david davies said today this isa that. david davies said today this is a pressure exercised from the eu and money is the thing that frightens them the most. he says they are trying to use time against us they are trying to use time against us when it comes to the issue of agreeing how much we will have to pay to leave the eu. what we are saying, ok, you are giving us this normal bill, like when you leave a hotel and you go through it by line. they are saying, give usa through it by line. they are saying, give us a counter. make an offer. we are not doing that. we are going through it line by line and they are finding it difficult because we have got good lawyers. they complained about our two— hour got good lawyers. they complained about our two—hour presentation. we're basically going through it systematically, pragmatically. he wants to put pressure on us. bluntly, i think he looked a bit silly because the plane you were things we have achieved. i like him, i have known him for 20 years but the commission puts itself

and david davis has a logical approach. maybe they have improved in attitudes. the daily mail does not think so. do not treat us mail does not think so. do not treat us with contempt! this is a ludicrous overreaction, this was not a public statement, it was not trash talk, this was a briefing message to the commission. all he was doing was reporting back on the way that david davis has been behaving and all the information that we have had from people who work within the area and working with other ministers, is that he is not doing his homework and that people are anxious about the fact he is not concentrating on the fact he is not concentrating on the task ahead and it is accurate to say he does not seem to think that these negotiations demand his direct involvement. he has never stayed more than a couple of hours before returning to london, he is not in the negotiating room trying to push the negotiating room trying to push the talks forward, it is simply accurate, unfortunately for all of us. accurate, unfortunately for

david davies, brexit negotiator for the uk, they period. david davies, brexit negotiatorfor the uk, they came period. david davies, brexit negotiator for the uk, they came out of the room, michelle barnier said there had been no progress —— barnier. they were arguing about the slow speed of brexit. the leader of the free world react to add impatiently. i can't imagine it is that the forethought of his mind, not when there are the things going on with north korea. but apparently he wants to be able to do a deal with britain by 2020, when he will be going for re—election. you would think, there is the guy that struck the trade deal with britain, that is who we want in the white house. i am not sure. that is slightly troubling. he is pro- brexit, maybe it is about that. i am just guessing. it is all conjecture, none of us can see any rationality in it. interestingly, us business is supposedly positive about us doing a deal. i like the line where it says, the us election in 2020 which mr trump has no guarantee of winning, page four of the

david davis has persuaded, begged michel barnier to show flexibility and imagination and he will come back tomorrow and say, we are not being flexible and we don't have much imagination. we are playing hardball. this is what the guardian is saying. one suspects that a lot of people looking at these negotiations panning out, they might argue that the 27 through michel barnier are not saying anything that they had not telegraphed months ago? equally, it does not feel like the message going the other way is changing either. given the fact that all along david davis said we're going to give them the mother of all frights in terms of changing the timetable and basically, the essence of this, they are talking about going in with the paper to be delivered on northern ireland to say the commission will say you sort it out, it is your problem. whereas david davis has consistently said, we cannot make progress on northern ireland if you are so focused on only talking about the divorce bill and the withdrawal, we want to talk about our future relationship. initially, david davis accepted this ti

while david davis is thrashing out the divorce bill, we have another battle ahead because this week, the great repeal bill will be debated by mps in parliament on thursday. this isa mps in parliament on thursday. this is a mechanism which will take all of that eu legislation and it will convert it into uk law. the reason why this is causing some controversy is because critics of this, opponents of the government, say it is going to give mps a sweeping powers to recalibrate lots of our laws in lots of different ways without proper parliamentary scrutiny. labour is particularly opposing this, saying it will vote against the repeal bill unless changes are made. labour's shadow brexit secretary keir starmer spoke about this today on the andrew marr show, explaining why he is concerned that parliament will be given too much power and not enough oversight. i flagged these points up at the beginning of the summer saying that if you don't address them we will vote against it. we haven't reached that stage yet. i've been very, very clear. whilst we accept the result of the referendum, we are

it must be frustrating for david davis. he's as part of negotiations is not showing your cards, and people are asking for him to do exactly that. and it is 0ctober, to do exactly that. and it is october, the eu commission? yes, that's when the leaders come together and discuss what progress has been made so we can then discuss the trade—off. britain is hoping that the political leaders will be able to talk them round and get some flexibility. the eu can only act in the way the 27 members instruct them to do. i think britain will have to start paying some money. then things might move their way. but i am a pessimist. unlike david davis who is an optimist. chuckles let's turn to the times. there is the possibility of a reshuffle in the possibility of a reshuffle in the air, or maybe not? as a political journalist, the air, or maybe not? as a politicaljournalist, there were always three stories you could write, leadership challenge, reshuffle, when there will be a general election. we have the takeaway one of those two. you

not long ago david davis said this would be the i’ow david davis said this would be the row of the summer. come thejune negotiations the british government rightly associated this would be the structure of the talks. we accepted that injune, i can't see why we changed tune in august, will have to deal with the divorce bill, the rights of eu citizens in the uk and brits living on the continent. and the irish border. once we've made sufficient progress i don't think everything has to be tied down, you can move on to the most important issue, the trading arrangement with eu. the point the eu is making is there hasn't been any progress made on any of those three issues. not substantial enough anyway. david davis doesn't want to let the cat out of the bag in terms of what his negotiating policy is. europe is being tough, we knew they would be, we have to be tough back, don't we? like any negotiation in business, when you negotiate with bosses about your salary, there is posturing on both sides but sooner or later you have to come to an agreement and that will require condom eyes on both sides.

speaking in washington, the brexit secretary david davis says he is a ‘determined optimist‘ about britain's withdrawal of the eu. i believe that a good deal is in the interests of both the united kingdom and the european union and of the entire global community. gas suspends nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport — after a bbc panorama investigation shows officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there. nearly half of young, low—paid parents are struggling to juggle childcare with work and two in five are penalised for asking for flexitime, according to a new survey. also in the next hour: more than 1200 people dead and 41 million affected by monsoon rains. the impact of floods in south asia becomes clearer — an estimated 16 million have been forced from their homes in india, nepal and bangladesh — with a third of bangladesh still under water. president trump is to ask congress for £45 billion to help people affected by storm harvey in texas. the former england captain wayne rooney has been charged with drink—driving. he w

the brexit secretary david davis had this message. the uk is absolutely committed to work through the detail. we are laying out concrete proposals and there are no excuses for standing in the way of progress. it will take pragmatism on both sides to make headway and i hope we can achieve that this week. chris morris is in brussels. did may's speech make a difference? it changed the mood music. i spoke to several european ministers here in brussels and they set the tone of the speech in florence was welcome. but on substance, the problem remains. the eu says it needs more detail. michel barnier said we cannot discuss a transition period formally until we have resolved the financial settlement, eu citizens‘ rights and the irish border. the three things they have been trying to discuss throughout the summer. as you heard from david davies, we have put forward concrete proposals, they we re put forward concrete proposals, they were in the prime minister‘s speech and further delay would be unacceptable. they have been more pragmatic. t

i think david davis, things were still civil and diplomatic. ithink david davis, by refusing to be drawn on liam fox's comments intends it to stay that way. next month we have a deadline the eu has set on there being sufficient progress made on these divorce talks, the withdrawal agreement. david davis hopes by then they will have judged the progress has been made so talks can go onto the next phase of negotiations on this future trade deal. i think david davis's approach is to try to keep things simple then. leila nathoo at westminster. this is bbc news at five — the headlines... cardinal cormac murphy—o'connor, the former archbishop of westminster, has died. gas suspends 9 members of staff, after complaints about conduct at an immigration removal centre at gatwick airport. britain's trade secretary warns that the uk won't be blackmailed into paying a high price to leave the eu. in sport, chris froome has a lead of 59 seconds after today's stage of the welter of espana. eight stages to go as chris froome goes for a double. scotland manager

david davis said both sides were trying to find solutions but it is not clear what they are. what is not being negotiated now is the future trade and security relationship between the uk and the eu, as the talks can only move on when the eu decide that progress has been made to the frustration of david davis and his team. michel barnier, can you define clearly for us, please, the phrase "sufficient progress"? it is very vague. translation: it will take weeks or months before we can say, that there has been is sufficient progress on the principles of this orderly withdrawal. so it may be months before we know what sufficient progress means. tonight, the eu leaders have having an informal dinner to map their future. a future with one less chair at the table. tomorrow, theresa may will have the chance to discuss brexit with angela merkel. and the eu leaders will decide whether or not the brexit talks can move on. the england cricketer ben stokes, widely regarded as the most gifted player of his generation, has been told he won't be considered for international selection until fu

so what exactly is david davis's game? remember this? i've just tendered my resignation from parliament to the treasury. that will trigger a process which will lead to a by—election. the brexit secretary has always been something of a subversive figure who has made a career out of challenging authority, and that's exactly what he's doing now. david davis believes he is successfully undermining the central tenet of michel barnier‘s negotiating strategy, which is that the uk cannot discuss its future trading relationship with the eu until it has cleared up the terms of its departure. david has managed to drop back into the ring, play them at their own game, which is, "but you keep asking about ireland and the borders and the trade arrangements — we can't settle any of that until we settle the trade arrangements. "so we can't discuss anything — let's get to the trade arrangements and then we will know what we can do about the border in northern ireland." and that final bit in the last week has been the big expose to the nonsense of

david davis says they are all tied up, what is your reading of it? i think it is a learning process, and identity building process on the pa rt and identity building process on the part of the uk in the negotiations. because the uk is tied to itself, to its traumatic decision. the eu, on the other hand, is tired, mr barnier is tight, because he has behind him 27 governments, and the european parliament. so it's natural that it ta kes parliament. so it's natural that it takes some time. prime minister made's speech in florence was helpful, and i think that it will have to be the case that, as mr barnier is saying, some things need to be settled before longer term search for a joint identity starts. it's difficult for viewers, i think, to understand where the compromise is going to happen if the uk is still saying, "we can't settle all these questions because they our intimately tied to the kind of relationship we want after brexit." so where is the leeway for compromise there, do you think was that not very much. stop it is important to understand wha

we wait to see whether david davis echoes that, whether david davis echoes that, whether he acknowledges those comments or whether he sticks to what he was planning to say anyway. we will be back there as soon as that begins because that has potential to be quite interesting. it was due to begin about ten minutes go. obviously a slight delay. as soon as it gets under way will we will be back there. until that's each begins let's turn our attention to another main story. the private sector security company gas has suspended nine members of staff from an immigration removal centre near gatwick airport following an investigation by bbc‘s panorama. the programme says it has covert footage recorded at brook house showing officers "mocking, abusing and assaulting" people being held there. well, let's get a taste of the programme being shown on monday. on the front line of britain's fight to control immigration, a secretive world of drugs, violence and abuse. where some foreign nationals are locked up for as long as two years. panorama — undercover: britain's immigration secrets. monday at

david davis. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has brushed aside criticism of president trump's response to the north korea crisis. last week north korea fired a missile overjapan — and on sunday it said it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon that could be loaded on to a long—range missile. the secretive communist state said its sixth nuclear test was a "perfect success". pyongyang said it had tested a hydrogen bomb — a device many times more powerful than an atomic bomb. updating the commons on the situation, borisjohnson set out the gravity of the situation and called for calm diplomacy. the house must be under no illusion that this latest test marks another perilous advance in north korea's nuclear ambitions. in a country blighted by decades of communist economic failure where in the 19905 hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation or reduced to eating grass and leaves to survive, the regime has squandered its resources on building an illegal armoury of nuclear bombs. he h

that is one of the reasons that david davis said at this time to move on. he would like to talk about what we have been talking about in the prime minister ‘s speech and elsewhere, a transition period. a transition period is important and it would ta ke period is important and it would take us from where we are now to a long—term relationship. part of the problem is michel barnier‘s mandate, thatis problem is michel barnier‘s mandate, that is tightly defined by the other 27 countries, does not give them the opportunity to talk about the transition period. david davies said quite pointedly today, let us hope that happens quite soon. there is a sort of october. i expect that point we will not get the green light to move on to talk about change. there isa move on to talk about change. there is a possibility that the other 27 eu countries might decide that that mandate could be changed a bit to talk about the transition process and that would be speed progress. the uk has ambitions to run as efficient and seamless a border as possible when we leave the

do you think you would prefer david davis's or liam fox'sjob?|j would be surprised if he was thinking in those terms, he wants to make a success of being foreign secretary. at this level, he is a newcomer. because he has been well—known, people think he must be experienced, but he has only been a cabinet ministerfor a experienced, but he has only been a cabinet minister for a year, experienced, but he has only been a cabinet ministerfor a year, and i think he will want to do it for several more yea rs think he will want to do it for several more years and show that he is very good at it. as harold macmillan said, you always caught between a cliche and an indiscretion as foreign secretary, no—one plays a blind bit of attention to cliche, but with an indiscretion you can turn the volume up too high. he ought to have several more years in thisjob to show ought to have several more years in this job to show how well he can do it, that he has actually learned he is no stranger to indiscretion, of course — i am just getting the impression that i

davis was upbeat saying the team's had made decisive steps forward but his european counterpart michel barnier warned that more progress was needed before the next phase of talks and trade and a transition period could begin. correspondent covering the stalks and joins me now from brussels. mixed messages there what was your assessment of the fourth round of talks. i would say america the u.k.'s position again today is to some extent a reflection of their negotiating position and that is the key problem is that the current government for off to reason may has to sell to its population and the bracks negotiations as some form of success something that will give them a better deal at the end of these negotiations and that is why david davies again was rather more upbeat about how things went and let's listen what michel barnier the chief negotiator for the e.u. had to say is going to run we have to construct a week yes but we are not yet there in terms of achieving sufficient progress so as you can hear he's a little more. has it and to call this really brock ress and i would say that if

there was some surprise that she had left to it david davis. traditionally when it david davis. traditionally when it comes to the big sort of eu treaties, it is prime ministers who do it. you think ofjohn major, troenl, tony blair they fronted the negotiations. you add mrs may's fate and future is bound up with brexit. and so when you have her own future and how history bound up with this, thatis and how history bound up with this, that is a huge incentive to take a much more hands on role and maybe there is a sense that david davis's having a tough time. she has praised him, but the talks are stuck. maybe a clean pairof him, but the talks are stuck. maybe a clean pair of hands, a different face, a different language. there is a lot of pr about it. i remember being in brussels and saying britain's not come up with a calculation for the deal, but neither had the eu and mr barnier is good at this. we have to recognise, this is a negotiation and what we hear from theresa may today is not herfinal position. this hear from theresa may today is not her final position. this figure of

david davis would be an obvious one do that. and the conservative party would decide when it would be an expedient time for them to change. it is strange when you have the capping of labour party conference going on. at the tory said to be going on their brakes right now. the daily telegraph, speaking about: boris, single minded on brexit. this as allies of philip hammond suggesting that he does not understand the intricacies of leaving the eu. but surely must understand some of them. we do not know who is bidding for boris johnson philip hammond. who are these people? we do not know. but clearly, as i said, backstabbing is being done. i think the row is over when the process, the final process of brexit will be complete. we see this year of 2022, and the world cup is on in that year, so girls ages away. when it is going to happen? ibb truth of it is that there have beena ibb truth of it is that there have been a couple of big stories today. -- i think been a couple of big stories today. —— i think that the truth of it. —�

both david davis and michel barnier described this talk is vital. brittle had wanted the first phase of negotiations to be completed —— britain. that is looking unlikely but mr davies insisted there had been significant steps forward. when i look across the full range of issues to do with our withdrawal from eu, we have made significant progress on issues like mata — security for citizens and visitors, providing reassurance with regards to our mutual financial obligations, and agreeing to some keep its a pause in relation to issues arising from northern ireland and ireland. last week theresa may gave vital speech in florence about brexit. it was more conciliatory, it included an offer that britain would pay its dues to the european union during a two year transition period which would follow our official departure in 2019. and her words seem to have had an impact. departure in 2019. and her words seem to have had an impactlj departure in 2019. and her words seem to have had an impact. i think that it seem to have had an impact. i think thatiti

david davis' line is that it relationship. david davis' line is thatitis relationship. david davis' line is that it is just practical, something to be worked out. starting from a very close point of cooperation. it is just about working at the finer details of the bill. at the moment there is a bit of an impasse. david davis wants to move these talks on, as soon as so to this future relationship, but the eu is adamant we are not making enough progress as of yet in getting the divorce and withdrawal arrangements sorted out first. thank you very much. aid agencies are describing flooding across south asia as one of the worst regional crises in recent years. more than 1,200 people have died in india, bangladesh and nepal, and millions have been affected. many people are sleeping on roadsides and in makeshift shelters. angus crawford reports. once a main street. the only traffic now, makeshift canoes and boats. look at the pole he's using. it almost disappears under the waters. across bangladesh, almost a third of the country has been affected. heavy monsoon rains making th

firstly, the fact both david davis and michel barnier spoke today... it's also worth noting behind the scenes what seems to matter. today almost gentlemanly conduct from michel barnier to say, you go first in a press c0 nfe re nce , barnier to say, you go first in a press conference, you speak about this. usually the eu have led the way. things are significant. they seem way. things are significant. they seem to bejoining way. things are significant. they seem to be joining together slightly. there is still a slight impasse on money and citizens rights and whether the european court of justice will have a say on the 3 million eu citizens in the uk. in three weeks' time the european council summit three weeks' time the european councilsummit in three weeks' time the european council summit in brussels is where the leaders will ultimately decide, is enough sufficient progress on the three issues of the irish border, citizens rights and the brexit bill significant enough to move on. theresa may will be hoping to get new answers, suggestions at least, it i

you've borisjohnson and michael gove, theresa may and david davis. you've an item coming later, with the sparks. they sang, will i get it my way? boris johnson's speech was about, hello, i'm still here. he's been relatively silent on brexit for the last year. it was positioning himself not for the leadership, nick was spot on on that, he wants to play a role in this. so far, he really hasn't. i think it was incredibly ill—timed of him. to do that a week before the prime minister makes her florence speech was appalling. to put that section in about the £350 million. he must have known. i know someone in the telegraph newsroom. within 30 seconds they knew that was their splash. theresa may has no mandate for the hard brexit which she set out injanuary. there are many different kinds of brexit as we know, including being close to the single market and customs union or not. theresa may went to the country and said, i want a mandate for a hard brexit. the country refused to give it to her. she appears to be proceeding down the same path as if she hadn'

for he didn't get on with david davis and he wanted to move?” for he didn't get on with david davis and he wanted to move? i don't know, i can't answer on the personal side but in terms of the way whitehall normally runs it is defaulting back to how it normally operates. normally the secretary ru ns operates. normally the secretary runs the department, the prime minister has her adviser to coordinate across the whole of government. the oddity has been this last year rather than the shape it is now ticking. from the outside, this looks like a dreadful mess at a really crucial time in this country's history? —— the ship —— shape it is now ticking. they have been working on this and they are up to speed. the crucial thing is that the prime minister's speech really marks move forward in the negotiation. that clock is ticking and she really needs some decisions made on the transition and on the money in time for friday. you mentioned the timing. how crucial was that article by borisjohnson, putting out his view on brexit? he has been misqu

the brexit secretary david davis says there have been decisive steps forward. his eu counterpart, michel barnier, agreed that theresa may's earlier keynote speech on brexit had created a new dynamic — but he's still warning that it could be months before the two sides are ready to move on to discussing a future trade deal. from brussels, ben wright reports. the british minister's car is the same. a gag, of course. but the tone of these brexit talks has changed. a month ago, it was fractious and frosty. the divides worldwide. but today, reporting back on the week's negotiations, david davis and his cou nterpa rts negotiations, david davis and his counterparts were conciliatory and for the first time, mr davies spoke first. i believe that thanks to the constructive manner in which both sides have conducted these negotiations, we are making decisive steps forward. our teams worked well together. mr barnier said the two sides managed to find clarity on some points and it does seem that the prime minister's speech in florence last week as help unblock the talks. w

david davis said both sides were trying to find solutions but it is not clear what they are. what is not being negotiated now is the future trade and security relationship between the uk and the eu, as the talks can only move on when the eu decide that progress has been made, to the frustration of david davis and his team. michel barnier, can you define clearly for us, please, the phrase "sufficient progress"? it is very vague. translation: it will take weeks or months before we can say, that there has been is sufficient progress on the principles of this orderly withdrawal. so it may be months before we know what sufficient progress means. tonight, the eu leaders have having an informal dinner to map their future. a future with one less chair at the table. tomorrow, theresa may will have the chance to discuss brexit with angela merkel. and the eu leaders will decide whether or not the brexit talks can move on. ben wright reporting. a three—year—old girl has been appointed as a divine being in kathmandu. she will only be allowed to leave the temple on special occasions. n

today, a defiant david davis said the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. we are basically going through this very systematically, very british way, very pragmatic way of doing it, and of course he's finding it difficult and he wants to put pressure on us which is why the stance this week in the press conference. bluntly, i think it looked a bit silly because there plainly were that things we had achieved... meanwhile, michel barnier has said he does not want to punish or blackmail the uk, but that he will use the opportunity to teach british people and others what leaving the eu means. his remarks were made in an off—camera briefing in which he said there were extremely serious consequences to leaving the single market, and that it could never be better than being a member of the club. on thursday, mps will debate the withdrawal bill, which will convert thousands of eu regulations into british laws, but labour has said it will vote against the bill unless substantial changes are made, warning it could erode rights and freedoms that workers currently enjo

michel barnier david davis speaking in brussels earlier. there are reports of widespread disruption at airports around the world due to a software problem with an international check—in system used by a number of airlines. passengers have reported problems checking in at airports including jon donnison is following the story for us. what exactly is the problem? we are getting reports of delays at a lot of airports. this is not airport specific. it's actually a centralised global operating system run bya centralised global operating system run by a spanish company called amadeus. they represent i think some 90,000 different travel agents, tens of thousands of airline sales offices that are used by more than 435 airlines, so we have problems of delays, checking in at airports, from gatwick to melbourne, singapore, all around the world. i think there will be lots and lots of airports affected because this is not related to the airports themselves, it's this centralised operating system. ok, so some check—in desks at an airport might be fin

|j david davis, to my mind, verges on insulting. sorry about that. i do think there's point that britain is missing, or not appreciating. it's the uk are devoted to leave the european union, and it is to the european union, and it is to the european union's benefits to show that if a large country is going to leave, they leave, there that if a large country is going to leave, there will be consequences. and that's their starting point. i don't the uk appreciates that. what kind of club is this, that says, once you're in, you're in, and if you leave, we're going to punish you? in other words, you leave, we're going to punish you? in otherwords, they you leave, we're going to punish you? in other words, they seem to be taking it very difficult and non—negotiable positions on this to discourage anybody else from saying... but what kind of club is this, we will be in if we have all the benefits, as soon as we see some things we don't like, we decided we re things we don't like, we decided were not good to be in your club and were not good to be in your

david davis was particularly impressed on that divorce bill. there's been so much talk about how much we will have to pay when we leave the eu. there's been speculation in the times today that theresa may has secretly agreed to pay 50 billion, but david davis says that was not true. we have said in terms that the era of big payments to the eu is coming to an end. we will still be paying something, i suspect. we have the issue of all of the space stuff, all of the issues on nuclear research. that is a different matter. we did agree these budgets originally, didn't we? you might say there is more obligation. that's the argument. the european union are saying this is a legal obligation, but we are saying it isn't. in the medium to long term, we are not going to be paying big payments. clearly this eu repeal bill debate is pretty key. absolutely. this is the moment when the government needs to find a way to ta ke the government needs to find a way to take all of that eu legislation and infuse it with uk laws. it's not as easy as doing a big cut and

david davis said both sides were trying to find solutions but it is not clear what they are. what is not being negotiated a is the future trade and security relationship between the uk and the eu, as the talks can only move on when the eu decide that progress has been made to the frustration of david davis and his team. michel barnier, can you define clearly for us, please, the phrase "sufficient progress"? it is very vague? it will take weeks or months before we can say, that there has been is sufficient progress on the principles of this orderly withdrawal. so it may be months before we know what sufficient progress means. tonight, the eu leaders have having an informal dinner to map their future. a future with one less chair at the table. tomorrow, theresa may will have the chance to discuss brexit with angela merkel. and the eu leaders will decide whether or not the brexit talks can move on. one uk official told me he felt that the negotiations got on well this week, knuckling down to business and the compromises coming into focus and the tone warmer. but the eu underscor

in terms of what david davis said today in the commons, nick, what did you pick out from what he had to offer? very important illustration of the old phrase follow the moneyjust if david davis has his way, we will be following the money for the entirety of these two—year negotiations. now, that is not what the eu wants. they want the uk to come to an agreement on the framework in three areas — the divorce bill, the rights of eu citizens who are already here at the point of departure and northern ireland. and what this intervention from david davis today shows is his confidence that he is going to be able to say to the eu, you have a rigid structure and we simply cannot agree the fundamentals on these three points until we know what the overall deal for the future will be. a lot of chat in whitehall how michel barnier, the eu's chief negotiator, carrying out the agreed mandate of the 27 member states, is being rigid and there is a hope, not a belief, that if angela merkel is re—elected in september come we might get a bit more flexibility. brexit may well provide the biggest str

david davis will be hoping thatis move. david davis will be hoping that is the case. there are things to get through, though. let's look at some of the key milestones in the months ahead. the next face—to—face meeting is next week on the 18th of september which has become even more important after a summer of slow progress. david davis is pushing for rolling weekly meetings. we might get more clarity when the crucial german election is out of the way. there are two big leader summits before the end of the year and we can expect a showdown at this one in 0ctober can expect a showdown at this one in october and then there is another one in december will stop if the timetable slips. before this, the final brexit meeting of the year, eu ambassadors meeting on the 20th of december. remember, as time ticks by, business leaders here on the uk are waiting on the sidelines, delaying crucial thing is the coming yea rs. delaying crucial thing is the coming years. how long can they wait? the next three months will be critical in shaping future brexit deal and if it any point

david davis said the uk will continue to meet its international obligations. we have said the era of big payments to the european union is coming to an end. we will still be paying something i suspect. the nhs in england may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout, hospital chiefs are warning. they want up to £350 million to pay for extra staff and more hospital beds to reduce waiting times.

david davis thinks this is alljust pa rt david davis thinks this is alljust part of their negotiating tactics to crank up the pressure on the british government by saying, you have got to go forward with some proposals because otherwise committee will run out of time. mr davis‘s view is away from the big difficult issues like that divorce bill and progress is being made in smaller, technical issues. and in terms of the divorce bill, his view is that is no question of us agreeing a figure for the amount we repaired to pay until we know what we will get in return in terms of a trade deal. in other words, if time is the eu‘s big leader, money is our big lever. but i think his hope is that eventually, the big eu countries will say to their negotiators, let‘s just move on from all this wrangling over the divorce bill and get down to the crucial issue of trade talks because we wa nt crucial issue of trade talks because we want a good trade deal as well. the danger is that this mayjust be wishful thinking. because so far, there is no sign of the eu countries breaking ranks and putting

david davis is the one to watch out for. the bigger picture is — you are right — it was the only answer she could give as the leader of the conservative government, but in national terms, what is this good for if she stays? she is, as many people have commented, she has lost her credibility. she went into an election she did not need to and lost the conservatives seats and ended up with a hung parliament which means that she is too weak, the government is too weak, to legislate. at a time when britain is dealing with brexit, we're dealing economic stagnation, wage stagnation and spiralling costs. we have a government that is ineffectual. they cannot do anything to address very real issues and very real problems. so when we look at her in terms of she says she is doing the responsible thing, and that might be true for her party, because the conservatives don't have another leader otherwise she would be replaced in a flash. they simply do not have anyone to replace her with. it might be good for the party, but what is good

but we are waiting to hear from michel barnier and david davis. it has to be said, the mood music isn't that positive and would suggest there are considerable frustrations within the eu about the uk approach. solicitor we will take you to brussels as soon as they appearfor the you to brussels as soon as they appear for the news conference there. the headlines: the headlines: the shadow brexit secretary says labour could build a new relationship the eu's single market after brexit. labour says it would review contracts signed under the private finance initiative and could end them. right—wing nationalists break through in the german election and vow through in the german election and vow what they call the foreign invasion. hello. well, let's look at what has been happening. not great news. the ftse particularly badly hit. banking stocks doing badly on the ftse. mining stocks also fell. in the us tech stocks have been weighing on the markets over there. let's look at what has been catching the eyes of investors. angela merkel's election victory h

that is a problem for the european union, as they feel burned on the issue of money, and david davis wants to move on to the future before deciding exactly how much and by what means we are to pgy- much and by what means we are to pay. michel barnier says, much and by what means we are to pay. michel barniersays, being frank, and then you pay attention, that there is no credible link between future relationship and the bills that we have to settle in the past there. is no possible link, he repeated it several times. so we have to find a creative way out of that. the money is around but it is how you present it and break that pa rt how you present it and break that part of the deadlock. soa part of the deadlock. so a little less nuance, perhaps. any change of citizens' rights? some. david davis talked about progress, there has been some incremental progress but on this issues, this is about people's real lives, so there was progress on social security payments. but there is an element in the room, that is the enforcement of citizens' rights. britain has made an offer to right any agre

a secret deal worth £50 billion —— david davis. suggestion of a secret deal worth £50 billion -- david davis. there's a suggestion from a highly respected westminster reporter, tim shipman, about, say shenzhen whitehall about about, say shenzhen whitehall about a contentious bill associated with the divorce payment of £50 billion. it could be via a transitional arrangement. the line from downing street couldn't be more clear cut tonight, they say it is simply not true. downing street say they don't recognise it. whatever happens, the government will have to find a way of squaring a circle about how they sell whatever the divorce payment will be because whatever the figure is it won't be an easy figure to sell. buckle up, a busy week and a busy year. certainly. let's have a look at the weather now with nick miller. a weekend of two halves, if today was the sunny day of the two you can guess what's coming tomorrow. this is another look at some of the sunshine we've enjoyed today, the odd shower around parts of east anglia, you may have found yourself under a heavy downpour, most places

davis, westminter‘s main man in the negotiations, and his political mandate to conduct talks. steve, how do you assess progress this week? it has been all about brexit as part of the westminster watchers. what is your assessment of how it's been going and what we have been hearing from both sides? virtually every day there is another twist which conveys first of all, the sheer complexity of what is being undertaken here. the sense that time is running out fast, to meet this two—year deadline, march 2019. and there fast, to meet this two—year deadline, march 20 19. and there are so many oddities to this whole situation. labour's position in the

davis was standing here, and david davis was standing here, andl and david davis was standing here, and i paid a tribute to his professionalism and the competence of the whole of the uk team. and i have nothing further to add on that point. i don't want people to get emotional, but on a less emotive issue, something about facts and figures and the legal base and so on, on the financial settlement, it's a very important issue for the 27 member states and for the parliament. just to recall, ladies and gentlemen, in 2013, the heads of state and government agreed on a multi annual framework, spanning seven years, which sets out the different policies and the expenditure and the way things are going to be financed. and this agreement was signed by the uk prime minister, mr cameron. and we collect resources from each of the member states, that's the system. and this syste m states, that's the system. and this system was ratified by every member parliament, including the uk parliament. so every euro spent has a specific legal base. and if you read our financial settlement position paper, y

do you share, well, it was almost relief from david davis there was any sign of the progress in these talks after so long? i certainly share that but i think that theresa may's speech was encouraging in this respect, so i think progress has been made, this is good news. but there is still a long way to go? that is true. after what michel barnier said today, that it would ta ke barnier said today, that it would take weeks, possibly months before moving on to the next stage, so that theissues moving on to the next stage, so that the issues that are sticky still are the issues that are sticky still are the divorce bill and the citizens' rights, those of the uk and the eu. more progress has been made on citizens' rights in northern ireland, which is reassuring but the trade issues of how northern ireland is to trade with the rest of ireland remains. so yes, still a lot to discuss. that is a huge issue, the role of the european courts ofjustice is too. without settlement, on the key issue, this is an impasse? this is what has been said. without progress here we cannot move to the next step

. >> we have heard from david davis about considerable progress, michel barnier said there is not considerable progress unless there is sufficient progress on northern ireland, citizens rights and that divorce bill there will not be at this

the uk and the eu, david davis and michel barnier, still some way apart after three rounds of talks. a huge sticking point is money. today, mr davis insisted that the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. we are basically going through this very systematically in a very british way, a very pragmatic way, and of course he's finding it difficult and he wants to put pressure on us, which is why the stance this week in the press conference. bluntly, i think it looked silly, because there plainly were things that we have achieved. and yes, there were spiky exchanges between the two men at last week's news conference. mr barnier has since spent the weekend here at a conference on the banks of lake como in italy. he said he does not want to blackmail the uk, but added: there are extremely serious consequences of leaving the single market and it has not been explained to the british people. we intend to teach people what leaving the single market means. the future of europe is more important than brexit. far more important. meanwhile, the rows about leaving the eu r

i was there and david davis, usually tries to stay fairly jovial. whereas michel barnier is a little bit more reserved. but it was clear yesterday, and the atmosphere in the room was palpable, that the two didn't appear to be getting on well in the negotiation rooms before the press conference. there has been some incremental progress on two of the three big issues. one is northern ireland, some small progress there they said yesterday. citizens rights, maybe a little progress. but on the big issue of the financial settlement, the so—called brexit bill, they seem to be incomplete deadlock and not making any progress on that until 0ctober making any progress on that until october at least. it's on that subject that liam fox use the word blackmail today. i think liam subject that liam fox use the word blackmailtoday. i think liam fox is clearly under a bit of pressure at the moment to push back. it was a very aggressive press conference yesterday. you very aggressive press conference yesterday. you saw what michel barnier said, and he accused david

david davis calling one of the negotiators silly. they then come back and hit. i think we need to be grown up. the british were once upon a time frame is, after left the empire, they did it in a gentle manner. could we have some of that? but money is involved... a lot more was involved then. even now, when you return to india, that mountbatten was such a gentleman. terrible things were done by the british when they left but there was a way that they could communicate. what happened to that? i do not find these headlines useful to lama brexit. therefore we do not agree. i would like to see a decent set of negotiations with the european union, mutually beneficial and an inner spirit of cooperation. so to say this... who are these people? i think this is wild speculation. should we be given this running commentary about the negotiations? or should they be behind closed doors and will telling is only when there is something concrete. doors and will telling is only when there is something concretelj doors and will telling is only when there is something concrete. i d

it seems just after the general election it was boris johnson, philip hammond, david davis and amber rudd and basically carving out who was going to do what. and amber rudd and basically carving out who was going to do whatm and amber rudd and basically carving out who was going to do what. in the early hours of the morning. it would've been boris johnson early hours of the morning. it would've been borisjohnson minding the shop. that means the topjob. so prime minister. david davis brexit minister, no surprise there, philip hammond as and amber rudd also it seems involved in that plotting as well. —— philip hammond as chancellor. and this is the fragility of her grip on power, theresa may and how dangerous her position now is and how dangerous the waters are. 24 hours after her florence speech which by many accounts she could have made somewhere in the uk but anyway we gloss over that. the fact is that the trouble is not over, the party co nfe re nce the trouble is not over, the party conference is going to be an opportunity and we have to see what comes out of that. it is very

he said no payments into the eu budget which david davis and philip hammond had been at pains not to rule that out. specific things in the future. even david davis, if you ask him will we still pay into the eu budget after 2019 he will say something like, the eu budget after 2019 he will say something like, that user of large payments to the eu is over, but that is not saying nothing. he is definitively saying nothing, that puts water between him and other members of the cabinets. the financial times, still brexit related, but this is to do with the value of the pound and what we might be looking at in the relatively near future with regard to interest rates. yes, this is a story, the pound has reached its highest level since the aftermath of the brexit vote. heightened expectations that there will be the first interest rate rise in a decade, it could come as early as november. this is because a member of the monetary policy committee has now said that he thinks that an interest rate rise is needed and should come quite soon. that'll be a rise from 0.25%, very historically low rates

david davis has accused the eu of making itself look silly by insisting negotiations are not making progress and dismissed reports the uk is preparing to pay a £50 billion divorce bill. hospital bosses have warned that the nhs in england may suffer its worst winter in recent history if it does not receive an emergency bailout. # are you reeling in the years, stowing away the time... #. walter becker, who co—founded the us band steely dan, has died aged 67. he was the lead guitarist with the group which he formed with his friend donald fagan when they were in their early 20s. those other headlines, it is time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday. all change at the top, lewis hamilton snatches the formula 1 championship lead with a win at the italian grand prix. and still the same at the top, chris froome extends his lead at the vuelta a espana with six stages left. there are just seven races left in this formula one season and lewis hamilton has taken the world championship lead for the first time this year. hamilton won today's italian grand prix after starting the race from a record 69th