the international development secretary with an earlier, she did not look very happy at all.abinet are now in, the meeting begins in just about eight minutes. we are expected to last for three hours. vicky, let me ask you, although the meeting starts at 2pm the prime minister has been talking to her cabinet one to one individual briefings last night and this morning, clearly trying to get them onside and those personal meetings where she was face—to—face with them. someone should she was trying to pick them off individually rather like going round the table and having a momentum building up against plans and one cabinet minister i book to only a set which is likely to do today is go around and let everyone have your say but will decide who speaks so visitors looking negative she will want to bring in someone who has more supportive. last night she had the advantage that some of them going and had not read the document so a bit like today she is able to put across her side of the story without people seeing the details. what will be crucial to date is that legal advice from th

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mental health is the biggest issue she faces in herjob —— international development.day, children, parents and professionals have streamed through that door to tell me about the difficulties they've been having in getting health. typically if we can sum it up, what are the key issues? —— getting help. the key issues are first of all the shortage and lack of help available for so many. we know only one in four children get help, and even with plans in place, that's reduced to one in three. there's a real paucity of early help to prevent these crises happening, there's black holes in the system all over the place. the committee's investigating mental health services for children. anna longfield said those who did get treatment often have to wait and unacceptable length of time for it. i think there's a whole range of issues that are affecting their mental health. some of it is about the complexity of life. i think that some of it is about pressures within school. some of it is the fact that stigma has reduced so more children are identifying this and they feel able to t

the international development secretary announced a new £50 million package for africa at a west londonth fgm cases. she believes money spent abroad can have a beneficial effect here. if we want to protect women in the uk, we have to end fgm globally. we are planning on doing that by 2030. this new funding today is going to help those grassroots campaigns. we need the conversation to start... janet is a midwife who sees the consequences of fgm everyday in herjob. her patients often have to contend with multiple complications. infection, bleeding, infertility. you know, post—traumatic stress and the psychological impact on the girl or woman who has had fgm. the campaign against fgm is already gaining ground across africa. but britain believes it can help speed up its total eradication by using its aid budget to help empower girls. naomi grimley, bbc news. one of britian's leading tv soap operas is to tackle far—right extremism in a storyline. a character from hollyoaks is seen being radicalised by a group with anti—muslim views. it's hoped the storyline will raise awareness about the thr

agency for international development, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. now, a discussion on how the new, 116th congress could impact defense spending. from the brookings institution, this is an hour and a half. michael: good morning and welcome to brookings. i'm michael o'hanlon with the foreign policy program. thanks for joining us to talk about the u.s. defense budget in the aftermath of big changes, including the midterm elections, but also rethinking within the trump administration about how much they want to spend on the military. we have a fantastic panel to

penny mordaunt is behind that door, the international development secretary. we have no understanding as to exactly why she is there but she has been seen for some time as one of the cabinet member is more likely to reject this deal and to step out of government. keeping our eye on that. the senior political reporterfor eye on that. the senior political reporter for business insider. eye on that. the senior political reporterfor business insider. we have seen how the markets have suffered, the pound has suffered today. i suppose that is as much about this increasing chaos and uncertainty rather than necessarily the deal itself or what is on offer? the last few weeks has been a soap opera in british politics, even by its own standards in the last few yea rs. its own standards in the last few years. when news came out of brussels that there wasn't an agreement between negotiators, the pound rose. it was brilliant. now westminster basically crumbling, the government looking like it could collapse. obviously, it has had an effect on the market because we are enter

street looking at a couple of cabinet ministers, particularly penny morduant, she is the international developmentretary, and she has long been a eurosceptic. there were reports that she won cabinet meeting said she thought mps should have a free vote, that means they don't have to vote along with their government, their party, and that would be a pretty incredible state of affairs. i'm sure it's one that theresa may would not agree to, but if penny morduant is saying things like that, there are also esther mcvey, the work and pensions secretary, and again, a eurosceptic who has a cabinet voiced concerns about the direction she thought this was all going in, and the other thing that has been happening is all sorts of rumours about the triggering of a leadership contest. we have heard this for months, probably years. the mechanism is that 48 conservative mps would have to put a letter in to one of the conservative party grandees, and once that happens, it triggers a no—confidence vote in the prime minister, and which all conservative mps would take part in. if we she we re mps would take part in. i

the possibility that we could see some resignations off to this meeting today we have the international development secretary penny morton who we know is very pro bricks in concert and we have estimate phase the work and pensions secretary so we are now just waiting to see whether the cabinet is behind her or whether some may well quit now that the biggest stumbling block in this process has been what to do about the border between northern ireland which is obviously part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is a separate country and will remain in the u. we don't know the full details of the deal but what have we learned about xix issue on this well obviously they're trying to avoid a hard border between the two and it looks like the way around this is to keep the whole of the u.k. in a temporary customs union and to try to make sure that northern ireland has to agree to certain regulations of the use now this is it worrying to those unionist m.p.'s there were ten do you pm piece within or the not into a propping up to raise amazed minority government they have made it very clear that the

levin: i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. than.mily was here i had been in michigan all my life and before that. so then i went back and ran for after ihat opened up had run for governor. i mentioned that because i came here with all of the background and all of those feelings. i had not expected to run for congress. the seat opened up and my brother said to me, my brother through some big battles for the governorship when i lost by a small amount. someone with who i became a good friend. and i had worked together in the state senate. with that background with my late wife and the kids, we came here. andn remember driving seeing the mormon church. i had not seen it for some reason. then i remember standing on the street corner looking at the u.s. capitol with my late wife saying how wonderful it was to look up at the capital of the united states and be a small part of what was going on. there was a lot of background in a lot of emotion. e came washington when to pull neil was a representative here and ronald reagan was presid

agency for international development office of the inspector general investigation have uncovered numerous instances of possible or confirmed diversions to armed groups in government in northwestern syria including a year al sharm a designated foreign terrorist organization. h.t.s. nusra front they have many names in short al-qaeda is wing in syria facts of the matter that they were benefiting from u.s. taxpayer money is no surprise everyone n.g.o.s aid organizations civilians traveling through northern syria have to pay to pass checkpoints beat and money in goods this is been a fact for years it's business one of the terrorists' main sources of funding worst of all it is assume that these jihad ists have been able to infiltrate put their people in n.g.o.s humanitarian organizations from which they siphon money and aid to further their malign cause one investigation found that in n.g.o.s employees knowingly diverted thousands of u.s. aid funded food king. it's worth millions of dollars to eligible beneficiaries including. fighters the report itself is light on names and numbers perhaps for

levin: i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development.

penny mourdant, the international development secretary, is understood to be very unhappy. her supporters, this is the only practical way forward. there is turmoil ahead, even if the cabinet sticks behind her, because the agreement includes the possibility of two different kinds of brexit. northern ireland staying more closely tied to brussels than the rest of the uk, so the prime minister's dup allies whose votes she relies on simply might kill the deal. secondly, it treats northern ireland differently than the rest of the uk by having us tied now and for read that the eu rule book. if it's different from northern ireland, why not for scotland ? scottish tories are anxious and the snp gives them good reason to feel that way. is ironic that for the last two years the prime minister has told us that no deal is better than a bad deal, and now she's arguing we've got to accept a bad deal for fear of no deal. that is a false choice. fracking protesters surrounded number 10 today, locking down the street. in these difficult days, the brexit agreement could be a trap or an escape

esther mcvey and penny mordaunt, the work and pensions secretary and the international development secretarytomorrow have a choice in front of them, 2pm meeting, do they support the deal or walk out? michael heseltine resigned in 1985. it is hard for them to resign for maximum impact when she loses, if she loses, in parliament, which many things she well because of the deal. they've all got half an eye on the leadership in the future. michael gove going now... they all have? it's going to be a mighty big leadership election! there's at least three people in that list to fa ncy least three people in that list to fancy their chances, and one of their michael gove has to decontaminate himself from last time when he was wanting the job himself. he was then borisjohnson's right—hand man and he stabbed boris in the back, the tory party doesn't like as having its next leader of the assassin of the leader who was toppled. they have to play a tricky game if they want to take over from may but in a peaceful way without having a general election. it's really high—sta kes calculations. to be all sorts o

but we are also watching for senior ministers like the work and pensions secretary, the international development brexit secretary himself dominic raab, will they be content to stay in theresa may's government? there's also the possibility that she could be challenged, her leadership itself could be challenged. she is not even secure yet, let alone out of the woods on the brexit deal. it is all to play for, thank you very much, philippa in westminster. so what's actually in these 585 pages? the document calls for a free trade area for goods between the eu and uk — with zero tariffs and quotas. but the uk will also be able to do its own trade deals with other parts of the world. free movement of people between the uk and the eu will end. but there will still be visa—free travel for tourism and short business trips. the rights of 3 million eu citizens in the uk — and 1 million uk citizens in the eu — will be protected. so says this draft document. an air transport agreement will keep planes flying between britain and the eu — and a deal on energy will allow electricity and gas to continue to flow.

levin: actually, i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. our family was here then. i had been in michigan all my

they will all be having these thoughts at the moment because of this talk about the international developmentan, whether she might go, she is a hardline brexiteer and whether she might go, she is a ha rdline brexiteer and of whether she might go, she is a hardline brexiteer and of course now with dominic raab resigning, the brexit secretary, the second to have gone, a young, highflying, going places cabinet minister, seen as a future leader, jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, and sajid javid, the home secretary, must be thinking, "do we need to resign over this now?" i am not suggesting they are on the brink of resigning but it must be on their mind whether they stay and fight will go down with theresa may and their plan or whether they get out now before the ship sinks or hits an iceberg. the times, lonely may staggers on, pm ravaged as ministers quit over brexit, tory rebels call for a leadership vote, michael gove on the brink after rejecting the job. leadership vote, michael gove on the brink after rejecting the joblj don't know why they put the blue wash on her. i wonder if that is just

at six o'clock we saw the international development secretary go and see the prime minister but tonight what is happening with michael gove, who right now is environment secretary in one of the main cheerleaders for leaving the eu in the first place is rather unclear. i was told he was offered the job of brexit secretary that he turned that down because he said to the prime minister he would do it but only if he could go back to the deal and he is now understood to the deal and he is now understood to be questioning whether or not he should quit altogether. i am told michael gove and other ministers are discussing whether or not they should collectively try to push the prime minister to change or tweak some of her deal. what kind of message will deliver to the backbenches? we heard lots of critical voices today. absolutely. any sign from senior brexiteers that are continuing to shake the ship will be encouragement for those mps who have begun to put letters in, calling for theresa may to move on. they have not reached their magic number of a8, that is what would trigger a vote of no—con

the international development secretary is understood to be very unhappy but for theresa may and herthis is a compromise, the only practical way forward. there is turmoil ahead. if the cabinet six behind, if the agreement includes the possibility of two different kinds of brexit, northern ireland staying more closely tied to brussels than the rest of the uk so the prime minister's dup allies, whose vote she relies on, simply might kill the deal. it certainly does not appear we will be able to support it because it breaches the red line in terms of having differences between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. in terms of regulation, we would still be in a customs union as well. we cannot have that. if it is different for northern ireland, why not scotland ? scottish different for northern ireland, why not scotland? scottish tories are anxious. it is ironic that in the la st two anxious. it is ironic that in the last two years, the prime minister has told us no deal is better than a bad deal and now she is arguing it isa bad deal and now she is arguing it is a bad dea

the international development secretary penny mordaunt was stony faced and tight—lipped after she lefte prime minister. i'm looking at the details today... other cabinet brexiteers we re today... other cabinet brexiteers were noncommittal, too, including the bricks —— the bricks secretary himself. the former tory leader, iain duncan smith, also slipped in, a lead of the tory brexiteers in parliament who are furious about the proposed agreement. if it means we would be potentially locked in a customs union forever, and only leave from the eu, that is not acceptable, that is an brexit. but also fears from another former tory leader. what you must worry about here is if you don't take this opportunity to leave the eu and get brexit over the line, if you like, you might never leave at all. downing street might say it is disagreement or nothing. but supporters of another referendum says parliament should throw it out. we will be paying this huge sum of money for no agreement in return. that, to anybody, to my mind, doesn't make any sense at all. the la st two doesn't make any sense at all.