no renegotiation in brussels, but theresa may says the eu will provide further clarification on her brexit deal. if we're going to leave with a deal, this is it. but my discussions with colleagues today have shown that further clarification and discussion following the council's conclusions is in fact possible. but heated words between mrs may and jean claude juncker as she accuses him of describing her latest efforts as nebulous. he says it was a misunderstanding. i did not refer to her, but to the overall state of the debate in britain. we'll be looking at where negotiations with the eu are likely to go from here and what lies ahead for mrs may. also tonight: donald trump's disgraced former lawyer says the president is a liar and knew about hush money paid to women on his behalf. the premier league joins chelsea in condemning unacceptable behaviour after anti—semitic chants at last nights's game. rare hope that the world's

worst humanitarian crisis can be eased — as a fragile ceasefire largely holds in yemen. and back on dry land for a hug from mum — the british sailor rescued after being adrift 2,000 miles off shore. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: liverpool forward mo salah is named as the bbc african footballer of the year for a second year in a row. good evening. after a bruising encounter in brussels, the prime minister says she still believes she can get extra assurances from eu leaders to help get her brexit withdrawal agreement through parliament. eu leaders have said no to any renegotiation but will offer

what they call "further clarifications" on the irish backstop, the mechanism to avoid a hard border on the the island of ireland if the uk and eu fail to agree a trade deal. theresa may was filmed having a heated discussion with the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, during which she accused him of saying her latest proposals are nebulous, he blamed it on a misunderstanding. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. a bad omen? a bitter morning — for more than one reason. the prime minister came to brussels hunting for concessions from the eu. does the eu like your plan? but they didn'tjust say no, one of their top politicians said she didn't even know what she wanted. she was "nebulous". leading this private, careful politician to show real anger. "did you call me nebulous?" she seems to say to jean—claude juncker. he grasping her arm, the microphone may be off, but

you can see exactly what went on. the dutch prime minister comes along to try to make peace. later, she had not forgotten the accusations. i was crystal clear about the assurances which are needed on the backstop, having heard the views of mps in the house of commons. i reiterated that it is in the interests of the eu as well as the uk to get this over the line. eu leaders had said she would not get those concessions on the so—called backstop. she begged to differ. my discussions with colleagues today have shown that further clarification and discussion, following the council's conclusions, is, infact, possible. you looked very angry when you were speaking to jean—claude juncker earlier today. what did you say to him and did he admit that he had called you nebulous? and, secondly, the summit conclusions suggest the

eu is not willing to budge, but you appear to be suggesting that they might. can you tell us more about what they have said to you about their willingness to move? because if parliament won't budge and the eu won't budge, is it time for you to budge? well, first of all, i had a robust discussion with jean—claude juncker. i think that's the sort of discussion you're able to have when you've developed a working relationship and you work well together. and what came out of that was his clarity that actually he had been talking when he used that particular phrase, he had been talking about a general level of debate. we can look at this issue of further clarification and that has been something i have been discussing with a number of eu leaders, so we will be working expeditiously over the coming days to seek those further assurances that i believe mps will need. you might wonder what exactly has been going on with with these negotiations. what are the misunderstanding in the relations between the eu and the prime minister?

what has the president of european commission really been up to since that row? # ta—ta—tum... we were not dancing! she thought that i did criticise her by saying yesterday night that the british position was nebulous. i did not refer to her, but to the overall state of the debate in britain. and in the course of the morning after what i said yesterday night, she was kissing me! we have treated prime minister may with much greater empathy and respect than some british mps for sure. we have to bring down the temperature and these attacks coming from westminster against europe, against the european commission will not be responded in the same way by the european

commission or the european union. although i would like to do it! on and off the stage the message from the eu is clear — they promise they will do a trade deal as quickly as possible, so the backstop‘s never needed, but that cannot mean changing what's already been agreed. we will not renegotiate it and we do not want to re—open it, but theresa is of course a tough negotiator and there is a lot of understanding also for what uk wants. but i think we have to find a way to deal with each other, i think that the current deal is a good one for both sides. and hearing what's been said in brussels back in westminster, thatjust won't wash with mps who are demanding new legal guarantees. to coin a phrase, it was a bit nebulous! she hasn't provided any new guarantees at all about the withdrawal agreement, or specifically the backstop.

so, she has been to the european council, she has expressed her concerns and they have given her absolutely nothing. we know the answer to the question whether there's going to be changes and it's no. what we need is for the vote to be put next week for us to vote on it and then for parliament to take control of the process. the prime minister leaves here with a big problem — remember, she kept herjob in part this week, because she promised she could get more compromise from herfellow eu leaders. but she's left tonight with assurances that there could be more conversations and that simply might not be concrete enough to protect her in a hostile environment at home. expectations even yesterday were of more positive promises, but bumpy late—night talks diluted those. the cold truth is the lack of trust at westminster is felt 200 miles away.

in a moment we'll speak to our deputy political editor john pienaar in downing street. but first to our europe correspondent damian grammaticas in brussels, the eu isn't budging, what chance of theresa may getting anything meaningful out of brussels? i think very little sign that anything is coming in the near future. going into the summit there we re future. going into the summit there were some countries, jaechlty, austria, that were open to the idea of looking at this. what seems to have happened when theresa may addressed the eu leaders last night for about an hour, a group of countries took a tougher land — ireland, france and belgium and they felt that the uk was not being clear enough when theresa may was asking for a trade deal by a specific date, they seem to have asked what sort of

trade deal, do you want to be in a customs union, they said the answer was not clear, so they could not commit to something that would tie their hands. and there is another problem, these countries look at the political situation in the uk and they are worried, they feel if they give concessions at this stage that the uk would take those and simply come back demanding more. so, countries like ireland a concern, the irish prime minister saying you can't have an international discussion with a partner that you agreed something with two weeks ago. so there is no sign of eu moving, no formal talks, only donald tusk saying his door is open if the uk has new proposals to make. and john, now the summit is over, what lies ahead for theresa may back here? after her harsh trial of a week, it almost seems an achievement for theresa may still to be in office,

still fighting against the odds and the odds do look heavy. at westminster tonight her plan likes like a defeat waiting to happen. there are conservatives who believe it is the best deal possible and she is going to go on pressing eu leaders for more ways to win over the house of commons. but the brexiteers are regrouping and in the cabinet there are ministers who will be pressing for a vote in the house of commons to sound out other plans, perhaps with a brexit with closer links to the eu. as for a second referendum, the campaigners for that, including tony blair, are saying that is the most likely outcome and at a leavers rally, nigel farage told the bbc he thought they may be right about that. jeremy corbyn is not at all keen on a second referendum. he is waiting for the moment to inflict the maximum damage by pressing for a vote of confidence in the government. that may be next week or in the new year.

but it will be a torrid time for theresa may when she reports to mps oi'i theresa may when she reports to mps on monday, as mps get ready for the winter break. theresa may is keeping faith with her plan but hope and charity is running very thin indeed. thank you. donald trump's former personal lawyer claims the president is a liar and ordered him to pay off two women during the 2016 presidential election, even though mr trump knew it was wrong. in an interview with abc news, michael cohen, who's facing three years in prison, said mr trump ordered the payments because he feared the womens' allegations he had affairs with them would damage his presidential campaign. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has more. an alleged one ithin night stand in 2006 and then a payment to buy stormy daniels' silence ten years later — just before the 2016

elections. they're still causing donald trump and those around him endless legal nightmares. the president's long time lawyer and mr fixit, michael cohen, was this week sentenced to three years in prison. and he's now given an interview refuting donald trump's claims that he made the payments to her without the president knowing about it. first of all, nothing in the trump organisation was ever done unless it was run through mr trump. he directed me, as i said, and i said as well in the plea, he directed me to make the payments, he directed me to become involved in these matters. the payment came at a delicate time in the presidential campaign... ..a tape had emerged of donald trump boasting about sexual assaulting women. in the interview today, cohen said the payment was made because the president wanted to avoid fresh scandal weeks before the election. he was trying to hide what you were doing, correct?

correct. and he knew it was wrong? of course. and he was doing that to help his election? you have to remember at what point in time that this matter came about, two weeks or so before the election, post the billy bush comments, so, yes, he was very concerned about how this would affect the election. but donald trump says cohen is a proven liar and his only regret is ever employing him. i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money, et cetera, et cetera. donald trump's account of what happened has changed consistently. first of all, denying that he knew anything at all about a payment to stormy daniels. then admitting he did. then saying it had nothing to do with campaign finance,

it was a personal matter. and then saying, "well, yes, campaign finances, but that's not against the law." and finally his lawyer saying, "nobody got killed, no one was robbed, this is not a big crime." in other words, it didn't really matter what donald trump had done. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. a 16—year—old boy has been convicted of raping and murdering a 14—year—old girl in a wolverhampton park. viktorija sokolova had arranged to meet the boy in the city's west park last april. he can't be named because of his age, but faces a mandatory life sentence. after a week in which allegations of racism in football have grabbed the headlines, england's premier league has urged fans to report unacceptable behaviour. chelsea have strongly condemned supporters who chanted anti—semitic abuse during a match in hungary last night — saying they have "shamed the club" as our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports. at their home ground, chelsea present a welcome to the world. but this is a football club shamed by a section of its supporters — chelsea made that clear today. last night some chelsea fans used

a match in hungary to chant anti—semitic words about a rival club in london — tottenham. it's not an isolated example. educationalfilms have been made, endorsed by chelsea, showing previous incidents of fans making anti—tottenham chants, and then showing the historical reality of the holocaust. there is an element of that chant which is meant to bejust anti—tottenham and that's the whole point of the film, to say, you might think your making anti—tottenham chants, but actually when you make, when you sing "spurs are on their way to auschwitz", this is what you're really chanting about. chelsea know the problem. the club promised today that any individual found to have shamed the club by using anti—semitic or racist words or actions will face the strongest possible action from the club. instances of anti—semitism are especially poignant and hard to comprehend at this club. after all, roman abramovich, who has bankrolled chelsea

for so many years, is himself jewish. but last nights events come hard on the heels of chelsea's game against manchester city and what happened there to raheem sterling. chelsea have suspended four people from attending games after allegations by raheem sterling that he was racially abused. so, a grim old problem returning, or a sign of today's times? racial offence in our game which we are trying as hard as we can to eradicate are always going to happen. you hope, 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 our game, it holds no place in society. today's attention is firmly on chelsea. the issue this weekend and over the many festive matches to come is just how far

football's problem extends. joe wilson, bbc news, west london. a day after a ceasefire was announced at peace talks to end yemen's war, the united nations says a monitoring system is urgently needed to oversee the agreement and end the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the ceasefire covers the key red sea port of hodeida and the adjacent city, a vital lifeline which has become the war‘s main battle ground. more food aid has now begun arriving at the port. the un has warned that 14 million yemenis are on the brink of starvation. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is here. tonight reports of gunfire outside the port, fragile ceasfire but aid desparately needed. so far the >> liem: fragile and fraught with risks. but it is an agreement under ceasefire and marks the most significant breakthrough in five yea rs of

significant breakthrough in five years of un talks. it is provoked this palpable relief and extraordinary burst of hope among yemeni. 0ne activist sent me a message to say, did you see this special moment, this message for peace? did you see the handshake? she was referring to the handshake between the yemeni delegation and the houthi jell—o between the yemeni delegation and the houthijell—o geisha in. the reality is, there is so little trust and such a huge risk that this will fall apart. 0ne and such a huge risk that this will fall apart. one thing that will keep it together is the unprecedented international pressure and in particular the us pressure on saudi arabia to bring an end to this destructive war. yemen isn'tjust a brutal war, it is a country facing what the un has called the worst famine in living memory. the country, the people are at breaking point and that is why so many people are daring to hope against hope.

thank you. a five week—old baby boy has died after he was attacked by two dogs. reuben mcnulty was mauled by two staffordshire bull terriers at a house in yaxley in cambridgeshire last month. he died today from his injuries. reuben's parents, daniel mcnulty and amy litchfield are believed locally to be the two people questioned and released by police. a silent walk has been taking place in west london tonight, to mark 18 months since the grenfell tower fire which killed 72 people in june last year. the first part of the grenfell inquiry, which looked at failures before and during the fire itself, ended this week. but the inquiry‘s chairman has said the second phase, which will look at the wider causes of the fire, is unlikely to begin before the end of next year. our special correspondent lucy manning, has been talking to two survivors about how they feel about the inquiry so far. the state palpably failed in its primary duty to protect its citizens. i don't know how that building is still standing to this day. we should have all been dead.

if they were evacuated, the people's lives could be saved. sid ali altmani and mahad egal survived grenfell with theirfamilies. both provided evidence to the inquiry. i was completely lost. the only solution i have to take is to get up. after nearly 100 days of evidence, they wait on some answers. they need to deliver. he needs to make sure to deliver the criminals, the ones that are responsible for killing people. i feel that a lot has been unearthed and i hope to see that the corporates are under more scrutiny. the inquiry has heard a litany of safety failures. harrowing 999 calls. don't give up. you can't give up. don't give up. where's the fire brigade? jesus! they should be there. officials who didn't immediately send building plans and a list of residents to firefighters.

what were you actually doing, during that period? standing there. responding to phone calls. speaking to people on the phone. not very much. firemen who cried for those they couldn't save. to the family of the people in flat 175... i was looking for another girl. i didn't know there was anyone in there. and a fire chief who wouldn't accept they should have responded differently. i wouldn't change anything we did on the night. i think without exception my firefighters and my officers and my control staff performed in a fantastic way. you could have changed a lot of things in that night. it could happen. she wouldn't change also the 72 people who died. she could have put her statement in a different way. perhaps they could have improvised a plan b for evacuation. the inquiry chairman will deliver an interim report next year, but the second part of this inquiry, looking at wider issues, is set to be delayed.

personally speaking, i think that there's more people that are put at risk, because phase 2 has been delayed and the conclusion to the inquiry's not being reached. so it could be more than three years after the fire when this inquiry finally ends. lucy manning, bbc news. a fourth person has died as a result of injuries sustained in a gun attack in the french city of strasbourg on tuesday. visiting the city tonight, the french president emmanuel macron laid a white rose in the victims' memory and paid tribute to the french security forces. the gunman, cherif chekatt, was shot dead last night after he opened fire on police officers. liverpool's egyptian striker mo salah has won the bbc‘s african footballer of the year award for the second year running. his ten goals in 16 games have helped liverpool to the top of the premier league. salah said he hoped to win it again next year as well. members of the royal family have

made public their christmas cards. the duke and duchess of cambridge are pictured with their three children at their norfolk home. while harry and megan have chosen a picture of themselves watching the fireworks on the evening of their wedding. a british yachtswoman whose boat capsized in a storm in the south pacific 2000 miles offshore has finally set foot on dry land in chile. it's a week since susie goodall was rescued by a chinese cargo ship, while competing in the solo golden globe round the world race. this evening she said she would happily attempt the race again. duncan kennedy has more. this is what relief looks like. when you step ashore after surviving the drama, the mid—ocean crisis. a hug from mum, brigitte and brother tim, means susie goodall‘s ordeal is finally over. then it was on to a medical checkup

before she gave her first insight to the trauma she faced 2000 miles from land. if you ask me if i'd do this again, now knowing what it's like, i would say yes in a heartbeat. but as i said to the chilean navy captain who brought me a shore from tian fu, i created so much work for everyone involved in the rescue, to which he responded, of course you must do it again. you may ask why. some people just live for adventure, its human nature and for me, the sea is where my adventure lies. it was the wild seas of the southern ocean with its seven metre waves that triggered the emergency last week. in sailing terms, susie's yacht pitch polled, meaning it somersaulted forward, end over end, smashing the mast and leaving her stranded for more than two days. it took a crane from a passing freight ship

to hoist her out of danger. susie, who is 29, was the youngest competitor in this golden globe race before she hit the storm. but she trained here at the uk's sailing academy on the isle of wight. this afternoon, we showed her friends the moment she made it back to shore in chile. oh my god. gives you goose bumps. really pleased for susie, especially her family. she's been through a real ordeal and experience and adventure over the last few weeks. so pleased she's made it back safely. susie goodall is the third sailor to be rescued in this year's race, but now she's safe and heading home for christmas. duncan kennedy, bbc news. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. welcome to bbc london news.

i'm victoria hollins. hearts concede five times in 1a minutes and have a man sent off as they lose at livingston. exeter win in europe for the first time this season to keep their hopes alive in the champions cup. mo awards for salah as he's named african footballer of the year for the second year running. ita it a great feeling, i would like to

win again next year, it's a great feeling to win another award two yea rs feeling to win another award two years ina feeling to win another award two years in a row so i'm happy. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm ben croucher. these are your friday night headlines.... we'll start with the issue thatjust won't go away in football right now. less than a week after banning four fans for alleged racist abuse of raheem sterling, chelsea have condemned a small minority of supporters for shaming the club. it follows anti semitic chants during their europa league tie in hungary last night. the blues says they'll take the strongest possible action over what they call an abhorrant incident. anti discrimination group fare says that some fans are using the political atmosphere as a coverfor their own predjudice. when it comes to anguish football, it is still far from inclusive and

welcoming as it is celebrated sometimes. so these elements are still there. and we see the increase in the number of groups that are using football as a tool for their propaganda and hate. i think it is definitely connected to the political developments and the type of language the media also uses. there aren't many greater heroes in chelsea's history than their former midfielder — and record goal—scorer — frank lampard. he's dismayed by the lack of respect demonstrated at football, and in today's society in general... i think in a bigger picture — and there is one here and this is to exclude racism, racism is a part of this — but i do get disappointed with the amount of hate that goes on in the modern society in game. some of it is social media based. it's very plausible now to say, "i don't like you because of how you look, because of your sex, because of your preferences, because of your family, because of your decisions that you've made in your career". i think that's something

that we need to look at, and that's just about decency. well the issues around abusive fans — and the role the media has to play in racial predjudice — has come into stark focus this week. raheem sterling has accused newspapers of helping to "fuel racism" by the way they portrayed young black footballers. hugh woozencroft has been finding out more... well, raheem sterling's have cut me and many others in the sports journalism industry thinking about the current state of play, i guess. i have called on some of my fellow black sports journalists to examine the state of the industry. black sports journalists to examine the state of the industrylj black sports journalists to examine the state of the industry. i don't think there's too much hyperbole to suggest that what raheem sterling. matt dunn is a game changerfor me. because what he's done has really made editors and people just of power look at themselves. i think rohingyas might do something very, very grateful to him about we can't leave him on his own. it is a moment for us. it'sjust what happens leave him on his own. it is a moment for us. it's just what happens from here. because this is really about better journalism. here. because this is really about betterjournalism. this is about

mcgeehan sure there are more thorough processes. if discussions we re thorough processes. if discussions were made about raheem sterling's gun on his leg and if there were debates before that was published, maybe it would have been published. i had maybe it would have been published. ihad an maybe it would have been published. i had an experience i was working for a mainstream newspaper when antonio grisman blacked out for the party and one the editors there because they had someone there that was of colour, because it was someone who had gone through a personal experience who have had a personal experience who have had a personal experience who have had a personal experience on the black face, they asked me was a racist, how do you think we should work this headline, should we accuse them of being a racist? if you don't have anyone there who has that personal experience, how can you create the correct story, the correct headline and tell it with the correct prospective? and a lot of sports journalists a it is not them that write the stories, they come from the front page, the news dallas.