the uk, the uk, the uk will not have full control overfishing rights, the eu will continue to decide those. so in many areas the uk has had to come from ice. on the one key issue that is outstanding, so in many areas the uk has had to come from us. on the one key issue that is outstanding, the really big issue at the heart of this, the issue of how to avoid a border between north and southern ireland, the eu has insisted and the uk has agreed today that in the withdrawal agreement will be the eu's third option that northern ireland, part of the uk, remains still under the eu's rules, regulations, custom zone as well, the customs union, if a better solution can't be found. the uk still does not view that as the preferred option, that still has to be sorted out in the negotiations the conditional but at the heart of the agreement, the whole agreement conditional upon getting the sorted before the end of the year, before brexit happens and this agreement has to be in place. fishing opportunities will continue to be negotiated by the european union during a two—year period under the pl

if the uk wants them to come into the country, that is up to the uk. we should control every person that comes into the uk. does anyone disagree? on the opportunity of brexit, the whole of the european economic union is short of seasonal labour. one of the opportunities you mention of a world market is that we could set up a seasonal working scheme that brought seasonal workers in from outside the european union. so there can be benefits to not being in the eu. we will be pressing government to look at this, because even within the european union, there are now non—eu worker schemes in places like poland, portugal and spain to address that issue. as long as we are in this process, we are slightly hamstrung. this is not immigration, this is seasonal work. let's hear from the doctor in the corner. i am a surgical trainee in central london. as a doctor, i am concerned about the negative impact that brexit will have on our national health service. we all know the nhs is overstretched. we haven't got enough staff or enough money coming in. with brexit, we

in the uk. the minicab service, uber, suspends all tests of self—driving cars after a woman in arizona is killed in a collision. doctors take a major step towards curing macular degeneration, the most common form of blindness in the uk. and, following a suspected drink—driving crash, the itv presenter, ant mcpartlin, goes back into treatment and steps down from his television work. coming up on sports day on bbc news, britain's winter pa ralympian coming up on sports day on bbc news, britain's winter paralympian ‘s have returned home having reached their pregames target of seven medals. good evening. britain and the european union have reached broad agreement on a transition period after brexit. but there are still important issues to be resolved. in today's documents, highlighted in green is what's been agreed. in yellow, what's close to agreement. and in white, the parts still being negotiated. agreed so far is that eu citizens arriving in the uk before december 2020 will have the same r

uk at the moment. thank you for joining us. the time is 5:17pm. we have been gauging opinion around the country about what lies ahead. danny savage has been travelling through lincolnshire, east yorkshire, county durham and greater manchester to hear what people think about brexit now. our first port of call on our northern brexit road trip was immingham, a gateway to europe for trade. at the moment, around 60% of our trade on the humber is with the european union. 40% is with the rest of the world. they don't envisage post—brexit chaos here, or at other ports, but last week's agreement on a transition period is very welcome. it does take time to increase the capacity of these systems to make sure trade with the eu can continue to flow smoothly and efficiently, and that of course is why the transition period is so important and so welcome. so a transition period is really important to your business, at least, going forward as brexit happens? absolutely right. from lincolnshire, it was on to guy poski

the uk. 0n fisheries, the commission has been clear that no precedents exist for the sort of access it wants from the uk. the fact is that every free trade agreement has varying market access, depending on the respective interests of the countries involved. if this is cherry picking, every trade arrangement is cherry picking. moreover, with all its neighbours, be you has varying levels of access to the single market, depending on the obligations those neighbours are willing to undertake. —— the eu. but be cherry picking of it we were to seek a deal where rights and obligations work not held in balance. —— if we were cherry picking, or if we were to seek. it is common sense picking, or if we were to seek. it is common sense we picking, or if we were to seek. it is common sense we should work together to deliver the best outcome for both sides. then they start with how we do this for goods. this is the area where the single market is most established and both the eu and uk a achieve the

the uk at the moment. the former leader of ukip and leading brexiteer nigel farage said while he doesn't like the concessions the government has made to the eu in brexit negotiations, he's still happy the uk is leaving. 0ne one year 0ne yearfrom one year from today at 11pm on the 29th of march 2019, we will leave the european treaties after a period of 46 years and we will be an independent free self—governing nation and that is a big day in this nation's history. 0ne nation and that is a big day in this nation's history. one thing for certain, ifelt at nation's history. one thing for certain, i felt at the first time, i listened to people talking about wanting a second referendum, but they are beginning to look ridiculous because the polling is quite clear, 65—70% of people say to the government, just get on with it, we don't want another vote. labour has warned that time is running out to negotiate a good deal with the eu. the parties shadow northern ireland minister tony lloyd warned that the his pa

at next year's summer gathering, the uk will be out of the room. but it is unlikely to find itself a stranger in this town. joining me now is ambassador kurt volker from the mccain institute. he is a former us ambassador to nato and is the us special representative to ukraine. we will discuss the security aspects of this. let us start with the outcome today in brussels. downing street painting this is a great triumph, is it or is this the least you can expect from close friends in a situation like this? the context i put this in is nota uk and europe context but rather europe and russia. what we have seen is that even though it is difficult for europe to agree on sanctions or increasing sanctions, here you have a case where europe decided to take a step together, even if it is only recalling the eu ambassador to moscow. this is an important signal to moscow that europe is looking at this issue and seeing it the way the uk and others are seeing this, which is russia crossing a line and that is significant. you mentioned that sometimes the eu does no

in the uk. it sounds unreasonable. you will get these powers in the end, what is the problem? it is not what is actually happening. the uk government had plenty of time during this process to resolve the issues with the welsh and scottish governments. and the discussions have come to a stalemate at this time. the welsh government has had to set out a continuity bill to try to keep things going because they haven't come to this agreement and that is not the situation we want to be in. we don't want to end up back in the supreme court arguing about these powers. the powers that have been given to scotland and wales have been in place since 1999 and it is established they have powers in those areas and that they would get stuck in westminster and grab back by some ministers is not an acceptable situation. you talked there about these continuity bills, wouldn't everyone be better off trying to sort out and negotiate with the government at westminster rather than going for this nuclear option of havi

with exactly one year before the uk is due to leave the european union, theresa may is touring the uk, pledging to make brexit a "success for everybody". the prime minister has told the bbc that leaving the eu will mean there's extra money available to spend on the nhs and schools. she said she's confident of securing a deal that is good for all parts of the uk and that there's a bright future ahead. our political correspondent chris mason reports. on days like today, heavy with symbolism, politicians like to indulge in their own grand gestures. so the prime minister's hurtling around the country, championing one you knew, the uk, a year before we leave another, the eu. at breakfast time, ata leave another, the eu. at breakfast time, at a weaver‘s imer, by monday morning, a toddler group in newcastle, and an appointment with oui’ newcastle, and an appointment with our political editor laura kuenssberg. of course when we leave the european union, we are no longer going to be spending vast sums of money year in and year out, sending up money year in and year out, sending up money to

so the uk will retaliate. the united kingdom will now expel 23 russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. they have just one week to leave. this was notjust an act of attempted murder in salisbury, norjust an act against the uk. it is an affront to the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons, and it is an affront to the rules—based system on which we and our international partners depend. so, 23 diplomats suspected of being spies have seven days to leave, all high—level contact between the uk and russia is also being suspended, and no minister or member of the royal family will go to the world cup. and some russian state assets could be frozen with possible new laws to crack down on hostile states. blade anger displayed in westminster that this is happening in british streets. —— anger displayed. anger displayed in westminster that this is happening on british streets. in dorset today, the lorry that removed the skripals‘ car, seized. in salisbury, the bench wh

ally. to leave the uk. in the attempted murder. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. to provide an explanation. for the gravity of these events. leaving a morning with no new answers. since the cold war. in europe with sarcasm, contempt and defiance. murder of mr skripal and his daughter. against the united kingdom. so the uk will retaliate. who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. they have just one week to leave. norjust an act against the uk. on which we and our international partners depend. will go to the world cup. with possible new laws to crack down on hostile states. on british streets. in dorset today, the lorry that removed the skripals‘ car, seized. were found still sealed off. in a diplomatic tangle that could last. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. canada and australia all offered support to britain. before deciding on any course of action. jonathan allen. was used in a peaceful city in my country. to whether innocents are caught up in their attacks. back to them, or mistakenly

the uk after brexit and the message from donald tusk here today was that with the current uk redlines, the best he could offer would be a partnership on security, defence, aviation and on security, defence, aviation and on trade the best would be a free trade agreement. he explained what that meant like this. our agreement will not make trade between the uk and the eu frictioness or smoother. —— frictionless. it will make it more complicated and costly for all of us. this is the essence of brexit. a pick and mix approach for a nonmember state is out of the question. we are not going to sacrifice these principles. that is simply not in our interest. to brexit watchers, lots of this will not come as a surprise because it is the sort of thing the eu has been saying for weeks and weeks when they have looked at what the british want but i thought it was interesting when i spoke to donald tusk at news conference, when i asked him, does this come anything close to what the prime minister asked for in her mansion house speech on friday? he gave an incredibly long pause, which suggests he

politically, a good dealfor the uk? politically, a good deal for the uk to dealfor the uk? politically, a good dealfor the uk to have got it dealfor the uk? politically, a good deal for the uk to have got it but looking at the content, you see the uk has given a lot of ground and the terms of the transition are basically in most areas the terms set out by the eu. what it tells you is that in this negotiation, actually, the balance of power lies with the eu. simon, thank you very much. we have got our correspondent in brussels updating us throughout the next few days. let's move to washington now where the white house is expected to announce billions of dollars of tariffs on imported chinese goods later today. it would be the latest move by the trump administration to penalise foreign imports after it targeted steel and aluminum with hefty tariffs earlier this month, raising fears of a global trade war. the bbc‘s kim gittleson in washington reports. here is something you will be hearing a lot about in the coming days, section 301, part of the 1974 us trade law that the tru

in the uk. this road are just about passable. we got here in a four by four and saw huge drifts along the way. most people in this village getting around on foot at the moment. in the early hours of this morning about three people were rescued from a car. they have been stranded in a snow drift not far from here for more than 12 hours and an sos was effectively put out to local people who could get to them. they have since been taken to hospitalfor a they have since been taken to hospital for a checkup. we they have since been taken to hospitalfor a checkup. we are currently on a yellow warning in wales after the red warning subsided in the early hours. the danger is ice, of course it is now snowing again. many, many roads in wales are treacherous, including many main routes. 1a roads closed, not including the country lanes. many of those are not possible. virtually all the schools in wales are closed under the threat of more disruption to come. thank you very much, sian lloyd. we have talked ab

in the uk. the bill has been worked out in the early pa rt the bill has been worked out in the early part of the negotiations as an agreement between brussels and the uk as to what it owes for the next year or so before the eu agrees its next budget. the government will have already factored in the spending to its yearly budget so it isn't going to come as a new charge. the money will already be accounted for as part of government spending. it was a question of how long the uk would go on spending money into the eu budget. another person asks about mobile roaming rates being great for the public and business, will we lose them? we don't know, but it will be subject to negotiation. it will be subject to negotiation. it will be subject to negotiation. it will be up to grab. it was agreed as an eu directive, in force across the european union, that there is a cap on charges that mobile phone companies can make when you use their services in different countries around the eu. that won't apply to the

for the uk. french businesses do worry about brexit, of course, but eu giants, france and germany, believe they gain more from protecting the eu for its members than they lose from weaker trade ties post—brexit with the uk. the fear is, if a special deal is done for us when we leave the eu, then remaining club members and outside partners, like the us and japan, will want to fiddle with eu rules as well. turning what seems like a single market paradise into a hellish trade mess. but poland takes a different view. warsaw's bloody history of defending itself against its neighbours means it worries about russia and wants continued uk support after brexit. poland's prime minister is also under pressure to ensure post—brexit rights for the hundreds of thousands of poles living in the uk. from him, a brexit word rarely heard from the eu — compromise. i think that the common sense will prevail and we will find an appropriate solution for both parties. we will miss, for many reasons, the united kin

this is not the first time when a russian nationals in the uk or people from russia and uk have the life endangered. where such instances are not investigated or where we are not allowed to be quainted with such investigations. london should first try and determine what it is is happening on their territory before going ahead and accusing others. because that's what polite people do. we would suggest to the british side to immediately involve the procedures in chapter the 9.2 of convention of chemical weapons because it provides for explanation and providing answers to the requesting state quickly as possible and in any event no later than ten days after kwt wthe request was rece. british colleagues to know about that. they are in no hurry of invoking the convention which they are are party to. we demand that material proof be provided of the allegedly found russian trace in this high residence event without this stating that there is truth that we cannot take into account. and until now, we have not seen anything besides stating that this is highly likely. in such a situation, it would

coming week from the uk, i think we can expect to see 2a oi’ uk, i think we can expect to see 2a or 25 maybe... there is a b drawn up. all the covering, it coverage this morning reflecting on the fact that these are undeclared intelligence. if the office knew they were undeclared why were they not thrown out? but i think that shows what we are built up to understand, that there is spying that takes place in the uk, there is spying that takes place in russia. and governments have tolerated it until this moment. and governments have tolerated it untilthis moment. it and governments have tolerated it until this moment. it begs the question, if she is saying we are going to dismantle the russian espionage network in the uk, but it is conceivable that a0 odd stay. does that dismantle it? you can see there is no reason why this would continue. if it ratchets up, to get to the point where there is a very bare minimum in moscow and on either side. as everybody watching will know, london is becoming a magnet for russian investment as well globally and the question coming next, i think, globa

in the uk. and would you rule out a tax rise for the nhs? we are going to look at a multi—year funding settlement. as we do that, we will make sure we continue to take a balanced approach to our economy. that is what has enabled us to already put money into the nhs. we already committed to spending extra sums of money on the nhs. so you're not ruling out a tax rise, potentially? as part of our normal processes, we will look at the funding, but we have to look at the long term plan. do you think brexit will be worth it? i think there are real opportunities for the united kingdom. i think there is a bright future out there. and, yes, i think brexit is going to deliver. our country will be different, but i think there are real opportunities for us as an independent nation in the future. politics has been, is and will be dominated by this moment, leave‘s victory, for years. and labour say the government has no time to waste. we want a brexit forjobs, a brexit for economy. one year on and with a

in the uk. it sounds utterly reasonable. the uk government had plenty of time during this process to resolve the issues with the welsh and scottish governments. and the discussions have come to a stalemate at this time. the welsh government has had to set out a continuity bill to try to keep things going because they haven't come to this agreement and that is not the situation we want to be in. we don't want to end up back in the supreme court arguing about these powers. the powers that have been given to scotland and wales have been in place since 1999 and it is established they have powers in those areas and that they would get stuck in westminster and grab back by some ministers is not an acceptable situation. you talked there about these continuity bills, wouldn't everyone be better off trying to sort out and negotiate with the government at westminster rather than going for this nuclear option of having a continuity bill and making more confusion and as you say, more potential to turn up in

of the uk. some uncertainty about exactly how far north the band of rain gets. we may see a stronger area of low pressure develop, and if that happens, the rain might not get quite as far northwards. so, that is a possibility for friday. 9—11 for most of us. but the position of that rain is really important for the weather we'll have across scotland and northern ireland on saturday. at the moment, we're forecasting rain. but if the low pressure area is a bit more developed, it could be clear and a decent day on saturday with bright or sunny spells. as i say, quite a bit of uncertainty at the moment, but we will keep you posted. hello — this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. a pay rise for more than a million nhs staff. nurses, porters and paramedics are among those expected to benefit from wage increases of around 6% over 3 years. good morning. also: new claims that personal data from facebook was used by a british firm to influence the american presidential election — the

ireland and the rest of the uk. because that, frankly, isjust a mission impossible for mrs may to sign over. thanks for the latest news from westminster. our assistant political editor with his response. international chemical weapons experts have arrived in salisbury, to examine the nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter. the team — from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons —will also visit the military research base at porton down, in wiltshire. it comes a day after the foreign secretary, boris johnson, accused the russian government of stockpiling nerve agents to use in assassinations. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, is in salisbury. the latest on the visits of these experts and what has been going on today? yes, that is a major team from the independent chemical weapons centre in the hague, which has come to the uk, to porton down, to carry out the first part of its investigation. they will spend a week briefing themselves and talking to the t

uk and the eu. this committee will provide a way to resolve concerns as they arise and will be underpinned bya they arise and will be underpinned by a clear commitment from both sides to act in good faith. one of the key objectives i set out in my speech was that the uk would be able to make its voice heard during this period and ensure our interests are protected. this delivers on that objective. we have also agreed specific safeguards when it comes to annualfishing negotiations. specific safeguards when it comes to annual fishing negotiations. these arrangements will only apply for a negotiations in 2019 since we will still be a member state for those that take pate plays the end of this year. that take pate plays the end of this yea r. two that take pate plays the end of this year. two through 2020, we will negotiate fishing opportunities as an independent coastal state, deciding who can access our waters and on what terms. for the year where it is relevant, we have agreed the european union will

over the nerve agent attack on a former double agent living in the uk. britain has expelled 23 russians in retaliation, but russia has again denied any involvement. what will its next move be? this is in the midst of the buildup to the election. let's go now to moscow and lucy. a warm welcome it isa moscow and lucy. a warm welcome it is a chilly but beautiful day here in moscow this morning. you are right, we are still waiting for that response from the kremlin. yesterday they told us it would be coming soon. vladimir putin meeting with the security council to discuss retaliatory measures. the tone here in moscow is very much one of indignation. they think that britain's allegations are not only insane but irresponsible and they keep saying over and over again here on state media that they want to see the evidence. 0k, we are also in election mode. last night on television we saw the second part of a documentary on vladimir putin which promised to send a mission to mars next year. this story, the diplomatic row is not the only thing dominating the headli

have stronger legal grounds here in the uk because the information was stored in the uk, so there are americans now making representations over here, and apparently, according to the america i saw this morning, he said the safeguards here in the uk are much stronger than the united states, so they are more confident in the system here in the uk. i think the question will be a commercial one. there has been so much bad publicity surrounding the story on facebook and so much pressure on facebook‘s executives to come forward and explain how they have this information and did nothing about it, because we saw the share price falling by something like 7%. if all of those people with accounts start speaking up about this and protesting, i would suspect you would see facebook moving a bit more quickly. do you know how much mark zuckerberg loss today in one—day? according to that share for? more than you or i will ever have in our lives! $5 billion! talking, by the way, of big internet companies who have not had a good day, one of uber‘s vehicles, self driving vehicles, has hit and kille

spanish in the uk train to work it out. they say will be fixed, it will be sorted, don't worry, it will not be an issue. of course, it's hanging around as one of the possible damocles' of swords that could crash down and cause problems at crunch time. it is going to be a separate thing to the other process, we have now got the commission in ireland and the uk having their own little triangle or triptych, i suppose, with their own little talks parallel to the process... which they were not allowed to do until now. we have talked about ireland is a problem. it is only now that they are able to do anything. the difference is that i think the eu 26, in this case, and the heads of the eu institutions, are 150% behind the irish government, and they mean it when they say it you have to be happy with this arrangement. they take the good friday agreement very seriously, and that is a very real concern. for spain, it is kind of more of a national pride issue, and it is seen as such. it is used by the spanish prime minister for domest

the eu is the uk's biggest markets and the uk isa the uk's biggest markets and the uk is a big market for the eu. furthermore, we have a unique starting point where on day one we will both have the same laws and rules. so rather than having to bring two different systems closer together the task will be to manage the relationship once we are two separate legal systems. to do so and to realise his level of ambition, there are five things that must underline our relationship. first we need reciprocal commitments to ensure open competition. such commitments are part and parcel of any trade agreement. why would any country enter into a privileged economic partnership without any means of redress of the other party engaged in anti—competitive practices. but the level of integration with the uk and eu markets and our geographical proximity means that these reciprocal commitments will be particularly important in ensuring that uk business can compete fairly with eu markets and vice versa. they deep and copper offensive agreement with the eu will therefore need to include commitments reflec

no politician in ireland, the uk or anywhere around the eu, wa nts the uk or anywhere around the eu, wants in any way to be or seem to be the politician that might tip the balance towards going back to a much more dangerous and unhappy time. we are going to get another question. this time it is you, chris. where is elliott? he is there. you have got matching huddys. —— goodies. he has already proposed to someone. good evening. it is an honour to be here. i have two questions. i'm from believing brexit. i have to give the organisation a plug. as a mixed race brexit voter i was deeply disgusted and offended by the leader of the not so democratic liberal democrats' comments. could someone please eddie kidd vince cable that when we voted to leave, that means having more diversity and be more open to inclusive immigration, as opposed to what we have now? that was quite a long question. if you don't remember vince cable in his spring conference speech, he made a comment... he suggested white voters chose brexit because of prejudice. he is a leader ofa because of prejudice. he is a lead

the uk will still be bound by eu fishing rules until then, though the uk will be consulted. and britain will stand by a backstock agreement from last december on northern ireland if no overall deal is reached. downing street points out that there are wins: the uk will be free to negotiate and sign trade deals around the world during the transition. a special committee will make sure that both sides act in good faith during that period, and theresa may can say that the uk will gain full control of its borders, money and courts at the end of 2020. translation: we're able, this morning, to agree, and after all those days and nights of hard work, on a large part of what will make up an international agreement for the ordered withdrawal of the united kingdom. and there is a lot of work still to be done on important subjects, including ireland and northern ireland. our teams have worked hard and at pace to secure the terms of a time limited implementation period that gives the certainty demanded by businesses and citizens across the european union and united kingdom. but the 13—

it has been the same message since the day the uk voted out of the eu. either way, the uk continues to stress it wants what it calls a bespoke deal. today the chancellor, philip hammond, made the case that financial services need to be in a free trade agreement. that is not philip hammond, but this is! it's an important sector for the uk. let's listen to chris morris from bbc reality check. i think generally if you talk to people in the city they think the bigger changer is that jobs would move they think the bigger changer is thatjobs would move to the far east or new york, you're talking about the global financial capitals. i think everyone in the eu knows the only globalfinancial think everyone in the eu knows the only global financial capital in europe is london. i think london will survive, come what may. the deregulation was going to destroy the city, the fire of london was going to destroy the city! london survives, i think london will survives, i think london will survive brexit but i think the sobering point for philip hammond but he was making

and the uk. the positive results that they obtained contained new chemical agent which for some reason in the west are classified as nova chalk has been confirmed and reflected in more than 200 open sources of nato countries and we do have the records to that and we stand ready to provide you with them. >> the identification per se of the toxic substance used in the incident was carried out in a scientific center of the ministry of defense. this is the place which was the basis for the development of chemical weapons including the chemical weapons of this kind. the most probable source origin of this chemical of countries have since the end of the '90s been carrying out intensive research on these kinds of weapons, including the uk. we are not chemists here. let me just quote the opinion of a professional chemist. for the british specialist to be perfectly confident in stating that this gas is a novichok kind of gas and that any of the kind, they need to have what we call control standard. in ord

the whole business itself is in the uk. kentish town, we have about 60 people, about 15 nationalities, and we have a warehouse in luton of about 20 people, so the whole infrastructure is in the uk, but we import everything straight to our warehouse and then we ship all our global orders from luton directly to the consumer. in terms of size, about a third of our business is international and two thirds uk. that was the ceo of baukjen. we mentioned earlier uber has suspended all its self driving cars. a woman has been killed. this report from san francisco. it was late sunday night when according to the police and lane was struck by uber cosmos driving car, the 49—year—old was crossing the road but not using the pedestrian zone, there was a driver behind the wheel, but uber said the vehicle was in full autonomous mode. she was taken to hospital but died from her injuries. taking to twitter, the chief executive of uber said the news from arizona was incredibly sad, we are thinking of the victim's family as we work with loc

the uk. also in the next hour: will twickenham turn green this afternoon on st patrick's day? ireland need to beat england to secure only their third ever rugby grand slam. and in half an hour here on bbc news, click looks at the future of work, and asks which jobs will go to the robots. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. russia has announced it will expel 23 british diplomats from moscow in retaliation for london's actions following the nerve agent attack in salisbury on a former russian spy and his daughter. the foreign office here says they anticipated a response like this. in a written statement, the fco says moscow's response "follows the action we have taken alongside other measures to dismantle the russian espionage network operating in the uk". the announcement from russia came after the uk ambassador was summoned to a meeting at the russian foreign ministry in moscow. they confirmed in a statement that 23 british diplomats from the embassy in moscow will be expelled. permission

unity with the uk in the face of this attack. we decided to call back our european ambassador in moscow. this is an extraordinary measure, we never took it before. this time, although the uk is leaving the eu, the continent still stands together. the next 12 months could fray those alliances. then she will make this departure for the final time. this is bbc news. our main headlines: security forces in france have shot dead a man claiming allegiance to the islamic state group after he killed at least three people in separate attacks. officers from the uk information watchdog have been searching the headquarters of the firm at the centre of the privacy row involving facebook data. at least 15 people are reported to have been killed and many more injured in a suicide attack in the afghan province of helmand. the explosion took place at a sports event in the town of lashkar gah. harvey biggs reports. the aftermath of a deadly car bomb attack in afghanistan's helmand province. a vehicle, packed with explosives, blew up outside a sport

the ties between the four nations of the uk. the prime minister will update the commons on her ideas in a statement on monday afternoon. it will be another chance for mps to question her overjust where she sees brexit going. at prime minister's questions on wednesday, the labour leader jeremy corbyn had taunted theresa may over a recent ministerial get together at her country retreat, which aimed to thrash out the government's strategy and come up with a united way forward. mr speaker, the prime minister emerged to promise a brexit of ambitious managed divergence. what on earth does ambitious managed divergence mean in practise? we will bring back control our borders and our money. that is in direct contrast with the labour party is positioned, want to be in a, and do whatever it takes that would mean giving away control of our laws, our borders, and our money. and that would be a betrayal of the british people! the government to so divided that the prime minister is incapable of delivering a coherent and decisive plan for brexi

the uk should take on its own. from expelling spies in the russian embassy — which today tweeted out a series of messages warning britain against tough action — to imposing so—called magnitsky law— law—type sanctions on russian officials or even using gchq capabilities against the kremlin. well, cyber—countermeasures are something that has to by definition happen in the shadows, so to say. in the classified domain, through the intelligence agencies of the british government or european governments and the united states. this is also something that has been discussed during the obama administration in the united states, during the election interference. whether the us should, you know, for example, have a more offensive cyber strategy against russia, to maybe have intelligence communities leak information about corrupt kremlin officials, where their money is, how they are using western financial institutions to hide their stolen money and to launder that money. i think these are all potential options. th

the uk hopes an ambitious eu and uk trade deal will solve the problem. bu; 9.453? ig5§5274£5£%3¢5;é 7,7 ~ in the customs union and parts of the single market. ireland's deputy prime minister was in brussels today to press his case. what ireland has always asked for was that we would essentially have an insurance mechanism, so that i and others can say to people in northern ireland and in ireland, that, "look, we are not to have any border infrastructure on this island again." so, a lot done, but more to do for the eu's brexit chief. good news today? as you see, spring has sprung with the thaw spreading even to these often frosty brexit negotiations. progress on transition today was hailed in there as a big step forward, but it's not all good news for the government. it's clear now, there won't be a final trade deal between the eu and the uk at the end of these brexit talks. the transition will be used to hammer out more details. and to get this far, the uk has had to make some pretty big concessions. like fishing. far from taking back control after brexit as p

into the uk? >> we don't have a figure for that. >> and do you think -- although you don't have a figure, if it's greater or lesser than it would have been five years ago? >> i can't -- i have no data on that. >> how do you know the scale of the problem? >> well, what i can tell you is what i've said repeatedly to the committee is that we have the powers under the criminal finance act to go after money that has been illicit try or corruptly obtained. >> could the -- russian money and london in particular is too important for the government to have any -- >> no. >> in what way? >> because we are determined to go after money that has been illicitly or corruptly obtained and will use unexplained and other devices. >> in 12 months time you'll have a list of people who have been properly sanctioned, assets that have been properly seized and money that's been properly returned to its rightful owner? >> well, i will certainly guarantee that the national crime agency and the entire apparatus of our law en

the uk. they are worth billions of pounds and employ thousands of britons. but in neighbouring yemen, saudi—led air strikes on iranian—backed houthi rebels have been blamed for mounting civilian casualties, which prompted a question in parliament this morning over whether with a poor human rights record, saudi arabia is a suitable ally. as she makes her arms sales pitch, will see also call the crown prince to stop the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia? the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic, it is an important one. i will be raising concerns about human rights with the crown prince when i meet him. back home, the crown prince is rapidly modernising his country. he has lifted the ban on women driving from june. cinemas and public entertainment are being reintroduced and a new mega city built. he is also aiming to diversify the economy away from oil, which means attracting british investment. and with brexit looming, the government here is looking to boost its link

, france, germany, the uk and the us. so it is a real challenge to know whether they can be counted on rhetorically will stop and think beyond that behind—the—scenes, they are co mforta ble behind—the—scenes, they are comfortable that america would still bea comfortable that america would still be a very significant and trusted ally. thank you. well, doctors... doctors in the british city of salisbury have confirmed that the police officer who was injured in a nerve agent attack on two russians has been discharged from hospital. but former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia both remain in a critical but stable condition. ajudge has given doctors permission to take blood samples from them — for testing by chemical weapons experts. here's daniel sandford. detective sergeant nick bailey has spent more than two weeks in hospital, much of it in a serious condition, after being one of the first responders to the salisbury nerve agent attack. but this evening, came this news. i'm pleased to say that ser

the uk. also tonight: in syria, thousand of civilians have fled the rebel area of eastern ghouta, on the seventh anniversary of the start of the syrian conflict. we'll be hearing the story of a seven—year—old who was born in the year the conflict began. tests on a fire door from grenfell tower have shown that it was far less flame—resistant than it was claimed to be. in florida, a newly—built pedestrian bridge has collapsed, killing a number of people. many are still trapped. and at the emirates tonight, arsenal have been playing ac milan in the europa league. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: the irish dominate at cheltenham, while trainer willie mullins and penhill were the big winners on day three of the festival. good evening. three of britain's closest allies have declared their strong support for theresa may's response to the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. the united states, france and germany blamed russia for the chemical attack, which t

around the uk, the military has been drafted in to help. in scotland, getting hospital staff to work. theresa may sounds a note of pragmatism as she outlines her plans for brexit. finally, we both need to face the fa ct finally, we both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation, and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement. a man is convicted of attempted murder after trying to run over a muslim woman — the court hears that she was targeted because she was wearing a headscarf. too much air time, too much fear and not enough on other big news. did the bbc go snow blind after this week's whether? good evening and welcome to bbc news. snow and freezing temperatures have caused disruption once again over most of the uk — as two storms — storm emma and the beast from the east — collided over britain. thousands of schools remained closed today, while icy roads led to accidents and long hold—ups crashes. train services and flights were also badly hit once more. the m62 across the

more debate of the brexit in the uk. philip hammond will tell european leaders it's in the "mutual interest" of the uk and the eu to include financial services in a free trade agreement. the uk chancellor is due to make the argument in a speech later today. our economics editor kamal ahmed has details. tell us what he is going to say. this is the latest stage in that brexit battle. it is over an important part of the trade negotiations that are coming up — financial services. for britain, they're incredibly important. not just for the two million jobs that are connected to financial services across the uk, but because britain has a trade surplus with the eu on financial services of about £20 billion a year. so very valuable to britain. philip hammond is saying it is also valuable to the eu — london is also valuable to the eu — london isa is also valuable to the eu — london is a huge global market, where lots of european governments and businesses raise a lot of money. and he is going to say that it is important

in this case of the uk, the uk is responsible of i% of america's steel import. some of our steel goes to the american defence projects which would make it to... 0n the basis of national security quite absurd. from steel to pottery. the ceramic industry stands to play its part to boast global exports to the uk. we need protection from chinese dumping of tiles and tableware. what he looked favourably to the moments i have tabled to make sure the protections we currently have are read into british law? his party voted against setting up the trade remedies authority to implement them. and there was a characteristically quirky question from one conservative brexiteer. could the secretary of state told the house what he will be doing it 365 days' time? watching the clock. you're watching thursday in parliament with me, mandy baker. there's less than a week to go until all employers with more than 250 staff have to reveal their gender pay gap, the difference between how much they pay women compared to men. so far less than half of firms in the private sector have publi

the uk. police say some 3,500 vehicles were stranded on the m62 motorway overnight — hundreds of people had to be rescued and some passengers were stuck on trains which were unable to move for hours. waterloo railway station in london will close at 8 o'clock. the army is out helping people stranded in the sub—zero conditions — as major incidents are declared in several counties. i'm ben brown reporting from alnwick in northumberland where locals say these are the worst winter weather conditions they have experienced for bmb conditions they have experienced for lamb decade. —— for almost a decade. we will have the latest from across the uk. the other main stories: difficult choices need to be made — theresa may makes a major speech outlining the sort of deal she wants to have with the eu after brexit. we both need to face the fact that this is a negotiations and neither of us can have exactly what we want. a man is convicted of attempting to murder a muslim woman because she was we

the eu will argue oi'i december council, the eu will argue on the half of the uk, but the uk will be there as part of the consultant delegation to make sure all legitimate interests he raised are fairly represented. it is also the casey raises the question of a ban and choke species. every nation is affected by this ban and choke species. we operate collectively with our neighbours to make sure we had the correct means of conservation, because without a syste m conservation, because without a system involving this and the ban, we can have overfishing which has sadly in the past led to unhappy outcomes for fishing communities. the final point i would make is of course nobody takes anybody's vote for granted and certainly not those who worked so hard to make sure we have food on our plate. but i would say the only party in this house committed to leaving the common fisheries policy is the conservative party. and i should say in fairness also our colleagues in the democratic unionist party share that position, as well. it is critical all of us make sure that leaving the common fisheries

in the uk. given the mood and the language here in recent days, moscow might have gone even further. officials here call the poisoning in salisbury a provocation, and they say comments linking vladimir putin directly to attempted murder were unforgivable. but this row could yet escalate. moscow will continue to deny everything, and officials here warn that they are ready to impose further sanctions and that any moves made by the uk. sarah raynsford, bbc news, moscow. well, our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, is with me now. james, what's likely to happen next? theresa may has made clear that britain's response to this russian action and any action that britain might take in retaliation will only be decided after a meeting of the national security council next week. the council normally meets on tuesday. that is the norm, so we will wait to see what they decide. at one level, this is a tit—for—tat expulsion of 23, the same number as was expelled from london. on the other hand, it has

across the uk. colder airdigs into the temperatures across the uk. colder air digs into the north—east, rain turning into snow and snow coming down from the hills into lower levels are giving a light covering for some saturday morning and some snow showers drifting westward as we go into saturday. a bitterly cold easterly wind, a significant wind chill as well. it stays very cold throughout the weekend with not thomas moore snow in places. —— with more snow in welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. these are our top stories: a pedestrian bridge collapses onto a highway in miami, killing four people. we'll have the latest from florida. president trump joins the uk, france and germany in blaming moscow for the poisoning of a russian spy. as russia holds its presidential election on sunday, we find out why people in the country's rust belt find mr putin so popular. and in a special report, we speak to syrian civilians who escap

in the uk. he is keeping a close eye on negotiations but clearly some of the big global players in the car industry are not giving up. that is drug. these are japanese investors who do want to be here for the long—term. —— that is right. the toyota decision was taken some time ago and it would be difficult for them to unwind that. nissan have they will build the new qashqai from 2021 in the uk but they will review that in the wake of the decision on brexit. they want as much access to the single market as possible. 50% of car exports go to the european union and japanese producers in particular came to the uk to use that as a launch pad into the single market. they want to be as closely aligned as possible with the single market. if we lose that and we see barriers to trade, we will see a reduction in investment here, i think. david, thank you for your time. and it is notjust snow affecting the uk. it has shut down geneva airport. they might be more used to snow in switzerland compared to