position on brexit actually is.the government here in warsaw have a good relationship, they thought poland might break away from the eu consensus. that has not happened. warsaw has already achieved its main brexit goals. securing the rights of polls now living in the uk and maintaining the current eu budget. what it once now isa current eu budget. what it once now is a trading relationship that gives certainty the polish businesses. poland is arguing with the eu on many issues. but on brexit, it is sticking to brussels line. to be blunt, brexit negotiations i suspect the very last thing on angela merkel‘s mind right now and thatis angela merkel‘s mind right now and that is because she has been preoccupied for some months now with the rather protracted and painful business of trying to form a government of her own. it looks as though, it is no mean set in stone, but that government will be another coalition with her former allies the social democrats. whatever form that government takes, whoever holds the ministerial

i know we are just talking brexit, brexit, brexit, but a lot of americans look to the eu as very beneficiallations, especially related to consumer products, food and other goods that they put out keep consumers say. goods that they put out keep consumers say. in the regular so, united states, our regulations are not as strict and not as favourable to the consumer. here is an odd circumstance, in a hypothetical situation in which the uk and the us have some sort of a trade agreement, the uk is getting bad products. why would we need to bother taking this stuff? we don't have to. we hear, but my thought on this is that we are getting korine geggan —— we do not have the full uri here, we are getting korine chicken, milk from cows with other infections, this is the mad max style world that david davis promised we were not headed towards, the dystopian vision!m davis promised we were not headed towards, the dystopian vision! it is a really effective talking point for people who want to remain as close to the eu as possible. i remember during the debate in 2016 you would hear these comments from

katy, let's kick off with brexit, brexit, brexit on the front pages. don't let hammond ruin brexit.hink it is an understatement to say tensions are running high over brexit. we have the two big meetings next week. the cabinet are meant to be thrashing out a position. i'd then think it's hugely surprising that bernard jenkins has said that the chancellor is frustrating the process. the head of waitrose... the head of waitrose. .. we are still quite away down the track and we are still trying to work out what kind of brexit it is going to be. i suppose that is why we are getting all this arguing. we and it's interesting that bernard jenkins is the latest voice saying we should not be so vague, but an unknown source, not be so vague, but an unknown source , a not be so vague, but an unknown source, a senior brexiteer is quoted as saying in the piece that there are far more of us than there are tory remainers in the commons and we are the ones who can pull the temple down. i found that confusing because i thought it was the temple of brexit we are building and if it is going to be pulle

over brexit.uses jeremy corbyn of environmental hypocrisy, claiming he left a diesel car waiting outside his house for a0 minutes before getting in for a 6 mile trip to westminster. meanwhile, the mirror has an image of the health secretary, jeremy hunt, taking a nap in a hotel, which the paper claims was taken while thousands marched through london calling for more nhs support. a lot of brexit but a lot of other stories so let's start today with the sunday times. this is a story about the doping scandal hitting the winter olympics which are about to kick off in south korea, this is a story that the sunday times have done a lot of these expose is about alleged drugs cheating in sport, this one says secret data has exposed the extent of the doping for insurance skiers at the winter olympics. —— interrupts. —— endurance. this is exactly the kind of scrutiny they don't need. it sta rts of scrutiny they don't need. it starts on friday, i believe, the opening ceremony, and 10,000 blood test, the sunday

a lot of farmers are brought brexit.een to have their strawberries picked by workers from central europe coming to do the hard work. 0ne europe coming to do the hard work. one question is about migrant labour, there is also the question of subsidies, getting away from farm subsidies as we have known them. this was specifically about immigration, they depend on people coming from eastern europe for fruit picking. subsidy has to be an issue. subsidy has been guaranteed until 2022. but a lot of the farming industry, if tariffs were slashed, they were on their own, competing with australia, new zealand, canada united states, they would really struggle. you are a farmer's. ? that is right. well but on's pharmacy better of post—brexit? some of them will need support. farming is interesting, it is notjust a food producer. farmers are custodians of the countryside. i think there is a good case for subsidising them because they look out of the countryside. they did not answer whether they would be better off after brexit. we will

a softer brexit, rather than the sort of brexit the supporters want?rosceptics in the tory party demanding a hard brexit with menaces. obviously, there are 20 more than they need to trigger a leadership election, they asked for a range of things that are impossible to deliver, including wto rules, ensuring that if we come out of the european union we cannot have any connection to the single market or the economic area. that would be a disaster for the country. she was being basically told that if she didn't deliver the impossible, a new trade deal in an impossible and out of time, they have the power to trigger a leadership election. of time, they have the power to trigger a leadership electionm might say the same thing is being donein might say the same thing is being done in the labour party whether 60 or so backbenchers putting pressure onjeremy corbyn to head towards staying in a customs union. you want to be ina staying in a customs union. you want to be in a customs union after the transition phase? what we don't want isa hard transition phase? w

brexit is coming and time is running short.in is officially out of the european union, and today the eu had a sharp warning — sort out key sticking points, or there will be no deal and no transition. britain's brexit secretary met the eu chief negotiator in downing street on monday. friendly enough, but there's just weeks to thrash out the shape of a brexit transition. today, in brussels, with a big eu summit next month, michel barnier had a blunt message, in terms easy to understand. if these disagreements persist, the transition is not a given. so much to sort out, and talks are getting prickly. 0n the rights of migrants who arrive after brexit day, will brussels block trade if britain breaks eu rules? the brexit secretary called that discourteous. oh, no, it isn't, said mr barnier. "my attitude hasn't been in the least discourteous "or vindictive", he said. "we never wished to punish the uk. "it's foreign to my state of mind". and how to leave the eu without bringing back a hard north/south irish border. no one wants that bu

and newsnight, the cabinet committee is arguing about brexit.ave an in—house gathering to thrash out those arguments. we agree we need big decisions, but can we agree on what? good evening and welcome to bbc news. some victims of the serial sex attacker, john worboys, have been given permission to challenge the decision to release him from jail. there'll be a hearing in the high court in mid march, and worboys will stay in prison until then. the parole board's been criticised after announcing he'd be freed after serving less than ten years. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. still in custody, at least for the time being, john worboys arrived at court in a prison van and was taken to the cells in handcuffs. convicted in 2009 of one rape, six other sex offences and 12 crimes of drugging customers, the london black cab driver is suspected of assaulting around 100 female passengers. and his victims hadn't expected him to be released ever. when we were told it was an indefinite sentence, it was just, well, justice has been served

has prove n forecast relating to brexit has proven wrong so forecast relating to brexit has proven wrong forecast relating to brexit has proven wrong so far, massively wrong, all on the same side or underestimated the progress of the economy, secondly this is a work in progress, this is not a complete policy document, i have said we will publish before the parliament makes a decision on the final deal, will publish economic estimates but they will be complete economic estimates, you would not drive a car that is half finished, you should not use a hmmfi half finished, you should not use a forecast that is half complete so thatis forecast that is half complete so that is the second thing, thirdly, even at work in progress did not use, did not assess what are actual aim is, our policy aim. things that might look like it but i'm not it and we intend to publish something at the end of this exercise which shows what we are meant to do. which is progress the britain. see if the mood improves in the coming weeks. thank you. now, time for a look at the weather. it is the turn of scotla nd the wea

we are all brexiteers now. does brexit mean brexit? the times, the uk's richest cou nty brexit?imes, the uk's richest county hit by £100 million cash crisis, how can that be? well, it looks like many, many areas of the uk are falling short when it comes to council funding. nearly every pa rt to council funding. nearly every part of england is warning that tax rises, particularly council tax, to make ends meet. nine out of ten councils will be hit by williams of pounds of deficit. the average looks to be 6.9% of the budgets. there are a few reasons that this is happening, of course. the government has cut funding to local areas, and this means they either have to reduce services or make up the funds in some way. it is understanding that there are certain services they don't want to cut, particularly related to children. they are looking at new ways to raise revenue. the problem is that council tax has risen by 60% since 1998. councils are needing to find funding, but families have to find extra cash. i am very nervous about this. i call for a pause before they raise taxes to look

it looks ahead to jeremy corbyn‘s brexit speech tomorrow, where he'll outline labour's brexit policy.s over the quality of milk post—brexit leads the front page of the i. the metro has a picture of the building that was on fire in leicester on theirfront page. the ambulance service say six people have been taken to hospital. a chilling warning from the express. they say temperatures in parts of the uk could drop to minus 15 with snow and blizzards expected across the country. while the mirror says the cold snap dubbed the "beast from the east" could cause death and travel chaos. a colourful picture from the closing ceremony of the winter olympics is on the front of the telegraph. the times shows a beaming ivanka trump representing the us alongside a less cheerful looking north korean general at that closing ceremony. that's how the papers are looking. we are going to have a look in detail. first of all, the guardian. corbyn, brexit speech to put nate on the spot. a bit of a change in policy here. a customs union now appealing to them. so jeremy corbyn is finally getting off the awkwar

we now have to acce pt impact of brexit.ve to accept the fact we have had the referendum, we are not having a second, we are not part of the single market of the customs union but we are taking back control. the government hopes the hill divides and look to the future but ministers are fast approaching the point where they must collectively declare what that looks like —— the government is hoping to heal divides. in a moment, we'll get reaction from adam fleming, in brussels. but first, to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's in westminster. what do we make of it, what the people make about where you are? borisjohnson said people make about where you are? boris johnson said an people make about where you are? borisjohnson said an ambitious aim of trying to reach out and reassure former remainers and praising many former remainers and praising many for what he called their noble views and the sceptical europeans, saying that the brexit is not a peace sign from the white cliffs of dover. but at times, it sounded

a clearer view on brexit, ifjeremy corbyn was in charge. keep our customs deal with the eu essentially the same for good. so, labour would seek to negotiate a new, comprehensive uk — eu customs union to ensure that there are no tariffs with europe and to help avoid any need, whatsoever, for a hard border in northern ireland. but listen very carefully, there is a big if in there. the option of a new uk customs union with the eu would need to ensure that the uk has a say in future trade deals. a new customs arrangement would depend on britain being able to negotiate agreement for new trade deals in our national interests. other countries with similar kinds of deals have very little control. we would have to have a meaningful say in how those negotiations went and what the agreement was. so we would not end up as simply passive rule takers. but what if they say no to your proposal, as is very likely, given what the european union has said? listen, we would want to make sure and would make sure that britain had a say in our trade relations. how

another brexit story here.vice worthy of 19305 attacks on civil service worthy of 1930s germany. jacob rees mogg has accused the civil service of only leaking memos which show that we should stay in the customs union. the ex—cabinet secretary making the comparison with knotty germany. pretty incredible stuff. it must be quite frustrating if you are a politician and you deal with an unwieldy, slow civil service. and when they come up with figures that you don't agree with. i think going to 1930s knotty germany is rather strange and over the top. but obviously, —— strange and over the top. but obviously, "1930s strange and over the top. but obviously, —— 1930s nazi germany. but obviously, this is the week that will decide. theresa may says this isa will decide. theresa may says this is a negotiation and you don't tell everybody what your bottom line is. but there have to comment point where you show leadership and show some parameters and there is a vacuum. and unfortunately for her, we are used to 24—hour news.

brexit! and this...e ksenia sobchak. it‘s a fake election. it's a fake election? yes, i‘m always telling that. but is everything quite as it seems? could it be that ksenia sobchak is doing the kremlin‘s bidding? also tonight, john major today called for a free vote in parliament on brexit, with the possibility of a second referendum. it‘s fair to say brexiteers are not impressed. i think generally a good idea for previous prime ministers, whatever their views on either side of this argument or any argument... normally, if you haven‘t got anything positive to say, probably best to keep quiet. and did we used to be better at dealing with this? good evening. from syria, to cyber warfare, to the american presidency, to energy supply — if you think the russian presidential election doesn‘t have an impact on our lives, think again. tonight, an extraordinary film ahead of next month‘s vote. tomorrow, vladimir putin delivers his annual address to the russian parliament and other members of the russian political

brexit talks.ng a challenge from backbench mps. there are a few more backbench mps. there are a few more backbench mps. there are a few more backbench mps who have added their name to this amendment. be clear what the amendment is. that would be that britain remains in the customs union. do you think there's a majority in the comments are staying in customs union? it is a knife edge for the conservatives right now and we will learn more injeremy corbyn delivers his speech on monday. this piece is saying the arithmetic has changed but i have my doubts whether all those labour mps whose constituents voted for brexit would necessarily go that way. like many other people, i'm still wondering what the government have up their sleeve, kicking the scan down the road and saying we will tell you what our plan and we will have a series of speeches. we had a meeting at chequers last night and we still don't have any details. we think there was a surprising unanimity. they said they want to have managed to div

the brexiteer backbenchers onside.cabinet all fought the last election on a manifesto of leaving the european union and that's basically what they are talking about, the structure as to how we do that. the prime minister enunciated yesterday the main principles about taking back control of our laws and money, leaving the single market and customs union. labour has faced criticism is itself about a lack of clarity about what it wants but is 110w clarity about what it wants but is now saying... we have been evolving and deepening our policy over the last few months. the key issue is to say to the government you got to have the transition period of these two years, but also for the long—term look at the potential of a customs union. the cameras won't get much closer to checkers than this today. spectacular views, yes, much closer to checkers than this today. spectacularviews, yes, but don't expect spectacular political theatre. the process of negotiating brexit and home —— at home and abroad is a slow and grinding on. our

the brexiteer 's.nging from the same hymn sheet as they see the prime ministers singing from. the prime minister has talked about their being no customs union after brexit, and they want that to be the case. what they're saying about philip hammond, certainly in bernard jenkins's criticism, they're saying the prime minister talks about one policy and philip hammond another. he is basically saying that mr hammond needs to stick to collective ministerial responsibility on this issue. he has very much become this figure they say, of course philip hammond was a remainer, so they see him as perhaps not pushing in the same direction as they would like to see brexit go. there has been a lot of criticism about the treasury this week, not just from of criticism about the treasury this week, notjust from bernard jenkins but also jacob rees—mogg just a couple of days ago talking about how he sees the treasury full—service acting against the direction he would like to see brexit going. basically suggesting that th

, the clean brexit, that the people voted for. to him, come back, i know you and i have had our differences but come back, lead this party. if you are not prepared to do that, and you are being paid a huge salary by the european parliament to be a full—time politician, and not an occasional politician and a full—time celebrity, do your duty by this party and this country. if you don't want to, then please get out of ukip‘s way and let them choose a leader without any interference from you, because you have shown such poor judgment in the past. on security after brexit. theresa may said a new treaty on foreign and defence policy should be effective by next year. the challenge for all of us today is finding the way to work together through a deep and special partnership between the uk and the eu. no more at the centre of his party — henry bolton is ousted as leader of ukip. lizzy yarnold, she goes to the front, and how! lizzy yarnold leads the way, on a historic day for team gb at the winter olympics. and the olympic scandal of 1994

saying, we can't talk to you about that, brexit means brexit, we haven't negotiated the end state. the eu wanting to rule us is just not. there's the fear among hard—core tory brexiteers but they were told, the consequence of theresa may dithering as such, they were told, 2019, we will take back control. money, law and borders, no it will be 2021 because of this transition phase, we have to accept everything. they have no say over what puzzles does because we moving out. brexiteers are worried that brussels could force the laws that we need to acce pt could force the laws that we need to accept that might be to our disadvantage, will have no say in it. ireland pushing for border deal threatens to hit brexit talks, says this headline. steve? if we have said we are coming out of the customs union it brings up the question of what will happen on the border between the north of ireland and the south. a massive issue, ireland squad we will say about it, they want reassurance that button won't have this hard border coming back. it keeps coming back, this argument. this will all hopefully

the importance of getting our brexit settle m e nt importance of getting our brexit settlement rightcing climate change and protecting jobs and industry. third, there are unprecedented numbers of people fleeing conflict, persecution, social breakdown, humans rights abuses and climate disaster. the global refugee crisis is huge. there are 65 million refugees across the world. that is the equivalent of the entire population of britain. that crisis is a challenge, much of which is on the borders of europe. that challenge can be met by coordinating with neighbours both to crack down on people smugglers who put men, women and children in and vessels. operations have tried to rescue those from bc seas as too many desperate people are drowning in pursuit of the century. these are people —— rescue from the seas. they suffer from cruelty, but people —— rescue from the seas. they sufferfrom cruelty, but want people —— rescue from the seas. they suffer from cruelty, but want to make a contribution. for an active birth it could be any of us. let's help humanity, not like them with the problems t

brexit, brexit. sticking to their day job idea? brexit, brexit.ar me. how much backing of this have? this idea of the parliament or the biggest party having a say? they clearly support the idea. they stand behind the idea. it is a way to strengthen democracy in the eu. the main challenge is the european countries because a lot of them think it would reduce their powers. they have drawn a lot of criticism in the eu. —— spitzenkandidat. it is not necessary and farfrom spitzenkandidat. it is not necessary and far from the eu‘s concerns of the e0. and far from the eu‘s concerns of the eq. david cameron was unhappy about the idea ofjean—claude juncker, for example, becoming president. didn‘t want to lose the power that nationstates had in deciding what influencing that decision. when you say people are against it, who else is against the idea of the parliament having more influence? the most surprising country against the spitzenkandidat is france. it is surprising because a emmanuel macron, the french president, has always declared and supported an el

brexit forced through parliament.called 17. 4 million people a minority of convinced opponents. 17. 4 million is a very important number. number. the decision has been taken and what he is trying to do is overturn that. he is trying to do is overturn that. his speech is riddled with errors. it says things that are tendentious, bordering on not factually accurate. bordering on not factually accurate. we need to look at his motivation. i look back at his speech from 1992. look back at his speech from 1992. they're in mind thatjohn major has been pro—european. they're in mind thatjohn major has been pro-european. been pro-european. kept the side of the single currency, for example. currency, for example. what does he say here? say here? you categorically that is not government policy. government policy. within ten days we had left. we had left. far—reaching reforms of the common agricultural policy, in 1992. agricultural policy, in 1992. need to look at the context of his speeches. speeches. past and has got it wrong aga

, that we can have more flexible —— brexit, that we can have more flexible — — flex brexit, that we cane —— flex ability and we can extend those trade deals across the world. but the prime minister's critics warn that a break with the eu will be damaging for the economy, disrupting trade with a crucial partner, and raising questions about trade across the irish border. there area trade across the irish border. there are a lot of answers we need to know to be able to react. it is like anything else but it is major. as business grows we have issues we have to deal with but this is outside of our control currently. once it is divine. but the impact will be very severe on us. some closing for closer ties in the future set around the cabinet table —— once it is decided, but the impact will be very severe. for 19 months we have heard a lot of "we're not going to do this and we're not going to do that." what are we going to do? that is what we are waiting to do? that is what we are waiting to hear, and it is what the 27 countries the uk is negotiating with a waiting to hear, and in the meantim

that innocence brexit means brexit.2019th in the full knowledge that we‘ve left the eu should be treated differently. a point repeated by her ministers in the commons. the citizens' rights agreement reached in december does give certainty about the rights of eu citizens already here going forward but this agreement does not cover those arriving after we leave the eu. so what would this mean in practice? well, the only change that eu citizens would see if they come here during a transition period is they‘d have to register. but if they wa nted they‘d have to register. but if they wanted to stay on beyond that transition period, the government says new rules could be applied depending on the negotiations that might mean the need for a work permit or visa. government sources say eu citizens wouldn‘t be thrown out, but pro—eu campaigners are more worried that they might not come in the first place. a message to eu migrants is absolutely unequivocal. if you want to come here you will have less rights than the people you are

stop brexit!manent place in westminster might have a new ally. might have a new ally. deal will give you second referendum. referendum. nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then be. of the people may then be. what the will of the people may then be. will of the people may then be. what the will of the people may then be. the will of the people may then be. 0r put the issue back to the people. i don't enjoy being out of step with so many of my party. so many of my party. pleasure at all in speaking out as i have today. have today. to speak truth to the people as it is to speak truth to power. is to speak truth to power. decision is far more than a party issue. issue. united kingdom and everyone who lives in it. lives in it. is trapped by her brexiteers, the current plot has a bad ending. current plot has a bad ending. for her to jump and very difficult for the european union tojump. for the european union tojump. leave with no agreement and a very hard brexit. hard brexit. that is

he was never on the media talking about brexit, never holding the government to the fire brexit.his life as an administrator in the public sector, and that's how he came across today, and that's how he came across today, a backroom boy who isn't really up to thejob of a backroom boy who isn't really up to the job of being a frontrunner in the leadership of the political party. how much does the party need nigel farage to take the reins?|j think nigel farage to take the reins?” think it does. nigel farage has backed the last three utterly useless leaders of ukip. he backed diane james, who lasted less than two weeks. he backs paul nuttall who turned out to be a disaster. he backed henry bolton who turned out to be even worse. idol has got us into this position, and i think he should come back and sort out this mess. “— should come back and sort out this mess. —— nigel has got us. he has had terriblejudgment mess. —— nigel has got us. he has had terrible judgment but was a very good ukip leader himself. we need somebody in ukip now view is a strong leader, he can really fight for t

you have to prepare for after brexit.her because she did not talk about human rights. you cannot actually go and look for deals with the second strongest economy in the world and then the lecture them about human rights or interfere in their internal affairs. i think she was a pragmatist. i think she is trying. maybe people say she is a dead body or something like that, but i think the alternative would be completely obscure. interesting point about the choice of going to china. we heard the former minister under david cameron, her predecessor, said it was good that she was going to china because they were saying we will have deals with new zealand and countries like that. china is enormous. it was a modestly successful trip. she was seen to be out there... even she can't sign trade deals until brexit. i think the issue overshadowing the trip was this debate about is britain in a customs union or not, or does it have a bespoke customs union? the international trade secretary said it wouldn't work to have the uk in a custo

started using the pulpit to preach against brexit. the church, but perhaps the church has left me. but aren't christians meant to love your neighbour as yours? absolutely, but that doesn't mean that you support rapid mass immigration. back in leicester, breakfast is still going strong. so is it possible to be a christian and to be opposed to immigration? richard worsfold is the vicar here. intellectually, i'm sure it's possible for people to make an argument for that, whether i would accept that argument is another matter. there are complex arguments here about cultural attitudes, christian teaching, politics, the difference between economic migrants and refugees, but if the surveys are right, there remains a huge disconnect between hierarchy in the church and the majority of its congregation. sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. by, rugby, football, tennis, pretty much everything. i will start with the tennis. cameron norrie was great britain's here on the opening day of the davis cup tie against spain and he is

we have some important meetings on brexit this week.el barnier who is david davis, the brexit minister's opposite number in the eu, coming to britain and he will be meeting the prime minister and david davis and talking about the exit, the process of exit and what that is going to look like of course in march of 2019 and so it is the next stage of those negotiations. and as well as michel barnier in there will be key ministerial meetings behind the scenes, technical discussions with different departments about how that will work. the process moving forward. we don't know yet what the outcome will be and all of this noise we are hearing over the weekend from brexiteers is about them trying to push their idea of that they want the brexit outcome to look like. the housing minister dominic raab spoke to sky news this morning, and was asked if the final brexit deal could include the membership of some kind of customs union i don't think we will be in any form, at least as conceived in international trade practice, of a customs union, because

do you think this idea supported by many brexiteers that evenif supported by many brexiteers that even union, you could indeed have an arrangement whereby goods could flow pretty freely because of the use of technology, trusted trader status and so on. is that a workable solution? i am not going to be an apologist on a spokesman for the brexiteers but i would say that exists already on the border. you have call on the main dublin— belfast road where vehicles pass by every single day 2a hours a day and there are pieces of technology to allow you to have free for through that tall, by buying fobs that you stick on your car and so on. it is feasible technologically but i don't see any appetite on either side of the border region among the police. the chief concert for the psni said this week that they don't want any ha rd this week that they don't want any hard border. i don't know where this is coming from but what it is going to do is that the eu, throughout the troubles and the peace process, they had a reputation for being neutral on the question of the northern ireland border, whethe

to guide them through a journey and the brexit journey there's still many uncertainties.he december agreements were positive discussions can go into transition and longer term trade agreements but there's still a way to go. our role is to guide our customers through that at the end of it, when brexit happens, we must be able to support our customers, european customers. we cannot support those customers from the uk. that will be banned under the agreement, so we must support them elsewhere we'll move those jobs to france, where we have a very something can subsidiary we havehave 10,000 or so people our french subsidiary. instead of the center of europe being the uk, we'll rebranch a number of different countries out of france. it's a fairly simple process for us i think it's where the jobs go the job here is servicing eu nationals. we'll move those jobs. again, the urgency for us is not as great as it is for others who don't have the european subsidia subsidiaries >> so you will move the jobs to paris, 1,000 jobs. >> we haven't -- we have given up to 1,000, rather than 1,

i find need to rule that if we are going to deliver a smart brexit.ing to see the labour party's hokey cookie on brexit, we are in, out, shake it all about. some within labour fear it would not amount toa some within labour fear it would not amount to a proper brexit or be achievable. there is no way that it could be delivered. and i wish he could be delivered. and i wish he could deliver it. it would be fantastic. but he knows what they are like in brussels. it is a reminder that both our biggest political parties are guaranteed to alienate some as they choose the type of brexit they want. but there is now clear blue water between labour's instincts and the government's. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in coventry. picking up on what was said... i think we're having a problem. i'm about that. —— i am sorry. four people are now known to have died in a large explosion in leicester last night, which destroyed a building in the middle of a parade of shops. six other people were taken to hospital. one is said to be in a serious condition.

it's nearly always to appease the brexiteers. i know.s is hardline brexit language, you know, which sometimes the europeans, as the problem, they are uncompromising and so on. but she's got to be careful because we're talking about real lives, the whole country getting out of europe and needs to be friendly and work with europe afterwards. so, if one of these days, she can just oversay things that can end up giving britain a very bad deal. and, thomas kielinger, another thing we've seen in the past week was boris johnson, the foreign secretary, beginning that series of speeches that we now expect from british government ministers. did that go some way to healing any of this? i'm afraid not. i mean, there was a basic contradiction in his speech where he says you have to be friendly, understand the remainers, they have legitimate concerns about our place in europe, but before he came to that phrase in his speech, he said it would be a betrayal if we reversed the brexit decision and there's no way we go anywhere else. so he was quite adaman

may's brexit radix are far from convinced. -- brexit critics. colleagues thought it was going to be, because there is a lot of devil in the detail in this letter. the prime minister says she wants to deliver this deep trade partnership, which is extremely important, and she needs to have that negotiating flexibility. but the two areas of the letter that concern the uploading restriction on the way the transition period works will stop theresa may has said she does not want any cliff edges, but there is a wto process which basically says she would not be able to have an interim period unless everything had been ironed out already. that will be difficult in reality for that to be delivered. there is also the issue on alignment. if you want to have the market access on things like medicine, we would may want to continue to align with european law on those areas. the letter suggests that that would be not in agreement. you say it is not as helpful as they might suggest. it is an attempt to put pressure on mrs may, to adopt their sordid brexit. i hav

stop brexit.might have a new ally. the former tory prime minister, sirjohn major, who says mps should be allowed to approve or to block the final brexit deal or give you second referendum. nobody can truly know what the will of the people may then be. what the will of the people may then be. 0r put the issue back to the people. i don't enjoy being out of step with so many of my party. and i take no pleasure at all in speaking out as i have today. but it is as necessary to speak truth to the people as it is to speak truth to power. this decision is far more than a party issue. it is about the future of our united kingdom and everyone who lives in it. his case, theresa may is trapped by her brexiteers, the current plot has a bad ending. she is boxed in by people setting up hurdles that it is very difficult for her to jump and very difficult for the european union tojump. and the end product of this no doubt in the minds of those setting those hurdles is that the european union will say no and it wil

also a big issue of ireland because ireland and brexit... get, from these things in northern ireland, they can just... ijust want ireland, they can just... i just want to pick up with the point from polly, because you said... maybe neither side wants to be ruling right now in this devolved assembly. but where does that leave the british government? karen bradley, the northern ireland secretary, says she considered options this weekend and what are her options? options are she will have to take control and there is other option. they must do what the dup says because the dup is propping up the main government. we must remember about the dup that two thirds of its members are these extreme free presbyterians, the paisley founded cult, and... cult is a bit strong language. i tend to refer to religions in general as cults. it is the largest party in northern ireland. it is the largest party that only 0.6% of people in northern ireland are actually free presbyterians, so they do represent something very extreme. in the same sense that sinn fein d

this leading brexiteer says it does not mean the customs union.ce the lancaster house and the florence speech, the prime minister has been clear we are leaving the customs union. there is a good reason for that. we would not have been able to negotiate free—trade deals with the likes of china, where theresa may was out this week, through to latin america, the trade bloc there, if we weren't able to do that. the eu chief negotiator will come here tomorrow to start the next phase of brexit negotiations. our political correspondent, susana mendonca, with that report. and earlier, susana told us more about the meetings theresa may will have over brexit this week. we know that michel barnier, the chief negotiator for the eu, we know that michel barnier, the chief negotiatorfor the eu, he is coming to london tomorrow. we understand he will meet with theresa may and he will also meet david davis, who is doing the negotiations for britain. in terms of these negotiations it is the first time they meet this year, so it is the next stage. before christmas we

be laughing whenever brexit is mentioned. " be pragmatic laughing whenever brexit is mentioned."pragmatic and likeable brexiteers but i know... on the other hand, you can understand we re the other hand, you can understand were at the british government is doing and some brexiteers like jacob rees mogg do so badly for the image of britain because friends of britain make me on the continent don't understand what is going on, really. one day we are burmese to, another day we are laughing our heads off, and then we are in despair. —— bemused. ithinkjeremy corbyn would do such a betterjob than theresa may in terms of negotiating brexit, the cops he is a eurosceptic and a brexiteer. he long—stay party that is pro—european, but he would do such a betterjob. i pro—european, but he would do such a better job. i admire pro—european, but he would do such a betterjob. i admire michel barnier in brussels because they are keeping their cool. if we look back at december, brussels helped theresa may saved face. they said ok, this is fine, eu citizens will retain their rates during the transitio

the eu after brexit.rew marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. the prime minister is committed to leaving both the single market and the customs union. she‘s expected to outline the government‘s position in more detail this week. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. for the first time there is clear—blue policy water between labour and the tories over brexit. in a speech tomorrow, jeremy corbyn will confirm his party would keep the uk in a customs union with the eu after brexit. crunch time is now coming for the prime minister because the majority in parliament does not back her approach to a customs union. labour‘s brexit spokesman said the uk would be better off teaming up with the eu to reach new trade deals with other countries. obviously, it‘s the only way realistically to get tariff—free access. it‘s really important for our manufacturing base and nobody can answer the question how

the new coalition affect this brexit process?a done deal when it comes to the coalition. the social democrats have to vote for it yet. it will probably go ahead. don't expect a big change from germany on brexit. i've been told by somebody close to the german chancellor this afternoon. she has stuck close to france, demanding the uk observe all eu rules in a deal. if you think also who is the head of her coalition party, he is the former president of the european parliament, a real europhile. if we think of any one personality in the eu who would have pushed for pragmatism in that brexit deal, that would've been angela merkel in her former guise as queen of europe. but she has been weakened by the selections at home and abroad, and she cannot find any wriggle room. she will provide stability in this comment for the short—term for the eu and in germany. but this coalition was very unpopular in germany before the elections. the thought is it is grey and woolly and uninspiring. this could lead to more support for the nationalists far

brexit need not be brexit but can be internationalist.ater. wonderful sun rises on valentine‘s day. later. wonderful sun rises on valentine's day. a sunrise for lovers, we‘ll look at some of your pictures and explain why the sunrise was so spectacular earlier this morning. we'll see you later on. also coming up labour‘s pet project to strengthen the rights of tenants to strengthen the rights of tenants to keep animals in their properties u nless to keep animals in their properties unless there is evidence the pet will be a this is afternoon live, i‘m simon mccoy. "remainers stay calm, brexit‘s for you, we can‘t change our minds". "we‘re leaving the eu". not quite the valentine‘s day message from borisjohnson — but close enough — as the foreign secretary urged the country to unite around what he said we all believe in an "outward—looking, confident" uk. in a direct appeal to remainers he said leaving the eu was not a "great v—sign from the cliffs of dover". here‘s our political correspondent leila nathoo. a not—so—friendly welcome party to

it was hard brexit all the way through. absolutely no ecj.ther, and no detail on anything. we will come back to ireland in a moment. i want to go to an entirely different continent and look at issues of south africa over the week, because after what seems like days of prevarication, jacobs finally resigned as south africa's president last week, saying he still didn't understand what he had done wrong. cyril ramaphosa now takes over a country with huge problems to solve. vincent, you watch these events closely, he watched cyril ramaphosa closely. is he the man to deal with the enormous challenges that south africa now faces? he is, but he also may not be. that is the best way to say. there are two matt kingsley. of course, for the question itself, you need to see in two ways. one, what is it for south africa? the other is what are the applications for africa ? south africa? the other is what are the applications for africa? in south africa, he is not a millionaire, he is somebody who came from the work of background, he has worked with western

push their idea of what they want for brexit. prime minister is expected to announce plans to make it an offence under electoral law to intimidate parliamentary candidates and their campaigners. in a speech later this week, mrs may will say recent cases of politicians being abused — in the street and online — risk "toxifying" public debate. sinn fein has confirmed that gerry kelly, one of its northern ireland assembly members, removed a clamp from the front wheel of his car, in belfast. footage which has emerged on social media appears to show a pair of bolt cutters lying beside the wheel. a sinn fein spokesman said mr kelly's solicitor was dealing with the matter. an olympic ice hockey team with players from both north and south korea will compete for the first time today. the all—women's team will take on sweden in a friendly match before the start of the winter olympics next week. north korea's participation is being seen as a show of reconciliation with the south. here's our seoul correspondent laura bicker with more... this

how fast will be housed to be decided over the brexit negotiation process. “— decided over the brexit to be decided. there will be some areas where britain will be some areas where britain will seek not to be the same as neighbours. boris johnson knows will seek not to be the same as neighbours. borisjohnson knows he will have to concede some ground. he is not the prime minister, trees and make is. coming back to my previous answer, the corbynites are deeply sceptical of the european project. they are willing to put that aside to try to get one over the tories. having presented them as unprincipled, let's deal with the pragmatic question, which is, will it work? labour policy? the idea of luring the tory rebels away from the government? the numbers can go that particular wafers are given the critical nature of leaving the customs union, as theresa may says at lancaster house and florence, that would be a whole new level. that is quite effectively it is almost a matter of the competence of the government. if they cannot get that through parliament, the whole thing collapses. thank you

the shadow brexit secretary has confirmed labour will make a shift on policy on brexit.ys the party will adopt the policy of keeping britain in a customs union after brexit. he says a new treaty would have to be drawn up to do the work of the existing agreement. and that labour had long championed the benefit of a customs union. the policy shift marks a clear difference with theresa may, who is committed to leaving the eu's customs arrangement and the single market. our political correspondent emma vardyjoins me now. this is quite an important change by labour. each shift of policy on the customs union. there have been months of uncertainty on labour's position. what its vision was in times of britain's future relationship with the eu after brexit. this now marks labour moving decisively towards a much softer version of brexit. while a harder version of brexit. while a harder version being pursued by theresa may. it really separates the parties, putting them into clear positions. staying within a cost customs union, labour's new policy, this would mean britain would stil

they fear that brexit could lead to an anglo—saxon race to the bottom.unged into a mad max style world borrowed from dystopian fiction. these fears about a race to the bottom are based on nothing. he argued that high standards could help ensure trade with the eu remained as frictionless as possible, with both sides recognising each other‘s rules and institutions. some of the business leaders in the audience who want to keep close ties to britain were encouraged by mr davis' words. i think his tone is now different to what it was maybe one year ago. in reality, hopefully it will bring us together. in the end, there will be closer relationships between the eu and the uk, otherwise nobody will win. david davis' words today are a far cry from what many in his own party have been saying about the need to break away from the burden of eu red tape that's been stifling british business for decades. he prefers to talk now about ongoing cooperation and mutual trust with the european union after brexit. but tonight, signs that some tory mps have their doubts about

facts of brexit begin to take shape.sioners on the treaty he has drafted governing the uk exit from the eu. appropriately enough this was a breakfast meeting with no cake on offer. the text still has to be signed off by the other 27 eu countries, then the agreed by the uk, and it sets out brexit in stark legal terms. the agreement lays out the way the eu believes that a border can be avoided between the north and south in ireland saying... essentially, northern ireland inside the eu customs union, which it says would be an area without internal borders in which the free movement of goods is insured. most importantly the court ofjustice of the eu shall have jurisdiction. court ofjustice of the eu shall havejurisdiction. it is, in shell bony says, the backstop option. if the uk can propose better solutions they would take president, but it is the eu's base case. this is the backstop solution that we have completed their withdrawal agreement thatis completed their withdrawal agreement that is the only way to guarantee that

sinn fein see in brexit the best chance they have had ina in brexit the best chance they have had ine agenda of united are in. there are much biggerforces agenda of united are in. there are much bigger forces and agenda of united are in. there are much biggerforces and play. agenda of united are in. there are much bigger forces and play. also the big issue of ireland, because ireland and brexit. if the irish don't get what they need to get from these things in northern ireland... we will come back to that in the moment, but i want to pick up on polly‘s point. you said maybe neither side wants to be ruling right now. but where does that leave the british government? the northern ireland secretary said she is considering our options. what are oui’ considering our options. what are our options? she will have to take control. there are is no other option. they will more or less have to do what the dup says because the dup is propping up the theresa may government. we have to remember about the dup that two thirds of its members are extreme free presbyterians, the ian paisley founded cult