that means she could be facing a difficult week within her own conservative party. at the same time, she is talking to michel barnier again. this is probably the biggest little weed for brexit since march 2017. there is a lot of infighting in the conservative party, still a lot of reports out there that britain still does not really know what it wants from wrecks it. what kind of arrangement it wants with the european union. no, super bowl. philadelphia got it! indeed, it sounds like an absolute nailbiter. however, honestly, idid not watch it. i was asleep or i was on my way here. it ended just as i woke up to a court some of that in the cab on the way in. i think eve ryo ne the cab on the way in. i think everyone likes to see the patriot lose. they are like manchester united losing. we all want to back an underdog. exactly. philadelphia came to the fore, it their first win since the super bowl came in to existence. a big win and well done to them. thank you for your time. it has been great to have you here this morning. thank you for your company is well. stay with

there are others in the conservative party that wanted the conservative party that wanted the prime minister to stay. the best prime minister and hope for today is some big philosophical agreements about the of travel. if she can at least get senior minister stephen sign off on something, she is heading in the right direction. —— senior ministers to sign off. next week we may get more clarity, that the key point is that whatever they

party member who was positions were so far right that he had to leave the conservative c.d.u. party is considered an a if the friendly politician himself and he is running this poll this institute who just came out with these results in fact so we have to be careful on the one hand side on the other hand if you look at other institute results then they come out pretty similar or so this is certainly also a result of the long week lasting negotiations here for for forming a new government in germany and people are simply upset with this are right all over south reporting thank you our corruption authorities are investigating a top official at the european central bank been accused. of bribery he's also governor of latvia's central bank the government's been meeting in an emergency session it has a lot on its plate one of the baltic nations because banks is accused of busting sanctions on north korea. he is top banking official from savage arriving at the country's anti-corruption agency rim savage seen here wearing a cap was questioned by authorities after they raided his offic

there was internal battles going on in the conservative party last week with the hard—line conservative party last week with the ha rd—line brexiteers conservative party last week with the hard—line brexiteers insisting they wanted to be outside the customs union. number ten was forced to say that has been our plan all along. nothing has changed, there is nothing to see here. those internal battles in the conservative party forced those comments from number ten. in the meantime, theresa may's meeting with michel barnier today in london is quite important. remind us what this statement comment come out of downing street means? the uk has determined it will leave the single market, the whole of the eu market, the free movement of goods, people and capital. we have also confirmed we will leave the customs union, the series of external tariffs on agricultural products and goods that arrive in the eu and faces a common external tariff. we will have our own tariffs, we will be able to set our own free trade agreement. but it does leave open quite a few large issues, how will we manage the

party headquarters here in berlin thank you. as times mentioned there are the two sides have one big more hurdle before the deal is sealed any agreement for another grand coalition must receive the blessing of the rank and file members of the center left as such germany must wait a bit longer for an end to months of political limbo until the party vote and that could take weeks. fate is in that. the four hundred sixty thousand members could block another grand coalition between conservatives and the social democrats but who are these people. are women than men. of. a male. less than ten percent of s.p.d. members around. the number lies with those above sixty. degree even more people with higher education can be found in the pro-business f.t.p. . the green party sixty eight percent of members with degrees. when the members vote on the grand coalition civil servants will have the most powerful voice because they represent almost half the party membership only every six member of the historically working class party is a blue color

it's notjust in the conservative party, notjust in the labour party — it's across the country. it actually needs a bit of a team effort here, that's what i'm saying loud and clear. effort here, that's what i'm so far, the prime minister has managed to prevent that decades—old split in the conservative party over europe from spilling out into something much more serious, something that could lead to the collapse of her government. but this week, there are crucial cabinet meetings here, with pressure to finally pin down an agreed position on our future relationship with the eu. an agreed position on our future but it's notjust a battle at home — winning in brussels is key, too. at home — winning and with more negotiations with the eu this week, the next few days could be pivotal for the prime minister and the country. pivotal for the prime minister and eleanor is here now. pivotal for the prime minister and will pivotalfor the prime minister and we, by the will pivotal for the prime minister and we, by the end will pivotalfor the prime minister and we, by the end ( have wil

party leader for another full term in her first interview since clinching a deal for a new government she quassia rumors that she would step down early to make way for a new generation of leaders many in our party are not satisfied with america we'll talk about that in a moment but first this report. the german chancellor stepping up to defend the coalition deal specifically the key foreign and finance ministries going to the social democrats it was the only way to stop the talks collapsing she says. so even for now as i also find it painful. i would like to have kept the finance ministry but it's what we decide is politically and in the coalition agreement and the finance minister cannot just do whatever he likes a message to merkel also address the question of starting within her own party there have been growing calls to begin promoting a younger generation of c.d.u. talent to cabinet level posts. from my notes i thought i naturally have to make sure that we keep in mind not just the over sixty's but also of the younger people . my own message to the party conference is that we nee

a conservative party -- conservative party lawmakers have backed an amendment calling for britain to keep close ties to the european union after it leaves the bloc. it is enough to potentially wipe out theresa may's slim majority. they want to keep britain in a customs union after brexit and the number has risen in the days since the amendment was published. more could still add their names. jared kushner has lost his top-secret white house security clearance. he can no longer attend some meetings of the national security council, see the president's daily brief, or war related intelligence. this raises questions about how it will affect his role as trump's main middle east peace negotiator. the white house has said that nothing has changed in how he will be able to fulfill his multiple roles. china's official manufacturing gauge fell the most in five years in february. the manufacturing pmi dropped and missed estimates. top officials are gathering this link to reshape the government -- this week to reshape the government and adjust term limits. fell theactory output most in seven ye

it's notjust in the conservative party, notjust in the labour party — it's across the country. it actually needs a bit of a team effort here, that's what i'm saying loud and clear. so far, the prime minister has managed to prevent that decades—old split in the conservative party over europe from spilling out into something much more serious, something that could lead to the collapse of her government. but this week, there are crucial cabinet meetings here, with pressure to finally pin down an agreed position on our future relationship with the eu. to reason they will finally have to pick a path. and whichever she chooses, she risks making a large swathe of her party unhappy. but it's notjust a battle at home — winning in brussels is key, too. and with more negotiations with the eu this week, the next few days could be pivotal for the prime minister. eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. in the united states, it's super bowl sunday, and the underdogs the philadelphia eagles have beaten the new england patriots in a nail—biting match in minnesota. the end result was a 111

within its own party, that seems to be the toughest battle for her, within the conservative party. the problem is, we have an eu summit coming up in march. you really get a sense of the frustration in the quarters in brussels, michel barnier, in particular, they really wanted to get going. he seems to have quite a decent working relationship with david davis and mrs may herself, but the noise back home in the uk is very contradictory. that is the frustration, i would guess. very contradictory. that is the frustration, iwould guess. let very contradictory. that is the frustration, i would guess. let us move on to donald trump. having his say about the national health service in the uk. he tried to change things in the united states, obamacare, as it were, and did not pull that off. he is pointing the finger at our system. again, he is picking an incredibly politicised point for the uk. we are all great lovers of our national health system, universal care. it is a love hate relationship. it is. as great as it is there is a kind of frustration about it. is exporting this his own purpo

definitely not let's i mean we still have the party convention from the conservative party and then most importantly we have the. referendum off the s.p.d. where they have to approve the coalition agreement so we'll see what happens then yes when you cross thank you. dallas take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world egypt's army says it has killed twelve is the missed militants and detained ninety others after gun battles in the northern sinai region the operation was part of a government campaign against insurgents blamed for a string of attacks in the area security forces said the latest strikes have destroyed dozens of military militant targets. liberia's ex president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the most him prize for african leadership the five million dollar award recognizes her efforts to rebuild liberia following two civil wars a confidence first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. by russian investigators searching for clues about the cause of an airplane crash on sunday outside moscow killing all seventy one people o

they either hard brexit faction of the conservative party. it is a european research group. they want a hard brexit and they don't want theresa may to listen to the softies. the brexit war cabinet is going to be meeting again soon. do you think that it meeting again soon. do you think thatitis meeting again soon. do you think that it is still all to play for what kind of brexit there will be? that it is still all to play for what kind of brexit there will be ?i lot of it is. she has specifically said in her lancaster house speech 12 months ago that we are out of the customs union and the single market but there is talk about regulatory alignment, that makes the nervous, it makes jacob rees mogg very nervous. even though she has laid down a feudal is there is still a loss to play for. i will be interested in the forthcoming meetings whether we will find out more. at this time we did. is it's still a battle between those sort of brexiteer use and the philip hammond camp? yes, essentially theresa may is trying to hold her cabinets together at the bottom line is that the conserv

party member who was his positions were so far right that he had to leave the conservative c.d.u. party is considered an a if the friendly politician himself and he is running this poll this institute who just came out with the with these results in fact so we have to be careful on the one hand side on the other hand if you look at other institute results then they come out pretty similar so this is certainly also a result of the long week lasting negotiations here for for forming a new government in germany and people are simply upset with this are right over salat reporting thank you all right to france to our aid workers say that thousands of migrants are sleeping rough an appalling conditions that's despite an election promise by president many on my call to curb the problem by the end of twenty seventeen on now it looks like his government may have a solution e w's the salaries reports from paris on a new immigration law that will streamline the asylum process and make it easier for authorities to deport migrants. when abraham arrived in paris last year he thought he'd finall

this is the latest on the turmoil within the conservative party and the mood music coming from number 10 as to how the uk will progress with its exit discussions with michel barnier. that meeting ta kes pla ce with michel barnier. that meeting takes place this week, it is a critical week and we will keep you will cross the latest on that. —— across. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the arab news which says france and turkey plan to create a "diplomatic road map" for an end to the war in syria. that's according to the office of french president emmanuel macron the ft shows greek demonstrators on its cover as hundreds of thousands took to the streets in a dispute over the naming of macedonia. many greeks object to the country calling itself macedonia, saying it implies a territorial claim on greece's northern macedonia region. the telegraph carries a warning from lloyds bank who have become the first to ban customers using credit cards to buy bitcoin, amid fears they could run up huge losses. the irish times le

it's notjust in the conservative party, notjust in the labour party — it's across the country. it actually needs a bit of a team effort here, that's what i'm saying loud and clear. so far, the prime minister has managed to prevent that decades—old split in the conservative party over europe from spilling out into something much more serious, something that could lead to the collapse of her government. but this week, there are crucial cabinet meetings here, with pressure to finally pin down an agreed position on our future relationship with the eu. but it's notjust a battle at home — winning in brussels is key, too. and with more negotiations with the eu this week, the next few days could be pivotal for the prime minister and the country. two people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a rail crash in the us state of south carolina. an amtrak passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a freight service. south carolina's governor said it appeared that the passenger train had been on the wrong track, at the time of the crash. 0ur correspondent

germany is on the brink of ending months of political limbo chancellor angela merkel's conservative party is reportedly set to form a coalition government with her main rival they have been and now from talks to end . after september well a top christian social union politician has welcomed the news. so frieden we are content we said that tonight we have to get out of the trenches nobody must hide anymore and we need to try to openly solve the conflicts that's got our correspondent paul brennan now he's joining us live from berlin and so that all sounds very positive do they have a deal paul it certainly appears so yes we haven't heard from merkel the german chancellor and the leader of the c.d.u. party and we haven't yet heard from martin schultz the junior coalition partner in all of this who is the leader of the center left s.p.d. party but that clip that we just played was one of a succession of exhausted looking party executives emerging from conrad house where the talks had been taking place for a full twenty four hour session through to the early morning of early dawn of weapons da

europe has plagued the conservative party for decades now, so conservative party for decades now, so it's not unusual that the leader is struggling. i think any leader, including margaret thatcher would have struggled with this. yes, i agree with what sophie is saying, it isa hard agree with what sophie is saying, it is a hard one, but i was pleased to hear the prime minister has come out and said we will not stay in the customs union. i have heard and read there has been different views along there has been different views along the way, different statements made. i think now she has to hold her ground and get with it, do it and stand firm. you cannot keep messing around and playing both sides of your party. where do we go now? we know it is a critical week, michel barnier is having meetings with david davis and also theresa may. craig, how do you think generally, the brexit negotiations are going?|j the brexit negotiations are going?” think they could have gone better. theresa may doesn't have the authority so even after today when she said we will be staying in, mps will be goin

party. do you feel that this choice by the weekend chancellor is the signal as a shift to the rice for merkel c.d.u. party. i think that would be overstating this this is if there's one thing she's been criticized for by conservative cuts within her own party is that she is alleged to have taken her policy more towards the center that's something the social democrats have also been complaining about so if anything this is setting a signal that conservative voices are still being heard and can occur there thank you for the us. of a place where christians believe jesus was crucified and buried has a close image a rather with israeli authorities the church of the whole east africa show its doors on sunday at caesar's are protesting legislation that would tax church assets and allow the state to seize church property they called is an unprecedented attack against christians in the holy land no word with given on how long the closure will last. chancellor angela merkel and france's president. hav

she is the leader of the conservatives and ultimately this is an issue with the conservative party. we have government ministers now standing at the dispatch box and undermining the government‘s own evidence. it is chaos. it will undermine trust over the longer term in the civil service. we must leave it there. thanks for your time. the headlines, without insurance council poses emergency spending controls because of what it describes as severe financial challenges. the head of the fbi has defended its work after a classified memo was released accusing it of bias against president trump and abuse of power. it has emerged tonight but two more women have reported harvey weinstein to the metropolitan police over allegations of sexual assaults. six migrants have been injured after a gunman opened fire from a car in the central italian city of macerata. police say the attack appears to be racially motivated, with the shooter targeting african migrants — one man has been arrested. our rome correspondent james reynolds is following developments. as far as we can tell from the local med

party headquarters in berlin also coming up. no response in syria despite a unanimous.

it is clear to all in the conservative party how difficult it will be to get everyone on side. there are inherent tensions in brexit because different people take different views. it's notjust in the conservative or labour party, it's across the country and we need a team effort, loud and clear. so far the prime minister has prevented the decade—old split in the conservative party over europe from spilling out into something more serious, something which could spell a crisis for her government. but with crucial ministerial meetings —— meetings this week to pin down and agreed position on the future relationship with the eu, theresa may will finally have to pick a path, and whichever she chooses, she risks making a large swathe of her party unhappy. it is notjust a battle at home, winning in brussels is also key, and with more negotiations with the eu this week, the next few days could be pivotal for the prime minister. china is accusing the united states of exaggerating beijing's nuclear strength, saying america needs to ditch what it calls a "cold war mentality". the sta

those of two reasons, it is not to do with any faction in the conservative party. she feels differently, she calls them ideological brexiteers who are not tories. let me run is passing. something has to give. if theresa may doesn't stand up and show, as she calls it, spine, not only will we get jacob rees—mogg as prime minister, she says, we will get a hardline brexit that will cause damage... would you welcomejacob rees—mogg is prime minister? when she says devastating hardline brexit she was objecting to two things the prime minister has decided. leaving the single market and leaving the customs union. i have explained that that is being done for logical reasons, not because jacob rees—mogg or anyone else asked for it. other people have asked for it. mairead mcguinness, you just heard, is that not only is this unprecedented, this is not a game of bluff, businesses and people and lives will be affected because there is no deal possible without tariffs that cost money. if there is a free trade agreement, tariffs will. .. why would they? there has to be free�

conservative party, when republicans are in control there is no conservative party, he's not wrong. the 2010 version of the republican party, david touched on this, would be nodding their heads vigorously at everything he is talking about. paul ryan is -- you can connect a straight line between paul ryan's budget, which was premised on the idea that we are spending out of control, we are burdening our children, grandchildren, we need to cut spending, we need to make real cuts to entitlement, security, you can draw lines between paul ryan saying that and paul ryan being the speaker of the house now. that's what rose him to natural prominence, won him kudos among conservatives. it shows the fact that this is 100% donald trump's party. donald trump doesn't care about debt and deficit. he never has. he said i'm the king of debt, i love debt. when he wins, he conducts a hostile takeover of the republican party in the 2016 election, and they have capitulated to him. rand paul is the conscience of 2010, 2011, 2012 republicans saying wait a minute, mitch mcconnell could have given essential

how much is she trying to placate the conservative party? >> we are seeing frustrations on the european side that they still don't have the proper position from britain. she's in this impossible position. francine: thank you so much. david joining us on the latest machinations, not only with brexit and negotiations, but inside the conservative party. up next, showing her hand. theresa may reveals more about her vision, fueling civil war in the cabinet. will the prime minister be able to stay in power? we are joined by the former conservative u.k. leader, can smith. later, the latest lender to boost its dividend targets. us for anins exclusive interview. this is bloomberg. francine: welcome back. we are looking at market volatility. we are looking at a market correction. we are also looking at brexit. these things are completely unrelated. over in the u.s., they are voting on a government shutdown, or not. u.s. futures are gaining a little bit of ground after an asian session that left a lot of red. i was looking at the chinese benchmark inde

yes, and it goes back to a long—term problem that theresa may or whoever leads the conservative party is going to have to deal with, which is making these compromises, notjust to deal with, which is making these compromises, not just with to deal with, which is making these compromises, notjust with brussels but within her own party. this particularly is about that transition period and that really is going to be adding the next flash point for the conservative party, brussels and the uk want to get the terms of that transition period sorted and they want it sorted around the march time but there are going to be some difficulties. this is particularly about the ongoing rights of eu citizens who come here after we've left but during the transition period should they have the right to remain afterwards, the eu says yes, theresa may says no, there has to be a difference, the uk is leaving, there has to be a difference in the terms that they come here but i think there could be other, more serious problems, certainly around the idea of trade deals, whether the uk would be able to negotiat

well actually today they are changing through the headquarters of the conservative party the christian democratic union which is where i am and they are close they are very close but very often in these kind of negotiations these very last few hours these very last few issues other ones that are really hard to crack and that's what's happening here at the moment the issues are health care and temporary employment and once all of that has been cleared up the sums have to be done they have to see how much money they have promised in the various areas that they have been negotiating about in the last week or so and see whether there is enough money to actually finance all of that so all of that is happening today and the expectation is that the negotiations will go on into the night today and the negotiators have said that they aim for a conclusion sometime today probably sometime tonight as we mentioned a report there and you to the speediest many big changes to germany's health care system and also to a reduction in fist fixed term employment contracts now those are big reforms of the c

the leader of the german conservative party, the head of a kind of very elitist, aristocratic party allied himself with hitler in the late '20s, held rallies together, tried to draw on hitler's grass roots appeal to try to shore up this relatively elitist party. but this backfired. the conservatives disintegrated, hitler grew in prominence. by january 1933 he was in power, and this fateful moment in january 1933 when hitler was named chancellor, von poppen, a leading statesman at the time, assured his conservative allies, don't worry, this is a quote: within two months we'll have him into a corner, and he'll squeal. and every instance the mainstream or the establishment politicses opened the door, abdicate, fail in their gatekeeping function and let the extremist in the door. in every instance, the mainstream politicians make the same mistake. they form this faustian bargain thinking they can contain the outsider. in every instance, the faustian bargain backfires. the same thing happened in 2016; republicans enabled donald trump. many leading republicans, even after candidate trump won the

it was an issue that divided the conservative party for decades. since the vote to leave the eu, and a subaru has spoken out passionately about brexit. she has taken it up a notch with the latest comments, threatening to quit the party and saying theresa may needs to chuck out hard—line ideological brexiteers. they are not the tory party that i joined 40 years ago. and it's about time theresa stood up to them and slung 'em out, because they've taken down major, they took down cameron, two great leaders, neither of whom stood up to them. if it comes to it i'm not going to stay in a party that's been taken over by the likes of jacob rees—mogg and borisjohnson, brexiteers will say they are arguing for what they believe are the best interests of the party. a former tory chancellor, lord lamont, said she was being quite ridiculous. what it demonstrates is how difficult the task is for theresa may to keep her party united in the middle of a crucial week. remember, there are crucial week. remember, there are crucial ministerial meetings coming up, in

party headquarters that's chancellor merkel's party here in berlin any minute now her conservatives and the social democrats under martin schultz are set to announce plans for a new grand coalition this follows days of negotiations in which the two were deadlocked over issues like health care reform today's agreement a still faces a vote buying nearly half a million social democratic party members. and let's go back to our political correspondent hans front who is standing by for us outside of the party headquarters monitoring the story any more details on this breakthrough agreement that you can that you've been hearing. i think what we can say it's been is this certainly has been confirmed now that the agreement has been reached of what is happening at the moment is that the various leading party bodies are being informed of all the details and a few logistical things still to be solved in other words the agreement has to be put into its final written form and has to be printed out to be distributed to party members but also to the public through the press to us as it were so that's a

she is the leader of the conservatives and ultimately this is an issue with the conservative party. we have government ministers now standing at the dispatch box and undermining the government's own evidence. it is chaos. it will undermine trust over the longer term in the civil service. president trump says the declassified memo alleging pro—democrat bias within the fbi is a total vindication of himself in the probe into russian interference in the twenty—sixteen election. the fbi insists it's inaccurate. 0ur correspondent david willis is in washington. i suppose no surprise that president trump has said that this completely vindicates him. is that true? not much of a surprise. the president taking to his favourite medium, twitter, this morning, to say, speaking of himself, rather bizarrely perhaps in the third person, he tweeted, this memo totally vindicates trump in probate, but the russian witchhunt goes on and on... there you are, this, at the end of pretty to not us week, which began with the fbi director, david a brett —— deputy director—general standing down. and e

of the conservative party called on labor to ensure that the discrimination came to an end ed smith from activity britain the center right youth organization thinks that inequality conference should be open to all. what has your males in the face of creation you know what is this from the. most underperforming. compulsory education the least represented in higher education not only that it's more that they need for the what these people are facing and hear what the solutions to the problems are going to be so that they can help themselves the representative for your group should be voted for by your. should not be included in the. book it's about the discussions and things are going to go on around the conference i think it's really important everybody to be included and for everybody to be able to. leave you that's the way the world looks thanks so much for watching i'll be back with more in half an hour. it's got you covered till the. national survival. let's. get your. response thank. god thank you for. the story that's right. i. just knew the first thing in the book which is thi

so far the prime minister's prevented the decades—old split in the conservative party over europe from spilling out into something more serious. something which could spell a crisis for her government. but with crucial ministerial meetings later this week, to pin down an agreed position, theresa may will finally have to pick a path and which ever she chooses, she risks making a large swathe of her party unhappy. but it is notjust a battle at home. winning in brussels is key too. and with more negotiations with the eu this week, the next few days could be pivotal for the this week, the next few days could be pivotalfor the prime minister. mps have warned that cuts to the royal marines would significantly weaken britain's defences. the government, which is reviewing defence spending, is said to be considering axing two thousand marines —— and the royal navy's two amphibious assault ships. daniela relph reports. it isa it is a warning to government over the future of the royal marines. they're among britain's elite fighting forces and provide half the personnel for the uk's special fo

we know there is also disagreement within the conservative party. how much of that is playing in to what we are seeing here and everything you are describing over the last week or so? there are clearly some in the conservative party who are deeply uncomfortable with any sort of implementation or transitional period because they see it as the worst of all options. that phrase the vassal state has been thrown around. from their perspective the danger is that the uk becomes will ta ke danger is that the uk becomes will take from the european union at a time when it is no longer a rule maker. that said, in the upper echelons of the party in government, there is an acceptance that a transitional period necessary and it is one that senior conservatives are happy to live with, even those who articulate in a language of brexit prior to the referendum. 0thers articulate in a language of brexit prior to the referendum. others feel the transitional period is essential and the two years will not be long enough. whether disagreements of the conservative party re

s in the ruling conservative party to investigate the event one says the labor party are not about equality anymore the deputy chairman of the conservative party is calling on labor to ensure that the discrimination comes to an end. well ed smith he's from activate britain that's a center right youth organization thinks that an equality conference should be open to all thing is that a lot of what has your mails not only. you know what he says from hours of got the lowest the most underperforming in compulsory education under the least represented in higher education but not only that it's more that they need for hear what these people are facing and hear what the solutions to the problems are going to be so that they can help contribute themselves the representative for your group should be voted for by your group white males should not be included in the. representative voting present it's about the discussions and the other things are going to go on around the conference i think it's really important everybody to be included in and for everybody to be able to talk. to rare case that a lea

party should be able to ta ke conservative party should be able to take out to the rest of the country. some who have supported her in the past are becoming more wobbly about their confidence in her leadership. some supporters point to the may elections, the local elections that are coming up, saying if the conservatives come back with a bad set of results in those elections, it could spell a crisis for theresa may's future in number ten. downing street will point out that having theresa may out and about, notjust around the country but around the world, shows that she can get a grip on things and they will hope that this trip and the success they say it has brought will enable her to get a it has brought will enable her to geta grip it has brought will enable her to get a grip on things. but you can't get a grip on things. but you can't get away from the fact, they respect elation about her future role, —— there is speculation about her future in number ten and she is under pressure to redefine how she's going to take that talk to the country, take that message to the country, tak

rob: pro-brexit mp's and her conservative party applauded the tough line. outse parliament, these freezing anti-brexit protests may have a powerful new ally. former prime minister and r conservative party leadehn major launched a scathing attack on the government's handling of brexit, accusing it of caving into a handful of hartline --li har anti-europeans and pursuing a policy that would leave britain poorer, weaker, and more divided than ever. mr. major: brexit has been the most divisive politicaissue of my lifetime. it has divided not only thehe nations ofnited kingdom, but regions within the nations. it has divided political parties, political colleagies, families, s, and the young from the old. rob: many people in britain are probably more worried about the weather right now than the thtails of britain's drawal from the eu. voters will cool onn major brexit, too, as the reality of leaving the eu unfolds. certainly a chl has set in between london and brussels with no obvious prospect of a thaw in relations. rob watson, bbc news. jane: you are watching "

conservative party. we have government ministers now standing at the dispatch box and undermining the government's own evidence. it is chaos. and it will undermine trust over the longer term in the civil service. now, as you say, and we set a lot, theresa may and a fire from all sides but particularly going into brexit negotiations next week. on monday, eu chief negotiator michel barnier will be in london having talks with the prime minister and brexit secretary. but some really important meetings coming up ata really important meetings coming up at a senior ministerial level later in the week. bsog brexit subcommittee, a group of senior ministers, getting together over a couple of days to thrash out exactly what kind of relationship the government should be pursuing with the year after we leave the uk, once we have left the european union. that meeting will be extremely interesting to see which way may cause. she backed ardent brexiteer ‘s or side with some of her cabinet, like the chans, who would li

conservative party and its leader. when it comes to the battle over brexit specifically, this is about citizens rights but it is also touching once more on many issues, like the length of transition and the whole issue of transition with negotiations in on this beginning next month. exactly. the telegraph found a story last week looking at suggestions from british officials that the transition could last three years. it isa transition could last three years. it is a real worry for eurosceptics. they feel we could end up in some never—ending transition and never actually leave the european union. the government is adamant that is not the case and we will be leaving the european union and the transition period will be about two yea rs. transition period will be about two years. eurosceptics feel they have been let down by the party before. they have been promised things they have a materialise. that is very much where we are today. there is a lack of trust in the conservative party over brexit. thank you very much inde

party and the dup. 0nce except, of course, the conservative party and the dup. once again, it joined opposition to change. they are not the coalition of chaos, they are not the coalition of chaos, they are the coalition of caveman. why doesn't the minister realise the lesson that we women toured his predecessor ‘s 100 years ago, when change is right it cannot be resisted for ever and this is a change whose time has come. mr speaker, i think my advice to the right honourable lady is to wean herself off the habit of watching older versions of the flintstones on the relevant cartoon channel. the situation we have with the national voting age at 18 is one that is followed by 26 out of the 27 other members of the european union, by the united states, canada, new zealand, and australia. unless she is going to denounce all of those countries as somehow inadequate to her own particular standards, then, quite honestly, mr speaker, she ought to grow up and treat this subject with a greater degree of seriousness. yes, was visited way different subject altogether. brexit.

but certainly some of the conservative party are still frustrated because the answers to some of the difficult practical questions we still do not have. and what about the reaction from brussels? will this speech have any impact? in a word, no. ithink the feeling here is they have seen enough speech—making in london from the various different factions in the various different factions in the conservative party and what they have been waiting for since the last phase of negotiations in december is a specific concrete negotiating sta nce a specific concrete negotiating stance from the british government that they can get their teeth into so that they can get their teeth into so they can begin to negotiate the future relationship. in march, next month, the european council, the heads of government of the eu will produce guidelines for that next phase of negotiations. and one eurocrat said to me if they do not start hearing soon from the uk about what the government wants in these negotiations then they will simply have their position written for them by europe. well it sounds as if th

i'm afraid i like many people, most people in ukip as many in the conservative party, tojury ukip as many in the conservative party, to jury have faith that the current government is giving us the brexit we voted for. i think nigel would be very good at giving ukip some strength back, bringing back some strength back, bringing back some voters, some members, new donors, getting that message out there. even if we did go up in the polls we might get the kind of brexit that britain needs in order to be truly successful. i think he has a duty to do that. we could be here all night if we start discussing the nature of the brexit we might get. but we won't. good to see you, thank you very much. theresa may has said cooperation on security with the european union after brexit calls for a new "deep and special partnership." in a speech in germany, the prime minister warned that failing to work together would put everyone at risk. in response, the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker said he'd welcome a close security alliance — but it must be negotiated separately fro

so far the prime minister's prevented the decades—old split in the conservative party over europe from spilling out into something more serious. something which could spell a crisis for her government. but with crucial ministerial meetings later this week, to pin down an agreed position, theresa may will finally have to pick a path and whichever she chooses, she risks making a large swathe of her party unhappy. but it is notjust a battle at home. winning in brussels is key too. and with more negotiations with the eu this week, the next few days could be pivotal for the prime minister. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and the political strategist jo tanner. two employees of the us train company amtrak have been killed and over 100 people injured in a rail crash in the us state of south carolina. a passenger train travelling between new york and miami collided with a freight train and der

she pointed at the conservative pa rty‘s ago. she pointed at the conservative party's reliance ago. she pointed at the conservative pa rty‘s reliance on ago. she pointed at the conservative party's reliance on dup votes in parliament as a major reason why negotiations here had continually stalled. the dup though still blame sinn fein for the deadlock and they expect westminster to pass a budget for northern ireland in the coming weeks. the government still saying tonight that it regards devolution as the only way forward, but if there was any hope that political relationships here would start to heal after last week's negotiations break down. if anything, there are signs that divisions are deepening. chris, many thanks again for latest thoughts there at stormont. chris page our ireland correspondent. for the third time, the high court has ruled that ministers must to do more to deal with air pollution in towns and cities in england and wales. it said existing plans were unlawful because they won't bring pollution levels within legal limits in the "shortest possible time." minister

she is the leader of the conservative party and ultimately this is an issue within the conservative party. we have government ministers note undermining the government's own evidence. it is chaos and it will undermine trust over the longer term in the civil service. as you say, and we set a lot, but theresa may is under pressure from all sides. particularly going into next week and yet another crucial few days for brexit negotiations. 0utright. 0n few days for brexit negotiations. 0utright. on monday, michel barnier will be in downing street having talks with the prime minister. and also the brexit secretary. some really important meetings coming up, the so—called brexit subcommittee, senior ministers getting together over a couple of days to thrash out exactly what kind of relationship the government should be pursuing with the eu after we leave the european union. that meeting is going to beat, interesting to see which way theresa may goes. she backed the ardent brexiteers or side with some in cabinet, like the chancellor, who want a closer relationship with the year after we have lef

party, isn't it? if we say, ok we're going to go for a hard brexit, that isa going to go for a hard brexit, that is a certain form of clarity and one might be able to do something about it?! yes, it is the uncertainty and the constant fluctuation and investors' perceptions of where we are in that. and it looks as though thatis are in that. and it looks as though that is going to continue for quite some time. in the meantime another really interesting story in the financial times, the chief executive of lloyd's of london, who has been on this programme, i interviewed her in davos, talking about, it says here, partnerships skew the gender pay gap data — what does she mean? what she's referring to is the partnerships, the law firms, the accountancy firms, where hartness are actually technically owners of the business rather than employees. and so this is really about the gender pay gap... so, their remuneration is not included in the data collected by those organisations and yet they're probably the hi

critics who so in the past of taking the party further towards the left than many conservatives feel comfortable with and mckillop let's talk about foreign policy can we expect a new direction here or is that a bit of the same old same old. well let's put it this way the social democrats would be able to nominate the prime minister currently the seat my god will who's embroiled in a deep battle within his with his own party whether he can keep that job it's unlikely that he will be able to one thing is to show that both the social democrats and the c.d.u. party avuncular machall both have a rather broad consensus that the need to be a fresh commitment to europe that's also the first chapter in the coalition agreement that's on the table and that will be voted on by c.d.u. delegates meeting here in berlin on monday morning and they are expected to vote for the resoundingly yes to this their more question marks over how the social democrats will in the end vote on this because the grassroots get to have a vote there but on the whole there is a positive sign from this potential new gove