and jeremy corbyn? was a disastrous tory brexit or remaining, thenjeremy corbyn would campaign to remain. some, though, suspect the announcement is designed to stem the flow of disgruntled mps from the party. most of those who left last week had been pushing for a so called trans. —— people's vote. with brexit day drawing closer, former colleagues think this is the right solution. the labour party and the conservatives have been divided on brexit. i think that this plan today starts to bring the labour party together. yes, let's go for a deal if you want to do that, but let's also have the option to remain, and you can only do that if you take this back to the british people and draw a line under this whole sorry saga. the campaign for a second referendum has attracted thousands to marches across the country, but for mps representing seats in the midlands, the north of england and parts of wales, there is concern that labour could be accused of betraying the will of millions of people. i have deep reser

jeremy corbyn leading the papers at the moment. this is in the telegraph.article 50 if there is not a deal. cabinet ministers want this reeled out. i can see that. how may times to be have to go back and forward ? times to be have to go back and forward? most times to be have to go back and forward ? most of times to be have to go back and forward? most of them want to support the prime minister but now everybody is getting tired as well. and also there is a labour brexiteer back shift, as well. that is right. it is like a pincer movement. let's move away from brexit and we can have a look at the daily mirror. rather optimistic looking photograph. hottest february day ever. someone in the water. i don't know where that was taken. probably i beazer. —— i beazer. my concern about these jolly photographs, it ignores the extremely serious climate change implications. we were talking about our children, my three children have become vegetarian because of climate change reasons. you are as well? i'm not, but i respect people who are for that reason, because the a

peter kyle, have you been told by jeremy corbyn whether he is going to support a referendum through yourl, jeremy said tonight, and also labour issued a statement actually clarifying what its policy was, which is we will have come as you just heard, a push this week towards trying to get labour party policy through the commons on wednesday in the vote, but then afterwards it will pivot quite decisively towards making sure we can involve a vote of the public. now, the amendment that phil and i are working on, the compromise agreement we are working on makes sure we can have a decisive end to this, and that would be quite clear, andjeremy is being this, and that would be quite clear, and jeremy is being quite clear this evening, he actually name checked us in his presentation earlier, that this would be an option if the front bench option was not successful, he is very open to supporting ours as well. we have both been working very closely with jeremy's team and his front bench team for the last few weeks on this. also incidentally this is a backbench amendment, working very closely with l

unlike other senior party figures, jeremy corbyn has not wa nted party figures, jeremy corbyn has notd to dwell on the resignations of some of his mps. he has many loyal supporters in the party, but tom watson's words were strong and assigned patients with some at the top of the labour party is wearing thin. the party said it took all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously. our politcal correspondent jonathan blake is here. let's start with labour, tom watson really laying down a challenge to jeremy corbyn, but no sign of yet whetherjeremy corbyn is prepared to ta ke whetherjeremy corbyn is prepared to take it up. it has been interesting to see the different responses since those labour mps resigned last week. jeremy corbyn has not looked to dwell on it and issued a brief response, saying he was disappointed they had resigned and he regretted it. contrast that with the calling for them to face by lectures, and contrast that to the words we have heard from tom watson this morning, calling this a crisis for the soul of the labour party. he said last week it was a moment of regr

jeremy corbyn, the sunday times is not say whether he does god or not. by day ‘s prayer afterwards.e what she is relying on by that stage, given the... jean-claude juncker has already said that it is in the hands of god, brexit, so there is a religious theme. let's just of god, brexit, so there is a religious theme. let'sjust look of god, brexit, so there is a religious theme. let's just look at one another story, here on the sunday sunday telegraph, talking about thejihadis sunday sunday telegraph, talking about the jihadis bride, sunday sunday telegraph, talking about thejihadis bride, shamima begum, saying that britain is trying to make an example of me. —— the sunday telegraph. this is a very difficult case this. yeah, i mean it has been a very difficult case. it has been a very difficult case. it has really divided political opinion, she said that she's been made an example of being singled out by speaking up, she singled herself out. sajid javid said he has taken legal advice by people say it is... he hasjust legal advice by people say it is... he has just taken legal advice b

jeremy corbyn in particular.behind it. there was a slight shift. he is not talking about getting the exact same and if it's of the single market, which they have had before in there, some are saying that as a slight watering down. the question is though the a lot of labour mps about what happens about another referendum, which is of course the policy that was thrashed out at the conference last year. i am joined by the labour mp peter kyle. you support the idea of another referendum, what do you make for the letter from jeremy corbyn? it doesn't mention that. it doesn't, but the problem i've got is that almost all of it refers to the political declaration. we know the eu thinks it is nebulous, winner michael fallon former tory cabinet ministers think it is vacuous. that is non—binding. nobody thinks theresa may will be prime minister ina year's theresa may will be prime minister in a year's time which means any political declaration is not binding. so what we need is to make sure we get something that is in fa ct

jeremy corbyn's option, relu cta ntly, happen.ption because otherwise we will be in this deadlock. you cut said he had brexit the tic and lots of people feel that. —— junker. we are jaded with it because it is so endless and futile. talk and talk and nothing seems to change. those in favour of brexit, you are in favour of brexit, could think if we don't back theresa may's deal before march 12, 13, it's going to before march 12, 13, it's going to be delayed, potentially the 21 months. there has been some speculation. michael lee's machinations unite the conservatives. i think she has to be clear, what she's come up with is very clear and delaying it has that problem. also she has to be very careful, as i've said. she hasn't got a majority in the house of commons. me, it's the other side. what are we saying, which could then have trepidation is something else. we don't want that. she is also good to be open. i suspect people haven't really gross that. helen and i will steer the year. you can leave never leave this debate. if you nee

that is because jeremy corbyn... deserves our support? that is because jeremy corbyn. .. of the people here are uncomfortable at his decision this week. it is not that they feel this person should come back and be given a hug and all this, this softball thing. it is that ultimately she was radicalised in the uk, and it is perhaps our duty to bring her back in deal with that, whether that is through something you can take through something you can take through the courts or offer a de—radicalization programme. you can'tjust de—radicalization programme. you can't just ignore someone de—radicalization programme. you can'tjust ignore someone because they're suddenly not convenient. but i think it is a really difficult one. i don't think you covered it la5t one. i don't think you covered it last night, but there was a brilliant piece by anthony lloyd in the times this morning. are we still in yesterday? he did the first interview with her which generated all this stuff. and he said it is not that 5urpri5ing all this stuff. and he said it is not that surprising that at this poi

not exactly acolytes or supporters of jeremy corbyn luciana berger. lytes or supporters ofjeremy corbyn in the labour party. the trouble is, an awful lot are members of the labour party, even now, will be reminded about the sdp, the gang of four and the split and the problems it caused for labour and helped keep labour in opposition for an exceedingly long time. and there will be a lot of discontent from within, even those who are antagonistic about the jeremy corbyn project, the dangers ofa jeremy corbyn project, the dangers of a breakaway, because of what damage it would do to the party. so ithink... i damage it would do to the party. so i think... i can understand why people might be mulling the option of potentially leaving. i'm wondering if they will actually cross that great rubicon and make the plunge. i'm not sure they will. joe? it provides an opportunity for dissenting voices in the labour party to talk about how they don't like labour's position on venezuela, on brexit, on anti—semitism. but there has been a lot of talk about a new centre pa

wa nt labour mps are unhappy because they wantjeremy labour mps are unhappy because they want jeremy corbyno labour mps are unhappy because they wantjeremy corbyn to resist brexit outright and they cannot understand why he is even talking about going with theresa may's deal and some of them had said why would you try to facilitate a 20 brexit if you remember —— were a member of the labour party. they are so unhappy they are considering leaving the party after march which is what one labour mps party after march which is what one labourmps said party after march which is what one labour mps said today. people from all political persuasions voted leave. and but it remains. it will be pretty much a tory government that will be implementing brexit so, i think the crux of today as well was it appeared as though jeremy corbyn appeared to drop part of labour's policy that left the door open for the second referendum and we know that jeremy corbyn does not support a second referendum and it was conspicuous by its absence from the letter that they sent to theresa may so they had a situation today wh

at a rally yesterday, jeremy corbyn said anti—semitism in any form was unacceptable.e best political party in dealing with issues like anti—semitism and racism and i want us to be able to, with clean hands, get out there and tackle it within our wider community. labour is wrestling with divisive issues, its leader under pressure to determine its direction. alex forsyth, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have been meeting young women in morocco, to show support for girls‘ education. the couple were welcomed to a boarding school, in the village of asni, by pupils who waved flags and sang songs. during the visit, the duchess was given a traditional moroccan henna tattoo, to celebrate her pregnancy. now on bbc news sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: unbelievable scenes — chelsea goalkeeper kepa arrizabalaga refuses to be substituted in their english league cup final defeat to manchester city. no drama and no goals at old trafford as the english premier league leaders liverpool a

it is a moment of reckoning of sorts for jeremy corbyn because he has lost these mps. threat to corbyn? it depends on how many others they can cause to peel away. there were a whole range of questions that were not answered today. do they have a leader? not yet. is there a platform? not yet. do they have a name? . not yet. anna: they just know that they are independent from the labour party. jordan, how much does this change any brexit dynamics? guest: this sort of event is happening more recently than we think. we look back to when the stp did it back in the 1980's. if you just look at what happened in the build up to 2016, you had reckless and douglas carswell leave, and you even have nigel for raj starting the new break -- nigel farage starting the new brexit party. is split the vote in certain constituencies enough to worry leadership such as david cameron in the leadership to 2016, or even jeremy corbyn or theresa may now, to say i am losing mps on these policies, they be i should shift my stance. when the parties are so far left and right, it is hard to see how a

jeremy corbyn said he was disappointed by the mps‘ decision.dent jonathan blake reports. the time for talking was over. seven labour mps chose this room on this morning to act, frustrated with their party and its leader of the time had come for them to quit and form a new group. this has been a very difficult, painful, but necessary decision. we represent different parts of the country. we are of different backgrounds. we we re are of different backgrounds. we were born of different generations. but we all share the same values. i cannot remain in the party that i have today come to the sickening conclusion is institutionally anti—semitic. conclusion is institutionally anti-semitic. all seven gave their own reasons, and with that, damning criticism reflecting anger that they and others have felt for some time. which is politics is now well and truly broken and in all conscience we can no longer knock on doors and support a government led byjeremy corbyn, or the team around him. this group of seven hopes to grow. there was an appeal for others f

for example, jeremy corbyn was on the brink of retiring and keep bees had.o meet cuban leader, fidel castro, and was offered meat and abandoned his well— known castro, and was offered meat and abandoned his well—known vegetarian stamps. in the current political climate, it is everything to play for. if there was a sensational allegation, may be the other 19 pages we have not seen, but they think they would put it at the front. many thanks indeed. that is it for the papers tonight. you can see the front pages on the website. and if you miss the programme, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, nigel nelson and jo phillips. next, it is the film review. hello there and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases, we have mark kermode. what have you got in store for us this week, mark? something for everyone. we have the lego movie 2, i know you're a huge lego movie fan. we have if beale street could talk, the new film by barryjenkins. and alita — battle angel, fantasy set

much of what jeremy corbyn has so is a dangerous delusion. has put so is a dangerous delusion. much of what jeremy corbyn has put forward has a tinge of unrealism about it, i think the prime minister's letter in a sense will flush him out on some of those issues. labour says there isa of those issues. labour says there is a basis for discussion but wants the government to move further.m looks like there could be some progress, but also, you know, she has to guarantee a permanent customs union, and it is not obvious that she is prepared to go down that line yet. but let's see how things progress. there is not a sudden outbreak of agreement yet. there are still real differences, not least on the idea ofjoining a customs union. jeremy corbyn isn't about to sign on the dotted line and back the prime minister's planet. but theresa may needs as many votes as she can get and this might provide some cover for labour mps to get onside. we estimate it is some by between 40—60 who are actively looking for ways to support this at the moment. and obviously

are they likely to listen to the likes of donald tusk and jeremy corbyn?”tever your position on brexit, those sorts of comments from the leaders in europe and the headlines they generate just make the british person here and look around and think, if that's the attitude, i am look around and think, if that's the attitude, iam bored look around and think, if that's the attitude, i am bored sick of this anyway, and it's not very helpful. i can't help think this might have harmed positions against rapprochement. we heard box pops about people saying, no deal is better than this. this isn't good news for anyone. i guess the hard task for those sitting in the monetary policy committee at the bank of england as to what all this might mean for the future the british economy, the bank of england governor was talking yesterday, these are the comments on the front page of the times, about what all of this brexit scenario planning might mean for growth here. this is the wea kest mean for growth here. this is the weakest growth in a decade. the central scenario let's n

that hasn't stopped jeremy corbyn coming up hasn't stopped jeremy corbyn coming up with what he saysnuine offer listing the things he says he wants. it has been watered down. labour had a policy of saying they wanted the same benefits as the uk currently has in the single market. that has gone away but even the offer from corbyn has caused a row in his party because he has divisions amongst his own mps as much as mine has. some in his party are looking at maybe backing theresa may's deal, just a few of them. others want a norway style closer relationship. others want another referendum. what does he want? that has been the key. many feel he is relu cta nt has been the key. many feel he is reluctant to go down the road of another referendum. his brexit spokesman sir keir starmer seems to be more on the side of that. there has been a backlash, the letter laying out the options, another referendum wasn't in them so they had to quickly clarify. this letter sets out, in clear terms, that the prime minister is to abandon her brexit red lines. it does not rule out the option of a second ref

jeremy corbyn focused on brexit too.a month ago, and this government has failed to put the country first. the crisis ofjobs going, industries under threat and the prime minister indulges in what her own business minister calls "fanciful nonsense. " when is she going to put the interests of the people of this country before the interests of the conservative party? but theresa may said jeremy corbyn had consistently put his party political interests ahead of the national interest, frustrating a deal and making no deal more likely. but she reckoned that wasn't surprising coming from them. what do we see from his labour party? hamas and hezbollah, friends. israel and the united states enemies, hatton a hero, churchill, a villain. attlee and bevin will be spinning in their grave — that's what the right honourable gentleman has done to once proud labour party. we will never let him do it to our country! theresa may. but the cracks and splits in the two main parties weren't over. on friday, after mps have returned from their co

blunt humanitarian aid from entering the country also coming up tonight british opposition leader jeremy corbyn says he will back a second referendum on leaving the european union it's a major new church and it comes just days after eight liberal lawmakers quit the party and a night of surprises at the academy awards in los angeles. and the oscars do. a drama about race relations in the u.s. it beats the odds for best picture and britain's a living at goldman wins best actress in the favor. i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight calls for tougher u.s. sanctions against venezuelan president nicolas maduro and a message of support for opposition leader one. those are the gifts that u.s. vice president mike pence has taken to a summit of what an american leaders in bogota the colombian capital now the leaders who included quite zero. are hoping to agree on what to do next to remove him from office the summit follows a weekend of violence in which four people died hundreds were injured when security forces blocked the opposition's attempts to bring international aid into the country. u.s. vi

jeremy corbyn says he's disappointed, but labour's deputy leader says the party must change directionorface more defections. our other main story tonight... in a shock move, honda is set to close its factory in swindon. 3,500 jobs, are at risk. as you can imagine, the reaction is terrible, yeah. doom and gloom. lots of families, lots of people with children — like ourselves. so, yeah, gutted, really, yeah, absolutely gutted. shamima begum tells the bbc it was her choice to join the islamic state group, as she asks the uk for forgiveness. in a medicalfirst, a woman from oxford gets dna treatment, to halt the most common form of blindness, in the uk. commentator: mata at the back post. pogba! brilliant! and manchester united reach the quarter finals of the fa cup, with a 2—0 win over chelsea, at stamford bridge. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: fighting for her right to run. why 0lympic 800 metre champion caster semenya faces the biggest battle of her career. good evening. seven mps have taken the drastic step of deciding to leave the labour party, and are forming a new independe

henry, part ofjohn mcdonnell‘s appeal and jeremy corbyn as well is that they tend to speak their mindcians who say one thing to one constituency and another to another constituency, although some may to labour's view of brexit and suggest thatis labour's view of brexit and suggest that is part of the whole facade. but speaking plainly is something that appeals to a loss of his supporters and, particularly folks in momentum, they might find this interesting. absolutely. straight talking on his politics was the phrase. i think many labour voters and members in particular will find is appealing, notjust becausejohn mcdonnell was being honest about how he feels, but because they agree with how he feels. that is an interesting point. it speaks very precisely to one of the splits within the labour coalition, the coalition of labour voters, rather than the labour members, a lost of labour members, particularly in traditional labour seats, perhaps sees that were traditionally working—class, had one particular industry that employed lots of people in that area, that town. —— lot. they will see

both theresa may and jeremy corbyn are under pressure this lunchtime?eir own sort of brexit mangler, mrs may in brussels where she just brexit mangler, mrs may in brussels where shejust emerged brexit mangler, mrs may in brussels where she just emerged with the offer of further talks, you might think that's not much, not ideal, nothing even approaching a deal, but suchis nothing even approaching a deal, but such is the hole mrs may is in, just the offer by the eu to keep on talking, to keep on negotiating, is in itself something of a result and it avoids what they feared, which was basically having the door slammed in their face and mrs was basically having the door slammed in theirface and mrs may being told no moules and frites for you today. and jeremy corbyn is in his own mangler of his mps, on the warpath, after he wrote a conciliatory letter to mrs may over brexit saying let's keep talking and discussing it, easing back on some of his red lines, not even mentioning now the prospect of another referendum, and some of his anti—brexit mps fear that m

jeremy corbyn or theresa may?” want to be the next prime minister? jeremy corbyn or theresa may?is labour leader? well i just want to say this, victoria,... this is labour leader? well i just want to say this, victoria, . .. this is what it comes down to. it's going to be between labour or the conservatives at the next election, so do you want at the next election, so do you want a labour government or a conservative government? that is exactly the question that every labourmp exactly the question that every labour mp has. what is your answer? my labour mp has. what is your answer? my answer is the reason i left the labour party today is because i could never tell anybody that jeremy corbyn is fit to be prime minster. he's not fit to lead the labour party and not fit to be prime minister. i very much hope is not the choice and i cannot imagine it would be the choice. but if it is... this is three years away. not necessarily. i'm thinking it will be three years away and there is no easy a nswer to three years away and there is no easy answer to the question. all i know is, i have

or ideas, a profound clash of ideas between this group and jeremy corbyn over another eu referendum. decision for any others. the evidence of labour's betrayal on europe is now visible for all to see. offering to actually enable this government's brexit, consta ntly enable this government's brexit, constantly holding back from allowing the public a final say. maybe they believe brexit has broken our politics altogether, reckoning time for something new. it is time we dumped this country's old—fashioned politics and created an alternative. you don'tjoin old—fashioned politics and created an alternative. you don't join a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it. you get involved in politics, you joina you get involved in politics, you join a party to change the world. so we invite you to leave your parties and help us forge a new consensus on and help us forge a new consensus on a way forward for britain. many of your colleagues in the labour party are going to feel that you have let them down, some of them may even feel that you are betraying them by leav

and jeremy corbyn? if it was a disastrous tory brexit or remaining, jeremy corbyn would campaign to remain. some, though, suspect the announcement is designed to stem the flow of disgruntled mps from the party. most of those who left last week had been pushing for aso left last week had been pushing for a so called trans. with brexit day drawing closer, former colleagues think this is the right solution. the labour party and the conservatives have been divided on brexit. i think that this plan today sta rts brexit. i think that this plan today starts to bring the labour party together. yes, let's go for a deal if you want to do that, but let's also have the option to remain, and you can only do that if you take this back to the british people and draw a line under this whole sorry saga. the campaign for a second referendum has attracted thousands to marches across the country, but for mps representing seats in the midlands, the north of england and parts of wales, there is concern that labour could be a

jeremy corbyn got up at the end segment that has been a huge defeat, no support for what theresa maye's gone so far using the. our policy has been clear. it was repeated again and again in the house today. we have talked about the kind of brexit we could vote for, single market, customs union. those discussions with the premise to happen but i don't think anybody is trusting the tories that much. to be honest, we are in chaos at the moment. the prime minister put forward the most blandest of statements to the house this afternoon, just reaffirming what was agreed on the 29th ofjanuary. the erg couldn't even agree among themselves what they thought of it. they ended up abstaining and the prime minster can't even carry her owfi prime minster can't even carry her own position under her own party. under other circumstances, we would be having a general election right fiow. be having a general election right now. because the house of commons is pretty much in there though, i personally can see very few ways forward now. in the end, you have to put her due to the public and how to unlock t

he says labor leader jeremy corbyn, you see right there, will put forward an amendment calling on theovovernment to adopt his parties exit plan, which includes a permanent cucustoms unionon. that's plananned for this wednesday. corbyn s said labor would do everything in his power to prevent a no deal brexit. for more on this, i'm joined by birgit maas in london. good evening to you. what does this mean? good point to it at all -- could it .2 it at all -- could itt point t two nopepe exit at all o no brexit a at all?? birgit: it does not mean that.. it could mean that t there is another refendndum. that would have to b be agreed upon with the brbritish parliament. it would have to bee agreed also what question is put t to the british people. we know from opinion polls that that matters, as to what people would vote for. it is by no means a foregone conclusion that people would vote against brexit or would vote against lviving the europepean union. it depends on what you are asking them. whatat's on the ballott paper? a lot of people don't want to have anything more to do with exit. the

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but the group was clear this move was about him, jeremy corbyn's approach to brexit, his failure as theyunease at labour's lurch to the left. in a statement mr corbyn said i'm disappointed that these mps have felt unable to continue to work together for the labour policies that inspired millions at the last election and sorts increase our vote by the largest share since 19115. it comes at a time when our constituents are facing real hardship with universal credit being introduced, we have rising crime, homelessness on a scale we have not seen for decades, and the government is bungling brexit, so we should be working together for the long—term interests of the country. it's hard to avoid comparisons to this moment in 1981 when a group of mps left labour and set up the social democratic party, later merging to become what is now the liberal democrats. it hurt labour then and some say the same will happen now. when people leave the labour party there is bound to be damage. we had evidence of this in the early 1980s. it is not good if people leave a political party, but we have to stick to

jeremy corbyn regrets these members have left. to ta ke any kind of moment for the party to take a look at itself and reflect on what has happened. i crack the issue of anti—semitism was raised by some of anti—semitism was raised by some of those ruth george has attracted criticism this afternoon over something she said online. she was responding to a comment on facebook. and a question about a member of her local constituency labour party and what they had reacted to on facebook earlier on. liking a post which described the seven mps who quit labour as it is really. she was asked what she thought about it. she said she would not condemn those asking questions about where their money was coming from. it attracted criticism and less than an hour later she has issued an apology. on facebook she said i apologise for my comment. i had no intention of invoking a conspiracy theory and i'm deeply sorry that my ill thought out and poorly worded comment came out. i withdraw it entirely. it shows just how sensitive the issue of anti—semitis

brexit has split both parties down the middle really and this is acting jeremy corbyn responding to hisot show leadership on this and trying to extend an olive branch, bringing the different sides of the debate together on this. we know for a while that the only real idea that commands a majority in parliament on brexit is some sort of close relationship that would mitigate the need for a backstop and would really entail very little economic disruption. so yeah, jeremy corbyn has come forward and said as we were hearing, that changes to the political declaration which will determine, well, will not determine but will guide the future relationship, could yet he and others to back theresa may's brexit withdrawal agreement. but you're right, is also a logical conclusion to end up at this place because if you back at labour's conference, which is where a lot of brexit policy from labour has come from, number one we want a general election, that is not happened. numbertwo, we want election, that is not happened. number two, we want people '5 vote, i think number two, we want people '5 vote,

jeremy corbyn says the party will now back a public vote on brexit.

that was one step jeremy corbyn tackling the issue. mson. albeit, jeremy corbyn himself is not in charge of the disciplinary process , in charge of the disciplinary process, that is one step removed. for all the demands and pressures on mr corbin to take action, at the end of the day, it is not he who decides the sanctions that might be imposed. to that extent it is one removed from jeremy corbyn, although i'm sure many will see this as i critical test on whether the party is really going to get to grips with anti—semitism. prime ministers‘ questions are due to get underway shortly in the house of commons. it will precede mps' voting later on amendments to the uk's brexit negotiating strategy, theresa may has urged them to "do their duty" and "hold their nerve." just a justa reminder just a reminder that the vote, those votes, will be ahead of another series of votes next month. their vote to approve whether the deal theresa may negotiates with the eu by the 12th of march is acceptable to mp5. if that plan is rejected that would be a se

leadership from either the prime minister orjeremy leadership from either the prime minister or jeremy corbynon, and that is what is partly behind this group forming. if you ask some of the ex labour mps forming. if you ask some of the ex labourmps in this forming. if you ask some of the ex labour mps in this group they will say we are absolutely anti—austerity, but we need to prevent brexit from happening first because brexit is actually going to increase the austerity we see in this country. they are also pro—privatisation and anti tax hikes on the rich. this will effect a generation, there will be more austerity and cuts if there is a senseless no—deal brexit going ahead. why do you think they didn't justjoin the lib dems, a pro—eu anti brexit party that wants a second referendum ? anti brexit party that wants a second referendum? ultimately it is ato second referendum? ultimately it is a to step process and as a liberal democrats, we are just open to working with groups with similar aims. do you think it is because the lib dems brand is still tarnished because of the time in government wi

jeremy corbyn turns but not being well known to an asset and transformed his ratings.ng less of an asset. it is double sided. the other interesting thing about it, and that people tend to forget, is it actually came pretty close to beating labour, the sdp, into second place in the 83 election, the is one that handsomely but the share of votes of my memory is the sdp got only 2% less than labour. but there was a massive disparity in the number of seats. that is also a problem, isn't it? the electoral system as it currently is structured makes it quite difficult for small parties if they do become a party to break through. yes, and they are planning... the problem with the sdp was they thought labour to a near drawing the popular vote but they got 25 seats and labour got 203 seats, because of our electoral system which rewards you if your voters are well spread. it is not clear whether or not they will end up in the same situation. lots of votes, not many seats... they may end up in the reverse. 0ne of the groups they will appeal to will be socially liberal people, gradu

jeremy corbyn is taking the step in the right direction.unite our deeply divided country. thank you. is this going to reunite divided country?” don't know if that is going to take... ithink don't know if that is going to take... i think it will be rejected by the prime to enemy, david lidington is also said he thinks it's wishful thinking. do think it's the right path for the labour leadership to be pursuing?” the right path for the labour leadership to be pursuing? i think it weakens the test that we set for a teddy the semis brexit deal. it doesn't appear to reflect the policy decision we took at conference just a few months ago. which was to pursue a general election in that feeling. 0r pursue a general election in that feeling. or to look for other options. the only other option that we specified was a peoples vote on the deal. i'm worried that this is ruling the pitch for supporting or increasing to three semis brexit deal because jeremy corbyn has been sympathetic to brexit. does this and does your party reflect where you are and are

what do you say to jeremy corbyn, a lot of support out there. ast election, ed miliband, the former leader who has expressed regret, fellow south yorkshire mp jonathan ashworth, expressed regret, fellow south yorkshire mpjonathan ashworth, who sits at the labour top table, saying a group of independents make it easierfor the a group of independents make it easier for the conservative party to wina easier for the conservative party to win a general election. what do you say to that central challenge that this makes it easierfor the conservatives? it is to misread the situation. politics is now very broken. that's the reality of where we are now. it's a different landscape to where we were 30 or a0 yea rs landscape to where we were 30 or a0 years ago. the british people are losing faith in the major political parties, all of them. i don't think they want a tory government any more than a labour government. they have no trust in the lib dems either, so it is incumbent on us to face up to the challenge of building a politics that people can believe i

and also there is the question of whetherjeremy and also there is the question of whether jeremy corbyne is the question of whetherjeremy corbyn would actually sign up to a deal led by a tory government to get it over the line. if you get to a position where you acce pt if you get to a position where you accept no second referendum because there is not the parliamentary numbers for it and it would be divisive, if you accept there is not a parliamentary majority for theresa may's brexit and it does not unify the country, then the only position you end up in is to salvage that deal by getting concessions when you get a majority vote. i would like to hear from thomas. give us a sense of where people in brussels and elsewhere in europe might sit on this. jeremy corbyn is going to brussels. they are listening to this debate. i am looking in from the outside. this country needs some kind of unification. it is not going to get one about brexit. to me, that proves brexit is surplus to requirements. you have no consensus on what you want in brussels as a future partner so you should have left th

jeremy corbyn seconds -- supports a second referendum. kim jong-un arrived in home only to meet with president trump. can they agree on a binding deal? plans to cuttered $700 million of costs. the chief executive speaks exclusively to bring -- bloomberg. >> the cost cuts are part of a broader plan. we are focused on getting returns above 10% by 2021, which we are well on the way to doing. francine: good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." i'm francine lacqua in london. looking at the euro stoxx 600, stocks down 0.3%. we had a couple of disappointing numbers from industries, but overall, the optimism when it came to the u.s. china trade yesterday fading off by today and we are looking to hanoi or president trump is meeting the president of north korea. per pound, we saw a nice list. 1.31. -- couldn't envision delaying brexit and jeremy corbyn said he could support a second referendum. coming up on "bloomberg surveillance," more on our conversation with the standard chartered chief executive. we talked m&a and strength in

if it is thought jeremy corbyn certainly vote against that. remy corbyn is cool about the idea of another referendum, that could encourage more corbyn supporting mps to vote against it and there could be some labour mps who think, let's get this over with and if mrs may's deal looks like it is going to go through then they might be nervous about plunging back into the upheaval of another referendum. so, the parliamentary maths of getting any vote for another referendum would come on the face of it, look extraordinarily difficult. norman, thank you very much. norman smith there. one of the most high—ranking officials in the catholic church, the australian cardinal george pell, has been convicted of sexual abuse. he was found guilty in december of assaulting two choirboys in melbourne cathedral, but reporting restrictions have only now been lifted. it's just two days since the pope held an unprecedented conference at the vatican, to address a damaging series of allegations against priests. hywel griffith reports. cardinal pell, how are you feelin

no breakthrough in brussels, but talks are continuing today as the brexit secretary and jeremy corbynrepare to meet eu officials. at least 78 people have died in a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka after a blaze swept through a residential building. catholic bishops meet at the vatican for the first global summit on the child sex abuse scandal which has engulfed the church. manchester city stage a fightback in germany as raheem sterling scores a late winner to snatch a 3—2 win over schalke in the champions league. and huthackman kicked off the show in style but who were the big winners at this year's brits? we'll find out. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the three mps who defected from the conservative party yesterday say there's a significant number of their former colleagues who are considering joining them and walking out on the party. in a letter to the prime minister, anna soubry, sarah wollaston and heidi allen said the tory party had been taken over by hard brexiteers. theyjoin the eight mps who resigned from labour over the party's stand on anti—semitism

at a rally yesterday, jeremy corbyn said anti—semitism in any form was unacceptable. is being taken, although admit it could be faster. i want us to be the best political party in dealing with issues like anti—semitism and racism and i want us to be able to, with clean hands, get out there and tackle it within our wider community. labour is wrestling with divisive issues, its leader under pressure to determine its direction. alex forsyth, bbc news. pope francis has pledged an end to cover—ups of child abuse in the catholic church, saying that victims would now be the priority. he was speaking at the end of a four day conference aimed at tackling abuse after a series of scandals. our religion editor, martin bashir, reports from rome. mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. words of repentance by bishops on the last morning of this four—day summit. they've heard presentations on responsibility, accountability and transparency, and there is no doubting the challenge. translation: i make a heartfelt appeal for an all—out battle against the abuse of minors, both sexually a

now the deputy leader has challenged jeremy corbyn to do more.est for him as a leader is to eradicate anti—semitism, and it is not the labour party members who will be the judge of that, it is the british, jewish community who will be thejudge of that. he understands that if he is ever to be prime minister, he needs to rebuild that trust. he will have to review those cases and go to the nec where he is in control and they will back him if he says these people need to be thrown out. unlike other senior party figures, jeremy corbyn has not wanted to dwell on the resignations of some of his mps. he has many loyal supporters in the party, but tom watson's words were strong and s sign patience with some at the top were strong and a sign patience with some at the top of the labour party is wearing thin. the party said it took all complaints of anti—semitism extremely seriously. as you heard in jonathan blake's report, theresa may is expected to hold talks with european council president donald tusk and other key eu figures in egypt later today. but dow

but are jeremy corbyn and the government moving any closer together?umbers of tory mps disgruntled at the prime minister's deal, any sign from labour that they are willing to talk counts. which direction is the prime minister heading in? is she, firstly, simply trying to get her own team back on board to put her deal yet again with some supposed changes? that is what it looks like she is doing. or is she genuinely looking to see whether there is a majority for labour's proposal? remember, theresa may's deal was comprehensively booted out by parliament last month so she is desperate for votes. last week, jeremy corbyn wrote to theresa may, outlining what could get his party over the line. last night, she wrote back to him, dangling some labour friendly promises of protections for workers and the environment, cash for labour constituencies. she is, though, a million miles from getting the opposition officially on board, even though some labour mps are tempted to move. after months of whispers, this deal—making is out in the open now. i think that there w

this week both jeremy corbyn other people about this. y have seen mps to search them for different reasons. for the conservatives, brexit is the issue threatening to tear them apart and the prime minister has another growing rebellion to deal with the head of crucial votes here next week. leave means leave! dozens of normally loyal conservative mps say they will not sit by and allow the uk to leave the eu without a deal and are threatening tojoin a the eu without a deal and are threatening to join a cross—party attempt on wednesday to take control of the brexit process. there is a perfect storm is emerging of people who want to overturn the result, which i think is outrageous, and people who want to deliver brexit, but who don't want a no—deal brexit. that alignment, they are being forced together by the intransigence of brexiteers, some of my fellow brexiteers, i think that's dangerous for those of us who want to deliver brexit, believe in it and want to deliver it on time. but eurosceptics deny they are jeopardising brexit by refusing t

many of your colleagues may share your views on brexit and jeremy corbyn, so what do you say to thoseht? all you will do is help the conservatives and split the labour vote. for a start, there is not a labour right to govern or a conservative one. the public have that particular choice. at the end of the day, you know, i think that the public are the ones who have to choose this. we are not in favour of the conservative party. my values haven't changed at all in this process. i have a few that i want to tackle poverty and prejudice and extent equal opportunities for all, but ijust extent equal opportunities for all, but i just couldn't extent equal opportunities for all, but ijust couldn't do that any longer in the labour party, and i tried and tried, as you know, year after year, to try and save the labour party. i did absolutely everything i possibly could. but there is a point at which i feel, notjust for my there is a point at which i feel, not just for my integrity but for my duty to the country, i have to make a decision and say, enough is enough. why not fight by-elections? joh

the other main stories on bbc news at five: jeremy corbyn says he "regrets" the decision of seven mpsuit labour yesterday — and says he's proud to lead the party. the trial into the murder of six—year—old alesha macphail, who was found dead on the isle of bute last summer, hears that dna found on her body matches that of the teenager accused of her murder. the 16—year—old denies the charges. donald trump is sued by 16 american states for invoking emergency powers to build his wall on the mexican border. and, tributes are paid to the "king of the fashion world" karl lagerfeld — who has died at the age of 85. today at 5pm, our top story — the business secretary, greg clark, has told mps that honda's decision to shut its factory in swindon in 2021 — cutting 3,500 jobs, is a "devastating" move. speaking in the commons, mr clark said he had to accept honda's assertion that its decision wasn't because of brexit. but he said car manufacturers had made it clear that brexit was "an additional worry at a difficult time," and he warned that a no—deal brexit would be a "hammer blow" to the indust