she can get cabinet behind her. othersjust arriving now, some people have speculated she may not be very happy with the draft agreement. the international development secretary with an earlier, she did not look very happy at all. you cannot read too much into the look on a cabinet minister's face. most of the cabinet are now in, the meeting begins in just about eight minutes. we are expected to last for three hours. vicky, let me ask you, although the meeting starts at 2pm the prime minister has been talking to her cabinet one to one individual briefings last night and this morning, clearly trying to get them onside and those personal meetings where she was face—to—face with them. someone should she was trying to pick them off individually rather like going round the table and having a momentum building up against plans and one cabinet minister i book to only a set which is likely to do today is go around and let everyone have your say but will decide who speaks so visitors looking negative she will want to brin

those deliberations with the cabinet having going onjust shy deliberations with the cabinet having going on just shy of five hours now, and least we await some idea as to whether this draft agreement is to their... well, i was going to say liking, but that's not the right word. is acceptable to them or not. we have got beyond 100 days coming up in a moment, and we will keep the story going for you here on bbc news. you're watching beyond one hundred days. the british prime minister is chairing the most important meeting of her premiership — as she seeks the support of senior ministers for her brexit plan. whether they'll get on board with it is anyone's guess at this stage — the meetings been going on for five hours so far. if — and when— she gets the support of her ministers — then the prime minister has to present that draft text to parliament for it to be voted on — an even bigger hurdle. this is the scene live in downing street — where the prime minister is due to make a statement, whenever it is that that cabinet meeting finally breaks up. meanwhile, it's also a waitin

we aren't part of the cabinet so we expect the prime minister to tell the cabinet first but we would hope that since she has always said that we would be kept informed of where the direction of travel, we would be called in soon. thank you. conservative mp, simon hart. there's going to be some issues ahead. we don't know what's in the text but listening to samuel wilson, cabinet ministers going into night will have concerns about the direction this is going. i listened carefully to what he said, his wii points, and that is reflected across the conservative party. —— his three points. we have to compare this with alternative outcomes. we are at the rent of the road, we can't keep ducking the issue is, we have to make a decision, a national interest edition based on the deal versus the alternatives, which won't be easy for everyone. in your view, is the alternative no deal or are there other options? at the moment there are popular noises about no deal, we can't do this and we will default to that. that underestimate the amount of the position there is in the building to no deal. m

let us that cabinet meeting breaks up. let us return to the studio. so what are the details of the draft withdrawal agreement and what happens next? chris morris has been looking at what we do know. it is all about how we leave the european union, it is not a better future long—term relationship. if eve ryo ne future long—term relationship. if everyone approves, it means that over time the uk will pay £39 billion to the eu to settle financial obligations. it settles out basic right to citizens in the uk and the citizens in europe. many of them are dismayed by what is on offer. future immigration policy is yet to be decided. there will be a transition period after brexit when all the rules will remain the same until 2020. it could be extended for about one year. the toughest part of the negotiations set the terms for the negotiations set the terms for the backstop, the guarantee there will be no hard border in ireland under any circumstances in the future. part of the snow hard border plan will be a temporary customs union covering the whole of th

did not tell his cabinet. he did not only not tell his cabinet, he told the cabinet secretary to destroy the documents and burn them. sometimes a prime minister does not use the cabinet in that way. mrs that show herself famously said, when i am prime minister, i would not have time to have serious disagreements. it would just be me saying my handbag and getting my own way. that is what her cabinet meetings often wear. in the end, her own cabinet turned on her and one by one they tripped in and told her that she was finished and she should not run in a leadership election for a second time. she said it was treachery with a smile on its face. what does theresa may face today? she needs their support. clearly she is aware of the unhappiness individually they have because she has spoken to them in the last 24 hours individually. what would you assess the mood is like at the moment? the mood is extraordinary and comfortable. especially for people who want to leave, people who support brexit. do they now support th

if this deal gets through cabinet but doesn't get through cabinet but doesn't get through parliament, aren't you going to end up with a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland ina northern ireland and the republic of ireland in a no—deal scenario? northern ireland and the republic of ireland in a no-deal scenario? no, you are not, because the eu have already promised the irish government, this is the irony about the argument of a high border, the eu already promised the irish government that they will not require a hard border in the case of ano require a hard border in the case of a no deal. we are bewildered by this. if you don't have a hard border in the case of no deal why would there be a hard border in the case of a deal? i'm sure you understand the concerns of people in northern ireland listening to the chief executive of manufacturing ni in interview he gave this morning, talking about business in northern ireland potentially facing the double whammy of no assembly and in no—deal scenario, and he was saying, of course we are interested in the polit

of the war cabinet, esther mcvey wanted there to bea cabinet, esther mcvey wanted there to be a vote but it looks like there was unusual themes of a shouting match the cabinet secretary who was a civil servant who made it clear it was not the dayjust back she is said to be on the brink. yes, i think there is quick to be a fair bit of positioning over the next 24 hours. no one has resigned yet but after the chequers deal no one resigned straightaway. people will be seen how this pans out the political party and then see what they do next month i think is interesting is there is a real marked change in tone for the prime minister today, she had marked change in tone for the prime ministertoday, she had up marked change in tone for the prime minister today, she had up the rhetoric. the headline, there will be difficulties had. i think she is saying to tory mps be careful what you wish for, if you put this down it could be a back door to a jeremy corbyn government and if the it is an election, i think many tory mps will be punished by the electorate and lose a seat. she was critics buste

all the cabinet signed up to her original checkers deal forty eight hours later two of those cabinet ministers resigned david davis and boris johnson time is too short now if they can to make a decision to quit any ministers inside they're going to have to do it basically now i don't think that that's going to happen the indications are that that's not going to happen at all so if she now got the agreement to cabinet does that weaken the hand of those who've been talking today about possible new confidence missions and so on. no i don't think it does no i think the backbenchers are quite separate through the ministers the government ministers and they have their own thoughts on their own opinions so they will still continue to put in the letters i expect the european research group has changed its position at first they were saying well we don't like the policy but we'll support the person now they're saying that they don't believe the theresa may is the right person anymore and the fact that she is going to push this policy through this. deal this draft deal that she's got continue

shortly having announced cabinet backing outside downing street last night. all right this is a fast developing story and thankfully we have our correspondents on the ground covering every angle for us barbara hazel is in london and max huffman is in brussels very good to see you both barbara let's start with you where are all the action is at the moment you know yesterday there was a lot of talk about possible cabinet resignations we saw this five hour marathon cabinet meeting and today we've seen now breaks that secretary dominic rob has resigned tell us more about his letter his reasoning what's behind this. what is behind is that dominick rob just needed a little bit more time after last night's cabinet meeting to make up his mind and inside is yesterday night after the reason they had come out in downing street and said this is the deal now take it or leave it or you will have no correct and i believe that this is the best that can be done when she came out and sort of seemed to have won the day of service here you said yes she won this particular small

interestingly the guardian reports that one of the cabinet ministers that one of the cabinet ministers that spoke up for the deal was michael gove, one of the most ardent brexiteers, a big cheerleader. it also has the esther mcvey around it, it is interesting here because it says she was caught between the devil and the deep blue sea but this is the whole issue here, while people might not like this deal there is not coherent alternative that cabinet ministers are coming up with. this is why they are stuck in a hard place and this is why ultimately she will survive i think. it will be bruising but i think she will get through this. i think different factions in the party keeper in place because there is no obvious leader to come through. keeper in place because there is no obvious leader to come throughm that you take on it? yes, twitter obviously goes wild on a night like this and itjust goes crazy and so many rumours swirl around but if you listen to some of the stuff that has been said on the record, particular by the hardline brexiteers and the conservative party, that they are ser

a cabinet united? a collective agreement. concerns it will never make it through the commons and there was no formal vote. make it through the commons and there was no formal votei make it through the commons and there was no formal vote. i am absolutely part of the cabinet because i am satisfied that the deal thatis because i am satisfied that the deal that is currently available does meet our demands. why the caution? voila. voila, brexiteers feared eu has got too much, tying the uk into closely maybe for good. we have been able to find common ground and meet oui’ able to find common ground and meet our common objectives —— in too closely. there are big problems back home. the fine print of the deal shows if there isn't a big trade agreement in future great britain would be in a customs union with the eu, northern ireland effectively in a single market. not something theresa may's dup allies want to accept. it certainly doesn't appear that we will be able to support it, because it breaches the red line in terms of hav

nothing is sorted yet, and so cabinet ministers were not signing up for and so cabinet ministers were not signing upfora and so cabinet ministers were not signing up for a signing on the dotted line moment. there is a lack ofa dotted line moment. there is a lack of a backstop to keep the border between northern ireland and the republic as it is now, and given how complex that is, this man is absolutely crucial. the government's chief legal adviser, the attorney general. his advice is seen as so important is that labour and others don't want him to share it in private, they want him to publish it so everyone can see private, they want him to publish it so everyone can see it before they vote on any withdrawal agreement. the shadow attorney general told me seeing that legal advice is essential because... at this stage in the so—called endgame that theresa may has been discussing, there is a real danger that she comes back with something that the deal is a bit of a fudge so disraeli important —— so it is really important —— so it is really important that before mps are required

other cabinet brexiteers we re today... other cabinet brexiteers were noncommittal, too, including the bricks —— the bricks secretary himself. the former tory leader, iain duncan smith, also slipped in, a lead of the tory brexiteers in parliament who are furious about the proposed agreement. if it means we would be potentially locked in a customs union forever, and only leave from the eu, that is not acceptable, that is an brexit. but also fears from another former tory leader. what you must worry about here is if you don't take this opportunity to leave the eu and get brexit over the line, if you like, you might never leave at all. downing street might say it is disagreement or nothing. but supporters of another referendum says parliament should throw it out. we will be paying this huge sum of money for no agreement in return. that, to anybody, to my mind, doesn't make any sense at all. the la st two doesn't make any sense at all. the last two years the prime minister has told us no deal is better than a bad deal, now

yes, it is no surprise the cabinet is taking a while, this isa the cabinet is taking a while, this is a very important moment. it is absolutely right they should discuss it at length. everybody in the cabinet wants to speak and that is reasonable. i am looking forward to hearing the news when they come out. is it your assumption that the cabinet will ultimately approve the deal? i hope the cabinet will back the prime minister and back the deal. ayew confident? i think the important thing is to wait and see them come out. but you would expect them come out. but you would expect them to? you know a lot of these people. you are conservative through and through, do you think there is any chance of the cabinet not backing this deal? i hope the cabinet will back the deal. the prime minister has gone to enormous lengths to get a good negotiation for britain. it has been very difficult. that is not surprising. it was always going to be difficult. there has to be give and take on both sides. she has been cleared throughout she would deliver ad deal true to the referendum result and there would

whether they can stay in the job, two or three cabinet ministers are wobbling. of course, there is the other story about the vote of no—confidence. will there be one? will be let us go in? it is going to be a very busy day in westminster tomorrow. thank you for watching soccer it is been incredibly mild right across the country. to wednesday we did see some cloud and i brought some rain and strong winds into northern ireland and scotland but further south, it was glorious. look at these weather watcher pictures that illustrate the point. it was a rather grey, wet and windy start across much of scotland at the essex, and this was typical of england and wales, a glorious day. this could actually be in mid june scenario rather than a mid—november one. one unifying factor is we have had a south—westerly winds which is dragged mild air raids across the country, that is the story for the next few days but things are set to change in the longer term victory. more of that in just a moment but by thursday we could start off with some mist and fog which could linger

have you got the cabinet's backing, mrs may? does she have the cabinet's backing? a question that has been asked so many times. do you think they will support you? a question that matters right now. some of the answers about the agreement she has brokered with the eu have emerged. time to fight for her pact. an arrangement with brussels far closer than her brexit rivals had hoped. everybody is present and correct. prime minister... not correct. for some of those alongside her. the prime minister's present for now. i am confident this takes us significantly closer to delivering on what the british people voted for in the referendum. we will take back control of our borders, our laws and our money, leave the common fisheries policy and the common agricultural policy while protecting jobs, security, and the integrity of the united kingdom. the tory top brass are the only ones who have seen it in full but already there is almost no way that labour would back the plan. from what we know of the government's deal, it is a failure in its own terms. it does not deliver a br

working out and the cabinet breaks up yourgoing into working out and the cabinet breaks up your going into the most steam ahead political crisis, never mind the brexit deal beginning to fall apart. this is a complete and utter turnaround in the space of 2a hours from last night, when mrs may seemed to be getting on with it, until now. she is really on the ropes. we were told that around ten ministers raised objections in that five—hour meeting, then we saw mrs may on the down this big steps saying that the cabinet packet, so what has happened overnight? -- the cabinet back eight. a lot of them came out and thinking, should i, shouldn't i? it is an enormous step notjust to quit the cabinet but at this moment, those of them who leave, they know full well that they are plunging the government into potential crisis. they may pave the way for a no—deal brexit. these are massive, massive sta kes. brexit. these are massive, massive stakes. so it is not something anyone is going to do lightly and perhaps the immediate aftermath of a cabinet meeting they might have wa nted cabinet meeting

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of a cabinet meeting tomorrow. the prominent brexiteer, jacob rees—mogg has already urged ministers to reject a deal. if what we have heard is true this fails to meet the conservative party ma nifesto fails to meet the conservative party manifesto and fails to meet many commitments the prime minister made. if goalkeepers in the customs union and de facto the single market. this is the vassal state, a failure of the government negotiating position and afailure the government negotiating position and a failure to deliver on brexit and a failure to deliver on brexit and potentially dividing up the european union. the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer said labour would not back a deal which did not meet the party's tests. given the shambolic nature of negotiations this is not likely to be at good deal for the country. we've made it clear on a number of occasions if it does not meet our tests we will not be voting for it. do stay with us — we'll be bringing you all the latest on tonight's developments on that

is the kind of move in the cabinet —— mood in the cabinet changing? we are suddenly hearing, we hadn't heard anything of this before, we were told in the summer that the premise that was backed by her colleagues, but suddenly a lot of them are voicing serious reservations. we are suddenly hearing this, we have... how much of this is actually signal being directed at the prime minister by her cabinet colleagues? yes, i think it is, but i think the big question for those in the cabinet, who had these reservations but sat around that table all those months ago, and agreed to let this option go forward, and the ones who are now privately saying that they are unhappy about it. the question for them, and the pressure they come over from them, and the pressure they come overfrom some of them, and the pressure they come over from some of their own backbenchers, is will the act? were they say directly to theresa may, it is time to walk away from all of this, will they walk away themselves? and resign over it, at themselves? and resign over it, at the moment th

these are the kind of rebel cabinet ministers, but the most cabinet ministers, but the most cabinet ministers, but the most cabinet ministers who have objected most of this deal, and they are penny morden, people michael goldman and liam fox. jeremy hunt, obvious and liam fox. jeremy hunt, obvious and developed on the way and has developed more support. he has had a good run and foreign secretary. you might assume that this is positioning himself. if he not spoken to every one of the cabinet made notes. apparently, matt hancock said that the permanent surgery at the department of health could not guarantee people would get the medicine they need in the event of no—deal brexit. medicine they need in the event of no-deal brexit. let's go onto another story on the front page of the telegraph which is that british spy the telegraph which is that british spy chiefs trying to stop the president dropped from exposing their sources. —— president trump from exposing their stores is. —— sources. this is a complex story. that was authorised, the spying during the electric camp —— election

government cabinet meeting later today where she's already been meeting cabinet ministers one by one to try to convince them that this is the best deal that the u.k. is going to get she's got this meeting this afternoon that also very strong pro brix it minister is within her cabinet there is the possibility that some of them could walk this talk even of michael the environment secretary he was one of the leaders of the leave campaign but also some of the women andrea lets him leader of the house of commons penny morton there was there was a lot of danger if it's a reason at the moment to try and convince them that this is the best way forward so best both the backers of briggs and those who don't want briggs can may oppose the deal so it's like she's got a tough task there even if the cabinet approves the deal theresa may still faces the challenge of getting it through parliament yes and that really is going to be extremely difficult at the moment it looks like labor is going to oppose any deal she comes back with we've got these bricks that tear m.p.'s around about fifty who could

ahead of that cabinet meeting. 0thers this morning ahead of that cabinet meeting. others have been going in to the cabinet office around the corner to read the 500 page document, but all the signs are, and it is guesswork, that although there are ministers with severe doubts, she is probably not going to face a mass walk—out. you don't get the sense that building up at that, in pa rt sense that building up at that, in part because ministers are bulking and the idea of a huge —— do not like the idea of a huge political crisis, in which you might catapult the country towards a no deal. these are things for ministers to reflect on if they refuse to back the deal. i think that will prey on their mind. and there is a view that this is as good as it is going to get. they had pushed the eu to the limits. it is either this or nothing. the last argument i think number ten will make is if you thought this town then brexit itself might go down. —— if you vote this down. the pressure on them is colossal and for that

she kept the cabinets together. there was a sense of momentum building up and that has been brought to a shuddering halt. she goes into the commons now without the brexit secretary sitting beside her. it will be mightily interesting the next time we hear from the likes of esther mcvey and penny mordaunt and other key brexiteers in the cabinet. we are going to hearfrom iain duncan smith who joined me we are going to hearfrom iain duncan smith whojoined me on we are going to hearfrom iain duncan smith who joined me on the phone now. thank you for your time this morning. norman smithjust saying that this departure, this resignation by dominic raab, has opened up a political crisis for theresa may. that is undoubtedly the case, isn't it? yes, i have major misgivings about this and i am ploughing through these 500 pages, but the very man who is the negotiator, for him to resign and say he doesn't think it is a good deal, i think it's devastating. it is devastated because he has been aware of all of these things and he ha

it's game on. .he has cabinet backing battle now moves from the cabinet to the u.k. parliament. discussing the parliamentary map, which is far from clear. romaine: did you get any sense had to make too many concessions to get her cabinet on board? >> she hasn't been all that clear. this is an agreement that will reflect all of the conflicting viewpoints on brexit. but it will be a movement that bigs to fudge some of the issues with the northern ireland border issue. this is not an agreement that will lay out the future trade terms for britain and the eu. that is a negotiation that will happen after march 20 9, 2019. 29, 2019. for businesses and investors, there will be some -- knowing there is a deal. scarlet: u.s. stocks off their lows. theresa may's cabinet has backed her deal. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm mark crumpton bloomberg first word news. as we have been reporting, british prime minister theresa may says she has secured support from her for her draft brexit deal print support came after a lengthy cabinet meeting at number 10 downing street. may called her plan a decis

well the timetable for now is that the cabinet has to approve if the cabinet doesn't approve then to resign may has lost the confidence of government ministers and she's going to have to review have position as prime minister as leader she could theoretically have to step down then she will go to the european council which is the gathering of the other twenty seven leaders hopefully. they say by the twenty fifth of november after that there would be ratification and that means it would come back to poland in the building behind me and it's here that the real problems will arise because as i said to you there is a there is no majority because the government has no majority to push this through without a majority to push it through it's going to be voted down in one case we're going to really uncharted territory we could be looking at a general election. ok thank you very much as we watch these live pictures outside of ten downing street there's a gentleman standing in front of the door they're not sure exactly who he is ok they haven't. thank you very much for that paul paul brennan l

cabinet has two degree and then parliament has two agree and within her cabinet, within the government conservative party, as you know, there are ardent brexit tea rs, you know, there are ardent brexit tears, those who believe we should be staying in the eu, not least for the british economy and there are those who can be persuaded either way. some ink they would rather have stayed in the eu, but the people spoke two years ago and now brexit isa spoke two years ago and now brexit is a duty of government. she has cabinet colleagues of every shade of opinion, they will all be unhappy with some aspect of the deal because it isa with some aspect of the deal because it is a compromise. so a lot of persuasion under way and i guess what theresa may is thank you her ministers is, i have done the best i can, the alternative is no deal, do you really want the british people to go through that? the latest from my colleague now. 0ne one by one, ministers went to downing street last, a chance to look at this draft in private before deciding whether to back it later today. have you been twisting any

but a cabinet with a lot of reservations. five hours and a glass of wine at the end, we were told. no champagne. that go somewhere else entirely. no link between insomnia and early death. at ten to midnight, quite a nice story to be discussing. there isa nice story to be discussing. there is a lot of stories in the past which suggested that not getting enough sleep and insomnia have been the cause of that, is very bad for your health. this is a quite large analysis, 36 million people around the world, suggesting that there isn't any link between insomnia and an early death and as it quite interestingly it is one of the biggest problems of insomnia is worrying about it. you are lying awake worrying about the fact that you are lying awake and the ants are seems to be don't worry about it. from somebody who suffers from insomnia, i take comfort in this. —— and so. —— answer. this is with reference to a phone call which apparently took place last friday between the prime minister and the president of the united states. as

the question is, if she can persuade the cabinet to... in however rickety a fashion sort of keep together over the next few weeks and get it to the stage of putting it before parliament, even then, as the telegraph story points out, already, without them having seen the deal, the labour party, the dup and the lib dems for what it's worth, they will vote against so it's down to the two wings of the tory party that aren't happy. it's notjust the hard brexiteers, the tory remainers don't like this deal either because they're interested in this very high—stakes game of going for no brexit, we'll put it back to the people and hope we stay in the eu. brief thought on this, you mention labour, there are one or two on the labour benches who could vote for what theresa may puts forward. it's difficult to put a number on it. yes. could be five or six. which could be significant. could be 20 or so could be significant. could be 20 or so that support the government on it. it might net off. you've got if the erg members against it, which means it sy

the marathon cabinet meeting concluded after five. the outcome theresa may has the backing of her government ministers at least. the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outline political declaration if i may and by just and there was a deeply personal finale i believe that what i owe to this country is to take decisions that are in the national interest and i firmly believe with my head and my heart that this is a decision which is in the best interests of our entire united kingdom since the first leaks of the draft breccia deal emerged on choose the evening has been a feeble use fear in westminster ahead of the cabinet meeting there was a boisterous session in parliament and without even having seen the text of the deal with the opposition leader heap scorn on it it breaches the prime minister's own red lines it doesn't deliver a strong economic deal that supports jo

thousand and nineteen with time running out the british prime minister will now have to convince her cabinet to accept the draft rexx a deal agreed with the e.u. plus. we're on patrol with the egyptian u.n. peacekeeping force in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of the capital of central african republic find out next un troops and civilians continue to be a target to militia groups. and the u.s. vice president tells me in mars' leader aung san suu kyi violence against muslims is without excuse. helo israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has announced his resignation over the cease fire with palestinian factions in gaza lieberman had voiced his office listen to the decision made by the cabinet to stop for the red sox in gaza he also says his party will quit the government's coalition leaving prime minister benjamin netanyahu would just a one seat majority in a statement hamas calls his resignation a victory for gaza we have two correspondents following the latest on the cease fire and the resignation in a moment we'll speak with her doctor hamid who is in gaza but first over to s

cabinet meeting meant that in brussels a meeting of e.u. ambassadors had to break up without getting the chance to discuss the draft text nevertheless michel barnier the e.u.'s chief negotiator hailed the decisive progress as he put it that he said it been made. this agreement is the decisive crucial step in concluding these negotiations and it's also the achievement of a method of a methodology in negotiations carried out in transparency from the word go and fill in respect of our respective mandates cabinets approval means plans can now be accelerated for a summit of e.u. leaders most likely on november twenty fifth but in actual fact the collective approval of her cabinet ministers was perhaps the least of prime minister to resign may's worries important though it was remember she still faces the prospect of a no confidence vote in a leadership from her own party backbenchers and that is the prospect of a parliamentary landscape with so many different contingencies that there is no clear consensus over joins you've any thing other than o

the cabinet has earmarked three billion euros to help finance its digitalisation plan. and that's trying to our top story the discussion around bragg said and we have donald the president of the european council and the is chief negotiator. holding a press conference in brussels right now let's try to listen in. so we can. i would travel order now cross blue and describe the state of play with european parliament and take that feedback on board in the final days of negotiation we have no time to do we have no time to do and now. i will give you. a thank. you for. what it. was. like. almost everything. thank you very much. i took good note of the prime minister may statements yesterday of course i don't share the prime ministers and so if you ask them about very easy to such as the very beginning we have had no doubt that break that this is a lose lose situation and that i when i go see asians only about that much control . given these extremely difficult circumstances i would like to think we showed bottom year and his team especially being very out and stuff and you. f

cabinet meeting meant that in brussels a meeting of e.u. ambassadors had to break up without getting the chance to discuss the draft text nevertheless michel barnier the e.u.'s chief negotiator hailed the decisive progress as he put it that he said had been made to. this agreement as a decisive crucial step in concluding these negotiations and it's also the achievement of a method of a methodology in negotiations carried out in transparency from the word go and fully in respect of our respective mandates cabernets approval means plans come out be accelerated for a summit of e.u. leaders most likely on november twenty fifth but in actual fact the collective approval of her cabinet ministers was perhaps the least of prime minister to resign may's worries important though it was remember she still faces the prospect of a no confidence vote in a leadership from her own party backbenchers and that is the prospect of a parliamentary landscape with so many different contingents that there is no clear consensus so we're joined by anything other tha

but other cabinet members are not quite as supportive. five leading leave campaigners including michael gove, andrea leadsom and liam fox will meet within days to call for further changes to the brexit deal. if the prime minister or the eu will not give away, then further resignations can not be ruled out. so far, theresa may has confounded conventional wisdom by surviving a series of setbacks. any further loss of support could leave her vulnerable. iain watson, bbc news. michael gove, one of the five cabinet ministers planning to persuade the prime minister to re—neogiate the agreement, has been speak to reporters this morning. has theresa may scored an own goal? i'm has theresa may scored an own goal? i' m totally has theresa may scored an own goal? i'm totally supportive of the prime minister and i think she's doing a fantasticjob. are minister and i think she's doing a fantastic job. are you minister and i think she's doing a fantasticjob. are you planning on meeting colleagues today to discuss rewriting the withdrawal agreement? kn

this talk about the cabinet she was having meetings with them across the night in the morning. meeting happening now and has run over what are we hearing. well i think we haven't had any resignation so far as far as i'm aware sue that's a positive sign for two reason may she will hope that she will have the cabinet on board one way of thinking about it is here in the u.k. that there is some speculation that maybe the cabinet is going to be behind reason may because they don't want to be seen you know us as the ones to thwart the deal and that they were maybe hoping that in parliament it could be over town so that it's not up to the cabinet to do the job and to work through anything into the span and really create enormous difficulty for tourism a but it's going to be in parliament that's one way of thinking and that's only speculation we are really awaiting for this cabinet meeting to be over and for to resume to make a statement just after that within the next hour of. course the biggest stumbling block in this process has been uncertainty over the border between north and the

it looks like we have a text, cabinet members perusing it this evening and we will get a cabinet vote tomorrow. this is how the stocks and bonds and foreign-exchange markets are reacting to all of this. we have already closed. this closed absolutely flat. we have seen the pound higher. the cable rate is trading up by 1.4%. up trading north of the 1.30 level. gilts being sold off. areds are higher, so prices lower. that is the reaction thus far. we will see if we get it for the reaction tomorrow on a cabinet vote. vonnie: ok, time for the stock of the hour. ge heading for their best day in more than a month. up after the coveting cut a stake in baker hughes. kailey leinz has more. kailey: they are speeding things up. they will sell up to 166 million shares of baker hughes. they own half of the company still, but this share could be worth $4 billion based on the closing price on monday. so investors breathing a sigh of relief, because ge has not had the best performance as of late. in the past two years, they have only had four months in which they were in the green. and you can see esp

theresa may, her cabinet has backed a divorce deal with thehe european union. it took more than five hours to persuade the cabinet to agree and she is now preparing to explain and defend the deal. this announcement was listeded less than an h hour ago. here i is what she said. >> the cabinet has had a long and detatailed a debate on the draft and outlinened a political declaration on f future relationship with the european union. ththese documents were the resus of thousands of hours s of hardd nenegotiation by u.k.. official, many many meetings that i and others held. i firmly believe the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated at it was for the cabinet to decide whetheher to move on in the tal. the choices before us were difficult t particularly in relatition to the northern ireld backstop. but the collective decision was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and outlined political declaration. this is a decisive step that enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead. these decisions were not

there are divisions within the cabinet. there are pro—brexit members who really want to push back against having the backstop that the uk can't unilaterally pull out, that he had a lecturejohnson, who are per remain, and they really don't wa nt to per remain, and they really don't want to associate themselves with they see as a disastrous deal. what is the theresa may at this point is that it would seem that brussels is not moving on some of its key redlines and yet she has two present brussels with the uk's deal, proposals for a deal. >> she does. and this will come down to wording. can she finds some of wording that were sure that there will not be looked into some in the cloud get out. while also satisfying brussels that it is going to protect the northern irish border. we have two watch this space very closely indeed. but as the sake of a big clock is ticking furiously now. and camino, the internal turmoil seems to be coming to a another crisis point, doesn't it? it does. and even assuming that is making it a deal tha

the cabinet meeting is going on. we have a line coming from bloomberg news which suggests that dominic raab, the brexit secretary, was understood to be heading out to brussels, in fact we are now told he will not be going out this evening at least, and we wait to see, it will be determined by what happens in the cabinet meeting as to whether we get that on the future relations with the eu in the days ahead, if things remain positive, we probably will. but the detail. how is that going down in scotland? earlier our scotland correspondent lorna gordon explained the scottish national party's response to the draft agreement. i think the snp government's position could be summarised in saying that they have been left in the dark and they are worried that scotla nd the dark and they are worried that scotland is going to be left out and left behind, left in the dark in the sense that they are very angry that they haven't seen as brexit deal thatis they haven't seen as brexit deal that is going to be discussed by uk minister

a cabinet united? a collective agreement. concerns it will never make it through the commons, and there was no formal vote. i am absolutely part of the cabinet because i am satisfied that the deal that is currently available does meet our demands. why the caution? voila. "voila," brexiteers fear the eu has got too much, tying the uk in too closely, maybe for good. we have been able to find common ground and meet our common objectives. there are big problems back home. the fine print of the deal shows if there isn't a big trade agreement in future, great britain would be in a customs union with the eu, northern ireland effectively in a single market. not something theresa may's dup allies want to accept. it certainly doesn't appear that we will be able to support it, because it breaches the red line in terms of having differences between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom, in terms of regulation. obviously, we would still be in the customs union as well, and we cannot have that. and in far greater number if br

let us look ahead to the cabinet meeting tomorrow when the cabinet meeting tomorrow when the stakes could not be higher. they hardly code and on that content is of issues that emma has been discussing, number 10 has of issues that emma has been discussing, numberio has told me that the withdrawal agreement will contain the promise of a uk wide customs agreement. they believe that fears in northern ireland and fears among many tory eurosceptics that somehow northern ireland could be hived off do not have to come true. they think they have had enough reassurance from brussels and they hope they have to get that through to cabinet tomorrow. frankly speaking, there is going to be a huge amount of importance placed on every single line in this enormous telephone book style 500 page document. one senior source said there will be plenty of scope for mr inside there. the decision by the cabinet is about a balance of risks. it is fairto cabinet is about a balance of risks. it is fair to say they are not going to like what they read and discussed tomorrow, but they have to make this judgment. if th

we haven't had the cabinet meeting yet. i think what we are all wondering is this is the destiny of our country at stake, no doubt about that. is there somewhere in that cabinet a winston churchill, if you like, who will have the moral courage to stand up and say that this is wrong? i'm just going to pause there becausejenny chapman rolled her eyes from the reference to winston churchill. why was that? i'm not trying to offend mark in any way at all, he seems like a perfectly nice chap. but invoking winston churchill and wartime spirit and all of these things, we are all tired of this. actually, what we wa nt tired of this. actually, what we want isa tired of this. actually, what we want is a nice, reasonable discussion about a deal. we have set out our tests about how we are going tojudge this deal out our tests about how we are going to judge this deal and out our tests about how we are going tojudge this deal and we are going tojudge this deal and we are going to vote according to that. let's just get real and stop with

to stay on to help the cabinet to get "the best future for britain". this morning, the prime minister once again defended her brexit withdrawal agreement, answering calls from members of the public in a phone in on lbc radio. it comes amid speculation that a leadership challenge to mrs may is about to be launched by tory backbenchers. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. will you be resigning today? will you be resigning today7m will you be resigning today? in the event, the answer was no. the environment secretary oche brexiteer in the cabinet and has decided to stay in the post after two of his collea g u es stay in the post after two of his colleagues walked out yesterday. although he declined the job of brexit secretary he has calculated it's better to fight for the brexit he wants from the inside. i'm looking forward to working with all my government colleagues and collea g u es my government colleagues and colleagues in parliament to make sure we get the best future for britain. i think it's absolutely vital we focus on getting the r

well we've seen cabinet ministers imagining from downing street picked just so already to reason may is really trying extremely hard to sell this deal that we don't know the details of yet but she's trying to sell it to have a cabinet so that she can tomorrow how the whole cabinet and then sign off the deal now we would really have to wait and see there are many skeptical in her own cabinet many so-called threats it is who want it really clean cut with the e.u. they don't want to stay in the customs union which would mean really still a close relationship with britain with the u.k. and the european union many and her cabinet and also in the in the parliamentary consecutive thought you really want to break free from the they think that the us undemocratic that is hindering the u.k. to make for example their own trade agreements and to be this global britain which is how they sold bricks it to the population who voted for it so they really are already quite skeptical even though we don't know the details yet but they've been very very skeptical and it's going to be a really hard sell f

and see there are many skeptical in her own cabinet many so-called threats it is who want it really clean cut would be you they don't want to stay in the customs union which would mean really still a close relationship with britain with the u.k. and the european union many and her cabinet and also in the in the parliamentary conservative party really want to break free from the they think that the e.u. is undemocratic that is hindering the u.k. to make for example their own trade agreements and to be this global britain which is how they sold bricks it to the population who voted for it so they really are already quite skeptical even though we don't know the details yet but they have been very very skeptical and it's going to be a really hard sell for its reason made tonight and also tomorrow you know max before we run out of time you know the contingency plans in case that we have a break with no deal those plans are there being rolled out i mean we've been hearing from people at the w g o the securities and exchange commission in the us new warnings about the under stated impact o

we will have to see what cabinet ministers going in to read the detail, but they make of it. theresa may knows she is difficult times ahead and has to persuade her cabinet and then of course persuade parliament as well. thank you. more on these developments next. but now time for a look at the weather. it was a much quieter day today and in fact for many it has been free of those showers. with scenes like this. however things are set to change overnight with some rain moving in to wales, the north west of england and then pushing into northern ireland and scotland with a strengthening wind. a lot of clout across the country in general and a very mild might to come. but we start tomorrow with a moist south divide. —— a north—south divide. a pleasa nt divide. —— a north—south divide. a pleasant day across england and wales, around 13 degrees. as we move out of wednesday towards the end of the working week, things stay as if required. it willjust get a bit cooler and mist and fog could be an issue. you're watching beyond 100 days. the terms for divorce have been agre

it says the prime minister faces a backlash from her cabinet ministers. celebrating prince charles's seventieth, the paper also carries an official family photograph marking the occasion. the guardian leads with four of the key cabinet ministers who theresa may needs to back her deal alongside the headline, this is the deal, now back me. that is how they portray it. the mail carries the offical photograph of prince charles and his family marking his 70th, along with the headline, judgement day. the express leads with theresa may's claim that this deal is the best for britain. it says she faces the fight of her political life to convince her colleagues, parliament and the country to accept it. the financial times also describes it as the moment of truth. it says the prime minister faces the most dangerous moment in her premiership as she tries to persuade a divided cabinet to back the draft treaty. the i says ‘deal done,‘ but warns that all the prime minister has to do is get it past her cabinet, the commons, the lords, the dup and 27 eu nations. and m

well we've seen cabinet ministers imagining from downing street pictures so already to reason may is really trying extremely hard to sell this deal that we don't know the details of yet but she's trying to sell it to her cabinet so that she can tomorrow how the whole cabinet and then sign off the deal now we would really have to wait and see there are many skeptical in her own cabinet many so-called threats it is who want it really clean cut would be you they don't want to stay in the customs union which would mean really still a close relationship with britain with the u.k. and the european union many and her cabinet and also in the in the parliamentary conservative party really want to break free from the e.u. they think that the us undemocratic that is hindering the u.k. to make for example their own trade agreements and to be this global britain which is how they sold bricks it to the population who voted for it so they really are already quite skeptical even though we don't know the details yet but they have been very very skeptical and it's going to be a really hard sell for th

for ministers in total, two cabinet ministers among them. brexit secretary himself, dominic raab followed by work and pensions secretary esther mcvey. theresa may then spent three hours defending our draft agreement amid criticism from mps from all sides, then what drama from outside as jacob rees—mogg announced he was submitting a letter of no confidence in the leadership, saying the brexit deal had turned out to be worse than expected. there seems to be a certain interest in today's proceedings... on exactly the spot where theresa may took on the job of prime minister, the march of the brexiteers, trying to walk on the job of prime minister, the march of the brexiteers, trying to walk her to the exit. and this is it, the brexiteers' attempt to force theresa may from office, that could be the beginning of the end. what we need is a leader who will say to the european union, it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom, it is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union, it is impossible to pay £39 billio