marc roche, let me start with you. any last—minute chances of concessions from the europeans?hat we will have maybe, let's hope, is sort of stopping the clock, which the eu very often does in complicated negotiations, and agreeing to start again injanuary. but at the moment, the most solution i see is no deal because no—one in europe is ready to compromise. the british have played their cards and they've lost it. ashis ray, you obviously write for the indian press. india is about the size of western europe. do people they look at the uk and think "why on earth are you breaking away from this huge political union?" or do they think "ah—ha, perhaps the uk is going back to its old empire instincts?" well, certainly, indian businesses who pitched theirtents in britain with the hope that the entire 500 million eu market would be available to them without any tariffs, they would be disappointed because now, exports from britain to the eu — at least temporarily, if not permanently — will come under customs duties in the european union. and therefore, it's going to be difficult for in

that's it for dateline london for this week — my thanks to ashis ray, marc roche and simonjack.now and thanks for watching. we have got stronger winds and rain on the wait for sunday but it could be quite a cold start for eastern errors with somewhat clearer skies. out to the west temperature is rising. cloud moving in and rain begins to arrive. quite a wet start. still dry for eastern errors. outbreaks of red pushing its words. —— eastern areas. another burst of rain returning from the south—west and some sunshine and showers in northern ireland. stronger winds around the coast. windy day on sunday. double—figure temperatures in the south—west. still on the cooler side for scotla nd still on the cooler side for scotland and the north—east of england with wet weather in the evening. we will be left with sunshine and blustery showers on monday. on tuesday winds not as strong. more places will be dry with some sunshine at times. welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: talks between the eu and the uk about a post—brexit trade deal continue overnight in brussels b

with me today are marc roche, who writes for the french weekly political and news magazine le point andis ray of ray media. and here in the studio, the bbc‘s business editor, simon jack. thanks to all of you gentlemen. four years after the brexit referendum, boris johnson is perhaps about to take the uk out of a deep, complex relationship stretching back over a0 years that affects so many parts of public and private life. for some, no deal is an opportunity, a chance to break free of european shackles. maybe to make britain great again. certainly, borisjohnson won a huge election victory in parts of the country, which traditionally voted labour. maybe a no—deal brexit plays well in the red wall seats in the north east of england and the prime minister can keep stoking english nationalism and make it all rather difficult for labour. but even if there is a political gain, at what cost will it be to the country as a whole? is it too late to save the day — will president macron make a last—minute intervention and pick up the phone? marc, any last—minute chances of concessions from the europ

with me today are marc roche, who writes for the french weekly political and news magazine le point and