but showers in the morning. but increasing sunshine into the afternoon for the east of england. feeling a little colder than today but by thursday the wind is still stronger. christmassy?! we put them up yesterday! i love it, i love christmas, does anybody know that i like christmas?! we had an inkling! which of those crowns do you most identify with — are you king of swing, king of cool, or king of christmas? i was so happy king of clap didn't come up! just stop there! i don't think any of them! come on! if there's something that's cool about me is that i'm not cool, it is that i'm a you're watching beyond 100 days. the lady is for turning — brussels is not. the brexit deal will not be re—negotiated says the european commission. time is fast running out for theresa may. the european leaders can offer words of support and clarification but that will not be enough to satisfy the restless house of commons. and so berlin waits — as they all wait. wondering what the prime minister and her parliament will do next.

for the moment it seems the best option is to play for time. you're watching beyond 100 days. the lady is for turning — brussels is not. the brexit deal will not be re—negotiated says the european commission. time is fast running out for theresa may. the european leaders can offer words of support and clarification but that will not be enough to satisfy the restless house of commons. and so berlin waits — as they all wait. wondering what the prime minister and her parliament will do next. for the moment it seems the best option is to play for time. i've been here in europe over the past day actually doing what i promised parliament that i would do. which is to speak to other leaders in europe about the concerns jeremy corbyn labels theresa may "the runaway prime minister," but he too is moving away from a vote he knows he can't win. a vote of no confidence in this conservative government. also on the programme: high drama in the oval office where democratic leaders clash openly with the president in front of tv cameras commanding him to let them finish. shut it down... let me just say something, mr president. you just say — my way, or we'll shut down the government. time magazine reveals its person of the year. it's actually a group of people — jamal khashoggi leads the pack of journalists who've made a difference.

hello and welcome — i'm katty kay in washington, and christian fraser is at westminster. theresa may went cap in hand today to europe's biggest power players looking for help. from the hague, to berlin, and tonight to brussels. if the prime minister was hoping for a diplomatic breakthrough she will be disappointed. the message from europe is consistent. the substance of the brexit deal will not be changed. the deal is the deal. take it or leave it. and while mrs may was on that grand tour of europe, angry tory mps here at westminster were plotting how best to remove her. we are told the rebels are feeling more bullish tonight, that this time they will force a vote of no confidence in her. the european summit which comes at the end of this week could be her last chance to save her political career. neighbour thought which is the issue of parliament has raised is a mentoring guarantee for the people of muller allen. whatever outcome and relationship you with europe in future, there is an ideal of doesn't doesn't have a backstop within it. but, we don't want the backstop to be used, and if it is, we want to be certain that it is only temporary. it's those assurances i will be seeking from fellow leaders over the coming days.

let's speak to our chief political correspondent vicki young who's in the bbc‘s westminster studio. the problem is, we — and 85 pages of the problem is, we — and 85 pages of the withdrawal deal are essentially, legally binding. whatever the eu can offer her with the fine words, mice smelling candles, however you want to put it. it would change the feeling here across the road that this looked up the uk indefinitely in that backstop. she definitely needs a bit more than a few words and windowdressing. frankly, the dup and windowdressing. frankly, the dup and conservative mps will not fall for that. there is talk of something slightly different alongside new withdrawal agreement. everybody accepts that the withdrawal agreement will not be reopened. talking more about how the uk would get out of the backstop. the way to do that would be because a trade

agreement has been delivered. tory mps feel that the eu would drag their feet ever that. if they could have something alongside that talks about those are best endeavours but makes it a bit more legally watertight, then be used by the uk when it goes to this arbitration panel. that's the kind of thing being cocked about. it hasn't happened previously on other occasions. that would be enough for some, but maybe not enough for all. the problem is always the numbers. the problem is always the numbers. the other numbers tonight that are being attacked our whether those tory mps began enough letters to call for a vote of no—confidence in the prime ministers. she's in europe the prime ministers. she's in europe the wildfires there. she clearly is that the fires at home. margaret thatcher would be the person that would tell how about that there is a risk that the dog. the shinnie to go back to london if she wants to stay on as prime minister? if you

re cycle, on as prime minister? if you recycle, they followed the reach of this number of recycle, they followed the reach of this numberof mps recycle, they followed the reach of this number of mps to trigger a bit of no—confidence in her. tonight, it feels like they are possibly getting closer to bat. they sound more confident, particularly those on the wing of that conservative party. the meeting tonight, once again. they feel it's notjust meeting tonight, once again. they feel it's not just about changing policy, the fuel theresa may will change it. they think it's time to change it. they think it's time to change person. there are alternative to that is another matter. it isn't just a case of getting 48 people. there is then able to all conservative mps which she would need to win. the problem is, compared to three weeks ago, but with the more difficult because of that decision to pull levers. looking at the clock, we would have been five

minutes away from one of the most momentous parliamentary occasions in a very long time. the decision not to go ahead with that has angered many people. i think she's a buying time to find yourself in the job. some of them will be hoping that they can move a visitor and install someone they can move a visitor and install someone else. that would be the mathis at this time. changing the reader changes nothing because that parliamentary arithmetic doesn't change. i'm joined by sir bernard jenkin, a brexit supporting—cconservative mp, who has been very critical of theresa may's brexit negotiations in the past. also crispin blunt, a brexit supporting conservative mp, who has confimred he has sent a letter to the 1922 committee expressing no confidence in theresa may's leadership of the party. bernard, many people would have expected you to put your that again. have you? expected you to put your that again. have you ? i've expected you to put your that again. have you? i've not been discussing whether i have, or might, whether i will put in a letter. i would break the silence. i made an agreement with my decision officers, some want

to go, someone had to stay. i don't wa nt to go, someone had to stay. i don't want to be a divisive force by saying one thing or another.“ want to be a divisive force by saying one thing or another. if not null, then when? i put my letter in some time ago, when the withdrawal agreement was published. after the end of yesterday's debate, i thought, we need to encourage colleagues over the line. that's why i went public, tonight colleagues over. perhaps we can do what sir bernard has chosen to do, keep the matter completely private. do you think that they've got 48? neighbourliness. whoever is giving it up, they don't do either. that's one of the virtues of our system. it would be unique to put trust in one person could manage this process. crispin blunt, is the problem here is not the readership of the

conservative party. whoever you are a may with will not find a single plan that can come and immaturity in the house of commons. that plan just doesn't exist whoever is running on the government. that's where the government is going to have to be pretty steadily over the months ahead until the 29th of march. if the comic holds its nerve, we gave the comic holds its nerve, we gave the 29th of march, there laws are passed and the default position is that we move to world trade organisation terms. we suddenly have uncertainty for business. —— was only have saturday for business. mr improve the delivery of tariffs defeated for example. that is the default position. of course, the government could be brought down, again, colleagues will have to think very long and hard whether they want to roll the dice on a jeremy corbyn government. is that the risk you are

prepared to take? you have a leadership challenge with 108 days to do in the negotiating process and you end up with the government been brought down. possibly with the boss bit of a general election, labour taking over? i'm not prepared to call for a general election, there is absolutely no need for it. i'm mice the house of commons withdraws its confidence from the premise that. either the house of commons refuses to give a conservative government conference under any circumstances, whoever is legal. or, two thirds of the house of commons bids for a general election. outside the terms of the fixed parliament act, that would be a parliamentary means of forcing a change of prime minister. that is not in that the bruises on the defect terms aren't that much might cause a general election to stop since we've had

this act, the general election scenario in circumstances like this is far less likely. i do think there's a majority in the house of commons in favour of a general election, said it would happen. let's say there is a vote of no confidence and she doesn't win it. it is now the best time to do it, because parliament is going into a recess. the conservative party would have a couple of weeks to get things in order and maybe, have a couple of weeks to get things in orderand maybe, is have a couple of weeks to get things in order and maybe, is that business again injanuary. if there was a really did it, is now the time?|j think really did it, is now the time?” think you've made a heavily reasonable point. we need a degree of certainty about the direction of travel. but we're going to get the 29th of march, and manage the imprecations of leaving the file an agreement. to make clear to our european partners that we want this to bea european partners that we want this to be a cooperative process that we all engage in. it's crystal clear that the withdrawal agreement will

not change. it would have gone down by 250 votes today had it been booted on. we now need to take no for an... dignified and served from oui’ for an... dignified and served from our european partners and move to world trade organisation terms. thank you mike thank you forjoining us. just talk about what's gone on and jail today. what strikes me listening to the sort of voices that we get from europe is that they are equally as frustrated as the mps that we've seen in the house of commons. they imagined that there would be if it, maybe that would ta ke would be if it, maybe that would take some of the fire out of the situation. they come back, at the

summit, then in january, situation. they come back, at the summit, then injanuary, they talk about it and people get around it. they feel, in brussels, she has in some way short circuit the back. that's why frustrations they are among european leaders are as well. looking at it from here, the rebel of exhaustion, but just looking at it from here, the rebel of exhaustion, butjust in london but between members of the conservative party in europe, in the publishing, with 108 days to go, there is this need for the country to find some sort of resolution to this after two and a half incredibly painful years. this after two and a half incredibly painful yea rs. clearly, this after two and a half incredibly painful years. clearly, this week, they sense that the resolution is any closer. there's a feeling that she is blamed for the time. i hope she is blamed for the time. i hope she can ramp up the pressure, and the remainder is and brexiteers fall into line. the problem is, when you create that i'm, you create space for those that oppose you. we've seen for those that oppose you. we've seen across for those that oppose you. we've

seen across the road at westminster to do, it was called byjeremy corbyn, jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, referred to mrs may as the "runaway prime minister," — accusing her of traipsing round the continent in pursuit of warm words. mr speaker, if the prime minister comes back with nothing more than warm words, then she must immediately put her deal to the house. hear, hear! no more delays, no more tricks, let parliament take control. let's cross now to gavin lee who is in brussels for us. does it look like she is going to get what she needs? some kind of legally binding change to the withdrawal agreement but that she can sell to both the dup and best of backin can sell to both the dup and best of back in london. ? she has no chance of that. it will not happen in illegal text. the copy and paste response is the same, whatever language you use. you cannot

negotiate the text. my understanding is that theresa may wants to change, in layman 's terms, she wants to, for the next two years, to say if they haven't found a sapphire and essential to the backstop, and the insurance policy where northern ireland stays in the customs union. the uk parliament might get a vote. it whether she can get it. donald tusk, the head of the european council, treated and said, we don't know about a solution. we will try, but the question is, how? thank you link is joining me now is helen thomas — a former advisor to george osborne. to george osborne. the timeline is incredibly tight for

anything to happen. it's a matter of weeks before actual brexit day, let alone the situation that we're now in weather is new position on any for what happens next. you can switch the leader, but you still get the same factions. you do. politics is often about momentum. i think each faction is now looking to start to win people over to their vision of what the outcome should be. literally, anything is up for grabs. by literally, anything is up for grabs. by theresa may saying it's my view, no or brexit. that's actually emboldened the people of either side of that define push and get their outcome. they perhaps now see a way forward that they didn't see before. the point is, if you get any reader, people are more loyal. perhaps before the hind that we do at the

plan they've? may be for a brief period of time. you still have to deal with some kind of plan that people are prepared to sign up with, ido people are prepared to sign up with, i do see but that is. we had earlier, quite frankly, she wants the prospect of new deal. he wants to crash out. jacob rees—mogg was asked about that earlier today, she said, almost literally she is that it will be bad for business. we heard the treasury before the referendum it was good to be bad for the uk economy. do you feel any response ability, helen thomas, effectively, your forecast before brexit and are being cited again for the recently crashed out of the eu but any kind of deal? the difficult pa rt of but any kind of deal? the difficult part of all of these forecast, to date, that doesn't mean they would come to pass. i think we're beyond the realm of the far distance now, is the next ten weeks that really

count. at the next 4—6 weeks that really can't. in terms of which we would go from here, i spent a lot of time of rising prices fell. problem is, they've got a perfectly awful combination of not knowing what on earth is good to happen next. would knowing that were we would crashed out, would be betterfor business, in your experience? we hear all the time, uncertainty is what really causes the problems. even in a crisis situation, it's the extent and degree of the crisis that causes real problems for business. i run a small business. you have to make decisions on what is coming out of there. yes, they will be able to manage in some way, there. yes, they will be able to manage in some way, everyone there. yes, they will be able to manage in some way, everyone has to. but, they need to know. thank you for joining but, they need to know. thank you forjoining us. turmoil in london and high

drama here in washington where donald trump and top democrats have been clashing with each other — in front of the press. in an extraordinary scene, democrats nancy pelosi and chuck schumer took on the president and didn't back down. the meeting was set up to talk about funding for a border wall but it quickly disolved into one of the most undiplomatic scenes we've seen in the trump white house. all with cameras rolling. nancy, i do. and we need border security. nancy, nancy. we need border security. we've called 20 times to shut down the government, you say, i want to shut down the government, we don't. when the president brags that he won north dakota and indiana, he's in real trouble. please don't characterise the strength that i bring to this... elections have consequences, mr president. i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. elections as senator schumer says have consequences and if that is what the next two years are going

to be like, strap in. it all suggests the president's hunt for a new chief of staff is urgent. especially as the us government could shut down injust 10 days unless a deal is done on borderfunding. a short time ago i discussed it with leon panetta, former chief of staff to president bill clinton. knew where white house chief of staff and joni clinton administration, i'm sure there were frictions between president clinton and republicans on capitol hill. that it ever come to that in the 0val that it ever come to that in the oval office? is not in my feelings. frankly, i served under mined residents in this country, i've never seen a residents in this country, i've never seen a president engage in a shouting match with the leadership from the congress before the press. that has simply never happened, as farasi that has simply never happened, as faras i can that has simply never happened, as far as i can remember. it's a great political fear that. we watched far as i can remember. it's a great politicalfear that. we watched it with our draws on the floor. but if matter for the country? i think it is of concern. when you have the

president and leadership yelling at each other, it's an indication that those responsible for governing the country are finding it extremely difficult to do. i know the president likes that kind of approach, but it really is not very effective if you're serious about trying to resolve differences and be able to govern the country.” trying to resolve differences and be able to govern the country. i guess this would make the imperative of finding a new chief of staff for the president of the more ardent. could a chief of staff in this white house prevent that kind of scene happening on national television? prevent that kind of scene happening on nationaltelevision? it largely depends on whether the president wants to have an effective chief of staff, orjust wants to have an effective chief of staff, or just have wants to have an effective chief of staff, orjust have somebody that she can boss around. —— somebody that she can boss around while he plays the role of chief of staff. to

have an effective and cheaper stuff, but in the region must have a relationship of trust with the present and can be honest. to tell him what he does right and what he does wrong. normally, president arbil in except a certain amount of discipline from a strong chief of staff. i'm not sure this president was to develop that kind of relationship with the chief of staff. this is a president who likes to be his own chief of staff, basically. i think you will find it difficult to get somebody who can be strong in acquisition that chief of staff is all about. i don't know if the resident has picked up the phone and called for your cancel. will you to do so, would you advise him to get one, given the next two years he faces in washington? absolutely. i think it would be very important if this president wants to be able to

have any kind of agenda accomplish. —— a conflict over these next few years. he really does need a very strong chief of staff. you cannot only organise and run a disciplined white house that provides the kind of policy— making decisions white house that provides the kind of policy—making decisions to the president that he needs. in addition to that, to have a chief of staff who can deal with the politics of capital hill, can work with both republicans and democrats, can really serve the prison anyway way that would help the president be able to, flash some of the things he should fightjoe, able to, flash some of the things he should fight joe, bush as able to, flash some of the things he should fightjoe, bush as president of the united states.” should fightjoe, bush as president of the united states. i guess one of the thing is to build the government of them. it could shut down in ten days' time unless there is a deal over immigration. you're watching this from california, i sped up there may be a reason for that. but

you're quite happy to be out of politics and the white house, at any moment. if you look at the number of people that have left this white house, is a method of chief of staff that she has been through. the turnover rate is extraordinarily high in this administration. are you concerned about the ability to effectively govern in washington at the moment? there is no question the resignation in this amount of concern about the dysfunction in washington. the inability of republicans and democrats to work together. and the inability of the president to work with the leadership of the congress in order to get things done. we also have a president who spends his time tweeting to the country his various forts, rather than sitting down and trying to develop some kind of organised approach to getting things done. this is a very different kind of president that we have in this

country. as a result of that, there is increasing concern about the ability of washington to function. function so that it can serve the needs of the country. thank you for joining us.. there will be prospective chief starts watching this exchange in the oval office today, wondering if they can maintaina today, wondering if they can maintain a president along, or stop who would want thatjob? maintain a president along, or stop who would want that job? there was this great scene where vice president mike henson was the only person totally silent and that exchange. he was literally sitting there and looking at his hands. there are twitter means saying, was he meditating, wishing himself out of the room? who can stop the turnover? the number of people that have left this white house... we can even name of these people. the

turnover has been phenomenal. the first thing the cheapest that has to say to these people is, please, can you just stay a little bit longer? that one man's year that has put his name into the ring today. piers morgan, his friend. i read this today, i read his resonator see why the things you can do the job. there are some things that made me think he can do. his actual achievements, you think is, he can pick up in the media. and he likes janet and a banker. whenever low down, he said, here's why am i not get it. i need to tell you when you're behaving like an idiot. i wouldn't let you send sent out a single tweet without consulting me. you need to stop this silly war with cnn, it's downright dangerous. do you think you will get a? no, i think so.

dangerous. do you think you will get a? no, ithink so. the dangerous. do you think you will get a? no, i think so. the tweeting issue would be a problem. it looks like weather has taken a turn for the quieter this week. the windsor picked up so it will feel colder as a result. we seen one weather front, in an grind to a halt across the uk. here comes another tonight. the reason they are coming tonight. the reason they are coming toa tonight. the reason they are coming to a halt, high pressure from scandinavia blocking them from hitting any further east. we end up with a wad of cloud across the uk. a bit patchy me. the next one comes into some parts of england, winds and northern ireland. we're clear overnight, actively towards eastern parts of england. a touch of frost for some of us, but for many of us,

we're a few degrees above freezing. some four patches as well. into tomorrow, two—week weather fronts across the uk. areas of cloud, some patchy rain. western parts of scotland, west winds into cornwall and devon. increasing sunny spells throughout the day the further east you are. it will give chillier than it happen today. into thursday, high—pressure is around now. we get a stronger south—easterly wind, importing colder air or stop and, if you colder still because of the strength of the wind on thursday — when children becomes more of a factor. there may be the odd shower around. there will be some sense does but i think the thing about thursday we will do that is most is the tenth of that south—easterly wind and how much colder than it will feel as these temperatures suggest. they've already come down a

little bit because of the colder air coming in. because of the strength of the wind, it will feel closer to freezing. that wind is a by friday. it is still chilly, dry weather around. into the winds pick up again. the main thing to talk about into the weekend is the mess of a weather system coming in off the atlantic. wind your letter, wet weather pushing into the north s. this could be a bit of snow. i'll keep you updated. this is beyond one hundred days... with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is at westminster. our top stories. the president of the european commission, jean claudejuncker says there's no room at all to renegotiate the brexit deal with the uk — but he said there could be "clarifications". president trump clashes with democratic leaders in the oval office — a white house veteran stresses this is not normal.

i've served under nine presidents in this country. i have never seen a president engaged in a shouting match with the leadership from the congress before the press corps. coming up in the next half hour. tough questions for google's boss — on capitol hill. jamal khashoggi and a group of other journalists who have faced death or imprisonment for their work have been named as time's 2018 person of the year. theresa may's attempt to rescue her brexit deal has been met with a blunt response from eu leaders. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, said there was "no room whatsoever for renegotiation" of the withdrawal agreement. but mrs may has said there's a shared determination to deal with the issue of the northern ireland border.

we've been taking a look at what might happen, next, in the brexit journey. some of the possible options. of course there will be the chance of a vote on the deal when it comes back and also the chance that it will go toa and also the chance that it will go to a second referendum and then of course the other option of a general election. caroline lucas is part of the group of mps pressing jeremy corbyn to call for a vote of no confidence. it does not seem that jeremy corbyn is very interested because maybe he knows he cannot win. he does not know that for sure, a lot of would depend on what the dup would do and given the chaos that the government is in now it seems theresa may has lost confidence in herself and has gone

absent without leave. the rest of the parliament is in meltdown and now seems to be a good time to put that vote of no—confidence and of course not successful then we could move further on to getting to the point of having a labour party foursquare behind us on the people's vote. many rumours swirling around westminster tonight that the conservative mps might have beaten you to it? well i've heard the same as you that we might have those 48 letters. i want to make sure that we end the pantomime of political games and get such an important decision back to the people because the people have not had the chance to say what they think about the deal. that is what you want to do with your vote of no confidence, in some ways that would short—circuit what you want to do? if it happens but we've been here before of course and we've been here before of course and we are not going to count until we

are sure that those 48 letters are in and that is a genuine threat to theresa may. in the meantime i think i'll call this morning alongside the liberal democrats, the snp and five camry, to say we wantjeremy corbyn to move on this, i think that still stands until it is overtaken by something else. what is the priority for you, it is a general election may be, amending the withdrawal agreement or a second referendum? what is your endgame —— if there is a vote of no—confidence the government i would welcome that and would vote against the government but i think the issue of brexit goes beyond the different political parties to the extent at least that at the moment it looks as though the labour party would have some form of brexit in its manifesto. so a general election would not help us resolve that issue of brexit specifically and so i think it is important that we have that people's

vote and the issue goes back to the people because this would be their first opportunity to vote on the fa cts . first opportunity to vote on the facts. so much new information has become available since the initial referendum back in 2016 that it seems only right that people have the right to look at the detail and if they still like it, fine then we leave the eu but if not i think a vote to remain inside the eu should remain an option. thank you very much. some news coming in. reports from the east city of strasbourg. some newsjust in — we are receiving reports from the eastern french city of strasbourg that shots have been fired close to a christmas market in one of the central squares, place kleber.

police have cordoned off the area and trams have been stopped. unconfirmed reports say two people were seen lying on the ground. more on that as we get it.” more on that as we get it. i have been to that the christmas market. it is not far from the european parliament, quite a busy market at this time of year and of course a lot of people who work for the eu in that city as well. and they do visit that city as well. and they do visit that markets. joining me now is anand menon director of uk in a changing europe. 0n on one level nothing has happened and yet everything happening all once. a vote of no confidence being planned as you heard and the prime minister could face a leadership challenge within her own party. one

thing that has surprised me is a report seeming to ring true that she had agreed to pull the vote on sunday night when she spoke to european officials but had not told her own cabinet colleagues including michael gove, senior brexit collea g u es michael gove, senior brexit colleagues who then went out on a programme on monday morning to say that 100% the vote would go ahead.” heard a slightly different story, but everyone knew but people had no firm orders not to go out. i suppose they were living it up to her to break it and there was nothing else they could do in the circumstances. amber rudd came closest to being diplomatic about it saying that she hoped so, when asked about the vote taking place. so where are we tonight after the events of the last 48 hours with the prime minister now clearly understand threat at home. are closer to no deal, closer to a

second referendum, closer to a general election. my crystal ball is very foggy but in a sense the odds have not changed that much, we still need parliament to find something to agree on. as of now we know parliament does not have a majority for this deal and maybe not for the norway option or hard brexit. this needs to crystallise and christmas could give mps the chance to come back with clear reminds having thought this through. i think that is the strategy from the prime minister. i'm sure that the focus will be working the phones right over the christmas period and hope that she can make some progress. 0ver that she can make some progress. over the christmas period say she carries on negotiating with brussels, could you then see something that they could be a

majority for was some kind of concessions from europe that may not be legally binding but enough maybe to bring people on board? the situation is fluid and the prime minister has a threefold strategy, first get some concessions from brussels not just on first get some concessions from brussels notjust on the backs up because they would just be tokenistic. —— on the backstop. i think she also needs a clear statement from brussels but all those people from the house of commons who claim they could negotiate a better deal are wrong. then she wants to put pressure on mps to say that this is the only deal on the table and with the ticking clock she is hoping that will focus minds and make people think about the danger of no—deal brexit. we're talking a lot about the conservative party tonight. but the conservative party tonight. but the labour party seem to be confused as well. alistair campbell said last night that if you had a general

election then labour would be campaigning for brexit. if there was a people so that they would be campaigning against brexit. that tells you everything about labour policy. the labour party is profoundly divided over this. after this point the labour strategy has been effective, they said to the government your policies are no good, we have better policies but we re good, we have better policies but were not ready to you what they are. but as the moment of truth arrives, the labour policy over the next few weeks will come under scrutiny and what will become clear is this notion that we are in a customs union with the fate of a trade deals, not in the single market but with the benefits of that, that is fa ntasyla nd. with the benefits of that, that is fa ntasyland. and with the benefits of that, that is fantasyland. and i think the hope in number ten is people will start to realise that all the alternatives being offered are not really viable. always good to talk to you. thank

you. some newsjust in — we are receiving reports from the eastern french city of strasbourg that shots have been fired close to a christmas market in one of the central squares, place kleber. this is a place with lots of european members of parliament. 0ne italian member of parliament has said shots had been fired in the crowd. and people were dead and wounded. that is an italian member of parliament who is reporting that. 0ne local journalist also of parliament who is reporting that. 0ne localjournalist also saying there have been dozens of shots fired. and a press officerfor the european parliament has also said there was panic in the centre of following the sound of gunfire and police with guns running through the streets. we are getting most of information here from people who work in european parliament. this is

right next to the european parliament so they would be able to see what was going on. as i remember it is not a very big market, lots of wood cabins, little tiny streets between them. and as i say very busy at the time of year. the sort of place that people do gather and while the european parliament is there of course. jean claudejuncker was that the european parliament today so there would have been a full complement — full complement in parliament. gavin lee is there. well the regional authority has said there is an ongoing incident, in strasbourg. it is within the city centre, the old centre where the christmas market is. a report of a shooting

incident. it is maybe 20 minutes from the european parliament where members have been sitting with weak. we getting information coming from the fire service to reuters saying one person has been killed, three people injured. 0ne journalist one person has been killed, three people injured. 0nejournalist from the finish broadcaster and they are there covering the events of the european parliament, she said she held inside a restaurant and told to stay there. the police outside and police are scared and confused. there is a press officer as well for the european parliament talking about panic in the streets and a local journalist has about panic in the streets and a localjournalist has said he lives above the christmas market and he says up to a dozen shots fired in the city centre. 0ne says up to a dozen shots fired in the city centre. one at first and then a breast. so what we know at then a breast. so what we know at the moment is this is an ongoing incident but clearly one person

dead, three people injured. this is of deep concern especially before christmas time. going back to what happened a couple of years ago that concern about the berlin christmas market but of course these things are entirely separate right now. of course this is not the first time there has been an attack on the christmas market, there was that truck attack in berlin back in 2016. how much security would they be somewhere like strasbourg? i've covered events, shootings, terrorist attacks, since 2015, the paris attacks, since 2015, the paris attacks, brussels, berlin. in terms of the standard and response time, it has become almost a very fast developing system notjust with the emergency services making sure that every centre specially wrapped christmas has these cordons. you

often have a higher police presence on the streets and especially in france given they've onlyjust stepped down from the emergency measures there are still high police presence. so in terms of the speed of response one thing to look out for and we of response one thing to look out forand we are of response one thing to look out for and we are hearing from one local journalist this evening for and we are hearing from one localjournalist this evening who has said that he saw at the christmas market that there were soldiers who shot a man dead who was attempting to attack them. the authorities still think that this is an ongoing incident but clearly a big concern. i remember from my time in france there were a number of terror investigations in strasbourg and they have had problems in strasbourg before, the french authorities. if we look at one possibility, one issue, but it may

not be that. there have been raids related to the paris attacks that in 2015 in strasbourg, some of those linked to the paris attacks back in 2015. in this area, one of the biggest cities in france and there will be a big security presence around there. but i think developments at the moment, we are being told that these are ongoing. fighting through the programme we will keep you updated. we were seeing pictures there been sent into us from strasbourg. the chief executive of google sundar pichai is testifying at a congressional hearing today, sundar pichar is being questioned on "transparency" and "filtering practices" used by the internet search giant. earlier this week google admitted a security breach which affected more than 52—million accounts on its google plus platform so data security is also on the list. back in september, google angered the senate by failing to send a senior executive to a hearing on election meddling.

our technology correspondent dave lee is in san francisco and we can speak to him now. so much interest in him turning up at this meeting today because back in september the other tech company said that the this senior executives we re said that the this senior executives were to be sent there. that did not go down so well when he did not decide to turn up to the hearing but i think decide to turn up to the hearing but ithinka decide to turn up to the hearing but i think a fairly welcome reception at this even though he had some tough questioning. the hearing finished just over an hour ago. they are to say i think that he cannot relatively unscathed. there were questions about data collection and this perceived conservative buyers within google with its employees. but as expected and has become typical of these hearings, he was well briefed and had his mind ready

to say about by the company disagrees with the characterisations that they are hearing from congress. these are useful, to see these leaders in the political setting and answering questions about their companies but i do not think much progress was made at this hearing. and i think that google will be pretty pleased with how it has turned out. one of the concerns that congress has is that google may try to launch some kind of news search product for china and that would be subject to chinese censorship rules. what did he say about that? we've been following this story closely, there has been a suggestion that google is working on something called project dragonfly, we know little detail but today in the hearing it was said that there were more than 100 engineers at one point working on this and then he also said that google has no plans to

launch a search product in china. whether that means they are plans to launch a different kind of product we did not get to hear. he was asked whether the company would rule out creating any type of product that was in some way enabling surveillance of citizens and use that product and he dodged the question, he did not give a definitive answer. and just reiterated that google does not have any immediate plans to do that. i do not think that the china issue will be over, the company have a lot of criticism for not being open about the process. he also pledged that he would be transparent if they do decide to launch the product. but the fact that a team of more than 100 is doing this shows that they are taking this opportunity seriously and i think they will be expected to share more. the republicans are particularly enraged about the idea of conservative bias

within tech that the search engines and algorithms are set up to sam powell be biased against conservative comment. what did he have to say? —— somehow be biased. that was the subject that was to be discussed at the hearing and it stems from president trump earlier this year when he said when he searched for his own name the results that came up on google were mostly negative and therefore the search engine was rigged. google of course denied that and said that there algorithms do not take any political views into consideration put up another congresswoman said if you search for the word idiot you would find pictures of donald trump but he said that was because of activity happening on the intranet that google is simply reflecting rather than google actually doing that. and if members of congress see

negative news about themselves perhaps the way to tackle that would be to perform differently in the way that they conduct their duties. so nothing he could have said today that would have appeased this view that would have appeased this view that google, somehow has some kind of inherent bias. thank you very much. each december time magazine selects a person — who for better or worse most affected the world this year. today it was announced that the guardians — a group ofjournalists who have been targeted for their work shared the cover. jamal khashoggi was among those selected — along with a group of three others who have been persecuted, jailed or attacked for doing theirjobs. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan joins us with more. perhaps not a surprise this year. i'm not surprised butjamal khashoggi and other journalists i'm not surprised butjamal khashoggi and otherjournalists were featured. while they always elect

someone who reflects the zeitgeist of the year and the rationale for choosing these cheesemakers was because these people that they chose to risks in pursuit of greater truth. —— these truth makers. they named as well as denial khashoggi five journalists killed at the local newspaper not too far from the last year and also the two reuters journalists who are being detained in myanmar. and the anniversary of their detention is tomorrow. they also named a woman called maria who ru ns also named a woman called maria who runs an online website in the philippines and has been critical of their president. and the runner-up was donald trump and ijust read you what they said the magazine, disavowing decades of us strategy in

europe, the middle east and north east asia, he has scrambled and emboldened strongmen. he has offended american politics. and in their article today time magazine goes into quite a lot of detail about what it says is also the suppression of press freedom here in the us. another passage relating to donald trump, it said the world led by us president who has embraced a despot and whose attacks on the press has set a troubling tone. they talk about the importance of the local press in the us, saying that if not for localjournalists here in the us covering things like local baseball games or local elections then these things may never be reported. talk about how local media is still very much trusted in public opinion onjournalism, quite

is still very much trusted in public opinion on journalism, quite the contest with national media where you see a lot of people not really trusting the conventional media any more. thanks very much forjoining us. more news coming in from strasbourg a localjournalist says he saw the incident at the strasbourg christmas market on folding and soldiers shot a man dead who reportedly was targeting them. it seems to be a fluid situation at the moment, the french authorities saying still but this is an ongoing situation but we are getting conflicting reports as always happens in these ready new situations where we have people on the ground and sometimes the news comes out quicker than it does from the authorities themselves. comes out quicker than it does from the authorities themselvesm comes out quicker than it does from the authorities themselves. it is right in the centre of strasbourg,

not far from the european parliament which has been in session today. jean claude juncker was a which has been in session today. jean claudejuncker was a brit —— was addressing the parliament so they would all have been there. we're seeing pictures coming in from strasbourg security forces running down streets. a lockdown in many cafes a nd restau ra nts. down streets. a lockdown in many cafes and restaurants. and at the moment and france are certain amount of turmoil with the protests they've had recent weeks. security has been tight in city centres for different reasons. but those unfortunate scenes that we did not really want to see again on the streets of france, soldiers closing down streets and all sorts of rumours about what has gone on. it looks like the trams have also been stopped in the city centre, the airy has been cordoned off of course because this is close to the european parliament. there will be security in the area and they can respond quickly. and we're getting

some comments from members of parliament who saw the incident or saw the scenes afterwards talk about things of shots being fired. we do not know how many people were involved or how many fatalities there may have been. from the french authorities it seems that they have rushed security in the area. i do the situation is ongoing or the shooter has been shot himself. we will bring you all that as soon as we get clarification. it looks like the weather has taken a turn on the quieter side but as the week goes on the wind is going to pick up and it will feel colder asa to pick up and it will feel colder as a result. we have seen one weather front grind to a halt across

the uk and here comes another tonight. high pressure in scandinavia is blocking them from having any further east. so we end up having any further east. so we end up with a lot of clout and patchy rain across the uk. where we are clear overnight particularly towards eastern parts of england, there will be some cases close to freezing. some fog patches also possible where it is coldest overnight. tomorrow some week weather fronts around, some week weather fronts around, some patchy rain especially towards the east of northern ireland and western parts of scotland. there will be further east increasing sunny spells through the day. the breeze freshening up a little bit but as we go into thursday we get a

strong south—easterly wind importing colder air and it feels still colder because of the strength of the wind. so the wind chill more of a factor. there will be dry weather around, maybe the odd shower and there will be some sunny spells but the thing that we will notice most about thursday is the strength of the wind. how much colder it will feel than these temperatures may suggest. they have already come down a bit. but feeling colder still because of the strength of the wind, feeling closer to freezing. by the time we get friday the wind is lighter but still chilly. going into the weekend noticed that change, the wind picking up again and for some of us intends milder but the main thing in the weekend is that less of a weather system coming in from the atlantic. wet worship —— wet weather pushing north and east and even some

snow. we will keep you up—to—date. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm: reports that shots have been heard close to a christmas market in strasbourg in france. french authorities say at least one person is dead. several are injured. theresa may is on a rapid tour of european capitals — including brussels — where she's meeting leaders and officials to ask for more assurances on her brexit deal. what has been shown to me from those meetings that there is a shared determination to deal with this issue and address this problem. but in the european parliament, the commission president rules out any option of renegotiating the current brexit deal. the deal we've achieved is the best deal possible. it's the only deal possible. and so, we cannot...