the labour mps backing theresa may. i think the labour mps backing theresa may. ithinkl the labour mps backing theresa may. i think i would go down badly. millions of voters would be disgusted. the telegraph has more on this deal. it seems as though in a big try to avoid any kind of border oi’ big try to avoid any kind of border or division between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, she was to keep the whole of the uk in a customs union. 0ne keep the whole of the uk in a customs union. one must wonder how that will go down with some of the brexiteers in her own cabinet. that will go down with some of the brexiteers in her own cabinetm that will go down with some of the brexiteers in her own cabinet. it is probably a good bad sign that it goes very well with me. it is a time to protect our economy and jobs. but, the problem for theresa may is she promised she would not do this. when she came into the premiership she was same brexit means brexit, she was same brexit means brexit, she gave speeches promising we would almost never look at the european union a

either way, that is difficult to theresa may. here is another one. sta rt theresa may. here is another one. start implementing no deal plans now. what we were told about on friday, a bigger car park in the 26 overnight because of getting the things through customs. no trains going to the continent, no horse is going to the continent, no horse is going to the continent. we have already had the fears about flying, the fears about doctor eileen. the government's version about what will happen if there is no dealfoster that sounds pretty pot apocalyptic. —— then trying to force, even in the civil service, try to force the government to back down. it's trying to make clear and concentrate the minds of some people who otherwise would not support the deal to recognise the potential risk. albeit, you have got to say, we do actually trade with lots of other parts of the world without being in the single market or customs union and lots of things light in and out of the country and so on quite successfully from other parts of the world. there is obviously a short—term issue

it has not been a good day for theresa may on brexit. possibly her 700th bad day on brexit in a row. talk of a conference call, between cabinet members, never a good sign, comments and some of the papers today about quote, entering the killing zone and that she would be dead soon. and this could be said is her response. she has written in the sun and talked about how she wants to give people back, control of money and borders, get people security, jobs and the economy. all these bright ideas that the public want to hear, depending on which side of the argument you are on. but the details are not there on how it will work. getting there zero struggle. trying to appeal to them. if you look at the op—ed, quite a lot of it is kind of pitched in a way to contrast her with members of her cabinet who are pitching for herjob, i do not think about what the implications are for me,| about what the implications are for me, i asked about what the implications are for me, iasked myself about what the implications are for me, i asked myself what it

there was a lack of support for theresa may and her plan, notjust support for theresa may and her plan, not just on support for theresa may and her plan, notjust on the backstop, but oi'i plan, notjust on the backstop, but on the chequers deal in general. the key thing with the backstop is that theresa may says she expects this backstop to be ended by the end of 2021. she won't put the actual date m, 2021. she won't put the actual date in, she says it is not hard and fast. they need to find a form of words so that if the eu say, move away from the table and stop the trade deals, at the backstop itself can be taken out and the uk can move away from it. until she gets that, without a date, a lot of tories want back. a lot of her mps would agree with that. britain does need to export more, and there were lines made about the fact that trade deals need to be struck. that is the key point, the eu are saying that you have to have a form of customs union eitherfor northern have to have a form of customs union either for northern ireland have to have a form of customs union eitherfor northern

the threat to topple theresa may with budget protests, this is the dup. the government's suppose that partners, keeping them in power, clearly very u nha ppy partners, keeping them in power, clearly very unhappy indeed about the prime minister's brexit plan —— supposed partners. they are very suspicious of anything that threatens northern ireland's status within the united kingdom, and various options are on the table, including tonight now staying in the customs union, which break the red lines of the dup about the uk's relationship with northern ireland. they don't want any regulatory or customs borders between northern ireland and the uk and they are putting pressure on the prime minister. they have abstained in a vote, and they are threatening to vote, and they are threatening to vote down the budget, which is coming up in october, just before this meaningful vote on brexit, which means the prime minister's grip on power is listening, and it could be in realjeopardy. -- loosening. it shows you where you are, numberten have played loosening. it sho

i'm afraid we're out time, theresa may. we will be live next week... theresa may. we will be live next week. . . that theresa may. we will be live next week... that rather abrupt end to the interview annoyed rather a lot of readers. two days later came the much trailed arrival in birmingham of a certain backbench mp. the prime minister says former foreign secretary boris johnson makes her cross after he launches a scathing attack on her checkis launches a scathing attack on her check is planned for leaving the european union. addressing a fringe event at the tory party conference, the former foreign secretary called the former foreign secretary called the prime minister's plan dangerous and a cheat. this is the moment to do this and there is time, this is the moment to chuck checkers. the appearance of the former foreign secretary and the attention given to it proved an irritant, notjust to the prime minister but to number of news watchers. one man declared himself... tabriz eight certainly regained everyone's full attention on wednesday from the moment she stepped

it is crunch day for theresa may. in one of the most important speeches of her career, the prime minister will try to unite her divided party and convince you that she remains the best person to lead the country out of the eu. she's also going to announce big freeze on fuel duty. it can't be worse than last year, can it? ranchi ragga we've created record numbers ofjobs. applause so... while we will never... excuse me. i'm sure she will have a cough sweets ready busy in case. her speech is live at 11:1i0am and you can watch it on bbc news. the government takes the fight against hiv in the uk right to the heart of the south asian gay community as it emerges that infection rates in this group have barely changed despite new cases overall in britain having dropped by a third since 2015. shame is something you don't bring to asian families come you don't bring to their doorstep, to their community. you want to kind of hype that as much as possible. i think that as much as possible. i think thatis that as much as possible.

he did >> theresa may did get a good reception in the papers, and theresa may said that it's all going to be worth it, and next time we have a statement, that is going to be the end of it and if you watch the tv coverage, the close of the philip hammond, he was looking i see! he must‘ve known and they're saying, a 35 billion pound budget hole, philip hammond has a huge problems on the budget in a following theresa may's come from state and austerity, the nhs of your duties as a left treasury, as they say, with a hopping grate some. they say this doesn't work, af and added problem and that she said austerity is over, so and that she said austerity is over, so there is money for my department? they were saying that there was nothing. saying it was all their spending on. i think that means that they cannot go into bad indeed even more money and say, i think that phrase whenever more repercussions and theresa may had hoped. seminar we we re and theresa may had hoped. seminar we were told,, this is about vitamin d-— we were told,, this is about vitamin d —— this is something we are

theresa may knows this. dominic raab knows this as well which makes it interesting, him saying this. if you were a critic of the situation, you would say it is a child on a school saying, i would like a hole extension if i get to do fewer questions. an odd situation, and how the —— iwould fewer questions. an odd situation, and how the —— i would like a extension on my home work, a child at school. then getting frustrated at the length of time being taken. correct, a whole host of people believe we should get on with it. whether that is a hard brexit or soft brexit or however, they don't mind but they want a real brexit and as sooi'i as mind but they want a real brexit and as soon as possible. also there are even conservative parliamentary party people, mps not so parliamentary party people, mps not so blase about the consequences of just getting out now, but they are impatient for any progress. theresa may or anyone they replace with, to grasp the ball by its horns and set out clearly what the uk rel

so — lots about theresa may and brexit — as well as some strictly. it's hardly like relief, but we will try to squeeze some other things in. starting with the sunday telegraph. brexiteers raise the stakes against theresa may. it's quite a large group of them. yeah, there's this... this sunday, tomorrow, it's a big day where lots of people are throwing out their last comments on what will happen on this deal because it feels we are now heading towards something potentially happening. many of us are still sceptical about whether a deal will actually happen. but there is essentially a growing rebellion where 63 eurosceptics have issued a major challenge to theresa may's authority. the prime minister's advisers are now attempting to craft new language for the withdrawal agreement and there was lots of talk yesterday about indefinitely and permanently and the nuances of language. it will essentially seems to be riding on the issue of northern ireland and what will happen around there being a hardboard or happen around there being a ha rdboa rd or not. hap

they say theresa may has already signed up to these. we will have the latest from question in brussels, we will speak toa question in brussels, we will speak to a german mp and a leading brexits supporter. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: rail passengers have faced major disruption, after cable damage caused delays and cancellations, in and out of london paddington. thousands of people on sickness benefits will receive backdated payments of thousands of pounds, after a government miscalculation. turkish investigators enter the residence of the saudi consul in istanbul, to gather more evidence about the suspected killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. and, the owner of fulham football club withdraws his £600 million bid, to buy wembley stadium. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that the prime minister insists her brexit proposals, are still alive, as she arrives in brussels, for the eu summit, with fellow leaders. later tonight, theresa may will try to convince them to back her approach, especially on the question of t

theresa may has suggested... the solution may be that the united kingdom stays in the customs union longer than we otherwise anticipated, but that's not going to be very popular with brexiteers so who knows. there's not a great deal to have. theresa may was keen to get across today that this backstop she hopes will never come into place, she hoped the trade deal will be agreed and by the time we leave we will go straight into this new trade arrangement. but who knows. we haven't heard much about the trade deal yet. apart from the fa ct the trade deal yet. apart from the fact you don't like it, we've heard a lot of that. the commission actually last march did suggest a fairly straightforward trade deal for goods, in other words tariff—free trade with no quota restrictions. of course, they had other restrictions on it as well, like control over the fishing waters, and of course the backstop, but they did actually talk about a tradie in march. who knows? there's the option of the eea, that is still there. i think

we exactly know that theresa may is in do. we exactly know that theresa may isina do. we exactly know that theresa may is in a tricky situation because she has huge pressure in the uk and at westminster, we have common interest to defend or so, so we need to find the right balance but we can't allow cherry picking and destroy in fact the internal market and the rules. this is in the interests of our economy. so red lines on all sides is, now the brexit negotiations enter their endgame and it is mrs may under most pressure, hemmed in both at brussels and at home, time ebbing away to strike a deal. in a moment, we can hear from our assistant political editor norman smith, who's in westminster, but first our correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. what is the feeling there now about what theresa may has had to say? well, simon, use all those leaders this morning looking pretty relaxed about everything, that is quite extraordinary in some ways, if you think about it, because what they just decided last night was there is no point them scheduling any more meetings,

what they want are new answers from theresa may. another way round brexit‘s biggest obstacle — how to manage the irish border after departure. but the eu wants a lot more than dressing the flesh. her counterparts we re dressing the flesh. her counterparts were clear, they wanted new solutions from theresa may on how to manage the irish border and that so—called backstop. disagreement on that led to the break—up of talks at the weekend. we just very much wish for prime minister theresa may to come with a strong mandate which we do not see yet at all. more time after brexit, what that help?” do not see yet at all. more time after brexit, what that help? i have always been of the view it could ta ke always been of the view it could take two years or more to negotiate a new eu uk treaty so there is merit in discussing the idea of a longer transition, but that cannot be an alternative to a backstop in ireland, certainly not. so much to discuss, so many questions for the uk. a rare opportunity to make the big case. it is in this

at the summit in brussels, theresa may indictates theresa may indicates she would consider an extension to the transition period, in order to reach a deal. we are not promoting an extension to the fermentation period, we are working to ensure we have a solution to the backstop problem in northern ireland which is currently a blockage to completing the deal. the eu says it's open to the idea, but mps at westminister say it will cost britain billions. also tonight: the number of murders in england and wales has risen to its highest level for ten years. pressure intensifies on saudi arabia over the suspected killing of a journalist, as america, britain, france and the netherlands pull out of a major investment conference in saudi. and bringing bands closer to the people — how the likes of u2 are using technology to take their music to the people. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: we'll take a close look at eddiejones‘s latest england squad to face the springboks, all blacks, japan and the wallabies. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime mini

there are plenty of people around with answers for theresa may. perhaps none of which she really wants to hear. the leader of sinn fein in westminster telling the prime minister she must do whatever it takes to avoid a hard border. the consequences of getting it wrong for ireland are far too serious. and any responsible person in british politics, and in particular the british prime minister, has to understand that. northern ireland's unionists put the blame the other way. we need to see that the whole of the united kingdom leaves the european union together, and there aren't any differences made between northern ireland or any other parts of the united kingdom. and that's what it all means. and the snp with its own set of instructions for number ten. it is probably the case that the only option with any chance of commanding a parliamentary majority is single market and customs union membership. it actually might well be the only option which is not completely impossible at this stage. and tory brexiteers, who are pushing her to ditch her policy,

theresa may has reason to look a bit nervous about that. longer in the departure lounge, in transition, would mean longer following eu rules without a say. and maybe these leaders would charge a bill of billions for the privilege too. they don't look worried. instead of late—night brinkmanship, there was late—night beer drinking for angela merkel, emmanuel macron and a select band of other eu leaders last night. auf wiedersehen! but will the idea of a longer transition make it easier to say auf wiedersehen to the uk? maybe. if the uk decided that an extension of the transition period would be helpful to reach a deal, i am sure that the leaders would be ready to consider it positively. maybe not. the key element for a final deal is on the british side. number 10 believes, as angela merkel says... she speaks german where there is a will, there should also be a way. even if the idea quickens the pace in brussels, it might get stuck at home. we're negotiating in good faith and we'll keep our nerve. the cabinet's nervous. it's very nice to s

but theresa may is facing growing anger from some of her own mps. some of them have used such violent language against her — with one reportedly saying she should be "knifed in the front" — that they've been condemned by mps from all sides of the house. downing street has reacted by saying that "personal vitriol has no place in politics". our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. back to westminster for what's sure to be another turbulent week. the prime minister must report back on the state of the brexit talks to parliament, to her cabinet, and to her own mps. it was always going to be the case that these negotiations would run to the wire, it was always going to have been the case that there would be lively debates about what should or should not be agreed, and the reality is that the negotiations that matter in the coming weeks will be between the prime minister, dominic raab, the brexit secretary, european counterparts, as they work to try and find the best resolution for everyone involved. but the former brexit secretary is one of

theresa brexit -- theresa may taking those questions in regard to brexit, saying that she expects implementation to end by december 2020. let's get to our top stock stories this morning. as they hadup 3% their third straight quarterly earnings beat. the ceo pointing to momentum globally of the 5g market. it raises projections for the euro and what they are setting up momentum in the cloud business. --t metrics profits into 0.5%tis slightly up, there. really the standout here is that they are getting involved a bit more in the oncology industry and agreed to buy this ux -- u.s. cancer drug maker, endocyte billion.e than $2 we know that you will be speaking to the novartis ceo. we look forward to that. matt: annmarie hordern talking about some of the movers in the market. italian markets may be in for a rocket couple of weeks. the nation awaits credit rating decisions and the european commission's response to rome's budget plan. the government still needs to finance the second largest stock of debt in the euro area. that brings us to today's mliv question of the day. does the italy debt crisis onl

theresa villiers. now, whether it's glyndebourne or glastonbury, live music plays a big part in our cultural life but for how much longer? musicians warned a group of mps that smaller venues, traditionally home to live music, are dying. do you feel that the loss of venues and practice and rehearsal spaces is having an impact on younger and emerging artists in particular? critically, yes. not just younger artists but any artists in the process to build a sustainable touring "business. " i think that small music venues help to not only hone the craft of performing in front of a small crowd, you can proceed all to larger venues and arenas, etc, but it also builds a community element and the ability to connect almost one—on—one with your fans and it is a crying shame that there are so few small music venues around the country and a lot of them are dying. if you strip out some of the grassroots is a beautiful image, but you take it out of the ecosystem, the music we all take a lot of pride in as a count

the labour leadership is scathing about theresa may's plans. if she comes back with something that is just a fudge that she has cooked up with brussels we are not going to vote for it. the british people are not stupid and we are not stupid and we are not voting for a bridge to nowhere we need to know what our situation is going to be and a fudge will not fix it. but ministers are still working towards a deal. this afternoon, the brexit secretary made a flying visit to brussels for another face to face meeting with the eu's chief negotiator. our reporter, adam fleming, is in brussels. earlier he gave this assessment of the brexit secretary's unscheduled talks with michel barnier. it's not exactly unexpected, because the way that the brexit talks work is that the civil servants and the officials are locked in the room, working on the text, line by line, and they get as far as they can before they need their political masters to come in and either solve really knotty political problems, oi’ to just sign off the final deal and get it over the li

theresa may can cling to that hope. is this the kiss of death, the paper also asks, with reference to the meeting of mrs may and mrjuncker. with reference to the meeting of mrs may and mrjuncker. it doesn't seem like that much has changed. they're both still hunkering down in their positions that do not come together to create one cohesive deal, so kiss of death would suggest we've moved to things being on the brink. i don't think we've moved much at all in the last two years. to george's point, what's the point? people are frustrated about a two—year transition period, this is what we ask of politicians, why can't you get this over the line in two years? what about the third year will make this the perfect deal that keeps the two sides close, give the uk everything it wants out of the brexit proposals? at the moment there's not much evidence that there are plans to get anything better. the sun says the move would run the risk of infuriating hard—line brexiteers intent on leaving next march, and that's a distinct po

no cough and some unexpected dancing as theresa may calls for unity on brexit. if we all go off in different directions, in pursuit of our own visions of the perfect brexit, we risk ending up with no brexit at all. applause she tells the party faithful there'll be more for public services as better times lie ahead. a decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off. applause it was a confident performance, but has theresa may done enough to unite herfractious party? we'll bring you the latest on her new pledges, and reaction to them. also tonight: a coroner says a police officer's death may have been prevented, as he criticises security at westminster during the terror attack last year. desperation increases in indonesia as aid fails to get through to remote areas devastated by the tsunami. the shot at the ryder cup that blinded one spectator in one eye. she tells the bbc she's lucky to be alive. and the duke and duchess of sussex make their first visit to the county that bears their

so it is dangerous times for theresa may. and on wednesday is the meeting of the conservative 1922 committee, the backbench club of rank—and—file mps where she will apparently attend. there are growing... there is growing anguish about people saying it is time for her to go. there are rumours between a0 and a6 mps have written a letter demanding a contest. david davis is staring it up, contest. david davis is staring it hoping contest. david davis is staring it up, hoping that borisjohnson will step aside. and this story in the sunday times comes from johnny mercer, who was quoted as saying he couldn't vote conservative and wasn't standing as an mp again, so not really sure what relevance he has. so they are saying assassination is in the air. i am asking about boris johnson, assassination is in the air. i am asking about borisjohnson, but he is on our next page. where does he fit in? he fits in as being the next prime minister, that is how he would like to fit into it all. what he is staying in the sunday express is that

whirls a loss for a longer than planned that would break the talks stalled theresa may says she is the sitter and your proposal to extend the u.k. transition out of the blocks critics at home say it's a betrayal and that maybe is losing the confidence of her party will get an update from london and for us. also coming up turkish police searched saudi consulate properties as the steady stream of my car broke lanes about the fate of distant saudi journalist john walker shocked or leaked to the press u.s. president donald trump says he expects to learn the truth by the end of the week. i'm sorry so much going to have you with us british prime minister theresa may is facing intense criticism at home that's after admitting that she's considering a european union proposal that would keep britain bound to the block's rules for several months longer than originally planned after a summit of e.u. leaders in brussels failed to make enough progress and reaching a divorce agreement the e.u. has now suggested more time for striking a trade deal that ensures a frictionless border between northern ir

and this is one thing we all agree on, theresa may said that. they can agree on the end but not the means of getting there. there is constructive ambiguity in phase one so constructive ambiguity in phase one so it is open to interpretation and the eu interpret the backstop in a way that is quite contrary to the expectations of the uk when they signed up to it in the first place. theresa may did say today, she talked about getting some legally binding arrangement, a form of customs arrangements between the eu and the uk which effectively is like staying in the customs union. again anathema to most voters. at least temporarily. and you have the two main political parties both standing on manifesto pledges of taking us out of the single market and customs union and only the lib dems who did not, being annihilated at the polls. so what is that telling us, which mandates are we going to listen to, the referendum result presumably and also where people voted in the last general election. it was not staying ina general election. it was not staying in a

i think theresa may is in a total bind. eu leaders are saying she didn't turn up with any new ideas last night. that is true, but i don't think there are any new ideas. i think they need to soften. i don't see a way through other than the eu accepting that they are asking the impossible from the u.k. they are asking them to divide up their territory. francine: but then the u.k. voted for brexit. grandthey did but in the tradition of every european agreement, this will be a last-minute deal. the point is, this is not the last minute. francine: that would be a big concession for the eu to back down. paul: but it is the one area where they have to. if you are going to avoid a hard exit, this is the choice. this is something that is not perhaps appreciated in europe. territorialnt to integrity. european borders have shifted quite a bit in recent years. u.k. has not changed since the 1920's. this is a bit more payment in the u.k. -- vehement in the u.k. it doesn't seem like the market is making it this way, i think there is an u

you heard theresa may talk about a few months that she does not expect to happen. who decides and if a few months turns into a longer period, who decides that? how happy is the british government and parliament? how much would it cost? it would be paying for access to eu.ous aspects in the would this idea be accepted. theresa may is having difficulty within her government and party and within the parliament on the brexit deal so far. walk us through what leaders are discussing now. >> the discussions are about migration, internal security within the european union. ,er christie -- particularly migration pushed to the top of the june european summit in brussels by italy mainly. that could have forced it onto the agenda and demanded action. we have heard from the eu, they are looking at three particular areas of action, breaking up the smuggling network, working with third world countries such as africa trying to stop nts fromnted migra reaching europe in the first place. internal security is a big focus. cyber security. this is brought to the floor by the attack on

theresa may enthused about the possibilities she saw from brexit. i believe that our best days lie ahead of us. and that our future is full of promise. mr may promised to remove the cap on the amount councils can borrow to build more houses and said the age of austerity was over. because you made sacrifices, there are better days ahead. so when we have secured a good brexit dealfor britain, at the spending review next year, we will set out our approach for the future. debt as a share of the economy will continue to go down. support for public services will go up. because a decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off. a confident speech, and this was, changes little. the outcome of the brexit negotiation matters a lot. that is what will shape her and the party's future. but this leader looks keen to lead it for some time yet. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in birmingham for us now. this speech really felt like a beyond brexit, beyond austerity speec

obviously theresa may has ruled that out. she has ruled that out, but there is also a question of the process by which you have a referendum. the electoral commission who are the people who run these things and organise these things have already said that there should be six months before... they have to work at what the question will be first of all, then they had to do testing and then there should be a six—month period. even as six months from now, we are a bit late, and there is a possibility that you could bring it down to ten weeks, but ten weeks would be the absolute minimum. and unless you are very, very clear about what you are actually asking people when there is nothing in the polls to show that people's views have significantly changed since the referendum... that is the key to a. what are you asking people? the other thing is the huge danger would be if you get 60% either way you probably do settle theissue, either way you probably do settle the issue, but what happens for insta nce the issue, but what happens

yes, unsurprisingly, they criticise what theresa may has had to say. the chairman of the labour party has described theresa may as being spooked by what labour have to offer, and their ability to put forward policies that are catching people's attention, and also saying that her claim that austerity is over is a con. she is kerry trying to split labour voters that perhaps oui’ to split labour voters that perhaps our more centrist minded, and unhappy with the current labour leadership, and there is a genuine split there, with a lot of people in the middle politically in the country feeling homeless. you can see it within the labour party itself. a lot of mps are uneasy about the way jeremy itself. a lot of mps are uneasy about the wayjeremy corbyn has taken the party. but then they have to look at the last election, and although labour didn't win, they sought the games in the conservative party majority cut, which is why it is so difficult for theresa may to get anything done, and to get anything through parliament at the moment. so yes, and attend th

but what they really want are new answers from theresa may. another way round brexit‘s biggest obstacle — how to manage the irish border after departure. but the eu wants a lot more than pressing the flesh. arriving, her counterparts were pretty clear. they wanted to hear new solutions from theresa may on how to manage the irish border and that so—called backstop. disagreement on that led to the breakup of talks at the weekend. we very much, notjust hope, wish for prime minister may to come with strong mandate, which we do not seen yet at all. a bit more time after brexit to finalise things help? i've always been of the view it would take two years or more to negotiate a new treaty. so there is merit in discussing the idea of a longer transition, but that can't be an alternative to a backstop in ireland, certainly not. so much to discuss, so many questions for the uk. a rare opportunity to make the big case. it's in this slightly psychedelic room that theresa may has the chance to get this vital process back on track. tonight she can loo

theresa may certainly been involved in a few of those recently. really nice segue! theresa may extending the implementation period for brexit, you understand, the period between being wholly in and wholly out of the european union. so, by dangling the suggestion in front of the media, she at least ensured that the headlines after this week's summit with the heads of government of the eu's 28 member countries didn't scream deadlock. this tactical distraction has done damage to both with the remainers and the leavers voicing their frustration. mrs may has also weakened one of the strongest arguments for her own survival, that the critical negotiating weeks before a brexit deal are so short this is not the time to change the leader. stephanie, you were there in the heart of this summit. oh, yes. what was it like? how was the atmosphere? well, somebody claimed that actually inside the room, where they were sitting, the 27 after theresa may had left, it was pretty boring. they didn't really know what to talk about any more, and it was only brexit on the agenda, and what

of brexit. —— towards theresa may. saying the prime minister would be knifed and should bring a noose to a meeting of mps. politicians have condemned the quotes, just two years after they were mp jo cox condemned the quotes, just two years after they were mpjo cox was murdered in her west yorkshire constituency. earlier i spoke to mike it makes it difficult for us as a family, mike it makes it difficult for us as afamily, and mike it makes it difficult for us as a family, and ifeel quite dismayed u nfortu nately a family, and ifeel quite dismayed unfortunately that the last two yea rs, unfortunately that the last two years, nothing seems to have changed. there was a real sense when jo cox was killed that people thought we should start debating in the political arena in a different way, and i hope that what happened. that doesn't seem to have happened, and if anything, honestly it feels even worse. is perhaps surprising that given that your sister's death really sent shock waves through the whole of westminster, mps who

the elderly that theresa may. in the way that theresa may raised this transition she said, i'm not proposing this but it could happen. eberhardt shouldn't been something that should have been made clear much earlier on. a lot of les hasn't been said publicly before. it will drag on and be frustrating. as you say, we have no idea what might happen ina say, we have no idea what might happen in a year. you mentioned anglo—american's little joke. especially after the elections that her sister party had. what about her own position? how vulnerable is the german chancellor? iran she is very vulnerable. there is a lot of talk that something might happen there. she might even... there is need of a change of leadership. there is rumoured that she is going for the head of the coalition. to replace jean—claude youngsters. this is com plete jean—claude youngsters. this is complete gossip. and we love gossip. . gossip always tells you something. she lost an election is people who are very loyal followers. she is very abo

theresa may will get 30 minutes to present her case. practically this is the last window of opportunity that she gets for the summit. vonnie: is it possible that there isn't even a communique after this meeting? >> no one can really predict the state of play over the european thetion and what to do with irish border's. the european union argues that northern ireland has got to be part of the union and theresa may has made it clear that no prime minister whatever except this. we understand that it suggest that the entire u.k. unit stays custom, but only for a limited time, a prominent -- a problem for european officials. we are seeing talk of a backstop to a backstop, but what that means in real terms is very unclear. this seems to be the only issue remaining and i'm hearing this argument again and again that what will happen is that we put it in a separate set of talks. it was interesting, the chief whip for the theresa may government in london said she didn't even have the votes to pass the current votes around the backstop. this will

the clock is ticking for theresa may. even if her cabinet stays onside, she will have to convince the eu this week that enough progress has been made to get a final deal next month. let's talk to our political correspondent helen catt. this is a meeting that was jointly agreed that face—to—face talks where necessary ahead of that key summit on wednesday because there are several big issues still to resolve including the northern ireland backstop. that is the phrase used to describe what happens on the island of ireland if we don't get a deal, so of ireland if we don't get a deal, so that is why he is over there. it all sounds terribly dramatic but it is quite normalfor all sounds terribly dramatic but it is quite normal for politicians to ta ke is quite normal for politicians to take over talks at this late stage. i can't take over talks at this late stage. ican‘t imagine take over talks at this late stage. i can't imagine it will do theresa may lot of time for the focus to be moved away from the internal arguments

theresa may has the cabinet meeting which is critical followed theresa may has the cabinet meeting which is criticalfollowed by theresa may has the cabinet meeting which is critical followed by the summit which has seen by the uk and brussels as the all—important one on wednesday. what we have seen is mrs may hasn't actually been negotiating with brussels for the last 18 months, she has really been negotiating with her own party and cabinet and what appears to have happened yesterday was that negotiators, the prime minister's chief negotiator, and the michel barnier team, had come to more less a deal, presumably with mrs may's backing. but yet, she then realised that her and sent dominik rahman to brussels to take it off the table —— dominic raab. there has been reaction, not surprisingly, if you can't put yourself in a position you can't put yourself in a position you ca n follow can't put yourself in a position you can follow through on, we are going to stop talking. there are no talks planned between now and the summit on wednesday which means it is pretty difficult to see that

and theresa may had to go back to london to discuss. the basic extension of the transitional period for me is the only way out. because it gives more time for them to sit down... and it gives more time to britain and the tory and labour parties to sort out the mess and perhaps after march, to have new elections or a leadership contest, and so it is just buying time basically, for britain to find a new voice oi’ an agreement. i'm not sure actually, about this second referendum. it depends also on the question asked. look at the labour conference. labour does not want a second referendum, so i'm not sure it's the answer. how many referendums will it take? best of three or maybe best of five, just keep on going! there is a positive side for theresa may to chair a meeting of the inner cabinet. definitely she has something in hand. it is not her style to call the cabinet for this reason so maybe there is some good news, but the problem is, inside the conservative party, inside the government itself, inside this shaky alliance between the u

theresa may is considering a plan to extend the brexit transition time. the u.k. prime minister wants to keep britain bound to european union rules for 28 months. the italian prime minister is scheduled to meet the eu commissioner in rome. they will discuss the country's budget calls for 2019. joining us now is chris bailey, european strategist at raymond james. heard that this november summit is unlikely to happen, it may be pushed out to december. yet more delays. we are lower again today. beginning to wake up to the fact that this could be worse than what it has been pricing and so far? >> transition is good in my opinion. transition kicks the can down the road. that sounds horrible. , wee are such huge issues have avoid that cleavage. -- cliff edge. the pound will stick around where we are at the moment. if we which to it -- moved to a new world there is a transitional agreement that allows both sides to move on and start to change their economies, the pound will go up. i don'tet is in that know mode. i like the tone around more transitional time. that is what

he wants to raise taxes, you cannot go through parliament and it's another headache for theresa may's government. the budget will be interesting to watch because philip hammond what to do little but there is huge pressure on spending at the moment. they try to be clever and drive forward and one who was in at the meeting, presumably cabinet ministers said i think the treasury thought it would be clever to have the budget now rather than december, close to the vote on any brexit deal, but it turned out that we just rescheduled it slap bang in the middle of another brexit mass. exactly. that's exactly what has happened. one of these days i will come on here and there will not be a brexit mass. may be 2030, i think. then there is the warnings of resignations. several have said that their ministers, cabinet ministers said they might resign, and in all of this there is talking about government paralysis over brexit, that this tax raising budget is probably going to cost a heck of a lot of trouble at the wrong time. we have got the european council meeting coming up on wednesday, to start o

with unhappy friends, it's notjust her enemies theresa may needs to bear in mind. let's speak to our correspondent nick eardley at westminster. nick, the prime minister this afternoon trying to reassure all sides, but a lot of mps are very unhappy that they didn't get the specific answers that they were seeking over this key issue of the irish border. absolutely. brexiteers are worried. some are angry that there has not been an explicit guarantee that that backstop would have a time limit. so the uk would have a time limit. so the uk would have a time limit. so the uk would have a certain date on which it stop having similar or the same customs arrangements as the european union. and those discussions continue to go on in the building behind me tonight. there are some tory mps who think, by not having a deal to take to cabinet tomorrow, the prime minister might have bought herself a bit of time, so she can go to europe and try to negotiate something with other heads of state, come back, and sell that to her cabinet and to a wider party and of course to parliament,

but at this stage, theresa may has little choice but to dig in. the brexit talks are not about my interests, they are about the national interest, and the interest of the whole of the united kingdom. serving our national interest will demand that we hold our nerve through these last stages of the negotiations, the hardest part of all. their brexit negotiations have been a litany of missed deadlines, shambolic failure, and now they're begging for extra time. we've had two—and—a—half years watching the tories' failure to negotiate. now even the prime minister doesn't have confidence she can negotiate a deal by december 2020. the deep unhappiness in the tory ranks on display. the government's policy is us to be in a transition period, a never ending transition period to a destiny that is completely unknown, over which we have no say, and no control, and that is something that nobody voted for. it is now two years, over two years since the referendum, and that we have agreed that we will not regain control of our laws, borders and money for over

he's calling for the cabinet to come and pressure theresa may to even resign. what this piece doesn't tell us is whether those cabinet ministers are going tojump and whether those cabinet ministers are going to jump and whether there will bea going to jump and whether there will be a leadership challenge to theresa may. there's a good cartoon here of people on the brink. that is where we are. i did think it is clear who will say and go. and david davis don't know who's going to move? he knows everything, brexit bulldog.:. what is fascinating about many of the headlines, mostly about brexit, if they don't make the story underneath it. there may be a whiff of mutiny in the air but is is on the good ship lollipop not mutiny on the good ship lollipop not mutiny on the bounty. names are named but they haven't said they will do it. the the sunday times is something they do feghouli which is basing a lead story on —— they do frequently which is basing a lead story on a common piece by david davis. his piece is very weak. why? because he says they should have negot

this is a pledge from theresa may and sajid javid. well, it is sajid javid who is speaking to the conference tomorrow, the home secretary, and low and behold another person who is perhaps trying to burnish their leadership credentials by speaking to the wall and what's interesting is sajid javid was born in rochdale, the son of pakistani immigrants, his dad was a bus driver, had quite a tough upbringing with his brothers, and obviously has gone on to great success. he is very much in the thatcherite camp in terms where he stands in the conservative party. and he was saying, so after, what was it, 2020, you know, all people in the eu who want to come, 3 million people, that has been agreed, that was agreed last december with the northern ireland backstop, but other immigrants will not now be allowed in and they will stop low paid immigrants from returning, so it is quite an interesting thing for him to say. what he does have the backing of is mrs may, who backed up his comments, so unlike others he is not going off—piste, he is in sy

he supports theresa may and her checkers plan. listen to this exchange, which is when i asked him if boris johnson was getting support within the party. is boris johnson gaining momentum? is he gathering support? guest: support for what? anna: for taking brexit negotiations in another direction? guest: the only people that can do the negotiations are government and prime minister and our team that's negotiating, and the ones in the european union. this has to be where the negotiations take place. what then comes out of that will then come to parliament, quite rightly, and parliament will have the chance to appraise the that it satisfy itself implements the decision takinenn the referendum. but does so in a way that points continuation of our current prosperity, but actually allows us to release some of those investments poised to be able to be made. that fighting could come if we can see very clearly that there is going to be this agreement. anna: but there is a risk worth johnson gets a more support and the plan you are backing a

what sort of cover does that give to theresa may? at the moment, she is saying we think we can solve the irish border problem through a future trade agreement. at the end of march next year, there will be a two year transition, so the trade agreement has to be negotiated during that transition. she is saying, look, if the transition and then we still do not have a future trade agreement negotiated and concluded them there isa cap, negotiated and concluded them there is a cap, so one way to fill that gap would be to have what she calls a temporary customs arrangements. a buffer. all the time, she is trying to reassure her own party and the unionist population and party in northern ireland that the backstop would not be needed and this temporary customs agreement which ta ke temporary customs agreement which take care of that. the trouble is, if you run out of transition, that is only for two years, if you run out of time then the backstop would have to kick in. the virtue of this idea of extending the transition by aus idea of extendi

the uk government and theresa may are in a real fix with this. her deal with the dup basically keeps her in power, and there are large number is of her own party, actually, on both the left and the right, david mundell, the scottish secretary, has said he doesn't want them doing a deal which creates the conditions for nicola sturgeon to create a second scottish referendum as well. she is in a real fix. the problem is, the british government signed up to be backstop idea in december of last year and we have not really been negotiating about it. i was told the other day from colleagues in our team in brussels that the formal conversation around the backstop has not really existed for most of this year. so it is all sorts of five minutes to midnight going on. and the president of the eu, donald tusk, warning that a no deal scenario is becoming ever more likely. the government has said they are putting plans in place should that happen, but what about business? are they prepared a no deal? i am working with businesses right now that are preparing for