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this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 11pm: another casualty on the high street as house of fraser announces it's to close half of its stores, with the loss of 6,000 jobs. this is brutal. this is as tough as it gets. we have not taken this decision lightly. it is very dramatic for people that we care about a great deal. the prime minister says she expect an end state customs arrangement in place by december 2021, and does not want to use her brexit backstop plan. bats as she arrives for the g7 summit. bashed bats as. —— that's as. ahead of his historic summit with north korea, president trump says he will consider inviting kim jong—un to america if the meeting goes well. 0n newsnight, we hearfrom the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he may only be the leader ofa netanyahu. he may only be the leader of a small country but he's a
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pivotal international figure, of a small country but he's a pivotal internationalfigure, on him rest important decisions about war with iran and peace in the middle east. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we're going to take you to some live pictures in quebec where theresa may is arriving for the g7 summit. the prime minister has said she specs britain to have a permanent solution ona britain to have a permanent solution on a post—brexit customs arrangement in place by the end of 2021 at the latest —— she expects. britain doesn't want to use the backstop arrangement it has proposed to brussels in the case of delays. that's the prime minister's plane. clearly people lined up ready to
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greet her as she comes out. she has been travelling, as you'd expect, with a team ofjournalists and there have been various questions put to her that have been... that have emerged in the last few minutes, clearly off the back of what's being widely portrayed as a victory for theresa may, getting brexit back on track by agreeing to a collective statement about a backstop arrangement. this is if no agreement can be reached about the border between northern ireland and the irish republic, then the backstop arrangement will only last until 2021. there is the prime minister. coming straight from brexit into a potentially very interesting and
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potentially very interesting and potentially quite tense g7. because, of course, this is the first meeting since president trump announced hefty tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from allies, including the european union and canada. the prime minister clearly being welcomed there. interesting too that this g7 summit is taking place in canada. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has been quite outspoken in his condemnation of the tariffs that president trump has imposed. with him and the french president, emmanuel macron, taking the lead. there is, i think, some doubt over
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what sort of i—to—i contact theresa may will have with president trump. the story in the papers review that we had a little bit earlier, a story on the front page of the daily telegraph, suggesting president trump is not too keen on theresa may's style. well, various people there, as i said, to greet the prime minister. asi said, to greet the prime minister. as i mentioned a little bit earlier, she's had a very torrid day of it today, but finally managed to reach
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agreement with the brexit secratary, david davis. after a cabinet dispute over the future customs arrangements with the european union. the row is over a so—called backstop plan to avoid a hard border in ireland but the deal can't be reached with brussels —— if. the government is making it clear such an agreement will not go past 2021. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. are you about to lose your brexit secretary, prime minister? she has a lot on, but theresa may's firstjob today was to prevent disaster. to stop the man who is meant to be in charge of brexit from flouncing out. david davis was summoned to an early meeting behind the commons gates, behind closed doors. 0ther ministers were trying to embrace the day.
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