we will be bringing a deal to parliament and parliament we hope will support it and we will bring the country back together in a strong relationship with the eu going forward. ireland has now been pushed onto the ledge and into no man's land. this is hardly acceptable and not an acceptable way to protect the precious union. a former brexit minister spoke out. i fear my misgivings about what would happen in this process have been proven all too true. namely, the political declaration is meaningless waffle, worse still, it is laced with the cyanide of the backstop. how can the government possibly contemplate trying to take this through parliament in the absolute opposite of what the people voted for, rather than put it back to the people and let them decide? the views in the commons and the lords on theresa may's draft brexit agreement. it's all left those of us who've been around westminster for a while trying to think of another time when parliament has been quite so divided. so i called in an expert — professor vernon bogdanor who's a professor of both politics and contemporary bri

the overwhelming majority of members of my parliament insisted to do it i result so you can stick to promises you couldn't stick to decisions you'd made that's a hard label to where isn't it you're going to political scientists minds university said this endless vacillation was just i'm doing he's right isn't it i don't cover members of walter comments but. the situation was not as easy as mr volcker tries to describe it or is a party leader saying because the whole party of the holy the ship unanimously say yes we don't draw on a government with america then the leader in system is already criticised to keeping that line i kept aligned with a unanimous vote and then all the other people of the leadership of my party changed the strategy joined the government and asked me not to do the same thing so you blame the party you're going to among them going yourself for breaking a promise i blame myself the miscalculation he spoke about was that i missed the stroke and this is my mistake. that normally it is think about that the party changed with good arguments a strategy and is asking th

politics i'm serving as a member of the europe of the german parliament. i have not to come back to you i'm going do you want to do you see while you're interviewing me in country so do you do you why are you interviewing me in conflict why because i want to find out about what you what you thought about your campaign and your time is european so i'm still president i'm serious still interesting for conflict so she won't have to go after the organize a comeback i know but i'm asking about your future intentions where you still see yourself on the federal state spending a part in federal politics putting yourself back as a candidate in the future as a candidate no now committed for what chancellor now that's gone is that i think the. question for the time being is not who will run the s.p.d. for the next election campaign how to in proof the situation of the party this is the biggest question for the time being but you have specific views on the. as everybody is the party listening to you i hope so let's talk if we may about your time as president of the eu

of voters had a very negative image of the parliament due to spending so. and you didn't think you could set an example that's why i disagree this is to run such an institution you need support. i acted in the frame of. a structure i earned from my predecessor i was not the man who invented that structure and i wasn't you benefited from it yes i benefited from an i was not some rock of cut back but you didn't and i was not surprised that there's the first president who tried. to transform this only representative post in the political post i earned a lot of hostility by political opponents and they focussed suddenly with their criticism on a structural question instead of political content question i was not surprised and therefore i repeat i would have preferred to deal to discuss with my opponents about political items. because the structure of the run is a drive against to talk about extravagance to why i was the first one who was criticised by all this previous us and will never criticize for it this was because i was a political figure and people and t

of voters had a very negative image of the parliament due to spending so. and you didn't think you could set an example that's why i disagree this is to run such an institution you need support. i acted in the frame of. a structure i earned from my previous i was not the man who invented that structure i wasn't you benefited from it yes i benefited from and i was not some rod of cut back but you didn't and i was not surprised that there's the first president who tried. to transform this only representative post in the political post i earned a lot of hostility by political opponents and that they focussed suddenly with their criticism on a structural question instead of political content question i was not surprised and therefore i repeat i would have preferred to deal to discuss with my own ponens about political items. because the structure of the run is a traffic and still talk about extravagance why i was the first one who was criticised by all this pre-decimal never criticised for it this was because i was a political figure and people and trying to ma

politics i'm serving as a member of the europe of the german parliament. i have not to come back to you i'm going do you want to do you see while you're interviewing me in conflicts or do you do you why are you interviewing me in conflict why because i want to find out about what you what you thought about your campaign and your time is european so i'm still president i'm serious still interesting from conflict so she won't have to get organize a car back i'll be you know but i'm asking about your future intentions where you still see yourself on the federal state spending a part in federal politics putting yourself back as a candidate in the future as a candidate no more now committed for what chancellor now that's gone is that i think the. question for the time being is not who will run the s.p.d. for the next election campaign how to in proof the situation of the party this is the biggest question for the time being but you have specific views on the. as everybody is the party listening to you i hope so let's talk if we may about your time as president

warned that a quarter of voters had a very negative image of the parliament due to spending so. and you didn't think you could set an example that's why i disagree this is to run such an institution you need support. i acted in the frame of. a structure i earned from my predecessor i was not the man who invented that structure i was to benefited from it yes i benefited from and i was not some road of cut back but you didn't and i was not surprised that there's the first president who tried. to transform this only representative post in the political post i earned a lot of hostility by political opponents and that they focused suddenly with their criticism on a structural question instead of political content question i was not surprised and therefore i repeat i would have preferred to deal to discuss with my opponents about political items. because the structure of running some traffic and still talk about extravagance why i was the first one who was criticised by all this pre-decimal never criticised for it this was because i was a political figure and people and trying to make

theresa may needs to get the approval of parliament. as i was picking in the last half hour in blackford, the westminster parliamentary leader of the snp, a significant group in parliament in terms of the numbers, and he says they have already rejected the brexit deal. i think we all know the situation we're in, that the prime minister does not have the support for this so—called deal in parliament from her own party, never mind from the opposition. so we will go through this charade that she will try and see if she can win support over the next few days, we will have five days of debate, and alternately i suspect this will be voted down. it is a deal that does not really please anybody, it certainly does not please those of us certainly does not please those of us who wanted to stay in europe or have accepted a compromise that we should be staying in the single market and customs union. i guess the real problem is that when the premise or presents as deal, let's look at what actually happens. we have the agreement to leave the eu, we

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. as theresa may faces opposition from all sides to her brexit plan. the government must now withdraw this half— baked deal. i plead with you to accept the political reality of the situation you now face. she clearly does not listen. but in a marathon commons session mrs may stands fast on her eu divorce plans. voting against a deal would take us all back to square one. it would mean more uncertainty, more division and a failure to deliver on the decision of the british people that we should leave you. also on this programme — we delve back into the history of parliamentary crises and ask — would changing the prime minister make a difference? changing the leader does not alter the problem. unless you change the policy. it was the week of a breakthrough and a breakdown. the breakthrough — news on tuesday that uk and eu officials had agreed the draft text of a brexit withdrawal agreement — running to 500 pages — coupled with a much shorter document on the future relationship.

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, our look at the political week in westminster and beyond, as former ministers try to stop the theresa may's brexit plans. she should junk forthwith the backstop. isn't it a regrettable but inescapable reality that this deal gives even more away? but don't worry, it's not all about brexit. hang on in there. the immigration minister's back in the lion's den. this is your responsibility. and that is information that has been provided anonymously by ngos, and we cannot... telepathy is not my first skill. and 100 after they got the chance to be mps, where are all the women? i don't know why but when i've come across women who when i'd said, you should stand to be an mp, a counsellor, the gla member, they've looked at me with utter shock and said, "me? really? in a position of power?" all that to come and more. but first: there's no escape from the issue that's prompted several ministers to resign from theresa may's government and her northern ir

one joined tonight by our very own max hoffman he is in strasbourg at the european parliament maxilla start with the very first message that merkel delivered today take a listen but boy today i'm here with julie but also with gratitude in front of the big east democratic parliaments in the world. all right of the start there we've got the biggest parliament the world soprano it seems like that they've never really been essential to miracles political the cabul larry but they work today what happened. well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the euro party been in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days ve

i'm joined tonight by our very own max hoffman he is in strasbourg at the european parliament maxilla start with the very first message that merkel delivered today take a listen and point today i'm here with julie but also with gratitude in front of the big east democratic parliaments in the world. the right of the start there we've got the biggest parliament the world surprised like that they've never really been essential to miracles political the cabul larry but they weren't today what happened. well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the europe are even in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days very

a vote and debate on parliament? >> beginning of december but i cannot stress enough a lot depends on whether theresa may lasts the next 48 hours. we will be watching to see whether 40 members of her party decide they want to launch a leadership challenge. then there will be this leadership challenge. november 25 is the day that we heard, the european commissioner. he said that is when european leaders will gather and make hopefully not too many changes, in his words. that is the timeline as it is set out. all the other parliaments around europe are set to vote on this. david: i want to clarify about the bank of england. they will be offering an assessment of the deal once there is a deal. we also know mark carney is supposed to speak in parliament on tuesday. if there is any kind of resolution he can comment on, we would hear from him then. in terms of monetary policy, it is a weight, but they are supposed to give us their view of how this will affect the economy, once we know what it is. david: you mentioned graham

rajapaksa says he can prove in parliament he's got the support he needs .

in parliament errors a lot of focus on whether there will be a deal or not. —— in parliament there is. but people are now thinking let's get this on and get on delivering. i think this is the right dealfor the delivering. i think this is the right deal for the uk. delivering. i think this is the right dealfor the uk. myjob is to persuade people in parliament to... and i think in order more macs. when it comes to voting for this deal, directly say to themselves does it deliver? and secondly what we need to focus on for our constituents up and down the country. i believe people's jobs, futures, and down the country. i believe people'sjobs, futures, the future of their children, that should be at the forefront of people's minds. anything you want to say to that? thank you for the response. i had to get through parliament because i do wa nt get through parliament because i do want it to be certain in the country. i think every other option like no deal willjust cause chaos in the country, really. can give your call, sarah. iwouldjust in the country, really. can give your call, sarah. i wo

welsh parliament. mups. that could be interpreted as the beginning of muppets, which means stupid in welsh, so there are little complications involved there. also, if it is the seneth, assembly members will be called members of the seneth, mns in english. in welsh they will be called ask, which is what we call mps in welsh already —— will be called ask. but this is only part of a bigger bill, isn't it? someone is in this, so the votes for the assembly, whatever you want it. as opposed that the big ticket item in that bill is lowering the voting age to 16 for assembly elections, something the government is really pushing for and this is a small part of that bill and if that bill is passed, the name will change and 16—year—olds and 17 year—olds will build a boat in the will be able to vote in elections. —— will be able to vote in assembly elections in 2020. i understand there has to be quite a bit majority for the change to come in, so how likely is it you think this change will come throug

politics i'm serving as a member of the europe of the german parliament. i have not to come back to you i'm going do you want to do you see while you're interviewing me in conflicts or do you do you why are you interviewing me in conflict why because i want to find out about what you what you thought about your campaign and your time is european so i'm still president i'm serious still interesting from conflict so she won't have to get a dog about as a comeback i know but i'm asking about your future intentions where you still see yourself on the federal state spending a part in federal politics putting yourself back as a candidate in the future as a candidate no not now committed for what chancellor now that's gone is that i think the. question for the time being is not who will run the s.p.d. for the next election campaign how to in proof the situation of the party this is the biggest question for the time being but you have specific views on the. as everybody is the party listening to you i hope so let's talk if we may about your time as president of th

now on bbc news — the week in parliament.

well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the euro party even in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days very vocal about that and of course has been the champion of this for a longer time but in the last days she had the possibility to voice her opinion on this because she talked as you know at the come a variation of the first world war and now here in front of the european parliament so it all fits the puzzle she tries to tell everybody these are important institutions including the european parliament for what europe stands for and for the peace that has come to the continent within the last decades th

one joined tonight by our very own max hoffman he is in strasbourg at the european parliament maxilla start with the very first message that merkel delivered today take a listen. today i'm here with julie but also with gratitude in front of the big east democratic parliaments in the world. all right of the start there we've got the biggest parliament the world supreme slike that they've never really been essential to miracles political the cabby larry but they work today what happens. well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the euro party you've been in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days very vocal

by presidential decree they tried to stop parliament voting on it refused to accept parliament's vote to restrict a no confidence vote they said it wasn't procedurally accurate or whatever the reasons are now the new tactic is to go ahead and appeal to the people at large in trying to get an early election hold on the streets of sri lanka the time being remain calm people be watching this from the news of the reason the great clamor on the streets for action is being contained and now in politics thank you for that brianna smith live for us in colombo. the european union will hold a summit to endorse the draft rexx a deal on november twenty second e.u. chief donald tusk announced the meeting alongside the u.k. steve bracks it made the e.u.'s chief brant sadler in brussels a michel barnier says or so not to do to britain's prime minister won the approval offer a cabinet on wednesday teresa mayes now taking her proposal to parliament i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the t

s in the house of parliament here. behind me where they are still very very skeptical and they think ok maybe people don't really want to listen but it's such a momentous decision and it's something that goes really to the core of many m.p.'s beliefs of what is good for the country that i'm not sure that many of them will be persuaded just to get on just to get it out of the way so we have the e.u. commission president john claude young saying that this is the only deal possible so from a british perspective does that mean it's this deal or no deal. i think he also said that in order to help three's a mate to get this deal through parliament from any you can a spectacle of cause they don't want to get on for many more months just to new renegotiate this withdrawal deal but we also know that m.p.'s are really plotting there are some within reason mazed conservative party who see this deal as dangerous and some of them even though they want bricks and have said well it's really worse than staying in the e.u. so they are

the fourteenth without dissolving parliament it became apparent that those fights could have brought about a serious situation with these fires creating hardships on the population living in towns and villages across the country which is yours and mine i'm going out for nando's said joins us live now from colombo so no where we expecting this to go. right now the supreme court the building you see behind me there is a three judge bench headed by the chief justice that's hearing the fundamental rights petitions that have been submitted before the courts as of today monday now most of those petitions filed by political parties while there are some public interest petitions as well now the fundamental basis that these petitions have been filed is on the basis that the present by policy in a violated the country's constitution when he dissolved parliament on friday basically the amendment of the constitution of this country says that parliament cannot be dissolved less than four and a half years into it unless two thirds of the two hundred twenty five members in parliament take a vote an

the fifty percent parliament vote. no confidence vote they said it was a she should be accurate whatever the reasons are there now a new tactic is to go that has an appeal to the people at large in trying to get an early. hold on the streets of toronto for the time being remain calm people be watching this from the news but there isn't a great while we're on the streets for action is being telling the now in all of that. in the united states at least fifty six people have now been confirmed dead in the wildfires burning in the state of california the majority were killed in the town of paradise but more than one hundred people a still missing reports a new fire developed on tuesday night in southern california it's been called the sierra fire and broke out to the east of los angeles authorities say vegetation ignited and other reminder that president trump's contention that the fires could be prevented with better forest management is wrong the fires burning through california did not begin forests but in brush near de

european parliament ta ken that? what role will the european parliament taken that? we want to have a constructive, good relationship. we are very united on that. we want to keep the damage and therefore we will try to be very helpful. i think there should also bea helpful. i think there should also be a joint committee between the uk parliament and european parliament, that we could jointly control the process of the negotiation. great -- grateful for your time, process of the negotiation. great -- gratefulfor your time, thank process of the negotiation. great -- grateful for your time, thank you. that is the thoughts of the european parliament. a short time ago, we heard from jean—claude juncker, the european commission president. he urged the british lawmakers and mps to ratify the brexit deal. theresa may has negotiated that with european nude leaders rue warning it won't be modified or reopened. good deal, sad deal, not the deal itself but brexit is a sad moment for the european union, and i want to say for br

but what will make the uk parliament approve this deal? that isa parliament approve this deal? that is a very good question! it is divided right down the middle. it is ha rd to divided right down the middle. it is hard to see an outcome that pleases everybody. the need for unity in the tory party is likely to see supporters. what does labour do? it is not clear at this point. labour is not clear at this point. labour is divided on this topic and it is quite possible that could significant numbers of labour mps will vote against it. this indeed gives certainty to the business community which is good news for asian businesses. nothing really changed until september or longer and similar terms will roll forward after that. the current trade situation remained unchanged which is what businesses canvassed for. what is different is the uk will have no say in how the legislation which governs its trade relations with europe is shaped. simon littlewood. cyber monday is! with europe is shaped. simon littlewood. cyber monday is 1 of the biggest shopping days. many shoppers decided to go

prime minister to resign mayor just parliament tobacco draft breaks it deal i mean a fierce battle ash within her own administration. under their suspends plans to repatriate re-injure refugees after failing to find any volunteers some say they'd rather die than return to me in mali. and in the grounds of a ruined jungle palace out there again exclusive access as mosques russians train the next generation of central african republic troops. saudi arabia seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged with the murder of journalist. as the king of tries to contain its biggest political crisis in a generation overall eleven suspects are accused of killing the royal insider turned critic in istanbul last month but riyadh is insisting the fact. crown prince mohammed bin sound man knew nothing of the operation the case has drawn international condemnation and in the last hour sanctions from the united states more on that in a moment but first after there's andrew symonds as a report from istanbul saudi arabia's prosecution spokesman announcing the death penalty is being sought for five o

we talk about diversity in parliament. but my right honorable frovende is right, we need to ensure we have people from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a wide variety of experience in this chamber. take that is a way we get better decisions taken in this chamber. i am pleased that the conservative party has been taking action through work it has done in supporting people to get into politics, encouraging people with a wide range of backgrounds and experience to stand for parliament and represent sit wins in this chamber. >> the prime minister has just repeated that voting down her deal risks no brexit at all. does she recognize that far from being a risk, recent polls show that actually a vast majority of people would like no brexit at all in order to save jobs prorks tekotte the environment and ensure our standing in the world. will she acknowledge that the will of the people can change, the will of the people has changed? and will she therefore think that the way forward is a people's vote, or does she think democr

protesters on the parliament speaker say there's been a constitutional coupe the prime minister they say should be chosen by parliament not the president i think everyone is really surprised by what happened everyone but everyone needs to figure out how we can stop this. happening not. by the people right. well posters of rajapaksa have started appearing nationwide the former president hasn't yet spoken publicly about his new appointment the country's constitution which changed a couple of years ago to take power away from the president and give it to power presidents are saying he says he's not breaking more but his critics will say he's going against the spirit of the constitutional amendment which was made to strengthen democratic institutions. al-jazeera. let's have a look at some of the key events leading up to the current political crisis the twenty five year old civil war ended in two thousand and nine when government troops defeated tamil tiger rebels president rajapaksa was reelected a year later the ruling coalition won a majority in parliament and constitutional amendments

for theresa may the brics it drama continues in early december that's when the british parliament is expected to vote on the deal but even if it's ratified that's only the beginning of many months possibly years of negotiations on the future relationship between britain and the e.u. . and we're joined now by political advisor john wirth thanks for joining us jon we've just been hearing about the british perspective the what is the u. perspective we heard about leaders of european nations speaking of sadness is this going to hurt the e.u. however in any way it's good that the e.u. economically to some extent due to the trading relationship between the u.k. and the rest of the european union but not so much ultimately the rest of the european union wants to move on and expresses its sadness today but essentially most leaders are essentially looking at of the challenges the european union is facing and they want britain to leave in an orderly fashion just now the problems are now no longer on the e.u. side the problems are very much on the british side with this well on the british side

if it does get through the uk parliament, it also has to be ratified by the european parliament. if it is ratified by both the parliaments and signed off bya both the parliaments and signed off by a qualified majority, at least 20 out of 27 member states, then indeed, as theresa may promises, we will be leaving on the 29th of march next year. ok. whilst we're talking i want to revert to what is going on in the background here. you can see people lining up, we are waiting for jean—claude juncker and donald tusk to come out. there they are, look at that, right on cue. donald tusk and jean—claude juncker on their way to the press conference. we have heard some pretty strong language from jean—claude juncker today, as probably you might expect. in saying that this withdrawal agreement is what it is, and it stays on the table. there won't be reopening the negotiation and he said he expects the wide—— wise uk parliament voted through. michel barnier was alongside him. he was praised today brides donald tusk for the work he has done on it. important as well, because you could

and taking from the president it means parliament has spoken and if parliament sat as the mend rajapaksa is not prime minister it should be run away from a single then really if you believe the spirit of the constitutional change then that is how it should be in the president should be forced to sensually to accept that but he's not so we have this stalemate parliament will sit again tomorrow and presumably get on with the business its will to get on with this is the session of the first day of the new session of parliament but in the meantime today somebody needs to come forward and say this man is prime minister and the two people in position the most of it the most of the favor would be with randall wickramasinghe it just seems that the president has yet to accept that and two days ago bernard they were having this discussion in the supreme court are they not done with the supreme court i.e. it's in the parliament and there it stays. the supreme court is shooed. away essentially of the president's decision to dissolve parliament and call elections so there will be a further hearing in

francine: if there is no parliament vote or if it doesn't get a parliament, you support a second referendum? keir: if it doesn't get their parliament, there ought to be a second election. if that doesn't happen, there has to be other options. actually think that if they were a customs union, there would be a consensus in parliament for that. withf the options we dealt was the option of a public vote. let's get to our guest . he joins me here at westminster. how do you look at this? the politics are really taking over. we are seeing this huge clash between labour and conservatives. if you are a chief executive this morning, what do you do? >> if you can afford to stay away from places like this, you stay away. if not, your time to find the asymmetric payoffs here. i think there are two sticking out. one of them have to do with the currency. the upside to the pound is fairly limited. in the event that harder solutions come about, obviously, the upside and eurosterling is significant. that is one asymmetry. the other has to do with domestic stocks in the u.k. reached stages of valuation that a

we talk about diversity in parliament. in relation to getting more women into parliament, but my right honorable friend is also right, we need to ensure we have people from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a wide variety of experience in this chamber. that is a way we get better decisions taken in this chamber. i am pleased that the conservative party has been taking action through work it has done in supporting people to get into politics, encouraging people with a wide range of backgrounds and a wide range of experience to stand for parliament and represent constituents in this chamber. >> they give very much, mr. speaker. the prime minister has just repeated that voting down her deal risks no brexit at all. does she recognize that far from being a risk, recent polls show that actually a vast majority of people would like no brexit at all, in order to save jobs, protect the environment and ensure our standing in the world. will she acknowledge that the will of the people can change, the will of the people has chang

the question is to parliament, do we wa nt question is to parliament, do we want this deal or not? we have just heard the dup saying they will take their ten mps to vote against the deal, we have this mp saying they will vote against the deal is a stance. where are you getting your optimism from? my optimism is from the end of that smp interview. what he is actually acknowledging is that nobody wants no deal, he also acknowledges that he wants to leave the european union, or has at least accepted that we have to leave the eu as accepted that we have to leave the euasa accepted that we have to leave the eu as a result of the referendum. he is talking about eu after, which have no control over the borders. this is close to a lot of the advantages, with the added advantage of controlling and root —— immigration. i don't see how the snp and others would not accept that although they don't see it as ideal, it is better than no deal, and in the end we have to vote for this for the end we have to vote for this for the sake of the country? a crucial few weeks coming up, very good of yo

sky news prime minister are you not in denial about the chances of getting this still through parliament and for the critics in your own party to have been sending in letters very publicly is it time for them to put up or shut up what i heard as i think you may have heard me say in the house of commons earlier today as i've just reiterated here i'm going to do my job of bringing back the best deal for the united kingdom that will then be put before the house of commons it will be put before members of parliament in a meaningful vote their job will be to look at that deal their job will be to consider the interests of their constituents and their job will be to consider how we can deliver on the vote of the british people to leave the european the european union and i think you know i think most people watching this or listening to to this will recognise that this is not an easy thing to do this is a complex negotiation but i think what most people want to know is that what we will deliver will be in their interests it will protect jobs it will protect security it will ensure a great futu

his will his decision of prime minister on parliament parliament wanting a say but so far not being able to get that say in the past in the last few weeks things really haven't gone the president's way though so we'll see tomorrow what happens as to whether they manage to hold a vote on who should be prime minister ok we'll keep watching events there closely but of the moment thanks very much. even human rights chief says bangladesh should hold plans to repaginate more than two thousand two hundred range of muslims to miramar warning that such a move would endanger their lives michelle bash allays says the human rights violations committed against writing amount to the worst atrocities and in crimes against humanity and possibly even genocide most of the range refugees live in camps in cox's bizarre from where mohammed jumped in reports. a dire warning issued by the u.n. high commissioner for human rights michelle by chalet who in a statement on tuesday said that the return of refugees to me and more would constitute a violation of international law and would put their lives and fre

this parliament. or the country as a whole. meanwhile, in the lords, a former brexit minister thinks what is on offer confirms his worst fears. applicable decoration is meaningless waffle. worst of all, it is laced with cyanide of the backstop. theresa may has spent the day doggedly defending her drop brexit agreement. it is all about how the uk leads the european union, not the permanent future relationship. it covers things like the divorce bill and arrangements for eu citizens in the uk and the northern irish border during what is known as the transition period immediately after brexit. at a news conference on thursday evening, she told reporters " overlit with every fibre of my being there because i have set out is the right one for a cou ntry". have set out is the right one for a country". her comments came at the end of what even by westminster standards had been pretty four hours of high drama. on wednesday night after a five—hour cabinet meeting, she emerged onto downing street seeing her cabinet had accepted the d ra

now on bbc news — the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, our look at the political week in westminster and beyond, as former ministers try to stop the theresa may's brexit plans. she should junk forthwith the backstop. isn't it a regrettable but inescapable reality that this deal gives even more away? but don't worry, it's not all about brexit. hang on in there. the immigration minister's back in the lion's den. this is your responsibility. and that is information that has been provided anonymously by ngos, and we cannot... telepathy is not my first skill. and 100 after they got the chance to be mps, where are all the women? i don't know why but when i've come across women who when i'd said, you should stand to be an mp, a counsellor, the gla member, they've looked at me with utter shock and said, "me? really? in a position of power?" all that to come and more. but first: there's no escape from the issue that's prompted several ministers to resign from theresa may's government and her northern ir

to put themselves forward for parliament? or are they putting themselves forward and being rebuffed by some selection committees that frankly don't want women as mps? it is a bit of both, i'd say. yes, there are women who have put themselves forward and at the select committee evidence hearing, we heard from a former conservative mp who has put herself forward for 11 selections. i mean, i went through one selection and i thought if i don't win this, i'm not doing it again. to go through 11 selections is an enormous amount of selections to go through. it is notjust the financial cost, it is also the emotional cost attached to it. so i do think there was a case of women putting themselves forward and not getting over the final hurdle, which is to become a candidate and then become an mp. but i do think it is important to ask women to stand because i don't know why, but i've come across women who when i've said, "you should stand to be an mp, a councillor, "a labour member," they have looked at me with utter shock and said, "rea

president, without your personal trust and the president of the european parliament. none of this would have been possible without the expertise and skills of our teams. first and foremost, the team that gathered together within the commission, as i have always done, negotiating on behalf of the european commission. people already mentioned, in particular. but like many others in the commission, these two ladies have really, really done the european civil service proud and all of their colleagues, as well, and i am thinking of your team, mr. president, your private office, the secretary-general and his team, and as i said in front of the heads of state of government this morning, all of the departments in the commission have contributed. the director general, the secretariat, martin, martinez, the private office, richard and paulina, who i know very well. luis romero i would also like to mention. the heads of the two legal counsel's and commission. a treaty, as all lawyers know, every word count, so what i am saying is that all of this work has only been possible beca

i'm joined tonight by our very own max hoffman he is in strasbourg at the european parliament maxilla start with the very first message that merkel delivered today take a listen but today i'm here with julie but also with gratitude in front of the big east democratic parliaments in the world. all right of the start there we've got the biggest parliament the world soprano it is like that they've never really been essential to miracles political the cabul larry but they work today what happened. well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the europe party even in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days very vo

there will be a problem getting it through parliament. swimming pools and chocolate eclairs, neither of which i was anticipating in this conversation. tickets to the express , conversation. tickets to the express, tell me if you are surprised that there is slightly more of an editorial view on the front of the express which has been a staunch a staunchly pro brexit paper. i would argue would get in line with theresa may to get us out with something next march and i am told or they would tell me that the express move down to backing theresa may with a possible spelling mistake in the headline. i think this is interesting because you could've imagined the daily express as he quietly —— as you said campaigning for leaving the eu for years, coming out tonight with a great betrayal type headline, that is supposedly what their suppose it here as i've been saying all afternoon but their headline and enormous type, this brexit deal is best for britain. it is putting the case for theresa may's deal and actually even the reporting is extremely

this isn't the day that parliament. this isn't the day that parliament will vote on the deal, there will be quite a lead up to that but there will be indicators of the kind of atmosphere in the house of commons and it could be quite rowdy, quite difficult for theresa may, not least because those ministers sitting around her on the front bench of government, we know that many of them are still very unhappy with the deal that she has put together. so we will be watching for signs of dissent, watching to see whether she gets any critical questioning from your own party, the governing conservative party, and we are still on, you might say resignation watch, we've had a junior northern ireland minister going, saying that this deal doesn't give us some feedback but we are also watching for senior ministers like the work and pensions secretary, the international development secretary, even the brexit secretary himself dominic raab, will they be content to stay in theresa may's government? there's also the possibility that she

people will have heard that there are voices in parliament that there are voices in parliament that want to frustrate brexit and stop brexit. i have two paraphrase this, i'm being very patient, it's not no deal? i believe this is the right deal for the uk. but plan b? my difficultjob is to deliver brexit. hello, having ignored the public for over two years, how can we trust you now, that's what i'd like to know? i'm very sorry that you think we haven't been listening to the public over the last two years, i mean, what i have been... obviously, the first thing to listen to was the referendum in 2016. i recognise that was a 52%, 48% vote in terms of verses remain, but parliament said to the public, we want you to make this choice, and people chose to leave. i think it's right in terms of trust in politics that we do deliver on that. what i've been working to do with deliver on that road ina working to do with deliver on that road in a way that does deliver a better future for everybody. it does recognise some of the concerns that people who were voting to remain hand about our future. it p

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello welcome to this week in parliament. our look at the week in westminster and beyond with all the boring bits taken out. in this week's programme, drama as mps vote on the budget. this is the first time a member of the government has resigned during the votes on a budget as a direct result of the chancellor's policies, thank you. are we ready for brexit? the clock is ticking. we've only got five months left. if there is no deal, surely you will have done, it should be one of the top priorities to doing a security assessment. did you hear the one about the chancellor who wanted to be a comedian? spreadsheet phil makes way for standup phil. the new mandatory business rates relief for public lavatories. so that, so that local authorities can at last relieve themselves. it's the way he tells them. more on politicaljokes later. but first, it's become a modern tradition that budgets tend to unravel, think of george osborne's pasty tax or the omni shambles, or gordon bram's problems with his 10p tax rate. philip hammond was chee

above her own german parliament what do you make of that. i think what she meant was that it's the biggest problem in the world because of the number of deputies that are here putting it above as you said would probably cause some trouble at home but she did try to express her gratitude and her her ration for this institution which of course is at the heart of european democracy in return though that europe her parliament at least parts of it didn't treat her that well there were some parts where she got booed louder than ever before because this of course was not the first time she made an appearance in the european parliament and the parts where she was booed included one of the most contentious issues in the european union migration but also when she talked about a european army. mexico she spoke specifically as you said about this vision of a european army this is a really contentious issue we have a clip of what she said there and the reaction let's listen. we have to work on a vision of one day creating a real true european army. thank

for theresa may the brics that drama continues in early december that's when the british parliament is expected to vote on the. deal but even if it's ratified that's only the beginning of many months possibly years of negotiations on the future relationship between britain and the e.u. . and we're joined now by political advisor john wirth thanks for joining us jon we've just been hearing about the british perspective the what is the u. perspective we heard about leaders of european nations speaking of sadness is this going to hurt the e.u. however in any way it's good that the e.u. economically to some extent due to the trading relationship between the u.k. and the rest of the european union but not so much ultimately the rest of the european union wants to move on it expresses sadness today but essentially most leaders are essentially looking at of the challenges the european union is facing and they want britain to leave in an orderly fashion just now the problems are now no longer on the e.u. side the problems are very much on the british side with this well on the british side can

i'm focused on ensuring that we get this deal through parliament. i believe that this is absolutely the right dealfor the uk. this isn't about me. but that has come in as well, people would like to know, it is in the public interest, what is next? i asked you what's next in terms of the deal, but in terms of leadership, people loathe uncertainty. you have staked your premiership on this, if it doesn't get through, this is the question only you can answer. your other colleagues can't answer it, will you resign if a deal doesn't get through? as i am sitting here, i'm not thinking about me. i'm thinking about getting a deal that delivers for the people of this country. that's what drives me and is at the forefront of my mind. i am going to be focused over the next few weeks until the meaningful vote in parliament, at getting that vote through. i will. i will be around the country, i will be explaining the deal to people up and down the country. i think this is important. it's not just about the mps in westminster, it's about people across the country u