this is bbc world news. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: britain and the eu have struck a last—minute deal, which means brexit talks can move on to the next phase getting to this point has required give and take on both sides and i believe thejoint report that is being published is in the best interests of the whole of the uk. i believe we have made the breakthrough we need, today's result is, of course, a compromise. issues over the irish border, the divorce bill, and citizens‘ rights are all addressed in the agreement, but around key points questions remain. clashes between palestinians and israeli security forces during protests against president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. and the united nations says it's the worst attack on peacekeepers in recent history.

the future relationship. but donald tusk, the president of the european commission, has sounded a warning — so much time has been devoted to the early, easier part of the negotiations, but the hard part is onlyjust beginning. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. taking their places for the moment, after three days of cajoling,

compromise and criticism. it was a good morning for theresa may. a deal to pave the way to brexit rounded to. the jargon she had longed to hear. sufficient progress has now been made on the terms of the divorce. this was a difficult negotiation for the european union, as well as for the united kingdom. after breakdown on monday locked by her allies at home, a huge weight of the government's stressed shoulders. very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase, to talk about trade and security and to discuss the positive and ambitious future relationship. you going to be celebrating, mr barnier? no. still more what to do. no celebrations five a side. no champagne. there have been many compromises and more

to come. the agreement implies it will cost between £35 billion and £39 billion to settle our account as we live. there is the final figure and it could be more, but paid over many years. both sides say that britain who live elsewhere in the eu and european citizens who live here will have their rights protected and, crucially for tory backbenchers, the role of the european court will be limited. there is a promise that there will be no hard border in ireland, between north and south. a vauclair rules and regulations will be a light if there is no big trade deal. ——a bow. and a transition period. but what about the dup, who has so embarrassed the prime minister on monday? she needs their votes in parliament and this week they squeezed some concessions will stop but in the early hours theresa may made the decision to crack on, even though they were not quite sure. there are still matters there that we would have liked to have seen

clarified. we ran out of time, essentially. we think that we needed to go back again and talk about those matters, but the prime minister has decided to go to brussels in relation to this text and she says she has done that in the national interest. and the leader of the opposition, speaking at the un today, was even less impressed. this could have been done sometime ago. the referendum took place in a 2016. and now right at the end of 2017 —— we are now. and this is the first time there has been any signs of movement go on to phase two. by tory relief washed over social media. the cabinet falling over themselves to praise their boss. a notable by their absence, most tory rate it is a. the ultimate arbiter. the real prison from this man. remember him? amazing, the british prime minister has to fly through the night to meet

some unelected bureaucrats who patter nd had and say you have met all of our demands, we can move onto the next age —— who patter nd had. the whole thing is humiliation. as one of the negotiators was too keen to point out, moving on will be more difficult. the most difficult challenge is still ahead. we all know that breaking up is hard. but breaking up and building a new relation is much harder. around here there is no jubilation. relation is much harder. around here there is nojubilation. it is more like thank goodness. because these negotiations are intertwined with the prime minister's fate. the talks stumble, and so did she, at the talks muddle through, and so dishy. had they not been this deal at dawn they would have been serious rumblings about theresa may's future. with progress comes breathing space, but there is komru miah is, plenty of it. with bat

comes at winners and losers and no real guarantees —— there is compromise. the tory divisions have not disappeared. but agreeing anything has been an achievement. for tonight, at least, a little goodwill. we have much more on our website. the us ambassador to the united nations has accused the un of anti—israel bias and of damaging prospects for middle east peace. nikki haley was responding to criticism of president trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital. earlier, israeli aircraft struck targets in gaza, injuring ten people, while at least two palestinians have been killed in clashes with israeli troops. meanwhile, a rocket fired from gaza has exploded in the town of sderot in southern israel. it damaged cars, but there are no reports of any injuries. the bbc‘s middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from jerusalem. palestinian protesters confronted israeli security forces on the roads leading into all the big

towns on the west bank. plenty of people had warned that us recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital would lead to bloodshed. it has. one dead, and many wounded, across gaza and the west bank. that's the land palestinians want for a state, with a capital in east jerusalem. this is our land. palestinian, all palestinian is our land. mr trump, you are wrong. most israelis are delighted president trump has accepted their reality. he said, "we are steadfast here, eternally here since ancient times. "this city was given tojews 3000 years ago. "we are the continuation and the us has recognised that". but the golden dome behind him

is part of the third holiest place in the world for muslims. and a few hundred yards away, several thousand palestinians life can be hard for them. saleh‘s home has been demolished twice this year by the israeli authorities. they give palestinians very few building permits, while constructing thousands of homes for the jews. i born in this land, and my father and my grandfather. and i will die in this place. i will not leave it, not for israel, not forjews, and not for the united states. palestinian areas of jerusalem were quieter after friday prayers than many expected. whenever a crowd formed, mostly of onlookers rather than protesters, the police broke it up.

mr trump's declaration is a big challenge for the palestinian national movement. it will turn into a big defeat for it as well if the palestinians aren't able to organise a coherent challenge to what's happened, and to build on all the international criticism there has been. israel feels on the up. it's been given american presidential recognition in this city, without mention of occupation and without, so far, a single concession in return. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. the united nations says at least 1a of its peacekeepers have been killed and dozens injured in an attack in the democratic republic of congo. five congolese soldiers also died in the assault in the east of the country in kivu. emergency teams are in the area and evacuations are under way. the un—secretary general antonio guterres says it's the worst attack on peacekeepers in recent history, and could amount to war crimes. i put this to our africa editor, fergal keane.

it is and there is a great sense of shock, not least in tanzania, where most of the troops came from. tanzania has over a thousand troops in the democratic republic of congo. you have to see all of this notjust in the context of what happened last night, that is an attack by the so—called alliance of democratic forces, an islamist group, it comes ata time forces, an islamist group, it comes at a time of deteriorating stability across the congo. you have major escalation of violence in tanganyika, cathay, you have had riots in the capital, kinshasa. all of this because he is clinging to power, parties to magra yet constitutional term. people sense, military groups, warlords, they sense that there will be a drab for power in the next year. so this

violence is part of that —— drab for power. it is also into labour issues of poverty, corruption at a local level. you have to look at the issue ofa level. you have to look at the issue of a very unpopular government, corrupt, brutal in the way it treats its own people, facing challenges 110w its own people, facing challenges now across the board. so how do they ove rco m e now across the board. so how do they overcome this, is there a way to do that? it is a good question. when you have a un peacekeeping force thatis you have a un peacekeeping force that is around 19,000 plus people. to cover a country that is two thirds of the size of western europe. that peacekeeping force is being cut back. they're talking about bringing it down by 3000 people. that is due to american pressure, the trump administration does not want to keep funding, to keep the larger share of finding that america is putting into un peacekeeping force. that is a major impact. i have just peacekeeping force. that is a major impact. i havejust come back from where you have 1 impact. i havejust come back from where you have1 million people displaced in violence caused by militias and be vicious response to the militia uprising. the only

people who stand between the ordinary citizens and the actions of militia groups, warlords, and there security forces are un peacekeepers and they are being cut back and threatened with the kind of violence we saw last night. so it is an impossible situation.|j we saw last night. so it is an impossible situation. i am loath to use the words impossible. humid beings in these situations can be very creative when they want to be. the question is, does this violence make the security council sit up and think and rethink the cut back in the number of troops in the congo or does it say there is no point, we will not get any further, we will not enforce the troops we have on the ground ? not enforce the troops we have on the ground? if it is the latter, and given the kind of tensions you are seeing now in the congo and numerous provinces and the capital kinshasa, with the president clinging to power, then the outlook will be pretty bleak. our africa editor. arizona republican trent franks has resigned amid an ethics

investigation into claims he repeatedly asked female staff to be surrogate mothers. the announcement came after a congressional panel said it was opening an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations. the lawmaker acknowledged discussing surrogacy with two female aides when he and his wife were facing infertility. let's get reaction from our north america correspondent david willis is in washington. he'd said in the past couple of days that he would be standing down injanuary, but he's now brought that forward ? very much so. effective immediately, the resignation of trent franks. he had said, as you mentioned that, that it would not be until the end of january before he would be stepping down. he now says that his wife has been admitted to hospital, so it makes sense to bring that forward. but this follows allegations by a former staff member that trent franks offered her $5

million in order to act as the star of his mother of his child. she said that he made repeated questions along those lines and they were all denied by this particular staff member, but she felt increasingly uncomfortable, she said. mr franks admitted ina uncomfortable, she said. mr franks admitted in a statement yesterday that he and his wife had been suffering fertility issues and he said he may have been insensitive in the way he talked about with members of staff. but it is not the only allegation of its kind. another former staff member of trent franks has come forward to say she was also asked to be be sorry to get mother of his child. these allegations went to the house speaker's offers more than a week ago and the house speaker, paul ryan, called on trent franks to resign, which he now has done, but he is facing an enquiry by the house of representatives ethics committee. put this into context for

us. when it comes to resignations, trent franks's resignation is the third member of congress to go in a week. absolutely. we had senator al frankton resigning yesterday, thursday, after allegations of sexual harassment of at least eight women. and two days earlier, tuesday, representativejohn con you resigned over allegations of sexual misbehaviour amongst his style. it seems the democrats were trying to get the moral high ground on this, if you like, with those two early resignations. now we have had a republican standing down in trend franks. there are reports this could be the tip of a giant iceberg. one report suggesting that 20, maybe as many as a0 other members of congress could be facing potential sexual assault allegations. this is all

pa rt assault allegations. this is all part of, if you like, the harvey weinstein affect rippling through the houses of congress. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, we'll be live in california with an update on the devastating wildfires. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing.

imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she's facing seven charges of tax evasion. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: uk and eu leaders hail the breakthrough we needed after prime minister theresa may makes an early morning dash to brussels to seal the deal. the us ambassador to the un has denounced the organisation's role in the middle east, describing it as a centre of hostility to israel. in california, six wildfires continue to rage out of control, leaving coastal communities

on the pacific ocean, including the city of santa barbara preparing for evacuations. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed by the fires, which have forced some 200,000 residents from their homes. these fires have been blazing for the past few days. three firefighters have so far been injured and around 500 ill thing is destroyed as far as we know. donald trump has issued a state of emergency across california and this will free up funding to help alleviate the hardship that he says may inflict on the local population. these are live images coming from california. nearly 6000 firefighters have been battling these fires and they've actually drafted in firefighters from neighbouring

states to help. we can speak live to a photographer and filmmaker from san diego, isaac gibbs. isaac has been at bonsall near the fires last night and this morning. described to us, what have you seen? the images we have been seen of the live fires have been staggering in their ferocity. yeah. when i originally showed up, i wasjust trying to reroute myself in a position where i could... inaudible... i position where i could... inaudible. .. i ended position where i could... inaudible... i ended up later that evening getting circled with flames all around me. when i only saw them coming from one direction, i was up ona coming from one direction, i was up on a hillside looking down on a town in california and there's a shopping centre there which you would never

have thought would ever go up in fla mes have thought would ever go up in flames and i'm sitting there watching it on. it isjust flames and i'm sitting there watching it on. it is just an flames and i'm sitting there watching it on. it isjust an insane feeling to watch stuffjust disappear within minutes. within seconds the entire fire, the hillside, courtney running back to my car to get away from it.|j hillside, courtney running back to my car to get away from it. i just wa nted my car to get away from it. i just wanted to ask, because obviously you are putting yourself at incredible risk when you go out in search of these images. can you feel the heat from displays? is a heat? did you say hate? the heat. the ferocity of being in something that so intense. yeah, so several times i felt weak. the first time was when the wildfire swept up the hill and went through a

lot of really dry brush and it spread like 30 miles an hour, just right through debt, and i could the heat then, but a few hours later i did an interview with you guys yesterday and i went back to the scene and went back to my original location, where the fire had already passed through, and at that point there were lots of little embers and spots that were overlooked because you had to focus on the main part of the fire. but when i arrived at those locations i was close to basically the entire floor under me which was just basically the entire floor under me which wasjust learning. basically the entire floor under me which was just learning. i basically the entire floor under me which wasjust learning. i ended up stepping into, you know, eight inches of ash. i didn't even realise i was covered in and bruce and it went all down my shoe and my foot andi went all down my shoe and my foot and i was taking my shoe off and

there was a big pile of salt —— soot. really hot, lots of different smells, a lot of people working this fire. you don't see them often in san diego and when you do we're on it. we're there to handle it. absolutely. there are thousands of firefighters trying to contain these wildfires. isaac gibbs, thank you very much for sharing your experience and photos. as he was saying, they are on it. there are thousands of firefighters and also firefighters from neighbouring states across this. about a thousand have been battling these fires and president bush has been declaring a state of emergency. 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in california, as these fires just continue to rate each for the past three days —— to rage. some

live images there from california. if you've ever wanted to own a rodin or a classical greek statue, but have only pennies to spare, here's your chance. a group of the world's leading museums havejust signed up to a new agreement to scan and share their masterpieces. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. you must be john. nice to meet you. i have got to ask you first, you've brought the cameras? yes, i have. is this legal? it is, don't worry! his name isjonathan beck and he is from a group called scan the world. today we're at the v&a. sneaking in to scan this bust. it felt a bit like theft. he took a few photos from different angles, uploaded them and within seconds a 3d printer across town had set to work making a copy

of the sculpture. these printers now can cost as little as £99, so the v&a, along with the louvre, the hermitage and the smithsonian have published a new convention, setting out plans to allow anyone to copy and share their artworks. they are even doing their own scans now. so this scanning and sharing, i mean, what is in it for you? what's really interesting is the more content we put online, on the web, the more people come through our doors here at the v&a. they want the original? i think there's something about the human condition, that they always ultimately, despite seeing it on the screen, want to see the artefact for themselves. i've got a special gift for you. meanwhile, in the sculpture gallery, jonathan was back. how long did this take? that took about six hours to print. cost? about 30p. 30p, there is the future.

there is the future. what i've got to stress, that's not the real thing. we are going to leave you with more images from california, these extraordinary images of the wildfires that have been blazing for the past few days. six large fires and other smaller blazes have erupted since monday. around 500 whincup in destroyed. if you go onto our website you can see what this fires looked like from space. they are so huge in their ferocity that you can see them from space. some fascinating images. nearly 6000 firefighters are continuing to battle these bushfires. these are live images from the wildfires in california. you've been watching bbc news.

good morning. friday was a cold day, but large parts of the uk stayed dry and sunny. heavy snow showers in northern ireland and into scotland. a covering of snow in wales and the west midlands, northwest midlands, in the western parts of birmingham badly affected by the early snowfall. there's still some snow falling through the night and the morning, but not as widespread and not as heavy, but with the frost more widespread icy conditions could be more of a problem into saturday morning. we start with some wintry showers. possibly moving away from wales, but heading more into the northwest of england. wintry showers perhaps the northern ireland. more likely to get snow in northern scotland. many places will have a dry and sunny day. cloud increasing in the south—west, signs of rain. a cold day across the uk. we must not

as strong, so it may not feel quite as strong, so it may not feel quite as cold, but we have drawn down cold air across our shores and coming into the cold air we saw it briefly in the far south—west there some wet weather from this weather systems and that brings problems as we had overnight into sunday. so a very cold —— very cold quickly on saturday evening. wet weather coming in from the south—west quickly turns to snow. hats for northern ireland, especially the wales, the midlands, east anglia and moving northwards into northern england. across the central areas we have the amber snow warning. ten centimetres widely, perhaps more of high ground. the worst of it comes later in the night and early on sunday morning. snow made contin —— continue into the afternoon. dry and cold across much of scotland. certainly cold underneath the snow. across southern parts of england and wales it does become milder. sunshine and heavy

showers and some strong winds around too. some snow again on sunday. it tends to peter out later in the day. but there's a storm coming in from the atlantic, which will bring stormy winds on the part of spain and france and the deep low pressure having an impact on our shores. if the south—eastern half of the uk thatis the south—eastern half of the uk that is more likely to get some rain. heavy rain, really strong winds. the risk of some snow with the undercut of cold air still around. that system moves away and things calm down a bit on tuesday. most things calm down a bit on tuesday. m ost pla ces things calm down a bit on tuesday. most places will be dry and bright, but still cold. this is bbc news, the headlines. there's been a break—through in britain's brexit negotiations with europe. the eu commission has officially ruled there's been sufficient progress for talks to move on from divorce, to a new trade relationship. palestinians have held protests in towns and cities in the gaza strip and the occupied west bank, to protest against the us decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital.

one palestinian is reported to have been shot dead. the united nations says that 1a of its peacekeepers have been killed in an attack in the east of the democratic republic of congo, in the north kivu province. un secretary general antonia guterres described the killing as a war crime. coastal communities in california, including in santa barbara — are preparing for evacuations as six wildfires continue to rage out of control in the state.