hello, i'm ros atkins in brussels, where theresa may has been meeting eu leaders. one of them has described the process back of an old dell —— the prospect of a nobel brexit as an economic. this was the prime minister's take on it. i am going to deliver brexit. i am going to deliver it on time. that is what i am going to do for the british public. i will be negotiating hard in the coming days to do just that. and i'm kasia madera in london. here are the other stories we'll look at... president trump takes aim at house democrats after they announce another investigation, raising the prospect of russian money laundering through the trump organisation. the latest on the deeping diplomatic row between france and italy — welcome to outside source.

this first half of the show will come live from brussels. we had been a lot since 2016 since they voted to leave the european union. iam they voted to leave the european union. i am standing right outside the european commission building. and all day theresa may has been meeting with eu leaders to try and break the impasse on brexit. that the next hour, we will take you through every detail of the story. you can check our social media on the screen for questions. let us pause to consider where we have got to. she's only

got 50 days to go — it is still not clear what the uk points. the european union today is pretty think that it has not been getting details by theresa may on exactly what she would like to change in order to get a deal to the house of commons. while that is happening, we are seeing extreme pressure applied to the cohesion of two political parties in the uk, and extreme pressure in the eu as well. it is trying to defend its borders and its member states while also trying to avoid a no deal. one of the sea yet think us today describe it as the sea yet think us today describe itasa the sea yet think us today describe it as a possible economic and human catastrophe. this is what the prime minister said earlier. i am going to deliver brexit. i am going to deliver it on time. that is what i am going to do for the british public. i will be negotiating hard in the coming days to do just that.

theresa may's day can be broken down into three parts. this is not the first time that theresa may has had to make a quick trip to brussels because of the political twists and turns back westminster. what is interesting though about the meeting here in the european commission is we know jean—claude juncker‘s position that the withdrawal agreement cannot be reopened, we know the prime minister's position that something has to change or she cannot get this deal the parliament, but we want to find out is what the two of them are going to do about that? the discussion was robust but constructive. despite the challenges, the two leaders agreed that the teams should hold talks as to whether a breakthrough can be found that would gain the best possible support in the uk parliament and respect the guidelines agreed by the european council. the prime minister and the president will meet again before the end of february to take stock of the discussion. theresa may's second stop is here at the european parliament, she is meeting with the president

and the chief brexit negotiator. it is fair to say that the european council at the european commission are more central to the brexit than this parliament. any withdrawal deal has to be proved here, that is my the prime minister is paying a visit. we are very concerned. we are weeks away from an economic and human catastrophe. this is the reality of the no—deal brexit. it should be a very dangerous solution, a no—deal brexit. the parliament fully supports the withdrawal agreement. it was headed by michelle. it is the only solution that grants us and or ——orderly uk exit. but the commission and parliament, the prime minister now moves to the european council where she will meet president donald tusk, a man who yesterday said that there was a special place in hell

for some brexiteers who did not have enough of the plan. that is really framed the whole of the prime minister's visit, and we are all very interested to see how that meeting goes. i had set out very clearly a position from parliament that we must have legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement in order to deal with parliament's concerns of the backstop. what i see here from leaders is a desire for us to work together to make sure that we can deliver the uk leaving the european union with a deal. this is what donald tusk tweeted afterwards, "still no breakthrough in sight. talks will continue." inevitably, they will have to talk about the irish border backstop.

this is a mechanism built in the withdrawal deal saying that if there is no deal by the end of the transition period, that they uk must stay allied with the uk customs union in order to avoid a hard border between north and island and the uk and the republic of ireland. and brexiteers hate that idea because they campaigned for brexit because they campaigned for brexit because they campaigned for brexit because they want to cut their own bilateral trade deals. if you and the customs union with the eu, you cannot do that. this is the mechanism to avoid a hard border in ireland. here's former prime minister of ireland bertie ahern talking to hardtalk. isaidi i said i hope there is no but science of violence again because we don't go want to go to the bad old days. we have to be aware that the idea of it infrastructure board

again going back to customs, going back to police swarming around the border will heighten fears and intentions. the boy has been controversial since the 1920s —— the border. 19116 to 52, it was just the board up. 1968 and 69 and 1998 agreement. that was in large part of the border as well. we note that there is a great intentions at the moment i the border so i still want to believe that we will not return to believe that we will not return to violence, but i think that sentence, animosity, bitterness, the hatred that bringing back any infrastructure border cannot be ignored. whenever that is one of those days in brussels, one of the

people i want to have found is... a little earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler. did anything change today? no, not really. not on substance times. both sides were here and they had their well what has entrenched opinions. the prime minister, her main declared purpose today but to get legally binding changes to the backstop that guaranteed to get that irish border open the brexit and the eu again said no. that withdrawal agreement that that prime minister signed up to back in november, they will not they cannot open it they say. one eu official close to the talks today said to me that prime minister did not put any concrete proposal on the table today as defined agreement and the near future. so you mentioned that there will be a new round of talks, but they do not know what direction to find the agreement and time is running out. one thing i have noticed since being here today is that there is a bit of a disconnect between the focus in

westminster on the backstop and the focus here on brussels or perhaps hoping for a softer brexit. i know you are tweeting earlier that donald tusk seems quite enthusiastic about the opposition plan back in westminster. it is no secret. it is no surprise that it is notjust donald tusk, it is thrilled at the idea thatjeremy corbyn came forward today, the leader of the opposition and said that why don't we try to find cross party support around a softer brexit model. for weeks, at the eu has been saying we are not going to touch the withdrawal agreement but there is a second brexit document that we all signed off on in november and it is a text on future eu uk relations. why don't be admitted that text and find agreement that way? basically again the eu has all he said that you change your redlines in the uk and we will teach ours. so it is the uk saying that we should stay in a permanent customs union with the eu, that you let then say well we cannot be so frantic about the backstop if we stay in a customs union, that means that we will not have any tariff barriers everywhere.

so that changes the conversation. why isn't everyone in more of a rush? it is 50 days to go! nobody wants to budge because as i said they had their entrenched positions. also, do not forget, that not only are these positions entrenched, but the bottom line is theresa may, eu leaders, rehearsing if they say if there is no deal, and they are covering themselves to say we chide up until the end to do the best in our interest by the eu, that needs to the backstop for all the reasons that you have talked about so often on outside source. and for the uk, any changing the backstop because that is such huge opposition to it and parliament. iamjoined by i am joined by the people here. i wonder what your emotions are when you see that the uk at the eu failing to find a deal that's close

to the brexit date. to be honest, i am not in favour of the brexit any way shape or form. not only does it disrupt the relationships, but also for the uk itself. a referendum seemed like a great way to get some pilot said that people and a voice to the people, but to me, it seems like a great way to divide a country. by a vacant power to people? they said they wanted to leave. sure, but if you look, people ages 18 to 2a, actually 70% of them voted to remain within the eu, it is really at disruptive site. like they are important, but they are not the whole electorate. i agree with that. especially as british young person in europe. it is stressful at the moment because we are trying to decide our features. i know a few

british people in our course sol decide our features. i know a few british people in our course so i to graduate soon. we had to write that find a way to break in europe and stay in europe. people arguing for brexit will say that that will be uncertainty and a healthy relationship to i like to do the things you want to do to stoplj relationship to i like to do the things you want to do to stop i will say to them that those are nice weights, but i will not be shy about an employer saying that it will be a nice relationship in the near future. can i pick up on the inside to see part? brexit was certainly something mildly intriguing at the beginning. this close to a potential no—deal brexit, it is not mild or intriguing, it is outright scary. there are so many people be close to who do not want this outcome. the eu is saying that we are not doing any at the things you are asking us to

do. do you think that the eu should do. do you think that the eu should do something set but to avoid an ldl? why she had that uk do something to say at no—deal. the eu is blocking everything, but we have known what the possible options bar oi'i known what the possible options bar on that you site for ages. you have seen on that you site for ages. you have seen the steps. it won't get through parliament, there is no kind of mandate or desire for a heart brexit. why not move up the ladder? you cannot expect that you to do all the way? that is part of negotiation, but i think it is also being said earlier that it does not seem being said earlier that it does not seem really clear what the uk once instead. at this point in time, it isa hard instead. at this point in time, it is a hard job to negotiate with someone if you do not understand what you are happy with or

agreement. by me, it seems like that uk politicians are involved in a rat race. again, is scary, just the hope that their attempts i just the same face. it is the beginning of our conversation you that you believe in the democracy, and you believe and are about to leave, and the nature parliament at the moment, but no one's thought, it is his incredibly hot to get an agreement. one's thought, it is his incredibly hot to get an agreementlj one's thought, it is his incredibly hot to get an agreement. i agree. they are not. it is a devastating thought that the young upcoming generation is going to bear the consequences for something that they do not vote for. do you talk about it? the you find yourself coming back to brexit a lot? the minute i say i am british, the absolute minute, it is oh, what is happening

with brexit because mcbee had not been told to eat there. is frightening. he had had two years to decide what we want. and here i can't trying to explain brexit to people. so our government does not know what it wants, so i do not know what to tell you. if you think about out what to tell you. if you think about our generation in the back at that, we are mobile, international, connected, it comes up more than you probably late in the past but that people are trying to figure out working, volunteering, study in the uk is possible in the future it. so let's exploit that idea of movement, some brexiteers will state that we are not trying to stop everyone moving but we want total freedom of moving. it is not like the berry is being put down, wejust moving. it is not like the berry is being put down, we just want a different set of rules by the movement. why does it have to be all 01’ movement. why does it have to be all or nothing? when you have these restrictions, they tend to be very

salary based restrictions. when you are trying to build as a new pricing in european affairs are european business, you do a lots of internships, low—paid business, you do a lots of internships, low— paid work, business, you do a lots of internships, low—paid work, once you start doing it, we will not be able to get highly skilled these us to do that. that is why i do not find it an acceptable compromise because it seems an acceptable compromise because it seems to me that. thank you very much indeed. those of you watching, iam about much indeed. those of you watching, i am about to bejoined by david. we will take questions from interview watching, and we will do our best to watch. ten minutes' time an outside source. yes, didn't get in touch with us

with all your questions. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the un says the death of the journalist jamal khashoggi was premeditated by saudi arabia — we'll have the latest. british horse racing has been cancelled for at least six days after an outbreak of equine flu. there are fears the highly contagious virus — which is not usually life threatening — may have spread after the horses raced yesterday. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. it was supposed to be race day here in doncaster, but not a horse, not a in site. all fixtures off after it emerged that three runners yesterday had tested positive for highly contagious equine flu. all of them from the yard of grand national landing trainer don mccain have been vaccinated, leaving a worried sport searching for answers. next month, the showpiece, the festival, worth

millions to the industry, say containing this disease is also a race against time. for now then, this most unpredictable sport is facing its own uncertain nature. andy swiss, bbc news, doncaster. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? british prime minister theresa may has been meeting eu leaders in brussels as she pushes for changes to the withdrawal agreement. european commission president jean—claude juncker described talks as robust but constructive. some of the other stories we are working on here in the bbc newsroom. air accident investigators say they've successfully recovered a body from the wreckage of a plane that went down in the sea between france and britain carrying the argentine international footballer, emiliano sala and his pilot. the body has not yet been officially identified, but both families have been updated.

let's just go to the united states. i want to show you a tweet that could have only been written by president donald trump. "presidential harassment! it should never be allowed to happen again!" he's talking about this. on wednesday the house intelligence committee chair, adam schiff, announced a sweeping probe into mr trump's finances and possible links to russia. and to "investigate any credible allegation that financial interests or other interests are driving decision—making of the president or anyone in the administration." this prompted mr trump to tweet. "the dems and their committees are going nuts. adam schiff for his part retorted. "i can understand why the idea

of a meaningful oversight terrifies the president. several of his close associates are going to jail, others await trial, and criminal investigations continue. we re going to do ourjob and wont be distracted or intimidated by threats or attacks." i spoke to anthony zurcher in washington a little earlier about how broad this probe is. sweeping is a dead weight for it. if you remembered that investigation from the house intelligent committee but they looked at russian attacks that influence the election. now it is getting much broader than that. it is looking at any foreign influence mcdonald trap, his associates, family, or donald trump and associates for change us policy.

orat and associates for change us policy. or at risk to being influenced by foreign governments and obstructing justice. this is a much larger and sleeping investigation. but democrats in charge of the committee, they are able to set request documents, get subpoenas, that out of must get done that calling the shots. if any, do not go away. there is more i want to talk to you about. just 12 hours before the announcement that mr trump used his stay at the union trumped up by a warning to the democrats. economic miracle is taking place in the united states, and the only thing that can stop it is foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous part investigations. that let the presidentjust that let the president just a few hours ago. today, there was a reply

by nancy pelosi saying that the house will not surrender its constitutional responsibility to perform oversight. we always knew that their relationship was going to be pretty volatile, but nancy pelosi is digging in the hills now. she is framing it as a separation of powers issue. saying that congress has the power to oversee the executive branch. as i mentioned, already released 50 documents, interviews that were conducted over the last few years to robert mueller‘s investigation. they had that night republican request the invest hillary clinton, how the fbi handled that investigation. it is a new day in the house of representatives, and you can see in their actions that could possibly result and accessing

donald trump by think tax returns. this is going to be a robust oversight as one of the things they made on last year, that they are intent and nikki showed that the past two years but the republicans in control, that those investigations are not now admitted ina more investigations are not now admitted in a more aggressive fashion. we have seen another confrontation with matthew g which occurred. what is going on but this? that is another committee that is wanting to investigate the attorney general and his communication as far as getting information on the russian investigation, firing of jeff sessions, whitaker has denied that there was any communications, he had there was any communications, he had the client to comment on it. he has not recused himself. they are going to the competence of the committee to the competence of the committee to an testified this week. they have not made it clear if he is not to

talk about that right use executive privilege. if he says he is not going to talk about his involvement in that investigation or communications with the white house, they are going to issue a subpoena that will effectively try to force them to. the question is whether he will complied with that subpoena. do check out his analysis on our website. a big update on the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. a un investigaiton has found the saudi regime critic was the "the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and perpetrated by officials of the state of saudi arabia". the washington post contributor was killed at the saudi consulate here in istanbul on october 2nd. this picture of him entering the mission was the last anyone saw of him. his body hasn't been found. is the last image of him. they say

based on a week—long visit to turkey and the evidence that she saw and heard, that she was given an audio recording to listen to, which a p pa re ntly recording to listen to, which apparently recorded the moment of his death. all the evidence points toa his death. all the evidence points to a brutal and premeditated killing, planned and prepared, carried out by saudi arabian officials. she said that subsequent to mr khashoggi's death, saudi arabia did not help techie's investigation, in fact, they were actively entering it. that is the update. stay with us on outside sites. we will see you in a little bit. bye—bye for now. time for a round—up of the weather

conditions. let's start with america where you will see a huge swing at temperatures. once again, freezing cold airand temperatures. once again, freezing cold air and they think the midwest coming from i think canada. went to start in the northwest. places like chicago i got to be in the freezing air. the south and it clouds in the midwest. cold air in the north. this is what they want to start will be. a blizzard from the great lakes and also christ into eastern areas of canada. behind it. those wings will swing directions. a large chunk of the midwest. —23 celsius. chicago, minus eight degrees high on friday.

still pretty chilly. temperatures going back up again. new york city will take close to freezing the following day. europe, it is a different story. atlantic storms will be sleeping over the next 2a hours to get this these systems will go to scandinavia, bringing some heavy snow. not air is pushing the major sensors, near below freezing. recently, we have seen some went three whether around that had a land area. there has been a lot of rain and snow and thunderstorms around as well. pretty unsettling conditions there across the front north of india. the outlook for the next few days, friday, what the forecast,

quiet conditions across most of india. it has been pouring with rain across australia and the last few days, weeks, the monsoon rains, still some storm clouds around here. there is an area with a drench recently. those floods have been catastrophic for this region. the good news is that the rains will ease. you will see the jet stream and that collect air i think it's a southeastern parts of australia, so those temperatures will be taking a dip of the dive. the hot air is up north. we are talking about about 20 celsius. city will be up and down a little bit closer the seasonal north. that is it. you are up—to—date with the world the weather. the other weather is coming up weather. the other weather is coming up in hello, i'm ros atkins in brussels, where theresa may has

been meeting eu leaders. the prime minister spoke to the president european commission jean—claude juncker, who described their talks on changing the brexit deal as "robust but constructive". no—deal brexit would be a human and economic disaster was a warning. this was the prime minister's take. iam going this was the prime minister's take. i am going to deliver brexit and i will deliver it on time, that is what i will do for the british public. i will negotiate hard in the next coming days. and i'm kasia madera in london. here are the other stories we'll look at: the latest on the deeping diplomatic row between france and italy, with paris recalling its ambassador to italy for talks. as venezuela's nicolas maduro blocks a border bridge where aid is set to arrive, the bbc takes a bus ride in caracas to see how people are coping in dire circumstances.

ido i do not know if it was something we said that the lights went off at the european commission which looks like i was talking to you from space but now we have the european council building behind us, the egg all lit up building behind us, the egg all lit up and all the buildings of the european union and brussels are in this one area. you can easily walk between them and it has been here that theresa may has been spending time, having meetings with the president of the council, commission and parliament as well. it is now 50 days to go until brexit. they are still in a situation where the uk and eu did not have a deal that you can get through the house of commons. the prime minister spoke earlier.|j

will deliver brexit and i will deliver it on time and that is what i will do for the british public and i will do for the british public and i will negotiate hard in the coming days to do just that. if you have any questions about brexit, and if i cannot answer them, damien can in the e—mail is on the screen and # is on the screen as well. send the questions our way but we also have to talk notjust about questions our way but we also have to talk not just about the questions our way but we also have to talk notjust about the prime minister but of the opposition. he is becoming ever more central to the kind of brexit that the uk may eventually choose. he made a significant intervention last night by releasing a letter and which he laid out five points that he wants the prime minister to meet if he and labour are to support her brexit plan. he wants eu agencies in the uk

to be working closely together and he wants guarantees on security cooperation as well. he laid out this plan and there is a lot of signs that the eu like that plan but let's hear from jeremy corbyn himself. half of our trade has been in europe and a lot of our manufacturing industries are very frightened and very worried at the moment that at the end of march there will be a cliff edge and we will do everything we can to prevent this cliff edge exit. the bbc political editor has been here today and she has noted on twitter, there isa and she has noted on twitter, there is a suggestion that donald tusk suggested to theresa may that the corbyn letter was a potential way through with increased calls for prosperity compromise and it is worth saying that while the uk sees brexit, the uk government sees brexit, the uk government sees brexit, not only in terms of the backstop brexit, not only in terms of the ba cksto p by brexit, not only in terms of the backstop by the eu is more

interested in if the software brexit is possible. february the 13th is when theresa may is due to go back to parliament to update mps on the progress she is making or otherwise that the european union. on the 14th of february, she thinks —— we think she will table a motion which will allow m ps she will table a motion which will allow mps to have their amendment and it will be a chance to see what kind of brexit options they might support for a second referendum to no deal and everything in between. expecting that to be the next time we get a firm update. let's bring damien and, he is ready for a load of questions and thank you for coming out. we will see how we get on. the first question a number of people say, what would be required to extend the brexit negotiations and itjust got a bit dark and there it is because the wind has taken our light. hopefully you will see while in a minute. let's cast on some light

evenif minute. let's cast on some light even if he can't he ask. the questions on extending the brexit and dominic negotiations and what is required, there has to be a request from the uk government that will come here for brussels and the 27 other countries would have to agree unanimously and anyone of them could block it. the inclination scene at the minute is that they would if it was a short extension, three months or so. longer than that gets more tricky. if there were no deal what happens to the planned transition period? it does not exist. the transition period, the period that is invaded after the 29th of march for two years possibly extended for another year is all dependent on the deal that is now on the table going through. or a deal going through. no

deal, no transition which is why people talk about a cliff edge brexit. crashing out of the eu some people say because all relationships would cease at that point. but with the transition date stay for two yea rs. the transition date stay for two years. keep the questions coming and here is another one saying if there we re here is another one saying if there were a delay to ask for an extension, could the uk participate in the european elections and make? if the extension was beyond the elections, yes. in fact, the view is the uk would have to participate because legally within the eu, as a sort of democratic and deconstructed body, there has to be representation so you have to have a problem in and you have to have a vote for the parliament and if you are still part of the eu, the crucial time there is

injuly, the of the eu, the crucial time there is in july, the elections of the eu, the crucial time there is injuly, the elections are ma but the new parliament injuly so british meps would have to be there ready forjuly. so we could be an astonishing situation where they know they aren't leaving within weeks and then they have to take pa rt weeks and then they have to take part in election? only if the extension was beyond a few weeks which is likely why the extension would only be up to the elections and not beyond or all whole lot longer to envision the uk staying.” have a son who has been offered a place to study in the netherlands in 2019, do you know how it would affect uk student heading to the eu? if your questioning about a programme, under which a if your questioning about a programme, underwhich a big eu exchange programme, i think the figures are something like 111,000 uk stu d e nts figures are something like 111,000 uk students at the minute are studying across the 30 eu countries that get funding and support, that would

continue as what the eu has said even with no deal and i think if you have not begun it, and are due to start later in the year, then you may well find that it may not exist and something special is negotiated at that point. keep them coming, you are sending a lot of questions and we still have a few minutes with damien. someone asked for corbin and eu co—ordinate with the letter coming out on the eve of her visit, but i have not seen any evidence. you are talking about donald tusk was saying, he did say we know to theresa may today thatjeremy corbyn's letter and his view, donald tusk‘s the, thinking a promising way forward out of the impasse and that isa forward out of the impasse and that is a strong signal that the eu sees that idea of the customs union that

could command some cross party majority in parliament as a possible way point and something they would like to see. did they co—ordinate? no labour party figures have been here talking to the eu throughout... idid not here talking to the eu throughout... i did not know if they actually coordinated. an e-mail asking about that issue of a meaningful vote and i may be able to help on this one, theresa may is going back to parliament on the 13th and mps will debate on the 14th and i do not think another meaningful vote on brexit deal has been scheduled not least because there is not a new version of the deal to vote on. no, but the promise was made in parliament that there would be a vote next week if no deal came back and theresa may had not come back with a deal by then, there would still be an opportunity to table amendments and possibly tables

emotions, whatever the language of it is, to have a belt within the next week. i think some sort of vote may carry on but it will not be on a deal because they will not be a deal to bring back at that point.l deal because they will not be a deal to bring back at that point. a few people have been asking is the eu already theorizing let them no deal would mean? i have seen a few state m e nts would mean? i have seen a few statements that they definitely are. they have been planning for a very long time about what a new deal would mean and it essentially means the stopping of all relationships, all those existing structures that govern exchanges back and forth on 29th through the 30th of march of this year and the eu has been planning that for a long time and it means a huge change and a lot of wa ry means a huge change and a lot of wary is a lot of confusion because what would rip the micro play set? there are areas where the eu is laying out how things might work. but it will affect many people in many ways. —— a lot of confusion

because but would replace it? the uk government is not getting on because of normal policy because of brexit and is it disrupting work here and brussels? it is sucking up a huge amount of energy and focus, a huge amount of energy and focus, a huge amount of energy and focus, a huge amount of people in this building and the commission and civil serva nts and the commission and civil servants all focusing on it and trying to draft fee is 500 and whatever page deals, trying to find new ways through and a lot of people in that building which is the council where the eu countries sit and their meetings happen. where donald tusk six —— six. and the commons, so much frustration and focus in the eu is going to brexit where there are other priorities that countries want to focus on as well. joining us by the european

council building and every time we did this, we get to lose, we put outside a lot of time to take credit to my questions and always get more than we can use and we will do it again on an outside source next week. thank you so much. when it gets dark and brussels, they will bring to light to us and explain some complicated questions were asked, did keep the coming and they will tackle them next week. stay with us on outside source — still to come... we'll have the latest on france's anti—government yellow vest movement and how its stoking tensions between france and italy the bank of england has warned that it expects the uk economy to grow at its slowest rate for a decade — and the bank's governor mark carney has blamed it on uncertainty over brexit. had a lot of history here to be

honest. when in the record 32 and a half million people and work but like many, she is not having an easy time. i do not even make 12 grand a year, i have tips which helps but it is, without sending dramatic it is exhausting. i constantly count my pennies and constantly, yeah, it is ha rd pennies and constantly, yeah, it is hard work. she is hoping for a better future but the governor of the bank of england does not have good news. the outlook for growth and inflation heavily depends on the extent to which brexit uncertainties involved. uncertainty about the outcome of negotiations has intensified since november and it is now weighing more heavily on activity predominantly through lower business investment and title financial conditions. the economy has been expanding at a pretty

decent rate and now the bank says that even if a brexit deal is struck, 2019 could see the weakest growth in a decade before a pick—up. ten yea rs growth in a decade before a pick—up. ten years ago this week, the bank of england cut interest rates to 1% to deal with the financial crisis and the fact that they had not been backed up above the levels sense shows how fragile the growth has been and the growth could slow even further and prolonged uncertainty of brexit and weakened demand for places like europe. a disruptive brexit can be the biggest headache and may have to choose between raising interest rates to keep a lid on prices or cutting them to protect spending. welcome back. this is outside

source. our lead story is... british prime minister theresa may has been meeting eu leaders in brussels as pushes for changes to the withdrawal agreement. european commission president jean—claude juncker described talks as robust but constructive. i want to take you to... tensions between france and italy have been brewing for some time but now the diplomatic row has escalated with this tweet. it's by luigi di maio, the leader of five star movement. in italian he tweets, "the wind of change has crossed the alps". and he adds a photo of himself posing with leaders of the french anti—government, jiletsjaunes, "yellow—vest" movement. france's foreign ministry says it's an unacceptable provocation quote adding "to disagree is one thing, to exploit a relationship for electoral aims is another." france has recalled its ambassador to italy, saying the situation is "unprecedented" since the end of world war ii.

here's our europe regional editor danny aeberhard with the background. it was a really breaching an unwritten rule, you do not go to other people's countries let alone on election campaign to politic. it was not provocation and said all they were doing was meeting people who they share political views and be yellow vests are interested in direct democracy which the 5—star movement has a big theme. there is not a lot of love lost between emmanuel macron's government and the populist movement in italy and this has been building up. it haas and underneath this is a number of other issues that the two countries have been sparring over and prime amongst

them is the issue of immigration and them is the issue of immigration and the coalition partner, matteo sylvie any of the far right party has been pushing back on a number of issues and he has been sparring with emmanuel macron and he has said italy is not right to turn away ships from its ports and he responds that you are not showing any solidarity by accepting migrants that are coming into italy. and he has also said that france's shipping back migrants across the border that the country share. immigration is one thing and the man got on board because there is some friction between the two parties and they are separate parties and want to the electric and in some ways they are ramping up the rhetoric a little bit between. he said that france should between. he said that france should be showing the mic sanctioned by the eu for carrying on colonialism and

africa and the implication is that france could address some of the causes of migration that are affecting europe by actually promoting better economic policies and africa. but there are also things like italy says that france is harbouring terrorist that should be extradited to italy and they are even threatening to not loan some leonardo da vinci paintings to a big exhibition and the art museum later to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death so there is a span in the cultural field. it is getting grabby. that is one to watch. thank you. let's turn to venezuela, where, in efforts to get the country's spiralling political crisis under control, an international contact group is holding the first meeting in montevideo. it's made up of eight eu member states and four latin american countries. the eu foreign policy chief addressed the delegates. let's listen. translation: our

shared concern over the situation in venezuela has brought us together here today and we might have different points of view or ratings on what has caused the crisis but we share the same objective. contribute toa share the same objective. contribute to a political, peaceful and democratic solution. this is not only the most desirable result but the only possible result if we want to avoid more suffering and the chaotic and dangerous process. juan guaido, this man here, who's declared himself as the interim president, says he's trying to get humanitarian aid into the country. but nicolas maduro, his rival and president, who has the support of the army, says he isn't going to let that happen and here's a signal of that. i want to show you a picture of a bridge. this is a bridge on the country's western border with colombia where the military have created a barricade using a tanker truck, cargo containers and wire fencing.

anything they can get their hands on. mike pompeo has tweeted about this and said that the venezuelan people need a and that he must let the agent reach the starving people. this is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the western hemisphere. and it's clear the people are struggling. the bbc‘s james reynolds took a bus ride through the capital caracas to find out how they're coping. that was james reynolds on a bus ride. rosalind franklin. that's the name being given to the british—built rover heading to mars in 2020. ms franklin was an english scientist and a dna pioneer. the name was chosen out of almost 36 thousand competition entries. the bbc‘s rebecca morelle has been to the rover‘s factory.

iamona i am on a mark—up of mars and there isa i am on a mark—up of mars and there is a prototype of the realm rove above my knee going to the red planet and designed to roll over the rocky martian terrain and it will be drilling deep beneath the surface as it rolls around, searching for signs of life. that is one of the biggest questions and silent to make science, does life exist the earth and it is not a real the real thing is being assembled as we speak. almost everything has been ready apart from one vital element which is the name and we found out today that it will be called the rosalind franklin rover named after a british scientist and i am joined by liz stewart, a space scientist at airbus. why her name? rosalind franklin was a tennis and take the x—ray pictures that helped us work

out what the shape of dna was so she was instrumental in working out but created life and this rover will go and takea created life and this rover will go and take a look at life on mars. from the team here in london, did by. —— good by. the area of low pressure has very strong winds of the last 2a hours and it is racing across the north sea and working out into scandinavia and moments but our eyes are drawn to the next one, storm eric named by the irish forecasters and some wet and windy weather for us over the next couple of days and because this area of low pressure is a much bigger system, more of us will get strong winds, and we will see some very heavy rain coming through as well. forecast and a bit more detail some patchy rain across eastern

areas that some heavy rain and the less to start the day and some strong winds as well so it is going to be blustery everywhere but the strongest ones will be heading into northern ireland and western areas of scotla nd northern ireland and western areas of scotland and could reach around 50 or 70 of scotland and could reach around 50 or70 mph, of scotland and could reach around 50 or 70 mph, strong enough to bring down some tree branches and there is bound to be some speed restrictions on the scottish bridges so transport disruption is a possibility. a mild and windy day ahead, the first band of rain clears through the cold front but another band of rain later across the north of scotland and stays windy as well. vests again reaching 70 mph so some localised disruption and the rain coming in across the north of scotland will begin to mount up and the system could bring something close to 20—30 mm and localised flooding is an additional concern and later on saturday, lots of rain returning to the far south of the country has also all and all for friday and

saturday, there is a risk of some localised transport disruption. strong winds to come across different parts of the uk and also some heavy rains coming as well. three saturday night i load of low pressure bringing threats of rain but most likely we will see northwesterly winds bringing cooler air across the country and a trough with the lens could bring a line of more organised rain and wintry through the higher elevations and we are looking at highs of seven or eight celsius. weather becomes calmer on monday and a risk of a few passing showers on northern scotland and for many of us monday promises to bea and for many of us monday promises to be a drier and brighter day more in the way of sunshine but noticeably colder with morning frost and temperature struggling to rise as we head into the afternoon. prize for quite a few of us around three

orli for quite a few of us around three or 4 degrees. hating into to say, a fine and dry weather and morning mist and fog patches and then we see some sunshine by the end of the day. six or seven celsius for many of us and start to see rain to the northern ireland change into weather patterns next week driven by the jet stream. the big ridge in thejet strea m stream. the big ridge in thejet stream encourages stream. the big ridge in thejet stream encourages air to sink of for the uk and build an area of high pressure is similar to the south. it means that next week we will not see a lot of dry weather with spells of sunshine and a return of some night frosts and some swells of wet and windy weather at times and brushing for north of scotland in particular. that is the the latest weather and over the next few days it is looking pretty windy. tonight at ten, instagram tells the bbc it will remove all graphic images of self—harm from its platform. it follows the case

of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life in 2017. herfather says images on instagram had been partly responsible for her death. instagram says it's trying to balance "the need to act now, and the need to act responsibly". i think we have an immense amount of responsibility. i think that it's clear that we are not yet where we need to be on the issues of self—harm and suicide. we'll be speaking to the head of instagram about its plans and the likely timescale. also tonight. theresa may tells the eu she can get the brexit deal through parliament if she secures legally—binding changes. the bank of england expects economic growth this year to be the slowest since 2009, when the economy was in recession.