New Brexit deadline, air pollution and India election

European Council President Donald Tusk said Britain could use the time to finally ratify Mrs May’s withdrawal deal or could opt for a new strategy, making changes to the political declaration, which sketches out the sort of relationship it will have with the EU in the future. It could even “cancel Brexit altogether” he said. Above all, though, Mr Tusk stressed: “Please do not waste this time.”

BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says that after all the drama and speculation, effectively all that’s happened is that the threat of no-deal has been postponed for another six months. The new deadline might not solve very much at all, agrees our political editor Laura Kuenssberg. Indeed, it may just give those pushing for a general election or a second referendum more time to put their case. It could also mean that a Tory leadership contest is finally on, and we could have a new prime minister in the summer.

Four million cases of childhood asthma – more than a tenth of the total diagnosed worldwide each year – could be caused by air pollution from traffic, according to a global study. Indeed, researchers from George Washington University said the true figure could be even higher because asthma often goes undiagnosed in low and middle-income countries. They say urgent action is vital to protect children, and cited London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone as a good example of the sort of initiative needed. Our video explains just how air pollution affects health.

By Lucy Wallis, BBC Stories

Ellie doesn’t fit the stereotype of someone with Parkinson’s Disease. People are often shocked when they meet her for the first time, she says. “I volunteer in a local charity shop occasionally around the kids and around my work and if I’m trembling, if I have to wrap something up – because anything can set off your tremor – someone will say something like, ‘Is it your first day here?’ And I’ll be like, ‘No I’ve got Parkinson’s.'” They expect someone with Parkinson’s to be white-haired and stooping, but Ellie was diagnosed before she was 30.

After news broke late of the Brexit delay, the final and online editions of the newspapers make the most of the new date. “May’s Halloween horror” is the headline in the Daily Mail, while for the Daily Mirror “It’s the nightmare before Brexit”. The Daily Telegraph reflects on a “bruising night in Brussels” with French President Emmanuel Macron “haunting” EU leaders in “the Brexit witching hour” to force a shorter extension. The Guardian says Mr Macron “enraged” his fellow leaders by opposing the longer delay favoured by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Times feels the summit was a “historic humiliation” for Britain and even the Suez crisis “barely compares”. Elsewhere, according to the Sun, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss has “given her strongest hint yet” that the government could scrap the HS2 rail line, saying the case for it would be examined as part of the next spending review.

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