our eu ambassador, sir ivan rogers, has quit. as you mention, it isjust sir ivan rogers, has quit.you mention, it is just the four theresa may triggers article 50. i suppose you could argue that he felt he was due to stand up in the autumn anyway, that he felt that it would be better for somebody else to take over before that point and to see through the negotiations from the very beginning. however, this has caught a lot of people, notjust number ten, but across whitehall on the hop. i suppose the problem is speaking truth. his job was to say some rather unpalatable realities, to share some unpalatable realities with number ten. last month, after the brussels summit in december, he was the leading diplomat that suggested it might take britain ten yea rs suggested it might take britain ten years to negotiate a trade deal. and even then it might not be ratified by the parliament, which wasn't popular at the time. i suppose the point is, he is saying that he is getting the vibe, he would not have used those exact words, but he was getting the vibe from other eu countries that it was

the reasons for sir ivan rogers‘ resignation have not been revealed.atson at westminster. is itfairto is it fair to say that this has come out of the blue was mac it has indeed. financial times seemed to get wind of this first and it surprised some people in downing street when they were as to the comment on the news and it has been confirmed by downing street now and the foreign office that sir ivan rogers has resigned as the british ambassador to the eu. we do not have a resignation letter and he has not set out the reasons for his early departure, he was supposed to stand down in november and is going months before article 50, the process of leaving the european union, is triggered, and he is one of the most experienced negotiators with other member states. it is possible the bbc exclusive story has something to do with this. last month, the bbc reported he was reporting the views of other eu member states over that negotiation and he suggested some felt it could take ten years to get a trade to deal with the rest of the eu and there would be diffic

sir ivan rogers leaves hisjob just months before the government is due to kick off formal brexit talksound himself at the centre of a political storm recently when he told ministers a brexit deal could take up to ten years. leave campaigners accused him of being unduly pessimistic, while others said he was simply reporting sentiment in brussels. carole walker's in downing street. carole. thank you, well, sir ivan rogers' resignation caught downing street and the foreign office by surprise. he was due to be our man at the eu until november to see through the first opening phase of those crucial brexit negotiations. but not eve ryo ne brexit negotiations. but not everyone is disappointed at his badge. —— his departure. behind the darkened windows, at the prime minister's side, as she arrived at last month's eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. but his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was already a difficult occasion for theresa may. sir ivan was one of britain's most experienced negotiators, he was a key member of

he is pa rt of sir ivan rogers is typical.shment that simply hasn't accepted the result and i'm sorry to say the foreign 0ffice and i'm sorry to say the foreign office is stuffed full of these people from top to bottom. for decades they have been taking britain into completely wrong direction and hopes are unimportant to ash departure is followed by many more. but sir ivan's supporters say he is exactly the man with the experience to negotiate britain's departure. he says that serious multilateral experience is in short supply in the british government. it needs rapid resolution. time is running out. to reason they has promised brexit will be triggered by the end of march but sir ivan rogers seems to believe the government is not ready and is ignoring the advice of its diplomats. tim allman, bbc news. republicans in the us congress have withdrawn a controversial initiative which would have to stripped an ethics watchdog of most of its powers. the independent body investigates the behaviour of congress members, and the proposed

sir ivan rogers leaves hisjobjust months before the government is due to kick off formal brexit talksgrown increasingly frustrated over the last few months that some of the unwelcome information that he was passing back from brussels to downing street, he thought was being sidelined or ignored. for example he thought it could take up to a decade to agree and ratify a trade deal, theresa may wants it all wrapped up within two years. he has also been arguing that if theresa may has her way and limits free movement of people, then it will be hard to get what is regarded as a soft brexit, good terms of access to the single market. and the customs union. politicians who campaigned for leave and remain have been reacting to the news of sir ivan rogers resignation. the former leader of ukip nigel farage said the eu diplomat should have left sooner. after all, he's a committed europhile. he helped lead the renegotiations with david cameron that went so badly and then came out the other day with this incredibly negative comment. he thought it might take up to ten years to renegotiate a deal. c

sir ivan rogers has exited his role as britain's eu ambassador. his private advice that a trade deal with the eu could take ten years, he was attacked by some leave campaigners for being pessimistic. diplomats are supposed to be, well, diplomatic. but in his resignation e—mail, he is anything but. he tells his staff, i hope you will continue to challenge ill founded arguments and muddled thinking, and that you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power. so until a recently faceless bureaucrat in brussels resigns, why should that matter here in britain? well, the clock is ticking on the uk's departure from the eu. the process has to get underway by the end of march. now, it was sir ivan rogers' job to find out and then report back the thinking of other eu member states before these crucial negotiations begin. it will take time to replace him. the government can't yet tell us a timescale and some former whitehall mandarins say his experience will be sorely missed. ivan rogers leaving at this time so shortly before the triggering of ar

the charge from sir ivan rogers is a serious one.vernment is not ready for the discussions about brexit that are due within months. that it doesn't have a strategy or negotiating team in place. mps are looking for answers about what the government's objectives are. and they're hoping theresa may will provide some in a speech on brexit expected soon. one she will have to write without sir ivan rogers at her shoulder in brussels. james landale, bbc news. with me now is lord ricketts, former permanent under secretary at the foreign and commonwealth office. good to see you. sir tim barrow, is he up to thejob? good to see you. sir tim barrow, is he up to the job? yes, he's a very good guy, i've known him for years, he's a tough, experienced, professional negotiator, serving twice at our mission to the eu, he has been ambassador to moscow, a pretty tough number, so he can be trusted to give honest and professional advice which is what we need. and as such, then, in packable credentials that brexiteers may like, as they didn't like in sir i

from the european union and they are both concerned about this may have this meeting before sir ivan rogerser dramatic resignation earlier this week. they have had this concerned that there is going to be, rogers says he thinks weenie to plan for a disorderly works it and number ten... and david cameron is concern about the same type of thing. of course we don't know that that is the case. i suppose the document is that the interesting thing is to say that the interesting thing is to say that he has been plotting and conniving, allegedly, that is the subject of this, with david cameron. there has been an increasing schism in the time since she replaced as leader of the party, this will only exacerbate that. really, it will be seen that her predecessor was happily working with someone who may be seen by government to be undermining government. the alarming phraseology talks about heading for up phraseology talks about heading for up carcrash, sir phraseology talks about heading for up car crash, sir ivan rogers. mutually assured destruction. quite cataclysmic. let's stick with the observer.

some breaking news following the resignation of sir ivan rogers. e european union. he is currently the european union. he is currently the political director at the foreign office, one of the most senior there. he has worked in the eu in various aspects before in his previous life. and he will be there in part because he has the trust of the foreign secretary and the prime minister, he is hugely respected within whitehall, but he will also be seen by other brexit minded mps as somebody who has a huge hinterland of a strong position, it will be very hard for anybody to say that he is an out and out pro—european in the way that other diplomats may have been because of their long proximity to the eu. in other words we have a replacement, the government has acted quickly to get someone in, and that means he will have a huge task ahead of him as he starts this negotiation towards the end of march. thank you. time for a look at the weather — here's louise lear. we could all be waking up to scenes like this first thing tomorrow morning. it will be bitterly

sir tim barrow, political director at the foreign 0fficer will replace sir ivan rogers. leave — sir ivan said the government did not have a plan for the negotiation. he went on to say:

this is the man whose shoes sir tim is filling commissaire ivan rogers, —— sir ivan rogers. who resigned what he called the government's muddled thinking and ill founded arguments over brexit. the ambassador'sjob was to be theresa may's eyes and ears at the negotiations in brussels, but in a blunt resignation letter, sir ivan spelt out the challenges facing his successor, revealing even he did not yet know what the government would set in negotiating objectives with the uk's relationship with the eu after brexit. that plan has been kept hidden, or at least is still being prepared behind closed doors in downing street. foreign secretary, have you pushed aside, who will replace him? ministers today refused to give, yes, a running commentary. for months last year ivan rogers traipsed fruitlessly between london and brussels trying to reform the eu ahead of the referendum, but said in his letter the government was not prepared for the even bigger talks ahead. serious multilateral negotiating experience is in short supply in whitehall. the structure of the uk's negotiating team needs rapid res

commons and make a full statement to mps about the resignation of britain's eu ambassador, sir ivan rogerse shadow secretary for exiting the eu, sir keir starmer, has written to david davis seeking urgent clarification of the government's strategy. in his resignation email, sir ivan fired a strong parting shot across the bows of the government's negotiating team. our political correspondent ian watson reports. in camera shy in public, outspoken in private. sir ivan rogers has exited his role as britain's eu ambassador. when the bbc revealed his private advice that a trade deal with the eu could take ten years, he was attacked by some leave campaigners for being pessimistic. diplomats are supposed to be, well, diplomatic. but in his resignation e—mail, he is anything but. he tells his staff: "i hope you will continue to challenge ill founded arguments and muddled thinking, and that you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power." so until recently, a faceless bureaucrat in brussels resigns — why should that matter here in britain? well, the clock is ticking on the uk's depart

britain's most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned — just months beforee to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk's exit from the eu. sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that he'd warned the prime minister that securing a post brexit trade deal could take a decade. tonight the bbc has obtained his resignation e—mail to his staff — in which he urged them to continue to speak the truth to those in power and to challenge muddled thinking and ill founded arguments. we can speak to our political correspondent tom bateman. we got a bit of a sense of why sir ivan resigned from the e—mail. it sounds as if he was just hacked off? it was pages e—mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. on one level this is an e—mail from our boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, that it went on to say a sense in which he wa nts went on to say a sense in which he wants his team to continue the work. these are the comments that are likely to be widely interpreted as a glimpse into what his frustrations are

the european commission has expressed regret over the departure of britain's eu ambassador, sir ivan rogersying he was very knowledgeable and always defended his government's interests. sir ivan issued a strong resignation email, warning of muddled thinking over brexit. but leading eurosceptic conservative iain duncan smith said he'd undermined ministers' trust when his private advice that a brexit deal could take ten years was leaked. our political correspondent ian watson reports. camera shy in public, outspoken in private. sir ivan rogers has exited his role as britain's eu ambassador. when the bbc revealed his private advice that a trade deal with the eu could take ten years, he was attacked by some leave campaigners for being pessimistic. diplomats are supposed to be, well, diplomatic. but in his resignation e—mail, he is anything but. he tells his staff, "i hope you will continue to challenge ill founded arguments and muddled thinking, and that you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power." so until a recently faceless bureaucrat in brussels resigns, why should that m

the charge from sir ivan rogers is a serious one.y for the discussions about brexit that are due within months. that it doesn't have a strategy or negotiating team in place. so as the foreign office here starts looking for a new ambassador, mps are looking for answers about what the government's objectives are. and they're hoping theresa may will provide some in a speech on brexit expected soon. one she will have to write without sir ivan rogers at her shoulder in brussels. james landale, bbc news. joining me from downing street is our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. what does this resignation reveal? since we have common error we are hearing a new diplomat has been appointed. —— since we have come on air. he will be sir tim barrel, a senior foreign office official, former moscow ambassador and he has done time in brussels in his career and downing street hopes that they can have a smoother relationship with him than with ivan rogers. but still some questions to face the government, the resignation highlighted tensions, more dep

britain's top diplomat to the eu, sir ivan rogers, resigns.alks. a man is shot dead by police near the m62 in huddersfield — he's been named locally as yasser yaqub. and as we've just been hearing, a british man is said to have been killed in syria fighting with kurdish forces against islamic state militants. ryan lock had told his family he was going to turkey on holiday. and in sport, west ham are appealing against the west —— against the red card shown to sofiane feghouli last night against manchester united. andy murray plays jeremy chardy in the first round of the qatar open this afternoon. if the qatar open this afternoon. if the seedings work out correctly, he will face novak djokovic in the final. and in rugby league, bradford bulls have been liquidated after the club's administrator rejected a bid to save them. more on those stories in ten minutes. here, a think tank closely linked o the labour party is warning that the party has almost no chance of winning the next general election. the fabian society says labour is "too weak" to win

the headlines at a.30pm: sir ivan rogers, the uk's ambassador to the european union, has resigned from. if the reports are true that ivan rodgers has resigned because of the pressure put on him, it is a spectacular own goal. the bbc has learned that the man shot dead by police on the m62 in huddersfield is mohommed yassar yaqub. the incident took place during an operation to target suspected illegal weapons. police in turkey have made several arrests as they continue their hunt for the gunman who killed 39 people in a nightclub in istanbul. kurdish activists say a man from west sussex has died while fighting islamic state militants in syria. ryan lock, who was 20 and from chichester, had joined the ypg kurdish militia. and a think—tank closely linked with labour says the party is "too weak" to win a majority, and would need to work with rivals like the liberal democrats to stand any chance of getting into government. labour's real problem is it doesn't look as if it has much chance of being the largest party in a hung parliament given the opinion polls. police are searching for a drive

in a letter announcing his resignation, ivan rogers urged staff to speak truth to power and challengel correspondent, tom bateman has more. it was a lengthy, 4—page long e—mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. on one level this is a kind of e—mail from a boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, you're a fantastic bunch, but it went on to convey a sense in which he wants his team to continue the work. these are the comments that are likely to be widely interpreted as a glimpse into what his frustrations are in terms of working for his political masters. he says, "i hope you will continue to challenge ill—founded arguments and muddled thinking and will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power." he goes on to detail what appears to be some of the challenges ahead when it comes to setting up the team to negotiate brexit. theresa may wants this to get under way by the end march. he says the structure of the negotiating team and the allocating of roles and responsibilities to support the team needs rapid resolution. he goes on to talk abou

he went on to say: those of the words of sir ivan rogers in an e—mail to staff.h me is seema malhotra, labour mp who sits on the brexit select committee. he didn't mess around easy? there is a bigger issue here. it was a stark public warning that six months on from the referendum you don't seem to be any further forward will stop what is quite shocking is that sir ivan, his comments about muddled thinking did not surprise me, he is saying that as an insider he did not know what theresa may and her ministers actually wanted to do and achieve and for those of us who observed the power premier list and her ministers the irony is that we have had the same impression. i think this is saying that the government needs to get its act together very fast because if theresa may gets it wrong, if the government gets it wrong, the people who will suffer our british families and businesses. it is our future and prosperity and security, and it is vital that they now come forward what they're negotiating objectives are going to be. but the government saying the plan is being for

sir ivan rogers leaves hisjobjust months before the government is due

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the charge from sir ivan rogers is a serious one.ready for the discussions about brexit that are due within months. that it doesn't have a strategy board negotiating team in place. so as the foreign office here starts looking for a new ambassador, mps are looking for answers about what the government's about what the government's objectives are. and they're hoping theresa may will provide some in a speech on brexit expected soon. one she will have to write without sir ivan rogers at her shoulder in brussels. james landale, bbc news. tom bateman is that westminster for us. tom bateman is that westminster for us. tim barrow, he will be our man leading the charge in the brexit talks. what do we know about him? another new whitehall‘s figure name. he's a career diplomat, he's low cut it at the side of various foreign secretaries. he was an ambassador for moscow up until last year. he's had a key role in the civil service in terms of that core. firstly, the speed of this. 2a hours since we learned that sir ivan rogers was going from that

for his part sir ivan rogers sent an email to staff on his resignation.r to see his targets. those of you in the uk know that whitehall is the base of the uk civil servants. the sentiment was seconded by one of the eu's main brexit negotiators, guy verhofstadt. here's damian grammaticus in brussels on how all of this being seen there. the criticism in the uk was that sir ivan rogers had allowed his personal feelings perhaps to get in the way. here that view i think is this counted. the european commission came out today and also said, "we regret the loss of a very professional and knowledgeable diplomat who always loyally defended the interests of his government." sir ivan rogers was in brussels and spent all his time over the last couple of years negotiating for david cameron as british prime minister with the other 27 countries. what guy verhofstadt seems to have said is that he was a loyal defender, not a pro—eu figure, they found him a tough person advocating uk interests. decoding this, they are saying that the criticism from the uk is unfair. explai

sir ivan rogers has been britain's ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for threeiticisms about the government's preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. in his resignation e—mail he said there is a short supply of serious multilateral negotiating experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uk's negotiating tea m structure of the uk's negotiating team need rapid resolution. he reveals that even he does not know what the government's negotiating objectives for brexit will be. but it is sir ivan's implicit in thinly veiled criticism of ministers that is most telling. he urges his fellow officials never to be afraid to speak truth to power and to challenge what he called muddled thinking and ill founded arguments. he said he should support each other in difficult moments when they have to deliver messages that are disagreeable to those who need to hear them. so sir ivan's charge is a serious one, that the government is not ready for brexit and it is ignoring the advice of its total mass. “— ignoring the advice of its total mass. —— diplomats. john

britain's most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months beforeue to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk's exit from the eu. sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that he'd warned the prime minister that securing a post—brexit trade deal could take a decade. tonight the bbc has obtained his resignation email to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak truth to those in power and urged them to challenge muddled thinking about brexit. more on that in a moment but first here's our political correspondent, carole walker. behind the darkened windows, at the prime minister's side, as she arrived at last month's eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. but his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was already a difficult occasion for theresa may. he was criticised for being too pessimistic, though downing street said he was just relaying the views of other eu members. some who've worked with sir ivan believe his departure is a real loss t

sir ivan rogers has quit, with the formal negotiations on brexit due to begin in less than 3 months. reason for his departure isn't clear. he thought it might take up to ten yea rs he thought it might take up to ten years to renegotiate it all. clearly the wrong man for the job. the only great i've got, is that he didn't go the day after the referendum. so, where does all this leave theresa's may's brexit strategy? we'll be live at westminster and brussels. the other main stories on bbc news at 5 — a man has been shot dead by police near the m62 in huddersfield. mohammed yasser yaqub died during what's described as a ‘pre—planned' operation. there are more arrests in turkey after the new year's eve nightclub shooting, but the gunman who killed 39 people, is still on the run. it's been announced special events marking the 100th anniversary of the battle of passchendaele, one of the bloodiest episodes of the first world war, will be held this summer. and going full—circle. how vinyl is making a comeback, with the sales of records hitting a 25—year high. it's 5 o'clock. our main story:

sir ivan rogers hasjust resigned.sported brexit. i am sure you have seen nick clegg are saying this is a body blow to the government. how do you see it?|j saying this is a body blow to the government. how do you see it? i was able to read to the resignation letter overnight. i think he makes it clear that as he was planning to retire in october of this year and his number two sean morgan was planning to go to the welsh government civil service he felt, andi government civil service he felt, and i agree with him, that we should have a full team that will take us through the whole two—year brexit negotiation process and he feels it is right to step off now that the prime minister can get a team in place it will take us right through. i understand why you are trying to deflect attention from what he said ina deflect attention from what he said in a letter because some of it is pretty harsh, talking about model inking, basically saying there is no preparation —— muddled thinking. that is a stark warning, isn‘t it? prepara

in a letter announcing his unexpected resignation on tuesday, ivan rogers told his staff to continue to speak truth to power and challenge ill—founded arguments. let's have a look at the papers. the financial times front page looks at the abrupt resignation of britain's ambassador to the eu, sir ivan rogers, and says tensions with no ten, led to his departure. —— with number ten led to his departure. the daily telegraph also leads with sir ivan‘s resignation, reporting that theresa may plans to pick a brexiteer to replace him — "someone who backs the brexit cause wholeheartedly," it claims. more on that story on the front of the times, quoting sources saying downing street has been caught "on the hop" by the resignation. the metro focuses on executive pay, and has calculated that by lunchtime tomorrow, bosses at the top ftse 100 companies will have earned as much as most people do in a year. the daily mail carries a warning from the head of the nhs to hospitals apparently colluding with as it puts it, "ambulance chasing lawyers. " the story of the chelsea football fans convicted of r

ivan rogers have left.ld not be familiar with his name or the name of his successor. how important of these people who have been derided in some of the papers as the sir humphreys? how important are these people rather than the politicians? are good ambassador or high commissioner is gold dust. they are your eyes and ears in the country and they have... they are able to tell you forensically what the situation is. it is up to leaders to listen... or not. even though nobody should listen to experts! they are the experts of all experts. ivan rogers said he knew the british system so well, he knew the british system so well, he knew the european system so well, he knew all the players. his replacement is also a very steady hand, but she's losing a key person. it is a tragedy for britain that he has resigned. simply because the world is getting so simply because the world is getting so complex, the old order is being replaced by completely unstable and unpredictable orders. diplomats in this moment are keyed to

this is sir ivan rogers, uk top diplomat at the european union, he has resigned weeks before wrecks itegotiations are expected to begin, we will be live in westminster to discuss this. these are new images released by turkey of the man they say is the gunmen behind the new year's eve attack on istanbul, we know what he looks like, but he is still on the run. and a key syrian rebel group, the free syrian army, has pulled out of a planned peace talk over the syria conflict, bbc arabic is going to explain why. todayis today is the formal start of a major shift in power in america, we had the newly elected congress meeting to the first time, the republicans hold both houses, these are, i was going to show you live pictures, they dropped off, as well as congress, bear in mind, january 20, the republicans control the white house, the dynamics within the republican party are becoming very interesting. republicans in the house of representatives had hoped to push this through, it is an amendment to weaken the body that overseas claims of misconduct against members of congress, a niche concern

the sunday times leads with britain's former ambassador to the eu, ivan rogers, meeting with david camerontheresa may was botching brexit. the sunday express says the man set to become donald trump's ambassador to the eu has revealed that he supported brexit and declared: "i love the uk." the mail on sunday features israeli officials allegedly caught making a vow to ‘take down‘ boris johnson's foreign 0ffice deputy. and the sun on sunday feature a story of a man, who was born a girl — twenty years ago, being four months pregnant. let's have a look at them. theresa may, we know she will make a big speech at some point on brexit, but this is an article she has written for the sunday telegraph which they feature on the front page saying that it feature on the front page saying thatitis feature on the front page saying that it is now the sheriff society not the big society. i think if you read the article which is tucked away inside the sunday telegraph, and the size of a normal column by any columnist, all it says is a shared society means a shared society. it does not tell you anything. we w

in a letter announcing his unexpected resignation on tuesday, ivan rogers told his staff to continue to speak truth to power and challenge ill—founded arguments. let's have a look at the papers. the financial times front page looks at the abrupt resignation of britain's ambassador to the eu, sir ivan rogers, and says tensions with number ten led to his departure. the daily telegraph also leads with sir ivan‘s resignation, reporting that theresa may plans to pick a brexiteer to replace him. "someone who backs the brexit cause wholeheartedly," it claims. more on that story on the front of the times, quoting sources saying downing street has been caught "on the hop" by the resignation. the metro focuses on executive pay, and has calculated that by lunchtime tomorrow bosses at the top ftse 100 companies will have earned as much as most people do in a year. the daily mail carries a warning from the head of the nhs to hospitals apparently colluding with as it puts it, "ambulance chasing lawyers. " the story of the chelsea football fans convicted of racism in paris is on the front page of t

the unexpected resignation of ivan rogers a >> we regret the loss of professional, very knowledgeablewhile not always an easy diplomat who always loyally defended the interests of his country. rogers, ther robin british envoy to the european union, resigned on tuesday, leaving britain without an ambassador to the eu block. in a leaked email to his diplomatic staff in brussels, he criticized the prime minister's government for the lack of preparation of the brexit negotiations. >> we do not yet know what the government will set as negotiating objectives for the u.k. relationship with the eu after exit. i hope you will continue to challenge ill-founded arguments and model thinking and a you will never be afraid to speak the truth to those in power. conservativeent and pro-brexit mp, sir ivan rogers had to go. >> he writes in his email what i thought was almost verging on the pompous. he can -- confuses the word truth with advice. he may have his own opinions but he is not god almighty. confused about the idea that when he opens his mouth, he is speaking truth. the negotiation comes just

ivan rogers was is a mistake about brexit. how he will do his best to give britain the best deal he can. sounded a bit more optimistic about the ability. when that plan from brexit comes about, who knows? the negotiating strategy is not something she plans to rush out. dryplans to keep her powder going into those talks but we will see some signs from her in the next weeks or so and when article 50 is invoked of the parameters of what she is fine to achieve. she does not want to reveal her hand to close to the negotiations. mark: thanks for joining us today. >> larry was pre-brexit. has: larry's christmas gift betrayed his voting sensibilities. vonnie: thanks. for more, you can always look up our principle is in, which is -- bulletin, which is posted every day. plans to overhaul intelligence agencies are "false." the wall street journal is reporting that david is the top editor for the treasury department in international affairs role. european close is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: 11:00 a.m. new york, midnight in hong kong

britain's outgoing ambassador to the european union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the government's preparations for brexit. in his resignation letter he said he didn't know what ministers' negotiating objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called muddled thinking. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. sir ivan rogers has been britain's ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the government's preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. in his resignation e—mail, he says there is a short supply of... he reveals that even he does not know what the government's negotiating objectives for brexit will be. but it is sir ivan's implicit and thinly veiled criticism of ministers that is most telling. he urges fellow officials never to be afraid to speak truth to power, and to challenge what he calls muddled thinking and ill—founded arguments. he says they should support each other in difficult moments when they have to deliver messages that are disagreeable to those who need to hear them. so, sir ivan's charge is a serious

he's another sir, like ivan rogers. this one is tim barrow.do we know about sir tim barrow? he's an immensely respected figure and his nickname in the foreign office is "deep state," denoting an all—knowing figure, which means he has the answers to everything. he had a stint in moscow and a couple in brussels. boris johnson is delighted. interestingly, for a brexiteer, he believes the uk mission to the eu needs to be headed by someone who speaks the language in europe. he was one of the diplomatic high—flyers who takes the form —— formal notes of the european council some years ago. they also believe because tim barrow has been the political director at the foreign office, he is in tune to the politics and he also has something of a sense of humour and is aware of the intricacies of the brexit debate. this became apparent in a recent appearance before the foreign affairs select committee when his boss alan duncan inadvertently set him up as one of those dreaded experts. this is the exchange. i'm not perhaps as deeply immersed in theirthinking,

well, ivan rogers left partly because they did not want in there and partly because he had had enoughogers was that in the planning that ministers are doing, there is a lot of talk about hard and soft and clea n lot of talk about hard and soft and clean brexit. he is worried about a disorderly brexit where we try to do a deal with the other 27 countries and for whatever reason, that proves to be impossible, and he thinks this isa to be impossible, and he thinks this is a 50—50 chance that we go crashing out of the eu in a couple of years, and if that happens, he thinks the government needs to be prepared. it could be fairly difficult economically. one of the reasons he left was because downing street thought he was briefing the media and felt he was too much of a sort of ramona character. it will interest them greatly he has been going off and having breakfast with the former prime minister, david cameron, who of course was the leader of the remaining forces. that will not be guaranteed to calm down their nerves over their breakfast this morning. it is good to talk to you. thank you f

sir ivan rogers has confirmed his resignation from the foreign office and the civil service. last wednesday — just months before he was due to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk‘s exit from the eu. the repair bill to fix the country‘s potholes could soon reach £14 billion. that‘s according to councils in england and wales who say the government should pay for the repairs from fuel duty. the government says it‘s already putting £250 million into fixing the problem, but the local government association says that‘s not enough, as duncan kennedy reports. councils fix 2 million potholes every year. that is about 12,000 for every local authority in england and wales. but it never seems to be enough. now, the councils claim the repair bill could soon reach £14 billion. hard—pressed councils, who are mending, you know, a pothole every five seconds in this country, just cannot get to the core of the problem, which is actually many of our roads are just being patched now. they need to be fully repaired. the councils say the government must do more to help, and

now senior officials are also being attacked, as they have been for weeks now in ivan rogers‘ case, forit dogma. that is a dangerous trend. because senior officials are there to provide fearless objective advice, not to sign up to the ideology or dogma of their political masters. sir ivan is part of the establishment that frankly haven't accepted the referendum result and are hoping that frankly it will never happen. and i'm sorry to say, but the foreign office is stuffed with these people from top to bottom. for decades they've been taking britain in the completely wrong direction and i hope sir ivan's departure is followed by many, many more. japan has renamed its de facto embassy in taiwan to officially include the word "taiwan". china has criticised the name change. japan's top representative said relations between the two countries are at their best. their mission had been called the "interchange association, japan" since the 1970s. japan is now taiwan's third largest trading partner and has the second largest number of foreign tourists. reports from saudi arabia say that a number

sir ivan rogers has confirmed his resignation from the fco and the civil service.enior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, resigned last wednesday — just months before he was due to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk‘s exit from the eu. police in the us state of florida are holding a suspected gunman in custody after five people were killed and eight injured in a shooting at fort lauderdale airport. the suspect has been named as esteban santiago, a former soldier. his motive isn't yet known. santiago is said to have taken a gun out of a bag in the baggage area, after flying in from alaska. gary 0'donoghue reports from fort lauderdale. it is a familiar scene at airports the world over, but the baggage claim hall at the fort lauderdale airport turned into a place of death and mayhem, as a lone gunman opened fire on those waiting to collect their luggage. passengers scattered for cover, hitting the ground, and reports say the assailant had time to reload before opening fire once again, as attempts were made to tend to the wounded

sir ivan rogers has confirmed his resignation from the foreign office and the civil service.at the european union, sir ivan rogers, resigned last wednesday — just months before he was due to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk's exit from the eu. in southern thailand, at least 18 people have died in a week of heavy rains and floods, and thousands of villages have been submerged. according to the country's interior ministry, 700,000 people have been affected. forecasters are warning that the unseasonal downpours will continue for at least another two days. the repair bill to fix the country's potholes could soon reach £14 billion pounds. that's according to councils in england and wales who say the government should pay for the repairs from fuel duty. the government says it's already putting £250 million into fixing the problem, but the local government association says that's not enough, as duncan kennedy reports. councils fix 2 million potholes every year. that is about 12,000 for every local authority in england and wales. but it never seems to be e

sir ivan rogers has confirmed his resignation from the foreign office and the civil service.union, sir ivan rogers, resigned last wednesday, just months before he was due to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk's exit from the eu. the former president and prime minister of portugal, mario soares, who is regarded as a father of the country's democracy, has died at the age of 92. mr soares played a key role after the 1974 carnation revolution, a military coup that put an end to decades of right—wing dictatorship. two years later he became the country's first democratically elected prime minister, when the socialist party swept to power. he went on to serve a second term and 10 years as president. at least 18 people have died in flooding in southern thailand. thousands of villages have been cut off and submerged after a week of heavy rain and floods. flights, trains and bus services have been disrupted in the south of the country. the country's meteorological department has warned that the unseasonal downpour will continue for at least another two days. t

sir ivan rogers has confirmed his resignation from the foreign office and the civil service.iplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers resigned last wednesday — just months before he was due to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk‘s exit from the eu. the us department of homeland security will increase security to guard against siebary tacks. a report has come out directly accusing president putin to boost donald trump's election bid. the report from american intelligence claims russia's president, vladimir putin, personally ordered what it called an influence campaign to help donald trump's chances of winning the american presidency. it said the goals were to denigrate his opponent hillary clinton and harm her electability. the conclusion, the kremlin developed a clear preference for donald trump. the president—elect had earlier described the russian hacking claims as a political witch—hunt by his opponents. at trump tower, he met america's top intelligence officials for a classified briefing. they claim russia's actions included gaining access to

the sunday times leads with britain's former ambassador to the eu ivan rogers, meeting with david cameron says the man set to become donald trump's ambassador to the eu has revealed that he supported brexit, and declared "i love the uk." the mail on sunday features israeli officials allegedly caught making a vow to take down‘ borisjohnson‘s foreign office deputy. and the sun on sunday feature a story of a man, who was born a girl 20 years ago, being four months pregnant. the repair bill to fix the country's potholes could soon reach £1a billion. that is according to councils in england and wales, who say the government should pay for the repairs from fuel duty. the government says it is already putting £250 million into fixing the problem, but the local government association says that is not enough, as duncan kennedy reports. councils fix two million potholes every year. that is about 12,000 for every local authority in england and wales. but it never seems to be enough. now, the councils claim the repair bill could soon reach £1a billion. hard—pressed councils, who are mending, you know

sir ivan rogers has confirmed his resignation from the foreign office and the civil service.plomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers resigned last wednesday — just months before he was due to play an important role in the complex negotiations on the uk‘s exit from the eu. the headlines: nhs england has rejected claims by the red cross that hospitals and ambulances are experiencing a humanitarian crisis. a former american soldier has been arrested after five people were shot dead at fort lauderdale airport in florida. at least 43 people have been killed bya at least 43 people have been killed by a lorry bomb in a northern syrian town. the us department of homeland security says it will increase protection of the country's voting machines and data bases, to guard against cyber attacks. it's in response to a report by intelligence officials, which, for the first time, directly accuses president putin of trying to boost donald trump's election bid. catrina renton reports. the report from american intelligence claims russia's president, vladimir putin, personally ordered what