you have a newborn. four weeks old. are you getting enough sleep and are you going to be awake to watch the show tomorrow? i'm not getting enough the bbc used to have in the good old days and off a lot of money. it no longer have an awful lot of money. it's having to cut right, left and centre. i was earning a lot of money, and it seemed entirely proper this is bbc news. the headlines at 7.00pm: it's america first for trade, donald trump tells globalfinance leaders — but the us is still open for business. we are expecting a decision shortly on whether the us will apply high tariffs to the canadian aircraft manufacturer bombardier. the brexit secretary sets out the uk's ambitions for a transition period after britain leaves the european union. we must discus how regulators and agencies can best provide continuity and clarity for businesses during this period. the release of black cab rapistjohn worboys from prison has been put on hold after a legal challenge victory. also coming up — the company whose meat is off the menu. the food standards agency says it's recalled products from derby—based company russell hume because of hygiene issues. several of the bbc‘s leading male news presenters agree to take a pay cut, after revelations about unequal pay at the corporation.

and their biggest fa cup victory came in 1949 against sunderland — can yeovil top that this evening when they take on manchester united? good evening and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has told an audience of business and political leaders that his mantra of "america first" does not mean "america alone." speaking at the world economic forum in davos in switzerland, mr trump said the us was doing "fa ntastically well" and was "open for business." but he hit out at what he called other countries' "predatory" trading practices. earlier, the president said he was prepared to apologise for sharing social media posts by the far—right group britain first. our north america editor jon sopel is in davos. geeeesee eeeelq tluene eee eeee

have gone with him. and wherever the cameras have been, the president has been pleased to oblige. i hope we're going to bring back many billions of dollars into the us. i think that will happen — it's already happening. but billions of dollars is coming back into the us and i think that will just continue. how much today? how much? probably a lot. and that was the theme of his speech. america first, yes, but an america welcoming the world. i will always put america first, just like the leaders of other countries should put their country first also. but america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows, so does the world. but at the end of a week in which the us imposed extra charges on some imported goods from china, he played down talk of a trade war.

nevertheless, there was a warning. we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of others. we support free trade, but it needs to be fair, and it needs to be reciprocal. because in the end, unfair trade undermines us all. some stood to applaud, but it wasn't the ovation given to president xi of china last year. this hasn't been a complete meeting of minds, but then again it may be that davos 2018 turns out to be a win—win. and the president was in conciliatory, almost repentant mood over those britain first anti—muslim retweets from last year that brought him to blows with the prime minister. here's what's fair. if you're telling me those

are horrible people, horrible, racist people, i would certainly apologise, if you'd like me to do that. i know nothing about them. so, yes, he would apologise, he just didn't actually say sorry. the president has now left the swiss alps, and if not yet a fully paid—up member of the davos set, he will probably be invited back. there's a lot they liked about what donald trump said, and who would disagree with his central message, that a booming us economy is good for the global economy? jon sopel, bbc news, davos. as donald trump discussed us trade policy, belfast was readying itself for a decision due in the next hour about possible import tariffs that could affect hundreds ofjobs there. the united states has been considering levies that could add millions of pounds to the cost of bombardier‘s c series aircraft — assembled in canada but with wings made in northern ireland.

we can speak to our correspondent chris page, who's outside the bombardierfactory in belfast. this story started some time ago, chris. did you bring us up—to—date? yes, so just as chris. did you bring us up—to—date? yes, sojust as donald chris. did you bring us up—to—date? yes, so just as donald trump's trade policy goes to the top of the global news agenda workers here in east belfast are waiting for the latest stage in what has been now quite a long—running american trade dispute they have found themselves at the centre of. the country who has the space here, bombardier, is headquartered in canada, and they have been in a dispute with the us air force manufacturer boeing. boeing claims france's c series aircraft, the wings from which —— they claim that bombardier‘s c series aircraft. they say there has been unfair financial assistance

from the canadian and the british governments, so from the canadian and the british governments, so as from the canadian and the british governments, so as this complaint has been going through the process in america so far the us trade authorities have agreed with boeing's arguments and they have put in place preliminary tariffs of almost 300% on imports of the c seriesjets. almost 300% on imports of the c series jets. that means that say, for example, you pay $20 million for ac for example, you pay $20 million for a c series aeroplane, add onto that a c series aeroplane, add onto that a 300% duty and you are looking at the price going up to $80 million so ineffective quadruples the cost of anyone in the us buying a c series plane, which is worrying because for any aircraft manufacturer to have a major trade barrier between it and the great american market is highly significant. also the biggest order for these jets so far has been for the us airline delta. about 4000 people work for bombardier here in belfast and some of them work in that programme. there is also a supply chain and many other people

in ireland work for companies which provide parts and services to bombardier so unions here are warning of potentialjob losses if, as expected, the us trade commission upholds the tariffs ruling in washington in the next half—hour or so. washington in the next half—hour or so. that said, some better news from bombardier in the last few months. the airforce bombardier in the last few months. the air force manufacturer has put a sta ke the air force manufacturer has put a stake in the series and that means the ball to the operation here in belfast may be soft and —— that means that the blow to the operation. brilliantly explained, chris, thank you. with me now to talk about donald trump and us trade policy is jeremy shapiro, research director at the european council of foreign relations. jeremy, thank you very much for joining us. how would you assess the performance so far of donald trump at davos? you know, he came in and he said what he was supposed to say. i would say you can always tell with donald trump when he is not really happy with what he is saying because

he becomes very flat, very stilted in his delivery. and that is what he did today. you can sort of read between the lines he wasn't very interested or very happy with what he is saying. why would that be then? i suppose he is trying to say something that would be unpalatable in its rawest sense to this divot—mac these global elites? in its rawest sense to this divot—mac these global elites7m in its rawest sense to this divot-mac these global elites? it is ha rd to divot-mac these global elites? it is hard to say —— to these global elites. you never know with donald trump. a lot of times he likes to be conciliatory in a room and that helped him in davos, he wanted to make friends with these global elites, but it didn't appeal to his fiery rhetoric side, his america first demagoguery, which he really does enjoy, and he didn't get fired up does enjoy, and he didn't get fired up by does enjoy, and he didn't get fired up by the crowd, who were not very interested in him and would have been even less interested had he been even less interested had he been the fiery demagogue. how difficult for him is that if he has to satisfy that audience at home,

and one abroad? i think he did a pretty good job of moving between those two audiences. but i think what we will see and what we often see from donald trump, he will repudiate his own speech when he gets home in front of a more fiery crowd, so he will contradict some of the things he said, and he will return to the fiery donald trump, so it is always a mistake, when you listen to donald trump, to assure that what he says is the direction in which he is going. it really more reflects his mood and the room he is in. and yet everywhere he goes, every step he ta kes, everywhere he goes, every step he takes, as we can see from these pictures, people follow him in their d roves, pictures, people follow him in their droves, don't they? yes, well, he is certainly the greatest show on earth and people love to have him and analyse them and i myself

have been on television to talk about him more times than i can count and i have no idea why, because i have not that much insight into him and i'm not sure there is much to have. well, jeremy, we are very grateful for you talking to us about it and we love to have your insight! thank you very much, jeremy shapiro, research director at the ecfr. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are jason beattie, head of politics at the daily mirror, and helen brand, chief executive of the association of chartered certified accountants. the brexit secretary david davis has outlined the government's plan for the transition period after britain leaves the eu in march next year. he confirmed that during the time the uk would be free to sign new trade agreements. but mr davis played down rifts within his own party over europe, insisting there was ‘no difference' between himself, the chancellor and theresa may over brexit. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. in teesside today the brexit secretary was trying to calm troubled waters. surrounded by businesses dependent on eu trade, he promised certainty and continuity when we leave.

david davis set out the government's plans for a transition period of up to two years after brexit. this is a bridge to a new future partnership, where crucially the united kingdom is outside the single market and outside of the customs union. he said for business there would be no dramatic change, but the uk would start to talk trade with other countries, all to be negotiated with the eu, but for now it's comments by his cabinet colleague that is causing problems. that's causing problems. the chancellor said there could be very modest changes in eu relations. if the cabinet can't agree on its position, how can you possibly negotiate with brussels? look, i'm in politics, and people debate, and they have different views. there's a diversity of views on this subject, in all parties. that doesn't mean that we don't have or can't have a coherent and forceful view, in the interests of the united kingdom. ministers don't always want their divisions laid bare. today the chancellor insisted he backed the government's view. i was speaking about our trade relationship with the eu, and it is the government's policy

that we want to maintain the maximum possible access to markets, and the minimum friction at our borders. nonetheless, his comments angered some tory mps, although they insisted they are still behind theresa may. downing street has made it clear that the chancellor did not represent government policy, and government policy remains as set out by the prime minister. but the businesses brexit will affect say the political discord is damaging. this car parts manufacturer in redcar relies on being able to import from and export to the eu, and its boss wants far more clarity from the government about its long—term brexit plan. i think it's been pretty shambolic, and ijust want them to get on with it. from the contrary statements coming

out and the infighting that is happening, i don't know what they're expecting to achieve, i don't know what their targets are, because it's just wishy—washy. businesses like those here which rely heavily on trade with the eu crave certainty. the government says that's what the transition phase will offer. the trouble is the conservative party simply cannot agree on what should come beyond. and as talks slowly approach future trade relations, what has so far been a fragile truce among the tories looks rocky. alex forsyth, bbc news, teesside. the release of the serial sex attackerjohn warboys has been put on hold after the first step in the judicial review. a lawyer said it was paid to the high court and was due to take place early next month. it comes as a woman who was raped by worboys said if he was to be

released from prison he would attack again. speaking to bbc newsnight‘s ki rsty again. speaking to bbc newsnight‘s kirsty wark the women expressed her worries that she and other women would have no protection if he was released. i am fearful, of course i am. iam released. i am fearful, of course i am. i am very worried about this because i know for a fact he will reoffend. somebody cannot live their life for so many years committing these sorts of crimes and getting away with it for such a long period, refusing to accept they've done anything wrong, then all of a sudden torn over a new leaf and be a model citizen. of course he is going to reoffend, but i think the one thing that is worrying me and possibly other people is the fact that he knows where we lived, he knows where some of them possibly still live. he was in our homes. that was one ofjohn

worboys‘ victims speaking to kirsty wark, and you can see the full interview tonight on bbc nears at quarter past i! on newsnight. —— on bbc news. britain's economy grew faster than expected during the fourth quarter of 2017, the office for national statistics says. gdp expanded by 0.5%, driven by growth in the services sector, but the 0ns said longer—term trends were pointing to a slowdown. in 2017 as a whole, growth was 1.8%, the slowest rate of expansion since 2012. the headlines on bbc news: it's america first for trade — donald trump tells globalfinance leaders — but the us is still open for business. a decision is imminent about whether the us will apply tough tariffs affecting uk—made aircraft and more than 1000 jobs. the brexit secretary sets

out the uk's ambitions for a transition period, after britain leaves the european union. a 15—year—old boy who killed five people when he crashed a stolen car into a tree in leeds has been detained for more than four years. the teenager, who can't be named for legal reasons, admitted five counts of causing death by dangerous driving. three of the people who died were children. from leeds, phil bodmer reports: the faces of three children killed in a car crash in leeds last november. ellis thornton—kimmitt was just 12 years old, his brother elliott was 14, and darnell harte was 15. they were killed in a stolen car alongside friends anthony armour and robbie meerun, who were both 24. the vehicle hit a tree near houses in the meanwood area of leeds, after the 15—year—old driver, who can't be named, lost control. the impact split the car in two. today, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. no words can ever describe the pain that we feel. relatives of one of the victims said it wasn't enough. he's going to serve two years in prison. it's not ever going to be long enough, ever.

that's, what, a couple of months for each person's life? we've lost one of our siblings. elliott and ellis's mum has lost both of her children. when police arrived they say it was a scene of total carnage. today, leeds crown court heard how witnesses saw the stolen renault clio driving erratically, on the wrong side of the road, running red lights and travelling at speeds of up to 88 mph in a 40 mph zone. it was a truly horrendous incident, it really was, to lose three children and two adults in such a significant incident is absolutely horrendous. many people affected by it, and what i will say is no sentence will ever compensate for the loss that the families and communities of leeds have felt. the court heard that the boy had shown remorse, with thejudge telling him his actions that night will shape his life every day from now on. phil bodmer, bbc news, leeds. several of the bbc‘s leading male news presenters have

agreed to take a pay cut, after revelations about unequal pay at the corporation. jeremy vine, nick robinson, john humphrys, huw edwards, jon sopel and nicky campbell have all agreed, either formally or in principle, to reduce their salary. it follows carrie gracie's resignation as china editor, in protest at the unequal pay between male and female international editors. here's our media correspondent david sillito. arriving at work this morning wasjeremy vine, one of the bbc‘s highest—paid presenters. however, he has now agreed that his pay, more than £700,000, should be cut. i think it all needs to be sorted out. and i support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should be paid the same when they are doing the same job. it is just a no—brainer. it wasn't a problem for me to accept one. it is all part of the fallout from this, the moment the bbc was forced to reveal the pay of its highest—paid presenters. not only were there questions of the size of the deal, there is a big gap between male

and female presenters. the bbc says it has agreed a series of pay cuts, among them are the today programme's john humphrys, jeremy vine, nicky campbell, huw edwards, along withjon sopel and nick robinson, alljust before a meeting with mp5 next week to discuss the issue. i don't think people making voluntary sacrifices or individual gestures is a way to solve what appears to be a very large problem. if a job is worth paying an amount of money for, it is worth paying that amount of money for whoever does it, a man or woman. four of the bbc's leading male news presenters say they will take a pay cut in the wake of carrie gracie resigning as china editor... and i am also on that list. this was 5 live this morning, and the slightly uncomfortable moment when the news presenters found themselves in the news bulletin. and it's not the end of it. a bbc review of star pay is due out

in the next few days, along with a face—to—face meeting with mp5. david sillitoe, bbc news. david sillito, bbc news. in the last hour or so the today presenterjohn humphrys has been talking about the pay controversy to our media and arts who we just heard from, david sillito. it seems fair. the bbc used to have, in the good old days, an awful lot of money. it no longer has an awful lot of money — it's having to cut right, left and centre. i was earning a lot of money, and it seemed entirely proper to me that i should earn rather less money so i've taken a few pay cuts, yeah. a few pay cuts? three. how much are you earning now? i shan‘t tell you that, because that's for the bbc to reveal in due course whenever the next disclosure happens, but hugely less than i was. a lot less than 600,000 — half? 0h, a lot less than 600,000. but then the 600,000

is mildly misleading, because that included my mastermind fees as well so, yeah. it's been reported that its roughly halved to around 300,000. well, i'm not going to comment, but i wouldn't... how much did you say? about 300,000. well, it's somewhat less, but i'm not going to comment on any detail about that — that's for the bbc. your salary‘s been cut in half. you seem quite happy about it? well, it's not exactly a pathetically low salary. most people listening to this would probably say, well, he's hardly worth even that, is he? it's still a lot of money. a lot less than it was, which just goes to show what i was earning was a very large amount of money, and it and it seems, as i say, entirely fair, to take rather less. have you been reassured that you will be earning the same as your female colleagues? i haven't asked the question. would you want to know? no. do you think that at the end of this, especially your comments that were recorded, do you think —

do you feel comfortable at the end of all of this? comfortable? a lot of your colleagues were obsessed, or people certainly , upset, or people in the bbc were upset that he seemed to make —— upset, or people in the bbc were upset that he seemed to make light of these differences, with those recorded comments. it was four o'clock in the morning. i was having a joke with an old friend, jon sopel, and we were exchanging our usual insults, which is the sort of thing you do if you've known somebody for a very long time. at least you do at four o'clock in the morning with somebody like sopel and me, we get on very well together, and we were having a bit ofa together, and we were having a bit of a joke, together, and we were having a bit ofajoke, and together, and we were having a bit of a joke, and we were taking the mickey out of each other, not out of carrie gracie or any women. it was not a gender—based discussion. it wasn't a discussion, it was about 90 seconds, winding each other up, the

sort of thing i have done with sopel thousands of times, but somebody was recording it and it was fed to people outside the bbc. in the end you have taken a big pay cut but it is still a very large amount. i've already acknowledge that, i think i volunteered that fact. do you think this is the end of the matter? no idea. i'm sure... wejournalists are relu cta nt to idea. i'm sure... wejournalists are reluctant to let stories go, rent we? i'm sure there will be more stuff where this came from over the next days and weeks and months, and who knows, even years, because there is another pay disclosure to come later this year, isn't there, in the summer? i suppose it won't go away. iimagine the summer? i suppose it won't go away. i imagine the bbc obviously would like it to go away, but let's see. the today presenterjohn humphrys speaking to oui’ presenterjohn humphrys speaking to our entertainment correspondent,

david sillito. a court has ruled that a coroner was wrong to exclude the names of the alleged suspects in a new inquest into the birmingham pub bombings. 21 people were killed when two ira bombs exploded in 1974. victims‘ families have welcomed the decision, but are angry they had to pay for legal help. the food standards agency has defended the way it dealt with health and safety concerns at a meat company, which supplied the pub chain wetherspoons, as well as cafes, schools and restaurants. the food standards agency has stopped any meat leaving russell hume company sites as it carries out an investigation over food hygiene concerns. the wetherspoon pubs, which sell 200,000 steaks a week, removed them from their menu from their weekly steak night after it also became concerned on hygiene grounds. and tonight russell hume, the meat supplier issued a statement saying it was shocked by the action taken by the fsa and stressed it had an unblemished record of 50 years. our business correspondent emma simpson gave us this update. on wednesday it emerged that the

food standards agency had been investigating russell hume for what it called serious noncompliance with food hygiene regulations. the company was forced to halt production at its six sites and all deliveries suspended. it was also asked to make sure that its customers withdrew unused meat. it turns out those customers included a host of household names, from jamie oliver's italian restaurants, to butlins, to pub chains. that was emma simpson, our business correspondent. well, we can speak now to eddie gershon spokesman for the wetherspoons pub chain, which has been badly affected by the recall of meat by its supplier, russell hume. thank you for coming in. when did your company first started think something was amiss? on tuesday morning when our lawyers went to the production offices of russell hume to pick up and deliver to all our pubs. the gates were closed, it didn't sound right, we got in touch with russell hume and got a very short response that there had been

some problems with labelling, they didn't tell us any more and we didn't tell us any more and we didn't think it was right. we sell 10 million stakes a year in our pubs and we need to make sure food quality and hygiene is paramount at all times, so at that stage even with just small information we decided to stop selling the steaks in oliver pubs. the spokesperson for russell hume said they have been regularly inspected and never challenge like this by the food standards agency —— in all of our pubs. what did you notice about the meet? nothing. butjust as the gates we re meet? nothing. butjust as the gates were locked we thought something was going on. we have dealt with russell hume over many years and they have been a good supplier, notjust to us but to others. but the problem is they didn't speak to us, we tried we re they didn't speak to us, we tried were 36 hours and couldn't get any information and it was only dealt with after we withdrew it from our pubs and we have an obligation to oui’ pubs and we have an obligation to our customers to ensure we were doing anything wrong. it was easier to stop serving than ask questions we didn't have answers to. how

damaging is that for you as a business? it wasn't easy, because probably being the biggest scandal within our 40 years, in terms of affecting us — we were involved directly, but a lot of people come to our pubs to enjoy steaks, and as you said it corresponded with a steak evening where we sell around 90,000 steaks and a lot of our customers missed that, so we resolved that with another supplier, but we felt russell hume and the sfa could have acted more appropriately to deal with us. we have seen from other issues regarding meat in the past that it dents people's confidence. what is your message to your customers? we have got is the new suppliers who will be supplying to us and we will start again with stea ks to us and we will start again with steaks in our pubs from tuesday and we are more than happy with the suppliers, inasmuch as we were happy with russell hume but they obviously had problems, and we are still not quite what they were, but we feel

totally confident with these new suppliers and also the sfa have made it clear that while these investigations go on the not aware of anyone becoming ill as a result of the meet. that is very important to stress, isn't it? should russell hume get themselves sorted out, whatever the problem turns out to be, how inclined would you be to go back to them as a supplier? they have served us well and it is very sad, the employ about 350,000 people, but we have terminated our contract with them and looked elsewhere. eddie gershon from wetherspoon pubs, thank you. look at the weather. we have seen this on the weather. we have seen this on the weather. we have seen this on the far north—west, not much rain here but it will get wetter as the rain picks up across western areas. further east we will have clearer skies for a while and it will be quite chilly, not too far away from freezing. those temperatures beginning to lift later as the wind

begins to freshen. a spell of wet and windy weather sweeping east through the morning. some heavy rain over these pills but in the afternoon and the rain will become light and patchy and we should get some sunshine in scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england, one or two match yours as well. quite windy to the day and despite cloud those temperatures —— one 01’ despite cloud those temperatures —— one or two. very mild once again. higher temperatures if you see the sun. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: a decision is due shortly on whether the us will apply punitive tariffs to the aircraft manufacturer bombard here which could affect over 1000 uk jobs. here which could affect over 1000 ukjobs. president trump tells the world economic forum in davos the us is open for business but he will always put america first when it comes to trade. the brexit secretary david davis sets out the uk's ambitions for an transition period after it

leaves the european union. a 15—year—old has been detained for more than four years — after five passengers of the stolen car he was driving in leeds, were killed. the release of black cab rapistjohn warboys from prison has been put on hold after victims won the first step ina hold after victims won the first step in a legal challenge. the food standards agency says it has taken action to stop any meat leaving sites of the company russell hume due to concern about safety. let's return to the issue of the bombardier aircraft company which may have tariffs of over 300% imposed by the united states. there is an interest in this in particular

in belfast where some of the powers of those aircraft are manufactured. we can speak to samira hussain, bbc's north america business correspondent. we are waiting to see this news dropped. remind us of how we got to this point of view because it has been a protracted process. indeed it has. if you go back to a few years ago what happened was that bombardier had created a c series fleet of planes. 0nce bombardier had created a c series fleet of planes. once they presented these planes one american airline, delta airlines, had purchased about 125 of these planes. but that prompted cries from the big us plane maker in the united states, boeing, saying that bombardier was using a tool called price dumping by making their planes cost much lower to make them much more attractive for companies to buy them. they took their complaint to the us government. there happens to be a

very receptive us government right 110w very receptive us government right now when it comes to these kinds of trade disagreements. late last year we saw that the us commerce department slapped bombardier with an almost 300% tariff on any of those planes that would come into the united states. that makes those planes really prohibitive to the us market. so bombardier, along with the canadian and the uk governments, have appealed this decision and right now we are waiting for the international trade commission in the united states in washington to vote. in fact, the united states in washington to vote. infact, members the united states in washington to vote. in fact, members have already come into the room. i believe they are still waiting for the commissioner and will start voting on this shortly. we are hearing on some newswires that bombardier have lost and boeing have one. that is the only information i have, i cannot even the only information i have, i

cannot even source the only information i have, i cannot even source it for you. tell us cannot even source it for you. tell us what that means. if that is true, it will not come as a big surprise to pretty much anyone. most it will not come as a big surprise to pretty much anyone. m was justin 2“? he "7 ”ff fa-en he can wm” 77 aen he can a- -eal ,, e framework an a- -eal ,, e framework of a- -eal ,, 77 framework of the eal ,, to is within the framework of the north free trade north american free trade agreement: is between canada, the % fragment eee???“ ff“?:“:’t“¥f“t%t’ " ' t' t and mexico. within that are dispute to any dispute. 7:73; is i ’ f $ avenue that the canadian

one avenue that the canadian government, along with bombardier, will take in trying to resolve this commercial dispute essentially between bombardier and boeing. another avenue they could take is to go to the world trade organisation, an international body looking at trade disputes. i am going to com pletely trade disputes. i am going to completely backtrack. don't you love live television? i do. so do i, especially when you have to do a handbrake turn and a u—turn. we are now hearing that the us trade commission has blocked the 300% ta riffs commission has blocked the 300% tariffs on bombardier c series planes and the international trade commission has voted 4—14 bombardier. let's explore that instead. well, that is a bit of a surprise as many people really believed that bombardier was going to lose in this case. that is interesting. even more interesting

is the fact we see that they voted 4-1. it is is the fact we see that they voted 4—1. it is perhaps an indication that the members of this voting committee thought the 300% tariff was really quite a hefty price to pay because it would essentially be cutting bombardier completely out of the us market. it would have a severe impact in terms ofjobs, not only in canada, but also in the united states and also in belfast. indeed. thank you very much. shall i recap? i will tell you where i got it from. reuters are saying, i believe it is reuters, that the us international trade commission has voted 4—0 four bombardier, voting against 300% tariffs against a canadian company. let me find the rest of the information. us trade

commission block 300% tariffs on bombardier c series planes. we can speak to our ireland correspondent chris page who's outside bombardier in belfast. that is rather different. that will be music to the ears of the people who work in the building behind you. it absolutely well. let me tell you, ido it absolutely well. let me tell you, i do not think anybody in northern ireland was expecting this outcome. everybody was prepared for bad news from washington today, bad news for the people here and for the wider economy. everything that had been coming in this trade disputes so far had been pointing for a victory for boeing. we had two significant preliminary rulings by the us authorities up to now that had slapped a preliminary tariff of 292% on imports of the c series jets whose wings are made in east belfast, to the united states. now

the us independent trade commission is, a body that has been meeting in washington in the last few minutes, has unanimously voted to overturn those preliminary rulings. that means bombardier are the winners and boeing have lost. their complaint had not stood up in the view of the commissioners, so now the c series jet will be able to be imported into the us without no tariffs or punitive duties. when you think about everything that has been going on here over the last few months since it first emerged there was a major complaint from boeing, they had said that bombardier had been put at an unfair advantage because of financial assistance, and in their view it meant they could sell their view it meant they could sell their c series planes at less than what it cost to build them. there has been a great deal of worry here and the potential impact it would have on the economy if they were

effectively prevented from being imported into the us. now things have changed in the space of a few minutes and the news here will be very welcome and there will be a great sense of relief. chris page in belfast. let's get more now on the brexit secretary, david davis, setting out the uk's ambitions for a transition period after britain leaves the european union. iam going i am going to move cameras now. we will even show you what he looks like from the front, not the back of his head. in a speech in middlesbrough, he stressed that any transition must be strictly time—limited and there must be continued access to eu markets, on the current terms, during that period. brexit commissioning editor at the daily telegraph, nice to see you. glad you can show the front of my head as well. otherwise it was a

mystery, but i quite like that about you. david davis interestingly saying, we are all on the same page. theresa may and i all want the same thing. what is it that they all want? people get into a bit of a lather about what philip hammond said, there would be very modest changes after britain left the european union, and he is describing government policy. we would keep most of the european rules because we would have transferred them onto our statute books. this is where the borisjohnson, michael gove our statute books. this is where the boris johnson, michael gove group will be pleased. they can wriggle their way away from the eu tendrils, working their way out, negotiating the balance between access to markets. it is called managed divergences and that is what the planning process is, it gets lost amongst all the noise. how quickly

will that happen? isn't the transitional period somewhat up in the air? the phrase the government likes to use is about two years. that could be under two years or over two years. the eu says it needs to be 21 months. any more beyond that it becomes 2021 when the transition period ends and then it is the next period when the eu has its budget. if britain wants to do that and go beyond two years, it may have to pay for the privilege. that and go beyond two years, it may have to pay for the privilegelj wonder have to pay for the privilege.” wonder how many people will have worked it out. there is a cost, but they are trying to explain that cost. for some people like the brexiteer is they would struggle to see an upside. in their words it is a vassal state where we have to behave like we are in the eu, where we may be able to negotiate trade deals and if they are hopefully nice to ask, we can sign them. this is

why it has to be done quickly. in the words of the brexit secretary it has to be an orderly withdrawal and this is a process that will take a lot of time to prepare. david davis, the prime minister and the chancellor say they shared the same ideals, to serve the british economy and the british people. it would be odd if politicians did not say that. it accepts there is a diversity of views within the conservatives. but how diverse are they? jacob rees mogg and peter bone who would like it quite frankly if we could leave insta ntly it quite frankly if we could leave instantly from the eu and we could go out into the sea of the world trade organisation terms, should wash by playing as we are. but then there would be possibly trade war disputes that would proliferate and thatis disputes that would proliferate and that is why there is a plan for a managed process of disentanglement. jacob rees mogg has never been a fan of this. although he speaks eloquently against it, this is what

the government wants to back. the cabinet has to realise how fast they wa nt to cabinet has to realise how fast they want to die birds. in the transition period it is not yet clear whether the eu will give it a kick on the way out by hitting it with all sorts of regulations. david davis says we would not be able to pass the regulations in time, but this is where he will have to secure concessions. the brexiteers, it sounds like a band. it is a bit like a flashback. nice to see you. from the front! league two yeovil entertain manchester united tonight in the fa 4th round, with nearly ten thousand fans packed into the stadium and millions watching on television. so what can we expect? on one hand we've got yeovil, who are struggling at the bottom of the football league, and on the other manchester united who were named as the richest club in the world last week, full of international superstars and managed

by the charismaticjose mourinho. but a tie like this means more than just football to a town like yeovil as clinton rogers found out. # fillup your # fill up your glasses,... to the tune of the glovers' anthem, 11 men of yeovil ride in. it was a bit different 69 years ago. somehow i could not imagine that the team would be prepping for a big game down the pub. jeff rogers remembers it all well. as a 15—year—old boy he was there when the glovers beat sunderland in 1949 to set up an fa cup showdown with manchester united. people say, and how true it is i do not know, that the rohrer when the board the winner was heard in sherborne five miles away. more cheers as the gallant chaps of yeovil go 3—1 up against manchester.

it could happen. in reality i have no idea what they are plotting behind there. today they will not allow us to take pictures of the ground because i guess they do not wa nt ground because i guess they do not want those manchester chaps to know what a football ground looks like. not that i imagine their fans are overly worried. meet one of the few somerset men who will be waving the red flag tonight. he is a committee member of the manchester united fan club. if they still had their old pitch with the slope on, then they would give us a run for our money. is that it? without the slope we will not do it? no, i am afraid not. and on the subject of divided loyalties, meet paolo who runs the portuguese food warehouse in yeovil. he is keen to give a warm welcome to his compatriot jose he is keen to give a warm welcome to his compatriotjose mourinho. a couple of bottles of special wine that he wants me to deliver.

prediction for the game. 2—0. that he wants me to deliver. prediction for the game. 2-0. for yeovil? for manchester. i have a plan, we give the manchester united tea m plan, we give the manchester united team this before they play and then we win.