our political correspondent, chris mason, is at carlton house in central london, where the foreign secretaryat the moment.

chris mason at westminster.ws: president trump has arrived in the uk for his first official visit since taking office. the president has warned that theresa may's plan for close ties with the eu after brexit will probably kill any trade deal between britain and the us. it comes on the day the government has published its blueprint for uk relations with the european union. the proposal is aimed at ensuring trade co—operation, with no hard border for northern ireland, and global trade deals for the uk. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's chettan pattack. thank you. we'll start with another day at wimbledon. serena williams is true to her 10th singles final after beating julia girders in straight sets. joe wilson reports. women's tennis at wimbledon has evolved through great innovations. many champions, but one woman turned it all up. it is serena's in there. her opponent, germany's julio gurkhas, hang in, but williams is in full flow —— serena's in iraq. through to a 10th final two

here is our political correspondent chris mason. laughter .it correspondent chris mason. laughter .ll agreed, but at the cabinet meeting last week some around the table were still unsure about the prime minister's plan for brexit. it is according to the new brexit secretary. sounding confident a deal can be done with brussels. i'm striving everything you with our department, with michel barnier, who i think is a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous pressures on a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous pressures on his site to get the best deal. but we've got to, ithink to get the best deal. but we've got to, i think it's the only responsible thing to do, to be prepared if those negotiations, the energy, the ambition and the pragmatism that we have shown are not reciprocated. with the energy that we are going to bring to these negotiations, the ambition and the pragmatism, we get a deal done in 0ctober. pragmatism, we get a deal done in october. labour leaderjeremy do so michael bent spent the day at a festival ofjere

chris mason the latest at the official residence of the foreign secretary.mally why he resigned, why boris johnson resigned explain formally why he resigned, why borisjohnson resigned and left the cabinet today. there have been disagreements on the brexit process but the resignation of borisjohnson which took place a matter of hours after the brexit secretary david davis resigned at about midnight last night. what we are expecting now is for the foreign secretary to emerge from his official residence, the former foreign secretary, but we still do not have a new foreign secretary named. number 10 is expected to do that shortly. there will be more details on this at bbc news at six coming up in a few seconds and there will be more on the bbc news channel overnight and i will be back at ten o'clock either here or maybe in downing street with the latest on the events today. very fast—moving, a real sense of a growing political crisis for theresa may. no question of that because the entire brexit strategy is really being strained. more coming up for you on the me

chris mason, bbc news.r from gavin lee in brussels, but first chris page is in belfast. the irish border has always been a huge issue in these brexit negotiations. do we think we have heard anything from theresa may today that shifts the dial on this? there will be more talks next week in brussels about the irish border, in particular this issue of the backstop, an insurance policy, a full—back or fail—safe arrangement which would come into play if and only if the irish border issue could not be resolved by some kind of overarching free agreement. the eu's interpretation of that is well, northern ireland would stay in the customs union and large parts of the single market but not the rest of the uk. theresa may in belfast today very much but the emphasis once again on the fact she thinks that would be. she said if any british prime minister could not agree to a customs border between northern ireland and the uk, a border within the country itself, she said that would be in breach of the good friday agreemen

chris mason reports. how does the health service ensure it can get the staff, equipment and medicine it needs if the uk leaves the eu without a deal on future co—operation? that's the question nhs organisations are grappling with, according to the man who runs the health service in england. there is extensive work under way now between the department of health, other parts of government, the life sciences industry, the pharma companies. the attention of ministers this week, though, isn't on preparing for no deal, but on getting a good one. we are preparing for all eventualities. the point is that our focus, our attention, all that detail and effort must be about getting that deal. that is what is in the best interests of our country. we must be prepared, and we will be. but the cabinet is badly split on what that deal should look like, with several ministers making their personal views publicly known. all of which makes finding agreement and setting out the government's proposals, in a so—called white pap

chris mason reporting there. stay with us on bbc news.y, footballer mesut 0zil tells the national side he‘ll never play for them again. 0k, coming down the ladder now. that‘s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt, and opens again today. there‘s been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity, and an increase in malfunctioning sperm, unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime, as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: israel has evacuated at least 100 of syria‘s white helmets civil defence volunteers and their families to jordan. the operation was the result of international cooperation. donald trump rejec

chris mason, bbc news, westminster.t how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the author and broadcaster, natalie haynes and rob merrick, deputy political editor of the independent. israel has intervened to help more than a hundred members of the volunteer syrian civil defence force, known as the white helmets, escape an offensive by government forces, in southern syria. they're now safe injordan along with 300 members of their families. britain, along with france and canada requested israel's help, over concerns the volunteers might be detained by the syrian army. the white helmets mainly work in rebel held areas rescuing civilians from air attacks. here's mark lowen. rescuing the rescuers. syrian civil defence volunteers and their families evacuated into jordan, and to safety. these pictures filmed by the israeli army show its troops escorting the white helmets from the syrian border, escaping assad regi

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.ondent alex forsyth who speaks to us from downing street. what do the prime minister‘s team will be the broader reception, particularly in the conservative party? there were plenty of people wondering whether if theresa may will get to this point. there were dire —— deeply divided views. the boil down to how closely aligned the uk should remain to the eu, whether the eu would take back adequate control of its laws. their key argument is that this proposal delivers on the promises that theresa may made, leaving the customs union, leaving the single market and stopping the unchecked free movement of people. that is the way they are hoping to sell this at the moment. well the cabinet has agreed this proposal, they are conscious that still has to go to brussels. yesterday they also agreed they would step up preparations in case this could not be agreed, and no deal scenario. it is important to say that what we agreed yesterday is that we would also step up no deal planning. we do not want

chris mason.ter it sounded like they all agreed, but at the cabinet meeting last week, some around the table were still unsure about the prime minister's plan for brexit. that's according to the new brexit secretary. but he's sounding confident a deal can. be gene with. brussels. .., ~~ ~ with michel barnier — who i think is a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous pressures on his side — to get the best deal. but we've got to... i think it's only the responsible thing to do to be prepared if those negotiations and the energy and the ambition and the pragmatism we're showing are not reciprocated. so, that's the responsible thing to do. whether it's the allocation of money, preparation of our treaty relations, we're hiring extra border staff. the energy that we're going to bring to these negotiations, the ambition and the pragmatism, we get a deal done in october. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has spent the day in dorset, at the left—wing gathering the tolpuddle martyrs‘ festival. he is

chris mason speaking earlier. killed in the worst flooding to hit japan in nearly four decades. rescuers are still searching for dozens of missing people and fears are growing about the spread of disease. our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, has been to one of the worst hit towns, mabi in okayama prefecture. the floodwaters have now gone from the little town of mabi, but they have left behind a fetid ruin. when the dykes burst here, the whole town was submerged under five metres of stinking, toxic floodwater. teruhiko watanabe and his wife yuki are still in shock, and lucky to be alive. inside, teruhiko shows me what the floodwaters have done to their home. nothing can be salvaged. the watanabes failed to heed the warnings to leave, and when the floodwaters came they took refuge in their bedroom. but that was not high enough. so, there you go, you can see — there's the tide mark. that's how high the water came on the second floor... translation: it was horrifying to watch the water getting higher and h

chris mason, bbc news, westminster.eople have been killed and more than 60 injured in a blast outside kabul international airport. islamic state have claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near the airport's main entrance. the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum. the vice president has returned to the country following a year of self imposed exile in turkey, after he faced a raft of accusations including allegedly torturing and abusing a political rival. the so—called islamic state says it is behind the attack. a witness has been describing what he saw. an ordinary person came along, he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police and i thought he was a suicide bomber and suddenly an explosion happened. the general was unharmed in the attack and went on to receive a red—carpet welcome and was met by of cheering supporters. he denies the raft of accusations against them including allega

chris mason, bbc news. members of the volunteer syrian civil defence force, known as the white helmets, have been rescued by israeli troops from southern syria. they're now safe injordan along with three hundred members of theirfamiles. there were fears the group would be captured by the syrian army. the white helmets mainly work in rebel held areas, rescuing civilians from air attacks. mark lowen reports from neighbouring turkey. rescuing the rescuers. syrian civil defence volunteers and their families evacuated intojordan and to safety. these pictures, filmed by the israeli army, show its troops escorting the white helmets from the syrian border, escaping assad regime and russian forces. israel's prime minister said it was an urgent international operation. translation: the lives of these people who have saved lives were now in danger. i therefore authorised the transfer via israel to other countries, as an important humanitarian gesture. they'll now be resettled in britain, canada and germany. the foreig

chris mason, bbc news. we'll hear from gavin lee in brussels, but first, chris page is in belfast. this has been such a difficult issue. has theresa may done enough today, do you think? well, she got a warm reception certainly from the invited guests who were listening to their speech here at the waterfront hall in belfast. the bigger question is how the speech will be received in brussels, mrs may putting the focus on the latest proposals in the government's white paper for a common rule book for goods and agricultural products, which she says would break the deadlock cos it would mean you would not need to check anything across that land frontier. but the bigger diplomatic riddle is this issue of the backstop, an insurance policy, if you like, which would only kick in if the border issue can't be resolved through trade talks and would ensure that under any circumstances, there wouldn't be any need for new border controls on the land border on the island of ireland. the eu think that the backstop should me

our political correspondent chris mason is in central london.he former foreign secretary, but this letter he sent to formalising his resignation, to the prime minister and which we have seen in the last hour is quite extraordinary. he says that the dream is steyn, suffocated by needless self—doubt, presumably thatis by needless self—doubt, presumably that is the prime minister. it is quite striking. we have been outside the home of the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson has been here all day. this letter really quite striking, it is a tradition in britain that are resigning minister will exchange letters with the prime minister. a couple of pages, published in the last hour, i will bring you some extracts, brexit should be about opportunity and hope, a chance to do things differently and to maximise the particular advantages of the uk as an open, how would looking global economy. that dream is dying, suffocated by needless self—doubt. he goes onto say that crucial decisions have been postponed and then he talks about that cabinet meeting th

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.itical correspondent alex forsyth who speaks to us from downing st. i suppose now begins the big sales operation, having sold it to cabinet, selling it to the party, to us cabinet, selling it to the party, to us and the eu? quite right, if you thought theresa may had a difficult task getting to this point, things are still looking tricky because she was able and it was significant to get the cabinet to agree to the pros —— the proposal she outlined. some people thought that point might not happened but as you say she has to discuss it with the party negotiations the eu. the brexiteers are expected to be most unhappy in the party because many say it means the party because many say it means the uk would be too closely aligned with the eu and it would be restrictive in striking trade deals elsewhere but so far they are reserved in criticism. the sense seems to be they want to see more detail in the proposal before they come out firm with a view that the leading brexiteerjacob rees—mogg s

chris mason, thanks.l pro—brexit campaign group, vote leave, has been fined £61,000 for breaking electoral law in the run—up to the eu referendum. the electoral commission said the group got round spending limits by funnelling money through another campaign group, beleave. two people have been referred to the police. vote leave said the commission's report was "wholly inaccurate" and that it had a political agenda. here's our correspondent tom burridge. vote leave had big names campaigning for brexit, and that bus. but now the electoral commission says vote leave overspent and broke electoral law. like any other group campaigning in the referendum, vote leave was entitled to spend up to £7 million. but the electoral commission said it overspent by half a million, and it has fined vote leave £61,000. the electoral commission says vote leave worked with another campaign, beleave, to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. now, the money was sent to the company by beleave, but it cam

this is breakfast with naga munchetty and chris mason. good morning.ld cup semifinals after beating sweden yesterday. the 2—0 victory sent fans into raptures and left the team only one match away from their first appearance in a world cup final since 1966. their semifinal opponents will be croatia, who knocked out the hosts, russia, in a penalty shoot—out last night. more than an hour after the match finished, england manager gareth southgate went on to the pitch to thank the england fans who had stayed behind in the stadium to applaud the players. he was seen conducting his choir as they chanted their admiration for him and the players who could well go down in english football history. singing further signs of tension within the conservative party have emerged over the prime minister's plan for future relations with the eu, which was agreed by her cabinet on friday. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to have used colourful language at the meeting to criticise the proposal before later giving it his backing. critics say the plan would

well, bbc political correspondent chris mason was one of those reporting on monday's developments. we asked him to look back at what that was like. i was on the bbc news channel at 2pm on monday afternoon and we got word that borisjohnson‘s outriders and security staff were waiting outside one carlton gardens, the residency of the foreign secretary, and were kicking their heels, they didn't know where he was, they didn't know if he was coming out to the car, he was due at a summit about the balkans down the road and frankly he hadn't turn up for work. i charged to carlton gardens and expected an afternoon of drama. it was an afternoon of drama because at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had indeed resigned, but there wasn't a great deal of for us to see at carlton gardens. i arrived just after 2pm, left at around 9pm in the evening, seven hours of waiting, and he still hadn't left. he spent much of the afternoon penning that resignation statement, inviting in a photographer to take that image of him writing or holding that resignation statement. and yet another extraordina

we can now talk to chris mason whojoins us leave.ead of the electoral commission earlier for more on the findings of that investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we have just investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we havejust heard investigation. —— chris, you spoke to. we have just heard that strong statement from darren grimes and both he and be leave feel wronged by what has happened. it's a reminder of how brexit has come to dominate every aspect of westminster politics. 0n the one hand, and we will discuss this with labour mp kate hoey in a moment. the tumult in the commons chamber, last night and the commons chamber, last night and the potential for more tonight, the commons chamber, last night and the potentialfor more tonight, and also this ongoing rumbling around the conduct of campaigning two years ago during the referendum campaign. so we had the electoral commission on bbc news earlier who have issued stinging criticism of vote leave, and in particular this association they had with a group called be leave. there is nothin

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.political correspondentjessica parker, who's at westminster this morning. interesting earlier i was talking to sir vince cable and nigel evans and there is almost a cautious optimism that 0k, there is almost a cautious optimism that ok, the cabinet is united, but there is still so much detail to go through in the coming months. that is right and it feels as if a fragile peace has broken out among the conservative party but some tory brexiteers clearly are not happy and one mp tweeted last night, british businesses will continue to be a rule taken from the eu. i hope the details are better than the breaking headlines. sceptics are calling for detail and might get it. the chief whip is holding a meeting in downing street today and theresa may is set to face the parliamentary party on monday but some say it is academic, because the eu will not wear it. we had a tweet from michel barnier, the chief negotiator in the eu, and he said... at least there is a sense of relief there is a plan to

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.ped in a cave for two weeks have written letters to their parents, saying "don't worry, we are all strong." the group's handwritten notes include requests for different types of food, and appeals not to be given lots of homework. in another letter, their coach, who took them into the complex, has apologised to their parents. let's talk to our correspondent, sophie long, who's at the rescue site. shejoins us live. she joins us live. what is the latest? we can joke about the letters, but this is a serious situation. it is. really sweet m essa 9 es situation. it is. really sweet messages from the boys last night. but time is critical. overnight we heard they connected an air pipe to make the equality better. oxygen levels were dropping yesterday. they have been accompanied by navy seals and doctors and nurses which is bringing down the oxygen levels. the big fear at the moment is heavy rainfall is on its way. if that happens, water could rush in to the cave and push up levels. the worst c

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. —— brussels.l correspondent, jessica parker, who's at westminster this morning. good morning to you. i suppose she has finally for now got the cabinet on side. this has got to go to europe and the european union have to agree to it. that is absolutely right. lock, this is undoubtedly a close race and get to the eu. many in theresa may's cabinet may have wa nted in theresa may's cabinet may have wanted more. the question is will the grumbles get louder? will the publicjoined a the grumbles get louder? will the public joined a chorus? the grumbles get louder? will the publicjoined a chorus? a brexit supported twittered last night that british businesses will continue to bea british businesses will continue to be a rule taker from the eu. british businesses will continue to be a rule takerfrom the eu. i hope the details are better than the breaking headlines, pray god. theresa may will hope the uneasy feeling peace can last. the plans will be talked about later. theresa may will face her parliamentar

our political correspondent chris mason has the details.the government won't hand over this big wad of cash to the eu if there isn't a deal. in reality, that it is existing government policy. i thought what was interesting, though, is he say that the persuasionjob, as far as the government's brexit blueprint is concerned, is still ongoing inside the cabinet, as well as amongst conservative activists and the wider electorate. and that tells you something, i think. he's not the only one with a few comments in the sunday newspapers. take a look at the sunday express this morning and his predecessor david davis is saying that the government should start again as far as its outlook on brexit is concerned. and he also says that the world wouldn't fall in if there was no deal at all. and you can hearfrom dominic raab, the brexit secretary, as well as sirjohn major, when they speak to andrew marr later this morning. that follows us at 9 o'clock here on bbc one. mps are calling for a consultation on whether the sale of real fur should be banned in t

here's our political correspondent chris mason.ded like they all agreed, but the cabinet meeting, some on the table were unsure about the prime minister's plans for brexit. that's according to the new brexit secretary. but he sounded confident that a deal can be done with brussels. i am striving every sinew of our department, wiping is a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendous pressures on his site to get the best deal, but we've got to, i think it is the only responsible thing to do to be prepared those negotiations and the energy and ambition are not reciprocated. the energy that we're going to bring to these negotiations, who will get a deal done in october. the labour leader spent the day, at the festival. he is scathing about what he sees as government dithering. it's been two years, surely they should be in a better position to figure out the arrangements that we re figure out the arrangements that were going to happen the future, and i decide the feeling that the tail is wagging the dog in the tory party, and new deal

this is breakfast with chris mason and naga munchetty. beating sweden yesterday. the 2—0 victory sent fans into raptures and left the team only one match away from their first appearance in a world cup final since 1966. their semifinal opponents will be croatia, who knocked out the hosts, russia, in a penalty shoot—out last night. more than an hour after the match finished, england manager gareth southgate went on to the pitch to thank the england fans who had stayed behind in the stadium to applaud the players. he was seen conducting his choir as they chanted their admiration for him and the players who could well go down in english football history. singing and gareth southgate wasn't the only one to celebrate with a song. this band of the guards division played a special rendition of three lions on the forecourt of buckingham palace. the video was shared by the official british army facebook page. the post said, "the troops are used to stepping forward "to serve their country. "this makes today's gesture of unwavering support to the en

good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and naga munchetty. headlines today: they did it! england's footballers celebrate after making it through to their first world cup semifinal for nearly 30 years. at home, there were wild celebrations, as millions watched the three lions beat sweden 2—0. if one harry doesn't get you, the other one will! goals from harry maguire and dele alli helped them secure a place in the last four — and fans say that can only mean one thing. it's coming home. football is coming home. england will now face croatia in the semi—final on wednesday after they beat hosts russia on penalties in the other quarter—final. in the last couple of hours, an attempt has begun to rescue 12 young footballers and their coach, trapped in a cave in thailand. some places are likely to get to 32 celsius today. there is then something cooler on the way for the next few days, but is there any rain in the forecast? the details coming up. it isa it is a good morning. it's sunday, the 8th ofjuly. thank you forjoining us on brea kfast. england's

welcome to breakfast with chris mason and naga munchetty. our headlines today: they did it!world cup semifinal for nearly 30 years. cheering. at home, there were wild celebrations as millions watched the three lions beat sweden 2—0. commentator: if one harry doesn't get you, the other will! goals from harry maguire and dele alli helped them secure a place in the last four, and fans say that can only mean one thing. football is coming home! england then will now face croatia in the semifinal on wednesday

bbc political correspondent chris mason was one of those reporting on mondaysdevelopments and we askedok back at what that was like. i was on the bbc news channel at 2pm on monday afternoon and we got word that was a's out riders and security staff were waiting outside one carlton gardens, the residency at the foreign secretary, they were kicking their heels, they didn't know where he was, they didn't know if he was coming out to the car, he was due at a summit about the balkans down the road and frankly he didn't turn up for work. i expected a afternoon of drama. it was because at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had at 3pm downing street announced boris johnson had indeed at 3pm downing street announced borisjohnson had indeed resigned, but there wasn't a great deal of for us but there wasn't a great deal of for us to see at carlton gardens. i arrived just after 2pm, left at around 9pm in the evening, seven hours of waiting, and he still hadn't left. he spent much of the afternoon penning that resignation statement, inviting in a photographer to take that image of him writin

nkem: earlier ourolitical correspondent chris mason weighed in on the document he says that the fine prinet will --nt pill worry campaigners. reporter: and breaking up at 11:30 on a friday night and not normally the conventional time for breaking british political news but it is happening here tonight. here is the statement released by the britishovnment. the checkers statement as they call it. and they arc knowledge that there has been in words a substantial evolution in thei british ption as far as these brexit negotiations are concerned. they want a free trade area between the e.u. and the u.k. they talk about hing a common rule book between the u.k. and the e.u. on al goods including agri food and happy to commit that by treaty so that therell e ongoing harmonization on goods. on services, wigs the substantial chunk of the british economy, they do say trike a y will separate arrangement and recognizes the result because u.k. is leaving t single market and the customs union that that will mean that the level of a marketess that each gets -- each of those markets will not be as goo

earlier, our political correspondent chris mason weighed in on the deal. the british prime minister theresa may will be sleeping easier now that a decision has been reached. i think she probably will, because the absences of the negatives that we re the absences of the negatives that were predicted by some, like senior ministers in the british government, marching out from her country retreat in buckinghamshire just north of london and heading down the drive on foot having lost their ministerial car because they have resigned, hasn't happened. this meeting has gone on for over 12 hours, only breaking up at 11:30pm on friday, not the conventional time for raking uk political news. here is the statement released by the british government, the chequers statement, as they call it. they acknowledge there has been, in their words, a substantial devolution in the british position as far as these brexit negotiations are concerned. they want a free trade area between the eu and uk. they talk about having a common rule book between the uk and the eu on all goods, in

chris mason, bbc news. some breaking news now.'s been a shooting in the greek area of toronto. police say they responded to a call at 10pm on sunday in the danforth area. nine people have been shot and the gunman has been killed. they'll be releasing more updates shortly. we will bring you those as we get them. police say the condition of the victims is not yet known, but a young girl is among the victims. a new drug that can treat and cure the recurring form of malaria has been approved by regulators in the united states. some 8.5 million people fall ill with this type of malaria every year. tafenoquine is the first drug to get approval for the disease in 60 years. our global health correspondent, smitha mundasad, reports. malaria, a disease that can cause u ntold malaria, a disease that can cause untold misery and sometimes a disease that can strike again and again and again. that's because in vivax malaria, the most common type of malaria outside sub—saharan africa, the parasite can go to sleep in the liver and re— awake weeks

that struggle is just chris mason is outside the foreign secretary's official residence in central londonhnson yet? yes, good evening from one carlton gardens where the foreign secretary has been holed up all day. suspicions began to build early this afternoon about what he might be up to when he failed to turn up at a summit, a balkan summit he was meant to be chairing, there were people who travelled from all over europe saying where is our host? then at 3.00, news from downing street that he was departing and immediately, the trappings of office started to desert him. his outriders leaving, but still no sign of him. three hours on. we know in that time he has been penning that withering letter that we have heard some of the contents of from laura a couple of minutes ago. he will have to leave pretty soon won't he, because he is no longer foreign secretary so his time is up. while we don't know who will succeed him, whoever it is will want to move in relatively soon one assumes. more now from laura kuenssberg laura — how much danger is theresa may in? she is very vulnerable. as we speak

let's get more from political correspondent, chris mason. translated into english, it means budge or change. the uk government wants to see brussels move as far as the so—called backstop is concerned. a backstop is one of those ridiculous brexit words that gets thrown around by people like me and can sound just like noise. this is about what happens if there is a deal with the eu and then there is a deal with the eu and then there is a transition period which lasts the best part of two years, but at the end of 2020, there isn't the system in place to make sure that the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland can remain open as it is now. the existing eu backstop for that scenario is that northern ireland would remain a lot closer to the eu by staying in a customs union and big elements of the single market than the rest of the uk. that is totally u npalata ble to than the rest of the uk. that is totally unpalatable to theresa may, and she will say that in a speech this morning in belfast, because she says that would draw

let's talk to our political correspondent chris mason. what does this mean, chris?at does this mean, chris? it means another morning where people like me wa ke another morning where people like me wake up and go...! politics has gone com pletely wake up and go...! politics has gone completely mad again. it is com pletely completely mad again. it is completely extraordinary, in the short term the prime minister has this gaping hole in her government, a matter of months away from leaving the european union. right now, she is having to try to work out who that replacement for david davis should be. in the broader sense, it means that plan which was two years in the making, in terms of the government vision as to what brexit should look like, which was thrashed out and, we thought, agreed upon by the cabinet at chequers on friday, it now looks, a couple of days on, to be in grave danger, because whilst on friday she was able to say, from a position of authority, i am re—establishing collective cabinet responsibility, this is the government plan, and she could say that t

increase preparations for the uk crashing out of the eu without a deal, as our political correspondent chris masongine for a moment you were this man, dominic raab, the new brexit secretary. he's off to brussels later to negotiate the first of the commons. after a turbulent week here, loads of mps are worried the uk could leave the eu next march without a deal, an arrangements for how to cooperate. the advice the government now seems to be hinting at for businesses to prepare for a no deal situation looks a lot like the consequences remainers were criticised during the referendum as project fear. can they reassure the contingency plans will take into account often overlooked areas like clacton? the governments own analysis shows no deal would be a disaster and this week the bank of england warned of economic consequences for the uk. the new brexit secretary said... most of our preparations are developed internally with targeted engagement with relevant parties. we are now at a point where more of this delivery will become more public and the government will release a series of technical notices to

that was chris mason. speak more on this subject, no doubt, will look at the front pages of the papers, but let's look at the weather forecast first. hello there. there are some changes [10w hello there. there are some changes now for the outlook, that is later next week into next weekend. we will ta ke next week into next weekend. we will take a look at that later on, but for this weekend it is more of the same. on friday we saw temperatures in the strong sunshine getting up to 30 degrees, and we will get that sort of temperature across parts of england this weekend. it is going to be very warm, if not hot, and again it looks like it should really be dry. dry because of the high pressure, of course, and that is building its way north across the uk. it is going to drag some of that heat north into scotland and northern ireland. so the temperature should be lifting here. this is how saturday starts. it warms up very quickly, of course, in the sunshine, with very light winds. they will be some cloud coming a

chris mason reports.e health service ensure it can get the staff, equipment and medicine it needs if the uk leads the eu without a deal on future cooperation? that is the question nhs organisations are grappling with, according to the man who runs the health service in england. there is extensive work under way between the department of health, other parts of government, the life sciences industry and the pharma companies. it is about getting a good deal. we are preparing for all eventualities. the point is that our focus, our attention, all the detail and effort must be about getting that deal. that is what is in the best interests of our country. we must be prepared and we will be. the cabinet is badly split on what that deal should look like with several ministers making their personal views publicly known. all of which makes finding agreement and setting out the government's proposals in the so—called white paper in less than a fortnight very difficult. the uk leads the european union at the end of ma

let me bring chris mason end, here for us at westminster. our political correspondent. well... i have turned my phone off... what we have here? the government describes it as a substantial abolition in its policy which is a subtle way of saying a substantial shift. the best way to characterise it is that this is as soft a hard brexit as theresa may felt she could pitch for. she began as somebody who campaigned quietly for remain. when she became prime minister she had to show that she meant to use that phrase that has become a cliche, brexit meant brexit. so she says the uk will leave the single market and the customs union. in this document, set out this evening, these following next thursday, she talks about... for instance, an idea of a common rulebook on all things goods including agro food. on the whole issue of customs, a thorny issue which is at the heart of the whole i’ow which is at the heart of the whole row about the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland, the idea of having a new arrangement, the idea of a facilitated customs arrangement. keylin

chris mason, bbc news. that is just where we will go now, to brussels.me. ireland agreeing a legally operable, mr barniersaid, backstop to assure there is no border, and also the broad framework of a future trading relationship. interesting, mr barnier added, that he said the eu was already offering a close trading partnership, but it was crucial that they also agreed a security partnership, michel barnier‘s words were a close partnership is more important than ever are given the geopolitical situation. you can read into that nato, america, russia, everything going on around us. only this morning the european commission said we must get ready for there being no deal. the european commission is still saying that. interestingly is coming from a different branch of the commission. you have one department negotiating and the other department has been tasked with preparing for what happens, and they have issued this document today saying we have to prepare or the eu has to prepare for the prospect of the negotiations failing to reach a conclusion in that very

our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster for us this morning. o groups worked closely together, the spending that beleave spent during the campaign should be added to vote leave and that puts them roughly half £1 million over the £7 million limit. this report is stinging. it says that vote leave didn‘t cooperate with them and the electoral commission had to use its powers under the law to compel the information required out of vote leave. as you say, there is an official statement saying vote leave has been referred to the police. they have been fined thousands of pounds. the young man who ran beleave has been referred to the metropolitan police as well. i have beenin metropolitan police as well. i have been in touch with him this morning and he is beside himself. he said he didn‘t know this was coming and he had not been notified in advance. —ness said there are some inaccuracies in all of this. —— vote leave say there have been some inaccuracies and they suggest the electoral commission has been less than impartial. so the rows of two yea rs th

let's speak now to our political correspondent chris mason. good morning to you, chris.ll the brexit issues, the one around this border is possibly the trickiest of all. good morning, it is the trickiest of all and it is the one thatjust doesn't go away. and that is because neither side, the eu and the uk, can arrive upon a solution that both agree upon. the prime minister is in northern ireland, she was there yesterday and is there today, and she will speak in belfast later. she will say the eu has to evolve its thinking on the eu has to evolve its thinking on the eu negotiations, which is a polite way of saying they need to move, because their solution on the irish border, when there is an agreement on both sides the border has to be open, the eu says that if all else fails, northern ireland has to stay in the customs arrangement with the eu, but the rest of the uk would leave it. it is the language which would draw a border in the irish sea, and theresa may will say that is unpalatable to her, she couldn't wear it as a british prime minister and she doesn't think any

our political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. it's just keeps coming, doesn't it? is the best summary of this morning, wow. there is a huge amount to say. develop and scanning pretty much minute by minute this morning. just in the last 15 minutes, david davis, the now former brexit secretary, has sat down with oui’ brexit secretary, has sat down with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. what was striking was his that what he had to say is that recently did not believe that the prospectus on the table, the vision for brexit on the table from the prime minister, would actually amounts to brexit, which was the fundamentalfor amounts to brexit, which was the fundamental for him but felt he meant he could no longer serve in government. he could not be the midwife of a policy he did not believe in. let's say an extract from that interview with laura when mr davies fleshes out his differences with mrs mayon brexit. essentially, to policies and the tactics. we are now proposing to use the same rule book, or the same laws as the european union, not equivalent, not simila

our political correspondent chris mason is here.d, and the other question, where is boris johnson? word used, and the other question, where is boris johnson? that is right. he is likely to be here to discuss the balkans, he is supposed to be, but he hasn't turned up. there is no sign of mrjohnson. it is plausible bears a good reason for that which doesn't involve him leaving the government —— there is a good reason. but on a day where the word febrile has been used and come out to play yet again, inevitable there are questions, and for as long as he is in that building or not where he should be, those questions will continue. positions have become entrenched over the last 2a hours and this decision of theresa may to approach labour and lib dem mps to see if she has the numbers, that will alienate a few people? yes, it is similarly defined by also weak, because if you have to rely on the votes of opposition parties, by definition you are weak —— defiant but also weak. we know from the likes of jacob rees—mogg, but also weak. we know