gavin lee has more. gavin: theresa may talked about the brexit divorce deal being in her grasp. they could sig that deal off with the eu, and across the water, it is starting to feel like it because today the political declaration of the future between the eu and the u.k. was leaked. that will be seen by the civil service to markham a that's tomorrow, and t -- seen civil service tomorrow, and a non-legal binding documents unlike the withdrawal agreement, , and from the british point of view, there is key bit talkingdi about free movement of people between the u.k. and the eu and the u.k. developing an independent trade policy. but ihink the feeling here is that there is something for everyone, but very little for anyone in particular. for i examptalks about the , british having independent coastal waters, sbrexiteers say that means we can shape our own trade, and theresa may says itan actually we can look at quotas. hthe spanish wereding out, saying they may not sign off on gibraltar. they want a final say in any agreement. theresa may last night spoke and to the prime minister

gavin lee in brussels, thank you.used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating for a second weekend against a planned rise in fuel tax. clashes broke out on the champs—elysees despite a police security cordon around key sites. over the past year, the price of diesel has risen by around 23%. lisa hampele reports. a sea of yellow. the protesters in their trademark hi—vis jackets on the champs—elysees. the authorities mean business too, using water cannon and tear gas against the thousands of protesters, trying to prevent them moving down to the palais de la concorde and the presidential palace, which has been cordoned off. organisers bill this as act two in their rolling campaign. they are angry about an increase in diesel tax, justified by the government as an anti—pollution levy. but the campaign has grown into a broad opposition, against president emmanuel macron. this metal worker says, "we feel like we've been working for years now and it's just extortion, while members of the government live

that was gavin lee. at 9.30. dojoin us for that. the headlines on bbc news. police in melbourne are treating a knife attack in the city centre as a terrorist incident after one person was killed and two injured. the attacker was shot at the scene and later died in hospital. the dup accuse the prime minister of breaking her promise over plans to avoid a hard irish border after brexit. the prime minister has laid wreaths at the graves of the first and last british soldiers killed in the first world war, to mark the armistice centenary. time now to catch up with the sport. holly. hello. england's cricketers have won an overseas test match for the first time in two years — and with some style, beating sri lanka inside four days in galle. they'd set the home side an unlikely 462 to win, and they steadily removed the top order in the first two sessions before taking the final five wickets after tea. moeen ali was the best of the bowlers, with 4—71. england had never won in galle before, but they completed a th

gavin lee is in brussels for us., in theory, the agreement after the summit would be finished around mid day uk time, signed, sealed and delivered. a historic deal. a belgian newspaper said it was last straight line of act one of brexit. the issue is there is a meeting between civil serva nts there is a meeting between civil servants trying to resolve the spanish issue. another news agency reports that has just ended. i have had a text from an eu diplomat to say they haven't solved the eu issue. pedro sanchez the spanish prime minister is deeply unhappy. it is article 184, six lines, are fairly anodyne statement talking about the eu and the uk working quickly to engineer a good trade relationship after they leave in march next year. spain says they saw this document when it left brussels and they were happy. it went to london last weekend then they have not seen this new articles so they say anything on the future of gibraltar which has —— gibraltar has to be between spain and britain. the germans are saying you cann

we can discuss this with gavin lee in brussels. prime minister pedro sanchez saying that spain wa nts a pedro sanchez saying that spain wants a legal guarantee that in the future relationship document it will multiply that any agreement in the future relationship document will multiply to gibraltar unless the spanish government allows it. the chief and instead of gibraltar trying to defuse that situation. will he succeed? it is one thing for the chief minister to say we want relations, we have told the spanish that, he was in madrid a few days ago, but it is different, the spanish view is that it wants a legal text to clarify under international law that spain will have a say with the uk, that it is separate to overall future negotiations with the uk. almost a tacit admission that gibraltar is entirely a british overseas investment and of course spain describes gibraltar as a colony still and does not recognise it as a british 0verseas territory but they are not fighting that, they want a say on the future. rewind a few weeks, i sp

our europe reporter, gavin lee, is in brussels for us.e prime minister is en route to where you are later. take us through what will happen across the weekend. there is an air of mystery as to why theresa may is coming here today because on the one hand, you withdrawal agreement and the political declaration, the divorce deal and the future relationship prospect blueprints will be agreed and endorsed tomorrow and they have been signed and sealed and closed, in the words of eu officials. other eu diplomats meeting last night were saying, what are the british during? are they going to try to tinker with it? the belgians, the french and portuguese wanted changes to fishing, to have access to british waters. jean—claude juncker, the head of the european commission as donald tusk, the head of the european council, will be meeting tomorrow. spain is also still saying, their primers to make clear last night that he thinks they could call the thing off if they are not satisfied on gibraltar. they want in writing legal text from britain saying any

gavin lee in mons in belgium, thank you.own on immigration with a new proposal to restrict asylum claims. migrants entering illegally across america's southern border with mexico will no longer be eligible for asylum. the american civil liberties union has described the move as illegal and it's almost certain to be challenged in court. chris buckler reports from washington. securing america's long border with mexico has become one of president trump's greatest concerns. he believes that the asylum laws are being abused by those who cross illegally and as a result, he says he intends to change them. currently, anyone can claim refuge within a year of entering the country by whatever means. but in future, the president intends to restrict that right only to those who queue up and cross at one of the official ports of entry. in a statement, the department of homeland security said:. hi, papi! and they insisted the president had the right to change the rules because it was in the national interest. but civil liberties groups say

our europe reporter, gavin lee, is in brussels for us. prime minister is on her way once again to brussels. clear up a couple of things for us. is there going to be tweaking going on today in terms of the deal and what is the timetable for events across the week? theresa may is coming here this afternoon to meet key figures of the commission european council, jean—claude juncker and donald tusk. she is going through the choreography of tomorrow, because this is an extraordinary summit, called for it hasn't happened before and they will endorse the withdrawal agreement, which is the legal text of the divorce agreement, and they will approve the blueprint for the future. but spain, their prime minister is saying there will be no summit if they are not happy on gibraltar. they want a form of words that they say was not in the withdrawal agreement which guarantees them a little say in the future on any relationship with gibraltar. some of the officials that the eu say they are surprised by this and perhaps disappointed that it has come to las

live to brussels — and our correspondent gavin lee. a sense, that indicates the difficulties that lie ahead even if britain gets past the summit and gets her withdrawal agreement through the house of commons. it is just premiered to more talks that are likely to be much tougher. yes, if the summit happens tomorrow, the special summit on brexit, they will agree to the forced deal, so the withdrawal deal, 500 plus pages, and the political declaration. that gets endorsed and agreed and then it goes on to british parliament, which has to be ratified and then to the european parliament to be ratified, and then back to the eu leaders. this time tomorrow, if all goes according to plan, it will be signed off. many see it, the belgian newspaper calling at the final curtain of act one of the brexit divorce. there are still hurdles. if theresa may's team —— they have two toughen up here, because it is like a last—minute fight between the officials and trying to placate pedro sanchez, the spanish prime minister who says spain still does not have e

live to brussels — and our correspondent gavin lee.om spain and their objections to this deal. we appear to have a summit under way tomorrow after the 11th hour impasse between spain and the eu and the uk with pedro sanchez, up until this morning deeply unhappy that spain wasn't being given a as it wanted to, that any future decision over gibraltar, which it disputes as a british 0verseas territory, will have to go through them and bilaterally with the uk. the uk eu public representative has sent a letter to the eu council, putting the position hoping to placate the spanish worries, saying that there was a particular article, article 184 of the withdrawal agreement, the divorce agreement, set to be endorsed by the leaders tomorrow and it talks about the eu and the uk hoping to speed up relations towards a better trade deal after the uk leaves. spain says that it tacitly suggested that uk business was gibraltar and they want some extra wording put into the text. the problem was germany and others said the text was signed and cannot be o

joining us live from brussels with the latest update, is the bbc‘s gavin lee.nd one that achieved what was on the agenda but one thing not discussed is what happens if the deal does not get through the british parliament. happens if the deal does not get through the british parliamentm isa through the british parliamentm is a good point because in one sense you could copy and paste the comments, remarks from the leaders of the doorstepping reporters today on the irish prime ministers said that they had agreed by consensus not to talk about the what ifs. just in case they end up doing something that inadvertently could affect the vote goes they first of all do not wa nt to vote goes they first of all do not want to see this withdrawal agreement reopened again or we negotiated. only one leader seem to have stepped out of line today, the president of lithuania who said it things did not go to plan in the british parliament then either there would be no deal or they would have to re—negotiate. so i think the other leaders have been told to step back. the feeling if

live to brussels, and our reporter gavin lee. looks like it is all going ahead.have just been hearing from arlene foster at the dup conference. i would like to put to you quickly, if this doesn't get through the british parliament, have you heard any murmuring on the european side already discussing what would be put in place? the interesting point is, going back to the point that they have been proud of on this side of the water, the unity of the eu. any timei the water, the unity of the eu. any time i speak to spanish, belgian or portuguese diplomats, they say the same thing, we got to see how this role is in the uk. a few weeks ago we had donald tusk, the head of the european cancer, alluding to the fa ct european cancer, alluding to the fact that there could be no brexit, but i think the sense is that —— the head of the european council. at the moment, they are listening to the leader, listening to theresa may, who is saying that she is pushing through that policy that is planned. it has also got to go through the european parliament and be ratified by 750 me

also in brussels is gavin lee. presumably in this stage in a sense, much harder work lies ahead?nt, if not for the effect of the uncertainty of a few days' time, this vote that might not go through, the real historic point in the road map, after 2.5 years since the referendum voted, which 52% of the british population voted to leave, 18 months of negotiations have come damned inside european council today ao damned inside european council today a0 minutes, and within the a0 minutes of the eu, 27 leaders meeting and agreeing and adore sing with the withdrawal agreement, the brexit divorce bill, and also the political declaration, the blueprint for the future. we are told within that ao for the future. we are told within that a0 minutes, it took a matter of seconds for them to agree. theresa may came in and they spoke with her for a while, and this would be a major point at which britain ultimately leaves the eu of march of next year, and the port of this divorce deal is they get the transition period for more times so business and industry on this side of the water in the uk have

joining me now from brussels is the bbc‘s gavin lee. given to the sherpas and ministers today and the leaders will get chance to look at over the next 48 hours. what do you think will happen on sunday? my sense is the collywobbles that have happened over the last 48 hours, where it seemed that the spanish are deeply unhappy over gibraltar, and pedro sanchezis unhappy over gibraltar, and pedro sanchez is unhappy. i spoke to the spanish prime minister a few weeks ago, he said things are going swimmingly, and said actually know because spain wants a specific deal on what they call the british colony, the overseas territory of gibraltar, now we are told they think there are measures to compromise or they can achieve a deal. two things happened. this came out today, the second of the divorce deal which is the political declaration, the future vision of that relationship, the first withdrawal agreement is legally binding, but this isn't. it is a masterclass in legal work. it talks about how there will be abroad, affectionate, deep relationshi

live to brussels — and our correspondent gavin lee.pute with spain seriously able to derail the summit? in brief, it is. if the spanish prime minister doesn't arrive tomorrow, there will be no summit, it's as simple as that. the european council said that while spain doesn't have a legal veto to block the deal, it's about agreeing consensus tomorrow. they will not vote until after it has been ratified by the british parliament, and if and when it is ratified by the european parliament. but this is the issue, how you hold a european council special summit when one of the key members is not there. right now, british, spanish and eu officials are negotiating in the building behind me, trying to work out a solution between the civil servants on making spain happy. they want a legal text as pa rt happy. they want a legal text as part of the divorce bill, either the withdrawal agreement, the political declaration for the future or an extra document saying that any decision on gibraltar has to go through spain directly, notjust through spain

let's talk to our brussels reporter gavin lee. they are just watching, they have no choice.me, right now, google will be important, at least any other search engine, because there will be lots of questions, "wer ist stephen barclay? " lots of questions, "wer ist stephen barclay?" , "que est stephen barclay?" , "que est stephen barclay?". michel barnier has met with 27 ambassadors to update them on the talks, to the rest of the ambassadors, also what she has had to go through and how she has survived the last 48 hours, also told the collective feeling among the consensus is this message, keep calm and don't provoke, a bit like somebody who would be near an angry bear, with the unpredictability of the uk, if somebody influential speaks out publicly, it might sway the argument. couple of years ago, david cameron had negotiated with the eu the changes, the renegotiation of the deal before the referendum, when big figures like jean—claude juncker spoke out, there was a feeling that the likes of nigel farage capitalised upon that, so, staged for now, keep calm, carry on, waits to

theresa may is under pressure from her own mps not to concede any further ground. 0ur europe reporter gavin leele ago. theresa may is now arriving here in brussels at the european commission to meet with jean—claude juncker, the eu commission president. she will arrive through one of the heavily tinted windows. we can just see the car going in. on the phone, it appears. she's had an interesting day. she has come from parliament in the uk. she will be here for about two hours with jean—claude juncker. but in the midst of her arrival there appears to be a? 0ver whether there appears to be a? 0ver whether there will be a summit on sunday. a p pa re ntly apparently there are disagreements between the french and german leaders about how to play things the next few days. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has made it clear that the withdrawal agreement, this document, should stay shot. and there are other countries, the spanish, the french, portuguese, say they have their own concerns, but it is a bit like playing political what a mole. if you allow one country to do it, other countries will come

let's talk to our europe reporter, gavin lee who's in brussels. particular, the big one now to block the deal, the withdrawal agreement, the deal, the withdrawal agreement, the legal text between the eu and the legal text between the eu and the uk and the declaration is 23 pages public —— published yesterday, due to be confirmed today. the final thing is it's being over gibraltar, saying he wants the final say over any relationships not just saying he wants the final say over any relationships notjust for the eu, but is being. two ways to look at it. i spoke to the spanish prime minister yesterday who said all was well and good. this is a last—minute of text that has annoyed the spanish, or that there are elections in the region were 10,000 workers go across to gibraltar and the prime minister has been accused of not being hard enough on gibraltar as well. it could be domestic theatrics. it is hard to decide for theatrics. it is hard to decide for the moment are clearly that is the main stumbling block ahead of sunday's dig summit. —— the summit.

our europe reporter gavin lee is in mons.es started to come back to mons and liberated the area before the armistice this weekend. behind me, for security, we can't go too far because theresa may has just arrived but here in the cemetery, there are two particular graves, amongst the many, just because it is the first and last british soldier to die, are buried here, 17—year—old john park, who was a reconnaissance cyclist shot at the outbreak of war and opposite, just a few yards away from him, deprive its george ellison, the last soldier to be shot on a reconnaissance just outside mons. —— private george ellison. theresa may is here right now and about to take part in the commemoration and then she moves on to albert and the val and the memorials around the river, said of the —— the site of much bloody fighting during the first world war. remembrance events across the weekend for the 19 million people, 10 million civilians and 9 million troops, that lost their lives 100 yea rs troops, that lost their lives 100 years ago, this

, but earlier, she laid two wreaths at a military cemetery in mons in belgium. 0ur correspondent gavin leeosses and retreated. it was the same place at the end of the war was the last city to be liberated by british and canadian troops. they came this way 100 years ago, this is the way canadian troops were coming in and it was on the 11th that they actually liberated mons hours before the armistice. when the british and belgian prime minister is came here they put read some graves. this is 17—year—old john parker, who was 15 at the time, he lied about his age to be invested. he was shot as he was looking towards the german lines to see where they were. there is a handwritten note by theresa may that says there is in that the church arabist —— richard dust concealed. it is appalled by robert burke. just a few yards away, barely five steps on the other side, is the degree of george ellison, a 40—year—old, who was shot dead 19 minutes before the armistice. he also served at the outbreak of the war here in mons. he was talking to belgian civilians when he was shot by a sniper. it says here the

let‘s join gavin lee now, our reporter in brussels.he german chancellor, said in her speech yesterday is that they‘ve gone as far as possible. the consensus of the 27 ambassadors is to keep calm and don‘t provoke. a deal that you get with an angry bear at the moment. they know how unpredictable it is in the uk. this newspaper talks about trench warfare in the uk. the feeling is, the other thing to bear in mind on the feeling of being quiet, a couple of years ago after david cameron negotiated changes to the eu before the referendum, jean—claude juncker started making comments about how important it was for a deal and brexiteers, people like nigel farage lapped on that, saying they would never leave. with that political rhetoric, the eu don‘t want to slip up. rhetoric, the eu don‘t want to slip y rhetoric, the eu don‘t want to slip up. say anything that would stabilise theresa may even more now. and what about those who suggest there could be tinkering done to the deal that theresa may is trying to push through? i‘m thinking about thing

3340529191:24:16,289 reporter 3340529191:24:16,289 --> 3817747647:18:52,859 gavin 3817747647:18:52,859 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 leehappy with the assurances that they have got. they have got. from donald tusk, no one is going to be happy come tomorrow. be happy come tomorrow. what is the mood like they're in brussels? mood like they're in brussels? it is really interesting. really interesting. state an end with brexit, no sense of champagne corks popping. of champagne corks popping. that was the headline in a magazine today. the headline in a magazine today. there is a feeling of a difficult balance here today. balance here today. photographic moment for the papers the next day. the next day. political declaration, the nonlegal blueprint. blueprint. in a tight relationship and not upsetting the other. a quick word on gibraltar. gibraltar. audiences, given that this is an issue that matters to both. issue that matters to both. bilateral relationships between britain and spain, going forward. britain and spain, going forward. for there to be the summit going out tomorrow. —— going ahead tomorrow. are holding their a

amber lee is in commission were gavin newsom had some high- profile support this evening. amber ?>> reporter: the event was held at the venue behind me called the chapel. organizers say 1000 people rsvp including campaign volunteers and supporters. >> reporter: a long line of supporters waited at the venue hosting gubernatorial candidate avenue some -- gavin newsom. his bus arrived at the event following a day of campaign stops in los angeles and modesto. he spoke with me as he headed into the rally. >> seven days on this bus tour. it has been three years campaigning. this is exciting. >> i think all of you for believing in gavin from the start. you for everything you have done to get us here and everything you have done to make sure tomorrow brings the biggest blue wave. >> reporter: to do -- to democratic heavy hitters also spoke. >> you need an internet -- energetic visionary new governor. >> we need our strongest soldiers on the field. we need gavin in office.>> reporter: he got his start in politics in san francisco and california set an example for the nation and. >> what ma

lee martinez, ktvu news. >>> the day before the midterm elections gavin newsom the democratic candidate for governor tied at seven will appear with senator pamela harris and governor jerry brown at the chapel on valencia street. he campaigned along side new sm at churches in the los angeles area. >>> republican candidate for governor john cox is scheduled to be at the platinum auto body and collision shop on san pablo avenue in berkley at 10:00 this morning. yesterday he campaigned in the central valley and polls out conducted showing new sm leading by 20% in points over john cox. new sm is reported by 58% of likely voters. . >>> both president trump and mike pence on the campaign trail today. he rallies in north dakota and montana. president trump travels to ohio, indiana and missouri. yesterday in tennessee the president told the crowd there voters should be encouraged by the nation's economy and there will not be a blue wave for the democrats. >> you don't hear so much about that big blue wave anymore. they may do fine [ crowd booing ] but you don't hear about the wave coming. . >> tomorrow the election

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