you're watching bbc newsroom live from the eu summit in brussels. it's 11 o'clock. i'm ben brown and these are the main stories this morning. a standoff in brussels — eu leaders tell theresa may she needs to be clearer about what she wants for her brexit deal, and tell her there's no chance of a renegotiation. i'm very satisfied with the conclusions that we reached last night, which are that we as the european union stands by the withdrawal agreement that was negotiated. we don't believe it's up for renegotiation. the prime minister warns the eu that it risks an accidental no—deal brexit, if she can't convince parliament to back the agreement. also in today's news... police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. a five—week—old baby boy dies after he was attacked by two dogs at his home in cambridgeshire.

unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries, with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. nasa's juno mission to jupiter reveals spectacular views of the planet's polar storms. good morning from brussels, where european leaders have arrived for a second day of talks, after theresa may failed to win the concessions she was hoping would help her sell her brexit deal to mps at westminster. she was rebuffed by eu leaders last night, including the commission presidentjean—claude juncker

who accused her of not being clear enough about what she was asking for. diplomatic sources here described the prime minister's appeal as vague, and a draft conclusion, offering to look at further assurances on the irish backstop issue was cut out of the final text. here are the main developments. at a news conference mrjuncker said it was up to the british government to tell the eu exactly what it wants and what its expectations are in the new year. eu leaders warned theresa may that they won't make changes to the brexit withdrawal agreement, and say they don't know what more they can do to help the prime minister. theresa may has again warned that her brexit deal is at risk if the concerns of mps at westminster aren't addressed. speaking this morning, the irish prime minister, leo varadkar again reaffirmed the need for a backstop on the irish border issue if a new trade relationship can't be agreed. i'm very satisfied

with the conclusions that we reached last night, which are that we, as the european union, stand by the withdrawal agreement that was negotiated. we don't believe it's up for renegotiation. we are very keen to begin, as soon as it's ratified, talks on the future relationship, because we want to have a close future relationship with the united kingdom. as europe, we reaffirmed our commitment to the need for a backstop. notjust because it protects ireland and ensures there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, thus protecting the peace process and the good friday agreement, but also because it's a european issue, too, and an open border between northern ireland and ireland cannot become a back door to the single market. and that's why european countries also very strongly support the backstop. notjust an irish issue, very much a european issue, as well, and by resolving it in the withdrawal agreement, we can make sure that no side uses the threat of a border in ireland as part of leverage in the future relationship talks.

so really, it's there for three reasons, notjust an irish issue, very much a european issue, as well. and also agreed to step up any preparations that we're making for the unlikely event of a no—deal scenario, so happy with conclusions and very much a case of, in the european union, it being one for all and all for one. it was the irish instrumental a p pa re ntly it was the irish instrumental apparently in cutting out off the final conclusions of this summit pa rt final conclusions of this summit part of the draft that was saying the eu was ready to look at whether there could be more assurances on there could be more assurances on the backstop issue. the irish had that bit cutout final conclusions. the austrian chancellor sebastian kurz gave a more friendly tone, saying the eu is ready to give assurances to the uk over the withdrawal agreement. the european union and that was no surprise for theresa may, made once again clear

that we will not open the withdrawal agreement again. but, of course, we have a strong interest to make clear how the future relationship should be and also what the backstop means and the backstop is an idea for a short period of time and not for the next decades. i think it was necessary to say this clearly from the european union, so that the uk can trust us on this. the cabinet office minister david lidington has defended theresa may's handling of the talks in brussels, and said they were a welcome first step. the prime minister is going to continue to seek the assurances that parliament, members of parliament of many parties, have been asking for.

that work is going to continue over the days to come and then she will bring the deal back and we will continue that debate and have the vote. lets‘ talk to our reality check correspondent, chris morris. extraordinary words from jean—claude juncker saying he wants more clarity from the british side, two years after the referendum it is bizarre they looking for more clarity. what we re they looking for more clarity. what were the eu 27 saying last night? the headline is that we knew this already but reaffirmed on paper, no renegotiation of the legally binding withdrawal agreement that includes the protocol on ireland and northern ireland, the backstop issue. there was language that reaffirmed this is supposed to be a temporary insurance policy, arrangement, but if you read

the withdrawal agreement that language is there already. we will not renegotiate. we want it to be temporary. we will do what we can to try to reassure you of that. some of the language in a draft from earlier was taken out and it felt like the eu was saying we are prepared to offer you a certain amount but the idea of a legal guarantee that would go against something written in the withdrawal agreement, i do not think that was going to happen. the eu has in the past issued legally binding state m e nts in the past issued legally binding statements to clarify something but if you put in something in direct contradiction to the withdrawal agreement, you contradict what is supposed to be a legally binding treaty so that was always a nonstarter. theresa may said on arriving back she did not expect an immediate breakthrough but is their frustration among the eu 27 about the british position?” frustration among the eu 27 about the british position? i think so.

the frustration is perhaps not necessarily aimed at her directly but at the political situation. it was revealing, jean—claude juncker‘s remarks, it is not clear what the uk wa nts. remarks, it is not clear what the uk wants. we saw this morning on the tv feed we get when the leaders go into the meeting room what looks like a heated discussion between theresa may and jean—claude juncker, talking directly, heads close to each other. they may have been discussing some of the remarks he made that interesting, when a couple of the prime ministers came in, the lack of clarity, with the entire situation in westminster itself. on the other hand, some of the things i think she discussed in her meeting last night, there were reactions of amusement. she suggested perhaps the political declaration on future relations, the non—binding element of the deal, could be put into the withdrawal agreement and made legally binding

but the point of the political declaration, it is so vague, it could go in anyway, it could take you towards a hard free trade agreement, a softer brexit, a close relationship with the eu, like the relationship with the eu, like the relationship norway house. to put something with vague language into a legally binding treaty i think raised eyebrows of surprise. what happens next? i suppose all we know for certain is downing street said there will not be a commons vote this year, it will be january. there are weeks of lall, what will happen? i suspect it will not be a lull. i think behind—the—scenes conversations will continue. the government intends to have the vote injanuary, government intends to have the vote in january, certainly government intends to have the vote injanuary, certainly before the deadline of january the 21st, when it believes it will have an

obligation to tell parliament what it was going to do next. i think some in the eu are willing to have further conversations about what clarification they can give to the prime minister and there was a suggestion there could be a brexit summit next month. to try to give that additional reassurance, but i do not think there is unanimity of opinion about that. what we will see accelerating next week is no deal preparations and the eu said on the 19th of december, they will set out in more detail the preparation they are making for the eventuality of the uk leaving the eu with no deal at all. thank you. we are crossing to london because tony blair is speaking about brexit. this is at an event to propose a

second referendum. we can listen to what he has to say. a frictionless border between north and south in ireland is only possible if they are part of the same trading system, ie the single market and customs union. such a border and the claim around it was not a concession by the british government. it started as a demand and europe said yes, ireland said yes. rightly, europe has said it will stand by that decision and so should we. but it undermines the other negotiating objectives of the government. it is not clear as we speak if the chequers proposal is excellent, but what has been revealed by the negotiation process is that all brexit options have significant drawbacks when compared with staying in the european union. it is this pursuit of incompatible

pens through inept means that has led us to the present impasse and i do not believe this can be resolved by agreement on the form of brexit, because neither pointless nor painful is attractive. one or other pa rt painful is attractive. one or other part of the conservative party will rebel and the labour party will oppose. however, let's try, let's see if a majority consensus develops. if it does not, if we cannot find an option that meets approval in parliament with a majority for brexit, then the choice is between going back to the people and no deal, but surely this much is plain. whatever is the proper interpretation of the june 2016 mandate, it cannot seriously be said to be no deal. and parliament has rightly set its face against such an

outcome, therefore, to insist we crash out with all the disastrous implications of no deal, rather than put the matter back to the people, would be an extraordinary dereliction of duty and i do not see it happening for that reason. but thatis it happening for that reason. but that is why it is therefore com pletely that is why it is therefore completely perverse to spend time, europe or the uk government in preparation for no deal rather than the more likely outcome of a new vote. there are still many who argue that such a vote would not be democratic, others say it will be divisive without being decisive and these are important arguments that need to be dealt with. i argued for a final say for a referendum in 2016 on the basis that such a huge decision required the right to reconsider once the negotiation proceeded to a clear deal. i think

that argument was strong then. but the argument today is infinitely more compelling. we have had 30 months of negotiation. universally it is accepted this negotiation has been more fraught than anyone imagined. go back and read the speeches of ministers in the first flush of excitement post—referendum and read them now. survey the political wreckage of the past weeks. ministers resigning, the brexit deal derided by those who most campaigned for brexit, unable to put the deal to a vote, the prime minister herself put to the vote, surviving but barely, back to europe for words that no one believes will rescue her cause. several versions of brexit but non—able to command a parliamentary majority. chaos, no solution in sight, the clock which

should not have the set ticking louder. as we approach the midnight hour. all of this while domestically in the past 2a hours alone we have seen reports of 12 hour waiting times, in a&e, having doubled. the highest number of weapons offences since 2010 and an increase in rough sleeping. how can it be said that in these circumstances, it given the right of confusion we find ourselves m, right of confusion we find ourselves in, that it is wrong to go back to the people and clarify whether in the people and clarify whether in the light of this, they wish to stay 01’ the light of this, they wish to stay or leave. i simply asking what of the decision of consequence in our lives, whether it is a stipulated time between the original decision and due date, where we have had 30 months of brutal reality, the knowledge of the consequence is a world greater than it was and we

took the decision, in what other circumstances would we refuse the right to reconsider, refuse even to contemplate to change your mind, indeed regard to discussion of such a change is somehow betrayal of principal? would we take such an attitude towards the time between engagement and marriage of that time... that was a flavour of what tony blair is saying about brexit. and the idea of another referendum on the idea of another referendum on the issue. we will try to talk to lee for, a leading brexiteer, later -- liam lee for, a leading brexiteer, later —— liam fox. and what theresa may has been trying to achieve. we can discuss that more now. a pretty frosty reception from eu leaders for theresa may, accusing her of a lack

of clarity and being imprecise and vague. they are trying to send a couple of messages, that there is confusion, which is because what she is asking for is contradictory, saying i will respect the agreement we reached and try to sell it at home, but the changes she is asking for our material to what was agreed thatis for our material to what was agreed that is a problem. and this is not how these situations are supposed to work. we have decades of experience of eu leaders struggling to sell eu deals at home. denmark with the maastricht treaty, we know how these things are supposed to work and the way it is supposed to work is you go and sort out your situation at home, go to the rebels and say what to i need to get? come up with something that has a chance of being accepted by the rest of the eu and come back with that to brussels and say i have had agreement, if you give me this it will satisfy rebels at home and

saw the situation but theresa may is in no position to offer that's why give her concessions right now?“ there a sense the eu would like her to reach out to opponents in parliament, such as nicola sturgeon 01’ parliament, such as nicola sturgeon orjeremy corbyn to get a majority of mps at westminster, a kind of coalition around another idea of brexit? perhaps. there is a sense eu leaders are speaking directly to parliament as the leader of luxembourg was clear this morning. he said the problem is not with theresa may but mps. that we negotiated a good deal and they have to decide if they want a deal with us 01’ to decide if they want a deal with us or not. there is a sense that leaders are concerned about the situation with parliament and are basically saying to mps you have to live up to your own responsibilities. she was looking into the eu to bend over backwards and help to sell the deal and they have not done that. could they have done more? there was bit in the

d raft done more? there was bit in the draft conclusion that said they would look at finding ways to, with further reassurances of the backstop and they cut it out. they took the d raft and they cut it out. they took the draft conclusions and prepared them before theresa may turned up and having spoken with her, gutted them of anything remotely useful to her which sends a symbol. it is a kick in the teeth. the psychology of this was they expected parliament to have voted on this and they expected theresa may to have lost the vote and come back to say this is the situation i am facing at home. would she have been better off putting it to the vote and losing it and come here? had they done that there are options. the statement with the useful stuff, that was something they were prepared to offer had she potentially gone ahead with the vote. but we are talking about an alternative version of events but from their point of view, what is the point of emptying the box of options now for theresa may

when she still has to have the vote and there will be back again. why give that now? downing street said there will not be a vote on the deal this year it will be injanuary. is it all on hold until next month? talks will continue behind closed doors i imagine. the key message from leaders is there are no guarantees when they will meet and talk about brexit again. what is interesting about the conclusions that were changed, they took at the paragraph saying they are willing to considerfurther paragraph saying they are willing to consider further measures to help theresa may. the diplomat said the reason they did that was it seemed to indicate they were going into a process of negotiation and this was phase one and there would be phased two ina phase one and there would be phased two in a few weeks when they would do more for theresa may but they have not had the right things from theresa may to convince them to go into a process. what do they want from her? ithink into a process. what do they want from her? i think it is the uk in

general. they want to have an idea of what it will take to get this over the line and they want that, whatever it is, they want it to be something remotely legally feasible. that is why they say she is confusing, it is because what she presented is contradictory and out of whack with reality. thank you. the financial times eu correspondent. back to london. the other main stories. police in france have shot dead a man wanted for the attack on a christmas market in strasbourg which killed three people and left several more wounded. french officials said a police patrol found cherif chekatt wandering through the streets of the city after being on the run for several days. our europe reporter gavin lee has been to the scene of the raid on a property in strasboug this morning where the chase

came to an end. this is the door of 7a rue du lazaret, in neudorf, and you can see this is the place where the suspect of the strasbourg christmas markets shooting, cherif chekatt, was killed. what we know is nine o'clock, around this area, it is a heavy industrial area, residential area, too. there is a football stadium here. three ordinary police officers, who were walking past here. they saw cherif chekatt at the door. they thought he was acting suspiciously. we are told that he looked like he was injured because he had been injured on tuesday night — he had been shot in the arm as he escaped from soldiers, after killing three people and injuring 12 others. what then happened, the officers shouted to him. he turned, we are told, shot towards the officers, as we can see here, they shot back and he was killed. after a 48—hour manhunt, in minutes, the operation was over.

we also heard this morning from the minister who said from the interior minister who said they do not believe, the french authorities, that he had a support network. what they are saying is that they had detained members of his family, five members, for questioning. his mother, his father, two brothers and a sister, and that he effectively was hiding out here, somewhere. perhaps amongst rubble, perhaps amongst familiar places he knew in the past. so this long—time career criminal, who had many charges not related to terrorism, was on a list of those who were suspected of extremism in france and was being monitored. for the moment, there will be questions about that, but there is relief here that it is over. and some normality returning, as well, because the christmas markets are opening after being closed today, so i think the streets have been so quiet now. some kind of life continuing, the raid being over here. wages are still worth a third less in some parts

of the country than a decade ago, according to a report. the uk has suffered the worst real wage slump among leading economies, said the union organisation. tuc. the biggest losses have been in areas including the london borough of redbridge, epsom and waverley, in surrey, selby in north yorkshire, and anglesey in north wales, the study indicated. our economics correspondent dharshini david joins me now with the details. the tuc saying this is the worst pay squeeze in centuries. what do they mean? it is a grim warning. not what you want to hear when you are thinking about spending at christmas but it comes just after we were told prospects in the jobs but it comes just after we were told prospects in thejobs market but it comes just after we were told prospects in the jobs market had never been better. what is going on? we can look at the figures because we heard 32.5 million people in

work. pray —— pay growth, 3.2%. but thatis work. pray —— pay growth, 3.2%. but that is what is happening now and if you look at the past decade, the tuc says that pay rises failed to keep pace on the whole with the cost of living which means people are in effect worse off in real terms and living standards are lower and the worst affected the likes of london. people fare, £20,000 worse off than they would have been claims the tuc if pay kept up with inflation since the financial crisis. because the cost of living tends to be more expensive in big cities. and wages tend to be higher. the average worker they say has been worse off to the tune of £11,800. what does it mean? living standards in effect are not as high as they used to be, if

you feel your money is not going as far you're not wrong. it is not our own personal finances only, far you're not wrong. it is not our own personalfinances only, it far you're not wrong. it is not our own personal finances only, it has implications for the economy because consumer sentiment drives spending, and that determines how fast the economy can grow. i spoke to the resolution foundation who say wages are currently growing at the fastest rate and employment is a record high, the sobering picture is that inflation—adjusted pay is £500 a year lower than when lehman brothers was still around. lehman brothers, that was the biggest corporate failure in history. and it precipitated the financial crisis. is it possible to catch up? companies would say the onus is on us, the workers, to make it happen because economists say a key reason we are not seeing wages grow faster is because productivity is not rising as fast as it should which

means we should be more efficient. if we produce more, firms can afford to pay more. there is no silver bullet to make that happen overnight. firms have to invest more. give us the tools we need to get thejob done. more. give us the tools we need to get the job done. and more. give us the tools we need to get thejob done. and governments have to invest in things like transport. things are improving gradually but do not hold your breath. they are still a way off, as the resolution foundation says. we are still lagging behind. thank you. the public spending watchdog has found that an army recruitment drive has faced "significant problems" — including a website that cost three times its budget and was 52 months late. outsourcing giant capita was awarded the £495 million contract for army recruitment in 2012, but the national audit office reports says it has failed to hit soldier recruitment targets every year since. capita admitted it had "underestimated

the complexity" of the project. the army said it had "put in place a plan to address the challenges". half of uk homes could get faster broadband with a single call to their provider, according to the telecoms regulator ofcom. new figures also show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. ofcom is launching a new website to help consumers find better deals. a five—week—old baby who was attacked by two dogs near peterborough last month has died. reuben mcnulty was seriously injured after the incident in yaxley, cambridgeshire. the family's two staffordshire bull terriers have now been destroyed. our correspondent jane—frances kelly is here what do we know about the circumstances? the baby was two

weeks old when he was attacked at his home on the 18th of november by the two staffordshire bull terriers, who were destroyed after the attack. rubin had severe life—threatening injuries and was taken to peterborough city hospital and transferred to addenbrooke's hospital where he is sadly died yesterday. a 28—year—old woman and 31—year—old man were arrested on suspicion of child neglect, but have been released pending investigations. his parents are believed to be amy lichfield and dan mcnulty. the case has been referred to the coroner. now it's time for a look at the weather.

how are things looking for the weekend? complicated. there is a lot going on with the weather over the next 2a hours. it is quite quiet with lots of sunshine. it is still quite chilly. the wind not as strong as yesterday still not feeling as bitter. plenty of sunshine continuing. a few showers in scotland. in northern ireland there could be a few spots of rain. tonight the cloud will thicken up in the west with more significant rain pushing in. ahead of that with clear skies it will be called mike and frosty with temperatures below freezing but where you have the cloud the rain moves further

eastwards and there is going to be strong winds and heavy rain and snow and ice. iwill strong winds and heavy rain and snow and ice. i will have more in about 25 minutes. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: eu leaders tell theresa may she needs to be clearer about what she wants for her brexit deal, and warn her there's no chance of a renegotiation. the prime minister warns the eu that it risks an accidental no—deal brexit, if she can't convince parliament to back the agreement. police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries, with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. sport now.

good morning. for the second time in a week, chelsea fans face allegations of offensive behaviour. first of all, four fans were banned from their ground, after allegedly racially abusing the manchester city player raheem sterling. a statement released by the club, says... this is after allegations of anti—semitic chanting at the game last night. matt mcgeehan from the press association was at the game and says the club has had enough of this kind of behaviour. chelsea have a jewish owner, roman abramovich. they have been very strong on anti—semitism and discrimination of any type and they are fed up, basically. a minority of their supporters

are not getting the message so chelsea are basically telling them that they are not wanted. elsewhere, arsenal were already through but beat oarabag 1—0. and it was a night of extraordinary drama for celtic as they were beaten, but still managed to progress to the next round. they were already a goal down before this howler of an error from keeper craig gordon gave salzberg a second. at that point it looked like they were heading out. but when news filtered through that rosenberg had drawn the other group match, it meant that celtic‘s result no longer mattered. they pulled a goal back, but the celebrations had already begun. rangers were knocked out after losing to rapid vienna. it's the fight that everyone has been hoping would happen, and anthonyjoshua has confirmed he does want to fight deontay wilder next year. he'd already booked wembley for 13th april, all that's

missing is an opponent. joshua holds the ibf, wbo and wba belts but the winner of this bout would make one of them the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division. after wilder's draw with tyson fury earlier this month, there has been a lot of talk about a possible rematch, but most boxing fans want to see either fighterfacejoshua, who has said he's "not interested in fury because he's not the champion". the site of the wimbledon tennis championships is to almost triple in size by the middle of the next decade, after the neighbouring golf club agreed to sell its land. the all england tennis club made a reported offer of £65 million to buy wimbledon park, whose members, including piers morgan and ant and dec, will receive around £85,000 each from the sale. london and manchester are on a shortlist of cities to host the atp world tour finals from 2021. the end of season tournament for the world's top eight male players has been held in london since 2009, but that agreement expires in 2020. singapore, tokyo and turin are the other contenders.

a decison on the next host city will be made by march at the earliest. former england spinner ashley giles looks set to replace andrew strauss as england's director of cricket. strauss is stepping down as his wife is undergoing cancer treatment. giles is finalising the contract details to take over. he used to be england's one day coach and will be taking over at a critical time, with a home world cup and an ashes tour to australia next summer. justin rose is on course to finish the year as world number one. he needs to finish in the top 12 at the indonesian masters. and at the end of the second round, rose is 8 under par and is currently tied in fifth. three indonesian players lead the way. poom sa ksa nsin out in front on 1a under. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. back to our top story, and the european council president,

jean—claude juncker, has accused theresa may of not being clear about what her brexit demands are. the prime minister met leaders in brussels last night but she's been told the deal isn't up for renegotiation. it is the morning after the night before and the night before was not good for theresa may. she said her expectations of some sort of breakthrough were low and she did not really get anything that is going to help sell her brexit deal in the house of commons. the commission president said that the british position was imprecise and nebulous. this morning theresa may has been in there withjean—claude juncker. a pretty animated conversation. some people on social

media suggesting she does not work best pleased about what he was saying about her position yesterday. we do not know exactly what they we re we do not know exactly what they were saying. certainly she did not get what you wanted from the eu 27. we will try to dissect what has been going on. joining me now is the chief brussels correspondent for politico, david herszenhorn. they were inclined if she could convey to them what she could do for them. these leaders are politicians and they know how parliament works and they know how parliament works and they know how parliament works and they can count. if 117 of her tories voted against, she does not have the votes for ratification in

this brexit deal so there is nothing they could say. she was quite transparent and said she did not wa nt to transparent and said she did not want to renegotiate but laid out demands that she did want to renegotiate this withdrawal agreement and change the terms of the backstop especially. once that was clear that she was trying to renegotiate and that she had no new information from them about how anything they said or did would change the maths in the commons the conclusion was we will give you a beer boards restatement, we want a future relationship and to be close to the uk going forward. they understand negotiation may be inevitable but that is not going to happen without the uk articulating where it goes next. it is not enough to say we do not want this or that. they are asking what do you want? what would get a yes fold from mps? surely they know that the backstop of the key issue and that is what is

preventing mps supporting her in parliament on her deal. that is where they have said there is nothing they can do to help her. the uk like ireland is part of the belfast agreement and the purpose of the backstop is exactly what it says in the withdrawal agreement, there is no object, the backstop exists to prevent in the case of an emergency situation where there is no future relationship, a border being recreated in ireland. they believe thatis recreated in ireland. they believe that is non—negotiable because it preserves pea ce that is non—negotiable because it preserves peace in ireland and they believe that should be more important to the uk than the eu 27. it is up to hard to persuade people in london that this backstop provision of essential and intended to devon actually come into effect. and if it comes into effect it is to be temporary. how many more times can you say that before deciding

they are not going to fixate on this pa rt they are not going to fixate on this part of the agreement? in the draft conclusions they had a paragraph that said the eu stands ready to examine whether any further assurance can be provided on the backstop. she was looking for more assurances that then they took that out of the final conclusion so that was a kick in the teeth. because in fa ct was a kick in the teeth. because in fact that draft was always informal, it was never a formal, it was language to help them get the discussion going. she was looking for reassurance from them but to get it she had to give reassurance to them first and she could not reassure them that if they took any further steps that she would be able to win the hold. a senior official says that nobody in the rim believes she can win ratification. she has to call the vote and then lose and then come back and say these are the steps the uk wants to take, is it a

national election, is that a referendum, how do you protect the good friday agreement and at the same time be able to move forward and say what happens in the event of no immediate agreement on the future relationship? a disappointing summit for the prime minister. but not a surprise one. good conclusion. that's it from me — more in the next hour. let's speak now to a conservative mp and a leading member of the pro—brexit european research group mark francois who's in westminster now. the eu 27 have given theresa may some further reassurances but nothing more which is what they said

they would do, no renegotiation, so what is theresa may and the conservative party going to do with this deal as it stands? remember what we are being asked to vote back on, the withdrawal agreement. it is the draft international treaty. if parliament were to approve this, you need an act of parliament to ratify it because it is a treaty, that would be binding for never in international law and it is as plain asa pike international law and it is as plain as a pike staff that this will never get through the house of commons because the house of commons is overwhelmingly against it. that is why they pulled the vote at the last minute because they knew they could not win. those three assurances will make any differences to anyone, any conservative mps? i doubt it. because it is a treaty we are dealing with the only thing that would change the treaty is an amendment to the treaty itself. you

can come up amendment to the treaty itself. you can come up with so—called reassu ra nces can come up with so—called reassurances but they are not binding in international law. it is a love letter. it does not have legal effect. everyone in the house of commons knows this. mps know a bit about the law. it is theirjob, they are legislators. everybody in they are legislators. everybody in the house of commons knows that u nless the house of commons knows that unless you amend and change the text of the treaty anything else is pretty meaningless and the prime minister's problem, and the problem for the cabinet, is the eu have said very plainly at this meeting they are not going to reopen the text of the treaties of the prime minister is completely boxed in. hasn't this been a failure of negotiation and the failure of planning on the uk site to see what an issue, and intractable issue, the backstop would be? yes. we have negotiated

purely from the word go. in order to show how tough we work we offered to give the eu £39 billion of british taxpayers money for absolutely nothing in return. then we got tougher and agreed to go into a backstop which once we entered it we could never leave might be you allowed us to leave. it is what is often referred to in parliament as the hotel california backstop because you can check out but you can never leave. the prime minister was criticised for lack of clarity but isn't it the fact that theresa may or anyone else who happened to be prime minister possibly offer clarity because she is being stymied by her own party in the sense that the party is so divided over what to do? the lack of clarity or the lack of tough robust negotiation objectives is ultimately the prime minister's faults. she is ultimately in charge. a lot of the actual

day—to—day negotiating has been carried out by a group of extremely pro—eu civil servants led by olie robbins and they do not believe we should leave the eu. they believe the british people made a mistake in the british people made a mistake in the referendum and it is their duty to save us from ourselves. so they have come up with this agreement that leaves us half in and half out of the eu which is absolutely appalling. it is against the spirit of the referendum that 17.4 million british people in the uk voted for and the house of commons can see all this. mps, whatever people think of us, our heads do not button up at the back and everybody can see how badly we have negotiated. do you have any sympathy, given what you have any sympathy, given what you have said, with the argument that brexit, the processes in such a mess at the moment it seems, there is so much division combat the only way to

get out of this limbo if you like is to have a second referendum, to put it back to the people and say this is where we are, what do you want to do? no. we had the people's hold on the 23rd ofjune 2016th and people voted by a majority of over 1 million votes to leave the european union. we have had the decision. it is ourjob as members of parliament to carry out the instruction that the british people democratically gave us. it is true there are some mps in parliament... even if that means no deal? the current legal position is that if we do not agree any kind of deal, which is plain as the pike staff we are not going to agree this withdrawal agreement, and members of the cabinet now that, and so does the house of commons, then the default position is that we would leave on the 29th of march

2019 under article 50 under eu law under what is called the eu withdrawal act which parliament passed in the summer under uk law. so the default is that we will leave. and if we leave on wta terms personally i am not frightened by all this project fear nonsense. we had this before the referendum and it turned out to be completely untrue. i guess people would disagree with you on that point whether all of that was untrue. let me give you an example. we were told in the run—up to the 2016 referendum, george osborne, who i have always got on well with, said that if the british people voted to leave the economy would immediately go into recession, employment would go into recession, employment would 9° up go into recession, employment would 9° up by go into recession, employment would go up by half a million and house prices would fall by 18%. how they got 18 as opposed to 17 or 19 i do not know. we voted to leave. what

happened? not know. we voted to leave. what happened ? the not know. we voted to leave. what happened? the economy carried on growing. it didn't go into recession. we have the lowest unemployment in this country since 1975 and record employment. and house prices have continued to rise exceptin house prices have continued to rise except in some parts of london and some people who live in london might not think that is a bad thing. forgive me but we were threatened with this. they tried to bully the british people not to vote leave and the british people if you look at the british people if you look at the history through the centuries have never been bullied by anybody. thank you. adverts which show a woman being unable to park a car or a man struggling to change a nappy are to be banned from next year. under a new rule drawn up by regulators, ads must not include gender stereotypes which are likely to cause harm or serious offence. this would also include any depiction of girls being less academic than boys. the committee of advertising practice says it wants to call time

on stereotypes that hold back people and society. we can now speak to dr magdalena zawisza, senior lecturer in consumer and social psychology at anglia ruskin university, whose work was cited in the advertising standards authority report underpinning this ruling. she joins via skype from cambridge. perhaps you could explain for us what the evidence is about the impact on all of us of adverts that showed gender stereotypes. yes. there is quite a significant body of research currently available called exposure research, advertising exposure research, advertising exposure research, advertising exposure research, where in a controlled environment people were

subject to advertisements of different content. this research shows conclusively that exposure to gender stereotypical content has effects on women as others man. historically this was focused on the effect on women and these range from lowered self—esteem, law aspirations, even under performance in maths and less leadership posts after exposure to these advertisements on their content. for men we observe effects, men after exposure to such content have been found... depictions about men, idealised body shapes, these

depictions led to lower self esteem in men themselves. what sort of impact you think this is going to have in real terms on the adverts we see on television or elsewhere?” would like to say this is a really welcome change and the team have done a really good job looking at the evidence and proposing these changes. i think this is a very overdue change because we have lots of co nte nt overdue change because we have lots of content and studies over the last 40 or 50 years which consistently show that advertising content keeps lagging behind changes in society. we know from analysis these advertisements have negative effects on audiences. by controlling the content through the advertising

bodies we can make real change. anchor. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. eu leaders tell theresa may she needs to be clearer about what she wants for her brexit deal, and warn her there's no chance of a renegotiation. police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries, with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. now the business news. travellers at some uk airports are barely being offered $1 us for each of their pounds, following a month of brexit uncertainty. those exchanging pounds at the uk's biggestairport, heathrow, are finding as little as $1.05 coming back across the counter. one in seven homes could be paying more than they need to for broadband

and could get faster services for the same or less money, according to the regulator ofcom. new research suggests that half of uk homes have not taken up faster services even though they are available. i'ts been a hectic week for the uk in terms of the brexit withdrawal agreement, but what is the impact of all this on retailers? the clock is ticking, with many warning that the prospect of leaving the eu with no deal is getting ever closer. so what can retailers do to prepare in this short amount of time or have many of them already prepared for the prospect of a no deal scenario? retailers will depend on frictionless, tariff free trade once britain leaves the eu. they are now having to put money into contingency planning, eating into already tight budgets, after what has already been a tough year. andrew opie, director of food and sustainability, british retail consortium, joins us. how worried are retailers who talk

to you about the prospect of no deal? extremely concerned, one of our main concern is that the referendum, and i have been working with the government and business members to try to help them to plan for no deal but the preference has to be to get a deal, get a transition, unlike orderly brexit to adapt supply chain and make sure we get the goods we want on the shelves. what do these contingency plans look like? we have heard about stockpiling. looking at the supply chain to see where they might be disrupted and what order controls might mean. looking at labour to give assurance to their workers from the eu that they will be able to stay and work. and what the trade issues will be. we have not heard much about tariffs which could add cost to imports. trade deals with countries like turkey which we need to make sure ready for us to take advantage of as well. consumers are

seeing price rises in many aspects of everyday life. we have seen a slowdown in retail sales of the last three months and we know how tough it is for consumers saw the last thing we need for a struggling retail industry is to start spending more money on contingency planning but also adding uncertainties to consumers and making them think twice about spending in the shops. thank you. it is not a particularly good day on the markets. following losses in asia after tough economic news out of china making investors worry about the prospects for the world's second—biggest economy. that's all the business news. now it's time for a look at the weather. the met office has issued an amber warning in the last ten minutes for

saturday for ice. this is a high impact warning. freezing rain is going to move in the day that be nasty. it is rain that freezes on impact. for the rest of today we have some sunshine across many parts of the uk and a few showers affecting eastern scotland and the east side of england. temperatures 3-5d. east side of england. temperatures 3—5d. still cold. overnight we will keep some clear skies in central and eastern parts. temperatures dropping below freezing. in the west we have cloud and rain moving in. that will keep temperatures above freezing. as the rain moves then we're going to see some problems on saturday. the south—easterly wind will switch to south—westerly and it will bring less cold air but as the rain comes in with it and bumps into the cold airwe will in with it and bumps into the cold air we will see some problems. we

will see snow, ice, and also heavy rainfor will see snow, ice, and also heavy rain for some of us than some strong winds. if you are travelling on saturday stay tuned to the forecast. saturday stay tuned to the forecast. saturday will start off dry and breadth across eastern parts but this rain will be heavy across wales and south—west england and northern ireland. winds strengthening all the while and it is going to be a cold day. my score towards the south—west. we will start to see some snow falling. mostly across the hills of northern england. 2—5 centimetres. then — 20 centimetres across scotland. in the central belt there could be quite a bit of settling snow which could cause problems. the eyes is where maxi amber warning problems. the eyes is where maxi amberwarning in problems. the eyes is where maxi amber warning in force. freezing rain. the critters cannot do much

about that because it is rain that will freeze on impact and it is quite disruptive. sunday is still strong winds but eventually that rain and snow will edge out into the north sea so things turning quieter for sunday and then heavy rain moves back into the south—west of england towards wales. temperatures coming up towards wales. temperatures coming up on sunday. there is a lot going on on saturday. well worth the forecast. you're watching bbc newsroom live from the eu summit in brussels. i'm ben brown — and these are the main stories. a standoff in brussels — eu leaders tell theresa may she needs to be clearer about what she wants for her brexit deal — and warn her there's no chance of a renegotiation. i'm very satisfied with the conclusions that we reached last night, which are that we as the european union stands by the withdrawal agreement the european union stand by the withdrawal agreement

that was negotiated. we don't believe it's up for renegotiation. the prime minister warns the eu that it risks an accidental no—deal brexit — if she can't convince parliament to back the agreement. also in today's news... police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. a five—week—old baby boy dies after he was attacked by two dogs at his home in cambridgeshire. apologies for problems with the pictures. unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries — with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. nasa's juno mission to jupiter reveals spectacular views of the planet's polar storms. good afternoon from brussels,

where european leaders have told theresa may she needs to be clearer about what she needs to sell her brexit deal to mps at westminster. they warned the prime minister again that there is no chance of a renegotiation. diplomatic sources here described the prime minister's appeal last night as vague, and an eu draft conclusion, offering to look at further assurances on the irish backstop issue was cut out of the final text. here are the main developments. at a news conference the president

of the european commission, jean claude juncker, accused mrs may of being "nebulous and imprecise" in her demands for a concession on the irish backstop. reports say britain was seeking a target to end the backstop a year after if it was introduced. the proposals was supported by the german chancellor, angela merkel, and her austrian counterpart, sebastian kurz, but was rejected by several other leaders. theresa may has again warned that her brexit deal is at risk if the concerns of mps at westminster aren't addressed. the eu leaders have continued their discussions this morning, and cameras caught what appeared to be a heated exchange perhaps between theresa may and mrjuncker. she remains under pressure from her own backbenchers to tell europeans to compromise over the backstop. she may not have been pleased about mrjuncker saying she was unclear

when he talked at the press conference last night. some people on social media thought that was an animated exchange. we have also been hearing from the irish taoiseach when he arrived this morning with his thoughts on the british presentation. i'm very satisfied with the conclusions that we reached last night, which are that we, as the european union, stand by the withdrawal agreement that was negotiated. we don't believe it's up for renegotiation. we are very keen to begin, as soon as it's ratified, talks on the future relationship, because we want to have a close future relationship with the united kingdom. as europe, we reaffirmed our commitment to the need for a backstop. notjust because it protects ireland and ensures there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, thus protecting the peace process and the good friday agreement, but also because it's a european issue, too, and an open border between northern ireland and ireland cannot become a back door to the single market. and that's why european countries also very strongly

support the backstop. notjust an irish issue, very much a european issue, as well, and by resolving it in the withdrawal agreement, we can make sure that no side uses the threat of a border in ireland as part of leverage in the future relationship talks. so really, it's there for three reasons, notjust an irish issue, very much a european issue, as well. and also agreed to step up any preparations that we're making for the unlikely event of a no—deal scenario, so happy with conclusions and very much a case of, in the european union, it being one for all and all for one. that was the irish prime minister. the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz saying the eu is ready to give assurances to the uk over the withdrawal agreement. the european union and that was no surprise for theresa may, made once again clear that we will not open the withdrawal agreement again. but, of course, we have a strong interest to make clear how

the future relationship should be and also what the backstop means and the backstop is an idea for a short period of time and not for the next decades. i think it was necessary to say this clearly from the european union, so that the uk can trust us on this. that was the austrian chancellor. the cabinet office minister david lidington has defended theresa may's handling of the talks in brussels and said they were a welcome first step. the prime minister is going to continue to seek the assurances that parliament, members of parliament of many parties, have been asking for. that work is going to continue over the days to come and then she will bring the deal back and we will continue that

debate and have the vote. lets' talk to our reality check correspondent, chris morris. it was fascinating the press conference with jean—claude juncker in particular are accusing the prime minister theresa may of being imprecise and nebulous. tell us more about what the eu 27 saying. the statement they issued had no surprises in that individual leaders have said similar things are most clearly no renegotiation of the withdrawal agreement that includes the protocol on ireland, northern ireland and the backstop. and the assurance, as we have heard, it is only supposed to be a temporary solution and if it came into effect it isa solution and if it came into effect it is a last—ditch insurance policy if you like. the idea theresa may would come away with the legal guarantee that might stand opposed

to what is supposed to be the legally binding text of the withdrawal agreement, that was not going to happen and we are faced with the problem that the most people here can ever offer is almost certain to be less than the least some of her rebellious backbenchers are prepared to accept. do you sense frustration among the other eu countries? with the british prime minister? there is a sense of frustration at the british political system and the deadlock they see in westminster. you mentioned remarks byjean—claude juncker in which westminster. you mentioned remarks byjean—claudejuncker in which he said it is not clear what the uk once and other politicians have said we're not talking about the prime minister herself but the entire gridlock in westminster, more than two years after the referendum, we still do not know how the uk wants to play this. there were other things the prime minister suggested in her discussions with the leaders which were the cause of bemusement.

there was a suggestion diplomats say that the non—binding political declaration about future relations might suddenly be put in the withdrawal agreement so it would become legally binding. the text of the agreement is so aspirational and a vague. it was the cause of surprised that you would want to add it to the withdrawal agreement at the last minute as a potential sop to people back home. what happens next, not an easy question? there will not be a commons vote until january. this is winding down. where next? it is not the end of the road in terms of looking for clarification and assurances, i think discussions will continue. whether theresa may will get anything different from what she has already is open to question but the government says there will be a vote in the commons as soon as possible injanuary, in the commons as soon as possible in january, certainly in the commons as soon as possible injanuary, certainly before the zist. at the injanuary, certainly before the 21st. at the moment the numbers do not look good, if she cannot get

much more than is on offer here and thatis much more than is on offer here and that is one of the reasons, the other thing we heard from the eu, preparations for no deal being accelerated and we will see a new raft of eu proposals on how they might deal with the prospect of the uk leaving with no deal. just to give you a flavour of how theresa may has not got much of what she wa nted may has not got much of what she wanted and she admitted when she arrived she had low expectations. she said she was not expecting an immediate breakthrough and she did not get it, but in the draft text for the conclusions of the summit, which bizarrely we get to see before the summit has started, in the draft conclusions there was a paragraph saying the eu is ready to examine whether any further assurances can be provided on the irish backstop and that his one of the things she was looking for, more assurances on

the backstop but in the end it was cutout of the final text. even that vague word about more reassurances, it was cut out, we gather, at the request of the irish diplomats here. she did not even get warm words like that. with me is paddy smyth, europe editor at the irish times. could the irish at least have let her have those words of reassurance? i think you have to understand what they did not say, they simply said we are not prepared to do it on this basis, not that they would not give them and that issue is still open. what you have is a bunch of seasoned politicians who understand the dynamics of parliamentary debates. they are in a situation where they knew perfectly well if they said yes we will give you the assurance you want, theresa may would have gone back to the commons who would have said we will back that, please get

us more, it is not enough. and the politicians here said we're not going to be trapped into that kind of situation, you have to come to us with clarity about what your commons will accept. that is difficult for theresa may but that is what she has to do. is that around the backstop? if she could get clarity from the eu on the backstop or concessions, maybe that would get it through parliament, surely they understand that? yes, it is problematic. it is not on the backstop but the withdrawal mechanism which is an important distinction. you have to understand she will not come back here to the leaders without a solemn assurance what she's bringing will be passed. think back to previous protocols and declarations agreed after treaties fell foul of

individual member states will stop most recently, the dutch parliament, the leader came back to the leaders and said if you give me these words, my parliament have given me the nod and will approve it. that is what she has to do. how disappointed do you think she will be? would she have been better off coming here having put it to the vote in parliament and losing the vote? would it have helped? i do not think so. that would not solve the problem we are addressing. they are not going to buy a potential solution from her, they expect her to do. are they asking her to talk to people in parliament? i think that is what they are doing and the danish prime minister and the dutch, leaving the meeting last night, were saying it is the question of squaring your parliament before you ask us to do

it. thank you. we can just show parliament before you ask us to do it. thank you. we canjust show you again rather extraordinary pictures of theresa may and jean—claude juncker, a short time ago, having an animated discussion there. a lot of speculation that she is not happy with what he was saying at the news conference when he said her presentation was not clear, was imprecise, was vague. but who knows? that's it from me in brussels. you're watching bbc news. the christmas market in strasbourg which was the scene of tuesday's attack in which three people were killed has been reopened. the french interior minister attended the reopening amid heavy security. 29—year—old cherif chekatt,

he was tracked down and killed by police after being on the run. our europe reporter gavin lee has been to the scene of the raid on a property in strasboug this morning where the chase came to an end. this is the door of 74 rue du lazaret, in neudorf, and you can see this is the place where the suspect of the strasbourg christmas markets shooting, cherif chekatt, was killed. what we know is nine o'clock... around this area, it is a heavy industrial area, residential area, too. there is a football stadium here. it was three ordinary police officers, who were walking past here. they saw cherif chekatt at the door. they thought he was acting suspiciously. we are told that he looked like he was injured because he had been injured on tuesday night — he had been shot in the arm as he escaped from soldiers, after killing three people and injuring 12 others. what then happened, the officers shouted to him. he turned, we are told, shot towards the officers, as we can see here, they shot back and he was killed.

after a 48—hour manhunt, in minutes, the operation was over. we also heard this morning from the interior minister who said they do not believe, the french authorities, that he had a support network. what they are saying is that they had detained members of his family, five members, for questioning. his mother, his father, two brothers and a sister, and that he effectively was hiding out here, somewhere. perhaps amongst rubble, perhaps amongst familiar places he knew in the past. so this long—time career criminal, who had many charges not related to terrorism, was on a list of those who were suspected of extremism in france and was being monitored. for the moment, there will be questions about that, but there is relief here that it is over. and some normality returning, as well, because the christmas markets are opening after being closed today, so i think the streets have been so quiet now. some kind of life continuing, the raid being over here.

now the headlines. the prime minister warns the eu that it risks an accidental no—deal brexit if she can't convince parliament to back the agreement. police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. a five—week—old baby boy dies after he was attacked by two dogs at his home in cambridgeshire. sport now, here's katherine downes. good afternoon, for the second time ina week good afternoon, for the second time in a week chelsea fans face allegations of offensive behaviour with four fans banned from the ground after allegedly racially

abusing raheem sterling and now the clu b abusing raheem sterling and now the club has had to condemn reports of anti—semitic chanting in last night's europa league game. the statement says... a member of the press association said the club have had enough of this behaviour. chelsea have a jewish owner, they have been strong on anti—semitism and discrimination of any type and they are fed up. a minority of their supporters are not getting the message. chelsea are telling them they are not wanted. fight everybody hoped would happen with anthonyjoshua confirming he wa nts to with anthonyjoshua confirming he wants to fight deontay wilder next year and he had booked wembley for

13th of april, all that is missing is an opponent. the winner of this bout would make one of them the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division. after the draw between deontay wilder and tyson fury there has been talk of a rematch between them but many want to see him facejoshua. london and manchester are on a shortlist of cities to host the atp world tour finals from 2021, the end of season tournament for the top eight male players has been held in london since 2009 but that agreement expires in 2020. singapore, tokyo and turin. they are on the list. andrew strauss is stepping down as his wife is undergoing cancer

treatment. ashley gyles is finalising contract details to take over. he was the england one—day coach and will take the reins at a critical time with a home world cup and ashes tour to australia next. that is all the sport. i will be back at about 1:30pm. wages are still worth a third less in some parts of the country than a decade ago, according to a report by the tuc. research by the office of national statistics says there was a record 32.5 million people in work in october, while earnings are rising by 3.3% — their fastest rate for a decade — and by more than the rate of inflation. but the tuc point out that because of the way pay has lagged behind the cost of living on the whole over recent years, our real incomes are still below where they were ahead of the financial crisis. because of that, workers have lost out an average of £11,800 over the last decade in real pay. the worst affected are londoners, who've lost out to the tune of £20,000 on average.

stephen clarke, is a senior economic analyst at the think thank resolution foundation — which aims to improve the standard of living of for low— and middle—income families. he told me why workers are learning less. the context of this is that we have had a pretty disastrous decade. real wages are still below where they were before the financial crisis. that is the bad news. the good news is wages are rising and have risen strongly towards the end of this year. rising at the quickest rate in about a decade and rising above inflation. so there is good news but overall, it has been a pretty poor decade. and why have some areas been worst affected by this pay lag, if you want to call it that? i think there are different stories in different parts of the country. in london, research we did showed the real challenge was for new starters in london,

people moving in and out of work. so if you had remained in a job in london, you have done quite well. but if you are moving in and out of work, in and out of unemployment, starting a job for the first time, then your pay was pretty low. in other parts, there would be different challenges, perhaps broader economic challenges with some parts of the country. i think it is a really local story here and therefore that is why you get these different figures. looking at the big picture. the tuc pointing out, because of the way pay has lagged behind the cost of living on the whole, we are worse off as a country than a decade ago and most people have expectations is that in general, with each generation, people will become better off. the big picture is worrying in terms of wages. inflation for many times over the past decade has been quite high and wages have struggled to keep up, and also, as a country, productivity growth has been very slow. as an economy we have been growing slowly over the past decade, as well.

that is bad news. the good news is wages are starting to rise. the real unknown is how much we will see that strength continuing into 2019 or whether other things, perhaps uncertainty around brexit, perhaps just a downturn in the economy for other reasons, whether that will mean we step back even further or whether we can catch up with that ground we have lost. on the subject of catching up, do you think it is ever possible to catch up on the ground lost, given the uncertainty over the economy in relation to brexit? the office for budget responsibility, the government forecaster, expects us to regain that lost wage growth sometime in the 2020s but then the future is unknown and lots of things could throw that off. on the other hand, it could be quicker. we just don't know. as i said it has been a poor decade and we will not see that unwound any immediate time soon. stephen clarke from the resolution foundation. the public spending watchdog has found that an army recruitment drive has faced "significant

problems" — including a website that cost three times its budget and was 52 months late. outsourcing giant capita was awarded the £495 million contract for army recruitment in 2012 — but the national audit in 2012 — but the national audit office report says it has failed to hit soldier recruitment targets every year since. capita admitted it had "underestimated the complexity" of the project. the army said it had "put in place a plan to address the challenges". half of uk homes could get faster broadband with a single call to their provider, according to the telecoms regulator ofcom. new figures also show that one in seven households could get a faster service for the same, or even less money than they pay at the moment. ofcom is launching a new website to help consumers find better deals. a 5—week—old baby who was attacked by two dogs near peterborough last month, has died. reuben mcnulty was seriously injured after the incident in yaxley, cambridgeshire. the family's two staffordshire bull

terriers have now been destroyed as our correspondent jane—frances kelly explained earlier. reuben was two weeks old when he was attacked at his home on the 18th of november by the two staffordshire bull terriers, who were destroyed after the attack. reuben had severe life—threatening injuries and was taken to peterborough city hospital and transferred to addenbrooke's hospital, where he sadly died yesterday. a 28—year—old woman and 31—year—old man were arrested on suspicion of child neglect, but have been released pending investigations. his parents are believed to be amy litchfield and dan mcnulty. the case has been referred to the coroner. and is not being treated as

suspicious. scientists are calling for mandatory food labels that spell out the impact on the environment of everything from meat to chocolate. they say it would help consumers make informed choices about how the food they eat can contribute to climate change. our science correspondent helen briggs reports. lunch hour at a market in south london and these customers say they would welcome more information about environmental impacts. i think maybe just like more advertising on what impact it has, in—your—face advertising and statistics and you look at them and you go "wow". you have to turn around the packaging and look for it. i think it would help to make it more clearer, so we can make a more ethical decision because sometimes it is not really our fault, how they label it can influence our choice. i would like to see corporations and big food businesses taking more

responsibility for the impact they are having on the environment. beef and dairy have high carbon footprints, but products like chocolate are not far behind and, according to this scientist, if all foods had labels spelling out their environmental credentials, we would able to make better informed decisions. what we eat is one of the most powerful drivers behind most of the world's major environmental issues, whether it is climate change or biodiversity loss. labels would create the information about greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss and put that on products. climate labels for food are already being considered in denmark, but european food manufacturers are sceptical saying are sceptical, saying that they risk overloading customers with information. helen briggs, bbc news. and you can find out what impact your food choices could have on the environment — by using the interactive tool — on the bbc news website. we are expecting a news conference

from the prime minister, or a statement from theresa may on the second day of the brussels summit. last night, the prime minister did not get the concessions and legal guarantees, assurances, she was hoping to get to help her sell her brexit deal to mps at westminster. she was criticised for not being clear enough about what she was asking for. that is due to happen and when it does we will bring it to you live. adverts that show a woman being unable to park a car or a man struggling to change a nappy are to be banned from next year. under a new rule drawn up by regulators, ads must not include gender stereotypes which are likely to cause harm or serious offence. this would also include any depiction of girls being less academic than boys. don't forget — you can let

us know what you think tweet us using the hashtag newsroomlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. now it's time for a look at the weather. the weather, after a couple of quiet days, is looking pretty wild as we head to the weekend with amber warnings in force. this afternoon will be largely dry with plenty of sunshine, and showers in eastern coastal areas but the next focus is the weather system that will bring rain, increasingly turning to snow as it bumps into cold air. the low pressure will bring an area of rain that will bring snow and ice in central and northern areas and strong winds later on saturday across england and wales. the amber

warning is issued through saturday and into sunday for northern and central parts of the uk. there is likely to be disruption. stay tuned to the forecast. it will turn wet in northern ireland, england and wales at it pushes into the cold air and we will see areas of snow from northern england into much of scotland. 2—5 centimetres on low ground. gradually it will turn milderfrom the ground. gradually it will turn milder from the south but it will be a slow process. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: the prime minister warns the eu that it risks an accidental no—deal brexit, if she can't convince parliament to back the agreement. police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. the market, which attracts thousands of visitors each year, has now reopened. unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries,

with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. a five—week—old baby boy dies after he was attacked by two dogs at his home in cambridgeshire. nasa's juno mission to jupiter reveals spectacular views of the planet's polar storms. back to our top story, and the european council president, jean—claude juncker, has accused theresa may of not being clear about what her brexit demands are. the prime minister met leaders in brussels last night but she's been told the deal isn't up for renegotiation. let's return to brussels and my colleague ben brown. we will hear from theresa may shortly. she is having a news conference in brussels after this eu summit. we saw her in pretty

animated discussions with the european commission president after he described the british position last night at his news conference as nebulous and imprecise, saying he had not heard clarity from the british prime minister or from had not heard clarity from the british prime minister orfrom the british prime minister orfrom the british side. i do not think she will be pleased with what he had to say. it will be interesting to see what she says that the news conference. let's talk to hans—olaf henkel, a german mep and member of the european conservatives and reformists group who joins us from berlin. he was also previously president of the german cbi. what is your reading of the fact that the eu haven't given the british prime minister anything of what she wanted that this summit? british prime minister anything of what she wanted that this summit7m is unacceptable. for me except mike

is unacceptable. for me except mike is like two trains running on the same track into each other. jean—claude juncker is in same track into each other. jean—claudejuncker is in the locomotive of one of those trains and says it's not my problem, the british cause did, so he goes on. it is time for a responsible european politicians to change the game and while i understand he could not really change the agreement he could do one other thing, he could say that if britain decided to stay in the european union, which european court ofjustice has made possible, then europe would be willing to give britain a special deal in certain things like for instance immigration. that in my view would support the remainers in britain and give some of the brexiteers a way out. what about the bebop who voted

to leave and not stay? you are right, however there are two things. a lot of things have become clear in britain which in my view the british voters did not know. neither side really new what they would get, for insta nce really new what they would get, for instance the deal right now is something which was not discussed during the referendum. that is one development. also in europe we have had the development after the referendum. europe has changed. for insta nce referendum. europe has changed. for instance the opinion about uncontrolled immigration which was one of the key factors in the last few weeks of the debate in britain, that has changed in europe. it is not only hungary and poland, also belgium and the netherlands, denmark, even sweden. even the german government is saying it's refugee politics a after —— has

changed its refugee policy. it is entirely plausible that europe recognises that britain or camera was right when he wanted some more at on me over immigration and europe for something to britain so should this new deal be rejected by the parliament we are not running into a situation. do you feel, fear, sense, we are heading for no deal brexit because we are running out of time? theresa may has said this will not be put to a vote in the british parliament this year. this eu summit is about to end with no agreement. yes. i think this is very possible. remember my little picture of two trains on the same track running against each other. even if theresa may is able to halt while the other one keeps on going. it is necessary

that something new is being put on the table. what i am presenting or recommending is an initiative which has been created by more than 2000 people, it is called new deal for britain, and it is notaimed people, it is called new deal for britain, and it is not aimed at london, we do not want to mess around in the internal debate in london, it is aimed at brussels because we believe it is for brussels to change the game and for britain a new deal. there are two other reasons. brussels is also responsible for brexit. i always say that britainjoined a responsible for brexit. i always say that britain joined a football club and brussels decided to play hockey. britain had good reason to be upset about brussels. on the other hand what is ignored in brussels is that brexit has a highly negative effect on the eu. when i listened to michel

barnier the negotiator for the eu on the eu. when i listened to michel barnier the negotiatorfor the eu he is eloquent at describing the economic difficulties which britain will face. he has not once said a word about what it means to europe and let us not forget already today britain is the largest single customer of continental services and goods even ahead of the united states and china. you do not treat a potential customer like michel barnier dead. my position is, this isa barnier dead. my position is, this is a disaster. let us stop it. let us come up with a new idea. we got the message. we have run out of time. it is great to talk to you. that's it from me. more in the next hour. we are expecting to hear from theresa may very soon.

earlier i spoke to the conservative mp and a leading member of the pro—brexit european research group mark francois. i asked him what the conservative party is planning to do when the prime minister comes back from brussels. remember what we are being asked to vote back on, the withdrawal agreement. it is the draft international treaty. if parliament were to approve this, you need an act of parliament to ratify it because it is a treaty, that would be binding forever in international law and it is as plain as a pike staff that this will never get through the house of commons because the house of commons is overwhelmingly against it. that is why they pulled the vote at the last minute because they knew they could not win. will those reassurances make any differences to anyone, any conservative mps? i doubt it.

because it is a treaty we are dealing with the only thing that would change the treaty is an amendment to the treaty itself. you can come up with so—called reassurances but they are not binding in international law. it is a love letter. it does not have legal effect. everyone in the house of commons knows this. mps know a bit about the law. it is theirjob, they are legislators. everybody in the house of commons knows that unless you amend and change the text of the treaty anything else is pretty meaningless and the prime minister's problem, and the problem for the cabinet, is the eu have said very plainly at this meeting they are not going to reopen the text of the treaty so the prime minister is completely boxed in. hasn't this been a failure of negotiation and a failure of planning on the uk side to see what an issue, an intractable

issue, the backstop would be? yes. we have negotiated poorly from the word go. in order to show how tough we were we offered to give the eu £39 billion of british taxpayers' money for absolutely nothing in return. then we got tougher and agreed to go into a backstop which once we entered it we could never leave unless the eu allowed us to leave. it is what is often referred to in parliament as the hotel california backstop because you can check out but you can never leave. lots of media gathered in brussels. we think that the prime minister might be emerging soon to talk about her day in brussels. it has not gone how she wanted. we will be back when that happens. adverts which show a woman

being unable to park a car or a man struggling to change a nappy are to be banned from next year. under a new rule drawn up by regulators, ads must not include gender stereotypes which are likely to cause harm or serious offence. this would also include any depiction of girls being less academic than boys. we can now speak to sam smethers, ceo of the leading gender equality campaign group the fawcett society, which in the last few days launched its own anti—gender stereotpying campaign over christmas toys. we are not exactly in mad men territory of the 1950s and 1960s but would you agree some adverts have allowed lazy stereotypes to persist? absolutely. we welcome this initiative and think it is really important to challenge those lazy stereotypes and to force advertisers to think about the message they are sending and what they are trying to

achieve. so often we do it i'm thinking with. this initiative will put the onus back on to advertisers and if it is going to cause serious offence then you shouldn't be doing it. what is the evidence about the harm of this sort of stereotype causing? it is really quite extensive and pernicious. the whole of the gender stereotyping we experience begins from ourfirst moments of life. from babyhood through our lives until we die. it limits our choices and the horizons of girls in school for example on what they perceived to be the careers for them. it normalises aggression and boys and men and leads to some of the violence against women and girls we see prevalent in our society and it inhabits men in caring roles, what we normalise around yards and what is acceptable in the workplace. it can be traced back to gender stereotypes, the harm in our

society. we have to confront it because it costs society and course of economy. you would like to see those gender stereotypes being turned around and advertising. do you think that will happen in practice? this initiative is a start. it is not going as far as the end you should not only not do this you should challenge those gender stereotypes but that is an important step because unless we start owning responsibility for this and questioning our behaviours we will never change it. we are all living with the consequences of this in our daily lives than the cost is our society and economy a huge amount so we have to start changing it. your campaign on gender stereotype thing in toys at the time of year, christmas, when toys are everywhere. we have just started something very simple and said we want to smash stereotypes. tell us about the stereotypes. tell us about the stereotypes you see when you are doing your christmas shopping. send

us images where there is gender for no reason. hinder legs are hugely gendered for some reason, why, it is a chocolate egg. it is a marketing ploy. a ruse to try to generate a demand that is not there. when you ask kids themselves do you even like pink, ask girls, and they will say no, but will down an aisle and it is a sea of pink. what are we doing to our children? it is not what they wa nt our children? it is not what they want or what parents want. we all have responsibility. advertisers have responsibility. advertisers have responsibility, the toy industry has responsibility. we want to co nfro nt industry has responsibility. we want to confront that and say it only the responsibility, it is a robert charity to do something different and turned mr marketing advantage. thank you. we are expecting to hear from the

prime minister very shortly in brussels after not the summit that she wanted after winning that confidence soared macon wednesday night. she travelled to brussels yesterday but she has not got the legal reassurances over the backstop, the desire to prevent a ha rd backstop, the desire to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland in the event of a trade deal not being worked out between the uk and the eu post brexit, she did not get the legal reassurances she wanted. she got some assurances from the eu 27 they would work swiftly to get to that trade deal but nothing that is going to satisfy the sternest critics of her deal in the uk. when theresa may speaks we will bring that to you. a 16—year—old boy has been

found guilty of murdering schoolgirl viktorija sokolova. the teen murdered and raped the 14—year—old school girl in a park in wolverhampton before dumping her body on a bench. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister warns the eu that it risks an accidental no—deal brexit, if she can't convince parliament to back the agreement. police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. the market, which attracts thousands of visitors each year, has now reopened. unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries, with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. a syrian refugee hailed as a hero

for helping save 18 people from drowning during the crossing from turkey to greece has told the bbc of her despair after being arrested and put in prison three years later. sara mardini was detained on the island of lesbos in august and faces charges including people smuggling and spying, all of which she denies. she's been speaking to our correspondent richard galpin in one of her first interviews since being released on bail last week. after more than three months in prison in greece, sara mardini is back amongst college friends here in berlin, at least for now. this her adopted home where she was granted asylum. she told me the prospect of being put on trial in greece in the coming months hangs over her heavily and how during the past few months in prison she despaired of ever getting out.

thinking about the outside, thinking about everybody, and if i would be able to see them again. with the situation i'm just thinking about everything and i end up not having any sleep. the night was my worst friend. just two years ago she and her sister were hailed as heroes here in germany, receiving awards for helping save lives. like many syrians fleeing the civil war, they had made the perilous crossing from turkey to greece, but only just. when their overcrowded boat started taking on water the two sisters, both elite swimmers, jumped in, and helped pull it to lesbos, swimming for more than three hours through big waves and strong winds. i was looking to everybody. i could see that we might die. i knew if i wanted to make it i was going to make it. all of the people on the boat believed that we were going to make it and we wanted to make it.

but earlier this year when sara returned to lesbos as a volunteer for an ngo helping refugees and migrants she was arrested. the police accusing her and several others of being part of a criminal organisation and spying amongst other charges. all of which they strongly deny. i wasn't scared, actually. because i knew what i had done and my team had done, which was totally legal. we had a very strong procedure, legal procedure, with the team, rules that we have to follow as volunteers. activists believe what has happened to sara and her colleagues is part of a crackdown by the greek authorities on ngos which help refugees and migrants. and other european countries are doing the same. it is definitely a very worrying trend. i have monitored the mag, four, five cases in place where ngos, volunteers for ngos have faced

absurd charges which could ruin their lives. if she is convicted she could face up to 25 years and a greek prison. it's the busiest week of the year for royal mail as it endeavours to deliver millions of cards and parcels in time for christmas. this morning our business correspondent, ben thompson, was at a sorting office in swindon. this place is clearly pretty busy. they will deal with 2 million parcels and letters every day until christmas. they have taken on extra staff to make sure they have enough to cope with it. you are one of the bosses. you are from the greetings ca rd bosses. you are from the greetings card association. how do you get this rate every year? it is a massive undertaking. it is. we have

a great operational team. we start planning in january ready for the special event. we bring in 23,000 support workers to support our core 120,000. we take on extra personal facilities. dedicated centres to support the christmas peak. the huge amount of planning and the huge effort. what is interesting as we are told we are sending fewer letters but christmas cards are still big business. we spent1 billion christmas cards last year in the uk. the british send more than any other nation. 18—34 —year—olds are sending more cards than a generation ago. cards are the way to send aid, a special message. we buy those cards on the high street so thatis those cards on the high street so that is good news as well. 9496 of cards are both on a high street

store. online is obviously also a factor but the ball like to see the car at factor but the ball like to see the caratand factor but the ball like to see the car at and feel it and open it. nice to see you. just a few top tips, you have still got time to send the cards you need to. if you are sending second—class they have to be in the post by the 18th of december and first class by the 20th of december. special delivery you have another couple of days. scientists have been exploring what's become known as the "world's most remote island". bouvet is a small volcanic rock in the south atlantic, more than 600 miles from the nearest land. researchers are taking samples of its ice and they believe it will hold clues to the past behaviour of the winds that blow around the antarctic. jonathan amos has more. bouvet island is this extraordinary place in the south atlantic, literally in the middle of nowhere. it is a volcanic rock that comes out of the ocean. it is quite small, only about 60

square kilometres, but it is far away from anywhere. you would have to sail 2,500 kilometres to get to cape town. if you went in the other direction, trying to get to the antarctic, it's another 1500 kilometres. but it is in a really interesting spot in the south atlantic. it sits in the middle of the westerly winds, the winds that circulate around the antarctic continent. because of that, scientists think that in the ices that sit on top of the volcanic rock, there is a climate record that can tell them about the history of the winds. they have recently dropped onto the island on a helicopter, the only way you can get on and they have drilled down. they have taken the ices back to the lab to look for markers in the ice that might tell them about the action of wind. so you get dust that goes into the ice layers when it is very windy. you get other stuff blown off the surface of the sea.

they have discovered that the ice that they drilled only goes back to about 2001. if they go again to the island, they think they may be able to find a place where they can get a record which is hundreds, maybe thousands, of years old and this is why it is important. the wind is changing in the antarctic, getting stronger. as the wind gets stronger, it pulls up deep, warm water to the surface and that is getting under the glaciers of antarctica and melting them. we want to know what is the history of the winds. are they doing this because every so often they get stronger or is there a human impact? are humans causing the winds to get stronger and therefore driving climate change in the antarctic? this is the purpose and this is why bouvet island, strange as it is, is a very fascinating place to be. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news but first after what has been a quiet couple

of days with quite a bit of sunshine things are set to turn severe with the weekend with disruptive snow and ice. we end on a fine and chilly note, the rain will be pushing into this cold air turning to snow across northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and it is going to be another cold start with a widespread frost. milder air pushing another cold start with a widespread frost. milderair pushing in another cold start with a widespread frost. milder air pushing in from the south—west as saturday continues but in this is a lot of rainfall. this low pressure moving into the cold air is what is causing the destructive weather. the met office haveissued destructive weather. the met office have issued an amber warning for snow and ice for saturday into sunday for central and northern parts of the uk. stay tuned to the weather forecast for the latest updates. this snow and ice is going to cause some disruption. there's

also going to be the risk of strong winds particularly across england and wales. we start dry and cold on saturday because the rain moves northwards it will turn to snow across much of northern england, initially north wales and then very heavy snow across parts of scotland, particularly over the high ground where we could see 10—20 centimetres. further south it is going to be the rain which could cause problems with localised flooding. 2—5 centimetres across northern england and into central and southern scotland into the afternoon and evening. perhaps in some areas more than 20 centimetres. this is disruptive snow and ice. as the low—pressure moves the isobars get squeezed and this is the risk of gales. on sunday the sleet and snow will eventually clean away from scotla nd will eventually clean away from scotland and we should see a quieter

day with more sunshine and less strong winds but quite a few showers across southern and western areas. temperatures beginning to come up. a little bit milder across the south. next week it is going to remain u nsettled. next week it is going to remain unsettled. areas of low—pressure moving in from the atlantic but with the wind coming from the south—west that should remain generally mild. theresa may fights to save her brexit deal — but eu leaders here in brussels say it can't be changed. tense diplomacy in the chamber — but no assurances for mrs may to help sell her deal in westminster. i'm very satisfied with the conclusions that we reached last night, which are that we as the european union stand by the withdrawal agreement that was negotiated. we don't believe it's up for renegotiation. i'll have all the latest from brussels, where we're expecting to hear from mrs may any minute now.

and the other main stories this lunchtime... more trouble for chelsea, this time over anti—semitic songs — just days after four fans were suspended for racist chanting. this is notjust tottenham. you might think you're just chanting against tottenham, but actually what you're doing is hugely, horrendously