back here at westminster the prime minister faced here at westminster the prime ministerfaced a here at westminster the prime minister faced a rough here at westminster the prime ministerfaced a rough ride at prime minister's questions in the house of commons earlier today, getting hostile questions from notjust opposition benches and jeremy corbyn but members of her own as well. the now former work and pensions secretary esther mcvey who resigned from the cabinet last week over the prime minister's brexit deal with dudley asked her whether the uk will in fact definitely leave the eu on the 29th of march 2019 and the prime minister responded it definitely would. nevertheless there was pressure from all sides about an agreement which she has reached with brussels which has not gone down very well in any quarters here at westminster. for the moment thank you very much. jonathan blake or political correspondent with the latest from westminster. now the latest from westminster. now the latest weather from darren bett. good evening. it didn't seem cold for most of us today but a dusting o

westminster. 0bviously taken hold now. and i'm surrounded by people taking photographs of it. as they will be at some the other 1400 deakin sites. this has been a huge project for yea rs this has been a huge project for years in the making, simultaneous lighting of beacons across the uk, across the overseas territories. 1400 in total. in london, you might hear bells ringing. commemorating the armistice of 100 years ago. counted criers, almost joined the armistice of 100 years ago. counted criers, almostjoined your time criers, will be getting their message in towns and cities across the united kingdom. —— town criers, almost 200 town criers. the finale of the commemoration weekend here in london was the service here at westminster abbey, attended by the queen, the prince of wales, the duke and duchess of cambridge, the duke of sussex and the duchess of sussex. the queen and the president of germany, a handshake at the end, commemoration. they also laid flowers at the grave of the unknown warrior, as did children from a

events on a momentous day in westminster. westminster. no—confidence and what jacob rees—mogg did, hasn't materialised. rees—mogg did, hasn't materialised. expertise and insight we had about what was going on in westminster. what was going on in westminster. concerned about with the bbc‘s political coverage. political coverage. audience about what the policies are. are. and on brexit, it matters more than ever. than ever. that is why we've taken a lot of steps. lot of steps. explaining what they are talking about? about? has been at the four, it's really hard. hard. otherwise the coverage makes no sense. no sense. the arguments over someone's career or who is in all who is out. or who is in all who is out. we are doing, we have landed on the right place. thank you. on the agenda on last sunday's andrew marr show. andrew marr show. their spiky exchange with shadow attorney general. attorney general. i can't understand why you want to leave the eu. why you want to leave the eu. i don't want to leave the eu. i'm a democr

john pienaar in his first report, which was based around westminster, but he did a piece to camera way he underlined those key points and also give a brief assessment of where they stand politically and then again, after that piece, we had a reporter taking is through the documents from brussels, looking at is from a three eu perspective. what people felt about the coverage of, the bbc seems far more obsessed with the personality prospects and gave that far too much attention. what ever else you did. i would disagree, of course: we understand that is tension between reporting what people might regard as the punch and judy politics of westminster and explaining what are in these documents which is about the future of the uk and how it runs itself. at the same time, they were high—profile resignations, the brexit secretary, the person who has been negotiating this stuff resigned. that is a serious political story. they will ever cabinet resignations and the resignations and we have two reports that. there was also a move by some of the conservative brexiteer group to announce they were

there will be a service at westminster abbey. let's speak to oui’ westminster abbey. let's speak to our correspondent sarah campbell who is there for us now. talk us through what we can expect. this is the common nation of these events which has been held over the weekend, and as you say, they have been attended by senior members of the royal family. we have just by senior members of the royal family. we havejust seen by senior members of the royal family. we have just seen all of the light bulbs flashing as prince harry arrived and they will be joined in westminster abbey by the queen, the prince of wales and by prince william and the duchess of cambridge. there are 2000 members of the congregation, and these are people who have been specially invited because they have taken part in projects over the last four years and have been heavily involved with projects. i was speaking with a few people this afternoon whose relatives died in the first world war, and as you have as well, and a lwa ys war, and as you have as well, and always very powerful stories and moving mome

iam i am live in westminster. in the last half an hour, jacob rees—mogg has submitted a letter of no confidence in theresa may's leadership, saying her draft brexit‘s deal turned out to be worse unexpected. it comes after a morning of the dramatic events here at westminster, where theresa may's d raft westminster, where theresa may's draft brexit deal provoked the resignation of two ministers. dominic raab quit, saying the agreement with the eu had fatal flaws and threaten the integrity of the uk. he was followed shortly afterwards by esther mcvey, and several ministers who does resign. mrs mae defended her deal in the commons and medicine of criticism from all sides of the house. she hadn't resigned, but she has now. esther mcvey became the second cabinet minister to walk out over the brexit divorce deal. she followed the man in charge of the brexit talks out of government. dominic raab, now the second brexit secretary to quit the job, saying he couldn't support what was now on the table. the terms proposed t

than joining us now from westminster is d.w. correspondent barbara vessel so barbara i think it's safe to say that he has had a rather difficult week she says so herself in a t.v. interview today and she also of course continued to defend her breaks the deal how does she come across. or she comes across as a woman who is signed it didn't determine to fight to call the last week for her rather difficult week of course is the understatement of the day it's been me it's been completed dr king used to divide to reason me to get this interview that she would not step away that she would push this deal through and she demanded from her opponents in that group so far enemy to follow her unless there was a stretch imply. let's hear what the prime minister has to say. you know change of leadership at this point isn't going to make a negotiations any easier and it's not going to change the parliamentary arithmetic what it will do what it will do is bring in a degree of uncertainty that's uncertainty for people. what it will do is mean tha

welcome to westminster. theresa may has insisted that she will see brexit through and that she has set out the right course for the country. it's been a day of intense political pressure since the draft agreement was published yesterday with four ministers resigning. let's have a look back at how we got to this point... yesterday the uk and the eu presented its draft agrement for britain's withdrawal — which included provisions for a transition period and ‘backstop‘ while a trade deal is negotiated. in response, brexit secretary dominic raab quit this morning, followed by esther mcvey and two other ministers. theresa may defended her deal in the house of commons and was on her feet for three hours taking questions, some critical, from all parties. leading eurosceptic mp, jacob rees—mogg, submitted a letter of no—confidence in theresa may's leadership saying her draft brexit deal ‘had turned out to be worse than expected'. theresa may then held a press conference, where she said she would see brex

we‘ll have more from westminster later, but now, back to you, ben. let‘s examine a bit more detailfor you, ben. let‘s examine a bit more detail for you with the key elements of that draft brexit agreement that the prime minister has signed up to and our reality check correspondent chris morris is here with me now. amidst all the political turbulence, the draft withdrawal agreement remains the same, a serious, hefty legal document that sets out the terms on which we leave the european union studies everyone approves it, a bigger if by the day, it means among a host of other things over the time the uk will pay at least £39 billion to the eu to settle all its financial obligations. it sets out basic rights in the future for eu citizens of the uk and brits elsewhere in europe, protecting their residents from social security rights but leaving other questions unanswered. there will also be a transition period after brexit, when all the rules will stay the same. that will last until the end of 2020. it could be extended maybe for up 2020. it could be

it is a friendly in the football but a political crisis at westminster. i care not a jot whether it happens or not but it is brilliant tv. today player after player in theresa may's team have been quitting their positions, many saying it is the arrangements for the irish border that they can no longer support. that is the relationship between these two sides that is continuing to define brexit. no sound joining us now is henry newman, director of open europe. he has spent the day looking through 585 pa g es he has spent the day looking through 585 pages of the agreement. which parts of it do you like? while we we re parts of it do you like? while we were off air you were telling me that you don't like the political declaration because you don't think there is enough in it. six and a half pages, very, very thin. half a sentence bullet points in places. we expected much more. it is two and a half years since the referendum. we should stress this is about the future relationship. that is quite crucial because the concern is if we don't know how we can get to

barbara vai's all reporting for us from westminster thank you. in tennis alexander it's very stunned a world number one of a joke of edge to win the season ending a.t.p. finals in london the clear favorite joke of its hadn't dropped a set or service game in the entire tournament before sunday's final but he was no match for his fair of there because of the first german to win the prestigious tournament since boris becker in one thousand nine hundred five. alexander to serve was hoisted confidence and it showed in the opening stages. after breaking novak djokovic to serve third still to six full victory in the all important first set. her third. he turned on the stall in the second set with a delightful all right shots. saving his best for last. i thought. believing evidence obviously biggest. first of all i want to know about the great week again not only this week but you know how you play the second of this year we maybe never seen it before i mean you barely lost the match i'm actually very faithful you don't want to me today. the death of hig

, by westminster and by the european parliamentlj we know, by westminster and by the european parliament. i think what i would emphasise is that while we are concentrating on what is happening in westminster at the moment, there's cabinet meeting israeli standing at the crossroads is that plots its way forward outside of the european union. —— is really standing. it is also having a huge being on the european union. if there's cabinet is content we move on to the house of commons and we will see if that supports the deal outlined. if the cabinet were to say no, suddenly very european union is much less certain about its future as well. but as an appetite in brussels for brexit to be resolved. the eu is facing challenges and if the cabinet comes back and says no, some people here in brussels will certainly be disappointed. a very good points, thank you very much. that was the latest from brussels. 0ne one of the key issues in brussels as we heard there, is the question of how to avoid a customs border for northern ireland. but it also presents questions for the people in northern irel

one was outside westminster abbey where sarah campbell give us this update. iam sarah campbell give us this update. i am surrounded by people taking photographs of it as they will be at some of the moo eight in sites. this has been a huge roger, four yea rs this has been a huge roger, four years in the making. this is across the uk, across the overseas territories of the uk, moo in total. outside of london you may well here bells ringing as the valves are from hundreds of churches who are commemorating the great war. almost 200 town crier is will be giving their message in towns and cities across the united kingdom so this is really a project to involve as many people and as many towns and places as possible. the finale of the commemoration weekend, certainly here in london, was the service here in westminster abbey attended by the queen, prince of wales, the duke and duchess of cambridge, the duke and duchess of cambridge, the duke and duchess of cambridge, the duke and duchess of sussex, it was a very moving ceremony. the queen along with the resident of ge

the main battle will be in westminster, where dozens battle will be in westminster, where d oze ns of battle will be in westminster, where dozens of mps from all political parties have indicated that they will vote against this deal. some mightfind will vote against this deal. some might find echoes of project fear, what was dubbed project fear during the referendum campaign, with warnings of economic disaster if the uk parliament votes against this deal. here is what philip hammond had to say on the today programme this morning. i think this deal is a way of britain leaving the european union. we have made that decision, so that is no longer in contention. it is a way of leaving the european union with minimum negative impact on our economy. so the best of a bad deal, is what you are saying? am the chancellor, but economics is not the only consideration. we also have to look at the political healing process, bringing our country back together. as i said before, countries that are disunited and divided are not successful countries. if we want this country to be successful in the futur

and other inspiration was the floor of westminster hall. as i started to take rubbings of the floor, you begin to see just how they are really quite mesmerizing, you got this incredible texture, you get indicators of where other people have won them down over time and those footprints on the steps that have gone through and up the steps leading onto playing different active roles in shaping society, but also the reality that 100 years ago, it was the very fabric of this institution that was preventing women from being able to move forward. so by placing this here in the hall, you have this incredible juxtaposition of what the reality was for women then, and how that has changed, so you get this amazing situation where the melt mps ——female mps are walking beyond this now and they have their active roles here and i really think that it makes it much clearer in people's minds how much has changed in that time. and house of doors is in westminster hall until december the third. that's it from me for now, but dojoin us on bbc parliament her

it is a friendly in the football but a political crisis at westminster. i care not a jot whether it happens or not but it is brilliant tv. today player after player in theresa may's team have been quitting their positions, many saying it is the arrangements for the irish border that they can no longer support. that is the relationship between these two sides that is continuing to define brexit. let's go live to our correspondent who is in dublin. we can keep the footballing analogy going. you are waiting for the match to start and i guess a lot of people are probably more interested in that at the moment than they are with the shenanigans over here. what is the government making of what we are witnessing over here now? i think the irish government is watching very closely what is going on in westminster, and has been since they swore the text of the d raft since they swore the text of the draft deal. i would say they are broadly content and his deputy has been speaking on television in the last few minutes, saying it provides a very good trading basis for

first, i wake up i drama in westminster began with the challenge for journalists. drama in westminster began with the challenge forjournalists. it drama in westminster began with the challenge for journalists. it was clear that something important was about to happen, but no one quite knew what that was. this was high political correspondence chris mason responded on monday morning's brea kfast. responded on monday morning's breakfast. 50, where are we in this brexit process? people like me are paid to have insight and foresight and hindsight about these things and be able to project where we are going to go. to be quite honest, looking at things right now i don't have the foggiest idea what happened in the coming weeks. will the prime minister get a deal with the eu? i don't know. will she get through the commons? i don't know about that either. you might as well get mr blobby back on to offer his analysis because i think his will probably be not as good as mine. don't do yourself down, chris mason! was that an embarrassing admission of defeat oi’ an embarrassing admission of defeat

good evening and welcome to westminster. theresa may has insisted that she will see brexit through and that she has set out the right course for the country. it's been a day of intense political pressure since the draft agreement was published yesterday with four ministers resigning. let's have a look back at how we got to this point... yesterday the uk and the eu presented its draft agrement for britain's withdrawal, which included provisions for a transition period and ‘backstop‘ while a trade deal is negotiated. in response, brexit secretary dominic raab quit this morning, followed by esther mcvey and two other ministers. theresa may defended her deal in the house of commons and was on her feet for three hours taking questions, some critical, from all parties. leading eurosceptic mp, jacob rees—mogg, submitted a letter of no—confidence in theresa may's leadership saying her draft brexit deal ‘had turned out to be worse than expected'. theresa may then held a press conference, where she said she would see brexit

here at the market, westminster, let alone brussels, feels very far away. they seem to be backing the deal because theyjust wa nt backing the deal because theyjust wantan end backing the deal because theyjust want an end to negotiations but will their mps go along with that? i will have more from westminster a little later but for now i will hand you back to clive in the studio. many thanks. a british academic who was jailed on spying charges in the united arab emirates, has been pardoned and could be home tomorrow. matthew hedges was sentenced to life in prison last week. he's always protested his innocence, and his wife says she can't wait for him to come home, after an experience she described, as "a nightmare." there is flash photography in this report from richard galpin. the 31—year—old phd student matthew hedges will be able to return home to britain as soon as formalities are completed after spending months in prison in the united arab emirates. but, despite pardoning him, the uae government went on today to reinforce its message that mr hedges

we will make our own rules in our own parliaments here in westminster and in edinburgh counties and belfast and they will be adjudicated on by u.k. schools and it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the e.u. so we can take full control of our money to spend on priorities including our long term plans the n.h.s. to which we've committed to spending over three hundred ninety four million pounds more per week by twenty twenty three twenty four and just this morning i was able to announce a major new investment in primary and community were three and a half billion pounds a year in real terms by twenty treasury twenty four mr speaker the text we have now agreed would create a new free trade area with the european union with no tyree of speed. charges or quantity of restrictions this will be the first such agreement between the e.u. and any advanced economy in the world which would be good for jobs the e.u. said that the choice was binary norway or canada the political declaration recognizes that there is a spectrum with the extent of our commitments taken into account in deciding the

barbara faisal reporting from westminster many thanks indeed. well as winter ramps up in the northern hemisphere extreme athletes have flocked to oman to compete in grueling desert conditions for a six day marathon the desert marathon began on saturday with a relatively short twenty one kilometer warmup which is aimed at allowing competitors to adjust to the oppressive conditions about one hundred fifty runners start of the race which will be held completely on sand across the gulf of oman to the arabian sea over one hundred sixty five kilometers. you're up to date now on d w news we back again at the top of the hour omarion evans dean from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. climate change. waste. i'm going to turn for. africa projects that are changing the one parliament for the better. or for. b.t.w. .

hello, good morning from westminster and welcome to bbc news at 9am. what and welcome to bbc news at 9am. what a dramatic evening yesterday evening and we face another dramatic day at westminster here today with that crucial cabinet meeting for theresa may coming a little later on. lots of questions certainly to be asked to day. whether we will get answers we will have to see. theresa may faces a crunch cabinet meeting later as she tries to win colleagues‘ support for the draft brexit agreement she has brokered between the uk and eu. she faces opposition from all sides. senior ministers are being briefed individually — and will gather in downing street at 2pm this afternoon — amid calls to reject the draft from both senior brexiteers and some remain supporters. the dup says it won't vote for what it says is a humiliating deal. we will be talking to the dup's brexit spokesman sammy wilson in just a few minutes. the actual document has not yet been released — but let's have a look at the main points we believe are in it, although they have not be

here's a brief look at some other news from around westminster. a minister's advice to families hit by the benefits cap — a limit on how much state support households can receive — didn't go down well at the work and pensions committee. some will have made other changes, including in their housing costs. whether that is either moving or renegotiating what they are rental housing costs are. or they could have taken in a lodger. taking a lodger? these are large families. there is often three children in one bedroom. how are they going to take on a lodger? the future of post offices dominated questions to business ministers on tuesday. for 134 years, wigan post office has been the anchor of our high street and the beating heart of our community. it has survived two world wars, one global financial crisis, why can't it survive eight years of tory government? thank you, mr speaker, and as i have said repeatedly, we're not closing post offices. if in her particular constituency, if she does have a particular problem, i am more than happy to hear her

this evening a national service of remembrance was held in westminster abbey. in paris, around 70 world leaders including president trump and vladimir putin gathered to pay their respects that the dead, in all, 20 million people lost their lives in the war. we will be reporting from paris ina the war. we will be reporting from paris in a moment, but first, we look at how written remembered the end of world war i. in the field of remembrance by westminster abbey sit the crosses left by families with their messages of thanks stretching back across the generations. tonight, within the abbey, at its place of honour by the great west door, the queen and the president of germany stood side by side while their flowers were laid at the grave of an unknown british soldier who died on the battlefields of the great war. it was a conflict in which many millions from many nations died, nearly1 million of them were british. it ended on this day, 100 years ago, with the armistice, described in the memoir of private john jackson. we fought on till the last minute, till on the

that it deal, and a consensus in westminster thatitis deal, and a consensus in westminster that it is a very, very flawed agreement. there are howls of protest in parliament, waiting for the prime minister when she returns there tomorrow. and it is a compromise. we are leaving, but we are still close in many ways to the eu, even though crucially for theresa may, the uk does take back ownership of its own immigration policy big brother eu immigration to and from the uk. but the third thing of course is this has to get past mps, and the way the numbers look right now, it's very, very hard to see right now, it's very, very hard to see how the numbers will actually stack up, although we must emphasise we can't tonight imagine ourselves into the minds of more than 600 individuals who will have to make their minds up in parliament in two and a half weeks' time. we just can't know, even though right now the odds do not look good for theresa may, in terms of being able to get this through parliament. but there is something else here. since she lost the tory majority, that personal disaster fo

we'll be live in westminster and belfast, where the prime minister arrives this afternoon. also this lunchtime.... home at last — the british academic, released from jail in the united arab emirates, thanks his wife for helping win his freedom. a bus company is fined more than £2 million for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed two people. are rescued in the channel as they try to make it to the british coast. and a postcard from mars — nasa's latest probe sends back its first picture of the red planet. and coming up on bbc news, former england rugby union international sam burgess has blamed what he calls individual egos and selfish players for their early exit from the last world cup. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister has insisted that the uk will be able to strike trade deals around the world after brexit. it comes after president trump suggested the withdrawal agreement sounded like a "great deal for the eu" and might hamper a future trade deal between the us and the uk. in another blow for mrs may, the former defence secr

westminster studio and speak westminster studio and speak westminster studio and speak are westminster studio and speak are grateful westminster studio and speak are grateful for westminster studio and speak are grateful for your westminster studio and speak are grateful for your westminster studio and speak are grateful for your us we are grateful for your time. tell us more we are grateful for your time. tell us more about it. just two studies have taken place. flasher, to confirm this perception, video the armed forces is positive. the images of bravery, stoicism and leadership and teamwork, all there but when you probe a bit further, there is a concern that nine tenths of our population believe that if you serve somehow you might come away damaged by that service and we really need to change that perception and that is what i'm hoping to do because 90% of those who serve armed forces when they leave, they actually are back in work or education without a problem. some of course do require support through no fault of their own, and we have support systems in place to provide that sup

charlie is in westminster for us. he will be speaking with the brexit secretary keir starmer in the next 15 minutes. eight more bodies have been found in the town of paradise in northern california, which was destroyed by a wildfire last week. a total of 56 people are now known to have died there, but a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. the director of the us emergency agency says the town will need a "total rebuild" that will take several years. staff shortages in the nhs in england are set to more than double by 2030 according to three leading think tanks. researchers from the kings fund, nuffield trust and the health foundation are warning of a shortfall of almost 250,000 staff. they say workforce challenges are now a "greater threat to health services than funding challenges". a department of health spokesperson said workforce planning will be at the heart of the nhs long—term plan. a bbc investigation has revealed that authorities made more than 46,000 calls to schools in england and wales in the l

iain watson, in westminster. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster, john stapleton, and kate proctor, who's a political correspondent at the london evening standard. amidst all the political turmoil, many businesses say they're continuing to plan for a no deal brexit. the european aircraft manufacturer, airbus, has become the latest organisation to say it is working on the basis that britain will leave the eu without an agreement. and nearly three quarters of the uk's pharmaceutical imports come from elsewhere in the eu — this morning theresa may said she is among those who depend on such supplies, because she is diabetic. so how are companies planning to keep medicines coming into the uk if we leave the eu abruptly? our health correspondent catherine burns has been finding out. medication might not seem like the biggest brexit issue but for many patients it is vit

the calm away from westminster. goods arriving on a routine crossing. normandy to portsmouth in six hours. everyone, whatever their politics, wants goods to continue to roll off and on these boats with ease after brexit. tonight, those running the port, listening carefully to her every word. cautiously encouraged by the prime minister's draft deal. the most important point that she made during her speech, i think, was about the importance ofjust in time manufacturing, and the businesses that rely on us and the hauliers that rely on companies like brittany ferries to transport goods seamlessly between two countries. but things are still anything but clear. business needs certainty. our customers need certainty, that's passengers and freight. and i think the country needs certainty. we need to give people the opportunity to plan for the future, to plan with confidence. until there is clarity, until this deal is ratified, you know, we will continue to prepare for a worst—case scenario, and a no—deal scenario. hundreds of lorries cross into europe from

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. ministers from the remaining 27 eu states, have backed the draft withdrawal deal, at a meeting in brussels. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier, says brexit talks are at a decisive moment. here's our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. while the arguments rage in the uk, in brussels the eu's 27 other countries are moving ahead. ministers meeting today to green light the deal reached last week. translation: we all agree this is very good news, we all made really a big effort to get this far. the 27 countries have been aspects spectacle as they can. now we're waiting to see if the uk will accept it and we can move forward. here, there was no appetite for reopening negotiations with theresa may. this is the best she'll get? the best after so many months of negotiations and now we need to go further. are you worried the brexit deal will not survive this week, or maybe mrs may will not survive? here it will survive, we are waiting for the same situation in london. the eu believes

the chaos in westminster has thrown the future of the deal into doubt — just hours after it was revealed. we will take a look at the deal in more detail in a moment — first lets cross to singapore where rico is looking at the currency markets. what do international investors make of what's going on in the uk? at this point, they are still very nervous about developments taking place in the uk and as you can see right now, in regional trade, the british pound remains under pressure after the currency suffered a rock fall overnight on fears the country could crash out of the european union without a divorce deal. the dollar and the yen are benefiting from this deepening crisis by minister theresa may after the resignation of key ministers and this has left the sterling very vulnerable to further losses. a foreign exchange analyst said political troubles are never good for the currency but in the case of the uk, the pound could drop to about one pound 25 versus the dollar on the prospect of no deal brexit leadership challenge and slower growth. investors a re leadership challenge and slow

it's a bit drizzly and westminster. ray, a bit drizzly and westminster. ray, a bit drizzly and westminster. ray, a bit murky. what would you need perhaps, perhaps a good stiff drink. ben is in a brewery. he is in the perfect place. perfect. not sure what else you could organise. it is telling. it's certainly not brexit. we are in attenborough and what you are seeing there is malt, the first part of the process. with me is ewan. this is the spent grain from the brewing process , the spent grain from the brewing process, what we used to extract sugar to turn into alcohol a terse which will get sent to a farmer to be used as cattle feed. it smells amazing. i wish everybody at home could smell it. the reason we are bothering you is to work out what that brexit deal means for everyone. what have you heard? there is a little bit of throwing spaghetti at the wall at the moment, which i am not that keen on personally. seeing over the next few days how it is going to pan out will be quite exciting. i love the food analogy. nice to see you. let me show you around.

an extraordinary few daysin westminster. an extraordinary few days in british politics, i‘m sure you‘ll all agree. the prime minister has been plugging away this morning defending her brexit deal with brussels after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of that draft brexit deal. the environment secretary, michael gove, is understood to be considering whether he should become the latest cabinet minister to resign from the government, after rejecting the prime minister‘s offer to make him brexit secretary. the bbc understands that mr gove told her he would take the job only if he was allowed to try to negotiate an improved withdrawal deal with the eu. this despite continuing speculation about the future of other cabinet ministers who campaigned to leave the eu, and the strength of opposition to the draft agreement across the commons chamber, after theresa may has insisted she will press ahead with trying to get it through parliament. theresa may has defended her deal on lbc radio. this is not the de

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the chief constable of northern ireland has rejected claims that threats to security at the border with the republic, are being exaggerated. concerns have been raised that any new checkpoint could be targeted by paramilitaries, and that political uncertainty could generate tensions amongst republicans or loyalists. our ireland correspondent chris page begins his exclusive report on patrol with an officer based in the south of county armagh. six zero, six zero. two boys made off in a van across the border, windscreen smashed. they have got proof they've taken drugs. on the uk's only land frontier, police are on the front line. officers routinely patrol in a convoy of four armoured cars. they are conscious of the risk of being rammed or trapped on narrow roads by cross—border criminals. crime gangs and individuals use the border as a way of evading capture by police. we have good cooperation with our colleagues in the south, but we cannot cross the border because we're carrying firear

let's go to westminster and philippa thomas. good morning, samantha. yes, theresa may has already started her pr tour. she has a very clear message, doesn't she? she says this deal will allow britain to take control of its borders, it's money and its laws. no matter that other people are saying, critics are saying, it means we still need to take rules from the eu while we are in the customs union. other critics are saying this will really damage the british economy. she says this is what the people of reason voted for in that referendum in 2016. -- reason voted for in that referendum in 2016. —— people of britain. so she now has to try to get a deal through parliament, through westminster, and in the coming hours we are going to hear a lot of debate back and forth about whether that is possible. because already some of her own mps as well as opposition mps have said they are not going to back this. alex forsyth has more. theresa may a right turn yesterday with the ink fresh on the deal that will take us out of the eu. in brussels, she got the backi

guy: coming up we will have more from westminster. theresa may's leadership challenge, we will talk about that. there are an army of progress brexitrdliners -- pro- hardliners mobilizing against this. we will speak to a member of the treasury select committee. that conversation on bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: time for the bloomberg "quick take," where we provide context and background on issues of interest. we are looking at california wildfires and the responsibility utilities have there. in northern and southern parts of the state. the camp fire was reported minutes after a nearby pg&e transmission line went out in high winds. in the woolsey fire near los angeles, a utility owner said a power outage occurred near suspected starting point, raising suspicions that an electrical spark may have been the cause. under california law utilities can be held liable for fires caused by their government even if they did everything according to code. pg&e push to reform the system but lawmakers could not agree how. they passed a law to help utilities

we will return to westminster shortly. but we will also look at business and what this draft withdrawal agreement is and what it means for business and for trade. all that coming later in the programme. let's focus on another critical story on the global stage. the planned repatriation of rohingya muslims back to myanmar is in doubt. bangladesh had begun preparations to repatriate an initial group of rohingya muslims to myanmar, in line with a bilateral plan agreed on by the two governments in october. but bangladesh's refugee commissioner said none wanted to return and that they would not be forced to go. nick beake joins me from rakhine state in myanmar. this is terribly complicated and it is not surprising at all to hear that these refugees do not want to return? this is a complete mess, this process. this morning we are in rakhine state and what constituted as genocide by some are few miles of way. we are not allowed to get any closer to it. the first of the rohingya reprint —— repatriation was met by alarm i rohin

but for this weekend at least, the focus is turning away from here at westminster, away from flooding the deal domestically, and the prime minister hops over the channel instead, to ensure that the eu is fully signed up to it. mrs may heads for brussels later to meet two of the biggies of that city — the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, and the european council president, donald tusk. and then tomorrow, it is showtime, as european leaders gather for the big brexit summit. but spain wants more reassurance about gibraltar. translation: regarding gibraltar, let me tell you, i insist that the guarantees are not enough, and therefore spain maintains its veto on the brexit deal. and northern ireland's democratic unionists, who prop up theresa may in downing street, sound like they're threatening to pull the plug on that if the prime minister's plan is not approved by mps. that plan was about delivering on brexit. if this is not going to deliver on brexit, then of course that brings us back to the situation of looking at the confidence and supply agreement, but