i agree with iain.plea whether borisjohnson signs it or not isn't really essential. and there will be an election which i think he is going to look forward to with great equanimity. but none of you are accepting the prospect that perhaps borisjohnson means it when he says under no circumstances will he seek an extension. perhaps he is going to go rogue. it is illegal at this point. well, says who? he can go rogue and challenge parliament and challenge the lawyers and challenge the supreme court, and it will probably end up in the supreme court within 72 hours, and something will happen. but it is certainly a prospect. it is a possibility. he could decide to go rogue. he did that with suspending parliament and it backfired with the supreme court. he might come in the final 10 or 11 days, he doesn't send the letter and parliament can't agree who replaces him he could do as you describe, just lock himself in numberten, refuse to answer the phone and then just wait for it to be fought out in court. that mig

iain, is he going to get his deal? you're absolutely right, there has always been this fantasy that, at the last minute, because that is the way the eu always conducts itself in difficult negotiations. you get a frantic meeting which goes on until six o'clock in the morning, and people emerge with a communique and say, "a deal is done." there is a tiny, tiny chance of that but it looks as though, because of the way in which borisjohnson is now boxed in by parliament. and parliament has legislated to force him or whoever runs the government to ask for a further extension, no one can explain what that is for other than a general election. because he is boxed in, he has put forward these proposals. the european union does not really have much interest, it seems, in talking to him. there are some talks going on, but not the intensive talks the british hoped would happen. the british hope was that, by now, you would've gone into what's called the tunnel, the diplomatic channel where both sides, for ten days, would negotiate

thank you, iain watson at westminster.aring a device which mimics the skeleton and is controlled by his mind. the team developing the technology in france say it might one day dramatically improve people's quality of life. the patient said taking his first steps in the suit felt like being the "first man on the moon". james gallagher reports. it's a small step for thibaut, but could this be a giant leap in paralysis? his arms and legs were paralysed after a fall damaged his spinal cord four years ago. but when he's strapped into this robotic suit he can use his thoughts to move again. he told me learning to walk came quite quickly, but using the exoskeleton to precisely bend and stretch his arms or rotate his wrists took much longer. so how does the exoskeleton work? well, first, thibaut has implants resting on the surface of his brain, they are reading his thoughts, his brain activity, his brain waves, and they are being beamed to a computer. now, the computer has to rapidly digest that information and transform that brai

iain watson, thank you very much.or a summit in brussels are now waiting for tomorrow's vote. our europe correspondent adam fleming is there. if borisjohnson loses tomorrow, from an eu perspective, adam, what happens then? well, ben, that is not a subject which is being discussed publicly here because the eu is throwing everything at making sure this deal gets through. in that sense, they've signed up to that infamous boris johnson phrase sense, they've signed up to that infamous borisjohnson phrase of, get brexit done by 31st october. that means the lawyers and the translators are working overtime to get the revised deal into the 23 other eu languages and all sorts of bureaucratic procedures are being ditched to get the deal through on this side by 31st october. it might not sound like a big deal but these quys not sound like a big deal but these guys are bureaucrats, so, ditching bureaucratic procedures and cutting corners is a big sacrifice for them. in terms of what actually happens, there is a meeting pencilled i

our political correspondent, iain watson, had the latest from westminster earlier. it was just it wasjust in it was just in the summer that he was a contenderfor the it was just in the summer that he was a contender for the conservative party leadership. now, the autumn, he says that the old—style party politics is effectively dead, it is suffocating. he has to break out of the embrace of the party political system. interestingly, he announced to his local newspaper that he was standing down as the mp for penrith and the border, quitting the conservative party, and said he would not be standing against local conservatives there is an independent. they're notjust a few hours later, he said he would be standing as an independent when it comes to the london mayoral race next year, and would be standing against the conservative candidate sean bailey. he he welcomes everyone to that particular race, but rory stewart says he will now have an an opportunity to test his contention, that the tone of his old party is too aggressive for brexit, and people are in the mood for c

our political correspondent iain watson is in our westminster studio. what are you hearing about why leo varadkarand what are you hearing about why leo varadkar and boris johnson emerged from the meeting sounding so positive? what are the grounds for that positivity? i'm not sure entirely what the arguments are because downing street are keeping pretty tight—lipped and so are the dup. most of the cabinet were not briefed on the details of what happened at that meeting. clearly, as adam pointed out, there has to be some movement on these two issues, the two cs, customs and consent. there must have been some movement in those areas to have that optimism but fundamentally, what has to happen now is that borisjohnson clearly needs to get into what is called the tunnel with these intensive negotiations and so far we have only seen the light at the beginning of the tunnel and not at the end. we don't know if the serious negotiations will commence

our political correspondent iain watson is here.they are usually brexit supporting newspapers but a whole range of his ministers are writing for a range of newspapers and the key messages britain will leave the eu by the end of the month, but the eu must step up of the month, but the eu must step up its game if it wants britain to do so with a deal. the effectively argued two things, he will carry out negotiations in the spirit of cooperation and compromise that might suggest he is willing to modify some of the proposals we have seen, though not big modifications like staying in the customs union. he says if he can go with proposals that mps support, he calls on mps to get on side but he might also be considering a vote in parliament ahead of the big eu council in the middle of the month to put pressure on brussels although downing street sources tell me tonight that no decision has been taken. he stresses again there will be no more dither and delay but denied jeremy corbyn said ata and delay but denied jeremy corbyn said at a rall

here's our political correspondent iain watson.moment as prime minister is pushing for a deal with his european counterparts. so that is his focus this week. so far though they haven't begun the intense negotiations you would like. so he does have to turn his mind to what happens if no deal is a prospect. and, as you say, he has been told that if there is no deal by the 19th of october he must seek a brexit extension. that is the law. that is what parliament has told him to do. there are lots of suggestions about how he gets around this. there isa about how he gets around this. there is a route towards the courts, i'm not sure it is quite the route that some of the newspapers are suggesting. there is a court in scotla nd suggesting. there is a court in scotland looking to pin him down to force him to send the letter. it makes again tomorrow. if it rules effectively against the prime minister then it is likely he will ta ke minister then it is likely he will take an appeal to the supreme court, to the ultimate court in the land. in

iain, thank you very much.xperts, governments and technology companies to keep people safe. encryption is creating those spaces, the spaces for terrorists, individuals, terrorist organisations, child abusers, the people that are seeking to do harm to others, children, individuals and our own countries and our national security. so, i would really urge facebook to engage with us in active dialogue, which is something that hasn't happened thus far. that's why we have issued this letter. a couple whose dream wedding in las vegas was nearly ruined by the collapse of thomas cook, have now tied the knot, with a surprise name featuring on the guest list. one of those stories that will make you smile this morning. sharon and andrew aitchison joined us on the breakfast sofa, when the travel company was on the verge of going bust. it was a grim time for them, they saw their plans going up in smoke. they eventually made it to vegas on time, where they found a famous face waiting for them. ben ando takes up the story. # ha

doubts, or iained saw those who were in the fight start to waiver, that is when voice mattered most. and more than once during my presidency, when the economy still looked like it might plunge into depression, when the health care bill was pronounced dead in congress, i would watch elijah rally his colleagues. is cost of doing nothing nothing, he would say and folks would remember why they entered into public service. our children are the living messages we send to a future we will never see he would say and he would remind all of us that our time is too short to not fight for what is good and true and what is best in america. 200 years to 300 years from now, he would say, people will look back at this moment and ask the question --what did you do? and hearing him, we would be reminded that it falls upon each one of us to give voice to the voiceless and comfort to the sick and opportunity to those not born to it and to preserve and nurture our democracy. cummings was a man of noble and good heart. parents and his faith planted the seeds of hope and love and compassion and righteousne

and iain is here with me now.ing borisjohnson is prepared to launch a legal action in his attempts to ensure the uk can leave the european union this month with no deal. i'm month with no deal. not quite sure that is entirely correct i'm not quite sure that is entirely correct but if you talk to anyone in and around downing street, they will emphasise is determined to lead by 0ctober emphasise is determined to lead by october 31. parliament has passed a law saying there is no deal by the 19th of october, he is going to have to ask for a break —— brexit extension. there is a route that will taken to court. that route continues but effectively, the scottish courts are looking at ways to compel him to send that letter, and they will make a ruling tomorrow. if boris johnson and they will make a ruling tomorrow. if borisjohnson is told tomorrow. if borisjohnson is told to send that letter and there is no wriggle room, and doesn't subsequently do so, likely he will end up back in the supreme court and they will then adj

iain watson, bbc news.stable of northamptonshire police has urged the us embassy to waive the diplomatic immunity of an american woman who is a suspect in the investigation of a fatal car crash. harry dunn, who was 19, was killed six weeks ago when his motorbike collided with a car. our correspondent duncan kennedy has been speaking to his parents, who have made a direct appeal for the woman to return to the uk to face justice. he was the son who always smiled, the teenager who loved life. harry dunn's parents, tim and charlotte, say their pain is profound, especially as the police suspect in the case has now left the country. for this to happen is just unbelievable. i would just like her to come back and tell us why she left, why would she leave, and explain to me why she thought leaving was the right way to go. harry died here, when his motorbike was hit by a car driven by the wife of an american diplomat. but despite telling police she would co—operate, she has now flown back to the united states — somet

iain watson, bbc news.o our political correspondent chris mason, who's been with the prime minister in cambridge. but first to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who was listening to that speech from jeremy corbyn in battersea, south london. norman, the start of labour's campaign. we have blastoff with labour out of the blocks first. why, because they want to try and roll the pitch for the selection might make sure it is notjust about brexit but also about labour‘s suite radical domestic policies, nationalising railways, extending employee rights, eventually moving toa employee rights, eventually moving to a four day working week. and it went down a storm in here. the party supporters were cheering and stamping their feet, chanting jeremy corbyn‘s name. the question is, how does it go down amongst middle income voters? amongst middle england? and the calculation of team corbyn is that it is a message that resonates there, too, because such communities are equally fed up with austerity. but you ha

the times talks about iain duncan smith, former leader of the conservative party, saying we are the brexite brexit party now because there's no other space for us to occupy. he did say that i wish he hadn't. is that how you think the prime minister, boris johnson, will pitch the party?” hope not, because we have spent 3.5 yea rs hope not, because we have spent 3.5 years talking highly volatile rubbish about brexit. doesn't matter whether you are remain or leave, i feel so passionately about this, if anyone is going to win this election without outright majority, which is very unlikely, but say one does, if you don't have a fantastic domestic agenda, which we have ignored for 3.5 years, apart from a good dollop of money going into the national health system, educational needs lots of money and police, hundreds of things, defence, things we have not dealt with properly. if it's the time of the end of austerity, and i believe whatever government it is, we need to spend, because if you look at europe, there's the possibility of a recession, maybe a global recession, so we need infrastructure s

iain, does the prime minister have the numbers he needs? it is an extraordinary day.ing the commons around 9:30am. fast forward, thereby three, effectively three potential results of the day. one more result than borisjohnson would like. he wanted this to be a decisive day. the meeting on saturday, special session, he wanted it to be deal or no deal, and in his view getting his deal through. it looks as though it may be a bit muddier by the end of the day. there is a potential third option, not deal or no deal but delayed. what is happening is that across party group of mps are saying they will back the deal in principle but want him to the european union and asked for a delay beyond brexit day, beyond 0ctober and asked for a delay beyond brexit day, beyond october 31 if necessary. their are fierce are fierce are two things. first, although there is a big vote on the deal there is a lot of comping legislation and detail that has to be done. they want that properly scrutinised. secondly they are worried if that is not done we effectively leave it no deal by mistake. th

david: thank you so much, iain marlow reporting. coming up, japanese retailers. retailers gaining in the morning session. buteven never closes, something led to the closing of 1007-11 stores closing. -- 1000 7-eleven stores closing. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: we are on break in japan but a good session in the morning for the topix, .6%. within the market, one very bright spot, literally. you will see a small portion of the market. foods, staples, and retailing of 3%. here are some of those names. some.fering of eunuch we're in earning season. yvonne: from tokyo, michael allen, jefferies analyst. talk us through broadly speaking retailers arenese doing so well today in response to earnings. is it something that is going on domestically or are there brought plans playing out -- playing out? michael: two things. there is a lot of uncertainty removed because the results came out. retailers are earlier than most other japanese companies. they tend to have their fiscal year end in february. everyone else's in march. to market is still afraid buy companies that have ha

iain watson, bbc news. and iain watson is at westminster.he retaliation in first, if you like, against boris johnson, this whole idea that perhaps it was parliament versus the people, and brexit, they say they are battling the elite themselves. borisjohnson, of course, as i suggested, occupying, or trying borisjohnson, of course, as i suggested, occupying, ortrying to occupy, labour's traditional territory, visiting a hospital and the police, talking about investment in public services. for the two main parties, they do have, to coin a phrase, a vested interest in not making this purely a brexit election. from labour's point of you, jeremy corbyn wants to try to appeal to voters in leave areas who might be put off by his party she has pledged to have another referendum, and he is trying to find policies which might appeal to some voters who might vote labour if they concentrate on issues other than brexit. that's why he was going i think quite so strongly on those dividing lines with the conservatives, the whole range of issues including for

iain watson, has this report.a turn—up for the books. iain watson, has this report. a conservative prime minister who actually seemed to enjoy his excursion to brussels. backslapping all round as borisjohnson secured a brexit deal yesterday, with 2a hours these days is a long time in politics. he is facing more difficulties back in britain than in brussels, as he struggles to get enough mps on side. so, what kind of deal will they be putting on? much of it is similar to theresa may's, for example, protecting citizens‘ rights, eu residents here, uk citizens over there. the uk will also pay what the eu regards as its financial obligations, a divorce bill of around £33 billion. but the deal is different when it comes to northern ireland. there will be no border checks in ireland, but there will be checks on some goods going from great britain to northern ireland, and this has cost the support of the dup. the deal is toxic as far as northern ireland is concerned. it does not meet the promises that the prime minister m

iain duncan smith. >> may i take issue with the prime minister gently. for 27 years, some of us have been warning about the nature of the european union. i say gently. may also say to my friend i am in agreement as i stand here today with the leader of the back, who has said he will this deal today, so will i. i want to ask him in that spirit, would he please come to the box and ask the member to please recognize we need to have a meaningful vote to withdraw his amendments and give the give theeople -- and british people what they are dying for. a decision on brexit. p.m. johnson: i am full of respect of my contributions my friend has made over many years that did not mean in any way to exclude him, to say he had not made important contributions. i meant i had not heard people speaking up in favor of integration. amendmentnt about the , which i believe is being proposed and i think you accepted. think this is a momentous occasion for our country and parliament. it would be a great shame if the opportunity to have a meaningful vote, which is what i believ

iain watson, bbc news.two men. officers found two people dead inside — the third was discovered in a car outside. a 32—year—old man has been arrested. a second whistle—blower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry into president trump's conversations with the ukrainian president. one of the lawyers involved has been speaking to a us tv network. live now to our correspondent chris buckler in washington. what do we know, chris, about the second individual? it is claimed this latest whistle—blower is a us intelligence official who has first—hand knowledge of that controversial conversation between the leaders of ukraine and the united states. you might remember that back injuly in a phone call donald trump asked volodymyr zelensky to launch an investigation into his potential presidential election rivaljoe biden and there are growing questions about whether there was an attempt to put pressure on ukraine either by dangling a visit to the white house or by threatening to suspend security assistant. that is

smith, us is iain duncan conservative mp and former leader of the conservative party.ou. what are the chances of leaving on october 31? . there isstill -- >> still a slim chance that if the labor party agrees to a limited extra time, they could run it around the clock. in 25just do it all hours. that is how we have done it in days gone by. we might still get back onto schedule. there is the outside possibility and i think the government recognizes a stage where if they can't make the 31st, their pledge, they have to have an election. the honest truth is you've witnessed what happens when you don't have a majority or a government this place just collapses. an alternative is to craft another timetable and jeremy corbyn seems off about that. is it worth trying that before the election root? if you really examine what he is actually asking for, he's trying to get three more days. to breakery well not the deadline so it is a tautological game he is playing. anna: you could call it a technical extension, that's what some want. just more time. >> the extension is not in our g

iain, what do we know about these proposals.u on the sofa. lovely to have you on the sofam is very comfortable, as well. i think when boris johnson is very comfortable, as well. i think when borisjohnson makes his big conference speech today he will set out more of these proposals. and from what you are saying, it sounds like an uncompromising message, something which will rally the troops. either a new deal or no deal, a final offer at the eu. the question really is is it putting forward , question really is is it putting forward, if you like, impossible demands in order for the forward, if you like, impossible demands in orderfor the eu to reject them? then he can say it is theirfault if we reject them? then he can say it is their fault if we head towards no deal. speaking to a cabinet minister last night, despite what he was saying last month, he felt we were absolutely heading towards no deal. he now feels that compromises have been made and this is a serious proposal to the eu. and we should look very carefully, actually, a

iain watson, bbc news. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster.them with this official launch? theyjust today on the rest of them with this official launch? they just want to get out as quickly as they could and start getting their message across because so many labour people talk about 2017 when the party went into the election behind in the polls, jeremy corbyn‘s rating was low but he improved on that during their campaigning. it was way better than anyone expected. the party are looking at that and seeing we can go further and beat the conservatives. they think they can do that by talking about other than brexit. the offering from jeremy corbyn, a radical manifesto, renationalisation of the water industry and of the meal industry and railways as well and a higher living. they cannot ignore brexit completely because it has dominated everything for the last years butjeremy corbyn is saying our approach, after a lot of confusion, now he says it is very simple. he will renegotiate a deal if he is prime minister and put it back to the people in a re

iain watson reports. he says he is prepared to leave without a deal but now he wants to leave with onece concludes on wednesday, the government is expected to send new proposals to brussels. the main sticking point so far has been the northern road backstop. this would avoid a hard border in ireland where avoid a hard border in ireland where a new trade deal would happen after brexit. many brexiteers with the leave it would also keep the uk too closely in step the eu rules and the prime minister says it is antidemocratic so what is the alternative? the bbc understands the government will propose new customs checks on the island of ireland after brexit but these will be done away from the border, mostly where goods originate or at their final destination. the government hopes this will be enough to kick start a new intensive rounds of talks by the end of the week but the irish government says it still hasn't seen a credible alternative to the backstop. the prime minister is likely to say that the new proposals prove he is determined to get a deal. we should know by the weekend if the eu

a think tank set up by iain duncan smith, the architect, said that the pension age should rise to 75. i say to the tories, if you ever tried to bring this in, the snp will oppose it all of the way. we can take responsibility and save our own priorities, and we can also decide what we do not want to spend money on. nuclear weapons are immoral, but they are also a massive waste of money. (applause) we can and we will, with independence, get rid of the missiles once and for all. (applause) and here is another idea for saving some cash. the house of lords. (noise) the second-biggest legislative chamber in the world after that national people's congress of china. (laughs) >> you know, at one time, there were 63 peers, and they claim more than one million pounds between them just for being there. that is undemocratic, and with independence, we would not have to contribute a single penny to lords. we can have a modern parliament with a written constitution, instead. (applause) our task is to build confidence in the strength of our economy and in our vision of a fairer, more democratic countr

my guests today: isabel hilton of china dialogue, iain martin of the london times, greg katz of the associated mourning. vandalisation escalated, and two protestors were hit with live ammunition. the government then closed the rail network and banned face masks. events in hong kong do not fit beijing‘s birthday narrative of a nation united and on the march. you have been watching china and hong kong for half a century. tell us hong kong for half a century. tell us what is going on now. i don‘t think this is going to be sorted. you know, the facemask band which precipitated last night‘s riots which were by far the most serious that we have seen and i think, you know, they were definitely riots. there

the rg group, there seems to be a bit of dissent from there already, voices like ian patterson and iaino not be that abs —— impressed with the deal but what this is is actually taking the uk even further away from the eu. that makes it even less likely that the eu will enter that makes it even less likely that the eu willentera that makes it even less likely that the eu will enter a trade deal with the eu will enter a trade deal with the uk after brexit. and that will be unpalatable, certainly for a lot of labour and opposition mps. it would involve britain diminishing a lot of its standards and regulations, food safety, workers' rights, environmental protections and all of those are likely to be undermined by what will follow. the eu have signed many trade deals around the world on the basis of mutual recognition rather than perfect harmonisation. the basis of what theresa may's original deal, was keeping us inside the customs union and in practice that prevents you from striking new trade deals with countries which after all is one of the principal benefits of brexit. you would end up

eu summit at which any deal would be approved is now only 11 days away. 0ur political correspondent iainis is a week when that question may finally be answered. borisjohnson is pushing brussels to open serious negotiations on his latest proposals. and government ministers are warning time is short. we have set out very serious proposals, including compromise on our side, and we now need to see creativity and flexibility on the eu side in order to reach that deal. under boris johnson's plan, after brexit, the northern ireland assembly could decide whether to remain more in step with some eu rules to ease cross—border trade, or adopt any new uk rules instead. critics say this would give too much power to northern ireland's dup, and the government seems open to a rethink. but i am told that will be no major modifications to the prime minister's plan. and in a phone call today, french president emmanuel macron told borisjohnson the eu would evaluate whether a deal was possible by the end of the week. the prime minister has a much better chance of getting a deal with brussels if he can convin

there is a quote from iain duncan smith which says, we other brexit party now.y conservative party but brexit strategists worried about losing boats to liberal democrats, that's not what they want, and the more of these moderate tories to jump ship, these moderate tories to jump ship, the bigger the danger that the party gets taken over by brexit and steve baker is saying, the european research group, which is a group of hardline exit will come out of the selection with more members than they had. turning away from politics to something sad we have been recovering all day, the first report dealing with grenfell. the london fire brigade are being accused of hiding behind heroes and they are having a go at the chief of the fire brigade. there have been criticisms that the boss in charge that her initial reaction was not right and the tone was not right at all. the suggestion that we would have done the same again. and actually, the report has found systematic failings across so many report has found systematic failings across so many aspects of the work that the f

the front bench to the back bench, he couldn't seemingly get on with the conservative leaders like iain been on an extraordinary political journey. john bercow has certainly been seen by some conservatives as being very partisan on the brexit issue. how damaging do you think that has been not necessarily tojohn bercow, but to the role of speaker? he's certainly not the first speaker to face accusations of bias. but there is a very important date on this tale, which is three february, 2017. john bercow spoke at the university of reading to students there. and on that day, he revealed that he voted to remain in the referendum. now while speakers long have faced accusations of bias from — margaret thatcher always felt he was against her government, selwyn lloyd, a former conservative minister — when he began, there were all these accusations against him of bias. however, as far as i'm aware, that was the first time that a speaker has spoken out on an issue of such controversy. and we have now got a commons committee, quite an influential commons committee, which says it will look at the ro

iain watson. we will be finding more about the labour policies that they are proposing.vate companies to censor politicians or the news. at least 64 passengers have died on a train in central pakistan after a devastating fire which is thought to have started when a cooking stove exploded. the country's railways minister told the bbc the blaze had destroyed three carriages of the train, which was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi. it's 8:06am. the us military has released footage of its raid in northern syria, which it says was when the leader of the islamic state group was killed. the video, released by the pentagon, shows special forces approaching the compound where abu bakr al—baghdadi was hiding before he detonated a suicide vest. our washington correspondent chris buckler reports. in the first images released of the raid, you can see us special forces making their way into the building where abu bakr al—baghdadi was hiding. as they flew into the area, the american troops were shot at by militants. we're not showing the next portion of this video, but in it, they

our political correspondent iain watson reports.e says he is prepared to leave the eu without a deal, but would prefer to leave with one, and now those close to borisjohnson say he has a plan. soon after the conservative conference concludes on wednesday, the government is expected to send new proposals to brussels. the main sticking point so far has been the northern irish backstop. this would avoid a hard border in ireland while a new trade deal is being hammered out after brexit. but many brexiteers believe it would also keep the uk too closely in step with eu rules, and the prime minister said it is antidemocratic. so what is the alternative? well, the bbc understands the government will propose new customs checks on the island of ireland after brexit, but these would be done well away from the border, mostly either where goods originate or at their final destination. the government hopes this will be enough to kick start a new, intensive round of talks by the end of the week. but the irish government says it still hasn't seen a

my guests today: isabel hilton of china dialogue, iain martin of the london times, greg katz of the associatedng me. a tale of two chinas. controlled choreography in beijing, chaos in hong kong. far from celebrating the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution, democracy protesters called it a day of mourning. vandalisation escalated, and two protestors were hit with live ammunition. the government then closed the rail network and banned face masks. events in hong kong simply do not fit beijing's birthday narrative of a nation united and on the march. you have been watching china and hong kong for half a century. tell us what is going on now. is carrie lam is going to sort this out? i don't think this is going to be sorted. you know, the face—mask ban which precipitated last night's

we will be speaking to iain duncan smith at ten past seven.east to west will continue all but the northern isles through the day and then quite smartly behind it we will see a return to sunshine. we have seen a lot of rain coming our way through the latter part of yesterday, streaming and across the west and steadily pushing eastwards heavy bursts as well and i am showing you the radar just bursts as well and i am showing you the radarjust to show bursts as well and i am showing you the radar just to show you bursts as well and i am showing you the radarjust to show you the trend and track that the rain is taking. this is due to the weather front that will continue to move away but you can see it still lingers across the northern aisles. a transient ridge of high pressure comes our way and then this area of high pressure will be with us tomorrow into the weekend. first thing this morning we start dry and bright in the far north—east before the rain pushes through. through the afternoon across orkney we will hang onto the rain and get into shet

our political correspondent iain watson is in central london outside the labour meeting. be a done deal surely that we are having an early general election with the support of the labour party. i think that is absolutely right. the shadow cabinet labour's headquarters to hammer this out. i am told that cheap web argued strongly against going for a general election but maybe others felt it was inevitable. jeremy corbyn said his conditions had been met. his condition primarily is to take no deal of the table because there is an extension now until the end of january, the 31st of january, that ta kes january, the 31st of january, that takes no gel of the table for three months and that would allow a general election. —— no deal off the table. if the liberal democrats and the snp are going to go for an early election, it would look ridiculous for labour to be dragged in behind more minor parties. there was a sense of inevitability that labour may have to get behind that election. emerging from that meeting the shadowjustice election. emerging from that meeting the shadow just

our political correspondent, iain watson, has this report.p for the books, a conservative prime minister who actually seemed to enjoy his excursion to brussels. backslapping all round, as borisjohnson secured a brexit deal yesterday. but 2a hours these days, is a long time in politics. and he is facing more difficulties back in britain than in brussels, as he struggles to get enough mps on side. so, what kind of deal will they be voting on? much of it is similar to theresa may's, for example, protecting citizens rights, eu residents here, uk citizens over there. the uk will also pay what the eu regards as its financial obligations, a divorce bill of around £33 billion. but the deal is different when it comes to northern ireland. there would be no border checks in ireland but there will be checks on some goods going from great britain to northern ireland, and this has cost the support of the dup. the deal is toxic as far as northern ireland is concerned. it does not meet the promises which the prime minister made, that the whole of the united

we have had people like iain duncan smith, t brexiteers publishing op-ed saying they may have to makeoncessions. the deadline may be extended to beyond october 31. -- noticeable shift away from the hard brexit argument. even if the agreement does not pass parliament and you get an early election the government will be campaigning on a deal. this hard brexit confrontation with europe has gone down. vonnie: does it matter what any constructive dialogue would involve -- on the ireland question customs is a sticking point, if there is progress does it matter what kind of progress? mr. saravelos: i think from a market perspective at the moment what matters is to add the pale risk of hard brexit being low. is agreed of what will matter to the future of the relationship. we will be focusing on these factors in a few months. i think immediately as we look at the next few weeks and into november what matters is that the market understands and the government petitions a strategy of engagement rather than confrontation. that means the risk of a hard brexit is low and it allows the pound to be on

we're joined now by our political correspondent, iain watson.cal about whether it is time to get it done because you have to embark on trade negotiations and what is it you are actually doing? the trouble for boris johnson, what is it you are actually doing? the trouble for borisjohnson, some people on his own side do not like the look of the deal, long—standing brexiteers. they are saying they are worried about effectively a border in the irish sea between great britain and northern ireland. although dominic raab and boris johnson are pushing one way, the dup are pushing the other, telling us they will be actively trying to get conservative mps to back them and vote against their own prime minister. you can seejust vote against their own prime minister. you can see just how high the stakes are. meanwhile, john mcdonnell, as he said, leave areas, desperate to get this done too. john mcdonnell trying to tell them, it is not good for the rights of workers, please stay in line. i spoke to one senior politician a few minutes ago and he said tomorrow

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let's get the latest with our political correspondent iain watson so, he's gone from wanting to be ad in such a short timescale. he was competing against boris johnson such a short timescale. he was competing against borisjohnson for the leadership, no leaving the party. it shouldn't come as too much ofa party. it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, he was halfway out already, because he broke with boris johnson over the question of no—deal, one of those chucked out of the parliamentary conservative party, now resigning from the conservative party entirely, even as a grassroots member. he was also saying, i spoke to him after he took the decision to oppose boris johnson, he said he might stand as an independent mp, but he has now ruled that out as well full stop he has given his reasons and a brief resignation statement. he says that basically some people in his local party, some conservatives did not wa nt party, some conservatives did not want him to run again. others, other conservative party members elsewhere in the country, he didn't want to go and oppose them. he said he

referred to as super saturday — let's get an idea of what's in store from our political correspondent iaine commons is sitting. can you condense us down to, by the end of the day, what are the options as to what might have happened? what the prime minister would like the options to be, quite stra ig htforwa rdly would like the options to be, quite straightforwardly deal or no deal. there is only going to be three options. deal, no deal or delay. he will be putting forward the deal he's got. it's going to be too close to call. a very narrow vote either way. if it fails to win, the option of no deal, he is forced to go back to the eu and ask for a brexit extension, possibly even a renegotiation but there is a third way, a third option which of actively says, as mp5, we will agree this dealfor now actively says, as mp5, we will agree this deal for now but what we have to do is get all the —— legislation for parliament. and we're still going to ask you, just in case we reach the 31st of october, in case we fall out of the european union by default. we are still going to ask you to go back to b

with me now is our political correspondent iain waston. suppose has been expected from some quarters. this decision i suppose has been expected from some quarterslj this decision i suppose has been expected from some quarters. i think it has been half expected at least. he was already halfway out the door. he was already halfway out the door. he was already halfway out the door. he was basically thrown out of the parliamentary conservative party for opposing borisjohnson parliamentary conservative party for opposing boris johnson over parliamentary conservative party for opposing borisjohnson over no—deal. he wanted to make sure we leave the eu with a deal. then he had to take a decision as to when he was going to stand as an independent member of parliament. so we had a tale of two announcements this morning, the first was that their word to his local party and local paper saying he would not be standing again as an mp, he was resigning from the conservative party completely, even asa conservative party completely, even as a grassroots me