tim montgomerie, the spanish daily newspaper posed this question rhetorically, i expect.cede anything to a prime minister who lack support back home? indeed. and why should brussels concede anything when perhaps a concession doesn't even guarantee the withdrawal agreement passing. this is the great problem. normally when they come on programmes, we may be ina when they come on programmes, we may be in a mess but they have a clear idea of something that will make a difference, that will take us all forward , difference, that will take us all forward, but i'm getting to the point now where i don't know what the obvious solution is to this problem, and i'm sure brussels things exactly the same. theresa may is sticking doggedly to her withdrawal agreement, but even if she got the legal guarantees she is seeking on the backstop, she called the vote off this week because she was probably 100 votes short. 100 votes, that many? getting a lot of those back, you would even lose the vote on her withdrawal agreement. liam fox was quoted as saying and not even sure cabinet will agree

tim montgomery, thank you very much. climate change conference in poland have continued through the night, with nearly 200 nations trying to agree on how best to tackle rising temperatures around the world. progress has been made, but there are problems over the question of compensating poorer countries for the damage caused by global warming. 0ur environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports from katowice. agreement is continuing to prove elusive in katowice. negotiators worked through the night and into the early morning. the meeting was meant to be held at 10am but that deadline has come and gone and no new text has been prepared and the plenary session that will decide the final outcome of this meeting has not yet been called. there are some sticky issues that are holding things up — one, we understand, to be a dispute over carbon market mechanisms. these are situations where countries want to, say, plant a forest in another country and the question is who gets the carbon credits for that particular effort? there ha

the conservative political commentator tim montgomery speaking to me earlier on.ter zoo. these are updates that we have from david wearing. and you can see at the time these pictures were taken, the smoke was extensive but you could also see fire. the incident was first noticed at around 11:30am this morning by neighbours, who saw the fire and smoke. a large number of emergency ci’ews smoke. a large number of emergency crews turned up and we are told fire engines arrived very quickly. eventually, most of the fire is out but the smoke is continuing. a second smaller fire, we are told, continues to burn. this is the monsoon habitat, the largest indoor zoo monsoon habitat, the largest indoor zoo exhibit in the uk. it is a big space. it is a space that accommodates among other things orangutan and a number of bird species. the important thing to note is that visitors at the monsoon forest habitat were evacuated, as we re forest habitat were evacuated, as were other visitors to the zoo as a precaution. what we are not clear about yet is if any of the animals based in t

who's the director of the think—tank, demos, and the conservative commentator and journalist, tim montgomeriebe surprised by what's dominating the front pages tomorrow, it is theresa may and the prospects of her future as prime minister. with a plot to out the prime minister brewing, postcard snapshots from her whistle—stop tour of europe lead the front of the guardian, with smiles from theresa may as she attempted to find a breakthrough for her deal. but, despite the beaming prime minister, the metro reports that theresa may received a lukewarm reception from eu leaders. and, as the sun shows, even getting stuck in her car before meeting the german chancellor, angela merkel. the financial times quotes president of the european commission, jean claude juncker, who stands firm, saying there is no room for renegotiation. back here, and the daily mail reports that rebellious mps, which it describes as vultures, are preparing to strike with a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. the daily express says plotters are attempting to drive theresa may out of downing street with a barrage of let

and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers polly mckenzie and tim montgomerie willjoinfor the papers. stay with us for that. hello. good evening. welcome to bbc news. four people have died and several people have been injured —— two people have died and several people have been injured in a shooting near a christmas market in the french city of strasbourg. these are the latest pictures we have. the shooting is said to have happened close to a christmas market in one of the central squares. the entire city centre is in lockdown and it has been for three hours at least. one source is reporting that as many as four people have been killed. the french interior ministry confirmed a serious public security incident and urged residents to stay indoors. residents have been urged to stay indoors and, if possible, evacuate the city centre. the gunman has been on the run since the shooting at around 7pm uk time, 8pm local time, and it is alleged shots have been fired and police have cornered him. he isa fired and police have cornered him. he is a 29—year—old man, and his residents

who's the director of the think—tank, demos, and the conservative commentator, and journalist, tim montgomerieook. the one was on the front of most is theresa may. her quick tour of europe is on the front of the independent — with a picture of her meeting mark rutte — the dutch prime minister in the hague earlier this morning. the metro reports that theresa may received a lukewarm reception from eu leaders. the financial times quoting president of the european commission — jean claude juncker —saying there is no room for renegotiation. and despite lots of smiles from the prime minister on the front page of the guardian as she travelled around europe — the threat from mps in her own party looms. the telegraph reveals that former northern ireland secretary — owen paterson — has written to sir graham brady — chair of the 1922 committee — expressing his lack of confidence in the prime minister. the daily mail reports that rebellious mps are preparing to strike with a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. while the times reports that one cabinet ally of the prime minister has told them they

40 and 11:30 tonight we'll be looking at tomorrow's front pages with conservative commentator tim montgomeriee director of the cross—party think—tank demos, polly mackenzie. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. both could be through, both could be out. it's a nail—biting night for liverpool and spurs in the champions league. pep guardiola calls raheem sterling an ‘incredible person‘ after the forward was subjected to alleged racist abuse and the manchester city boss warns that ‘racism is everywhere‘. fewer kick offs than ever at 3pm on the saturday of fa cup third round weekend... is the magic being diluted? also coming up in the programme... a new car... new drivers... the new formula e season starts this weekend. and we‘ve had a closer look at what to expect. hello again. welcome to sportsday. we‘re going to need some calculators over the next couple of days for the final round of matches in the champions league. five of the eight groups have actually been decided... but of the ones that haven‘t, well it could

with me: jeff mcallister, us writer and brodcaster, tim montgomerie, journalist and founder of a websiterown, and thomas kielinger, for many years the german ‘paper die welt‘s man in london, now a biographer of both angela merkel and the queen.

polly mackenzie, who's the director of the think—tank demos, and the conservative commentator, tim montgomeried from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. thank you. but have a look at how things are going. top number in barcelona, with they need to match or better inter milan's results against psv. they are able down. —— they are a goal down. the good news is inter—are losing at home to psv. 20 minutes gone at anfield, liverpool are at home against natalie. they need a victory by two clear goals to be assured of qualification. if paris saint—germain fail to beat red star belgrade, they will go through. it is goal is there. but psg are up one. in group a, atletico and jordan are through to the last 16. —— dortmund are through. all the details are on the bbc sport website. there is one game tonight in the premiership. aberdeen are taking on livingston. the home side character td toss sticks a victory. —— the home side can return to the top six with a victory. manchester city manager pep guardiola has spoken publicly for the first time about the alleged racial abuse that raheem sterling faced at s

with me is the conservative commentator, tim montgomerie.the 1922 committee. speculation was the contest would be monday or tuesday next week. that will allow her to gather momentum. the fact it is so quick that she could get a bounce offered good prime minister's question time performance today: that thing may have favourite quite substantially. assuming that she wins there is a good win and a bad win. what is a good win? i think if she keeps the rebellion under about 100 mp5, i think she keeps the rebellion under about 100 mps, i think downing street will be very pleased. she will have a good two thirds of parliamentary party behind her. i think that really does not just party behind her. i think that really does notjust technically party behind her. i think that really does not just technically for yea rs really does not just technically for years that absolutely four—year settle the contest. if the numbers get much above 100, there will be growing pressure on the cabinet and growing pressure on the cabinet and growing questions to be muc