all good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt in westminster. today mps will vote on borisjohnson's brexit agreement. parliament is sitting on a saturday for the first time since 1982 — a day that will go down in british political history. just hours before the crucial commons vote, the prime minister is still working to persuade mps to support him. borisjohnson will address parliament at 09:30 — you'll see that live on breakfast along with all the build up to that key vote. turmoil in barcelona — fresh clashes between riot

police and protesters, after the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. it's a huge weekend for the home nations at the rugby world cup. england face their arch rivals australia in the first quarter—final this morning before ireland take on the defending champions the all blacks. wales play france tomorrow. another changeable day in the way today, worth taking your trolley. still some showers in the forecast but gradually through the weekend, fewer and fewer showers. —— brolly. it's saturday the 19th october. our top story. it's a momentous day at westminster, as mps vote on borisjohnson‘s new brexit deal. parliament is sitting on a saturday — for the first time since the invasion of the falklands in 1982.let‘s take you through what will happen today. the prime minister will present his agreement to mps at 0930, they'll debate the details annd then will start voting on it this

afternoon. the result is too close to call — between now and then, borisjohnson still has persuade but enough mps to back him in order to take the uk out of the eu, with a deal, on october 31st. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. more than three years after the brexit referendum, is today the day mps finally back a deal? some of them hate what borisjohnson has negotiated, arguing it takes us too far away from eu rules and will damage the economy but most tories think it's a good deal, that it gives the uk back the control they want. we've got the deal that allows us to get out of the backstop, that's abolished, and we can do free—trade agreements as one whole united kingdom around the world. this means as one whole united kingdom, we can take back control, as we always said, of our borders, our money, our laws, do free—trade deals, set our own future according to the democratic will

of the united kingdom. in a special sitting, the first on a saturday since the falklands war, mps will pass their judgement this afternoon. frankly, it's still too close to call with any certainty. whether the government gets the deal through today or not could come down to just a few votes. mps are closer than ever to signing off on a plan but it's not certain they will. the prime minister spent much of yesterday trying to persuade mps. among them, tory brexiteers who refused to back theresa may's plan. he persuaded this man, mark francois. reporter: are you happy, and are you on board? i'm not saying anything. some others haven't confirmed their intention yet. i will make up my mind by tomorrow. but what's stopping you at the moment? i'll talk to the prime minister. labour votes could make the difference as well.

downing street has offered wavering mps a last—minute package. more input and votes on whether workers' rights here stay the same as those in europe. but labour's leadership says it's an empty gesture, not what the paper it's written on and last night jeremy corbyn urged his mps to vote to block the deal. brexit hasn't been simple and today won't be either. there's even a plan to approve the deal but only if a raft of legislation is passed first. that would mean we don't leave at the end of the month and there could be more twists to come. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. so let's take a look at what they're voting on. the brexit deal would see the uk pay around £33 billion in a so—called ‘divorce bill‘ when leaving the eu. there will be a transition period until at least the end of 2020, during which the uk would abide by the eu's laws. the whole of the uk would leave the eu customs union, but with customs checks on some goods entering northern ireland from great britain. let's get an idea of what's

in store from our political correspondent iain watson. you will be with us throughout the morning. it is an extraordinary time. in essence, there are only three possible outcomes. take us to what that might be. there is one possible outcome more than boris johnson would like. he wants that they must praise deal or no deal and prefera bly they must praise deal or no deal and preferably a deal. he wants to make sure his deal is past. if it is, it will be by very narrow margin but what confuse matters is the third option which sounds like a compromise on the surface. deal, no deal or delay, a cross—party group of mps, former foreign secretary, they are saying, let's change this deal and agree on condition that borisjohnson is willing to go back to the european union and ask for a delay in the brexit leaving date, the 31st of october. lots of

arguments in parliament. what they are worried about is potentially that britain falls out of the eu by 0ctober that britain falls out of the eu by october 31 without a deal and by mistake, simply because you haven't got that legislation through. they wa nt got that legislation through. they want mps to be able to scrutinise it. what borisjohnson says is, for goodness sake, vote this down, this is an attempt for a straight brexit. what happens today. at 9:30 a.m., the speaker of the housejohn bercow stands up and does what? the first saturday session since the falklands was that feels quite historic. he has to approve what are called amendments. potential changes. we are not 100% sure this will happen but it will be well. it will say this is what we're going to discuss, the third option. the s&p are also going to try to change this deal.

that may not be approved by the speaker. —— snp. iwasjohnson that may not be approved by the speaker. —— snp. i wasjohnson then makes his case, but it's time for a great opportunity with brexit but quite frankly also the people are fed up with brexit after years, let's just get it over with and we will all heave a sigh of relief at the end of the day. we will hear from jeremy corbyn as well, some impassioned speeches from northern ireland's dup who are opposing this and into 30, three o'clock, we will get vote. as soon as and when boris johnson stands up to address mps, that will be part of our programme this morning. the irish border has been a sticking point throughout the brexit negotiations. the democratic unionist party says it will vote against the deal. we can speak to our ireland correspondent chris page, who is in belfast for us this morning. chris, is there any chance of a last—minute change of heart from the dup?

they have made their position very clear, though. in a word, i don't think the du pr going to change their position. no prospect of it at their position. no prospect of it at the moment. the other of the sweet spot of parliamentary arithmetic. it's their ten mps both capped the majority government in power. they are opposed to this deal because they think it reaches their redlines, that aup have always been about more than anything else, they say protecting the union between northern ireland and the rest of the uk and although the technical talk around all this has been about customs and tariffs on goods regulations, for the dp and indeed other political parties in ireland, north and south, all those issues point towards deeper matters such as identity, nationality and the peace process so identity, nationality and the peace process so for the dp, they think this deal will leave too much of

northern ireland's economy in the hands of brussels and therefore dublin and london will be losing its influence so for them, they decided to vote against and made it very clear over the last 2a hours they are not for turning and we're not expecting any last—minute change mind for them. chris, thanks very much. we will keep you up—to—date with what's happening here in westminster. you can wallow events throughout the day and there is bbc news special at 1:15pm on bbc one. at 930, that is when parliament c0 nve nes at 930, that is when parliament convenes and we will be taking you their lives. —— taking you there live. violence between protestors and riot police in the spanish city of barcelona has continued overnight, in the fifth day of protests against the jailing of catalan separatist leaders. police estimate more than 500,000 people joined a peaceful demonstration yesterday, bringing the city to a standstill.

the clashes followed a peaceful demonstration yesterday which was attended by 500,000 people. police versus protesters, catalans against the central spanish government. for days, barcelona has been ablaze with tension and flames, catalan nationalists furious at the supreme court decision to jail 9 of their leaders for up to 13 years. the group were convicted for their part in the outlawed 2017 referendum and declaration of independence from spain. while the nights of been fraught, much of friday had been peaceful. over 500 , 000 catala ns marched through the capital and joined together to sing the region's anthem. not all catalans want to split from spain but their demonstrations have been tiny.

they don't speak for the majority because the support for independence is not majoritarian. two years after the outlawed attempt to declare independence, passions haven't been crushed, they've been reignited. gareth barlow, bbc news. the republican leader in the us senate, mitch mcconnell, who is one of president trump's most loyal supporters, has condemned the decision to withdraw troops from syria. international weapons inspectors say they're investigating reports that turkey has used chemical weapons against civilians in northern syria. turkish forces have been criticised after doctors say an increasing number of children are being treated for severe burns. the government of chile has declared a state of emergency in the capital, santiago, after violent protests against an increase in the price of metro tickets. hooded demonstrators attacked underground stations, started fires and blocked traffic. the entire metro network has been

shut down for the weekend. two american astronauts have completed the first—all women spacewalk. christina koch and jessica meir spent more than seven hours replacing a failed power unit outside the international space station. they were congratulated by president trump via a video link during their walk. nasa abandoned a previous all—female mission in march because of a shortage of spacesuits which fit women. we are here with you from westminster this morning. a momentous day in political history. borisjohnson has momentous day in political history. boris johnson has been momentous day in political history. borisjohnson has been holding meetings of mps later in the night. he is making a last—ditch attempt to convince them to vote in favour have his deal. one of those he's trying to talk around is staunch brexiteer — conservative mp peter bone who joins us now. good morning to you. i got to ask you, how are you going to vote? good morning to you. i got to ask you, how are you going to vote ?|j know you are undecided. i went to downing street to its extract twice

yesterday. i don't like giving £33 billion to the european union that we don't owe and i don't like them making laws that affect this country during the transition. but crucial point for me was, does the transition and on the 31st of december 2020 or does it extend for another one or two years? if it extends wanted two years, i couldn't support the deal. the prime minister was clear to me last night that we will come out on the 31st of december 2020 and he will push very ha rd to december 2020 and he will push very hard to get a comprehensive free trade agreement by then and of course if we do that, the northern ireland protocol doesn't come into effect. there is no guarantee that happening. he can give you all the insurances he likes but this is going to take much longer than the end of december 2020. the general consensus was that dorisjohnson could not get the withdrawal agreement open and he's done that.

if you tell the eu there is a deadline, they will work to it and will get it done. if you say, oh, you don't have to do this until the end of 22, they want do anything until 2022 so in my view, i believe the prime minister has done a good job. i believe he will get a free trade agreement. the new political declaration actually says that both sides will work towards competence of free—trade agreements. sides will work towards competence of free-trade agreements. make clear, are you going to vote for his deal? i will vote to his deal if it's made clear in the commons today that we will leave the transition. 0n the 31st of december 2020 no later. and he's told you that he will? yes. let's have it in public. this is public enough. let's have the prime minister ‘s i think he's done a brilliantjob but this is one thing that worries me. i don't want to be 6.5 years since the referendum

and still effectively in the european union. the be acceptable to me. 14 months more of this, i can live. how many more like you, hedging their bets to see what is in parliament? there are a number of people who never voted for mrs may's deal, like myself. i don't know how many people will vote for the deal and how many won't but i'm sure there are discussions with the prime minister and we will have to see. i think this vote, if we actually do have it, i think it will be close. if i said it would be a tie, it could be as close as that. why do you think this deal is so much better, or significantly better, than theresa may's deal. let me quote you the governor of the bank of england who has been criticised quite a lot.

criticised about being negative about the impact on the uk economy. he said he would expect it to pick up he said he would expect it to pick up but he said it might not lose the economy to the same extent as the deal put forward by theresa may. wasn't he the gentleman that said we will have economic collapse, mass unemployment? he was wrong then and he was wrong now. he still allows —— in this deal allows a transition period and i think it will lead to us period and i think it will lead to us negotiating free trade agreements around the world and i think we will be economically much better off for it. does it not to bother you that there has been no official economic assessment of this deal? there has been two days from this deal being presented and no official economic assessment. i think the assessments of the economic impact of deals and no deal ‘s and mrs may's deal have

been made endlessly and the only thing you can say about these assessments is thing you can say about these assessments is none thing you can say about these assessments is none of them agree. about mrs may's deal but not this deal. this is clearly better than mrs may's deal. you are not going into this blind? no. if you want me to see what is majorly different, well of course the irish backstop is removed, well of course the irish backstop is removed , everyone well of course the irish backstop is removed, everyone except that, but the real point is in the political declaration pulled up instead of some waffle that didn't mean anything, both sides have agreed that they will work towards a comprehensive free trade agreement. that is what is in the interest of industry, both in the eu and here. and i am absolutely delighted and chrisjohnson will lead that charge. borisjohnson gets things done. it is clearly unfortunate that mrs may couldn't do. you are veering towards yes, aren't you? well, it is my birthday today. happy birthday! best that they present i could have is if

we actually voted to come out of the european union. 21 again? yes, 21 again. tomasz is taking a look at the weather. it is warming up a little bit, it feels, tomasz. look at that gorgeous view. the sun is rising. morning. indeed and the sun will rise technically in london in around 12 minutes' time. it is light before the sun rises itself. for many of us today, it will be a pretty decent day. lots of sunshine on the way. beware of the showers, some could still be heavy. this is the satellite picture from the last 2a hours or so. you satellite picture from the last 2a hours or so. you can see satellite picture from the last 2a hours or so. you can see that low pressure spiralling around, it has parked itself across the uk. it is slowly drifting across the uk towards the east and over the next 24-48 towards the east and over the next 24—48 hours, we should finally wave goodbye to it and instead we will

see this area of high pressure which is out in the mid—atlantic and that will be in place across the uk. so in the next few hours, still some wet weather around across eastern scotland. around edinburgh, that is about the wettest place right now in the country and it will continue to remain pretty cloudy. not so great here that the rest of the uk should be sunny, or at least mostly sunny, with occasional showers and we should have a fine end to the day as well. the best will be around the south. tonight, skies clear. still some showers in the forecast carried bya some showers in the forecast carried by a northerly wind into scotland and perhaps the north—east of england but with the air coming in from the north, it will be quite chilly. temperatures in some rural spots will be close to freezing this coming night. that means a chilly start to this sunday but it will be a dry, crisp, beautifulautumn start to this sunday but it will be a dry, crisp, beautiful autumn day for most of us. notice the northerly

winds still dragging in some cloud and showers into northern and eastern scotland. some into newcastle as far as yorkshire. but to the south of that, it will be a fine day. we have the sunshine but chilly. proper autumn temperatures. a chill in the air. 0n chilly. proper autumn temperatures. a chill in the air. on monday, the low pressure still making itself felt. maybe essex, kent, sussex, maybe london, rain, out of the way is it clears out to belgium and holland that here, high pressure sta rts holland that here, high pressure starts to build so that means the weather stabilises itself and calms down. we will have more sunshine. misty in the morning but let's summarise the weekend. showers this weekend through saturday and sunday but a lot of fairweather symbols here, emphasising the dry weather and then after that, the high pressure builds and we will keep

temperatures 13 or 1a degrees. a few spots of rain but other than that, the outlook is looking absolutely fine. now it is over to charlie. the dawn is breaking in westminster. 0ne of the beautiful mornings in west minster but this is no ordinary morning. it is an extraordinary day. mps will be sitting to hear boris johnson bring his proposals for the eu withdrawal agreement. we are high above parliament here on our balcony. i am joined above parliament here on our balcony. iam joined by above parliament here on our balcony. i am joined by sir ed davey who is deputy of the liberal get democrat party. —— liberal democrat party. we talking a lot numbers this morning. it is going to be close. i think anyone making a final prediction at the moment doesn't know what they are talking about. the government are saying different

things to different people. they are taking to their ad saying to the er g brexit voting fanatics that you can still get no deal for this. and they are saying don't worry, the deal will go through and they will be no deal. they are saying two different things. to try to almost full people into voting for this. where does this leave the liberal democrats' position? there are three options, a yes vote. a no vote and the amendment which could mean that there is time to play with. where does this leave your party? liberal democrats have seen for three years that there should be put back to the people and they should be a vote and the people should have the final say and we will be saying that, whatever the vote, because that is the right thing. whether we win or whether our side loses, i think the message should still be the same, that we

should still be the same, that we should have democracy back into this. the packages that have been talked should have democracy back into this. the packages that have been talked about by mps today were not put to the people in 2016. boris johnson himself said you could vote leave and stay in the single market and he is ripping us out. that would make every viewer today poorer. the liberal democrats are not going to vote to make people poorer and i think the truth is now out about brexit. johnson has not told the truth. this should go back to the people so that people can have the final say. that is not on offer. well, i'm afraid it can well be on offer. liberal democrats have tabled an amendment to the queen's speech and when legislation is put back to parliament, if the deal goes through today, they will be moments to put a referendum and amendment to that. then at the general election, whenever it comes, liberal democrats will be arguing that we should stop brexit and the democratic way to do thatis brexit and the democratic way to do that is to have a people ‘s vote. brexit won't be done today. indeed, the people can still stop brexit.

whatever happens today, i'm afraid this isn't over. you will be well aware that there is a ground swell of opinion of people on both sides who are saying bring this to an end. this is a mantra or asjohnson has adopted. we have a moment in time today where one part, albeit a small part, of the long—term quest, will be over. and it seems like a lot of people are on board. johnson, not for the first time, is misleading people. where the deal to go through today, you go into brexit phase two and brexit phase two is going to go for at least another 1a months and probably several years. so brexit won't be done today and that is why liberal democrats are saying, put this package back to the people, let the people have the final say, because, if we did that, that could because, if we did that, that could be the way to get brexit done because i think people would vote to stay in the eu. they would reject this deal and then brexit will be

done, it will be stopped. you mentioned at the beginning of our conversation that you believe boris johnson is still telling people that no deal is a possibility. explain that. well, they are saying and we are told by people likejohn barron, the tory mp who supports a no—deal, that he was told by the tory whips that he was told by the tory whips that if a trade agreement isn't agreed by december 2020 which is currently the end of a transition period, that if no trade deal is agreed by then, there will be no deal. and we will be out with any protections —— without any protections. that is why the conservative prime minister is again misleading people, telling one side one thing and another side of his party a different thing. he is also misleading labour mps. labour leaving mps who are, i'm told, minded to vote for the deal, i am told they will be worker protections and environmental standards will be protected. well, i'm afraid they are

being less —— misled again. those protections were in the original agreement and they have now been downgraded into the political agreement which means they are not legally binding. it does seem to me johnson, not for the first time, is trying to hoodwink people into voting for something that is not really there. sir ed davey, thank you for your time this morning. back to you, naga. this will be a momentous day in british political history. i will tell you why. for the first time since 1982 in the falklands war, parliament is sitting ona falklands war, parliament is sitting on a saturday. why? because at 930 it will reconvene and the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, will stand up and introduced parliament and say whether or not he will let certain amendments come through and then make way for boris johnson to present his argument for why mps should vote for his agreement, the agreement he made

with eu leadersjust a couple of days ago. what we know at the moment is he needs 320 votes. what we don't know is whether or not he will get them. it is very, very tight today. we will be examining that, as you have seen from various politicians on both sides, how they will be voting today. many undecided still. time now is a 727. there is another huge event taking place in central london today. away from the commons, it isa london today. away from the commons, it is a rally, organised by campaign group people's vote. which is calling for a second referendum. luxmy gopal is in sheffield with a group of remain voters, who are preparing to travel to london to take part. good morning to you. good morning to you, naga. people have been a bright and early this saturday morning to board these coaches behind me because on what is said to be a

pretty defining day in this country's brexitjourney, pretty defining day in this country's brexit journey, people here are set to be making a journey themselves across it down to london to ta ke themselves across it down to london to take part in the people ‘s vote march. a quick riddle for you, what are the chef delia smith, the writer ian mcewan and the actor patrick stewart have in common? well, they are among the celebrity of two —— celebrities to have stumped up cashed to get these buses together. i will speak to some of the 114 people in sheffield who are on these coaches as part of the march. nell schofield, you have set on these disco —— coaches today. why are you taking part in this? we think the deal on offer needs to be voted down, it is a bad deal. and then we wa nt down, it is a bad deal. and then we want a people 's vote. we think there are people who should be involved in the final decision on what happens. some would argue that people had their vote in 2016 and it

should be respected ? people had their vote in 2016 and it should be respected? we send the politicians to negotiate in brussels, they have done the goad —— negotiations and have come back and i think it doesn't take workers rights, it doesn't protect the environment, it doesn't protect our food and the quality of our food. we need to now check with the british people whether this is what they actually want. some people, whether they voted remain or lead, some people might feel it has gone so long, they just want people might feel it has gone so long, theyjust want it over with. why delay it? i can agree with everyone who thinks this has gone on and on and i think we need to recognise that the deal doesn't settle things. if the deal goes through today, they will be years and years and years and years of negotiations sorting out the details. this is a massive task. it will not be over with. when boris johnson says let's get it done, he can'tjust get

johnson says let's get it done, he can't just get it johnson says let's get it done, he can'tjust get it done. he will be doing it for years and years and years if he is still prime minister. briefly, madam, why have you decided to come along and take part in this? i think we have now realised what leaving the eu means in the last three years and i think we should have a chance to vote on that meaning. thank you very much, this is just meaning. thank you very much, this isjust a brief meaning. thank you very much, this is just a brief snippet on why the people he will be heading down to london today. the protest will be starting at around 1220 and they will march along to parliament square where we had better leave these coaches to it. they will be heading off along with thousands of other people down to london today. thank you very much, we will wish them a safe journey. we'll hearing from all sides of the discussion here on breakfast this moring. we will of course continue to bring you the very latest from the brexit debate in parliament — we're expecting that to start around 9:30 when we'll cross live to the commons to hear a statement from the prime minister, followed by the views of mps. stay with us, headlines coming up.

hello, welcome to a special edition of breakfast from westminster with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. a momentous day expected. mps are going to vote on borisjohnson's agreement. the first saturday sitting since the falklands war in 1982. we spoke to peter. he said he is only going to vote for the deal

if he and others like him get certain assurances from the prime minister when he speaks later today. there are a number of conservative mps who never voted for mrs may's deal like myself who have a specific points. i don't know how many of those in the end will bow to the deal and how many won't but i'm sure in discussions with the prime minister, we will have to see. i think this vote, if we do have this vote, because it may be postponed because of the amendment but i think it will be exceptionally close. charlie is with the brexit secretary stephen barclay. one of the other point made was that he needs these assurances from boris johnson that the withdrawal agreement will be settled by the end of december 20 20, one of the many things people aren't quite sure about yet. stephen barclay, the brexit secretary is with me right now. we have been

speaking to peter bone, he asked a specific question. he wants to vote with the government. his question is, he will vote with the government if it's made clear that this government will make the transition period in december 2020 and not beyond. he's asking, will the prime minister be absolutely clear on that? can you tell us? the prime minister has been clear that we live the transition at the end of december 2020 and that is what is agreed with the eu our confident we can negotiate a free—trade deal in that time. what the prime minister has secured is a deal that addresses the central concern that parliament had with the previous votes. it will act as a veto to the eu and leveraged for the eu in the future. we have an opportunity. as the bank of england governor said, this will

bea of england governor said, this will be a major boost to our economy if we get this deal done. the business community want to see the deal done andi community want to see the deal done and i think the polling shows many of your viewers want to see parliament move forward. that's the opportunity before us today. we'll come back to some of those issues but i need to ask you, are you ruling out the possibility that the transition period could go beyond december 2020. is that being ruled out today? the prime minister is being clear the transition goes to 2020. could it go beyond that? there is within this agreement the possibility of that going to 2022. is that being categorically ruled out? the prime minister in the houses that has no intention. that's what is clear. he will not say today that that will be the day, the transition period ends. we have no

intention of going on but the —— beyond december 2020. were being told the prime minister was not serious about a negotiation. he is actually secured a deal that addresses the concerns parliament has, that removes the backstop. that enables us to move forward and get on with domestic priorities. tackling crime, levelling it. this is what the public want us to get onto. parliament has had three years to debate these issues. the prime minister has secured a deal which addresses the concerns parliament has. now is the time for parliament to come together to enable the country to move on and also address the concerns the business community has you want to see an end to this uncertainty. missing out on a huge amount of new investment into the economy. have you done specific economic analysis on what

disagreement would mean that the economy? is the bank of england showed, the biggest boost to the economy is agreeing to this deal and moving it forward and that is the best way to boost the economy. business leaders are clear. have you done specific analysis on what this agreement would been for the uk economy? the deal was only agreed to on thursday. so you haven't had time to do the analysis? it's only two days since the deal and clearly the analysis can't take on board what the eu would do in the future. it can't take on board. and what would happen in the rest of the world. as has always been the case with any economic analysis... we've only had two days since the deal was done. you can't have it both ways. if you rush the deal through without having

done the analysis, you can't present to mps information they might want. they are the ones that set the timetable in the legislation and require us to come back. it's a slightly odd argument for them to say it's been insufficient time. these issues have now been debated. withdrawal agreement was first published november and we've been changing the northern ireland protocol but any of these issues have been debated time and time again in parliament. it's time to move again in parliament. it's time to m ove o nto again in parliament. it's time to move onto nhs, tackling crime, school funding, the priorities that this government has to move onto. that's what we want to focus on two. to get brexit done and move the country forward. another quote from the governor of the bank of england who you quoted is that this deal is not as good for the uk economy as the may deal. you presented a deal

thatis the may deal. you presented a deal that is worse for the uk economy than the previous deal. that is worse for the uk economy than the previous deallj that is worse for the uk economy than the previous deal. i disagree. is he wrong? what this deal does is address the central concern that parliament has which was the backstop. issue there, it was... the question was about the economy and the governor of the bank of england has said this deal is not as good to the uk economy is the may deal. the deal you are asking mps to vote for today, you've done in the knowledge, according to the government, will be worse for the uk economy. what this deal does is enable the eu to unlock the deals for trade deals. -- trade deals. we'll be handing control of our independent trade policy, to be able to those trade deals with the growth economy such as with china or india or those economies around the world and that is one of the key opportunities that exit offers if we

get this deal over the line. can you honestly say to mps today or more importantly to the wider audience watching this, that they will be better off as a result of the agreement we reached today as opposed to staying in the eu? agreement we reached today as opposed to staying in the 5mm allows us to move forward or get onto our other priorities and what we're seeing is investment has been held back in our economy because of the uncertainty as to what is going to happen with brexit. we've debated theseissues to happen with brexit. we've debated these issues for three years. the country needs to move on, we need to move on so other priorities such as nhs and the record investment we are making, the extra 20,000 police officers so it's time for the country to move forward. this is a deal that addresses the central concern that mps had. the prime minister was told, he wouldn't be able to change that. he was told not able to change that. he was told not a word of the withdrawal agreement could change. is gone to brussels

and secured a deal which people said was impossible and now is the responsibility of members of parliament to come together and enable the country to move forward. some of the practicalities the people are wising up to today. it might mean boris johnson people are wising up to today. it might mean borisjohnson has to send a letter to the eu at 11 o'clock tonight. will he do that?” a letter to the eu at 11 o'clock tonight. will he do that? i don't think the eu wants to see... will borisjohnson do that? think the eu wants to see... will boris johnson do that? boris johnson as prime minister will abide by the law but the issue as no—one wants to see further delay. eu leaders don't wa nt to see further delay. eu leaders don't want to see delay. they want to see this deal agreed. it's a want to see delay. they want to see this deal agreed. it‘s a win— want to see delay. they want to see this deal agreed. it's a win— win for the eu and the uk but above all, it's a win— win for our country and allows us to safeguard citizens right and allows citizens to invest and ends the uncertainty and allows the country to move forward. now is the country to move forward. now is the type of parliament to come together to pass this deal and move

forward. i need to ask you about, what, 2:30pm this afternoon when those votes come in? everyone is saying the same thing, it is very close. can you give me your analysis of where we stand this morning?” think it is close but a lot of mps recognise that the prime minister would not be able to secure —— secure the deal. he wouldn't be able to change the backstop he has. 0r change the only of the withdrawal agreement, his done so. we listened to mps on the labour side and made commitments within the withdrawal agreement. we've got commit & environmental standards in the queen's speech. we listen to the concerns of mps on all sides of the house, whether on the labour side or on workers' rights or on the conservative side and ensuring the backstop has been addressed. now it's time for mps to step up to their responsibility, to get this deal passed and move the country forward. thank you for your time

this morning. act to you. lots more political influence —— interviews throughout the morning. ahead of that crucial debate in parliament. the first sitting since 1982 on a saturday and we will take you there live on this programme. it is 742. shall we talk about sport? jane, some very important sport? yes, very important to england fans. we are down to eight teams in the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. england are hoping extra training time following the effects of typhoon hagibis could give them the upper hand over australia later, meanwhile ireland will aim to reach the semis for the first time when they face new zealand. let's speak now to the 2003 world cup winner, mike tindall, who's live for us in japan.

now, england have won the last six test matches against australia but this is a world cup match which sta rts this is a world cup match which starts to go out the window. how do you see this playing out? good morning. it's obviously a massive game. england will go in as bookies favourites. i think they are more established as a team. i am looking at the australian lineup and i think it's a great team they've picked on the field but the backline could be devastating but i just the field but the backline could be devastating but ijust think it's going to be one of one frost now, andi going to be one of one frost now, and i think that will give us the control to allow manu and farrell to put us in the right area of the field. i'm hoping we will get there.

you know very well what it's like being at a tournament to such a long time. england had two weeks off because of final group game was cancelled because of the typhoon. is that going to benefit them or will they be match rusty? it's a difficult one to answer because i've never experienced it but for those boys as well, you are hoping they will just be full to boys as well, you are hoping they willjust be full to the brim of energy. things might not go quite to plan because we haven't had those game scenarios nailing down the structure all the detail. it's going to be interesting. this england team is comfortable. they are going to try and impose themselves on the most 20 minutes but these australian

guys, most 20 minutes but these australian guys, a lot of them experience that tea m guys, a lot of them experience that team could go back for years, and have played a vital role. so we got the next called the kamikaze twins byjones and the next called the kamikaze twins by jones and it's the next called the kamikaze twins byjones and it's a big day for them going up against the likes to really establish that forward power so i'm looking forward to some key battles all over the field and hopefully we can at the other side of it. we are all looking forward to it, it's going to be a great match. you so much. now, ireland will also be hoping to secure their place in the semi—finals when they play the winners of the last two world cups, new zealand — our sports correspondent andy swiss will be following all the action in tokyo later and joins us now. thank you very much for speaking to us. you wouldn't bet against the defending champions, would you? even

though ireland has a good record against new zealand.” though ireland has a good record against new zealand. i think that is right. ireland have a daunting challenge, it is fair to say, because new zealand are the champions, they are the world number one, they are the favourites and they haven't lost a world cup match for some 12 years and they have looked in ominous form so far in the tournament, particularly in their opening match. a particularly impressive win over south africa. that said, ireland have beaten them twice in the last three years. most recently in dublin 12 months ago. at that point, ireland seemed like world cup contenders because they had just come off the back of a six nations grand slam and since then they haven't quite hit the same heights. they had, by their standards, an average of six nations this year and they have been average so this year and they have been average so far in the world cup was not impressive in their opening game against scotland but not so impressive in their next game when they lost against japan but they are going to have to be at their very, very best today if they are going to

beat new zealand. andy swiss, thank you very much. here's tomasz with a look at this morning's weather. a mixture of sunshine and showers today but i think the sunny spells will be more lengthily than the showers today —— lengthy. you can see the clouds bubbling and churning away across the uk thought about the moment, it is wet in edinburgh, a thoroughly wet night and that is the wettest spot in the uk at the moment but i think the rain in the cloud will continue for a little while yet but by the time we get to the early afternoon, it will start to dry out in the lowlands. some rain in the la kes, in the lowlands. some rain in the lakes, too. elsewhere across the uk, lengthy, sunny spells and occasional showers coming through. and then through tonight, the skies clear and apart from one or two showers in scotla nd apart from one or two showers in scotland in the north—eastern —— north—east of england, it will be a nippy night. here is the good news for tomorrow, tomorrow will be drier

with fewer showers. naga, for tomorrow, tomorrow will be drier with fewershowers. naga, overto you. tomasz, thanks very much. let's show you what it looks like in westminster. the sun is about to pop up, well, here it is. a momentous day, parliament will reconvene for the first time in the saturday since 1982. borisjohnson will present his agreement he has made with eu leaders to ministers, hoping to get his agreement over the line, voted for. we will have all of that for you throughout the programme and plenty more. charlie and i will be back at eight o'clock with the headlines but first, let's go to newswatch with samira ahmed. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. a week of excitement for correspondents in westminster and brussels, but has bbc news done enough to explain what exactly the new deal is? and has coverage of a royal trip to pakistan focused too much

on what the duchess of cambridge was wearing and harked back too much to the duke's mother, princess diana? the frenzy of speculation and anticipation over borisjohnson's deal with the european union finally came to an end this week, only to be replaced by the new uncertainty of whether that deal will get through parliament. here's assistant political editor norman smith talking to victoria derbyshire just after the breakthrough had been announced on thursday morning. we are heading for one humongous showdown on saturday. 0k, stay with us, because i'mjust getting this from the dup. they say, "our earlier statement still stands in response to news that a deal has been reached". 0h! 0k. so, we're in the strong—arm territory, then. but, amid all the excitement among political journalists, some viewers felt there wasn't enough basic explanation of what exactly had been agreed to.

here's what one caller, steve, had to say. every bit of talk is about northern ireland. i would really love to know what the rest of the deal actually involves, how the relationship with europe will be after this deal has been concluded. it would be really nice notjust to constantly hear about dup and irish backstop. what is the deal? be lovely to know. 0k, just some feedback. thank you. well, bbc news has certainly made attempts since then to explain exactly what is in the agreement — particularly online — but the detail may have been drowned out by the rhetoric of those applauding or decrying the deal. and there was some literal drowning out on wednesday, when the news channel was again broadcasting live from college green outside the houses of parliament. replacing eu systems... shouting drowns out speech ..so that remains to be seen

how well that works. well, regular newswatch viewers will have known that was coming, and that such noises oft annoy many members of the audience. and it was no exception here, with mike burgess reacting like this... the distractions aren'tjust verbal, of course, but visual, too. the holder of this "leave, then negotiate" placard managed to get in shot several times as a bbc camera pursued interviewees down the street. and while that perhaps was unavoidable, some argue that the frequent appearances of a placard waver from the other side of the argument are encouraged

by those live broadcasts from college green. here's the activist in question, steve bray, doing the dance of the camera shot behind huw edwards and laura kuenssberg a couple weeks ago. and borisjohnson still says he wants to have a general election, but at this moment, the opposition parties aren't going to back that. and when it comes to the big quagmire they're all in politically — how we sort out the brexit mess — well, it doesn't necessarily change that much immediately either. laura, we'll talk a little bit more about that later on but thanks very much for that. laura kuenssberg there, our political editor, with more analysis a little later. julian punch emailed us after watching that. and chris bolton also wondered...

we asked bbc news for a response to this complaint, and they told us... on thursday, the action was very much not in westminster but in brussels. huw edwards was dispatched to the belgian capital to present the news at six and news at ten, and that gave rise to another objection we've heard several times before on this programme — voiced here in a telephone message from carol kumner. why is it necessary to have them in brussels?

with all these video things, they can talk to the people in europe via a link. you've got the lovely katya adler, who's your european correspondent. it's just not necessary to have the london people go over there, wasting money when the bbc‘s constantly saying it can't afford this, it can't do that. well, we also asked bbc news for an explanation for this practice of sending london people over there. they told us... and if we've been down that road

before, what about the thorny issue of what our prime minister should be called on air? a couple of weeks ago, we mentioned mrjohnson being referred to as boris on the news at six — and your thoughts about that. here's europe reporter gavin lee speaking on the news channel on thursday afternoon. the music yesterday from the likes of steve baker and the other. brexiteers from the european research group suggested that they had faith in boris. there will be no caveat today. there will be no sense of, we give a thumbs up but you have to get a deal, boris, in westminster on super saturday. he will be asking for the eu to categorically say that there should not be an extension that they will give. so if boris asks for it, they will say no. other eu leaders will be thinking, hang on, it's not about boris, it's about the entire parliament. maybe we just have to deal with that. that repeated use of boris produced this response from sonia reed.

and that was echoed by this telephone caller. i'm ringing to complain about, yet again, we had the use of the word boris, and frequently we hear nigel. why do we not hear the names farage and johnson when we always hear corbyn? if you have any decent attempt at neutrality, surely they should be addressed in the same manner. do let us know your thoughts on all those points, or on any aspect of bbc news. details of how to contact us at the end of the programme. now, the brexit deal wasn't the only story covered on bbc news this week, though it might have seemed like it at times. there was also coverage of the visit by the duke and duchess of cambridge to pakistan, including a report from secunder kermani on

tuesday's news at six. this tour has an added emotional significance for prince william, as he traces some of his late mother's footsteps. many here remember her fondly. there's been praise for the duchess of cambridge's outfits. some have been comparing her look to that of princess diana, who made three visits here during the 1990s. having watched that, a twitter user called sam posted this. and sarah parker added...

monday night's football match in bulgaria saw england players subjected to racist abuse, and that story was leading the bbc one news bulletins 24 hours later. tonight at ten, bulgaria's football boss resigns and the country faces disciplinary action after racism blights their match against england last night... janet munro contacted us after watching that to say... and later in the week, june davis made a different point. finally, on sunday night, quentin sommerville reported

—— finally, on sunday night, quentin sommerville reported on three children the bbc had found in a camp in syria who are believed to be from london, and whose parents had been killed in fighting afterjoining the islamic state group. his powerful report had a big impact on those watching. as turkish forces advanced on the camp, security was breached today and hundreds escaped. british women and children may be among them. the whereabouts of amira, heba and hamza — and the 21 other orphans — is unknown. syria was never a safe place to take detainees, especially children. now, they may be lost forever. and somewhere in london, there's a grandmother waiting, not knowing if they're alive or dead. the following day, quentin sommerville reported that the three siblings he'd featured in that report had been rescued and were with the save the children charity, prompting chris lindsay to tweet...

and lucy hancock described the reporter as... thank you for all your comments this week. please do get in touch with your opinions about what you see on bbc tv news online or bbc social media. you may even get to appear on our programme. you can e—mail... or you can find us on twitter... you can call us on... and do have a look at our website... that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye.