brexit wants, although it was clearly in the backgroundm brexit wants, although it was clearly in thet was indeed. i'm struck by the telegraph's handling of this, by calling a brexit bonus. there is nothing particularly brexit related to the actual tax cut that he announced today. he could have done that at any time. it is not related to leaving the eu. it says something about how the telegraph wants to spin brexit as a positive thing, by linking this tax cut which he brought in the year earlier, raising the personal allowance and also raising the higher rate threshold and bringing forward a year early and bringing forward a year early and same, this is great because brexit is good and this is why you should be supporting it. in fairness to the chancellor, he was reflecting what the obr were saying. it wasn't just the treasury. the obr were making very clear that their forecasts are predicated on a smooth brexit where we don't crash out. and it would change if we did. other papers have got a bit of brexit tou rette papers have got a bit of brexit tourette syndrome going on. whatever t

and henry, picking up on this, back down on brexit orchestral bolt may warrant. —— or face on brexit the microphones may happen. the used parliamentary procedures to outwit happen. the used parliamentary procedures to out wit the government and drag them closer towards a rupture with the eu and with the times reports tomorrow is that they're going to use an obscure piece of legislation about northern ireland to try and effectively make the backstop plan, that the eu wants them to sign up to illegal. and if they have commissioned urgent legal advice to see whether theresa may needs to face them down, but it's just another pressure point and what is clearly going to be yet another week of high anxiety for the prime ministerand week of high anxiety for the prime minister and you do have to start wondering, how many more of these kinds of days and weeks to she happened to aporia in peace stop saying that she's the best of a very bad bunch and saying surely, no one could be any worse than this? no one has shown any sign of actually trying to trigger this much talked about challenge. there

if there is a brexit deal is all because the brexit deal is sought.erned about this summit next wednesday becoming a repeat of salzburg which we recall last month theresa may went to e u leaders hoping to get some progress and infact leaders hoping to get some progress and in fact she got a very abrupt no, we're not interested in your plant and was acting somewhat embarrassed by things. they willing really wa nt embarrassed by things. they willing really want to make progress at the summit next week because if they don't do next opportunity to do so is december meaning we would not get a brexit deal until early 2019, and thatis a brexit deal until early 2019, and that is starting to get very close to the point of exit date. it is crucial that progress is made. this pa rt crucial that progress is made. this part about the irish border is looking pretty intractable to be honest, because that use as we will not sign brexit deal —— the eu said they will not find a brexit deal if there is not a backstop. if everything else goes wrong under any circumstance

—— onside about brexit. ministers onside lung cancer brexit? -- onside about brexit.how we are going to get a good deal and she is very clear about why. she did say she would be happy with no deal if it came to that. the prime minister explained why it's important to be prepared for no deal in order to get a better deal for the country. of course brexit is a difficult process but this speech was about the vision for what happens after brexit and how we can rise to the challenge. why didn't she mentioned checkers? she did, she described it in detail. not by name. she described the plan and what we are going to achieve and she set out how we're going to achieve it. alistair scribes the free trade deal and checkers is not a free—trade deal. i suspect there will be a bit of movement in the cabinet on tuesday and she is understanding that checkers as enunciated in july understanding that checkers as enunciated injuly is dead. it hasn't got the support. but the party needs to give her space and time to develop that policy and be ina time to develop that policy and be in a p

but brexit has nothing to do with all of that. to play in relation to the north of ireland is because of the good friday agreement. i mean, all governments have a role to play in this. because northern ireland is a unique entity. we have fired violence that i mention from might own childhood. we have had piece for 20 years. we have tried to build bridges between communities. in a way we are very divided. and sadly because of brexit those divisions are beginning again. it very clear, just on the united ireland, that can only happen with the will of the people of northern ireland. and the island of ireland. it is not on the agenda now. not gel —— and i think... again the conservative and unionist politicians i talk of feel that it unionist politicians i talk of feel thatitis unionist politicians i talk of feel that it is being put on the agenda in ireland. let me quote marylou mcdonald just today the leader of sinn fein has said that if there is an no—deal brexit, as far as she is concerned, the damage will be so severe to all the p

theyjust can't be doing brexit, brexit, brexit allthe time. eventually the other side has to shift? there is an element of that brinkmanship. they want to reach a deal in northern ireland this week either is already a final deal on the divorced and is not come until november. the eu can you extend and extend, go to midnight talks, but it won't come out with the sort of concrete hardline blistering failure of negotiation, there will be eight, mice and a big decision for brexiteers. —— compromise. if you stand up to bullies, they often give you a bloody nose. so i think the idea it will be a pain free, to take concrete hardline stance, though not be quite true. i think we'll be talking about this in my bath chair! let's go to other stories. the front of the sunday telegraph, tight security cost taxpayers £2 million. andjim security cost taxpayers £2 million. and jim chaudhry who has security cost taxpayers £2 million. andjim chaudhry who has been on prison in a terror offence but 5.5 yea rs prison in a terror offence but 5.5 years injail —— the

if you go to the far left orfar we will have a brexit.far left or far right of her party, she didn't name boris johnson, you may not get brexit because it will get voted down by the labour government and then where will you be? i am the only person who can shepherd brexit moving forward. she has positioned herself as the champion of brexit, outmanoeuvring others. she didn't use the word chequers at all, which many people have noted. while delivering the speech, what was happening? not much. -- on the markets? no move on the stirling, no move on uk equities. mainly because there is no detail. talking about there is no detail. talking about the irish border, that will move things more. the irish times has a issue on its front page. the government expects new uk plans to ra ke government expects new uk plans to rake brexit impassive. —— —— impasse. all of us are hoping for a resolution, nobody knows what that will look like. politicians will say that we are 90% there on a deal between the uk and the eu. maybe 80, 80 5% of the majority of tha

when she came into the premiership she was same brexit means brexit, she was same brexit means brexitost never look at the european union again. we would drag ourselves out to the atlantic ocean and now she is saying she busily once brexit in name only which is fine by me but does not make sense because she now has had probably 93 different positions and could easily be confused. she said we will leave the customs union. but borisjohnson said that we can only leave of the eu say so after 2020. and what is their incentive to do that if they say that you can leave. in terms of the cabinet look at liam fox. he is a passion brexiteers. international trade secretary. he is the man supposed to be securing these deals. you will be looking at "i can look at doing deals may in the future if the european union say i can". you think we will get more cabinet walk—outs? think we will get more cabinet walk-outs? i hope so because this is the plan. ithink walk-outs? i hope so because this is the plan. i think steve walk-outs? i hope so because this is the plan. ithink steve baker, paris johnson book

whole nation, a one nation brexit, not a nigel farage brexit, and (of nation brexit, not a nigel farageess to the single market without being bound in by the european political structures. stuart, you have a different vision of what it should look like. i am broadly supportive what george is saying about the need to have a positive agenda but i do think we should concede that what we said at the general election and that lancaster house in speeches was that we wanted to go forward with a comprehensive free trade deal. there would still be collaboration and work with different agencies but we would have minimum nontariff barriers and that is what the basis of watch over 82% of the electorate voted for the parties for. my problem is the lack of legitimacy in terms of chequers as it was put to the cabinet in july. it was not rolled out with the parliamentary party or the wider party membership. you cannot keep going on the radio, as david lidington did this morning, saying no one has any ideas for the northern ireland border. you have got to engage with the argument. david cameron would ha

the ft leads on brexit. a picture of csu members in munich, as they learnt of their worst ever performance in nearly 70 years. and the daily mail says elderly people could be prescribed dance lessons on the nhs, to help combat loneliness. so, a varied set of front pages, let's see what our reviewers make of it all. where are we going to start... brexit, the telegraph, theresa may puts brakes on customs union deal, refusing to sign of a brexit agreement because of this idea that the backstop is not palatable to the cabinet, that it will keep the whole of the uk temporarily, for an undefined, limited amount of time, in the customs union. to stop die—hard border. that is the problem, as you have mentioned, undefined period, the backstop was agreed before christmas, this idea that we would remain in a customs union. the problem, particularly on the side of the brexiteers, but other people as well, that we would remain indefinitely in this, it would drag on and on, that is what theresa may and dominic raab have g

and when the brexit ears talk about brexit batters out.nshine and the frosty start because we're weather watch pictures coming in from the north which is showing us the pouring rain coming out of this next weather system which will be meandering across the northern half of the country for the next three days. but it is bringing with it mild atlantic winds, strong winds today. quite a lot of rain already today. quite a lot of rain already today as you can see in the rainfall chart. it will just today as you can see in the rainfall chart. it willjust keep coming and the winds will just chart. it willjust keep coming and the winds willjust keep blowing. we're talking about gusts of a0 or 50 miles an hour. blog across scotla nd 50 miles an hour. blog across scotland prats cumbria lancashire. for the bulk of northern england it will be a beautiful day in a bid to yesterday when we had to chilly temperatures in gloucestershire and quite a lot of rainfall. ia degrees to quite a lot of rainfall. 1a degrees to 16 degrees today and getting hires and

brexit talks broke up yesterday with no agreement.ister dropped into a project to help those feeling lonely today. she must know what that feels like, with foes, not friends, around her. there has been progress, but as she went to tell mps negotiations faltered again over the irish border. this is that i'm for cool, calm heads to prevail, and it's the time... —— this is the time for. and it is time for a clear focus on the few remaining but critical issues still to be agreed. we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospects of a good deal and leave first night with an ordeal outcome no one wants. i continue to believe a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk and the european union. i continue to believe such a deal is achievable. the prime minister, mr speaker, faces a simple and inescapable choice— be buffeted this way on that way by the chaos of her own party, oi’ way by the chaos of her own party, or back ideal that can win the support of parliament and the people of this country. —— back a deal. eight claims she was as

the ft also leads on brexit. also carries a picture of csu members in munich, as they learnt of their worst ever performance in nearly 70 years. the sun says strictly come dancing judges were furious that seann and katya escaped the chop, despite their kissing controversy. the kremlin is trying to recruit british spies, prompting an urgent warning from the foreign office — that's according to the daily mirror. and the daily mail says elderly people could be prescribed dance lessons on the nhs, to help combat loneliness. so, a varied set of front pages — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. first we must look at this rather wonderful photo of the foreign secretaryjeremy wonderful photo of the foreign secretary jeremy hunt. wonderful photo of the foreign secretary jeremy hunt. he has taken them all into the middle of the maze at his country residence. acknowledging that the challenging nature of the maze but by comparison saying it makes brexit discussions seem straightforward. you think this lot would be a

ending up with no brexit at all -- if risk ending up with no brexit at all —— if we all go off.

brexit can have a massive impactm won't just brexit can have a massive impactm won'tjust impact on the also on fans and our ability to host big tournaments. yes. we need to think of sport as business, social activity and it can have an impact on those around that community of sport, business, business of sport and those working in sport, organising events from the foot ball in sport, organising events from the football players to the gym instructor. more importantly, we also need to understand that it's not only going to be the professional sports but grass roots sports that is important. how do you see that influencing grassroots sports? it will create more opportunity, if there is a restriction of players and elite athletes at the top level. it will widen the talent but it might create problems for having enough coaches, enough physiotherapists and enough educators, many of them have to come, normally, from outside the european union. in the doesn't have, for example, a lot of football coaches. some worried it will affect oui’ coaches. some worried it will affect our ability to attra

he sees the benefits of a no—deal brexit.the go to place, especially for business and financial services, if that were to happen. i think it's a little too much to say he is actively pushing for it but you will see the benefits of that. i'm surprised by this language. for someone surprised by this language. for someone who surprised by this language. for someone who sees surprised by this language. for someone who sees the benefits of immigration on free movement, this is purely political and i think a bit nasty. his government is proposing it, it says. not over the line yet. staying with emmanuel macron. as you are here george, the new statesman tomorrow, i think we can show it as we talk. you are looking at, as we see, europe's's civil war, in which you would argue he features quite prominently. he does. on one side you have macron and france, centrist liberal line, and france, centrist liberal line, and the other side, the leader of hungary, facing disciplinary action currently for breaching freedom of the press, cracking

let's move on to brexit.graph, brexiteers raise stakes against may. 63 backbenchers telling her they are not happy with what she is proposing. they are not happy with what she is proposing to agree, they do not want the uk to remain in any kind of customs arrangements after the transition period. they want a set time limit on that. and they are, all of the unity that perhaps we saw temporarily after the conservative party conference, that has sort of evaporated. i think 63 is an important number here, because this is not a small number of bench mps who regularly cause trouble for the government. —— backbench mps. and if we look at the sunday times ta ke and if we look at the sunday times take on this, the cabinet is even threatening to kill brexit, david davies leading the charge. it is whether they want to go as far as destabilising her as leader. this is the big oblong. we have constantly seen threats around, if you get rid of me, then actually, what do you get in response? the reality being that the mutiny

, and that's of them is not brexit. they are totally ideologically opposed to that. i think it is fairly predictable they would rather a no deal scenario than a scenario that allows for potentially an election in a couple of years that maliki exactly another referendum or soft brexit. they cameas a survey out saying 87% of the people of northern ireland who supported remain said the peace process was a price to pay to make sure brexit happened. >> a cheerful thought. i want to get to questions, but very quickly a couple of questions. one for you, ken. putting wonderful job the best face on what britain is up to. would it be fair to say it is more difficult now than it did earlier in your career? what ways to you have to manage role? the demands on your >> do i look like an aging faster? [laughter] >> you are doing well. >> thank you. to be theprivilege british ambassador to the united states. i think it is the best job in our system. i would like to be here. story in the u.k. added an extra layer of complexity to the jo

we are going to try to draw a line under brexit. line under brexit.ily have been on aaron screens, in the papers in the few days. in the papers in the few days. sandwich that was, had a dairy products that they did not realise. products that they did not realise. this was some time ago but they are investigating now. investigating now. about natasha, the 15—year—old girls. excellent journalism. thank you. you. a second death that's being investigated. investigated. where it was an allergy to tap—in's food. allergy to tap—in's food. you have these severe allergies, you can't trust any external.. can't trust any external.. you have to do your food yourself. to do your food yourself. it is such a risk. a risk. which is an extraordinary burden to place on people. burden to place on people. but there might be an argument there. might be an argument there. recall after some products that should have been dairy free. should have been dairy free. dairy free yoghurt. free yoghurt. contaminated and had milk proteins in it. it's very sad. ordinary piece of inves

he used the term brino rather than brexit, which is brexit in name only.n to the former home secretary, amber road, and nick bowles, who suggest a norway option where we stay in the single market, we have free movement and we pay money to europe. that is a no—go with the brexiteers, but at the moment people are trying to line up and see, if theresa may goes, which is a big if, who can succeed her? what is interesting in this story is that they are saying that boris hasn't lost his chance. he should have gone for a no—confidence vote just for the summer break, before the summer recess, when he and david davis, the former brexit secretary, resigned. there is a sense that theresa may's allies are actually quite confident that there won't you challenge. we should add, i think it was on the front page of the times that theresa may has been summoned to a 1922 committee. let's turn to the telegraph, and just to finish off the whole brexit theme, dominic raab. indeed, he will be on the andrew marr show tomorrow morning, and what he is expected to say is basically

both sides, the before brexit happens.ssion has been tweaking the text to make it more palatable. it's also focusing on the technical aspects of the backstop. in other words, we're checks would happen, and what checks would be done, just how light touch they would be. it didn't feel like a new border being erected between great britain and northern ireland at all. they have spoken to various people, be it anti—brexit parties like the sdlp and sinn fein, the alliance party and sinn fein, the alliance party and the greens, and yesterday the dup and the uup. today they are in brussels and arlene foster has started a news conference. she is giving us an idea of what she thought about what michel barnier had to say. she's not been particularly positive about the concept of making the backstop looked less dramatic and palatable. she says the problem isn't the technicalities, if the problem is the very concept of a hard border. this idea but as an insurance policy northern ireland would remain part of the customs arrangements, th

the times leads on brexit and a warning to the prime minister from brexiteer mps that she can only keeptain within eu customs arrangements until 2022. it comes as negotiations enter a important week ahead of an eu summit in ten days time. —— ten days‘ time. the financial times reports that the japanese prime minister would welcome the uk into the trans—pacific partnership trade deal after brexit. in an interview with the paper, shinzo abe said britain would lose its role as a gateway to europe after brexit but would still be a country equipped with global strength. the independent says the world is getting a climate change ultimatum ahead of major report from the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change tomorrow. the daily telegraph says police are setting targets to investigate fewer than half of reported crimes. it says one of the uk's largest forces has decided it should screen out 56% of cases. the sun's headline, ‘blame it on the boozy‘ refers to the so—called curse of strictly. two of the show‘s stars, seann walsh and katya jones, have apologised to their partners after bein

he has a habit. >> [ laughter ] >> one of the great plays of the brexit campaign was a post brexit u.s.-u.k. trade deal. the agreement between the u.s.- u.k.. britain wouldn't be in the position to negotiate and america wouldn't want to negotiate so we may deem agents -- arrangements and trump didn't say one reasonable thing when he was in britain about this. if britain is a factor in order to keep the irish border open, then it will be very hard to negotiate with britain a separate trade deal. that was a reasonable point. what are the prospects for assuming czechoslovakia is the basis for the divorce agreement one of the prospects for the great price of brexit making a trade deal with america? >> they have talked about this at each of the last several meetings i recently attended. we are teen on a free-trade agreement and the president always has -- teen -- in favor of the free trade agreement and the president always has been. we can negotiate and i think we can even implement the agreement until we have less at the end of december. we have set up an in agreement and that is the stru

campaign and the brexiteers was a post brexit united kingdom-u.s.rade deal agreement between the u.s. and the united kingdom. clearly, britain would not be in a position to negotiate this and america would not want to negotiate this until we knew the arrangement, post brexit. when he was in britain, trump said that if britain is in the customs union to factor, in order to keep the irish border open, then it will be very hard to negotiate with britain a separate trade deal. that was a reasonable point anna: what are the prospects for assuming -- that was a reasonable point, right? what are the prospects therefore, for a great prize, the rise of brexit, namely, a trade deal with america? >> the prime minister and the president have talked about this at each of the last several meetings i attended. most recently in new york, about three or four weeks ago. we are keen on i free trade agreement and the president always says consistently how keen he and his a ministry should are on this and how they would be ready to start negotiating just as soon as we a

if we have an "hard brexit" with no transition, a crash out brexit, let's say, that's one very seriousbecause it doesn't allow time for any adaptation of the supply chain, the famous bumpers crossing the borders repeatedly or other parts. i think if we have a transition, that's a different matter, because that will allow time for adaptation. if you look around the world, there are plenty of supply chains that don't rely on single market, or a customs union, right, in asia or indeed north america where there is just a agreement. so i think one crucial thing isjust to agreement. so i think one crucial thing is just to avoid the so—called no—deal brexit even if we are going to have and excerpts on the customs union and the single market, ultimately, if we have more time to adapt to that, it will soften the blow. and it will allow for the relocation of these supply chains. thank you for your time this morning. really interesting to have your take on that. and of course we have more from the paris motor show from theo who is there for us this week. now let's brief you on some other business

with the story, those are very pro brexit persuasion are no philip -- very pro brexit persuasion are philip —— fans of philip hammond anyway. but what he is reminding them of is the fact that this is a legal obligation. so brexit is essentially both a legal and a political question. there are legal issues, also political issues. a lot of brexiteers talk a lot about the political issues, but conveniently ignore the obligations that britain has to the eu. i don't think red would want to get into a circumstance in which they would get sued for not making the payments to the eu. take us to the ft, there is a story inside here, more brexit talk, this is michel barnier may moving a bit? the background of this is there were talks with brussels over the weekend, which at officials level reached a technical agreement on both sides on how they could address the problem of the northern ireland backstop insurance policy, should the to size failed to reach an agreement on future trade deal —— the two sides. theresa may is appearing in front of the dinner at the dash in front of the 27 eu leaders

brexiteers save the nao is playing up brexiteers save the nao is playing up the risk.king to make sure of over a variety of areas is that we have the capacity and systems and plans in place to do with all eventualities. i'm expecting the uk and the eu to which a sensible agreement. all we are doing is what people would expect, to make sure we have done proper plans for all eventualities. if the government and the eu agree a deal many of the risks will be put off until december 2020. but the's clear prediction is that by next march 29 there will be much about our borders that will not yet be under control. andy verity, bbc news. our correspondent richard lister is in dover. richard, you are somewhere that could be very much affected by what the nag could be very much affected by what the nao is talking about. indeed, welcome to europe's busiest ferry port. every year they handle 2.6 million cars and motorbikes, 80,000 coaches, almost 12 million people. and this isjust coaches, almost 12 million people. and this is just one of 113 major access points to the uk. you can b

for brexit? excuse me!yn has not taken a strong position on this and he has sat back and said, "let's watch them burn the house down and i will come in as prime minister." instead of saying, "i have a clear vision," he sits on his hands and he lets the conservative party tear itself apart and the country in the process. but where exactly is the leadership of her majesty's loyal opposition in all of this? i don't know what he really wants. i suspect he would like to see britain leave but he is not coming up with recipes and alternatives. i think this country is, much like the united states, in this polarised state, although it is different in this country because you have two political parties here that don't actually represent, i would argue, the majority of voters' sentiments. it is hold your nose here and hold your nose here. but there is not this centrist option. there is no constituency for a centrist alternative. underthe lib dems... we're done. i would agree with that. we are coming up to a crucial fe

be a no—deal brexitjust for brexit that there might be a no—deal brexit just for the sake brexit thatt rather than it is because what we believe is right. there is a distinction... the distinction between the trading deal and a withdrawal deal which is very different. she will probably get help with claudio. it is possible she may not get it through of commons by she will get it of some sort. it is the next data that is so impossible. you could leave everything in the could still be out by march 29. that is the fight that people like me, a remainer, that the author., who knows what parliament will vote. if they vote no, the uk crushes out. but she remained prime minister on march 30, for example? will anything deal with the job that would block in the interim and the first 12 months after that. is there any political reckoning down the road? it is very hard for me to see the next 12 months here. i am sort of clueless. i suspect if she gets her with claudio out by march 29, the party was turn on her. she will got britain that far and then they will look for a new leader. the consequenc

and some ukip supporters decided to take their pro—brexit argument to the anti—brexit march in londonll received... booing it shows how thick you are, you don't know... it was a reminder, not that it is needed, that the divisions, anger and open hostilities provoked by the referendum have not gone away. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. viewers on bbc one willjoin us shortly for a round—up of the day's news with simon mccoy, but before that... saudi arabia has admitted for the first time in two weeks, that the journalist jamal khashoggi did die inside its consulate in istanbul. saudi state television reported that he died in a fight. turkey claims he was tortured by a team sent from the saudi capital, riyadh. turkey has promised to reveal every detail about the killing, and said it wouldn't accept a cover—up. president trump says he was not completely satisfied with saudi arabia's response but the admission was a "good first step". earlier i spoke tojohn sfakianakis, former adviser to the saudi government and director of economic research at the gulf research center. he said he b

so many people's reputations have been staked on brexit, that there might be a no—deal brexit just for because it's what people believe is the right thing to do. you have to draw a distinction between a withdrawal deal, which is eminently achievable on the terms that stephanie described, and the trading deal, which is actually not achievable at all... and no agreement on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. she will probably get her withdrawal deal. it's possible she may not get it through the house of commons, but she will get it, some sort. but it's the next stage which is so impossible, so you could leave everything up in the air and we could still be out by march 29th. that is unfortunately the sort of fudge which people like me, a remainer, fear the most. if you get a withdrawal deal, then who knows how parliament votes? if they vote no, the uk crashes out, and then does she remain prime minister or what? what happens on march 30th, for example? i mean, is anybody going to deal with the jobs that will be lost in the interim and in the first 12 months af

no fewer than three separate statement and urgent questions on matters brexit. —— a, sort of, brexitflection of the mood and theresa may's demeanour. there is no doubt a rancorous mood on the backbenches following the brussels summit last week where there was not much progress. and worse, the idea of an extension to the transition period, which really seemed to infuriate mps on all sides. and has reignited suggestions about a possible leadership challenge. i'm joined by the conservative mp simon hart who has been supportive of the pm. what would you say to those tory mps who are sitting down pondering whether they should write a letter calling for a leadership contest? blue talk to constituents, businesses, people afraid about their jobs, to constituents, businesses, people afraid about theirjobs, and ask them what is the professional thing to do in circumstances like this. if it is anything like my part of the country, it is do not make a complicated situation even more complicated. do not make us look self—indulgent, do not make this look like it is all about the tories and all abo

all: brexit!t's a mistake and potentially a very costly one, because we would be into a new multi—annual financial framework, a new budget set without the uk having any vote or any veto, very unlikely to maintain our rebate, and money is scarce. to try to buy time with an extension of the transition or implementation period wouldn't resolve the question around the irish border. and that's the issue at the heart of this. both sides have agreed in principle there must be a legal guarantee there can be no new customs or police checks installed on the irish border after brexit. more time to sort a trade deal might ensure that guarantee is never needed. but tory mps who are not brexiteers say the idea of a longer transition period is concerning the whole party. there are ranges of emotion, but what underlies them all is dismay. it's dismay at where we seem like we're going to ending up. now, a very large number of conservative mps of all persuasions — leavers and remainers, government loyalists and, yo

would amount —— which brexiteers would amount —— which brexiteers would amount —— which brexiteers say the dup, and in the cabinet as well. so, she really has no option, and i think it will be a fairly tough message. that doesn't solve the problem of how, then, you keep the negotiations moving along. this wednesday's summit now seems a no—hoper in terms of any breakthrough. there is not going to be any further negotiations between the two sides between now and when mrs may addresses eu leaders, so the prospect of some sort of way through that without negotiations continuing seems to mean to be pretty remote. we have to be looking at november being perhaps the next point where they might be able to get agreement, but again and again, time is getting shorter and shorter, which will fuel fears that unless some sort of breakthrough to this northern ireland issue is found swiftly, then we do move closer to what everyone seems to want to avoid, which is a no deal outcome. thank you very much, norman. we will of course have full coverage of theresa may in the commons when she speaks this afte

they want to make a brexit deal this autumn.olitical difficulties the prime minister finds herself in at home but germany's europe minister said to me today that the eu would not be blackmailed into making concessions. he said when it came to the irish border or the european single market, he said eu leaders like angela merkel will always put eu citizens‘ interests first. their priority ahead of completing a brexit deal with the uk this autumn with the uk. president trump has suggested that "rogue killers" could be responsible for the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, who went missing after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. mr trump is sending his secretary of state mike pompeo to saudi arabia, to ask questions, and afterwards mr pompeo will stop in istanbul, where a joint search by turkish and saudi officials of the consulate in istanbul took place earlier today. our correspondent mark lowen reports from istanbul. they entered the door where jamal khashoggi disappeared. those tasked wi

not only does she think that they are ready for a no—deal brexit, they are ready for a no—deal brexit. that's what's really interesting here. everything in downing street has been preparing for a no deal. they are not, but they say they are, but they are confident they will get something through, whether it's chequers or something else, they will fix it all. and now the dup is saying it will probably not happen and they are ready for it. that's a different message to what we are getting from government at the moment. the fourth set came out yesterday of papers suggesting what to do in the event of no deal. the idea that the dup are ready for no deal, it doesn't say whether it's their preference. are ready for no deal, it doesn't say whether it's their preferencelj don't say whether it's their preference.” don't think this is a huge surprise. ultimately as a unionist party they have a clear stance on the issue of the border and the issue of how northern ireland sits within the union. ultimately, northern irish politics is very different to everywhere else. there are really firm princip

what about the pound and brexit?so even if we didn't have all of this bad news about brexit, it is possible the pound would still be fairly weak against the dollar, just because the us economy has been so strong. and expecting high interest rates next month. shanti keleman, thank you very much indeed. lets have a look at the markets. there we go. the ftse100 managed to make a small there we go. the ftse100 managed to makea small gain, there we go. the ftse100 managed to make a small gain, the dow falling about 200 points. good thing is coming from boeing earlier on, and that surged upwards, then people began to worry about some of the other earnings we had, facebook, amazon, netflix and alphabet or falling something like 1%, sojust worries about future earnings, even though boeing was fairly optimistic. netflix was shown some amazing results in terms of subscriptions around the world. it is to do with global growth and actually looking forward , global growth and actually looking forward, and i think what you saw was

are you a brexit—prepper? chris is coming back. are you a brexit-prepper?in six weeks. other priorities for chris and for good reason. we will explain what a brexit—prepper is later. still to come. from pulling pints in the pub to selling luxury holidays — we'll be talking to one entrepreneur disrupting the hotel scene. you're with business live from bbc news. unilever, the maker of marmite and ben and jerry's ice cream, has reported sales growth of 3.8% in the thrid quarter. earlier this month, the anglo—dutch firm cancelled plans to leave the uk for a single headquarters in amsterdam. our business correspondent theo leggettjoins us. where does the company go from here? well, it is quite clearly in a holding pattern at the moment, victoria. these figures out this morning, weren't terrible, they weren't brilliant either, they suggest there is sales growth and that some of that growth is coming from increasing price, which are big consumer products like unilever really need. maybe the markets were expecting more because the share price is down a couple of pe

with the brexit secretary in brussels today there are still key unresolved issues.s ambassadors from the other 27 member countries meet ahead of wednesday's crucial summit, cabinet ministers urge the conservative party to rally around theresa may. this is the crucial stage of the negotiations. we can get there, i believe we will get there, but this is the time to stand rock solid behind theresa may and back our prime minister. after the storm, the clean up — roads and railways continue to struggle after a battering from storm callum. france, germany and the uk issue a joint statement demanding a "credible investigation" in to the disappearance of the journalist, jamal khashoggi — who vanished after visiting saudi arabia's consulate in turkey. also in the news this evening: angela merkel‘s regional allies in bavaria look to have experienced their worst election result since 1950. joy for the green party as exit polls suggest they have made big gains while the csu, mrs merkel‘s bavarian sister party loses its absolute majority. virgin trains and stagecoach shared more

is worried about brexit.nate voices, he was for the remains that mickey is. presumably he wants to keep some wriggle room to deal with that. we have this other treasury minister talking to the daily express saying they will cut taxes. at the same time, philip allott has been saying privately, the chancellor, that he is being arm twisted into matching labour's promises to end austerity and make life a bit easier for everybody, which theresa may clearly wa nts to everybody, which theresa may clearly wants to do. he is saying i am a fiscal chancellor, we cannot cut, we have to tighten our belts. a difficult juggling have to tighten our belts. a difficultjuggling act in a couple weeks time. it will have to find some rabbits to pull out of the hat. staying with the telegraph. this meeting we have been reporting on, the brexit cabinet, the telegraph saying that theresa may is facing resignations over the endless backstop, the idea that the uk remains in some endless customs union. that really upsets the eurosceptic

peshmerga even if our brexit deal. within the conservative party who are criticising the agreement theresa may hopes to strike. to carry this deal the prime minister needs to bring the conservative party together with dup allies, that is the only way she can be certain to get it through parliament, meaning involving the chequers proposals more in the direction of the comprehensive free trade deal which the eu has made clear is on offer. the absolute irreducible core of colleagues who will not support a check —based end state is 40 to 45. it will come down to numbers in winston instead if and when a deal was brought back. an agreement is still to be reached with brussels, but that might prove the easy part -- it'll but that might prove the easy part —— it'll come down to numbers in westminster if and when a deal is brought back. in a moment we'll talk to our assistant political editor norman smith who is in westminster, but first lets speak to damian grammaticas in brussels. the irish border is the big stumbling block a

as you say, i think the brexit supporters will just say, as you say, i think the brexit supporters willjustu mentioned, this is project fear. everyone has become so intense in their positions. i think this is looking longer term at what a no—deal brexit could entail will stop this report suggests that gdp could contract by 8% over 15 years. i think we have seen short—term warnings about, for example, the uk having to buy all of these lorries because of blockages imports. we would have the source emergency supplies of food and medicine. it is interesting to see this week the politics as well. even haven't brexiteers seem to be moving in a deal scenario, and scrabbling around to look at other alternatives to the laws checkers proposals put forward by the prime minister. and the government would see a no—deal brexit is not what they want, . .. but they are preparing for it. bike well, if you are negotiating, that has always got to be a realistic possibility otherwise it is not a proper negotiation. the guardian's front page. they are those are talking about sir philip green, but we will talk m

what they mean by brexit.tiation, not just brexiteer is. it is we as a country. that battle has been lost by you and that's what this is all about. not at all. close to half the country in the summer of 2016 did not agree with your characterisation. but you lost! if! may just complete characterisation. but you lost! if! mayjust complete one sentence. equally we know that the vast, vast majority of young people did not like the direction the country is going... so you are waiting for them to get older and have more people that agree with you. if you cited the british people that she will do something, and i know this, and you don't do it, you are held to account. we are saying, surely, given that the people, the brexiteer is, people like borisjohnson, nigel farage, they told the british people that a number of things would happen which 2.5 years later it is self—evident will not happen. for that reason it seems to us relatively uncontroversial to say that as a matter of democratic principle the british people s

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let's start on the brexit stuff.g critics of mrs may they think she will get a deal in brussels. but how on earth that she get that deal through parliament given we know there is a solid block of 50 tory mps were going to vote against anything remotely resembling checkers? we have not seen the deal yet. we are in the final stages of that negotiation so until we see the final deal and the prime minister will be looking carefully at the range of views expressed across the party at the conference. we have always had a range of the one europe and she has lacked in the national interest ring everyone together and come up with a deal parliament can endorse. for some conservatives in this conference brexit matters more than anything, more than being in government or conservative party unity. with that mindset it's difficult to see how mrs may can get them on board? the plant -- prime minister has to try and secure the deal that honours the decision made by the place people but also widget sets the economy there for future g