you're watching bbc news at 9, with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: the prime minister has been on radio this morning, defending her position and arguing for the brext deal to be passed by mps. we're out of the customs union, we're out of the single market. we're out of the common agricultural policy, we're out of the common fisheries policy. that's what i think people voted for. will you be resigning today, mr gove? michael gove is considering his position in cabinet, after rejecting the prime minister's offer to make him brexit secretary. i'll have all the latest reaction to this story here at westminster. and i'm chris rogers. our other stories this morning... the number of people unaccounted for, after california's deadliest ever wildfire has more than doubled, to over 600. the author and women's rights campaigner who's accused a senior peer of sexual harassment has condemned the house of lords‘ decision to block his immediate suspension. lord lester had the advantage of

lobbying his friends and his peers. each one stood up one by one and declared their interest of being his friends, and they were the ones that could have a say in deciding the vote, and that was wholly unfair. sold! a picture by the british painter, david hockney, sets a new record — ‘portrait of an artist — pool with two figures‘ has fetched $90 million. and wayne rooney says he loved every minute of his 120th and final england appearance. hello and a very good morning from

bbc news at nine, live from westminster. an extraordinary few daysin westminster. an extraordinary few days in british politics, i‘m sure you‘ll all agree. the prime minister has been plugging away this morning defending her brexit deal with brussels after a string of ministerial resignations and growing criticism of that draft brexit deal. the environment secretary, michael gove, is understood to be considering whether he should become the latest cabinet minister to resign from the government, after rejecting the prime minister‘s offer to make him brexit secretary. the bbc understands that mr gove told her he would take the job only if he was allowed to try to negotiate an improved withdrawal deal with the eu. this despite continuing speculation about the future of other cabinet ministers who campaigned to leave the eu, and the strength of opposition to the draft agreement across the commons chamber, after theresa may has insisted she will press ahead with trying

to get it through parliament. theresa may has defended her deal on lbc radio. this is not the deal of a future relationship with the european union. the deal of the future of relationship with the european union means we take back control of our laws, we end free movement, take back control of our borders, take back control of our money, so we can spend it on priorities like the nhs. we‘re out of the customs union, we‘re out of the single market, we‘re out of the common agricultural policy, we‘re out of the common fisheries policy. 0ur assitant political editor, norman smith, is here with me. an extraordinary few days and the prime minister out battling for her deal again this morning. what did you make of that phone in? deal again this morning. what did you make of that phone mm underscores what we know, she‘s determined to try and stick this out. the trouble is, herfate and

her brexit deal‘s fate is sort of no longer in her control and in particular everything now in the immediate next few hours seems to hinge on what michael gove does next. because he has clearly signalled he doesn‘t want the brexit secretary job because he signalled he doesn‘t want the brexit secretaryjob because he doesn‘t think much of her deal and would like another one. translated into simple english, he‘s rejecting her deal, which is the centrepiece of her whole government, makes it hard to see how he can continue to remain inside her cabinet. the other thing i think we will have to watch is whether there is a movement by the grey suits, the senior figures in the cabinet, to kind of coalesce together, perhaps with michael gove on to say to theresa may, look, based on what happened yesterday in the commons, where let‘s face it, you got a pummelling, there was in any chance of this deal getting through. we are going to do think again. so the next few hours are going to be crucial in trying to ascertain whether there is any sort

of cabinet movement to try and shift theresa may along, albeit this morning, michael gove absolutely inscrutable as he left his home surrounded by reporters. good morning. mr gove, are you going to support the prime minister, sir? are you resigning today, mr gove? good morning. just give us an idea, this is only a draft agreement, isn't it? why are there so many reservations at the moment, sir? you were offered the job of brexit secretary, why did you say no to that, mrgove? mr gove, are you off to see the prime minister now? does she still have your full support? good morning. why did you turn down the job of brexit secretary? mr gove, we've spoken to labour people this morning... surely we're heading for a general election. good morning. michael gove... i don‘t know if we‘re looking at some slow motion resignation from michael gove as opposed to a sharp, decisive resignation of something else entirely. let‘s see what the day brings. 0n entirely. let‘s see what the day

brings. on that issue of continuing speculation over theresa may‘s leadership and whether there will be a vote of no—confidence, do we have any a vote of no—confidence, do we have a ny clear a vote of no—confidence, do we have any clear idea if the requisite number of letters with that 1922 backbench committee, which has the power to authorise this vote?|j backbench committee, which has the power to authorise this vote? i had been told for week now, there‘s 42 letters, 43, 1m. .. been told for week now, there‘s 42 letters, 43, 44... we should be over 48 by now and we‘re not. the man who the letters are meant to be sent into, mr brady, got the bus last at six o‘clock and went home. didn‘t sound like a man who was imminently going to announce a leadership contest has been triggered. all of that said, if the brexiteers do have, as they claim, something like 80 supporters that the bishop be a doddle, there should be no problem getting those leadership letters. we shall see. 0ne getting those leadership letters. we shall see. one of the other interesting things is that moves by jacob rees—mogg, that impromptu press c0 nfe re nce , jacob rees—mogg, that impromptu press conference, has provoked a backlash, who are beginning to get

their act together. until now they have pretty much said nothing, just left it to the brexiteers to make the running. i was struck by the number of former remainders and moderates basically saying bright, battle now on. what theresa may needsis battle now on. what theresa may needs is for friends, battle now on. what theresa may needs is forfriends, for allies on the backbenches. she can‘tjust rely ona the backbenches. she can‘tjust rely on a few luba loyalists in the cabinet. james brokenshire, we heard again this morning, we can have a listen to him again, just saying mrs maher is determined to carry on. she is staying, getting on with the job. she will follow thisjob through as prime minister. that is what we need to do to support her. and, yes, i believe that she has the confidence of my party in taking that forward on doing that job and why we need to be focused on the deal that we have here now. getting on with brexit, dealing with the stability and getting on with the job that the british public want us to do and that is what i hope my colleagues will be focused on. what theresa may really need is

people like sajid javid, jeremy hunt, those sort of figures coming out and backing her. her critics are still out there. we heard this morning from silage the northern ireland secretary who resigned saying the policy has to change. it's the issue and i have a problem with, the deal. this is about personalities for me. i worked previously with theresa may when she was shadow leader of the commons as her deputy and was shadow leader of the commons as herdeputy and her was shadow leader of the commons as her deputy and her vice—chairman. was shadow leader of the commons as her deputy and hervice—chairman. i have a huge amount of time and respect for her. the deal she is brought back is one neither remainders brexiteers will be happy with. i was a remainer at the referendum. basically what it does is locked the united kingdom into a customs arrangement under rules will be made by the eu. we will have no say on any of those rules because we won't be sitting at the top table. what happens the day we leave the eu

next march? initially, we will all be locked into this customs arrangement and then we get an implementation period. great britain, scotland and wales can then back off but northern ireland will be permanently locked into the customs arrangement. the critical issue is that we cannot unilaterally leave the customs arrangement. there is no finite state. so, if michael gove doesn‘t want the job of brexit secretary, who else? i imagine theresa may, whether she will ask, wa nts to theresa may, whether she will ask, wants to be pretty confident that person will actually say yes. wants to be pretty confident that person will actually say yeslj wants to be pretty confident that person will actually say yes. i have a suspicion mrs may will be ringing people on the phone and they will think, i‘m not going to pick up the phone. who would want to be brexit secretary? the nightmare task. the pm says she will appoint someone in the next day or so. i‘m guessing that might slip towards the weekend. she said she had spoken to michael gove this money. this is what she

said about it on lbc. i had a very good conversation with michael yesterday. one of the things we have been discussing is one of the really important things, i think, for a lot of people in this negotiation. it's the thing, one of the things they think, went wrong when we went into europe, which is the fishing industry, and making sure that we are actually able to come out of this and able to rebuild our fishing industry. i suppose reflecting on all this, if you consider the divisions before the referendum, since the referendum amongst labour and conservatives are 110w amongst labour and conservatives are now there‘s different factions are coalescing now, it depends, much depends on who gets their act together, whether it is those who are absolutely adamant they do not wa nt are absolutely adamant they do not want theresa may‘s version of the deal or those who think there must be another way. one of the, i thought, more interesting comments in the past 24 hours was by ken clarke, the father of the house, a man who has been there and done it all. his verdict was that mrs may may be in his words "doomed" to

carry on. what he means is who on earth can assemble a majority in the house of commons? who on earth is going to be able to negotiate some sort of different deal with the eu? it is not clear that anyone will be able to get a majority for any particular position, whether it is no deal, whether it is another referendum, the norway option, canada plus, plus, plus. the house of commons is profoundly an utterly divided. and did a funny sort of way, that may be mrs may‘s salvation because despite all the difficulties and problems, she at least has a plan. she has a deal and she wants to pursue it and she wants to try and push it through the house of commons. so she at least knows what she is trying to do one step at a time. it is not at all clear that anyone else has a plan. norman, thank you for your thoughts on all of that this morning. norman smith, oui’ of that this morning. norman smith, our political assistant editor.

theresa may as defined about her brexit gerwen refusing to leave number ten, even though there may be some who wish she would there are parallels with the last woman prime minister, margaret thatcher, who stayed in office, even though some of her own mps were circling her, looking to see her off. let‘s speak to the former conservative party chairman, grant shapps. thank you forjoining us. you're welcome. norman is right, theresa may does have a plan. lots of people are saying they are not happy with it, but the people who are not happy with that haven‘t quite got their act together, have they? i think that is probably right at the moment, by my estimate is looking at who is publicly announced that, there 20 mps who written formally to the chairman of the 1922, mr brady, and that they want to see a leadership challenge. i am

not one of them, although some of your viewers may remember more than a year ago your viewers may remember more than a yearagoi your viewers may remember more than a year ago i said if we are going to change the direction of the negotiation, that would have been the time to do it. i think now, essentially it is far too late. now we are in a situation where this deal will possibly go to the house of commons and probably about the 10th of december. the interesting thing is, will she have the support in the house to pass it? that will be the next big battle. even if there was a no—confidence vote and let safer argument soak theresa may on offer and the party had a new leader. the context wouldn‘t have substantially changed, would it? that is true. and by the way, even if the 48 letters that sparked the leadership contest go on, she has to just pick up 158 colleagues who will support her and she properly has a 13 government itself. she could well win the confidence vote. as you

rightly say, either way you end up with the same facts and matters. i spent the last day breeding this huge document, which i have right here, but with troll agreement. —— reading this huge document for. but another one is only seven pages long and isa another one is only seven pages long and is a political declaration. this would be what happens after we leave. after reading this, there is a line in here concerning a lot of colleagues, which essentially says, we will start from what we get with the withdrawal agreement, the agreement for the next 20 months up to december 2020 and then essentially build on that for the final relationship. i think what is worrying a lot of my colleagues is oh dear, it won‘t be just the next 20 months we are trapped in this eu orbit, we may never be able to escape from it, and it‘s a few words in that tiny document that describes that. what is your thinking now? if this draft agreement gets to a meaningful vote in the house of

commons, will you be supporting it 01’ commons, will you be supporting it or not? supporting theresa may or not? i have spent the last day on it, reading the document word for word. so we can see what we are voting for. some of the problems have been clearly expressed by colleagues. mainly this issue of how you actually leave this so—called backstop arrangement if you end up in it, essentially how you break free is the real question here. i voted remain in the referendum. i am not somebody who woke up thinking about europe every day before that referendum took place, so i am the middle ground. increasingly i‘m thinking, it‘s properly the middle ground mps who haven‘t declared one way or another, not the european reform group, not the extreme remainers, want a second referendum now, but the middle ground conservatives, people like me and a lot of my colleagues who are saying, let‘s read the detail and understand whether we feel we can live with

this or indeed whether itjust goes a step too far by preventing us from ever leaving europe. ithink a step too far by preventing us from ever leaving europe. i think the a nswer ever leaving europe. i think the answer will lie in what the moderate centre ground conservative mps do. thank you, grant shapps. i‘m joined by caroline slocombe, the first female private secretary at number10, and she first female private secretary at number 10, and she went on to be private secretary forjohn major and margaret thatcher between 1999 —— 1989 and 1991. thank you forjoining me this morning. it would be great to get your thoughts on what theresa may is going through now. i think whatever you think of the draft deal, or off her, you‘ve got to admit that she has enormous stamina. she has great tenacity, and she is going through, arguably, almost uncertainly, the most difficult part of her premiership so far. yes, and

what we are seeing really is a woman like margaret thatcher who is standing ona like margaret thatcher who is standing on a glass cliff. she has taken on the jobs that the men either could not do or did not want to do and she has rolled up her sleeves and got the bit between the teeth and she is determined to go on and on as margaret thatcher put it. this does win huge admiration, but it also potentially looks for other dangerously out of touch. i think margaret thatcher and in her last days, she did not really see the writing on the wall. and listened less and less at a point where she needed to listen more. they are very different in different places politically and different personalities. the common thread is that they are both women and people like us, it‘s a book not only about thatcher‘s last 18 months but also how women are treated and how they behave in positions of power. this

terrible slide i think she is now on, which is probably going to end ina very on, which is probably going to end in a very nasty political assassination is an example of that. but what i found, when i was working at number10, but what i found, when i was working at number 10, you would be sitting inside looking at people outside, standing outside the door. speculating about what was going on. and not understanding that despite a brave face, remember, thatcher said ifight on, ifight brave face, remember, thatcher said i fight on, i fight to win. the next day she was gone. despite the brave face there are probably meetings going on which we are unaware of. you can get into number 10 through secret entrances, i let injohn moore the day before margaret thatcher resigned via the cabinet 0ffice. thatcher resigned via the cabinet office. she was meeting with trusted people and trying to judge what her position was. slowly, she began to realise that she did not have the support and in the evening it was

one—to—one meetings with ministers andi one—to—one meetings with ministers and i wonder if that is happening 110w. and i wonder if that is happening now. the chair of the 1922 committee came in. again, behind closed doors. perhaps she is talking to the 1922 committee now. caroline, i'm interested in the points you made when you reflected that margaret thatcher, towards the end of her time as prime minister, was, in your words, listening less and less to others at the point she needed to be listening more and more. how important are those closest advisers toa important are those closest advisers to a prime minister, in, if you like, directing them towards either listening to other voices, or to keeping their own counsel, and circling the wagons, really? the trouble is, you can get into a bunker and it‘s quite a feminine quality to want to have a close group of very loyal people at number 10. theresa may fell into the trap

with fiona hill and nick timothy and margaret thatcher, with people like charles powell and bernard ingham, and anna waters. and the fight begins to be about your advisers. because you feel insecure and you are not, as nigel lawson put it about margaret thatcher, clubbable, you do not have those relationships, you do not have those relationships, you rely more on them inside number 10. the loyalty grows but, u nfortu nately, 10. the loyalty grows but, unfortunately, the real thing you need to do is get out of the bunker and get out of the bubble and start talking to your colleagues. i do not think that reason me is doing that. like margaret thatcher, she has a tendency to work harder and harder, to be better at her home work and expect that somehow, if you do the bestjob expect that somehow, if you do the best job you possibly expect that somehow, if you do the bestjob you possibly can, people will fall behind her and cs, you are right. but actually, the relationships matter. i wonder what her relationships are like with

remaining members of the cabinet. it would just take one speech, to topple her i feel. if she does not have the support of her cabinet, then she doesn‘t really have a job at all. caroline slocombe, the former private secretary to margaret thatcher and john major, it‘s fascinating to hear your thoughts on that this morning. eu27 ambassadors are meeting privately this morning in brussels to discuss the political declaration on the future relationship. it‘s the first in a number of meetings between now and the planned summit on sunday 25th to discuss the detail of the withdrawal agreement and to consider the future relationship between the eu and uk. we can now cross to our europe reporter adam fleming, who is in brussels for us. good morning. as the ambassadors get down to the nitty—gritty of this meeting, there must be a lot of

gossip about what is going on here in the uk? it is gossip, diplomats texting each other and saying, did you watch the press conference? has graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, been to see the prime minister? bizarre that he is a mini celebrity in brussels but that is where we are. it is alljust gossip. officially the policy of the eu is to not get involved in british domestic politics, although they a lwa ys domestic politics, although they always knew in the back of their minds that getting the deal done would be the first tricky bit and the next tricky bit getting it sold in the uk. trying to sell it in the uk is what the austrian chancellor has been doing this morning. he has arrived for a meeting and hopes there will be supporting the uk for a deal struck between the uk and chief negotiator michel barnier. a good dealfor both chief negotiator michel barnier. a good deal for both sides, chief negotiator michel barnier. a good dealfor both sides, nobody chief negotiator michel barnier. a good deal for both sides, nobody has been tricked. the sales operation by the eu is still going on. in terms of the idea about whether a deal can

be renegotiated or reopened, chancellor angela merkel of germany said yesterday as far as she was concerned a deal could not be reopened, that was not something she was considering. it was echoed by a senior official in brussels yesterday involved in the talks, saying both sides had exhausted their margin for manoeuvre and added their margin for manoeuvre and added the eu had banked a lot of their own rules and were being ambitious to get this far. it all seems to suggest there is less wriggle room for theresa may over here. essentially, the eu 27, they are ploughing on on the track that they are on because that‘s all they can do, perhaps? in the light of uncertainty here in the uk? there are two things going on. firstly, you mentioned some time ago the meeting of the eu 27 ambassadors. they will start chewing over the political declaration about the shape of a future relationship, that was published alongside the divorced

treaty and with outlines of six and a half pages the other day, sketching out the broad outlines of the future deal between the uk and eu. now that has to be fleshed out into more detailed final documents, which will be published on tuesday, we think. it will get the sign from eu affairs ministers when they meet in brussels on monday. that will be signed off by eu leaders and that‘s pa rt signed off by eu leaders and that‘s part of the withdrawal agreement at the summit on thursday. negotiations are going on about the text of the declaration. ijust wonder, if things get really bad in the uk, what with the eu consider putting in that document to reassure people and make the divorced treaty more sellable. all, has that political declaration with those talks gone so far now that there is no room for manoeuvre there either? and would it even work as a tactic? the political

declaration is not legally binding but aspirational. the only legally binding thing is in the draft withdrawal agreement. it‘s all a little tricky. the other track the eu has in terms of their back—up plan, when you ask people what their back—up plan is for if this goes badly, they say to step up their planning for there being no brexit deal at all. may be political lifelines there? maybe not. adam fleming, our europe reporter in brussels, thank you for bringing us up brussels, thank you for bringing us up to date. theresa may has had a busy start of the day with her radio phone in. with the intensity of the last couple of days in westminster, it feels ever so slightly that there has been a lull. not everyone can continue at that level of intensity but something could change all of that. we are here to keep you up—to—date with whatever happens and gather the thoughts of people on the way ahead. for now, chris, back in the studio.

let‘s have a look at some of the main stories today. the number of people missing in northern california‘s devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. our reporter danjohnson has more. the air here is still really thick with smoke. everyone has a mask. and there are still places where the ground is smouldering more than a week after the fire tore through here, burning pretty much everything to the ground. and this sort of destruction is typical. you can see this right up the main street. shops and businesses like this completely burnt to the ground. and it‘s not a case of coming in here and making repairs or rebuilding. they‘re going to have to start again, build from the ground up. but there is a big question, a serious question, about whether that can be done, whether people will even want to come back and live here again among these trees on the hillside, in the forest, where this fire spread so quickly. there are questions about how it

started and suspicion that an electrical fault in the power network could have been to blame. there are lots of engineers here trying to rebuild that power network and make it safe. but those questions will have to wait because the priority is working out exactly how many people lost their lives in this fire, and accounting for those who are missing, more than 100 of them, and there are teams going through neighbourhood after neighbourhood, house by house, delicately searching, trying to provide those answers. but every day the death toll keeps increasing. danjohnson, bbc news, in paradise. the house of lords has voted against the immediate suspension of a senior peer after an inquiry found that he had groped a woman and offered her a peerage for sex. the lords‘ committee for privileges and conduct had recommended that lord lester should be suspended for three—and—a—half years. he denies the allegations. during the debate a number of peers criticised the way the investigation was conducted.

the woman who‘s accused him is jasvinder sanghera, a campaigner for women‘s rights and against forced marriage, who founded the charity karma nirvana. speaking earlier on the today programme — she condemned the decision to consider the case again. i have to say first and foremost that i have absolutely nothing to gain from this whatsoever. sitting there watching the debate, for me, personally, felt as if i was being subjected to being bullied from afar, yet again. i felt revictimised. it was disheartening to hear members of the house of lords straining to discussing me as an individual — what i did, what i didn‘t do. and nobody in that room, actually very few, sorry, forgive me, talked about the real issues here. the issues of sexual harassment and bullying, and certainly did not discuss the impact on me. jasvinder sanghera will be live on the victoria derbyshire

programme, at 10.30 this morning, here on bbc news. judges that he judges at a tribunal in cambodia have delivered their verdict on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rouge, nuon chea and khieu samphan. they were found guilty of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities and sentenced to life in prison. in a moment the weather, but first let‘s join victoria derbyshire to find out what she‘s got coming up in her programme at ten: good morning. we are on michael gove— watch today, should he stay or should he go? he did not say a word leaving home this morning, tight—lipped as how to describe them! also coming up, lord lester, accused of offering a woman a peerage 12 years ago in return for

sleeping with him. he will not be suspended from the lords despite a recommendation from the committee that carried out an enquiry into the claims. we speak live to the woman who made the allegations, jasvinder sanghera, to get her reaction. join us sanghera, to get her reaction. join us later. thanks, victoria. the latest headlines are on the way, but first... now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. a misty murky start, patches of fog but it will lift. staying cloudy for most parts of england and wales but a few brighter skies develop in western areas. best of the sunshine in northern and western scotland, perhaps northern ireland as well, getting some sunny spells. elsewhere, staying mostly cloudy and temperatures about 11—14, not as mild or warm as it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight, we keep a lot of cloud. there could be some missed developing, a bit of folded into the early of saturday

morning. one or two clear slots but once again, a mild night. temperatures staying up 7—12 degrees. on saturday and sunday, increasing amounts of sunshine. a fine weekend, lots of dry weather but it will get colder. temperatures 10-12. but it will get colder. temperatures 10—12. bye—bye. hello, this is bbc news. we are heading back to westminster ina we are heading back to westminster in a moment and let me remind you of the latest developments first. michael gove is considering his position in cabinet, after rejecting the prime minister‘s offer to make him brexit secretary. the prime minister has been on radio this morning defending her position and arguing for the brext deal to be passed by mps. the number of people unaccounted for after california‘s deadliest ever wildfire has more than doubled to over 600. the author and women‘s rights campaigner who‘s accused a senior peer of sexual harassment, has condemned the house of lords‘ decision to block his

immediate suspension. sold! a picture by the british painter, david hockney, sets a new record — ‘portrait of an artist — pool with two figures‘ has fetched $90 million. we are bringing you all the latest developments. there are plenty of them, as you can imagine, from westminster, where the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure over her brexit withdrawal deal. the environment secretary, michael gove, is understood to be considering resigning from the government — having rejected theresa may‘s offer to make him the new brexit secretary. sources have told the bbc that mr gove was willing to accept the job only if he was allowed to negotiate an improved withdrawal agreement with the eu. the prime minister made clear yesterday that she had no intention of re—thinking her strategy. annita mcveigh is at westminster.

with all the analysis and latest developers, good morning. good morning, thank you very much. parliamentary leader of the snp at westminster ian blackford joins me now. we spoke the day before yesterday, i believe. it seems a long time ago. a lot has been happening but fundamentally is the snp‘s position the same as it was after the leaked details of the withdrawal agreement came out? yes, in essence it is. we‘ve been saying for a considerable period of time there is no such thing as a good brexit, but the best option for the whole of the united kingdom is by staying in the single market and customs union. i think there‘s been an important development over the last few days

as well. i wrote to the prime minister along withjeremy corbyn, vince cable and others and we demanded parliament be given the opportunity to amend whatever the government puts on the table. i‘m glad to say the prime minister has listened to that. we will have the opportunity to amend the legislation andi opportunity to amend the legislation and i have on that basis, parliament can get behind the proposition we have, the one i think is in the best interests of securing jobs, staying in the single market and customs union. the snp isn't happy that it has been consulted enough, that scotla nd has been consulted enough, that scotland has been considered enough in this draft deal. you‘re talking about the differentiated deal that northern ireland has only one something similar. one? absolutely. we fully respect the situation in northern ireland. we need to support the essence of the good friday agreement and its absolutely right that‘s been taken into proper consideration, particular by the european union. i would say to the government in london, scotland voted to remain heavily 62—38. the scottish government made it clear from day one, they must listen to the voices from scotland, the parliament. we want the same opportunities northern ireland have. one of the important things is in

essence northern ireland has the ability to stay connected to the single market, it gives the competitive advantage. we want to make scotland a destination in europe as well. the eu 27 say they have reached the limit of their ability to renegotiate this deal. do you think they would budge for scotland? yes, this parliament spoke with a clear voice. michel barnier on the 27 would have to consider what is the democratic voice of the parliament and wondered if we sent the government back? the prime minister does not have a majority for what she put on the table yesterday. there was a stony silence in the house of commons, an uproar in her own party. she talks about taking back control, she can‘t even control her own cabinet, is falling apart. no support from opposition parties so parliament has to take control of it. i‘m appealing to all parliamentarians to recognise the responsibility we have to protect jobs and i believe staying in the single market and customs union is

the best option for that. if you could get this differentiated deal for scotland negotiated, would you then back the prime minister? what we have said if we want to make sure we have said if we want to make sure we can protect the economic interests of the people of scotland. that‘s what we want to do. that‘s what we will be voting for, if we can get the deal in the house of commons. said potentially yes. let me rephrase that, would you back this draft withdrawal deal? not as it is but if we can keep scotland did the single market and customs union, we will have done ourjob. 0k, leader of the snp at westminster, ian blackford, thank you. there‘s a strong possibility now of a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. the 1922 committee are the ones with the power to call that vote, but only if they get enough letters and support from conservative mps. here‘s chris cook to explain exactly what‘s at stake. if 15% of conservative mps write to

the chairman of the 1922 committee saying they no longer have confidence in the party leader, there is a confidence vote in them among tory mps. right now, 15% means 48 mp5 among tory mps. right now, 15% means 48 mps and the current chairman is sirgraham 48 mps and the current chairman is sir graham brady. now, if the prime minister wins a confidence vote that follows that, she can stay and there can be no fresh challenges for a year. but, if the prime minister loses a confidence vote, she is obliged to stand aside. then there‘s the leadership contest she cannot ta ke the leadership contest she cannot take part in. that‘s a leadership contest where normally mps expected choose two candidates to be put forward to the party membership. but, that could take weeks, at least. more time than the party feels they have, with the brexit clock ticking away. but it‘s also ha rd to clock ticking away. but it‘s also hard to see how mps could be prevailed upon to impose one candidate on the party, as they‘ve

donein candidate on the party, as they‘ve done in the past, given the divisions inside the conservatives. a leadership election could split them down the middle. if the prime minister remains in herjob, her next major challenge is getting the house of commons to vote for her brexit agreement. it is a seemingly impossible task. but let‘s have a look at the numbers. first, a warning these are the best estimates we have, they are changing all the time, and it is complicated. firstly, let‘s look at who will definitely vote against the deal. the dup say they will and they have 10 mps. hardline tory brexit mps will also reject the deal and there are at least 58 of them. then there are 16 conservative mps who want another referendum and won‘t vote for the agreement. on the other side, there are 242 tories who can currently be expected to support the prime minister,

although of course that could change at any time. but there are 313 opposition mps and all of their parties are against this agreement. which brings us to the crucial number of 78 — that‘s the number of opposition mps or members of the pm‘s own party who currently oppose her agreement, who will need to be persuaded to vote for theresa may‘s plan for it get through the house of commons. 78, that is a number to remember. joining me now is sirjohn curtice — political analyst and professor of politics at strathclyde university. good morning. always good to have you with us on bbc news. how strong is support for theresa may at the moment in your estimation? not about the deal, support for the deal but

for theresa may? well, clearly there are doubts about the prime minister‘s leadership. clearly, we are now looking to see whether or not 48 letters go in. that said, one‘s best guess is if there were to bea one‘s best guess is if there were to be a vote of confidence, that a majority of conservative mps would vote in her favour. majority of conservative mps would vote in herfavour. but, of course, at this point, i suspect politics might trump arithmetic. we should remember when margaret thatcher eventually gave up the leadership in 1990, it she won the first ballot, didn‘t get 50% of the vote. at that point, her cabinet colleagues said i‘m sorry, we think your number is up. the truth is, i think if there isa up. the truth is, i think if there is a challenge, deep prime minister will have to win pretty well. if we get more than 100 conservative mps voting against her, i think there will be questions. the other question which is clearly going and

is at the end of the day, one thing prime minister has to be able to do, she has to be able to form an administration. and insofar as she has so far at least not succeeded in for filling the vacancy is left yesterday anna is having difficulty in doing so, reportedly, there will come a point when people say it is no longer clear this is a prime minister who can actually form and administration. certainly if that we re administration. certainly if that were to be the case, that would serve to undermine her position within the party and it may well be that in those circumstances, much as in the case of margaret thatcher, even some of those cabinet collea g u es even some of those cabinet colleagues who supported her in the cabinet meeting two days ago may say, we are terribly sorry but we think the time is up. that said, theresa may has won absolutely crucial advantage, which you already alluded to, which is pretty much every conservative mp is conserved and that if there is a leadership vote, that this would end up splitting the party. theresa may‘s

great advantage throughout has been she has been the remainer who was willing to embrace brexit. therefore she has been able to keep both sides on board. if she isn‘t able to carry on board. if she isn‘t able to carry on doing that trick, as she is at risk of doing so, she becomes vulnerable, but one has to ask if there is anybody else who would be capable of uniting the party in a way that perhaps she is increasingly struggling to do so. that is perhaps one reason why we haven‘t seen a challenge to her yet. the rest of the party must be asking, if not theresa may, who? to try and steer through these politically treacherous and difficult days? it is interesting as well, her very overworked appeals to the country. we saw that in the news conference last night. we saw that on the radio phonein last night. we saw that on the radio phone in this morning. she clearly wa nts to phone in this morning. she clearly wants to try and persuade mps that she is persuading the electorate out there, the voters, that this is the

best deal the uk can get. yes, and another crucial part of the politics. we've had a little bit of polling. it has been very quick but first thing to say is around two thirds of people say, i don‘t know whether i am for against this deal. so there are plenty of people to be will won and loss. that said, it‘s also clear from the polling we have had so far but the risks the prime minister faces had so far but the risks the prime ministerfaces is had so far but the risks the prime minister faces is that nobody is going to be willing to back to this tale in much the same way very few people are willing to bat for the chequers deal that came out in the beginning ofjuly. for example, sky when they asked people to choose between no brexit, leaving without a deal and going for mrs mabel ‘s matt teale, mrs may‘s deal becomes a —— for theresa may ‘s deal, her deal became a poor third. at the end of the day, leave voters are most conservatives are leave voters,

around two thirds seemed to prefer the idea of no deal to a deal that they at least feel keeps the uk too close to the european union. and although this deal is arguably too soft for brexiteers, it is still too ha rd soft for brexiteers, it is still too hard for many a remain vote as to whether she can actually persuade mps... but labourmps... whether she can actually persuade mps... but labour mps... put it like this, she has plenty of work to do and that, let alone trying to persuade a parliamentary colleagues more directly. ok. sirjohn curtice, thank you for your thoughts on this. breaking news coming into us. we are hearing the environment secretary michael gove is not resigning. you will know, of course, he had been offered the job of brexit secretary after dominic raab‘s resignation yesterday. he has turned that down because we understand he wanted to work on renegotiating the draft

agreement. but the big speculation had been that he would actually resign, potentially today. but we are hearing he is not resigning. that is obviously hugely significant for theresa may. if he had gone, as a leader and member of the campaign to leave the uk, that would politically have been hugely difficult for her, and another member of the cabinet going as well would have been hugely tricky, as we heard, john curtice say a moment ago. one of the key roles of the prime minister list to form an administration. if she was losing members of that administration day by day, that would challenge her continuation as prime minister. breaking news coming into us, michael gove is not resigning. we‘re hearing that from our political editor laura kuenssberg and we will bring you more details on that and what mr goes is going to do now that he is not resigning as we get them. we want to attempt to answer

any questions you have on the withdrawal agreement — we‘ll be joined by our brussels reporter, adam fleming at 11.30 this morning. so send us your brexit questions by text to 61124, or email askthis@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaskthis . away from brexit, a lot of other things happening, including the sport. mike bushell has the latest. wayne rooney came on as a second half substitute, and made sure his final wembley appearance was a family affair. here‘s one for the family album — all four of rooney‘s sons joined him to receive and award before the game, look at the camera now, as dad said goodbye for the last time as a player. it was also a night of firsts. afterjesse lingard gave england the lead, trent alexander arnold scored his first goal for his country.

then late on, bournemouth striker callum wilson scored on his england debut. plenty of the team paid tribute to rooney afterwards. when he came on he actually made a difference. nothing has changed. he is the wayne of old. it was great to have him on the pitch. i was hoping he would get his chance to score a goal. the week has been fantastic. he plays well individually. he has given us advice. he has been a breath of fresh air. he has been an absolute one to have here. let‘s check out some of the social media action then... various players shared their emotions. wayne rooney himself tweeted... he thanked fans for their support over the years. he started in 2003. harry

kane, he did not play last night. he said it had been a great end to rooney‘s career. debutant callum wilson, said congrats to rooney on an amazing international career... no surprise that a lot of this morning‘s back pages reflect his farewell performance. dominating the papers... the picture on the back of the times shows wayne rooney coming close to a fairytale ending to his england career. ‘roo era - new era' is on the sun, a nod to the youthful make—up of gareth southgate‘s side. not perhaps the fact that wayne rooney‘s four sons were there as well! and on the mirror there‘s a picture of rooney congratulating callum wilson — who scored on his debut. that was a friendly match against the usa. now, also last night england had an eye on croatia, and their dramatic 3—2 win over spain, means it‘s now winner takes all when croatia come to england on sunday afternoon in the final nations league group match.

in this repeat of the world cup semi final, the winners will reach next summer‘s nations league finals, with the losers relegated. if it is a draw, spain go through to the finals and croatia would be relegated. in the friendly between republic of ireland and northern ireland, gavin whye missed the best chance of the match for northern ireland in the first half. it finished goalless. premier league clubs have agreed in principle to introduce var to the competition from next season. video referees were used at the world cup, and is in operation in italy and germany‘s top divisions, and has also been used in some fa cup and league cup games. the league will now formally make a request to the international football association board, and fifa to use var from next season. despite the loss of two more wickets, england‘s recovery really has taken root in the second test in kandy, where sri lanka are trying to stop england

winning the series. earlier today, it was looking so bad for england, with ben stokes, out without scoring... four wickets down before lunch. but captainjoe root, has been in fine form... he‘s really taken the attack to the sri lankans. plenty of really forceful shots and a few moments ago he reached his fifteenth test centuryjust after tea, england have moved onto 278 for six in their second innings, that‘s a lead of 232. pundits think that 250 would be a winnable score. roger federer is through to the semi—finals of the world tour finals in london. he beat south africa‘s kevin anderson, in straight sets at the 02 arena. federer lost his first match against kei nishikori, but has bounced back to win the next two. anderson also progresses despite the defeat. i think that winning helped me,

coming into the match a bit more relaxed but for me i‘ve always wa nted relaxed but for me i‘ve always wanted to go out with a bang today and wina wanted to go out with a bang today and win a match, if i go through, great, if not, i don‘t deserve it and that‘s ok. i hope i can play a good match the day after tomorrow. i‘m not sure where i am playing! coming up today, the atp world tour finals continue at the 02 in london. alaxnader zverev is first up againstjohn isner... later novak djokovic plays marin cilic. there‘s coverage on bbc two from two o‘clock — it‘s on the bbc sport webiste and app too. and sportsday‘s on the bbc news channel at 6:30 tonight.... politics permitting... we‘ll look back at the day‘s play in the second test in sri lanka, and we‘ll preview england‘s women‘s world t20 match against south africa. that‘s all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. we are giving annita mcveigh a rest before we look at other news coming

into the newsroom. nearly two—thirds of local bank branches across the uk have closed in the last 30 years, according to the consumer group which? the research found that one in five people are now almost two miles away from their nearest branch. people in rural communities have been hit the hardest. of course, online banking is a bigger part of the picture than it used to be, but the serious outages and it failures we have seen over the last couple of years show that those services can‘t be relied upon to the extent that they need to be. banks need to give people access to their money. they need to stop cutting cashpoints at the same time as reducing banks as well. scientists from more than 60 countries will vote later on whether to change the way the kilogram is measured. it‘s currently defined by the weight of a platinum based cylinder locked away in a safe in paris. it‘s expected to be replaced with a more high tech, and accurate electric system. one of the greatest works of modern art has been sold at auction in new york forjust over ninety million dollars. ‘portrait of an artist — pool with two figures‘ was painted in 1972 by david hockney.

it‘s a new record for a work by a living artist sold at auction. russell trott reports. the shimmering blue water depicted by david hockney forming the focal point of arguably his most famous work, portrait of an artist (pool with two figures). one of the 20th century‘s most recognised and loved pieces. and there it is. a tense auction room then as the world of art, like the subject matter, held its breath. then the shock and amazement, and not a little relief, as it became the most valuable work of art by a living artist ever sold at auction. back in the early 1970s, david hockney worked 18 hours a day for two weeks to complete it. now at the age of 81, very few classic hockney pieces ever come up at auction. the sale beats the previous record at auction for a living artist by more than $30 million, the record for a painting by a living artist was sold

privately and not at auction for around $110 million. but record or not, this painting still makes a splash wherever it‘s seen. a modern masterpiece by a modern master. russell trott, bbc news. an international team of researchers has discovered a huge impact crater underneath an ice glacier in north—west greenland. it‘s believed to be the result of a giant meteorite — around a kilometre in diameter — that crashed into the earth. tim allman has more. maybe 3 million years ago... maybe just 12,000 years ago. no one knows for sure. a huge meteorite crashed into the earth. for much of the time between then and now, the impact crater was hidden beneath millions of tonnes of ice. only when it was

finally discovered to be begin to understand its size and its scale. 300 metres deep... 31 kilometres wide. much bigger than washington, dc, even bigger than paris. and it‘s probably one of the youngest large impact craters on earth. it may have been covered up by the relentless spread of the greenland ice sheet, but in some ways the crater was a lwa ys but in some ways the crater was always hiding in plain sight. nasa satellite images, a new topographical maps, prompting a new close—up examination. a research tea m flew close—up examination. a research team flew over the hiawatha glacier. radar waves travelling through the ice, measuring its thickness and internal structure. examining this new data, scientists realised they had uncovered one of the world‘s biggest impact craters. although, this one isn‘t anything like as big

as the one off the coast of the yucatan peninsular, the impact from that astroid, around 65 million yea rs that astroid, around 65 million years ago, was big enough to kill off the dinosaurs. scientists will now try to work out what affects the green light meteorite had. this kind of high impact event is rare, but they have happened before —— greenland meteorite. and they will happen again. kimmelman, bbc news. simon king has the weather. yesterday, temperatures in the highlands got to 17.6 degrees. that‘s the highest temperature this late in the year for 20 years. it will turn more chilly, we have had cloud, mist and fog this morning but there is sunshine. this is in north wales, and in northern scotland, some sunshine at the moment. we continue with sunny spells, sunny spells in northern ireland and in north—west

england and west wales, south—west england, cloud parting here to give some brightness. elsewhere, the fog lifting up. misty and murky in the afternoon for most of england and wales, staying grey. temperature is not as high as yesterday, 14 or 15 degrees. tonight, a lot of cloud in england and wales. misty and foggy conditions develop into saturday morning. some clear slots here and there. temperatures not falling desperately far. 7—11d. mild air in place. it turns colder through the weekend. high pressure in charge across russia, and these clear spots, not much cloud in france and germany at the moment. on saturday, clear and dry germany at the moment. on saturday, clearand dry air germany at the moment. on saturday, clear and dry air extends into most parts of the uk. it starts cloudy and grey on saturday morning but, from the south—east, sunshine extends further north and west. a fine and dry afternoon for most of

us on fine and dry afternoon for most of us on saturday afternoon. temperatures down a degree or so. it will get chilly, despite an increase in sunshine. temperatures of 10—13d. sunday morning, chilly, the chilliest night in quite a while. temperatures of 3—6d. a sparkling start to sunday. a lot of sunshine expected through the day. dry, and wind coming from the east, or the south—east. we continue to bring dry air in. temperatures for a touch. on sunday, 9—12d. things get much colder into next week, the cold air in place at the moment across russia will move in across the uk. all of us are will move in across the uk. all of us are under the influence of this blue. temperatures of 6—7d, while temperatures have been above the average so far this week, into next week, they go below the average. that‘s all from me, have a good day.

hello, it‘s friday, it‘s ten o‘clock, i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. michael gove is not going to resign from the cabinet — according to our political editor. we‘ll find out how that changes the dynamcis around the embattled prime minister and her much criticised draft withdrawal plan. what is going on? i‘m going on, says theresa may. but will the men in grey suits tell the prime minister it is time to ditch your deal? the prime minister has faced calls to stand down on a radio phone—in this morning. please, prime minister, tell me — why do you think you should stay on as pm when you have failed, despite your no doubt honourable intentions towards this referendum result? and if you cannot do that, i respectfully ask you to do the right thing in the national interest and stand down, to let someone from the brexit camp take the lead. we‘ll be talking to conservative mps about whether the prime minister