Your morning briefing: What you should know for Thursday, October 10

Jeremy Hunt has warned EU leaders to avoid making a “catastrophic failure in statecraft” that will lead to a no-deal Brexit.

The runner-up of July’s Tory leadership contest urged them to reach a compromise with Boris Johnson before it is too late.

Mr Hunt said the bloc in the past has been guilty of misreading the political situation in the UK.

He warned against leaders hanging “tight” to see if Boris Johnson gains a majority with an election win.

The British government will be much less willing to compromise on a deal if the Prime Minister does so, Mr Hunt said.

London City Airport is today braced for disruption after Extinction Rebellion (XR) vowed to shut down operations for three days.

Some 18,000 passengers could be hit with travel chaos, with 286 flights scheduled on the first day of the planned demonstration.

The climate change activists plan to begin the so-called shutdown at 9am and intend to block security gates.

If that fails the group said it will occupy the DLR station and the road outside the terminal.

It comes after police arrested 800 people in London in the first three days of the group's "international rebellion".

Donald Trump has said he will speak to the wife of a US diplomat wanted in connection with a car crash that killed a British teenager.

The US President said officials are going to "see if we can do something”.

His remarks came amid calls for Anne Sacoolas to have her diplomatic immunity withdrawn after the death of Harry Dunn.

A dog has been taken on as a new recruit at a university to help students with their mental health.

Bessie, a three-year-old Jack Russell, is taken on walks around the local parks, providing academics with a break from the pressure and stress of campus at Newcastle University.

“Time spent with animals can alleviate worry, provide comfort and help people deal with feelings of isolation and loneliness,” the university said.

"Combining this with fresh air and physical exercise is a good recipe for positive physical and mental wellbeing,” it added.

England's Rugby World Cup group decider against France has been cancelled as a super typhoon approaches Japan.

The match is to be abandoned without a ball being kicked for the first time the 32 years of the tournament’s history.

Super Typhoon Hagibis is bound for Tokyo and likely to make landfall on Saturday, when England’s fixture was set to take place.

England are already guaranteed their place in the knockout phase.

But the decision means they will enter the quarter-finals without having played for a fortnight.

1881: The Savoy Theatre, the first public building to be lit by electricity, opened with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience.

1886: The dinner jacket made its first appearance in public when it was worn by its creator at a ball at the Tuxedo Park Country Club, New York.

1903: Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst formed the Women's Social and Political Union to fight for female emancipation in Britain.

1935: Gershwin's Porgy And Bess opened in New York. The opera was a financial failure but an artistic triumph.

1957: A major radiation leak was detected at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, after an accident three days earlier.

1961: A volcano erupted on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha and the whole population was brought to Britain.

1972: Sir John Betjeman was appointed Poet Laureate.