jessica parker, bbc news. plenty more on the website.ghanjones. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, you're watching sport today live from the bbc sport centre. i'm ben croucher. coming up on the programme: a first champions league win of the season for liverpool, despite throwing away a 3—0 lead against salzburg. doha delight for dina asher—smith. she is a 200 metre world champion. already back—to—back world champions, new zealand crush canada at the rugby world cup, with the help of three barrett brothers. thanks forjoining us. we will starting in europe, and the defending champions league winners, liverpool. after 36 minutes, theirfirst home game of this year's competition seemed a breeze. 3—0 up, only an incredible salzburg fightback levelled the match, only for liverpool to sneak a 11—3 win. it is the first points of the group stage after an opening defeat to napoli. mo salah added to sadio mane and andrew robertson efforts.

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jessica parker, bbc news. now on bbc news: click. smash hits, and extreme mic testing. yes! theme music thursday was bbc music day, an annual celebration of the power of music to change lives, with 2,000 events across the uk and 100 broadcasts on tv, radio, and digital. but it's important to remember that not everyone experiences sound in the same way. for example, this week is international week of the deaf. so we met twins hermon and heroda berhane. now, they're both deaf, and although they love dancing and they love going to deaf raves, there's obviously a lot about music which they don't experience — until now. we joined them when they tried on a prototype shirt which can turn music into a whole—body experience. the beautiful rolling hills of the south downs in sussex. something which i'm about to see from a whole new perspective. up there. i'll be filming myself while i'm up there, but the most important thing for today is this microphone, which i'll be taking up with me. why? tell you what. let's go back to the beginning. if yo

jessica parker, bbc news. keep up—to—date with the latest brexit developments on the bbc website. you'll also find analysis of whether parliament is moving towards an election. that's all at bbc.com/news. a new wave of intentional power cuts is rolling out in northern california, as firefighters battle more than a dozen wildfires across the state. the latest fire is affecting thousands of people in los angeles, with many of them forced from their homes. sophie long reports from california. this is the latest blaze that quickly became a terrifying inferno, sweeping through hundreds of acres injusta sweeping through hundreds of acres injust a few sweeping through hundreds of acres in just a few hours. firefighters battling the getty fire in los angeles now have a short window of favourable conditions to try and contain it. daylight means they can spray retardants from the air to slow the burn and stop the fires reducing multi million homes to smouldering debris. hours ago, this was someone‘s home. it bears littl

jessica parker there.ear gas at protesters who are throwing petrol bombs and starting fires in hong kong, as pro—democracy demostrators continue their campaign. volleys of tear gas were fired, as thousands of protesters staged an illegal march through the kowloon district. this weekend marks the twentieth week since the protests began. chinese officials and the state news media have denounced the protests as a separatist movement. our correspondent nick beake is there for us... give us a picture of what has been going on. we saw you earlier on with your mask and because of the tear gas. there is be more violence. their house. at this particular spot the police are trying to reclaim the streets but they have got their work cut out. you can see the flashing light from their vehicles. hundreds of police officers on the street, riot officers. relatively calm here. it wasn't a few minutes ago. we are hearing another part of hong kong, there are still barricades and tear gas in the kowloon district. a little ear

jessica parker, our political correspondent, thank you.s in hong kong, as pro—democracy demostrators continue their campaign. the march took place despite police having earlier banned it. this weekend marks the twentieth week since the protests began. chinese officials and the state news media have denounced the protests as a separatist movement. 0ur correspondent nick beake is there for us... tell us what is happening? hello, ben. a peaceful protest once again has given away to violence. you can probably see down there the water cannon. it is an important tool for the police, look at that. we will keep on walking so we can show you. they have dyed the water blue to identify protesters. just to give you the background to this, in the first ten minutes also, firebombs have been thrown at the police station, that is why we have seen this response. in the distance, you can see hundreds of protesters, dressed in black. these are the elite police, who have been behind—the—scenes for some time. it looks like they've got a non—lethal weapon there

our political correspondent jessica parker reports. can he break out of this deadlock?leaving downing street earlier to see this man — leo varadkar, also on the move. the two leaders arriving for their meeting near liverpool. but can an agreement be reached? ministers insist they've not run out of road just yet. the reason the prime minister's meeting leo varadkar isn't simplyjust to have a social conversation. they're seriously focused on trying to resolve this issue and trying to get a deal. the issue being this, how to keep the irish borderfree and flowing, how close trade ties need to be in order to make that happen. now, in just one week from today, there's that crunch eu summit, where borisjohnson has said he hopes to finalise a deal with brussels. three weeks from today, the uk is due to leave the european union. but as things stand, the two sides still seem far apart, while the deadline is closing in. this former chancellor the latest to offer up some ideas of his own about how to get an agreement. but is a brexit delay now inevitable, after mps passed a law des

jessica parker, bbc news.s chris southworth, secretary—general at the international chambers of commerce. these new proposals from the business world perspective, how attractive is this new deal? it looks like a carveout of northern ireland from the rest of uk with two sets of regulatory regimes, two different customs union rules, a board in the irish sea. i think for business, anything other than no—deal is always better, so that is worth noting, that it adds to the uncertainty. year cycles the northern ireland assembly would make a decision whether to carry on with the same regime. from foreign investors point view that continues the uncertainty which would otherwise go away and that is important to note. in terms of where we are now with less than a month to go before the scheduled exit date of britain from the eu, the 31st of october, what sense are you getting from your members of what businesses are doing, big and small, to prepare? and what are they preparing for? i think what we're seeing now is the di

jessica parker, bbc news.om environmentalists. the oil firm has subsidised a £5 ticket scheme for 16—to—25—year—olds since 2013. the rsc said it couldn't ignore the strength of feeling about the sponsorship, which it said had stopped some young people from engaging with the theatre company. our arts editor will gompertz has the story. voiceover: if you're aged 16 to 25 then you can explore a world of theatre with bp's £5 tickets. this is the video the royal shakespeare company made to promote its bp sponsored subsidised tickets for 16—25—year—olds, who appeared happy with the deal at the time. it opens up a whole new world for you, such a variety of things. it's brilliant. it's the rsc and it's £5. you can't really say no to an offer like that. though not so much now, according to the rsc, which said in a statement, "amidst the climate emergency which we recognise, young people are now saying clearly to us that the bp sponsorship is putting a barrier between them and their wish to engage with the rsc. we canno

jessica parker, bbc news. spoke tojessica parker, who told us what we can expect in the coming week. monday, tomorrow, the government will at least try again for the idea of a meaningful vote, that is what they tried to do yesterday, a straight up and down, in principle, do mps back this deal? of course, amendments started being put in, things became confused, they didn't have that binary vote, so they will try to do that tomorrow. however, speakerjohn bercow will get to decide whether that goes ahead, and i think ministers are feeling nervous because they think that he may not rule in their favour. so that might happen tomorrow, we should find out in the early afternoon. we also know the government will try to introduce the legislation that is needed to implement the brexit deal, so they are going to introduce that, we might get a vote on that on tuesday, and they will keep trying to push through this legislation over the coming days. ministers today voicing some confidence that they do have the numbers to ge

jessica parker, bbc news.oof of a tube train. frustrated passengers trying to get to work began dragging them off. eight protesters were arrested. david shukman reports. how long are you standing up there for cos i've got to go to work! early morning in east london, and a protest by extinction rebellion starts to backfire. a tube train is held up, and frustration at the delays turns to anger. some in the crowd suddenly turn on the activists. others intervene to protect them. a photographer with the group is pulled to the ground. the atmosphere is becoming ugly. with the train at a standstill, patience snaps, and someone grabs one of the protesters and pulls him off. some try to attack him, others defend him. another man then climbs onto the train to chase the last protester. he's quickly caught and eventually pushed into the crowd. the leaders of extinction rebellion say they regret these scenes but stand by the action. i would understand why people felt the desperation to undertake similar actions again. desp

jessica parker, bbc news.alk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who is at westminster. i guess with the second suspension of parliament planned for next week ahead of the queen's speech, this might be the main opportunity for mps to scrutinise people. it is important in terms of the tone that borisjohnson important in terms of the tone that boris johnson takes to important in terms of the tone that borisjohnson takes to opposition mps because he will need some of them to come on board. he looks to be in them to come on board. he looks to beina them to come on board. he looks to be in a better place because he has the dup who have vocally and enthusiastically supported the package which isn't surprising because they've been given a veto. tory rebels coup he has deselected said they would do not —— not support any deal he brings back from brussels but the key group who made theresa may's life such a misery of the hardline theresa may's life such a misery of the ha rdline spartans, theresa may's lif

jessica parker, bbc news.orrespondent, jonathan blake, joins us now from westminster. jonathan, we're waiting to hear from the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, but the irish prime minister, leo va radkar, but before the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, but before we do, how do you read the statement that was put out after their meeting?” you read the statement that was put out after their meeting? i think it isa out after their meeting? i think it is a significant statement. and it is a significant statement. and it is notable because of its slightly more positive, upbeat, optimistic tone than we have heard from both sides, really, in recent days. at keyline that both leaders agreed they could see a pathway to possible deal. that is what everyone is seizing on here as, perhaps, a sign of progress. and a sense, coming from downing street, is that during this lengthy meeting, 2.5 hours between the two prime minister is this afternoon, and at times they went together for a walk in the grounds of the country

here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. the ayes to the right, 299.t, 70. it was not third time lucky for boris johnson. he didn't get the numbers for a snap election, so he's trying again today. the government will give notice of presentation for a short bill for an election on the 12th of december so we can finally get brexit done. crucially this new measure requires a lower threshold to pass — just over 50% of mps. but opposition parties, like the lib dems and snp, aren't yet on board. there's still some haggling over what date to go for in early december. we put forward a very clear plan, which would have a general election on the earliest possible date, which would prevent the prime minister having any wiggle room at all to force his bad brexit deal through the commons before an election. the government says it won't try to bring its brexit deal back ahead of a snap poll, but trust is low in this place. a pre—christmas election might be on the cards but it's not a done deal. jessica parker, bbc news. our assistant political editor norman smith is

our political correspondent jessica parker reports.on leaving downing street earlier to see this man — leo varadkar, also on the move. the two leaders arriving for their meeting near liverpool. but can an agreement be reached? ministers insist they've not run out of road just yet. the reason the prime minister's meeting leo varadkar isn't simply just to have a social conversation. they're seriously focused on trying to resolve this issue and trying to get a deal. the issue being this — how to keep the irish border free and flowing, and how close trade ties need to be in order to make that happen. now, in just one week from today, there's that crunch eu summit, where borisjohnson has said he hopes to finalise a deal with brussels. three weeks from today, the uk is due to leave the european union. but, as things stand, the two sides still seem far apart, while the deadline is closing in. this former chancellor the latest to offer up some ideas of his own about how to get an agreement. but is a brexit delay now inevitable, after mps passe

and the scottish national party to get a election on 9 december. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerounds rather funny, but between friends or foes? indeed, it sounds ratherfunny, but is between friends or foes? indeed, it sounds rather funny, but is the difference? as you are staying there, the government will try to press ahead with this idea of getting an election on 12 december tomorrow. it doesn't look likely that they will succeed, because under the rules, boris johnson that they will succeed, because under the rules, borisjohnson would need two thirds of mps to get that and it doesn't look like he has it. the lib dems and s and pete meanwhile have cooked up this idea ofan meanwhile have cooked up this idea of an election on nine december. —— sand p. of an election on nine december. —— s and p. both parties think they could do quite well out of an early general election, there are also against brexiteers are worried that the eu might be looking at the uk and think if they give them the long extension, will they do anything with that? and the lib dems and snp wrote to donald tus

here's our correspondent, jessica parker, who i spoke to earlier.is idea of getting an election on the 12th of december tomorrow. it doesn't look likely they will succeed because under the rules borisjohnson would need two thirds of mps to back it and it doesn't look like you will have that. the lib dems and snp may well have cooked up the idea of an election on the 9th of december. both party think they could do quite well out of an early general election, they are also both against brexit. the eu might be looking at the uk and thinking, if we give them that longer extension, will they do anything with it? said the lib dems and snp are saying they want the early election. 0ne and snp are saying they want the early election. one reason i have heard is to why it might be the ninth rather than the 12th is that the lib dems think there may be a few more students to kicking around those three days, and they do quite well traditionally out of a student vote, but i also think broadly they don't want to be seen to dancing to boris johnson's tune. don't wan

jessica parker, bbc news. our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. prime minister sent his letters to the eu — what has been the reaction there? eu ambassadors had a 15 minute meeting this morning, which shows you how little they wa nted which shows you how little they wanted brexit to wreck their weekend, where mainly they were talking about the process of approving the deal on the eu side, which includes a few bureaucratic hurdles and a big vote in the european parliament. the chief negotiator michelle barnier said that yesterday in parliament amounted to a hold—up, which was better than a rejection of the deal, and then the two letters arrived. as far as the eu is concerned, that is a request from the uk for a delay. donald tusk will spend a couple of days talking to other leaders, which means the eu has a couple of days to observe what happens in parliament before they have to make a decision 01’ before they have to make a decision or commit to anything. adam, thank you very much indeed. adam fleming in brussels. and jessica is here now — talk us

jessica parker, bbc news.k to our political correspondent, chris mason, who's in westminster. chris, another day, another vote, but will the outcome be different this time around? good morning. it is the big question and the honest answer is we do not know. a general election this side of christmas has never looked more likely. what changed today? why on earth would mps suddenly say yes? under today's but you need a simple majority, half of the mps plus one more, rather than two—thirds which makes it easier for borisjohnson plus he has promised to dig his brexit plan prior to the election. —— dig. let go of it. a hackle over precisely which date is picked in early to mid december and also lots of mps will have a chance today to amend the government's plan so who knows where we're going to end up. 0ne knows where we're going to end up. one final thought, i am going to deploy again, my golden rule of brexit, whenever there is a moment of apparent clarity appearing in this process, as we think that might be this

jessica parker, thank you. i called you sarahjessica parker!”ll! another classic! thank you very much. what is different about this deal, particularly when it comes to northern ireland? here is jim reed again. most of boris johnson's new brexit deal looks very much like theresa may's old plan. first then, here are the parts that haven't changed. if the deal passes we will leave the european union in less than a fortnight. the uk would enter a transition period in which all of the rules stay the same until the end of next year. that is meant to give us time to negotiate a future trading relationship with the eu. uk citizens in the european union and eu citizens in the uk would all keep their rights to residency, benefits and health care. freedom of movement rules will continue to apply during the transition, while a new system is worked out. the uk will have to agree to settle its financial obligations to the eu. there is no set figure yet but the divorce bill, as it's known, is now thought to be around £33 billion. but there are key differences

our political correspondent, jessica parker, is here.ave been talking this morning, what have they been saying? it is interesting, last night boris johnson broke been saying? it is interesting, last night borisjohnson broke to the eu, as we have been hearing, asking for this extension —— wrote to the eu. they are trying to say it is parliament is doing, borisjohnson said he would rather be dead in a ditch then ask for an extension and he sent another letter saying it was a bad idea. he thought the uk can still leave the eu by the end of october and that is something governments ministers were saying this morning. michael gove has said that the uk will still leave on the sist that the uk will still leave on the 31st of october in dominic raab on the andrew marr show said he is confident it can happen as well. the prime minister has done exactly what he said he will do, complain with the law. parliaments request has been conveyed to the eu and as you know, you have commented on it today, he has made it clear in a separate letter that his v

jessica parker, bbc news.nced to ten years in jail for killing her neighbour in 2018. amber guyger had argued that she mistook botham jean's apartment for her own and shot him because she believed he was an intruder. a jury found her guilty of the murder on tuesday. she was fired from the police after the killing. the royal shakespeare company is ending its partnership with bp due to criticism from environmentalists. it has subsidised a £5 ticket scheme for16 it has subsidised a £5 ticket scheme for 16 to 25 —year—olds since 2013. the royal shakespeare company said it could not ignore the strength of feeling about the sponsorship, which it said had stopped young people engaging with the theatre company. 0urarts engaging with the theatre company. 0ur arts editor reports. voiceover: if you're aged 16 to 25, then you can explore a world of theatre with bp's £5 tickets. this is the video the royal shakespeare company made to promote its bp sponsored subsidised tickets for 16 to 25—year—olds, who appeared happy wit

jessica parker, bbc news, westminster. in a moment we will speak to gavin lee in brussels. norman smith is in westminster. the hope of team johnson today was that it would be meaningful monday but instead it's looking like it will be everything put off to tomorrow or beyond and maybe a long way beyond because if mrjohnson can't get his do or die vote today then he will have to go down the much more fraught route of getting the entire legislation through all its stages in parliament by october at 31st, and that's an enormous ask because it will face a blizzard of amendments. the bill itself is one big brute, rather like asking mps to finish reading war and peace on the way home on the bus. it's a very, very ambitious target. more ominously for mrjohnson, if any of these amendments on a customs union 01’ these amendments on a customs union or another referendum our past, the bill risks grinding to a halt. why? because mrjohnson simply will not be able to accept the amendments and the eu might not be prepared to agree to them either. then the danger is brussels will think, loo

taoiseach in an attempt to break the deadlock over the irish border. 0ur political correspondent, jessica parkerster. more talking but to what end? more talking and more big meetings planned. the irish taoiseach and borisjohnson meeting planned. the irish taoiseach and boris johnson meeting in planned. the irish taoiseach and borisjohnson meeting in the north—west of england to and you also have the brexit secretary and michel barnier expected to meet but i don't think that is expected to be a big breakthrough moment. the two sides are still very far apart when it comes to the issue of how to keep the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland free and flowing. bear in mind, it is now one week today that that big eu summit is happening. three weeks today the eu k is due to leave the eu. and that is why i think some here in westminster see that there are two sides still very far apart and rapidly shortening amount of time so people are now asking what will happen if no deal is agreed in the coming weeks in those circumstances, mps designed a law designed to make the premise to se

jessica parker, bbc news, westminster.olitical correspondent chris mason is with me now. wejust had three military helicopters going over. i don't know if they know something we don't. let's talk about what is likely this afternoon because at this stage we seem to think nothing is going to happen. not for the first time. this afternoon we will hear from the speaker at some stage, potentially around 3:30pm but that could slip. with hisjudgment around 3:30pm but that could slip. with his judgment on whether or not the government can have another crack at what they want to do on saturday, to give ministers a choice on borisjohnson's saturday, to give ministers a choice on boris johnson's deal. saturday, to give ministers a choice on borisjohnson's deal. it looks like the speaker will say no to that because parliamentary convention says you cannot vote on the same thing twice. they didn't vote on it on saturday. they did because it was amended so they effectively voted on it with an amendment. if that happens, which is what we

let's talk now to our political correspondent, jessica parker. what a weekend! shall we start with the vote and whether or not it is likely to go ahead? this is what we were expecting on a so—called super saturday. what happened on saturday was because of the letwin amendment, the government decided that they thought what had supposed to been a meaningful vote was rendered meaningless. it looks like they will have another go today. but as you are saying to speak atjohn bercow has to give permission for this to go ahead. the feeling seems to be maybe he won't. perhaps he will judge, as he did with theresa may, it is too similar to what the government already tried to do on saturday. we will have to see whether the speaker grilles in favour of the government or against. that will probably happen around 3:30pm. there is an argument the vote didn't happen so how can it be similar? it did happen. this is the confusion. the amendment went through. the government were terribly annoyed. they didn't then move the vote to division so it got the nod through but it didn't c

let's get more on this with our political correspondent, jessica parker, who's at westminster for us.n under the bus?|j does it look like the dup have been thrown under the bus? i think it is too early to say, as eileen foster has been saying, there's lots of speculation over what the shape of this deal could be, if negotiators are hammering out in brussels. but it does seem those negotiators are definitely in what is known as the tunnel, where very little comes out. there's no leaking or breathing. now you will see people have had reports where there could be some arrangement whereby a northern ireland is somehow sticking to eu customs rules, but actually still pa rt customs rules, but actually still part of the uk customs union, therefore able to take part in trade unions. but it is all still speculation at this stage, those details are still being hammered out, and we are waiting until that midnight deadline that michel barnier set. it is worth mentioning that downing street really didn't quite seem to accept that deadline, andi quite seem to accept that deadline, and i think it is

jessica parker is live with us from westminster. that the prime minister needs to keep on side to have any hope of getting this through parliament? so the dup as you were just talking about there, they are particularly keen — ten mps, they been in a supply arrangement with the government. theresa may did not bring the dup with her when she put her deal before parliament, boris johnson with her when she put her deal before parliament, borisjohnson is trying to do just that. clear from that statement, i think the dup, not wanting to say too much at this stage, but saying as well that gaps remain. also not wanting to say too much at this stage — as soon as the erg, a group of euro sceptic mps, they had a meeting tonight after which they emerged, saying they were being urged to trust the prime minister. they will wait to see what if any legal text comes forward, scrutinise it, but they seem to want to try to vote for what they described as a tolerable deal. again, theresa may failed to get many of those mps on side even under her third

let's speak now to our political correspondent jessica parker who's in westminster this morning. ssica. theatrics, evenin good morning, jessica. theatrics, even in the art of posting a letter! 7 even in the art of posting a letter!? yes, absolutely. after super saturday, it did not turn out the way borisjohnson hoped. he had to send a letter asking the european union for a delay to brexit but as he was saying, he sent the letter but did not sign it. i am highlighting where you would expect to see his signature, it is absent that he signed another letter basically saying he thinks the idea ofa basically saying he thinks the idea of a delay to break set is a bad idea. some mps in westminster would be infuriated by what he has done overnight —— brexit. downing street saying that what they have done is lawful but borisjohnson has written this letter to donald tusk, the european council president, saying he plans to bring forward the legislation needed to get the brexit deal over the line and intends to get the uk out the eu by the end of the month. it is a noble mission to try and exp

ruled out working with opposition parties to get one if that fails. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkergovernment still wants to at least try and get expects a deal to parliament before having a snap election on december 12. the snp and the lib dems want to secure a three month delay to brexit before going to the country on december nine. and labour are saying they are up for an election once no deal is unequivocally taken of the table. so, can't enough mps meet somewhere in the middle in order to have a snap election? possibly. downing street is signalling that if they don't get their way tomorrow, and it looks like they went, they are at least open to the possibility ofa are at least open to the possibility of a plan b. however, time is tight. there are a lot of politics in play and to some extent this is all the other academic until know exactly what kind of extension the eu might offer. thank you. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of barcelona, in support of spanish unity. marchers carried banners bearing the slogan "enough!". it follows protests by supporters of

what jessica parker. are suggesting nine december for some there are couple things you need to discuss. they don't want to be seen dancing to borisjohnson's tune on this one, but there is also a crucial plane between their plane and the government's plan. the government's plan centres on looking at the withdrawal bill, scrutinising and trying to get it through parliament before that snapple. the snp and lib dems say they are not interested in passing the withdrawal agreement bill, they don't like brexit. they want to secure a three month delay to brexit from the eu, and have that snap election. i think some key differences there. also intriguingly, there has been talk as to where there will be a few more stu d e nts to where there will be a few more students still around in their university towns on december the micro nine december as opposed to 12 december, which could be helpful to the lib dems. in terms of the potential for a the lib dems. in terms of the potentialfor a general the lib dems. in terms o

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our political correspondent, jessica parker, is in westminster and we can speak to her now.into us from westminster concerning the liaison committee meeting. what's going on? it might not sound too exciting, that meeting, but what was due to happen tomorrow is that boris johnson was due before what is basically a senior group of cross— party basically a senior group of cross—party mps, they various select committees and they meet, and i think it's now sort of tradition that the prime minister appears before that committee once a year, and the difference than that and, say, borisjohnson and the difference than that and, say, boris johnson appearing and the difference than that and, say, borisjohnson appearing in the commons is it is a chance for some very detailed scrutiny of policies, andi very detailed scrutiny of policies, and i am sure brexit would have come up. it was due before the committee at 10am tomorrow, but tonight he has pulled out of that committee meeting. he says he's got to focus on delivering brexit. but the chair of the liaison committee, dr sarah wollaston

jessica parker is in westminster.retty good for the numbers looked pretty good for the prime minister on the first vote last night, why wouldn't he just ta ke last night, why wouldn't he just take a few more weeks to get this over the line? a general election risks it all. downing street are saying, now lets the programme motion, as it is known, the timetabling motion has been rejected, they are concerned this thing could go on and on and, whilst the majority of mps backed the principle of a deal last night, once they get into the detail of it and amendments start coming forward, the whole thing could get lost along the way, and i suppose there might be a fear you could end up with something fairly unrecognisable compared to what the prime minister originally presented. it's no secret that boris johnson once a general election. he strikes twice before to get mps to back one, but they haven't. he needs two thirds of mps, under the fixed—term parliaments act, to secure that general election, and we will wait and see if

and the scottish national party to get a election on 9 december. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkergood question, because i'm sure some people are wondering, the government are suggesting till december, the snp and liberal democrats are suggesting nine december. —— 12 december. the snp and lib dems don't really want to be seen as and lib dems don't really want to be seen as dancing to borisjohnson's tune on this one, and there is also the crucial difference between their plan and the government's plan. the government's plan centres on looking at the withdrawal agreement bill, scrutinising that, trying to get at the parliament before that snap poll on 12 december. but the snp and lib dems are saying they're not interested in passing the bill, they don't like brexit, and they want to secure a three month delay to a brexit from the eu and have that snap election. some key differences there. also intriguingly, there has been talk as to whether there might been talk as to whether there might bea been talk as to whether there might be a few more students still around in their university t

for more on today's events, here's our political correspondent, jessica parker.? people may feel like they've been here before. here is the man who gets to decide, the speaker, john bercow. can the government have another go at getting mps to give a broad nod to its brexit deal? enjoy your visit to the house. after efforts on saturday didn't quite go according to plan. order. i wish to make a statement to the house. the verdict, no. today's motion is, in substance, the same as saturday's, and the house has decided the matter. today's circumstances are, in substance, the same as saturday's circumstances. my ruling is therefore that the motion will not be debated today as it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so. some welcomed the decision, saying the government is trying to browbeat parliament. making certain that it votes again and again and again on the same thing until it gets it right. surely, mr speaker, this is an important defence of freedom in our democracy. but others will openly question thejudgment. it is becoming remarkable how often you please o

we can speak to our political correspondent, jessica parker, who's at westminster.or abiding by protocol, how unusual is this? in one sense, you look and think it is pretty unusual because, as you allude to there, the convention is that leaders don't wade into the politics, particularly elections, of other countries. but let's face it, there have been examples of this happening before. there was the example of president barack obama during the referendum campaign suggesting that should brexit go ahead, the uk could be back of the queue for a trade deal. donald trump, i recall earlier this year, gave his opinion as well to the sun newspaper regarding the conservative leadership race as well. now, of course, this latest intervention. but it is quite bizarre, i suppose, ina way, but it is quite bizarre, i suppose, in a way, because there it is, the us president talking to nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party, about boris johnson, farage, the leader of the brexit party, about borisjohnson, the prime minister's brexit deal that he struck with the eu. then bringin

our political correspondent, jessica parker has more.johnson has always been something of a performer. now he's got to sell his plans to a variety of very different audiences. he is one of them, conservative mps filing into downing street last night. reporter: are you happy with the proposal? i have not seen it, have i? under discussion in there, how did you ensure there are no checks on the border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit. so what is proposed is that northern ireland would follow eu single market rules on goods but it would leave the eu customs union with the rest of the uk with the necessary paperwork done electronically and checks done at business premises. at the northern ireland assembly which isn't currently sitting, would have to approve the arrangements initially and then every four years after that. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the deal is worse in the last one. but it's what brussels says over the next few days that could prove crucial as to whether these plans have any chance of succeeding.

thank you, jessica parker at westminster.timate goal for applied coming back. —— for plaid cymru. they feel the uncertainty of brexit and politics in general at the moment is an opportunity for them. their membership has grown, they have been clear on their stance on brexit, in favour of a second referendum. add a wa nts favour of a second referendum. add a wants people to consider again people's desire to break away from controversy. he says that brexit is not the answer, an independent wales within the eu is the answer. that is the message he wants delegates to ta ke the message he wants delegates to take back. he was rubbish and boris johnson's attempt at a deal or no deal and the odd sort of choice, talking about the detrimental effect it would have on the welsh economy and jobs it would have on the welsh economy andjobs in it would have on the welsh economy and jobs in welsh agriculture. but what gets people here motivated is the idea that independence may be a step closer. we have seen poll support rise, although the ma

vote against, as will the four plaid cymru mps, and the one green. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker be going on today and meetings. i have been over to parliament and there are not many mps around in the office. they may have headed back to their constituencies briefly or those who live far away you may be sticking around in london. in terms of whether he can get double figures in labourmps, i of whether he can get double figures in labour mps, i would say that we are not there yet in terms of being certain about that. it is certainly going to be necessary. especially now, he has luck essentially lost the du ps. they are making it incredibly clear that they are not going to support the deal. the language has now hardened saying it is toxic. the problem there is, sammy wilson as well and the du p are actively calling on conservative mps that they are close with not to support the deal either. i have seen a tweet from steve baker which says that he is not saying yet what he is going to do. he could be quite influential in this process. an hour before the commons kicks off there isa be

damian grammaticas in brussels, thank you very much. jessica parker as our political correspondent in asa what borisjohnson has put forward as a replacement for the backstop, and there is a lot of talk here about that session of parliament on saturday, that we expect on the 19th of october. if borisjohnson has secured a deal at the eu council summit, he will put that before mps, and it looks like he might have a good chance of getting that through. but if he doesn‘t have a deal, there is talk instead of putting alternative options to the house of commons, to mps, such as revoking article 50, such as going forward no deal. those options are unlikely to get a majority, and the prime minister‘s game may be to show that mps cannot agree on any alternative plan as he tries to move on towards that election. not everybody is this game, are they? he has had a visit from a group of his own mps. yes, ahead of this theoretical election that we expect at some point in the coming months, lots of discussion about what might go in a conservative party manifesto as regards to brexit. if borisjohnson

let's speak now to our political correspondentjessica parker, who's in westminster this morning. jessicalike having overindulged on politics yesterday, we all have a political hang this morning and am wondering what on earth happened yesterday. can you talk us through it again? yes, of course. super saturday four boris johnson did not turn out to be quite suitable for him in the end. we didn't get the approval he needed on his brakes was so forced to send a letter to the eu asking for an extension. but as jonathan outlined there, he didn't sign the letter. they have highlighted in pink where we “— they have highlighted in pink where we —— you would expect boris johnson's signature to be. it is a different letter, though, basically saying that he thought the idea of an extension was a bad idea. this will infuriate a number of mps here in westminster stop a thing you can expect legal challenges ahead. downing street insisting its approach is totally lawful. and borisjohnson, interestingly, saying in his letter to donald tusk, the epping council president, that he plans to bring forward the

earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, jessica parker, who says government ministers are stillt the uk can leave the eu on the 31st october. boris johnson wrote to the eu, as we have been hearing, to ask for this extension. however, i think downing street are very much trying to eat insist that this is parliament's doing. borisjohnson said he would rather be dead in a ditch then ask for a delay to brexit. andy sent this other letter saying that he thought it was all a bad idea. he was also insisting that he thought the uk can still leave the european union by the end of october. and that is something that government ministers are saying this morning. michael gove has been saying that the uk will still be leaving on the 31st of october as was the foreign secretary dominic raab, speaking on the andrew marr show. he said he was confident it is still possible as well. the prime minister has done exactly what he said he was going to do. he has complied with the law. so parliament's request has been conveyed to the eu. he has also made very clear in a separate letter that his view ha

let's get more on this now from our political correspodentjessica parker. jessicaing in terms of a delay and weather or no deal is being taken off the table. it looks as if the limbo is going to continue over the limbo is going to continue over the weekend if we are not going to get a definitive answer about this delay until next week. another interesting thing that cropped up this week, there has been some suggestion over the last 12 hours or so that if mps don't back the idea ofa so that if mps don't back the idea of a general election on monday, the government would stop bringing forward any legislation. they would mothball the whole thing and day after day after day try and insist that mps back a general election. because in downing street's view this as a zombie parliament. they would continue trying to push through with their domestic priorities. how much success they would have in parliament in terms of doing that? i think that is a bit of a question. by the 31st of october deadline that borisjohnson has repeatedly said he would make and he is not going to m