you're watching beyond 100 days. three weeks to brexit and the negotiating positions are hardening. downing street says angela merkel told them the chances of a deal were "overwhelmingly unlikely". berlin says, not true, the chancellor would always leave the door open. the war of words is getting louder and more personal. donald tusk says boris johnson doesn't want a deal. michael gove says the british people have run out of patience. faced with a delaying, disruptive and denying tactics of the opposition we say on behalf of the 17.4 million, enough, enough, we need to leave. the white house has prevented a key witnesses from giving evidence to the democrats impeachment inquiry. donald trump says his ambassador

to the eu will not be appearing before a kangaroo court. also on the programme: the uk foreign secretary has told his us counterpart mike pompeo, he is deeply concerned that the united states is giving support to a turkish incursion into northern syria. and all rise for the doll that honours "her honour". mattel announces that judge barbie is in mass production. hello and welcome, i'm christian fraser in london, michelle fleury is in washington. with just 23 days to go until the brexit deadline there is no deal in place, and a vanishingly slim prospect of the two sides sitting down to find one. by all accounts, meaningful negotiations have come to a standstill. and in their place, a war of words between brussels and downing street over who is to blame. expect to hear much more of that in the weeks running up to the deadline. today borisjohnson spoke

to angela merkel. and soon after a number ten source briefed journalists that the german chancellor had told the prime minister a deal based on his newest proposals was ‘overwhelmingly unlikely". berlin has pushed back strongly, saying that angela merkel has always been clear she would work until the last moment for a deal. in the commons this afternoon the government was accused of intentionally sobataging the talks. but the cabinet secretary michael gove, said the proposal was fair, and reasonable, and it was time to end the brexit charade. we in this government have compromised, we in this government are showing flexibility, we in this government seek to leave without a deal. but faced with the delaying, disruptive and denying tactics of the opposition we say on behalf of the 17.4 million, enough, enough, enough. we need to leave. talks with the eu are collapsing as we speak. the proposals the government put forward last week were never going to work. and instead of reacting to challenge

by adapting the proposals, the government is intent on collapsing the talks and engaging in a reckless blame game and it will be working people who pay the price. this evening boris johnson spoke on the phone to the irish prime minister leo varadkar this evening for around 40 minutes. sources described that call as "constructive". downing street says the two leaders are trying to arrange a meeting in dublin on thursday or friday this week. it could become a final chance to salvage a brexit deal before october 31st. the mood music from dublin has not been entirely positive. this morning, the irish foreign minister simon coveney endorsed a tweet from donald tusk, in which the european council president directly attacked the british prime minister. hard to disagree — said mr coveney — we need a uk government willing to work with the eu to get it done. here he is speaking a little earlier. a no—deal brexit will never be ireland's choice, it will never be the eu's choice.

if it happens it will be a decision made by the british government. joining us now is the german newspaper die welt‘s london correspondent stefanie bolzen and senior editor at the economist anne mcelvoy. welcome to you both. i know you've been talking to people this afternoon, do you get a sense the government is giving up? ido government is giving up? i do not. i get a sense number ten is divided on what to do next. there was that strong briefing that said the conversation with angela merkel had not gone well and suggested she had not gone well and suggested she had been not been prepared to move and it also seemed to suggest she had suggested they would never accept anything in the eu other than the customs union and that is not a way forward that boris johnson the customs union and that is not a way forward that borisjohnson is prepared to take when it comes to resolving the backstop. i do think there are other voices saying let's calm down, we heard from berlin, the briefing was angela merkel had not

spokenin briefing was angela merkel had not spoken in such an intransigent way, and others are saying this will continue for a few weeks, this is round one, if you like, when eve ryo ne round one, if you like, when everyone trades blows in the ring and it depends whether you believe the intention of number ten is to try to get a deal or whether we are into the blame game which would be preparatory to trying to move for an election. stephanie, the comments attributed to angela merkel, while blunt are not sure she is that blunt because she is the artful negotiator, she a lwa ys she is the artful negotiator, she always leaves a wiggle room, leave the door open? it definitely did not sound very much like her. she is known to be someone much like her. she is known to be someone who tries to find compromised until the last minute and ifany compromised until the last minute and if any of the eu 27 was a very supportive of the british government in trying to find a deal and they compromise it was angela merkel. therefore it seemed to anybody who

knows how the german government and chancellor thinks, that sounded very unlike angela merkel, what is coming from downing street this morning. ifi from downing street this morning. if i could pick up with you, there was the briefing over night with the british publication the spectator that seem to suggest the uk government taking a much harder line, basically trying to urge countries if there is a delay request, trying to urge european countries to essentially side, not side with a delay, what was your response to that? i think that is the bit that is being scribbled in the margins of the communications that might turn out to be very important indeed because if it is the case this proposal for a deal will not go across the line, however you blame and whether you think angela merkel, i think she can be quite sharp and tough, she is not alwaysjust diplomatic. it could well be that this is a tonal issue between number

ten and german chancellor at the real question is does the eu then default to extension because it's generally unwilling to see things break up in anger at summits and would rather see extension and kick the can. boris johnson would rather see extension and kick the can. borisjohnson has made clear he does not want that. you heard michael gove in your clip saying it's time to get this done. my reading of that is an extension could be forced upon him by tourist —— borisjohnson could be forced upon him by tourist —— boris johnson much could be forced upon him by tourist —— borisjohnson much to say he never wanted this. he repeatedly said he does not want it. why don't we go back to the british people in a general election, he would say. you can pick that apart, second referendum advocates certainly would. i felt that might be the immediate tactical play in the next couple of weeks. stephanie, the same to you, the idea of number ten doing this double briefing, both on what

angela merkel said but also the idea of if it is forced to go for an extension saying countries that agree with that in europe will go to the back of the queue for a trade deal. i don't quite understand that argument because the decision to have an extension according to article 50 must be taken jointly by all 27 together so i cannot see how some member states next wednesday night will say, we do not want an extension and others will say we do wa nt extension and others will say we do wantan extension and others will say we do want an extension. they have to come toa want an extension. they have to come to a joint decision. coming back to angela merkel, i do not think she has chosen the words reported or lea ked has chosen the words reported or leaked by downing street simply because she has always been very careful to keep the unity of the 27. i think, yes, careful to keep the unity of the 27. ithink, yes, she careful to keep the unity of the 27. i think, yes, she can be very sharp and she can of course pressure, but why would she now take the leads went for three years she has said it is michel barnier who has the leeds and now speak for the whole of the

27 and say unless you stay in customs union there is no way to find a deal? that's why, for me, the whole briefing, many details of it do not make sense. we've got news tonight borisjohnson will go to dublin later this week. i was struck by how both he and leo varadkarare ina was struck by how both he and leo varadkar are in a bit of a political jam. obviously boris johnson varadkar are in a bit of a political jam. obviously borisjohnson is in cahoots to the dup and if he does not side with them then he loses a large portion of his party but you've also got leo varadkar, who would rather be forced into putting up would rather be forced into putting up customs controls rather than accept a british deal that might provide less onerous controls. you would rather put those controls in place because it might be more politically difficult at home if he accepted a second rate british deal. i think leo varadkar‘s position is quite exposed. in part because of what you said, christian, but he has also sort of banked on protection

and he will get a certain amount as and he will get a certain amount as a member state but for how long and how much damage can it offset to the irish economy? i think there is a sense in which both sides are bluffing that no deal does not matter and they would feel nothing 01’ matter and they would feel nothing or very little. we know that they would on one of the problems we have here is if there is going to be a no deal scenario or if that's the way this deal goes off the table that borisjohnson is this deal goes off the table that boris johnson is proposing this deal goes off the table that borisjohnson is proposing that gets more likely in these leo varadkar are very exposed. i would say in ireland, one of the great mistakes to my mind is that the relationship between dublin and london was not given more attention on either side a long time ago, trying to negotiate everything via the eu has short—term returns and perhaps medium—term risks. i noticed number ten and particularly borisjohnson‘s chief of staff put lots of time into this and has been in dublin quite a lot. i would not mistake the town of one briefing, fingers being pointed at

who that might be, for the overall machine of number ten. i think there is division and separate activity going on there. thank you to both of you. gordon sondland, is the united states amabassador to the eu and potentially a key witness for democrats in their impeachment inquiry. in his role as ambassador he was one of the contacts between washington and ukraine. the house intelligence commitee say they have texts and emails from state department officials, who were contacting mr sondland, worried that vital military aid was being withheld, until ukraine had given the assurance they would investigate joe biden and his son. a key witness, then. but today with just hours to go before his scheduled deposition, the trump administration told house investigators leading the impeachment inquiry he would not be appearing. democrats are claiming obstruction.

meanwhile, the tide of public opinion appears to be shifting — quite dramatically — against mrtrump. a new poll for the washington post suggests 58% of americans think the house was correct to open the impeachment inquiry. 49% of all those polled want him out. but arguably, far more significant is the fact that three in ten republicans now support the inquiry, with almost one—fifth of the gop saying they favour a vote recommending his removal. joining us now from boston is vice chair of the house democratic caucus, katherine clark. if these figures are to be believed then perhaps the democrats are winning the battle of public

opinion. i think what's happening and what is shifting public opinion is this president is putting his corruption on full display. we have the whistle—blower complaint, we have the white house a summary of the call with the president of ukraine, and it clearly shows this president was putting his own political gain above the national security of the usa. and with the further investigations that are going on we are seeing texts and e—mails that show ukraine was being pressured what some would say extorted, into giving, open investigations into political rivals and conspiracy theories in order to receive military aids or a meeting with the

white house. this is what the american people are seeing unfolding, that is why you are seeing this change in sentiment against president trump. the republicans today say these fa cts the republicans today say these facts a re the republicans today say these facts are based on an account from an anonymous whistle—blower who got in touch with adam schiff and his tea m in touch with adam schiff and his team before he wrote the deposition and they want to know why you cannot identify the whistle—blower. we have whistle—blower protections for a reason and the president has also underscored why those protections are necessary. when he calls the whistle—blower and those who may have given this person information spies, who should be arrested, and charged with treason. every piece of evidence that is coming out around this case has corroborated the whistle—blower‘s

complaint. as democrats in this impeachment enquiry we take this very sombrely, we are going to be fair, we are going to move with due speeds, that the urgency and dangerousness of this abuse of power calls for, but we are going to get the truth out. that is something this white house apparently is a very determined to prevent from happening. you've got the white house trying to attach conditions to their releasing of documents, basically, trying to call on the house to have a vote to formalise the impeachment enquiry. why not do that, get it out the way and remove one of their talking points? because of their talking points and excuses we have been seeing since we took the majority and upheld our constitutional obligation of

oversights, and they have obstructed, stonewalled, erected barriers to getting information and to not only this particular —— into not only this particular incident with ukraine but also about the separation of children and families policy at the border, about the health care system, information and they are withholding, about documents around the potential obstruction of justice documents around the potential obstruction ofjustice of the robert mueller investigation. this is a classic playbook from this president and this administration. we can sort of chase their excuses and red herrings, we have to do ourjob, proceed with this enquiry in a fair manner and get the truth out to the american people. vice chair of the house democratic congress, thank you so much for

joining us today on the programme. what struck me about that polling is you've got increasing public support for impeachment but at the same time the republicans are shifting and ultimately many will be the jury if this impeachment leads and ends up ina this impeachment leads and ends up in a trial in the senate. you would think that they would be safely on his side but if those numbers start to shift even further, particularly in those purple republican states, then they might start to rethink their alliance with donald trump. that is the danger for him. i would say there is no sign of that just yet, people like mitt romney speaking outs, but the majority staying silent or supporting the president for now. the uk says it is "deeply concerned" about the prospect of a turkish invasion of kurdish—held territory in syria. dominic raab is reported to have complained about the us decision in a phone call on monday night with trump's secretary of state, mike pompeo. the decision to withdraw us troops from the region was taken unilaterally by donald trump and without any consultation with alliance partners.

the kurds are also left scratching their heads. a series of tweets from president trump seemed to contradict the statement he issued sunday night in which he had given turkey a green light to push further into northern syria. and then he backed them up with this statement. i have told turkey that if they do anything outside of what we would think as humane, to use the word a second time, we talked about hong kong, we talk about this, they could suffer the raft of decimated economy. but what is off limits? where are washington's red lines? our correspondent orla guerin is on the turkey—syria border and we spoke to herjust before coming on air. what does that look like on the turkish side of the border? are they ready for this incursion? the message they turkish authorities wa nt to the message they turkish authorities want to sign as they are absolutely ready, all of the preparations have been made and the attack could come

as president dan air —— president erdogan has said, any night now. we've been on the borderfor erdogan has said, any night now. we've been on the border for two days and we've not seen signs of large military build—up, we've not seen military movements but there are an awful lot of troops already at this border and there are heavy guns from the turkish army already trained across the border in north—eastern syria. turkey is indicating it intends to proceed despite the crescendo of international opposition and despite the concerns about what this could mean for the fate of hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians who, let's not forget, have already endured years of war. of course, despite the many questions raised about what this could mean for the global battle against islamic state across the border in syria. presumably donald trump us words on twitter, he says the us is not abandoning the kurds, presumably where you are standing those words ring hollow?

very much. he is clearly attempting some damage control. there was lots of stinging criticism both inside the us and abroad about america abandoning a staunch ally that has played such a key role in the fight against islamic state. there have been thousands of kurdish fighters killed in this battle and they've managed overtime with help from the us to push iis from a large swathes of territory and now they certainly feel the job is of territory and now they certainly feel thejob is done of territory and now they certainly feel the job is done and they are being abandoned. they feel mighty alone and they expect this turkish offensive is going to be imminent. i'm joined now by dr alan semo — the uk representative of the syrian kurdish democratic union party. welcome. do you feel betrayed? disappointed, shocked and the main reason there are 5 million people

there, civilians, including five —— 500,000 refugees, displaced people in north—eastern syria living peacefully and governing themselves democratically and they've been betrayed and withdrawn of the forces protecting and they have been fighting together with the coalition court with the american forces and defeated isis. they do not deserve the international community, the global democratic community owing them for their sacrifice. your fighters them for their sacrifice. yourfighters are them for their sacrifice. your fighters are guarding the is prisons the us and uk does not want back, if they have to leave those prisons to fight the turks, who will keep the gates lot? they will be freed and released and they will re—establish isis again.

this is the huge risk, this is a catastrophic risk and this is the intention of the turkish invasion of north—eastern syria, because they wa nt to north—eastern syria, because they want to revive isis. this is the main and clear which mr erdogan said at the un summit with the map, he wa nted at the un summit with the map, he wanted to release isis prisoners and this has to be realised and has to be stopped. given what is at stake here, you are at the ambassador to the uk, what can the uk dude got cannot the eu do? uk -- do? uk —— what can the eu and the uk do? the uk as part of the coalition and other european countries, they have a crucial role. they can put pressure on the turkish government to prevent this happening. this is illegal, a breach of international law, to invade another country, neighbouring country. the coalition,

and now we have a good channel... we hope that we can work together and get the solidarity of the uk parliament. there are groups working together to warn turkey to unilaterally not invade syria, which france has started pushing for an warn turkey officially. you mention putting pressure on the turkish government, but you have president trump inviting the turkish leader to washington. yes, they are inviting them but hopefully, as it seems now, the president —— president trump town has slowed down in little bit and shifting the politics. maybe we hope

mrtrump will shifting the politics. maybe we hope mr trump will convince mr erdogan to not move in that direction. we are grateful for you coming to the studio. thank you. ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotmeyer, lady hale — three trail blazing judges at the top of their profession, sitting in the highest courts of their respective lands, setting an example to a future generation of women who will no doubt take inspiration from them. but when they think about their legacy, do you think this is what they had in mind? not scolarships, or law schools that carry their name — though i am sure there will be such schools and scholarships. but this. yes, judge barbie. apparently concerned that only one third of sitting judges in the us are women, the manufacturer mattel has installed the legal profession as career of the year. which means the mass production

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coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — i'll be speaking to the new chief of the international monetary fund, kristalina georgieva, about how much the trade war could end up costing the global economy. at least there has been some sunshine today along with the heavy showers but many of us have seen. you might even have had a rumble of thunder or some hailstones. 20 of rainbows coming in from our weather watchers today, double rainbows in places. the sun and showers weather pattern continues tomorrow accompanied with gusty winds. low pressure just to the north of scotla nd pressure just to the north of scotland and these little weather fronts scotland and these little weather fro nts m ove scotland and these little weather fronts move through and bringing in the showers at times. closest to the area of low pressure at the showers area of low pressure at the showers are most frequent for north—west and western scotland, that is the case throughout the night. scattered elsewhere over the western side of

the uk, starting up again for wales and southern england later tonight, especially at the south coast where they could be thundery. with the gusty winds and for many figures just into single figures. wednesday very much in the same pattern, sun and showers. glorious one minute, then a heavy downpour. most frequently for north—western and western scotland, they are scattered elsewhere to the south and west. not too many for the eastern side of the uk, wherea too many for the eastern side of the uk, where a large chunk will be dry and many places might miss the showers altogether. still those gusty winds pushing the showers through. it will feel cooler tomorrow compared with today. just a little change of flavour to the weather as we look at the big pattern for wednesday into thursday and we start to see more low pressure. where the weather fronts are coming in they will deliver

longer spells of rain in places. this is how thursday shapes up. we start to see cloud and outbreaks of rain moving in, northern ireland, scotla nd rain moving in, northern ireland, scotland and north wales and northern england seeing some of that. fewer showers, northern england seeing some of that. fewershowers, more cloud, rain at times for some and temperatures in the mid teens. those weather fronts hang around and into the weekend. when the in places, longer spells of rain as well. still a distinctly unsettled weather pattern and that will last for several more days, through the weekend and even into next week as well. that is your latest forecast.

this is beyond one hundred days with me, michelle fleury in washington. christian fraser is in london. our top stories. a source from number 10 says a brexit deal is "essentially impossible" after a call between the pm and angela merkel. the german government says it's still prepared to reach an agreement to avoid a "no deal" us democrats accuse the trump administration of obstructing their impeachment inquiry, after an important witness was ordered not to give evidence. coming up in the next half hour. the nba is weighing up the economic cost of offending china — as the league tries to apologize to beijing, while also defending freedom of expression. and it's "holly" versus "lefty" — we'll explain this weighty showdown

in alaska — the culmination of fat bear week. donald trump says he was elected to get out of endless wars and that's exactly what he's doing to by taking us forces out of northern syria. on sunday he shared the news with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan — and it has just been announced that he'll be hosting the turkish leader at the white house in november. on this side the british government is deeply unhappy — the issue was raised in the commons this afternoon, opposition mp‘s said it would lead to the subjugation of the kurds, the very people who had carried the fight to is. it is no more popular in congress. there's been a rare show of bipartisan unity — here's what lindsey graham, one of the president's staunchest supporters had to say about it.

i'm joined now by kori schake — who is now the deputy director of the international institute for strategic studies — and among many roles she was a foreign—policy adviser to the mccain—palin presidential campaign. and in that row i mention you have come across lindsey graham. do you endorse his comments?” come across lindsey graham. do you endorse his comments? i think he is right that the beneficiary of this decision will be the resurgence of violent jihad decision will be the resurgence of violentjihad is, decision will be the resurgence of violent jihad is, an decision will be the resurgence of violentjihad is, an expansion of iranian influence and russian influence. all things that the trump administration said we had troops in syria to prevent. you've just an article about what abutment looks

like in northern syria. i suppose it would have been ok to withdraw the troops albeit it would have been nice had he advised his allies that he was doing that but it was the green lighting of this turkish incursion that has annoyed so many. yes, i think the potentialfor turkey to create a 30 kilometres the so—called safe sun in syrian territory and push the million syrians who are refugees in turkey into that area is deeply problematic. as will be the fact that kurdish forces currently holding 11,000 ices prisoners and also about 70,000 families and dependents in detention camps, there is troops are going to have to go away to deal with the turkish incursion so the potential release of all of these violent jihadists is

how the insurgency could be restarted. you have been outlining some of the dangers as a result of this policy, what can be done, if you look back when we last talked about pulling out troops, general matters left over the issue and then you had a kind of slight reversal. what can we expect this time around? it is possible that republican opposition in the congress will drive the president so much that he will reconsider but also a lot of the damage has been done. this is the damage has been done. this is the second time in the president has said that we'll wear abandoning syria and the second time he did that without consultation with the 80 other countries involved in the anti—isis coalition. and so a lot of the costs and he evidently intends to go ahead with a presidential visit for president erdogan. what he does not take into account is that

our partners in syria have borne the brunt of this fight for a long time, only five american soldiers were killed in the anti—isis fight, 11,000 syrian defence forces were killed. that is a great deal for the united states and it all to shame us to abandon allies who have done that much of the fighting that we care about. turkey says it is doing this to create a safe sun for ftes. yet the european council around corner, what more should they be doing? —— a safe zone for refugees. turkey has been generous caring for the million refugees from syria but they are clearly exasperated and by pushing them across the border back into syrian territory where they will not be safe from retribution by the syrian government is a very dangerous thing to do and could be a humanitarian crisis. thank you very

much for coming in to talk to us. an important point made that when the president talks about american sacrifice and let's face it there has been immense and may —— american sacrifice, but just five has been immense and may —— american sacrifice, butjust five people killed compared to the enormous number of syrian kurds killed in the course of that conflict. with bearing those numbers in mind. the white house says the next round of trade talks between the us and china will resume this thursday in washington. the world's two largest economies have been locked in this battle for 15 months with no sign they are coming to any kind of compromise. and that has implications for all of us. i have been speaking to the new chief of the international monetary fund, kristalina georgieva who told me the trade war could cost the global economy about $700 billion by 2020, or 0.8 percent of gdp.

in herfirst interview since she was appointed, the 66—year old bulgarian economist, who was previously chief executive of the world bank just across the street, highlighted the dangers these trade tensions pose. what we're seeing by 2020, loss of 0.8% of global gdp. this is the equivalent of $700 billion and what is most significant is that it is not the direct impacts of tariffs that are the most harmful, most harmful is the loss of confidence. what is so clear is that everybody loses. and christian, as a result of the trade war, the imf — the international lender of last resort — will next week once again downgrade its global growth predictions for 2019 and 2020, blaming trade wars and rising political tensions. you caught up with her after her first speech as managing director of the fund.

she's taking over from former french finance minister christine lagarde, who left to become the next president of the european central bank. what else did you talk about? presumably one of the big uncertainties facing the global economy is brexit? yes, and i asked her specifically about a uk report that higher public spending would leave no room for the british government to cut taxes. she agreed. have a listen: going into massive reduction, fiscal shrinkage, would be difficult, yes. but at the same time it would be important to balance carefully the social risks, who might need to be protected and what is the best strategy to get the funding to secure it.

she was trying to pick up words carefully, basically saying permanent tax cuts would not be advisable while also recognising in the event of a no—deal brexit when you have potentially huge social costs that some assistance whether tax cuts or more spending might be required. they must be wary that their initial forecast, after the referendum that they were quite some way out and people often point to that talking about the imf. next week when they held their annual meeting will have more updated forecast, they've done some baseline scenarios for different no deal situations. of course people will challenge, it is not a precise science but it offers some guidance along with other forecasts out there whether from the bank of england or others. people do not like the experts at the moment!

while progress in the negotiations between the eu and uk grinds to nearly a halt, a small group of opposition labour mps are determined to prevent the talks ending in failure. they're the 19 labour mps who say they support a brexit deal, and are now so anxious to prevent another extension or a no—deal brexit that they've written directly to the eu asking them not to give up. in letters addressed this afternoon to both jean claudejuncker and donald tusk they urge eu leaders to ‘work day and night‘ to secure a deal, indicating the 19 of them would support any withdrawal agreement put to the commons if it avoids a no—deal brexit and in their eyes serving the national interest. let‘s speak now to sarah champion, labour mp for rotherham who is one of the mps behind the letter. some people would look at this and ask if you want a deal so badly that protects northern ireland that a majority of people in northern ireland can be get behind and that

lays the groundwork for a close partnership up why did you not vote for theresa may‘s deal. partnership up why did you not vote for theresa may's deal. hindsight is a painful thing and the reason i did not vote for it is because we were looking at some very concrete recommendations and suggestions that would protect workers‘ rights and environmental rights and ideally keep us in the customs union. we did not get those, the labour front bench was trying to negotiate to get there is in place and then it became apparent theresa may did not have the confidence of her own party so it collapsed. but we need to look at where we are at now, we have a very tight window of time and our letter is basically to urge the eu that with the 19 mps that i represent we have got a parliamentary majority if they play ball and if they compromise and we have to do the same, to get a deal in place because i want us to honour the referendum and to leave the eu but i want it to be in and to leave the eu but i want it to beina and to leave the eu but i want it to be in a managed way and that is what we‘re trying to do. be in a managed way and that is what we're trying to do. would you sign up we're trying to do. would you sign up to deal that leaves northern ireland a separate customs entity to

the rest of the uk? and uncomfortable about anything that makes northern ireland more vulnerable however i think we have to look at the absolute detail that comes back from the eu and try to find a way that we can compromise because for me, the nation has voted very clearly that it wants to come out the summer i spoke to it must be 1000 of my constituents, and whether they voted leave or remain the message that came back from everyone of them was they wanted to leave the eu for that they would rather leave with a deal but if that is not possible they would leave with no deal. i‘m trying prevent no deal by getting both sides to negotiate and it does not seem an invisible thing even though it is the 11th hour it now. it seems that the heart of this what is needed is more proposal is that both sides can work with and at the moment there is nothing on the table that will bring that compromise that you are after. that

is the frustration, boris johnson became prime minister couple of months ago and he has had the whole summer to start negotiating with mps like me. with the labourfront bench, with the opposition and it just has not happened. he has staked his career on getting us out on the 31st and he also said he does not wa nt to 31st and he also said he does not want to leave without a deal that he thinks that will be damaging. so he now has the opportunity to make it happen. that will require compromise but most importantly it will require both sides to talk and that does not seem to be happening. all that is going to the eu is the potential of maybe revoking article 50, yet another extension with no kind of concrete end and so our letter is to try and say there is willingness for a deal if you, the eu, come back for something that we can work with. a deal if you, the eu, come back for something that we can work withm course the difficulty can you could sate with the dp and the conservatives come up with the 19 labour mps we have a majority for a deal that you need to negotiate but the problem of course is the

opposition mps have got behind this benn act and the eu can smell an extension so why bother to negotiate. i would rather have something that is certain and concrete and that is what every business i speak to asks for, they wa nt to business i speak to asks for, they want to be able to plan going forwards. you might get a better deal, you might get another extension, it might be revoked article 50 but in the meantime business i suffering, people are losing theirjobs and you know only need to look at the strength of the pound against the dollar and the euro to see that this economy is suffering because of the uncertainty. i would rather suffering because of the uncertainty. iwould rather get suffering because of the uncertainty. i would rather get to a point where we have a deal and then we can work out the fine detail after we have that agreement in place. and that is what we need to be seen now and basically we have until the weekend to sort it out. thank you for coming on this evening.

the british foreign secretary has urged his us counterpart to allow a diplomat‘s wife to return to the uk and face questioning about a fatal traffic accident near a military base. anne sacoolas is wanted by police over the death of motorcyclist harry dunn on 27 august. the us state department said diplomatic immunity was rarely waived. ecuador‘s president has temporarily moved the seat of government to the coastal city of guaya—quil, following violent protests near the presidential palace in quito. surrounded by the military top brass, president lenin moreno said the protests that had rocked the country over the last few days were not a show of discontent with the government — but had been organised by corrupt individuals intent on destabilizing the country. three scientists have been awarded the 2019 nobel prize in physics for "ground—breaking" discoveries about the universe. james peebles, michel mayor and didier queloz were announced as this year‘s winners at a ceremony in stockholm. they were jointly awarded the prize for work on the evolution of the universe and the discovery of a distant planet around

a sun—like star in 1995. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come — the alaskan grizzly bears packing on the pounds — as they vye for the title of the state‘s fattest bear. more than one hundred thousand people in the uk live with multiple sclerosis. a disease affecting the brain and spinal cord. the ms society says finding treatments for more advanced forms of the disease is crucial — and it has launched a major campaign to raise £100 million pounds for research. caroline wyatt was diagnosed with the illness in 2015 and has this report. the human brain is complex and mysterious. a healthy brain has tens of billions of nerve cells, helping us think, walk and talk.

but in a brain like this, affected by ms, the immune system attacks the fatty tissue tthat protects the nerves. the damage, shown by the red circle, is in the centre of the screen. as yet, few treatments exist to repair the damage done by the disease. i‘m heading to edinburgh and a leading centre for research, because scotland has one of the highest rates of ms in the world and no one is really sure why. a few miles away at the university of edinburgh, neurologist anna williams is working on brain stem cell research. the team here is examining how a damaged brain may one day be helped to repair itself. as we get older, our nerves die. that‘s part of ageing. but in ms that seems to be accelerated, and we want to be able that nerve damage now affect my hands, arms and legs, but could research being done in cambridge help?

professor robin franklin heads the team that has discovered a safe, cheap drug that already exist may help regenerate adult brain stem cells. so how exactly could this commonly used diabetes drug help people like me whose ms is progressing? it‘s well tolerated and widely available, and there is every reason to believe that the effects that we have seen in the laboratory which have been so spectacular will translate into humans, but of course, we now need to do trials to ascertain whether that is true or not. the nba has created a multibillion—dollar business in china — there are 800 million chinese people watching basketball, that‘s more than twice the population of the united states. but all that work, all the marketing, all the outreach the nba has been involved in, these past two decades, has been put at risk — by a tweet posted by the general manager of the houston rockets. daryl morey — threw his support

behind the protesters in hong kong. the tweet didn‘t last long, it was quickly deleted. but the damage was done. the chinese basketball association has suspended its relationship with the team. the nba went into public relations overdrive to try and fix it, putting out a statment in english that said it was regrettable that mr morey may have offended chinese fans. but the statement in mandarin went much much further — the league is disappointed in morey‘s inappropriate statement — it said. no doubt it has severely hurt the feelings of chinese fans. today the under fire nba commissioner tried to tidy it up. he said the league was in support of mr morey‘s freedom of expression but that didn‘t meant they endorsed the message. let‘s pick this up with tony lin from quartz who joins us from new york. is this a case of the nba trying to

haveit is this a case of the nba trying to have it all ways, trying to keep its chinese market and at the same time claiming it can still put freedom of expression over money? yes, clearly. as you can see the difference and inconsistencies between two versions of the announcement definitely shows an effort that the nba is trying to appease both sides but the problem is in china this created further anger and confusion among chinese people and they do think that, many of them think that the nba is trying to kiss as on both sides.” of them think that the nba is trying to kiss as on both sides. i like the time! in the us you have people criticising the decision of the league saying it is financially motivated but in china it is the fa ns motivated but in china it is the fans who are upset about this.

chinese celebrities are also coming out against the nba in china?m chinese celebrities are also coming out against the nba in china? it all started with the tweet going viral in china and on social media you can see a lot of people saying that i have been a fan of nba for eight yea rs have been a fan of nba for eight years but i have been chinese for 21 yea rs years but i have been chinese for 21 years so i. watching nba so a lot of fury coming from the fans. and the chinese authorities basically taking advantage of this public anger and using that to suspend a lot of ties with nba. the grovelling you talk about, this is becoming a bit of a habit. american companies who in the rest of the world would say they stand for freedom of speech should change their tune when profits are at stake. for sure, just in the past

few months or in the past year we have versa ce, few months or in the past year we have versace, apple, international companies apologising for her to chinese feelings have basically become daily news. notjust those companies, i will put some others on screen who have done the same. i think four of those five highlighted to one, i bet and macau as separate countries. and then were forced into an embarrassing u—turn. but chris patten, the last governor in hong kong made the point that it should be possible to have a business relationship with china one at the same time being critical of china.

yes but many international companies have been benefiting from doing one thing outside of china and doing something inside of china and that has been rapidly shrinking over the past few years. it is very hard for these companies to operate a business in china without taking a political stance these days. presumably the only area where i see any unity right now is condemnation from all sides, from the nba commissioner mr silva. for sure but for very different reasons. from the chinese side the majority of criticism of course, the majority of criticism of course, the majority of criticism is that they are not consistent and if they want to make money in china they should have made the chinese rules. but from the us side the criticism is that they are

not strong enough. thank you very much indeed for that. then the timing could scarcely be worse, the los angeles lakers, one of the marquee franchises of course i set to play exhibition games in mainland china this week against the mets. so interesting to see what coverage there is of that. if they‘ve dropped some preseason games, chinese state television, and what kind of reaction there is at the games as well. not an easy issue for the nba. i thought for a second you are going to talk about the judges versus the nats. i don't even know how they got on! dodgers where the winner is sir ron christie will not be coming after you! sorry, that‘s where the

winners! the time has come. waiting for a result is yesterday‘s game. what am i talking about? i‘ll give you a clue — it‘s not brexit related. i have a guess. fat bear week. for those of you uninitiated — this is the annual competition put on by the katmai national park in alaska. the task — for fans to vote for the bear they believe to be the fattest — after a summer spent gorging on salmon. the cast has been whittled down, now only two remain. this is male bear ‘lefty‘. and veteran mum bear ‘holly‘. as you can see in the comparisons, both bears have put on hundreds of pounds this summer. but who is the weightiest? there can be only one victor. i think it is holly. i have some fa cts i think it is holly. i have some facts for you, grizzly bears hibernate 45, seven months a year.

the enter estate in which they increase their food intake the enter estate in which they increase theirfood intake by thousands of calories per day and they lose 30% in hibernation. that is why it is so important! we will see you tomorrow. there has at least been some sunshine today along with the heavy showers that many of us has seen at some stage of the day. maybe even some stage of the day. maybe even some thunder and hail as well. and tomorrow that weather pattern continues accompanied by a gusty wind as well for the low pressure is sitting just to the north of scotla nd sitting just to the north of scotland at the moment and these little weather fronts move through. i was closest to the low pressure that showers are the most frequent coming into western parts and north—western parts of scotland. elsewhere across the western side of the uk we have scattered showers.

some of these could be quite thundery and again with that gusty wind. on into wednesday and very much in the same weather pattern of sunshine and showers, glorious one minute and then a heavy downpour. still most frequent into the north—west western parts of scotland. not too many all the way down the eastern side of uk. so here a large chunk of the date will be dry in some places could miss the showers altogether. still some gusty wind pushing those showers through and feeling cooler tomorrow compared with today. just a little change of flavour as we look at the pattern going from wednesday into thursday, we are starting to see more low pressure. weather fronts coming we are starting to see more low pressure. weatherfronts coming in

from the atlantic delivering longer spells of rain in places. so this is felt thirsty is shaping up, some outbreaks of main —— of rain moving in. fewer showers and more in the way of cloud, some rain at times for some of us and temperatures around the mid—teens. there is fronts hang around the uk friday into the weekend, still quite windy in places, some longer spells of rain as well so still a distinctly u nsettled as well so still a distinctly unsettled weather pattern and that lasts for several more days through the weekend and even into next week as well. that is your latest forecast.

this is bbc news, i‘m clive myree. the headlines at 8pm. a downing street source says a brexit deal is now "essentially impossible" following a phone call between boris johnson and germany‘s chancellor, but in the commons michael gove insists a deal can still be done. in setting out these proposals, we‘ve moved. it is now time for the eu to move too. if it does, then there is still every chance that we can leave with a new deal. european council president donald tusk warns borisjohnson it shouldn‘t be about ‘winning some stupid blame game". the parents of this 10 year old boy who died after contracting hiv from contaminated blood products almost 30 years ago — tell the public inquiry of their heartbreak. last chance to open the door!