and right now the border between the british held territory of gibraltar and spain is easy to cross but workers there worry that could change after a break so. it's time for business on d.w.i.m. how you got to get us to to have you with us the european union and singapore signed a free trade agreement on friday on the sidelines of the e.u. asia summit in brussels the pact with singapore prime minister unleashing long is one of many agreements the e.u. is pursuing with several asian countries including vietnam leaders participating in the summit call for unity and strong signals against american protectionism. america first policy has led to closer cooperation between asian and european economies to deal with singapore must still be confirmed by the european parliament before it enters into force. the troubled ministration has shaken up transatlantic relationships to say the least it has forced europe to look for alternative strengthening ties to asian countries but despite europe's call for action against donald trump's america first policy the u.s. remains the most attractive foreign m

also on the show right now the border between the british l territory of gibraltar. and spain is easy to cross but workers they're worried that could change after breaks it. is due to a good business. rating agency moody's has cut italy's credit rating by one notch over concerns about rome's plans for a larger deficit and the already high public debt load nevertheless costs of borrowing are dropping this morning as moody's said it did not expect any further down wait and left the outlook out stable rome also says it's ready to discuss its budget with the european commission after clashing with the bloc last week over its plans to increase borrowing so far so promising but italy's shaky banking sector remains an underlying concern having only just recovered from the financial crisis and now italian banks are being pressured by the new populist government into financing its expensive election promises italy's banks are in trouble again. just as they were getting over the last crisis a mountain of debt is shrinking cash reserves were growing and bottom lines were beginn

and gibraltar's border with spain a walk in the park. for workers things could get tricky post breaks it. i mean physical and let's do business and where starting with some breaking news siemens chief executive joe kayser has just announced that he will not attend the future investment initiative conference in saudi arabia following the killing of journalist john mica shockey the german engineering giant is one of the last companies to decide against sending its top executives to the davos in the days it many companies including j.p. morgan and ford had previously pulled out of the event as has u.s. treasury secretary statement. italy is here to stay prime minister because he says his country won't leave the european union but that it will stick to its deficit hike that's despite e.u. criticism he argues the economy needs a lift biggest member state germany has warned room to be careful with debt and moody's has cut italy's credit rating by one. it's a difficult position that you use economics commissioner pierre moscovici see says that

mean there were a few my business depends a lot of gibraltar that one of them is selling motorcycles and it depends as much as ninety percent i also sell furniture and the turnover that i make with gibraltar and cross border workers is about forty percent for the sort of way that would be and. gibraltar is one of the most densely populated places on earth and britons living here voted against bragg's it. just brought there is also a duty free paradise millions of tourists come here to take advantage of prices that don't include value added tax it's a good deal for everybody but for how much longer. today we don't yet have an agreement a final agreement in relation to matters relating to taxation and fiscal matters but i think we've made a lot of good progress there because we share objectives and so if you share objectives and you haven't yet reached technical agreement you can continue to be optimistic that the technicians will be able to give effect to the agree with him principle that there is between the politicians. the plan is for gibraltar to maintain its advantages both as a

over eight thousand spaniards crossed the border into gibraltar every day to work many are concerned that things won't be so easy once britain leaves the e.u. . that asking coming up instead of taking five minutes across the border it could take hours three to four hours. and they're worried about the same thing in the small spanish city on the border trade with the british enclave is a key source of income here and many fear that business will be hurt after breck's it. mean it was my business depends a lot of gibraltar that one of them is selling motorcycles that it depends as much as ninety percent i also sell furniture and the turnover that i make with your baltar and cross border workers is about forty percent for the sort of way that would be and. gibraltar is one of the most densely populated places on earth and britons living here voted against bragg's it. just brought there is also a duty free paradise millions of tourists come here to take advantage of prices that don't include value added tax it's a good deal for everybody but for how much longer. today we don't yet have an

wales northern ireland exit the block but also other sovereign british territories large abroad or gibraltar or even the smaller areas like british military bases inside us and that's posing a huge problem to all of farmers there because they rely on open borders to sell their goods. they may be small but these olives play an outsized role for andreas for to use their own oil is his life blood flow to you farms land on a british air force base and on the southern tip of cyprus the relationship between farmers and the british military has existed since cypriot independence in one nine hundred sixty but it could change dramatically in the event of a no deal breaks in. the middle of the well nobody has said anything not the cypriot government not our foreign minister or the british foreign minister about how this is going to work. all of oil imported from outside the e.u. is subject to a fifteen percent tariff at the moment for to you and other cypriot farmers on akrotiri and another british base to kill you in the country's east pay no taxes lawyers disagree whether the two bases would be cons

elswhere on tuesday gibraltar won for the second successive time after 22 consecutive defeats beforet lichtenstein 1—0 while in league b, group4 the republic of ireland lost 1—0 at home to wales with 21 year old harry wilson scoring the winner from a free kick in the 58th minute, and the welsh were also without their star players gareth bale and aaron ramsey. it's not easy when you are missing quality players like that and now have been results which have not gone oui’ have been results which have not gone our way. without gareth and aaron, there's a chance for the players to come in and prove it is not the case going forward and they did that tonight. we played some really good stuff and the thing i most proud about is that clean sheet, that will to defend and put their bodies on the line. take responsibility for every kick that is made on the field by us. that is myjob. and so that will not change and in terms of questioning, there is no question, i do question everything that happens in the field to look back again to see what we may have a —— may have been able to double a little

has settled many issues including security and the future of gibraltar adding, quote, the vast majority to cnbc they explain the agreement between brittain and the eu over the status of the u.k. territory post brexit. >> the protocol will be between the united kingdom and the european union, not between the united kingdom and spain it's an annex to the withdrawal agreement. it will set out how gibraltar will form that as you know, gi brbraltar has h different status, a differentiated membership which called for a differentiated process of withdrawal and that's what's now as pedro sanchez announced in spain indeed in brussels something that the spanish have accepted is in the format that they are happy >> meanwhile, almost 700,000 people took to the street in what was the largest protests. the demonstration had protesters urging the government to hold a people's vote over brexit. prime minister theresa may has previously ruled out a second poll on several occasions. let's talk about the brexit angle and how you're thinking about it from a pure banking perspective. is it going to create s

he did it all the way across the atlantic ocean to gibraltar. that's why after the war one of his colleagues said, i can pick up any submarine you want at 1000 miles distance. appreciating the environment. that begins with world war i. it begins with titanic. it can go that far back. therefore, you live in the environment everyday. the ocean is right next to you. it's infinite. and it's -- in its aspects and its fascination. of course, the submarine, it's essential that you know it or you can kill yourself. any other questions? i've had them too long. >> the fishing industry. how did it fare during the war, and what was the relationship between the submarines and the fishing folk? >> well, if you were german u-boats, you did not really care. the fishing industry was severely curtailed by warti regulationsm. sometimes, they would actually provide the coast guard, also during the war, usually coast guard vessels are countermanded, taken over by the navy. on a regular basis. they would have to protect some of the ships and gather in the catch. to m

the top scoring u-boat commanders in the mediterranean, throughout the mediterranean, the rock of gibraltar is not one way, they get out and operate over here. that up here -- so how do we get u-boats, german submarines from beyond here to well over? the brush to well over here? because we go back to those -- they can't effectively operate across the atlantic. how do we get u-boats here? it's a story that begins with something called the merchant to submarine. yes. the merchant submarine. what is this? the british blockade. germany cannot trade with the united states, maybe, cruisers would stop and sink any ship that tried, get around the blockade, the submarine. built from 1915 on a small number of very large submarines to a much larger submarines than the submarines they previously built, to trade with the united states. the first of these sailed in june 1916 and arrived in baltimore on july 8 1916. carrying gauze and medical supplies. it picked up a cargo of rubber, tin and nickel. the value of what it brought back valued the cost of building the submarine. also, rubber, tin and nickel w

helped in this country, while abroad, its handed lesser teams, like luxembourgh, lichtenstein, and gibraltary might not ever have had, without the nations league. patrick gearey takes a look at whether its not such a daft idea after all. if the nations league was invented to give energy to friendly‘s, then it has already has plenty of material for promotional videos. harry wilson's wind was a significant as it was spectacular. it means whales can still top their group, and will definitely avoid relegation with a game diskette —— spare. all an accommodation if you had ever heard of until recently. we set out the nations lead to win the group, and see where it took us. so thatis group, and see where it took us. so that is good that we can do it with one game to go. and now, the next thing is to look to when it, and we are thing is to look to when it, and we a re really thing is to look to when it, and we are really looking forward to the challenge. back in august, ua five's newest eggs —— come edition existed only as a series of colours and arrows in a ufa video. and other way to qualify for e

use video cameras toumani toure the fences various sections as well as the sea in the strait of gibraltar the team has reached their limits. point i want to put on at this time to come together it's no simple thing to hold off huge crowds of people for. the moroccan authorities and ours you do a very good working relationship. if both sides coordinate their efforts and things go smoothly we achieve our objective yes. the young man in the hills of morocco have also realized there is strength in numbers salif and his friends are planning their next attempt now they also want to escape the brutality of the moroccan police. they'll get their food from a nearby garbage dump a soft drink or a cucumber amole potato life here is unbearable. they're. teaming with cops all my friends who left me with me have made it as far as they want. why should i stay. morocco i'll stay until i eventually get in god willing those guys that aren't in. it can be hard to distinguish courage from desperation for salif and his friends it's europe or bust. now it's believed the horrific war in syria now in its eighth

one osiris now to align our concisely say i've never read out before gibraltar or having a better wake an international football than germany. germany lost say once a france in the european nations the first the second loss in four days coming off the back of a pretty disastrous performance of this year's world cup compare that to gibraltar who picked up competitive wins against liechtenstein and armenia. in tours to keep this. i'm disappointed about the result even if this defeat a different from the defeat of last saturday not because of the result but because of our performance which was very good and i'm very happy about it if. the team played in a coherent way with the rigor they were brave and they continue to go forward themselves i think we're almost at the same level as the team which we can possibly think is the best team in the world right now. not surprisingly social media is reflecting germany's unexpected plight germany have lost six games in a calendar year for the first time in their history or all the shots. he's been in charge for more than a decade now under a huge a

use video cameras to monitor for the fences various sections as well as the sea in the strait of gibraltar the team has reached their limits. but i want to tell you i mean it's. it's not a simple thing to hold off huge crowds of people they love. the moroccan authorities and ours you know very good working relationship. well usually if both sides coordinate their efforts and things go smoothly we achieve our objectives for us. the young man in the hills of morocco have also realized their strength in numbers salif and his friends are planning their next attempt now they also want to escape the brutality of the moroccan police. so why should i stay morocco i'll stay until i eventually get in god willing and. it can be hard to distinguish courage from desperation for salif and his friends it's europe or bust. now it's believed that the horrific war in syria now in its eighth year has left more than one concern of the country's citizens either dead or wounded many of them children and as a result millions have fled the country many to turkey and the south western turkey says you have guns no

ijust want to emphasise this last case, the gibraltar protocol, because these are things that were loomingappening is around the edges of this, is being solved and it really comes down to that one fundamental issue stability it is the most difficult, i would not say it is the only one because someone. . . it is the only one because someone... there it is the only one because someone. . . there are it is the only one because someone... there are issues around the governments of the withdrawal agreement. who do you go to to police it to something goes wrong? but generally in general, the negotiations have been sitting down behind the scenes and making progress. but there's this big elephant in the room shaped like the irish border. let's forget that analogy, but you know i'm talking about. elephant in the room, is that the one? good to see you. it is the end of a very long two days, you are allowed one of those. thank you very much, chris morris. you follow the prime minister, is she allowed the the dinner? she doesn't, when she comes back, is she involved in a 28 now? you don't know which m

. —— government of gibraltar.n travel area, which has existed since before either the uk or ireland ever became members of the european economic community. mr speaker, taking all of this together, 95% of the withdrawal agreement and its protocols are now settled. there is one real sticking point left, but a considerable one, which is how we guarantee that in the unlikely event our future relationship is not in place by the end of the fermentation period, there is no return to a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the commitment to avoiding a hard border is one this house emphatically endorsed and enshrined in law in withdrawal act earlier this year. as i set out last week, the original backstop proposal from the original backstop proposal from the eu was one we could not accept, as it would mean creating a custom is bordered on the irish sea and breaking up the integrity of our united kingdom. i do not believe that any uk prime minister could ever accept this and i certainly will not. but i said in m

sport website, including details of ireland's nations league game against denmark tonight and how gibraltarags filled with commemorative fridge magnets, ponchos and chocolate coins from yesterday's royal wedding have been put up sale on auction site bbay for up to one thousand pounds. the bags were gifted to 12 hundred members of the public who were in the grounds of windsor castle to follow the marriage of princess eugenie the queen's granddaughter and ninth in line to the throne, to jack brooksbank. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me and the team. have a very good night. hello. saturday was quite an exceptional day across the uk. we had the strong winds and heavy rain, of course, across western parts of the uk, where the weather in the last two days has been so troublesome in the wake of storm callum. you can see the storm here, spinning around and moving towards the north. this is the tail end of the storm, the weather front. but also, we had some very warm weather across some eastern parts of the country. temperatures got into the mid—

scotland wales and northern ireland exit the block but also other sovereign british territories like gibraltar or even smaller areas but british military bases in cyprus and that's posing a big problem to all of farmers there because they rely on open borders to sell their goods. they may be small but these olives play an outsized role for andreas for to you their own oil is his life blood flow to you farms land on a british air force base an opera teary on the southern tip of cyprus the relationship between farmers and the british military has existed since cypriot independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty but it could change dramatically in the event of a no deal brags that. nobody has said anything not the cypriot government not our foreign minister or the british foreign minister about how this is going to work and all of oil imported from outside the e.u. is subject to a fifteen percent tariff at the moment for to you and other cypriot farmers on akrotiri and another british base to kill you in the country's east pay no taxes lawyers disagree whether the two bases would be considere

point to recent progress with spain for instance to agree a so—called protocol over the future of gibraltared to progress surrounding the bases, the british military bases on cyprus but she would acknowledge as cyprus but she would acknowledge as c-— cyprus but she would acknowledge as c —— she acknowledges in her article in the sun. there are still unresolved issues around the whole question of the border on the island of ireland. she is not a resolved bad so they may have completed 95% but they have not yet completed that. remaining 5%. in addition to that, there has been a conference call taking place today over this weekend, with the prime minister and some of her senior cabinet ministers. digging around some of the sticking points are as some of them see it on her brexit proposals. some apparently not did we know some are not keen on the whole question of extending the transition period. and there are some who aren't particularly keen on the longer—term idea, the so—called checkers grant, for the longer—term relationship with the european union. so we may be edging towards the withdraw

long last the southern parts of spain some of that wet weather swirling away around the straits of gibraltar would have cost lap onto the coastal shores of north africa northern parts of the rock are northern areas of algeria will also see some light showers from time to time little more clout that is pushing over towards central parts fun and dry into that northeastern coast as we go on through the next few days warm enough in car at thirty four degrees celsius nazi battery patch on sunday with a high then a twenty three. the weather sponsored by qatar and race. i'm a historian say for the people every week brings a series of breaking stories told through the eyes of the world's journalists these two voices journalists were one of the few journalists in bama that were actually doing investigative work listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they report on the story slightly to them and see bias the rights to those stories but then he never publishes the stories they're listening post on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera more than two

hearing is that they has been progress on theissues is that they has been progress on the issues of gibraltarses on cyprus and how the withdrawal agreement applies to them. depending who you speak to, that has been agreed or very close to being agreed. over the weekend there are going to be talks in brussels, saturday and sunday, because things are getting so close. they will talk about the governance of the withdrawal agreement, how you settle disputes that have arrives and that old chestnut, the geographical indications, the protection for regional products like feta cheese and champagne and belgian sausages and things like that, which is still a sticking point for the eu but it is still unresolved. and as for the other big unresolved. and as for the other big unresolved issue, the northern ireland backstop, frankly, who knows what is going on in those negotiations? incredibly sensitive and secretive. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: an inquest finds the man who carried out the westminster bridge terror attack, khalid masood, was lawfully killed by the security services. euro

potatoes, 30 billion pounds, twice as high as the rock of gibraltar. some potatoes. here we have the matterhorn in switzerland in this year's crop of tomatoes. 1,800,000,000 pounds. vegetables, all kinds of them. there would be enough to cover the wall of china, 1 billion bushels. yes, we are producing vitamins and food concentrates packed with enough power to bowl over the access nations. that was vitamin x. mark the spot. fruit juices, billions of gallons, pressed from fruit, there would be enough from old faithful for four months. or if the fruit was made into one pie it would measure 25 miles in diameter. what a time a pie thrower could have with that. milk, 125 billion pounds. if all this flowed over niagara falls it would generate enough electricity to light every factory in new york for one hour. and we would have enough to give our children free milk with school lunches. or should we turn this into butter, flooded fields of holland could be reclaimed by dikes they would build. and it made into cheese, it would make a piece equivalent to this much of the moon.

it says people be angry at mafia gangs operating in the straits of gibraltar, not the government.occo is under pressure from the european union to restrict the numbers of migrants heading across the mediterranean. this geographical anomaly is a flhpoint. it's the town of ceuta, which is a spanish territory on a peninsula of the north african coast. if migrants can get beyond the fortifications surrounding ceuta, they have a foothold in the european union. and in late july some 600 africans did just that, breaching the border en masse. thastactic of the migrants h been to gather in sufficient numbers so they can overwhelm the spanish guards. normally in the past, scores of sub saran africans could be seen along the road between tangier and ceuta making their way to a from camps deep in the forests near ceuta, waiting for an opportune moment to enter the spanish enclave. d but now it'sifferent. we are trying to find african migrants who are hiding out as they attempt to find a way through to get to europe. but the locals we've spoken to so far say the africans have disappeared. back

. >> reporter: overlooking gibraltar is a man o immigration front-line.e villahoz is president of algeciras welcomes, a non-profit that works to protect, educate and integrate newcomers. he's skeptical about the new governme's promises to be more generous to migrants, but is more worried about those on the right wing. >> ( translated ): what usually brings racist or xenophobic reactions is the speeches of the spanish right-wing forces. this causes an unjustified alarm, because we are all seeing that there is nothing specinl on here, and most of the people that arrive here on ail boatnot stay in spain, and therefore it won't be a problem for spain. at they give is a false version. frightening people will ultimately reactions.enophobic >> reporter: in algeciras, many immigrants gravitate towards a picturesque square near the port. it contains nurous ethnic cafes and shops. at nighttime, there is some prostituon.as as heen well documented, a manyican women are forced to become sex workers to pay for the journey to europe. pte changing demographics make forme

of bomb went to the ocean and the sounds were picked up all the way across the atlantic ocean to gibraltar. that's why after the war, one of his colleagues said, i can pick up any submarine you want in a thousand-mile distance. and the navy thought he was nuts until he did it. appreciate the environment. and that begins with world war i. it begins with titanic. it can go that far back. so therefore, i mean, you live in the environment everyday. the ocean is right next to you. it's infinite in its fascination. and the submarine is essential that you know it or you'll kill yourself. any other questions? i'm going too long with this. >> how did it fare during the war and what was the relationship with the submarines and the fishing folk? >> well, if you were a german u- boat, they didn't really care. okay? the fishing industry was severe severely curtailed by wartime regulations which was hard. sometimes they would provide the coast guard or navy -- also during the war, coast guards are usually mandated by the navy. they're taken over by the navy. that happens on a regular basis. and they wou

and cracked difficult issues by gibraltarand in cracked difficult issues by gibraltar and in effectill isn't an obvious solution to this vexed issue of the northern ireland backstop. meanwhile, some of her mps are beginning to talk loosely about whether mrs may can carry on. i don't think it has come to the stage where there will be an organised move against heard this week. it could happen by accident. maybe 48 letters will be sent in by tory mps demanding a contest, it could happen. but i don't get the sense there is a broader view amongst the non—aligned bits of the tory party that they have got to get rid of mrs may. she probably has a bit of space. and i think there has been a backlash against some of the briefing against mrs may at the weekend where we had very violent and aggressive language used by some tory mps, talking about heating up a knife and sticking it into mrs may, and others talking about telling her to bring her own news to a meeting of backbenchers, suggesting mrs may is reaching the killing zone. trasch bring her own —— bring her own noose. i suspect some of th

he said gibraltar is not a rock of concern any more for brexit.10% of brexit issues to still sort. but it doesn't matter when it comes to be a matter of the irish future for northern ireland, it still has to be resolved. thank you very much, gavin. just to say theresa may is expecting to speak to mps on the latest brexit talks at 3:30pm in the house of, and we will bring that to you live here on bbc news. in the meantime... kensington palace has announced that the duchess of sussex is pregnant. in a statement, it said meghan was expecting her first child in spring next year and that she and prince harry were "delighted to share the happy news with the public". the announcement was made shortly after the duke and duchess of sussex arrived in australia on their first royal tour as a married couple. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. sidnei, this morning. the arrival of the duke and duchess of sussex at the duke and duchess of sussex at the start of their 16 day visit to australia, new zealand, fiji and tonga. news of the pregnancy

gibraltar seeing heavy rain, we have warnings across southern and eastern parts of spain.rther north in the central parts of europe, we have some warm and sunny weather on the cards. france, switzerland and into italy. further north, unsettled across parts of western scandinavia, and wet and windy weather develops here during the course of the weekend. the other side of the atlantic, the last couple of days, this clown has been slow—moving, causing devastating flooding in parts of texas. we have already seen 150 mm of rain and one 01’ already seen 150 mm of rain and one or two spots, making it in parts of texas already the wettest autumn and earth. —— on record. with more rain is coming across texas over the next few days. but the high pressure holds on in the east, a much drier picture for florida, georgia and up towards new york, but that cool breeze is developing here. blue colours and cold air across eastern parts of canada into the northeast all stop contrast that with the northwest us and western canada, where temperatures are warm for this time of year. a dip in tho

for nations league match there were also wins for norway georgia and gibraltar who overcame armenia the flagship fixture for the night is arguably old photos germany and the neverland's clashing in amsterdam that one as well as three others has just kicked off. over in africa had tricked by all the army garlow help nigeria hammer libya for no however the big win was only good enough to see the nigerians overtake the libyans and occupy second place in africa cup of nations qualifying group b. south africa lead the way helped by the six no thrashing of the seychelles in the next few minutes set a goal kick off against sudan in group aimed earlier in the day a group rivals madagascar one in equitorial guinea it was also a good away win for namibia in mozambique while uganda had a convincing home win over listen to there are also some games taking place right now involving the likes of morocco and tunisia twenty time grand slam winner roger federer has been shocked at the shanghai masters the defending champion was up against croatia's border trying to cheat in the semifinals on saturday ch

has been progress on things like the status of the british military bases on cyprus, the status of gibraltars is the so—called political the declaration, spelling out the building blocks on the future relationship between the uk and the eu. and we have no idea how well the talks are going there. silk downing street is saying to everyone be more precise about what you are talking about when you say aid deal is close because it is made up of several different components and have news on that today. lots of speculation on that today. lots of speculation on wednesday that michel barney will go to the weekly meeting of the commissioners at the european commission and talk to them about that future relationship and give them a sort of outline of what it might look like. people thought is that a first draft but it turns out and might just be that a first draft but it turns out and mightjust be a table with areas of agreement and disagreement and thenit of agreement and disagreement and then it was downgraded to maybe it will be a list of words, headings of what that document could be but now it tur

czech republic defeated neighbors slovakia two one then they were also wins for norway georgia and gibraltar who overcame armenia over in africa had tricked by audi on a garlow help to nigeria hammer libya for no however the big win was only good enough to see the nigerians overtake the libyans and occupy second place in africa cup of nations qualifying group e. south africa lead the way helped by their six nil threshing of the seychelles and in what turned out to be a decent day for southern african nations namibia and zimbabwe has secured good wins away from home this in barbarians are the group g. leaders at the halfway mark of qualifying in other matters they were big wins for senegal kenya fast so and uganda kenya's former sports minister is set to face charges in court for allegedly skimming money from payments intended for the country's limbic athletes our son wadi zero and five other officials are being investigated over the loss of almost five hundred fifty thousand dollars according to care. chief prosecutor the money was due to go to athletes who gave the east african nation its m

the other land border we have with eu and any similar safeguards in place, of course referring to gibraltarontier with spain. by the way, i said brenda its frontier with spain. by the way, isaid brenda had its frontier with spain. by the way, i said brenda had a fab accent, not a bad accent. do get in touch with us throughout the morning, use the hashtage victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. let's get some sport. will perry is at the bbc sport centre. every single day i seem to be thing, more pressure onjose mourinho but it is true today as well, isn't it? it is becausejose mourinho seems like he could be on borrowed time now after manchester united slumped toa now after manchester united slumped to a fourth game without a win in all conditions, drawing 0—0 against valencia last night. united haven't won a home game since the opening day of the season in august, they lost 3—1 against west ham on saturday, their worst ever start to a premier league campaign and that was just three days after they went out of the league cup to derby cou nty out of t

, because issues are getting close off and they are making progress on things like the status of gibraltar on cyprus? they are making progress on those detail, technical areas. they are making progress on those detail, technicalareas. if something is 90 or 95% down, that means there is ten to 5% not done and that includes things like the infamous backstop, the insurance policy for avoiding a hard border in northern ireland if a future trade deal cannot do it. that is still a tricky issue. while they are making advances on the withdrawal agreement in other areas, there are still complicated areas to be sorted out and that is where the focus on the final push will be in the next ten days or so. adam, i know you will be giving us abreast on all the developments. thank you. the scottish national party leader nicola sturgeon has said her party's 35 mps would vote in favour of another eu referendum if given the opportunity to do so at westminster. the snp party conference is currently taking place in glasgow, from where ms sturgeon spoke to us earlier today. she explained why mps in her party wo

they've sorted out problems with gibraltar and... so ireland is the sticking point.re worried about a proper border for their own customs. they're trying to protect two areas here and theresa may wants to protect the integrity of the uk. she doesn't want to see the country split up. i know you we re the country split up. i know you were having contact with people inside these meetings, talk to me about what you've been hearing in terms of how theresa may is presenting herself and being viewed by other is you leaders, because it's been frosty, you alluded to salzburg, the frosty meeting in september. that's right, i've been texting people in the room and people said she had more positive body language last night. it's a difficultjob for theresa body language last night. it's a difficult job for theresa may, body language last night. it's a difficultjob for theresa may, she's attacked on both all sides, she doesn't have a majority for any plan so she has to walk into the room knowing she's not a member of the clu b knowing she's not a member of the club —— on all sides

they have reached provisional agreement on the arrangements for gibraltar and cyprus and some other technicalt requires goodwill and flexibility from both sides. the 9596 figure is a bit ofan from both sides. the 9596 figure is a bit of an allusion, because until it is 100% done, it is not done at all. absolutely right, there are difficult issues to resolve, in particular the backstop, but the prime minister is working on that. everyone in the country should give her the time and space to come back to the house of commons and present that deal, and members can make that judgment. i can hear you tatting already! how much more time do you need? we have had two years already. before we discuss brexit, i want an apology from ashley for his leader and what was said in plenary this morning, calling labour colleagues, national socialist, nazis. ifind that absolutely deplorable, i do not know what has happened to the conservative party and the name—calling, andl conservative party and the name—calling, and i would like ashley... ashley does not have to, the leader already apologised in the chamberfor