a dealfor the uk's departure from the eu is approved by leaders in brussels. the prime minister says it's an agreement that delivers for britain, but acknowledges what lies ahead at westminster. i will take this deal back to the house of commons, confident we have achieved the best deal available, and full of optimism about the future of our country. in parliament, and beyond it, i will make the case for this deal with all my heart. with the uk set to leave in four months, eu officials call it a "sad day", and have a warning for mps. this is the best deal possible for britain, and this is the only deal possible. so if the house would say no, we would have no deal. we'll be assessing the contents of the agreement, and the chances of parliament passing it. also tonight: the medical implants that are inadequately tested or unsafe — but still used on patients. thousands of facebook documents are seized by mps investigating it over data — and privacy.

and in cricket, england are beaten by australia in the final of the women's world twenty20. good evening. in a milestone for the brexit process, eu leaders today approved the terms of the agreement that will take the uk out, in march next year. the formal backing for the deal in brussels came after two key documents were negotiated over the last 17 months — the main withdrawal agreement, outlining the terms of departure, and providing for a transition period until at least the end of 2020. there is also a much shorter political declaration, not legally binding, but setting out hopes for an "ambitious partnership" between the uk and eu in the future.

the prime minister said this was the best deal possible, and that it would deliver for britain. our political editor laura kuennsberg is in brussels now. this is a big milestone today. a deal has been done, after more than two years since the public made its views known, there have been intense, difficult arguments, negotiations and talks going on for months and months and months, and finally the prime minister has the agreement that she will now devote herself to selling to the public at home. but theresa may nos tonight the agreement she has shaped will determine her political fortune and britain's place in the world for decades to come. theresa may's fight, though, is farfrom over. no celebration, no fanfare, but a huge and serious step. after more than a0 years inside — deep breath — the deal to leave is done.

there were those who said that reaching a brexit agreement that worked for both sides was an impossible task. from the start, i rejected that counsel of despair. in any negotiation, you do not get the thing 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. her bet, many of you are bored of the rows, the splits and the spats, the officials who brokered the compromise watching on. before christmas, mps will vote on this deal. on it will depend whether we move forward together into a brighter future, or open the door to yet more division and uncertainty. the british people don't want to spend any more time arguing about brexit. can i ask you to be very straight with the public, and tell us who, if anyone, you think is pleased

about this deal? what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers for people, delivers on the vote, delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods, and protects our security and our united kingdom, and, as i have said before, i believe our best days lie ahead of us. the eu's power players have agreed a brexit with caveats, a deal where the uk leaves next march, but stays close to the union, with a lot of final detail yet to be agreed. 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. it is time for everybody, everybody, to take their responsibilities.

today's agreement will help create the trust and the confidence needed for negotiating our close and unprecedented future relationship. the agreement was hard fought on both sides, even though sometimes it feels like eu leaders still can't quite believe what's happening in front of their eyes. it's tragic that the uk's leaving after 45 years, angela merkel said. but there may be more theatre to come. mps at home might kick out the deal. would they budge here, then? this is the deal, it's the best deal possible, and the european union will not change its fundamental position, when it comes to this issue. are you concerned that the prime minister will not get this deal through the british parliament? i think it's not now our concern, it is the british concern. this is the max we can all do.

both theresa may and her government and also the european union, no victors here today, nobody winning, we are all losing. there have been many moments when it has not been clear that theresa may would make it this far, but her next steps in these vital few weeks will determine our future, and the future of the country, too. for the prime minister, there is now only one direction. she can't know if parliament and the public will follow along. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. the next few weeks will see the government emphasise the merits of what's now been approved in brussels both to mps at westminster and to the public. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been exploring the content of the agreement. alex... thanks, mishal. this deal is in two parts. the first is the withdrawal agreement.

that's a binding legal text?about our terms of departure. there will be a transition or implementation period, which means when we leave the eu next march, not much will change until december 2020, ?allowing time for things like a new trade deal to be worked out. it safeguards the rights of eu citizens in the uk, and uk citizens living in europe, and it settles the divorce bill — the uk will pay £39 billion to the eu, but won't continue large payments beyond that. here's the most contentious bit. if, during the transition period, a new trade deal isn't agreed, then that period could be extended, or the northern ireland backstop could kick in. that means, to avoid checks at the irish border, the whole uk would be in a customs territory with the eu, but northern ireland would have some different trade terms. and the uk can'tjust end that arrangement when it wants, ? and that is a problem for some. what we are seeing in this irish

protocol is much more than that, 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 very much a border down the irish sea as a very much a border down the irish sea as a result of this, and that's why we can't support this deal. the government says that backstop probably won't be needed, because of the other part of this deal, the political declaration. a plan for an ambitious future partnership with the eu, although not all the detail has been agreed. the government says we will leave the single market and customs union, and can strike trade deals with other countries. the free movement of people will end — the government will work out a new immigration system. the uk will leave the common fisheries policy — but future arrangements for access to water and quotas are yet to be agreed. in fact, there's still quite a lot about future relations with the eu to be worked out.

so it gets us a lot of what we wanted, not everything, but the question is can this be that staging post that gets asked to the point where we could get everything? and i think with a lot of hard work it can be. critics say there's too much that's still unclear, and the uk could end up tied to the eu, with its own rights limited. but the prime minister says the deal does deliver on the referendum result — and it's the best we'll get. her difficult task now, is to convince mps and the public. mishal. .. alex, thank you very much. so what happens next — now that the brexit deal has been endorsed by eu leaders? the biggest potential hurdle lies at westminster and mrs may's chances of getting the agreement through parliament next month. if mps approve it, it would then be put to the european parliament. but if — on the other hand — it's voted down by mps, there are a number of possible consequences. they could try to force a re—negotiation — a general election, another referendum, or we could

leave without a deal. today, the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker addressed what would happen if mps rejected the brexit deal — he was speaking to our europe editor katya adler. this is the best deal possible for britain. and this is the only deal possible. so if the house would say no, we would have no deal. it's not the intention of the prime minister nor of the cabinet nor of the parliament to go for a second referendum. this is the deal. and you are trying to help the prime minster sell it, actually, by saying this is the best deal possible. but surely it can't be the best deal possible, because right from the beginning, you and other eu leaders said it has to be very clear in this deal that life on the outside can't be as good as on the inside? if you're out, you are out. you're not part of the decision—making process. this is by the way a very sad moment. for the european union

and for britain. and we will discover in future years why i say today that this is a sad moment. i'm not happy. but i'm happy that we have a deal. there is a perception in much of the uk that this was a punishment process, the negotiations process. that even though today there were nice words for theresa may, like from the dutch prime minister, she negotiated in a very tough way. but actually that in the end, the uk had to concede most of the time. i do not understand why the british people, and i like the british people for so many including historical reasons, why they are feeling that they are humiliated. i don't see that, because numerous points of view of the british have been taken into this deal. so this is not a humiliation for britain. there is something about the tough negotiations on behalf of the eu during these brexit talks that have made some in the uk say, you know what, we're really

glad we're leaving. they are inflexible and they do not listen to the needs of the people. what would be your reaction to that? i was always respecting the dignity of the british people, which is the same as the dignity of peoples living on the continent. britain has voted, there was a sovereign decision, we are highly respecting that decision, although we don't like it. it is also not the end of the road of negotiations, of course. negotiations on a future trade deal and other relationships start in earnest after brexit. we will come back to gibraltar and come back to fishing. and we could come back to the northern ireland border question. i don't think that we can come back to the northern ireland border question. we will start in the coming months the talks about the future relationship and i don't think it will be wise if i would give you first indications on the outcome of these negotiations. you said to me right at the beginning of this process that you felt it would be

a sad process. you also said that somehow it felt like a failure. everyone is losing. but is it a failure on the eu's behalf, do you think, that it's got this far? is it a failure on the british behalf if you're telling people year after year, month after month, day after day that the membership of the european union is a bad thing for british citizens. so i don't think that the european union is guilty for the result. it is the responsibility of britain, only of britain. nobody else. is there a certain sense of relief, though, the uk was never a happy, enthusiastic member of the european union. once the uk has gone, surely you're free to have an eu army or any other of the things that the uk was standing in the way of. i always appreciated, in my former life as minister and as prime minister, the british sense of pragmatism. it was a gift given by britain to the european union,

a down—to—earth common sense. we will miss that. but it was a decision of the british people to leave. jean claude juncker. well, today does mark a significant moment on the path towards brexit — which began with the referendum vote more than two years ago. every step of the process has been followed by katya and by our political editor laura kuennsberg and tonight they are together in brussels as this latest stage begins. katya — does the eu see this as a new phase — with some issues dealt with? today was also a very big day for the eu, signing off on those divorce papers for a departing the member state for a first time in the club's history, and now all european eyes turn to the uk of course to see if they're brexit deal passes through they're brexit deal passes through the house of commons. now, if it

doesn't, whatever brussels says about not wanting to renegotiate, some eu countries will feel tempted to twea k some eu countries will feel tempted to tweak the text may be, although maybe not much more than that. even after brexit, that is not the end of the eu's role in uk life, because it is only then that the detailed negotiations begin on future eu uk relations and trade, and you may have heard emmanuelle macron of france threatening that future trade deal today. he said and this gets rights of french fishermen in uk waters after brexit. so whether it is fish, gibraltar, the irish border oi’ is fish, gibraltar, the irish border or the eu trying to tie the uk into uk competition laws, that is not the end of those issues, or the eu trying to horse trade over them. these divorce negotiations are just a taster of what is to come. laura, for the other side of that negotiation, for the prime minister, what does today represent?m negotiation, for the prime minister, what does today represent? it is a very big moment for theresa may.

frankly, as our viewers know, the government has been so shaky for the la st government has been so shaky for the last year or so that getting to this moment does mark an achievement, and a personal achievement for her. but the second thing is that back at home this is seen as an unhappy compromise. guess what? when he have to compromise, it means you don't get everything that you want, and theresa may here has achieved something is that hasn't happened since the referendum, frankly. she has united former remainers and many brexiteers in their hatred of the deal, and a consensus in westminster that it deal, and a consensus in westminster thatitis deal, and a consensus in westminster that it is a very, very flawed agreement. there are howls of protest in parliament, waiting for the prime minister when she returns there tomorrow. and it is a compromise. we are leaving, but we are still close in many ways to the eu, even though crucially for theresa may, the uk does take back ownership of its own immigration policy big brother eu immigration to and from the uk. but the third thing of course is this has to get past

mps, and the way the numbers look right now, it's very, very hard to see right now, it's very, very hard to see how the numbers will actually stack up, although we must emphasise we can't tonight imagine ourselves into the minds of more than 600 individuals who will have to make their minds up in parliament in two and a half weeks' time. we just can't know, even though right now the odds do not look good for theresa may, in terms of being able to get this through parliament. but there is something else here. since she lost the tory majority, that personal disaster for the prime minister of the general election in 2017, this has been the pattern of her premiership. she overcomes one impossible looking obstacle, and there immediately behind it lurks an even greater task ahead. laura kuenssberg and katya adler, tonight both in brussels, thank you very much. in a major escalation of tension between russia and ukraine, the ukrainian navy says russia has fired on and seized three of its vessels off

the coast of crimea, annexed by moscow in 2014. it said two gunboats and a tug were captured by russian special forces and six crew members were injured. ukraine said it may declare martial law over the incident. i'm joined now by our correspondentjon donnison. how serious is this looking?m looks pretty tense this evening. it is unfolding in the kurtz strait, a narrow and strategically important stretch of four to that separates russia and crimea, it accesses some of ukraine's key ports. both sides saying they were provoked by the other. russian fighter jets saying they were provoked by the other. russian fighterjets and attack helicopters have been seen in the area. in the last hour and a half or so we have had a statement from nato calling for restraint and a de—escalation, and saying that russia must allow unhindered access to ukraine's port, a sharp reminder this conflict has not gone away.

thank you very much. medical devices that have been inadequately tested and are unsafe are ending up inside patients' bodies, according to an investigation by bbc panorama and a group of otherjournalists. it's revealed how implants that had failed in baboons, or were tested only on pigs and dead bodies, were nevertheless approved for use in humans. the industry says it has transformed millions of lives for the better. deborah cohen reports. here we go, look, that's where you put it. maureen mccleave was the first person in the uk to be fitted with a new type of pacemaker that sits inside the heart. but the battery died after just three years, and doctors could not get it out. i don't like the thought that i've got a piece of metal in my heart that is doing nothing, and it'sjust laying there. the pacemaker was withdrawn for safety reasons. at least two deaths and 90 events in which patients were seriously harmed by the device were recorded. our investigation also found an implant that was approved

for humans, despite failing in a study on baboons. and a treatment for children with curved spines that was only tested on pigs and dead bodies before being approved for use in the uk. europe doesn't have a governmental body that approves medical devices. they are checked by private companies, called notified bodies, instead. there are 58 of them, and approval by one means a product can be used anywhere in europe. but if one notified body says no, a company can shop around and ask another. as a patient, i would be terrified not to know the adverse event data. we are talking about people's lives, it is really important to know whether these devices are safe or not. the european union has legislated to make the industry more transparent, but panorama understands that crucial information about medical devices will not be shared, because it might scare the public. the manufacturers say their products were tested thoroughly,

and met all regulatory requirements. and the industry insists there are already proper checks in place to protect patients. deborah cohen, bbc news. and you can see more on that story on tomorrow night's panorama, that's the great implant scandal at 8.30pm on bbc1. thousands of documents relating to facebook and how it handles users' data have been seized on the demand of a parliamentary committee. the commons' digital, culture, media and sport committee used its legal powers to obtain the papers from an american software company taking legal action against facebook. 0ur media editor amol rajan has the story. 2018 has been a year of turmoilfor facebook, with allegations including abuse by foreign powers such as russia and worries about social media addiction. the biggest scandal surrounded british data firm, cambridge analytica. the data of 87 million users fell into the hands of the british firm.

facebook accepted responsibility for the error and apologised. now a us firm, sixlithree, has launched a legal action against facebook. sixlithree was hit hard when in 2014 facebook cut—off third—party access to users' friends' data, precisely the avenue that cambridge analytica exploited. sixlithree had an app called pikini, which searched out pictures of people in bikinis, but is now redundant. as part of the lawsuit in california, sixlithree obtained thousands of documents from facebook, some of them sensitive. now a select committee of mps in britain has acquired those documents ahead of the hearing on tuesday, which representatives of seven international parliaments will attend. these are really serious important issues. i think facebook has been slow to realise how seriously we take them, and other parliaments around the world do as well, and we're prepared to use all the powers that we have to try and get to the truth. facebook say the complaint brought by sixlithree is completely without merit,

and there is an ongoing case the documents shouldn't be published. however, under parliamentary privilege, the committee says it reserves that right. for years, facebook benefited from what, for them, was a benign environment. investors have to plough money in, growing demand for their products and, above all, a light touch from regulators. all that is now gone. national parliaments are putting global tech firms in the dock and the feeling is growing that the likes of zuckerberg have unleashed something they are struggling to contain. a few weeks ago, facebook hired former british deputy prime minister nick clegg to oversee reputational matters. his inbox, already bursting, will have another deluge this week. amol rajan, bbc news. england have been beaten by australia in the final of the women's world twenty20. they were hoping to follow up their world cup success from last year with another major title but lost by eight wickets in antigua. jo currie reports. cheering joy and elation.

australia ending a four—year wait to lift a major trophy. watching on, england left to rue what could have been, in the knowledge that they were beaten by the better team. putting themselves into bat, england started poorly and before long found themselves 41—3 and without a review. they needed a calm head, which dani wyatt provided, bringing up a3. england's middle order, though, couldn't show the same resolve. as australia's bowlers started to get a grip on the final. captain heather knight, the only other player to reach double figures, as england went all out for 105 with two balls remaining. england's bowlers, though, got an early breakthrough when sophie ecclestone removed australia's star batter alissa healy for just 22. but ashley gardner and captain meg lanning dug in. chasing down the target with ease to complete an emphatic eight wicket victory and claim a record fourth title. for the world number ones, relief and celebrations. for england, a missed opportunity. england women may not have been able to repeat the success they enjoyed

at last year's one—day world cup. but reaching two world finals in the space of 16 months capped a remarkable period for this team. for now, though, it's time for reflection because for some of these players, the opportunity to be crowned a double world champion may not come around again. jo curry, bbc news. that's it from us on bbc one, time now hello. after days of easterly winds, and at times cloudy weather, a complete change on the way in the coming days. the atlantic weather systems will start knocking on our door from tuesday onwards. monday still looking fine across the uk, that is if you don't mind those chilly eastern winds. this is what it looks like over the next few hours, so the wind out of the east continuing to drag in some cloud. further showers around across yorkshire, eastern scotland, and temperatures by early monday, above freezing in city centres. outside of town there

will be a touch of frost, particularly across northern and north—western areas. tomorrow, very much an east west split. easterly wind will continue to bring a lot of thick clouds to the east of the country, so from london all the way to edinburgh, whereas in the west we will have some sunshine, so fine weather for places like cardiff, liverpool, and glasgow. tuesday morning onwards, those weather fronts start to line up in the atlantic and head our way, and on top of that increasing winds as well. this is the morning. rain reaching cornwall and devon, parts of wales, eventually belfast as well, and by the afternoon central parts of the uk, but for most of the day it looks as though northern areas will stay dry. misty and foggy for a time in the morning. let's look at the weather in the middle of the week. big low—pressure well and truly in charge, in fact dominating the whole north atlantic. look at all of these isobars. with that also comes much milder weather which will also be reaching all parts of the country by wednesday. lots of showers, gale force winds inland, even severe gales along some of these western coasts.

winds could prove disruptive. these are the average wind speeds. in many cases, you could double or maybe even triple in some of these northern areas that average winds. the temperatures, 1a in london, 11 degrees in the north. so double figures throughout the country. on thursday, again, low—pressure very close to our neighbourhood, again sending strong winds, mild air and frequent showers, but in between those you will get the sunshine as well. that is if you not stuck underneath the weather front, and there will be one for a time at least across southern areas. then you can see the weather breaks and you can see some sunshine developing, through the middle part of the day. so not all bad, not raining all the time. 1a degrees in london but it won't feel like it in the wind or of course the showers. on friday again, low—pressure moving across the country, bringing further strong winds perhaps to the south as well. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news with me, rachel schofield. 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. unsafe and poorly tested medical devices are being implanted into patients, according to a global investigation. thousands of facebook documents are seized by mps investigating