john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.ent in downing street, but first our europe editor katya adler is in munich this evening. the president of the eu council, donald tusk, has responded to the prime minister's speech in a statement this evening. what did he say? well, the whole statement came across as partly defiant and defensive, and partly just wanting to be friends again with theresa may. donald tusk is far from the only eu leader to be really taken aback at how the salzburg is it was interpreted in the uk. they say they are absolutely did not go out to ambush the prime minister or to humiliate her, but donald tusk was the only eu leader to be name checked by theresa may in her brexit statement this afternoon. as the president of the european council, the representative of all eu countries who publicly dismissed key parts of her chequers brexit proposal as unworkable. now, parts of her chequers brexit proposalas unworkable. now, he parts of her chequers brexit proposal as unworkable. now, he said in his statement he

deputy political editor john pienaar has more. landing a brexit deal. plan wouldn't fly.ng street? defiance — their turn to compromise. britain had rejected the eu's basic demands. uncontrolled immigration from the eu would continue. and we couldn't do trade deals we want with other countries. two years ago. of great britain and northern ireland. there would be no backing down. it is something i will never agree to. minister would ever agree to. fundamental mistake. though eu citizens settled here would have rights guaranteed. and humiliation, she came back with her own final demand. with nothing but respect. the uk expects the same. a good relationship at the end of this process depends on it. european leaders lined up against her this week. now she was keen to show she'd face them down. but there are potential dangers behind her, at home. brexiteer tories demanding no compromise. which leaves the uk tied to some eu rules and standards. by the european union, and that's very important. that's not really brexit. but without respecting their institutions. of view, it isn't

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.about brexit online. go to the bbc iplayer and click on news then scroll down. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. plenty of pictures with rainbows today because it has been a case of sunny spells and scattered showers, and the most frequent showers have been further north and west, driven in by some cool north—westerly winds, so a real rash of showers today, although they are starting to ease a little in the last few hours, and that is going to be the story through the evening and overnight. also accompanied by some pretty blustery winds, they will start to ease down as well, and just keeping some stronger winds and a few scattered showers in the far north of scotla nd scattered showers in the far north of scotland overnight, but with clearer skies a chilly start, temperatures in low single figures in rural spots, lovely spells of sunshine to greet us first thing this weekend. not lasting very long in the south—west, a bale of cloud will push across england and wales w

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.he european union. gerard batten also said it's time to stand up for free speech — against what he described as the "politically correct thought police". mrs may and her cross—party westminster establishment have no intention of fully implementing a complete exit from the european union, if they can possible avoid it. they'd like to reverse the decision of the referendum all together, but failing that, they will settle for brino — brexit in name only. a group of men have been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison collectively, after they were found guilty of what's been described as an ‘alarmingly amateur‘ people smuggling operation. their trial heard how the men's "lucrative scam" used small boats to bring migrants across the english channel. they were caught two years ago after 18 albanians had to be rescued off the kent coast. duncan kennedy reports. this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a high way of illegal migration. and this is three members of the gang, g

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. much more in—depth analysis on the website., mike pompeo, has hinted another summit between kim jong—un and president trump could be on the cards. it follows a visit to pyongyang by the south korean leader, widely viewed as a step towards towards peace. mr pompeo told the bbc‘s state department correspondent, barbara plett usher, that all the leaders in the region were focused on working towards a long—term peace agreement. two lea d e rs two leaders are going to have to make lots of things happen. they are the decision makers in each of the two countries. i am going to visit pyongyang mac if the schedules or work. we will continue to solve this vexing problem and then the two met leaders will continue to build upon the negotiations that i had at other levels. so it is in the works? it is in the works. we are hoping everything falls together. it makes good sense here. before too terribly long. given the way that things are moving do you think you can say there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea? no, there is still a

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. let's get some of the day's other news.ird of yemen's population now face starvation. mark lowcock told the un security council there were already pockets of famine—like conditions in yemen, where a saudi—led coalition is fighting the houthi rebels backed by iran. police in brazil have arrested a man accused by the us of being one of the main financiers of the lebanese militant group, hezbollah. paraguay had issued an international arrest warrant for assad ahmad barakat for identity theft. he was detained near the border with paraguay and argentina. severe storms have caused widespread flooding in mexico's sinaloa state. videos posted on social media show homes and businesses submerged, and cars floating through streets in culiacan city. according to local media, the state's governor has asked for a state of emergency to be declared. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has hinted another summit between north korea's kim jong—un and president trump could be on the cards. it follows a visit to pyongyang by the south korea

our deputy political editor john pienaar has more. a hurry, some say getting nowhere fast, landing a brexit deal. so, how to come back from her diplomatic battering? the chorus of eu leaders telling her her brexit plan wouldn't fly. her answer in downing street? defiance. it's their turn to compromise. britain had rejected the eu's basic demands. uncontrolled immigration from the eu would continue. and we couldn't do trade deals we want with other countries. that would make a mockery of the referendum we had two years ago. she was prime minister of great britain and northern ireland. on no customs border with ireland or on the mainland, there would be no backing down. it is something i will never agree to. indeed, in my judgment, it is something no british prime minister would ever agree to. if the eu believe i will, they are making a fundamental mistake. mrs may was prepared to walk away from negotiations, though eu citizens settled here would have rights guaranteed. but after the headlines reporting the prime minister's rejection an

with more on today's developments, here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. may is in a hurry, some say getting nowhere fast, landing a brexit deal. so, how to come back from her diplomatic battering? the chorus of eu leaders telling her her brexit plan wouldn't fly. her answer in downing street? defiance. it's their turn to compromise. britain had rejected the eu's basic demands. uncontrolled immigration from the eu would continue. and we couldn't do trade deals we want with other countries. that would make a mockery of the referendum we had two years ago. she was prime minister of great britain and northern ireland. on no customs border with ireland or on the mainland, there would be no backing down. it is something i will never agree to. indeed, in my judgment, it is something no british prime minister would ever agree to. if the eu believe i will, they are making a fundamental mistake. mrs may was prepared to walk away from negotiations, though eu citizens settled here would have rights guaranteed. but after the headlines reporting the prime minister's re

john pienaar, bbc news, peterborough.g up through the week including what it could mean for the union — and whether we'll be richer or poorer after we leave. time for a look at the weather. here's darren betts a late return of the somme! temperatures in the south were 26 degrees, but this is the calm before the storm, because this area of cloud here is storm helene. this is drawing up warm tropical airfrom the south, hence the high temperatures. we're looking at some cloud and rain coming in on helene, rain also for northern ireland in the north—west of scotland. it is going to be a warm night, just as it was last night. but these are where we expected the strongest of the winds to be as we head overnighted into tomorrow, the higher gusts more likely over coasted hills in the west. this rain in wales doesn't last long. it doesn't even last long across much of northern england in the morning. it lingers longer in scotland, cloud breaking up, some showers coming in from the west, but remember we are drawing in warm air in t

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. katya adler is in munich and has been following the days events. donald tusk is far from the only eu leader to be really taken aback at how the salzburg summit was interpreted in the uk. they say they absolutely did not go out to ambush the prime minister ought to humiliate her. but donald tusk was the only eu leader to be name checked by theresa may in her break that statement this afternoon, as the president of the european council, the representative of all eu countries who public dismissed key pa rt eu countries who public dismissed key part of the chequers brexit proposal as unworkable. now, key part of the chequers brexit proposalas unworkable. now, he key part of the chequers brexit proposal as unworkable. now, he said in his statement he was simply matching strident tone for strident tone. he described theresa may as surprisingly tough and uncompromising at the salzburg summit. it is clear now that both of them misjudged the mood and the political sensitivities of the other. t

john pienaar, bbc news, peterborough.nd we'll have more key brexit questions this week, including the potential impact on the union of the four nations of the uk, and the calculations over the economic impact. that's it from me. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm jeanette kwa kye. at a canter. two golds for great britain at the world equestrian games. a last minute penalty gives brighton a draw at southampton. and... i'm at trent bridge for a first look at crooked's new format, the hundred. —— cricket's new format. hello and welcome to sportsday. great britain has won two gold medals at the world equestrian games. a flawless round from ros canter on her horse allstar b clinched team gold and was also good enough for the individual title. katherine downes is in north carolina for us. what a gripping conclusion it was to the eventing compete dish and. great britain came into the final phase, thejumping, in gold medal position but they had been forced to take a day off yeste

john pienaar, bbc news, peterborough.ean for the union and whether we'll be richer or poorer after we leave. we will now ask what impact will leaving the eu have on the economy. with me is trade specialist and former international trade negotiation jason hunter. and i'm alsojoined by david paton, professor of industrial economics at nottingham university, and member of economists for free trade os. we are very grateful to both of you for joining we are very grateful to both of you forjoining us. jason, if i might start with you, let's look into the crystal ball and imagine we leave the eu in six months with no deal. how easy would it be to trade under world trade organisation terms? do you remember when the question was asked of the remainers during the referendum and everyone screamed project fear? reject fear turned into project fact. what we now need to start doing is get ready for project catastrophe because no deal is the most likely outcome of the discussions. what it means for the uk economy is everything we export

john pienaar, bbc news, liverpool.ay and ask about a further referendum and what labour's view was on the announced. brexit has taken over the political landscape and it's no surprise there has been disagreements here about whether labour should back a second referendum on brexit in some form but also radical ideas being put forward by the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell. less discuss this more with two journalists, normally from westminster but at this time of year at the conference. first of all on brexit, labour have a dilemma, they are trying to keep both sides happy. it's difficult to do that. we thought there had been some clarity in labour's position over what they we re in labour's position over what they were going to do about any referendum. they wanted to keep all options on the table, including remaining in the eu. john mcdonnell said this morning on the radio that wasn't going to be the case, it would be between an ordeal accepting a deal that theresa may may come back with. most upset with that analysis

our deputy political editor john pienaar in westminster tonight.about how this set of recommendations is likely to translate into actual policy? these recommendations are knocking out a politically open door for eu citizens to be treated the same as non—eu citizens. the prime minister and the home secretary have been hinting as much. ministers are keen to be seen to be bearing down on the level of migration. but it is never as simple as that, business leaders are afraid of being deprived of the low skilled labour they need. they are hoping the talks of the future trade relationship might agree to some eu access. but for those talks to get going, some way needs to be found not to have a hard brexit. the whole process looks to be very delicately balanced. meanwhile, the lines are opening up between the big parties and within government. there are ministers who doubt the wisdom of theresa may's promise of keeping net migration below 100,000. that promise has been broken again and again. labour is interested in keeping down numbers. in the coming party

john pienaar, bbc news, liverpool.rpool and our political editor laura kuenssberg. can we talk more aboutjohn mcdonnell‘s economic vision, how ambitious do you think it is? there is no question at all but what he put forward today is something that, if labour ended in government, would be very different. he and the rest of the labour party's top brass would be completely determined to make very big changes. and here in liverpool this week but that is what the labour party wants to set out, whether it is on the economy or giving workers shares or on sacking executives who work for utility companies right now or on calling a halt to the academies programme in education, they want the message to go out party as it is in 2018 stands for something else. the question is whether the public is ready for something that would be an extremely big change. they believe and jeremy corbyn has always believed that right now the public is actually in the mood for something that would be very different to the settled status quo that we

john pienaar, bbc news, liverpool.r laura kuenssberg who's also in liverpool. these proposals by the shadow chancellor, shares for workers, widespread nationalisation, how radical are they? they certainly are radical. if we can forget brexit for a moment that has occupied the political world for so long what labour is trying to do this week is to put forward big plans for a big change that they think the public is up change that they think the public is up for. whether it is having no more academy schools in education, john mcdonnell and has big plans to be the shake—up capitalism and move to something very different, whether it is other policies on welfare or the health service, more of which we will hear throughout the week but labour want to show the country that they believe has an appetite for things been very different that they are starting to put forward credible and radical solutions to do so. of course for them there will always be people but will object whether that is the business community or conservatives

our deputy political editor john pienaar is in westminster for us this evening. government to take this advice onboard then well the report today is pushing at a politically open door in saying eu citizens should get much the same treatment as non—eu citizen, the prime minister and the home secretary have hinted as much between them and they share the ambition as do ministers of getting down the level of net migration, so many people who voted leave want to see. it is not that simple. brexit never is. we have seen today business leaders saying they are worried about being demid the low skill workers they need, that it is a continuing worry for brexit. as this report has pointed out, in this report it says there could be some sort agreement as part of a future trade deal to reach an agreed position for worker, until the home secretary is perhaps open to that discussion. politically meanwhile, dividing lines are opening up, between the big parties and inside government. not all ministers agree with theresa may's aim, her promise to bring down net migration below 10

john pienaar, bbc news, liverpool.o meet president trump in new york on wednesday, where they are expected to discuss brexit and a bilateral trade deal. a public inquiry begins into the contaminated blood scandal, which is estimated to have killed nearly 3,000 people since the 1970s. labour has come under increasing pressure today to clarify its position on a possible new referendum on brexit. an inquest has heard that a teenage girl died after eating a baguette sold at a branch of pret a manger with no allergy information on display. natasha ednan—laperouse, who was 15 and had numerous allergies, collapsed on a flight from london to nice injuly 2016. unknown to natasha, the baguette she had bought contained sesame seed, a detail not mentioned on the packaging. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. for the ednan—laperouse family, this was always going to be a difficult day, as the coroner examined the distressing final moments of their daughter's life. natasha was described as mature, very careful and cautious. she ha

and john pienaar at westminster, thank you.ement by the prime minister is due to happen at 1:45pm, and will be shown live on the bbc news channel. the metropolitan police has admitted for the first time, that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist, with the knowledge of his bosses. legal documents seen by the bbc, show that mark kennedy's line manager and several other officers, knew about his relationship with kate wilson and allowed it to continue. up to now the police have maintained such relationships would not have been sanctioned, by senior officers. here's our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. he posed as mark stone, an environmental activist and a single man. in reality, he was mark kennedy, an undercover police officer, married with children. one of a number of officers who had relationships with women campaigners they were spying on. 15 years ago, mark kennedy began a two—year relationship with kate wilson. as a result, she is currently involved in legal action against the

our deputy political editor, john pienaar, is at westminster.r. absolutely. the prime minister is anxious to avoid a hard brexit. it cannot have been comfortable for her to go to birmingham promoting british carmaking and then hear warnings from the boss of jaguar land rover like that. she also has opposition from hard—line brexiteers accusing her of selling out. it is a bit like a famous dance on a tightrope in a high wind. some of them are keen to end her time in number10. them are keen to end her time in number 10. they were out in force. borisjohnson no number 10. they were out in force. boris johnson no doubt fancies number 10. they were out in force. borisjohnson no doubt fancies her job. he was there as well. the message was there is nothing to fear. if britain has to leave and fall back on world trade organisation rules, prices could fall by 8% over 15 years and britain could be richer. tomorrow they will be setting our ideas of avoiding a border on the island of ireland after brexit. could there be no deal? downing street insists there