toa to a referendum of aslef subject to a referendum of aslef members, the dispute between aslef and southern is over. on behalf of myself and andy meadows, i would like to thank the negotiating teams from both parties to this dispute. they have worked long and hard to achieve this breakthrough. in particular, we want to place on record our appreciation for the constructive leadership shown by nick brown and mick whelan throughout these talks. we recognise that this long—running dispute has been extraordinarily difficult for everyone, including four passengers and for those staff involved. we are glad the parties have negotiated an agreement that not only provides a sound basis on which to resolve their dispute, but also to this poor —— to restore good industrial relations for the future. joining me now is claudia sermbezis who is at brighton station. finally, it seems some good news for

hard—pressed finally, it seems some good news for ha rd—pressed commuters were finally, it seems some good news for hard—pressed commuters were you are? yes. that's right. commuters i have spoken to this evening say they are tentatively optimistic that this might see an end to the months and months of misery that they have been through. just trying to get to work. it began in april with the rmt beginning there are strikes, the aslef drivers joined in beginning there are strikes, the aslef driversjoined in december. commuters have been telling me about how difficult their lives have become. one—man i spoke to earlier isa become. one—man i spoke to earlier is a teacher in his first year. he says he is regularly late for work. you can imagine the impression that is making on his pupils. another man said he and his wife are barely seen each other at the moment. she has to regularly stay overnight with friends in london. he said it'sjust as well they don't have children,

otherwise their lives would be even more ridiculous and unmanageable. businesses have been hugely affected. at the station, the pub has closed down. they had a sign in the window that said it was because of strike action. a couple of women on the station concourse ran a porridge van. they had been here for three years. they closed at christmas. again, blaming the strike action. you can see it's notjust commuters who have been affected, but also businesses as well. thank you. we should add that the rmt union has not reached a deal, so that could be potential strike action in the future. let's return to the news that the brexit secretary david davis has set out the government's negotiating strategy for the uk's withdrawal from the eu in a keenly—awaited white paper. i'm joined from our westminster studio by henry newman, who is the director of the think tank open europe, which took no position on the referendum.

thank you for being with us. worry we re thank you for being with us. worry were impressed by the white paper?” was. it was an important step forward for the government. the town was careful. spoke about partnership for the european union as well as exiting the european union. but it had to be a very forward—looking, open document, in the sense that it needed to appeal notjust to those 27 other countries who we had to do a deal with, but also to the 48% who didn't vote for this. absolutely. the prime minister reiterated many excellent points from her recent speech. for the victor to be magnanimous, but also those who did not win that we were now going to leave the european union. the white paper itself give more detail about the 12 points she outlined in that speech back a few weeks ago. and also provided a lot of facts,

figures and baked behind some of those points. —— data. figures and baked behind some of those points. -- data. immigration has to be under the control of the british parliament and british courts. but we are looking for a special kind of deal that means access to the single market, for certain industries like finance and cars. it sounds as if we want to have our cake and eat it. the prime minister is a strong position. domestic way, she has united the behind her. the conservative party have been the ones divided over europe, but now we are seeing the divisions are in labour, so it is a return to the 19705. she will obviously make certain demands. she has strong cards. the european union will be looking to get many things from us as well. qc the divisions

are focused on the labour party, but is that the case? there is no commitment unilaterally in this white paper to give eu citizens already hear the automatic right to stay on. that upset a lot of tory mp5. stay on. that upset a lot of tory mps. i'm not saying there is no division on the conservative side, but yesterday only one conservative member of parliament voted against the second reading of the article 50 bill. what that bill is simply about is whether the government has the power to trigger the start of the negotiation process. it's not about the overall negotiation strategy. some conservatives would agree with the labour party on their point today that they want to scrutinise and analyse the deal as it goes through. people just want to be able to look at this yet and when a deal has been struck with the european union, they want to be able to plot the course this thing right the way

through. do you think that's fair? there's a balance to strike. the government should be open and clear about what it's trying to achieve, but our view is the prime minister has already been about as open as it is reasonable to expect to be at this stage in negotiations. the eu has said there can be no negotiation until article 50 is triggered. we think it is important the government has the space and ability to get on with the negotiations and the prime minister is right to say that she has to keep some of her cards close to her chest. thank you. a transgender teenager is suing his former school for discrimination. the 16 year old claims he was effectively excluded by hereford cathedral school after being refused permission to wear a boy's uniform. the school admits it was "inadequately prepared" to meet his needs, but says the pupil

left before any final decisions were made. elizabeth glinka reports. in 2013, i was coming to terms with these feelings that my body was not per i wanted it to be. every day was a struggle, looking in the mirror or in the shower. i felt everything was against me and i didn't know i. it is kind of like chinese torture where it just keeps is kind of like chinese torture where itjust keeps dripping and dripping. eventually, it puts a hole in your head. it builds up and it makes you feel worse every time. in your head. it builds up and it makes you feel worse every timem took aidan more than two years to tell anyone. although aidan had the backing of his mother and doctor, the family say the school was not

supportive. the school were appalling. be made my child out to bea appalling. be made my child out to be a freak. they said, in order to allow him to be ahem, they would have to consult all the stakeholders, the board of governors, the teachers, parents, pupil body, with regard to my child. he was last on the list of considerations. at times, i had suicidal thoughts. it felt like the world was against me apart from my mother. the specific issue concerned aidan wanting to wear a boys uniform. the headteacher said that younger children might be confused. in september 2015, she withdrew aidan from the school and took legal action under the equalities act.

nobody from the school was available for comment. in a statement, they said they continued happiness and well—being of students was a top priority. they say they cannot discuss this whilst legal proceedings are open. in the last number of years, the number of children referred to the nhs for gender dysphoria has increased.” feel it is only natural that schools would learn to at least be accepting of people who are going through this. they are already suffering enough. i would this. they are already suffering enough. iwould know. president trump and australian prime minister malcolm turnbull are reported to have had a less than diplomatic telephone conversation about resettling refugees. it was about a deal — signed by president obama — to move illegal immigrants from australia to america

for resettlement. ijust i just wanted to ask a question, why? it could be 2000 or more. i just said why? why are we doing this? what is the purpose? we will see what happens. previous administration has said something andi administration has said something and i have to respect that. but i can also say, why are we doing this? that is why we are in the jams that we are in. 100 days is coming up in five minutes. now the weather. the weather system today has

certainly caused issues in the west. you can see the cloud spiralling in the west. this is still developing. we have distinct areas of low pressure. this is giving a real squeeze in the wind. some huge waves because of severe gales. in contrast, this is the north sea on the east. much calmer. windy throughout, but there is a squeeze up throughout, but there is a squeeze up through the irish sea. could be a fairly windy evening. winds under the cloud through the night are holding the up the most part. not a bad start to our friday, after we

have been talking about this storm. initially in the south and west, it could be quite wet and windy. temperatures are not as high. billing in colder air. gusts of wind, potentially 50—70 mph. 50 mph can bring down leaves and trees. windy for southeastern areas than today. it is likely to bring wet weather to the south and east. for many other areas, northern ireland, much of wales, northern and western england, a decent day. a chilly start in some places. low—pressure

could come close to scotland. but on balance it could remain in the north sea. there is the chance we will see some weather systems running along the south coast, again just posing the south coast, again just posing the risk of more persistent rain at times. plenty going on. day—to—day details will be fine tuning. looks like it will continue to be windy this evening. freezing, where's my cappuccino? it's expensive, there's water in the tap. why are you being so stingy, seriously? well, this is all to do with tonight's guest. he is playing a money pinching miser on stage. does he know we live? i'm herel'm chris rhys does he know we live? i'm herel'm chris rhstones. cheering

-- griff rhys jones. wellcome, griff. you have a moustache. what do you think? nothing miserly about my moustache. don't break it, that's the most important thing. it's so big. when it came out, i was surprised myself. this is the genius of wax bust years ago, i used to grow them when i was in a ie you like having my own moustache. nothing more embarrassing than you gesture and you asked stuck on moustache flies off. hello and welcome to 100 days. nothing is off the table, president trump warns iran as he puts it on notice. words for friends as well. australia blasted for what he calls a domvo refugee deal. iran is water after flying a rustic missile but

iran hits back warning it will keep up iran hits back warning it will keep up its ballistic missile activity and says mrtrump up its ballistic missile activity and says mr trump is ranting. australia isn't happy after reports ofa australia isn't happy after reports of a bad—tempered phone call with the new us president. we are taking advantage of by every nation in the world. it is not going to happen any more. the us military admits civilians were likely killed during a special forces raid civilians were likely killed during a specialforces raid in yemen, so