on one level, for mrs may today has been better than yesterday. there may be a temptation in downing street to think, we are getting through this, we have reached 1:05pm, no resignations, michael gove who was going wobbly last night, this morning expressing confidence in mrs may. liam fox, a key brexit figure in the cabinet, biffing brexit critics saying don't put your own interests before m rs critics saying don't put your own interests before mrs may's critics but events are moving around her and she seems to be at the mercy at what her cabinet and backbenchers decide to do. in terms of the cabinet, if you listen to michael gove, yes, he supports mrs may the dozen voice any supports mrs may the dozen voice any support for her brexit deal. there are signs that he and others in the cabinet, if you like the grey suits, are prepared to go to her and say look, prime minister, your deal is not going to get through parliament. you will have to change it. you will have to backtrack on it. at the same time, we know the letters keep going in and we may no

are they plotting from within to shift mrs may's position? the prime minister has my full support and i hope people will get behind her as she endeavours to get the best deal for great britain. will she make the late changes you want? she is doing a very good job. should negotiations be reopened? you knowl don't do doorstep interviews. do you have confidence in the prime minister, mr fox 7 confidence in the prime minister, mr fox? back outside parliament the prime minister's conservative critics wielded umbrellas, big hats and charb language. it is such a bad deal that any mp, or any government member involved in putting that through parliament will not have a future in british politics because it will end up being seen... these are surrender it will end up being seen... these are surrender terms. it will end up being seen... these are surrender terms. this is asked becoming a colony of the european union, should they choose to enforce that. those who hope to force the prime minister to face of verdict of confidence have not yet managed to ru

but mrs may has support too, and they made themselves heard. outside this house, there was a much higher appreciation of the tenacity of the prime minister in pursuing this deal. than we sometimes hear inside here. the prime minister met her austrian counterpart the day, getting agreement in europe has been hard. but that looks like being the easy bit. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. so the plan now is that theresa may and the other 27 eu leaders will meet in brussels on sunday to sign off on both today's draft political declaration and the draft withdrawal agreement which was published last week. our europe editor katya adler has been looking at the declaration, our europe editor katya adler has been looking at the detail of the political declaration. theresa may says this deal is the right one for the uk. but does it live up to her brexit promises, and even if it's right for the uk, what about the rest of the eu? this text is being studied now in all 27 eu capitals. one of the key issues at the heart of the eu referendum was taking back

well well as i understand it mrs may is in the british prime minister mrs may is in brussels going to see mr. explaining to him he's a very intelligent man by the way he gets a bad press explaining to him that the deal as it's presently constituted will not get through the british house of commons and therefore can he please make some sort of adjustments to enable him to do say sorry to enable her to do so. now having said all that that's the context now the european union has got a terrible terrible record of being completely rejected completely intransigent and completely unhelpful to member states where the party members say but all member states which have got problems we're seeing that with its lead now and i suspect that yet again this is way is going to come away with absolutely nothing. and then there will be a no deal no i rather favor no deal which isn't a no deal it's a deal on the world trade organization rules because you can ask me about that a little bit later on what happens if it doesn't go through that first time around well it be the fall off their estimate. well. y

resignations from mrs may's top team ? they have resignations from mrs may's top team? they have clearly got the point where the brexit they had in mind was not working for them they expected. i voted remain myself, i was the thought that up until the last few weeks it was undemocratic to ask for another vote but if it is in sucha to ask for another vote but if it is in such a position where half of the cabinet is involved in brexit and is quitting i don't see how you can get a good deal out of this in the end. anyone else expecting more resignations? it is falling apart, these politicians are not equipped to deal with this, i think we have to deal with this, i think we have to go back to the people. it may well be an option, as i mentioned. i don't think there's a possible way for them to go through this, the only way to resolve the conflict is to give the people a say once more. i think the people have already had a vote in 2016 and they voted... we are not going to spend one hour having a row about a second referendum but i'm happy for you to disagree right now. this

it looked an awful lot like a coup against mrs may. he put his letter of no confidence last week with a great flourish and he urged other tory mps to do so. unfortunately, it's somewhat backfired and they didn't get the numbers they hoped on friday, or even yesterday, and now we've passed a third day where they still don't have the numbers and during this press conference , have the numbers and during this press conference, the head of the arj said this is not a bit dad's army? he said i've always admired captain mainwaring, which many people wouldn't have thought he was admired and a good leader of his command —— captain mainwaring —— erg. and anna soubry, the big tory remainer, she said it was more similarto remainer, she said it was more similar to private pike, remainer, she said it was more similarto private pike, stupid boys! he said it wasn't a coup because a coup is by definition unconstitutional, they're because a coup is by definition unconstitutional, they‘ re using because a coup is by definition unconstitutional,

there is a sense this is beginning to slip away from mrs may. yesterday, she had another mauling in the commons. overnight, president trump saying her deal was a good dealfor the eu trump saying her deal was a good deal for the eu and trump saying her deal was a good dealfor the eu and sir michael fallon‘s intervention. there is a sense that some of those middle ground mps who have not previously expressed a view are now beginning to turn against mrs may. during which, mrs may is away from westminster, and barking on this nationwide tour. and there is a view i think amongst some supporters that maybe she might be better spending her time trying to strong—arm tory mps in the tea rooms and bars and committee rooms of westminster, rather than spending her morning at the royal welsh showground in the winter back, lovely though that might be. thank you very much. and the prime minister is heading to northern ireland next. yes, many northern ireland next. yes, many northern ireland next. yes, many northern ireland businesses have brought lee welco

mrs may has been fending off last minute objections. brinkmanship, perhaps from countries like spain and france, hoping for further british concessions. because only a majority of eu countries need to approve the deal, in all likelihood the brussels summit will end in smiles and handshakes. back in london, though, the withdrawal terms face a much tougher audience. her former brexit secretary, an enthusiast for leaving, thinks the terms are worse than staying in the europeran union. with the support of the democratic unionists, a party from northern ireland, on paper the prime minister has a majority of the votes in the house of commons — just. but the dup won't back the deal, and 80 of her own conservative mps say the same. if we were to go back to the european union and say ‘people didn't like that deal can we have another one?,' i don't think they are going to come to us and say ‘we will give you a better deal‘. "this is the deal that i think works for the uk,"

mrs may's pitch is that there isa end. mrs may's pitch is that there is a lot of argy—bargy at westminster, don't get hung up on it, the deal does deliver on the big things you want. hold your breath. we do have michael gove. let's see. good morning. i'm just we do have michael gove. let's see. good morning. i'mjust going we do have michael gove. let's see. good morning. i'm just going to work at the department of environment. prime minister has my full support. i hope that people get behind her, she is endeavouring to get the best deal for britain. will you get the latest changes that you want? the prime minister is doing a greatjob and it's important that people give her all the support that she needs. she should make these changes? would you resign if she doesn't make the changes that you want? the prime minister has my full support. the truth is, time is running out for these guys. if they are thinking of resigning, really, we have the crucial cabinet meeting last wednesday. you know, if they want to make a move and

may over the deal. last night the e.u. usually breaks it negotiates a report to be told the twenty seven european ambassadors the u.k. must align their rules but the e.u. will retrain all the controls is that a fair summary of the prime minister's deal prime minister can i say the right honorable gentleman as i have said all along throughout these negotiations what we are doing is negotiation good deal for the united kingdom we negotiate. we're negotiating a deal that delivers on the face of the british people that takes part control of our money or of the waters that he shows we leave the common fisheries policy we need a customs union we need to come in like a cultural policy we pretend that we protect jobs we protect security and we protect the integrity of the united kingdom you give over to governors they called reset in london welcome nicole so we heard the opposition leader jeremy corbin accusing the prime minister of caving in to brussels what did we learn from mrs may in parliament today. well

is it looking good for mrs may?|j no resignations so far. is it looking good for mrs may? i think the chances are she will manage to avoid a mass walk—out, or indeed senior resignations. lower down the cabinet ranks, things become a bit more problematic, people have cited the names of people like penny mordaunt, esther mcvey. interestingly, penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, was seeing mrs may about 8:30am this morning, for about half an hour, so quite a short meeting. lot of speculation about whether she could possibly quit. i just sense that the mood isn't quite therefore that open revolt. in part because the stakes are so revolt. in part because the stakes are so enormously high if there was to bea are so enormously high if there was to be a mass resignation or pivotal figures were to quit, that would probably scupper mrs may's brexit deal. it could fatally undermine her leadership. it could sort of cascade us leadership. it could sort of cascade us towards no deal. the stakes for individual ministers are enormous. they have some really tough dec

you have the numbers to thwart mrs may in the commons? this is a different issue to the leadership, they are not synonymous. there are an awful lot of members of the government now who will have very grave difficulties voting for the deal when it comes and obviously members of the cabinet working away desperately trying to find some better proposal to see if they can get the european union to agree, i don't think that'll happen but no reason why they shouldn't try. me put it to you —— reason why they shouldn't try. me put it to you -- let me put it to you, again and again, against the odds, mrs may finds a way through, is not possible that at the last minute a is not possible that at the last minutea number of is not possible that at the last minute a number of your colleagues may well blink as they appear to have blinked over the leadership letters a nd have blinked over the leadership letters and also a number of labour mps fearing no deal may think, we're not that keen on mrs may's deal but it is better than no deal and on that bas

watch mrs may and her answers questions put to her. still to come. and, after we spoke to a woman whose rapist has been offered a role in his son's life, another viewer contacted us about her attemps to stop her ex—husband, who raped her, having access to their children. and a video appearing to show the sister of a syrian refugee being attacked at the same school where her brother was allegedly w'll talk live to the family's huddersfield mp. good morning. this programme can exclusively reveal that a letting agency in london is asking for non—refundable deposits of £300 from prospective tenants, before they have even viewed a property. we've spoken to several people who went to flintons lettings agency. some say they were assured they could get full refunds if they didn't like the properties after viewing them, but that never happened. we've been told the practice is likely to be unlawful. how did we find out about flintons? because one of our team — esme ash — tried to rent a flat from them, and soon became suspicious. she's

christine says mrs may should stay, isa christine says mrs may should stay, is a complex situation never run to pull together and support her in delivering the outcome of the british people voted for. another says i'm afraid the prime minister is delusional when she keeps repeating we will leave the customs union, take back our laws and outre deals with the rest of the world. under her trade deal none of this is true and the country can see through it. she's an embarrassment and should go sooner rather than later. another says no leader of any political party can manage brexit because the country is totally divided. there is no way we will leave with terms as good as we currently have. thank you for those on for coming on the programme bostock thank you, dominic grieve. keep those coming in. send us an e—mail or message as an twitter. you can e—mail or message as an twitter. you ca n text e—mail or message as an twitter. you can text or whatsapp as well. the draft withdrawal plan will be put to parliament after it's discussed at a special summit in brussels on 25th november. that i

the i suggests number ten is preparing for a vote of no confidence against mrs may as early as tuesday. the telegraph claims five eurosceptic ministers will urge theresa may to renegotiate the terms of the northern ireland backstop, in return for withdrawing their threats of resigning from the cabinet. ‘may‘s day‘ is the headline in the daily mail, it has an exclusive interview with the prime minister who thanks her husband philip for his support through her toughest week. the times focuses on the return to the cabinet of may loyalist amber rudd as the new work and pensions secretary. the mirror's front page has a picture of borisjohnson and his father stanley in a restaurant, pictured with former ukip leader nigel farage as the brexit chaos unfolded. and finally, the guardian, which steers away from brexit. its front page highlights a un report, which says millions of people in the uk are suffering in poverty. to the call a halt to. a picture of a smiling and barra and who not long ago was the home secretary. —— and the rudd. six months ago she was out and ash is back in, mr

now, idescribed to press for a contest to topple mrs may. now, i described the prime minister rotherham bit of a tough one earlier, apologies for that rather language, but mrs may‘s demise has been predicted many times before and she‘s always managed to battle through. maybe she‘ll manage again, but she is facing an almighty challenge, not just to again, but she is facing an almighty challenge, notjust to her brexit deal, but perhaps even to her survival as prime minister. thank you very much, norman smith with the latest. let‘s go back to then in the studio. it's studio. it‘s time for the latest weather forecast and chris fawkes has got that for us this afternoon.

but mrs may has support, too, and they made themselves heard. outside this house, there's a much higher appreciation of the tenacity of the prime minister in pursuing a successful deal than we sometimes hear inside it. the prime minister met her austrian counterpart today. getting agreement in europe has been hard but that looks like being the easy bit. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. so, the plan now is that theresa may and the other 27 eu leaders will meet in brussels on sunday to approve both today's draft political declaration, as well as the draft withdrawal agreement, which was published last week. our europe editor, katya adler, has been looking at the detail of the declaration. theresa may says this deal is the right one for the uk. but does it live up to her brexit promises? and even if it's right for the uk, what about the rest of the eu? this text is being studied now in all 27 eu capitals. one of the key issues at the heart of the eu referendum was taking back control. now, you have frequent mention in this document of uk sovere

until lo and behold, mrs may manages to get a deal. actually his belief seems to be that it is pretty much all done and dusted anyway and that the deal, when it is done, it will bea the deal, when it is done, it will be a surrender, to quote mrjohnson. no getting away from its, though, you do feel incrementally we are inching towards some sort of agreement, certainly that was what the cabinet office minister david lidington seemed to be suggesting when he was interviewed this morning. we are getting very close to it, i would say that the mood is cautious optimism, we are now down to a small numberof the optimism, we are now down to a small number of the big issues. they were working long into the night last night having been up until quarter to three in the morning the night before but we are not there yet and thepm has been very clear, it is not a deal at any price. but cautious optimism i think both on our side and on the other side. elsewhere, mrs may could be facing problems in the commons this afternoon following a travail to try

i think that people who watch mrs may's career over the last well almost two decades now prominence in british politics they would be terribly surprise i think in fact if they're surprised at all they'll be surprised that somehow she's again shown that she's got the most amazing resilience some will call it stubbornness and her press conference she actually seemed to be rather enjoying herself she clearly does think that she's right against all the odds and she is still going to be a tough fighter in this battle in the ensuing days and weeks she's got to convince enough and peace to support her plan is it likely. well what achieve now is she's looked at the arithmetic and it looks like there is no chance that this particular plan is going to go through the house of commons however what she's doing is saying to the british public over the heads of m.p.'s and ministers who are on the verge of resigning or already resigned she's saying that the only deal that represents a compromise is the one the time trying to bring back eventually from the summit meeting later this month if you want on

s remains to be seen ok so kind of to the left of the cottage to the right if mrs may defies the odds and gets ministers to back this deal what's next well first of all it goes to an emergency summit within the e.u. and it looks like that's going to be held on the twenty fifth of november then it goes to parliament in westminster and that is the big problem we've already had jeremy corbin's labor party that's the main opposition party in the case are not likely to support this deal she has those bricks a tear m.p.'s who hate any compromise the former foreign secretary boris johnson i've already mentioned jacob three small the form of bricks that secretary david de fit david davis plus there are those m.p.'s who do not want to see bricks it will i think it's going to be very difficult for to raise the may and of course the clock is ticking i think for slicing thank you so much we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world because political crisis has intensified after lawmakers voted out the country's newly appointed prime minister the decision was arr

mrs may will want to discuss future trade with the eu. if all goes to plan there will be a special brexit summit with european leaders next sunday. the prime minister has received support this morning from leave—supporting cabinet ministers, including michael gove and penny mordaunt — who had been reportedly been trying to get her to change her plans. but another threat comes from backbench conservative mps who are trying to force a vote of no confidence in her leadership. will they gain enough support? let's get reaction now from our assistant political editor, norman smith. norman, she says it is a critical week but she is trying to make it seem as business as normal as she heads to the cbi conference. i think that is true but an a way it is critical week for brexiteers who have clearly said they have the numbers to get a no—confidence vote and running. here we are on the morning, they launched this dead last week and we still do not have the 48 letters. —— be launched this last week. there is a sense i think they may have ove

as mrs may said herself, it is going to bea mrs may said herself, it is going to be a momentous seven days. many thanks for that for now. adam fleming isjoining us from brussels. let's pick up on that discussion norman was having. how concerned are people where you are about mrs may's position? they are concerned because they know a big hurdle for the whole brexit process is getting the final deal approved in british parliament. if anyone from the eu side was watching, they will have just had an amazing masterclass in how difficult thatis amazing masterclass in how difficult that is going to be. the focus today is not the withdrawal agreement, the 585 page doorstop that we saw last week that is causing such controversy, it's about the political declaration on the future relationship, that second document that will go alongside the divorce treaty. that has been discussed by eu affairs ministers right now, at a meeting of the general affairs council in this building. four things emerging when you talk to the diplomats behind—the—scenes, number one, the economic partnership. the uk i

you talking about putting mrs may againstjeremy corbyn because they say mrs may is the main person arguing for the deal and jeremy corbyn is the main person arguing against the deal. a lot of brexiteers say, hang on, both these quys brexiteers say, hang on, both these guys backed remain so who is remaining —— who is arguing for brexit? brexiteers want to be part of the debate. those campaigning for another referendum, the people's vote, said the idea of a second referendum is a big part of this debate, we want to be part of the debate. the scottish nationalists says scotland has a distinct view on brexit, we want to be part of it. there is a cluster of people now demanding they should have a place at the podium. so it is going to be tricky technically for the broadcasters to come up with a package which satisfies all camps. but i think it is indicative that mrs may, who dodged the debate at the general election, is saying, yes, iam the general election, is saying, yes, i am happy to have the debate. that probably points to just how difficult the situation she is now in. thank you very

for labour, jeremy corbyn said it amounted to a "botched deal" and he urged mrs may to begin working on a "plan b". this deal does not have the support of either side of this house or the country as a whole. ploughing on his not stoic, it is an act of national self harm. instead of threatening this house would be no deal scenario ora i'io this house would be no deal scenario or a no brexit scenario, the prime minister now needs to repair —— prepare a plan b, something her predecessors failed to do. it's hard to see how this deal can provide certainty do business or anyone else when half the cabinet is reassuring business that the uk will effectively remain in the customs union and the single market. and the prime minister herself continuing to say that we are going to take back control of our laws. very our ta riffs control of our laws. very our tariffs and do, as she just said, real free trade tariffs and do, as she just said, realfree trade deals. tariffs and do, as she just said, real free trade deals. they can't both be right. which is it? i am like the prime ministers that w

until then, mrs may will try to make it work. downing tools is simply not an option. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. let's talk to adam fleming, in brussels. theresa may is trying to sell her plan here, but it's not all plain sailing over there either, is it? no, it is not, there is a last—minute problem that seems to be getting bigger, and it's in the shape of gibraltar. the last few days, the spanish government has been looking for written guarantees about how the final brexit deal will apply in gibraltar for stopping about how the final brexit deal will apply in gibraltarfor stopping the last couple of hours the spanish prime minister has done a news conference and havana, in cuba, where he says he's not yet received those guarantees, and if he doesn't get he does not think sunday's planned brexit summit should go ahead. behind—the—scenes solutions are being sought. some eu diplomats are being sought. some eu diplomats are getting quite annoyed with madrid, because they think they are making a mountain out of a mole hill for domestic political reasons. h

waiting for mrs may at the town of albert in the somme, the french president told schoolchildren, "never forget your history". before commemorating the past, the two leaders met for talks on present—day challenges. as the prime minister was greeted with a reserved and formal handshake, someone in the crowd shouted, "stay with us!" this visit is a reminder of the shared military history that unites france and britain. today, they are divided by a political conflict over brexit, but their joint commitment to europe's defence won't change, they say, no matter how tough

be why they have swung behind mrs may steel and guarantee briefly on the note of a hard back seat of a no deal being there do you think companies have done enough to prepare themselves some companies have certainly done a lot of work to put prepare themselves in some cases opening offices on mainland europe or in the republic of ireland in order to ensure that they can carry out their business beyond the breaks that date of the twenty ninth of march next year. and it remains to be seen generally how well equipped the country is to ensure that supplies will be maintained and the be as little disruption as possible in the unfortunate event of the hardest of hard drugs it's karen jones of lancaster versity thank you so much for speaking to. are the latest i phones a flop that's the question many investors seem to be asking themselves as apple's share price tumbles the wall street journal reports that lower than expected demand has prompted the company to slash production of all three new i phone models launched with the. just last month apple shares surged to a record high. that's it fo

in that context, mrs may's deal is the least bad option. —— the eu. it minimises the damage of leaving the european union. he says in 15 years, the actual difference between staying in the eu and following the approach of mrs may would be very small, very marginal, there would not be much of a hit to the economy inis not be much of a hit to the economy in 15 years compared with the other options of no deal going to a canada style tra d e options of no deal going to a canada style trade deal or a norway i suspect it is the blunt acknowledgement that the best option for the economy is staying in the eu. have a listen to him. if the only consideration was the economy then the analysis shows clearly that remaining in the european union would be a better outcome for the economy — but not by much. the prime minister's deal delivers an outcome that is very close to the economic benefits of remaining in while having all the political benefits of being out. and clearly people don't only look at the economy, they also look at the political and constitutional

and all that spell disaster for mrs may's brexit deal? we've brought together voters from all over the country — to see what they think of mrs may's deal.

the clear view of mrs maher is that there may bea marginal view of mrs maher is that there may be a marginal economic hit but people through the referendum indicated that politically they are prepared to pay that price because they do want to end free movement. the public has never been asked, if our economy is much smaller you will have to have cats in the public services you rely on. you may lose yourjobs. saying services you rely on. you may lose your jobs. saying an services you rely on. you may lose yourjobs. saying an economic hit, let's get real about what that means and my problem is some of the hardline brexiteers on the benches opposite us will be fine if that's the case. it's my constituents who will suffer. if the projections are right and we have £100 billion less for public services and tax breaks, whatever, how on earth could you recommend that your constituents? these are huge issues and let's be clear, we're not saying the economy is to shrink. what these forecasts say is that over a long period of time the economy may well be smaller thanit time the economy may well be sma

and the sunday telegraph warns that conservative backbenchers and dup mps will vote down mrs may's deal even if it is supported by her cabinet. armistice day is the focus of the front page of the sunday express. and that's the front page story for the mail on sunday as well. stories but once again, brexit grabbing many of the big headlines in the sunday times saying theresa may's brexit deal crashes. it looks from the story as if mrs may thought she was going to get a get out of jail free she was going to get a get out of jailfree card. she was going to get a get out of jail free card. once we left, a period where we were bound by the customs union and she thought she had negotiated a mechanism by which we could leave that at will and it seems as if the eu has blocked it. at the end of this story, number 10 is saying, this isjust at the end of this story, number 10 is saying, this is just what end—stage negotiations look like. i don't think we can feel quite that confident because it looks as if this is yet another way in which mps will not accept the deal, even if the cabinet gives i

mrs may mentions european immigration. i don't think that they get how all of europe is going this way. we see this in scandinavia, we see this in austria, we see this in hungary and all the rest of it, and people are feeling that there are too many migrants, isay feeling that there are too many migrants, i say this very carefully, because i am the child of immigrants myself. my grandparents were all murdered. people feel, if you for example want to go and have a baby, andi example want to go and have a baby, and i have heard of cases recently when you go when your waters had broken and they still send you back home, people are trying to get their kids to school and they can't find any school near them. there has been any school near them. there has been a general populace and explosion a nyway a general populace and explosion anyway but it might not be to do with immigration. basically, everybody will be admitted on the same terms, not a privilege for europeans. you don't think that will help? i think the figure was 270,0

the middle ground brexiteers on board to back the government, boosting mrs may's chances of getting the deal through. thank you very much indeed, norman smith. adam fleming is in brussels for us. this is only a draft agreement, negotiated by officials from london and brussels, how likely is it to be signed off on sunday?” and brussels, how likely is it to be signed off on sunday? i think we will find out by lunchtime tomorrow because the draft document has been signed off by the negotiators, the european commission and uk government and it's now in the hands of the 27 eu member states. there are officials are going through it, and tomorrow lunchtime there will be and tomorrow lunchtime there will be a meeting between prime ministerial advisers who put the finishing touches to the summit on sunday. what the negotiations have tried to do is give something to everyone, so if you are france and you are worried about the constraints put on the uk for access to the single market, there's stuff in there. if you are the netherlands and you do loads of trade with the uk there's stuff in th

mrs may is continuing to face pressure at home, after her allies, the democratic unionists, refused to back the government for a second time in the commons last night. the number of under 185 being admitted to hospitals in england because of stab wounds is increasing. according to nhs data, over 500 children were victims of knife crime last year, and in the last four years the number of young victims has increased by 86%. the government says its serious violence strategy will support early intervention and prevention, and police will be given more powers to tackle the issue. us president donald trump has been asked to determine whether saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman played a role in the murder ofjamal khashoggi. mr khashoggi was killed on the 2nd of october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. republican and democratic senators are demanding a second investigation into his death. mr trump earlier defended us ties with saudi arabia, despite international condemnation over the incident. the un's envoy to yemen is due to meet houthi rebels in the country's capital sanaa, to try

but mrs may has support, too, and they made themselves heard. outside this house, there's a much higher appreciation of the tenacity of the prime minister in pursuing a successful deal than we sometimes hear inside it. the prime minister met her austrian counterpart today. getting agreement in europe has been hard but that looks like being the easy bit. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. the plan now is for theresa may and the other 27 eu leaders to meet in brussels on sunday to approve both today's draft political declaration and the draft withdrawal agreement published last week. our europe editor katya adler has been studying the detail of the declaration. theresa may says this deal is the right one for the uk. but does it live up to her brexit promises? and even if it's right for the uk, what about the rest of the eu? this text is being studied now in all 27 eu capitals. one of the key issues at the heart of the eu referendum was taking back control. now, you have frequent mention in this document of uk sovereignty, and also of an independ

the moves come amid speculation that a leadership challenge against mrs may is about to be launched by hard—line brexiteer members of her own party. here's the prime minister speaking to a british radio station. this is not the deal of a future relationship with the european union. the deal of the future relationship with the european union means we take control back of our laws, and free movement, take control back of our borders, take a drawback of our money so to spend it on parities like the nhs. were out of the customs union, the single market, the common policy, that is what i think people voted for. our correspondent iain watson is in westminister. earlier i asked him if things are looking a bit more stable for the government now. stable, i think, stable, ithink, is stable, i think, is too strong a word for it. but certainly things are coming down a bit from a very feeble atmosphere westminster during the course of public. why it the calming down? first of all, there has been no formal leadership challenge to theresa may and would require 48 of her own politicians to require 4

but until then, mrs may will try to make it work. downing tools is simply not an option. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. as well as her difficulties at home, theresa may also still needs to get her deal approved in brussels, at a summit where all the other 27 members of the european union will have their say. and it is proving farfrom plain sailing, with spain suggesting the summit may be called off, because of its concerns over gibraltar. adam fleming has the latest. there is a last—minute problem that seems to be getting bigger, and it is in the shape of gibraltar. the last few days the spanish government has been looking for written guarantees about how the final break the deal will apply in gibraltar. in the deal will apply in gibraltar. in the last couple of hours the spanish prime minister has done a news conference in havana, in cuba, where he says he has not yet received those guarantees, and if he doesn't get them, he does not think sunday's plant racks at summit should go ahead. translation: -- racks at summit. regarding gibraltar, let me tell you, i insi

and the odds are still, on balance, against mrs may. she faces a fraught tussle, she appears to have lost her allies in the dup, there is a hard co re allies in the dup, there is a hard core of brexiteers who come what may well vote against the prime minister, and so far there is no sign of labourmps minister, and so far there is no sign of labour mps leading to her rescue. that is what she really needs. she needs to see science, not just of her brexiteer opponents beginning to dissolve, she needs some labour mps to come on board, and so farshe some labour mps to come on board, and so far she hasn‘t got it. so quite possible that she could lose, and then we are into completely unknown territory. norman, thank you. an update on the headlines. m15 admits for the first time that it failed to track the manchester arena bomber, salman abedi. the attacker blew himself up at an ariana grande concert in 2017, killing 22 people. eu and british negotiators agree on a 26—page declaration on britain‘s future relationship with europe . the wif

what compounds mrs may's difficulties is not just what compounds mrs may's difficulties is notjust the large number of ardent brexiteers on her backbenchers but within cabinet there are signs of considerable disquiet about the way this agreement might be going. last night liam fox held another meeting for some of the more hardline brexiteers in cabinet to discuss their strategy. my senses at the moment, there is no clear move to, as it were, revolt against mrs may's plans but there is a good deal of anxiety and trepidation and nervousness. i think we will get a sense of certainly the parliamentary difficulties mrs may could face, because later today there is likely to bea because later today there is likely to be a vote in parliament where we could see labour mps and possibly tory brexiteers siding together to try to force the government to publish its legal advice. shami chakrabarti, publish its legal advice. shami chakra barti, the shadow publish its legal advice. shami chakrabarti, the shadow attorney general, this morning urged mps are all sides to bacca labour in their motion. i t

mrs may is trying to convince them to back herfinal position in time for a possible eu summit later this month. more than 220 people remain unaccounted for as wildfires continue to burn in california. the number of people known to have died has risen to 31 following the discovery of six more bodies. it means the wildfires have killed as many people as the state's previous most deadly blaze. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, will press the saudi authorities about the murder ofjamal khashoggi during a visit to the country today. he'll urge them to cooperate fully with the turkish investigation and warn that it is unacceptable that the circumstances surrounding mr khashoggi's murder in istanbul six weeks ago still remain unclear. an investigation by the bbc‘s panorama programme has found the average rent arrears for council tenants on universal credit are two—and—a—half times higher than for tenants who still receive the old housing benefit. the chancellor announced extra money for universal credit in his budget last month to counter warnings that moving onto the all—in—one be

that was his charge against mrs. may. mr. corbyn: this document could have been written twoears ago. it is peppered with p"tases like parties will explore." what on earth has the government been doing the last two years? reporter: brexiteers hated the idea of being stuck in a close customs relationship under the so-called backstop plan. >> we have a horror of being in the customs union. the horrorre of northernnd under a different regime. reporter: and a potential leadership contender piled in. >> we should junk forthwith the backstop upon which the future economic partnership is to be based. reporter: the prime minister met her austrian counterpart today. getting an agreement in europe has been hard, but that looks like being the easy bit. kasia: let's get reaction from the european union. gavin lee has more. gavin: theresa may talked about the brexit divorce deal being in her grasp. they could sig that deal off with the eu, and across the water, it is starting to feel like it because today the political declaration of the f

well well as i understand it mrs may is in the british prime minister mrs may is in brussels going to see mr you. explaining to him he's a very intelligent man by the way he gets a bad press explaining to him that the deal as it's presently constituted will not get through the british house of commons and therefore can he please make some sort of adjustments to enable him to do say sorry to enable her to do so. now having said all that that's the context now the european union has got a terrible terrible record of being completely rejected completely intransigent and completely unhelpful to member states where the party members say but all member states which have got problems we're seeing that with its lead now and i suspect that yet again this is way is going to come away with absolutely nothing. and then there will be a no deal no i rather favor no deal which isn't a no deal it's a deal on the world trade organization rules because you can ask me about that a little bit later on what happens if it doesn't go through that first time around well it be the fall off to resume well. you

well well as i understand it mrs may is in the british prime minister mrs may is in brussels going to see mr you. explaining to him he's a very intelligent man by the way he gets a bad press explaining to him that the deal as it's presently constituted will not get through the british house of commons and therefore can he please make some sort of adjustments to enable him to do say. sorry to enable her to do so. now having said all that.

until then, mrs may will try to make it work. downing tools is simply not an option. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. here's adam fleming with the view from brussels, on what many in the eu consider a done deal. that seals the terms of the divorce deal, and a separate political diaper —— declaration much shorter, which sketches out the shape of the future relationship. they're the package that eu leaders will be endorsing and approving on sunday in a special summit here in brussels. as far as the eu is concerned, those documents are closed, never to be reopened. certainly not reopen by theresa may when she comes to brussels tomorrow, she will be seeing the president of the european commission, and donald tusk, who chairs the summit. also not reopen by the spanish government who want them to between eight to provide reassurance to the spanish people that the brexit process will not change the permanent status of gibraltar on the southern tip of spain. so what happens now behind the scenes this loss of efforts to find a way to make the spanish by minister happy

was your immediate reaction to what mrs may was saying ?|j was your immediate reaction to what mrs may was saying? i think three parts, really. two good and one less good. good to hear the prime minister talk about a partnership with business, which echoes many of our themes. we need that for the future. also good to hear her echoing the points about the progress that has been made on brexit. the fact we have finally after 20 months a proposal on the table that makes no deal almost impossible. it takes it off the table if we get that through parliament. but the part that is less welcome for business and where we have a real difference of opinion is on immigration policy. it is a real opportunity for this country but it's also a great responsibility. the idea that we should block off the flow of low skilled labour to our country at a time when we have nearly full employment is, we think, a misstep and we would like to reopen the conversation. villa gordon, immigration, where you get your tale nt immigration, where you get your talent from, y

that was his charge against mrs may. this empty document could have been written two years ago. it's peppered with phrases such as, the parties will look at. the parties will explore. what on earth has the government been doing for the last two years? brexiteers hated the idea of being stuck in a close customs relationship under the so—called backstop plan. if a trade deal takes too long. we have the horror of being in the customs union, the horror of northern ireland being split off under a different regime. and a potential leadership contender piled in. we should junk forthwith the backstop, upon which the future economic partnership, according to this political declaration, is to be based. the prime minister met her austrian counterpart the day, getting agreement in europe has been hard. but that looks like being the easy bit. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. joining me now from brussels is the bbc‘s gavin lee. this has been given to the sherpas and ministers today and the leaders will get chance to look at over the next 48 hours. what do you think will happen on sund