thank you, ken clarke. were more air strikes today targeting the rebel held area of eastern ghouta, near damascus, which has been under heavy bombardment since sunday. more than 400 people are reported to have been killed. live to the un in new york and our correspondent nick bryant. what is the hold—up? what appears to be happening? we are supposed to have a vote an hour ago which got delayed, we was both avid read a few minutes ago which were delayed as well. they are haggling over the wording of this resolution. it has been drafted by the kuwait and swedish, russians attracted to it yesterday and called for a ceasefire which allowed humanitarian convoys into places like eastern ghouta and evacuations, as many people are urgently needed medical help in eastern ghouta alone. the russians came up with amendments, some were included. some haven't then. they are still haggling over the draft, they are told there will be a vote of about two or three hours' time. i'm also told the fact that there is a negotiati

people like ken clarke are saying she is still talking about a customs arrangement. arrangement. so if it closed? i don't think it is closed and importantly she made a solid commitment to the good friday agreement andl solid commitment to the good friday agreement and i think if we are going to see no hard border in northern ireland, there will have to be some arrangement over both customs and of course you talked about common travel area is, so an element of free movement, too. i think the door is left open and no doubt we will be wiser after the cabinet meetings on thursday. maybe. jess phillips, if the government is going to be pushed into accepting membership of the customs union, that requires tim corbyn to get on board. any sign of that happening any time soon? personally, i think we need to stay in the customs union. the labour party has been very clear that the very least in the transitional arrangements, the customs union is the best option. if theresa may finally comes round and see sense that we have to stay in the customs union, the labour party would wel

tory remainers are leading the charge, ken clarke, anna soubry and others have made it clear througherjeremy corbyn, john mcdonnell and the shadow cabinet will lead us to a position where we can defeat the government. call me old—fashioned, but i think it is in gently —— it is generally in the interest of the opposition to beat the government in votes. party politics aside, this is about the national interest, and the labour party has a particular responsibility. we are meant to be the party of work, protecting jobs and livelihoods, and if we want a job site in first brexit, we have to remain in the single market and a customs union. my sense is that we are still in the land of the gato — there have your cake and eat it. theresa may once the freedom to negotiate trade deals once we leave the eu, and equally, it is clear that they do not want any sort of trade border. whether eu negotiators are willing to concede that, that is are willing to concede that, that is a tough one. it will be interesting by the privately david davis floats that passed michel barnier when he arrives in the n