jean—claude juncker, who leads the commission that will manage the deal was suing for peace.not in a hostile mood. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair dealfor britain, but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union. yet europe's leaders are in no mood to let britain divide and conquer. their goal right now is sticking together. "we now have a clearer idea of what britain wants," angela merkel said, "the most important thing is that europe is not divided." and in public and private, here is the reality. whatever the uk asks for, the rest of the eu will not do a deal where the terms of trade are as cushy outside as in. we want a fair deal for the united kingdom, but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership. are you playing hardball, prime minister? she may well smile, her speech yesterday pleased most of her party, but theresa may's still under attack for not giving mps enough of a say. it's not so much the iron lady as the irony lady. i've got a plan. he doesn't have a clue. next tuesday it is over to the courts, who could force the government

meanwhile, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, promises to seek a "balancedbrexit deal while warning of difficulties ahead. in his final news conference as president, barack obama calls on donald trump's administration to lead by example, to prevent big countries from "bullying" smaller ones. scientists declare that 2016 was the warmest year on record, and man made climate change is to blame. newsnight, the head of the imf, christine lagarde, looks at the

meanwhile, european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit dealwhat i called during the campaign a fair deal, that's still valid. we need a fair deal with britain. fair means obligations for everyone who is taking part. thousands of british tourists are being flown out of the gambia after a state of emergency was declared there. unemployment has fallen to its lowest total in more than a decade, according to the latest figures. i'm simon mccoy. in the next hour, we'll be looking the latest delivery from china. the first china—to—britain freight train has arrived in london after a seven and a half thousand mile journey. dan evans says he's never played better after he knocked the world number seven marin cilic out of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has warned them not to give the uk punishment beatings. the president of the european commission told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations end in a good result for all concerned. but he als

meanwhile european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit deal.hat i called during the campaign a fair deal, that's still valid. we need a fair deal with britain. fair means obligations for everyone who is taking part. thousands of tourists are being flown out of the gambia. unemployment has fallen to its lowest total in more than a decade. i'm simon mccoy. in the next hour we'll be looking the latest delivery from china. and dan evans says he never played after he knocked the world's number seven out of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker has told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britain's exit from the european union end in "a good result" for all concerned. but he also admitted the negotiations would be "very, very, very" difficult. the supreme court will announce its verdict on tuesday on whether theresa may can trigger article 50 without consulting parliament. our political correspondent iain wats

jean claude juncker says he'll try to ensure a good deal — but malta's prime minister says it shouldn'te better than eu membership. we wa nt we want a fair deal for the united kingdom. that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership. here, theresa may defensor brexit plan to mp5, but is accused of bypassing parliament over any eventual deal. we will have the latest from westminster and brussels. also on the programme this lunchtime... thousands of british tourists are being flown out of the gambia after a state of emergency was declared there. unemployment falls to its lowest level for more than a decade — with 1.6 million people now out of work. and shock at the australian open as britain's dan evans pulls off the best win of his career, beating seventh seed, marin cilic. and coming up in sport come‘s ryder cup captain thomas bjorn gets an extra world ca rd cup captain thomas bjorn gets an extra world card —— wild card choice in a revamped accommodation for next year. —— revamped competition for next year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the president of the

since that appearance, jean—claude juncker has embarked on a nifty bit of brussels footwork to have michelthe eu's overall chief negotiator on brexit. crucially he is of the project, he is a true believer in the religion of building a united states of europe. he is the man they will trust. i wonder, is he looking to get the best possible deal for german car manufacturers, french wine producers, who so badly need the british market? is he going to say, we are not worried about exports, we just don't want to be seen to be giving the british a good deal because if we do that other countries will follow? one of the most senior brits to have served in the european commission questions the idea that theresa may will eventually be able to sideline michel barnier and cut a political deal with angela merkel if she is re—elected. we should look at the negotiations which took place before the referendum where some similar thoughts were expressed and turned out not to be fully realised. the fact is, they will decide. they will decide. we must hope that we can get as decent a deal as possible but it is

the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker has told the european parliament that hel do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britain's exit from the european union end in "a good result" for all concerned. but he also admitted the negotiations would be "very, very, very" difficult. our europe correspondent gavin lee reports. a clear view from westminster, cold comfort to eu officials meeting in strasbourg's european parliament today. "a sad, surrealist state of affairs," that was the brief tweet from donald tusk, and while the sudden clarity was welcomed here, seven months after the brexit vote, the verdict from joseph muscutt, the maltese president, is that he will work to make sure that britain doesn't get a better eu trade deal than what is already available. this is not a happy event for us. we want a fair deal for the united kingdom, but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior than membership. this should not come as a surprise to anyone. translation: over the last years, i have been sorry everyone is taking part in a kind of internal market

as well as the parliament, the commission is headed up byjean—claude juncker and the council by donaldhe monopoly but we weren't able to win but we fought strongly against the monopoly and we will fight again, again, again. so who is antonio tajani? well, he's certainly a familiar face around the parliament but he cut his political teeth as a spokesman for the controversial former italian prime minister, silvio berlusconi. he's loyal, he's a builder. he's a very honest person. he keeps his word. you can feel it, all of the different groupings in the european parliament. if you ask them and in particular members of parliament, what they would say about him, it is not only me, it is that he is a man that keeps his word and this is essential now. it's this approach that eventually won tajani the support of the other conservative groups. i think tajani would be a better chairman for us in the parliament, for two reasons, primarily, one, he has promised to be more of a speaker of the house than a prime minister, we need a more neutral conductor of business, and the other thing for a conserv

meanwhile european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit dealant a fair deal with britain and a fair day for britain

meanwhile, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, promises to seek a "balancedl news conference as president, barack obama calls on donald trump's administration to lead by example, to prevent big countries from "bullying" smaller ones. scientists declare that 2016 was the warmest year on record, and man made climate change is to blame. newsnight,

meanwhile european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit deal but warns of difficulties ahead. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair day for britain, but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union too. it comes as the supreme court announces its ruling in battle over brexit will be delivered next tuesday. we'll have the latest from westminster and from brussels. the other main stories on bbc news at five. thousands of british holidaymakers are flown out of the gambia amid safety concerns over political unrest. unemployment falls to its lowest level for more than a decade — with 1.6 million people now out of work. the supreme court rules bus drivers must do more to accommodate wheelchair users, after a disabled man couldn't board when a woman refused to move her buggy. and record—breaking weather — scientists say 2016 was likely the world's warmest year — the third in a row to top the charts. and tributes to former england women's cricket captain rachael heyhoe flint, who has died aged 77. borisjohnson has warned eu leaders not to

meanwhile european commission presidentjean—claude juncker promises to seek a "balanced" brexit dealut warns of difficulties ahead. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair day for britain but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union too. thousands of gambians and foreign tourists flee the country due to political unrest after the president refused to stand down. also this hour, record breaking temperatures for the third year in a row. scientists say it's due to climate change — and we're to blame. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it's just two days until donald trump becomes the 45th president of the united states. in the next few minutes, the current occupant of the white house, barack obama, will be holding his final news conference while in office. we will be bringing you that live. president obama is expected to use the news conference to defend his decision yesterday to shorten the sentence of chelsea manning, the former us soldier convicted of revealing military secrets to wikileaks. our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher is in washington. t

it's not just theresa may saying that, jean—claude juncker has said it, so has merkel, you have to getitain to clarify, because i don't think anybody in the british government knows what brexit they want. i think they do. a critical thing for the eu is if those who are currently steering it play a clumsy hand, that will only strengthen what they consider to be populist forces. marine le pen has put the european institutions on notice that if british institutions are punished for leaving, she will make that a rallying cry. it is also the case that if countries like poland and hungary, that take a very different line to the current eu core leadership, see that leadership privileging its position, its ultra —federalist position, over some of their interests, that could create difficulties as well. can i ask some of you who cover these things to take a step back from this week's headlines in britain. ivan rogers have left. many people would not be familiar with his name or the name of his successor. how important are these people who have been derided in some of the papers as the sir humph

he wasn't commenting, butjean—claude juncker and his eu commissioners were today listening to theresafor brexit. the response from the european parliament's chief negotiator — it doesn't add up. it creates also an illusion that you can go out of the single market, that you can go out of the customs union and that you can cherry—pick that you can have still a number of advantages. the eu today was busy with its own affairs, electing a new president of the european parliament. many here are sceptical the uk can get all it wants in a special trade and customs deal. we'd all love to have a europe a la carte! cherry—picking, as they call it, eh? it is a ridiculous idea, but this is serious. we have a lot of countries here, a lot of people and we have to take care of everybody, and this is not, you know, a europe a la carte. 0utside, an italian school group on an eu tour. quitting the single market and shunning its freedom of movement will, some here believe, be a painful process for the uk, something they say theresa may did not address. i expect many businesses from the uk to move to euro

donald tusk and jean—claude juncker belong to the same group, which means they have the three biggestjobspean parliament can block or amend eu laws, and will have the final say on whether to approve a brexit deal with the uk. we'll have more on theresa may's speech in os business shortly. plus i'll show you this report about a town in ohio where chinese investment seems to be creating jobs. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists at a tunisian beach resort 18 months ago continued today. the court heard from a senior foreign office official, who defended advice given to travellers at the time. our correspondent richard galpin has the latest. what we've heard today is that the foreign office decided not to increase its travel advisory, ie ta ke increase its travel advisory, ie take it to the highest level, which would be advising british nationals against all travel to tunisia, despite their having been the horrific attack in tunisia in the capital in march 2015, in which 22 mostly foreign tourists were killed. this camejust mostly foreign tourists were killed. this came just th

the arch european, jean—claude juncker, who leads the commission that will manage the deal was suinga hostile mood. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair dealfor britain, but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union. yet europe's leaders are in no mood to let britain divide and conquer. and in public and private, here is the reality. whatever the uk asks for, the rest of the eu will not do a deal where the terms of trade are as cushy outside as in. we want a fair deal for the united kingdom, but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership. are you playing hardball, prime minister? next tuesday it's over to the courts, who could force the government to give detail, much more detail, to parliament, before the technical process of extricating ourselves from the eu begins. in these negotiations it will not always seem that ministers are in charge. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. two major investment banks have announced they'll move some staff out of the uk when it leaves the european union. one of the world's biggest, hsbc, has confirmed plans to

the head of the european commission jean—claude juncker is due to speak.nt believe mrs may's demands are unrealistic. european parliament believe mrs may's demands are unrealisticm creates an illusion, the illusion that you can go out of the single market, that you can go out off the customs union and that you can cherry pick. but you can have still a number of advantages. the prime minister will face mps later, with some opponents saying her plan risks and economic catastrophe. she has called for unity over brexit. so five at least that seems some way off. —— so far. and sally is here with all the business news. it is interesting to see how the markets have reacted, how business leaders are we into that 12 point plan of theresa may's, using her much anticipated speech to announce that the uk's priorities —— announce the uk's priorities. leaving the single market means britain will lose the right to trade with the european union without restrictions. despite this, the uk prime minister says the government will negotiate for the best possible access to the

he wasn't commenting, butjean—claude juncker, and his commissioners were today listening to theresa mayesponse from the european parliament's chief negotiator — it doesn't add up. it creates also an illusion that you can go out of the single market, that you can go out of the customs union and that you can cherry—pick and have still a number of advantages. and, yeah, i think that will not happen. the eu today was busy with its own affairs, electing a new president of the european parliament. many here are sceptical the uk can get all it wants in a special trade and customs deal. we will all love to have a europe a la carte! it is a ridiculous idea, but this is serious, we have a lot of countries here, a lot of people and we have to take care of everybody and this is not, you know, a europe a la carte. outside, an italian school group on an eu tour. quitting the single market and shunning its freedom of movement will — some believe — be a painful process for the uk. something — they say — theresa may did not address. i expect many businesses from the uk to move to europe. i expect also s

will seek a balanced dealfor britain after brexit says the head of the european commission, jean—claude junckerthousands of thomas cook holiday—makers will return to the uk from gambia, after a state of emergency was declared there. unemployment has fallen to its lowest total in more than a decade, according to the latest figures. and now the business news. average weekly earnings increased by 2.8% in the three months to november, compared with a year earlier. and its 2.7% if you minus bonuses. that means wages are rising faster than inflation so we should have more money in our pockets. meanwhile, the number of people looking for work fell slightly by 52,000 to 1.6 million. mobile operator ee has been fined £2.7 million by the telecoms regulator, ofcom, for overcharging more than 30,000 customers — a total of around £250,000 in billing errors. before the watchdog stepped in, ee had decided not to reimburse the majority of affected customers instead proposing to give their money to charity. the majority of customers have now been refunded. grandparents are missing out on national insurance cred

the arch european jean—claude juncker, who leads the commission that will manage the deal was suing forre not in a hostile mood. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair dealfor britain, but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union. yet europe's leaders are in no mood to let britain divide and conquer. their goal right now is sticking together. "we now have a clearer idea of what britain wants," angela merkel said, "the most important thing is that europe is not divided." and in public and private, here is the reality. whatever the uk asks for, the rest of the eu will not do a deal where the terms of trade are as cushy outside as in. we want a fair deal for the united kingdom, but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership. are you playing hardball, prime minister? she may smile, her speech yesterday pleased most of her party, but theresa may is still under attack for not giving mps enough of a say. it is not so much the iron lady as the irony lady. i have a plan. he does not have a clue. next tuesday it is over to the courts, who could force the government

next is jean-claude juncker, president of the european commission.deal is still valid, we need the fair deal we've written, fair means equal obligations for everyone taking part. ina obligations for everyone taking part. in a kind of internal market. we'll see this in the course of the next coming months. must remember the extensive background on brexit on the bbc news website. we'll talk about the cia deciding to declassify 13 million documents and post them online. we'll hear from a journalist to fall for that to happen and spent plenty of time examining what's on these records. a disabled man has partially won a supreme court case over a dispute over a wheelchair space on a bus, drivers will have to do more to accommodate wheelchair users. doug pauley from yorkshire brought his case after he was refused entry to a first group bus in 2012 when a mother with a pushchair refused to move. he and his supporters say the ruling will make a major difference. imean, i'm ruling will make a major difference. i mean, i'm aware some people won't be pleased. it

the arch europeanjean—claude juncker, who leads the commission that will manage the deal.ina that will manage the deal. we are not in a hostile mood. we want a fair deal for not in a hostile mood. we want a fair dealfor britain but a not in a hostile mood. we want a fair deal for britain but a fair deal means a fair deal for the eu. leaders are in no mood to let britain divide and conquer, their goal is sticking together. we have a clearer idea of what britain wants, angela merkel said, the most important thing is europe is not divided. in public and private, this is the reality. whatever the uk asks for, the rest of the eu will not do a deal when the terms are trade are as cushy outside as in. we want a fair deal for the as cushy outside as in. we want a fair dealfor the united as cushy outside as in. we want a fair deal for the united kingdom, but that deal necessarily needs to be inferior to membership. are you playing hardball? be inferior to membership. are you playing hard ball? she be inferior to membership. are you playing hardball? she may smile, her speech yester

he wasn't commenting, butjean—claude juncker, and his eu commissioners were today listening to theresan for brexit. the response from the european parliament's chief negotiator — it doesn't add up. it creates also an illusion that you can go out of the single market, that you can go out of the customs union and that you can cherry—pick and have still a number of advantages. and, yeah, i think that will not happen. the eu today was busy with its own affairs, electing a new president of the european parliament. many here are sceptical the uk can get all it wants in a special trade and customs deal. we will all love to have a europe a la carte! cherry picking as they call it, eh? it is a ridiculous idea, but this is serious, we have a lot of countries here, a lot of people and we have to take care of everybody and this is not, you know, a europe a la carte. 0utside, an italian school group on an eu tour. quitting the single market and shunning its freedom of movement will — some here believe — be a painful process for the uk. something they say theresa may did not address. i expect many b

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has spoken to the prime minister thisng him to give his reaction to theresa may's speech in the european parliament in strasbourg tomorrow morning. let's speak our correspondent in brussels, gavin lee. a little more sense of that reaction there. for the fast a la so, little reaction. # first hour. across the eu, a rare unanimity. merkel said there would be no negotiation. perhaps surprisingly news, particularly to some people in the european commission, they said they didn't expect to save it in would be leaving the single market. we start to see the german foreign minister saying, finally after seven months, the fog has quit. at least now the burning exits team can get into position. they can work out how to negotiate. and the french team have said they are ready, given this information. and you spoke about donald tusk, the president of the european council, says it is a sad reality. ultimately, he believes it gives enough information now. he is ready for article 50 being triggered. and the former swedish prime minister

the head of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, is due to speak.e in the european parliament believe mrs may's demands are unrealistic. it creates an illusion. an illusion that you can go out of the single market, that you can go out off the customs union, and that you can cherry—pick, and you can have still a number of advantages. the prime minister will face mps later with some opponents saying her plan risks an economic catastrophe. she has called for unity over brexit. so far, at least, that seems some way off. let's get more from our political guru norman smith. what if she doesn't get a deal? well, ministers arejust what if she doesn't get a deal? well, ministers are just refuse to go counsel ten na ns well, ministers are just refuse to go counsel ten nans that possibility. i have been struck at the confidence frankly oozing from them despite the fact that mrs may yesterday massively ratcheted up the sta kes yesterday massively ratcheted up the stakes saying we want a deal in two yea rs stakes saying we want a deal in two years and we want a

jean—claude juncker reacting to theresa may's speech on brexit.s are heading to the gambia to bring home nearly 1000 british holidaymakers. it's because of the worsening political crisis. the firm plans to bring home nearly 1000 customers over the next 48 hours. only 2500 flight only customers will be offered the earliest available flight. the foreign office is now advising against all but essential travel to the west african country — where president yahya jammeh is refusing to accept defeat in last month's election. dan johnson reports. it is a country on the move. under a state of emergency, gambians are fleeing their capital. and amongst all this are thousands of british tourists who have been told to get out. thomas cook has a team heading out there to help. four extra flights are expected to leave today. the company said in a statement, "we will operate a programme of additionalflights into banjul airport over the next 48 hours." it is bringing 985 package holiday customers home. that also means cancelled trips. a surprise for some passenger

the head of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, is due to speak.rliament believe mrs may's demands are unrealistic. it creates an illusion. yhe illusion that you can go out of the single market, that you can go out off the customs union, and that you can cherry—pick, and you can have still a number of advantages. the prime minister will face mps later, with some opponents saying her plan risks an economic catastrophe. she has called for unity over brexit. so far, at least, that seems some way off. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent iain watson, in westminster. iain, the prime ministerfaces mps for the first time since giving her speech. what is likely to be the reaction? theresa may will be facing mps for the first time. it is prime minister's questions at lunchtime, and she is likely to be challenged on the content of that speech. labour's challenge will be first of all that she should have given that speech to mps rather than those invited audience of ambassadors. they will call for more parliamentary scrutiny, and thirdly