spain's prime minister says he'll not accept the brexit withdrawal treaty unless the future of gibraltaron the agenda. the leaning tower of pisa is a little more upright. experts say the popular tourist attraction is now stable. in business — window shopping. us retailers put on the glitz to lure festive crowds offline and into their stores. the will have all the latest business news. —— coming up we will have all the latest business news. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. today we're asking, as the education secretary says he'll publish a ‘bucket list‘ of life goals for children including going on a train and making chocolate! do we really need to teach our kids how to be kids? what ‘life goals' do you have for your kids? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the board of nissan are expected to formally confirm later today that chairman carlos ghosn has been sacked from hisjob. he was arrested on monday after an internal investigation at nissan revea

the other thing they do not want to do is reopen the negotiations on the brexit withdrawal treaty becauseithdrawal treaty because as far as they are concerned, that is close, it is done and that has been said in the last few days by the leaders of ireland, austria, germany and the netherlands to name a few and the netherlands to name a few and it was repeated by the eu chief negotiator in a private meeting of eu ambassadors in brussels this morning. here, it is full steam ahead to that special brexit summit which will take place one week on sunday and if you were listening yesterday to the president of the european council he said that the only thing that would stop it was something extraordinary. what is happening in britain is not considered extraordinary, at least not yet. adam fleming, thank you. amidst all the political turmoil, many businesses say they're continuing to plan for a no deal brexit. the european aircraft manufacturer, airbus, has become the latest organisation to say it is working on the basis that britain will leave the eu without an agreement. and nearly three quarter

spain's prime minister says he will not accept the brexit withdrawal treaty unless the future of gibraltarpying in the united arab emirates begins a life sentence in prison. ghosn now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the daily telegraph here in the uk. its front page dominated by brexit as you can see. but it's this shocking quote attributed to the health secretary that's grabbing attention this morning. he says the deal is a turkey trap. the financial times now. it's reporting on bet365 founder denise coates's carlos £220 million earnings last year — more than tesla's elon musk or google's ceo. on to british tabloid the sun with a story making news across the world. the 27 year—old american killed with bows and arrows as he tried to reach an indian ocean tribe untouched by civilisation. south africa's business day now it reports that french president emanuelle macron is set to return african artefacts currently held by french museums — it's a move that could put pressure on other former colonies. and here's the mai

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that interview >>> prime minister theresa may has shown cabinet colleagues a draft of the brexit withdrawal treaty "the financial times" reports that it lacks detailed arrangements regarding the irish border but covers 95% of that withdrawal text. may was planning to hold another special cabinet meeting today, but that meeting now may take place over the weekend or early next week. >>> the irish prime minister says the chances of a special brexit summit to finalize a deal before the end of this month are with every single day that passes becoming less likely. >>> and the eu competition commissioner set a probe into google's advertising services. she said the european commission could hit the company with another fine earlier this year a record fine was imposed against google after it used its mobile operating system to block rivals vestager said that they are examining the antitrust rules. >> we have a close working relationship with the doj and the ftc on mergers, and we also discuss cases when we come together i find that not only with this president but with former presidents there is a strong

minister theresa may was able to announce that the uk and esu have agreed provisionally on a brexit withdrawal treatysterling rallied on the news but significant hurdles remain most notably selling her deal at home in the uk today's specialically convened cabinet meeting at 9:00 a.m. is a crucial test for her despite yesterday's jump sterling is still in the middle of the 1.27 to 1.32 range. if the cabinet meeting goes well for may, we could see it jump 2%, 3%, 4% and go above that range. if it goes badly we could fall by that amount and go below the 1.27 range what would badly look like here is theresa may's full cabinet. she will want to avoid any resignations at all, of course she may also be able to survive just one or two particularly if they're the likes of these people who have already made noises of discontent in recent weeks. if they go, she might be able to hold on. she would not survive if she lost the likes of raab, gove, javid or hunt. if they resign that would take us below the 1.27 range. this, dom, probably the biggest single day for brexit since the vote itself 2 1/2 years ago. certa

appearance this afternoon comes as european union officals met to finalise the wording of the brexit withdrawal treatyhe announced her withdrawal deal, and it is very much her deal, to appeal and talk directly to the public. we heard yesterday she had an rough ride in the house of commons and took more than half an hour before her own mps stood up to support the deal so one of her strategies is to go to the people directly to explain why she thinks it is the best deal we can get and then hope in constituencies people begin to say to their mps to get on with it. we still do not know how a majority in the house of commons will emerge but downing street still says it believes it can be done. it did not help that e—mails were leaked overnight to suggest the cbi, the employers' federation, the confederation of british industry, were not as happy behind the scenes with the video as they suggested in public. behind the scenes with the video as they suggested in publicm behind the scenes with the video as they suggested in public. it is a fine art to explain the detail but ta ke fine art to explain the detail

yesterday prime minister prem was able to announce that the uk and eu provisionally agreed to a brexit withdrawal treatyyesterday on that news. significant hurdles remain most notably selling this deal at home in the uk. today a cabinet meeting at 9:00 a.m. is a crucial test despite yesterday's jump in sterling, it is still in the middle of its four-month range 1.27 to the low side, 1.32 to the high side. if today's cabinet meeting goes well for theresa may, it could lead us to get towards the top of that range or break out of it if it goes badly it could fall below the amount what would badly look like theresa may will want to try to avoid any resignations whatsoever but she may be able to survive if there's one or two. marlee if it's the junior ministers who have already made noises. she would struggle to survive resignations from raab, gove, javid and hunt these are senior ministers who are meant to be her allies it's probably the biggest single test for brexit since the vote itself and for may's premiership today. even if it goes well, there would be another test, that would be the parliamentary vot

she is not due to negotiate because the two bits of the brexit package, the withdrawal agreement, 500 and 580 page divorce treatyhe outline of the future, those documents are sealed and zipped shut yesterday by eu officials so she is not negotiating. i think this is going to be talking about how tomorrow can be a springboard to the next pa rt tomorrow can be a springboard to the next part of the process which is the brexit package being ratified, first in the british parliament and then in the european parliament but this is a moment of history. it's a moment of political theatre because the leaders didn't have to do this, they didn't have to come here tomorrow and have this sombre ceremony to endorse the document legally. they are not obliged to do that but i'm glad that they are. we have been following this for 20 months. when they get these documents in front of them tomorrow, will be vote on them? no, there is no vote. they will all arrive, the 27, walked the red carpet as they a lwa ys 27, walked the red carpet as they always do for an eu summit, we will try and get them to say something historic for a soun

she is not here to negotiate because the two bits of the brexit package, the withdrawal agreement, 585—page divorce treatyutline of what the future might look like, those documents were sealed and zipped shut yesterday by eu officials so she is not negotiating. i think this is going to be talking about how tomorrow can be a springboard to the next part of the process which is the brexit package being ratified, first in the british parliament and then in the european parliament but this is a moment of history. it's a moment of political theatre because the leaders didn't have to do this, they didn't have to come here tomorrow and have this sombre ceremony to endorse the document legally. they are not obliged to do that, but i'm glad that they are. we have been following this for 20 months. when they get these documents in front of them tomorrow, will be vote on them? no, there is no vote. they will all arrive, the 27, walk the red carpet as they always do for an eu summit, we will try and get them to say something, a historic soundbite for the news, then there will be a meeting with the european parliament

we think there are three options on the table to go into the brexit treaty, the withdrawal agreement,no particular order, would be a northern ireland only solution. so northern ireland only solution. so northern ireland only solution. so northern ireland would stay in the customs union and aspects of the single market necessary to keep cross—border trade going as it does now. 0ption number two is the uk's alternative, a temporary customs arrangement between the whole of the uk and eu, which the uk thinks would to solve the problem that you need to solve the problem that you need to do stuff about rules and regulations alongside it as well. and option three would be extending the transition or implementation period, the period that will go from brexit bay next year until the end of december 2020, when things will stay broadly the same, but but the uk were not have a seat at the eu top table. there are issues with all three options, so what is going on now is ironing out all those issues for those three options so they can go into the brexit treaty. it is worth reminding ourselves that

she's definitely not here to negotiate because the two bits of the brexit package, the withdrawal agreement, the divorce treatyration, the 26 pages outlining what the future might look like, those documents are sealed, they were zipped shut effectively yesterday by eu officials should see is not negotiating —— so she is not negotiating. this will be a springboard to the next part of the process , springboard to the next part of the process, the brexit package being ratified in the british parliament and then the european parliament but this is a moment of history, it's on political theatre because the leaders didn't have to do this, they didn't have two traits you tomorrow and have this sombre ceremony to endorse the document legally. they are not obliged to do that. when they get these documents tomorrow, will they vote on them? no, there's no vote. what will happen is they will all arrive, the 27, walk the red carpet as they always do for an eu summit, we will try to get them to say something, a historic sound bite for the news, then they will be a meeting for half an hour with the european parliament presid

it the joint committee made up of politicians from each side which is envisaged in the brexit treaty in the withdrawalbea the withdrawal agreement. or would it be a separate independent arbitration panel that would sit above that joint committee arbitration panel that would sit above thatjoint committee which would be made up of people from the uk side, the eu side, and third parties from elsewhere, who were not involved in the eu or the uk. and would there be a role for the european court of justice? would there be a role for the european court ofjustice? but one of those layers of panel referred the question to the european court ofjustice? —— code one of those layers of panel referred the question? it is very difficult. and thatis question? it is very difficult. and that is why i am told that michel barnier‘s deputy was working late into the night in brussels last night to try and find a comp eyes on that point. that is really what all of this has come down to. —— find a compromise. it is technical and difficult but underlying it is a fundamental printable for many in theresa may's own party, which

number one, is it the uk wide backstop and is there still written into the brexit treaty the legally binding withdrawalxit mechanism, the clause written into it whereby both sides will decide it is no longer needed, is that acceptable to the british government and the members of parliament and the rest of the cabinet in the uk? that it what it has boiled down to, is the backstop uk wide and has a northern ireland only element, and how'd you get out of backstop? this is what it is coming down to and what negotiators going out really hard in the negotiating room, they are in the tunnel at the moment, which means the work privately, we do not get to see in an very little information comes out, it is a frustrating process. the sunday times yesterday had a big spread saying a deal was pretty much done, but what is your sense of how much progress is still needed to be made? theresa may said it is 95% done this deal, how much more has to be hammered out? the jokeis more has to be hammered out? the joke is that if you get on a plane in the pilot said, the good news is the plane is 95% done, let's take—off, you

brexit deal. the 600-page treaty sets the terms for britain's withdrawal from the european union on march 29th. ining a future free trading relationship with britain also was approved. >> reaching a brexit agreement that worked for both sides was an impossible task. from the start, i rejected that counsel of despair and set about negotiating a deal that worked for the uk and the eu, one that delivered on the result of the referendum and set upon course for a prosperous future. >> british prime minister tee is amay has to sell the deal to parliament. >>> it's been nearly three weeks since the midterm elections but still not all votes are counted. larry gerston joins us live to explain why nearly a million votes have yet to be processed. >>> also, the game between the warriors and kings goes down to the final seconds. brodie brazil shows us the wild finish from oracle arena, next. i am a family man. i am a techie dad. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product de

brexit? >> on the inf treaty there's noo doubt they are teaching on it to withdraw from it. we have supported a limited initiative designed to do things in parts of the world in activities which nato is appropriate for. in the coordination around our own deterrent is what we should be talking about in nato. >> your microphone is coming. >> with a foreign-policy journal my question is about you gave the military and their ability to. doing things for any extended. of time. we were just on the back of a security and defense review strategy in which the objective was to be able to target for our collective interventions and i think that is still the objective. we've just built the biggest, one is doing files on the east coast and. we will have the two biggest aircraft carriers, two biggest ships. add to that the tens of billions we talked about earlier in terms of acquiring and upgrading equipment to the budget that is 2% of gdp so the gdp rises on the defense and the capability is improving all the time so yes intention is that we should be able to do things. in terms of the c

the withdrawal agreement, the legally binding brexit divorce treaty that has to basically be agreed inon, where northern ireland only option, where northern ireland could stay in the customs union and elements of the single market, so the cross border trade could continue as it does now, that is the original backstop proposed in which we have all become very familiar with. the uk government hates that idea, because they think its threatens the constitutional integrity of the uk, so they proposed a second option, which is a uk wide customs arrangement between the uk and the eu macro. the uk and the eu option uk wide customs arrangement between the uk and the eu option three was this idea of extending the transition or implementation period, which runs from brexit day next march until the end of december 2020, what is happening now is that the eu side are taking option two, the eu side are taking option two, the uk wide backstop, really quite seriously. they are looking to see to what extent, halogen detail, they could put into it in the withdrawal agreement to satisfy the uk. at what th

lots of rules and spotted lots of room for manoeuvre to deliver the best draft brexit withdrawal agreement, the divorce treaty back in the uk could somehow lead to this document being rewritten in the next few days, definitely not going to happen. however, when you ask them, are you worried about what is happening in the uk? this trip to the same script, saying that the agreement has been done at negotiating level, it is now in the ratification process on the eu side and on the british side. the watchword is responsibility. one eu official this morning said that if the british tyra nt morning said that if the british tyrant or a member state wants to change their minds about what is written down in the text, they are within their rights to do that, but it will have an impact on the whole process , it will have an impact on the whole process, and they have to accept the responsibility for that. having said that, lots of officials and diplomats from member states by trying to get the gossip about what is happening in westminster.m trying to get the gossip about what is happening in westminster. if you hear anyt

brexit. well, peers have been debating the draft withdrawal agreement agreed by the prime minister and the eu. what we have agreed last week is the draft treaty the eu in a smooth and orderly way on the 29th of march next year and it sets the framework for a future relationship that delivers in our national interests. it takes back control of our borders, our laws, our money, protectsjobs, the security and integrity of the united kingdom and my lords, it delivers in ways that many said simply could not be done. but a former conservative leader wonders about the insurance policy or backstop to avoid border checks in northern ireland. under the backstop provisions of the withdrawal agreement, the united kingdom can only leave with the consent of the european union, how can that be described as taking back control? there are mechanisms to bring the backstop to an end, but my honourable friend is right to say that there are mechanisms that need to be mutually agreed. the clock is ticking. the european parliament will disappear in april, but has to endorse the deal, business is desperate to know where we are heading and certainly they want to know

brexit deal is due, this is a serious obstacle. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, said the texts of both the withdrawal treaty and the accompanyingbetween the eu and the uk are not acceptable for spain. translation: we are disappointed that we have found in the withdrawal deal a number of elements, an article, article 184, that questions the ability of spain to negotiate with the uk about the future of gibraltar. if this is not solved between now and sunday, spain, unfortunately, a pro—european government, is to vote no and exercise its veto. mr sanchez wants it made clear that if any future trade deals between the eu and the uk are to apply to gibraltar as well, the uk will need to secure a separate spanish agreement. he calls it an essential point for spain that they can negotiate with the uk about any issues to do with gibraltar. i have been clear that we will not exclude gibraltar from our negotiations on the future relationship. we want a deal that works for the entire uk family including gibraltar. at the summit on sunday, eu leaders are not expected to hold a formal vote. they will instead seek to agree by consensus. that

stage of the negotiations which can‘t begin until after brexit day proper and my experience with the withdrawal agreement last week, this 585 page treatyo smoothly at that end? that will become clearer in the next 24 hours. this was signed off at negotiator‘s level by the uk and the eu. it has been handed over to the 27 states. although they have had input and haven‘t we been reporting their input, they will consider it in more detail. there will be a meeting of the so—called sherpas, the prime ministerial advisors. we will know tomorrow if the document will fly. then theresa may is back in brussels on saturday night to seejean—claude juncker and others and we will get an idea about how things are going and the leaders will sit down around the table on sunday to discuss it. angela merkel said her precondition for coming to the sum miment was that this document —— summit was this document existed. well, here it is, she has better book her plane ticket! thank you. donald trump has hit back at the us chiefjustice, who took the extraordinary step of rebuking the president for calling a federaljudge "an obama judge" for ruling against the p

i think the country has had enough of brexit, there is no doubt about it, but the withdrawal agreement is a treatyeverything that comes out of them —— they have believed britain. if we are going to stand up and deliver the type of brexit we consistently pledged to deliver we have to speak about or political, economic and democratic freedoms and get the agreement that means we are open to the world and not shackled to the institutions of the eu. 0n institutions of the eu. on your list of favourites, crash out, stay in the eu, what do you... i have never been an advocate of crashing out and there would have to be serious questions asked of the government, what kind of preparation, why have they not planned for no deal? we get the economic impacts on wednesday of an ordeal scenario and they are not going to be glowing, probably similarto going to be glowing, probably similar to the treasury forecasts going into the referendum. they should have done some planning. i have not advocated no deal because i ama have not advocated no deal because i am a believer in the ability to get am a believer in the ab

brexit treaty overall. as i said about a million times, we need the detail, we need to see the text of the withdrawal agreementthan hear rumours circulating about what's being agreed. thank you. a bbc investigation has found that one in eleven radiographer posts in the nhs is vacant, and could be a key cause of delays in patients receiving tests and scans to diagnose conditions such as cancer. more than a million people across the uk are waiting for an nhs test or scan. 0ur health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. there are more than 1 million patients waiting for an nhs test or scan across the uk. these are meant to be done in a matter of weeks to diagnose conditions such as cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosis. growing numbers of patients are facing delays, sometimes up to several months. in england the number waiting more than the target time of six weeks has risen by 9000 in a year to nearly 29,000. the performance in scotland and northern ireland is even worse with only way you'll seen an improvement. figures obtained by the bbc and the freedom of information act suggest a shortage of radiogra