ben wright is at downing street for us, ben, i sturgeon.ght is at downing street for us, ben, lam interested in the cabinet, the suggestion that theresa may will sit down with jeremy corbyn, willing to listen to the views of parliament and be bound by the views of parliament if no deal can be agreed withjeremy corbyn, that suggest that remainers in the cabinet have won the day. corbyn, that suggest that remainers in the cabinet have won the daym certainly feels like momentum has shifted their way, you are right, clive, now cabinet resignations yet, but i imagine some of the brexiteer cabinet ministers who, i think, are quite comfortable now, reconciled to their being a no—deal brexit, will be pretty angry that once again the prime minister is talking about seeking an extension, and i think some members of the erg, the hardline brexiteers i have been talking to in the house of commons all day, looking ahead to next friday is a moment where theresa may would say the deal has not gone through, we are leaving regardless, they were hoping that w

ben wright is in westminster, ben, these cross— party is in westminster, ben, these cross—party talksm yet, and signs that ministers are starting to go off piste. well, theresa may has not had a cheery good look away from her fellow tory mps and ministers as she heads off to the continent macro today, in fact the various voices from within her own party have exposed deep divisions and acrimony that still swirled around here, you know, from liam fox saying that any compromise around a customs union would be a betrayal of brexit through to andrea leadsom saying that the whole withdrawal agreement should be reopened. you heard mark francois, a leading brexiteer, saying that britain should just leave on friday, even though the prime minister is insisting that would be very damaging for the economy. so the political arguments that have been dominating westminster for months dragged on, but the prime minister has made a chance, she has decided she cannot get the withdrawal agreement through parliament just get the withdrawal agreement through parliamentjust on the backs of tory mps and the

brexit saga which shows no signs y becoming clever, let's bring in bbc political correspondent ben wright chances are there of an 11th-hour compromise over brexit now that the prime minister and leader of the opposition are lking? ben: hard to say how extraordinary the prminister's . said it was the only show in town but has failug to get it thparliament. suddenly she finds herself talking to labor leader jeremy corbyn to find some sort of cross party compromise the the rhetoric is positive on both sides. in reality, there is a gu between them. jeremy corbyn says the country should have a closer relationship with eu a brexit, the prime minister seems allergic to that. the only truth in all of this is the disappearance of time. the eu will be meeting at the start of next week with theresa my wanting a clear idea f the prime minister about why tey should grant the u.k. a further extension whole process or just say it is off, the whole thing can stop now, leave without a deal. laura: right, and to that point, mp's are voting on whether to stop a no-deal brexit. are they fed up with the gover

we will be back with you if somebody emerges, thank you very much, ben wright.t has taken 45 years to make britain a trusted, reliable trading partner, adding that britain is at risk of trashing its fabulous relationship with europe and urging politicians to find a way forward, very strong words from jurgen meyer. with me is the director and head of macroeconomics at the centre for economic and business research, an independent economic think tank. thanks for coming in, nice to see you, are you surprised by the siemens statement?” you, are you surprised by the siemens statement? i can't say i am surprised, it very much echoes concerns that other businesses, trade bodies, business membership organisations have been saying for months, that they are very worried about the path that the brexit negotiations have taken, about the lack of certainty, about how dragged out that uncertainty has become. people talking about the possibility of some kind of customs union, just narrowly defeated as an option in the house of commons last night. with that kind of option meet a

we will talk to our europe corresponding adam flemming in a moment but first to ben wright in westminsterthis morning, talk us through them. a lot going on and no surprise because as it stands the uk is set to leave the european union on friday without a deal, unless the eu and uk can agree to a further delay. but talks between labour and the government have been rumbling on since wednesday. not with a great deal of urgency. but we do expect a fresh paper from the government to be sent to labour this afternoon outlining where no 10 thinks it might be able to compromise. it is clear there are big differences between the two sides, particularly on the question of whether or not they should be a customs union with they should be a customs union with the european union after brexit, something labour insists on and something labour insists on and something theresa may has always emphatically said she wouldn't countenance. so we wait to see where the compromise might be. this whole process is putting great strain on both labour and tories, many labour mps saying jeremy corbyn should insist on a

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. as the father of 1:9 has been revealed as the father of 49 children. he was first taken to court in 2017 by a group of donor children and their parents who suspected they were related. the dna results were confirmed on friday afterjudges allow them to be released. president donald trump‘s ban on transgender people serving in the us military has come into effect. after three years of being able to openly serve their country as their chosen gender, now they can only serve in their gender assigned at birth. the president says it‘s down to the cost of medical bills. our lgbt correspondent ben hunte explains what the new rules mean. transgender people are being barred from joining the us military. but what has led to this, and what does it mean for transgender service people in the future? this is myjob, this is my life. i served six years. i buried our fallen warriors. it feels like a slap in the face. before we get into how the ban applies and why some of its reasoning is questionable, b

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. in the coming weeks, on other parties launching their campaigns for the european elections. and if you want to know more, just visit our website at bbc.co.uk/news. the pregnancy and parenting club bounty, has been fined £a00,000 for what regulators called an "unprecedented" data breach. new mothers were among more than 1a million people whose personal information was collected, but illegally shared with other companies for marketing purposes. bounty says it has since changed its procedures. the schools watchdog, 0fsted, says councils in england have spent tens of thousands of pounds, putting children in centres that aren't legally registered as schools. up to 6,000 pupils have been found attending establishments suspected of operating outside the law, including some religious centres. the government has promised to give 0fsted stronger powers, to tackle the problem. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. classrooms are upstairs. two years ago, the inspectors arrived here. i w

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.ng in the coming weeks, on other parties launching their campaigns for the european elections. and if you want to know more, just visit our website at bbc.co.uk/news. president trump has confirmed he wants to send people detained in his immigration crackdown at the mexico border to so—called sanctuary cities. they're areas of the united states, usually under democrat control, that don't cooperate with the detention of illegal migrants. in response, democratic mayors across the country said they would welcome the new arrivals and condemned what they called president trump's "racist rhetoric". the remarks made on twitter followed a speech mr trump gave earlier in the day, in which he first discussed the plan. we'll bring the illegal — really you call them the illegals, i call them the illegals, they came across the border illegally — we'll bring them to sanctuary city areas and let that particular area take care of it, whether it is a state or whether it might be. california certainly is

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.een hearing, philip hammond has been speaking in washington today, and our economics correspondent dharshini david is there. the chancellor has been speaking about the possible economic effects of brexit. what exactly did he have to say? well, clive, of course we could have been withinjust to say? well, clive, of course we could have been within just minutes of leaving the eu tonight without a deal. a huge relief from the global financial leaders gathered here that that has been averted, but concerns, some shared by the chancellor, about the impact that uncertainty, prolonged uncertainty, continued deadlock, could have on our economy and on two fronts. businesses are investing less because they are nervous. about 50% of what they normally do. the chancellor is confident that could bounce back if there is a deal. second, he's sitting on a worth tens of tens of billions of pounds. he could use that to alleviate austerity but he says he can't part with that cash until he is confident ther

ben wright at westminster. house is set to announce a state visit to the uk by president donald trump. earlier our north america editor jon sopel, gave us the details i understand in the next 48 hours also welcome the announcement from the white house and from downing street. i am also going to mention brexit. these things are normally announced months in advance, planned even further ahead, the reason for this is also last—minute is because of brexit and the political uncertainty in the uk. but as i gather, donald trump will make this state visit, state banquet at buckingham palace, his visit will coincide with his visit to normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of d—day. will there be a joint address to both part —— houses of parliament? that is uncertain. will there be a carriage ride up the amount? those things have not been now down. as things dan connolly planning will go ahead for this state visit in in a few weeks time. john sobel in washington. the headlines on bbc news: sri lankan authorities blame a l

ben wright, thank you very much.e white house is set to announce a state visit to the uk by president donald trump. with the details, let's cross now to our north america editorjon sopel. i understand in the next 48 hours or so, will come the announcement from the white house and from downing street. i will also mention brexit. these things are normally announced months in advance, planned even further ahead, but the reason for this is last—minute is because of brexit and the political uncertainty in the uk. as i understand it, donald trump will make a state visit, a state banquet at buckingham palace. his visit will coincide with his visit to normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of d—day. will there be a joint address to both houses of parliament? that's uncertain. a carriage ride up the mall? again, those details haven't been nailed down but as things stand, this plan will go ahead for a state visit injune in a few weeks' time. jon sopel, thank you. there was one match in the premier league tonight. and chelsea ha

let's speak to our political correspondent ben wright, who's in westminster.sing crisis, it's a hot political issue, is the rental sector a new front in all this? we are used to the government promising to build the housing crisis by building more homes for people to buy but homeownership has dropped by 10% in the last decade and politicians have certainly spotted this. they know that many more of their voters are living in private rented accommodation in their rights and protections have not kept pace. so in the last year or two we have seen government and opposition parties jousting over policies, targeted at tenants bust up in automotive, labour announced a raft of new ideas from ending no fault evictions to giving city is the power to cap rents, to have rent control. today, james brokenshire accepted the housing market had not kept up with the explosion in the rental sector. this is a consultation being announced today to change the law will require a bill that will need time in parliament. at the moment with brexit, there is none of that. the government d

thank you. —— ben wright.arged for driving into london's city centre. the ultra low emission zone is set to be expanded to cover the entire area between the north circular and sell circular by 2021 and cities across england are also considering similar schemes, with birmingham and leeds saying they will introduce clean zones. our science and environment correspondent, victoria gill, has more. the dangerous reality of city life. these images, filmed with a heat sensitive camera, show the pollution from vehicles being pumped into our streets. it's invisible, but on busy city streets like this we're all breathing it, and long—term exposure to air pollution from traffic can damage our lungs, our hearts, and it reduces our life expectancy. that's why london is embarking on a bold venture — the world's first ultra low emission zone. from today, the most—polluting vehicles will have to pay to enter the city centre. the idea is to discourage people to drive into central london if they've got polluting vehicles, to enc

laura: then right in westminster -- ben wright in westminster tonight, thank you. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tight's program, combating climate change by taking co2 out of the ai one company is trying to reverse the trend, but is it too much of a cos trump and the san juan mayor have exchanged insults over the pace of hurricane recovery in puerto rico, calling each other crazed in unhinged. a major hurricane devastated the island in 2017. mi kelly katty kay has spoken to mayor -- my colleague katty kay ha katty: can you give us an update on the situati in puerto rico after the hurricane in 2017? ruz: suicide rates have gone up by 30%. 1.3 million puerto ricans need some sort of food stamp assistance or nutritional assistance to get food on the table. and we are still waiting for moneys that were appropriated in order to be able reconstruction. that: the $91 billion president trump says puerto rico has had, have you received that money? mayor cruz: well, the president lied. i don't know how else to put it. the president lied when he

ben wright is outside downing street. statement, and any ministers saying anything? no, they aren't. they are getting into theircars and no, they aren't. they are getting into their cars and swiftly disappearing. a big contrast to theresa may's last statement a fortnight ago where she aggressively blamed parliament. david gauke, are you happy with the statement? not a word from him. he's one of the cabinet ministers who has been warning the prime minister about the risks of a no—deal brexit and has been public about his concerns at making it clear that he would potentially walk out of the cabinet if it embarked on a no—deal brexit. he is presumably quite pleased with how the prior minister is going to tackle the next couple of weeks. in contrast to her statement two weeks ago where she blamed parliament for this gridlock, saying they needed to pass the deal and get on with it, today she sounded more conciliatory, saying that labour and the government had to come up with a solution together, offering the promise of more ta

over to westminster and ben wright. so ben, theresa may has a lot of convincing to do.assure eu leaders that she has got a to reassure eu leaders that she has gota plan, to reassure eu leaders that she has got a plan, is there any sense that the talks that are going on between the talks that are going on between the government and labour might give her something to tell these leaders? the fact that the talks are continuing give us something to talk about and she will prom that promise they have the potential to deliver cross party consensus about a vision for the future to form the basis for a house of commons majority for the withdrawal agreement. butjenny talked about unity within the eu, there is little of that in westminster and theresa may has not been waved off with a happy heart from many in her party who, are angry she is seeking a second delay to brexit. there are some even within the cabinet who think it may have been petter better to leave on friday without a deal. many anxious that the request for a short extension could turn into a long ex—terms and this wa

let's find out what all this means with our political correspondent ben wright, who's in westminsters. you were telling us yesterday it is a big week and today it is a big day ahead for theresa may, isn't it? a big week and today it is a big day ahead for theresa may, isn't mm is. she's going to talk to the two power of europe, angela merkel and president macron in a quick dash to those capital cities ahead of a major summit tomorrow where they will discuss her request for a further delay to brexit. she will ask them if we can delay untiljune the 30th and she will say she needs the 30th and she will say she needs the time so she can have another go at getting her three times defeated withdrawal agreement through the house of commons. she is going with a new strategy, she is now saying i'm talking to labour trying to get ci’oss i'm talking to labour trying to get cross party agreement, trying to find the numbers, please give me some more time, don't chuck us out of the eu without a deal on friday. that is the argument she will be making. she will have to promise that if britain stays

let's go to westminster to speak to our political correspondent ben wright. many moving parts, ben., the timetable is stretched again. theresa may is writing to donald tusk to ask the european council to give brexit an extension untiljenny 30th. that is the winter that the prime minister is looking for. she is clear that her ideal plan has passed name and part, has breast the legislation. by merely 23rd. that is the moment that the uk would have to ta ke the moment that the uk would have to take part in those european elections, if that process has not happened. she has written to donald tusk... cross party to the future. she talks about the conversations she is having with labour and talks about the indicative vote that she may hold on parliament to try to find some sort of consensus around her plan and she hopes this is enough to persuade the european union to grant an extension. it is out of her hands, it is a department's cans. any further extension is up to the eu to grant. well, this morning the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt explained what the government was trying to do. it'

here to discuss what's ahead is our political correspondent ben wright. good to have you with us.h what is expected to happen. this has never happened before. we are talking about that tory party activist. that people who do the heavy lifting at a local level. many of them are feeling angry that brexit has been delayed again. the uk was meant to leave the european union on march the 29th. it was delayed want, and it has now been delayed to the end of october to give theresa may time to get a brexit plan through parliament. they have written letters demanding a special conference where they will have a chance to vote on a motion of no confidence of the prime minister. is has never happened before. it is not binding, so even if it passes, the prime minister does not have to stand down. but it would pile pressure on to the beleaguered prime minister. she has withstood quite a lot of pressure over the last few months. we have had this lovely time of easter and a bit of a brexit holiday. i hope you have had might as well. now members will come back into town, parliament will resume. wh

ben wright is in westminster. are you recharged and ready to go? glastonbury for most of september, covered in tv crews reporting this brexit drama as theresa may kept trying and failing to get her deal through and had to go back to the eu twice to ask for a delay. when the eu gave an extension to the end of october, that released a lot of pressure here and allowed mp5 to have a break for a week. but they are all back tomorrow. the prime minister will be chairing a meeting of the cabinet and quickly i think we will feel like we are in familiar territory because the prime minister's problems remain the same. she is trying to get our brexit deal through the house of commons which mp5 have not wanted to back so far and her party is deeply fractious and her party is deeply fractious and angry. now there is this move by the grassroots members of the party, to try to force a vote of no confidence. it is unprecedented. if it happens in the next few weeks it would put further pressure on theresa may. what about nigel flourish and his —— nigel faraj and his

our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster to explain more.ich means as things stand, the uk are set to leave the eu on the uk are set to leave the eu on the 12th of april, with or without a deal. of course, she hasn't had her withdrawal agreement passed in the common so we are currently heading towards a no—deal brexit on the 12th. she and the eu both agree that we'll need to be extended. this is a 3—page letter, in which the prime minister sets out her desire to see an extension until the 30th ofjune, explaining why she wants the extra time. but making it clear that she hopes that the uk can still leave by may the 23rd. why is that data important? that is the moment the european parliamentary elections are held. the uk, if it is still in the european union at that point, would be legally obliged to take part. so this is a letter in which she is saying to the european union, please give me some more time, i have a plan, i'm working with labour to try and get my deal through, ijust need and get my deal through, ijust need a few more weeks. thi

our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. good morning.sensus on what brexit would look like in the future. that is what you are trying to do with labour. both she and the labour leader are under pressure from their own side not to compromise, which is making the talks pretty difficult. and there is no guarantee at all that there will be face to face discussions today. clearly these talks are not dead. they are continuing. this really is a big week for brexit. as things stand, we are set to leave the european union on friday without a deal, but theresa may is going to go to a summit of eu leaders on wednesday and ask the more time again, another extension. she hopes until the end ofjune so extension. she hopes until the end of june so that extension. she hopes until the end ofjune so that the uk can get its act together and try and get a brexit agreement through. but i think she is likely to face quite a lot of resistance and questions from eu leaders who want to know why. what is she going to use the time for? is there any guarantee that

let's bring in former federal prosecutor, now a partner at dickinson wright, james frankel, and ben whiteand tony fratto, founder, also a cnbc contributor. gentlemen, welcome we are a business network. i'm going to try to make it a business and political agenda discussion i don't think we'll get to the bottom of what is in this incredible report. it's a rich read but let me start with you, jacob. the key to this report is in the back half, volume 2, where the discussion of obstruction of justice becomes very dense would you, as a prosecutor, having satisfied if you were not able to interview the focus of that obstruction inquiry, you were only allowed to supply written questions, and you were not allowed as part of your inquiry to include in those questions anything having to do with obstruction of justice? >> i would have found such limitation rather objectionable, no question about that, but ultimately we have to look at the unique nature of this process all together there is a clearly, as we know, you know, a accomplice cal overtone to everything that's done ultimately there's only so

let's go straight to our political correspondent ben wright in downing street. quite a cabinet meeting, seven hours. how did they come to this outcome but a mark through a process of elimination? it is a good question. i think theresa may has been trying to navigate her way through this divided cabinet four months. avoiding this moment of decision. she had hoped to get their withdrawal agreement over the line by chipping away at the resistance of her brexiteers, and getting the dup on board. sitting around the cabinet table, she and her cabinet realise this is not going to deliver a majority for her plans so she needs an alternative and it looks like... she has kept her cabinet together, no resignations this evening but she is going in a softer direction, seeking consensus across the commons, saying she will talk to the commons, saying she will talk to the labour leader jeremy corbyn the commons, saying she will talk to the labour leaderjeremy corbyn and allow the government to be bound by any results of further indicative votes pointing to the future relationsh

ben wright, thanks forjoining us.deal in the next few days and briefly delay brexit for a few weeks to settle the details or... if the uk parliament does not vote in favour of the withdrawal agreement in the coming days, only two options would remain. leaving without an agreement or requesting a longer extension of article 50. it would be the responsibility of the uk government to choose between these two options. he's willing to change the part of the deal about the future to make it more appetising to mps, who want a closer economic relationship. but the terms of the divorce are settled. i don't want to make any comment. just, we are waiting for news from london. when is the last moment the news could come? we are waiting, we are still waiting. the chief negotiator has laid out some of the choices and some of the costs but what happens next in brexit is a decision for eu leaders when they meet theresa may at a special summit in brussels next week. the european commission presidentjean—claude junker on a visit to rom

our political correspondent ben wright reports. look who's back — with a new political party. and at a metalworks factory in coventry, the former ukip leader promised to forge a democratic revolution, kicking off his latest campaign. i do believe that we can win these european elections, and that we can again start to put the fear of god into our members of parliament in westminster. they deserve nothing less than that, after the way they've treated us over this betrayal. nigel farrow said the new party would be free of any extremists. —— nigel farage said the new party would be free of any extremists. it also lacks a manifesto, or policies beyond brexit, but it's targeting voters angry the uk still hasn't left the eu. that of course is because parliament has not yet approved the prime minister's deal, and if brexit isn't signed off here next month, then the uk is legally obliged to vote for a new crop of meps and that is something the government did not want to happen. clearly nobody wants to fight the european parliament elections. it feels like a pointless exercise, and the

our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. a year!ny event, to get through all the legislation, secondary and primary, in time will prove a tall order, and should this was inevitable. an extraordinary feeling. almost three years after a referendum in which the majority of the electorate voted to leave the eu, the government and parliament have failed to deliver on it.” think the challenge here has been that you have had the mandate from that you have had the mandate from that 2016 referendum where 37% of the electorate, 52% of those voted, voted to leave the eu, but we did not know how people wanted to leave. when the option of leaving with a ha rd when the option of leaving with a hard brexit was put to people at the 2017 general election, they rejected that and theresa may lost her majority so you have had this clash of mandates since and in the leaderships of both of the established parties in this country you have had incoherence, division and incompetence and that is why we have ended up in the mess we are in and why we need to r

here's our political correspondent ben wright.downing street for berlin desperately seeking another delay to brexit. the prime minister is telling eu leaders she can finally get a deal passed through parliament by the end ofjune. theresa may has said that the withdrawal agreement itself cannot be renegotiated with the eu, but some brexit backing cabinet ministers have other ideas. the prime minister is off to see angela merkel today, and what i think would be fantastic is if angela merkel will try to support a proper uk brexit by agreeing to reopen the withdrawal agreement. and some tory backbenchers clearly hate the idea of another delay. ladies and gentlemen, we chose to leave, we voted to leave, so for god's sake, let's just leave! in recent days, government ministers have been holding talks with labour, looking for a compromise that might secure a majority in the commons. labour is arguing for a customs union with the eu, but trade secretary liam fox has written a letter to a senior tory mp saying a customs union would be a be