i've decided that i think the labour party is very much on the up. as made a huge amount of progress to 2.5 years ago. i've taken the party forward, it in a better state than when i found it. now it's time to pass that pattern onto the next person. we've had five national elections in 2.5 years, so it's time for the next person to have for years to build the next one. how has it been being leader? it sounds like there's been a weariness to it. the labour party in scotla nd weariness to it. the labour party in scotland is —— was in terrible trouble when i took over 2.5 years ago. we've gone from just 41 to one mp. there was a lot of work to be done and i've devoted every waking moment of my life to that task in the last 2.5 years and i feel i've made a lot of progress. the party is now ready for the future, but i have to pass that baton on to the next person. why? have you found it frustrating and difficult? i think you say in your resignation letter it has been fulfilling but also challenging. i inherited a party and people didn't really know what the

the poor showing of the labour party in scotla nd showing of the labour party in scotland at the last there but she has now decided to stand down and resign as leader of the scottish labour party. any more on that and we will bring you that when we get it. and now as build the papers. —— as build, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate mccann from the telegraph and kate forrester from the huffington post. tomorrow's front pages. president trump makes the picture lead on the front of the financial times, as he's briefed on the relief effort for tropical storm harvey, by the governor of texas. "melania to the rescue" is the metro's take on how the us first lady jets off to a flood disaster zone. in stilletos. that's alongside its main headline ‘korea on the brink‘, where it reports on the international hue and cry prompted by north korea's latest missile launch. the korean crisis is also the lead in the express, which reports on how president trump has warned kim jong—un that ‘all options are on the table'. t

it makes no sense which is why we're seeing the labour party adding clarity and a distinction to say,if there will be a transitional period which then needs to be then these things need to stay, there needs to be some sort of continuity in these things so sort of continuity in these things so that we can accept in a way that does britain less damage. so that we can accept in a way that does britain less damagelj so that we can accept in a way that does britain less damage. i think it is significant because just one month agojeremy corbyn was on the marr show where he was pretty clear that leaving you mean she can't be in the single market and we do, even if there was a transitional period, leave the eu on march the 21st 2019 which indicates he would not support maintaining single market membership during the transitional period. i think there has been an internal battle in the labour party with kia stammer wanting to pursue a softer brexit and it looks as though he has come out on top and as i have said judging from the social media reaction since the front page came out about an hour

her weakness and the labour party movement. let me link another one.k another one. the front of the financial times. .. very nicely done. almost as if it was planned! their suggestion is that she is yes, under pressure, but partly because of what labour are announcing. let's forget about silly season. it's all going to start when parliament comebacks together and brexit legislation starts to get negotiated. the importance of the last election was that the tories wanted a big majority to smooth the brexit they wanted to the comments. the problem is, they do not have a majority, which means on the one hand, labour ta ke which means on the one hand, labour take this position matters. it would not have done before. but it matters fiow. not have done before. but it matters now. equally important is the behaviour of tory rebels, who now feel if labour is taking this position and remaining in the single market, we can ally with them and perhaps through the comments we can affect a negotiation. and those tory rebels are those who are very much on the remain si

bys weekend was dominated the new position of the labour party.a: we have clear blue water between what the labour party thanks and what the governing conservatives think. for a long time, the labour party had been muddling along, but bear in mind that a lot of -- theor supporters labour party came out and said they won a transition agreement of up to four years and what is in place right now, single market and a customs unit, businesses would be delighted at this came about. what this means is it sort of opens the way for lawmakers in the conservative party who want a soft brexit to make friends and perhaps table amendments. mark: which could put pressure on theresa may. if she sides with them, the more pro-brexiteers could be up in arms. this new labor position opens up all sorts of permutations. emma: it does, but it also opens up the debate. the labor position on brexit has meant that certain things the ship has sailed. now the labour party has a clear position and so it is not -- mark: and businesses will be happy with the new position. anyth

i've decided that i think the labour party is very much on its uppers. the state that i found it in two, 2.5 years ago, when it was literally on its knees. i've taken the party forward. it's in a much better state than i found it. now it's time to pass that baton onto the next person. we've had five national elections in 2.5 years. now it's time to move on and let the next person have four years to build to the next one. a christian girl, who is reported to have been fostered by a muslim family who didn't speak english, should instead live with a family member, a judge has ruled. the london borough of tower hamlets council, insists the 5 year old was placed with an english speaking family of mixed race and that there were inaccuracies in the way the case was reported. the authority says cultural background and proximity to a child's family are always considered when choosing a foster home. the number of people waiting more than a year for an operation in wales has risen by more than 400% in the past four years. a freedom of information request from the r

i've assessed the situation the scottish labour party faces.cisions i want to make around it and i've decided this is time. do you thinkjeremy corbyn can go on to become prime minister, do you think he is the right leader for the labour party? i absolutely do believe that he can and will go on in the role he's doing. he will have my full support in doing that. and you'll back him in that? of course. and it's not the reason you're leaving? categorically not. there has been a stark warning from one of europe's top diplomats that the uk must be clear what it will look like after brexit or it will fall off a cliff and failed to negotiate a successful exit from the eu. the danish ambassador to britain is about to return home after four yea rs is about to return home after four years for staff what really, i think, affects also danish companies in the uk is all the uncertainty, which also came after the brexit referendum, and as long as this uncertainty is continuing, of course, the more difficult it is for them to make long—term investments and plan

labour mps wa nted labour party members and labour mps wanted to remain.ts, voted to remain. but the sizeable number voted to leave and some of the people who came from ukip and were expected to defect to the conservatives, went back to labour underjeremy corbyn‘s leadership. there is a danger people like frank field is saying labour could lose these voters if there is anything but a short—term deal done that keeps us in the european market. and the a0%, which surprise some, but the 40% they got at the last election, would be peak labour and there is danger going backwards and there is danger going backwards and not forward if there was another election given rehab a minority conservative government. thank you very much for that. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers, our guestsjoining me tonight are the political commentator and journalist, daisy mcandrew and tim stanley, lead writer at the daily telegraph. in america, more than a thousand people have been re

do you think he's the right leader for the labour party?can and will go on in the role that he's doing. he will have my full support in doing that. you will back him in that? of course. and it's not the reason you're leaving? categorically not. but you spoke out against him and criticised, you were critical of him in that earlier period and perhaps some on the left have never forgiven you for that? that may be so. i did that 1a months ago. i haven't said a critical word aboutjeremy since. on a personal level we continue to get on extremely well and i wish him every success for the future. and i will be there right by his side to campaign for him to be the next prime minister. are you going before you were pushed ? absolutely not. i'm going on my terms. i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life and decisions that i want to make around it and i have decided this is time. kezia dugdale, thank you very much. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the un security council condemns north kor

there's only 2a msp is in the scottish parliament for the labour party. who led jeremy corbyn's leadership campaign in scotland. he has ruled himself out. as has alex rowley who is closely connected to the corbyn team in london. we think possibly the most likely corbyn friendly candidate will be a not particularly well—known labour msp called richard leonard. he is still to confirm explicitly that he will stand although i understand he is considering it. it's likely he will face a challenge from anas sarwar a former labour mp. he lost his westminster seat in the 2015 rout when labour was reduced to one mp in scotland. but he came into the scottish parliament in the holyrood election last year. he's done quite well in the health brief over the last few months and he is quite well thought of amongst different sections of the party. i expect he will try and present himself as someone who can try and unify the moderate wing of the party while also being close tojeremy corbyn and the uk labour leadership team. it's obviously quite a prize, not only because it

earlier i spoke to labour mp frank field. he said the party was still committed to a full brexit. jeremy is on a journey. where did he start and what did he say today? i have not been on a journey, i have campaignfor us to have not been on a journey, i have campaign for us to come out. people can keep the faith with those labour mps who campaigned to come out. we're not doing a u—turn or anything else, but we are also intent on getting the very best deal for britain. whatever it takes, however long it takes. they didn't vote for freedom of movement, they voted against it? no, they didn't, but they also know there is no point establishing no freedom of movement if we haven't got a border control system that cannot control the borders. one thing we have to build as an advantage is a border control system so we can deliver on that pledge, but make it a strength, rather than say in 18 months, we will control our borders when everybody living knows we cannot control our borders now. why should we be able to do it in 18 months. let's turn it to an advantage. one of the things we have to

the talks kickoff after britain fell opposition labour party backs the u.k.taying in the single market and customs union aftertransition period march 2019. the shadow secretary also address the option of leaving for good. this is likely to alienate voters. votersut of 10 labour voted for brexit. >> i believe completely. that is what we voted for. they should get on it. labour party from position is unlikely to speed up negotiations in brussels. begins to gonce back to work after the summer break, it is crunch time for macron's government. it needs to push through a number of controversial reforms, including transforming the country's labor laws. the plans are taking their toll on the french president's popularity, three and a half month after his first term began. been ar: it has disappointing summer for emmanuel macron, after facing ratings, itproval in 40%, just over three months into the job. feels a testt now in autumn. he needs to pass key policies, chief among them, labor reform. thursday, the prime minister looked at the government plans which are expe

this is a further information request by the labour party, we think there will be other figures labourhink there will be otherfigures coming labour party, we think there will be other figures coming soon that show that. thank you and if you have got any thoughts coming you can get in touch with us via text. public health england have confirmed that 30 athletes have been affected bya that 30 athletes have been affected by a knoyle virus. botswa na's isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today's 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. german and canadian athletes are also thought to have been affected. the organising committee says its working closely with public health england to manage the situation. speaking to the bbc a little earlier, dr deborah turbutt from public health england said they have been advising event organisers to help prevent the spread of the virus. with no virus, it's usually last between 24 and 48 hours, and people get better on their own. the portent thing it is spread from person—to—person. we have been advising the

some pro—europe labour mps want the party to go further.to see building on this important step forward is for the labour party to commit to single market membership and custom union after the transitional period. the government has dismissed labour's policy saying the party has no vision for britain post brexit. their plan for a transitional period is now set. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... all the sport as hamilton wins the grand prix. the latest headlines... the city of houston in texas bears the brunt of tropical storm harvey. 2000 people are rescued. thousands of rohingya muslims escape fighting in myanmar, only to be turned back by bangladeshi border guards. a self—styled indian guru, gurmeet ram rahim singh, is due to be sentenced on two charges of rape on monday. news of his conviction trigerred an explosion of violence in northern india on friday. 38 people were killed and more than 200 injured. thousands of police and troops have been deployed to try to prevent further violence. some of his followers are travellin

do you think he's the right leader for the labour party? in doing that. you will back him in that? of course. and it's not the reason you're leaving? categorically not. but you spoke out against him and criticised, you were critical of him in that earlier period and perhaps some on the left have never forgiven you for that? that may be so. i did that 14 months ago. i haven't said a critical word aboutjeremy since. on a personal level we continue to get on extremely well and i wish him every success for the future. and i will be there right by his side to campaign for him to be the next prime minister. are you going before you were pushed ? absolutely not. i'm going on my terms. i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life and decisions that i want to make around it and i have decided this is time. kezia dugdale, thank you very much. thank you. with just a matter of hours to go until the deadline for parents in england to apply for 30 hours of free childcare, it's claimed almost half of par

since the second world war, labour party has been the party of watson and blair.ctively from some of these marxist revolutionary outfits. jeremy corbyn and the hard left, they've never met a banana republic they didn't like. when jeremy corbyn started talking about venezuela being an example that britain should follow, nobody really paid attention, because he was an anonymous backbencher who was known to say eccentric things. now he is the leader of the party, we have an absolute right to know whether he regrets or recants what he said. it would be a sign of political maturity to come out of hiding and say that he got it wrong. do you think he will do that? there are things that the venezuelan government has got wrong, but i'm —— there are things that the venezuelan government have got wrong, but i'm not sure what tom is saying here. he is a free marketeer. but what was the situation like in venezuelan before hugo chavez came to power? it was a chaotic, great inequality, grotesque poverty... do you think you are closer to chavez and maduro your political philosoph

i want to ask you — you were campaigning for the labour party. gore said that if he had listened to your advice, he perhaps would have ended up in the white house. you have said in the past that if gordon brown had asked you, you would have advised him. what advice would you give to ed milliband? they were very sweet to say that. i am not a citizen of the us so i could not vote for al, and i could not even actively campaign on his behalf. it would have been suspect to have a resident alien doing that. but the result of the 2000 election was devastating. yes, if asked, i would be very happy to give any advice that i could give to any politician who i admire and respect. that is the case with ed. what advice would you give him? i campaigned for his brother during the leadership campaign. david was somebody i actively supported. can you advise somebody like... could you give advice on presentation that makes a difference? i feel like i could. look how successful it was for maggie thatcher. you have spoken about your support for the charity refuge. i

that is the position of the labour party.ment from the treasury what i read to you because don't want you to say i've read it without putting it to you. theyjust issued a statement say our economy has grown continuously for 11.5 years to delivering record levels of its going to implement, we are not complacent, we need to restore productivity growth, to people across the country, that's why we're committed to investing in infrastructure, technology skills, to develop strong growth, that's just come to us from the treasury. they have failed to have growth. match the needs of the country or investment levels that match the needs. wages are down and public sector wages down and clamp on. productivity remains brigitte graham. virtually the worst of all the six major economy. —— remains pretty grim. it is not a record to be proud of. thanks forjoining us. president trump has accused the us congress of damaging relations with russia. he took to twitter to say... that comes a day after he reluctantly signed into law new sanctions ag

do you think he's the right leader for the labour party?'s doing. he will have my full support in doing that. you will back him in that? of course. and it's not the reason you're leaving? categorically not. but you spoke out against him and criticised, you were critical of him in that earlier period and perhaps some on the left have never forgiven you for that? that may be so. i did that 14 months ago. i haven't said a critical word aboutjeremy since. on a personal level we continue to get on extremely well and i wish him every success for the future. and i will be there right by his side to campaign for him to be the next prime minister. are you going before you were pushed ? absolutely not. i'm going on my terms. i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life and decisions that i want to make around it and i have decided this is time. kezia dugdale, thank you very much. more coming up in the next hour and more from texas. a look at the weather now with nick miller. sunshine and a look at t

what people would now like to see, building on this important step forward, is for the labour party touropean union. but some labour mps who voted to leave, disagree. jeremy is on a journey. where did he start and what is he saying today? i have not been on a journey, i campaigned to come out. people can keep the faith with those of us labour mps who campaigned to come out and to know that we're not doing any ratting or u—turning or anything else. at the last election, jeremy corbyn managed to pull off a delicate balancing act, appealing to both remain and leave voters. this might be more difficult for him to repeat as he clarifies his position on brexit. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator and journalist, daisy mcandrew and tim stanley, lead writer at the daily telegraph. police responding to reports of a domestic disturbance have discovered the body of a toddler in a house in manchester. police say a man is now being quest

they were from the labour party in england the social party in france the communist party and one of mussolini's closest advisers was the head of the congress party and after the war he went back to being a communist. this is the actual history in the book. why? because it has burning relevance to what's going on today. today we have anti-fascists who dress like fascists and they look exactly like the black shirts of mussolini. they behave like fascists. they go out and beat people up and they overturned cars. this is exactly what the fascist dead but they call themselves the anti-fascists so they claim to be fighting fascism. how do you fight fascism while doing fascists staff? that's the paradox i unravel in the book. >> host: why do you think world war ii as you say we considered fascism nazism of the right? >> guest: the fascism in the 30s was very much in bed with the left and in fact when fdr came to power he did not admire hitler but he revered mussolini. fdr actually felt mussolini was much ahead of him in implementing principles. fdr would dispatch delegations to italy to st

what's going on is unacceptable, we've said so and the labour party have made it abundantly clear thate duke of edinburgh well retire today. earlier we have been speaking today. earlier we have been speaking to the editor of majesty magazine normal mac —— who says he will still support the queen for public engagements. he will still be there and will most likely be around and make her feel witty with comments about what she has been doing. he will be relieved to think —— she will be relieved to think —— she will be relieved to think he hasn't got to endure a round of constant and sometimes very tedious roll it —— while engagements. she will be happier thinking he is backcombed and what he wants to do. the charity, save the children, says more than a million children in yemen, the poorest country on the arab peninsula, are at higher risk of dying from cholera because they are severely malnourished. two years of civil war have led to severe humanitarian crisis, with the country on the brink of famine and nearly half—a—million people infected with cholera. our global health correspondent

labour campaigned to remain, but since the result of the eu referendum in favour of leaving, the partyolicy —— that its policy on brexit was unclear. no jeremy policy —— that its policy on brexit was unclear. nojeremy corbyn and keir starmer have agreed on their version of the way forward. a transitional period is, they say, essential. writing in the observer, keir starmer criticises the government's approach of constructive ambiguity and says there should be no mixed messages. a credible solution is needed to one of the most important issues facing britain's exit from the eu. that means, he says, we would seek to remain ina means, he says, we would seek to remain in a customs union with the eu and within the single market. it would mean we would abide by the common rules of both. labour has not said how long the proposed transitional period should last after the uk leave the eu, only that it should be as short as possible, for as long as necessary. when many labour mps return from their summer break to westminster, they may find themselves torn between supporting what many will see as

the labour party has decided that things are shifting ina certain has decided that things are shifting is now the way to go. the labour frontbenchers were sacked, if you remember, for voting against hard brexit, just a number of months ago. this is a huge u—turn and should not be written up as anything other. but if they believe there is a lot of buyer's remorse, regretful brexiteers, they are wrong. the evidence shows people are not regretting it. if you ask them in a poll do you think the government is handling it well, anonymous lay no, 65%. people would not vote differently. —— in an anonymous way. they could be looking to form a parliamentary alliance. they essentially have within parliament, they are starting to manifest a 2—pronged go, on the one hand to rewrite the legislation, safeguarding environmental standards and perhaps pressuring the government to say we will stay within the single market in the transition period. that is the first thing. parliamentary action. the second thing is to try to make the case for a second referendum. once the negotiations are over, britain wil

there's also brexit, with the labour party weighing in on negotiation.francine: cautious kuroda. the boj boss warns japan's current growth rate can't continue and he won't be following the fed or the ecb. counting the cost of harvey. one expert puts the figure at $24 billion. gasoline spikes as rain hits refining centers across texas. uber's new driver, the ride pickng giant is said to expedia's ceo to steer it out of crisis. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." david gura is in new york. we have a quite a lot to get to. it is about tropical storm harvey, the impact on texas, but also brexit, and the fallout from jackson hole. david: so much to talk about. uber naming a new ceo. the images out of texas, truly extraordinary. something we will be following throughout the morning. francine: let's start with the bloomberg first word news. here's taylor riggs. taylor: it is being called a tragedy of epic proportions. texas continues to better with record amounts of rain. some areas may get 50 inches before it is over. floodwaters continue to rise in houston. au

i've decided that i think the labour party is very much on its uppers. om the state that i found it in two, 2.5 years ago, when it was literally on its knees. i've taken the party forward. it's in a much better state than i found it. now it's time to pass that baton onto the next person. we've had five national elections in 2.5 years. now it's time to move on and let the next person have four years to build to the next one. attention is almost immediately turned to who will succeed kezia dugdale as the next scottish labour leader and there will be an interesting crossroads between a left—wing candidate and a more centrist candidate, given the resurgence ofjeremy corbyn on the left is the most likely candidate looks to possibly be alec crowley, used to be known as gordon brown's right—hand man. in the last hour he has been named interim leader because he is currently deputy leader of the party. in terms of the challenger from the centre there is speculation surrounding an as abn. flash —— anas sarar. when it comes to that leadership contest it will be down

the labour party have ta ken source of contention.saying that we are going to get on top of gambling and we have to crack down on it. the line is gamblers can waste £100 every 20 seconds on this machine so it's alarming. the death of foreign languages as schools drop french and german, did you do french and german? i did and all my worst grades were in languages. i still thought they were worth doing. 0ne of the reasons some kids don't want to do them is they say it is harder to do them is they say it is harder to be sure of getting a good grade in french and german than in some of the sciences and maths and other things and kids are now being driven to get the result to get into university and to be focused on how they can use their education in their employment future. things like french and german are simply losing out. that's it. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website and you can see us again on online on the bbc news website and you can see us again on the iplayer. thanks to lance an

what is the prescription of the labour party to get organized?omeone across the ocean, i have never seen a labour party with such an interesting day-to-day calculus here to have his labor recapture a collusio cohesion? i think the labour party has been in a relatively strong position. you may not like it, i don't like it. i certainly don't like where the labour party is, but that did well during the last election. aim is toeir main expose false claims. i think one of the things that went wrong in the election was that jeremy corbyn was allowed a free ride and he made a strong appeal to young people, particularly over things like student debt. i think the conservative party has a duty to expose that much of what jeremy corbyn said was -- thestic, inauthentic labour party if properly put under the microscope is difficult to see being elected, if it under the microscope. francine: why has boris johnson gone quiet over brexit? norman: he have been in australia. if you read the australian press, he seems to go down very well in australia. francine: wh

closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once last year — according to data obtained by the labour partys in england which responded to a freedom of information request said they'd shut maternity wards temporarily, on a total of 382 occasions. labour has blamed staffing shortages — but the government says closures are ‘well rehearsed' safety measures. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. midwives provide specialist care to some of the health services. service's most vulnerable patients. but a shortage of staff, combined with a rising birth rate, means some units are struggling. andrew canter campaigns for improved maternity services. he and his wife lost a baby when their local centre was closed. the impact can be quite distressing. you're in a situation when you been looking forward to the birth of your child for nine or ten months, and that is really taken away from you. so it takes a long time to get back on track and the ramifications are that it goes right across the family, whether it's the parents or grandparents, brothers or sisters, it can be awful. in england, 136 n

what we are seeing because of that is this issue, we saw it with the opposition labour party...w want to stay in the single market? yes, a reality check. the third round means that the uk is facing up to the idea of what it means to come out of the single market and customs union. we area big single market and customs union. we are a big economy. the reality is dawning, the third round will start to really look at that. it will be northern ireland and the peace process , northern ireland and the peace process, all of the important things about that had border, but it is proxy for this single market issue. the single market issue, the way things are going, the pressure seems to be increasing to go down this route and stay in the single market. because of that, pressure is increasing upon theresa may and her own government, because there are many in her party that would like to stay in the single market. is she feeling the pressure? what labour did will come —— increase pressure on the conservatives. the single market is extremely important to our economy. the effects have not bee

what people would now like to see, building on this important step forward, is for the labour party toms union after the transition period after the uk has left the european union. but some labour mps who backed brexit don't want to see the leader moving further in that direction. jeremy is on a journey. i have not been on a journey. so i think people can keep the faith with those of us, labour mps who campaigned to come out, and to know we're not doing any ratting or u—turning or anything else. it's a difficult balancing act, appealing to both remain and leave voters. jeremy corbyn did it at the last election, but that may be difficult to repeat as he clarifies his position on brexit. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool hammer arsenal 4—0 in the english premier league, moving up to second in the table. lewis hamilton wins the belgian grand prix reducing sebastian vettel‘s championship lead to seven points. and dustinjohnson wins the first of the season ending fed ex cup play

the government has dismissed labour's policy, saying the party has no vision for britain post—brexit.al period is now set, but the endgame for britain outside the eu under labour is still far from clear. jonathan blake, bbc news. and i spoke tojonathan to get more details on the different transitional plans from labour and the government. there's some clear distance between the government's policy of taking the uk out of the customs union and out of the single market on day one, at the end of march 2019 when we formally leave the eu, and what labour are putting forward today, which is staying in the customs union and in the single market, with, as they would see it, all the benefits, and also perhaps, as some would see it, the negative aspects associated with that, so we keep having to pay our bill for membership of the eu and we have to abide by the european court ofjustice and we have to accept freedom of movement, immigration into the uk and vice versa. so, there is now a clarity from labour, which perhaps some say there was not before. a bit of a confused picture was how some saw

the government has dismissed labour's policy, saying the party has no vision for britain post—brexit.al period is now set, but the endgame for britain outside the eu under labour is still far from clear. jonathan blake, bbc news. and speaking in edinburgh, labour leaderjeremy corbyn explained why he believes these proposals are the sensible approach. this is a transitional arrangement he is suggesting that the government has confusion. it starts the negotiations tomorrow it seems they are in danger of wandering into a cliff edge brexit. ours is to protect jobs and cliff edge brexit. ours is to protectjobs and working conditions. to a cce pt protectjobs and working conditions. to accept free movement of people and payments to the eu will continue beyond brexit? we must work out what the arrangements are chewing the transition period to make sure we reach agreement on that. the priority has to be protecting jobs and understanding the needs of eu nationals who are living here. we have said that we, as a labour government can guarantee their rights to remain in britain and also recognise

and the top story here in the uk: kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of the scottish labour party,ith immediate effect. she says the party needs a new leader to prepare for the next holyrood elections. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, welcomes theresa may to tokyo. will north korea overshadow trade negotiations? from bicycles to football, we look at where —— whether the sharing economy has gone too far. it is wednesday, everyone. glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report. i am rico hizon. as we mentioned in the headlines, uk prime minister theresa may is injapan from today for a three—day visit. before we get to that story, let's check out the state of the world's third—largest economy. here is our asia business correspondent. about a year ago, the economic news coming out ofjapan was still pretty gloomy. after all, this was a country which struggled with falling prices and slower growth since the stock—market collapsed company bubble in the 19905. but collapsed company bubble in the 1990s.

the labour party in scotland had a much better expected result in the general election and came backould be on their way to another bounce back? you could say kezia dugdale surely has had a success at some supporters ofjeremy corbyn have said, you are incredibly critical ofjeremy corbyn and that election result we had injune, that was down to jeremy corbyn and not you. do you think that is what this is about, a falling out, or is it more subtle? i think there is interesting politics going on, there is an assumption that maybe her successor will be neil finn lay, who is more on the left, although allan smith won the labour leadership contest in scotland againstjeremy corbyn. kezia dugdale recently announced she is in a relationship with an snp msp and that was greeted as a wonderful story. they have been on a trip to the united states and they fell in love and it was really touching. but there has been under the scenes criticism at holyrood from labour msps saying, wait a minute, you want to be candidate for first minister, labour first minister? tell us about this. and there are some

the government has dismissed labour's policy, saying the party has no vision for britain post—brexit.sitional period is now set, but the endgame for britain outside the eu under labour is still far from clear. jonathan blake, bbc news. joining me in the studio is our political correspondent jonathan blake. water this clearly presents now is to political parties with very different policies when it comes to brexit. there is a choice now. there is as far as the transitional period is concerned, a clue distance between the government's policy of taking the uk out of the customs union and the single market on day one, the end of march 2019 when we formally leave the eu, but labour today are putting forward staying in the customs union and in the single market with, as they would see it, all the benefits and also perhaps, as some would see it, the negative aspects associated with that, so we keep having to pay our bill for membership of the eu and abide by the european court ofjustice and accept freedom of movement, immigration into the uk and vice ve rsa . immigration into the uk and vice

we've said from the labour party we'd introduce a price cut initially, but also we would develop alternativees so that this cartel we have now can't control pricing levels, and hold us over a barrel ever again in the future. i think they're exploiting their customers. policies like capping energy prices to support working families. the conservatives had a cap in their manifesto. it was dropped from the queen's speech, and now the government wants ofgem to find ways to keep the bills down. once again, energy is a hot political issue. simon jack, bbc news. we're just getting some breaking news connected with venezuela and the troubles and protests there. the foreign office is updating us saying the british embassy in caracas are withdrawing diplomatic staff and dependents as a precautionary and temporary measure. that is obviously about concerns for safety following on from the protests there have been after an attempt by president maduro to create a new constitutional assembly. that has been met with much violence, deaths on the streets, so clearly the foreign office deciding that in the brit

it happens in this country with the labour party and it happens over there with trump.ifferent politics but the same principle. it is amazing that these business leaders have decided to resign from these business councils because of how trump behaved. we have known this all this time, he campaigned and he called at the old right to get the nomination, then to win the election so nomination, then to win the election so he's not telling us anything new. trying to claim there is an equivalence between fighting against fascism and being a fascist and wanting to go back to the days where you can lynch black people for fun and kill dues and kill gay people or whatever is extraordinary. slowly but surely it is dawning on republicans that this man is not set. we had in the news channel earlierfrom an set. we had in the news channel earlier from an african—american lady, tracey, she is the chairman of the ohio black republicans and she was clear that the president had done the right thing in criticising all sides. that was her view. did she expect the antifascist turn of the sin

no, this is — if mps stood up tomorrow and say, we want the labour party, or we want britain to commitin the customs union, would that be something you would say, absolutely, i will stand behind, you have my support? it seems sensible but the sensible way to do this is to negotiate, if that is negotiated outcome, fine. it might be where we push on this but i think to tie the hands of negotiators now would be... could you put a hand up and say we are the party of soft brexit now? we are the party... sorry? could you say we understand the importance union, we will do this our way? yes. he seen the statement from keir starmer. we think the importance of being in the customs union is important because this is the way you protect jobs and the economy and it might be a permanent outcome of the negotiations but we must see how they go. tom watson, thank you. thank you for coming in. there are only so many ways you can say nothing has been agreed. the eu's brexit negotiator has now tried most of them. in today's press conference michel barnier warned no decisive progress had been made. david d

it is one of the legacies of the blair eram was peter mandelson that i remember saying the labour party find a new narrative. you could be talking about rasputin. how weird. people are so self conscious now about the need to construct stories, to have a back story, a charismatic centralfigure to have a back story, a charismatic central figure struggling to do something. and it seems like the techniques of novel writing have been adopted wholesale by spin doctors and political analysts and movers and shakers. when you were writing it, you must have been aware that the whole political debate about fake news, the now famous phrase, about truth, falsehood, the manipulation of truth, had really been taken and thrust into the limelight for us all in a way that wasn't the case five years ago. that wasn't the case five years ago. that was the weird thing about the book. ifinished it was the weird thing about the book. i finished it last spring. was the weird thing about the book. ifinished it last spring. fake news wasn't a word when i handed the book my publisher, and i had weird to the tingli

the labour party has blamed under—funding by the government. on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the dow breaks another record on wall street, but what will it take for the rallies to spill over into asian markets. mothers milk against formula. why is the latter a favourite option in hong kong? good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it's a tuesday. my name is rico hizon. i am glad you could join us. rico hizon. i am glad you could join us. we start the programme with the markets. the dow jones us. we start the programme with the markets. the dowjones industrial average posting the ninth straight record, finishing the session like this. much of the gains driven from strong corporate numbers from companies like apple and others. we will look at is the positive sentiment is filtering through to asia. unfortunately not. the nikkei is flat. the all 0rdinaries index is up is flat. the all 0rdinaries index is upa is flat. the all 0rdinaries index is up a little bit. a mixed day.

leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, has resigned as head of the party with immediateirens sounded across japan, after north korea fired a missile over the island of hokkaido. the un security council is holding a meeting to discuss how to respond. and on newsnight, hurricane harvey becomes a test for the president. donald trump lands in texas as the storm waters rise. and we ask if the knives are now out for boris johnson.

while other parties, notably labour, wanted to talk about austerity and public services.a focus on the negotiations to leave the eu would help them, they were mistaken. at the start of the campaign, labour were far behind the conservatives and while the tories did win votes, from ukip and floating voters, labour gained much more. during the campaign, the survey suggests conservative support increased just over 1%. but labour went up by 1a%, more than half of floating voters went to them. they had a good campaign and they increasingly won over remain supporters who were looking for a home, so there might have been a tactical element there. labour were really the only viable option for a lot of people who wanted a soft brexit. there is always churn in an election but this was predominantly one way — towards labour. undecided voters like the parties promised to retain the benefits of the eu's single market, even if the leadership's position on brexit was not always crystal clear. but there was another factor at play too. at the start of the election, theresa may had a sizeab

and the snp's ma nifesto. also the labour party and the snp's manifesto.king about a narrow thing which only covers 2 million people. there are 17 million households on these rip—off standard variable tariffs. they will be hit ha rd est variable tariffs. they will be hit hardest at the cap needs to protect them in the short term so we don't all suffer and get ripped off. why wasn't this in the queen's speech? it doesn't have to be in the queen's speech. you don't need more legislation. ofgem already have the powers to do this, it's tricky for them to do it, but they have the necessary powers so you don't need to legislate again to give the more powers. they have got the power was already. the question is making sure they have the courage and the backbone to applied properly to all 17 million of us who need protection, not just 2 17 million of us who need protection, notjust 2 million and leaving 50 million others to swing in the wind. that will puzzle people who watch the campaign, watching your party and other saying let's introduce a price cap to suggest