you're watching bbc news at 9 with me rebecca jones — the headlines... theresa may will tell business leaders her brexit deal will curb eu migration — as she faces another week of threats to her leadership. in brussels — eu ministers discuss the political declaration that will set out the future relationship with the uk. 3,000 foreign doctors are having their licenses checked after it emerged a fake psychiatrist was allowed to practise for 22 years with no medical qualification. passengers on some of the busiest rail routes in the country are warned not to travel this morning after engineering works overran. police investigate a quadruple stabbing that left four men in hospital in north london. and in sport — he was once the fastest man on the planet but suffered a stroke this summer. in an exclusive interview michaeljohnson tells us about his road to recovery. ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres, which is the event that i held the world record at. and i was once the fastest man

in the world in, and in history at that event. and it took about 15 minutes. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may faces what she's described as a "critical week" as she tries to gather support for her brexit deal. she'll be meeting industry leaders in london today, arguing that her plans are good for business, but she'll have to keep a watchful eye on critics in her own party who are threatening a vote on her leadership. so what does this critical week look like? this morning, the prime minister gives a speech to the cbi, in which she'll say the withdrawal agreement will deliver a fairer immigration system and will help young people into work.

later this week she's expected to meet the european commission president, jean—claude juncker. mrs may will want to discuss future trade with the eu. if all goes to plan there will be a special brexit summit with european leaders next sunday. but two things could derail the prime minister. can she rally leave—supporting cabinet ministers, including michael gove and andrea leadsom, and persuade them that her deal is the right one? and another threat comes from backbench conservative mps who are trying to force a vote of no confidence in her leadership. will they gain enough support? in a moment will talk to adam fleming, our reporter in brussels. first, to norman smith. how would you gauge the state of the potential

rebellion against theresa may? you gauge the state of the potential rebellion against theresa may7m the balance is the honest answer. we had one leading brexit critic saying that today is the day for the 40th letters to trigger a no—confidence motion to be sent in. so far, of course, we have had a number of days and they have not reached that total. the pressure, to some extent, is on theresa may's critics to put up is on theresa may's critics to put up or shut is on theresa may's critics to put up orshut up. is on theresa may's critics to put up or shut up. as for the prime minister, you sense she wants to shift the focus away from the controversial divorce deal, the withdrawal agreement, and to our future trading and political arrangements. that is a separate agreement in which team may say they have a different agreement, they say it delivers on some of the key demands of voters, such as ending free movement. we will hear the prime minister spelling out bits and pieces of the new immigration

arrangements, including no preferential treatment for eu citizens and curving low skilled migration, which theresa may hopes will provide greater opportunities for british youngsters. let's be honest, all focused today, i suspect, is going to be on whether the 40th letters are actually reached. —— the 48 letters. anne—marie morris said she thought it was right that theresa may should now face a challenge. it is about delivering what the people voted for. the people asked for us, as members of parliament and the government to deliver brexit. frankly, this deal does not deliver brexit and it is my responsibility, and responsibility of all members of parliament, for the sake of the country and, indeed, for the conservative party, it was in our manifesto that we would deliver brexit, to make sure it is done. and, at the end of the day, while theresa has had one of the most difficult jobs, and i respect her for that, it's clear she is not going to deliver brexit. however, there has been interest in support for theresa may from,

amongst others, dominic raab, the man who walked out of the cabinet last week, saying yesterday that he still backed theresa may. and this morning from the former conservative leader michael howard. he said while he was opposed to her withdrawal agreement, he thought the idea of a no—confidence motion was a mistake. i think it would be a great mistake if the number reached 48. and, as i say, this distraction were to take place, when members of parliament should be focused exclusively on analysing this agreement and its implications. well i'm joined by marcus fysh, one of those who has been highly critical of theresa may. let me put it to you that you guys are a busted flush? this withdrawal agreement is not a temporary thing. i heard your piece before. this is where the permanence comes, it is an international treaty. in it, there isa international treaty. in it, there is a veto for the eu over our

future, over our trade, is a veto for the eu over our future, over ourtrade, over is a veto for the eu over our future, over our trade, over our commercial policy, over our social, environmental, many other features. it also hives off northern ireland. this is not a unionist agreement. in my view, we need a leader, whoever thatis, my view, we need a leader, whoever that is, who is able to reset that process and is able to lead us on to a place where we do not sign this withdrawal agreement. it is a disaster for the country. it makes the economy of —— it makes as a colony of the eu. jacob rees-mogg was talking about sending in the letter on thursday, it is now monday, i repeat the question, you area monday, i repeat the question, you are a busted flush? the important thing is that the party needs to change and we need a new leader to be that. why have 48 people not sending letters? why have we not been able to convince the prime minister... and is the question i

asked, please, why have you not been able to get the support of 48 of your colleagues? i am not sure what is going to happen on that front. you're not sure if you will get the 48? i'm not involved in trying to get 48. but your colleagues like steve baker were confident you would get the numbers, you seem to be more equivocal? i'm not close to the process , equivocal? i'm not close to the process, i don't know. i have been looking for a long time now at number 10's and ability to listen to reason. i am afraid they have led us into a serious and opposition for oui’ into a serious and opposition for our country. i personally think that the best thing would be for the prime minister to set out a process of her stepping aside and let people who are... people who are competent to ta ke who are... people who are competent to take over the process. let me suggest the reason you haven't got the numbers is because many people who may share your views think it is

a distraction and it doesn't focus on the real issue, which you believe is trying to get theresa may to change course. the fear is that you trigger this contest, you have, i don't know, days, weeks of debating who should be leader rather than focusing on the big issue. at the end of which, mrs may will possibly even when the confidence vote and will be strengthened in her position. so, the whole government position, and how we got to the withdrawal agreement, is based on a fallacy. a fallacy as to the costs of doing business across borders as a separatejurisdiction of doing business across borders as a separate jurisdiction with the eu. that is why she tried to keep us close. the erg is going to be setting out a paper this week which shows how wrong that is.|j understand shows how wrong that is.” understand that, i'm questioning the tactics you are using to change it, your focus on the individual rather than the policy? unfortunately, the

individual has shown she has overridden, the last moment, successive brexit secretaries to the point where they have had to resign because she has done things that are not in the interests of the country offering their backs. and that is a key problem for the prime minister. she doesn't have the support of the electorate for what she is pursuing. she does not have the support of the party. she won't get it through parliament and she needs to reset that policy or consider her position. how can you be so confident of that? as i say, a lot of your colleagues were saying you would have the numbers to force a contest. isn't the indication that actually your strength may be much less tha n actually your strength may be much less than you think, and when you talk about having 80 or so fellow minded tories to vote against her, maybe the numbers are a lot less and when it gets down to the vote, the pressure will be immense and the numbers might come right down, which opens the possibility that with some labour support theresa may could get

this deal through? i almost think there is no chance of that. it is such a bad deal, any mp or any government member involved in putting up through parliament would not have a future in british politics. it will end up being seen. . . politics. it will end up being seen... these are surrender terms. this is us becoming a colony of the european union should they choose to enforce that. this idea that the best endeavours is something you can enforce is absolutely for the birds. any businessman knows that best endeavours is utter rubbish. what do you say to the likes ofjohn allen from the cbi? we heard this morning he was saying that this delivers certainty and, above all, it avoids the wrecking ball, his words, no deal. he also cites business which he says has already invested elsewhere. investing?” he says has already invested elsewhere. investing? i don't accept his terminology for a second. there was nothing wrong with not having a

withdrawal agreement, if we are a third country, all they have to do is do an export declaration, transport document... these other quys transport document... these other guys the sharp end of business.” don't believe they are correct at all. i was in rotterdam, with the ferry company that takes nissan products back and forth across the channel. they have been planning, they can do all of that for 0.3% of they can do all of that for 0.3% of the value of a consignment. that is an order of magnitude, ten or 15 times less than the chancellor has been trying to scare everybody with in order to make a full vote for this deal. it's just not such a bad... how is it that the conservative party, traditionally seen as conservative party, traditionally seen as the party of business... conservative party, traditionally seen as the party of businessmm still is. you are saying these guys don't know what they're talking about? it is also the party of respecting democracy. the business effect is not going to be that great. when you drill into the detail, and i put it to you that number 10 hasn't drilled sufficiently into the detail, to

understand is a siren voices of cbi, of the iod, are dragging the ship of state onto the rocks. if we do not set sailfor a properfree state onto the rocks. if we do not set sail for a proper free future and get somebody who can articulate that, this country is in serious trouble. you have clearly signalled you don't think mrs may can do this. if she doesn't change her mind, who should do it? i would be happy for her to change her mind. who would you prefer? there are many that can articulate that. such as? any of the brexiteers that have been in cabinet and have... not those that are still in cabinet? they would risk being tarred with the brush. i can understand they might also be trying to shift the argument from the inside. i'm not disrespectful of their position. i'm just saying they would have to articulate that change of view quite carefully. marcus

fysh, thank you for your time. as mrs may said herself, it is going to bea mrs may said herself, it is going to be a momentous seven days. many thanks for that for now. adam fleming isjoining us from brussels. let's pick up on that discussion norman was having. how concerned are people where you are about mrs may's position? they are concerned because they know a big hurdle for the whole brexit process is getting the final deal approved in british parliament. if anyone from the eu side was watching, they will have just had an amazing masterclass in how difficult thatis amazing masterclass in how difficult that is going to be. the focus today is not the withdrawal agreement, the 585 page doorstop that we saw last week that is causing such controversy, it's about the political declaration on the future relationship, that second document that will go alongside the divorce

treaty. that has been discussed by eu affairs ministers right now, at a meeting of the general affairs council in this building. four things emerging when you talk to the diplomats behind—the—scenes, number one, the economic partnership. the uk is pushing for that political declaration to contain language that looks very like the government white paperfrom looks very like the government white paper from the summer, the so—called chequers plan, the idea of a single market, a free—trade area in goods with a common rule book, which the eu as opposed to, for articles that have been well rehearsed for months. item number two is a sticking point, security, internal security, the uk wa nts security, internal security, the uk wants things to carry on as they are now, the eu says the status quo cannot be preserved. number three, what does the document say about fishing? the eu fishing fleet wants access to british waters after brexit, on what terms and at what cost? number four, another brexit, on what terms and at what cost? numberfour, another issue that has crept up the agenda, gibraltar. how does the transition

period, the and fermentation period and the future relationship affects gibraltar? the spanish government is expected to raise some serious concerns about that today. quite a few things for the ministers to discuss as they nail down the final d raft discuss as they nail down the final draft of the political declaration and get it from the six and a half page outline last week to the 20 pages it has to be to be signed off by eu leaders at a special summit on sunday morning. more to come from you, for now, thank you. welljoining us now from westminster is joeyjones, a former advisor to theresa may. thanks so much forjoining us. theresa may has said it is a critical week. what do you make of her position? can she survive it? yes, the fact she survived last week, when particularly on thursday things were looking very tenuous indeed, that suggests she can continue to soldier on. but there is danger every way she looks at the moment. clearly, the focus today is going to be on whether or not her

most vehement opponents can get those 48 letters which will precipitate us into that confidence vote. but there are problems all over. i think that actually, potentially the most critical area for her is among those cabinet collea g u es for her is among those cabinet colleagues who are banding together, we're told, to look at whether or not, or the extent to which, they can modify the withdrawal agreement ina way can modify the withdrawal agreement in a way that they feel would lead toa in a way that they feel would lead to a better deal. and yet theresa may has absolutely said, and so have the other eu leaders that other was talking about, that it is simply not open for negotiation. that really could be a crunch point. all of that, of course, even before we get to the potential that theresa may will be able to get us all the way toa will be able to get us all the way to a vote in the commons that, of course, based on any current approximation on the numbers, looks incredibly challenging. if that vote

in the house of commons did go against her, could she survive that? no, i don't see how she could survive that. in that situation, we would be thrown into huge uncertainty. i think nobody really knows what would happen then. the law lays down, the statute says, basically, the government has to come back with another proposition to parliament. but to be honest, it's hard to see how they could put forward any sort of meaningful way forward any sort of meaningful way forward that will bind the government the conservative party together. that is when we are thrown into what a few months ago looked like much more unlikely scenarios, such as a people's vote, a general election, all of the rest of it. at least initially we would be in a period of massive confusion and probably political parlour ——

paralysis. what of theresa may takes on the rebels, notjust the cabinet ministers but allegedly the backbenchers who wanted to get rid of her, and she wins. that would strengthen her? at the moment, looked after monday morning, and these things change hour by hour and day by day, it feels though if the rebels get to 48 and we have a confidence vote, it may rebound and quite profoundly, in that the conservative party would bind together and stamp on that rebellion against her. as you say, the rules then suggest that she cannot be touched, that she is untouchable within downing street for another year. at the moment, it is very volatile and the conservative party is like a weather vane. if the bulk of parliamentarians sense that she is grievously damaged, then they could swing all the way around 180

degrees again and her position would be looking much more tenuous. i think there is also the possibility that you would get a very messy result, in that she would win the confidence vote, but you would get substantial numbers voting against her. i reckon if you get over 100, her. i reckon if you get over 100, her position as we can still. given that you can't really imagine how much lower it can go, in terms of her strength, that would obviously leave her still more critically vulnerable. the thing that is in her favour is that, for all that theresa may's position is tenuous, is incredibly weak, the positions of those ranged against her, that aspire to take herjob, is still weaker. and that has basically been the thing that has kept her in the job for so many of these difficult jobs. joey jones, former adviser to theresa may, good to talk to you. the head of britain's most powerful employers' body, the cbi, has warned that a no—deal outcome will severely disrupt businesses. carolyn fairbairn is urging politicans to back

the prime minister's draft agreement to take no—deal off the table. this deal isn't perfect and it is a compromise. but negotiations have been going on for 20 months. and in march of next year there will be no—deal if an agreement isn't reached. and what we know is that firms are spending hundreds of millions of pounds preparing for no—deal, it's wasted investment, it's affecting jobs and investment now. this is an opportunity to take no—deal off the table while we plan for a better long—term deal. let's cross live now to nina warhurst who is at the cbi conference in london this morning. we know that mrs may is going to talk about curbs to eu migration, but how much of that is at odds with business looking for workers? that's an interesting point. as i am

talking, we are seeing hundreds of delegates arriving for the conference. they will see the prime minister speaking at about 11 o'clock. we know that immigration, cutting down on the number of low skilled migrants coming in from the eu will be top of the agenda. she will say they should no longer take priority over software engineers from delhi, and we need more skilled workers coming in. but that's a com pletely workers coming in. but that's a completely at odds with what a lot of business owners have been saying, from hospitality, manufacturing, agriculture and even caroline fairburn saying to me a little bit later on that they would contest that, that low skilled workers or is actually what they need. however, that said, they are supporting this deal. why? because, as she said, any deal. why? because, as she said, any deal is better than no deal. some companies are starting to prepare to stockpile manufacturers, for example, component parts, but it is not enough to get them through. the real concern when you talk to

people, they are biting their nails and preparing for the deal on the table, but they know that business can secondary to politics, really. this is whether or not the prime minister can convince her own cabinet, can convince parliament and can go to brussels and secure that withdrawal deal. thank you. the general medical council are urgently checking the qualifications of about 3,000 foreign doctors, after it was discovered a women had been practicing as a psychiatrist for 22 years with no qualifications. zholia alemi claimed she had a primary medical qualification when she first registered in the uk in 1995, but her claim to have a degree from the university of auckland in new zealand was fraudulent. una lane is director of registrations at the general medical council and joins me now. thank you for coming to talk to us. i have to ask you, how on earth did

this happen? can i start by saying how very sorry we are for patients that have been affected by this case. this was an individual who applied to register as a doctor in the uk in 1995, and as part of her application she submitted forged documents. 0ne application she submitted forged documents. one of those documents suggested she had a medical qualification from the university of auckland in new zealand. we know now that was a forgery. at the time, there were special arrangements for doctors who qualified in commonwealth countries, that benefited from a route to registration in the uk called the commonwealth route. it meant they bypassed the standard two park medical test that all other doctors from overseas had to take. she was effectively registered on the basis of her medical qualification from new zealand. that to registration was abolished in 2003 and no longer existing. are you saying for people after 2003 disc couldn't possibly have happened ?

after 2003 disc couldn't possibly have happened? but what about all of these other people before 2003? we know there are 3000 doctors that are working in the uk currently and who came down this commonwealth route. we have absolutely no reason to believe that they are anything other than good, honest doctors, providing high quality care to patients. however, given the issues we found in this case, we have decided to review all of their applications and look at their qualifications in detail to make sure that we can be satisfied that the same problems have not occurred elsewhere and, again, that we can provide that assurance, more importantly, to patients and the public. how did this particular case come to light? she was arrested a number of years ago forfraud she was arrested a number of years ago for fraud and theft in relation to an elderly patient. that is when she came to our attention. she was subsequently found guilty of fraud and theft and sentenced to five yea rs and theft and sentenced to five years in prison in october of this year. can you guarantee nothing like this could happen again? the checks

we have in place now are so very different from those that existed 20 yea rs different from those that existed 20 years ago in 1995. all doctors commit to us from overseas now have to have their qualifications independently verified by an independently verified by an independent agency. they must also set a 2—part test of medical knowledge and skills. finally, we do identity checks, id checks at offices in london and manchester. we also check all other documents again, the original documents, using very modern technology. so you i hope you can guarantee, in other words? thank you. four men have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after a fight in edmonton in north london. the condition of the men, who are all in their 20s, is not known. police say two vehicles that had been involved in a collision were found at the scene. 0ur reporter simon clemison is in edmonton for us. what is the very latest news you can bring us, simon? good morning to

you. it has been a very busy morning here. this is a busy area. people have been going to school and to work. this morning, they have been crossing a police cordon to do so. many say they do not expect this level of police investigation here. but it is yet another sign of some of the problems london has been experiencing in recent months. we have been here on and off throughout the night, and police have been here all the way through. the daylight, you can start to see whether the investigation is centred. you can see the inner cordon where the police forensics have been spending the evening. they have just left the scene now, but there is very much a police presence here. four men in their 20s suffered stab wounds. there were taken to hospital. the latest i have for you is that one of them has been discharged, but the other three are still being treated. in addition, two vehicles which had been a crash were found here. it is early stages, but this is believed

to be linked to a shooting in this pa rt to be linked to a shooting in this part of london over the weekend, two men and a teenaged boy were injured when a shot gun was fired into a minicab. speaking to people here, they have talked about how crime is not unheard of here, but this is really a different kind of level of investigation, as i say. when you think about some other things the mayor of london has been saying about violent crime tom what a challenge it is, that really does make a lot of sense to people when you speak to them here. a specialist unit is in place to try to deal with some of the problems london has been experiencing in recent months. the latest here is that one person has been arrested in connection with the investigation in edmonton. all south—western railway services into london waterloo have been cancelled because of over—running engineering work. the company is telling passengers not to travel this morning and says journeys across its entire network may be cancelled, delayed or revised all day. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu

is at london's waterloo station it sounds chaotic? indeed. passengers have arrived. the ones that could get here. there is confusion and anger, because it is yet another thing with south western railway. let's not forget they have been plagued with signal and points failures, as well as a number of strikes regarding guards on trains. network rail have told us this morning that the problem was overrunning engineering works. they we re overrunning engineering works. they were supposed to finish at 4.30 this morning, but they have discovered another problem in the hampton court palace which means that four lines had to be stopped. they couldn't run on any of those lines. the knock—on effect has continued. it means that trains cannot leave wimbledon or clapham station either. network rail have apologised to passengers for

the disruption. they say it is likely to continue until at least the early afternoon, they are advising people to check, but effectively do not travel to waterloo station. 0k, effectively do not travel to waterloo station. ok, for now, thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather. carol kirkwood has the forecast. a cold start of the day across some parts, particularly the highlands, temperatures falling in the north to as low as —6.3 in braemar. a lot of cloud, coming from the east, drifting west and freezing drizzle and showers across eastern scotland, eastern england, the midlands, southern parts of england and the channel islands. they will be well scattered, so not all of us will catch them. these are likely to be the maximum temperatures. a noticeable easterly breeze. tonight, the showers become much more widespread. about 300 metres in the

south and 700 metres in the north. we will see some winteriness, especially on the hills. these are the temperatures you can expect. a cold night in prospect, leading us into a cold day tomorrow with showers banding together across northern england, north wales, getting into the south of northern ireland and east anglia's southern counties, down into the channel islands. still some showers across eastern parts of scotland and it is going to be a cold day. these are the temperatures you would see on your thermometer. but this is how it will feel against your skin. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones.

the headlines... theresa may prepares to make a speech at the cbi in an attempt to drum up support from the business community for her brexit withdrawal agreement. it comes amid a threat of a leadership challenge. in brussels — eu ministers discuss the political declaration that will set out the future relationship with the uk 3,000 foreign doctors are having their licenses checked after it emerged a fake psychiatrist was allowed to practise for 22 years with no medical qualification. passengers on some of the busiest rail routes in the country are warned not to travel this morning after engineering works overran. police investigate a quadruple stabbing that left four men in hospital in north london. 0fficers believe the incident yesterday is linked to a shooting in edmonton on saturday in which two men and a teenage boy were wounded.

i want to bring you an interview clip now with the international development secretary, penny ward and, one of the five cabinet ministers window was not happy with the power minister's brexit wheel and in the last 80 minute she's been giving her reaction to the latest brexit plans. i'll be working with all of the cabinet to get the best deal possible for the united kingdom. hanky. —— thank you. theresa may is set to renew her efforts to sell her draft brexit withdrawal agreement, when she addresses business leaders this morning. 0ur our business editor simon jack our business editor simonjack is there for us, how our business leaders taking to the proposed deal?

she will get a pretty receptive audience here at the cbi annual conference, businesses will say the president will say this deal is not perfect but it's a lock better than no deal, that's an outcome he will describe as a wrecking ball. businesses will broadly give her some support but of course businesses cannot vote but then the president of the cbi will try and get round that in a way by saying to mps who can vote in parliament, consult the firms, the businesses in your constituency before you make up your constituency before you make up your mind for that vote because no deal will be very bad outcome for jobs, livelihoods and standard of living across the country. that will be there warning. a lot of people here will realise even if they back the deal today and give her a broad show of support on paper at least the stars not look like it has a great chance of getting through parliament as things stand hence the call to arms if you like to mps to

check with brands and businesses in their constituencies before they ta ke their constituencies before they take that crucial boat. we know mrs may is going to make curbs to eu migration, one of the focuses of her speech but how much is that at odds with what the business community once in terms of finding skilled workers? that is precisely right, although they broadly support her date build one area in which they are most at odds with the prime minister is over migration, immigration. she wants to make it harderfor immigration. she wants to make it harder for a immigration. she wants to make it harderfor a lower immigration. she wants to make it harder for a lower skilled workers to get in, easierfor higher skilled workers from around the eu and outside the eu to get in but many of them said we need access to skills of all levels, there are some acute shortages, we've seen 130,000 eu nationals lead on a net basis over the last years, some sectors like eric, construction are facing acute labour shortages and if you have this cap saying anyone below £30,000

was considered low skilled and not in the high skilled bracket then that would leave a lot of dismisses scratching around for workers and we've already seen, welcome wage rises but competition is fierce for those workers, as i say, the bond subject she could have picked for this audience was immigration, they have serious reservations about her plans. simon, busy day ahead for you, we will talk to you later. for now, thank you. ministers representing the remaining 27 eu countries,

are meeting in brussels today to prepare for next sunday's summit. they're working on the political declaration, setting out a future relationship with the uk. welljoining us now from westminster is georgina wright from chatham house — the independent think tank focusing on international affairs. the transition period means we are talking about a deal, for trade and security in foreign policy will mean, the uk and eu have agreed to a transition period, the uk were dec said in march 2019 we would have until december 2020 to discuss future arrangements, that period could be extended but essentially it's a period to allow both sides to come together and shape the future agreement that the be acceptable to both sides. thank you, you've explained that clearly and i am grateful, you mentioned it could be extended and michelle 0bama ea has suggested it could now be extended to december 2022, so what will be the thinking behind extending that transition period? essentially be

wa nt to transition period? essentially be want to avoid another cliff edge because if by the age of 2020 we realise we don't have time then we wa nt to realise we don't have time then we want to be able to extend the period but in the draft agreement that clearly says july 2020 will be the end date by which we would have to kind of submit and asked to extend the period but essentially it's just lets keep it open ended for now to allow enough time for us to negotiate the future trade agreement because many experts on both sides said 20 months is not enough time. first of all theresa may has to get her brexit deal through parliament, how likely is that? you will have heard a lot over the weekend, it doesn't not look very optimistic to be honest, i think there are lots of mps on both sides, they remain and lee camp who say this is unacceptable and so the likelihood i think of it being voted down is quite high but then what do we do? do we venture into no deal territory, do we go back to brussels

and ask them to re—negotiate, from their point of view the negotiations are tedious and complex, they are not sure what more compromise is likely so i think if we went back to brussels and asked for them to reopen negotiations we would have to be sure exactly what we want and further that will be feasible so i think the likelihood is the uk parliament will put it down and we will see we go back to brussels are we venture into a no deal or a second referendum, everything is up 01’ second referendum, everything is up or grabs. if the uk went back to brussels, how likely is it that brussels, how likely is it that brussels will be prepared to re—negotiate? brussels will be prepared to re-negotiate? well at the moment they have said they are not, they have said, look, it's been a really long and tedious process and ultimately you have compromise but we have as well and what can be really realistically get from this withdrawal agreement that would satisfy everyone, it's unclear. but the moment they say we are not open to extending these discussions but then, you know, brexit is unpredictable so perhaps they will

get round to it, if the uk government presents an amendment thatis government presents an amendment that is really feasible and is likely to be accepted. you are still smiling in spite of this. it's raining. really good to talk to you, thank you so much. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's i don't honestly know who it is! it's sally. good morning everyone, that could have been awkward. let's start with the papers, because one man and one team domintate the sports pages this morning. harry kane and england after that thrilling win over croatia to get to the nations league — the daily express headline is "league of his own" after gareth southgate said harry kane is the best goal—scorer in the world. the mirror have gone for something similar, "best in the world". "slide and deliver" is the guardian's headline. shall we have a look at the goals?

england had been behind, but a brilliant last 13 minutes brought an equaliser from jesse lingard. before captain harry kane completed to turnaround. it means england qualify for next summer's nation's league finals in portugal, and lay a few ghosts of that world cup semi final to rest too. not so good though for northern ireland, who were beaten 2—1 by austria with the last kick of the game in belfast. they've lost all four of their nations league matches and have been relegated from their group. and they have been unlucky at times. a brilliant weekend of tennis at the atp world tour finals in london ended with a surprise. 21—year—old alexander zverev beat novak djokovic in the final at the 02 — finishing with this brilliant winner. djokovic had been the heavy favourite, but the german dominated from start to finish. england's women will face

india in the semi finals of the world twenty20. that's after they lost to the west indies to finish second in their group. it all went down to the final over, but the west indies held their nerve to win and set up a meeting with australia in the last four. and brace yourself for a terrifying crash from the world of formula three. this is 17—year—old sophia florsch losing control at the macau grand prix in china. she has fractured her spine, but is conscious and says she's fine. she'll have an operation this morning. three other people were taken to hospital. i've been having a chat with the legendary sprinter michaeljohnson. you might not know, but the four time olympic gold medalist suffered a mini—stroke in august and feared that he might not walk again.

i sat on the table after the mri, probably about two and a half to three hours after i felt the first sensation and was no longer able to walk, stand, my left side, was very much number. without much feeling. i did not have much control of my fingers on my left hand. and i was then told that i had suffered a stroke. and that was, that was a really difficult and scary here at. we see you sitting there now looking fantastic and looking well and sounding like yourself, but what you are describing i'm sure our viewers will think, is terrifying. yes, you go through a wide range of emotions,

you know. initially there was obviously fear and just sort of, 0k, what is my life going to be like from this point on? am i going to be, what sort of ability am i going to have, like mobility, as my family going to take care of me, am i going to be able to dress myself, all sorts of things go through your mind and it's very scary. and then i went from fear to the next day, anger. you know, iwas from fear to the next day, anger. you know, i was doing all the right things, keeping fit, that's what i was doing when i had that stroke, i keep myself, keep my weight down, i don't smoke, ie dry, i eat healthy, doing all the right things, why did this happen to me? fortunately i did not stay there are long, the doctors told me that your best chance for any stroke victim, the best chance for recovery is to immediately get

into physical therapy so two days later i was allowed to start physical therapy and this was probably the most poignant moment in the transition moment for me. from the transition moment for me. from the fear and the anger to positivity and hope and drive and determination and hope and drive and determination and that is when physical therapist came to my hospital room with a walker and helped me out of bed and i got behind the walker and he said the first day we are going to walk around the hospital floor. ironically, that first walk was about 200 metres which is the event that i held the world record at, was once the fastest man in the world and in history at that event. and it took about 15 minutes for me to cover about 200 metres. and do not, ordinarily i am sure anyone in that situation would be disappointed but

i wasn't, i was actually encouraged and it encouraged me because with every step, you know, following the instruction of my therapist and trying to really focus on the movement and mimics the movement of my left foot with my right foot and trying to relearn these movement patterns i could experience and feel some very tiny, very small incremental improvements, nothing major and nothing the ordinary person would probably even recognise that having been through that situation, as an olympic athlete, and asa situation, as an olympic athlete, and as a sprinter, the wins and losses can be measured in hundreds and thousands of second and you are dealing with tiny, tiny incremental improvements every day i could recognise that and i got back to my room and i said to my wife, i am going to make a full recovery, i am sure of it and i will make this

recovery faster tha n sure of it and i will make this recovery faster than anyone has ever done it before. incredible to hear the words from michaeljohnson as he continues to recover from that stroke. that's had a quick look at social media this morning. he was suspended after using rock, paper, scissors to decide who should kick off in a women's super league match as he'd forgotten a coin for the toss. fellow refs across the country showed solidarity this weekend, by using rock, paper, scissors instead of the traditional coin toss. david mcnamara is currently appealing his three week ban. and before we go, just time to remind you about sportsday. all the day's sports news, including an inteview with racing driver billy monger — who's back behind the wheel after losing both his legs in a crash 18 months ago. that's on the bbc news channel at 6:30 tonight. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc sport centre at 11:15. and rebecca, i promise you, it is me

for the rest of the week. and sally, ford could news that is. thank you so ford could news that is. thank you so much harder update this morning. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may prepares to sell her brexit withdrawal plan to business leaders saying it will stop eu migrants "jumping the queue." in brussels — eu ministers discuss the political declaration that will set out the future relationship with the uk 3,000 foreign doctors are having their licenses checked after it emerged a fake psychiatrist was allowed to practise for 22 years with no medical qualification. 77 people are now known to have died in huge wildfires that have swept across northern california. nearly one—thousand people are still missing. heavy rain is now forecast, bringing new fears of floods and mudslides. 0ur reporter dave lee has the latest from the city of chico. here in chico, the mourning process

is getting under way, even though there are many on account of four. people have been offered support since the fire took hold. the fires are still raging, forecast of rain over the next few days, conduct leading firefighting efforts further. across the state there are issues around air quality as far away as san francisco, the country's environmental protection agency warned anyone with respiratory issues they should probably stay indoors as much as possible. appear support for this community is helping with the town itself and in the hearts and minds of those who live there. there've been protests

in the mexican city of tijuana over the arrival of thousands of central americans on their way to the united states. tijuana is on border between the two countries, and is struggling to cope with the influx. many of the migrants are part of a caravan from honduras, and are hoping to claim asylum in the us. lebo diseko has more. tempers boiling over on the streets of tijuana as locals make their frustration clear. they're angry about the arrival of thousands of central americans on their way to the us, and the protesters accuse border officials of letting illegal migrants through. "no to the invasion", says this sign, echoing language used by us president donald trump. "mexico first", demand others. as they march, they shout "0ut, hondurans, we don't want you here", and "united tijuana will never be defeated".

a lone voice is raised from talking about the treatment of mexicans arriving in the us, but it's quickly drowned out. tijuana itself is a city of migrants, but it seems there is little sympathy for the newest arrivals. around 6000 central americans are thought to have arrived in tijuana, and another border town, since last week, monday. they filled up shelters and many are now sleeping in the streets. for their part, the migrants say this is a temporary stop. translation: the mexicans have the right to protest because they don't like that we are here. but in spite of everything, they are good people. they are the same as us. we are only passing through, we won't stay here. local authorities who asked for federal help to try and deal with the sheer numbers. meanwhile, the us is increasing its security at its southern border and says large groups will not be allowed in. with more caravans of people from central america on their way, the fear is that it could mean migrants are stuck in tijuana

for months to come. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt is due to hold talks in iran. it's the first visit by a western foreign minister since the united states reimposed all sanctions on tehran. jeremy hunt has described the iran nuclear deal, which washington has abandoned, as a vital component of stability in the middle east. mr hunt also says he will use the trip to raise the case of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has been detained for more than two and a half years. the former welsh rugby union captain gareth thomas, has been the victim of a homophobic hate crime in cardiff. he appeared bruised in a video posted on social media. thomas asked that officers dealt with the 16—year—old attacker through restorative justice — when a victim talks to the perpetrator about the harm they have caused.

i was iwasa i was a big in my home city of a hate crime for my sexuality. —— victim. i wanted to be positive, i wa nt to victim. i wanted to be positive, i want to say thank you to the police who were involved, they were very helpful and allowed me to do restorative justice with the people who did this and i thought they could learn more this way than any other way and the people of cardiff who supported me and help me because there is a lot of people out there who want to hurt us. gareth thomas there. a treatment for nut allergy sufferers being developed in cambridge is a step closer to being made widely available. over the past three years the allergy clinic at addenbrookes hospital has treated around 200 patients. jo taylor reports why gabriella, do you want to come through this way and you can pop in

one of the rings. 17-year-old gabriella has a serious not allergy. it'sjust a pain gabriella has a serious not allergy. it's just a pain when you go out to restaurants and things, you always haveitin restaurants and things, you always have it in the back of your mind, you are worrying whether it could be, there could be a tracing your food or something, it limits your menu choices, i'd go for something thatis menu choices, i'd go for something that is low risk. gabriella is taking part in pioneering treatment that could improve resistance two knots. we have a relatively new trade and called immunotherapy, we give a tiny bit of peanut protein to a child and increase it until they can tolerate a significant amount of peanut on a daily basis and that gives them protection against eating it accidentally in food. gabriella is going to take the capital, emptied the contents into this yoghurt, mix it and eat the yoghurt. the dose gabriella is taking contains the equivalent of one eighth of peanut, over a period of two years the dose is gradually

increased, each new increase is supervised in hospital. the rest of the time gabriella takes it at home. the treatment is not a cure but it should lessen the impact of any future allergic reactions. and there is been more interest in the treat and since the recent allergy deaths. in the last years i've had serious episodes of anaphylactic shock... what we found is a surreal spike in referrals following the recent spate of allergy deaths reported in the papers. and what is behind this is patients are very afraid of choosing foods that are loose wrapped. patients have two pay around £17,000 for this unlicensed treatment but the recent surge in interest is upping the pressure aaron —— to make this available on the nhs. we need to get this out as quickly as possible but this spike in referrals, we need to deal with that. next year sees phase three in

clinical trials with hundreds of patients involved and it's that will be licensed within 3—4 years. you can see more on that story on tonight's inside out east, bbc one, 7.30pm and on bbc iplayer it's been revealed that a painting, thought to be a stolen picasso picture, was in fact a fake. a belgian theatre company says it staged the hoax as part of a project about the value of truth. experts had hoped that the work was ‘harlequin head' one of seven celebrated artworks, stolen from a museum in rotterdam in 2012. the fake was found in a forest in romania earlier this month by a woman who'd written a book about the theft. she'd received an anonymous letter telling her where to search. tv viewers have praised a bbc film crew, who came to the rescue of trapped penguins they were filming in antarctica. the team behind last night's dynasties episode took the rare decision to help emperor penguins stuck in a ravine. their actions went against the usual view of nature documentary makers not to intervene in the scenes

they are filming — but their efforts have been widely praised on social media. let's catch up with all the weather, here is simon king. good morning. those penguins won't mind the cold wind but for us, a big shock to the system. relatively mild condition so farfor november. system. relatively mild condition so far for november. cold system. relatively mild condition so farfor november. cold air coming in ringing cloud, some showers affecting eastern parts of england. if we look at the pressure chart we see the cloud streaming in on the easterly wind, area of higher pressure dominating things towards scandinavia and it's where the cold air is situated at the moment, through today, drifting to all parts, shifting away the milder

conditions of late. the showers well continue to feed across lincolnshire, east anglia, the south—east of england, some showers drifting across the midlands towards wales during this afternoon. generally speaking the further west you are it will be dry and pride but quite a few showers towards the east of thing and andy stern scotland. maximum temperatures 7—10d. factor in the wind—chill it will feel colder than that. tonight, more showers coming in across the east, the wind strengthening overnight, because of a fairly strong wind it will prevent frost but it will be quite a chilly, temperatures between 3-6d. with quite a chilly, temperatures between 3—6d. with a stronger wind during tuesday those showers drifting further west comparator today, many more of us catching a shower tomorrow. few breaks in the cloud here and there, mostly cloudy skies. the easterly wind will be quite strong, the thermometer might say

around 5—7d with the wind—chill it will feel much colder than those suggest. this is the feel like temperatures, freezing in norwich, elsewhere widely between 1—4d. 0n wednesday, we change the wind direction ever so slightly. coming from the south—east, a little bit drier towards the south—east, curate skies here, during wednesday more in the way of sunshine across england and wales, some cloud and brain affecting scotland, north—eastern pa rt affecting scotland, north—eastern part of england and northern ireland, summoned to showers over the higher ground in scotland. elsewhere dryer and brighter compared to the next few days, temperatures not quite so low, still quite chilly with highs of 6— a degrees. a big difference to the weather we had last week. that's all from me. goodbye. hello it's monday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. we're coming to you from just

outside parliament today. conservatives opposed to theresa may's proposed brexit deal with the eu have said they nearly have enough support to launch a no confidence vote in her. but do they really? mrs may says she will not renegotiate her divorce bill. can she withstand the threat of a possible leadership challenge? we'll ask a tory mp if their rebellion is still on, and ask a minister if his boss can survive the week. also today, this woman's partner stabbed her through the heart when she was pregnant, she tells us why she wanted to meet him afterwards, in a process known as "restorative justice". i needed to look him in the face and tell him