you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's ham and these are the main stories this morning. theresa may is on the road trying to rally support for her brexit deal, as her former defence secretary launches a scathing attack. my fear is this deal actuallyjust gives us the worst of all worlds. so unless the commons, i think, can be persuaded somehow that those things are possible, yes, then i think the deal is doomed. downing street insists theresa may's plan will allow the uk to strike a trade deal with the us, after president trump suggests otherwise. i think we have to take a look at seriously whether or not the uk is allowed to trade, because right now, if you look at the deal, they may not be able to trade with us, and that would not be a good thing. matthew hedges — the british academic released from detention in the uae — arrives back in the uk. 18 migrants are rescued from two small boats in the english channel. it's believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. and nasa's probe on mars has started

sending images back to earth following its successful landing on the red planet. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. theresa may is battling fresh criticism of her brexit vision, this time from a recent ally. the former defence secretary sir michael fallon said her proposed brexit deal is doomed and that he will vote against it in the commons on december 11. his criticism comes after a warning from president trump last night that her brexit agreement could threaten a future us—uk trade deal. the prime minister is in wales this morning, and visits northern ireland later as she tries to sell what she sees as the benefits of the deal. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. norman, as far as michael fallon is

concerned, she is fighting a losing battle. what fallout has there been from his comments? the risk is really that so michael fallon is one of those mps who is a bit of a weather vane on the backbenches, in the sense that he has not really been aligned with any of the rival brexit camps. to date, he has always been pretty loyal to mrs may, and has always been regarded as a kind of staunch defender of the party, frequently put up on the today programme and other outlets to make the party case. this morning, and fairly uncompromising language, he denounced mrs nabo ‘s macro plan, saying it was a bad deal, she had to go and get a better deal, and also, it seemed to me, just opening the door again to the question marks about her own leadership, because he

was asked in the interview whether if the deal was doomed, she was doomed, and his answer was, well, thatis doomed, and his answer was, well, that is my colleagues. normally, you would expect someone like sir michael to say, of course she is not doomed. that is not what he said, and asi doomed. that is not what he said, and as i say, in turns of his assessment of the deal, he was scathing. my fear is this deal actuallyjust gives us the worst of all worlds. no guarantee of smooth trade in the future and no ability to reduce the tariffs that we need to conclude trade deals with the rest of the world. so unless the commons, i think, can be persuaded somehow that those things are possible, yes, then i think the deal is doomed. interestingly, we also heard yesterday from another sort of weather vane backbencher, tracey crouch, who you may remember resigned in that row over betting terminals. she too has never really express an opinion on brexit one another, but again, she too yesterday said she could not accept

the deal, you just sense, rather than making headway in winning over tory backbenchers, the tide seems to be running against mrs may at the moment. and another on helpful intervention for her from donald trump? donald trump's timing could hardly be worse, really. last night, echoing the fears of brexiteers who have argued that, because mrs may's deal, they say, envisages cars remaining so closely tied to the eu that we will never be free to strike oui’ that we will never be free to strike our own trade deals, donald trump last night pretty much echoing that arguments, and also, for good measure, suggesting that the deal was a great deal for the eu, measure, suggesting that the deal was a great dealfor the eu, exactly not what mrs me needs right now. but just listen to the president. not what mrs me needs right now. but just listen to the presidentlj think just listen to the president.” think we have to take a look seriously at whether or not the uk is allowed to trade, because just now, if you look at the deal, they may not be able to trade with us,

that would not be a good thing. i don't think they meant that. i don't think that the prime minister meant that, and hopefully she'll be able to do some thing about that. what will what will add to downing street's annoyances that this is our future agreement, and it is very clearly that we will be able to forge our own independent trade deals. more on that, number 10 say talks with the us have actually already begun, and say there have been something like five meetings of the joint working group to look at a new deal. and there is a bit of suspicion around in some quarters that may be one of the brexiteers had put the president up the brexiteers had put the president up to make these sort of deeply unhelpful remarks. one person, it is suggested, maybe could have been involved, was nigel farage. this is where he had to say this morning. i would have been very surprised if trump had not intervened. he is not

only pre—telly probe british, pro—brexit and pro—believing nation states should make deals together, but from day one of being elected, he saw a big all—encompassing trade deal with the uk as being very important, first before our two countries, and secondly for him to say to everybody, i am not protectionist, i believe in free trade between countries that are equivalent. and it is notjust donald trump, it is wilbur ross, the trade secretary, it goes through the administration. they are watching how the british government is negotiating brexit, and they said they can't believe how we are doing it. how does this work, then? are you text again, saying, have you seen you text again, saying, have you seen what is going on, president trump? well, i am friendly with the president, everybody knows that. but my relationship with him, when we speak, i keep that completely private. make of that what you will. meanwhile, mrs me is continuing on a grand tour to try and sell the deal. this morning, she is at the royal welsh showground at the winter fair, and we should hear more from her

about her reaction to the presidents and also michael fallon's remarks, and also michael fallon's remarks, and also michael fallon's remarks, and also see whether she will give us and also see whether she will give us any and also see whether she will give us any more and also see whether she will give us any more details about the live television debate was number 10 have now confirmed she does want to hold with jeremy corbyn, now confirmed she does want to hold withjeremy corbyn, about now confirmed she does want to hold with jeremy corbyn, about which, however, there is already a row brewing, because a whole divot the people, brexiteers, second referendum want is, scottish nationalists, saying, if there is a debate, we want to be part of it. norman, thank you. breaking news to bring you about a bus company that pleaded guilty to not abiding by health and safety checks. it has been fined £2.3 million. that was midland red bus, and a bus ploughed into a sainsbury‘s store, killing two people. a court was told the company behaved irresponsibly by ignoring signs of the driver was

u nsafe ignoring signs of the driver was unsafe and tired. that is from our correspondent who has been covering that news, a very big fine for midland red bus company. £2.3 million as a result of that accident. we will talk to our correspondent surely for the very latest on that. an 18—month—old child is among nine people rescued from a boat in the english channel. a lifeboat was called at 4.30 after the 3—metre—long boat was spotted by a fishing boat off dover. a border force boat picked up the suspected migrants and brought them to shore where they were handed over to immigration officials. a second migrant boat carrying nine people was intercepted at dunkirk. the coast guard is advising ships in the channel to look at the small vessels. live to our correspondent simonjones, who vessels. live to our correspondent simon jones, who resigned vessels. live to our correspondent simonjones, who resigned over. there have been a lot of little boats coming in. tell us what has happened with the latest? well, despite warnings that migrants

are risking their lives attempting to get to the uk via the busiest shipping lane in the world, still the attempts are continuing, two more in the early hours of this morning. we had one boat spotted around six miles off dover. there we re around six miles off dover. there were nine people on board, including a very young child. we have seen the boat after it was brought back into dover. it is very, very small, and if you think the people on that boat we re if you think the people on that boat were in the cold and the dark, there we re were in the cold and the dark, there were ferries around, other boats, and this small boat was actually spotted by a ferry, who alerted the emergency services. in addition, around the same time in french waters, another boat was spotted, this time a fishing boat, and also with nine migrants. a big emergency operation was launched and the nine migrants were found, and they were transported back to the french side of the channel and have been taken back by boat to dunkirk. over the past month or so, we know that more

than 100 migrants have managed to successfully reach the uk in small boats, and these are just the ones we know about, because often, we rely on people to tip us off when they see something suspicious. the home office here are not proactively telling is about these attempts, but we do know that there has been a big spike in recent weeks, and that has continued this morning. and what are the theories behind why these boats are suddenly coming?” the theories behind why these boats are suddenly coming? i think there are suddenly coming? i think there are two main theories. one is, although it is rather cold, the weather is quite benign, particularly for november, so it may be people taking advantage of good conditions to try to get across their channel. another theory is that it their channel. another theory is thatitis their channel. another theory is that it is today with, i will mention that word again, brexit, because the theory is that there is a people smuggling gang operating over northern france and they are potentially whipping the migrants up into a bit of a state of frenzy saying once brexit happens, the borders could be far tougher, and so they are saying to the migrants, if

you want to try to get across the channel, you need to try to do it now while the weather is not bad and before brexit. most of those who have arrived so far have claimed to be from iran, and it is partly because of the moment, britain does not forcefully return migrants to iran, and also the theory is that some people are flying from iran into serbia, where they are allowed visa free travel, then travelling into northern france and ultimately trying to get to the side of what happens to them once they are here and they have been picked up? they are handed over to the immigration authorities, who will assessin immigration authorities, who will assess in the coming days whether the people have a right to stay here. many will no doubt large asylu m here. many will no doubt large asylum claims her. people who have arrived at the company will be handed over to local authorities to be looked after, but we have heard in recent weeks of those handed over to the local authority have simply disappeared into the system, which is very worrying when you consider potentially how young and vulnerable

they are. but many people here would say they don't have a great deal of sympathy and the french should be doing more to stop the vote is launching in the first place. that is certainly the view of the dover mp charlie elphicke, who says the border force here are not doing enough and need to get a grip of the situation, and the french need to get a situation, and the french need to geta grip situation, and the french need to get a grip of it as well. the border force say they have stepped up patrols in recent weeks because of the number of migrants attempting to get across by boat, but for some, they are managing to get through, so these extra patrols are not totally working. thank you very much. the british academic matthew hedges has arrived back in the uk this morning after he received a pardon following his conviction for spying in the united arab emirates. mr hedges has always denied the charge and said he was carrying out research for his phd. in the past hour, he's released a statement, thanking the foreign office, and paying tribute to his wife, daniela. in it, he says: our correspondent

paul adams reports. less tha n less than a week ago, matthew hedges was facing life in prison. now, he isa was facing life in prison. now, he is a free man, able to resume his personal and professional life. the uae authorities continue to believe he was a spy. he was a part-time ph.d. researcher, part—time businessman, but he was 100% a full—time secret service operative. it's possible they would have released two months ago the british government had only admitted as much, but that was never on the cards. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says there is simply no evidence that the allegation. we made it very clear for a number of months now that we see no basis to these allegations. they have reflected on that and taken the action they can, which means matthew hedges will be reunited with his family. my hopes have been shattered on so many occasions family. my hopes have been shattered on so many occasions that i did not actually know whether i should raise

them up again. it hasjust come as a very sudden, very happy surprise. them up again. it hasjust come as a very sudden, very happy surprisem now seems neither government wanted to risk a serious rupture in relations, something that seemed possible just a few days ago. but lessons will perhaps need to be learned. universities will need to ask themselves if the gulf is a safe place for academics to conduct research into sensitive, sensitive subjects, and the foreign office will need to investigated more could have been done earlier on to secure his release. an update on our headlines: theresa may is on the road, trying to rally support for her brexit deal well facing criticism from her mps, including from senior conservative michael fallon. the bus company midland red has been fined £2.3 million after admitting health and say the failings following a fatal crash in 2015. the company was told that behaved

irresponsibly by ignoring signs the driver was tired and unsafe. 18 migrants have been rescued from two small boats in the english channel. it is believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. in sport, former england international sam burgess has blamed what he calls individual egos and selfish players for their early access selfish players for their early a ccess fro m selfish players for their early access from the 2015 world cup. he has switched codes back to rugby league since. three wins in a row for newcastle united as they move up to 13th in the premier league thanks to a 2—1 victory at burnley. and jose mourinho says his manchester united team can watch their champions league match on tv tonight if they don't fancy playing in front of their own fans at old trafford. they have not won in europe so far this season. more on those stories after 11:30 a:m.. a facebook executive is expected to be among a number of officials giving evidence to an "international grand committee" on disinformation and fake news in london later today.

lord allan, the liberal democrat peer who is facebook‘s vice—president of policy solutions, will be questioned by uk mps and parliamentarians from argentina, brazil, canada, ireland, latvia and singapore during the special session in westminster. it comes as the commons digital, culture, media and sport committee probes fake news and the data breach that led to the cambridge analytica scandal. let's get more on this now from rory cellan—jones, our technology correspondent. first, explain the procedure here? this is unusual, notjust a usual select committee hearing. the select committee has been doing this long—running and wide—ranging enquiry into fake news, which is increasingly focused on facebook and the whole cambridge analytica scandal. it has repeatedly asked mark zuckerberg to appear in front of it. some staff have gone to washington to take part in committee

hearings there, and they have now come up with this new idea, a kind of international collector, grand committee. it is as if they believe they can put more pressurejoin me on facebook to answer the questions than individually, and they will sign some sort of record during the break in proceedings at lunchtime. —— acord. break in proceedings at lunchtime. -- acord. they have also managed to get hold of some documents relating toa get hold of some documents relating to a hearing taking place elsewhere, an app suing facebook, claiming that changes in policy ruined their business. how significant as that? it is complicated. yes, this is an extraordinary event. they have used parliamentary procedures. they said the sergeant at arms to claim these documents from a businessman who is in the middle of suing facebook over them being, in his view, too restrictive in allowing him to run his business, which was a strange app which collected pictures of women in bikinis. he had got rid of all these documents as part of the legal proceedings, which are supposed to be sealed by the us

court and not let out. the british committee has seized these documents. while we're waiting for is to see whether they will publish them. they will be warned they are going against the american courts, but the chair of the select committee has made it clear that british procedure comes first, they have been talking about publishing the documents, and we'll see whether they do this morning. they could show us something about the internal debates going on within facebook, yea rs debates going on within facebook, years since, about how its data reviews. i was going to ask that, and you have answered already! we will see how it goes! thank you. we will see how it goes! thank you. we are going to talk about earnings right now. we are expecting a news conference shortly from midland red bus. this is the scene live in birmingham where we are expecting to hear from them. it is at the company was fined £2.3 million over a bus crash in october 2015 which killed two

people. the court heard that the company had behaved irresponsibly by ignoring signs that the driver of the bus was unsafe and tired, so we are going to bring you that press conference when it happens, or release a statement from midland red bus. let's get the latest on brexit. the european court of justice let's get the latest on brexit. the european court ofjustice in luxembourg has begun to hear a legal challenge on whether the uk can reverse article 50 without permission from the other eu member states. remain campaigners are hoping the case would give britain the option to stay in the eu in the event of another referendum. let's go to our correspondent adam fleming, who is there for us now. adam, a lot at stake, obviously? yes. so, the case has been brought bya group yes. so, the case has been brought by a group of mps, msps and meps

from the uk, and they want to know whether the latter theresa may sent to trigger the article brexit process could be taken back without seeking the consent or approval of the other 27 eu member states. the reason is they wanted give mps another option to keep in mind when they vote on the prime ministersbrexit deal. i think they'll so just like people in ministersbrexit deal. i think they'll sojust like people in the media even talking about the idea of the brexit process being reversed as a theory. this is opposed by the eu, who say that the only unilateral bet that brexit is the withdrawing country deciding to hand in its letter and notifying the eu they wa nt to letter and notifying the eu they want to leave. once you handed the n, it is kind ofa want to leave. once you handed the n, it is kind of a matterfor everybody, and what they want to guard against his article 50 being used as a tactic. in other words, the uk withdraws, then decide to does not want to withdraw any more, then they decide they do want to leave, and the clock restarts, and then that two—year process restarts again and article 50, and there could be used by a country to

extra ct could be used by a country to extract concessions and a better deal as of the new, or at least that is what they fear. in theory, as with the british government, they say this is all academic and com pletely say this is all academic and completely hypothetical, one for lawyers to boggle over, and almost a bit of a hobby for them, as the government has no intention of cancelling brexit nor asking for article 50, written by theresa may, asking for it back. in terms of when we will get a judgment, i don't really know. the wheels ofjustice here in luxembourg did not move quickly, so it could be a couple of weeks or even a couple of months before we find out what the judges here think about this particular little issue. so many strands, and there? thank you very much, adam. women with academic degrees are better—off financially, in their first few years of work, than men. the institute for fiscal studies looked at graduate pay and found that by the age of 29, women with a degree earn 28 percent more than women who haven't been to university.

for men, the difference is 8 percent. the study found that the type of university and subject, also had a significant influence on salary. let's speak now to jayne rowley, who is the chief executive of the higher education careers service unit — she joins us live from manchester. thanks very much forjoining us. wider you think this is? actually, although the report says that women are better off than men,... sorry, they are not, actually. it is the men who earn the highest salaries in percentage terms. there is a gap, but statistics show it is women who have not been to university who earn poor salaries compared to women who have been. so the gap is really about university participation among women. so is it helpful, then, to put this out? as you say, it is a different comparator to the implication from the headline of the story. it is, really, because what it does is mask the gender pay gap.

that gap still exists between men and women, whether they have been to university or not. some students who are delighted to have graduated might have interrupted you there! so sorry about that. and what does this study help you to do? it is saying if you area help you to do? it is saying if you are a woman i do not go to university, you will much worse off financially than if you do, but if you are a woman and go to university, you will still as well as well as the men go to university. it is hopefully going to encourage more women into higher education, but it means we need to look at career and study options for women who choose not to go. it also looks ata who choose not to go. it also looks at a snapshot... we are leaving that out to go to the statement from midland red bus following a large fine for the company. my company. my name is phil medlicott, i'm the

managing director of midland red south. non—at our company will ever forget the terrible events of october the 3rd, 2015. we are deeply sorry for the heartache of everyone affected, particularly the families. safety is and always will be our first concern. we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. we have made it our continuing priority to agree closely with authorities to fully understand and learn detailed lessons from what has happened. we know and fully accept there were a number of failing that our company, and we bear the weight of our responsibility for this terrible tragedy. that is why we made the early guilty plea. we have met in full all the regulations around driver working hours, had all the random checks in place, but aren't detailed policies were not followed as closely as they should have been. there were failures at an operational level and driver supervision, and we deeply regret the missed opportunities to act

decisively on a range of warning signs. following the accident, our priority has been to put these matters right. we have carried out a comprehensive review of all our policies and made several key changes. this means we have in place a significantly more robust safety regime than required by law. this includes more frequent medical testing, premedical review for older drivers, and appropriate checks being carried out every six months rather than on the statutory annual basis. we have put in place stronger measures to control working hours and have improved communications without operational teams. we have also provided additional training to allow drivers to strengthen the application of our accident resource process. i am a former boss trevor myself, and i believe this case also has important lessons that the wider bus industry as well as those responsible for drafting and applying employment law. —— a bus tried. in particular, we support a review of how current age to skim a

nation law impacts specific roles with key safety considerations. —— age discrimination laws. this considers whether they should be a statutory maximum legal age for drivers of heavy vehicles. our pa rent drivers of heavy vehicles. our parent company stagecoach is working closely with our industry partners to establish a consistent approach on these issues. we cannot turn back the clock in this case. but we have sought to do everything possible to learn lessons and make sure this kind of accident does not happen again. this case rightly raises important issues and questions that will require further detailed consideration. we are absolutely committed to playing our part in the discussions in due course. for now, i hope my comments demonstrate how seriously we take what has happened, and our heartfelt thoughts. thank you. how can you reassure the public that your company will not behave irresponsibly again? have you got any message for the families?

well, that statement saying they fully a cce pt well, that statement saying they fully accept there were a number of failings of the company. posing the question as well as to whether there should be age limits on drivers who are driving heavy goods vehicles and buses. he was referring thereto the current age discrimination laws. to fill in some of the detail around the crash, the bus driver drove into a sainsbury‘s supermarket in october 2015 and two people died when their bus crashed. a seven—year—old, rowan fitzgerald, and 76 dora hancox. the driver, who is now 80, wasjudged unfit to plead a stand trial, having been diagnosed with dementia after the crash. let's go to our correspondent. a very large fine for this company over this crash, £2.3 million, indicating a seriously and

has been taken? —— how seriously it has been taken? —— how seriously it has been taken? absolutely, the judge felt the company had a hike up ability level here because of the catalogue of missed opportunities to ta ke catalogue of missed opportunities to take this driver off the road. this accident happened in october back in 2015, a busy saturday afternoon in coventry city centre. the driver had already worked 75 hours in the work previously. he was a 77—year—old man who had been a bust eitherfor 45 yea rs, who had been a bust eitherfor 45 years, but had retired at 65, but did a lot of relief work. —— he had been abuzz strive for 45 years. he had had minor accidents before and lots of reports from the public about his erratic, deteriorating driving. that afternoon, he had failed to put the bus into the neutral position, and when he pulled off from the bus stop, he accelerated rather than breaking, crossing the carriageway, onto the

pavement, and crashing into a supermarket. it killed seven—year—old rowan fitzgerald, who was sitting at the front of the bus, and seriously injured his cousin paige. it's also killed 76 old dora hancox, a pedestrian, and thejudge said it was extremely lucky that no one else was hurt or killed at accident. midland red have said that they accept that they did not live up they accept that they did not live up to their own standards here. they except that actually, their fault caused some of this accident and they are now putting in place measures to make sure this is not happen again. the judge measures to make sure this is not happen again. thejudge did say measures to make sure this is not happen again. the judge did say that he felt that actually, they disregarded advice and that the public were at risk between april and october 2015. that has led to the large fine. catherine, thank you very much. let's catch up with the weather now. thank you, joanna. a ratherfoggy

start to the day. much of that fight has now cleared away, but it is making way to rain moving in from the west and south—west. this is the recent radar imagery. you can see where the rain has fallen already, and it moves its way nor the silly. if we look at the forecast for the rest of today, it will push into eastern areas of england and across eastern areas of england and across eastern scotland. before that, a few bright spells and some sunshine across wales and south—west england as that rain clears away. maximum temperatures for many of us, 7—9. towards the south—west, we see some milderair towards the south—west, we see some milder air rushing towards the south—west, we see some milderair rushing in, towards the south—west, we see some milder air rushing in, temperatures more like 11—12. strong winds of the irish sea coast. those wins will strengthen tonight. we will lose one batch of rain and gain another, moving west, but with that strong winds and with that mile they're moving in, a frost free night. for wednesday, quite a windy day for many of us. gales and severe gales

in northern and western areas and heavy rain for some as well. goodbye. hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: theresa may is on the road trying to rally support for her brexit deal, as her former defence secretary, michael fallon, launches a scathing attack, saying the deal is doomed. the bus company midland red south is fined £2.3 million following a fatal crash in 2015. the court was told the company had behaved irresponsibly by ignoring signs the driver was tired and unsafe. 18 migrants are rescued from two small boats in the english channel — it's believed one was carrying .an18—month—old child matthew hedges, the british academic released from detention in the uae, arrives back in the uk. nasa's probe on mars has started sending images back to earth following its successful landing on the red planet. now, the sport.

good morning. he was made one of the scapegoats for england's embarrassing early exit at the 2015 rugby world cup, but sam burgess has this morning blamed "individual egos and selfish players", insisting it wasn't his fault at all. burgess switched codes back to rugby league following the tournament when england became the first host nation to fail to get out of the group stage and after receiving more criticism today for his part in that. he said on twitter: newcastle are the latest team to pull themselves away

from the premier league relegation zone with a crucial win. their 2—1 victory at burnley was their third in a row. after an own goal put newcastle in front at turf moor, ciaran clark streched for a header to double their lead. burnley‘s sam vokes scored a brilliant header of his own to get back into it, but newcastle held on to move up to 13th in the table. it is massive because it gives you more confidence, you can see the table, ok, we are in a better position. it is still a long—running race, so we have to carry on, at least we are doing well and hopefully we can continue in this month. both manchester clubs can make it through to the last 16 of the champions league tonight, city are away to lyon and united take on young boys. it's been suggested that the united team feels more pressure playing at old trafford — but managerjose mourinho has no time for that.

where the people come to support, come on. england women's cricket captain heather knight sez it would be great for the sport if a t20 competition was included in the commonwealth games. the icc has put in a bid for it to be played at the 2022 games in birmingham. i think it is a brilliant idea. having seen the woman's netball team reached their goal but that gold medal, it is a logical step for the sport. it would be brilliant, get more girls blowing the game globally, i think. more girls blowing the game globally, ithink. it more girls blowing the game globally, i think. it would more girls blowing the game globally, ithink. it would be special to play in the commonwealth games. well, heather knight enjoyed it,

so let's remind you of the moment. the next major event for england's commonweath games champions is the 2019 netball world cup. that'll be live on the bbc rom the second stage onwards... tonight they continue their build up with the first of three matches against uganda in liverpool. this series will be about one in key at the time. you can't will be in our at the time. you can't will be in u at the time. you can't will be in ourgroup in the at the time. you can't will be in our group in the world cup. also looking at which players excel against them. we find out that the commonwealth games that there were some players and some style of the way the players play in our squad that worked really well against them, so that can't be ignored. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's get more now on brexit, and that warning from the us president donald trump that making trade deals with the uk could be difficult under the terms of her eu withdrawal deal. we can speak now to sir christopher meyer. he's the former uk ambassador to the united states.

what do you think is going on here? the last thing she needed after another marathon session in the house of commons was to have this hand grenade side of the atlantic. there are several things at play here, simply trump's personality. he likes to be blunt, he likes to disrupt. he did that in his little press interview. the other thing it is he really dislikes the european union. if he can put a stick into the eye of the eu, he will. i think there are some influence in washington from the brexit wing of the conservative party and there has been a bit of breathing going in to say it would be very helpful if the president did say something along the lines he said. it is very

similar in the way that president obama was summoned to london by david cameron to try to help the remain campaign, which completely sealed. there are several things at work here, whether it would have any impact on british public opinion, heaven knows. he got one thing wrong, he talked about trade stopping. there is the question of trade stopping, but it is objectively difficult to see how the theresa may brexit deal will allow an easy transition to third—party free trade agreement around the world, including the united states. you say about president obama, saying that britain would be at the back of the queue for a trade deal. i remember interviewing brexiteers at the time who said he shouldn't be getting involved in the politics of the referendum here. this time it is favourable in the other direction. trump also spoke previously saying

that he was looking forward to a us— uk trade deal after bedsit. he is keen on igs — uk trade deal, but he has listened to what certain people have said to him from this side of the atlantic and i guess his advisers have said to him, it is quite difficult to see how britain can break free from the restrictions of the withdrawal agreement and the transition period, and if that happens, from the backstop. he has felt justified to say what happens, from the backstop. he has feltjustified to say what he has said on the substance. it used to be a convention, diplomatic convention, that you did not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. i think it was right to say that

david cameron should not have asked barack obama to say what he said and i'm sure he regrets now he ever said that. that opened the way, set a precedent to ask donald trump to intervene. this is not the first time he has been disparaging about the british negotiators. it brings back the question that you as before, if presidents are going to intervene or any others, whether it will have an impact. i don't know if any scientific study has been made of the impact barack obama made a bad back in 2016. my guess is when people see on their screens great figures brought in from the us presidency, the imf, the oecd, it actually stiffens resistance. this

could cut either way or it might have no effect at all, but it is the way in which diplomacy is being done these days, aggravated by the personality of donald trump himself. nasa scientists are beginning to gather data from mars, after successfully landing a probe on the surface of the red planet. the insight spacecraft‘s descent through the martian atmosphere, lasted just seven minutes — slowing down from six times the speed of a bullet, tojogging pace. relief and joy at mission control. after plunging through the martian atmosphere at six times the speed of a bullet, nasa's insight spacecraft safely planted its feet on the surface of mars.

now the science begins. it's going to be a really busy two or three months for us. i am really hoping that the energy and the feeling today is going to carry me through those next few months because it is going to be needed. when we get our first mars quakes we will get a bunch of images over the next few days and it is incredible to be on this mission and say tomorrow when i come onto my shift i will see an image of mars that nobody has seen before. it is already sending snapshots back to earth. insight‘s cameras will examine its surroundings in detail, so scientists can select exactly where to place its scientific equipment. it will listen for martian earthquakes and drill deep into the planet to study its inner structure. as the insight lander studies the deep interior of mars robotically, it will be sending its data back here, to mission control nasa in california and people will work out exactly how rocky worlds like mars, the earth and the moon actually formed 4.5 billion years ago. they lovingly call this the centre of the universe. the two—year mission is now under way to build a picture of the hidden depths of the red planet. victoria gill, bbc news

at nasa'sjet propulsion laboratory, california. we can now talk to dr megan argo, lecturer in astronomy at the university of central lancashire. thank you forjoining us. how much ofa thank you forjoining us. how much of a leap is this from where previous explorations have been? of a leap is this from where previous explorations have beamm will be a huge leap. we have had a seismograph on mars before, but that was 40 years ago and technology has come on leaps and bounds in that time. the seismograph there are just about to deploy will give us so much more information. what can be learned from burrowing into mars and learning more about the rock beneath the surface? the mission has three instruments, one of them is the size mum at. the one that burrows below the surface is called hb three,

which will dig a tunnel five metres deep under the probe and it will send the thermal pulses into surrounding rock. the probe will be able to see how fast that he dissipates through the martian rock. that will tell us a lot about the rock and hide the planet formed in the first place. it is one of the u na nswered the first place. it is one of the unanswered questions in mars studies. we know a lot about the surface of mars, but not too much about the interior. why does it matter? is just about the interior. why does it matter? isjust curiosity? what about the interior. why does it matter? is just curiosity? what can we learn from it. it is curiosity, thatis we learn from it. it is curiosity, that is the basis of science, but it is not just about that is the basis of science, but it is notjust about mars, it is about how the earth formed as well. we think the earth and mars formed to run the same time. there are still some unanswered questions about how

our own earth formed. hopefully the a nswe rs we our own earth formed. hopefully the answers we get from the insight will help us answer them. top cost three —— talk us through how things will unfold? the first image came back within minutes last night, which is spectacular. we will have more images come over the next few days as they start to jack at the instruments and make sure everything is working. that usually takes days, two weeks, two months. we are expecting the first science operation in about a month and full science operations in about ten weeks. once they have surveyed the lands around the lander, and decided where to put the probes, they need to be in the right positions. the drill has the be some were red bull not be affected by anything on the surface. they need to check all that

before they deploy the instruments. in terms of further exploration on the surface, it has previously been ascertained that there was water on mars. that obviously is significant because it gives rise to the prospect of microscopic but some form of life on mars. that's right. there was a huge amount of interest in looking for signs of water on mars. there is evidence that water at some form still exists on the surface of mars. the seismometer will tell us about the interior structure of mars and it will be able to tell us that there are magma pockets under the surface, and that there is an underground lake, that major wealth. it is a static probe, it is not a rover. it will not be moving around the surface, it will do an in—depth study of one particular part of the servers and the most exciting thing is it has another probe on their is radio antennas, and they can give you

precise information about its location. morris does wobble. by watching the same wobble on mars, we can see if morris still has a liquid co re can see if morris still has a liquid core or not. thank you very much. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news: theresa may is on the road trying to rally support for her brexit deal — as her former defence secretary — michael fallon launches a scathing attack — saying the deal is doomed the bus company midland red south is fined 2.3 million pounds following a fatal crash in 2015 — the court was told the company had behaved irresponsibly by ignoring signs the driver was tired was tired and unsafe. 18 migrants are rescued from two small boats in the english channel — it's believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. i'm ben thompson in the business news.

donald trump says it's likely the us will raise tariffs on chinese goods above their current level. the comments come before he meets with chinese president xi jinping at the g20 summit this weekend. the tariffs would be raised from 10% to 25% on £150 billion—worth of goods. uk and dutch regulators have fined ride—sharing service uber for a breach that exposed the details of 57 million customers and drivers. the information commissioner's office fined the company £385,000, while the dutch data protection authority imposed a fine of 600,000 euros. thomas cook has warned that annual profits are set to come in £30 million lower than expected — blamed on the summer heatwave. it's the second profit warning the firm has issued in two months. earnings were £88 million lower in the year to september, as people delayed booking holidays because of the prolonged heatwave at home.

the number of businesses trading internationally in the non—financial services sector was up almost 14% in 2017 compared to 2016. that's according to the latest figures from the ons. that is welcome news for prime minister theresa may, who, on monday night, welcomed 100 business leaders to ten downing street to reassure them of her eu—approved brexit withdrawal deal. so is business confident of being able to export post—brexit? let's talk to janet mui, global economist at cazenove capital. nice to see you, janet. we say about these exports that are non—financial services. this is products, goods and services we are selling abroad and services we are selling abroad and we are doing quite well at it at the moment. according to the survey today, the number of businesses

selling internationally is up 14% year—on—year, so this is definitely very good news. we are continuing to see businesses sell very well in the international market, and that is not just within the international market, and that is notjust within the eu. what do we sell a lot of? it is interesting to think we do make a lot of things here. we still export a lot of toes into the eu market. one interesting point recently is that we neither export only 5% of exports to china. ice then there is still a lot of potential but that. for instance, two weeks ago we had the china... the chinese single staysail, which is even bigger than black friday. dyson, a uk manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, were amongst the top three

products being sold on that platform. it shows how much potential that could be for uk businesses across the world. you touched on china there. such an important role in market, back when middle—class. you wonder in the midst of this debate about the brexit deal, about what trade deals the uk will have after brexit, i wonder what to reason may will be thinking looking at these numbers, thinking looking at these numbers, thinking there is a lot to be done out there outside of the eu. yes, definitely, there is still lots of potential. the ...she she will be looking for a strategy to engage with business leaders, to gather their support in

order to get their support to lobby with the local mp, because job security is clearly a very important agenda and i think that will be her clear strategy. janet, good to talk to you. janet, good to talk to you. some other business stories today. britain's topps tiles plans to invest £3 million on stocking up on its most popular products to shield it against supply chain disruptions from brexit. britain's biggest tile retailer, which has around 370 stores, also reported lower annual pre—tax profit and a decline in sales over the last few weeks. shares in greggs soared after the bakery chain upped its full—year profit outlook thanks to a rise in sales following strong autumn trading. the group, which has more than 1,900 shops across the uk, saw like—for—like sales growth strengthen to 4.5% in the eight weeks to 24th november. pets at home is launching kitten club later this year. a feline version of its puppy club, which offers owners a range of services including advice

and discounts on products and services, such as grooming and a "flea subscription". the puppy club is already a success story for the business with about 185,000 puppy owners joining. let me show you what the markets are doing. sorry, i can't believe those. it has been a pretty volatile session. there have been lots of things for them to worry about, not least the escalating trade war with china from the us. that really hit apple shares, because it makes many of the products in china. its value fell below microsoft for the first

time ina fell below microsoft for the first time in a very long time. also investors are looking at the g20's to see what comes out of that. we will go and give the computer at can give you the numbers in the next hour! give you the numbers in the next hour! that's all the business news. tributes have been paid to the world war ii code—breaker and long—serving conservative peer baroness trumpington, who has died at the age of 96. she retired from the house of lords in 2017 after serving for 37—years. the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, described her as a "trailblazer, heroine and an utterjoy". our political correspondent, sean curran looks back at her life. a pillar of the establishment with our rebellious streak, she packed a lot into a long life. she was a land girl on boy george's farm. churchill visited us. he sent you are the birds that lays the golden eggs, but

never tackled. that was the important thing, is that we never talked. she was appointed to the house of lords in 1980 and served as a minister underjohn major and margaret thatcher. we were really good friends, but if i didn't agree with her about something, i said so and that was very good for her, give her a chance to know what the opposition might say to her. in 2011, she famously gave a two fingered salute to a colleague who had preferred to her age during the debate. her the sign lead to more on—screen opportunities, including an appearance on have i got news for you. i would like to know why at the age of 90 i have had to sign a piece of paper in order to be on the show to say i wasn't pregnant. in 2014,

she published her bestselling memoirs, coming up trumps, although she told one interviewer she had neither britain nor read the book. baroness trumpington, who has died at the age of 96. now it's time for a look at the weather now. we may have woken up to some fog this morning. it was quite dense and places and caused a few traffic problems, but that fog has pretty much cleared away and it is rain we are looking at. this is the recent radar imagery. the brain will continue to push its way eastwards. looking at the larger picture, this big area of low pressure will move in tomorrow. a wet and windy spell of weather on the way for the next day or so. for the rest of this

afternoon, the rain will continue to move eastwards, that could be some snow on the higher ground in the pennines and in scotland but that won't last too long. in eastern areas, you will see the rain later in the afternoon. in the south—west, the temperatures will be about 11 or 12 celsius, a sign of about weather moving in. there will be sunnier spells and western areas later this afternoon, but look at the black winged arrows, gusty conditions on the irish sea coast. that we will move its way into eastern areas of england and the south west of scotla nd england and the south west of scotland this afternoon. snow on the higher ground in scotland. north—east scotland drier and brighter throughout this afternoon with just a few showers in the far north and west. that band of rain will clear away into the north sea. it stays windy for all of us overnight tonight. another batch of removal moving from the west. it will not be as cold last night, those temperatures will stay above freezing. inter—web and see, that

area of low pressure here that will move its way in and the isobars becoming even closer together across the uk, some quite windy conditions on wednesday. there will be severe gales in the north and west. heavy rain moving through, particularly across northern ireland, north—west england and into scotland. some rain in the south—east, but a little bit drier and brighter in the afternoon here. gusty winds for all and it could be up to 60,70 miles an on the irish league coasts, the north channel and western scotland. it will be a mild day, with temperatures getting up to 11—15dc. some rain on thursday, it will clear to sunny spells and showers. the temperatures staying at between 8-11d. you're watching bbc newsroom live. these are today's main stories. theresa may is on the road

trying to rally support for her brexit deal, as her former defence secretary launches a scathing attack. my fear is this deal actuallyjust gives us the worst of all worlds. so unless the commons, i think, can be persuaded somehow that those things are possible, yes, then i think the deal is doomed. bus company midland red south is fined £2.3 million for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed two people in a crash in 2015. we now fully accept there were a number of failings at our company. we bear the weight of our responsibility for this terrible tragedy. 18 migrants are rescued from two small boats in the english channel. it's believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. matthew hedges, the british academic released from detention in the uae, arrives back in the uk. and nasa's probe on mars starts sending images back to earth following its successful landing on the red planet. good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. theresa may is battling fresh criticism of her brexit vision, this time from a recent ally. the former defence secretary sir michael fallon said her proposed brexit deal is doomed and that he will vote against it in the commons on december 11. his criticism comes after a warning from president trump last night that her brexit agreement could threaten a future us—uk trade deal. the prime minister is in wales this morning, and visits northern ireland later as she tries to sell what she sees as the benefits of the deal. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. she is out selling this over the next fortnight, but this intervention from michael fallon, it

is strong, isn't it? he thinks she is strong, isn't it? he thinks she is wasting her time. you get the sense that at morning meetings, mrs may probably turns to her advisers and says, have any of you got any good news? because itjust seems to bea good news? because itjust seems to be a fairly steady diet of setbacks. obviously, we had president trump over night suggesting that there was no question of a trade deal now. we have served michael fallon —— sir michael fallon laying into the agreement to delhi and compromising language, while it is interesting that it doubt he is now turning on the deal, because he has not previously been associated with either brexit camp. he has been staunchly loyal to the party misses me, so when he speaks out in this way, it is a kind of weather vane that adds to the impact of what he said, and what he said was it is a bad deal and mrs may needs to get a better deal. he also seemed to reopen a doubt about whether mrs me can survive all this. he was asked,

is mrs made in? he replied, that is up is mrs made in? he replied, that is up to is mrs made in? he replied, that is my is mrs made in? he replied, that is up to my colleagues, which of course, is not exactly a ringing endorsement. listen to what he said. my fear is that this deal actually gives is the worst of all worlds. no guarantee of smooth trade in the future and no ability to reduce the tariffs that we need to conclude trade deals with the rest of the world. so unless the commons, i think, can be persuaded somehow that those things are possible, yes, then i think the deal is doomed. so what are we to make of all of this? iam so what are we to make of all of this? i am joined so what are we to make of all of this? iamjoined by so what are we to make of all of this? i am joined by the conservative brexiteer sir bernard hogan—howe. let's start with michael fallon's comments. —— sir bernard jenkin. how significant is this? highly significant. he was not on the list of potential rebels we had. and therefore, what the prime minister has negotiated looks to be

collapsing. do you sense that on the backbenches, she is losing rather than gaining support? we will wait and see. the traditional thing as the number of suspects who are going to rebel against the government tends to crumble towards the actual vote. the prime minister has obviously chosen to play a long and appeal over the heads of her party and members of parliament to the country at large. she has a lot of personal sympathy for the problems she faces, but the polls are clear that they do not like this deal, and while people feel sympathy for her, does not necessarily reflect on what they think should happen next. served michael fallon was asked, if the deal is doomed, is she doomed? let me put that question to you.” thought his answer, that that is a matter for my colleagues, was rather prophetic. let's see what happens in the vote. if it is very close, and

she's able to go back to brussels and tweak the deal, for example, to deal with the backstop and bring it back to the house of commons, she may yet survive. if it is a massive crushing defeat, that is the other end of the spectrum. if it is somewhere in between, we will have to wait and see. the other problem is, she gets this deal through, the dup have said they will review the coalition agreement. so a lot of collea g u es coalition agreement. so a lot of colleagues are thinking, i better not vote for this deal because it could mean the end of the coalition. she is not explained in any fashion what would happen if she got the deal through. let's just talk about donald trump too. i mean, he is wrong, actually, because the political declaration states explicitly that the uk government will be able to develop its own independent trade policies. well, it all depends on what you mean by an independent trade policy. the

department for the train is promoting british trade, but it is not able to do at 360 degrees comprehensive free trade agreement because you need control over your domestic regulation and product standards in order to be able to dismantle and the other party regards as the nontariff barriers in your product standards, and you need to be able to adjust your tariff rates, because you trade of those as pa rt rates, because you trade of those as part of your deal. neither of those things is available now, and the withdrawal agreement, neither will be. some people argue in the backstop, the uk could have that, but of course, that would mean a regulatory body down the irish sea, which no prime minister could support, so that is not going to happen. so we are stuck in a deal where we could be stuck in the customs union, stuck with eu standards, and therefore unable to doa standards, and therefore unable to do a properfree standards, and therefore unable to do a proper free trade deal with the us, which is what they want. and briefly, the idea of a tv debate between theresa may and jeremy corbyn? well, this is downing street

later polarise the debate between labour and conservative, and serry easy for the media and the bbc to just see the debate is that, here is one in favour of the deal, one against the deal, one labour, one in conservative, but actually, it is rather more complicated than that. you have two remain politicians, both supported remain. where is the 5296 both supported remain. where is the 52% represented in this debate that voted leave? and i think broadcasters have a bit of a dilemma here. will be subject to legal challenge, do you think, is there with that sort of head—to—head debate between mrs me and mr corbyn? i'm notan debate between mrs me and mr corbyn? i'm not an expert on legal challenges, but i think the majority of people, this is not like people are being informed in advance of their voting, like a general election or a referendum was not think people will be rather turned off by the debate and they will say, why are they bothering with this? why not get on with it themselves, like they are paid to do. thank you. and more not so good news from

arlene foster this morning, who has done an interview over in belfast. she reiterated there was no way the dup could support the party, and some of the language was pretty strong, accusing mrs me of giving up on trying to get a better deal, and in effect wasting their time trying to sell this deal. so more tough words for mrs may. well, thank you. as we've been hearing, the prime minister is visiting wales and northern ireland today to meet with political leaders and the public in an attempt to sell her brexit deal. chris page is our ireland correspondent and joins us from belfast. the politics and politicians of northern ireland playing a very significant part in all of this, chris. yes, they certainly are. no surprise that theresa may is coming to belfast pretty early on in her effort to sell the deal. she will come to queens university in south west belfast. a bit damp, as you can

see, but i think there will be the least of their worries as she tries to whether this particular political stomp. she is likely to receive a pretty warm reception. she will meet students, academics and church leaders too. later, she will go to storm into me with five main political parties. one person not on her side, as we heard from norman there, in the brexit story, is the dup leader, who are officially still the government's government partners. since the draft agreement was published, the dup were totally opposed to the draft agreement on the basis they believe it will tie ireland to close in terms of the backstop, which will prevent their being no deal. they believe it is too closely tied with the uk, not the rest of the eu. let's hear what

arlene foster had to say. i think the disappointing me for me is that the disappointing me for me is that the prime minister has given up and said, this is where we are and we have to accept that. she may have given up on further negotiations are trying to find a better deal, but i haven't given up will stop i believe ina haven't given up will stop i believe in a better way forward. she would say she is trying to get something done that is realistic rather than talk about something that might be. well, if you listen to some of her closest aides, they know the backstop as the bad thing. even the panel at the weekend said they knew that was bad for northern ireland and the economy and they would find different ways of making sure the backstop would not be invoked. if thatis backstop would not be invoked. if that is so, why do we need to have it in the withdrawal agreement? it is time to get rid of it and find a better deal. the dup leader arlene foster there, talking to our political editor, again making it very clear that democratic unionists

me to vote against this draft agreement whenever it goes before the house in a debate is set for two weeks today. this is a debate she brought to her party conference at the weekend, also addressed by the leading brexiteer boris johnson, the weekend, also addressed by the leading brexiteer borisjohnson, who got a pretty enthusiastic reception. last week, theresa may had a reception in downing street where leading business figures from the likes of the cbi leading business figures from the likes of the cb! and institute of directors came out in support of the deal. they say as far as they are looking at the situation, it is adjacent to this deal and no deal, and the latter would be disastrous for northern ireland businesses. so business has been public in support of mrs may on this, but this is not swayed by alan's main political party, the dup. thank you, chris. a bus company has been fined £2.3 million for "significant" health and safety failings after a "fatigued" driver ploughed into a supermarket in 2015, killing a passenger and a pedestrian.

the court was told the company, midland red (south), behaved irresponsibly by ignoring signs that the driver was unsafe and tired. phil medlicott — the managing director of the bus company — made a statement outside birmingham crown court. non—voss at our company will ever forget the terrible events of october the 3rd, 2015. —— non—voss. we did the sorry for the heartache of everyone affected, particularly the families of rowan fitzgerald and nora hancock. safety is and will a lwa ys nora hancock. safety is and will always be our first concern. we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. we make it our continuing priority to work with authorities, to fully understand and learn detailed lessons from what has happened. we now fully accept there we re happened. we now fully accept there were a number of failings at our company, and we bear the weight of our responsibility for this terrible tragedy. that is russia's president is warning

ukraine against any "reckless acts", after kiev declared martial law. it comes after russian forces on sunday captured three of kiev‘s ships off the coast of crimea. we can see a picture of the apparent damage to one of the boats that's been shared by the ukrainian military on twitter. according to a statement from the kremlin, vladimir putin had a phone conversation with german chancellor angela merkel in which he said he hoped berlin could intervene with ukrainian authorities "to dissuade them from further reckless acts". the ride—sharing service uber has been fined £385,000 by uk regulators for failing to protect customers' personal information during a cyber attack. the information commissioner's office said a series of, what it called, "avoidable data security flaws" allowed the personal details of around 2.7 million uk customers to be accessed and downloaded by attackers from a cloud—based storage system. you're watching bbc news.

an update on our headlines... theresa may is on the road, trying to rally support for her brexit deal at herformer to rally support for her brexit deal at her former foreign secretary michael fallon launches a scathing attack, saying the deal is doomed. bus company midland red (south) has been fined £2.3 million for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed two people in a crash in 2015. an 18 migrants have been rescued from two small boats in the english channel. it is believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. that's joining that'sjoining hugh that's joining hugh for a sports update. good afternoon, joanna. after being made a scapegoat by some playing them's embarrassing early update the 2015 rugby world cup, sam burgess has hit back, blaming individual egos and selfish players. burgess

switched codes back to rugby league following the tournament, when england became the first home nation to fail to get out of the group stage. after receiving more criticism for his perceived part today, he has responded on twitter, saying... both manchester clubs can make it through to the last 16 of the champions league tonight. city are away to lyon. united take on young boys switzerland. it is suggested the manchester united team feels more pressure playing at old trafford, where they have not won in europe yet this season. butjose mourinho has no time for that.“ you feel pressure, stay at home. when i stay home, i do not say

stadium home. i say home home, and watch on tv. if you feel pressure to play matches at home whether people come to support, come on. i never felt pressure to play at home. england women's cricket captain heather knight says it would be great for the supportive the t20 competition was included in the commonwealth games. —— great for the sport. there is a bid for it to be played at the 2022 games in birmingham. i think it is a brilliant idea. having the women's netball team, the result they got when they won that gold—medal, i think would be brilliant for the sport and get more girls playing the game globally, and i think it would be quite special to be able to play in the commonwealth games. and that is all the sport for now. more in the next half an hour. thank you very see you then. —— thank you very much. see you then. an 18—month—old child is among 18 people who have been rescued

from two boats in the english channel. a lifeboat was called at 4.30 after a three—metre—long boat was spotted by a fishing boat off dover. a border force boat picked up nine suspected migrants and brought them to shore where they were handed over to immigration officials. a second migrant boat carrying nine people was intercepted off dunkirk. the coastguard is advising ships in the channel to look out for small boats. our correspondent simonjones, who is in dover, has the latest on the attempted channel crossings. well, despite warnings that migrants are risking their lives attempting to get to the uk via the busiest shipping lane in the world, still, the attempts are coming, two more in the attempts are coming, two more in the early hours of this morning. one boat was spotted around six miles of dover. there were nine people on board that boat, including a very young child. we have seen the boat after it was brought back into dover and it was a very, very small. the people were in the cold and dark, with ferries and other boats around, and it was actually spotted by a

ferry, who alerted the emergency services. around the same time, in french waters, another boat was spotted, this time a fishing boat, and also on that, nine migrants. a big emergency operation was launched and the nine migrants were found, and the nine migrants were found, and those were transported back to the french side of the channel. they have been taken back by boat to dunkirk. but over the past month or so, we know that more than 100 migrants have managed to successfully reached the uk in small boat, and these are the only ones we know about, because often, we are relying on people to tip us off when we see something suspicious. the home office are not proactively telling us about these attempts, but we do know there has been a big spike in recent weeks, and that has continued this morning. and what other theories behind why these boats are suddenly coming?” other theories behind why these boats are suddenly coming? i think there are two main theories. one is, although it is rather cold, the

weather is quite benign, particularly for november. so it may be people taking advantage of good conditions to try to get across the channel. another theory is because it is, i will mention that word again, brexit, because the theory is that there is a people smuggling gang operating in northern france, potentially whipping up migrants into a potential state of frenzy saying, once brexit happens, the borders could be far tougher, so they are saying to the migrants, if you want to try to get across the channel, you need to do it now while the weather isn't too bad and before brexit will stop most of those who have arrived so far have claimed to be from iran, partly because at the moment, iran does not forcibly return immigrants, and also because it is thought some people are flying from iran into serbia, where they are getting these free travel, and ultimately, flying to the side of the channel. what happens to them when they have been picked up? they

are handed over to immigration authorities, and they will assess in the coming days whether people have a right to stay here. many of them will no doubt lodge asylum claims here. the people who arrive unaccompanied handed over to the local authorities to be looked after, but we have heard in recent weeks some of those have simply disappeared into the system, which is very worrying, especially when you consider how young invulnerable ir. but someone would say they don't have a good deal of sympathy and the french should be doing more to stop the boat is launching in the first fla kes. the boat is launching in the first flakes. that is certainly the view of the dover mp charlie elphicke, who says the border force are not doing enough and need to get a grip of the situation, as do the french. the border patrol say they have stepped up patrols in recent weeks because of the number of migrants attempting to get across i boat, but some are managing to get through, so these extra patrols are not totally

working. simon jones reporting. the british academic matthew hedges has arrived back in the uk after he received a pardon following his conviction for spying in the united arab emirates. mr hedges has always denied the charge and said he was carrying out research for his phd. he's released a statement, thanking the foreign office, and paying tribute to his wife daniela. in it, he says: less tha n less than a week ago, matthew hedges was facing life in prison. now he is a free man. authorities in the uae continue to believe he was a spy. years part—time ph.d. researcher, part—time businessmen, but he was 100% a full—time secret service operative. it is possible there would have released a month ago the british government had only admitted as

much. that was never on the cards. the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says there is something no evidence that the allegation. we have made it clear for a number of months now we see no basis in these allegations. they have reflected on that and taken the action they can, which means that matthew hedges will be reunited with his family. my hopes had been shattered on so many occasions that i didn't actually know whether i should raise them up again, so it hasjust come asa them up again, so it hasjust come as a very them up again, so it hasjust come as a very sudden, very happy surprise. it now seems neither government wanted to risk a serious ru ptu re government wanted to risk a serious rupture in relations, something that seemed possible just a few days ago. but lessons will perhaps need to be learned. universities will have to ask themselves if the golf is a safe place for academics to research says it is national—security subjects, and the foreign office will need to examine more could have been done early on to secure his release. the european court ofjustice

in luxembourg has begun hearing a legal challenge, on whether the uk can reverse article 50, without permission from the other eu member states. "remain" campaigners are hoping the case will give britain the option to stay in the eu in the event of another referendum. our brussels reporter adam fleming says there's a few reasons why politicians are pushing for the ruling. the case has been brought by a group of mps, msps and meps from the uk, and they want to know whether that latter theresa may centre, triggering the brexit process, could be taken back by the british government without the consent or approval of the other 27 eu member states. the reason they are doing thatis states. the reason they are doing that is because they want to give mps and other option to keep in mind when they vote for the prime ministersbrexit deal. i think they also just like the ministersbrexit deal. i think they alsojust like the idea of ministersbrexit deal. i think they also just like the idea of us, ministersbrexit deal. i think they alsojust like the idea of us, the media, even talking about the idea of the brexit process being

reversed. this is opposed by the eu, who say that the only unilateral better that brexit is the withdrawing country deciding to hand in his letter and notifying the eu that it wants to leave. once you have handed that in, it is a matter for everybody. what they want to guard against his article 50 being used as a tactic. in other words, the uk withdraws, then decide it does not want to withdraw any more, then they decide that they do want to leave, and the clock restarts, and that two—year process restarts again under article 50, and there could be used by a country to extra ct could be used by a country to extract concessions and a better deal out of the eu. at least, that is what the eu fears. the british government says this is all academic and completely hypothetical, one for lawyers to boggle over, almost as a bit of a hobby, because the government has no intention of cancelling brexit and no intention of asking for that article 50, triggered by theresa may, asked for it back. in terms of a judgment, i don't really know. the wheels of

justice he did not move very quickly, so it could be a couple of weeks or even months before we find out what the judges her thing about this issue. experts are warning that thousands of cancer patients are dying unnecessarily each year, because the health service in england has failed to make the improvements needed. the health foundation, which campaigns for better treatment, says more needs to be done to close the gap in survival rates between the uk and other comparable countries. here's our health correspondent nick triggle. over the last 20 years, there have been for national cancer strategies. each has promised the best care for england, but the health foundation said well ahead in progress, the nhs still lag behind. his analysis shows that only on breast cancer has dealt service managed to actually close the gap with the best performing systems. the report warns the lack of progress is costing lives. each year, 135,000 people die from

cancer, but 10,000 of those could be prevented if care was as good as in other nations. the think tank wants to see better access to tests and scans to speed up diagnosis, but said services were being undermined bya said services were being undermined by a lack of services and equipment —— staff and equipment, which led to delays in how soon they were seeing. the government said it would tackle this, and last month, the government promised the number of cancers in diagnosed early would increase from one in two to three and four, thanks to the extra funding provided. the department of health and social care said more details would be unveiled in the long—term plan for the nhs which is expected to be published soon. professor sir mike richards, the former head of nhs cancer care, explained the problem. what we know is that our survival has been going up year on year over the last 20 years, but what we haven't been doing is narrowing the

gap between ourselves and other comparable countries. the role of the gp is crucial, but notjust the gp, the gp and the diagnostics services in hospitals as well. patients have got to be willing to go and see their gp when they have problems. it is a good thing if they don't have the experience weights, and we know all too often the moment, people are having weights to experience a gp, and gps are swamped with work or some equally, gps need to be able to refer people and for investigations so we have to find a way through this. we have been described as having a very tight gatekeeping model, and now we need ways to find a way of increasing the number of scans we can do, the number of scans we can do, the number of scans we can do, the number of endoscopies, so the gps can refer people on when they are needed for those tests. and now, time for the weather and the latest from chris. thanks, joanna. as far as the

weather goes today, some rain moving into western pa rt weather goes today, some rain moving into western part of the country, and that will ring a change to milder conditions. the mile they're pushing in ahead of this band of rain, pushing into southern in south—western england later. temperatures should reach 10—11, maybe 12 in places. cooler ahead of our main band as it continues to edge eastwards. wendy and irish ghosts, costs of 50—60. overnight tonight, as one band of rain pushes eastwards, it is followed quite quickly by this dollop of rain coming in from the west. temperatures, much milder compared with recent nights. ten towards plymouth, chilly towards the north of scotland. that will change into wednesday. wednesday promises to be another windy day. gusts kid reached 60-70 another windy day. gusts kid reached 60—70 around our coasts and hills in the west. that could cause localised destruction, bringing down tree branches, and heavy rain will post

across northern ireland and scotland. that could bring some problems as well. tomorrow could be a day where we see localised transport disruption and maybe one to power cuts. -- one or two power cuts. hello this is bbc newsroom live with joanna gosling. the headlines: theresa may is on the road trying to rally support for her brexit deal, as her former defence secretary, michael fallon, launches a scathing attack saying the deal is doomed. bus company midland red south is fined £2.3 million for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed two people in a crash in 2015. 18 migrants are rescued from two small boats in the english channel — it's believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. matthew hedges, the british academic released from detention in the uae, arrives back in the uk. nasa's probe on mars has started sending images back to earth following its successful landing on the red planet

let's get more now on brexit and that warning from the us president donald trump that making trade deals with the uk could be difficult under the terms of her eu withdrawal deal. here is the us president speaking to reporters about that deal. i think we have to look seriously at the deal. i don't think that the prime minister meant that and hopefully she will be able to do something about that. with me now is sir andrew cahn. trade and investment and a former senior diplomat in brussels it is not helpful for theresa may,

is a? in my career i never expected the us president to come in with an unhelpful assessment for the british prime ministers. it is like when president obama when he said that if we left britain would be at the back of the queue for a trade deal. he was asked by the british prime minister to say something like this, and he was saying the truth. in this case, donald trump is saying something that is true. he actually said that we wouldn't be able to trade, that of course isn't the case. what is right that we would not be able, certainly for the period of the transition, be able to finalise a trade deal with the us, or with any other country outside europe. that isjust a straightforward back, isn't it? it is. so why does it matter that he is

saying it? i suppose because he is implying that it is a bad deal for britain, he is making their criticism. he is also saying, that you can't do a trade deal with us. that has always been the case. if we are to have a standstill, what the government called on implementation period, almost everyone agrees that thatis period, almost everyone agrees that that is essential. for that period of time we can do trade deals. it is a sensible reality. there is another point, until countries outside the european union know what our relationship with europe is, they will want to do deals with us. the deal in front of the house of commons doesn't tell us what the long—term relationship will be. the political declaration has lots of warm words, but it doesn't say. the british people don't know what they want. when we have a final trade deal, then countries like america

and other countries will negotiate with us. until that time, they won't. donald trump hasn't said anything new. in terms of trade between the us and the uk, how important is it? extremely important. they are our biggest trade partner outside the eu. i would say america is the largest inward investor into this country, so we need good trade religion to america and keep their trust and confidence. we are getting comments out of downing street, the prime minister's spokesman, responding to those comments by president trump. let's have a look at what has been said. he said the deal with the eu, work is under way for an ambitious trade relationship with the us. working groups have their five so far. he was asked if the us

president is right that it is a good dealfor the eu, president is right that it is a good deal for the eu, and president is right that it is a good dealfor the eu, and he said the prime minister said it is a good dealfor the uk prime minister said it is a good deal for the uk and there prime minister said it is a good dealfor the uk and there is no plans for our bilateral conversation with president trump at the ge 20 this weekend and there is no plans to get the us ambassadors —— us ambassador to explain the trade deal to the eu. none of that contradicts what i have said. we have had informal contacts with america, i would expect them to. it is important to have a deal with america once we are able to. we are not going to be able to have a deal with america for at least another two years of the implementation, and if it goes for three or four years, and it may be extended, then we can't have a deal with america in that term. in two of the preparatory

work, have it ready to sign, but we can't sign that until we have left, or implemented until after we have left. thank you. some breaking news about the ticket presale website via google. there has been a court order before the competition regulator that will mean that the tickets website will have to give consumers more information, including the identity of tights advertising tickets. an interim enforcement order has been applied for, meaning that viagogo will have two changes business practices before the upcoming legal battle. viagogo has decided to make the changes on a permanent basis. this means changes to the way that viagogo operates. it will have to

publish more information to consumers, including the identity of whoever is selling tickets and whether they are trading as a business rather than a fan who bought the tickets and who can no longer attend the show. at picket trader is defined as someone who sells more than 100 tickets a year. a new study of graduate salaries suggests that women who don't go to university fall behind on wages much more dramatically than men who don't do a degree. the institute for fiscal studies looked at graduate pay and found that, by the age of 29, women with a degree earn 28% more than women who haven't been to university. for men, the difference is 8%. one fact is said to be women's low wages and part time work when they haven't graduated. the study found that the type of university and subject, also had a significant influence on salary. let's speak now to jayne rowley, who is the chief executive of the higher education careers service unit. shejoins us live from manchester. we spoke to you earlier, but we got

cut off because we had to go to a live event, but we are back again. let's pick up with what we were talking about earlier. this is getting more of the picture around the different salary comparisons based on whether you have a degree or haven't, and if you are male or female. that's right. what it doesn't reflect is in terms of actual salaries, women's salaries are still behind men's in different salary professions. the graduates seem salary professions. the graduates seem to get a boost earlier on in their career compared to men. women earning more than men at that point? no, they are not, but they are earning more than non—graduate women. it doesn't give us the salaries, just the percentage gap. there is less of a gap for male nongraduates than male nongraduates than female graduates and

nongraduates. in terms of actual salaries, it still would be as high as men. there are the debts that you accumulate when you go to university that need to be factored in. yes, and once people reach a particular income level they will be paying extra tax for the next 30 years, thatis extra tax for the next 30 years, that is reflected in the tax office, not related to high hide their salaries go, itjust means once they reach an extra threshold there will pay extra tax. over the course of a lifetime, looking at a 45 year career, people will generally over the court of their working lifetime as graduates earn a lot more than nongraduates. there is a lot of data in this study. other figures that come out are about the graduates least likely to be high earners are men who studied an arts degree at a modern university. when you look at

women, women taking medicine can earn 75% more than female nongraduates. men taking an arts degree are likely to have earnings of 14% below male nongraduates. when people go to university, is the amount of money they are going to earn a factor? it really isn't for the majority of graduates, it is about their career aspirations, some of it is connected to where they wa nt to of it is connected to where they want to live and work in the uk. not eve ryo ne want to live and work in the uk. not everyone wants to go to london and bea everyone wants to go to london and be a management consultant. salary isn't a big factor for people in their career choices, it is more about the satisfaction they will gain from their career. somebody going to do an arts degree would expect to earn as higher salary as someone expect to earn as higher salary as someone who has done a finance degree. it really isn't a big factor in graduate decision—making process.

why did this study cut off at the age of 29? normally children would come along after that. i'm not sure why they decided that 29. with women graduates in the workplace, they will tend to work longer hours or they were working careers where they get a relatively higher salary at an earlier stage in my career. for men, once you hit 30 the higher earnings start hitting more. it is an interesting snapshot of 29. women will get the best earlier on undergraduate careers, but men will do battle over the course of their career. in one of the authors of the report says that university is an excellent assessment for women. women might also look at this and think, gosh, why is there such a disparity? what it shows, it doesn't

say a lot about the options for women who don't want a good university. where are their career paths? there is a lot we can do about advising women through their teens about choices other than university and how we can get them onto a higher income ladder. jane, thank you very much. let's go back to the news that the prime minister is on to the news that the prime minister isona to the news that the prime minister is on a major pr push, travelling around the country talking about her brexit plan. prime minister, has the american president poured cold water under brexit plans? if you look at the political declaration which sets out our future framework with the eu, a clearly identifies who will

have an independent trade policy and will be able to negotiate trade deals with countries around the rest of the world. as regards the united states we have already been talking to them about the sort of agreement we could have the future, there is a working group that has met several times continuing to work with the us on this. sir michael fallon said this morning, for brexiteers, one of the biggest brexit prices is the ability to strike trade deals after brexit. the ds president's, comments have to be taken seriously. the political declaration makes clear we will have an independent trade policy. we have a working group that is working with the united states looking at exactly this issue, but also we are talking with others around the rest of the world about the possibilities field as well. for example, with a number of countries that they met at the summit, asian

countries, a few weeks ago that they met and bustle, talking with real enthusiasm about trade deals with the uk. we will have that ability outside the european union to make those trade deals for ourselves. we will have control of that and we will have control of that and we will strike trade deals that will enhance our prosperity, enhance our economy and bring jobs to the uk. president trumpeted the bid last night, sir michael fallon did it this morning. how disappointing is that you're losing the support of people who have been so supportive? the brexit deal has been agreed, i am taking that of the house of commons. i am am taking that of the house of commons. iam here am taking that of the house of commons. i am here today hearing from farmers, manufacturers, the importance of the certainty that the deal brings, the importance of the free trade area, the ability to export into the european union that we see in that political declaration for our future relationship on trade with the european union. what is

important when mps come to vote as they think about the national interest, that means delivering on brexit, but doing it in a way that delivers for people in protecting their security and jobs and livelihoods. this deal delivers on both of those. arlene foster has said that this at the city you gave up, rolled over when it came to striking a deal with the eu. no, up, rolled over when it came to striking a dealwith the eu. no, we have been resisting many of the things that the european wanted to put in the steel. when you negotiate, neither side gets 100% of what they once. it is about compromising, but you have to be clear of what your vital interests are and we have protected those vital interests. that includes protecting the interests of the people of northern ireland. theresa may speaking in wales this morning. she is often northern ireland this afternoon. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may is on the road trying to rally support

for her brexit deal, as her former defence secretary, michael fallon, launches a scathing attack, saying the deal is doomed. bus company midland red south is fined £2.3 million for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed two people in a crash in 2015. 18 migrants are rescued from two small boats in the english channel — it's believed one was carrying an 18—month—old child. earlier, we reported an statement from a bus company that's been fined £2.3 million for "significant" health and safety failings after a "fatigued" driver ploughed into a supermarket in 2015, killing a passenger and a pedestrian. the court was told the company, midland red south, behaved irresponsibly by ignoring signs that the driver our correspondent gave me this update from birmingham crown court about the decision. thejudge was very

the judge was very clear that he felt that the company had a high culpability level here because of the catalogue of missed opportunities they had to take this man off the road. this accident happened in october in 2015, a busy saturday afternoon in coventry city centre. the man had already worked 75 hours in the week previously, he was a 77—year—old man has been a bus driverfor was a 77—year—old man has been a bus driver for 45 was a 77—year—old man has been a bus driverfor 45 years, was a 77—year—old man has been a bus driver for 45 years, but had retired at 65. he did a lot of relief work for midland red south. he had many accidents before, for minor accidents before, for minor accidents are lots of reports from the public about his erratic, deteriorating driving. on that afternoon he had failed to put the bus into the neutral position and when he pulled from the bus stop here accelerated rather than breaking, crossing the carriageway, onto the pavement and crashing into a supermarket opposite. it killed

ronan fitzgerald, a seven—year—old boy sitting at the front of the bus. it seriously injured his cousin. it also killed 76—year—old laura hancox, a pedestrian. thejudge said it was very lucky that nobody else was killed. the bus company said they didn't live up to their own standards, they accept that their fault because some of this accident and they are now putting in place measures to make sure this doesn't happen again. the judge measures to make sure this doesn't happen again. thejudge did say measures to make sure this doesn't happen again. the judge did say that he felt they disregarded advice and the public were at risk between april and october of 2015 and that has led to this large fine. the french president has condemned what he called the unacceptable actions by some demonstrators during a wave of protests over fuel tax rises. while outlining his strategy on moving to a more sustainable

eneregy policy, emmanuel macron said he hears people's anger but will not give in to disorder. the controversial rises, which have sparked violent protests, have been introduced as part of a ten—year plan for the country to convert to cleaner energy. translation: this meeting has a particular sense. for a number of weeks our wave of protests against the fuel increases has increased in the fuel increases has increased in the country. this movement resulted in significant manifestations and unacceptable in significant manifestations and u na cce pta ble protests in significant manifestations and unacceptable protests in the cities and outside. here i do not confuse these unacceptable act with a manifestations based on... i do not confuse those who have caused damage with the citizens who want to pass a message. i understand the citizens

but i will not give in to those who decide to destroy because the republic has public order and free opinions and speech. nasa scientists are beginning to gather data from mars after successfully landing a probe on the surface of the red planet. the insight spacecraft‘s descent through the martian atmosphere, lasted just seven minutes, slowing down from six times the speed of a bullet tojogging pace. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. touchdown confirmed! relief and joy at mission control. after plunging through the martian atmosphere at six times the speed of a bullet, nasa's insight spacecraft safely planted its feet on the surface of mars. now the science begins. it's going to be a really busy two or three months for us. i am really hoping that the energy and the feeling today is going to carry me through those next few months because it is going to be needed. when we get our first mars quakes we will get a bunch of images over the next few days and it is incredible to be on this mission and say tomorrow when i come

onto my shift i will see an image of mars that nobody has seen before. it is already sending snapshots back to earth. insight‘s cameras will examine its surroundings in detail, so scientists can select exactly where to place its scientific equipment. it will listen for martian earthquakes and drill deep into the planet to study its inner structure. as the insight lander studies the deep interior of mars robotically, it will be sending its data back here, to mission control nasa in california and people will work out exactly how rocky worlds like mars, the earth and the moon actually formed 4.5 billion years ago. they lovingly call this the centre of the universe. the two—year mission is now under way to build a picture of the hidden depths of the red planet. victoria gill, bbc news at nasa'sjet propulsion laboratory, california. there is a hearing under way the

house of commons looking into facebook and the use of data from facebook and the use of data from facebook customers. it follows on from cambridge analytic and the controversy from cambridge analytic and the co ntrove rsy over from cambridge analytic and the controversy over hide that data was used in the us election. the committee wanted mark zuckerberg, the chairman of facebook, to take pa rt the chairman of facebook, to take part in the hearing, but he didn't. he sent a deputy representative from facebook and the committee have made clear their unhappiness about that by empty chairing him. brendan o'hara, the mp has tweeted that he is very disappointed that mark zuckerberg has chosen not to appear before mps at international grand committee today to answer very sirius questions about facebook. tributes have been paid to the world war ii

code—breaker and long—serving, conservative peer baroness trumpington, who has died at the age of 96. she retired from the house of lords in 2017 after serving for 37—years. the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, described her as a "trailblazer, heroine and an utterjoy". our political correspondent, sean curran looks back at her life. a pillar of the establishment with a rebellious streak, jean barker, better known as lady trumpington packed a lot into a long life. she was a land girl on lloyd george's farm. and a code—breaker at bletchley park. churchill visited us. he said, "you are the birds that laid the golden eggs, but never cackled". and that was the important thing, is that we never talked. she was appointed to the house of lords in 1980 and served as a minister underjohn major and margaret thatcher. we were really good friends, but if i didn't agree with her about something,

i said so and that was very good for her because it gave her a chance to know what the opposition might say to her. in 2011, she famously gave a two—fingered salute to a colleague who had preferred to her age during a debate. her v—sign lead to more on—screen opportunities, including an appearance on have i got news for you. i would like to know why, at the age of 90, i've had to sign a piece of paper in order to be on the show to say i wasn't pregnant. in 2014, she published her bestselling memoirs, coming up trumps, although she told one interviewer she had neither written nor read the book. baroness trumpington, who has died at the age of 96. in a moment it's time for the one

o'clock news with ben brown, but first it's time for a look at the weather with chris. virtually weather we have seen over the last few days will get warmer, but it will get wetter and windier. temperatures will be boosted by significantly. it would look at that temperature today, for a song we are looking at highs of seven, but tomorrow with the amount of air being dragged in, some of us could see temperatures as high as 15. that changed the milder weather starts to ta ke changed the milder weather starts to take place this afternoon as this band of rain pushes through. the winds will turn to a south—westerly direction and that will drag to a south—westerly direction and babble dragging the milder air date in the day. the first band of rain pushes

eastwards through this evening and overnight. it will be replaced by another area of removing him from the west later on. rain at times probably best sums up the weather. the temperatures will be mildest in the south—west of england overnight, with those of 10 degrees or so in plymouth. it is the strength of the winds that we are most concerned about. strong winds particularly through the irish sea coasts and the weston hills. gusts could reach between 60—70 miles an hour and that is strong enough to bring some localised disruption at times. there will be some heavy rain, as well, the heaviest in northern ireland and into scotland. we talked about the brain and the strong winds, it will also turn milder, with temperatures across the board is pretty much into double figures, the exception being the northern isles. on wednesday, another low—pressure system will

target the uk. there might be a squeeze in the house buyers that could bring even stronger winds through some of our western areas, potentially with gusts up to 80 miles an hour, but that is still very uncertain. what is not on certain is that there is doable be a wet and windy day with rain moving to sunshine and showers later on, and it will stay mild temperatures between 10—13. we will keep this mou there with us for the next few days, with temperatures up to 14 degrees in london. the prime minister hits back after president trump attacks her brexit deal. as she begins a tour of the uk to sell her brexit agreement, theresa may insists that trade deals will be possible. we will be able to do trade deals, to negotiate trade deals, with countries around the rest of the world. and as regards the united states, we've already been talking to them about the sort of agreement

that we could have in the future. we'll be live in westminster and belfast, where the prime minister arrives this afternoon. also this lunchtime.... home at last — the british academic, released from jail in the united arab emirates, thanks his wife for helping win his freedom. a bus company is fined more than £2 million for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed two people.