebrate lately. theresa may knows she has got a lot to prove to her party and to voters. herfirst pitch is to prove to her party and to voters. her first pitch is to the younger generation with a promise to look again at the wayjewish and these work. when we said that policy what we expected for the range and diversity in the system. —— jewish and —— university fees. we have got to look at it again.

our correspondent gavin lee reports from barcelona in catalonia. squashing the insurrection, the spread of headlines across spanish newspapers this morning read the same. the spanish government has opted for the so—called nuclear option to deal with catalan separatists after their proclamation of independence yesterday. the reasons parliament has been dissolved, separatist leaders will be removed from office and elections have been called just before christmas. in barcelona, the clampdown didn't stop thousands of catalan independent seekers claiming victory, partying into the night singing songs of liberation. tense moments too with confrontations between those on both sides. it's calm here now in plaza de saint jaume after last night's celebrations, but many on both sides are now asking exactly the same question, how does the government in madrid assert its authority here and separatists talk about protecting and defending the institutions if the spanish government tries to forcibly remove carles puigdemont and his separatist cabinet. i think th

gavin lee reports. madrid, this morning. tens of thousands of people, responding to the spanish government's call to take to the streets and show support to try to keep their country together. three days from an expected announcement by the catalan government to separate the region. this is barcelona. protests of a different kind. dressed in white, thousands who call themselves the silent majority, feeling caught in the middle and scared of what comes next. the movement was born by social media, under the hashtag, less talk. iam here, personally, as i feel we need a dialogue. politicians have not been doing theirjob really well. our sole objective is that people and above all, politicians talk to each other. we are seen for too long this confrontation between both sides, and we think that now the people must show that we want dialogue. the same on the streets of alicante too. and elsewhere, the movement shows a wider sense of the frustration. but while there is no sign of dialogue between the spanish and the catalan governme

correspondent gavin leaked reports from barcelona. voiceover: another day, another development in the crisis. swiss authorities confirmed they have contacted the spanish government, offering to help as negotiator. —— gavin lee. but there seems little chance of that, spain's prime minister refusing any dialogue, he is clear that separatist parties have broken because thejuicing, u nless have broken because thejuicing, unless plans to break off are cancelled. across the spectrum of left and right wing newspapers, in spain catalonia, headlines are the same, banks leaving, other companies threatening to do the same, a countdown to crisis. in three days' time, the catalan government is set for separation, and there is desperate planning for what happens next. 0ne catalan workers union is calling for people to take to the streets and close businesses next week. on tuesday next week, after the declaration, we are calling for a general strike for five days. from tuesday. because we saw last week, the violent tuesday. because we saw last w

gavin, thank you. the influential economic think—tank the institute for fiscal studies says the chancellor is caught between "a rock and a hard place" as he prepares his forthcoming budget. it says philip hammond will have to abandon his target for getting rid of the deficit if he's to meet demands from cabinet colleagues to increase spending. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed is here. 0ur econo room ditor oui’ econo room for ‘i’ oui’ econo room for manoeuvre 0ur econo room for manoeuvre does the chancellor have? not a lot. there is one figure in the report if we had continued on the trajectory before the financial crisis in terms of productivity and in in terms of increasing wealth, we would be 15% wealthier than the performance of the economy. we have had a bad ten yea rs on the economy. we have had a bad ten years on the economy. government debts are higher. 0ur taxes are higher and also we, of course, had the public sector cuts as well. i asked pauljohnson, the head of the institute for fi

gavin lee is in barcelona claiming back their streets. thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by then now ousted government. this is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. well this is becoming a familiar noise. it is a pro—spanish unity demonstration. over the weekend we have seen pro—separatists. one of the voices here, shouting for spain. if you are to listen to them individually, people want very different things. we have never been out like this before, but now we have to, because we can't stand it any more. we're europeans, spanish and catalan. i cry, i cry. it is not possible. the key moment here will be what happens to this man, carles puigdemont, who still calls himself the catalan president. he's been removed from office by the spanish government, along with his cabinet and more than 100 officials. his job in all but title has been transferred to spain's deputy prime minister, soraya saenz de santamaria, until elect

gavin lee is in barcelona for us this lunchtime. gavin. so far this weekend we've seen the flags and heard the independence supporters singing in the street. the organisers of this demonstration say the silent majority are coming out. the police say there are 300,000, the organisers say more than a million. here is what has been developing. claiming back their streets. thousands of protesters marching through barcelona, saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by there are now posted government. this is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. it is becoming a familiar noise, it is a pro—spanish unity demonstration. we have seen separatists, but the dogs are in their with the voices shouting for spain. if you listen to them individually, people want very different things. we have never been out like this before but now we have to because we cannot stand it any more. we feel european, spanish, and catalan. we are catalan, we were born here, and we feel forgotten by i cry. it is not possible. the key mom

gavin lee reporting there. joining me now via webcam is dr george kyris, lecturer in international and european politics at the university of birmingham. thank you forjoining us. it's a momentous day, not only in catalonia but spain and possibly the eu as well? yeah, in some ways it's a very significant day and date. in other ways it really is not. so i think it's significant because it's shows, not confrontation, but on the other hand, i guess the declaration of independence is not really significant if nobody actually recognises it. there are... (inaudible) if you say, if it's unrecognised by key states, key heads around the world, does this indicate that it willjust be — this isa indicate that it willjust be — this is a symbolic move? the reality is it means nothing? yeah, i mean, we can never be sure what were the hopes of the separatists. but the reality is that this is not going to be recognised. so i think the medium to long—term the only viable option for separatists, but also sprain, is to start

webb gavin lee in barcelona, thank you. these are the headlines on bbc news. here, theresa may promises to fix britain's energy and housing markets but she struggles through her speech at the conservative conference. president trump is in las vegas, meeting some of the injured survivors of the concert attack in which 58 people were killed. and, as we havejust heard, the catalan leader calls for mediation with spain over the band independence vote. but, he says the result must be applied. and an update on the market numbers for you. let's return to one of those headline stories. as we've been hearing, president trump is in las vegas to meet families of the victims of sunday's mass shooting. police still haven't established the motive of the gunman, stephen paddock, who killed 58 people. in its wake, gun control advocates are renewing calls for tightening regulation on firearms, but the president has said any debate on the issue is "not for now". clive myrie reports. the right to bare arms in america comes from the constitution that founded the nation, but how e

thanks very much, gavin. hands up if you feel hungry now? a lot of cloud across the uk this afternoon, some outbreaks of rain, not fantastic outdoor eating but a hint of blue sky in this picture from derbyshire earlier some sunshine in wales and east anglia but we are losing that now. outbreaks of rain slipping south out of england. some outbreaks of rain for cornwall and devon, showers in northern scotland. cant yourself lucky if you have seen sunshine. rain leading up to the super league final this evening but it should turn drier at old trafford, as we go deeper into the evening. out and about this evening, some heavy bursts of rain running across east anglia. a lot of dry weather, despite the cloud overnight but in showers running into northern and western scotland, northern ireland, north—west wales and northern england. outbreaks of rain for cornwall and the isles of scilly. clear spells returns evening. but those. probably fill in with crowd as they go through the night. not a cold night. this is a sunday morning is looking. maybe a

i'm gavin grey. our top stories: spain imposes direct rule on catalonia, hours after its politicians vote for independence. the prime minister, mariano rajoy, sacks the catalan leader, his cabinet and chief of police, vowing to restore the rule of law. translation: this independence is very sad. it causes anguish. that is what all catalans who are not for independence felt today. but catalan separatists remain defiant, saying the independence vote means they no longer fall under spanishjurisdiction. and digging for their own water. as the taps run dry in libya's capital, people are forced to drill

our correspondent gavin lee is in barcelona. gavin, what sense are you getting from people where you are at the moment? joining us now is dr angel smith, a lecturer in spanish and catalan studies at leeds university. thank you so much for coming in. good a you tojoin us. thank you so much for coming in. good a you to join us. interesting point that we made there, that prime minister rajoy has said he will not go into mediation. he is playing hardball. what you have to take into account is from his perspective he seesit account is from his perspective he sees it as an illegal referendum. his party is a very spanish nationalist party. it puts the unity of spain above everything else. and that has been the case historically for the spanish right, effectively. and so i think that for his support base and for his party, for him now to negotiate would be very difficult. it seems strange that he would play such hardball, though. because there is a feeling that actually many people in catalonia are not in favour of independence. it was

gavin lee, bbc news, barcelona. we can talk to gavin in barcelona. still pretty noisy, i will try to be clear. are these demonstrations taking place, will they change anything? it is hard to say. on the side of the spanish government, not because mariano rajoy has been consistent and saying it is a band referendum against the constitution, there will be no dialogue of any kind, unless it is taken off the table by the cata la n it is taken off the table by the catalan president. for the catalan authorities, the separatist parties, where on tuesday there will be a potential announcement about this declaration and in 48 hours in thursday bringing it to reality, with the organisers saying they are pro—unity. 950,000. the spanish police saying 350,000. this is a fragmented crowds. this is in front of the spanish police headquarters. i was here a few days ago. where pro—independence voters were shouting insults and had to be protected, the spanish police, by local catalan police because of violence on sunday. these police officers have been thrown out

malaysia's gavin greene is one of those looking to stop him. he is one of five men who finished back on three shots under. patrick reed was another, keen to showjustin thomas was not the only american who could hole from the bunker. austin halewood, bbc news. meanwhile, defending champion sergio garcia shares the first round lead at the valderrama masters in spain. he's on five under par after the opening day, level with joost luiten of the netherlands, who also shot 66. spaniard, pablo larratha bal, is one shot back on four under, level with englishman robert rock. ji eun lee leads the lpga event in taiwan by three shots after shooting a flawless opening round of 66. six birdies and no bogeys for the south korean. among those trying to catch her is the former world number one, lydia ko. the kiwi opened her account here with a respectable round of 70. but it was tough out there, even for the leaders. after months of speculation, two time world champion fernando alonso has confirmed he will be staying with mclaren for at least another year. he w

my name is gavin grey. our top stories: harvey weinstein has been ousted by the board that runs the oscars. the academy said he longer merited the respect of his colleagues. distressing details emerge after a canadian couple are released after five years held hostage in afghanistan. it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children to call home, to focus on edification, and to try to regain some portion of the childhood that they have lost. more people have been forced to leave their homes by wildfires in california. at least a0 people are known to have died. and touchdown — as one of the world's most isolated

thanks very much, gavin. hello. sunday has turned out to be the sunniest day of the weekend, especially if you are in southern and eastern parts of the uk, where we have had scenes like this and it has felt quite pleasant with light winds. temperatures in the high teens for some. a lot of cloud in northern ireland that western scotland. generally across the uk, cloud increasing overnight, and in the northern half of the uk, dampen drizzly, outbreaks of rain in north—west bottom. a few clear spells in south—west england, some fog patches perhaps overnight but for many of us the temperatures hold up for many of us the temperatures hold up into double figures. we keep the cloud and it will be a mild but dull start monday. some outbreaks in scotla nd start monday. some outbreaks in scotland to start the day but turning drier and brighter for scotland to start the day but turning drier and brighterfor many of us, best of any spells in northern ireland will be in the morning compared with the afternoon. for england an

upstaging a number of big names on the leaderboard — was world number 166 gavin green of malaysia. he's one of two players on 7 under. the 15th rugby league world cup gets under way on friday. 1a teams are taking part in a tournament co—hosted by australia, new zealand and papua new guinea. the kangaroos are the reigning champions — and will begin the defence of their title against england. dave woods is in melbourne for it. it's australia's city of sport, and by it's australia's city of sport, and rugby league is about to take centre stage. melbourne's amy park is the venue stage. melbourne's amy park is the venue for the opener between australia and england. it's 11 years since an australian side beat —— and english side beat the aussies but they believe they can rewrite history. you are playing the number one team in the world. to go away with a win is a confidence booster for the next six weeks. this is only the first group game, a win for england will help their progress to a possible final. for coach, wayne bennett, the performance on opening night matters the most. w

my name is gavin grey. our top stories: japan's prime minister shinzo abe declares victory in his country's snap election and pledges to reverse the country's pacifist constitution. demonstrators in malta demand justice for journalist daphne ca ruana galizia who was murdered last week. acid threat to our oceans — scientists warn that rising co—2 levels will effect all sea life with catastrophic results. as tensions remain high over the korean peninsula — we speak to south koreans trying to live a normal life.

bill gavin, thanks for being with us. we'll be following this terrorist attack. an individual, a single person doing all of this. the mayhem that he created. the deaths, the lives he took, 8 deaths in this attack. another 14 injured. we'll have the latest for you, vehicle attacks as we points out. now seems to be a standard tactic carried out by radical is lamist terrorists in the west. here is a recent troubling timeline. in july of last year, a you -- a tunisian individual targeted a crowd in nice, france. in december, a tunisian attacker drove a vehicle into a christmas market in berlin. and a terrorist attack along the westminster bridge in london. and' at least four people dead when a truck droifn pedestrians on the streets of the city of stockholm. and again in central london when a van swerved into the crowds on london bridge. in august 13 people were killed after a van plowed through a crowds of people in the tourist district of barcelona, spain. new york city grieves and reacts after the latest act of radical islamist terror. in jellyfish. in clinical tr

i'm gavin grey. these are our top stories: saying no to independence. supporters of a united spain stage a huge protest in barcelona — calling for catalonia's sacked leader to be jailed. britain's prime minister says she wants a new code of conduct — to protect politicians and their staff from sexual harassment. puerto rico cancels a controversial multimillion—dollar deal to rebuild the island's power grid, destroyed by hurricane maria. the president of iraq's autonomous kurdish region resigns after his bid for independence backfires. and lewis hamilton races into the record books, clinching his fourth formula one title at the mexican grand prix.

bill gavin, former assistant director for the fbi. we will get to the direct was a little bit later. first i want to find out based on what was released, did we learn anything new about president kennedy's assassination? >> i don't think any smoking gun has been released in the information so far. i tend to think people will look at the information they have and it will either tend to support what they already believe or it might make it a little bit worries for those who really didn't have a conclusion. no matter if you have a conspiracy theory or somebody from the organized crime point of view or somebody from russia, i don't think this releasing information will clarify anything. what it will do though, however i think it does tend to bring an intentional concern or criticism of law enforcement at the intelligence agencies because no matter what his release, somebody's going to say they should have connected the dots. maybe there were no dots to connect really, but that's going to be said anyway. don't make it difficult from that p

gavin munro has been running a furniture farm for about ten years it requires a lot of patients he expects his first major chair harvest in twenty eighteen. and trained furniture designer he uses wire and plastic frames to get the trees mostly willows into shape. also makes wall mirrors and lamp shades. customers from all over the world by his furniture if you order now you'll get a chair in about seven years. it's really starting to become an actual manufacturing process and system that is repeatable in the sky level so it's. you know it's all of these things that's kind of. all mixed into one. wants to expand his tree park in austria and bring new ideas to life. where they might like to grow bigger sculptures made from lots of eatery ones you can even go inside and sculptures you can climb with. growing furniture a game of creativity where the payoff only comes with patients. now for many musicians writing an album is a labor of love it takes time and inspiration to get the twelve or so tracks done but the front man of finished rock band sunrise avenue took an extreme measures to finaliz

your state treasurer john jones, former education superintendent david easton, lieutenant governor gavin newsom and former los angeles mayor antonio virago said. of the four democrats did not disagree on much. on one topic, they did not see eye to eye. single-payer healthcare. >> single-payer is the way to go. >> people are dying in california because we do not have affordable health care coverage. >> reporter: there is no plan for how to get permission from the government. >> you cannot just say we want pie in the sky. what i would do as governor is created public option that allows people to buy into medicare. >> reporter: there is much we don't know so the state should not do a massive overhaul on healthcare all at once. >> we don't have to go all into provide all of the services all at once but to make sure what we are implementing we can scale up appropriately and show its effectiveness.>> when asked about the plan for single-payer , they said where there is a will, there is a way. >> we have to figure out how we will do this. it could be a grocery state tax plus, a partial income t

tom: bill gavin, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. he is a former agent with the federal bureau of investigation. excuse me, i was looking at the breaking news coming in. this is an home building. this affects every community and city in america. this is out of miami and arlington. so much withg reduced nominal gdp. the synergies are there. we will have much more on this. of an immodest transaction $9 billion. this is bloomberg. ♪ is "bloomberg surveillance." six years of retrenchment and restructuring are over. the british bank reported income raising at hbc's maine businesses. akzonobel confirms it has had talks with a rival about merging its paint and coatings business. axalta. just breaking in the last few minutes, it may lead to a merger in the u.s. top homebuilder. a stock deal valued at $9.3 billion, the value of the stock is a 27% premium. that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: taylor, thanks so much. there is too much to talk about in this historic bull market. christopher grisanti is with grisanti capital management.

i am appreciative of the lieutenant governor gavin newsom for being here and our leader in the senate yesterday kevin dave lyons flew from los angeles to survey what was going on. we have remained vigilant in moving forward to support everybody. thank you. >> i am mike tomlinson. i want to thicke dilutive in -- the lieutenant governor. i wanted to give an update on the resources that are coming into the area. we learned yesterday there are 900 additional firefighters coming to the combined effort of sonoma, napa and wake county along with 123 additional engines coming to respond. this is the number one priority. bill mentioned the mutual aid and there is tremendous mutual aid across the country. from the beginning we have had units from nevada and arizona. yesterday we were told we would be joined shortly by units from washington and oregon and within five minutes after learning this, two washington state units drove down the street so they are engaged and coming. we have mutual aid coming from states as far east as pennsylvania. the department of defense is doing inventory along with

gavin kylie. 86 yards scoring 14-3 lead. eugene asante finds his way. >> centerville with his short lived rally. >> 13 yards out. those three third quarter touchdowns. they're on top. 27-11. they remain undefeated at good early game on saturday and college football, maryland, undefeated wisconsin, that game starts at noon. central florida was also undefeated. kickoff for that one is 3-1. >> good night. >> john wall is taking ralpand as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. i'm i'm up earlyax, for my most important job. -more peanut butter, daddy. -more peanut butter, daddy. as prosecutor, justin fairfax fought drugs, crime,