the factors there we re irish republic. ere were sensible and are sensible ways of dealing with the irish border which do not involve that through technology, and trusted trainer status and exemption. the eu has said no to that. it is the eu that is causing the problems in terms of oui’ is causing the problems in terms of our border in ireland, not the dvr oi’ our border in ireland, not the dvr or british government. there are sensible ways around that and they should continue to be explored. —— the dup. would you be astonished? i have learned not to be astonished about anything in politics any more. what did you see that now the dup... the dup does not have any veto. the irish republic does have a veto, they are uncomfortable with that veto because they keep trying to say it is not veto, it is the eu. it is clear the eu have given a veto to the irish republic, they are flexing their muscles and using their position to try to gain winds were them. i don't argue with their desire to advance their interests, but they are doing

but when it comes the issue of the land border between the irish republic and northern ireland nobodyborder, and the republic's foreign minister has told the bbc "more credible answers are needed" for talks to move on. that border is politically important. but the two sides economies and citizens also depend on good flowing freely. in 2015 that trade was worth just over $4bn. but there's fiancial inter—dependence across europe too. last year the uk exchanged about $730 billion of goods and services with the other 27 eu countries. zsolt darvas is a senior fellow at the brussels based economic think tank bruegel. thank you for being on the show. we are hearing a lot about significant progress being made in terms of the key issues. what are your thoughts on what might happen today? my expectation is that president jean—claude junker and theresa may will have a serious discussion. i think he will say he will recommend the council conclude significant progress has been reached. the most significant issue is the northern irish border. if he does recommend progress has been reached, that pre

where there isa and the irish republic. majority of cross—border traders, they could have an exemption from customs. from dunn for bigger businesses, they could have a trusted trader system, whereby they would declare goods on line and goods would then be electronically monitored... has there been any detailed explorations war work done on this technology? we heard there from the brexit committee that they think a lot of this talk of technology is speculative. yes, that again is something you will hear from people living along the border, business people. they will say that technology is all very good to talk about, but on the other hand, how do we know it's going to work? such a syste m we know it's going to work? such a system doesn't really exist anywhere in particular in the world. there are people, particularly those who would support the idea of brexit who would support the idea of brexit who would say, look, it's a work in progress, we have to get into the detail of this and the brexit negotiations still have some wa

for the irish republic, another critical pa rt irish republic, another critical part of this bit of thee prime minister, leo varadkar, spelling out that he had got a satisfactory deal. i'm satisfied that sufficient progress has now been made on the irish issues. the parameters have been set, and they are good. now we can move on to work out the detail of what has been agreed, to talk about the transition phase, free trade, and the new relationship between the eu and the uk. this is not the end but it is the end of the beginning. we have not heard from the dup, the democratic unionist party who hold theresa may in government at the moment with their relatively few votes. from their relatively few votes. from their point of view, critical for them to see whatever applies to the uk, applies to northern ireland. there can be no difference. we do not want any other arrangements just because we have a border with the irish republic. the word from belfast was, we wanted to carry on discussing this, that is more progress needs to be done but the message from theresa may was a clear one, we have

if the republic of ireland continues to follow eu customs rules. the irishhis morning that checks would be difficult to avoid unless northern ireland and the republic of ireland continue to follow the same regulations but that would raise the possibility of some — it's something the british government has so far ruled out. 0ver the british government has so far ruled out. over the summer the government published a paper proposing technology could help to resolve this, for example, big companies could make online declarations and goods could be electronically monitored as they cross the border. today the commons committee has brought out a report which casts doubt on that. the committee says the proposals are u ntested committee says the proposals are untested and to some extent vague and the committee wants more details. as far as the brexit talks are going, eu negotiators and british negotiators have stepped up discussions on the border issue this week and there is an important meeting in dublin this afternoon when the president of the european council is m

union as not just in the same common and customs union as notjust the rest of the uk, but the irish republicuropean union as well. there is no alternative to this. that kind of deal is unlikely to appeal to the ministers who voted for brexit. confident of a deal, mrjohnson? ministers who voted for brexit. confident of a deal, mrjohnson? and theresa may's cabinet colleagues remained tight—lipped on the prospect of any de la torre iain watson, bbc news. —— any deal at all. in a moment, we'll speak to our assistant political editor, norman smith, in westminster, and our ireland correspondent chris page. will arlene foster be talking to the prime minister any time soon? she was invited to london to talk to the prime minister today, but the deputy leader, nigel dodds will instead meet with the chief whip at westminster, and it is expected that he may will talk to arlene foster by phone today and the prime minister will also telephoned the sinn fein leader here at stormont, michelle o'neill. the irish and has been holding a meeting in dublin today. —— the irish government. their foreign affairs mi

s divorce bill and the border between northern ireland and the irish republic and barker reports. the end of the beginning for bread sic talks the british prime minister arrived in brussels that door to sign off on a fifteen page progress report opening up the second phase of negotiations on post breaks it relations the commission has just formally decided to recommend to dupion council that sufficient progress has not been made on the street terms of the divorce getting to this point has required give and take on both sides and i believe that the joint report being published is in the best interests of the whole of the u.k. a deal had to be done imminently to allow e.u. nations to ratify it at next week's summit both sides have been forced to compromise we've been working extremely hard this week and as you've all seen it hasn't been easy for either side. one of the biggest hurdles has been over the border between the republic of ireland an e.u. member and northern ireland to pay. for the past twenty years it's been completely open economically benefiting both countries but at th

northern ireland must leave the eu as the rest of the united kingdom and the irish republic has its views there will bea its views are basically there will be a flurry of activity between now and they are talking again on thursday. they want something in place by the end of this week. then again gives me optimism on this deal because they would not have him so clear on a timeline. we are talking about a week or so so they feel they are almost there. this is hardball, definitely, between the dup, theresa may and the irish government to work out the solution because it has a very troubled history, ireland, it needs to be something they can all agree on and i think they will get that because the other option is the dup pull the plug which leaves that government floundering and could open the way for a jeremy corbyn labour lead government. now, does the conservative party want either to bea the conservative party want either to be a bit softer on the brexit or doesn't want to leave the door open forjeremy corbyn to take power in the united kingdom. quicklyjust to get different viewpoints on t

divorce bill on the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. more now on our top story the backlash against donald trump's move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the former white house middle east coordinates under president obama robert malley says trump's decision will have serious repercussions. it's an unfortunate reckless statement but it doesn't really change that much in reality because the president and his advisors been at pains to say we're not prejudging the outcome of the boundaries of jerusalem that would be decided in negotiations technically it doesn't change anything so why do it when you know that psychologically emotionally politically it has an implication it has certainly i mean we're seeing the motions that generates and that it did further discredits the united states it further makes it harder for the united and its allies in the region to be viewed credibly in this process so although there's no positive reason for doing things that there's one hundred negative reasons why it shouldn't have been taken my po

ireland, the dup, said it would not support a deal which gave significant concessions to the irish republici spoke to the former state secretary of denmark if the deal could be salvaged. theresa may has violated the fundamental principle. before you negotiate, you should set to your home base. instead of doing so, she has struck a deal and then was overruled by political forces at home, in a humiliating way. that could haunt her to the rest of the negotiations. a second observation is that we now know that the eu and britain can strike a deal. that means that the focus of negotiations this shift is to inside westminster parliament with the tory party and the dup. justin trudeau was scheduled to meet with president xijinping later today. and met with the premier of china yesterday but the two sides we re china yesterday but the two sides were not able to announce the start of formal trade talks as was expected. my colleague has been keeping an eye on the visit. what has happened 7 keeping an eye on the visit. what has happened? they delayed the start of the free trade agreement talks which h

objected to the draft plans, because of their concern over the status of the border with the irish republicour political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster and gave us this update. after the embarrassing collapse of the whole thing on monday when theresa may had gone to brussels and had to then come back without a deal, things have been kept pretty close in a very tight circle in westminster. there have been lots of phone calls tonight. lots of talks. but both sides have been pretty tightlipped and when we saw the westminster leader of the dup, the northern irish party, nigel dodds emerge from talks at whitehall this afternoon he very much avoided answering any questions or giving anything away. however, tonight, there certainly have been signs that we are moving towards some potential conclusion. we know that theresa may has spoken to the irish leader and also to the president of the european commission. there have been positive noises coming out of europe. i've been told by other sources that there are serious proposals now on the table that in london, brussels and westminster most

we need cooperation between the uk and the irish republic.n the summer he retired and was replaced under the whole mood changed. there are some asking why a small northern ireland political party of just ten small northern ireland political party ofjust ten mps is able to call the shots on this. it's not just a question of one political party with ten seats, they have a significance in westminster and it shows the importance of taking seats at westminster. sinn fein don't take their seats at westminster, but we are talking about one of the constituent parts of the uk and when theresa may became prime minister she stood on the steps of downing street and spoke about being the prime minister of great britain and northern ireland. it is part of the uk and deserves similar treatment to the rest of the uk. that's hiving off divergence with the rest of the uk outside the european union and northern ireland locked into the republic and into the eu but with no real say in things would create a second—class situation for northern ireland. jan says, "w

mps say border controls between northern ireland and the irish republic are inevitable if the uk leaves

at that point, are you down to a bilateral undertaking between the uk and the irish republic. that one. ok, that's phase one. storm over, everything's calm. that means we look forward to phase two. the whole thing moves on now. we have the european council this thursday and friday and we have, so far, the draft summit conclusions. that looks forward in two areas: first on transition. the council suggests the uk says it wants to be for two years and the whole body of eu law would apply for two years. the uk view is that it should be an implementation period. yes, that body of law would apply from the beginning, but eventually you move away from it and the beginnings of the hints of the restrictions that the uk will seek to apply to the uk for the future trade arrangements because the uk has decided to leave the customs union and the single market. the council is the big thing this week. thanks a lot. well, let's assume the big european council meeting this week goes well, that we move on to phase two of the talks. it can't be stressed enough that this is the issue which will de

s divorce bill at the border between northern ireland and irish republic. on sunday the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons will be awarded the nobel peace prize and the lead up to the ceremony we've been looking at countries with nuclear capabilities comes as tension remains high on the korean peninsula following pyongyang's launching of a new intercontinental ballistic missile that it says can hit the united states kathy novak takes a look at how developed the north's nuclear program really is. it's a secretive state that is quite open about its nuclear ambitions north korea says it's developing an intercontinental ballistic missile or i.c.b.m. that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the u.s. mainland a necessary deterrent it says against what it calls hostile u.s. policy or pressure on nuclear arsenal is for them. commit insurance policy for survival and is a source of salvation for north korean regime north korea first test fired a rocket in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and started underground nuclear bomb testing in two thousand a

ireland, the dup, said it would not support a deal which gave significant concessions to the irish republicuk wastes 7 million tonnes of food each year and now a major —— the uk wastes 7 million tonnes of food each year and now a major retailer is aiming to help in the battle to cut that waste by continuing to sell food beyond its best before date. the east of england co—op has 125 stores and will now sell dried and tinned foods for iop when they reach the date they are best eaten by. our business correspondent, emma simpson has been to one store in colchester. everything we eat has a shelf life, but would you be willing to buy food which is past its best? plenty of shoppers at this small convenience store did, once they found out the price. they‘ re iop, for a whole bag of pistachios. oh, my life! 10p. right, yeah. i'll have them. yeah? got a deal? yeah. here's how it works... any tinned or dried goods passed the best before date end up in these boxes at a knock—down price, instead of going to waste. labels can be confusing. the use by date tells you when a product is safe to eat. the best

not accept a deal which appeared to online northern ireland's trading rules with that of the irish republicnstead of the uk. the aim had been to avoid bringing back customs posts and checks on the irish border. and do so, it was the brexit secretary david davis who appeared in the comments to insert an urgent question. he faced laughter and heckles from the labour badges as he explained that talks were continuing. we held for the talks in brussels in the past few days. progress has been made. we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, i believe we are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talk about our future trade relations. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase coalition of chaos. yesterday morning, number 10 was briefing that a deal would be signed. there was high expectation that the prime minister would make a triumphant statement to the house. by tea—time, we had 849 second press conference saying the deal was off. the problem, he argued, could be traced back to theresa may's conference speech. that was when she reckless

complained that a possible solution to the issue of the border between northern ireland and the irish republicld mean northern ireland being treated differently to the rest of the uk. so on tuesday, the brexit secretary came to the commons to update mps. we held further talks in brussels over the past two days and progress has been made. we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, however, i believe we are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talk about our future trade relations. mr speaker, what an embarrassment. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos." yesterday morning, number ten was briefing that a deal would be signed. there was high expectation that the prime minister would make a triumphant statement to the house. by tea—time, we had a 49—second press conference saying the deal was off. mr speaker, the government who said they would bring sovereignty back to parliament is now being controlled by someone who is not even a member of this parliament. a government that refuses to give parliament any say in

what to do with the shared border between northern ireland and the irish republic when the uk leavesplant has the latest. as the british prime minister arrived in brussels on monday morning, there was hope that a deal would the decided on what is phase one of britain's exit from the european union, but after hours of talks still no agreement for now at least. it is clear, crucially that we wa nt least. it is clear, crucially that we want to move forward together but ona we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some remain which require further negotiation. it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we stand to resume the negotiations with the united kingdom here in brussels later this week. the task on the table, to agree the status of eu citizens living in the uk, and the financial obligations, and to decide what is to be done at the irish border. and it is was —— it was this last issue that prevented progress, the allies in government, the democratic unionist party unhappy with the proposal. we have been very clear, northern ireland must leave the eu

still to come on tonight's program, why the border between northern ireland and the irish republic has complicated britain's plans to leave the european union. economic worst crisis in decades, millions of people who have climbed out of poverty are slipping back. unemployment is near record highs, and at the same time, government spending has been cut. it is driving more homeless people to squat on disused land, a strategy that device result. of south america correspondent katy watson reports from outside sÃo paulo. reporter: this is one of brazil's newest neighborhoods, a tent city with no running water and no proper toilets. even so, every day more and more people are moving here. and 1000 in september people were living here. after two weeks, the number soared to 8000. now 12,000 people have set up camp. organizers are saying they have to turn people away. the camp is run by the homeless workers movement. they are squatting on land that they say was abandoned them although that is currently in dispute. she moved in because she could no longer pay her rent. she has asked the governme

ireland, the dup, said it would not support a deal which gave significant concessions to the irish republic

war against dirty war, that they're going to compromise, and they're not going to push for an irish republic. and not going to push to take over the island. in churchill's view that prospect meant a civil war. dragging in america he would say. so when you get them to compromise on those two big things and accept. and you he's one of the first people. he's in the minority in the cabinet. we fought hard enough long enough they now know we're not a push over. now we go for the deal. he's way ahead of the most of the people. including people you would not expect in the cabinet. well known people. so it's the we fight you really fight. again you reach the point where you calculate. you can get a compromise and go for it. he writes about this later on. he's writing about the irish leader he makes the deal with. he's talking to about that, he writes an article ten years later recalling on this. he recalls the bravery sticking with the deal. churchill clearly observant of this knows this. he talks about the end of the war. and recalls castle ray. who he is connected by family. the greatest british f

suggestion quite clear that they have been edging towards an agreement which the dup, which the irish republicsh government seem to be happy with in terms of pushing on with those brexit negotiations. stay with those brexit negotiations. stay with us. much more still to come. hello there. 0ur our focus is 0urfocus is turning our focus is turning to snow and ice rather than stormy winds. we had gusts of 90 mph. there was travel disruption as well. the centre of storm carolyn leaving scotland and heading out towards scandinavia. around the back of that deep area of low pressure it is very windy for a time. we are drawing down some much colder air right the way across the country. that means there will be some more snow showers around. we have seen quite a bit of snow because parts of northern ireland and the snow and ice risk continues into friday. any disruption you can keep up—to—date on bbc local radio. so not unusual across northern scotland. there will be more blizzards likely particularly in the hills. for much of the central belt, lothian, and the borders, a dry start. thuney as well afte

with brexit, that the uk —— vdu p said it would not support a deal that gave concessions to the irish republic's time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk a significant shift is afoot in the world of international development, more of the decision—making power is being located in the global south, closer to the front line on the wall in poverty. there is less talk of aid and more of empowerment, self—help and more of empowerment, self—help and local solutions. and at the forefront of this is my guest today, winnie byanyima, the ugandan boss of oxfa m winnie byanyima, the ugandan boss of oxfam international, who is overseeing the ngo's move from the uk to can you. is international development currently and fit for purpose? —— kenya. —— and fit. —— unfit. winnie byanyima, wellcome. thank you, stephen. we have talked to quite a number of top officials on this programme, the bosses of international ngo's, you are different from most because of your back story. do you feel somewhat different from your peers in this world ? different from your peers in this world? a little bit. not completely. i feel di

open border because that border across the other side of the border in northern ireland is the irish republic which is a member of the european union and therefore the customs union and the single market of the year and that's requires customs checks and it requires all sorts of other board is in relation to these constituency of working class protestants who for so long for them to the printer to surrender. but i don't think necessarily that the feeling of surrender or the terrorism is surrendered what i think they have done is pushed the can down the road and caved into the european union to some extent at this point with pleasure wording that leaves everybody feeling if not happy then not unhappy and that's often the way you get in these kind of negotiations but it leaves open the reality that he's going to have to be confronted by the d.p. and by to resume his government that you're going to have to be either rim staying in the single market in the customs union or have such equivalence and alignment and mutual acceptance of each other standards and regulations as well as no tariff barrie

if they think they've resolved the dispute over the border between northern ireland and the irish republicitish prime minister will fly out to brussels. the report is in downing street and said there is a big push to get these negotiations moving. passionate our reporter. —— our reporter. there had been intense talks and many phone calls here, trying to get a deal and both sides are sounding cautiously optimistic. this follows several days of negotiations between london, brussels, belfast and dublin, and while there is nothing official yet, there are some positive signals. the bbc understands that if a deal can be reached, that's a big if, then there are plans in place for the prime minister theresa may to travel to brussels first thing in the morning to sign on the dotted line. let me remind you of some of the background, then. they need to reach a deal on the issue of the irish border ahead of a deadline on sunday. it was on monday that the dup, theresa may's vital westminster allies, they rejected the agreement. the main sticking point is what will happen with the border between norther

the major hitch is over how to deal with the border between northern ireland and the irish republic oncet secretary, david davis, has been making a statement to mp5, about the stalled talks on leaving the eu after labour tabled an emergency commons question. negotiations regarding our exit from the european union are ongoing as we speak. we are in the middle of an ongoing round. we held further talks in brussels over the past few days and progress has been made, but we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, i believe we are conclusion. however, i believe we a re close conclusion. however, i believe we are close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talking about our future trade relations. both sides agree we must move forward together. the aims remain as they have always been. in particular on the issue of northern ireland and ireland, we have been clear we wa nt ireland and ireland, we have been clear we want to protect all elements of the good friday, belfast agreement to maintain the common travel area and protect associated rights. we want to assu

with brexit, that the uk —— vdu p said it would not support a deal that gave concessions to the irish republic

s divorce bill on the border between over the island and irish republic. now the israeli government has admitted to reaching out to members of donald trump's transition team last december before he was sworn into office well now the special counsel in the russian investigation is trying to determine if the trump team moscow and israel join forces to undermine the u.s. government one key person under the microscope is jared cushioning the president's son in law jabatan see reports. every day i'd leave my show and i think i may be talking about something else every day the u.s. networks exhaustedly speculates on the special counsel's investigation into allegations that the trump presidential campaign colluded with a foreign power in russia he says it produced nothing yet one aspect of the story has barely been mentioned the role of israel former trump advisor general michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with the russian ambassador to the u.s. so jake his diac at the end of last year now we know why he got in touch court

the fact that there were some specific areas of cooperation between northern ireland and the irish republicg that could potentially resolve this issue. remember the eu aren‘t requiring this entire issue around the border to be resolved before talks move on to be resolved before talks move on to phase 2, theyjust want sufficient progress. for the irish government they make clear they want a written guarantee no return to a ha rd a written guarantee no return to a hard border. and norman, the clock is tick, little time left yes, the pressure has gone up a few notches on mrs may, not only by the tough line taken by the dup although downing street are describing that conversation as constructive but because many of our own mps are up in arms, previously loyal mps, angry at some of the reassurances being offered to the dup. in particular, this idea that if there is any going any sort of regulatory linement with eu rulest any sort of regulatory linement with eu rules t won‘tjust apply any sort of regulatory linement with eu rules t won‘t just apply to northern ireland, it‘ll apply to the whole of

so called divorce payments on the future of the border between northern ireland and the irish republic the e.u. had insisted discussions could not move ahead until plans for the border were finalised after some tough conversations we've now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer it means that in future we will be able to invest more in our priorities at home such as housing schools and the n.h.s. in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to pursue the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom well they are see should the prime minister leave iraq or welcome the deal. there be no physical infrastructure or relationships or controls three options have been set to how this can be achieved our preferred option is of course a deep and comprehensive agreement between the e.u. and the u.k. it's entirety which will allow us to trade as we do now however that might not be possible so there is a backstop arrangement in place in which northern ireland and perhaps

but when it comes the issue of the land border between the irish republic and northern ireland nobodyard border, and the republic's foreign minister has told the bbc "more credible answers are needed" for talks to move on. that border is politically important. but the two sides‘ economies and citizens also depend on goods flowing freely. in 2015, that trade was worth just over $4bn. but there's financial inter—dependence across europe too. last year, the uk exchanged about $730bn of goods and services with the other 27 eu countries. joining me now from brussels is paul hofheinz, president of the think—tank the lisbon council. good to see you. outlining some of theissues good to see you. outlining some of the issues there as far as what is at stake and where agreement is needed before talks can progress, we believe there has been some sort of progress as far as the divorce bill is concerned but are we ready to move on to the nketiah stage? -- next stage. all indications is there isa next stage. all indications is there is a deal, we won't know if there is is a deal, we won't know if th

party objected to the draft plans because of their concern over the status of the border with the irish republicra kuenssberg is in westminster. from what you understand, are they getting closer to a deal? well, it seems that way, sophie. after the in—person collapse of the whole thing on monday when theresa may had gone to brussels and had to then come back without a deal, things have been kept pretty close ina tight things have been kept pretty close in a tight circle here in westminster. we know there have been lots of phone calls tonight, lots of talks. but both sides have been pretty tight—lipped. and when we saw the westminster leader of the dup, the westminster leader of the dup, the northern irish party, nigel dodds, emerged from talks at whitehall this afternoon, he very, very much avoided answering any questions or giving anything away. however, tonight, there certainly have been signs that we're moving towards some potential conclusion. we know theresa may has spoken to the irish leader and also to the president of the european commission. there have been some quite positive noises co

of cooperation that there is between the police service, hmrc, and across the border, with the irish republicwith security, the terrorist threat, smuggling, and other things. but we are here to get a real feel for the importance of maintaining no border, ata importance of maintaining no border, at a crucial time for the negotiations, because of the next 2-3 negotiations, because of the next 2—3 days, we will discover when we can move on as a country. it is a deal inside? depends on the prime minister being able to form a form of words and agreement which has the support both of the irish government and the dup. i think it is significant that in the last few days, the government has begun to talk about regulatory alignment for the whole of the uk. that seems to provide a way forward. so that is the answer kim and i think it is the potential route out of this. it is very significant url. it is very significant. is this thing about the kind of market and access relationship we will have when we get on. unless an agreement is reached, and we had another european council where the word is there is

there won't be a reintroduction of there won't be a reintroduction of the border between the irish republicireland. i'm told that as we speak wedding a cce pta ble told that as we speak wedding acceptable to all sides is being set out and there's cautious optimism tonight, remember what we are looking at is not a final deal but for the eu to say that enough progress has been made to widen the talks to include trade and transition. tomorrow is hugely important. that's when the prime minister comes to have lunch at the commission with the european commission. she will be expected to give personal assurances to any agreement and to iron out any wrinkles. if we get that far this joint report being written by the eu and the uk to lock in any written agreement. even then they be those in the uk who feel that the government has caved in to much to eu demands and in the eu countries who are more concerned than others about forging ahead to the future. thank you katya adler, in brussels. the head of the social mobility commission says he's resigning, amid claims the government's focus on brexit mean

ireland, the dup, said it would not support a deal which gave significant concessions to the irish republico and welcome to monday in parliament. our look at the best of the day in the commons and lords. will brexit meant taking back tales from scotland, wales, and northern ireland? this bill tramples all over the default competencies of the parliament in edinburgh, cardiff, and belfast. we are grabbing the powers back from belfast and bring them to london. -- brussels. labour peers described an unusual meeting in the street. robert plant, a multibillionaire rock star of led zeppelin wanted to know, i have been sent £300 by the government, why? and has everything stopped for brexit? the social mobility programme continues, despite resignations of the social mobility commission. while brexit is an important part of this government, we are absolutely committed to ensuring that we continue this process. but first, theresa may and the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, have held the european commission president, jean—claudejuncker, have held talks in brussels, but fail to reac

committed to ensuring there is no return to our hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic however she told m.p.'s of prime minister's questions that the issue could only be resolved once negotiations with you move on to the second phase you maintains it will only begin trade talks after the border issue is finalized. leaving the european union relieving the single market in the customs union. we will do what is right in the interest. and nothing is agreed until everything is agree. yes i mean our state of california is going through its worst fire season on record the latest blazes fanned by hot dry winds spreading near densely populated southern counties including some of the most exclusive neighborhoods in los angeles kristen salumi reports hundreds of homes have already been destroyed and thousands evacuated. dramatic images of a morning commute california's latest wildfires are threatening more neighborhoods including the community of belair for a time the flames forced the closure of several lanes of one of the most important highways in california interstate four fiv

scrutinising the government's brexit plans says border controls between northern ireland and the irish republicaves the eu single market and customs union. the commons brexit committee says ministers have failed to explain how the issue can be resolved, and that the proposals they've come up with — such as the use of technology — are "untested" and "speculative." survivors and those who lost loved ones in the grenfell fire say the public inquiry into the disaster will be a whitewash unless a diverse panel is appointed to oversee the proceedings. the government says the process is ongoing, but campaigners are urging the prime minister to intervene, and say the chairman, sir martin moore—bick, should sit with a range of people who understand the issues facing those affected by the disaster. without our involvement, without us being listened to, without co—operation from us, what type of enquiry is this, you know? this is what we have to remember, this is oui’ what we have to remember, this is our enquiry, our public enquiry. we are the ones who lost families and we wa nt are the ones who lost fam

one thing that the prime minister of the irish republic said, was this isjust prime minister of the irishis is just the end prime minister of the irish republic said, was this isjust the end of the beginning. i think no one is under any illusions, despite a clear sense of relief in brussels, that there is harder and tougher still to come. the trade relations discussion will be intense and extremely difficult, and all the issues, all those agreed even here today in the last few hours, they still light on that table, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, we have a very long way still to go. back to london. david, thank you very much. theresa may heralded the deal as "hard won" and in everybody‘s interests. it's also being seen as politically crucial for her and her negotiating team. the senior cabinet brexiteer michael gove described it as a significant personal political achievement for the prime minister. the shadow brexit secretary, labour's keir starmer, welcomed the fact that talks can now move on — but stressed this point should have been reached weeks ago. chris mason reports

iain said, there will not be any border post on the frontier between northern ireland and the irish republicircumstances, but the dup will say they won't accept anything to create they won't accept anything to create the potential for new checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. so it is all about finding a warm of —— form of words that will satisfy both of those sites and that is no easy task. thank you for the moment and it is good to speak to you, iain, from westminster as well. a total ban on plastic waste entering the ocean is being considered by environment ministers from around the world at a un meeting in the kenyan capital nairobi this week. the un's head of oceans has described plastic pollution as a planetary emergency. our environment analyst roger harrabin sent this report from kenya. plastic waste is a global scourge. at this speech in eastern kenya plastic fragments from as far as japan harmed the totals which eat them. half of the total brought in for treatment here from eating plastics and up dead. he is a lucky total being measured before being released into