i think theresa may gave up such as this. i think theresa may gave up a such as this.ong time ago on the idea of no deal and it's one of her biggest blunders to talk so long about the idea that no deal can be better than a bad deal. it's obvious that no deal is the worst possible deal. who it will infuriate is the brexiteers, like jacob rees mogg, and he's got one of these greatest fantasies that we could walk away with no deal. the reality is we can't and if they vote down the theresa may deal in the autumn it will be for parliament to decide what happens next and there will be enormous pressure for theresa may to seek an extension to the article 50 to timeline and potentially keepers in the eu for longer because we've made so little progress in negotiations. talking about deals, let's turn to the times. is there a deal? there may be a deal. this is the deal about the summit, just talk. trump revives home for a peace summit in north korea. what you make of this? the characters involved for a start? it'sjust so absurd. it's entertaining. it would be if no nuclear weapo

and we see theresa may here. cani spread. and we see theresa may here.page of the daily express. front page of the daily express. front page of the express please. theresa may, the power stance. what is this about? george osborne did it as well. i do not know if he was the first one to do it. some conservative... it must be like... laughter every time they do it, there is so much ridicule. do they not read the papers? quite a few pictures of theresa may, knocking about so to choose this one... that was before she was prime minister. there has been a lot of pieces about it in the paper what i have ignored because i found it irritating. i was reading a copy of tesco magazine and and it says a courting to a harvard university study, you boost your testosterone levels by 20% if you stand like that. is that what theresa may wants to do? shoveled off in the legs just went... it was the most curious thing. it looks like you are doing the splits. staying with the daily express, this poll suggests that the paper suggests that theresa may is still ahead of the jer

m does show, as henry suggested, theresa may is fighting fire by the day.promote, disorder close down the integration, because they were saying this could've been me and my family, so she thought that fire on one day, but as henry has said, she has now lost the vote, but as you say, they are really on the case. they sent a letter today, and they had to deny he was holding and they had to deny he was holding a gun to her head, saying i am not jimmy stewart orjohn wayne, i think that was the quote, and she is fighting every battle one day at a time. whatever she decides, she is going to be under massive pressure from the rest of the party. that is the story on the daily telegraph. is this, perhaps, staking out his territory and making it clear that he is going to be an independent thinker. he has one of the great offices of state by theresa may, but that that does not mean he's going to be her replacement. that could be some kind of reform when it comes to getting immigration down to ten thousands, we are seeing an independent secretary. he isn't quite a stro

theresa may is stuck between a rock and a hard place. she doesn't have the leadership skills to force those that might be waivering, on hard exit side, boris johnson or more moderate side of cabinet, phillip hammond, that left the cabinet types to agree to some type of compromise. so this isn't traveling in a straight or zigzag diagonal line from point a to b. it is coming right around in a circle. it is as stagnated i guess, there is a stalemate, stalemated rather as you can possibly imagine a parliamentary system being and it is very hard to see what's going to give. >> jennifer, as we're, when we think about brexit in many ways the issues that brought us here are immigration and trade. and so with this standoff over the customs give us a context of whether the scope of problems that there is, what needs to be addressed and there is what they would like to address. what really needs to be addressed. >> the critical thing on trade front what you do on the border between northern ireland and ireland. i fully agree. when we get a sense co

theresa may is stuck between a rock and a hard place. she doesn't have the kind of leadership skills to force those who might be wavering, either on hard brexit side, boris johnson types, or on the moderate side of the cabinet, the philip hammond, amber rogers just left the cabinet, that type, to agree to a compromise. in aisn't traveling straight, or even a zigzag togonal line from point a point b. this is coming right round in a circle. guess,s stagnated, i there is a stalemate, as much of a stalemate as you could imagine in a parliamentary system. it is hard to imagine to see what is going to give. brexit,we think about in many ways, the issues that brought us here are immigration and trade. customs,standoff over give us a context of whether the scope of problems that need to be addressed, there is what they would like to address, what really needs to be addressed? onnifer: the critical thing trade is, what will you do about the border between northern ireland and ireland? i totally agree, coming back. oh. to get a sense of context, w

although theresa may doesn't wa nt way. although theresa may doesn't want to get involved.ment. well, yes, but she doesn't want to get involved and almost certainly there will be an amendment for another piece of legislation at some point. i think almost certainly parliament will vote to change the abortion laws but what theresa may will hope, and i assume out what theresa may will hope, and i assume our strategy is that she can hold bands and say it was nothing to do with me and parliament made a decision —— hold up our hands. she is in bed with the dup and you can decide if that is statesmanship or not. leadership qualities. the front page of the daily telegraph says use extra funding for tech if the nhs is to survive. why then you cook a soft with this one? —— why don't you kick us with this one? —— why don't you kick us off? you wonder which world jeremy hunt is living in where the extra funds in the nhs can go on anything other than trying to stick everything back together again that fell like it was breaking all through the winter as hospital after hospital declared t

written backs theresa may according to pol —— power stance. the pm forced to crack down on dirty money —— britain backs theresa may. and the picture here, sarah o'connor, sylvester, and windrush citizens who were adversely affected receive an apology yesterday. the daily telegraph also talking about this brexit deal and 60 tory rebels telling the prime minister this customs proposal with the eu could collapse the government. we will be speaking to jacob rees—mogg about that later on bbc breakfast, and a story about higher earners such as doctors and lawyers being significantly more likely to drink alcohol than those

theresa may was asked by labourmp market.r remaining in the european economic area and the single market. we have seen company after company and as an investment in this country which is then morejobs. we do need to ensure that our customers arrangements will meet these three tests i set out earlier, an independent trade policy enabling us to do trade deals around the world, as virtuous as possible border with the eu and no hard border with the eu and no hard border between the united kingdom and ireland. i'm joined by border between the united kingdom and ireland. i'mjoined by stephen hammond and liz kendall and sammy wilson. let's start the single market idea. you have been one of the conservatives pushing. surely mission impossible for the administered to concede this, not least because she has repeatedly said she will not do it but it would ignite a civil war and her party. not necessarily. it was an african that she was asked twice and in truth out twice. a lot of people are looking at the find is love the text and it sa

how do you read theresa may's strength or otherwise?tive, what do you see as her situation here, in the wake of these results, in the wake of her standing in the party, the erg in the conservative party, does she go into this with any strengths? we have a summit injune, just a few weeks away. i don't think anybody in europe thinks theresa may has any strengths. she has shown time and time again that she does not control her party, she does not have an idea, a concept that can work. i think she is a very weak leader and everybody knows that. it is a very strong british high bureaucracy in whitehall, which is working very well with the bureaucracy of the european commission to try to find an agreement on technical terms. i think there will be an agreement. you have these two bureaucrats speaking to each other. but the gap between what the experts, the technical people, the people that know how this works are working on, and what is the political discourse is so huge that i cannot see which way you are going to reconcile this. this is true

to a great degree, an ally for theresa may. javid ? not to a great degree, an ally for theresa may.ree, an ally for theresa may. javid? not so? he is in the middle. it will be a nice balance. it be to see how he fits in in public. —— it will be interesting to see. there is an important meeting coming up. theresa may needs a strong team around her. evidence suggests that he doubted has good support in the uk. ——javid. he will help to bring in the minority base which the conservative party have had trouble with. basically it seems the house of lords is determined to enable parliament to have its say about how we leave the eu. fascinating. the daily telegraph. it, of course, has benjamin netanyahu on it, of course, has benjamin neta nyahu on the it, of course, has benjamin netanyahu on the front page. that is the picture. it is an interesting story. it is notjust the telegraph. reuters and others have it. the chief economist at the bank of england was talking about how they gauge the mood, as it were, what would affect sentiment of consumers, what would affect spending in the uk, and h

may now to have ano challenging theresa may now to have a no compromise brexit following the messageections. that does file on the pressure. at the same time, if she wants to go forward and being able to win votes in cities and in other areas, who may be more remain at have other priorities, that has to be balanced going forward. the daily mail quote borisjohnson going forward. the daily mail quote boris johnson saying going forward. the daily mail quote borisjohnson saying that it clearly shows we need a clean break from brussels. the daily telegraph as saying that this is really a sign that she needs to pursue a no compromise brexit. but i'm going back to before. he said this of a second time the prime minister has gone and to an election with a position to take us out of the single market and the customs union and that his flock. so he says it is flopping. it hasn't worked. and that his flock. so he says it is flopping. it hasn't workedlj and that his flock. so he says it is flopping. it hasn't worked. i think brexit did come up as an issue in this election campaign. i think there

mark: the cloud of gloom supposedly around theresa may's conservative.s in the british government ponder extending the brexit transition. our london bureau chief is here. these local elections meant to be the time for the sitting government is punished for its ills but not so the case. >> that is the headline and we have to be careful about looking too much into them we get a lower turnout here half the amount of people that vote in the general direction. labour party should have been doing better if they are a government in waiting. a lot of these big counts in london, they were staking a claim to did not happen. they lost one counsel in north london to the conservatives. seemingly on a backlash against anti-semitism and their party. the surge of support last year during the election seems to have hit a wall. that is the take away. the two parties are close with the bbc extrapolating what the national vote would be and this results in a hung parliament. britain is very divided. no swing one way or the other. theresa may has to be happier because normall

the personal statistic regarding theresa may is that twice as many people blame theresa may.s caught between a rock and a hard place last week. she couldn‘t speak to violently against the prime minister. and yet, it also left her unable to defend herself because she was having to continue those policies which have been put into place before. now, here we are, these widerfailings, as reported in these widerfailings, as reported in the guardian about these new indefinite leave to remain statistics, chasing targets, clashing with ideologies. we have an ongoing belief in this country that we don‘t, some people think there are not enough resources for people to enjoy, they‘ve think there is not enough space. the government have this traumatic problem where these injustices are being highlighted and lea ked injustices are being highlighted and leaked and all sorts of memos are being leaked, and these two things are clashing. this is what we are getting. this poll, people are concerned about illegal immigration levels, but they want people to be treated properly and the rules to be

theresa may want to break the deal will sink. the likes of jacob rees—mogg to break the deal will sink. this is the likes ofjacob rees—mogg and company, waiting in again. another difficult day for theresa may on brexit. why? she is getting in a cabinet together to discuss what to do about the customs union. you can see the pressure she is under from both sides of this debate. we had this letter that the daily telegraph refers to about rees mogg and about 60 mp5 refers to about rees mogg and about 60 mps within her own party who are saying in effect that the idea of being in line to the customs union is as bad as being in the european union itself. they think it leaves britain with little room for manoeuvre. they say if you are doing that we could bring down the governed. at the same time, she has about a dozen hard—line remainers in the conservative party saying that if you don't do the customs union deal we would properly cited labour to do do you anyway. she is danty she does and dandy she doesn't. —— we will probably side with

when theresa may says that, it's difficult to disagree.r and you said to the car dealer, "i'm definitely going to walk out of this show room with your vehicle. now let's sit down and haggle about the price." i mean, that would be a ridiculous position. so plainly you have to have a bottom line. that said, we should not be aiming at that. we want to have successful, prosperous neighbours. we want the departure terms to be as beneficial as possible to them as well as to us and we're going to have our history and our geography and our economy dictated. we're going to have a continuing relationship with the eu. theresa may has always thought that bridging the divide in her party would deliver the most durable brexit. but, as the final countdown begins, some allies are warning that for a deal to fall into place the prime minister will need to cut free from the noisy outliers in her party. everyone had quietly forgotten about the italian election nearly three months ago, until news came that changed everything. the next italian government may we

the hard brexiteers in theresa may's cabinet don't like it either.bots doing it instead! teams like almost every weekend there is another story, another division in the cabinet about some other aspect of brexit. this one is in the sunday telegraph. there are reported dozen members of the cabinet are lining up to block theresa may's plans for a new customer 's partnership. they wa nt new customer 's partnership. they want a new alternative which involves technology. there is a letter also in this paper signed by activists, which is warning theresa may she has to get it right on brexit, she cannot carry on forging, otherwise the tory party will not be trusted for a generation. the rows go on. i do find the politics poisonous, actually. it looks like there is talk of another leadership challenge. it is the brexit war cabinet on tuesday. it is all boiling over again. this is never—ending. these war cabinets never—ending. these war cabinets never seem never—ending. these war cabinets never seem to never—ending. these war cabinets never seem to come never—

theresa may. row over the government's handling of brexit continued later when labour wanted ministers to reveal all the papers and documents relating to the kind of customs arrangement it might try to negotiate with the eu. labour's spokesman, said parliament needed to know what was going on, because time was running out to come to any kind of agreement with brussels. this is frankly a desperate state of affairs. we are two years on from the referendum, five months away from the deadline on the withdrawal deal, and the government still can't agree on the most basic of issues in relation to brexit, our future customs arrangements. each week we see a new attempt. and each week we see it fail. but theresa may's de facto deputy, david lidington, argued that it would be a mistake to have everything out in the open. the candour of everybody involved, whether ministers or officials, would be affected if they thought the content of their discussions would be disclosed prematurely. and frankly if details

theresa works for the federal government.ou can't possess it, because you are a federal employee, right? >> right. >> but do you have an overriding moral responsibility to your child? if a doctor says it might be able to help, if all your research says it might be able to help, do you help your kid or do you defy your government? >> that is the huge dilemma. because i can't defy my government, because i can't lose my job. but if i have to choose between losing my job or losing my kid? what would any mother do? >> reporter: as far as the parents in virginia travel and as far as that first mother, page figgy, traveled, all these parents say there is farther to go. >> the federal government needs to finally step in and get involved. >> reporter: page figgy is lobbying on capitol hill for a law named after her daughter that would make charlotte's web legal nationally. and all the virginia families are fighting for federal changes as well that would make medical marijuana easier to access and research. we had to face that that thi

today theresa may has written to fatima boudchar. the wife of abdel hakim belhaj, she has a half million pounds settlement. she apologise. he said he had only wa nted apologise. he said he had only wanted an apology. and he said compensation could be limited to £1 as far as he was concerned. there is more to come out? we will have to see what happens with this deal. it shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. at the time britain was an ally of gaddafi and has a role of handing them over. it is one of those stories that shows you how quickly foreign policy can change. more questions about what was involved about how many others this might have happened to. there are other cases that have been settled in the past, where there is a similar situation but the next stage will be the intelligence and security select committee is supposed to look at it again. we do not know if jack straw will have to a nswer not know if jack straw will have to answer questions from them and we have yet to hear from tony blair, prime minister at the t

this was the first stop for theresa may today as she came here to wandsworth.ldn't say it was a celebration, it was more relief for conservative activists. it was pretty close and they came close to losing the council to no overall control. they did actually lose eight seats here and wandsworth as a

theresa may surely can't have imagined it would be quite this tough. debbie abrahams as shadow work and pensions secretary, after investigating allegations of workplace bullying. ms abrahams, the mp for oldham east and saddleworth, rejected the allegations and said the investigation had not been fair or independent. rail companies are launching a consultation to try to make buying a train ticket simpler and fairer. the rail delivery group, which represents railfirms, says there are some 55 million different fare combinations in the current system, and it admits that customers aren't always offered the cheapest fare available. our transport correspondent victoria fritz reports. crowded, expensive, and the busiest in europe, and with 55 million different types of fares on britain's railways, it is little wonder that two thirds of passengers aren't even sure if they've bought the right ticket. i'm very confused as to what to pick. so if it's simplified, maybe journey byjourney, and it's made easier tojust pick where you're going. i do think that there is

theresa may concedes on tight to custom union until irish border resolved. customs union and the whole of the uk would. already, senior eu officials scratching their heads about whether this is a good idea. senior officials have been scratching their heads about every particular proposal that she has come up with so proposal that she has come up with so far. whether it's this idea or the customs partnership to does not seem to be any kind of enthusiasm from that side of the tunnel for any of it. i think we can dissipate the response from the brexiteers and the tory party to this one. the idea that the whole of the uk would have to stay and because the dup says we don't want to be treated differently in northern ireland from the rest of the country. this is not the final proposal anyway. this is only the one that we don't have to use anyway. that's another question altogether is how they will get resolved. that's one of the problems. the issue here is a backstop its better than what the eu we re backstop its better than what the eu were proposing which was

just cathedral, where the prime minister, theresa may, hasjust arrived, and has just theresa may, hasjustived, and has just gone in to the cathedral ahead of this national service of commemoration that is taking place to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. ialso to mark the first anniversary of the manchester arena bombing. i also saw the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, andi the mayor of manchester, andy burnham, and i can see the dean of the cathedral outside greeting those guests who are arriving. i spoke to him earlier. he talked about the tone of the service, about how he had worked to put it together, working with the families of the victims on this service, and he talks about the faith leaders, the various faith leaders who will be taking part today, expressing the solidarity of the community here in manchester. he said it was so important that the message went out that we will not be divided. joining me now is our news correspondent colin paterson. we have covered many times since that dreadful night, the evolving mood in manchester. a very sombre mood in

the times leads with the warning from a united nations expert that theresa may's immigration policies and the guardian leads with the same story. we can go to nigel and jo, beginning with the telegraph, hmrc says customs pine is not viable. notjust borisjohnson who thinks the customs partnership is crazy —— borisjohnson who thinks the customs partnership is crazy -- customs plan. the taxman does as well, the trouble is europe has said no to both brands which are on the table. we are still in this strange situation of arguing amongst ourselves and what the eu says is both are not workable and when you start delving into them, the customs partnership, that means collecting duties on behalf of the eu and some rather complex method of refunding goods which are for british consumption, then you have the other option which seems to be untested technology and at the moment you can see why the eu is worried, that neither of these things look as if they are going to work. but it looks like the tech option is going to be the winner because most of the brexiteers in cabinet say that is the best

theresa may theresa may is currently negotiating with the two sides, but whatever she does, it has gotthe question for theresa may as can she come up with some sort of compromise that will please all sides. one of the things i would like to ask you, helena, here is a picture of three politicians who are normally on the same side. we have got nick clegg, nicky morgan of the conservative party and david miliband, a former labour foreign secretary. different parties, one goal. they want a soft brexit, and they came together to promote it earlier. have a listen. the truth about the referendum campaign is that a lot of the issues that have been raised me last two yea rs we re that have been raised me last two yea rs were not that have been raised me last two years were not evident in the course of the campaign. what brexit and means in terms of the irish border was not evident. we have some somehow find ourselves in a situation in this country where if anybody dares to query what the referendum vote means or to voice their concerns, they are immediately labelled as a mutineer, a saboteur or

a hostile environment which was the key phrase theresa may used la st was the key phrase theresa mayst week. very non—british to call it that. these are big stats. staying with this thing, the front of the telegraph. michael gove launching an attack. a letter that has been leak which he sent his fellow cabinet ministers last week. it all centres on, ostensibly on the chancellor being accused of blocking green brexit proposals which cost problems for the eu withdrawal bill. michael gove let us not forget turning to a full environmentalist which it surprised people, brought in all sorts of things like banning ivory sales, bigger penalties for plastic bottles, bigger penalties for animal cruelty, bent on harming bees and things like that. he has adopted a reforming zeal there recognise some of the policies and the powers and abilities he has to present himself as a consumer friendly and public friendly reformer... that is not accidental. he is very keen to show his friendly, warmer side to the public. underlying this is his own leadership ambitions. to do magnum pi to ruth davidson's ti

have the tories reached peak theresa may?broadly because of ukip‘s vote collapsing, you could say the tories have made some important games, but once that a vote has gone, it has gone and they need to take big chunks out of each other, labour and the tories, to actually say we are ahead broadly andi to actually say we are ahead broadly and i don't see that yet. on that theme of ukip‘s vote collapsing, i wa nt to theme of ukip‘s vote collapsing, i want tojoin theme of ukip‘s vote collapsing, i want to join andrew sinclair in great yarmouth. nice to see you again. it's a nice sunny day. tell us again. it's a nice sunny day. tell us about great yarmouth and what has been going on. it's all finished and the news from here is a great yarmouth officially moves from being a councillor in no overall control toa a councillor in no overall control to a council run by the conservatives and the reason the conservatives and the reason the conservatives have ta ken conservatives and the reason the conservatives have taken this council is b

this talk about the guardian, theresa may forced to give mps a single market boat.uropean economic area now, mps will have a chance to vote on whether we stay in all the come out. what you want to say about that? there's a lot i can say about that, not necessarily all of it on the television. european economic area, a watered—down version of the single market. that is the vote that is now in place. there is growing relu cta nce is now in place. there is growing reluctance to brexit in general. we know there wasn't a lot of support within mps but there seems to be problem after problem after problem. for me, it looks like theresa may's position when it comes to brexit is becoming more difficult on a daily basis. there really seems to be a reluctance, whether it's a relu cta nce reluctance, whether it's a reluctance to brexit in general or four theresa may in the current tory government to lead us through brexit but this vote now, opening of a vote in the commons to mps on this european economic area. it blows apart the whole deal. many would argue this is democracy a

and we have to wait 26 years and theresa may canjust we have to wait 26 years and theresa may can justh is fantastic. a cricket club,. and that's the key thing, if you're into cricket you're probably a member. according to our page one, the curse of may. for trees made. according to our page one, the curse of may. fortrees made. i'm according to our page one, the curse of may. for trees made. i'm going to let her off, and set some default. my let her off, and set some default. my husband, will be a lords with our daughter on saturday, and when he gets home, he was a you must be prime minister. just to get in. fast tracking is not controversial. we need... we could do with a few more female prime ministers are the next coming years as well. and finally, and is not a happy finally, but it's quite striking in the story of the generation of #metoo. when it comes to the #metoo legislations and allegations. it's a bit depressing and heartbreaking to see that there is another. who is being accused... why make me as it responded specifically to the allegations, but he has apologised to those w

foreign secretary theresa may must quit the u.k. trading rules as soon as possible. oris: the plan is to come out of the customs union, to get on with that project with all convenient speed. ♪ anna: a very good morning to you. a busy morning already. just past 6:00 in london. is therisk radar, risk prime word. -pacific, not the full story. down 3/10 of a percent. market low into the nikkei down by more than 1% in this morning session. what is happening in turkey? north korea, what can be achieved? italy? olivet questions, reflected in some of the strengths we are's -- all of that reflected in some of the strengths we are seeing in the japanese currency. what is going on with the turkish lira. the dollar is up by 2% against the turkish currency. there are a lot of questions. japanese trading is a big story. than thea bigger story general momentum low we are seeing in the turkish currency? manus: this is a witching hour discussion that has gone on. the lira has proven incredibly important. this has becomes one of those self-fulfilling stop-loss o rders, negative feedba

with me is the conservative mp, theresa villiers.factor in that area. it was a factor, i think. notjust amongst the jewish community but across barnet we pride ourselves on being a diverse borough with a great deal of social cohesion. the fact that labour have this problem with anti—semitism which they are dealing with was a concern for many residents, whatever faith or cultural background they come from. also, i think residents didn't want to trust the radical left with their bin collections, their roads and pavements. this was a local election about local issues. i think this will be an extremely difficult result for labour across the board. if they were in a position to be challenging for power at westminster, they should have been doing a lot better in local elections like this than they clearly did. in truth, if it hadn't been for the anti—semitism row, would we be talking about a conservative run council in barnet? it's hard to answer on that hypothetical question. i think we may have held on in barnet even without the anti—sem

good theresa may end up going down that path and what it work?s now is the director of international trade and competition, a free-market think tank. also joining us is david merritt and kit juckes from socgen stuck around. and we are grateful to him for that. david, let me kick it off with you. there are conflicting reports and the u.k. press about the customs union. what do we know the prime minister wants? david: the prime minister once a compromise that will keep not only her cabinet contented. we have warring factions within the cabinet, but also the broader party at large. something she can get through at the whole of parliament when they've made it clear they will be voting for their own proposals or a new customs union with the european union. she has a difficult task ahead, and we have had the inner cabinet breaking up without agreement in the last few weeks. this current proposal seems to be a compromise to really do further problem further. it is not a solution to what the future customs relationship will be, but it defers the ultimate

with a rare bounce in her step theresa may popped up on a mini tour of london and the west midlands. of the black country, and if the tories can do well in urban areas of the west midlands they can start to rebuild their reputation as more of a national party. here they benefited from the collapse in the ukip vote but they will need to appeal far more wisely and deeper than that if they are going to regain their parliamentary majority. it has been a good performance but it is just a start, we still have work to do and we're not taking anything for granted. we have got to do the work to win back areas like trafford and plymouth but also regain seats from labour in london, where people did not think we would do so well, so this is just stage one. jeremy corbyn travelled to the land of drake in a city which has been known to reflect the national mood. ukip have collapsed across the country and we have gained plymouth and we have also put out our vote in places and gained wards in places we have never done before. but overall the labour performance fell well below the party's hopes and i

theresa may has slowly come to that approach and hopefully the eu side can reciprocate.good news in the paper, and some good news in the paper, and some news in the last couple of hours that the team accure british nationals who were kidnapped in the congo have been released. this was a gorilla trekking holiday that went wrong. the two british nationals. they have now been released. but it is not clear how that came to be. the report notes that we don't know if it was down to negotiations, a ransom, to force, and they have given the statement basically saying an indirect statement saying, we feel good now but we don't want to comment further. there was very little information could a sort of thank you and we are very relieved. you said there was more information but there isn't! we got the names but there isn't! we got the names but interim is of the circumstances, very little. —— in terms of the circumstances. they have got three reporters on this story is perhaps there is more inside but the interesting thing is they don't know why. it does not do much for gorilla trek

theresa may said this lunchtime that the uk would leave the customs union.political correspondent ben wright. the uk exports half its goods to the eu. the government is hunting around for a solution and is under political pressure to choose a new customs arrangement. why, withjust six months to go before a draft brexit deal is signed off, are the government still considering options that we all know are not feasible? we will be leaving the customs union, we want to ensure we can have an independent trade policy. we also want to ensure that we deliver, we are committed to delivering on our commitment of no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, and ensuring we have as frictionless trade as possible with the european union. there are a number of ways in which that can be delivered. there certainly are. one idea being discussed is a plan for the uk to collect tariffs on the eu's behalf at airports and ports. known as the customs partnership, it has been met with scorn by brexiteers in theresa may's own party. the customs partnership does not in the e

will officially leave furthermore british prime minister theresa may made clear that she would not seek permanent membership in the european single market or the e.u. customs union since that time there have been myriad negotiations and back and forth related to trade between the e.u. and u.k. and immigration issues among many others the entire circumstances created many challenges and here to bring us up to speed is a brit herself for which the founder and c.e.o. of strong mark hillary thank you so is a delight to have you here we really appreciate it so bring us up to date on where we stand are we still at march next year for them leaving and what are the set the table for us. thank you and yes just to make sure that i've jewels that isn't british and american but that we're very happy for that by the thank you very much but let's look at it i think we can look at it big picture to stop it i think we could look at a historical example if we look at the number that millennium bug when everybody was panicking and of course the media there was lots of talk about that but everybody dealt.

what does theresa may do with that?ad and is still dealing with the brexiteers thinking the deal is done. she has got to get a domestic retail offer ready for the 2022 election, that is a long way away, they have the time. you don't think she will fight it? i don't but i think she will be prime minister until after the transition deal, that is her personal aim. every few months, there is a crisis where we all think, is she finished? she always bounces back. she is an incredibly resilient politician and is one of the few politicians, i have written about this today, who has gotten virtually no friends and allies within her own downing street operation. she lost some. when fiona hill and timothy went, she lost some very closed advisors and never really replace them with people she can trust 100%. she hasn't got cabinet ministers who she can pick up the phone to and chew the fat of an evening. margaret thatcher said every prime minister needs a willey, she needs quite a few. are we overinterpreting this? there be voices sa

coming up, jerry corbyn and theresa may square rocket pmq corbyn and theresa may square rocket pmo ‘s while in the lords, the government flagship eu bill lords, the government flagship eu b i ll clears lords, the government flagship eu bill clears its final hurdle there. there is anger over the 15 defeats that have been inflicted on it. without any doubt my lords these days will go down in history as the house of lords at its worst. members of the windrush generation speak out about their treatment after being wrongly detained and threatened with deportation. this guy arrested me. what. who are you guys? immigration. and what impact a campaign by actresses have in winning votes for women? it helps open out the idea of having the suffrage movement communicated with the only people who are already on site but the people they want to gather support from. but first, it was another week dominated by cabinet wrangling over brexit and the uk's future customs arrangements with the eu. at the end of the week, the cabinet signed off ona of the week, the cabinet signed off on a backstop plan aim

any move by theresa may would be opposed by her political allies, the democratic unionist, the largest party northern ireland. and us officials in north korea trying to revive the proposed summit between donald trump and kim jong—un. the discussions are thought to be on details of a possible denuclearisation deal. now on bbc news, time for the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, where, after more tough talk on brexit, a conservative mp cuts to the chase. how are the european union negotiations going? as mps debate how to tackle knife and gun violence, a minister points the finger at the uk's growing drugs habit. united kingdom is fast becoming the biggest consumer of cocaine in europe. after yet more appointments to the lords and a row over cutting the size of the commons, i've been talking to two experts on how we ended up with such a super—sized parliament. and is it time to ban puppy sales via pet shops and dealers? poor hygiene standards throughout the chain frequently mean that many puppies are infected with bacteria, viruses and parasites that,

ministers force theresa may to think again about her preferred option for customs arrangements with the eu after brexit. cambridge analytica — the british company linked to the facebook data scandal — is closing down. the boss of tsb has apologised for the it error that left thousands of customers unable to access their bank accounts online, and says he won't take his £2 million bonus. and on newsnight, the speaker of the houseis and on newsnight, the speaker of the house is forced to defend his position as there is an investigation into allegations of bullying made on this programme. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the lives of as many as 270 women in england may have been cut short because they were not sent an invitation to their final routine screening for breast cancer. that was the revelation by the health secretaryjeremy hunt, who told mps that a computer error dating back to 2009 meant that nearly half a million women had not been given an appointment. he announced an independent review, apologising for what he called "administrative incompetence", as our health editor hug

theresa may calls donald trump and reaffirms britain's commitment to the iran nuclear deal — the firste they've spoken since america pulled out of the deal. more money for grammar schools in england — the government says it'll mean more choice for parents — labour calls it a vanity project. and on newsnight, the home office changes its policy after a newsnight investigation into students prevented from taking their exams. we will bring you the full story. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has made a significant u—turn over the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire, by agreeing to campaigners‘ demands for a broader and more diverse panel to investigate the circumstances behind the tragedy. the prime minister said two new panel members would now sit alongside a judge for the second part of the investigation, which begins this month. mrs may had previously resisted the idea. 71 people died in the fire in the tower block in west london lastjune. tom symonds reports. right from the start, the inquiry chairman was under pressure. now if i can't satisfy you because you have som

and this also is about theresa may's immigration policies, making the country more races, according to racist. races, according to a report by a un inspector. -- more racist. she has been here, the un special report on racism and xenophobia, a reversal of law at the university of california and she has been on a 12 day tour of britain —— a professor of law. she couldn't have picked a worse time to come with the windrush scandal and the resignation of amber rudd and what she says is pretty damning and something all parties... she says the rotten core of the hostile environment policy dates back to immigration reforms introduced by tony blair in 2006, intensified by subsequent laws. she has put together this whole sense of hate crime having risen starkly since the referendum and the anti—foreigner rhetoric has become normalised and even amongst high—ranking civil servants which is rather worrying. she talks about this hostile environment, not just for irregular immigrants, by which i issue she means “— immigrants, by which i issue she means —— i assume immigrants, by which i issue she me

for theresa may, she looks really weak when she keeps losing votes in the house of lords.s is the vote in the house of commons. there will be a vote in the house of commons and that is whether or not to u.k. should stay in the customs union. here, labor has already said that their position is that the u.k. should stay in the customs union. the question will enough of her own party rebel against her? that would be a crisis. is, will an next government collapse. we have a few months left until leaving day and that would be the worst outcome for the u.k.. julia: hand-in-hand. form of government dysfunction to another dysfunction, minus a government. let's talk about italy. is progress being made for the government or are we looking at some sort of interim solution and fresh elections -- in fresh elections? nina: we are not having much progress in italy, either. [laughter] we discussed how the markets had factored in a messy coalition outcome and since then, the talks have been starting and stalling. the big question on the table was if the two euro skeptic pa rties, those tal