i'm christian fraser live in brussels where eu leaders have been meeting for a special brexit summit. theresa may urges parliament and the public to back her brexit deal after its endorsement at today's eu summit. the british people don't want to spend any more time arguing about brexit. they want a good deal done that fulfils the vote and allows us to come together again as a country. jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission, issues a warning to those mps who think the eu can be persuaded to make further changes. this is the best deal possible for britain, this is the best deal possible for europe, this is the only deal possible. donald tusk, who chaired the summit, says the european union wants to remain as close as possible to the uk after brexit. regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days.

throughout the hour, we'll be turning to our reality check correspondent for clarity on what exactly has been agreed, and where we go from here. eu leaders have given theirformal backing to britain leaving the european union. prime minister theresa may says the deal offers for britain and urged parliament and the public to support it. at a special summit in brussels, the 27 european leaders signed off on two key documents agreed by british and eu negotiators. the main withdrawal agreement, which outlines the terms for the uk

leaving, provides for a transition period which would last until at least the end of 2020 to allow britain to make trade deals. the deal also covers a short political declaration, which is not legally binding but sets out hopes for an "ambitious pa rtnership" with the eu for the future. but while a brexit deal has been signed off in brussels, it now needs the approval of westminister politicians, which could prove less straightforward. adam fleming reports. time to shake on it, as eu leaders arrived in brussels this morning the message was this is the deal. the only deal. this is the deal, it's the best deal possible, and the eu will not change its fundamental position when it comes to these issues. it's the best possible one, and i really want to say that there is nothing other possible because there have been concessions also from our side. this is the deal on the table, i don't think there's anything more. this is all designed to show

that the divorce talks have definitively come to an end, and to provide a springboard for theresa may to sell her deal back at home. the withdrawal agreement fixes the divorce terms. it guarantees the rights of eu nationals in the uk and brits in europe. it settles the uk's financial obligations, estimated at £39 billion, with an insurance policy to avoid checks on the irish border. there's also a road map to the future relationship. it is based on free trade, not necessarily the frictionless trade promised by the prime minister. there will be continued co—operation on security and unlimited immigration from the eu — free movement — will come to an end. after nearly two years of talks, it took the 27 prime ministers, presidents and chancellors about a0 minutes to apply the rubber stamp to their side of the bargain. then, the prime minister arrived to speak to her fellow leaders.

she really wanted to talk directly to you. in any negotiation, you do not get everything you want. you need to identify what your vital interests are and stick to them, but be prepared to compromise in other areas in order to achieve a result. i think the british people understand that. when they look at this deal they will see it is a good one for our country and that it is in the national interest for everyone to get behind it. with the divorce agreed, the other side is now preparing for talks about the future relationship that could last for four years. ahead of us is the difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations. but, regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days. and one day longer.

outside the summit, anti—brexit protesters showed exactly what they think of the deal. lots of brexit supporters don't like it much either, but brussels isn't the battlefield anymore. it's britain now. adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. so, with a deal agreed by brussels, focus turns now to westminster and prime minister theresa may's chances of getting it agreed by parliament. she has appealed directly to the british public in an open letter to get behind the deal in the national interest, knowing that its chances of success in westminster are far from assured. here's our political correspondent leila nathoo. for now, the hard work is over in brussels. they have found enough common ground. but back home, the hard sell of the brexit deal continues. ministers adamant what's on offer is the best possible outcome.

it gets us a lot of what we wanted, not everything, but the question is — can this be that staging post that gets us to the point where we could get everything? and i think, with a lot of hard work, it can be. the prime minister has written an open letter, calling on the country to get behind the agreement. she insists the deal works for all of our people, whether you voted leave or remain. and she says after brexit day next march, we will begin a new chapter in our national life. but the real battle now begins here in westminster, where parliament must approve the deal in the coming weeks. the numbers don't look good for the government, with opposition parties and dozens of conservative mps already vowing to vote it down. theresa may is trying to push through parliament an ill—fated, half—baked deal that's the worst of all worlds. we need to work as hard as we can to ensure she thinks again. i don't believe that so far this deal delivers on what the british

people really voted for, you know, take back control of your borders, your laws, your money. i think it has ceded too much control. it's the plans for how to keep the irish borderfree from checks that have raised hackles across the political spectrum. northern ireland's democratic unionists are reconsidering their support for the government, which theresa may relies on for her majority. we are seeing us staying in the european union in terms of the single market, the customs union rules will apply to northern ireland, we are in the same vat regime as europe, we are in the same state aid as europe, and there is very much a border down the irish sea as a result of this, and that's why we can't support this deal. theresa may will hope she can convince as many mps as possible here to back her, to avoid a leap into the unknown if parliament rejects the deal. both the eu and the government say there can be no renegotiation, hoping that will focus minds. leila nathoo, bbc news. it has been notable throughout the

negotiation period that the 27 countries have stood tightly together and donald tusk mentioned that today but in the last few days you might have detected that national interests were starting to come to the fore as we talked about the future relationships. we had representations from spain about gibraltar, the french interested in this level playing field, the danes and dutch are very concerned about fishing rights and in fact, one of the additions to the paperwork we have had so far this weekend was on fishing rights and a desire to get some sort of deal on quotas and access to british waters by 2020. we can talk a bit about that with the europe correspondent for danish radio. good to have you with us, jacob. how concerned are the coastal

communities in denmark that they might be frozen out of uk waters?” would say there is quite some concern but also the realisation that there will be tough negotiations ahead. but let's look at the past few months and years, it has shown that the eu, when they managed to stand together, they have the upper hand and not necessarily through lack of skilled on the british side butjust because of the sheer balance of power. you have 27 nations who have managed to stick together. whether they will be able together. whether they will be able to do that further down the road remains to be seen but we have seen this strategy of negotiation which says that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and if they manage to go forward with that, i think that britain will be under some pressure, even the fisheries or of interest that may have divided it on national lines, but if they stick together they will still have quite a lot of leverage. and how dependent

are the danish coastal communities on reddish waters? excuse me, i couldn't hear that. i think we lost you for a second. i was asking how dependent these coastal communities are on british waters. we have seen the danish fishery unity being quite active in the past few weeks. —— community. no doubt there is a lot of sta ke community. no doubt there is a lot of stake for them. and i suppose in that sense, there is obviously huge interest in the uk in the boat that goes through the house of commons but from what you are saying, presumably danish communities are also very interested in the vote because they have a better chance of negotiating something if there is a deal? absolutely. but it remains to be seen whether they can stick together or we will see infighting between french and danish fishers trying to get a better deal for

themselves and whether they manage that it remains to be seen. so far they have managed to, in spite of different interest, build a common front. obviously we focus on occasions like this, on the big european leaders like angela merkel and emmanuel macron but we don't hear much from the danish prime minister. what has been the attitude in your country towards brexit? first of all we consider brits our friends and also, to a large extent, allies within the european union so there is sadness, a fair amount of frustration but at the end of the day, there is a respect. we had our referendum in denmark in the past in 1992 when we voted against the maastricht treaty. we know these results have to be respected and negotiated and we have all seen what the danes did, they had another go at it in 1993 and a series of opt

outs which allowed the danes to stay in the eu but this is a different situation. jacob, very grateful for yourtime, situation. jacob, very grateful for your time, thank you very much. we have heard from most of the european leaders including the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, who said the best outcome for all concern would best outcome for all concern would be if the uk remained in the eu but given that was not going to happen, he said the draft agreement was the next best thing. i have always thought the best outcome for ireland, for europe and the uk would be for the uk to stay in the european union, the customs union and single market but we respect the decision of the british people and the uk parliament not to do that. what we have agreed today is the next best outcome. it protects the piece, it affirms the rights and freedoms of european, irish and british citizens, ensures there will be no hard border and also insulates

our economy from major disruptions and trade, thus protecting jobs and people is the standard of living. the one thing that shines through from all of the comments from the european leaders, in their view there is no plan b. they know there is talk in the uk of reopening the withdrawal agreement and renegotiating if the vote goes down butjean—claude juncker, renegotiating if the vote goes down but jean—claude juncker, followed renegotiating if the vote goes down butjean—claudejuncker, followed by a host of european leaders, said that would not happen and they are not prepared at this stage to contemplate a plan b. angela merkel acknowledged there is still work to do on the future relationship outlined in the political declaration. translation: we strive for close cooperation and also very close cooperation in the field of security. these are important aspects as theresa may said herself and we continue to live in a european area, even after great britain has left the european union. thus there is still a lot that needs

to be done, a lot of work for us. the house of commons will now be seized at the draft agreement but i think this has been very successful as an endeavour and a difficult situation, without precedent. never before have we been in a situation where a member wanted to leave the european union. we have been successful enough in this attempt of reaching an agreement that balances the interests of both sides, paying respect and paying heed to the interests of both sides and allowing at the same time for a closer partnership and all that took place ina spirit partnership and all that took place in a spirit that implied tough negotiations while never losing sight of the fact that we could only work for a win—win situation for both sides. it is sad. my feelings are divided, ifeel sad but also both sides. it is sad. my feelings are divided, i feel sad but also a certain sense of relief that we have been able to achieve what we have achieved. an understanding on all

sides that there is so much more to do because this political declaration, 26 pages, it is not legally binding, it is an aspiration and pretty vague with something in it for everyone. we can talk about what happens next with chris morris from our reality check team. it happened very quickly, they waved it through and it goes to ratification by the two parliaments but what are we looking at after that if we get past that with the various staging post? in the long term, jean-claude juncker said the toughest bit was yet to come and that is the future of negotiation but before we get to that, can this deal get ratified? today, the 27 eu leaders endorsed it and eventually those countries would have to approve it, potentially by a qualified majority which would be 20 out of 27 countries. in reality, i think it is unthinkable they would pushit think it is unthinkable they would push it through with anything other than unanimous consent. before we get to that, there are other

parliamentary hurdles and the most obvious and difficult is clearly whether theresa may can get this deal through the house of commons. the labour party are opposed, large sections of her own party are opposed and i think that is the next focus. a lot of the choreography and state m e nts focus. a lot of the choreography and statements from today were aimed at that vote in the house of commons, saying that this was the only deal on offer, everybody was saying the same thing, and heaven knows how much they discussed it behind the scene before they came up with that line! we will hit it again and again, it is this or nothing. in reality, could it be changed if it was voted down in the house of commons? the withdrawal agreement, a legal treaty, i don't think anybody would reopen. a political declaration, could it be changed? they are saying it will not be changed but i think it could be, but not to alter the entire scope of the agreement. the problem is that the brexiteers and the dup have in the document, that is in the legally

binding stuff, the political declaration holds no weight at all. it doesn't and even if you did try to persuade a few people by changing some of the language in the political declaration, you might raise other questions of other countries and in the european parliament which is the other stage of ratification because it has to be ratified there as well as in the comment and only if it gets through both of those, and get this qualified majority of support among the other countries, do we get to the other countries, do we get to the 29th of march next year knowing thatis the 29th of march next year knowing that is the date on which the uk leaves and moves into this 21 month period of transition. as i said, thatis period of transition. as i said, that is when perhaps the even more difficult negotiations begin because thatis difficult negotiations begin because that is the negotiation of what the future relationship looks like and every country, as we have been discussing throughout the day, has its own particular bugbears and particular interest that they will be determined to uphold. you talk about the 21 months at the transition. perhaps the most important thing theresa may is hanging her hat on right now is the

fa ct hanging her hat on right now is the fact that if they do not get there, and very few people think they can com plete and very few people think they can complete it in that time, they could extend the transition because that is now in the withdrawal agreement, possibly up to 2022? it gives the potential for two more years. possibly up to 2022? it gives the potentialfor two more years. it possibly up to 2022? it gives the potential for two more years. it is not a great look because it gives businesses and government more time, to co m plete businesses and government more time, to complete an agreement on the future and for businesses they have time to prepare but i would potentially be nearly four years in which the uk would be out of the european union but following all its rules, paying into the budget without having any say in making the rules. and if it went to the end of 2022, it would take us beyond the date by when we have to have another general election. it is hard to imagine the conservative party, if they were still in power at that stage, wanting to go into that election with us not having properly left yet. and you say other things will come out of the woodwork the longer you extend the negotiating period and another has come out

about britain not having a say in the security and defence policy of the security and defence policy of the eu largely because cyprus has a problem with it because it could open the door to turkey. cyprus and greece have throughout the process said that when it comes to common foreign and security policy, our first interest is the relationship the difficult relationship they both have with turkey and it is one example of how each country has their own interests. interesting in their own interests. interesting in the press conferences, both angela merkel and emmanuel macron, germany and france, without being prompted, mentioned pretty early the fact that fishing is going to be a really difficult issue. according to the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration, they are supposed to come up with a new agreement on fishing by the middle of 2020 and if they don't, that could have consequences for other things in the future. there are landmines scattered along this route. perhaps not a battle royal on the high seas but certainly over them. thank you. it is worth

pointing out that were the vote not to go through in the house of commons, and we must not pre—empt that because we don't know what mps will decide when they are facing the gulf with their toes over the edge ofa gulf with their toes over the edge of a cliff and they have to decide whether they like no deal or they can stomach the chaos of what might come after it. we don't know what will happen in the vote but it is worth saying that if it goes down, there is a summit here in brussels two or three days later, the end of yearsummit, and it two or three days later, the end of year summit, and it might be that for all the choruses of this will not be reopened, it will not be renegotiated, it could be that in the last summit of the year, the 27 leaders are back deciding what they can give to the uk side to get it through the house of commons. christian fraser in brussels, thank you very much. let's turn to other news this afternoon. a man has been charged with the attempted murder of a police officer after a knife attack in east london. the incident happened at ilford railway station on friday night. daniel adeyemi, who's

2a, will appear before magistrates tomorrow. the officer involved has been discharged from hospital. a survey suggests a third of people who have bought newly—built homes aren't satisfied with the properties. the figures come from an independent report called the new homes review. nine out of ten of those surveyed reported defects or snags when they first moved in. the house builders federation says the industry is working on a new system for resolving disputes. documents believed to contain information about facebook‘s data privacy policies have been seized in london, on the instruction of a parliamentary committee. it's thought the documents have been seized as mps on the culture, media and sport select committee, don't think facebook has been responding adequately to questions they want answering. our business correspndentjoe miller has been giving me more details. it's a very rare use of a centuries old parliamentary power. essentially, the dcms select committee reportedly sent the sergeant at arms, who may be familiar to viewers from ceremonies like the speaker's procession in the house of commons, to a london hotel to seize documents from an american tech executive who was here on a business trip.

this executive, the head of a small app developing company, had these documents because of a court case going on in california in which his company is suing facebook for a very small case to do with access to user data. the dcms committee will not tell us how many documents there are and they will not confirm whether, crucially, as reported in the observer, they contain e—mails between mark zuckerberg and other facebook executives but they say they will issue a statement soon. and according to how the story was reported, it looks like this tech boss initially said no and when he did that, he was physically escorted to parliament! yes, these are details which the dcms select committee will not confirm at the moment. i think they just wanted the headline that the documents had

been seized and particularly because it is a shot across the bows for facebook. they wanted it to be seen in the new york times and washington post or whatever mark zuckerberg reads! and they very likely will be in the background of course is that this committee, this enquiry, originally set up to look into fake news, has been trying to get answers from facebook ever since the cambridge analytica scandal exploded and politically to try to get mark zuckerberg to testify in parliament and he has repeatedly refused. i think this is the committee using what limited powers they have, even if they are ancient, to of get the attention of silicon valley. south american football officials were forced to postpone one of the biggest matches in argentina's history last night, after a bus carrying one of the teams was attacked by rival fans. the game, equivalent to the final of the champions league, was between two teams from buenos aries — boca juniors and river plate. lebo diseko reports. running battles on the streets

of buenos aires as river plate fans throw missiles at police. they should have been cheering on their team at the historic football final. instead, these supporters are part of what looks like a full—blown riot. earlier, river plate fans attacked the bus carrying the boca juniors to the stadium. boca captain pablo perez had an injured eye, apparently after shards of glass got into it. 0thers players suffered cuts on faces, arms and legs. for the fans, there was disappointment and frustration as their evening was cut short. translation: it's a complete embarrassment. the sad thing is, the vast majority of people have come to enjoy this game peacefully with their families and children but because of 300 misfits, it is always the same people, soccer has been hurt. translation: this was supposed to project a good image

of people celebrating. i am very bitter. i've always hoped that things could change but they are not changing. this had been the most anticipated game in the history of the two football giants, the first time they were facing each other in a big south american final. as the boca team left the stadium, the match had been redscheduled to go ahead later today, but there are still concerns about more violence and ugly scenes to come. lebo diseko, bbc news. we often hear about the post—traumatic stress disorder experienced by those returning from duty in the armed forces, but the same symptoms are often felt by members of the emergency services working in the uk. in the week that prince william opened up about his own mental health struggles as an air ambulance pilot, we're asking if more could be done to help those who work so hard to help others. 0ur reporterjohn maguire has been finding out. as london's air ambulance arrives for duty, its flight crew,

paramedics and doctors have no idea what the day has in store. on average, it is called to five emergencies a day. all will involve patients who are critically ill or injured. the service, run by a charity, attracts doctors from around the world because of the high level of emergency care that its staff provides. a canadian, dr mike christian, was one of the first medics on the scene at the london bridge terror attacks last year. i do know one of the paramedics who was first on scene and literally the first person there and he was profoundly impacted by this but sought the appropriate help and recognised the signs, the symptoms he was experiencing and that benefited him significantly. he has been able to return to his career and continue on after going through that. he served as a military doctor in afghanistan so understands the after—effects of severe trauma and also that medical staff are some way behind the military in their awareness of post—traumatic stress disorder.

in your day—to—day work, when it's something you do as part of your regular career, i think, unlike the military, people are less aware that this can have an impact so the programmes that have been in place in the military are now coming into the emergency services and even into health care to help people recognise the impact this could have on them and have a healthy career. this film was made by dr matthew waltonm based on an incident he attended while flying with an air ambulance. he believes more could and should be done, especially to help young staff cope. one part of what we are trying to do is create a briefing package which can be given to people who are new to this type of work, to give them some very simple indication as to what they might see, what are the normal reactions that people can have and what they can do that they do require any further help or support and who they can turn to when they need it. just this week, prince william spoke

about how he was affected by his time as an air ambulance pilot. the relation between the job and the personal life is what really took me over the edge and i started feeling things that i've never felt before and i got very sad and very down. these issues will be discussed at the world extreme medicine conference in edinburgh today. delegates will consider what more needs to be done to help people in the emergency services to cope with such traumatic events, to help each other and themselves so that they can carry on helping those in such critical need. john maguire, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. the weather is turning much more u nsettled the weather is turning much more unsettled in the week ahead, wetter and windier but also milder. this evening tonight we hold onto a few

showers in the east, some running across northern england towards northern ireland and some in the far south—east as well as eastern scotland. elsewhere, variable cloud and clear spells, you could see a touch of frost as temperatures fall close to freezing with a couple of mist and fog patches. below freezing for some in north—west scotland, down 2—4, but sunshine coming here tomorrow. still a scattering of showers in parts of eastern england and scotland tomorrow and into northern ireland but many western parts, western scotland, wales and west of england, will have some sunshine and it could be even sunnier compared to today. the easterly breeze is not as strong but still quite chilly with single figure temperatures tomorrow, 6—90d for the most part. it will turn milder as the week goes on —— make it will turn milder as the week goes on “— it will turn milder as the week goes on —— at 6—9 degrees. but windier and wetter as well. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines. theresa may urges parliament and the public to back her brexit deal after it's endorsement at today's eu summit. jean—claude juncker, president

of the european commission, warns mps that the agreement is the best and only deal on offer. and in other news — a man has been charged