we will talk about the brexit. what does business want from brexit? we will act -- asked the director general of the british conference. plus, in the next hour we will speak with the conservative mp, mickey morgan. -- to discusssion in manchester. ♪ ♪ gone 8:20 a.m. across in central europe. a couple of things to keep you up to speed with and make sure you are focused on them. this is a conversation you don't want to miss. vladimir putin will speak to bloomberg at a panel discussion in moscow. the russian energy week of 2017. 11:00 a.m. u.k. time. seven: 19 in london, 8:19 in barcelona. focusing on spanish bonds. what is next? somerime minister faces stark choices. the opposition wants talks, the lawmaker warns that catalonia independence may be 72 hours away. you are seeing a little move and it is not knocking the european stock story. stocks are more interested in manufacturingry, in the united states. dubai has closed for the day and we are seeing that market down by 18 the 1%. german bund's opened down in price in yield at 4.6%. anna: thank yo

much like brexit, they will be a cut—off date. everything comes back to brexit. the daily mail, gender nuclear —— gender neutral census, we may not have to declare whether we are male orfemale. may not have to declare whether we are male or female. this is the awareness considering whether in the next survey you will have the option of saying whether you are male or female, much might —— much like your religion. the ons say this is not definitely going to happen, they are simply consulting it. it is so those who are non—binary they don't have to say if they

he's not too worried, though, about getting a brexit deal at all. no need to fear coming out with no deal, that's the essence of what you're saying? we don't need to fear it. leaving without a deal will not be the armageddon that some people project and leaving with a deal will give us a slightly better growth rate. and i think that we need to concentrate on the realities, get rid of the hyperbole around the debate and focus on the fact that if we can get a good agreement with the eu, both britain and the eu will be better off for it. the speaker: sir keir starmer. but in the commons, concern crosses party lines. 0nly fa ntasists and fanatics talk up no deal. no deal is not good for the uk. no deal is not good for the eu. by their vote onjune eighth, the british people did not give this government any mandate for no deal. the government says it wants a deal, but... if we do not prepare for all outcomes, we leave ourselves exposed to an impossible negotiation. so hours, days, months of brinkmanship still ahead, while the time remaining before brexit

when it comes to brexit. anyway, interesting that debate is making its way over to strasburg and the european parliament. it is used today in germany. as result of which, no trading on the dax. we find ourselves around europe, the ftse 100, having flats. the ibex is bouncing a little bit. yesterday under pressure as result of what is happening in catalonia. talking of which, spain has moved to turn the screws on catalonia as they refused to recognize the bid for independence. it justice minister says will use force at its disposal including suspension of content -- the atomic. the crisis must be dealt with under the spanish constitution. let's get more from roderigo alibaba -- roderigo. what is the latest and how is it going to evolve from here? >> the latest significant news cannot yesterday night following the news the meeting the prime minister had with position parties. one party cannot and clearly requested that the government intervene and take control of catalonia. that is what we are expecting from th

, are you hard brexit, is it single market, is it blah, blah, blah? it actually can't be put into a sound bite, but it can be put into an attitude. internationalists, we didn't lie during the referendum, we have always been completely straight about it — we want to put the economy first. we will negotiate in the spirit of good faith, and we will negotiate properly for the sake of our country. we have to leave, but we don't need to go far. with respect, those are vague generalities, they're not things you can take into a negotiation. but you can, right now on this show, tell me whether the labour party sees the united kingdom staying in the single market. it's quite simple. no, because, i'm sorry, but as i've said to you, we're not sweeping anything off the table, but there needs to be, we have certain things that we need to come out of those negotiations with. we need to have an ability to introduce variables and manage migration. we need to be able to negotiate on that. when i first went out to brussels, before theresa may made her speech, when she

they've now published 11 separate brexit plans. and they are tolstoy each unhappy in its own unique way. for the customs union, then against it. for free for the customs union, then against it. forfree movement, then against it. forfree movement, then against it. forfree movement, then against it. for the single market, then against it. where we've introduced a repeal built to take control of our laws and provide legal certainty, they've opposed it and offered no alternative of that when we have set out our negotiating positions and got the process started, they opposed it and offered no alternative. we have set out plans for life outside the european union with free trade and strong economy. they opposed it and offered no alternative. they claim they respect the outcome of the referendum but they oppose every required to deliver it. this is the most complex negotiation you could imagine. where one oversight, one error, could cost the british public aliens are pounds. just last week i heard keir starmer say, we must not get bogged

brexit is brexit. this is happening. let's find out how to negotiate a way. that is the only single shift. the sinking in that this is going to happen. even though there are still voices that say we could not have the brexit. they are the minority. this notion that things are certainly better and the sun is coming out on these negotiations, there is a sense she is such a lame duck prime minister, that if we kick her now, and she falls, could they enter up with borisjohnson or someone worse? in brussels and elsewhere they are saying, we better be careful here. in a position of power but we can't keep feeding on her because it could get worse. do you think they care that much about british domestic politics? i think there have to understand consequence. it is pretty clear that far from being the iron lady, it is pretty clear that far from being the iron lady, she's the "hollow lady", and she is in charge. another election or another leadership race in the tory party could lead to unknown consequences. and those consequences inevitably have ripples in europe. th

what next for brexit? we talk to two parliamentary experts about the battles ahead for the eu withdrawal bill. in the commons, there's a call for an end to the use of surgical mesh implants. women in their 30s, 405, 50s are telling us that they're struggling to walk, they have lost their sex lives, and suffer from horrendous pain day in, day out. and we hear from the mp who wants stiffer penalties for assaults on emergency workers. i think that since they are there to protect us and save our lives, any attack on them is an attack on all of us. the government ordered conservative mps not to take part in a vote on thursday on a labour motion to pause the rollout of the new welfare payment, universal credit. it's designed to simplify the system by putting different benefits, including housing and unemployment benefit, into a single payment. it's paid monthly, in arrears. but that means new claimants often have to wait six weeks before they get any money. mps, including some on the government's own side, and c

how's brexit going? well, the bluffing and bluster in brussels continues, but how do the public feel? i've sat down with voters in sheffield. put up your hands, how many of you think there is an element of them trying to punish us? absolutely! there seems to be a big hate campaign against theresa may all the time, like it is not really relevant if a piece of boarding falls down. also tonight, southern comfort. oxford and cambridge have too few students from the north of england. we'll hear about one way of solving the problem. and trevor noah gives us an outside perspective on the us. someone can get more offended that you're calling them a racist than at the fact that they are a racist. and that's become like a new thing that i've stumbled across. "how dare you call me a racist?" "well, how dare you be racist?" hello. so how is brexit going? looking at the outcome of the summit in brussels, and the fact that they're still not talking about the long—term brexit stuff, which is mostly trade, you could a

brexiteers have the knives out for hammond but i suspect looking at it in a global sense, the brexiteers think they have the powers but i think you will nibbed a couple of months that they don't and there is a group a majority of tory mps who might well in the course of the next few months, start asserting themselves more, not to keep us to remain, but to try and to affect how ha rd remain, but to try and to affect how hard the brexit will be. shape the nature of it. ijust think, as well i‘m getting a little bitaway of this whole brexiteers and remainers, it was a year ago that division, but these days as james o‘brien pointed out tote today on social media, there is the implication of remainers of which i am, certainly was one i’ remainers of which i am, certainly was one r glorifying in this chaos and saying — told you so you but we are no longer spectators we are up a participants in this outcome and it is time the two groups saw it is the way forward. that is he a all my ra nt way forward. that is he a all my rant is over. no, that's what you are here for. and gps to defy nhs

staying with brexit. tweets from goldman sachs boss, lloyd blankfein are making news on the independent‘s website. mr blankfein hinted that his bank may enjoy a happy future presence in frankfurt. the el pais digital page is of course leading with coverage of the catalan independence push. the spanish government will make unprecedented moves tomorrow to activate article 155 of the constitution and suspend the region's autonomy. on the bbc‘s website, tech giant amazon's search for second headquarters has attracted bids from more than 100 cities. the company is promising to invest $5 billion and create 50,000 newjobs at the new hq. and finally, in the new york times, students in italy will be schooled on spotting fake news by the end of the month. it's part of an experiment by the italian government and companies like facebook. so, let's begin. with me is geraint anderson, an author and former city of london utilities sector analyst, and newspaper columnist. the. good morning. brexit. theresa may wantin

we're setting out, particularly this week, brexit. a lot of talk about brexit at the moment. we don't actually want to just focus on brexit. we want to be talking about things we're doing, education, my own area, transport, things we're doing in housing particularly this week. this is about a government looking to get on with the job. ok, i mean, there is a sense, though, isn't there, that labour somehow are slightly more in tune with where the public are at the moment. i'm going to give an example. this is your area, transport — poll last week, populist poll, 65%, two thirds of tory voters think we should nationalise the railways. the key question around this is, if you're a young person, thinking about your future, in what world do you think that we will attract investment to the united kingdom, have major companies working here, jobs in high technology, if we have a government that will confiscate assets in business? you're doing them down and yet jeremy corbyn is stalking these blue lined halls here and we see it in your big policy announcement today over the weekend on

brexit hasn‘t had an impact yet. is it possible interest rates rising, as they are in the states, and may start to rise here as well. # you win again...#. the bee gees were number one for black monday. the comforting thing is markets did win again. share prices were back up within a couple of years. from la boheme to the magic flute, some of the most beautiful operas ever written are traditionally performed in italian, french or german. but now there‘s a new work that‘s about to be premiered, and it‘s being sung in english — with a yorkshire accent. it‘s called the arsonists and it‘s opening next month in salford. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has been listening in. # let us all increase our productivity # let ourfingers be worked to the bone. # the arsonists, chamber opera to be sung in a south yorkshire accent. you are witnessing history here. this is heritage opera and this is the first—ever performance of their new opera written specifically to capture the natural musical beauty of the vocal

accusing him of being miserable about brexit. they said he was refusing to plan for and no deal brexit and he had back in an article in the times which wind them up further and it culminated in the bizarre episode in washington today where he said the eu was the enemy, as if he was trying to appeal to the more brexit elements of his party but then walked back on it within 30 minutes so strange end a bad week. he had the word enemy put in his mouth by the interviewer, i think? possibly. if you take the word enemy out of that quote, the headline in the telegraph sums this up, it was a bizarre outburst. their main perceived problem with philip hammond for a lot of people early on was you we re hammond for a lot of people early on was you were supposed to be boring, maybe this is his effort to prove he is not. as henry said, he walked into a set of interviews, he was at the imf meetings in the united states, sounding conciliatory, talking about howl states, sounding conciliatory, talking about how i know people have got it in for me

chancellor, have you got the brexiteers onside? but he's a target for brexiteers who don't believe he's optimistic enough about what is next. daily demands, daily tensions, right inside the government machine. tonight, number 10 and ii have been playing down the sense of division between the two, saying there are differences in language but not sentiment this is the latest in what has already been a long line of divisions inside the tory party, not just in the cabinet but from top to bottom. yet another proxy for the real soul—searching going on inside the conservative party over the kind of brexit deal that they once, the kind of approach they want to take the britain outside the eu, and what is so difficult about this for the conservatives, while they are having these big internal rows, how can they find enough political energy and effort for the negotiations in brussels, which had been stuttering on this week? let alone to be able to get on with the big domestic reforms that theresa may really wa nts. reforms that theresa may

worried that the brexit and negotiations could com pletely brexit and negotiations could completely fall apart, and we would really be faced with a no deal, if theresa may would be ousted as leader, and replaced with someone such as borisjohnson. that is what we have sort of written in the telegraph, as the main driving factor, main driving force of this slight shift in tone, and this new approach which is meant to be, we will start discussing trade, we need more clarity or the brexit ‘s divorce bill, but they are strained to say, give us a bit here, we're giving you some, will be bizarre back, let's keep borrowers out of downing street. why would they be so televised of boris becoming prime minister? i didn't think the bin strong stable far. recent polls have shown that people on sides of the debate, their stances are sort of hardening. there is a port of peoples whose aborted leave and remain, that nothing is really happening. but i think to make some progress, the minister be seen to be happening. but, ithink progress, the minister be seen to be happening. but, i think theresa may h

brexit relationship. what you think this week will have done to that? brexit relationship. what you think this week will have done to that7m isa this week will have done to that7m is a disaster. for europeans, it is astonishing. they still don't know what the british position is. the british want to discuss the future, which is trade, without discussing about the past which is unheard of in multinational negotiation. the past being you have to settle the northern ireland frontier, the eu citizens and the money owed. the problem for the british is that the position is hard and, for the british government, on the continent with the german confederation of industry, they have talked which you have seen with emmanuel macron, who has opposed trade being discussed without first discussion of the previous three things. and the president of the united states is opposing the only deal which has been done at the moment on brexit and trade. it is astonishing that britain are completely isolated. what you say about t

there's been an early d raft after brexit. there's been an early draft of the conclusions for that eu summit saying the other 27 should talk about transition among themselves. in other words, try to pre—arrange what they think their position should be so if the green light comes things can move on very quickly. we talk about ticking clocks a lot but this is the big problem in this process. the article 50 process sets out a very tight two—year timetable. we're seven months into it already and are struggling to make substantial progress. it is that lack of time for this very complex process which is the biggest difficulty. christ, thank you. chris morris for us in brussels. we heard from michel barnier. on the british side, the brexit secretary david davis said there had been progress on citizens‘ rights but said the eu also needs to talk about a future trade relationship. our aim is to provide as much certainty as possible to business, citizens and the european union. on this, we‘re making real and tranningible progress

just because of everything happening with brexit. concentrate on brexit. she is going to have a referendum on brexit, one thing at a time. this former adviser to the previous first minister is suggesting there could be more interest on a referendum on brexit in the short—term than on independence. by virtue of the fact that brexit is real and is underway, that is bound to be where the focus is and for those, not least the 62% of people in scotland to vote to remain, have an interest in seeing whether brexit can be stopped, democratically. in the meantime, the scottish government say they will do what they can to protect the rights of eu citizens here but the snp are finding that opposition to brexit in scotland is not translating into higher levels of support for independence. the man arrested after a car crash outside london's natural history museum yesterday has been released by police, but remains under investigation. the 47—year—old was one of 11 people hurt when his toyota prius mounted the pavement and hit pedestrians. police said the incident

theresa may is to tell eu leaders that the ball is in their court, in the brexit negotiations. the prime minister says she's confident the outcome of the talks with the european union will prove the doomsayers wrong. we all support the speech she made in florence setting out the government's approach to the brexit negotiations, and after last week's conference we're all getting behind her. the european commission has rejected theresa may's claim that the ball is in the eu's court when it comes to brexit. we'll have the latest from westminster and brussels. also this lunchtime: the independent inquiry into child abuse in england and wales has begun hearing evidence about the former liberal mp, sir cyril smith. the trial of an army sergeant accused of trying to kill his wife by tampering with her parachute hears more evidence about victoria cilliers‘ jump. the oscar—winning producer harvey weinstein has been fired by his own film company following allegations of decades of sexual harassment. us vice president mike pence walks out of an nfl game — part of a continuing row ab

arrangements, then we willjump final brexit arrangements, then we will jump off a final brexit arrangements, then we willjump off a cliff and there will be no deal? or is she saying that we will go into a period of transition and during that time, those vital negotiations can continue? the period after march 2019 is an incremental eviction period to implement practical changes necessary “— implement practical changes necessary —— implement all period. as article 50 itself sets out, the expectation is that it is a two—year process to negotiate arrangements, negotiate withdrawal and take into account and know what the future relationship will be. so, i expect, and we are working on having that future arrangement negotiated by the 29th of march 2019. as i say, because chances are the details of that will come late in the process, it may not be possible for anyone, businesses or individuals, to have made practical steps necessary to get to that position. to get as smooth a possible withdrawal, so there is no cliff edge, we have a period of implementation and that moves us period of im

and you know our will is not to have a hard brexit or a soft brexit. it is to get a fair brexit. philip hammond is here among some of the most powerful people in politics and economics, and a change of tone. he says he's not here to talk down britain, to worry about brexit, but to talk up the country's prospects. but he knows that brexit isn't the only problem that he's facing. next month, he'll have the budget, and the problem of the performance of the british economy. obviously, a downgrade of productivity forecast is disappointing. but it's only one of the moving parts. the obr is an independent body. it will produce a comprehensive report on the economy and the fiscal position before the budget, and we will need to look at the whole picture. they are packing up at the imf tonight and mr hammond heads back to london to face his critics. he is optimistic, he says, but he knows his few days in america have been anything but smooth. kamal ahmed, bbc news, washington. the growing scandal around the hollywood producer harvey weinstein intensified today when the american actress ros

brexit of course. germany and france crushed hopes for swift transition deal, after the florence speech there were tentative rumblings that this is britain heading in the right direction, starting to sound more like the kind of thing that the eu 27 wa nted like the kind of thing that the eu 27 wanted to hear, but by not giving much away. yes, they were restarting the agenda as far as the talks were going, that britain was taking the initiative, and if this is the case, this is bad news for theresa may and somewhat more concerning to her i would have thought then these issues about things going on within the conservative party. her premiership has to be if nothing about brexit, and that was one of the strange things about her speech, when we did get to hear what she was trying to say, she didn't really say very much about brexit at all. maybe she felt that what she needed to say had been said in florence but apparently the idea that we will be able to go ahead with the two—year period of transition is

brexit negotiations. last night, commission presidentjean—claude juncker and the prime minister theresa may agreed on the need to accelerate the pace of brexit talks. the process remains deadlocked on the issue of britain's divorce bill. the eu's chief brexit negotiator has ruled out talks on a future trade deal until more details about the financial settlement are agreed. progress is due to be assessed by eu leaders on friday, during a summit in brussels. we can speak to our brussels reporter adam fleming. he is in luxembourg for us this morning. adam, the top of this needs to accelerate the talks, which we heard last night, not sure exactly what that means— accelerate quite how fast? —— the talk of the need... a few problems with our link to luxembourg, i'm afraid, but we will be back with a adam as soon as we can. sorry about that. police recorded hate crimes in england and wales have increased by 29% in 2016 to 2017 compared to the previous year. just over 62,000 hate crimes were recorded betw

if there was a brexit vote now, would you vote brexit, because you voted remain in the referendum. have you changed your mind? voted remain in the referendum. have you changed your mind7|j voted remain in the referendum. have you changed your mind? i do not answer those kinds of questions. you changed your mind? i do not answer those kinds of questionslj answer those kinds of questions.” would vote in the same way. i can a nswer would vote in the same way. i can answer those. i voted remain for good reasons at the time. but circumstances move on. i think the important thing now is i think we should all be focused on delivering brexit of the best deal. you are asking me how would i vote against a different background, a different international background, economic background... jeremy hunt, he said he voted remain in the referendum, a chief advocate, he says he would vote for brexit because george osborne's economic predictions would not come true. if he says he can change his mind, i don't quite understand why you cannot? you are prime minister. and i am a prime minister saying s

but in the brexit referendum we see a lot of labour supporters support brexit. if finally we are going to see the labour party, it is going to have the same situation. alex, it would be naive of brussels to think things would be any different with a change of government? jeremy corbyn before he became leader was a profound eurosceptic. brussels, an arrangement done with an arrangement for the banks. but they did have a better conference. they had an upbeat conference full of young people with a party, festival atmosphere, but it seemed a bit more based around a personality platform around their leader rather than the genuine policies, platform of government, and it is when they put those forward, they start to run the gauntlet of credibility. i think the support ofjeremy corbyn as a rock star is just an illusion. i think he has the full support of the party. it doesn't matter who it is for brussels. the british have been useless. we have lost 18 months to bickering and we don't know what they want, until we know what they want, we can't go further forward. you r

the brexit secretary david davis has suggested parliament might not get a vote on any brexit deal, until after the uk leaves the european union. he told a committee of mps it was possible that talks with brussels wouldn't conclude untiljust before the uk's withdrawal, in march 2019, and that ratification could happen, after that date. but labour says parliament has to have a meaningful vote on brexit, and that wouldn't be possible, if britain had already left. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. brexit‘s about britain taking back control — the promise to the country before the eu referendum and since, but will the british parliament be guaranteed a vote on the historic deal to leave the european union before it's done? welcome, secretary of state. today, the minister in charge of brexit answered no. he told mps getting a deal, if there is one, could go down to the wire, the last moment before britain leaves. it's no secret that the way the union makes its decisions tends to be at the 11th minute, the 59th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day, and so on, and that's prec

and you know our will is not to have a hard brexit or a soft brexit. it is to get a fair brexit. philip hammond is here among some of the most powerful people in politics and economics, and a change of tone. he says he's not here to talk down britain, to worry about brexit, but to talk up the country's prospects. but he knows that brexit isn't the only problem that he's facing. next month, he'll have the budget, and the problem of the performance of the british economy. obviously, a downgrade of productivity forecast is disappointing. but it's only one of the moving parts. the obr is an independent body. it will produce a comprehensive report on the economy and the fiscal position before the budget, and we will need to look at the whole picture. they are packing up at the imf tonight and mr hammond heads back to london to face his critics. he is optimistic, he says, but he knows his few days in america have been anything but smooth. kamal ahmed, bbc news, washington. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, is at westminster. john, has philip hammond done enough to silence the

the brexit committee. it's no secret that the way the union makes its decisions tends to be at the 11th minute, sorry, the 59th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day and so on. that is precisely what i will expect to happen here. labour mps asked when the uk parliament would get to vote on the deal. it could be after march 2019? it could be, yes. it could be. it depends when it concludes. mr barnier, remember... sorry, the vote of our parliament, the uk parliament, could be after march 2019? yes, it could be, could be. and it was that statement which dominated the debate for the next two days. in march 2019, the prime minister told this house that parliament would be given a meaningful vote on the terms of the article 50 withdrawal bill. this morning, in the brexit select committee, the secretary of state told us that that vote may not take place until after march 2019. can the prime minister please explain how it is possible to have a meaningful vote on something that has already taken place? as the hon

chancellor, have you got the brexiteers onside? but he is a target for brexiteers, who don't believe he is optimistic enough about what is next. daily demands, daily tensions, right inside the government machine. the hollywood producer harvey weinstein, who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a number of women, has been suspended from bafta, the british film academy, and tonight the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, which hosts the oscars, said the allegations were repugnant, and it would be meeting on saturday to discuss possible action. weinstein‘s wife, the british designer georgina chapman, said her husband's actions were unforgivable, and that she had left him. 0ur correspondent nick bryant reports. this time last week, harvey weinstein was at the centre of hollywood's in—crowd. but now, he is a virtual outcast. known not for the magnetism of his personality, but what accusers have described as the menace. a—list actresses, to women who just wanted to break into the movie and tv industry, all saying he sexua

talking of brexit, do you see any connection between brexit and the front of the ft. between brexit and the front of the ft, the collapse of monarch?m between brexit and the front of the ft, the collapse of monarch? if we look at it from a sector perspective monarch is not the only ailing airline within the low—cost industry. dft points out that alitalia have also run into extreme trouble. —— the ft. brexit has battered the pound, we are still down 10% against the dollar which has done nothing for confidence. confidence is reflected very much in leisure industries like travel. and fuel costs and everything else that can be affected if the pound is weaker. the price of oil, exactly. it is not a far stretch but there we re it is not a far stretch but there were clearly internal problems monarch was facing, they had exposure to destinations like egypt, turkey and tunisia, and then the price war in the mediterranean, tourists who were pivoting away from places like egypt and tunisia and turkey, going to be mediterranean, to spain, portugal instead, and of course, monarch is a relative

boardman there, hashtag—macro brexit. boa rdman sacks probably there, hashtag—macro brexit. boardman sacks probably one of the world's most famous investment banks, employing 6000 people in —— goldman sachs. there have been estimates about how minister might be moved from london to european cities after brexit. i think what this shows is that the financial services sector had lots of contingency plans in place but what we are hearing is that they are now saying actually we need to put those plans into action. we are running out of time. and whilst some people might be pretty pleased to see the back of some of those bankers, some in the financial sector, what the chancellor will be thinking about is their contribution to the uk's gdp, to our export rates, so it is an interesting intervention from the leader of one of the world but that biggest investment banks. as for a response from the government, the prime minister's official spokesman simply said this afternoon that london is and will remain a leading financial centre. eleanor, the now, thank you very much at westmins

this is looking more and more likely that we could be heading for this no deal brexit. the eu side say they want to avoid that at all costs. they don't like to talk about the no deal scenario because they say it is not something they aspire to and it is something they aspire to and it is something they aspire to and it is something they are actively trying to avoid. in terms of the timetable we know there will be a summit and three further rounds of brexit talks between the uk and eu, and then another summit of leaders in december. michel barnier said that with a bit of political will he could imagine some of these issues being surmounted by december, and donald tusk, the president of the european council, has basically set that as a deadline and says if sufficient progress has not been achieved then everyone needs to sit down and think about where this is heading. adam fleming in brussels, many thanks for that and we will be back to you for more on those talks later. a lot of whether going on. ben rich has the details on the latest on those hurricane winds. certainly a

what i want from the brexit talks on what borisjohnson want from the brexit talks on what boris johnson and all around want from the brexit talks on what borisjohnson and all around the government tabled what is the best possible dealfor government tabled what is the best possible deal for britain and that secures the future outside the european union and keeps a close relationship with our current european partners. just one question... some conservatives do not go along with borisjohnson's assertion that brexit will be great. with davidson took him on. can you name itjust with davidson took him on. can you name it just one with davidson took him on. can you name itjust one country in the world that said they will give us a better deal if we come out off the eu? she told the times that over optimism sells a people shot. what do they make of borisjohnson's latest interjection? he's making sure that brexit goes through. latest interjection? he's making sure that brexit goes throughlj latest interjection? he's making sure that brexit goes through. i not quite sure it is the right way forw

building up to brexit. as we head towards our departure from the eu in 2019, parliament is scrutinising the government's strategy. it will have to vote on the terms of the exit deal ministers are negotiating. but today the brexit secretary said that may have to happen after the uk has left. the undertaken that we have given... it could be after march 2019? it could be. it depends when it concludes. the vote of the uk parliament could be after march 2019? yes, it could be. david davies says negotiations could go to the wire. there is a clock ticking on their talks and deadlines to hit. it is no secret that the way the union makes its decisions tends to be at the 11th minute, etc. 59th minute of the 11th hour and so on. that is what i would expect to happen here. we are under pressure. very exciting for people watching. he also spelt out the government's ambition not to spell out the terms of divorce from the eu, but to negotiate a whole new trade deal. what we are aiming for is the conclusion of negotiations

is it time that he went shtum and brexit? i think boris is someone shtum and brexit? i think boris is someone who has an importantjob to do in terms of the work we do. an important thing we heard they are, we have a unified position behind what the prime minister outlined in florence and i think ourjob is to get on with delivering that in the interest of everyone in the united kingdom. but we have heard boris johnson seeing a two—year transition period, not a second more than two yea rs, period, not a second more than two years, emphasising she has left the door open to a longer period. it hardly sounds as if the two are in sync. if you look at what the prime minister has said in florence speech, transition period of around two years is entirely compatible. we need the right deal to make sure we are leaving the european union as we will do in march 2019, get control of our borders, that the laws come back into uk law, but at the same time we need to make sure that we make sure the economy in this country, jobs and prosperity, continues to settled your brief of cours

interestingly, steve baker, the brexit minister, has been a dyfed brexit campaigner for years, it's quite odd seeing him on the front bench for the government —— eight dogged brexit campaigner. he didn't rise to the challenge of suggesting the government should set aside £1 billion but said he was glad to confirm that contingency planning is underway for no deal, the government is doing what it needs to do. he said extensive preparations are being worked on, but he said there was no reason for people to be alarmed by contingency planning and that he was of the view, as were the government, that they will get a deal, a good deal from the european union, rather than no deal. brickley, since the prime minister was in brussels the other day we've had all sorts of comments, donald tusk is the latest today, comments on and off the record. —— briefly. where do you think we are on brexit now? comments privately and publicly about the next stage and publicly about the next stage and how long it might take. the prime minister is very conscious and the way she articulates her vision around

jeremy corbyn seemed to say brexit means brexit. we've soon labour's position shift. it seems you're open to staying in the single market and customs union during the transition and maybe even afterwards. is mr corbyn being led along by the nose by sir keir starmer? there is a substantial number of hard remainers within the labour party who want to stay in and will use any excuse to push nearer to staying in staying in the single market is not possible. not what people voted for. they were clear, need to leave the single market and customs union. i think our leader jeremy is in a difficult situation. he's very much trying to keep the party together. there is a good left—wing analysis within the labour party which says we would be better, we would be able to nationalise our railways, take control of our own economy if we were outside the eu. there's no doubt about it or denying it, there is a difference within the party. the question is, who's making the running? my suggestion is it is no longer mr coach enwhen it comes to brexit? i don't think that's true. the shado

you have to remember what he's doing, he is the brexiteer, mr vote leave, representing brexit britain in cabinet. his goodwill means there's grit to it. if you try to demote him and make him just an office cleaner oi’ and make him just an office cleaner ora and make him just an office cleaner or a teaboy, it's not taking him seriously enough. i'm not saying that's a move that should be seriously considered. this is why there is these venomous quotes from allies ofjohnson in our story of people saying there is a stench of death from downing street. others saying it will go down like a cup of cold sick if you demote boris. if you start with him the brexiteers would demand philip hammond's head, civil war would resume again. you can't refuse to leave your post if you're told to by the prime minister, can you? not unless you chain yourself to a cabinet table and have a sit in protest. the key calculation downing street will make is if they're going to try to move fore st is if they're going to try to move forest they have to offer him something he will accept because if they offer a por

prime minister theresa may wants an all-in-one brexit package. businesses have said they want to know as soon as possible if current trading rules will stay unchanged for two years after brexit day in march of 2019. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. mark: coming up on bloomberg markets, oil climbing after opec says it achieved record compliance with output cuts. futures in focus is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york and london, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: i'm mark barton. futures in focus. oil trading above $52 a barrel. opec reporting record compliance with pledged production cuts. gold sinking to a two-week low. the dollar gaining. lots to talk about. joining us is chief market option.st at bullseye the dollar index earlier highest level since july. has the retracement since the back end of last year ended or is this just a little bit of a bounce on a longer downward trend? to think theke dollar's slide has stalled. we have been trading between 92 and $.94 augus

i will not consider the timing again until there is more clarity over brexit. it does not mean ulster making the case for independence, with the chaos engulfing the uk, i think the case that scotland having independence is stronger. when i became the snp leader, the snp had six mps in the house of commons, we have 35 now, we 17 points higher than our nearest rival, polling higher than our previous election winds in 2011. that snp wind was exceptional, but the snp overall is ina very exceptional, but the snp overall is in a very strong position and myjob is to make sure we keep building on that. you say you won't consider the timing of another referendum but the treaties is not up to you. the referendum cold for it in march and the prime minister said firmly no. you need the prime minister to do this. this is a bridge we will cross when we have that consideration again depending on what myjudgment is at the time. without being glib about this, the many things we have learnt about theresa may over the last year or so i'm not sure that firm and consistent leadersh

as she updates mp5 on the brexit talks. shia announces new proposals for how the uk could a trader should that happen, to the derision of the opposition balances. while i believe it is in all our interests for the negotiations to succeed, it is our responsibilility as a government to prepare for every eventuality. 15 months on from the referendum we're still no clearer what the future of this country will look like. the question must be asked, what on earth has the government he doing all this time? but the european commission hits back, warning the ball is in the uk's court to speed up the brexit negotiations. also tonight... an inquiry hears how the police were stopped from pursuing allegations against the mp cyril smith of child sex abuse. a government audit reveals how people from ethnic minority backgrounds can be discriminated against even from nursery age. hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is sacked from the company he founded, as allegations of his sexual harassment grow. and some won't take the new pound coins, some

is a new rift opening up at the top of government over brexit? this time over the possibility of leaving without a deal. theresa may vows to spend money now preparing for a no deal brexitjust after the chancellor says no cash till the last moment. every pound we spend on contingent preparations for a hard customs border is a pound that we can't spend on the nhs or social care or education or deficit reduction. we are preparing for every eventuality. we are committing money to prepare for brexit, including a no deal scenario. and there are reports of a row about it in cabinet. we'll bring you the latest. also tonight... the government is forced to defend its welfare reform amid accusations it's driving people into poverty. she's sold everything. she told her telly. she sold her mobile phone. she sold everything. she's got really nothing left apart from the couch we are sat on and the bed she sleeps in. she's got nothing left. hollywood power broker turned pariah. harvey weinstein‘s wife announces she's leaving him as allegations of sexual harass