on the assumption of northern ireland being part of the european union, like southern ireland. and suddenly all this changes. and theresa may arrives. she was home secretary, she obviously had security issues with northern ireland but beyond that northern ireland had not been on her radar as a senior politician. and i think she hugely underestimated it. in fairness to david davis and others,... he's the british negotiator. the british brexit secretary in the united kingdom. they are acutely aware of it. they do have logical point in saying that before we know the end agreement, it is very hard to deal with the northern ireland situation because until we know the degree to which free trade is going to apply more widely, you can't deal with this. but, as you know, there is a huge pressure to get some sort of sense. the irish government are not suggesting that we have to have everything glued to the floor before we move onto the next thing. what they're saying is, you've given us all the sort of airy fairy, yes, we all agree that the border has to be... the reassurances. in fact,

we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland. as time ticked on, 20 minutes later, the prime minister broke off her meetings in brussels to phone mrs foster. i understand the dup made it plain they could not support the proposed deal. the precise opposite to the irish leader, who has pushed and pushed, who talked of his shock. i'm surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. i accept that the prime minister has asked for more time, and i know that she faces many challenges. and i acknowledge that she is negotiating in good faith. uk government sources are eager to play down the idea that a deal today was ever a dead cert. but a document had been put together and accepted by officials on both sides. senior politicians here in brussels and in dublin had gone on the record to suggest it was pretty much done. it was only when it became clear that the prime minister's allies found it unpalatable that suddenly the deal was off. there is no question

ireland or northern ireland and the republic. but that is unacceptable either to the dup or the irish. so could the uk align itself entirely with eu rules in certain key areas? no borders, but then we couldn't agreed to buy us chicken. that could scupper our great plans for other trade deals. there is another problem. regulatory alignment is not necessarily enough to avoid any physical borders. for that you might need a customs union or agreeing the same set of external tariffs for goods arriving from non—eu countries. without it, well you are still going to need some customs checks somewhere. of course, the government expects to get it broader deal but even to start talks means a border —based phage. the possibility of northern ireland having different rules from the rest of the uk or the idea of the whole uk aligning itself with the eu good evening. first, get you to comment on what iain duncan smith said? he seems as if to say scrap that if the eu do not move. we are all unionists and the idea that northern ireland was goi

she was home secretary, she obviously had security issues northern ireland but beyond that northern ireland had not been on her radar as a senior politician. and i think she's hugely underestimated. in fairness to david davis and others,... he's the british negotiator. the british brexit secretary in the united kingdom. they are acutely aware of it. they do have logical point in saying that before we know the end agreement, it is very hard to deal with the northern ireland trade is going to apply more widely, you can't deal with this. but, as you know, there is a huge pressure to get some sort of sense. the irish government are not suggesting that we have to have everything glued to the floor before we move onto the next thing. what saying is, you've given us all the sort of airy fairy, yes, we all agree that the border has to be... the reassurances. in fact, there was a british paper produced last august, i think, where they talked about trusted traders in technology and all kind of stuff, which the eu commission described as magical thinking. that was all the government has provided so fa

in northern ireland, there will be no ha rd northern ireland, there will be no hard border, we can guarantee that. we will uphold the belfast agreement. in doing so, we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, praised the prime minister for her "determination" and says the negotiations have been difficult for both sides. i believe we have now made the breakthrough we need. today's result is of course a compromise. it is a result of a long and intense discussion. as in any negotiation, both sides had to listen to each other. boat of the state made earlier today. —— those were the statements. speaking a little earlier now on the bbc‘s daily politics programme, the shadow brexit secretary, welcomed the agreement. it is progress. it has come a bit later than we thought, but it is progress and it was really important that we had the deadline next week because of that had been missed, it would have been another three months before we could have got to that deadline and we do nee

the tricky northern ireland border. we canjoin tricky northern ireland border. we can join christian fraser in brussels. yes, a lot of positivity and optimism around the place in brussels here this morning. i think there was a general feeling that they would find an agreement by the end of play today but that hasn't happened, so we are looking back at where it might have gone wrong. i think probably the british government thought they got an a cce pta ble government thought they got an acceptable form of words that was a cce pta ble acceptable form of words that was acceptable to the irish side. there was an emergency meeting in dublin this morning. there was a press conference scheduled. they were expected to say they were broadly positive about what was in the document but from that point on things seem to unravel. the wording in the document was leaked and then arlene foster apparently held a conversation with the prime minister, in this building behind me, made negotiation, that phone conversation went on for several minutes and then not long after that she

in northern ireland and also what the majority of people think in northern ireland. we are surprised and disappointed they haven't been able to follow through on that agreement but there is still time, and we will continue to work together with the uk government, and of course hand in glove but can the agreement. this was sinn fein's responds. we've said from the beginning that the pact between the dup and the tories in london would end in tears, and so it has. it's just essential that everybody, including the dup, acts in the common good. theresa may has now some hard thinking to do. a deal with the dup versus a deal with the eu. it may not be possible to have both. let's speak now to the bbc‘s former ireland correspondent, denis murray. he's in our belfast newsroom. it does seem somewhat surprising that the prime minister apparently made an offer to the irish government which was always going to be unacceptable to the unionists. well, there are two possibilities there. one is that either theresa may and her diplomats, her team thought it was acceptable to the dem

of northern ireland every. recognizes that because northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. with a land border with a country that will be remaining within the european union that is a set of unique circumstances and indeed all ready unique circumstances and specific solutions for northern ireland there's a single electricity market across the island of ireland for example but i'm confident that we can in negotiating the future trade relationship we can ensure that we both know that won't have a hard border in northern ireland but that we will retain the economic integrity of the single market of the united kingdom. our. good good morning to you both mark started from sky news prime minister could i ask you in simple terms what has changed between monday's lunch and now which allows you to say that deals done now and you couldn't on the monday and the president for you if i may specifically on the european court of justice it was one of the big sticking points the prime minister says now that e.u. citizens

everybody recognizes northern the island -- northern ireland has a land border that will be remaining within the european union. that is a set of unique circumstances. there are already unique circumstances and solutions for northern ireland. there is a single electricity market along the ireland of -- in the island of ireland, for example. i am confident that we can ensure we will not have a hard border in northern ireland. but we will retain the economic integrity of the united kingdom. >> good morning. mark stone from sky news. what has changed between monday's lunch and now which allows you to say a deal is done now and you couldn't on monday? junco, thent prime minister now says that eu citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts. is that correct, and are you happy with that? may: on the first point, as we both said and we stood here on monday, the really couple of issues we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days, but as i said in remarks i've just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the commitment in relation to northern

already unique circumstances and solutions for northern ireland. i am competent that we -- i am confident that we can ensure there will not be a hard border in northern ireland. >> good morning. sky news. prime minister, can i ask you what has changed between monday's lunch and now, which allows you to say a deal is done now and you couldn't on monday? president juncker, specifically on the european court of justice, it was a big sticking point. the prime minister says now that eu citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts. is that correct and are you happy with that? the firstster may: on point, as we both said on monday, there were a couple of issues we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days. as i said in the remarks just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the in relation to northern ireland and the united kingdom. i think that is important and helpful. in the joint report, you will see the commitment to no hard ensurebut also that we we retain the constitutional integrity of economic in

ireland got wind of this and came out publicly demanding northern ireland exit the e.u. on the same terms as the rest of britain and with that to recent may's lunchtime hopes were dashed and was awarded. despite our best efforts and to significant progress we and our teams have made over the past days on the street main move toward issues it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we know have a common understanding on most relevant issues was just to us we open for discussion. for consideration for the negotiation and further discussion as president has said we have had a constructive meeting today both sides have been working hard in good faith we've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made and on many of the issues there is a common understanding but it is clear and it's clear crucially that we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some difference is do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we will c

northern ireland will also leave the e.u. but the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u.k. will replace these invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing one possible solution would be to allow northern ireland to stay in the e.u. as customs union after the u.k. laves but that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we have been very clear that northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence what separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government and the barnyard taskforce that united kingdom agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agr

she was home secretary, she obviously had security issues northern ireland but beyond that northern ireland had not been on her radar as a senior politician. and i think she's hugely underestimated. in fairness to david davis and others,... he's the british negotiator. the british brexit secretary in the united kingdom. they are acutely aware of it. they do have logical point in saying that before we know the end agreement, it is very hard to deal with the northern ireland situation because until we know the degree to which free trade is going to apply more widely, you can't deal with this. but, as you know, there is a huge pressure to get some sort of sense. the irish government are not suggesting that we have to have everything glued to the floor before we move onto the next thing. what saying is, you've given us all the sort of airy fairy, yes, we all agree that the border has to be... the reassurances. in fact, there was a british paper produced last august, i think, where they talked about trusted traders in technology and all kind of stuff, which the eu commission described as magical

ireland got wind of this and came out publicly demanding northern ireland exit the e.u. on the same terms as the rest of britain and with that to recent may's lunch time hopes were dashed and was awarded. despite our best efforts and to significant progress we and our teams have made over the past days on the street making we've thought the issues it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we know have a common understanding on most relevant issues was just to us really open for discussion. for consideration for the negotiation and further discussion as president has said we have had a constructive meeting today both sides have been working hard in good faith we've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made and on many of the issues there is a common understanding but it is clear and it's clear crucially that we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident tha

northern ireland will also leave the e.u. but the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u.k. will replace these invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing and one possible solution would be to allow northern ireland to stay in the u.s customs union after the u.k. laves but that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we are being very clear that northern ireland must meet the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government and the buying a task force that the united kingdom agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what wa

northern ireland will also leave the e.u. but the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u.k. will replace these invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing one possible solution would be to allow northern ireland to stay in the u.s customs union after the u.k. laves but that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we are being very clear that northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. the irish negotiation team received confirmation from the british government and the barnyard taskforce that the united kingdom agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was ag

that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we are being very clear in northern ireland mostly the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government on the barnyard taskforce that the united kingdom agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed to earlier today. next week e.u. leaders will meet to decide if enough progress on brics it has been made britain is under huge pressure to make sure the consensus is yes. let's get more on the story with our correspondents standing by in brussels and is in london good morning to you both gary let's start with you. they looked optimistic when they went into this lunch meeting they cam

ireland got wind of this and came out publicly demanding northern ireland exit the e.u. on the same terms as the rest of britain and with that to recent may's lunch time hopes were dashed and no dessert was awarded. despite our best efforts and to significant progress we and our teams have made over the past days on the street main we've told issues it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we know have a common understanding on most relevant issues was just to us we open for discussion. for consideration for the negotiation and further discussion as president has said we have had a constructive meeting today both sides have been working hard in good faith we've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made and on many of the issues there is a common understanding but it is clear and it's clear crucially that we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some difference is do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident tha

well yes it's all about northern ireland and its special status it was suggested that the northern ireland could retain effectively a membership of the single market and the customs union in order to make trade between the republic of ireland which is so crucial for the republic and northern ireland continued to be seamless as it is now but if this is to be the case other parts of the united kingdom might want to have the same and you mentioned scotland as also london for example the london mayor has suggested that london should have a special status so what's going to happen how is this going to play out with in the union this is going to be very very very tricky indeed go back to us in brussels despite the question marks over this deal there seems to be a sense of momentum now to the negotiations last week the two sides were talking about getting close to to a deal on the brakes a divorce bill now there seems to be movement regarding the northern ireland to border who or what has changed whereas always agreements suddenly sprung from. of course part of part of the answer has to be that b

so you wouldn't need that border between northern ireland and ireland either and if that's not possible then at least you try to align the rules of northern ireland to the ones of the european union and you push the border from the inside of ireland to the outside of ireland the problem here of course is and we just saw that in the report that you have the democratic unionist party in northern ireland that is its creation basically its real reason to be is to have the union with the u.k. so having a border between them in northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. is something they will not accept so you know what i'm saying this you realise the goal is clear but how they will get there is completely unclear. but another very contentious issue max has been citizens' rights now both sides are saying citizens' rights will be preserved will deliver a certainty to britain's living in the e.u. and european nationals living in britain. now this seems to be a point where they really did make some progress it appears that the ukase willing to accept jurisdiction of the european court of justice

the future of northern ireland is the main issue. theresa may and jean—claude juncker say good progress has been made but more talks are needed later this week. some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation. this is not a failure. this is the start of the very last run. i am very confident that we will reach agreement in the course of this week. the irish border is the big challenge with the dup saying they'll resist any plans to align northern ireland with the rest of the eu. we have been very clear, northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom.

while northern ireland as part of the u.k. would have to exit britain may have to reintroduce a so-called hard border with customs checks for goods people and services and that's a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers who depend on easy cross border trade. milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards when chains will be as high as ever they are but does at present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is the difficult part in addition agricultural products from northern ireland are heavily subsidized it remains to be seen if the support will continue after breakfast. a major industrial sector depends

ireland and the irish republic would mean northern ireland being treated differently to the rest of the uk. so on tuesday, the brexit secretary came to the commons to update mps. we held further talks in brussels over the past two days, and progress has been made. but we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, however, i believe we are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talk about our future trade relations. mr speaker, what an embarrassment. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos". yesterday morning, number ten was briefing that a deal would be signed. there was high expectation that the prime minister would make a triumphant statement to the house. by tea—time, we had a 49—second press conference saying the deal was off. mr speaker, the government who said they would bring sovereignty back to parliament is now being controlled by someone who is not even a member of this parliament. a government that refuses to give parliament any say in the development and negotiating position has now let tha

in their power not have any border between northern ireland and the u.k. this is for them the most important thing they want to stay close to the u.k. they don't want something like korean if it cajun of island by the backdoor by having northern ireland and the republic be sort of with the same regime but not the u.k. so this is really not a surprise that we had this reaction from the do you peter day and what has happened with this beer get now if recent mayors willing to talk about an exception for northern ireland well can scotland also asked for an exception london can't wondered also ask for an exception isn't this a pandora's box there's been a. yes for sure and i mean they have been asking for nicolas sturgeon the first minute of scotland she came forward immediately and said well if northern ireland gets a special treatment we also want to stay in the single market scotland never wanted to leave the e.u. scotland voted against bracks it and of course london as well london voted against rex it so everybody it will come and make their demands so it's

within northern ireland because there was a growing suspicion among some quarters in northern ireland that this was in fact a big master plan by dublin to achieve a united ireland by stealth to have northern ireland removed from the u.k. and to rejoin the republic as a single country the overall good the t. shirt at the prime minister had said quite specifically that was not harlan's goal and it seems that in the the clarification that have been inserted that the d.p.p. have been convinced that in fact that is not the plans go so nobody's moved but everybody's moved and we don't quite know how as all of you gavin listen good to talk to you thanks so much you. palestinians are calling for a day of rage as angle mounts of the us president donald trump recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel a move sharply criticized by world leaders. dozens of protesters were injured in a wave of protests on thursday israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets in the occupied west bank shops and schools were closed as part of a general strike across the region. the hamas group th

there are some asking why a small northern ireland political party of just ten small northern ireland political party ofjust ten mps is able to call the shots on this. it's not just a question of one political party with ten seats, they have a significance in westminster and it shows the importance of taking seats at westminster. sinn fein don't take their seats at westminster, but we are talking about one of the constituent parts of the uk and when theresa may became prime minister she stood on the steps of downing street and spoke about being the prime minister of great britain and northern ireland. it is part of the uk and deserves similar treatment to the rest of the uk. that's hiving off divergence with the rest of the uk outside the european union and northern ireland locked into the republic and into the eu but with no real say in things would create a second—class situation for northern ireland. jan says, "we were told so many different things that it now seems clear nobody had a clue." emma tweets, "the conservatives haven't a clue. we are being led into a dayser. those in

ireland and across northern england. it is actually a very weak weather front bringing that rain and drizzle. keep the temperature is up but as the cloud breaks in scotland temperatures would do away towards the end overnight, so bitter that chilly start here. the cold air is out in the north sea or more particularly across the new continent. that was our cold air that we had everyone in the week. milder ravers gradually coming down the top. an area of high pressure with a wind is coming in from the atlantic. we stop the chilly start across eastern areas of scotland. sunshine in scotland for a while. writing it up across northern england, through the midlands. apply today for the eastern side and more sunshine around but temperatures will be higher than the south—east. nine or10 will be higher than the south—east. nine or 10 degrees. always buy the dump and cloudy and a bit drizzly across more western parts of the uk. this quiet day. cloud again and sunshine. mild for the time of year, temperatures up to nine or 10 d

the people in northern ireland and people in northern ireland and people in northern ireland and people in the street, anyone with a sta ke people in the street, anyone with a stake in brexit, which is most if not all people, with it being such a big issue for this part of the uk because of that land border, are well aware of the negotiations that have taken place over years to keep the peace process on track and the importance of semantics and language. they are applying the same principles to this deal. many people are now pouring over the text, looking particularly at this phrase, full alignment, and what that could mean. but as the phrase at the centre of this. as chris said, the debate as to what it means is under way. the text says that if there is no trade deal, the uk will fully aligned with the rules of the eu single market and customs union which are necessary to support co—operation between northern ireland and the irish republic as outlined in the good friday peace agreement which ended the troubles in the 1990s. but there is even a difference of opinion as to exactly what

northern ireland will also leave the e.u. but the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u.k. will replace these invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing one possible solution would be to allow northern ireland to stay in the e.u. as customs union off to do carry laves but that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we are being very clear that northern ireland must meet the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed to earlier today. next week e.u. leaders will meet to decide if enough progress on breaks it has been made britain is under huge pressure to make sure the consensus is ye

ireland and given that it is only one party and northern ireland refusing to make its function, time to look at the agreement and see if we can evolve it so in the future the assembly will continue to serve the people of northern ireland. >> the chair of the select committee was not heard and reverential tones but we may have to wait until 2018. mister speaker, i agree with my right honorable friend has said to see government restored. the fact is where the focus needs to remain is why we need to do all we can and injecting further momentum into seeing the executive reestablished and government functioning for people of northern ireland. >> questions for the prime minister. >> question number one. >> the prime minister. may i start, mister speaker by wishing all members of staff a merry christmas and happy new year. my whole house will want to join me sending the warmest christmas messages to all our armed forces stationed overseas. we owe them a great debt of gratitude for the sacrifices they make on our behalf. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to du

we have been very clear northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. so berg it must fosters it has been consistent that line so any deal with ireland granting the north special status was always going to be a problem for teresa mayes. it was always going to be a problem however there was hope here in london that it could be about the wordings and that there could be some compromise however it is a very tough nut to crack because the the d. of p. the unionist for them it's so important that they stay close to the u.k. this is the border that they don't want basically a border around our land around the island of ireland where northern ireland and ireland have some sort of similar negotiations some similar deal with the e.u. but then that would be different from the u.k. because their main objective is to stay close to the u.k. and not come to some sort of well reunification almost if you w

ireland got wind of this and came out publicly demanding northern ireland exit the e.u. on the same terms as the rest of britain and with that to recent may's lunchtime hopes were dashed and no dessert was awarded. despite our best efforts and to significant progress we and our teams have made over the past days on the street main move toward issues it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we know have a common standing on most relevant issues was just to us we open for discussion. for consideration for the negotiation and further discussion as president has said we have had a constructive meeting today both sides have been working hard in good faith we've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made and on many of the issues there is a common understanding but it is clear and it's clear crucially that we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some difference is do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we

if we want to look after northern ireland and if we wa nt look after northern ireland and if we want to treat northern ireland as a full and equal part of the uk, you can't have different rules for them and us. the only way of having a frictionless border seems to me to stay in some kind of customs union, probably the one we are currently in. david davis is saying that we have to have regulatory alignment. the eu wants a level playing field. you can't have countries who are supposed to be trading freely with you suddenly cheating and having different regulations. this also makes the front of the ft. mihir we re makes the front of the ft. mihir were saying people thought of him as a eurosceptic. he was europe minister underjohn major. that was why he was appointed. but your boss, iain duncan smith, has said we may have reached the point where we have to walk away from the talks because there is no way that we in the conservative party, mps there is no way that we in the conservative party, mp5 of his ilk, will accept staying in the customs union, even if you call it something else. th

ireland — but the actual promise there would not be a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. enough to get phase one of the negotiations over the line, and, assuming it gets the nod from the european council next week, to start talks about a trade agreement, rested and refreshed. here's our political editor, nick watt. when everyone else is having fun, breaking up can be so hard, as theresa may discovered at an eu summit last year. or maybe we do have friends after all? at the end of a week of heartache, theresa may finally pulled off a deal with the eu on stage one of the brexit negotiations. sufficient progress has now been made on the three terms of the divorce. i very much welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase, to talk about trade and security, and to discuss the positive and ambitious future relationship. but after monday's humiliation, how did it happen? shortly after ”pm in downing street last night, theresa may finally achieved a breakthrough when she sort of won over the dup in a telephone call with arlene foster. at around midnight, she left down

the future of northern ireland is the main issue. theresa may and jean—claude juncker say good progress has been made but more talks are needed later this week. some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation. this is not a failure. this is the start of the very last run. i am very confident that we will reach agreement in the course of this week. the irish border is the big challenge with the dup saying they'll resist any plans to align northern ireland with the rest of the eu. we have been very clear, northern ireland must leave the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom. what does that mean for this 300 miles of border? what customs posts we re miles of border? what customs posts were generally regarded as a thing of the past. and the irish government says it's surprised and disappointed at the outcome of today's talks. we'll have the latest. also tonight. the us supreme court allows president trump's travel ban against six mainly muslim countries to go into full effect.

in the european union while northern ireland as part of the u.k. would have to exit britain may have to introduce a hard border with customs checks for goods people and services hampering business and hurting the economy and that is a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farm. milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards one change will be as high as ever they are but. those are present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is the difficult part in addition agricultural products from northern ireland are heavily subsidised it remains to be seen if the support will continue after breakfast. a major industrial sector depends on. the

ireland got wind of this and came out publicly demanding northern ireland exit the e.u. on the same terms as the rest of britain and with that theresa may's lunchtime hopes were dashed and no dessert was awarded. despite our best efforts and to significant progress we and our teams have made over the past days on the street making we've told issues it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we know have to come and our standing on most relevant issues was just to us we are open for discussion. for consideration for the negotiation and further discussion as president has said we have had a constructive meeting today both sides have been working hard in good faith we've been negotiating hard and a lot of progress has been made and on many of the issues there is a common understanding but it is clear and it's clear crucially that we want to move forward together but on a couple of issues some difference is do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confiden

a review of services in northern ireland is currently under way. our health correspondent dominic hughes has this special report on the challenges facing patients and those trying to care for them. more than a million people in the uk are living with an eating disorder. a life—threatening mental illness. it's a very destructive disease, like, physically, mentally. it is just absolute torture. student nurse olivia realised she had anorexia while at university. but when she sought help from her gp, she was shocked by a simple lack of understanding. they should know that it is not to do with food, it is to do with maybe some emotional trauma that you went through, or the unhappiness in your life. i cried a lot after that because no one was taking me seriously, you know. there is so much going on in my head and no one is dealing with that. olivia ended up getting help through a private clinic. but in northern ireland where she lives there is a particular issue around how and especially where eating disorders are treated. right now thousands of people

if thatis relationship or northern ireland. if that is not the case then we will look for specific solutions to what are the unique circumstances of northern ireland. everybody recognises that because northern ireland is the only part of the uk with a land border of a country that will remain in the european union, thatis will remain in the european union, that is a set of unique circumstances and there are already unique circumstances and specific solutions for northern ireland. there is racing at electricity —— there is a single electricity market in ireland, for example. iwant there is a single electricity market in ireland, for example. i want to make sure that we won't have a hard border in northern ireland, but we will maintain economic integrity of the united kingdom. that speaker professor of british and irish politics in liverpool. good to have you with us. give us your overall impression of your deal that has been done overnight, bearing in mind it is simply the end of the beginning as one former northern irish se

she's only talking to one party in northern ireland and should be talking to all the parties in northern ireland. she's only reaching out to that one party when she should be reaching out to the labour party, the liberal democrats, the snp. everyone is willing to make compromises in this difficult situation and in parliament of minorities there is the opportunity to reach out to other political parties the way there often is not when you have a majority but it requires a cultural change at westminster. and with devolved administrations, no one party has overall majority and we need a change of culture in westminster. thank very much. there's encouraging news for people with type 2 diabetes — after doctors in newcastle and glasgow carried out a trial on 300 people. they say they have reversed type 2 diabetes in nearly half of the patients who took part and they're calling it a ‘watershed moment'. the treatment involves losing weight — by being restricted to just 800 calories a day for up to five months on an all—liquid diet. the charity diabetes uk says the approach could help mil

the cold air across scotland and northern ireland will move its way to all parts by friday. so, under the influence again of this arctic air mass and that is going to bring some snow. even down to low levels across north and west scotland, northern ireland, wales, even the south—west of england having snow down to low levels. elsewhere, should be dry with sunshine, but it will feel cold with that northerly wind. more details, of course, on the website. that‘s all from me though. bye—bye. hello, it‘s tuesday, it‘s nine o‘clock. i‘m victoria derbyshire, welcome to the programme. 0ut top story today: after one of britain‘s smaller political parties vetoed the pm‘s brexit deal, what might persuade them to back a new agreement on the irish border? a question theresa may needs to find an answer to. . .fast. ‘s government insiders blame a misunderstanding, the dup prepare to play hardball. we‘ll talk to the democratic unionist party, to a conversative leave mp, and to scotland‘s snp. whether you voted leave or remain, what do you think of events over the las

sara and of course that border issue i mean we're talking about northern ireland and ireland it is going to have a huge impact on the economy of northern ireland which let's remember that is primarily based on agriculture if britain is no longer a member of the e.u. it is no longer automatically part of the customs arrangements and that means that ireland and britain might have to reintroduce customs controls along the border and that is a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers. milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards one change will be as high as ever they are but. does that present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is a difficult part in addition agricu

the republic of ireland and northern ireland. as unionists they said they couldn‘t accept that. so the dup have been involved in negotiations the week in westminster. the westminster leader has been meeting the government at whitehall and other senior mps and overnight the dup leader arlene foster had a series of phone calls with the prime minister. she has been speaking this morning. there have been changes right throughout the text and indeed we believe there have been six substantial changes. we are pleased to see those changes because for me it means there is no red line down the irish sea and we have a very clear confirmation that the entirety of the united kingdom is leaving the european union, even the single market, leaving the customs union, and i think that's a very important statement now. so in general the dup field that their concerns have been dealt with, but they didn‘t get everything they wanted. in fact, they say they still think they would have liked to have seen more progress on the think they would have li

single market in customs union between ireland the northern ireland put that one you know in your mind for a second then scroll down to the power part of the joint report which has another sentence that says they'll be no new regulatory barriers between northern ireland or the rest of the u.k. now if you put those two together. i mean is there not doesn't this mean that basically if northern ireland is in the single market and the customs union them by default the rest of the u.k. must be in two if there's no barrier between northern ireland or any kind of difference for enormous us the u.k. . well your analysis is correct and spot on and the devil will be in the detail with regard to that but that's going to be your usual in for executives with me having little and i mean are people one of them both sides we are about. yeah well yeah well i think the key point here is i was listening to michael gove on the radio this morning and it's very clear now that the british government has opted for a softer form of exit from the town was in visit for instance last week or was being spoken abou

ireland and the irish republic would mean northern ireland being treated differently to the rest of the uk. so on tuesday, the brexit secretary came to the commons to update mps. we held further talks in brussels over the past two days and progress has been made. we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, however, i believe we are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talk about our future trade relations. mr speaker, what an embarrassment. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos." yesterday morning, number ten was briefing that a deal would be signed. there was high expectation that the prime minister would make a triumphant statement to the house. by tea—time, we had a 49—second press conference saying the deal was off. mr speaker, the government who said they would bring sovereignty back to parliament is now being controlled by someone who is not even a member of this parliament. a government that refuses to give parliament any say in the development in of the negotiating position, has now let t

in the european union while northern ireland as part of the u.k. would have to exit as you can see on your screen britain may have to reintroduce a so-called hard border with customs checks for goods people and services that will be a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers who depend on easy cross border trade . milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards won't change they'll be as high as ever they are but. those are present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is the difficult part in addition agricultural products from northern ireland are heavily subsidised it remains to be seen if the support will continue after break

in northern ireland, we will guarantee there will be no hard border. we will uphold the belfast agreement. and in doing so we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. we have taken time this week to strengthen and clarify this part of the agreement, following discussions with unionists in northern ireland and across the u.k. the taoiseach and i spoke yesterday and we both committed that there should be no barriers. i believe this agreement delivers that. to underline the importance, i am writing to the people of northern ireland to set out our approach. millions of jobs depend on the future trading relationship we will determine. i am optimistic about discussions ahead. in the meantime, reaching this agreement now ensures businesses will be able to make investment decisions based on an implementation period that offers welcome certainty. i will be seeing president tusk shortly and i look forward to the publication of his guideline. i also look forward to next week's european council meeting where i hope

elsewhere across scotland, far north of northern ireland, gusts up far north of northern ireland, gusts up to 70 miles an which could cause issues. heavy rain moving south and east this morning with strong winds, that will clear and ease, the strongest winds in the north of scotla nd strongest winds in the north of scotland will continue into this afternoon. increasingly turning much colder as the rain clears away. snow across northern scotland with the strong winds, blizzards over the higher ground. snow showers in northern ireland, north—west england and wales and the midlands. tonight, as the air gets colder, higher risk of the snow falling to low levels by tomorrow morning. ice risk again in northern parts. temperatures in the south staying above freezing. tomorrow morning, quite a bit of snow falling even to low levels in mid—wales, west midlands, north wales, wintry flurries into central and southern england, . wales, wintry flurries into central and southern england,. by the end of the day, 15—20 centimetres of snow. it will feel cold. feeling like —6 in the north of scot

it would send northern ireland on a different path to the rest of the uk. clearly, the text that we were shown very late yesterday morning did not translate what we had been told in general conversations into reality. would you be willing to see the deal fail? we don't want to see the talks fail. we don't want to see an outcome where there's no deal. we want to see a sensible brexit. it's not a done deal, never too late. yesterday's collapse provoked arguments on all sides, with some believing scotland, wales or some sectors of the economy should all get special status now. in dublin, one clear message: no budging. clinging to the agreement that the north and south would mirror each others‘ rules and regulations in future. the ball is in london's court. the prime minister and the european commission, the negotiating teams, have asked for more time. i understand that the prime minister is managing many difficulties. number 10 still believes it could be back on by the end of the week. sorted certainly by christmas. but the failure yesterday meant a barrage

and guaranteeing no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland then move on to negotiations about future trade relations we get an expert view in just a moment but first this report both sides are calling it a brics a breakthrough capping off a week of drama purchased prime ministers to resume a arrived early at the european commission her goal saving the talks on her country's exit from the e.u. a short meeting with european commission president followed and then the two emerged to make the big announcement. we've been able to make sufficient progress to ensure that we can now move into the second phase of the negotiation between the united kingdom and the european union of twenty six. that. may and june to say there's been progress on a major stumbling block how to manage the future border between the u.k.'s northern ireland and the ease republic of ireland has been a particularly tricky subjects many fear a hard border separating the two with border guards could plunge the north back into turmoil by undermining the belfast agreement it ended decades of sectar