that was barry gardiner talking to andrew marr. we are talking to andrew marr.talking about all of these negotiations between the prime minister and the eu. when is she going to brussels? nothing can burn from downing street. it is expected she will maybe go at some point this week. —— nothing confirmed from downing street. it is not in the diary, as faras downing street. it is not in the diary, as far as we are aware. and it will be factored into the decision as to when the prime minister goes to brussels, what she can achieve at that point, what suggestion or indication she has had from the european commission from her fellow european leaders that they are willing to come to the table and renegotiate to some extent because for teresa made to go to brussels and come back empty—handed is not going to be a good situation for her. —— for teresa made to go to brussels. but it will be crucial, when she decides to. an underwater search for the missing plane carrying footballer emiliano sala and his pilot is under way this morning. cardiff city's new signing disappear

this was james brokenshire on the andrew marr programme just a few minutes ago.t will commit that if the meaningful vote, in other words the meaningful vote, in other words the deal coming back, has not happened by the 27th of february, we would allow a further motion to take place in parliament to give that sense of place in parliament to give that sense of assurance as to place in parliament to give that sense of assurance as to the process moving forward. to be clear, there will be a meaningful vote this month or not? if the meaningful vote will be a meaningful vote this month or not? if the meaningfulvote has not happened, so in other words, you know, things have not concluded, then parliament would have that further opportunity by no later than the 27th of february. now, the government hopes that that opportunity to potentially delay brexit at the end of this month will be enough to pacify some of those ministers who are considering resigning. also, though, today in a move that is likely to enrage brexiteers, james brokenshire confirmed that the government i

quite an extraordinary interview really on the andrew marr programme this morning, at the end of a torridfor labour, when nine mps have quit the party and many of them on the issue of anti—semitism, explaining that in their view jeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle that problem within the party. and in the wake of those resignations it was very interesting to hear slightly different responses from seniorfigures in the party, whilejeremy corbyn only really spoke briefly about it, saying he regretted the resignations and was disappointed in those mps and called on them to stand for by—elections in their constituencies, tom watson, the deputy leader, struck a much more reflective tone and said that this was a moment for the party to reflect and it was a moment of regret and he's gone further than that this morning, saying that this is as you say a crisis of the soul of the labour party, he's called for different views within the party to be better represented on the frontbench, and he's also said that it is a test forjeremy corbyn personally to eradicate anti—semitism within the party

this is whatjames brokenshire said on the andrew marr show earlier.meaningful vote, in other words the deal coming back, has not happened by the 27th of february, we would allow a further motion to take place in parliament to give that sense of assurance as to the process moving forward. to be clear, there will be a meaningful vote this month or not? if the meaningful vote has not happened, so in other words, you know, things have not concluded, then parliament would have that further opportunity by no later than the 27th of february. an important point to note there, ben, is james brokenshire saying that if a meaningful vote has not happened by the end of the month, in other words the government acknowledging that, four weeks out from brexit, they may yet not have reached a new deal, which is quite remarkable. there was also an admission today from james brokenshire, something which is likely to aggravate brexiteers within the conservative party, that it is likely that the backstop, these controversial insurance policy on the irish border, will remai

she will be going back to brussels this week and the talks continue. 0n the andrew marr programme thisretaryjeremy marr programme this morning the culture secretary jeremy wright marr programme this morning the culture secretaryjeremy wright was asked about this and he was repeatedly asked by andrew marr whether he thought the changes would be sufficient if we didn't have to reopen their withdrawal agreement, because the prime minister has said we have to reopen what has already been agreed, but a suggestion perhaps from one of her ministers that that might not necessarily be the case. i don't think it's the mechanism that matters, it's the objective. if you can get to a place where the potential longevity of the backstop, the potential that the backstop lasts forever can be adequately dealt with, that's what we are all seeking to do. that is what parliament has been very clear it wants. it will back this deal if it can do something about the backstop. the mechanism is what we are discussing at the moment. but parliament needs to give the prime minister the space to go and have that co

equality laws which could be why the school says it will not bow to parents pressure deputy head andrew marr fat who's openly gay himself had to resign from a previous job after a similar route with christian parents at his former school despite the controversy the teacher says his diversity program is not going away we have to ensure we safeguard and protect them from all possible forms of harm including homophobic or transgender bullying we have no plans to change their curriculum and no outsiders remains an inch a group part of the drive for excellence in light of this some parents of chosen to remove their kids from the school and opted to pay for private tuition this is around about a small school but is exposed a big clash between a religious community and the diversity that's part and parcel of modern day britain. ortiz probably go there reporting from birmingham there is another school in england that has also found itself in the media spotlight after it decided to drop a play about charles darwin following complaints from christian parents. and how did all of the world so we've made

equality laws which could be why the school says it will know by now to parents pressure deputy head andrew marr fat who's openly gay himself had to resign from a previous job after a similar route with christian parents at his former school despite the controversy the teacher says his diversity program is not going away we have to ensure we safe . autum protect them from all possible forms of harm including homophobic or transgender bullying we have no plans to change their curriculum and no outsiders remains an integrity part of the drive for excellence in light of this some parents have chosen to remove their kids from the school and opted to pay for private tuition this is a route about a small school but is exposed to a big clash between a religious community and the diversity that's part and parcel of modern day britain. followed by to live in england second largest city ok that is our lot for not always up to the minute quite literally it's on our twitter page people in the know over there and i'll be back with all of your saturday evening headlines in thirty more great programs live righ

andrew marr put it to him, saying the backstop is staying?there needs to be a backstop, an insurance policy. acce pta nce acceptance from a cabinet minister the backstop is there to stay. red rag to a bowl. from a the hardline brexiteers. kurdish—led forces, backed by the united states, have launched a new push in syria to defeat the group that calls itself islamic state. more than 20,000 civilians have been evacuated from land still held by is near the iraqi border. 0ur arab affairs editor sebastian usher reports. the us—backed sdf has played a key role in the war against is in syria. its biggest victory was to drive the jihadists out of their de—facto capital, raqqa. in the past few months, it's picked off one town, village or hamlet after another in the corner of north—eastern syria to which is fighters have been driven. all that's left for the jihadists there are a few square miles next to the iraqi border — a far cry from the caliphate the group once declared across huge swathes of syria and iraq. the sdf delayed its final attack until t

tom watson, the deputy leader of the labour party told the andrew marr show that there was a crisis ofl in the party. earlier, i spoke to jonathan the soul in the party. earlier, i spoke tojonathan blake who reflected on the labour resignations. it has been interesting to see those different responses since those labour mps resigned at the beginning of last week. jeremy corbyn has really not looked to dwell on it and issued a very brief response saying he was disappointed that they had resigned, he regretted it. and if you contrast that with others calling for them to call by—elections, which senior party figures have, but contrast to the words we have heard from tom watson, particularly this morning, calling this a crisis for the soul of the labour party and he said last week it is a moment of regret, it is a moment for people to reflect. a real sense it is a big problem that these labour mps have gone. it is extraordinary to hear what he has had to say today. for the deputy leader of the party to make what really was quite a clear challenge to the leader of the party, to say that you

the shadow chancellor was asked about this this morning on the andrew marr programme, and he said thatthat people have raised is the potential for a split, we're dealing with. 0n brexit, we are holding the party together. those saying we'll split without a people's vote, we have still kept that option on the table and it might come about. why split over that? that's ridiculous. this debate continues on social media, because labour activists have been trying to persuade mps to sign up to a pledge which basically says that an mp would work for the achievements of a labour—led government under whatever leadership members elect, and they accept a labour—led government is infinitely better than any other election outcome. lots of labour mps have signed up to this pledge, put forward largely by supporters ofjeremy corbyn, but other labour mps notably have decided not to sign up, some making it clear that their pledge is their membership card which they have held and worked hard for for many years. also today, a former, quite big figure in the labour ranks, a former vice chair of the party, h

the andrew marr programme gets underway on bbc one at 10am this morning. the home i'm joined by the home secretary, we will talk about exit, i am joined by gary back —— harry gardner, and mary jo—— gary back —— harry gardner, and mary jo —— mary lou mcdonald, the head of sinn fein. it is 21 minutes past eight. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, politics lecturer victoria honeyman is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to victoria in a minute, first let's look at the front pages. the sunday telegraph leads with our top story this morning — theresa may saying she'll "battle for britain" when she travels to brussels this week. the observer says six disaffected labour mps have been drawing up plans to resign and form a "brea kaway movement". the mail on sunday claims the head of the climate change committee — john selwyn gummer — has been paid £600—thousand—pounds from green businesses who stand to make millions from his advice. he denies any conflict of interest, and says he's fully complied with disclosure rules. and the sunday times rev

tom watson told the bbc‘s andrew marr that there was a "crisis for the soul" of the party, fearing morenine who resigned this week. of course jeremy of coursejeremy needs to understand that if we are going to be in number 10, he needs to change the labour party and there are things we need to do. firstly, we have to eradicate anti—semitism, anti—jewish racism in all its forms. this week i have had 50 complaints of anti—semitism from my party colleagues which i shared with jeremy and for us my party colleagues which i shared withjeremy and for us to address that now, i think he needs to take a personal late on examining those cases and if necessary, recommending to our nec what has to be done. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent jonathan blake — who started by reflected on the labour resignations this week. it has been interesting to see those different responses since those labour mps resigned at the beginning of last week. jeremy corbyn has really not looked to dwell on it and issued a very brief response saying he was disappointed that they had resigned, he regretted it. an

the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 10 o'clock. andrew what's on the programme today?joined by two members of the independent group, the so—called diggers, heidi allen, who used to be a tory mp, luciana who used to be a labourmp a tory mp, luciana who used to be a labour mp sitting on the sofa together, and the deputy director tom watson of the labour party, who feels his party should make a different direction, and a key cabinet minister, one of the leaders of the leave campaign, michael gove. all of that at ten o'clock. quite rightly, ten o'clock, not immediately offer this programme. still to come on breakfast, 24—year—old amy—claire davies was born with an incurable genetic condition which means she doesn't know how long she has to live. amy—claire has such a positive outlook that she's been dubbed the "incurable optimist" — we'll hear from a documentary maker who has filmed her story, since she was 15. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and rachel burden. it is 8:29am exactly. here's a summary of this morning's

andrew marr is coming up at ten o'clock. first, where are you going to start?he next generation but there needs to be fairness and what they are paid. the issue is real term cuts over the last seven years. every year the pay is in theory going up but because of inflation it has been cut, in real terms for thousand pounds annually. this is impacting recruitment and retention of teachers. so many teachers do this as a vocationaljob as well, it must be tough? absolutely. if you are thinking that you need to inspire the next generation, as a nation wish to have a better attitude towards teachers. it feels like with pina last seven years, i understand the austerity and tough times but there should be respect for the profession. —— with salary for the profession. —— with salary for the profession. —— with salary for the last seven years. for the profession. —— with salary for the last seven yearslj for the profession. —— with salary for the last seven years. i bet eve ryo ne for the last seven years. i bet everyone has a fleece in their wardrobe, nice and cosy and wa