the prime minister there talking to political correspondent ben wright.spondent ben wright is in new york and has been travelling with the prime minister. he explained how the options open to theresa may are becoming increasingly limited. she's undoubtedly in a very, very tight spot. and if the prime minister does have a cunning plan for sealing a brexit deal with the eu, and then getting it through parliament, then she's keeping it to herself. number 10 have had a wretched few days, they have that setback, of course, in salzburg, the rebuff from eu leaders but i get the sense downing street are fairly confident a deal with it you can still be reached later in the autumn, and they've been encouraged to today by the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, saying an agreement can be reached in november. but there's a big but, even if there is an agreement it needs to go through parliament and at the moment i can't see how that can happen. labour are set to oppose whatever the prime minister brings back from negotiations with the use. today tory brexiteers said at le

ben wright, bbc news, at the conservative party conference, in birmingham.ws, the travel show. coming up on this week's programme, london's vanishing landmarks. it's something you have to see, because there are not that many any more. being teased in turkey. roaming without the bills. looking good! and cat learns the secrets of horse whispering. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the heart of central london. this place is known around the world for its red buses, red postboxes and these guys, the humble london red phone box. but time could soon be up for these iconic though now fairly little—used landmarks of street life in the capital. the red phone box is synonymous with london. when they were first introduced in the 1920s they gave many poorer londoners access to a telephone for the very first time, and after countless appearances in films, tv shows and movie studios, they became something of an icon both here and around the world. you come to london, you see the red telephone box. the first thing that comes into my mind w

ben wright, bbc news, at the conservative party conference, in birmingham.n bbc news, it's time for witness. hello and welcome to witness. in this programme we will hear from five witnesses about their involvement in extraordinary moments in 20th century history. we will hear one woman's recollection of operation market garden, the allies attempt to take holland using pa ratroopers at the end of the second world war. head to russia for a story about the soviet union's efforts to ban booze, find out about the murder of anti—apartheid campaigner steve biko, and hearfrom a former prisoner of war who built the bridge over the river kwai at the end of the second world war. but we start with an individual who created one of the world's most widely used fitness programmes, couch to 5k. in 1996 to get over a bad relationship break—up josh clark started running. after a few weeks, having caught the bug, he decided to create a plan to help get other people running and he put it on his website. little did he know where it would take him. i had never had particular succ

ben wright is in birmingham for us.pretty serious security blunder. anyone logging into the conference at could have accessed an mp's phone number if they'd known what their e—mail address was. this glitch was fixed pretty quickly. the party had to apologise, but a bad start to a party conference that is going to be completely dominated i think by brexit. many tories hate theresa may's so—called chequers plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, borisjohnson plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, boris johnson calls plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, borisjohnson calls it a deranged plan and questions her commitment to brexit. theresa may's allies are fighting back and on the eve of this conference ijoined one cabinet minister, the brexiteer andrea leadsom as she tried to drum up andrea leadsom as she tried to drum up support for the chequers plan among the pa rty‘s up support for the chequers plan among the party's own grassroots. i am fully backing this proposal. selling the prime minister's brexit plan, known as che

ben wright, bbc news, at the conservative party conference, in birmingham.rom friday's earthquake and tsunami could be in the thousands. at least 400 people were killed in one city alone. in a special report, a woman who grew up with one of the key suspects in the salisbury attack has told the bbc she recognised him as a military intelligence officer. let's have more on our main story, the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulaweyo. earlier i spoke to yenni suryani, country manager of catholic relief services in indonesia. i asked her what the priorities are to get help to the affected area. 0ur priority is to provide support to people affected by the disaster. but we also waiting for the search and rescue team to complete their task saving lives and recovers bodies, maybe, and victims of the disaster. our team is on the way to the target area at this point and hopefully we will hear more from them toward the end of the day. i know the airport was said to have been damaged, have you heard any good news that they've managed t

ben wright reports. the time for talking is nearly up.nking her hopes of a brexit deal on the plan hammered out at chequers in the summer, which is meant to keep the trade in goods moving freely after brexit. today, she insisted she would not be pushed into accepting compromises that are not in our national interest. but the fighting talk does not impress the former brexit secretary david davis, who quit the cabinet over chequers. in my view the chequers proposal — it's not a deal — we shouldn't call it the chequers deal, it's a proposal — is actually almost worse than being in. i mean, we would be under the rule of the european union with respect to all of our manufactured goods and agri—foods. worse than being in the eu? that is a startling statement from a leading brexiteer. but his contempt for the chequers plan is shared by dozens of tory mps. 0ther brexiteers remain in the cabinet, but today, liam fox scoffed recent warnings by the chancellor that the economy would be hammered and borrowing would rise if no deal was reached with the

ben wright, bbc news, at the conservative party conference, in birmingham.ed its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against president trump's nominee for the us supreme court, brett kavanaugh. yesterday, the us senate judiciary court, brett kavanaugh. yesterday, the us senatejudiciary committee approved mr cavanaugh's nomination, but a full senate vote has been delayed pending the investigation. mr cavanaugh has been accused of sexual misconduct by three women, but he vigorously denies the allegations against him. president trump ordered the investigation but says he believes brett kavanaugh did nothing wrong. he has been speaking to reporters on the white house lawn in the past few hours. i would expect it is going to turn out very well for the judge. there has never been anybody that has been looked out likejudge has never been anybody that has been looked out like judge kavanaugh. has never been anybody that has been looked out likejudge kavanaugh. i think it is going to work out very well. the fbi, i believe, is doing a really greatjob. wel

ben wright, political correspondent at the un in new york. we will stay with brexit. has been discussing what should happen to immigration to the uk after brexit. ministers agreed in principle that highly skilled workers from all over the world should be prioritised and eu nationals should not be given preferential treatment. but some business leaders fear that accepting fewer low—skilled migrants from the eu could damage the economy as our home editor mark easton reports from corby. corby‘s been described as england's fastest—growing town. thousands of eu migrant workers, particularly from poland, have seen its population and its economy expand rapidly in recent years. thank you very much indeed. thank you. now, it's fair to say that the prosperity of this town is reliant on often low—skilled workers from europe, but the pace of change has also created real tensions here. with government ministers suggesting special treatment of eu workers will end with brexit and a squeeze on low—skilled migration, do the people of corby think that's good or bad for the town? i thin

ben wright, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.nder way with a spectacular ceremony in kyrgyzstan. she received the nobel peace prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies then arrange the coffins and take them back home. parents are waiting and wives are waiting, so... hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. an early—morning car crash in a paris underpass ended a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the un refugee agency has said that migrants trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe face ever more deadly journeys, with one in 18 people now drowning. brazil's at national museum goes up in flames. an update on the fire. the president has said this is

ben wright in westminster, thank you.gs, weapons and other banned items into jails in england and wales over the last six year. the new figures, which were obtained through a freedom of information request by the observer newspaper, show an 50% increase since 2012. ben ando reports. drugs, mobile phones, weapons, tobacco — all considered contraband in prison. friends, relatives, even drones used to be to blame, but increasingly the smuggling is by prison staff. figures from the ministry ofjustice show that over the last six years the number of prison workers found taking contraband into prisons in england and wales has gone up by more than half. in 2012, 45 prison staff were caught smuggling. but five years later, in 2017, that figure had gone up to 71. and the number of drugs finds has trebled, now running at an average of 35 every day. since 2010, the overall prison workforce has fallen by 7000 — that's nearly a fifth — despite a recruitment drive to bring in 2,500 new prison officers. some say that has caused a perfect

ben wright, bbc news, brighton.er to their champions league campaign. a 91st—minute strike sealed a 3—2 victory at anfield let's join our sports correspondent andy swiss. as curtain raisers go, this had the makings of something special. liverpool, full of confidence after reaching the final last season against psg, one of the richest clu bs against psg, one of the richest clubs in the world and it certainly lived up to its billing for liverpool, another memorable victory. another spine tingling roar. would it be another special night? anfield hoped and their heroes soon obliged. daniel sturridge's first champions league start for six years. talk about an impact. paris saint—germain boasts the two priciest players in history, but both neymar and kylian mbappe where wayward and psg all at sea. a penalty converted byjames milner, liverpool in dreamland. but then a bolt from the blue. thomas meunier pulling one back at the break. it was breathless stuff. the second half was no different. with ten minutes left, psg thoug

ben wright, bbc news. al—shabab says it carried out a car bomb attack in somalia that killed at least three people. the attack happened in the capital, mogadishu when a car containing explosives was driven towards a local government building. three soldiers who stopped the vehicle from entering the compound died in the explosion, which also caused a nearby school to collapse. six children were among the 14 people injured. will ross has this report this was a powerful explosion that reduced buildings to rubble. a car wired up with explosives was driven towards the district administration offices as employees were working inside. officials say three soldiers stopped the vehicle from entering the compound prompting the driver to trigger the explosion on the street. the soldiers who died may well have saved many lives. but across the road, the mosque was badly damaged. homes were destroyed and several children at a nearby koranic school were caught up in the blast and rushed to hospital. translation: we were i

ben wright, bbc news, brighton.rkers to move to the uk after brexit — the recommendation of a report for government. the eu's chief brexit negotiator promises improved proposals on the irish border issue, and says customs checks could be held away from the border. two sas members are acquitted of negligence over the deaths of three reservists in the brecon beacons. the trade conflct between the united states and china is intensifying after the us announced the biggest round of tariffs so far against some chinese goods. beijing has hit back by imposing new trade tariffs on a range of american goods. president trump has insisted that tariffs are neccessary to cut the trade deficit between the two countries, currently over $375 billion. in a moment we will hear from our china correspondentjon sudworth. but first, our north america editorjon sopel. it isa it is a good time to be in the container business in the us, as more and more good pour in from abroad. but it is not good for the deficit, and donald trump, from well

ben wright, bbc news, brighton. our top story this evening.ferential treatement to work here post brexit and it should be made easier for highly skilled migrants to come to the uk. and still to come... the american director who stole the show at the emmys with a surprise proposal. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. the champions league is back, and it's a tough start for liverpool, as they face the french champions paris saint—germain at anfield. injust over six months' time, the uk will leave the european union. all this week, bbc news is answering some of the most common questions that are being asked about brexit and its impact. one of them is what brexit could mean for england, wales, scotland and northern ireland — for the union as a whole. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, has this assessment. will problems with the irish border stop brexit? how will trade work after brexit? why haven't we left yet? what will brexit mean for the union? the brexit vote showed scotland really is a different country, with a very different

here is our political correspondent ben wright. the time for talking is nearly up.hopes of a brexit deal on the plan hammered out at chequers in the summer, which is meant to keep the trade in goods moving freely after brexit. today she insisted she would not be pushed into accepting compromises that are not in our national interest. but the fighting talk does not impress the fighting talk does not impress the former brexit secretary david davis, who quit the cabinet over chequers. in my view, the chequers proposal, it is not a deal, we shouldn't call it the chequers deal, it isa shouldn't call it the chequers deal, it is a proposal, is actually almost worse than being on. i mean, we would be under the rule of the european union with respect to all of our manufactured goods and agri— foods. worse than being in the eu? that is a startling statement from a leading brexiteer, but his contempt for the chequers plant is shared by dozens for the chequers plant is shared by d oze ns of for the chequers plant is shared by dozens of tory mps. other brexiteers remain in the c

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. editor norman smith joins us good morning. all the signs are that the nec today will not succeed in finally putting the row over anti—semitism to bed because the indications are that while they will vogt to accept the international code and all the examples, they will also attach their own caveats, their own to enshrine the right people to freely criticise the israeli government and policies. 0n criticise the israeli government and policies. on one level, you might think that would be enough to end this controversy. however, it has escalated really into something that goes way beyond a mere wrangle over the words in any definition into a symbolic moment, a symbolic clash between jeremy corbyn symbolic moment, a symbolic clash betweenjeremy corbyn and large sections of the jewish betweenjeremy corbyn and large sections of thejewish community, who want him to accept the definition with no ifs or buts, no question marks or caveats and that looks like what they are not going to get today

ben wright, is in birmingham, where the conservative party conference starts tomorrow. more do we know? the tories were desperate for a glitch free conference after last year of course when the letters fell off the back of the set and theresa may lost her voice but they have suffered a pretty serious data breach. earlier this afternoon a journalist discovered if you put in the e—mail address of someone registered for the conference they could look at their personal data on the app. this generalist didn't that the app. this generalist didn't that the borisjohnson. the app. this generalist didn't that the boris johnson. the the app. this generalist didn't that the borisjohnson. the conservative party moved pretty quickly to shut it down and issued a statement saying that the technical issue has 110w saying that the technical issue has now been resolved and the app is now functioning securely and they apologised for any concerns caused. of course brexit remains the dominant issue of the conference with protesters already here. huge arguments going in within the party as to

here's ben wright.rms that the momentum—supporting corbyn—backing left is in firm control of the party's nec. there was a slate of nine candidates up for election of the whole labour party membership this time round. originally the whole nine were backed by momentum but after peter willsman's comments were leaked momentum decided to pull their support. they called his remarks disturbing and there was some encouragement for him to stand down. despite that he has been re—elected to the nec, despite the fact that momentum which has a lot of clout these days didn't give him active support. it's interesting. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... brazil's national museum has been destroyed in a huge fire, priceless collections have been lost. some brazilians are asking whether budget cuts contributed to what happened. and some of the main stories from the bbc world service. tens of thousands of people have turned out for a free concert in the german city of chemnitz — organis

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. quarter past, when we'll hear from two labour mps and some labour voters from across the party. if you are a labour supporter, what is your view on this issue? let me know. joanna gosling is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. tsb boss paul pester is to step down in the wake of a major it failure at the bank, which saw tens of thousands of customers unable to do transactions or read their balances. the bank, which is still facing it problems, has said there is still work to do to "achieve full stability". let's talk to our correspondent theo leggett, who's got more on this. why has he gone? basically, he has been the fall guy for the it fiasco that emerged in april and may. you might remember that tsb was in the process of transferring all its account holder records, about a billion of them. from lloyds‘ it system because it used to be owned by lloyds under a different system owned by its current parent the spanish bank sabadel. it didn't go well at all th

ben wright, bbc news, brighton.osing tariffs on $60 billion worth of us imports. it's in response to president trump's decision to levy further tariffs on chinese goods. karishma vaswani is in tiangin in china and has this report. this is how china has become rich over the last four decades. making everything from toys to circuit boards for the rest of the world. and one of its biggest customers, the united states. but now, almost half of everything china makes and sells to the us will be covered under the latest tariffs. president trump says this is his way of levelling the playing field. it should have been done many years ago, it should have been done by other presidents. and actually, it is a disgrace that it wasn't done. but american companies also manufacture products in china. and in a nod to their concerns, things like smart watches and bluetooth equipment have been left off trump's tariff list. in return, china said it has no choice but to defend itself. translation: china has to retaliate against us measur

our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster. he still feels a deal is possible but it's the eu that needs to make some movement. that's right. we are expecting a statement in the next boom in it but i'm hearing it could be delayed somewhat. an unusual thing for the prime minister to do, making a statement inside number ten on live tv. i am sticking my neck out and say they won't be a general election. i think it will be an update on how negotiations are going. there was clearly a snub yesterday from eu leaders in salzburg. my hunch is that really —— theresa may will double down on her cheque is blank and explain in more detail why she thinks it is the best thing to do. dominic raab is clearly going along that line but he feels the government feels that they are not going to move any more. it's up to the eu to give some ground. there are two main sticking points. the first is on the northern ireland backstop which is an essential part of the withdrawal agreement. the prime minister has already said the uk working on fresh proposa

our political correspondent ben wright reports. do you think we can get a deal. a bullish brexit secretary heading into cabinet orren the agenda for britain's readiness for leaving the eu without any deal. are the planes going to fly? we don't know yet but a picture is merging of how no deal would impact british businesses and tourists.” think any responsible government would need to be prepared for the unlikely and regrettable scenario where the negotiations don't reach a positive conclusion and so we need those plans in place, they are common—sense balanced approach to balancing the risk of a no—deal brexit and making sure we can give business, public bodies the reassurance they need. using your phonein reassurance they need. using your phone in europe, if there is no deal, could be much more expensive and the government will publish guidance later on how roaming charge, driving licenses, and passports could be affected, if no agreement with the eu is reached. the government has already told businesses to prepare for disruption and drug companies to stockpile m

chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is in birmingham for us.ime minister under pressure. minister under pressure. the eu and the outcome of those talks remains incredibly uncertain. talks remains incredibly uncertain. from brexiteers like borisjohnson who are urging her to change course. who are urging her to change course. any of those calamities that befell her last year. her last year. theresa may is helped by the nature of a tory party conference. of a tory party conference. this isn't any place where policy is decided. decided. happening in the main hall and no votes are ta ken. happening in the main hall and no votes are taken. votes are taken. sterile in the main hall, to be honest. honest. rees—mogg in a room here this evening. evening. european capitals, as the negotiating clock ticks down. negotiating clock ticks down. cheating supple form the basis of a deal. deal. really interesting is the discussion that isn't about brexit. discussion that isn't about brexit. for policies that can take effect after britain has left the eu. after br

our political correspondent ben wright is in downing street.xplaining what happens if there is no deal to the public, but a about politics. —— a lot about. theresa may does face a very testing few weeks, no doubt. she isjuggling very testing few weeks, no doubt. she is juggling many very testing few weeks, no doubt. she isjuggling many issues. today fronting that three hour long cabinet meeting, very long, focused entirely on preparing for a no—deal brexit, making sure the infrastructure would be in place, the money has been distributed to places that need it across whitehall. everybody within government knows that the deal would be very disruptive but they have to put the plans in place and we see the acceleration of that today is to be at the same time, theresa may is leading the brexit negotiations in brussels and there is a sense that those could be going quite well. there is a growing confidence in downing street that the deal could see on by mid end of november, which would mean there would be no need for those who planning scenarios. she

ben wright is in westminster.and the tempo has increased dramatically because this is the endgame. the tone, shell barnier was revealing. he has said many times that the time is ticking very loudly —— the tone from michel barnier was revealing. he has revealed his frustration with uk's approach for some time, but today very different, and on two the main sticking points he said there had been progress. the first of the so—called irish backstop, the insurance policy that will maintain a frictionless soft border on the island of ireland if there is no trade deal agreed long—term that would make sure that, he said biocides are looking to sort that out and he spoke about the constitutional integrity of the uk —— he said both sides. indicating they are moving to an agreement on that which is fundamental to getting the withdrawal deal sorted out in the withdrawal deal sorted out in the first place. on the uk plan for the first place. on the uk plan for the loan —— long—term so—called chequers agreement, he sounded warm,

a short time ago she spoke to my colleague ben wright. 0n the issue of a second referendum, parliamentk and say, you might have got it wrong, have another go. no. no second referendum. the people voted. we will deliver on that vote. more background on the website if you like. archaeologists have found a 400—year old shipwreck off the coast of portugal. it's close to the city of cush—cash near to lisbon — and it's being called the ‘discovery of a decade'. the wreck is in the mouth of the tay—gus river. that's not a surprise. the port was the hub for portugal's spice trade with india 16th and 17th centuries. that meant heavy traffic — and a lot of wrecks. certainly in this case, it's though that the ship was returning from india when it sank. and this is what the divers have found. cannons engraved with portugal's coat of arms. the anchor — note that it's very well preserved because it's been 12 metres below the surface. and then there are these chinese ceramics. augusto salgado is a maritime historian and archaeologist. he found the wreck. he's in lisbon. thank you forjoining us. congra

our political correspondent ben wright has this report.posal for keeping the uk and the eu closely aligned for trade in goods as a sell—out. injuly, he walked out of the cabinet in anger, and has now used his newspaper column to put the boot in again. mrjohnson claims the chequers plan means going into battle with the white flag fluttering. he said it would lead only to victory for the eu, while leaving the uk lying flat on the canvas. dozens of tory mps will agree with him. but, while brexiteers promise to put forward a alternative plan shortly, others are urging the prime minister to advocate a much closer relationship with the eu, demonstrating how fractured the party is on the future of brexit, and the bind theresa may is in. compounding her problems, the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said he was strongly opposed to parts of the plan. even if theresa may can get a deal done with brussels this autumn, it has to be approved by mps, and at the moment it looks hard to see how that will happen. our political correspondent, jessica

our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster.e nec confirms that the momentum and supporting corbyn backing left is in firm control of the party's nec. there was a slate of nine candidates up for election of the whole labour party membership this time round. originally the whole nine were backed by momentum but after peter willsman's comments were leaked momentum decided to pull their support. they called his remarks disturbing and there was some encouragement for him to stand down. despite that he has been re—elected to the nec, despite the fact that momentum which has a lot of clout these days didn't give him active support. it's interesting. he weathered this, he's back on labour's ruling executive and the absence of momentum support didn't do him any harm in the end. what does this say about how labour will approach the anti—semitism issue?” think... i don't think this is directly relevant to how labour will handle this tomorrow. mr willsman is now back on the nec. going into that critical meeting tomorrow it's clear that big

lets speak to our correspondent ben wright who's westminster for us now.lifeline by michel barnier, who has said in comments in slovenia in a conference he thought there was a lot going for the chequers proposal, pointing out he could never accept an agreement that tore apart the single market. but talking it up in a way that will certainly encourage number ten, who have insisted throughout the skirmishes and vitriol over the last global weeks, the chequers proposal is viable and the only one on the table. they will have taken part by michel barnier‘s comments, not least he was confident a deal was in reach. this is what he said. if we are realistic, we can reach an agreement on the first stage of this negotiation, which is the brexit treaty, in six or eight weeks. which were takers in to deal territory mid—november which is where number ten would like this to be. it was clear from what he said that while the issue around the irish backstop remains the key stumbling block to getting their withdrawal part of the deal done, he said that both sides were looki

our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster...er was much warmer. try confidence that a deal can be done in the next couple of months. but that app and something needs a chef, particularly on the intractable issue the adage backstop which has really been the source of so much aggro in these talks until now. so far the aggro in these talks until now. so farthe uk aggro in these talks until now. so far the uk has rejected the idea of the eu that northern ireland would remain effectively in the customs union and single murky if no long—term trade deal can garden see that a hard border is avoided on the island of ireland. there needs to be a compromise there and at the moment we do not know what it is. i have got the sense in brussels there waiting for a revised proposalfor the uk for this to be sorted out and they are not showing us what it is. clearly michel barnier thinks it is movement on that front. on the broader question of the chequers plan and how the uk and eu will trade after brexit, he sounded one towards that in a way tha

irish border issue to stop what he described as a "proper brexit". 0ur political correspondent ben wrightohnson is no fan of the prime minister's brexit plan. despite being the most prominent campaigner for leaving the eu, mrjohnson thinks the government's proposal for keeping the uk and the eu closely aligned for trade in goods as a sell—out. injuly, he walked out of the cabinet in anger, and has now used his newspaper column to put the boot in again. mrjohnson claims the chequers plan means going into battle with the white flag fluttering. he said it would lead only to victory for the eu, while leaving the uk lying flat on the canvas. dozens of tory mps will agree with him. but, while brexiteers promise to put forward a alternative plan shortly, other tory mps are urging the prime minister to advocate a much closer relationship with the eu, demonstrating again how split the party is on the future of brexit, and the bind theresa may is in. compounding problems, the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said he was strongly opposed to key parts of the prime minister's plan. even if there

here's our political correspondent ben wright.group ‘s were called and loud in their protests, as were many labour mps in their protests, as were many labourmps and in their protests, as were many labour mps and peers. injuly, the ruling body the nec decided not to reproduce all 11 examples of anti—semitism, as defined by the international holocaust remembrance online. following the outcry, the party decide to consult further on its code of conduct over the summer, which was dominated by the toxic row over anti—semitism within the labour party and the leadership‘s inability to deal with it decisively. in recent weeks, trade unions and leading labourfigures recent weeks, trade unions and leading labour figures have recent weeks, trade unions and leading labourfigures have urged the party to act. on sunday, the former labour leader gordon brown added his voice, saying the definition should be adopted unanimously, it unequivocally and immediately. the shadow chancellor john macdonald said the full definition and its examples should b

government of using the irish border issue to stop a proper brexit. 0ur political correspondent ben wrighthis report. you know borisjohnson is no fan of the prime minister's rex tan, despite being the most prominent campaigner for leaving the eu. despite being the most prominent campaignerfor leaving the eu. mr johnson thinks the government's proposalfor keeping the johnson thinks the government's proposal for keeping the uk and the eu closely aligned for trade in goods as a sell—out. injuly, he walked out of the cabinet in anger, and has now used his newspaper column to put the boot in again. mr johnson claims the chequers plan means going into battle with the white flag fluttering. he said it would lead only to victory for the eu, while leaving the uk lying flat on the canvas. dozens of tory mps will believe a mac agree with him. but while brexiteers promised to put forward a alternative plan shortly, others are urging the prime minister to advocate a much closer relationship with the eu, demonstrating how fractured the party is on the future of brexit and the bind theresa may is in. com

let's return to our correspondent ben wright.as impasse but the tone was rather over my dead body, i might say? it was an extraordinary statement in some ways, given how close we are hard to the date in the diary, everyone agrees needs to be met for there to be a deal which is really october, november latest. here we have the prime minister saying these negotiations are in real trouble because we are at an impasse when it comes to working out future eu uk economic relationship, that political agreement. on the northern ireland backstop issue, she accepts that they are still a very long way apart and that compromise needs to be needed. she has said the uk will put forward new plans soon but one of the most telling thing is, and she did have a very terse tone, was when she said she had a lwa ys tone, was when she said she had always treated the eu with respect and expects the same in return. i think she feels very bruised about what happened in salzburg. i think she feels she was unfairly ostracised by other eu leaders, that she wa