this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11:00. theresa may briefs her cabinet on the stalled brexit negotiations — as talks resume with the democratic unionists to try and rescue a deal. we have made a lot of progress over the last weeks, we have made tremendous steps forward, we are tremendously close, but not there yet. parents are warned of the danger of their children using live, online streaming services, after scores of men are arrested in an operation against child sex abuse. train fares in britain will go up by an average of 3.4% from two january — the biggest increase in five years. thousands of people are forced to flee their homes north of los angeles as a fast—moving wildfire rips through the area. also, the winner of the 2017 turner prize, one of the world's most prestigious art competitions, is set to be announced in hull later this evening as part

of its year as city of culture. i think this is like modern art. you can't really see what it is. but, what do the next generation make of this year's entries? we ask a group of primary school students for their verdict. a glimmer of hope for england — as they need 185 runs to win ——181 runs to win the second test in the ashes good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has been briefing her cabinet colleagues about her talks in brussels yesterday, as she faces

to get the brexit negotiations back on track. talks ended without agreement — on the issues the european union wants to be resolved before discussions can move on to trade. the democratic unionist party rejected a proposal that there should be regulatory alignment between northern ireland and the irish republic, to avoid the need for new checks along the irish border. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. yesterday we saw defeat snatched from the jaws of victory, is now a salvage operation? i think the truth is we are now facing a fraught few days as the government tries to repair relations with the dup and get these brexit negotiations back on track. it is by no means a given

that they will succeed, albeit at downing street they were putting the best face on yesterday's breakdown in negotiations. suggesting that the dup had misunderstood the sort of deal they were trying to negotiate and they were not talking about regulatory equivalence across the whole range of border issues, just over a distinct and limited areas covered in the good friday agreement. i have to say, speaking to the dup this morning, they are not convinced by that. nevertheless, the chancellor philip hammond was today talking up the prospects of being able to secure a deal. we have been involved in a very complex negotiation that has been going on for some time. we have made a lot of progress over the last weeks, we have made tremendous steps forward. we are very close, but not there yet. as the prime minister said yesterday, we will have to do some further consultation, some further

discussion today and she expects to come back to brussels later in the week. i have to say, amongst many conservative mps, there appears to bea conservative mps, there appears to be a good deal of sympathy for the dup. this was the former brexit minister david jones. dup. this was the former brexit minister david jones. it was a difficult day, clearly. clear that the dup hadn't been brought entirely on board before the prime and mr left for brussels, but of course we have got several days left —— the prime minister. she will be talking to the dup today and see if we can make progress. why were the dup not fully on board before the prime minister left for brussels?” fully on board before the prime minister left for brussels? i can't say, but it was very important that they should have been aware of every detail of the proposal being put to the european union. it would appear, they say, that they were not aware of those details and of course again it isa of those details and of course again it is a question of clarifying things, today is a good date for talking to them about those things. as if the government didn't have

enough on its plate today, we will have an urgent question in the commons on yesterday's breakdown in the talks, so there will be a dumb an opportunity for ministers to press —— there will be an opportunity to press the ministers on it. do you have sympathy for the dup? very much so. they are a key pa rt dup? very much so. they are a key part for getting the support through, they vote for us and they have done a deal and i find it most extraordinary that no one, none of the officials, exchanged a text with them —— the text with them so that they could see what was happening. they believe very strongly in the united kingdom, backing the belfast agreement with a huge majority saying that northern ireland remained in the uk until there should be a border poll, so northern ireland should adhere to the same rules as the whole of the rest of

the uk. to be clear, you don't think there should be any distinct or separate dealfor there should be any distinct or separate deal for northern ireland? emphatically not. i did look at the figures on your broadcast yesterday, if you look at the statistical research figures for the sales, 66% of northern ireland sales go to great britain, sorry, stay in northern ireland, 5% only 5% go to the order. this is cultural and agricultural product which could easily be sorted with technology. the head of the hmrc under real pressure from remainders really pushing the idea it would be a disaster, saying it would be fine. you clearly believe a deal was on table to have regulatory equivalence between north and south. if you say, no, there is not going to be any

special arrangement... ?|j no, there is not going to be any special arrangement. . . ? i don't know what promises have been made, but it would be completely unacceptable for many in the dup and in our party if there was a separate deal for northern ireland. no one is looking ahead. if we will do trade deals around the world, where economies are growing much faster than europe, we must have the right to do our trade steals and we can't do that while we are in the customs union and the single market. it is impossible to have part of the united kingdom in a different regime. also, who says we don't want to provide better regulation? we might have better and higher regulation standards and compensate farmers accordingly. there are now only eight or nine days left until the uk and soul —— until the u given the gap between the brussels,

northern ireland and westminster position, what other conclusion conclusions that must be reached? no deal is better than a bad deal, it is no good at making endless concessions prior to talks. a number of us and leading businessman and academics said in october that we should give fair warning, but what we would ideally like is zero tariffs, if they wouldn't adhere to that then we will go to a global deal. we shouldn't be frightened of that now. is that your sense of where the likelihood is we will end 7 where the likelihood is we will end up? further concessions on money, all sorts of very bad rumours on the court ofjustice, that it would be like shanghai in the 18th century. we will be in a court way outside our jurisdiction. we will be in a court way outside ourjurisdiction. we will be relaxed here, we have heard from the head of

cussons that that will be doable. what we don't want is for these talks to dribble on and find there is no deal. much the best as they sit down and realise we are sirius and we want to have a reciprocal free trade deal on an tariffs, —— we are serious. we're not going to break the unity of the united kingdom about a very small amount of goods going back and forth over the irish border. come back in december and see if you can talk about trade in those terms. just a reminder, when mrs mae struck that deal with the dup on which her parliamentary majority depends, that was a difficult and protracted process. here, that is only until next thursday at the maximum to reach an agreement. the pressure is really now on mrs mae. —— the prime minister. we are hearing that the shadow

secretary will be asking for a statement on the progress of the brexit process. that will be at 1230. saying that it has been disappointing and blaming the prime minister for the stalling of the process. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is at stormont. the dup are so pivotal here, they hold all the cards, what is their next move? yesterday the music coming out of brussels seem to be very positive, the irish government we re very positive, the irish government were suggesting a deal could be imminentand then were suggesting a deal could be imminent and then very suddenly the centre of gravity switched here to stormont and arlene foster gave that press co nfe re nce stormont and arlene foster gave that press conference saying that the dup we re press conference saying that the dup were not happy about what was being talked about. for the dup, they would say that their position on

this has been very consistent. arlene foster said in her party conference speech the week before last that the dup wouldn't accept anything that significantly set apart northern ireland from the rest of the uk in political or economic terms. they would say that perhaps our position on this shouldn't really have come as a surprise. as regards where it goes from here, the dup are in this position, they have ten and peas sustaining —— ten mps sustaining theresa may in government. they will need to find some new language or phrase in the text to satisfy them. they do not —— big do not know how the circle can be squared with new border controls, not least them wanting to follow the

same regulations as the rest of ireland. yesterday, it was thought that the irish government were the ones with the power of veto who would stymie this deal if anyone was going to, in the end it was the dup. in terms of dublin, what happened there? there has been cabinet meeting in dublin, the irish foreign affairs minister who is also the country's debbie didn't minister had a brief word on his way in and he said that —— deputy minister. he said that —— deputy minister. he said they will continue to work on presentational issues in the text that had been agreed on the irish border, so the key phrase there was about continued regulatory alignment. that seems to have been what worried the dup. exactly what that meant, it perhaps wasn't going to get nailed down until a later point in the brexit negotiations. it was that language that chimed with the dup's concern about there being

some sort of trade barrier. they said the core meaning of that text must remain because the irish government wouldn't be reversing out ofan government wouldn't be reversing out of an agreement that they had secured, they felt, yesterday. their position is not going to change, what with all—rounders map now leave the british government as they try to square the circle in such a powerful position in westminster? thank you. the first minister of scotland, the snp first minister nicholas kurt cammack sturgeon has been tweeting. —— nicola sturgeon. she said... james shaw is in glasgow for us this

morning, james watt is nicola sturgeon‘s game? morning, james watt is nicola sturgeon's game? it's interesting. it isa sturgeon's game? it's interesting. it is a subtle change of position between what she was saying yesterday, essentially her message being if there is a special deal for northern ireland, why can't there be one for scotland, now she is saying perhaps that deal should extend to the whole of the uk and opening up the whole of the uk and opening up the prospect of some sort of alliance between her party the snp, conservatives here in favour of a soft brexit and she is also reaching out to the labour party. we have also heard from ruth davidson, the leader of the conservatives in scotland, she says if regulatory alignment in a number of specific areas is a requirement for a frictionless border, then the prime minister should conclude that this must be on a uk wide basis. in a

way, that is similar to what nicola sturgeon is saying, the idea of a soft brexit deal which encompasses the whole of the uk. as theresa may faces all these difficulties and all these pressures, nicola sturgeon trying to make maximum capital out of it. absolutely right. she would do that, you will hear snp people making the argument that she has done it herself, if scotland was and independent country, it would be similarto independent country, it would be similar to where ireland was, but i think it is interesting. we will hear from nicola think it is interesting. we will hearfrom nicola sturgeon later today, we will hear from labour as well. nicola sturgeon is unveiling her christmas card at noon. she will dou btless her christmas card at noon. she will doubtless use that opportunity to say a bit more about how she thinks this three—dimensional game of chess should work itself out.|j this three—dimensional game of chess should work itself out. i wonder if theresa may is on her christmas card

list. maybe you are! we will see. theresa may has been meeting with her cam on it in downing street —— how cabinet in downing street. it is all quiet. not even a cat on the doorstep. the door is opening at! they were hearing presumably the prime minister trying to explain what went wrong yesterday and watchable do about it. —— what she will do about it. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. theresa may briefs her cabinet on the stalled brexit negotiations — as talks resume with the democratic unionists to try and rescue a deal. parents are warned of the danger of their children using live, online streaming services, after scores of men are arrested in an operation against child sex abuse. train fares in britain will go up by an average of 3.4% from two january — the biggest increase in five years. in sport, england have given

themselves a chance in the second ashes test against australia in adelaide. an unbeaten 67 from captainjoe adelaide. an unbeaten 67 from captain joe root adelaide. an unbeaten 67 from captainjoe root has taken them to 107 to 6-4. it captainjoe root has taken them to 107 to 6—4. it would level the series they won it at 1—1. the international olympic company will decide whether to ban russia from the olympics. nine years later, britain's kelly so that will be awarded a bronze medalfrom britain's kelly so that will be awarded a bronze medal from the 2008 0lympic awarded a bronze medal from the 2008 olympic games. let's look at some of today's other developing stories: parents are being warned about the dangers of live streaming apps, after it emerged paedophiles are increasingly using them to manipulate their victims.

the caution from the national crime agency follows a week—long operation by uk authorities, which led to the arrest of more than 190 people for child sexual abuse. angus crawford reports. hands up all those who have used live streaming? aged 13 and 1a, they know about apps which let children broadcast live from their phones. today, they are talking about how to do it safely. somebody could be trying to take you. the apps are quick to download, easy to use. these pupils could go live in the playground, the street or even their own bedrooms. sometimes it can be quite dangerous because if someone is following someone they don't know, they will be able to see it. like, you don't know who is watching you. the real problem with some of these apps is there is no proper checking of age identification so that means a live streaming service with a 17 rating could be used by children

as young as this or even younger, eight or nine. look at this. a boy and a girl on periscope. now read the comments. we don't want to identify them. she isjust nine. almost 1,000 people are watching and they're mostly adult men. we can't show you the worst of the comments. periscope told us it had zero tolerance for this kind of behaviour but we found it on other apps too and for the children caught up in it, the consequences can be devastating. i found her inconsolable. this is an actress but the words are true. those of a mother whose 10—year old daughter tried out the app 0megle for fun. he switched his webcam on, showed her his private parts and asked her to take photos of herself, which she did. she was terrified

by what had happened and scared of what she'd done. it offers offenders an immediate connection to children and young people that then allows them to manipulate children and young people, offer excitement, sympathy, connection, emotional connection, involve them with games and trickery and we see children getting basically manipulated to do things that ultimately they are very uncomfortable about and don't want to do. a campaign video launched today warning about the dangers of live streaming aimed at young people and their parents and posing a stark question: when children broadcast live to the world from their own bedrooms, can they really stay safe? angus crawford, bbc news. simon bailey is the national police chiefs' council lead on child abuse. how worried are you about live

streaming apps? i'm very concerned. your piece this morning, it demonstrates the risks that young people are facing when they use these live streaming apps. through this week of activity in october and november, we demonstrated just how significant the police services task is. we are doing more in this space than any other law enforcement agencies in the world, tackling the threat posed to young people, child sexual exploitation and how technology is being used to exploit young people. whilst we are doing that, we have to accept that we need to ensure that the parents are educating their children and not

simply having that conversation just once because technology is changing so rapidly that there needs to be an ongoing dialogue. we need to ensure that schools are taking their responsibility seriously as well, around educating their pupils to ensure they are reinforcing the message is that i hope parents are giving, we also have to start asking the questions to companies that are providing these apps and the infrastructure and environment where these young people are now going and start asking them and challenging them about their social responsibility, in terms of what they are doing to protect young people. we now have to protect that the world is becoming a digital world. i would want my grandchildren to be using that digital world co mforta bly to be using that digital world comfortably and safely. whilst their pa rents comfortably and safely. whilst their parents should be having those conversations reinforced in schools, those companies providing that technologies, allowing young people

to explore live videos and streaming, they must ensure that they can do that safely. bluntly, are you saying they are not doing enough? we know these companies are fabulously wealthy, they not putting enough resources into tackling this? more needs to be done. no doubt. it is not just more needs to be done. no doubt. it is notjust the company ‘s responsibility, the national crime agency's survey say that the vast majority of parents are having that conversation with children, but it is probably a one off, rather than a continual reinforcement of that risk. i would continual reinforcement of that risk. iwould hope continual reinforcement of that risk. i would hope schools and teachers in particular are recognising that young people would face those risks now and they would be encouraging them to talk about it to understand the threats that pose. the companies providing the infrastructure, these apps, they have a responsibility to do it and

with the use of artificial intelligence and monitoring, i do think they could be doing far more than they are currently. good to talk to you. thank you. the new car market has declined for an eighth consecutive month. just over 163,500 new cars were registered in november, down 11.2% on the same month last year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders, which released the figures, blame a 30% fall in demand for diesel cars amid ongoing anti—diesel messages from the government. a 14—year—old boy has been charged with causing the death of an elderly woman by dangerous driving. may laidlaw, who was 78, was struck by a motorbike in liverpool on saturday. the teenager is also accused of failing to stop at the scene of a collision and driving without insurance. average railfares will rise by 3.4% injanuary.

it had previously been announced that fares regulated by the government, which represent nearly a half of the total and include season tickets, will increase by three—point—six per cent. i'm not here to justify. the government sets the level of fares. we know how difficult it is at the moment, difficult times. we are coming together to work with a plan to improve and invest in the railway. delivering more and better services, more seats on time, improvements for communities and the economy right across the country. a rapidly growing wildfire in the foothills north of los angeles is threatening hundreds of homes. residents from about 600 households have been forced to leave their homes. officials say strong winds are pushing the fire toward the cities of santa paula and ventura. a fast moving wildfire in southern

california has forced hundreds out of their homes and left many more without power. fire officials say the blaze started at 50 acres, but ina span the blaze started at 50 acres, but in a span of a few hours grew to around 5000 acres. the quick spread is being blamed on high wind with gusts around 70 mph. if i also struck some key transmission lines knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers. residents of sa nta thousands of customers. residents of santa paula, 70 miles north—west of los angeles, said they got reversed 911 court ordering them to gleevec homes. many of the residents here we re homes. many of the residents here were told to evacuate. firefighters and police are worried this area might not be safe. this fire is pushing towards the city of ventura. we are making sure we are ahead of

the fire, making sure we have got evacuations ahead of the fire and we have got engines leapfrogging the fire. the nationalweather have got engines leapfrogging the fire. the national weather service predicts continued high winds and low humidity throughout the week. tonight it is the turner prize. for the first time it is being held in hull, part of that city's city of culture year. rather than simply previewing the nominees up for the price, we have decided to create our own little contest by asking a group of primary school children to decide who they think would be a worthy winner. colin patterson went to meet thejudges of the winner. colin patterson went to meet the judges of the tiny turner. we are here to judge the tiny

turner. 12 of britain's most honest art critics. their task is to examine the work of the four turner prize nominees and pick their favourites. this is the tiny turner. first to be examined by ourjunior judges, this. i don't get it, it is like wood. she bent on everyday materials to explore black identities. i like how she loves art. the message is that you must use your recycling things to make better things for other people. she is saying how slavery, with it being a big thing in the olden days. next, this which is primarily a film.

vivian's garden is about a mother and daughter in guatemala. vivian's garden is about a mother and daughter in guatemalalj vivian's garden is about a mother and daughter in guatemala. i thought it was very random. there were dogs fighting. people walking alone. also people having an argument. how did it make you feel? it made me feel sad. time to move on. i think this is like modern art. you can't really see what it is. his paintings explore themes of memory, identity and nationhood. i like all the paintings because all of them are very colourful. i like the pictures because it took the artist who made ita because it took the artist who made it a long time, very cool. it's like nature. i kind of like nature

because i've tried to grow flowers in my garden, but i failed. the final contender. this looks like fish and chips. maybe a dinosaur hand. she often chooses subjects who are overlooked and undervalued within contemporary art. that looks like a potato. and police helmet on it. i don't really like them because they are kind of creepy with their pointy fingers. i really like this. this darth vader helmet, i like star wars. time for the judges to gather round and pick the winner of the first ever tiny turner. yes, a clear victory for the

52—year—old from birmingham and the reason behind the judges'? 52—year—old from birmingham and the reason behind thejudges'? it's 52—year—old from birmingham and the reason behind the judges'? it's full of nature. nice bright colours. it makes me think of mine craft. find out if the actual turner prize goes to the same way tonight. in part excellentjudges! and you can find out who has won the turner prize tonight at 9.30pm on the news channel where we will have a full programme of coverage live from hull. let's bring you the very latest on the brexit talks. we know theresa may is struggling a little to try and get the dup back on board with herbers and of brexit. we are just hearing from the european commission, who say they are ready

to resume brexit negotiations with britain as soon as london signals it is ready. that is from a spokesman. there are some topics still open, which will need further consultation and negotiation, particularly in london. the show is now in london. we stand ready to resume talks at any moment when we get the sign that london is ready. we will bring you more on that, and what theresa may is going to do, and what theresa may is going to do, and what the dup are going to do. first of all, however, let's get the weather. sunrise this morning would have been ten arrests, but i don't think there is much out there through daylight hours to inspire turner or any other painter, because we have lots of grey skies, lots of clouds across many parts of the uk. it stays dry for most of us, but we will have some rain moving into the far

north—west of scotland which will turn heavy weight around. if you break to cross southern england, north—west england and southern scotland. mild, tim bridges out 8-11. scotland. mild, tim bridges out 8—11. through the night, not a great deal of change. dash—macro temperatures up to 8—11. some rain into north—west england and wales. the few breaks in the cloud, one or two pockets of frost. for most of us, largely frost free. temperatures above freezing. for wednesday, us, largely frost free. temperatures above freezing. forwednesday, lots of loud again, maureen through scotla nd of loud again, maureen through scotland and northern ireland, spreading further south and east. the best of the drier, brighter weather down towards the south—east. look at this temperatures. for all this, pretty much a double figures. hello again. you are watching bbc news. our latest headlines: the prime minister is facing her cabinet later to brief them on stalled brexit negotiations. further talks will be held with the dup to find a resolution.

police are warning parents on the dangers of their children using live streaming services, following the arrest of scores of men for grooming and sexual abuse. rail passengers face the biggest rise in fares for five years from next year. rail officials say that most of the money is going back into improving and maintaining services. in a moment... wildfires have ripped through parts of california north of los angeles. thousands of people have fled their homes. let's get all the very latest sport, including the cricket. could england be on for a miracle down under? good morning, ben. it has been a compelling day of ashes cricket. england have had a very good day in that ashes series. they have done

themselves a chance at least. james anderson finished with five wickets as australia were bowled out for 138 in their second innings. needing 354 to win, england started well. 53 for the first wicket, but alastair cook was given out lbw after australia reviewed the umpire's decision. 1—run later, mark stoneman was also out. after dinner, james vince was caught in the slips. dawid malan then went late on, with 67 not out from captain joe then went late on, with 67 not out from captainjoe root helping b—side to 176-4 at from captainjoe root helping b—side to 176—4 at the end of day 4—macro, so they need 178 more runs to win. here is the scorecard going into the final day tomorrow. england bowler toby roland—jones, who would have been playing but for injury, says going down 2—0 in the series will leave a mountain to climb. i wouldn't say impossible, but they are certainly heading over there and going 2—0 down in a five match series, it is tricky to come back from. certainly, the way those guys have fought today with a bat and

ball, is certainly set up tomorrow to be pretty interesting, and i think they will know in the back of their minds how important tomorrow will be. you mentioned 2—0 down has a daunting feel to it, adds a bit of pressure to the guys, but they have risen to that today, so king's cross there is more to come tomorrow. talking about the conditions england have to play under, what difference do floodlights make? certainly, the games that i have played in and watched, it seems to bring a little bit of surface moisture to the wicket, and mix that with i guess naturally having that pink ball under lights, it just becomes a bit tricky to see. the ball may be just reacts a little more of dash—macro off the surface, so its iphone as the wicket out of it, andi so its iphone as the wicket out of it, and i think england utilised that particularly well last night, with the older ball, and i think you

was maybe a bit easier for england today. hopefully, if things get far enough, england will be in a strong enough, england will be in a strong enough position before that time tomorrow, and maybe just enough position before that time tomorrow, and maybejust not enough position before that time tomorrow, and maybe just not the final runs off in the day. england bowler toby roland—jones. the international olympic committee will decide later whether to ban russia from the winter olympics. they missed the rio games last year because of state—sponsored doping. the ise will meet this evening to decide if russia has made enough changes to their setup to compete in south korea. you make a mistake, you took doping, you have to be punished. it is exactly what the other agencies do. but collective responsibility is not possible, especially for the olympic games. we area games. we are a principled organisation, and looking at the facts, the

conduct was unacceptable, and the country acting in that manner should not be allowed to participate in the next games. former british athlete kelly silverton is said to be awarded an 0lympic bronze medal nine years after the 2008 beijing games, after the russian heptathlete tatiana churn over failed to have a doping ban overturned. so the tonne originally finished fifth in the event, but two of the athletes of a pair have had their results and old. it is the second allenby bronze medal she has been awarded later after being bumped up to third in the 2000 and 84 times 400 metres relay event. and that is all the sport from now. thank you. see you later. campaigning is underway in the catalan region of spain, to elect a new regional assembly. the previous one was dissolved by the spanish national government, after its leaders made a declaration of independence. many are facing charges of sedition and rebellion — and as gavin lee reports from barcelona, theirfate could overshadow the vote. fresh out of prison and straight on

the campaign trail. six separatist ministers, free for now but facing charges. a month on from the catalan government's attempt to break the region away from spain, the independent movement is still paying for their actions. the catalan separatist movement is now deeply fragmented. 2—macro of the key former ministers are still in prison here. one is widely tipped to become president in the independence party is when. the other remains in belgium, wanted by spain. the planning goes on in catalonia, in belgium, and the key worked behind the wire here too. while the ministers have been in prison, it has led to its kind of activism in barcelona, with people coming to tie yellow ribbons to public places to show solidarity,

which the spanish government is privately worried about. a marked effect has galvanised support for the independence parties in the election. but it is also being argued that yellow has been appropriated as the colour of separatism, and catalan not wanting to break away says it shows bias and also celebrate politicians who have been detained for breaking the law. the spanish electoral board agrees, banning yellow from being used to light up certain public spaces and official buildings. it has been a volatile few months. but there is still christmas cheer on show at barcelona's market. the biggest selling stall as for what they call the caganet figurine, an odd catalan tradition of crouching figures caught short. this year's big seller, carlos brigham on.

dash—macro puigdemont. big seller, carlos brigham on. dash-macro puigdemont. it is obvious that in the political situation these days, we need to be able to laugh. all the politicians are not getting into a all the politicians are not getting intoa point, all the politicians are not getting into a point, and people here are the ones that are suffering all these problems, and not the politicians. both pro—spanish and independence parties are promising change. the latest polls suggest it is too close to call. the spanish prime minister is actually in the uk this morning. he will be meeting theresa may in downing street. let's show you the scene there again. theresa may has been meeting her cabinet. mariano rajoy, the spanish prime minister, was due thereabout now, but there area was due thereabout now, but there are a lot of events going on in downing street, a bit of a logjam, andi downing street, a bit of a logjam, and i don't suppose he will arrive

before the cabinet finish their meeting. 0n the line is our europe correspondent gavin lee. interesting that the spanish prime minister is here, meeting theresa may, and in this hole to catalonia crisis, his tactics were pretty tough, he stood firm. is he the winner, really, from this stand—off? know. i think it is certainly that his party, the party in government who do not traditionally do well, they fear that they have been damaged in terms of their vote because of the matter of fact. that because of the matter of fact. that because they have ministers who were in prison for a month, allegations of sedition and rebellion, and also to macro who had not been released, they are galvanising support. some stories we're hearing about prisoners witnessing inmate stabbed another in front of them, were

difficult conditions, being here in barcelona today, that is a worry. you have also seen this yellow movement. a lot of people showing solidarity, but you will see it everywhere in the eu, in the street as well. that is on one side, but for puigdemont as well, and the independence movement, they are also worried this becomes almost a circus, and that detracts from the election too. so is your sense that support for independence in catalonia might be increasing because of the fact that some of these leaders have been jailed? i think the two things to bear in mind are, there was the band referendum that took place more than a month ago, but it is the pictures and images of violence by police against those, particularly elderly people, trying to vote, that is something people talk about. it is the image that grabs attention. when you walk around the streets, that is what they talk about. that said, the

latest poll commissioned by the government yesterday said it is absolutely neck and neck. there are seven parties, four for unity, absolutely neck and neck. there are seven parties, fourfor unity, three to separatism. they'll promised different degrees of change, and there is one in the middle called podemos. i think the other big kingmaker here. don't forget, as mariano rajoy queues up to meet theresa may today, as well as thinking about catalonia, they are not wallflowers when it comes to brexit. he is a key player. two points to bury mined coal and you have more than 300,000 british people living in spain, which is quite a big hit to the economy for him. secondly, the gibraltar question. will the spanish are two arguments on brexit to make sure that if they do not seek on a bilateral basis ——

speak on a bilateral basis of our gibraltar, gibraltar could have a ha rd gibraltar, gibraltar could have a hard brexit on its own, with no transition deal by 2019. so you have the uk at the doorstep, mariano rajoy behind that, eu has a long a spokesman said it was a matter of when not if the embassy would move tojerusalem. when not if the embassy would move to jerusalem. both when not if the embassy would move tojerusalem. both israelis and palestinians claim jerusalem as their capital. united nations envoyjeffrey feldman is that the north korea. it is the first visit by a high—level un and envoy in several years. it comes a week after north korea tested an icbm capable of reaching the united states. business news is coming up. first,

the headlines. theresa may briefs her cabinet on the stalled brexit negotiations as talks resume where the democratic unionist stood tried to rescue the deal. pa rents a re to rescue the deal. parents are warned of the danger of their children using live online streaming services after scores of men are arrested in an operation against child sex abuse. train fares will go up by an average of 3.4% in january, the biggest increase in five years. january, the biggest increase in five years. i'm ben bland. in the business news: sales of new cars stall once again — in november they fell for the eighth month in a row. the number of new cars registered was down by around 11 percent compared with november last year. this is according to data from the society of motor manufacturers and traders. it suggests consumers are being put off by a rise in inflation and weak wage growth. the uk's services sector —

the biggest part of our economy — grew at a slower pace than expected in november. that sector covers many types of business — from banks to book—keepers, hotels to hairdressers, and more. meanwhile the prices that companies charge jumped to their highest level since early 2008. the ihs/markit figures show that fewer newjobs were created in november than in the month before. the total net value of everything owned in the uk at the end of last year reached an estimated £9.8 trillion. that's an increase of more than £800 billion from the year before — the biggest annual rise on record. no prizes for guessing the most valuable asset — land. it accounts for just over half of the nation's total net worth. to give you an idea, since 1995 the value of land has increased more than fivefold. let's get more on this now with

let's get more on this now with alix stewart. explain the relevance of this figure, the total net worth of the uk, two people at home. it is just the uk, two people at home. it isjust general the the uk, two people at home. it is just general the balance sheet of the us economy. —— the uk economy. it is looking at all the assets and liabilities of the country as a whole. were you surprised or not that land accounted for so much? we perhaps assumed it would be the most valuable asset, byjust over half the value of everything? it is quite incredible. this is the first time they have actually managed to split out the land values separately from the total value of any asset, so we can actually see the big change in land versus, say, the big change in land versus, say, the dwelling or any of the property thatis the dwelling or any of the property that is standing on that land. back

in 1995, it was about 50—50. the land value and property on it. now, it is 70% of the value is land. and financial net worth, actual kind of cash amounts, that went up as well? yes, it did. largely because of increase in loans, but yes, it is up of increase in loans, but yes, it is up by of increase in loans, but yes, it is up by about 324 million, i think. what does this tell us about the health of the uk economy, if anything at all? i guess it tells us largely what we already know, that the value of the assets in the economy have gone up, and they have gone up by more than the debt, but they have gone up too, and we know that as borrowing has been rising. very much, alix stewart schroeder‘s. otherder‘s. other business news for you they plan to sell shares and take on

board debt to fund the deal, but they say the takeover would not affect its dividend plans. facebook has launched its first app which is specifically aimed at children. the new service starts in the united states. parents will have control over who the children message and what they see. these books in a data regattas will not be used by the main facebook app. those under 13 are not supposed to use facebook. the online retail giant amazon has finally launched in australia after weeks of speculation. keep up! speculation about when it would do so. the australian online shopping market is already worth more than 15 billion us dollars and is expected to grow i half in the next five yea rs. let's to grow i half in the next five years. let's take a look in the markets. hopefully they will appear. theresa may's failure to secure a

brexit deal has sent the pound lower. it is down against the dollar and the euro. a weak pound helps to lift the ftse 100, and the euro. a weak pound helps to lift the ftse100, with a lot of firms selling are listed in that, so that their money will be worth more for a while. provident shares will be down after the financial watchdog opened an investigation into its financing arm. supermarkets are among the best profit is. that back to you. they do very much. a group of fishermen from the isle of wight found guilty of trying to smuggle more than £50 million of cocaine into the country have lost a key review of their case. the criminal cases review commission, which investigates miscarriages ofjustice, says unless new evidence is found, there is no real possibility of overturning the convictions. their families and supporters say they are bitterly disappointed and will fight on. the victoria derbyshire programme's jim reed has the exclusive report. a picture of a bag recovers...

in 2010, a quarter of a tonne of cocaine was found in the sea off the isle of wight. police say it had been hidden there by a group of fishermen who had picked it up from a container ship in the channel. but the bags were spotted by a member of the bags were spotted by a member of the public, and these five men were arrested and convicted. all had no serious criminal record. hello? hello, darling. are you are right? sue's husband john is now serving a 24 year sentence. 24 years in prison? what's? what do we do now? com plete we do now? complete disbelief. the men are now being represented by the first charity of its kind in britain, specialising in miscarriage of justice investigations. ourjob at this charity is to get to the truth about the case. we represent prisoners as lawyers, but we investigate cases like police

office rs we investigate cases like police officers do. the defence team say new navigational data proves it would have been impossible for the fishing boat to reach the drug in the channel. and they say there are questions about the testimony of two police officers, who say they saw something dropped off the side of the boat near to where the drugs we re the boat near to where the drugs were later found. a retired surveillance officer, now working for free for the defence, thinks that would have been impossible. from my point of view, they have been convicted on one piece of evidence which i do not believe actually happened. to get a retrial, they have to show the original prosecution case was flawed, and that means finding new evidence to put before the ccr c, the criminal cases review commission. the people they're looking into the case say there is no evidence of police wrongdoing. while there was some evidence that they hadn't followed all the prep procedures, i think we tend to the view at the ccr say that that was a mistake rather than malice. there is

no evidence that actually conspired or anything like that? no, nothing at all. and we have looked tired, so we would have found. ccr c says if based on what it has seen so far, there is not enough evidence to refer the case back for a retrial. the fishermen and their families, it isa the fishermen and their families, it is a serious blow. but there is still the chance for some to appeal directly to a judge, or if new evidence emerging which raises fresh doubts about their conviction. a total ban on plastic waste and throwing the ocean is being considered by environment ministers we re considered by environment ministers were around the world at a un meeting in the kenyan capital nairobi was weak. the un's had of the oceans has described plastic pollution is a planetary emergency. 0ur environment correspondent centres this report from kenya. plastics waste is a global scourge.

at this beach in eastern kenya, plastic fragments from as far as japan are harming the turtles which eat them. half the turtles brought in for treatment here for eating plastics end up dead. here is a lucky turtle. being measured before being released into the sea. it was brought in sick by a fisherman. now, after treatment, it's being set free. the un is discussing what to do about plastics. some nations are banning plastic bags completely. others are more reticent. environmentalists want much faster action. the plastic, the tremendous amount of plastic that we use in our economies ends up in the ocean, and the ocean has been seen as a trash dump, where we dump everything we don't need. and that plastic never goes away, mostly. it flows on the surface, it falls down the bottom. we urgently need do something about it. many of the plastics in the sea have been carried thousands of miles from cities inland. in nairobi, for instance, they have banned plastic bags — but look at this.

the un grinds slowly. while governments are figuring out how to progress, ordinary people have simply got to stop doing this. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with a look at the weather. good morning. it is looking fairly dull and cloudy today across many parts of the uk, but it gets more interesting by the end of the week. more details in a moment. skies like this for many of us. lots of grey clouds. a bit of brightness in the north—east of wales and north—east scotland, and north—east england, and at times across southern areas. 0n the whole, grey and cloudy. try

for most of us, but in the far north—west of scotland, increasing amounts of rain started moving. maximum temperatures, 8—10, maybe 11 degrees. through this evening, through tonight, it stays quite cloudy. i will pause there. yes, we're just seeing theresa may there, and spanish prime minister mariano rajoy. they arejust entering downing street for talks. that is a very busy day, as usual, for the prime minister, because she has been meeting her cabinet this morning to talk about the failed brexit talks. she is now meeting the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy in number ten. back to the weather. i was talking about tonight, when it will stay quite cloudy for many of us, and temperatures stay above freezing, so a frost free start to wednesday morning. during wednesday, the breeze will pick up towards north—western areas, with rain moving into scotland and northern ireland, eventually to

western parts of england and. down towards the south—east of england, things remain largely dry. but look at those temperatures, "is for many, 10-12. that is at those temperatures, "is for many, 10—12. that is all going to change, because into thursday, is a very strong winds, and the met office have named a storm moving in, storm caroline. you can see that by the white lines and isobars. they are really close together. . that will bring some potentially destructive winds, put apps there we re destructive winds, put apps there were perhaps even at 80 miles an hour by the afternoon. elsewhere on thursday, strong winds, nothing too unusual. they will clear away, the rain will clear with it, and then dry conditions for the afternoon. it will turn increasingly colder towards northern and western areas, temperatures down to 4—6, 7—9 further south. to the end of the

week, cold airfilters further south. to the end of the week, cold air filters towards all others, is the risk of snow by the end of the week. that is it me. goodbye. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. theresa may briefs her cabinet on the stalled brexit negotiations — as talks resume with and the democratic unionists to try and rescue a deal. we have made a lot of progress over the last weeks, we have made tremendous steps forward, we are tremendously close, but not there yet. parents are warned of the danger of their children using live, online streaming services, after scores of men are arrested in an operation against child sex abuse. train fares in britain will go up by an average of 3.4% from january — the biggest increase in five years. thousands of people flee their homes north of los angeles — as a fast—moving wildfire rips through the area. also, the winner of the 2017 turner prize, one of the world's most prestigious art competitions, will be announced in hull this evening — as part of its year as city of culture. i think this is like modern art because you can't really see what it is. but what do the next generation make of this year's entries? we ask a group of primary school students for their verdict. a glimmer of hope for england — as they go into the final day needing 177 runs to win the second test of the ashes.

good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may has been briefing her cabinet colleagues about her talks in brussels yesterday, as she faces pressure to get the brexit negotiations back on track. at the last minute, the much—anticipated deal failed to materialise, it was supposed to resolve the key issues the european union wants sufficient progress on before moving on to trade. the democratic unionist party rejected a proposal that there should be regulatory alignment between northern ireland and the irish republic, to avoid the need for new checks along the border between the two. this morning the european commission

said they were ready to have communication to soon as london is ready to say it is ready. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. another busy day for theresa may, he is meeting the spanish by minister. —— she is. what went wrong yesterday? it is true she will be explaining that, and there will be a determined effort to save face about the breakdown in talks, saying do not panic, it is ok, just a misunderstanding. when we talk to the dup, we can sort all this out. not a view that is shared by many others at westminster, certainly many conservative mps are aghast at

the fact that the dup do not seem to have been fully briefed on the exact text. they were expected to sign up to that. there is also disquiet at the idea that there might be a separate distinct deal for northern ireland, including the leader for the scottish conservatives ruth davidson who says that the conservative government should never countenance a deal that should put the mac could put at risk the economic integrity of the uk. that being said, philip hammond this morning arriving in brussels were sounding remarkably upbeat. we have been involved in a very complex negotiation that has been going on for some time. we have made a lot of progress over the last weeks, we have made tremendous steps forward. we are very close, but not there yet. as the prime minister said yesterday, we will have to do some further consultation, some further discussion today and she expects to come back to brussels later in the week. all this is going to kick off in the

commons in the next hour or so because there is an urgent question on the brexit breakdown which is going to see david davis having to a nswer going to see david davis having to answer questions from amongst others, tory sceptic tory mps —— eurosceptic tory mps. the most likely outcome might be no deal. this was the view of the former brexit minister david jones this morning. it was a difficult day, clearly. clear that the dup hadn't been brought entirely on board before the prime minister left for brussels, but of course we have got several days left. she will be talking to the dup today and see if we can make progress. why were the dup not fully on board before the prime minister left for brussels? i can't say, but it was very important that they should have been aware of every detail of the proposal being put to the european union. it would appear, they say, that they were not aware of those

details and of course again it is a question of clarifying things, today is a good date for talking to them about those things. what went wrong and can be put together again? let's start with the former, what do you think has happened? i think the tories have once more been exposed of being clueless on the brexit negotiations. even by the chaotic standards of this, yesterday we plumbed new lows. they clearly felt a deal had been done with the dup, it wasn'tjust london or brussels that were saying it was done. the taoiseach was breathing people on what the nature of that, only to find that the dup had pulled the rug out from under them. but the clock ticking there must be a serious danger. it must

mean, no deal. i hope a deal can be done because the people of northern ireland need security and certainty in what is going to happen and so does the whole of the uk. the danger is that they made this mess, taking negotiations right up to the deadline trying to get through to the second phase of talks, and after yesterday's shambles, none of us can have any faith or trust when the tories tell as we should just sit calmly by and wait for them to do the deal this week, i'm not confident that and not sure anybody can be. do you think there should be a separate dealfor can be. do you think there should be a separate deal for northern ireland because ruth davidson and other tory mps say as soon as soon as you go down that road, you threaten the integrity of the united kingdom, maybe scotland and wales. the tories made a massive mistake when they took of the table at the beginning of this process any prospect that we asa uk of this process any prospect that we as a uk could stay in the customs union because a uk wide decision to stay in the customs union would save

this problem in one fell swoop and the tories know this and that is also why they know that they can't honour their commitment not to stay in the customs union and not to have a hard border in northern ireland without this sort of separate deal without this sort of separate deal with all other problems that brings. it's revealing all of this, the tories have handled brexit incredibly badly. they are damaging britain's reputation abroad, they are jeopardising economic future and they are jeopardising peace and prosperity in northern ireland and it is frankly unacceptable that they are doing that. is this december council next week really make or break or is it possible that if there is no agreement at the next ten days or so, then we can roll over to the next year and give ourselves a bit more time to nail this town? they might try and argue that, but it was theresa may, it was this government who decided to trigger article 50 and give themselves this incredibly short

period. it was this government who have been dragged by the labour party to accept that there needs to bea party to accept that there needs to be a transition period and it is this government who have told us that this december is the critical moment. they have messed this up at every possible opportunity. the country needs them to get a grip or move aside. thank you for your time. we understand that arlene foster won't be seen theresa may today, negotiation talks will the going on ata negotiation talks will the going on at a lower level and once and if progress has been made, then arlene foster and theresa may will meet to try and nail this town. the time is really getting very, very tight now with the use saying they want some sort of agreement hammered down by the end of the week. downing street saying it could go a bit further, may right up to the thursday eu council next week. thank you very much indeed. we will be talking to chris page and if you mean, moments.

—— in a few moments. we will be... we'll be live in the house of commons from 12.30 when the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, will ask an urgent question about the progress of brexit negotiations. parents are being warned about the dangers of live streaming apps, after it emerged paedophiles are increasingly using them to manipulate their victims. the warning from the national crime agency follows a week—long operation by uk authorities, which led to the arrest of more than 190 people for child sexual abuse. angus crawford reports. hands up all those who have used live streaming? aged 13 and 14, they know about apps which let children broadcast live from their phones. today, they are talking about how to do it safely. somebody could be trying to take you. the apps are quick to download, easy to use. these pupils could go live

in the playground, the street or even their own bedrooms. sometimes it can be quite dangerous because if someone is following someone they don't know, they will be able to see it. like, you don't know who is watching you. the real problem with some of these apps is there is no proper checking of age identification so that means a live streaming service with a 17 rating could be used by children as young as this or even younger, eight or nine. look at this. a boy and a girl on periscope. now read the comments. we don't want to identify them. she isjust nine. almost 1,000 people are watching and they're mostly adult men. we can't show you the worst of the comments. periscope told us it had zero tolerance for this kind of behaviour but we found it on other apps too and for the children caught up in it, the consequences can be devastating. i found her inconsolable. this is an actress

but the words are true. those of a mother whose 10—year old daughter tried out the app 0megle for fun. he switched his webcam on, showed her his private parts and asked her to take photos of herself, which she did. she was terrified by what had happened and scared of what she'd done. it offers offenders an immediate connection to children and young people that then allows them to manipulate children and young people, offer excitement, sympathy, connection, emotional connection, involve them with games and trickery and we see children getting basically manipulated to do things that ultimately they are very uncomfortable about and don't want to do. a campaign video launched today warning about the dangers of live streaming aimed at young people and their parents and posing a stark question: when children

broadcast live to the world from their own bedrooms, can they really stay safe? angus crawford, bbc news. with me now is baroness kidron, film director and campaigner for child 0nline safety, who contributed to a house of lords report about ‘growing up with the internet‘ how worried are you about this and the danger of children live streaming on apps? i think what i'm really worried about is why we wait for yet another disaster to have this conversation. what i am here doing in manchester is launching a report that is a digital childhood report that is a digital childhood report that is a digital childhood report that calls on government to regulate industry, for industry to design for children and it gives

pa rents design for children and it gives parents some clue about how to pa rent parents some clue about how to parent in the digital environment. it is like we have forgotten that childhood is a necessary component of the digital environment and it is all designed for adults and with adults in mind. let's take that one by one, the social media companies, what do they need to do in your view that they are not going out? —— they are not doing now? they need to uphold their own community rules. in that package, someone said this is an app in the store for 17 plus. what is an eight or ten—year—old doing with that at? this is not unintended consequences, these are designed for live streaming, so someone in the design process has to say what will happen when a child is unattended with this? what is the designed piece? is there something that pops up and said if you are

ten, you are not supposed to be here, if you are ten, beware of this. where is the design piece of this. where is the design piece of this and where is the regulatory piece of this? what i have coming up in the house of lords is a amendment to the data protection bill that would put a very much higher bar on children's data would put a very much higher bar on child ren's data and would put a very much higher bar on children's data and on designing for children's data and on designing for children and it will force these companies to say, ok, i'm giving services to a child, therefore i have to understand what that child needs of my service. the thing is, you can't ban children. we don't wa nt you can't ban children. we don't want them off—line, we are going through a new world from a digital first world, and we want safe and literate children. we want children with digital skills. we cannot, as a media and society, only respond when they come to harm. we have got to make the everyday norms online better. you have talked about the responsibility of the companies, what about the responsibilities of the parents and all of this?”

what about the responsibilities of the parents and all of this? i think you have to be careful about parent shaming and parent blaming, if you can guide your child to making a good choice, that is excellent. if the technology is not helping that child make good choices, or does not give you the qualities of good choice, that is hopeless. for example, i spent some time last week with a young boy, nine years old, in terrible conflict with his parents. it turned out after we got to the bottom of it, it turned out that there was no save button on the game, there was no save button in order to keep him playing. that was something that a lot of the people listening will recognise, but for that child, and for those parents, there was no good parenting mechanism. it was either off or on. we have got to demand things designed for children of all ages. when they are very young, or teams,

or when they reach adulthood. we have got to get the concept of a graduated journey of childhood into the digital environment. that is what the digital report digital childhood report does that we're launching today. thank you for talking to us. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: theresa may briefs her cabinet on the stalled brexit negotiations — as talks resume with the democratic unionists to try and rescue a deal. parents are warned of the danger of their children using live, online streaming services, after scores of men are arrested in an operation against child sex abuse. train fares in britain will go up by an average of 3.4% from january — the biggest increase in five years. let's get all the very latest sport, including the cricket. could england be on for a miracle down under? goodafternoon, ben.

england have had a very good day in that ashes series. they have done themselves a chance at least. james anderson finished with five wickets as australia were bowled out for 138 in their second innings. they need 178 runs more to win and level the series. we were annoyed by where we were. being 200 behind, we wa nted where we were. being 200 behind, we wanted to show what we could do. we wa nted wanted to show what we could do. we wanted to show what we could do. we wanted to show what we could do, show that we have got good characters in our team to get ourselves back into games through fighting hard and playing well which we have done last night and today.”

think we are still reasonably confident, the last two days haven't gone to plan, but i think we are in front of the game. it is getting closer and closer and joe's innings has made that possible. he has done pretty well, so when we get his wicket in the morning, i think the game changes very quickly. we created some chances and probably didn't catch the ones that we created, but if we do that tomorrow morning, we should still be in a strong position. the international olympic committee will decide later whether to ban russia from the winter olympics. they missed the rio games last year because of state—sponsored doping. the ioc will meet this evening to decide if russia has made enough changes to their setup to compete in south korea. you make a mistake, you took doping, you have to be punished. it is exactly what the other agencies do. but collective responsibility is not possible, especially for the olympic games.

former british athlete kelly silverton is said to be awarded an olympic bronze medal nine years after the 2008 beijing games, after the russian heptathlete tatiana churn over failed to have a doping ban overturned. she originally finished fifth in the event, but two of the athletes of a pair have had their results voided. it is the second allenby bronze medal she has been awarded later after being bumped up to third in the 2008 4x400 metres relay event. and that is all the sport from now. thank you. it ended without a deal, yesterday.

this morning they said they are ready to restart negotiations with london, say brussels. in a moment we will be talking to brussels reporter. also lets go first to chris page who is at stormont for us. chris, isuppose chris page who is at stormont for us. chris, i suppose you would say that the dup, they have got all the cards, really foster what is next move? it's interesting. we have had a couple of things going on in the last hour, firstly we know that theresa may invited arlene foster to talks in london today. arlene foster being the leader of the dup who just under 24 hours ago made a pretty dramatic intervention here where she made clear that the dup weren't happy with the proposed deal in brussels. mrs foster has decided not to travel to london today, instead talks between the government and the dup today will happen between

others. we heard earlier on that the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson had had her tuppence worth in this debate, she has put out a statement saying that no government of the conservative and unionist party should have any deal that... regulatory alignments, that is the key phrase, in a number of areas is a requirement for a frictionless border in ireland, then the prime ministers should conclude that this must be on a uk wide basis. two seniorfigures in the dup have commented on twitter, basically saying they like the idea is that ruth davidson has put forward there. while we can't be sure at this stage, there is clearly quite a long way to go, that suggests that

perhaps what ruth davidson has been suggesting, that perhaps regulatory alignment could be achieved for northern ireland and republic of ireland of the same rules were extended to the rest of the uk, perhaps that is something that the dup could work with as business negotiations goes forward. thank you. lets cross over to our brussels reporter, adam fleming. this time yesterday, brussels thought that theresa —— a deal was in the bag. what went wrong? thought that theresa —— a deal was in the bag. what went wrong7m there still time to salvage this? so there still time to salvage this? so the eu side think that this is a domestic british, political issue that has got to be solved, nothing to do with them. we have just had the regular lunchtime press briefing from the chief spokesman and he says that the show is now in london and the european commission, the organisation for which michel barnier, chief negotiator,...

tomorrow, john claudejonker will update. mackie will give his update on the state of play. that was supposed to be significant whether european union came together to say there has been significant progress on divorce issues to move forward on trade and the future relationship. that moment will now not happen and certainly not happen tomorrow. everyone is just waiting to find out what happens in london when theresa may feels confident enough that she can come back here and get back to the negotiating table and work on a text that is suitable for the dup, the other parties of northern ireland, the irish government has the 27 remaining countries. the irish question clearly key, but

there doesn't have to be an absolutely nailed down deal on that. as you say, if there just has to be sufficient progress. yes. step back from the drama and remind ourselves of the ground rules that the u has set for this and which the uk has signed up to. michel barnier has been very clear, he wants to be in a position where he can judge that enough progress, sufficient progress in theirjargon, has been made on divorce related issues on ireland, the financial settlement and the uk's financial obligations and the system's rights, enough progress has to be right. that is demonstrated on thoseissues to be right. that is demonstrated on those issues for him to say we can move on to phase two of the trade talks. the discussions about phase one issues will continue into the new year and right up until the withdrawal treaties... treaty is supposed to be finalised in ——. this

was about getting to the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end. thank you very much for all that. that is the latest thinking in brussels on the brexit talks and here in london theresa may has been meeting the spanish prime minister, there he is inside downing street, after the british cabinet met, the spanish prime minister arrived at number ten for talks with theresa may who is obviously trying to work out exactly what went wrong with those brexit negotiations yesterday and what she can do to salvage it, whether she can get the dup on board. the spanish by minister will be talking about spanish concerns i'm sure over gibraltar and other

brexit related issues, the rights of eu citizens living in the uk post brexit and of course british citizens living in spain which of course there are many people. that is central to their discussions and central to theresa may's mind at the moment. she is hoping to get approvalfor phase moment. she is hoping to get approval for phase two of the talks, the crucial all—importa nt trade talks underway. the deadline for thatis talks underway. the deadline for that is fast approaching. the urgent question on brexit coming up in three orfour question on brexit coming up in three or four minutes and we will bring you that. let me tell you this though: average rail fares will rise by 3.4% in january. though: n january.

it had previously been announced that fares regulated by the government, which represent nearly half of the total and include season tickets , will increase by 3.6%. i'm not hisjustified. the government sets the level affairs and we are very government sets the level affairs and we are very aware government sets the level affairs and we are very aware of how difficult it is for people at the moment. that is why we have been coming together to work with a plan to improve and invest in the railway, delivering more and better services, more seats on time, improving the communities and the economy right across the country. 0ur transport correspondent richard westcott is at east croydon station in south london. more bad news for rail passengers, i wonder what is their reaction going to be? i am the guy who goes out to the station and talks to a lot of commuters. some people say that they accept that they have to pay more to get better trains and services, suddenly across the south of england they may not feel like it, but commuters here have benefited from new trains, there is a brand—new line coming along, the thames link

line, crossrail coming along. it all costs billions of pounds. the money has got to come from somewhere. in recent yea rs, has got to come from somewhere. in recent years, the government has shifted the focus, effectively less of this money, record investment to be fair. that is coming from the taxpayer, the generic taxpayer and more is coming from fares. that is why we go through this ritual of saying enough is enough. people are being priced off the railways. the last saying i can't afford to get a job because i can't afford a season ticket. and yet the fares go up every year because the government knows it has got to fund it all, it isa knows it has got to fund it all, it is a stalemate that we get at this time every year. thank you. a line coming into us from the director—general of m15, andrew parker, he has told the cabinet according to downing street that a total of nine terror attacks were

prevented in the united kingdom in the last year. a year where there have been several terror attacks in london and manchester, a total of nine terror attacks prevented in the united kingdom in the last year, according to the director—general of mi5, according to the director—general of m15, andrew parker. he told that to the cabinet, according to downing street. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes north of los angeles as a fast—moving wildfire rips through the area. the blaze took hold in the early evening in southern california's ventura county and burned 10,000 acres within a few hours. now it is threatening the cities of santa paula and ventura. cbs correspondent thomas wait reports. fanned by winds gusting at over 70 mph, this latest fire in california has been spreading fast towards cities on the coast. as the fire advances, thousands of families have been ordered to leave their homes as

quickly as possible. you must abide by these evacuation notices. you saw the disasters and the losses that happened up north in some omer. this isa happened up north in some omer. this is a fast, very dangerous moving fire. already, one person has been killed and several destroyed. any don't want to leave. you can't panic, you just go with this damage the flow. i have been here 30 years, we have gone through floods, fires, but it is just the wind. we have gone through floods, fires, but it isjust the wind. you don't know where it is going to go. my son isa know where it is going to go. my son is a firefighter and i'm not going to wait around for somebody to rescue me, so i am out of here. with the strong winds persisting, the fire now covers an area of 25,000 acres. it is continuing to move steadily westwards towards the

coastal cities of them to and santa paula. we have over 500 personnel out on the lines, i know we have confirmed to structures were lost, we know we have some reports of structures burning in some of the canyons. the fire is pushing quickly towards the city of ventura. before this fire broke out on monday evening, it had already been the worst fire season in california's history. more than 40 people have been killed. now the battle is on to stop to more cities from being engulfed. 12:32pm at the time. let's get a look at the weather prospects. hello. we have some pretty active the cards later on week. storm caroline has been named by the met office, before that, some quite quiet weather through the rest of today. grizzly rain in the north and west, the best of any brighter

spells towards the east. temperatures of 8-10. 8—10. rain in the north of scotland assistant at times. the breeze picks up assistant at times. the breeze picks up through tonight. in northern ireland, also turning quite blustery, but elsewhere, we have enough cloud and breeze to keep things frost free overnight. a mild start tomorrow, and a similar day across england and wales. quite cloudy and mostly dry. rain across northern ireland and scotland, the wind is picking up. a precursor to what happens later. they pick up on wednesday and thursday. severe gales are possible around expose irish sea coasts and parts of scotland, and storm caroline will arrive in a list during thursday, bringing gusts potentially more than 80 miles an hour. strongest winds the north of scotland, but a windy day wherever you are, with potential but travel disruption. we will give you up to date with the latest. this is bbc newsroom live —

our latest headlines: the prime minister says her cabinet are fully behind her for the the prime minister says her cabinet are fully behind herfor the next round of brexit talks. further talks will be held with the dup to try to get negotiations back on track. police are warning parents on the dangers of their children using live streaming services, following the arrest of scores of men for grooming and sexual abuse. rail passengers face the biggest rise in fares for five years from next year. rail officials say that most of the money is going back into improving and maintaining services. wildfires have ripped through parts of california north of los angeles. thousands of of people have fled their homes. a quick look at what is going on on the floor of the house of commons. we are expecting an urgent question from the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer on the failure of those

brexit talks yesterday. well, the stalling of those talks, anyway, that the prime minister was hoping would get approval for the start of the second round of talks, the crucial trade talks, but it is all falling down on the issue of ireland and the dup's objections to proposals on aligning trade north and south of the irish border. so, shadow brexit sekers research keir starmer will ask an urgent question, and we will expect the brexit secretary david davis to answer. that is coming up in a few moments asa that is coming up in a few moments as a commons. “— that is coming up in a few moments as a commons. —— in the house of commons. a total ban on plastic waste entering the ocean is being considered by environment ministers from around the world at a un meeting in the kenyan capital nairobi this week. the un's head of oceans has described plastic pollution as a "planetary emergency". our environment analyst

roger harrabin sent this report from kenya. plastics waste is a global scourge. at this beach in eastern kenya, plastic fragments from as far as japan are harming the turtles which eat them. half the turtles brought in for treatment here for eating plastics end up dead. here is a lucky turtle. being measured before being released into the sea. it was brought in sick by a fisherman. now, after treatment, it's being set free. the un is discussing what to do about plastics. some nations are banning plastic bags completely. others are more reticent. environmentalists want much faster action. the plastic, the tremendous amount of plastic that we use in our economies ends up in the ocean, and the ocean has been seen as a trash dump, where we dump everything we don't need. and that plastic never goes away, mostly. it flows on the surface, it falls down the bottom. we urgently need do something about it. many of the plastics in the sea have

been carried thousands of miles from cities inland. in nairobi, for instance, they have banned plastic bags — but look at this. the un grinds slowly. while governments are figuring out how to progress, ordinary people have simply got to stop doing this. in the new car market has declined foran in the new car market has declined for an eighth consecutive months. it was down 11% on the same month last year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders, which released the figures, blames a 30% fall in demand for diesel cars. a 14—year—old boy has been charged with causing the death of an elderly woman by dangerous driving. may

laidlaw, 78, was struck by a motorbike in liverpool on saturday. the teenager's also accused of failing to stop at the scene of a collision and driving without insurance. tonight it's the turner prize — the uk's best known art award. previous winners have included damian hurst, grayson perry and steve mcqueen. for the first time it's being held in hull, as part of its year as city of culture. rather than simply previewing the four nominees up for the £25,000, we decided to create our own contest by asking a group of primary school children to decide who would be a worthy winner. 0ur arts and entertainment correspondent colin paterson went to meet the judges of "the tiny turner." we are here to judge the tiny turner! 12 of britain's most honest art critics. their task, examine the work of the four turner prize nominees and pick their favourites. this is the tiny turner. first to be examined by ourjunior

judges, lubaina himid. i don't get this one. it's like made out of like wood. she paints on everyday materials to explore black identity. i like how she's put wooden pieces into it. and she just loves art. i think the message is to use your recycling things to make better things for other people. she says, like, slavery would have been a big thing back in the olden days. next, rosalind nashashibi, who works primarily in film. vivian's garden depicts a mother and daughter in guatemala. to be honest, i thought it was really random. the movie was quite interesting, but not that much. there was like dogs fighting and somebody walking along. and there was also people

having an argument. how did it make you feel? it made me feel sad. time to move on to hurvin anderson. i think this is like modern art. cos you can't really see what it is. his paintings explore themes of memory, identity and nationhood. i like all the paintings because all of them are very colourful. i like the pictures because they have a lot of detail on them it took a long time for the artist who made it. on them, and it took a long time for the artist who made it. this one is very cool. it's like nature. and i kind of like nature. i have tried to grow flowers in my garden but i failed. and the final contender, andrea buttner. the hand looks like fish and chips. or maybe dinosaur hands.

she often chooses subjects which are overlooked and undervalued within contemporary art. that looks like a potato. and like a police helmet on it. i don't really like them because they are kind of creepy with their pointy fingers. i really like this one because it looks like darth vader helmets and i really like star wars. time for the judges to gather around and pick the winner of the first ever tiny turner. and urgent question on the brexit talks. sir keir starmer, shadow brexit secretary. on progress between the european union and uk on the brexit negotiations. the secretary of state for exiting the european union. thank you, mr speaker. i start by apologising for my voice. 0nce again, i have the single european cough, but hopefully will pass. negotiations regarding our exit from

the eu are ongoing as we speak. we are in the middle of an ongoing round, and as such, i would be a bit more circumspect... we hold further talks in the past two days, and progress has been made, but we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, i believe we are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talk about our future trade relations. there is much common understanding, and both sides agree we must move forward together. our aims remain as they have always been. in particular, on the issue of northern ireland and ireland, we have been clear we wa nt ireland and ireland, we have been clear we want to protect all elements of the good friday agreement to maintain the common travel area and associated rights. we wa nt travel area and associated rights. we want to ensure there is no hard border between ireland and northern ireland. we recognise that as we acted, we must respect the integrity of the eu single market and customs union, but we are so clear we must respect the integrity of the united kingdom. there remain some final

issues to resolve, which require final negotiation and consultation over the coming days. our officials are in continuous contact, and we expect to reconvene in brussels this week for further negotiations. i order prime minister will formally update parliament when this round of negotiations concludes, as i have done through every round so far. as has been made by the commons yesterday, all parties remain confident of reaching a positive conclusion during the week. keir starmer. this is bigger, what an embarrassment. —— mr speaker, what an embarrassment. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos". yesterday, number ten was briefing that a deal would be signed, there was that a deal would be signed, there was high expectation the prime minister would make a triumphant statement to the house. by tea—time, we had a 49 seconds press conference saying the deal laugh. it is one thing to go to brussels and fallout with those on the other side of the

negotiating table. it is quite another to go to brussels and fallout with those supposedly on your own site. if ever there was a day for the prime minister to come to this house and answer questions, it is today. but let's not be fooled that yesterday was just about choreography. there are two underlying causes of this latest and most serious failure. the first be traced back to the prime ministersconference speech in october year. this is when she recklessly swept options such as a customs union and single market off the table, and ruled out any role for the european court, and yet maintain she could avoid a hard border in northern ireland. yesterday, the robber hit the road. fa nta sy yesterday, the robber hit the road. fantasy met brutal reality. —— the rubber. labour is clear there needs to bea uk rubber. labour is clear there needs to be a uk wide response to brexit, so the question for the government todayis so the question for the government today is this. will the prime

minister now rethink her reckless red lines and put options such as the customs union and single market back on the table? because if the price of the prime ministersapproach is the break—up of the union and reopening of bitter divides in northern ireland, then the price is too high. the second major reason for yesterday's failure is that we have a prime minister who is so weak that the dup has a veto over any proposal she makes. what precedent doesn't set when the prime minister is called out of negotiations at the 11th hour and told by the dup that the deal is off? what signalled that sent to the eu about the prime ministersability to deliver brexit. yesterday confirmed what we already knew. the dup tail is wagging the tory dog. this is now deeply serious, so what insurance, can the secretary of state to this house

that a deal will be agreed by the end of the week, and will the secretary of state now dropped the proposal for a fixed deadline in law for accident date of march 20 2019? if ever there was an example of why that would be absurd, yesterday was it. thank you. the right honourable gentleman's speeches on this matter are becoming repetitive. they are always crowing and carping. given my voice, i will wait it out. let's start with his issue on single market and customs union. i'm glad to see the shadow chancellor sitting there, because he said remaining in the supermarket would be interpreted as not respecting the referendum result earlier this year. and the shadow international secretary, i can't see him here, said a permanent customs union is deeply unattractive. as for a transitional phase, it might be

thought to have some merit, but as an end point, it is thought to have some so for labour policy on this matter, we can see why it has changed ten times in the last year. in terms of the question with respect to the united kingdom, at the start of answering this question, i so they would be circumspect, and they intend to. i wanna go in for a tit—for—tat comments. that would be bad for negotiations! i will take the opportunity to be but one false or those being stirred up by various of our political opponents yesterday. the suggestion we might be part of the eu believe part, anything england, behind still inside the customs union and single market, that is practically not something the uk government is considering. samantha first minister wales or scotland complains about it, and start banging the tattered drum of independence, or the mayor

of london says itjustifies a hard border around the m25, i say they are making a foolish mistake. no uk government would allow such a thing, let alone a conservative and unionist one. sir william cash. would my right honourable friend appreciate that whether it is in relation to regulatory alignment of northern ireland or citizens' rights in respect to these negotiations, there is a serious danger that the european court of justice there is a serious danger that the european court ofjustice will get itself into every knocking tranny? —— will get itself into every note my my honourable friend, who has a long history of wisdom on the subject, we saw it most before you did. he has a long history, and explains better

than i could why we said no divergences a bad option. peter grant. thank you. on reflection, i think i would prefer the frazer robb has hit the road to the phrase i was going to use to describe it! it is no surprise that the leadership contenders are now circling around the prime minister. they can sense there is a vacancy coming up, because today, the prime minister is being interviewed for the job of scotland football manager for their fantastic ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. a government who said they would bring sovereignty back to parliament is now being controlled by someone who is not even a member of this parliament, a government that refuses to give parliament any say in the development and negotiating position, which is now lower dictating position be dictated by a leader of a minority parliament and the smallest of the four nations of this union. i could not put it

better than the shadow minister has said. what a shambles, what a complete mess. will the secretary of state now go back to the document as government rejected out of hand a year ago, published by the scottish government, and will he use that as a basis to produce a solution to what is otherwise an intractable problem? the fact that the government's red lines are not compatible with each other, the conclusion of the brexit select committee on the last week is that we weren't able to see how it is possible to reconcile leaving the customs union with avoiding a border in northern ireland, or between northern ireland and the republic. will he go back to that paper i'd use it as a basis for the opening negotiations? i think the honourable gentleman has can do that his remarks. —— has concluded his remarks. the problem is, he had taken over 90 seconds, and there is huge pressure on time, sol

seconds, and there is huge pressure on time, so i think we must now proceed. it is only fair, seeing as i have allowed him to blurt it out, to allowed him to blurt it out, to allow the secretary of state to briefly answer. firstly, i was very surprised, him of all people being so dismissive of small nations, in the first instance. secondly, isay small nations, in the first instance. secondly, i say to him their goal on that the document he refers to, the scottish government document, was read carefully, and there are many elements of it which are consistent with our negotiating strategy, not least the aim of protecting employment rights. i really think you should recognise that. northern isles statistics and research agency states that only 5% of northern ireland sales cross the border south, and only 9% of the republic's exports go north. the government paper says this is easily surmountable without a hard border. the belfast agreement confirm

northern ireland as an integral part of the united kingdom, with standard regulation throughout. we are going to leave the single market and the customs union. will he confirm that this week, the integrity of the united kingdom comes first, and if necessary, no deal is better than a bad deal. my my right honourable friend makes his point well, and i have already confirmed that the integrity of the uk comes first. this is why we have taken the strategy of saying that theissue taken the strategy of saying that the issue of maintaining a free, open and frictionless border is one thatis open and frictionless border is one that is best dealt with in the next phase, phase two. that is notjust my view, but the view of the taoiseach, who said on august 20, i think the suggestion has been made, and toa think the suggestion has been made, and to a certain extent, it is common sense. it would be much easier to sort out any border between ireland and northern ireland. indeed, isuddenly

between ireland and northern ireland. indeed, i suddenly realised the right honourable gentleman opposite also said the same thing. to be fairto opposite also said the same thing. to be fair to david davis, he is right on issues like northern ireland. there is only so far you can go before you move the next phase. ifi phase. iflam to phase. if i am to accommodate a significant numberof if i am to accommodate a significant number of colleagues, there is a premium on brevity, which is always brilliantly exempt the fight by the right honourable gentleman for leeds central, mr hilary benn. thank you very much. we'll hope that the government finds a form of words that enables the negotiations to move on to phase two. but doesn't the government have to realise that the government have to realise that the reason there is this problem is because of its decision to leave a customs union and the single market? given that the leader of the scottish conservatives and the mayor of london have both suggested that whether it's a convergence or no divergences, it should be applied to the whole united kingdom, isn't it time for the government to finally recognised that it needs to make a different decision if it is going to

avoid the imposition of a hard border in northern ireland? i'm afraid, characteristically, he is just wrong about that. —— uncharacteristically. indeed, i just read out the common from the taoiseach in august, a common from his own front bench spokesman on this subject, and the views of other members of his front bench, who are com pletely members of his front bench, who are completely dismissive of being in the customs union in the long run, and they are right, i'm afraid, in this respect. anna soubry. mr speaker, the british people are fed up to the back teeth with all of this. they want a solution. it may be that regulatory alignment is the solution, but if it is good enough for northern ireland, it is good enough for the rest of the country. and we are a union, and we will not allow one dealfor one and we are a union, and we will not allow one deal for one part of our great union and not for the other. may i gently say to the secretary of

state, there is a consensus in this place. even though the front bench, including the shadow chancellor, we had a debate and emotion this place, voted against the customs union, over here and over there, and is down there, we are as one, mr speaker. there is a solution. i don't care how you wrap it up in whatever fancy words, but if it conveys the effect on british business of the single market and the customs union, let's grab it, cz, rub out the red lions, move on, work together, build a consensus and get a dealfor our work together, build a consensus and get a deal for our nation. we will leave the chamber of the house there, that debate on what went wrong with the brexit talked yesterday. we had brexit secretary david davis say he is still confident of concluding the first round of negotiations. officials are

in co nsta nt round of negotiations. officials are in constant contact. pretty upbeat from him. sir keir starmer, who asked that question said, what an embarrassment, and said it had given new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos", the alliance between the government and dup. that is the latest from the commons. in a moment, the news in one. first, the weather. good afternoon. a fairly cloudy and quiet sort of day weather—wise, but things turned much more active later in the week. storm caroline has been named by the met office. it sits out in the atlantic at the moment but will approach northern parts of the country on wednesday night and into thursday. storm caroline had the potential to bring gusts of more than 80 miles an hour. strongest for the north of scotland with significant travel disruption likely. here and now, cloudy through this evening, and tonight, driver many places, drizzly rain in the

north and west, persistence and north—west scotland, where it also turns windy overnight. breezy and cloudy enough elsewhere to keep temperatures at 6—8d. a freeze on wednesday morning, pretty similar to what we have this morning. perhaps if you brighter spells, rain rolling in across northern ireland and the west of scotland later in the day. the also pick up here. another mile day, 10—12, that things turned pretty windy. midweek, we see the arrival of storm caroline, bringing wet and very windy weather potentially, before colder more wintry weather returns towards the end of the week. wednesday evening, winds strengthened across the country. we could see gales or severe gales around expose irish sea coast, and we also see the rain rolling southwards and eastwards. heavy at times across many parts of the country. during thursday, the strength of the winds dominate the forecast. we could have cost of 80 miles an hour in association with

storm caroline as it moves way gradually eastwards. some heavy rain followed by wintry showers across scotla nd followed by wintry showers across scotland too. lots going on in the weather, as storm caroline clears away towards the north—east into friday, we start the season cold air filtering in from the north. a different air mass in charge as we head towards the end of the week. the arrows from the northerly direction. we see sleet and snow showers on friday, bought in that chilly north—westerly wind, reflecting the western parts of scotland, wales, south of england too. drier and brighter scotland, wales, south of england too. drierand brighter in scotland, wales, south of england too. drier and brighter in the north—west of the country, but it will feel chilly. 3—6d, subzero when you add the wind chill. more details on our website. under huge pressure — the prime minister scrambles to find a solution after failing to reach a deal at the brexit talks in brussels. the cabinet's been briefed this morning after discussions stalled when the dup said it would not accept the proposed deal for the irish border. but in the commons this lunchtime, the brexit secretary, david davis, says he's still optimistic. as was made clear yesterday, all

parties remain confident of reaching a positive conclusion in the course of the week. mr speaker, what an embarrassment. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase coalition of chaos. we'll be live in westminster and belfast for all the latest. also this lunchtime: a warning for parents, sex offenders are exploiting the growing number of children using of live online streaming services. fresh hope for millions of people with type 2 diabetes — we'll have the results of a new trial that doctors