and now we will crusty michel barnier. we will cross to michel barnier.nslation: of the united kingdom... the commented plan of the joint political declaration on the framework for our future relationship, and all that is the result of very intense negotiations, which started 17 months ago. and i would like to thank our two teams, the uk team and the team that has been working with me, for their commitment and hard work, and personally, i would like to say that it is an honour and a privilege to have been part of a quite exceptional team here. now, this agreement is decisive, a crucial step in concluding these negotiations. it is also the achievement of a methodology of negotiation that has been carried out in transparency from the word 90, out in transparency from the word go, and fully in respect of our respective mandates. now, this draft withdrawal agreement, ladies and gentlemen, includes 185 articles, three protocols, and a series of annexes. this is the draft in my hand here. i have a draft agreement between the united kingdom and the european unio

michel barnier said they would have to ta ke michel barnier said they would have to take the consequences this up as it is either her deal or no deal at all. you seem to be suggesting that somehow parliament could find it third way. for theresa may to say it third way. for theresa may to say it is her deal or no deal shows the difficulty of the position she is in the cause in fact, she did conceive this on the steps of downing street tonight. there is a third way and that if we don't do this. the only people who could decide to do that by the british people themselves in a people's vote. how do you get the point? parliament will not be able to deal with this, that is clear. it is clear that parliament will not pass the steel. if the deal does not get through parliament and the only people who can really buzz of this are the people of britain at a referendum —— resolve. are the people of britain at a referendum -- resolve. thank you. michel barnier says it is a decisive step forward and there's a lot of waiting and patient silence on the other side of the channel today. they didn't want to

michel barnier was alongside him. important as well, because you could be looking at a future european commission president. it was important for him to get something. important to see what he does next. will he take on the second part of these negotiations? everything that has been agreed today, it's no guarantee of the future relationship. there will be years ahead of us of negotiations on what the future relationship actually looks like. those negotiations can only start formally once we have actually left. we willjoin a press conference when it starts but let's talk up to when the two men take the stage. it starts but let's talk up to when the two men take the stagelj it starts but let's talk up to when the two men take the stage. i think now we've seen them leave this room... let's dip in and have a listen to what they have to say. in its article 50 formation. now without further ado, i invite the president donald tusk to take the lead. today the european council endorsed the agreement and the withdrawal of the a

but tonight when michel barnier was asked abt that, he said the u.k.ament would have to take the consequences if they vote again it. what we don't know -- there was a lot of noise at the moment -- is whether over the next three he vote weeks, because will not come until the middle of december -- people pore through it and consider their options. the m chaht be the other side. and when they have their toes over the edge of the cliff, do they step back or do they jump? ime minister is betting that when faced with the wialternative, the get behind her. that right now looks like a very big gamble. jane: christian, do you think she can survive any possible vote of no-confidence or further resignations? christian: she has made it clear, and she has talked about this before, becauseteers have threatened a vote o no-confidence, and she said that if there was such a virtuous -- such a vote, she would stand pafor the leadership of thy again and continued even if she won that by one. the conservativearty has to ask itself this -- does it really want to put in fro

gone was mrfinger that michel barnier gave today? gone was mr finger wagging michel barnier. seeing him during the negotiations really sort of telling of the uk and warning the uk of the consequences of brexit. tonight it was a different tone. praise from uk, the great ally, the great friend. praise for uk negotiators alongside eu negotiators. michel barnier said they had achieved what they set out to do, to protect the irish border, the rights of eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens in the eu after brexit. and to protect uk constitutional integrity as well. he said they had managed to achieve all those things. it was almost as if, someone those things. it was almost as if, someone put it to me, they have managed to create a beautiful egg out of the negotiations. could now be smashed? i put it to show barnier tonight what plans the eu has a place of the uk parliament votes down the deal. he didn't want to engage in that. he didn't want to engage in that. he didn't want to engage in that. he didn't want to engage in the questions around this temporary customs agreement that a

pay special tribute to michel barnier and also. to those around him because you know there are those who appear on the television who whose work under ten years ago for those who allowed those who appear on the television screens to work and i would like to pay tribute to mr being way under this i mean he's own who with michelle's main right hand person. and as michelle was negotiating on behalf of the commission also a word of gratitude to my secretary general modernism are through my head of private office car about to miss. also to all of those. around. the shop truck. name which is very difficult to pronounce but he's easily recognizable and our interest macaque to. us as. well as with all of the is this agreement would not have been possible the post was. i'm inviting goes to have to rectify this this deed in the house of commons to take these infants into asia this is the best feed possible for britain this is the best deal possible for europe this is the only deal possible the only deal. possible. and i would like to add one

we very much appreciated and admired the work that was done by our friend michel barnier, so i would like to pay special tribute to michel barnier and also to those around him, because there are those on the television who work, and then you have got those who allow those who appear on the television screens to work, and i would like to pay tribute to m ichel's main right-hand persons, and as michel was negotiation on behalf of the commission, also a word of gratitude from my secretary general, to my head of office, and also to all of those around him. very difficult to pronounce, but he is easy to recognize. because without all of these, this agreement would not have been possible. i am inviting those to have this deal in the house of commons that this is the best deal possible for britain, the best deal possible for europe. this is the only deal possible, and i would like to add one sentence concerning the civil servants, those at the service of the commission. nobody, nobody of them will be pushed out. nobody will be ejected. i always admired the professionalism, the loyalty, the

barnier.500-page document being referred to on press reports in terms of the detail of brexit. you have michelle barnier who has made those comments and that the agreement is fair and it is donald tusk on the other side. this is donald tusk. the prime minister's statement yesterday, but i don't share it. at the beginning, we had no doubt exit is a lose-lose situation and our negotiations are only about damage control. given these difficult circumstances, i would like to thank michel barnier and his team, especially -- for doing work.xceptionally hard we all put a lot of trust in you and rightly so. you have achieved our most important objective. you insured the limitation of the damage caused --brexit and second, you title interest and european ministers will be involved in this process. the commission agrees about a future with the u.k. by tuesday. the the following 48 hours, member states will have time to have evaluated, which means that the -- the you -- eu should conclude this work by thu

this is michel barnier, the chief negotiator, saying let's add another year on, we don't have to hurrybe happy to have you there. you will just be caught in this sort of limbo period, and you of course keep contributing, which from the eu's point of view, who can blame them? we area point of view, who can blame them? we are a huge net contributor to the eu. ithink we are a huge net contributor to the eu. i think we don't often talk enough about the impact that our sleeving is going to have on the eu's finances. it is going to leave a huge hole in their budget. and so this looks on the surface like a generous gesture, don't rush, it is fine, you can stay with us for another couple of years. but keep handing over the cash, and that will kind of help the eu to deal with its own budgetary problems. this is an attack on the brexiteers, as well, because they are saying the eu are... we are going to be rule takers, not rulemakers, so we are having to pay more of that money into the eu budget, but we will have no say in it, as well, and what barnier maybe miss —— mischievously let out today is

michel barnier is a viable candidate to replace jean—claude juncker in 2019.econd to jean—claude juncker in 2014. he is officially not running but did a very good job in this process so the elections did not work out, you might see michel barnier re—emerging and we would not be the begg negotiator —— brexit negotiator and you would need to bring someone else in and it is rumoured that at french head of the trade department here is someone who could easily fill the slot of michel barnier. is he a mountain walker to? he has a lot of summits ahead of them and is beyond official retirement age. they are thinking what they can do with them after the next changeover of top jobs. ideas say he has never walked summits like this one. as you say we will keep the british feminist and watch at a say at the back of summit today. she had about half an hour to talk to european leaders today, all 27 of them keenly aware of her situation back at home. she attempted to sell the deal to the british public. she didn't speak directly to reporters, she did speak directly to the bor

and why are they doing that when they gave the mandate of michel barnier?cause they don't trust him 150%. and why? because what we have seen here is quite a last—minute change in order to get to this point where we have a draft technical agreement, so it is on the technical not political level at this moment, the eu had to make a big concession, really, and that is when it comes to that backstop over ireland, that guarantee that there will be no hard border on the island of ireland, whatever the future relationship is between the eu and the uk. that now includes a customs arrangement between the uk and the eu, so that projects towards the future. that is not something the eu governments are planned for, and now they are worrying that it has been so hastily put together that somehow they could give uk businesses a competitive advantage over eu wants, and that is why they will look at the tiny, tiny print. so to understand how those worries play out, we are very concentrated today on westminster and how theresa may sells her plan to cabinet in time and to par

s chief negotiator michel barnier welcomed the draft parts that agreement here's part of what he had to say. now this agreement. is the decisive crucial step in concluding these negotiations this negotiation has never been and it never will be one against the other. never i have always said that we negotiating with the united kingdom not against the united kingdom and in the respect of this sovereign choice the choice they made to leave the european union and tonight i said it's a crucial step. it's a crucial step let's take this now to brussels our correspondent is standing by good evening to you georg michel barnier eight they're saying that is a crucial step he's also just said that the u.k. parliament has to accept its responsibility here that doesn't sell like a unit used completely convinced that all of this is a done deal. no i don't think he is convinced it is a done deal and he was very careful in choosing his words today he left it until the end of his press conference to say that there is decisive progress the magic words we've been waiting for i followed all the press con

michelle barnier said it could extend longer and could potentially continue until the end of 2022.he fte said barnier had floated this yesterday my colleague joins me from brussels where there's a flurry of brexit-related meetings going on sylvia, what are your ministers saying this morning? is there any chance talks could be reopened as some british politicians have suggested >> reporter: well, willem, the mood here in brussels is that work is done when it comes to the exit agreement and that there's no need to reopen negotiations we caught up alesh malahi, the secretary of state for european affairs, and he told me he doesn't want to reopen negotiations and the summit here on sunday will go ahead. >> we hope we will not have to reopen the negotiations. so we hope it will not be open excessive excessively. >> reporter: what would you like to see in the political declaration. >> what we want and we made it clear that we want the most possible closest relationship for the rights and obligations for the british. for the czech republic specifically what is important for us is so that

the eu‘s chief negotiator michel barnier says brexit talks are at a decisive moment.ussels, the eu‘s 27 other countries are moving ahead. ministers meeting today to green light the deal reached last week. translation: we all agree this is very good news. we all made really a big effort to get this far. the 27 countries have been as flexible as they can. now we‘re waiting to see if the uk will accept it and we can move forward. here there was no appetite for reopening negotiations with theresa may. this is the best she‘ll get. it is the best after so many months of negotiations and i'm sure that now we need to go further. are you worried that the deal will not survive this week or maybe mrs may won‘t survive? it will survive. we are waiting for the same situation in london, but here it will survive. the eu believes the text agreed with the uk is fair and balanced. the only item to be resolved — michel barnier‘s proposal the uk be offered the option of a one—off extension to the so—called transition period after brexit, up to four years in total. it would, if used, tie

the is chief negotiator there michel barnier. let's go straight to a brussels and get some more from our correspondent there mathis what did you make of what michel barnier had to say. brian rashad when you can now harvest the fruits. he has planted over weeks and months negotiating with the british side waiting that they would take a position waiting that they would move from the red lines and finally now he has this over five hundred pages documents the divorce deal on the table and been approved today by the twenty seven e.u. ministers it will be if you ask me rubber stamped by the leaders on this special summit on the weekend and then it is up to the u.k. parliament to make the next step and so mr bunny when asked point personally how he feels in that particular situation he said you know i'm not comfortable it's too sad an occasion but of course he's glad to see that things move forward towards an orderly brecht's that ok gary qualls of mass with us in london very good in london a number of conservative party rebels is growi

and micheltrasburg barnier.st point was to respect irish peace stability and those sensitivities. he says the treaty should give back certainty and confidence. the eu spokesman saying they would not comment on u.k. government governments. someone who most certainly will with expertise is anna edwards on queen victoria street. on whatr observations we have witnessed in the last 90 minutes. >> what she is doing is say the sales pitch. she is trying to sell the deal she brought back from brussels. she has been speaking for 45 minutes and has yet to have one question in her favor. this will be hard-fought. she is facing challenges from both sides. the remain side says we should stay in the eu. said this makes us a vassal state. that is the crux of this. if no free trade agreement can be reached, the backstop comes into place, where many concerns lie. she is trying to get people away from focusing on the backstop. yet to bee is it has agreed, so she has to use all her persuasion to make people go with her. seeresting

there is remarkable achievement by michelle barnier and his team.definitely no appetite. thanks for your company, good to get your thoughts. let's look at these pictures of leo varadkar. let's listen to what he has to say. almost two years of work, two years of negotiations. still regret the fact the uk is leaving the european union andi the uk is leaving the european union and i think the best course of action would be for the uk to stay in the european union and the single market and customs union but we respect their decision not to do that so we have spent two years trying to negotiate an agreement that protects our interests, our citizens and our economy and i believe we have that come on agreement which allows for an orderly withdrawal from the european union and protects the freedoms and rights of citizens come on agreement which provides a transition period during which we can negotiate a future relationship and if its not successful then a back kicking in which us there be no hard border between ireland and northern ireland and we will cont

that's what barnier is offering.to may, because it pushes the issues off down the line, but for the brexiters, they make it feel like we'll never be eu we'll be out in name only. we will never be able to break away, strike our own trade deals. even that sort of rope that barnier has thrown to may has gone down badly here in london again, we like binary decisions as you say, we like yes or no. markets like that. i'm afraid that even if we get may going to brussels, we have a summit this weekend, they graded that deal, we're not going to know what the end state is for several weeks now. >> i feel like it's the eighth season of a tv show with 100 different players, everybody is getting so complicated that they'll tune out we'll find out it's a huge story, thanks for putting it in a clear light for us peter spiegel, thank you happy thanksgiving >> thank you >>> it is turkey time. the president's annual turkey pardoning is today, but there's still a ton to do on the presidential docket. the biggest risks to business. some

it is said michel barnier in germany are not at all impressed. want to reopen the text of the withdrawal of agreement for anyone and they are warning that making conditions any harder on the uk at this point will make that much tougherfor this point will make that much tougher for theresa may to get it through the house of commons. let's go to the houses of parliament. later signals that in parliamentary terms the troubles of the government are farfrom over. terms the troubles of the government are far from over. absolutely. as one potential threat is fading a real one is acted on. no sign of the 48 horse men or women of the apocalypse, the tory brexiteers coming to take theresa may away. her friends and partners in government, the dup, ab stained on the finance bill tonight. what does that mean a normal parlance? when push came to shove, that band of northern irish unionists did not vote with the government on a vital piece of legislation, the budget. that throws into question the support they promised, the deal they did with theresa may to back

we're told there will be no press c0 nfe re nce barnier.there will be no press conference tonight but we might geta press conference tonight but we might get a statement from the prime minister as to how the cabinet meeting has gone. joining us now from downing street where we are waiting for theresa may to come and speak with media about the results of that cabinet meeting is the bbc‘s vicki young no surprise that is running over? it is always difficult. they said it would be three hours long and it is longer than that. it does tell us that every single cabinet minister is having their say. that is what theresa may dies, she allows eve ryo ne theresa may dies, she allows everyone to speak. it also tells us they are looking for clarification, perhaps reassuring since some cases. it is not just perhaps reassuring since some cases. it is notjust on the brexit side of the arguments, those who are pro—leaving the eu are concerned about as being tied to closely but also on the other side, there are loyal cabinet ministers like the scottish secre

well, they are going into a secretive phase, apparently, the team, with barnier, michelle —— michel barnierl. are they literally going into a tunnel? -- the "tunnel". so a tunnel would be an improvement. there is no certainty that there is a light at the end of it. laughter. cani a light at the end of it. laughter. can i advise them to stick away from all of these various things that we can have fun out of? absolutely, and theresa may, you can imagine the private eye front cover. this is in the hope that donald tusk, president of the eu council, will have an extraordinary brexit meeting called, a summit, at the end of the month, they are thinking november 22, let's put bets on whether anything happens on november 20 two. and downing street... the day that president kennedy was assassinated —— november 22. that was 1963, we have moved on, but if you are looking for anniversaries, if you look that way... it seems to me that you know much more than these things about i do, but the only bargaining chip we have is, they think we owe them 39 billion, and if we fall off a cliff they don't get it,

michel barnier says the deal is fair the plan is a special summit on the november 20.w partnership. we've also had a strong message from the german chancellor saying the deal is all but done and will not be reit negotiated. translation: we have a document on the table that they both have agreed to, so for me there is no question at the moment whether we negotiate further. if you're just if you'rejust coming if you're just coming in, it's been a busy day here in westminster, let's recap today's dramatic developments in the brexit process. yesterday the uk and the eu presented its draft agrement for britain's withdrawal — which included provisions for a transition period and ‘backstop' while a trade deal is negotiated. in response, brexit secretary dominic raab quitjust before 9 o'clock this morning, followed by esther mcvey and two other ministers. at half past ten this morning, theresa may defended her deal in the house of commons and was on her feet for three hours taking questions, some critical, from all parties. leading eurosceptic mp, jacob rees—mogg, submitted a

a good dealfor both chief negotiator michel barnier.h sides, nobody has been tricked. the sales operation by the eu is still going on. in terms of the idea about whether a deal can be renegotiated or reopened, chancellor angela merkel of germany said yesterday as far as she was concerned a deal could not be reopened, that was not something she was considering. it was echoed by a senior official in brussels yesterday involved in the talks, saying both sides had exhausted their margin for manoeuvre and added their margin for manoeuvre and added the eu had banked a lot of their own rules and were being ambitious to get this far. it all seems to suggest there is less wriggle room for theresa may over here. essentially, the eu 27, they are ploughing on on the track that they are on because that‘s all they can do, perhaps? in the light of uncertainty here in the uk? there are two things going on. firstly, you mentioned some time ago the meeting of the eu 27 ambassadors. they will start chewing over the political declaration about the shape of

the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier, says brexit talks are at a decisive moment.spondent damian grammaticas. while the arguments rage in the uk, in brussels the eu's 27 other countries are moving ahead. ministers meeting today to green light the deal reached last week. translation: we all agree this is very good news, we all made really a big effort to get this far. the 27 countries have been aspects spectacle as they can. now we're waiting to see if the uk will accept it and we can move forward. here, there was no appetite for reopening negotiations with theresa may. this is the best she'll get? the best after so many months of negotiations and now we need to go further. are you worried the brexit deal will not survive this week, or maybe mrs may will not survive? here it will survive, we are waiting for the same situation in london. the eu believes the text agreed with london is fair and balanced, the only item to be resolved, michel barnier‘s proposal the uk be offered the option of a one—off extension to the so—called transition period after brexit, up to four

there is a report today in the guardian about sabine weiland, the deputy to michel barnier brussels,all a tunnel, into the dark, and let's throw around some wacky ideas and some ideas that are highly controversial, and see if we can find highly controversial, and see if we canfind a highly controversial, and see if we can find a way through the impasse, which was this issue of northern ireland, northern ireland existing ina ireland, northern ireland existing in a customs union on its own, and from that point there were some really detailed discussions over the last two weeks. they had arrived at this point with a text which she has been able to get past her cabinet this evening. so i think in the space ofjust over a month, this is quite an achievement for the prime minister and for her team. what we don't know of course is what is going to happen in the coming days with his cabinet ministers have had a chance to pour through the document, 585 pages of it, and we don't know the calculations of the senior brexiteers in the cabinet are making, because they will know that it is her head

you spoke to the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier.e his thoughts on if theresa may will survive? maria: michel barnier literally walked around here seconds ago. he is making his way to the european commission because there will be a meeting today in just 10 minutes. barnier,t from michel who has also been very critical of theresa may. and he has gone very quiet that is the general sense in the european capital. no one wants to say or do anything that could make theresa may even weaker. they just want to see if she can weather the storm. no comment from michelle barnier and november 25, the special brexit summit to seal the deal is still on the european union's schedule. if theresa may is not legal -- able to stay in office, it will be a possibility to talk about the no deal brexit, instead. taylor: -- nejra: great work, alan bloomberg reporters. europeank at how the equity markets might open in under an hour's time. yesterday, european stocks generally dropped, but the ftse 100 ended the session. dax, and cac futures all pointing high

anna: did michelle barnier give you any indication it is possible? to keep his cards close to his chest. , for is a possibility of example, the british public having another say on the eu with the option of staying, of course the british public may decide to accept the deal negotiated a prime minister may. bear in mind the consequences of no deal on the eu, also my country and my city, i'm sure the eu realizes it is preferable to extend article 50, which it is possible to do, rather than a situation where there is no deal. the consequences include 11:00 , those europeans, more than 3.5 million in my country are in london. michel barnier and his team, also the british government will realize it is the case the theish parliament rejects deal, amends the motion so it'll as the british public the first , then the negotiations except thing to do is extend article 50 to allow more time. anna: thank you for joining us from berlin. the governor of london. manus. manus: stay tuned with bloomberg. the pemex ceo joining us after 8:00 a.m.. steven ashley from nu

michel barnier who has been instrumental in this process throughout and in the later donald tusk sent telling us their withdrawal agreement had been endorsed, he gave thanks to michel barnier who had not only kept the uk on site but also the unity of the 27. perhaps the strongest words of the day came from jean—claude juncker who said it's strongest words of the day came from jean—claudejuncker who said it's a sad moment for the uk and for the eu but was warning that this is the deal that is on the table and the uk parliament have to get behind it. translation: it's a sad day both for the united kingdom and for the european union. it's not a moment of jubilation or of celebration. it's a sad moment and it's a tragedy. lithuanian president — dalia grybauskaite — says what happens next is up to britain. everything could happen, at least four possible scenarios could be in place, but it's up to the british side to decide what path they choose. what are those scenarios? it could be a return to the vote of people, it could be new elections, it could be a request for renegotiations, there i

we also heard from michel barnier, the eu's chief negotiator he said that we have no time to lose we need to start working on the future relationship as soon as possible >> our work is not finished. we still have a long road ahead of us on both sides. for my side, the next few days we will all work on the text of the political declaration, the future relationship with the member states as well as with the european parliament. this work will be intense. our goal is to finalize this political negotiation with the uk so that the european council can endorse it >> since the very beginning we have had no doubt that brexit is a lose-lose situation, and that our negotiations are about damage control >> i'm afraid that right now things do look very shaky. we don't know exactly if this european summit will actually happen on the 25th of november but we'll keep checking with european institutions and bringing you all the latest. >> silvia, thank you for bringing us the latest from brussels plenty of breaking news to grapple with i want to bring in steve blix. never a dull moment in politics. >

so you would expect michel barnier to be happy. he is happy that the bulk of his work is done.graph, giles, difficult days ahead, they quote what theresa may said outside downing street in reference to what she thinks might or might not happen behind the scene. the telegraph's take on this, what do you make of it? the telegraph are clearly no fans of the brexit... i think they highlight a couple of things i find interesting and really ram home the realisation of what is happening. it says agreement was only reached in cabinet when it was framed as it is this orjeremy corbyn. this idea that if you collapse the deal then you could trigger an election which would be the back door to thejeremy corbyn government. another interesting thing, nick timothy, theresa may's former chief of staff, political brain, formerly closest political brain, formerly closest political confidents has slammed the deal and said political confidents has slammed the dealand said in political confidents has slammed the deal and said in the paper that theresa may never believed it would be possible to get a

michel barnier said that we shouldn't now enter into some kind of bargaining process, the eu should notinciples like protecting the irish border. do i send any degree of wiggle room? it seems the eu is intent on standing firm until that vote in the house of commons. if this text does not pass, i'm being told there is the possibility for some tweaking of the text but no more than that. if it we re text but no more than that. if it were to come to a general election oi’ were to come to a general election or eight second referendum, then the eu likely would agree to put the uk's leaving process on ice and why? pure self interest. firstly to avoid that no deal scenario and secondly for the eu in the hope that the uk might change its mind and stay in their club. many thanks again, katya. laura kuenssberg is in downing street. what is your sense of the immediate threat to decry minister in terms of this vote of no—confidence? threat to decry minister in terms of this vote of no-confidence? it is still there and hanging in the air, there is a rather eerie calm here tonight but this has been 2a

in contrast of the turmoil here in westminster, in brussels michel barnier formally handed over the 585donald tusk. damien dramatic as is there. the scenes in the uk are exactly what the eu negotiators feared all along that once this deal is handed into the politicians‘ hands, it is out of their control. the eu wants to get this over the line and they begun that process of trying to get the final sign off by the eu 27 countries, the final parts wrapped up, earlier today. 8am this morning, michel barnier and his negotiating team taking the first steps in what is meant to be a meticulously choreographed process, to get the withdrawal agreement over the finishing line. he delivered the text agreed with the uk to be eu‘s 27 remaining member states and donald tusk. 0ver 27 remaining member states and donald tusk. over 600 pages of meticulous detail governing the uk s exit. what we have agreed at negotiating level is fair and balanced, takes into account the uk s balanced, takes into account the uk s positions, organises the withdrawal in an orderly fashion, and ensures no hard border on the

in europe the chief negotiator michel barnier is exercising some caution.ogress," he said. "but we are not there yet." in california, at least 1111 people are now known to have died in the wildfires, which are spreading again in high winds. also on the programme. make france great again! donald trump takes on the french president following his trip to paris for armistace day. and too good to eat...

shell barnier said shouldn't now enter into some sort of bargaining process, the eu should give up oncting the irish border. do i with any sense of wiggle room here? it seems that the eu is intent on standing firm until that those in the house of commons. if this text doesn't pass, i am told there is some possibility for some tweaking of the text, but no more than that. if it were those to come to a general election or a second referendum, then the eu would likely be to agree to put the weaving process on us. be to agree to put the weaving process on us. y? 0utlook yourself interest. first of all, to avoid that no deal scenario and second of all, for the eu, in the hope that the uk might change its mind and stay in their club. president trump says he has personally finished writing his answers to questions posed by the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the last us presidential election. mr trump said he had not yet submitted the responses because he'd been very busy. he again denounced the investigation as a witch hunt. there should have never been any mueller investigation

the insider gossip here is michel barnier and germany are not at all impressed.reopen the text of the brexit withdrawal agreement for anyone, and they're also warning that making conditions any harder on the uk at this point will make it that much tougherfor this point will make it that much tougher for theresa may to get the deal through the house of commons. katya adler talking from brussels. the parole board has decided that the serial sex offender, john worboys, should stay in prison. worboys, a black cab driver, was jailed in 2009 for assaults on 12 women in london. injanuary, the board said he would be freed after serving 10 years, but it provoked a public outcry and was overturned by the high court. the former england and tottenham footballer paul gasgoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a train from york to durham. he was arrested at durham station in august. the 51—year—old is due to appear before magistrates next month. carlose ghosn, one of the world's most prominent businessmen and the chairman of nissan, has been arrested in jap

michelle barnier speaking in much more positive terms at the moment.sion president, jean—claude juncker, says if the deal doesn't get through the uk parliament, the eu will not renegotiate. this is the best deal possible for both. i'm sad because watching the united kingdom, which is not nothing, the united kingdom, leave the european union, is not a moment ofjubilation but a moment of deep sadness. we've done everything possible to have this divorce be as smooth as possible, but there are no smooth as possible, but there are no smooth divorces. if the parliament says no and the uk is there any more you could do or is this as good as it gets? this is the deal. it's the best one possible. and the european union will not change its fundamental position when it comes to these issues. sol fundamental position when it comes to these issues. so i do think that the british parliament, because this isa the british parliament, because this is a wise parliament, while ratify this deal. this is the deal and it will not change, that will be used to the ears change

a leaked document here from the deputy to michel barnier about how the eu privately views the deal.? she writes in this note that they, us, the uk, must align their rules or the uk will retain all the controls. the uk retains leverage. it is not pouring oil on troubled waters, that is setting light to them. there's a line where she said that britain deal would have to swallow a line when it comes to fisheries. that is a big issue for brexiteers. it will. the times treatment of the story that everyone leads within the papers tomorrow... apart from the sun. yes, which leads with the royals. what they've done, because they've got this leaked memo, they've pushed it forward to the backlash. the unveiling by downing street of the idea they had this draft deal this afternoon was a big moment. brexit has felt like groundhog day, but this actually is a change. of course the reactions to the deal, as we've said, she's got to get it past her cabinet, some of whom are very unimpressed, all seem to be unimpressed so far, she's got to be unimpressed so far, she's got to get it through parliament

he calls it ‘classic barnier‘., there is no withdrawal agreement and that means there is no transition period, the clock is ticking... have many times have we heard him say that? he said its decisions are needed at this point, not actually more time or more work. he says do not believe everything you read. we're not there yet on the last part of the negotiations, particularly the bit on ireland. he said yet again, the eu is prepared to rewrite bits of the backstop to make it more palatable to the uk. i think that revealed that for all of this talk about a new exit mechanism or a uk wide element of the backstop to eliminate the need for a northern ireland only bit of it, it doesn't seem much concrete as happened on this side of things. despite all of the talk about that stuff. diplomats of the member states they say we have not seen any illegal text that could go into a treaty that spells out how a uk customs arrangement will work or how an exit mechanism would work. i think it's really still a lot of work to be don

pages that you mentioned to donald trust the council president let's revisit that because michel barnier also had some words to say what we have agreed to negotiate to leave or. is fair and balanced takes into account the u.k.'s positions organizes their we rule into orderly fashion and ensure new border and i am divine and lays the groundwork for an ambitious new partnership with our rock is not finished we have a long road a long road ahead of us on both sides for my side the next few days we will all work on the text of the political decoration of the future. with the member states as well as we are european parliament and this work will be intense our goal is to finalize this particular mission with the u.k. force of the european council can undo orse it all right max so we're listening there to michele ban is words from earlier today you know he did say that there's a lot of work still to be done that being said we did hear some tons of optimism there from him you know from the ios perspective is this agreed the agreement that they wanted to get out of this. well they all they all c

the fact that dominic raab, the man who has been going to and fro with michel barnier, says it is notgh, and that puts massive pressure on the other brexiteers in the cabinet and we now know that leading members of the erg run to them saying you must quit. we will be talking to the leader of the erg, and marie morris, injusta leader of the erg, and marie morris, injust a moment. leader of the erg, and marie morris, injusta moment. dominic leader of the erg, and marie morris, injust a moment. dominic raab saying the backstop amounted to customs union obligations and he can't reconcile the terms of the deal with the promises made in the conservative manifesto. of all the members of the cabinet who could have gone, his departure is undoubtedly the most significant, isn't it? i think it is. to lose one brexit secretary was clearly bad, when david davis webb. to two suggests that mrs may is charting her own course on brexit. —— when david davis went, and now two, it suggests that mrs may starting their own course on brexit. the civil servant ollie morris is putting together a package which

i put it to mr barnier tonight what plans the eu has in place if the uk parliament votes down the brexitt. he didn't want to engage in the questions around the temporary customs agreement that appears in the withdrawal agreement here as part of a backstop over the irish border. could that become the basis of the future relationship between the eu and the uk after brexit? and other big question is the role of the european court of justice, something brexiteers want to be rid of, and it is very powerful in this withdrawal agreement, including in the backstop as well. and what do the eu 27 member states make of this? well, looking ashen faced, they don't think they will have a wink of sleep between now and 25 november when they should have this extraordinary seal the deal brexit summit. they need their lawyers to go through the 585 pa g es need their lawyers to go through the 585 pages of the withdrawal agreement and see whether they disagree with anything of that. and they also need to finalise that political declaration of intent of eu uk future relationships. at the moment if you have a

s chief brant sadler in brussels a michel barnier says or so not to do to britain's prime minister won the approval offer a cabinet on wednesday teresa mayes now taking her proposal to parliament i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead . these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is of sedition that is firmly in the national interest paul brennan is in london joins us now live so theresa may has the backing of her cabinet on the bracks a draft agreement but she's not completely out of the woods as she. oh no no and even when you say she's got the backing of a cabinet yes there is collective responsibility for this decision but t

michel barnier says they have exhausted all remove the -- -- all they have exhausted all remove the —e said about a potential vote of no—confidence. is what ken clarke said about a potential vote of no-confidence. of all the stupid things to introduce into the present crisis, to have a conservative leadership election going on ever six weeks, with blood running in the gutters, a whole lot of silly arguments about europe between the contenders, i can't think of anything more useless to engage in. i think if they get in the necessary number of letters, which they keep threatening to, for six months, they put the letters in, i think she will win the vote of confidence. ken clarke talking earlier. let's show you the picture at downing street at the moment, we can show you the live shot, because we are expecting penny mordaunt to come out that door any time soon, or maybe she will go through the back if she has resigned, one of the three we are keeping an eye on. some activity there, but we will go back if we see penny mordaunt in the next few minutes. instead, ian blackford, leader of the

michel barnier says the deal is fair and balanced and lays the groundambitious new partnership. but the german chancellor warns against any changes to the plan at this late stage. translation: we now have a document on the table that britain and the eu 27 have agreed to. so for me there is no question at the moment whether we negotiate further. good evening and welcome to westminster. theresa may has insisted that she will see brexit through and that she has set out the right course for the country. it's been a day of intense political pressure since the draft agreement was published yesterday with four ministers resigning. let's have a look back at how we got to this point... yesterday the uk and the eu presented its draft agrement for britain's withdrawal, which included provisions for a transition period and ‘backstop‘ while a trade deal is negotiated. in response, brexit secretary dominic raab quit this morning, followed by esther mcvey and two other ministers. theresa may defended her deal in the house of commons and was on her feet for three hours

obviously michel barnier and his team have been keeping other governments closely informed.at ministerial level but in those last key hours when the details are completed there will be lawyers in other capitals who wants to go over them as well. that's why part of the process is going to be, in other capitals, time for other countries to say, hang on, what does this bit say? not necessarily about the provisional text of the withdrawal agreement. alongside that there will be a short text of an outline of a political declaration on the future relationship. what we are talking about is the terms on which the uk leaves the eu. there is a lot on what the future relationship will look like. initially that will be a document of no more than five or six pages. the idea is that it will get expanded with input from other countries and that forms the basis ofa countries and that forms the basis of a negotiating mandate for the next big negotiation which will start once we leave on march 29, on what the future looks like for security, foreign policy and most importantly, trade. a final

you can see now, michel barnier there. much. of course, i don't share the prime minister's argument about brexit as such. since the very beginning we have no doubt that brexit is a lose lose situation and our negotiations are only about damage control. given these extremely difficult circumstances, i would like to thank michel barnier and his team, for doing this exceptionally hard work. we all put a lot of trust in you and rightly so. you have achieved our two most important objectives. first, you ensured the limitation of the damage caused by brexit and second, you secured a vital interest and principles of the 37 member state —— 27 member states and the eu asa state —— 27 member states and the eu as a whole. i am confident that you did your best to protect the interest of the 27, and with the essence of the document i would not propose to formalise this deal. in the next stage, we will proceed as follows: the agreement is now being analysed by all the member states. why the end of this week, the eu 27 ambassadors will m

conservative leader says this week could be critical for him meanwhile the use chief negotiator michel barnier spent the morning getting approval for the deal from ministers of the twenty seven e.u. member states he's been speaking over the last few minutes ok we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved in brussels and even longer i am pretty that ministers today's report the overall package in particular member states support of the draft with direct reman and do you side that we will still need to determine internal procedures of the union for agreeing to extend the transition but grover speaking to deal is fair and balanced ok fair and balanced let's bring in our correspondents in london barbara basal and in brussels a guard math and scared that comment just a few minutes ago what do you make of what barney had to say today. it's mr bundy of the chief directed negotiator for the you harvesting the fruits of hard work of his team from the past couple of months hours with hundreds of hours i have

and in brussels the use chief negotiator michel barnier spent the morning getting approval for the deal from ministers of the twenty seven member states he had this to say after that meeting we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved in brussels and you no longer i am pretty that ministers produce report to overall package in particular member states support of the draft with direct reman do you side we really do need to determine internal procedures of the union for agreeing to extend the transition. that gregory speaking to dealing fair and balanced. there so is it acceptable agreement any closer let's bring in our correspondents in london bigot mohsen in brussels eric massa's scared if we could start with you a key moment in brussels focus is now turning to the future of the trading relationship what kind of possible sticking points are emerging there the political declaration brian that ministers but also oficial syrian brussels and leaders on the weekend will be still be working on is