john pienaar, bbc news. who escaped after a shoot—out at a christmas market in france. two people were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack in strasbourg. there are fears the gunman may have crossed the border into germany, where the security forces are also on alert. investigators say it was an act of terror. damian grammaticus reports from strasbourg. this is a city on alert. hundreds of police and soldiers on a manhunt for a killer. but where did he go? even the nearby border watched to stop him slipping away. cherif chekatt, the suspected gunmen. police now appealing for help finding him. he'd opened fire near the christmas markets. this is the old heart of strasbourg. people barricaded themselves inside. among his victims, a tourist from thailand, here on holiday with his wife. cherif chekatt, 29 years old, has been in prison, has 27 convictions for crimes like robbery and was already on france's terror watch—list. "the shooting went on for 30 or a0 minutes," this man says. he filmed police s

john pienaar, bbc news. margin of 200 to 117 is just the latest scrap in a very long—running internal conservative party conflict over the uk's relationship with the european union. the opposition labour party also has its divisions on the issue, but it's conservative prime ministers, from edward heath to margaret thatcher tojohn major to david cameron, who've been buffeted by the europe question. our correspondent james robbins considers the troubled path that's led to this vote. britain, and in particular conservative prime ministers, have agonised over europe for more than 60 years. agonised over going in, then over being in, now over getting out. but the divisions this time look unprecedented in scale and, to some, they're doing britain real damage. certainly the mess is in the spotlight and the whole world is looking on pretty appalled with good reason because there are points when a country looks ungovernable and it looks to the rest of the world i think like one of those. so, how did we get here? when

may insists the vote on her brexit deal will go ahead on tuesday. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaaratest. not easy, this, apparently — though nothing like as tough as selling mrs may's brexit deal. for the chief secretary to the treasury, that meant doing time on the business end of the black pudding line. once you're in there... not sure if this is fully quality controlled! for once, mrs may was out of sight in her constituency, but her orders were to get out, promote, defend, try to save her plan, and maybe with it, theresa may herself. ministers obeyed — dozens of them. among ministers, many privately believe the government should delay the big vote next tuesday, rather than face a crushing defeat. for now, they're making their case around the country and hoping mps listen to worried people and companies. they will hear those voices saying "we want this sorted", "we want this deal accepted", because we need to move on as a country, both to negotiate a good trading dealfor the future with the eu, and to deal with the pressing domestic agenda of the nhs, schools, housing and all th

here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar.prepare for brexit with no deal if it came to it. some quite like the idea, though the eurosceptics are backing mrs may's brexit compromise — for now. are people, in a word, right to be afraid of no deal? no deal would not be optimal for our economy. we should work to get the prime minister's deal over the line. brexiteer ministers can enjoy their christmas. but there'll be trouble in the new year — others will fight a no—deal brexit if they have to. amber rudd told the cabinet buying a seat belt doesn't mean you should crash the car. there's no wish inside number ten to leave with no deal. the government's plan — keep a lookout for what might go wrong and hope for the best. the government's priority is to secure a deal, that hasn't changed, but alongside that, as part of our continuation of preparing for no—deal, a responsible government needs to ensure that we are ready for that default option, which we don't want to happen, but we're ready in the event that it did happen. but time i

john pienaar, there. our political editor laura kuenssberg joins us.ry perbet and 24—hour is, how do you read the options for the prime minister question but —— very turbulent 24—hour is. the prime minister question but —— very turbulent 24-hour is. the options are limited and at the centre of government, they are still trying, may be against hope but they are still trying to win the vote or reduce the numbers in what seems like a very likely defeat but of course there are conversations going on about what might be the way out. a lot of suggestions today in westminster about a potential amendment, tweeting the legislation that mps have to vote on the straight. —— tweaking the legislation. but in terms of what might be acceptable or make a difference, there's nothing concrete on the table as i understand it and remember, brussels at this stage has no intention of reopening the deal so no intention of reopening the deal so if mps decide they can come around to something different, how would that fly with the eu? probably not at this stage. then there's t

our deputy political editor, john pienaar, on what might come next. brexit!n demonstrating here for months, rain or shine, for or against brexit. obsessed? maybe. but they're also right to feel brexit is the biggest issue facing britain in decades. bigger than tonight's decision to keep on and not sack theresa may. it's still herjob to try somehow to break their brexit deadlock, and tonight's vote was never going to make that easier. theresa may is still facing a deeply divided house of commons, party and cabinet. still struggling to win over brexiteers who fear that the brexit plan could leave the uk trapped inside european union rules indefinitely. some of them sit in cabinet. two have walked out since this was filmed, more of them are potential leadership candidates. and today, one brexiteer warned a no—deal brexit was still possible, and mrs may, or presumably another leader, had to get more concessions out of brussels or else. it's very difficult to support the deal if we don't get changes to the backstop. i don't think it'll get through. i'm not sure if

john pienaar, bbc news. companies across the uk advising them about preparations for a no—deal brexit. but some businesses say a lack of clarity from the government on leaving the european union has meant they've already had to start making such contingency plans. here's our business editor, simonjack. 0n the shop floor of british business, the no—deal warning lights have been flashing for months. this tool maker in swindon, whose customers are mainly in the eu, couldn't wait for politicians and has already set up a branch in germany. it's hard to believe, in business, how messy it is in politics. there's absolutely zero certainty in westminster, so when there's zero certainty there, you're going to find that companies like wilson tool are creating their own certainty. you know, they'rejust assuming the absolute worst and putting the plans in place for that. and i suspect some of those plans will be incredibly hard for companies to roll back on. they're not the only ones trying to take control of their own d

john pienaar, bbc news. but the eu has announced some further assurances on the irish border backstop. our brussels reporter adam fleming told us more just now. there is a document floating around brussels tonight which is the draft council conclusions, which is the document the eu leaders will sign up to tomorrow night after the brexit bit of their summit, which will take place here in brussels after dinner thursday, tomorrow. now, this draft is floating around and it's got a few very, very interesting things in it. what those things are is that it amounts to these are the assurances the eu is planning to give to theresa may, so that she can take them back to the house of commons and try and persuade mps that the withdrawal agreement isn't not that bad after all. it's all about the northern irish backstop, remember that backup plan, that insurance policy for avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. that would see the whole of the uk staying in a sort of customs union with the whole of th

john pienaar, bbc news.d of companies telling them to be ready in case of a no deal exit. but some businesses say a lack of clarity from the government on leaving the european union has meant they've already had to start making such contingency plans. here's our business editor simonjack. 0n the shop floor of british business, the no—deal warning lights have been flashing for months. this tool maker in swindon, whose customers are mainly in the eu, couldn't wait for politicians and has already set up a branch in germany. it's hard to believe, in business, how messy it is in politics. there's absolutely zero certainty in westminster, so when there's zero certainty there, you're going to find that companies like wilson tool are creating their own certainty. you know, they'rejust assuming the absolute worst and putting the plans in place for that. and i suspect some of those plans will be incredibly hard for companies to roll back on. they're not the only ones trying to take control of their own destiny, albeit

deputy politcial editor john pienaar looks at what could happen next.etbacks and all the defeats, theresa may is battling on, standing by her plan for brexit, maybe against all the odds. but what happens next? let's say mrs may wins. that may look unlikelyjust now, but if parliament approves her plan, britain leaves on schedule on march the 29th, an unexpected triumph for mrs may. at this stage, it seems more probable that she loses. her conservative critics may then try, again, to force a vote of confidence in her. and either way, labour will look at tabling a vote of confidence in the government. that would be hard to win. tories and the dup would have to vote for it. meanwhile, unless mrs may manages to somehow get a better deal in brussels, the uk would be on course to leave the eu with no deal at all. but the idea of what brexiteers sometimes call a clean brexit is just not that simple any more. mps voted yesterday to give themselves power to decide the country's next steps if mrs may is defeated, and there's no majority in parliament for a no—deal

john pienaar, bbc news, walsall.

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is in brussels.d these scale of the challenge that the prime minister still faces. well, huw, tonight in brussels there have been kisses, kodak moments, those normal signs that we see at a summit of eu leaders greeting each other, whatever their problems at home. but theresa may is in serious trouble with their own party, we heard from john the extent of the division, all those clashing opinions in the conservative party about exactly which cause she should follow next. so tonight she's been pleading with eu leaders to give her a solution to the trickiest problem of all, how to solve this conundrum of all, how to solve this conundrum of the backstop, that guarantee against no hard border on the island of ireland is there is no big trade deal. i understand one of the things thatis deal. i understand one of the things that is being discussed tonight is the idea of putting a start date on the idea of putting a start date on the future trade deal, rather than fretting about putting an expiry date on the

our deputy politcial editorjohn pienaar looks at what could happen next.ats, theresa may is battling on, standing by her plan for brexit, maybe against all the odds. but what happens next? well, let's say mrs may wins. that may look unlikelyjust now, but if parliament approves her plan, britain leaves on schedule on march the 29th — an unexpected triumph for mrs may. at this stage, it seems more probable that she loses. her conservative critics may then try, again, to force a vote of confidence in her. and either way, labour will look at tabling a vote of confidence in the government. that would be hard to win. tories and the dup would have to vote for it. meanwhile, unless mrs may manages to somehow get a better deal in brussels, the uk would be on course to leave the eu with no deal at all. but the idea of what brexiteers sometimes call a clean brexit is just not that simple any more. mps voted yesterday to give themselves power to decide the country's next steps if mrs may is defeated, and there's no majority in parliament for a no—deal brexit. so, what

john pienaar, bbc news, walsall. we are back here at westminster.'s get a final word with laura. we talked about nothing but setbacks and challenges for theresa may. was anything else possible? remember, one of the products of all of today's shenanigans, mps got a kind of insurance policy if you like that they will have the rather than, you know, the european union, without a deal, if theresa may's plan falls, and the fact they got that insurance policy from that amendment from dominic grieve means it is possible some of the former remainers were planning to vote against the deal will pause, and think in the end they may also be able to back it. it also means some brexiteers might feel quite nervous now, that perhaps mps might somehow conspire to stop brexit altogether, again if the prime minister's plan falls next week. the product of what sounds quite confusing is that the shenanigans today might result in a few fewer rebels next week, and the scale therefore of the potential defeat theresa may is staring at might be smaller than it might have see

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here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar.ge is of course happening at a critical time. here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar. they have been demonstrating here for months, rain or shine, for and against brexit. obsessed, maybe, but they are also right to feel brexit is the biggest issue facing britain in decades, bigger even than tonight's decision to keep on or to sack theresa may, to choose the leader to break the brexit deadlock. theresa may will still be facing a deeply divided house of commons, party and cabinet, still struggling to win over brexiteers who feared the brexit plan could leave britain trapped by eu rules indefinitely. some of them sit in cabinet, two of them have walked out since this was filmed. today one brexiteer warned no—deal brexit was still possible and mrs may, or another leader, had to get more concessions out of brussels or else. it is difficult to support the deal if we do not get changes to the backstop. i am not sure the cabinet will agree for it to be put to the house of commons. among

in a moment we'll speak to our deputy political editor john pienaar in downing street.respondent damian grammaticas in brussels, clarification but no renegotiation is what's on offer from the eu at the moment. what chance now of theresa may getting anything meaningful out of brussels? fiona, i think it's hard to see in the coming days because there are no formal negotiations going on, the leaders here have not committed to any sort of a new meeting or summit coming up injanuary and although they discussed the idea of looking into what offers are what assurance they can give to the uk they decided not to go ahead with that. and the reason was simple, and that hour that they spent talking to theresa may yesterday they had specific questions for her which where what does she need, what does she think she can get through parliament and finally, what sort of future relationship does she envisage with the eu? her answer is, they felt we re the eu? her answer is, they felt were not sufficiently clear. so as the irish prime minister was seeing a short time ago, the eu think the

here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar more on what might happen next.t colleagues and advisers urging her to delay the vote on her brexit plan. why? that's easy. the signs were that she was, and maybe still is, facing a crushing defeat in the commons, a lethal combination of tory brexiteers who say her deal could leave the uk locked into eu rules, along with the dup, who also hate the idea of northern ireland being tied even closer than mainland britain for the sake of avoiding a hard irish border. then there are the former tory remainers who see no point leaving the eu only to follow its rules with no say in writing them. now mrs may is off back to brussels, but, as we've heard, significant new concessions seem remote. so what's next? the political perils facing mrs may are still there, still waiting. her cabinet is split. some ministers privately want what they call a managed no deal — leave the eu before any trade deal is in place if necessary but with time to prepare and avoid as much disruption as possible. critics insist leaving with no deal would

may insists the vote on her brexit deal will go ahead on tuesday. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar has the latest. not easy, this, apparently, though nothing like as tough as selling mrs may's brexit deal. for the chief secretary to the treasury, that meant doing time on the business end of the black pudding line. once you're in there... not sure if this is fully quality controlled! for once, mrs may was out of sight in her constituency, but her orders were to get out, promote, defend, try to save her plan, and maybe with it, theresa may herself. ministers obeyed, dozens of them. among ministers, many privately believe the government should delay the big vote next tuesday, rather than face a crushing defeat. for now, they're making their case around the country and hoping mps listen to worried people and companies. they will hear those voices saying "we want this sorted", "we want this deal accepted", because we need to move on as a country, both to negotiate a good trading dealfor the future with the eu, and to deal with the pressing domestic agenda of the nhs, schools, housing an

to get tuesday's vote on it postponed and that it must go ahead. 0ur deputy political edtor john pienaar the latest. today, around almost every corner, you would see a minister on a mission, dozens of them, ordered out to defend and sell mrs may's brexit compromise, to make what may be a last stand to save her brexit plan, even save the prime minister herself. among ministers, many privately believe the government should delay the big vote next tuesday, rather than face a crushing defeat. for now, they are making their case around the country, hoping mps listen to worried people and businesses. they will hear those voices saying, we want it sorted, we want this deal accepted because we need to move on as a country both to negotiate a good trading deal for a future with the eu and to deal with the pressing domestic agenda of the nhs, schools, housing and all the other things people want their politicians to focus on. and now warnings from the government of the danger of ending up with no brexit deal at all. up to six months of delays at dover for cross—channel traffic, emergency plans to

our deputy political editor, john pienaar, explains what could happen next.e defeats, theresa may is battling on, standing by her plan for brexit — maybe against all the odds. but what happens next? well, let's say mrs may wins. that may look unlikelyjust now, but if parliament approves her plan, britain leaves on schedule on march 29th — an unexpected triumph for mrs may. at this stage, it seems more probable that she loses. her conservative critics may then try, again, to force a vote of confidence in her and, either way, labour will look at tabling a vote of confidence in the government. that would be hard to win — tories and the dup would have to vote for it. meanwhile, unless mrs may manages to somehow get a better deal in brussels, the uk would be on course to leave the eu with no deal at all. but the idea of what brexiteers sometimes called a clean brexit is just not that simple any more. mps voted yesterday to give themselves power to decide the country's next steps if mrs may is defeated, and there's no majority in parliament for a no—deal brexit. so

in a moment we'll speak to our deputy political editor john pienaar in downing street.ondent damian grammaticas in brussels, the eu isn't budging, what chance of theresa may getting anything meaningful out of brussels? i think very little sign that anything is coming in the near future. going into the summit there we re future. going into the summit there were some countries, jaechlty, austria, that were open to the idea of looking at this. what seems to have happened when theresa may addressed the eu leaders last night for about an hour, a group of countries took a tougher land — ireland, france and belgium and they felt that the uk was not being clear enough when theresa may was asking for a trade deal by a specific date, they seem to have asked what sort of trade deal, do you want to be in a customs union, they said the answer was not clear, so they could not commit to something that would tie their hands. and there is another problem, these countries look at the political situation in the uk and they are worried, they feel if they give concessions at this stage that

here's our deputy political editor jon pienaar with more on what might happen next.ed to cabinet colleagues and advisers urging herto to cabinet colleagues and advisers urging her to delay the vote. why? that is easy. the sign is she was facing a crushing defeat in the commons, the deal could leave her uk locked into eu rules. the dup also hate the idea of northern ireland being tied even closer than mainland britain for the sake of avoiding a hardline border. there are tory remainers who say there is no point leaving the eu only to follow its rules with no say in writing them. now theresa may is off to brussels. what is next? the political perils facing theresa may are still there, still waiting. her cabinet is split and some ministers want openly what they call manage no deal. leave the eu before any trade deals in place but with time to prepare and avoid as much disruption as possible. critics insist leaving with no deal would carry a heavy economic price. others in the cabinet want a softer brexit, the norway solution, with free movement of people, though with so

our deputy political editorjohn pienaar looks at what may lie ahead for the prime minister in the weekso keep up. how did cabinet brexiteer michael gove see the future? can she carry on? of course. former remainer amber rudd thought so as well. i certainly hope so. thought so as well. i certainly hope so. i wish her every success today in helping her deliver on some of the questions my colleagues have had. the day after the crisis before, ask who you like because they are all keen to tell us there isa they are all keen to tell us there is a growing feeling the prime minister's brexit plan could well be doomed. what unites me and the hard brexiteers in the house of commons that this plan is as good as dead. it will take a christmas miracle to get something to fly through the house of commons. the prime minister needs to come back with a new plan to appeal on a cross—party basis.“ the plan fails, there is the radical option, and no—deal brexit. the idea splits the cabinet. two of these ministers have quit over the issue. today another minister insisted it cannot and will not happen. no de

here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar. they had no choice.o prepare for brexit with no deal if it came to it. some quite like the idea, though the eurosceptics are backing mrs may's brexit compromise for now. are people right to be afraid of no deal? no deal would not be good for our economy, we should work to get the prime minister's deal over the line. brexiteers can enjoy their christmas, but there will be trouble in the new year and others will fight and no—deal brexit if they have two and buying a seat belt doesn't mean you should crash the car. but time is running out fast before brexit day next march so £2 billion was allocated for customs, security, finding trade deals, letters were going out to companies, tens of thousands telling firms activate your no deal plans. we even heard 3500 troops would be ready to step in if the country needs them. in the commons, critical mps are still waiting to have their say brexit, condemned the idea of no deal, well be brexit secretary insisted there is a better way.|j hope members of this house will

achieve anything more than cosmetic changes to the brexit plan. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaarlt of tonight's confidence vote. stop brexit! they've been demonstrating here for months, rain or shine, for or against brexit, obsessed, maybe. but they are also right to feel brexit is the biggest issue facing britain in decades. bigger than tonight's decision to keep on and not sack theresa may. it's still herjob to try somehow to break their brexit deadlock and tonight the vote was never going to make that easier. theresa may is still facing a deeply divided house of commons, party and cabinet. still struggling to win over brexiteers who fear that the brexit plan could leave the uk trapped inside european union rules indefinitely. some of them sit in cabinet, two walked out since this was filmed and more are potential leadership candidates and today, one brexiteer warned a new deal brexit was still possible and mrs may presumably another leader have to get concessions under brussels or else. it's very difficult to support the deal if we don't get changes to the backstop, i don't th

here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar.ns of them, ordered out to defend and sell mrs may's brexit compromise, to make what may be a last stand to save her brexit plan, even save the prime minister herself. among ministers, many privately believe the government should delay the big vote next tuesday, rather than face a crushing defeat. for now, they are making their case around the country, hoping mps listen to worried people and businesses. they will hear those voices saying, we want it sorted, we want this deal accepted because we need to move on as a country both to negotiate a good trading deal for a future with the eu and to deal with the pressing domestic agenda of the nhs, schools, housing and all the other things people want their politicians to focus on. and now tougher warnings from the government of the danger of ending up with no brexit deal at all. up to six months of delays at dover for cross—channel traffic, emergency plans to fast—track and fly in medicines if supplies run short. but the brexiteers are comin

the bbc‘s deputy political editor, john pienaar, joins us now.e of the results, john, this is the big news of the night, she won't lead the tories into another election — does that suggest to you that her position was weaker than we thought? i think it is an acknowledgement of the weakness of her position. i think behind the scenes at westminster, around the conservative party, it has been held for a long while, perhaps ever since the rather disastrous victory of the snap election last year, that they did not want theresa may to lead them through another election and he was always on borrowed time. it was not clear that theresa may saw it that way, but now it is clear that she does agonise that and she is effectively saying that if we can get to the next stage of negotiations, it won't be me, it will be someone else. we have seen motions of no confidence in governments on the floor of the house of commons, where everybody gets a chance to vote and when they lose, governments can fall as a result, but this is not one of these, this is no confidenc

here's our deputy political editorjon pienaar. they had no choice.ke the idea, though the eurosceptics are backing mrs may's brexit compromise for now. are people right to be afraid of no deal? no deal would not be good for our economy, we should work to get the prime minister's deal over the line. brexiteers can enjoy their christmas, but there will be trouble in the new year and others will fight a no—deal brexit if they have to and buying a seat belt doesn't mean you should crash the car. but time is running out fast before brexit day next march so £2 billion was allocated for customs, security, finding trade deals, letters were going out to companies, tens of thousands telling firms activate your no deal plans. we even heard 3,500 troops would be ready to step in if the country needs them. in the commons, critical mps are still waiting to have their say brexit, condemned the idea of no deal, while the brexit secretary insisted there is a better way. i hope members of this house will look again to the risk ofjobs and services in no deal. the risks

our deputy political editorjohn pienaar looks at what may lie ahead for the prime minister in the weeks. it is getting hard to keep up. the drama yesterday was exhausting enough. how did michael gove see the future? did mrs may have one? former remain amber rudd thought so. i certainly hope so, she has the support of the party behind him and i wish her every success today. but the big questions are piling up. firstly about the brexit the wall. the day after the crisis before, ask who you like, that is a growing feeling the brexit planted will be doomed. this plan is as good as dead. it would take a christmas miracle for her to come back with something that would fly through the house of commons. the prime minister needs to tear up her plan and come up needs to tear up her plan and come up with the new one that will appeal oi'i up with the new one that will appeal ona up with the new one that will appeal on a cross—party basis. up with the new one that will appeal on a cross-party basis. if the plan fails where is the radical option of a no—deal brexit. the idea splits the cabinet. two o

our deputy political editorjohn pienaar looks at what may lie ahead for the prime minister in the weeks to keep up. yesterday's drama was exhausting enough. how did cabinet brexiteer michael gove see the future? did mrs may have one? can the pm really carry on, mr gove? of course. former remainer amber rudd thought so too. i certainly hope so. she's got the support of the party behind her. and i wish her every success today in making sure that she delivers on the questions some of my colleagues have had. but the big questions are piling up. firstly about mrs may's brexit deal. the day after the crisis before, ask who you like because they are all keen to tell us there is a growing feeling the prime minister's brexit plan could well be doomed. what unites me and the hard brexiteers in the house of commons is that this plan is as good as dead. it would take a christmas miracle for her to come back with something that wouldfly through the commons. the prime minister needs to tear up her plan and come back with a new one that will appeal on a cross—party basis. if mrs may's plan fails, ther