the tricky northern ireland border. we canjoin tricky northern ireland border.can join christian fraser in brussels. yes, a lot of positivity and optimism around the place in brussels here this morning. i think there was a general feeling that they would find an agreement by the end of play today but that hasn't happened, so we are looking back at where it might have gone wrong. i think probably the british government thought they got an a cce pta ble government thought they got an acceptable form of words that was a cce pta ble acceptable form of words that was acceptable to the irish side. there was an emergency meeting in dublin this morning. there was a press conference scheduled. they were expected to say they were broadly positive about what was in the document but from that point on things seem to unravel. the wording in the document was leaked and then arlene foster apparently held a conversation with the prime minister, in this building behind me, made negotiation, that phone conversation went on for several minutes and then not long after that she appe

recognizes that because northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. with a land border with a country that will be remaining within the european union that is a set of unique circumstances and indeed all ready unique circumstances and specific solutions for northern ireland there's a single electricity market across the island of ireland for example but i'm confident that we can in negotiating the future trade relationship we can ensure that we both know that won't have a hard border in northern ireland but that we will retain the economic integrity of the single market of the united kingdom. our. good good morning to you both mark started from sky news prime minister could i ask you in simple terms what has changed between monday's lunch and now which allows you to say that deals done now and you couldn't on the monday and the president for you if i may specifically on the european court of justice it was one of the big sticking points the prime minister says now that e.u. citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts is that correct ar

the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k.'s so big it did we just see the northern irish already start breaks it talks in their tracks is that what we were just watching. well possibly is what british media are reporting we of course really officially confirm it but also it's what the irish t. shirt has been sort of suggesting he said that there was an agreement there had been make read with him with that reason may with you but then it didn't happen that he was disappointed that this couldn't go through however it's not really is a price because we knew that northern ireland would be a major stumbling block we knew that the d u p the unionist really want to do everything in their power not have any border between northern ireland and the u.k. this is for them the most important thing they want to stay close to the u.k. they don't want something like korean if you k. chanelle fallen by the back door by having northern ireland and the republic be sort of with the same regim

we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland.ked on, 20 minutes later, the prime minister broke off her meetings in brussels to phone mrs foster. i understand the dup made it plain they could not support the proposed deal. the precise opposite to the irish leader, who has pushed and pushed, who talked of his shock. i'm surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. i accept that the prime minister has asked for more time, and i know that she faces many challenges. and i acknowledge that she is negotiating in good faith. uk government sources are eager to play down the idea that a deal today was ever a dead cert. but a document had been put together and accepted by officials on both sides. senior politicians here in brussels and in dublin had gone on the record to suggest it was pretty much done. it was only when it became clear that the prime minister's allies found it unpalatable that suddenly the deal was off. there is no question that it's s

in northern ireland and also what the majority of people think in northern ireland.ith the uk government, and of course hand in glove but can the agreement. this was sinn fein's responds. we've said from the beginning that the pact between the dup and the tories in london would end in tears, and so it has. it's just essential that everybody, including the dup, acts in the common good. theresa may has now some hard thinking to do. a deal with the dup versus a deal with the eu. it may not be possible to have both. let's speak now to the bbc‘s former ireland correspondent, denis murray. he's in our belfast newsroom. it does seem somewhat surprising that the prime minister apparently made an offer to the irish government which was always going to be unacceptable to the unionists. well, there are two possibilities there. one is that either theresa may and her diplomats, her team thought it was acceptable to the democratic unionist party, or they hoped the text wouldn't get out. the text that appeared on the irish broadcaster rtp used that phrase about no regulatory diverg

or northern ireland and the republic.e dup or the irish. so could the uk align itself entirely with eu rules in certain key areas? no borders, but then we couldn't agreed to buy us chicken. that could scupper our great plans for other trade deals. there is another problem. regulatory alignment is not necessarily enough to avoid any physical borders. for that you might need a customs union or agreeing the same set of external tariffs for goods arriving from non—eu countries. without it, well you are still going to need some customs checks somewhere. of course, the government expects to get it broader deal but even to start talks means a border —based phage. the possibility of northern ireland having different rules from the rest of the uk or the idea of the whole uk aligning itself with the eu good evening. first, get you to comment on what iain duncan smith said? he seems as if to say scrap that if the eu do not move. we are all unionists and the idea that northern ireland was going to be treated differently from the rest

on the assumption of northern ireland being part of the european union, like southern ireland.is changes. and theresa may arrives. she was home secretary, she obviously had security issues with northern ireland but beyond that northern ireland had not been on her radar as a senior politician. and i think she hugely underestimated it. in fairness to david davis and others,... he's the british negotiator. the british brexit secretary in the united kingdom. they are acutely aware of it. they do have logical point in saying that before we know the end agreement, it is very hard to deal with the northern ireland situation because until we know the degree to which free trade is going to apply more widely, you can't deal with this. but, as you know, there is a huge pressure to get some sort of sense. the irish government are not suggesting that we have to have everything glued to the floor before we move onto the next thing. what they're saying is, you've given us all the sort of airy fairy, yes, we all agree that the border has to be... the reassurances. in fact, there was a british

the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is part of the u.k. northern ireland will also leave the e.u. but the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u.k. will replace these invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing one. possible solution would be to allow northern ireland to stay in the u.s customs union ofsted laves but that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we are being very clear in northern ireland mostly the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government on the barnyard taskforce that the united kingdom agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a posi

there are already unique circumstances and solutions for northern ireland. there is a single electricity market along the ireland of -- in the island of ireland, for example. i am confident that we can ensure we will not have a hard border in northern ireland. but we will retain the economic integrity of the united kingdom. >> good morning. mark stone from sky news. what has changed between monday's lunch and now which allows you to say a deal is done now and you couldn't on monday? junco, thent prime minister now says that eu citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts. is that correct, and are you happy with that? may: on the first point, as we both said and we stood here on monday, the really couple of issues we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days, but as i said in remarks i've just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the commitment in relation to northern ireland and the united kingdom. i think that is important, so within the joint report you will see no hard border between ireland, but also th

well yes it's all about northern ireland and its special status it was suggested that the northern ireland could retain effectively a membership of the single market and the customs union in order to make trade between the republic of ireland which is so crucial for the republic and northern ireland continued to be seamless as it is now but if this is to be the case other parts of the united kingdom might want to have the same and you mentioned scotland as also london for example the london mayor has suggested that london should have a special status so what's going to happen how is this going to play out with in the union this is going to be very very very tricky indeed go back to us in brussels despite the question marks over this deal there seems to be a sense of momentum now to the negotiations last week the two sides were talking about getting close to to a deal on the brakes a divorce bill now there seems to be movement regarding the northern ireland to border who or what has changed whereas always agreements suddenly sprung from. of course part of part of the answer has to be that b

already unique circumstances and solutions for northern ireland. i am competent that we -- i am confident that we can ensure there will not be a hard border in northern ireland. >> good morning. sky news. prime minister, can i ask you what has changed between monday's lunch and now, which allows you to say a deal is done now and you couldn't on monday? president juncker, specifically on the european court of justice, it was a big sticking point. the prime minister says now that eu citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts. is that correct and are you happy with that? the firstster may: on point, as we both said on monday, there were a couple of issues we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days. as i said in the remarks just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the in relation to northern ireland and the united kingdom. i think that is important and helpful. in the joint report, you will see the commitment to no hard ensurebut also that we we retain the constitutional integrity of economic in

similar in northern ireland and on top of that lying snow we don't need any more snow showers, and there further snow showers across northern and western scotland, blustery conditions with the strongest winds. the wind will start to fall light through the night, and the snow showers start to ease back towards west facing coasts. some rain showers as well and it's going to be cold and frosty. first thing in the morning, there could be some ice where we've got showers. a cold and frosty start but lovely spells of sunshine to look out for. lighter winds, but it's not going to be of any warmer. a disappointing feel out there. to the north, we're going to see zero to 2 degrees. further south, four or five. we see zero to 2 degrees. further south, four orfive. we are see zero to 2 degrees. further south, four or five. we are stuck underan south, four or five. we are stuck under an arctic blow at the moment, but if we look out towards the south—west into the atlantic, something milder and moist are trying to come in, and this weather front is the dividing line between that mild airand front is

the crux of the issue is the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, the only landu with the uk. there was a draft eu on this issue, it would have meant northern ireland remaining in the eu's customs union and single market, while the rest of the uk would leave those two, that was the plan, but he did not last long. remember this? —— was the plan, but he did not last long. rememberthis? —— but it did not last long. the prime minister had to cut a deal after the last election with arlene foster the leader of the dup, in northern ireland. this was arlene foster's statement. we were not accept any form of regulatory diverges which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the uk. and because of theresa may's reliance on the dup diack legislation to the house of commons, when they dig in, she needs to listen. and this is how it panned out. all of which left the irish leader little bit amused. he gave this statement. following the meeting this morning at the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government and the mic

united kingdom and we will not accept any form of the regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. so big it did we just see the northern irish already start breaks that talks in their tracks is that what we were just watching. well possibly is what british media are reporting we of course really officially confirm it but also it's what the irish shock has been sort of suggesting he said that there was an agreement that had been make read with him with that reason may with you but then it didn't happen that he was disappointed that this couldn't go through however it's not really a surprise because we knew that northern ireland would be a major stumbling block we knew that the d u p the unionist really want to do everything in their power not have any border between northern ireland and the u.k. this is for them the most important thing they want to stay close to the u.k. they don't want something like korean if it cajun of island by the backdoor by having northern ireland and the republic be sort of with the same regime but not

the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. so berg it must fosters it has been consistent that line so any deal with ireland granting the north special status was always going to be a problem for teresa mayes. it was always going to be a problem however there was hope here in london that it could be about the wordings and that there could be some compromise however it is a very tough nut to crack because the the d. of p. the unionist for them it's so important that they stay close to the u.k. this is the border that they don't want basically a border around our land around the island of ireland where northern ireland and ireland have some sort of similar negotiations some similar deal with the e.u. but then that would be different from the u.k. because their main objective is to stay close to the u.k. and not come to some sort of well reunification almost if you would show the back door via this new agreement with brussels and berger despite today's failure to resume sessio

to the dup however it means northern ireland risks being hived off from the rest of the uk. he way for a united ireland. so what happens now? someone is going to have to come up with a new phrase and perhaps we will alljust have to forget about regulatory alignment. instead of a celebratory press conference yesterday, the prime minister and european commission presidentjean claude junker had this to say. both sides have been working hard, in good faith. we have been negotiating hard, and a lot of progress has been made, and on many of the issues there is a common understanding, and it is clear, crucially, that we want to move forward together. but on a couple of issues some differences do remain, which require further negotiation, and consultation. she is a tough negotiator, and not an easy one. she's defending the point of view of britain, with all the energy we know she has, and i'm doing the same on the side of the european union. that was yesterday. this morning, snp leader nicola sturgeon has said: this could be a moment to push to keep the whole of the uk in the single

s northern ireland and the ease republic of ireland has been a particularly tricky subject many fear a hard border separating the two with border guards could plunge the north back into turmoil by undermining the belfast agreement it ended decades of sectarian violence in the region. in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. but e.u. chief bracks in a go shatzer michel barnier sorting out the store on the issue will need special talks to citizens. in northern ireland's democratic unionist party has stood in the way of an agreement so far that support is vital to may's minority government and even now they're not satisfied with what's been agreed so far. but the talks can still proceed from here that's the e.u. leaders sign off on the deal at a council summit next week. and the beauty of macsoftware and joins me now on this story max into president after this agreement a lot of questions remain unanswered specia

if there is a need for the uk and northern ireland to have different rules, but the northern ireland talk to you. thanks very much. 0ur correspondence are cross what‘s going on. we know there will be a press co nfe re nce going on. we know there will be a press conference at 8am. they will discuss progress made on brexit and after 9a m discuss progress made on brexit and after 9am the chief negotiator michel barnier will issue another press co nfe re nce . michel barnier will issue another press conference. we will be keeping you up—to—date. a look at the other news now. a number of new wildfires have started in southern california, stretching firefighters to the limit. nearly 200,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes. planes have been diverted to one of the latest blazes in the county of san diego and officials say more than a00 buildings have been destroyed. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. the american west was never really tamed. the weather here was always wild and dangerous and in a warming world it seems to be getting worse. well, the wind hasju

has failed the major hurdle this time is how the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland will work about thirty thousand people cross the invisible border every day for work goods go back and forth without inspection after bricks at the republic of ireland would remain in the european union while northern ireland as part of the u.k. would have to exit as you can see on your screen britain may have to reintroduce a so-called hard border with customs checks for goods people and services that will be a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers who depend on easy cross border trade . milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards won't change they'll be as high as ever they are but. those are presen

northern ireland and the irish republic and no hard water there. deal of free trade deal with america or any other country, we would say chicken, that comes in belfast. taking 1000 cheap chickens which are all washed in chlorine. that would be basically illegal to sell in the irish republic or anywhere in the european union, but there is no border or something there to ship it down south and sell cheap chicken. really difficult phrase for you to set yourself up for. once you start to change regulations, or if europe changed its regulations, how do you get the two sides to actually continue to trade together and to trade to other countries, as well? you get into multidimensional chess arranging for different relationships between yourselves, other countries and the european union, european union and those other countries. it becomes very, catered. multidimensional chess and cheap chickens, it is mind—boggling. the european presidentjohn claude jonker said that both sides had agreed that citizens living in the uk from the european union and vice ve rs

the difference between regulatory alignment which would see the same regulations in place in northern ireland republic of ireland after brexit, something the dup not wa nt to after brexit, something the dup not want to see, and regulatory equivalence — good we effectively have the same standards but not necessarily the same exact rules. if the dup could get on board with that wording that could be the key to unlock the talks but at the same time any change in wording in the d raft time any change in wording in the draft agreement would have to be a cce pta ble draft agreement would have to be acceptable to the irish government. if it isn't, they have the power to veto the trade talks starting when the leaders meet at the end of next week. thank you. andrew walker is our business correspondent and joins me now. the pressure is really on, they are hoping to get this sorted by the end of the week. next week we have a summit of the european union where the prime minister here is hoping she will get a declaration that sufficient progress has been made on the three initial areas of negotiations to

but theresa may insisted there will be no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of irelandwe aim to deliver this as part of our overall trade deal between the united kingdom and european union. also on this programme: the government says it's abandoning a planned cap on social care costs in england. and ministers are urged to take action following president trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital. will the secretary of state today completely rule out the state visit from president trump, and send out a clear message that his divisive and reckless actions are not welcome here? but first, it was another high—stakes week for the government as theresa may attempted to secure an interim brexit deal. the prime minister had travelled to brussels on monday in the hope of getting an agreement that would pave the way for the start of trade talks. mrs may and the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker, gave a joint news conference at which they said their meeting had been "constructive." but the talks ran into the ground when the democratic unioni

what this joint report sets out. . >> already unique circumstances and specific solutions for northern ireland. there is a single electricity market across the island of ireland, for example. but i'm confident that we can in negotiating the future trade relationship, we can ensure that we both -- won't have a hard border in northern ireland but will retain the economic activity of the single market of the united kingdom. >> good morning. mark stone from sky news, could i ask you, what has changed between monday's lunch and now which allows you to say the deal is done now and mr. president, if i could, on the european court of justice, it was one of the big sticking points, e.u. citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and courts. is that correct? and are you happy with that? prime minister may: on the first point, as we both said when we stood here on monday, there were a couple of issues that we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days but as i said in remarks i just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the commitments in relation to northern ireland

to have a huge impact on the economy of northern ireland which let's remember that is primarily based on agriculture if britain is no longer a member of the e.u. it is no longer automatically part of the customs arrangements and that means that ireland and britain might have to reintroduce customs controls along the border and that is a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers. milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards one change will be as high as ever they are but. does that present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is a difficult part in addition agricultural products from northern ireland are heavily subsidised it remains to be seen if the support will

it would be much easier to sort out any border between ireland and northern ireland. ase. iflam to phase. if i am to accommodate a significant numberof if i am to accommodate a significant number of colleagues, there is a premium on brevity, which is always brilliantly exempt the fight by the right honourable gentleman for leeds central, mr hilary benn. thank you very much. we'll hope that the government finds a form of words that enables the negotiations to move on to phase two. but doesn't the government have to realise that the government have to realise that the reason there is this problem is because of its decision to leave a customs union and the single market? given that the leader of the scottish conservatives and the mayor of london have both suggested that whether it's a convergence or no divergences, it should be applied to the whole united kingdom, isn't it time for the government to finally recognised that it needs to make a different decision if it is going to avoid the imposition of a hard border in northern ireland? i'm afraid, characteristically, he i

ended in deadlock the sticking point was what will become of the only land border between the northern ireland and the republic of ireland which is in the e.u. the republic wanted guarantees it will remain open with no return to a so-called hard border with border guards the government coalition partners in northern ireland the democratic unionist party returned an earlier version of the deal and forced her back to the drawing board the result in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to pursue the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom even though it's only stage one of negotiations e.u. citizens living in britain and british citizens residing in europe did get some certainty about their future the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million e.u. citizens living in the u.k. and of a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u. they will be able to go on living their lives as before it's been eight months since may signed article fifty which triggered b

if we want to look after northern ireland and if we wa nt look after northern ireland and if we want to treat northern ireland as a full and equal part of the uk, you can't have different rules for them and us. the only way of having a frictionless border seems to me to stay in some kind of customs union, probably the one we are currently in. david davis is saying that we have to have regulatory alignment. the eu wants a level playing field. you can't have countries who are supposed to be trading freely with you suddenly cheating and having different regulations. this also makes the front of the ft. mihir we re makes the front of the ft. mihir were saying people thought of him as a eurosceptic. he was europe minister underjohn major. that was why he was appointed. but your boss, iain duncan smith, has said we may have reached the point where we have to walk away from the talks because there is no way that we in the conservative party, mps there is no way that we in the conservative party, mp5 of his ilk, will accept staying in the customs union, even if you call it something else. th

the future of northern ireland is the main issue. theresa may and jean—claude juncker say good progress has been made but more talks are needed later this week. some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation. this is not a failure. this is the start of the very last run. i am very confident that we will reach agreement in the course of this week. the irish border is the big challenge with the dup saying they'll resist any plans to align northern ireland with the rest of the eu. we have been very clear, northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom. what does that mean for this 300 miles of border? what customs posts we re miles of border? what customs posts were generally regarded as a thing of the past. and the irish government says it's surprised and disappointed at the outcome of today's talks. we'll have the latest. also tonight. the us supreme court allows president trump's travel ban against six mainly muslim countries to go into full effect. ye

— but the actual promise there would not be a hard border between northern ireland and the republico get phase one of the negotiations over the line, and, assuming it gets the nod from the european council next week, to start talks about a trade agreement, rested and refreshed. here's our political editor, nick watt. when everyone else is having fun, breaking up can be so hard, as theresa may discovered at an eu summit last year. or maybe we do have friends after all? at the end of a week of heartache, theresa may finally pulled off a deal with the eu on stage one of the brexit negotiations. sufficient progress has now been made on the three terms of the divorce. i very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase, to talk about trade and security, and to discuss the positive and ambitious future relationship. but after monday's humiliation, how did it happen? shortly after ”pm in downing street last night, theresa may finally achieved a breakthrough when she sort of won over the dup in a telephone call with arlene foster. at around midnight, she left downing street,

within northern ireland because there was a growing suspicion among some quarters in northern ireland that this was in fact a big master plan by dublin to achieve a united ireland by stealth to have northern ireland removed from the u.k. and to rejoin the republic as a single country the overall good the t. shirt at the prime minister had said quite specifically that was not harlan's goal and it seems that in the the clarification that have been inserted that the d.p.p. have been convinced that in fact that is not the plans go so nobody's moved but everybody's moved and we don't quite know how as all of you gavin listen good to talk to you thanks so much you. palestinians are calling for a day of rage as angle mounts of the us president donald trump recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel a move sharply criticized by world leaders. dozens of protesters were injured in a wave of protests on thursday israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets in the occupied west bank shops and schools were closed as part of a general strike across the region. the hamas group th

reading this joint report again you got to wonder whether they can be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland or at the same time the u.k. completely ends freedom of movement between the e.u. and the u.k. as a whole. well i think there is an element of fudge about all this to get us moving on to discussions on trade and i think it's going to be difficult to finalize what arrangements are going to be in place until we know what the trade deal is going to be is it possible to square all these various differences but the answer is i think it to be difficult but i don't think it's impossible to do this i mean i do think we want to read a whatever we can do with technology to make the issues around the border as simple as possible we need to avoid moving away from combined quibble and regulation if we can avoid doing so i mean i think a lot of this is really in the end going to depend on goodwill and common sense and the extent to which people are really prepared to look for solutions that are going to be workable and i will talk about one of the problems they have had over there what

within the joint report, he was a commitment both to no hard border between northern ireland and ireland that we ensure we meet in the constitutional integrity of the united kingdom. citizens, the court of justice will still be confident. michel barnier will explain later in detail what is involved as it could take too much time to explain. >thank you. that is the end of the news conference between theresa may and by mr. juncker. european courthe of justice, it looks as if the u.k. courts will gave -- will give regard to the u.k. justice decisions. uncker talked about a remarkable speech, but the details on northern ireland just seemed like a little bit light at the moment. unique circumstances will be maintained. be -- there will be a document attached to this is conference. one of the questions on the subject, we are trying to listen closely to what they are saying on ireland. there was a commitment to no hard border and to respect the integrity of the u.k. where is the detail because these are commitments that seem to have been made many times before. she didn't answer a question on w

the people in northern ireland and people in northern ireland and people in northern ireland and people negotiations that have taken place over years to keep the peace process on track and the importance of semantics and language. they are applying the same principles to this deal. many people are now pouring over the text, looking particularly at this phrase, full alignment, and what that could mean. but as the phrase at the centre of this. as chris said, the debate as to what it means is under way. the text says that if there is no trade deal, the uk will fully aligned with the rules of the eu single market and customs union which are necessary to support co—operation between northern ireland and the irish republic as outlined in the good friday peace agreement which ended the troubles in the 1990s. but there is even a difference of opinion as to exactly what rules would need to be followed to support that north—south co—operation. if there was no trade deal, the uk would have to continue to follow eu rules on trade and agriculture to keep trade across the border flowing freely as env

northern ireland, northern england and wales and the midlands.r example, manchester, wales and the midlands, snow flurries across the london area. but showers and so not all will see them and in between will be some sunshine. temperature wise, whatever you see on your thermometer, it will feel colder, it will feel like —6a example of the windchill —— —6 four example in aberdeen because of the time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. the widow of a man who died in the croydon tram crash has vowed to campaign to improve safety on public transport. marilyn logan's husband philip was one of seven people killed in the derailment last year. she's seen a preview copy of the final report by the rail accident investigation branch, which is due to be released later today. she says she wants to see safety measures improved. i would love to see it and i will campaign to see that it is eventually done, because it could save so many lives... because it will happen again. transport for lond

what if northern ireland wants to become different from the republic of ireland.ying to claim its own right is the dispensation and the snowball effect goes on. we've already seen scotland and wales saying if ireland can get and wales saying if ireland can get a special deal maybe we can to. the other thing to highlight in the times is i think they've got the best dab at an explanation of what actually happened. ms foster had been told broadly what the document would say but not the specific wording. i think that's probably the most insightful regulatory alignment which doesn't make it into the headlines as a sound bite. that was the phrase that really angered the dup. and it didn't stand up to the scrutiny when it was discussed in the court of public opinion. it was from eu friendly sources who said it isa from eu friendly sources who said it is a complete capitulation. the brexiteers have to eat humble pie. is it any surprise they don't want eat it when it tastes so awful? they we re eat it when it tastes so awful? they were so eat it when it tastes so awful? th

who support the conservative government, rejected a proposal to avoid a hard border between northern ireland the republic. we'll get reaction from our ireland correspondent chris page in a moment, but first let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson, who is in westminster for us this morning. good morning. this time yesterday we thought the deal was imminent. when it comes to brexit, things are not simple. where are we with the talks? it is not simple. negotiations with the eu always go to the wire and thatis the eu always go to the wire and that is the case here as well. theresa may has to explain to her cabinet what went wrong. there were very positive noises yesterday. instead of moving forward, she has two main problems. if she wants the green light on trade talks at next week's european summit, to get these other european leaders to do so, in effect, she has to convince ireland there will be no hard border with northern ireland. they could veto the trade talks if they are convinced. the problem she has as suggested is with the dup, the democratic unionist party from northern