today at five — theresa may fights to save her brexit deal. she leaves the summit here in brussels still looking for more concessions from the eu. the prime minister admits having ‘robust‘ conversations at the summit — but insists she can still win the assurances she needs to sell the deal at westminster. i reiterated that it is in the interest of the eu as well as the uk to get this over the line. a disorderly brexit would be good for no one. eu leaders say they want to help mrs may get her brexit deal through parliament but won't reopen negotiations on the agreement itself. we have to exclude any kind of reopening of conversations of the agreement, but of course, we will stay here and brussels, and i always

as prime minister to make disposal. it's also confirmed that british people won't need a visa to travel to eu countries post—brexit but will need a seven euro permit. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... donald trump's convicted former lawyer speaks out — saying the president directed him to make hush payments to women and knew it was wrong. safely on land at last — the british yachtswoman whose boat capsized in a solo round the world race arrives in chile. and a world with multiple spider—people, we'll hear what mark kermode thought of the latest spider—man and all the other new releases in the film review. hello and welcome to brussels — where this eu summit is over and everyone is heading home.

theresa may said from the start she wasn't expecting immediate breakthroughs and she certainly hasn't got any. she came here looking for new eu assurances to help sell her brexit deal to the house of commons — in particular on the irish backstop — the mechanism to stop a hard border on the island of ireland. mrs may said it's still possible to get those assurances and that talks on what she called ‘further clarification' will continue. but the atmosphere at this summit has been fractious at times. eu leaders says the british demands have been too vague. mrs may insisting she's been crystal clear. let's hear what the prime minister said at the end of the summit. i was crystal clear about the assurances are needed on the backstop.

i reiterated that it is in the interests of the eu as well as the uk to get this over the line. a disorderly brexit would be good for no one. at 27 level, the eu have published a series of conclusions. the eu made clear that it is their firm determination to work speedily ona future relationship or alternative arrangements which ensure no hard border by the 31st of december of 2020, so the backstop will not need to be triggered. if the backstop was ever triggered, it would apply only temporarily in the eu would use its best endeavours to work expeditiously a subsequent agreement that would replace the backstop. that the eu stands ready to embark on preparations so negotiations on the future partnership can start as soon as possible.

i was theresa may speaking at the end of the summit. i was theresa may speaking at the end of the summit. the president of the european council donald tusk insisted there would be no renegotiation but was always willing to cla ify matters and provide reassurance. we are ready to reconfirm our assurances in our goodwill, and good faith in the so—called backstop. i have no mandate to organise and deferred negotiations. we have to exclude any kind of reopening of our negotiations of the agreement. but of course, we will stay here and brussels, and i always as prime minister theresa may's disposal. it is myjob and my pleasure of course to be in contact with prime minister

on to be in contact with prime minister o n releva nt to be in contact with prime minister on relevant issues. that was donald tusk. with me is our reality check correspondent, chris morris. she said she she was not expecting immediate breakthroughs, would you make do what she has got what she has not got? in some ways, the eu has not got? in some ways, the eu has made their way in their best to put a statement and we are going to try and reassure you that is a temporary and for the backstop, it isa temporary and for the backstop, it is a weapon of last resort. any kind of the legal document which contradicts the legal language within the broad drawl agreement and the nature of the back stop itself. that is something that the backbench critics want her to press for. the eu is going to have the same look that renegotiation is going to have to say look that is off the table.

discussions will continue, we may get further reassurance in january before a meaningful vote in the house. it is only reassurance, these are not cast iron guarantees. we have some news about the future will hold for people who want to travel to the eu after brexit stopped they had already said that we have an expectation and a hope that neither side will impose visas for short—term travel like holidays, and thatis short—term travel like holidays, and that is still the case. what will happen, which is part of a broader movement in the eu, for about 2021 onwards, a new system will happen, which is part of a broader movement in the eu, for about 2021 onwards, a new system will, the place which essentially it means the it will be a system as an legal to the united states, you will go online and a document, an immigration document, about 60 countries roughly i think it is, around the world, that do not need visas to come to the european

union. people from these countries will need these documents. 7 euros for the document of the last year. you should go online again in a few minutes. that is not a huge amount of hassle some people say. those who do not want to lead the european union, say are guess we told you this would happen. it may become something of a politicalfootball. to be expected, was the united kingdom is a third country, it will fall in that category of country like australia and the united states, once every three years, you have to go online to get this document for 7 euros. thank you so much. he has been following the today's of the summit. the leaders all heading home now and theresa may where she might not be too delighted what she has here, but some of her advisers say she has made progress and also that the talks will continue. this was not an all or nothing summit. she is going to continue to talk to eu leaders for

the upcoming days. she will get more assurances to get hurt brexit deal through the parliament. we can talk them said the brexit spokesperson cindy wilson. thank you for being with us. i'm sure you have been watching everything closely. —— sammy wilson. have you heard anything that would make you were happy to vote for theresa may's deal in parliament? i think not. i think most people will be dismayed once again on behalf of our country has been slapped down by eu negotiators. i think that also if you look at what has come out of this, it confirms our worst fears. why if the backstop is so inconsequential to the eu, why have they regarded it as a temporary measure, can they not

make changes in the withdrawal agreement that would align the prime minister to come back and get us through the house of commons. the reason of course does not seem to be a temporary measure. it is not a something of no consequence, this is a means by which the eu are determined to keep the uk tied to the european union and to defy the wishes of the people in the 2016 referendum. that is why she has come back empty—handed and she will continue to come back empty—handed because it is not over a barrel, they continue to keep it that way. eu leaders here have said again and again until they are blue and the faith that they do not expect the backstop that ever be used, they do not want it to be used. this is the thing that i think will confuse most people. if it is not intended to be used, if it is only regardless of that's regarded as an insurance polity —— policy, there should be

some flexibility in the agreement to make that quite clear. for example, giving a time limit to the backstop. giving the uk the ability to lead the backstop if it feels that negotiations have not been pursued. there is no alliance given to that at all and there is no alliance given to that at allandi there is no alliance given to that at all and i suspect the real reason is that as we have said all along, this backstop with a contrived arrangement to keep the uk tied under the customer's union and the single market, now that they got it under the agreement, they do not tend to let go of it. it looks like there's going to be able to in january, there has to be a vote in january, there has to be a vote in january, january the 21st on the deal. is there anyway you can see yourself bolting for it. no, and i think a lot of the backbenchers will not be voting for the item because it was made very clear to the prime minister that the parliament

expected her to go and get this backstop renegotiated, the withdrawal agreement change. the legally binding arrangement that ties us to the eu and ties us to that eu and definitely. ties us and to the eu until they decide to let us to the eu until they decide to let us go is not acceptable. it is not democratic, it does not reflect the people under the referendum and does not live up to the conservative pa rty‘s manifesto. not live up to the conservative party's manifesto. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. there's been lots of chat here about the ‘nebulous' line and who said what to who. let's just explain it to you. it started with jean—claude juncker the president which was interpreted to say that the british approach to these talks with nebulous and him besides. —— imprecise. she went up

to the jean—claude juncker and we can lip read it and said that did you call me nebulous? and he said no idid you call me nebulous? and he said no i did not. i was talking about the general debate about the brexit. let's talk a little bit more about that exchange with the prime minister. followed by his rather different take on events. first of all, i had a robust discussion aboutjean—claude juncker and that's something you can have when you develop a relationship and work well together, what came out of thatis work well together, what came out of that is his clarity that he had been talking when he used that particular phrase, he had been talking about a general level of debate. indeed, i have further conversations with them through the morning. have further conversations with them through the morninglj have further conversations with them through the morning. i did not refer to her, but with the overall state

of the debate in which i told you earlier, i was following the debate in the house, and i cannot see where the british parliament is having it. that is what i was saying, this was nebulous and foggy. i was not addressing her. the morning after check, she was kissing me. list to show that moment when they were together. she looks quite irritated their saying affectively did you say that i am nebulous? and he is a bit puzzled, not quite hearing her at first but then denying that she was not calling her nebulous, she was —— he was saying that the british debate was nebulous. joining me now is

the guardian's brussels correspondent, jennifer rankin. first of all just first of alljust on that, the atmosphere has been fractious. theresa may is not sold the light at what she thoughtjohn claudejuncker was saying. if you look at those clips that we are walking —— watching and also the press conference, it has deftly been a difficult day for her. it's really one against 27. she comes with a lot of expectations, a lot of hype about what she can deliver, and yet often leaves without achieving much less than what she has hoped for. she arrived today with hope of having more reassurances, not founded to the backstop, she leaves open for more reassurances. |s the backstop, she leaves open for more reassurances. is to get anything that she did take back and sell to mps? i think she got something. they said they would do the very best for the backstop not to be used, we have from eu leaders

this evening that they really do not wa nt to this evening that they really do not want to use the backstop and they will do their best to get a trade bill and it never comes up to fourth. she was never going to come here and i get anyway out of the backstop which is now in the legal agreement that no one wants to real and renegotiate, so this is the best he could of got us so much less than her mps want. that was the draft text before the whole summit started, there was a paragraph that said that the eu will look at trying to provide more reassurances on the backstop that was cut out of the tax. that must have been a bit disappointing for the prime yes it was, i think they felt the prime minister was really asking for too much when she wanted the idea that the backstop, there'll be some sort of agreement to try to get rid of it in one year, i think that kos some sort of alarm and the eu decided last that that would be

removed from the text, and they filled the reassurances that they we re filled the reassurances that they were given as far as they know. thank you very much indeed. it has been a bit fractures that time but john claude juncker has been a bit fractures that time but john claudejuncker has a lot of warm words for her saying that she was a good friend and they were a lwa ys was a good friend and they were always willing to talk to her about concerns. i would does leave you with one rather bizarre image. appearing to ruffled the hair of a lady thought to be a member of the staff. a bit of an unusual greeting for her. slightly unusual behaviour for her. slightly unusual behaviour for him. he is quite a character as you can see though. it has been quite a day for him. and the prime minister but that is it from brussels.

i hope you and try that with me the next time you see me. i would not dare. 17 minutes pass by. the christmas market in strasbourg has reopened, three days after an attack by an islamist gunman in which 3 people were killed and another 13 were injured — including one with severe brain injuries. heavily armed french police and soldiers are patrolling the streets. the attacker, cherif chekatt, was killed in a shoot out with police in the city on thursday night. france's interior minister said the market was re—opening — as the country wouldn't give in to fear. 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 2 staffordshire bull terriers have now been destroyed. a british yachtswoman whose boat capsized in a storm in the south pacific has finally arrived in chile, a week after being rescued by a cargo ship. susie goodall, who's 29, had been competing in the solo golden globe round the world race.

she spent two days adrift in her damaged boat before she could be picked up by a chinese cargo ship. and these are the first pictures of her stepping on to dry land. donald trump's former lawyer says the president directed him to pay money to two women who alleged having sexual affairs with him. in an exclusive interview with abc news' george stephanopoulos, michael cohen, who's been sentenced to three years in jail, said mr trump acted because he was very concerned the allegations would become public. he directed me to make the payments, he directed me to become involved in these matters. including the one with mcdougall which was really between him and david packer and then david pecker‘s council. ijust reviewed the documents in order to protect him. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does ijust reviewed the documents

in order to protect him. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty. ijust reviewed the documents in order to protect him. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty. ijust reviewed the documents in order to protect him. i gave loyalty to someone who truthfully does not deserve loyalty. he was trying to hide what you are doing, correct? correct. and he knew it was wrong? of course. looking back did you know what you were doing? i am angry with myself because i knew what i was doing was wrong, i stood up before the world yesterday and i accepted the responsibility for my actions. so he is still lying? yes. we can speak to our washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue he was saying that he was a bob of all this that he was taking. —— yes

he was. but twice. what we have here isa he was. but twice. what we have here is a situation where this man who work for donald trump for ten years was prosecuted of course about three yea rs was prosecuted of course about three years in prison earlier this week in out sort of trying to get this off his chest. keep in mind that he was convicted of being a liar himself. there are a lot of people who are going to say this is just one my according to someone else a liar. i filled the other feeling is that because he is going to jail, there is no good reason to continue lying. indeed, the special counsel looking into the russia connection. has actually said that cohen has been providing some credible testimony to him. there is some independent evidence that he may be telling the truth to some extent now. gary, thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories here in bbc news at 5

the tuc claims that british workers have lost — on average — nearly 12,000 pounds in earnings over the past decade —once inflation has been taken into account. the union body says that the uk and italy are the only major countries where real incomes have failed to recover to their levels before the financial crisis. the army has failed to meet its recruiting targets every year since it outsourced the contract to the private company, capita. the national audit office says i.t. problems left recruits waiting almost 11 months to start basic training — and that nearly half of those applying dropped out during the process. the duke and duchess of sussex have released a christmas card which shows them watching fireworks at their evening wedding reception. meanwhile, the card from the duke and duchess of cambridge features the whole family relaxing at their norfolk home. chelsea have condemned fans who were heard singing anti—semitic songs during their europa league match against vidi in hungary last night,saying they have "shamed the club". it comes just days after four fans were suspended for the alleged racial abuse of the manchester city

and england player raheem sterling in chelsea's previous match. 0ur sports presenter hugh wozencroft takes a look at the wider issues of racism in sport and the media. what could this moment due to his british sport? raheem sterling facing racial abuse of his side face chelsea last weekend. response on social media says that there is an unfair portrayal of black players that fuels racism. claire played for chelsea years ago. i can understand why he is coming from. i experienced it myself with an experience with directory that i got that for a long time andi directory that i got that for a long time and i think a lot of it was because of the paper coverage towards me. i was not sure if i was a white player i would receive this sort of feedback from the players ——

from the newspapers with this instead. would you say to him? i would say well done because it shows the power of the player. but a and inclusion organisation kick it out says that discriminatory abuse is built on the rise. you hope that it is something that does not excavate when times are harder, —— escalate, when times are harder, —— escalate, when times are harder, —— escalate, when times are harder, that racism holds no place in our game, it holds no place in society. but u nfortu nately no place in society. but unfortunately there aren't always going to be incidences. raheem sterling's words have people in the journalism industry thinking of the current state of play i guess. i caught on some of my fellow journalist to examine the state of the industry. i think the narrative around football is that they work hard. ithink around football is that they work hard. i think the narrative around

football —— black football is that they are naturally gifted. the difference between the two is problematic. 0ne suggests that you are given it or you work hard for it. they repeat the same thing to you and nothing has changed. this discomfort that white journalists are feeling about this conversation is the discomfort that many of us lack sports journalist, journalist have felt as going into white environments and doing ourjobs every single day. there is a lack of diversity in our industry and it needs to be addressed. we need to see some action. if you love foot ball see some action. if you love football and you want sports to be better, make the industry more diverse. the more it diverse foot ball diverse. the more it diverse football is, the more diverse media is, the better it will be. notjust sports or football but all media is looking at itself more closely and spite of presenting themselves

diverse. could it be the words of raheem sterling have led to some uncomfortable conversations in newsrooms, changing rooms, and even living rooms across the nation? and you can see more discussion of racism within the world of sport in sportsday at 6:30 tonight. time for a look at the weather here's stav with the forecast. a very beautiful picture. isn't it very lovely? particularly this weekend, third saturday into saturday night, the warnings have been issued for the snow and ice seen some treacherous been issued for the snow and ice seen some treacherous conditions. let's go through this evening and tonight. hold for it eastern parts. for the west, we will see brain piling in. for much of the central

eastern part of the country, a frosty one. snow and fries, primarily for eyes were northern england and scotland. we are most concerned for his copyright year. freezing rain falling on services thatis freezing rain falling on services that is creating icy conditions on pavements. half of a very busy weekend. christmas, people will be out and about so treacherous conditions are out. eastern areas will be largely clear and cold to begin with, that rain, sleet, and snow will be moving up from the southin snow will be moving up from the south in the west through the day. this is bbc news. the headlines... theresa may has insisted she's confident she can steer her brexit deal through parliament, despite leaving the eu summit in brussels without the assurances she needs. i have reiterated that it is in

the interests of the eu as well as the uk to get this over the line. a disorderly brexit would be good for no one. president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has said the president knew it was wrong to order the illegal payments of hush money to two women who alleged affairs with him. mrtrump mr trump denies asking michael cohen to make the payments. susie goodall — the british yachtswoman whose boat capsized in a solo round the world race — has arrived back on land in chile. just days after four chelsea fans were suspended for racist taunts, the club has said those who sang an anti—semitic chant during a match last night have "shamed the club". let's cross to the bbc sport centre and join adam. the former england spinner ashley

giles has been confirmed as england's new managing director of men's cricket, starting his role next month, being responsible for the strategy coaching and management of england's men's teams. his appointment comes at a critical time with a home world cup and home ashes series against australia next summer. he replaces andrew strauss who stepped down in october with his wife undergoing treatment for cancer. the anti—discrimination group fair believes some football fa ns group fair believes some football fans are using the political atmosphere as a cover for their own racism and prejudice. it comes after chelsea condemned a minority of theirfans for chelsea condemned a minority of their fans for anti—semitic chanting during their 2—2 draw with vidi in hungary last night was up early this week four chelsea fans were banned from their stadium after allegations they racially abused manchester city boss mike raheem sterling. the only black manager currently working in the premier league, brighton's chris

hughton, says this can be endemic of wider social issues. racial events in ourgame, which wider social issues. racial events in our game, which we are trying as ha rd in our game, which we are trying as hard as we can to eradicate, are a lwa ys hard as we can to eradicate, are always going to happen. you hope that it's something that doesn't escalate. sometimes when times are harder then they become more prevalent. but racism holds no place in ourgame, it prevalent. but racism holds no place in our game, it holds no place in society. but unfortunately there are a lwa ys society. but unfortunately there are always going to be incidences. arguably the game of the weekend in the premier league sees leaders liverpool host manchester united. liverpool host manchester united. liverpool are 16 points clear of their rivals after 16 games. although they spent £100 million more than united in the summer, josie mourinho says it's notjust the lack of investment that is preventing his team from challenging for top honours. it's notjust about spending money and reinforcing the squad. the football team is more

than that. a football team is not just about spending the money. a football tea m just about spending the money. a football team is a little bit like a house. a house is notjust about buying the furniture. you have to do work in the house, and when the houseis work in the house, and when the house is ready then you buy the furniture and spend money on the best possible furniture and then you are ready to live in an amazing house. the first british paralympian to win two gold medals into sports at the same paralympic games, kadeena cox, has won britain's first world track pa ra— kadeena cox, has won britain's first world track para— cycling title. she had to beat britain's most successful pa ralympian, dame had to beat britain's most successful paralympian, dame sarah storey, to do it. it was a bit of a surprise. i have only been back eight weeks so to put in a half decent time, i was happy with it. quicker than i have been in training. performing on the world stage is what i do. and to beat sarah is something to be proud of.

it something to be proud of but it's not her main event. london and manchester have been included on the shortlist to hold the tennis world tour finals from 2021. the end of season tournament for the world's top eight male players has been held in the 02 in london since 2009 but that agreement expires in 2020. singapore, tokyo and turin are the other cities in the mix. the announcement is expected in march. it's the fight everyone wants to see and anthony joshua it's the fight everyone wants to see and anthonyjoshua has confirmed he wa nts to and anthonyjoshua has confirmed he wants to fight deontay wilder next year. he had already booked wembley stadium for april 13. all that's missing is someone to box will stop joshua holds the ibf, wbo and wba belts but this winner of this bout would be the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division. after a draw with tyson fury earlier this month there was a talk of a rematch between him and deontay wilder. joshua says he's not interested in

tyson fury because he is not a champion. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on those stories on the bbc sport website. as the saying goes, a week is a long time in politics, and theresa may could be relieved to get to the end of an extraordinary seven days. in a moment, we'll be looking back on the events with two political journalists, but first let's cast our minds back to what went on. we started the week with mps expecting to continue debating the prime minister's brexit deal. but on monday came a u—turn. despite a number of cabinet ministers insisting that tuesday's vote would still take place, by 3:30pm the prime minister was addressing the house and postponing the vote on her brexit deal. on tuesday, theresa may travelled to europe, where she met with eu leaders, including the german chancellor angela merkel and her dutch counterpart mark rutte. meanwhile back in the uk, conservative mps were plotting, and triggered a vote of no—confidence in their prime minister. after a frantic day, the vote took place on wednesday evening, and after theresa may vowed not

to lead the party into the next general election, she won with 200 backing her with 117 against. thursday saw the pm travel to brussels for the last eu summit of the year, hoping to seek a legally binding agreement to the irish border backstop from the eu. but eu leaders have stood firm saying the deal is "not open for renegotiation", although theresa may insists that talks over "further clarification" would continue. let's get the views of my two guests on this week's events. joining me from westminster is the economist's senior editor anne mcelvoy. and deputy political editor at the times, sam coates. no vague or nebulous comments from either of you, if you don't mind. how would you characterise the week for theresa may? it had a groundhog day quality. whenever we thought we would get somewhere we slipped back again in this saga. i think for

theresa may, she made it to the end of the week, and it could have been her farewell. it feels very much like we are getting the theresa may goodbye tour. i think she will be very angry and disappointed. you very angry and disappointed. you very rarely hear anger from theresa may but we have heard it a bit in her tone. especially in brussels, particularly with jean—claude juncker. but i think she will be relieved to have the no—confidence vote out of the way. not a hugely brilliant result for her but as long as it was looming there was a sense the party could sweep her away at any moment to stop but now at least she has her personal backstop. for how long, we will find out. labour had the option of trying to bring her down as well, despite her winning over her own mps are. yes, and many people are slightly baffled by the labour tactics will stop but essentially what they are doing this week is wait for their moment. 0ne of the most curious things that happened this week was prime

ministers questions on wednesday, coming just five hours after the vote of no confidence, the tory vote of no confidence in theresa may was called. and yet jeremy corbyn left any mention of this until the sixth of his six questions in that exchange, so what is labour doing? until the moment they pull the trigger on a vote of no confidence, which could come as early as next week or in the new year, they are trying to downplay their attacks on theresa may so the conservatives can concentrate their fire on her. jeremy corbyn and labour know that as soon as jeremy corbyn and labour know that as soon as labour start gearing into action and slugging ammunition over the trench to the party opposite then the tories will unite again. the one thing they unite around as their dislike ofjeremy corbyn. 0ther their dislike ofjeremy corbyn. other key things in the last few weeks, labour have deliberately down pedal their opposition, and it just happens to fit with jeremy corbyn's

prime minister's questions style. maybe this is him being more naturally confident. it's interesting how labour letting this round play along as a means of increasing their opposition that the conservative party is paying. increasing their opposition that the conservative party is payingm doesn't seem like anyone in westminster is happy with this deal and haven't been for months, it seems. but who has the biggest reality check to face up to? gosh! a reality check to face up to? gosh! a reality check to face up to? gosh! a reality check across the house. my own personal view is that everyone here has to compromise more than they are prepared to do. otherwise no deal is creeping closer and closer. because no—deal brexit is something that hasn't been properly prepared for, for most people, other than the hard brexiteers, who really wa nt than the hard brexiteers, who really want out meaning completely out and are prepared to take a lot of jeopardy to get that result, it is creeping closer because of the march deadline. i think one of the reality checks is that this is a flawed deal, it will clearly not fly. that

means people who think it would have been better to take the deal and suck it up and move on probably also have to move on in their own thinking. whether they do so to a norway model, which i don't think theresa may wants to do, so that would be for someone else to do, or indeed towards a second referendum. perhaps the mood music is different around that. a lot of people who had great apprehension around a second referendum might still have that, but think it could be where we are heading. if we don't veer off to a general election for stop sometimes i wonder if the british system isn't more hard—wired i wonder if the british system isn't more ha rd—wired towards i wonder if the british system isn't more hard—wired towards that outcome. sam, finally, what did you make of the interaction we had to lip read between theresa may and jean—claude juncker over these particular words, nebulous. jean—claude juncker over these particularwords, nebulous. she looked quite animated when she was talking to him. yes, i don't think i have ever seen theresa may look quite as cross as that, although she has been pretty cross with me on a few occasions. i think it reflects

the utter fury at what were an unexpected set of comments from jean—claude juncker last night and a disappointing summit and conclusions after the exchange that the eu 27 had with her last night. you asked anne mcelvoy who has to compromise the most at the moment and i think it's the prime minister. i think she has to wake up to the fact her deal is heading to certain defeat. she has to start exploring plan bs despite her determination up to and she has to start compromising on her own red lines, otherwise known as her promises to the people. at the moment if she sticks with them she will be out of power. i think i saw in that look towards jean—claude juncker, a few of the myths and hopes she had started to crumble because she is essentially trying to cling on to buy herself more time. she wants to stay in downing street for christmas. who wants to move out of their home before christmas? at the moment she is not making practical decisions, she is clinging on and some of the realities she was

hanging onto this morning looked widely shattering. i suspect that is why she looked angry and that is what the future is quite uncertain. sam coates from the times and anne mcelvoy from the economist, thank you forjoining us this afternoon. now in case you didn't know, it's christmas jumper day. the annual event organised by save the children aims to raise money to help tackle poverty in the uk and around the world. and it's also an opportunity for people to don their favourite festive apparel. and we're getting into the spirit of things at bbc news. we have had some hotly contested auditions. elbows have been sharpened and the catwalk of news has been turned into a festive catwalk of knitwear fashion. chris — with a transport inspired number. and look at that swagger, even in flat shoes. 0livia — is environmentally festive thanks to sir david atten—brrrrr. that was her mother's purchase. an

exclusive item. and the appropriately named holly is bang on trend in a nordic style jumper complete with reindeer detailing. and she's always on trend. beautiful. look at our lovely colleagues. a round of applause. well done. it's very hot in here despite all the snow that's falling. sarah button stephens is campaign manager for save the children's christmasjumper day and has come dressed for the occasion! you have the bestjumper of all. spectacular. have you added to that? it's completely home—made. it's just a silver jumper and it's it's completely home—made. it's just a silverjumper and it's all been added, the tinsel, gingerbread men, baubles and pom—poms. added, the tinsel, gingerbread men, baubles and pom-poms. very impressive, putting us all to shame. how long have you been running the

christmas jumper day. how long have you been running the christmasjumper day. this is our seventh christmas jumper day for save the children, been going since 2012, and it's going from strength to strength. i think 5 million people across the uk have been wearing their christmas jumpers today. incredible. people would be wearing them anyway, so how have you benefited? friday the 1ath, that one day where we encourage schools, organisations and workplaces to donate £2 to save the children on this day. who really benefits? you have made your own and customised it. it probably didn't cost you too much, but to go out and buy the jumper is the big expense. who is benefiting, is it to the retailers? we wa nt benefiting, is it to the retailers? we want the children that save the children supports to be benefiting. we don't encourage people to buy jumpers. we encourage them to make their own. we have a few partners. we work with amazon fashion this year, and the donation from those

companies comes to us. i'm overheating and can't read the headlines dressed like this. you're struggling! there is a serious message behind this. it's good fun for everyone, but what are you trying to remind us that this time of year? we want everyone to do something a little bit silly, get together with their friends and family and do something silly for a serious cause. save the children works in more than 120 countries around the world, working with some of the most deprived people, providing food, education, security after disasters and emergencies. sarah from save the children, i hope you raise lots of money and thank you raise lots of money and thank you for coming in. the headlines on bbc news... theresa may insists she's confident she can steer her brexit deal through parliament, despite leaving the eu summit in brussels without the assurances she needs. president trump's former

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