"we can fix these issues" mr raab writes, before suggesting...e the uk remain in the single market and customs union into 2021 but, mr raab adds, we must have finality to any backstop — something thus far the eu has been unwilling to countenance. meanwhile as placards are dismantled and banners folded up, the people's vote campaign say it is beginning what it calls a nation—wide fight to persuade mps there should be another referendum — an idea the government has strongly rejected. chris mason, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent, tom barton.. correspondent, tom barton. we saw those protesters there but the government says no chance of a second vote or a second referendum? so how are they going to solve this impasse here which we've known about for a while but dominic raab suggests there may be extending the transition period? a possible solution. the government is stuck between a rock and too hard places, aren't they? the immovable might of the eu, those protesters on one side and then this third aspect of brew brexit mps and cam

mr raab told the bbc a short extension of "three months or so" was a possible alternative.month transition phase had been expected to end in december 2020 — but lengthening it was floated as an idea during last week's eu summit. the idea angered leave—supporting mps. our political correspondent, tom barton, has been explaining what a possible extension could look like. at the eu summit this week, the idea of potentially extending that transition period, during which basically nothing changes, for a little while, might be one way of getting through these negotiations. the problem is, the eu have always said they also want a backstop on the northern ireland question. irrespective of whether that transition period is extendable. today, dominic raab has been saying that actually he thinks it should be one of the other. but if the transition period is extended, that should be instead of a backstop. earlier on andrew marr he explained how he thinks that would work. if you look at the evidence john thompson, head of the hmrc, gave, he said we could resolve the issues around the bo

"we can fix these issues," mr raab writes, before suggesting...eriod of a few months as an alternative for the backstop. this would see the uk remain in the single market and customs union into 2021 but, mr raab adds, we must have finality to any backstop — something thus far the eu has been unwilling to countenance. meanwhile, as placards are dismantled and banners folded up, the people's vote campaign say it is beginning what it calls a nation—wide fight to persuade mps there should be another referendum — an idea the government has strongly rejected. chris mason, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent, tom barton. there was a pretty furious reaction from some conservative mps last week when theresa may suggested he would be willing to extend this transition period by up to a year? what are people saying today? the government is stuck between a rock some of the european union, a hard place for those protesters whistle on the street yesterday, and an even harder place which is theresa may's backbench mps who are in favour of a hardba

are you surprised that we have had to see dominic raab have this dash to see dominic raab have this dashs really is the crunch moment for the uk and the eu. but in fact although we say it is a crunch, and this is the week from hell, soap theresa may, like last week, was the week from hell, this will be others, because actually this could all go on until right up till the real 11 hour which could be 28th of march 2019. we're trying to do this in an orderly fashion, if the european council is to sign off on the divorce, that is the withdrawal agreement which will include those controversial northern ireland backstop, and only then will they start of the about the content of the political declaration, which is not legally binding, which will give us some not legally binding, which will give us some indication of what the future relationships between the eu and the uk will look like. one of the hard choices that theresa may will have to make is the type of deal that you will finally present? the stumbling block at the moment is of course the northern ireland border. there are two totally inc

it isjust expect a dominic raab to turn up at a moment like this.that it wasn't in the diary and we didn't get lots of forewarning. the 27 remaining member states of the eu have been kept just remaining member states of the eu have been keptjust as much in the dark as we have about the brexit negotiations because it really has just been about the negotiating teams being in that room at the european commission, locked in there for the last week or so. the ambassadors last met on friday night in luxembourg with a message from the european commission that things are the european commission that things a re really the european commission that things are really sensitive and wait and see and we will tell you when there is news. so all of these diplomats from across europe basically been told the thing that we have been told. but the invitation of that is that there is news now and the logic, as you say, is that the heads of government dinner is on wednesday ahead of the summit on thursday. is the sense in brussels that we are reaching the point at which

we would remain indefinitely in this, it would drag on and on, that is what theresa may and dominic raabave gone out to say, we need something different, wheat and end point if we are going to have this transition. we don't want to be in a position where it just goes we don't want to be in a position where itjust goes on and on. a few members of the cabinet, a significant number, unhappy about the prospect, and what has happened today, dominic raab has gone out there to say, the deal you were putting forward, potentially going to be agreed in the middle of this week, is not acceptable in its current form, precisely because the backstop problem has not been

the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the transition period — but onlythe eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop‘, guaranteeing no hard border in ireland in all circumstances. a woman has been killed in a suspected gas explosion that destroyed a flat in north—west london overnight — around a0 people were asked to leave their homes as a precaution. the duke and duchess of sussex continue their royal tour in australia — but kensington palace says the duchess won't be attending other engagements today. before the papers — sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine downes. good morning. lewis hamilton could wrap up his fifth world title at the us grand prix in texas later today. he only needs eight points more than sebastian vettel to win the title and he has the advantage of starting the us grand prix from pole as nick parrott reports. some sporting rivalries can be better but this one is cordial. bitter but this one is cordial. it would appear that the briton is to win a fifth world title in texas — in the lone

mr raab says an extension would only be for around three months. politics correspondent tom barton reports. a day after hundreds of thousands of anti—brexit campaigners took to the streets to call for another referendum, today, the focus is back on theresa may. suggestions that a leadership challenge could be imminent, backbenchers warning that her administration cannot function. but as brexit negotiations intensified, a warning from the man in charge of speaking to the eu that the conservative party needs to pull together. we are at the end stage of the negotiation. i think there is understandable jitters on all sides of this debate. we need to hold our nerve. the end is in sight in terms of the good deal, the prize we want, a good deal with the eu. and i think colleagues should wait and see what that looks like. it won't be a question of a fait accompli. dominic raab suggested that a proposed extension to the transition period could last for around three months, but that the eu would need to drop demands for a backstop over the irish border. and

this afternoon, the brexit secondary, dominic raab, secretary, dominic raab, made a flying visit to brusselsn? well, it was unannounced but not unexpected, because the way these brexit talks have worked throughout the process is that the officials and civil servants get so far and then their political masters have to sweep in either to sort out the outstanding issues or to get the deal across the line of. i‘m told dominic raab was not here for a victory lap, and this was actually a real, proper, substantive negotiating session, and that‘s because this northern ireland share issue, the so—called backstop, the backup plan for avoiding a hard border, is still a real sticking point. now, the 27 ambassadors from the remaining eu countries are having a meeting just over there right now, where they will get updated on progress. some people the mood music in some areas is good, others being a bit gloomy saying northern ireland is still really tricky. is this real, is it tactical? i honestly don‘t know, i think we will find out in the next few days, there is a summit on wednesday. much return to the

the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about 3 months— but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop' if you think about it, as important as it is, these are the only outstanding issues that really ought to be stumbling blocks. the good news is, actually, on the vast range of other issues we are pretty close to getting there. meanwhile the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer said a car ferry collided with yachts and ran aground in thick fog on the isle of wight. there are no injuries and the red falcon has now been refloated president trump says the united states will pull out of a nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago, because moscow has repeatedly violated the terms. russia has not, unfortunately, honoured the agreement. so, we're going to terminate the agreement. we're going to pull out. prince harry gets a royal hug from one of the invictus games athletes as he goes solo in sydney after kensington palace announced meghan won't be attending engagements today. and comin

face to face talks today, because raab wa nted face talks today, because raab wanted to reiterate the was then ireland cannot be treated differently from the uk and the uk cannot be in a customs union forever where we cannot do trade deals and there is no way out. it was always a temporary arrangement. that is the fear, if it is feared that after we paid our £39 billion, what incentive is there for the european union to bother to give us a good future relationship? that is where we are at and that is why dominic raab decided to go face to face to say this. there is a question of the time limit of being and the customs union. it doesn't have to be a date, and it is clear that ministers are looking at the alternative, saying that this needs to happen, that needs to happen, and the uk can leave, and that is what they have been walking about this afternoon. is there a sense that this could possibly satisfy enough of the more keener supporters of brexit to help theresa may get a deal through parliament? if she manages to get the deal, it would change the dynamic a bit. that is certainly wh

today, dominic raab has been saying that actually he thinks it should be one of the other. period is extended, that should be instead of a backstop. earlier on andrew marr he explained how he thinks that would work.“ you look at the evidence john thompson gave, he said we could resolve the issues around the border with no extra infrastructure, the border in northern ireland. technology has a role to play, and it's something michel barnier has said. what we can't do is allow ourselves to stay indefinitely in that limbo. i think with goodwill and limp on both sides to get this deal over the line. if you think about it, as important as it is, these are the only outstanding issues that should be stumbling blocks. the good news is, actually oi'i blocks. the good news is, actually on the vast range of other issues, we're pretty close to getting there. when he talks about not being stuck in limbo, he said you could either have a situation where we have agreed a way out of it, ideally being triggered by the uk if the uk thinks that extension should end, but he'll say for the first

the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by abouthree months, but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop‘. think about it, as important as it is, these are the only outstanding issues that ought to be stumbling blocks. the good news is, on a range of other issues we are close to getting there. russia criticises president trump's decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty — calling it unacceptable and dangerous. ryanair says it will ban unruly passengers from travel in future — after video shows a man racially abusing a black woman on a flight to sta nsted airport. and, prince harry goes solo in sydney. it comes after kensington palace announced the duke and duchess of sussex are cutting back meghan‘s schedule during their tour of australia. and can lewis hamilton clinch his fifth formula one title tonight in the us grand prix? we'll have full details of that, and the rest of today's sporting action, in sportsday. britain, france and germany have condemned ‘in the strongest possible terms‘ the

here you have dominic raab, interesting in this story, talking about going out there and saying, alsoejected, first the withdrawal, then the new trade arrangements, in other words, and over the money, agree all the withdrawal elements and we still have not got a properly agreed framework for trade in the future, which from our point of view is absolutely critical. that is another area where we have paid into their timetable, trying to agree all those things first, and gone along with that, and yet from our point of view, the crucial thing we always wa nted view, the crucial thing we always wanted was to have a future arrangement for train trading arrangements in the future, there seems to be no greater charity wack clarity at all on how that will be done. all those things are quite interesting. final point, boris johnson, matters as they are... treating us with naked contempt, he says, a big article about this, interesting that he says, the eu is a chess player forking interesting that he says, the eu is a chess playerforking out king interesting that he says, the eu is a chess player

the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about 3 months— but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop' we do not accept this proposition it's that or no deal, and it's notjust us. these are the only outstanding issues. the good news is, actually, on the vast range of other issues, we are close to getting there. the coastguard says that everyone has been accounted for, after an isle of wight car ferry hit at least two yachts while trying to dock at cowes in heavy fog. president trump says the united states will pull out of a nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago — because moscow has repeatedly violated the terms. russia has not, unfortunately, honoured the agreement. so, we're going to terminate the agreement. we're going to pull out. ryanair says it will ban unruly passengers from travel in future, after video shows a man racially abusing a black woman on a flight to stansted airport. and coming up, ryanair says it will ban unruly passengers from travel in future after video ap

dominic raab knows this as well which makes it interesting, him saying this. a critic of the situation, you would say it is a child on a school saying, i would like a hole extension if i get to do fewer questions. an odd situation, and how the —— iwould fewer questions. an odd situation, and how the —— i would like a extension on my home work, a child at school. then getting frustrated at the length of time being taken. correct, a whole host of people believe we should get on with it. whether that is a hard brexit or soft brexit or however, they don't mind but they want a real brexit and as sooi'i as mind but they want a real brexit and as soon as possible. also there are even conservative parliamentary party people, mps not so parliamentary party people, mps not so blase about the consequences of just getting out now, but they are impatient for any progress. theresa may or anyone they replace with, to grasp the ball by its horns and set out clearly what the uk relationship with the eu will be like. theresa may talking about extending a transition does not sat

let's turn to the telegraph, and just to finish off the whole brexit theme, dominic raab.he andrew marr show tomorrow morning, and what he is expected to say is basically outlining the government position, which is should we accept michel barnier‘s proposal to extend the transition period ? michel barnier‘s proposal to extend the transition period? he doesn't wa nt to the transition period? he doesn't want to backstop on the top of that for ireland. and the argument at the moment is all about whether or not it is time—limited, and if time—limited, by how? it is time—limited, and if time-limited, by how? let's go straight to saudi arabia, because i was just talking to a friend earlier, staying with the telegraph, and just below the picture of the duchess of sussex, mps call for saudi officials to be hit with sanctions. how likely is that? pretty unlikely i think. everybody is hedging their bets. we have made £a.2 billion, or sell £a.2 billion in goods, many of which are arms, to saudi arabia, and for years and yea rs saudi arabia, and for years and years and years, successi

we are going straight to dominic raab.will claim. honestly, it would be pathetic if it wasn't so dangerous. underjeremy corbyn, the labour party has now opened the door to reversing brexit, a clear breach of their manifesto promise, a deliberate tactic to wea ken promise, a deliberate tactic to weaken the negotiating position of the uk for their own narrow political gain. applause just imagine for a moment if they succeeded. trust in our democracy would all but vanished. most people, whether they voted to leave or to remain, would see it for what it is, a shameless ruse by an establishment that thinks it has the right to keep asking the same question until it gets the answer it wants. applause and who would benefit? if there is mass disillusionment with the system, then it is the populists, the far left, the outright, who will rea p the far left, the outright, who will reap the reward as they have in other countries where the establishment has ignored people's concerns, where voters have been told their hopes and fears are

is a clear how he can apparently say this, when for example, dominic raab can say that we will not pay that u nless we can say that we will not pay that unless we get a deal? obviously this is problematic for them, and the telegraph story is based on a cabinet meeting today in which they we re cabinet meeting today in which they were delivering

the brexit secretary dominic raab has said he expects a brexit deal to be done by the 21st november.xit select committee, mr raab said he would be happy to appear before the committee when a deal is done, and said he expected the 21st of november to be suitable. our assistant political editor norman smith has the latest. is that a date? it's not, i don't think. the letter sparked frenzied regulation at westminster that he was now confident an agreement could be imminentand was now confident an agreement could be imminent and signed off within the next three weeks after he wrote the next three weeks after he wrote the letter which was incredibly optimistic and upbeat about the negotiations and included as you said this suggestion that he would be happy to appear before the committee once the deal was done and november the 21st should be fine. tonight i have to say those around mr raab are trying to hose the whole idea that there has been some sort of breakthrough in the associations. they are suggesting raab was expressing aspiration that it might be possible to reach some agreement b

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his colleague the brexit secretary, dominic raab, insisted that britain would not be bullied into signing what he called a one—sided deal, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. where is the tories‘ identity? peep up there — is it in that private meeting of tory women, with a glimpse of the prime minister? thank you very much. or is it with hardcore brexiteers, who find plenty of fans here? or is it with the chancellor, pushing gradual moves, in line with tory tradition? we need to have the courage now to regenerate capitalism once again, to pass on something worthwhile to the next generation. that is what being a conservative is all about. applause.

yes, words of support from dominic raab, but there are plenty who are much less kind.ting on brexit sometimes feels like standing in front of a glacier in saying excitedly how fast it is moving. yes in the long term, something significant could be happening, but it doesn't mean it is exciting every single day. after the colour and excitement of some of that march through central london yesterday, today was frankly one of those slower dates. but tomorrow the prime minister will head to the commons to address mps after the eu summit in brussels last week and that suggestion of a potential extension to the transitional period. another couple of visitors to brussels tomorrow, two of our own mps going along to meet the brexit chief negotiator for the eu side and tell him that the prime minister's brexit blueprint doesn't work. but negotiations will continue in brussels at a technical level, not involving ministers. we don't yet know when brexit secretary dominic raab will be back in brussels for negotiations, but he did say today that he held by the end of next month, there

dominic raab has been summoned and he has been reluctant to do that until he has made a deal.tinise you while you are doing the deal. so dominic raab has written back and says i think i can come to you on november 21, it seems a suitable date. he thinks that maybe there will be a deal with the eu by november 21 when in fact he clarified later in the evening on november the 21st was the date that he was thinking would come along. november the 21st was the date that he was thinking would come alongm is interesting and big front page on the daily express as well, as in it, "praise a deal in 21 days of sodom as they wish there was a bridge to deal in 21 days. —— "a brexit deal set in 21 days of. this is what the government really wants to get a sore about. they want the deal done. the eu is way for them to come up with. nicola ken you lead a that jaguar land rover story? jaguar land rover has had a whole host of problems and that they basically have said that they needed to 5p turnaround programme. their party had a plant that will go down to a three day week. they have discussed

earlier, the brexit secretary dominic raab said conservative mps should ‘hold their nerve‘ over negotiationsh the eu and play for the team. saudi arabia says it made a huge and grave mistake in the killing of journalists. and canada host a meeting on ways to reform the organisation, but without the us or china at the table. good morning and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore. investors are keeping an eye on it this week and more than $1 billion in the last week. it is one of the biggest sell—outs since the market opened in 2015. investors we re market opened in 2015. investors were really rattled by the deteriorating relations following the death of the journalists. over the death of the journalists. over the weekend they said that he died inafight the weekend they said that he died in a fight inside the consulate. and that 18 people implicated in his death it will be punished. but before the announcement, dozens of business leaders and foreign officials pulled out of a saudi conference, referred to as, they are spoke to the american cable network and he admitted to the fir

is a clear how he can apparently say this, when for example, dominic raab can say that we will not payhat u nless we can say that we will not pay that unless we get a deal? obviously this is problematic for them, and the telegraph story is based on a cabinet meeting today in which they we re cabinet meeting today in which they were delivering legal advice he received from the treasury, suggesting that you cannot just walk away from things like pensions and projects, eu projects that they sign up projects, eu projects that they sign up to. the telegraph's spin on it is that hammond was reluctant to reach this conclusion, but this is the legal advice he received. but the interesting picture in the context of this is that many levers, particularly the hard brexiteers who are starting to feel that leaving without a deal would be not such a bad thing after all, one of their reasons for wanting to do it that way is because they would not have to pay the £50 billion in the eu, and hammond is not subtly reminding that that is not the case, and that leaving would not only be that for the econom

it was jointly agreed at face—to—face talks between dominic raab and michel barnier weren't necessaryweek's october european council which is the meeting of all the eu national leaders, especially the people who would sign off on any deal. so it suggests the clock is ticking. as if we didn't know that. that there is still the need for some kind of last—minute face to face negotiations to see if a deal can be done. certainly adds to the drama over the next few days. what the substances we will have to wait until we hearfrom the substances we will have to wait until we hear from dominic the substances we will have to wait until we hearfrom dominic raab, hopefully a little later. a 34—year—old british man has been shot dead by a hunter in the french alps. the restaurant owner was riding a mountain bike down a wooded track as a hunting party made its way through nearby woods, according to the local prosecutor. the victim, who has not yet been named, was shot on saturday, and had been living for several years in the town of les gets. the foreign and commonwealth office said they were in to

the telegraph is what we are discussing, the brexit secretary dominic raab says drop backstop or thehe proposal from theresa may last week to potentially extend the period until the uk leads the eu but dominic raab says the uk does not agree to extend the transition period of the eu ditches its demand for a buck stops will talk about that this morning and of course but photograph is the duchess of sussex ata photograph is the duchess of sussex at a ceremony yesterday honouring war heroes at him anzac memorial in sydney. also making the front page of the sunday times, the brexit protests, widely covered on bbc yesterday, one of the photograph on social media as well i'm sure that they talk about the pm and to bring a killing zone, they think she has about 72 hours to convince the wave re rs about 72 hours to convince the waverers in her party to that she has the right to plan for brexit and more from johnny, the mp who described in colourful language where he thought his party was going wrong in terms of the whole approach. the front of the daily mail, pm faces show trial by tory mps

the brexit secretary, dominic raab, has been holding face to face talks with his eu counterpart in brusselsrnment says it's working to resolve several outstanding issues for britain's withdrawal from the eu ahead of a summit this week. in the last few minutes the eu chief negotiator michel barnier, has tweeted, saying that ‘despite intense efforts, some key issues are still open‘, including measures to avoid a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. at home the prime minister is coming under intense pressure from leading brexiteers, with the — former — brexit secretary david davis enouraging a cabinet rebellion against the idea of a temporary arrangement which would see the whole of the uk remaining in the customs union until the irish border issue is resolved. our political correspondent vicki young reports. it's it‘s crunch time for brexit talks and theresa may‘s leadership. she has persuaded, cajoled and argued with eu leaders for 18 months. alaska together in austria ended with angry recriminations. back home, some cabinet members are threatening to quit over her plans. loyal

the headlines: the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about 3 months— but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop', guaranteeing no hard border in all circumstances. the coastguard says that everyone has been accounted for after an isle of wight car ferry hit at least two yachts while trying to dock at cowes in heavy fog. president trump says the united states will pull out of a nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago, because moscow has repeatedly violated the terms. and prince harry gets a royal hug from one of the invictus games athletes as he goes solo in sydney after kensington palace announced meghan won't be attending engagements today. sport, and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. lewis hamilton could wrap up his fifth world title at the us grand prix in texas today. he only needs eight points more than sebastian vettel to win the title and he has the advantage of starting from pole position. i spoke to formula 1 driverjohn watson earlier and ask

have the rock, the apparent immovable force of the european union and so today, we have had dominic raab secretary, writing in the newspaper, suggesting that the extension to the transition period we've been talking about in la st period we've been talking about in last week's eu summit should be a temporary transition, should be instead of rather than a long side backstop to the irish border. now the idea of a transition being temporary is something the eu has consistently refused to acknowledge and so once again it seems the government is left without very much wiggle room. tom, thank you. what the pictures in the paper this morning of march. —— lots of pictures in the paper this morning of that march. the eu has described the death of journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul as "deeply troubling". it comes as pressure grows on the saudi authorities to explain the circumstances surrounding the death of the prominent critic. turkish officials say they have evidence he was murdered but saudi arabia is claiming he died in a fistfight. his colleagues at the washing

. >>> sterling rises on hopes of a brexit break through as british minister dominic raab says it is time for the eu to match britain's pragmatism >> we should stay resolute and focused and i feel confident we will reach a deal this autumn. >>> there's been a bit of soft start to today's trading the stoxx 600 is down more than a tenth of a percent as you can see, if we look at the individual markets behind the numbers, the major indices in europe reflect that the ftse 100 down. the xetra dax in germany is down a quarter percent. in paris, the cac 40 down 0.4% the minute minute is down 0.10 telecoms performing quite well up 1.5%. oil and gas up 1%. tem cal chemicals, technology and household goods down more than 1% the luxury sector is trading lower across the board after morgan stanley downgraded it to underweight. analysts at the investment bank warned it looked stretched citing performance, valuations and positions. there is also a slowdown in chinese consumption trends in the second half, this as lvmh matched forecasts for a 10% rise in revenue the revenues were more than 11 billion eu

but that, mr raab said, could come after an extension to the transition period of three months or so. few months, and, secondly, that we know how we get out of it. and obviously it has the solve the backstop issue so that that falls away then as a possibility. if a deal is done with the eu, it'll need to be approved by parliament. and given some on her own side don't like what's being cooked up by the government, the prime minister might need some labour mps to vote for it. but... we're not going to accept that this argument that it's either my deal or no deal, because on that logic, you would be putting to me that the labour party should back anything that the prime minister brings back. and the slog continues. and it gets noisier by the week. now for the sports news. well, the title race continues. all eyes had been on lewis hamilton at the us grand prix — where he could have taken his fifth world championship title — it wasn't to be for the mercedes driver, but what a dramatic finish in austin. hamilton needed to finish eight points clear of his title rival sebastian vettel, and wi

dominic raab spentjust over one hour with his opposite number michel barnier but there's no deal, yetcretary said this diplomatic dash was a sign of the effort going into the talks. there is no one who is going to be able to negotiate the right deal for britain, better than theresa may. she is battling for britain. this is the crucial stage in the negotiations. we can get there. i believe we will get there. but this is the time to stand rock—solid behind theresa may and back our prime minister to get the best deal for britain. mr hunt has been hosting foreign ministers at his country residence and, on twitter, compared complex brexit talks to a maze. but there's still no way through when it comes to the so—called irish backstop, a way to guarantee no hard border between northern ireland and ireland if a suitable trade arrangement isn't in place. theresa may is suggesting a temporary customs union with the eu for the whole uk. conservative brexiteers insist that that arrangement has to be clearly time—limited. and the former brexit secretary david davis is calling on the cabinet to exe

the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months — but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop‘, guaranteeing no hard border in all circumstances. the coastguard says that everyone has been accounted for, after an isle of wight car ferry hit at least two yachts while trying to dock at cowes in heavy fog. president trump says the united states will pull out of a nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago — because moscow has repeatedly violated the terms. ryanair says it has reported footage to police which shows one of its passengers being racially abusive to a black woman on board a flight to stansted airport. now, joe crowley reveals how the salmon—farming industry's demand for live wrasse has made it the most valuable fish in europe in inside out: south. hello, it is the fish causing a south—west coast gold rush but is everybody taking —— playing fair. never give up, the egyptologist determined to continue and lifetime‘s work. determined to continue and lifetime's wor

the british brexit secretary, dominic raab is to say that britain's willingness to compromise in theaab will today tell the conservative party conference that the government is willing to leave the eu without a deal if necessary. it went to the wire but it looks like we have a new version of nafta. the deadline for negotiations between the us and canada expired half an hour ago. mexico has already agreed to new terms. jonathan charles, director of communications at the european bank of reconstruction and developmentjoins me now. a lot has been happening. so, we do have a deal and it would seem that president trump is confirming it and justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister. but we don't know the detail, do we? no. it looked like it went to the wire. it also looks at it will not be called nafta any more but it looks the kit could he called the us — canada— mexico agreement, a bit of a mouthful. 0ne the us — canada— mexico agreement, a bit of a mouthful. one of the things that seems to have been agreed is that seems to have been agreed is that canada will allow more access to the

but that, mr raab said, could come after an extension to the transition period of three months or so. possible route. but as long as it's short, perhaps a few months, and, secondly, that we know how we get out of it. and obviously it has the solve the backstop issue so that that falls away then as a possibility. if a deal is done with the eu, it'll need to be approved by parliament. and given some on her own side don't like what's being cooked up by the government, the prime minister might need some labour mps to vote for it. but... we're not going to accept that this argument that it's either my deal or no deal, because on that logic, you would be putting to me that the labour party should back anything that the prime minister brings back. and the slog continues. and it gets noisier by the week. tonight we've seen theresa may's article on brexit in the sun newspaper. let's get more from chris mason at westminster. despite all that, she says the finishing line is in sight. yes, that's right, she will appear before mps in the comments tomorrow afternoon, after that summit last week, sh

the headlines: the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transitioneriod by about three months— but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland backstop, guaranteeing no hard border in all circumstances. the coastguard says that everyone has been accounted for, after an isle of wight car ferry hit at least two yachts while trying to dock at cowes in heavy fog. president trump says the united states will pull out of a nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago because moscow has repeatedly violated the terms. ryanair says it will ban unruly passengers from travel in future, after video shows a man racially abusing a black woman on a flight should to sta nsted airport. now on bbc news, the click team is injapan to see the latest gadgets and meet the people who landed a spacecraft on an asteroid. this week, bouncing bots... leaping lights... and hand—springing humans? woman on radio: all systems are ready. ignition. japan has just done something amazing. it has flown a spaceship to a one—kilometre—wide near—earth aster

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dominic raab spentjust over an hour with his opposite number, michel barnier, but there's no deal yetign secretary said this diplomatic dash was a sign of the effort going into talks. she is battling for britain. this is the crucial stage in the negotiations. we can get there. i believe we will get there. but this is the time to stand rock—solid behind theresa may, to back our prime minister to get the best deal for britain. mr hunt's been hosting foreign ministers at his country residence and, on twitter, compared complex brexit talks to a maze. and there's still no way through when it comes to the so—called irish backstop, a way to guarantee no hard border between northern ireland and ireland if a suitable trade arrangement isn't in place. theresa may is suggesting a temporary customs union with the eu for the whole uk. conservative brexiteers insist that arrangement has to be clearly time—limited. the labour leadership is scathing about mrs may's plans. frankly, if she comes back with something which is just a fudge that she's cooked up with brussels, and it doesn't meet our tests,

dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the transition period but only if the eu drops its demand for northern ireland backstop, guaranteeing no hard border in ireland in all circumstances. president trump says the us will pull out of nuclear weapons treaty is signed with russia more than 30 yea rs is signed with russia more than 30 years ago because moscow is signed with russia more than 30 years ago because moscow has repeatedly violated the terms. a woman has been killed in a suspected gas explosion that destroyed a flat in north—west london overnight. around a0 people we re london overnight. around a0 people were asked to leave their homes as a precaution. the duke and duchess of sussex continue their royal tour in australia, but kensington palace says the duchess will not be attending other engagements today. now on bbc news, the grammy award—winning singer tina turner talks to will convert about her five decade—long career. so, tina, you taught mickjagger the pony. can you teach me? i'll try. 0k. what the pony is, it was originated by the original... and we used it as a trav

the brexit secretary dominic raab appears to suggest, some would say, that mps would only be given ad vote. is parliament sovereign? because last night, we heard that the prime minister can't win on a straight vote without fixing the rules. the government have fought at every stage to avoid a vote on a final meaningful deal. mr deputy speaker, this is not a minority dictatorship, this is a parliamentary democracy and parliament is sovereign. this is the most outrageous power grab that's ever been seen by the government. can the leader come back to the house with a statement on the constitution opinion on not allowing an amendable motion and could she do her constitutional duty of being the house's representative in cabinet? she offered some procedural advice. the house will be aware that whether or not debate should be recognised will be in the hands of the house itself, which is the business of a house motion and the form of any such motion will be in the hands of the house itself. which has the power to amend, approve or reject aside motion. but it is also important to recognise th

but in the house of commons, the current brexit secretary, dominic raab, told mps he's confident of reachingwith the eu in the coming months, and said the government should hold its nerve. the uk's white paper proposals is the best way of ensuring there is no friction and avoiding a hard border between ireland and northern ireland and respecting the referendum. these negotiations were always bound to be tough in the final stretch, is all the more reason why we should hold oui’ nerve, the more reason why we should hold our nerve, stay resolute and focused andi our nerve, stay resolute and focused and i remain confident we will reach and i remain confident we will reach a deal this autumn. because it is still in the best interests of the uk and the european union. it is the best way of protecting trade between uk and the eu, protecting jobs on the continent, continuing to operate sea mlessly the continent, continuing to operate seamlessly on security matters, to tackle crime and terrorism, to keep uk and eu citizens safe and it is the best way to avoid a hard border in northern ireland that wo

the brexit secretary, dominic raab. sir philip green, has been named in parliament as the businessman facing newspaper allegations of sexual harassment and bullying. the labour peer lord hain used parliamentary privilege which protects him from legal action to make certain up‘s name public. lord hain said he had been contacted by... someone intimately involved in the case of a powerful businessman using nondisclosure agreements and substantial payments to conceal the truth about serious and repeated sexual harassment, racist abuse, and bullying which is compulsively continuing. i feel it's my duty under parliamentary privilege to name philip green as the individual in question given that the media had been subject to and injunction preventing publication of the full details of the story which is clearly in the public interest. in a statement, sir philip said he was not commenting on anything that has happened in court or her was set in parliament today. he added: "to the extent that it is suggested that i have "been gui

dominic raab rejected that, seen with correct mistress in that little system.to ireland. we still do not know what the government intends to propose to the you do make european union northern ireland. we know led me of what they won't do thatis know led me of what they won't do that is to be thrown over every time to keep it eu pr side. we do not know what is being proposed northern ireland. —— —— to keep the dup onside. canada the secretary of state's attention to what the prime minister said on the sixth of december, when she said no new borders within the united kingdom, the whole of the uk, including northern ireland, will be the customs union and the single market, and on the 17th of december, she agreed that nothing would be done to greet any border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. does he stand by that? because it is to understand that as faras we're because it is to understand that as far as we're concerned, as a democratic unionist party, we will not tolerate any given separates northern ireland from the rest of the united k