good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a critical week for brexit. theresa may clings to power as mps try to gain greater control over the process. we'll look at the pressure being placed on the prime minister from all sides, in the week we were supposed to be leaving the eu. a great day for donald trump. the mueller report finds no evidence of the president's campaign colluding with russia in the 2016 election. we'll hear stories of survival, as the cruise ship that got into trouble off the coast of norway arrives safely at port. it's late, it's wildly expensive, but it's beautiful.

tottenham hotspurs‘s new stadium sparkles in the sunshine, as fans enjoy their first look around their new home. good morning. high pressure is building across our shores this week, so the weather will be largely fine, dry and settled showers at times in the north—west and i will have more in 15 minutes. —— with showers. good morning. it's monday the 25th of march. our top story: in the week the uk was set to leave the eu, theresa may is still battling to get her brexit deal through the commons. over the weekend, we saw a march for another referendum, and senior pro—brexit conservatives called to chequers for lengthy talks with the prime minister. let's take a look at what theresa may faces today. to begin with, she'll hold a special meeting with her cabinet, that's at around about 10am this morning. after that, she's due to sit down with the labour leader,

jeremy corbyn. mrs may will then bring mps up to date in the commons, following last week's eu summit. the next steps in the brexit process will then be debated, before a series of votes at around 10pm tonight, which could see mps take more control over the process. and depending on how today pans out, we could be looking at a third meaningful vote on her brexit deal as soon as tomorrow. or there could be a series of votes to find out which form of brexit mps would support. whatever happens, this friday's date to leave the eu has been missed, with all eyes now on april 12th. we're joined now by our political correspondent jonathan blake. good morning to you. let's talk about the weekend first of all. all sorts of things to talk about andi all sorts of things to talk about and i think it is properly safe to say there are quite a few different people and pressure groups trying to apply that to the prime minister from various angles. yes, as you mentioned just now, senior conservative exit is were summoned

to chequers, the prime minister's contributing yesterday. she was face—to—face with people like jacob rees—mogg, iain duncan smith, some of the key critics of her brexit deal and the people that she really needs to convince to come at this late stage, if it has any chance of getting enough support in the house of commons to go through because as he said, she will not put the deal toa he said, she will not put the deal to a vote for the third time if it is clear that there is not enough support. —— on board. no immediate breakthrough it seems, but we will have to wait and see as to whether the prime minister was able to persuade any of them and of course, we saw that big match in london yesterday, hundreds of thousands of people in favour of another referendum. that is one option which the chancellor phillip hammond has described as coherent and it may well be one of the many options and mps well be one of the many options and m ps vote well be one of the many options and mps vote on the parliament takes control of the process, or attempts to at least, later this week. —— march. 0k, we're looking at some of the crowds of those who gathered in

london over the weekend. how do you think the prime minister would approach, really hard to tell which way things will go over the next few days? it is very difficult, we just cannot say whether it will be at the end of this week but the prime minister's position is precarious, i think it is fair to say. if she wa kes think it is fair to say. if she wakes up this morning and takes a glance at the newspaper front pages, they will not make particularly happy reading for her. many are calling for her to resign, with someone calling for her to resign, with someone else leading the next phase of negotiations. borisjohnson, of course, former foreign secretary, writing in the daily telegraph this morning that she has bottled brexit but theresa may will be used to that level of criticism by now and the level of criticism by now and the level of criticism by now and the level of pressure, the question is how much further she can carry on. number ten are not engaging at all and any talk of the prime minister's future it will be a very difficult week for her regardless. jonathan blake, thanks very much. plenty more on that throughout the morning, we are speaking to a couple of mps later on as well. yes, we are.

there's been good news for donald trump, after a two year investigation cleared his campaign team of collusion with russia during the 2016 election. while the report lifts a big cloud from his presidency, it draws no conclusion as to whether or not he committed a crime by obstructing justice, our washington correspondent chris buckler can explain. for almost two years, robert mueller scrutinised the actions of donald trump and his campaign to become president. # proud to be an american... the special counsel was asked to investigate whether russia interfered in the 2016 election, and whether they conspired with the trump campaign. while mr mueller says the russian government did try to influence the vote, he says he's found no evidence of collusion. there was no collusion with russia. there was no obstruction, and none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration.

robert mueller‘s investigation did lead to charges being brought against some of mr trump's inner circle. however, those prosecutions weren't connected to the key issue of whether there was collusion with russia, and after months of speculation and allegations here in washington, what the special counsel has found is very good news for this president and this white house. but mr mueller has left one question unanswered, and that's whether the president tried to obstructjustice. mr mueller wrote... however, for now, president trump is celebrating. he returned to the nation's capital with belief, rather than made. america is the greatest place on earth, the greatest place on earth. and and he may have seen off one of the greatest threats to

his presidency of it. a plan to tackle traffic disruption in kent in the event of a no deal brexit is now ready to be brought into effect. one side of the m20 heading towards dover, will be reserved for queuing lorries, under what's known as 0peration brock. all other traffic would be restricted to a contraflow system on the opposite side of the motorway. police investigating a fatal stabbing in north—west london have described it as a violent robbery which escalated. the 54—year—old victim is believed to have been attacked as he opened a shop in pinner at around 6am yesterday morning. detectives said the shop's till had been stolen and may have been dumped nearby. a cruise ship which got into difficulties off the coast of norway has safely reached port. the viking sky, which was carrying 1300 mainly british and american tourists, issued a distress signal after losing power in a storm on saturday. monika plaha has the latest.

caught in crashing waves off the coast of norway, when the viking sky suffered engine failure, luxury liner began to roll. 0n suffered engine failure, luxury liner began to roll. on board, part of the ceiling fell on passengers, who dodged sliding tables, chairs and plants. water all over the ground. passengers said some of the ship's windows smashed and others filled water rushing past their feet. helicopters whinged nearly 500 people to safety, including injured and elderly passengers, airlifted in strong winds. back on land, they began to think about what they had witnessed. i thought this was it, i mean that the water is going to rush in and, and, and... this is it. wrapped up in the year and lifted with the winch rapidly to a very, very small cable, up into the air,

into the helicopter, where the man grabbed us and said welcome aboard. you have to pay for that at disneyland, we had it freeze. the ship's operator, viking cruisers, have said that 20 people were injured. some have been taken to hospital. the company said arrangements had been made to fly passengers home. “— arrangements had been made to fly passengers home. —— cruises. nearly 900 people remain on the ship as it was able to restart the of its four engines. it made its way to the new sport. at least one person was evacuated on a stretcher. those on board were grateful, waters and to be back on dry land. —— gratefulfor calm waters. monika plaha, bbc news. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall have made history by becoming the first members of the royal family to visit cuba in an official capacity. 0ur royal correspondent nicolas witchell is travelling with the couple, and has sent this report from havana. welcome to cuba, the guard of honour of the revolutionary armed forces

of one of the world's last remaining single party communist states, with a greeting for the representative of perhaps the world's best—known representative monarchy, prince charles of the united kingdom. no member of the british royal family has ever been to cuba before, to stand alongside portraits of revolutionaries like che guevara, peeking through on the left here. but charles and his wife are in havana as a sign of britain's readiness to engage with cuba, and at this memorial for one of cuba's heroes from its revolutionary war, a wreath was placed and respect duly shown. it's the kind of things the royals can do — send a signal without getting enmeshed with things like cuba's human rights record. it does something else too, it sends a message to cuba's powerful northern neighbour. what this visit does is underline

the contrast between britain's approach to cuba and that of donald trump's america. britain wants to encourage, president trump's america wants to pressurise, and, to an extent, to punish. the message from london, conveyed by this visit by the heir to the british throne, is a more emollient one. it's an encouragement to cuba to move on down the road to economic and political reform. now, the boyfriend of a harry potterfan knewjust what to do to sprinkle a bit of magic over his marriage proposal. ben griffiths surprised his girlfriend nia roderick by commissioning the sand artist marc traenor to draw his proposal on tenby beach. wow. that is quite nifty, isn't it? nia had to look closely to spot the question, which was done as part of a much bigger harry potter—themed coat of arms. it read "nia, will you marry me?" in welsh. guess what she said?”

guess what she said? i would hope after a ll guess what she said? i would hope after all that buildup, she said yes. she said no and it ended horribly. laughter but i have joined a but i havejoined a big thing on the beach. the thing is, how would she have seen that from down there?” don't know. it was a lovely effort. she did say yes. so what is going on here? why is that all this stuff on the beach. excellent. sally, good morning. there is a new stadium. my father—in—law always says start small. really? because it all gets out of hand ? small. really? because it all gets out of hand? exactly. i really disagree with that by the way. really? go big or go home. where do you start? you've got to start with the proper demonstration of your love. then it is all going to tail

off. of course it is all going to tail off, so anyway. lots of you will have seen pictures of tottenham's magnificent new stadium yesterday, we're going to show you pictures of that throughout the morning. i know it has been about a little bit throughout the day. i do love a new stadium, a love an old stadium but i rememberwhen love a new stadium, a love an old stadium but i remember when the millennium stadium opened in cardiff, that wasjust millennium stadium opened in cardiff, that was just spectacular. she loves a new toilet, sally. toilet? well, the new stadium. a good quality toilet. until the riffraff have used them. scotland, wales and northern ireland all won their euro 2020 qualifiers yesterday — but the scots' 2—0 victory against san marino — the worst international side in the world — did little to enourage fans, who're still smarting from that defeat to kazakhastan last week. the england striker beth mead scored twice as arsenal returned to the top of the women's super league, with a thumping 5—1 win at liverpool. arsenal are now a point ahead of manchester city

with a game in hand. kyle edmund has enjoyed one of the biggest wins of his career, beating former wimbledon finalist milos raonic to reach the last 16 at the miami 0pen. he'll play big—serving john isner next. and you are looking at the new world number one in snooker — the familiar face of ronnie 0'sullivan, who's back at the top of the rankings after winning the tour championship in wales. he's clear favourite to win the world championship, that starts in a month. the really unfortunate shot of him at the end there. but a fantastic achievement from him. excellent. thank you so much, sally. more stadium news coming up shortly. including the beer that fills up from the bottom. have you ever had one of those before? i have had them but on the continent. where are you today? i am going to the continent.

it is likely have been drinking, but we haven't. blue planet was back on our screens last night with the first episode of blue planet live. the ambitious new programme is broadcast live from ocean locations around the world and it had plenty of people talking on social media, in particular the moment "the shark dancer" revealed that sharks have a sensitive side. sharks have a sensitive side... so do i. this is the sensitive side of the shark. every time she saddles in my lab, that is the most amazing feeling and there is nothing to this day that beats that. you can fear

everything about the shark, you can feel it is breathing, living creature aware of feel it is breathing, living creature aware of her surroundings and what i am doing with her, that is aware of my touch and they have a nice feeling to their scheme. the sharks are eight feet long. i could never force an animal of that size to do anything. it is their decision to do anything. it is their decision to come in and the decision to stay and their decision to go. that is fine but she is wearing chainmail.” didn't notice about. and i thought you might but they are the most beautiful, intelligent... hungry... idid beautiful, intelligent... hungry... i did noticed last night when i said

that sharks are less dangerous than selfies. i am aware that they do nice stuff and if you strike them on the nose they will not bite you but ido the nose they will not bite you but i do not like them, snakes and sharks. everything else i'm happy with. we will have the weather in a minute. let's look at the papers. a ford theresa may to announce she plans to stand down once the brexit deal is approved and written leaves