there has been business in strasbourg as well. the european parliament meeting they are. we heard from the president of the european commission who were sounding tired and frustrated, saying that it pained him to spend so saying that it pained him to spend so much of his mandate talking about brexit. he did say it was not possible or imaginable that strasbourg would ratify any deal before parliament did. the president of the european council has been a very has been very openly talking about his sorrow that the uk might leave the eu. to applause he said that i no—deal brexit would never be a decision made by the european parliament. over in strasbourg the president of the eu council, on the council's side, we have just finalised the necessary steps for the eu. and the legal texts are now with you. the european parliament has a role to play and it is an important one. the situation is quite complex following events over the weekend in the uk and the british request for an extension of the article 50 process. i am consulting the leaders on how to react and we will decide

and then on wednesday, the european parliament in strasbourg will discuss brexit. eu leaders are pressing the prime minister to come up with new proposals to achieve an agreement. arriving at a separate meeting in brussels, the belgian and finnish foreign ministers, said the european union had limited room for manoeuvre. we are trying to see what are the possibilities to move if it's possible, and to do that, we need to receive some new proposals from london. so without that, it is very difficult to say something. there is a european council on the 17th of october. there, we will see with michel barnier, what are the proposals for the new initiatives coming from london. we don't have the capacity to take initiative. you know that there is a deal. we are in favour of such a deal. is it possible to have some amendments without any difficulty with the red line of the european union, but without the backstop, it is very difficult. we have to remain open and see what happens in the domestic politics in the united kingdom. of course, the european union is always ready to

thanking the european parliament in strasbourg, she said she was honoured and overwhelmed and that the task with more details, gareth barlow, reports. a smile, a sigh, and a standing ovation, as ursula von der leyen was announced as the next president of the european commission. the german defence minister, an ally of the chancellor angela merkel, was narrowly elected when following a secret ballot among meps. i thank you for the trust you placed in me. the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe — your confidence in a united and a strong europe, from east to west, from south to north. the political path forjuncker‘s replacement won't be easy. with just nine votes to spare the strength of her appointment and her clout will be far weaker than hoped. ursula von der leyen is the new face of europe. the first woman to lead the commission, she has a mother of seven, trained as a gynaecologist before entering politics. it took european leaders days, though, to agree her nomination, and the european parliament only just approved her appointment. the firstjob, then, for t

damian grammaticas is in strasbourg and has this update. when ms von der leyen was making her pitch earlier, she mentioned brexit, and said this would be the decision of the uk, but she respected it but regretted it. at that point, there we re regretted it. at that point, there were cheers from the brexit party meps. she went on to talk about the current withdrawal agreement and her views on an extension. there were cheers at that point from the meps, the pro—european bloc in the centre, when she was talking about the possibility of extending. this is what she said. the withdrawal agreement concluded with the government of the united kingdom provides certainty where brexit created uncertainty. in preserving the rights of citizens and in preserving peace and stability on the island of ireland, these two priorities are mine too. however, i stand ready for further extension of the withdrawal date should more time be required for a good reason. applause in any case, the united kingdom will remain our ally, in any case, the united kingdom will

there's an appointment process happening in strasbourg. meps are electing a new president. they are called a president but are more like a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting hasjust a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting has just finished and they could be three more rounds today. we should get a name by the end of the day. at lunchtime we are expecting a visit from the german defence minister who is expected to ta ke defence minister who is expected to take over from jean—claude juncker. she can only take up thatjob if a majority of mvpmeps. vote for her. in terms of the other topjobs, there is an expectation that donald tusk will step down. the decision could take that on their own yesterday at their summit. in terms of the boss of the international monetary fund who is due to take over from the international bank, she will have to be officially approved by eu leaders once they've had consultations in the european parliament and have spoken to the board of the european central bank. in terms of the spanish foreign minister who is stepping up

the liberals and the greens, will play a much more decisive role here in the european parliament in strasbourg. a parliament british meps, in theory, will only be in for four months of the uk leaves on the new deadline which is the 31st of october. meanwhile talks are resuming talks between european union leaders who are divided over who should get the eu's topjobs, including a new commission president to replace jean—claude juncker. leaders on the centre—right have joined with some eastern european countries in opposing the appointment of one of mrjuncker‘s deputies. the summit has reconvened after being put on hold late last night to allow for informal talks behind the scenes. more now on the news that an investigation is underway after a stowaway who's believed to have fallen from a passenger plane bound for heathrow was found dead in a garden in south london. iamjoined by i am joined by an aviation co nsulta nt i am joined by an aviation consultant and former pilots. thank you for coming to talk to us about this horrific story. at one can only imagine the desperation behind someone i

then, the european comment which meets in brussels and strasbourg in france. it is the law making body of the eu and the one bit that is directly elected by us. so, how big is it? there are 751 meps elected from all corners of the eu, with 73 of them coming from the uk. here is the rub with these elections, they only happen if you area elections, they only happen if you are a member of the eu and by now the uk was not meant to be, but it is, and so there are. meps will be elected to represent 12 chunks of the uk, here is how it looked in two bits of the uk in 2014, firstly in scotland, and then in the south—east of england. the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates from each area and voters just choose a party, or any independent. things are different in northern ireland where voters list candidates in order of preference. let us take a closer look at the result last time, five years ago. you kip more seats in the uk than anyone else, fo

they do not attend to stick around in brussels or strasbourg. this is a beautiful river, across from that of the distillery by rick davidson is currently touring around. she says that she admits it is disappointing that she admits it is disappointing that brexit has not been sorted by now but she insists that she loves elections and is ready to fight this one on a campaign of respecting the result in the referendum on europe. but also, respecting the 2014 referendum result when scotland voted to stay within the uk. unusual times, i'd say? what else is going on with other parties? these are simply bizarre elections generally. perhaps particularly in scotland. curious elections across uk as a whole, to borrow from lewis carroll, curiouser and curiouser. the snp say that scotland is being taken out of the european union against their well and that justifies the european union against their well and thatjustifies a further referendum on independence as well as one on reversing brexit. they are pitching for that very strongly indeed and they won the

, beginning of next, to get the legislation through to avoid sending british nep is to brussels and strasbourg. i would guess that by close of play this week the pm will want to know definitively or not, in her own mind, whetherjeremy corbyn will bite on a deal or not. thank you very much, norman. later today, a fresh round of talks aimed at restoring devolution in northern ireland will begin later, in an attempt to end nearly two and a half years of political deadlock. the talks were announced by the british and irish governments after the shooting dead of the journalist lyra mckee. let‘s talk to our correspondent in belfast, emma vardy. how much expectation all hope is there around these talks? as hearsay, these talks were hastened by the death of lyra mckee, shot by the new ira in londonderry. the outpouring of grief that came as a result of that also brought this renewed public pressure on the main parties to reconcile their differences and get back into government at stormont, almost two and a half years northern ireland has been without a power—sharing executive. it all collapsed dur

and take up parliament go to strasbourg and take up their seats, so that the 30th of june date is not plucked out of the ether, it is one that is consistent with some legal advice that was floating around brussels. the big message from the uk sing to the eu is that we have listened to your concerns and here we are addressing them in black and white, please give us them in black and white, please give us the extension we are asking for. dealing with what we had been talking about a few moments ago, the sense that some of the harder brexiteers might encourage others to sit in the european parliament to cause maximum disruption, is that something brussels is concerned about? you do hear people worried about? you do hear people worried about that, particularly in the european parliament. and then they reveal their partisan reasons for doing it. the centre—right group in the parliament, the e pp, that is the parliament, the e pp, that is the one that has angler merkel‘s party in it —— angela merkel‘s party in it. there is nothing in it... you speak to the liberals led by guy verh

continue to sit for a certain amount of time, you could potentially send national mps to brussels, to strasbourg, to sit in the european parliament. their argument was the key thing is that has to be representation rather than election. but the european commission in particular argued know, we have to ta ke particular argued know, we have to take a stricter interpretation the law. there are too many risks for the uk not taking part in the election, for example there are roughly 3 million eu citizens in this country, from other countries, who are nationals of other countries, who would be deprived of their right to vote on those european elections if they were here in the uk and the uk did not take part. anyone of them could call a legal challenge to the uk not taking part. so i think the fear was, politically, there isjust too much risk. technically legally, possibly, but i think we have passed that point now. those elections being where they are really does concentrate all of this. it does. an anonymous question. if we revoke article 50, can we initiate it at a future date? this is interesting.

strong words in strasbourg in support of people who wish to remain in the eu. the uk's position still remains unclear, according to jean—claude juncker. translation: if i were to compare great britain to a sphinx, the sphinx would be an open book by comparison. the other stories on bbc news. plans to fit all new cars with speed limiter devices have been approved by the european commission. musicians pay tribute to singer roger charlery, known as ranking roger, who has died aged 56. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have taken part in a classic car rally as they continue their official royal visit to cuba. mps will vote on a series of alternatives to theresa may's another very significant day here in westminster. we might not know what is happening by the end of the day but we might be a little bit clearer on possible directions of travel because... mps will vote on a series of alternatives to theresa may's withdrawal deal today to try to end the brexit deadlock. they will mark their preferences on a ballot paper to gauge support for the different opt

part of the future relationship plus those extra documents she negotiated with jean—claude juncker in strasbourg. if that does not happen we have to remember the default position is that the uk will leave the eu with no deal and we know there are those in the european research group or a conservative party who think that is the best option. we know the dates have moved, it is no longer at the 29th of march but the 12th of april which is a potential option that could be voted on this week. we note the house of commons has said once thatis the house of commons has said once that is not a majority to leave with no deal. mps may have the chance to vote on the prospect of a close relationship, it's off to and customs union, what are the options there? there are various formulations. one is the labour's party deal which is staying in the customs union and having a close relationship with the singles market. there is something called common market 2.0, it is about staying in the single market and negotiating a bespoke custom directive. there are red lines which will be crossed in terms of mrs may's pla

his legal opinion which he delivered earlier in the week about the deal that theresa may struck in strasbourg earlier this week. with me now to try and we threw some of the technicalities what's going on is chris morris. first of all, what are mps going to be voting on tonight is seeking to extend article 50. reminds us what article 50 is? let's get back to basics, we use this dragon every day. it refers to the article 50 of the lisbon treaty, it sets out how a country can't leave. obviously, it has never been used before. some of the language and it is deliberately vague, but it does set out a two—your period to negotiate a withdrawal agreement. we're done that, but it has not been approved in parliament. that two—year period ends on march the 29th, so the current position is deal or no deal, that is when we will leave if nothing changes. so what is the technical and legal process for changing article 50? one thing you can do is revoke it, not really on the agenda at the moment, but some people want to do that. that would mean you get rid of article 50 altogether and brexit would be canc

speaking to the european parliament in strasbourg, he said that the eu is ready for all eventualities. if the uk still wants to leave the european union and wants to do so in an orderly fashion, if that is still the intention of the united kingdom then this treaty which we negotiated with the government of theresa may for a year with the government of theresa may fora yearand a with the government of theresa may for a year and a half, this treaty is and will remain the only available treaty. we are at a critical point. the risk of no deal has never been higher. that is the risk of an exit even by accident by the uk of the european union in a disorderly fashion and i urge you please not to underestimate the consequences. so following the defeat of theresa may's brexit deal last night, what happens next? later today mps will vote on whether the uk should leave without a deal at the end of this month. if parliament votes in favour of no deal then brexit will go ahead as planned on the 29th of march. if parliament rejects no—deal, then there will be another vote tomorrow. the prime mini

theresa may in strasbourg last night. we expect mrs may to address conservative mps in a meeting in half an hour or so. the attorney general, geoffrey cox, will make a statement in the commons at about 12:30, giving his legal advice on the agreement. let's take a closer look at the two documents that were agreed by both sides last night. the first is a joint legally binding instrument on the withdrawal agreement. theresa may said it could be used to start a formal dispute against the eu if it tried to keep the uk tied into the backstop indefinitely. the eu has said the backstop would apply temporarily. the second document is a joint statement which adds to the political declaration. that's the statement in the deal about the uk and eu's future relationship. it commits to replacing the backstop with alternative arrangements by december 2020. another document will also be put forward by the government, known as a unilateral declaration. this outlines the uk's position, and that is that there is nothing to prevent it from le

the secretary of state and the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster or in strasbourg today and la st lancaster or in strasbourg today and last week the attorney general was in dublin to meet his irish counterpart and following my own visits to brussels, northern ireland and ireland last week, i welcome the prime minister of malta to downing street yesterday and will be speaking to other eu 27 metres today and throughout the week. the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the opposition, shares the concerns of this has on the backstop and ibook and his willingness to talk me and look forward to continuing our discussions. government ministers will meet with members of his team tomorrow. i think there are a number of areas where the whole house should come together. in particular i believe we have a shared determination across this house, not to allow the uk leading the eu to mean any lowering of standards in relation to workers rights, environmental protections are health and is the. i have met trade unions and is the. i have met trade unions and their bus across the house and my

we spent a lot of time here in strasbourg. those comments from donald tusk yesterday, did you think this is a taste of things to come? i think you're reading too much into that. they we re reading too much into that. they were comments that should not have been set for a man in his position. but i don't think it means we're going to have a partnership that is not based on mutual trust and friendship, it willjust be a relationship. speaking to an italian member of parliament no. what would you like to hearfrom member of parliament no. what would you like to hear from theresa may? festival i don't think the better agreement as a framework for future relations. i think theresa may should arrive here brussels with a clear proposal. there is not to have a high border between the two islands. a practical solution, one islands. a practical solution, one is to stay in the customs union or the single market stop i think this would be the best for both. or to work on a smart border. we already have a smart border between switzerland and

all right, adam in strasbourg, thank you very much for joining us. back here in london, anne—marie and liz have to go now. they are going back to the house of commons. we will be joined at the moment by the justice secretary commons. we will be joined at the moment by thejustice secretary in the shadow international secretary for trade, barry gardiner. the shadow international secretary fortrade, barry gardiner. i the shadow international secretary for trade, barry gardiner. i think we may have some pictures out on couege we may have some pictures out on college green. there they are. that is where the tv networks are based there. there is still quite a lot of people mulling around to. there was a huge crowd there last night of remainers and leaders. a lot of people still there because it is another big day in parliament today with the no—confidence vote on the government. the debate will start around 1pm and they vote at 7pm. peter hennessy, on no—confidence, the prime minister lost badly last night, very badly, but did not resign. if you were

police in france shoot dead the gunman who attacked strasbourg's christmas market on tuesday. a five—week—old baby boy dies after he was attacked by two dogs at his home in cambridgeshire. unions warn britain has suffered the worst pay squeeze for centuries, with real pay still a third lower than before the financial crisis. nasa's juno mission to jupiter reveals spectacular views of the planet's polar storms. good morning from brussels, where european leaders have arrived for a second day of talks, after theresa may failed to win the concessions she was hoping would help her sell her brexit deal to mps at westminster. she was rebuffed by eu leaders last night, including the commission presidentjean—claude juncker who accused her of not being clear enough about what she was asking for. diplomatic sources here described the prime minister's appeal as vague, and a draft conclusion, offering to look at further assurances on the irish backstop issue was cut out of the final text. here are the main developments. at a news conference mrjuncker said it was up to the british gov

ask for the public‘s help to find the man suspected of killing two people at a christmas market in strasbourg. the death toll rises to three. and trouble at the queen vic — the bbc is criticised after a project to revamp the eastenders set goes £27 million over budget. good morning from westminster. theresa may remains in post after surviving a bruising vote of no confidence which saw more than a third of conservative mps vote against her. in the last few minutes she has arrived in brussels for a crucial eu summit. she is hoping to win concessions from european leaders to break the deadlock over the irish backstop. it has also been confirmed that mps will not now get to vote on her deal until next year. let's take a look at a difficult 2a hours for the prime minister. following a day of turmoil, theresa may won a ballot of no confidence in her leadership last night by 200 votes to 117 which guarantees she remains in charge for another year. orat or at least she cannot be challenged for another year. or at least she cannot be challenged for another year. outside downing street, a jubilant m

i would also want to share condolences for the tragic events in the beautiful city of strasbourg. last year the prime minister told us there was not going to bea minister told us there was not going to be a general election and this week she told us she was not going to pull the meaningful vote and then she did. can i ask her now if she‘s going to rule out having general election and a peoples vote? can i say to the honourable lady the first of all that i think a general election at this point in time would not be in the national interest ?. and secondly as she will have heard me say before in this house.” and secondly as she will have heard me say before in this house. i think we should respect the result of the referendum that took place in 2016. given what we could call uncertainty about the future of the withdrawal agreement, could the prime minister give the people some certainty, that eu nationals in the uk, whatever happens to the deal they will be allowed to stay on roughly the same terms as in the draft agreement. my honourable friend raises an important point because

the uk to run elections to the european parliament orfind some way of keeping meps in brussels and strasbourg. jill, very good to hear about the possibilities, thank you very much, jill rutter. let's speak to adam fleming who is in brussels. add, talk to us first of all about the brexit meeting that the prime minister has had with mark rutte. any lines emerging from that? no, we know absolutely nothing about it, downing street have said that there will be many press opportunities today, so we will have to wait and see if our colleagues in the netherlands managed to squeeze anything out of mark rutte's office and his advisers. similarly when she goes to berlin, where she is arriving any minute now — i do not think we will see a podium moment with her and angela merkel. and when she arrives in brussels, the best we may get is some handshakes with donald tusk, the president of the european council, and jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission, when she arrives. certainly a busy day, and a lot of people have been busy in brussels. there was a meeting of the general affairs co

in other words, the house of lords rules 0k, strasbourg court? in other words, the house of lords rules ok, so we have to get it right. so it seemed to me immediately, without knowing about the case or any individual activity, i saw there was a flaw in the house of lords procedure. while you are sourcing the house of lords procedure. while you are sourcing the floor in the house of lords busied, a woman appeared today on the bbc saying the decision and that vote has re—victimised her. what do you have to say to her? as a fellow woman, i would say, complain quickly and go to the officials. the daughters of one of my staff members, a lovely, beautiful girl, was heavily salted. they went straight to the london police who behaved superbly and the case has been open. nobody knows what the answer will be, but it will come in front of the courts. the whole problem with using the house of lords as a semi—court of law, is that it wasn‘t an opportunity given to the person who was being proposed. perhaps 12 years ago she was too fea rful to perhaps 12

i'm joined now by our correspondent, adam fleming, in strasbourg. tell us more about what donald tusk has been saying. any peas at the european parliament in strasbourg have been getting what they always get after a meeting of eu leaders in brussels which is a debrief from the chair of the brussels which is a debrief from the chairof the summit, brussels which is a debrief from the chair of the summit, donald tusk. what he told them today was some little what they told all of us in the media at the end of the summit last week. which was there was no decisive progress in the brexit talks, that their —— they would not be planning for that special brexit seal the deal summit on the weekend of the 17th of november, although he still left the door open to that summit happening. and he gave a bit more clarity about the discussion they had about extending the transition period. he says it was theresa may that mention the concept when she met the leaders on wednesday night. they are not telling us any more about the concept of extending the transition p

the european parliament is having a monthly session in strasbourg right now, and meps have been talking about brexit this morning and this immigration proposal came up. the leader of the centre—right group in the parliament, the european people's party, the biggest group, said it was proof that the eu needed to stay united to protect its four freedoms, one of which is free movement, he said that was one of the good things about the eu and the uk would learn that it was losing good stuff like free movement. then the leader of the liberal group also the leader of the liberal group also the brexit coordinator, said the eu would not accept the new uk immigration system that discriminated against people from particular eu countries, or discriminated against the types of jobs of the skills they had. discriminating against people for the types of skills and jobs they can do is a centrepiece of the uk proposal. it is worth remembering here that actually, there is a good chance that the european parliament, uk parliament on brexit negotiations will never get to the stage where they are talking

and it shows you what an exciting life we had in strasbourg and brussels. we should explain to the european union that we want trade, friendship and european union but brussels does not govern the uk any more. we should not be asking european union how we can leave, we should be telling them how it is going to work. now, it'll never be too late to do that. provided we have a patriotic government and house of commons with the will to do it. the one flaw in my argument, which of course i recognise, is that we don't currently have a government or a house of commons with the desire or the resolve to do it. theresa may and her tory government intend to betray brexit. i have absolutely no doubt about that. only ukip will continue the fight to get britain out of the european union completely. now, don't waste your time byjoining pressure groups. they will only divert effort and attention away from electioneering and they will achieve nothing. only and they will achieve nothing. only an electoral threat at the ballot box can make a difference. and that threat comes

he joins us by webcam from the council of europe in strasbourg. thank you forjoining us. thank you for talking about such a difficult issue and one close to your own life. yes, this has been a long struggle for any of the last couple of years when i lost my dad to alcohol just before of years when i lost my dad to alcoholjust before the last election. that is when i brought the first debate to parliament and from that a number of us realised we were all in the same boat. there are a lot of children of alcoholics who work in parliament. wejoined forces to try and do something about it along with the national association which has been campaigning for this for the last 20 years. if we‘re going to break the cycle of this terrible disease, we have to break the silence. since then we have published research, undertaking analysis, look to the science behind this and today we had the first £6 million which was a breakthrough. let us talk about breaking the silence. 20 years of campaigning but in parliament, these are articulate and noisy people but only two years ago you got

for more, let's cross to strasbourg and to our correspondent adam fleming. to what extent was the setting up a vision for the eu that the uk will of course be exiting next year? really lofty stuff from the french president which we have come to expect from emmanuel macron, he made a veiled reference to brexit talking about people who responded to the eu's problems by proposing a yellow brick road, i think that was about brexit. a very modest goal, reinvigorating the whole of european democracy, which he is going to do by launching a series of conventions for citizens starting today in the run—up to the european parliament elections next year, saying it was the only way the eu could reinvent itself to cope with authoritarianism and rising illiberalism in the continent. some policy in amongst the poetry, he talked about proposals that the new eu fund channelling money to communities we homing migrants, support behind a proposalfor homing migrants, support behind a proposal for the european commission for a temporary new tax on digital companies that could be

guy verhofstadt, is meeting david davis and other senior uk ministers, ahead of a vote next week in strasbourg. mr verhofstadt said theresa may must move beyond "vague aspirations" if she wants a free trade deal with the eu, after her brexit speech on friday. arlene foster is clear how much needs to be done before an agreement. he has put forward an eu d raft agreement. he has put forward an eu draft text which got early we find unacceptable but the british government finds it unacceptable. so does the labour party. there will be a need to negotiate from that. that is his interpretation. we do not think it is fair. work needs to be done on this now. we are entering a negotiation around these issues, and we wa nt negotiation around these issues, and we want him to understand why we felt so strongly, why we felt so strongly about the draft text. are you hearing anything from that on any progress on the border issue between the republic of ireland and the northern ireland? so far we seem to be still in a stand—off with arlene foster calling for greater flexibility, the us had and that the uk go

it like meps in strasbourg that mystifies us in the uk. can you explain the exactly relationship, the exact relationship between eu's tub of fundamental rights and the european conventional on human rights with the court in strasbourg? starter for ten. rights with the court in strasbourg? starterfor ten. how rights with the court in strasbourg? starter for ten. how many people rights with the court in strasbourg? starterfor ten. how many people in this remove the answer to this question? how many know the name of a europe mps? that is the point when i make to get a ball over the net. that is the point, at least they know roughly who i am. at least they know roughly who i am. at least they know roughly who i am. at least they know roughly what i do. they do. if we wa nted know roughly what i do. they do. if we wanted to find the person he was responsible for drafting the next phase of eu integration in which tony blair and others would like us to ta ke tony blair and others would like us to take part, we would not know where to find them, w

i will be in london today, i will be in strasbourg tomorrow to meet the european parliament. i will be in frankfurt on wednesday to meet mario draggy and the team, and in parallel, i will travel to the 27 capitals, meeting the governments, the national parliaments, the trade unions, the business community is. we want to reach deal respecting the rules of the eu. we have to respect the british government, but they have to respect the rule of the eu. the rules of the eu — what sort of alternatives are rev the uk does not wa nt to alternatives are rev the uk does not want to be in the customs union? the eu does have other customs union — like arrangements with other countries, such as turkey and san marino. the eu mantra is that the closer you are to the eu, the less friction there is in the relationship and the closer you have to stick to eu rules and regulations. that is where the tension is with the british position, because they want their own rules and regulations. that is what brexit is all about for the british government. the other thing the eu pulled out as well is

adam fleming is in strasbourg, where talks are taking place —— and has the latest. this is donald tusk wearing his heart on his sleeve again. yes, last year donald tusk channeljohn lennon when he said imagine a world where brexit would not happen. that was a signal he amplified today. this is the strongest yet i have heard him making this case that the door is open and britain is entitled to change its mind. he dredged up an old quote from david davis would you just heard there, that democracy is not a democracy if it doesn't have the right to change its mind on big issues. that sentiment was backed up byjean—claude juncker, saying he hoped this message was heard loud and clear in london. what is actually happening here? is at that donald tusk is urging the uk to change its mind and take to your senses, this is a mad idea, stay with us? 0r who is he simply being the master tactician we know him to be an keeping this option on the table, keeping the door open but if there is a change in circumstances that this is not a one—way process and it is a bit of diplomacy

the meps in strasbourg yesterday voted in favour of a motion that there was sufficient progress on the withdrawal agreement but they also supported a motion which said david davis, brexit secretary, had undermined the trust that had been engendered on friday, so they will wa nt engendered on friday, so they will want assurances from the prime minister on that score. they will also talking about what norman was just hinting at, the conversation thatis just hinting at, the conversation that is about to take place in the cabinet on tuesday, they will also wa nt to cabinet on tuesday, they will also want to know what kind of a future the prime minister wants. of course, over the next year or so they will talk about the framework of a trade deal. they can't talk about trade really until britain leaves the eu in march 2019 but they can set up the framework. they want to know which way she is going. and also they will probably talk about the transition, the fermentation —— intimidation period. it seems there isa intimidation period. it seems there is a contradiction at the moment. theresa

adam, thank you, strasbourg. we should not have let that slip through. thank you very much. adam fleming there. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. a blow to president trump. democrat doug jones beats controversial candidate roy moore to win the senate race for alabama. two people are charged with murder, over the deaths of three children at a house fire in worsley in greater manchester. the government faces a backbench rebellion as mps call for a legal guarantee that they will get a vote on the final brexit deal. now the sport with katherine downes. chris ruane says the cycling world governing body are right to ask questions about his adverse drugs test. he had twice the allowed level in his urine during the 12 alice va nya. in his urine during the 12 alice vanya. the in his urine during the 12 alice va nya. the team in his urine during the 12 alice vanya. the team doctor said his asthma problems had increased. chris broome is not suspended. in the last hour, he has taken to social media to thank people for the messages of support —— chris froome. more to come on that o

no deal is not working assumption. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleming is in strasbourg. let's talk first of all about the remarks by donald tusk, that no brexit is still a potentiality. that will set the cat among the pigeons. yes and no. i think he was speaking from the heart when he talked about there being a potentialfor from the heart when he talked about there being a potential for no brexit because he personally thinks it's a terrible idea and a real tragedy for the eu and the uk. that is his view and he has held that ever since the brexit process started. that was just over a year ago. i think he was also being methodical in working through the options and those are the three options and those are the three options available for how this process may end. a good deal that is in everyone‘s interests, no deal at all, the uk crashing out, all the uk remaining —— or the uk remaining in the eu. the other thing he's doing here is yesterday theresa may the prime minister said it was up to the eu to come forward with proposals for phase two of the brexit talks, which

adam fleming is at the european parliament in strasbourg. we're here for regular monthly session for an update on the talks betweenjean—claude session for an update on the talks between jean—claude juncker and michel barnier. the european parliament only has a decisive say on the final brexit deals of this is more of a taken of the temperature in the eu is the brexit talks progress. meps have just voted in the eu is the brexit talks progress. meps havejust voted on a motion which is quite critical of the british government on issues like their attitude to the rights of eu citizens living in the uk after brexit, the uk government approach to settling its debts, as the eu sees it, as it leaves the eu. the border with northern ireland, and even its request for a transition agreement. meps have overwhelmingly voted in favour of that quite critical motion. everyone is obsessed with this idea of sufficient progress, which is the idea that enough progress has to be made on issues like ireland, money and citizens' right before you readers can ag

member states to embrace reforms and forge new trade deals. 0ur europe reporter adam fleming is in strasbourg. adam, this was a upbeat speech from mr yunker wasn't it? as you said, his team at the commission how happy they have seen of the eurozone and greek crises. they have got a handle on migration and managed to prevent any countries heading out the exit door so far, and also preventing the brexit negotiations interfering with the eu day—to—day business. there was even speculate that he wasn't going to mention the brexit word at all. turns out he did. he suggested that romania who will host the rotating presidency of the eu in 2019 in march when the uk leave the eu, he suggest they host a summit on brexit dated celebrate the 27 members remaining in the eu. he talks about brexit day and this is what he said when some british meps started a balding brexit in africa are prodding brexit in the government chamber behind me. march 29, the date when the united kingdom will leave the european union. this will be a sad and tragic moment in our history. we will always regret this but... applaus

that this is a different court to the european court of human rights, a separate institution based in strasbourg, which is not part of the european union. and it's the court of human rights, not the court ofjustice, that has often upset british politicians by making it harder, for example, to deport terror suspects. so what does the ecj do? well, it insures that eu institutions like the commission and the eu member states are complying with european law. it allows member states to challenge eu legislation if they think it somehow breaks the rules. and it interprets eu law at the request of national courts. in other words, it interprets and enforces that much everything the eu does, including the rules of the single market. and that makes it absolutely critical to the brexit process. especially after the tory party conference last year, when the new prime minister said this. we're not leaving only to return to the jurisdiction of the european court of justice. that is not going to happen. at that point, vague promises during the referendum campaign to take back control of our laws suddenly became

this morning thejudges british courts, twice to strasbourg. this morning the judges there said we are not admitting this a second time. it is all down to the americans now, now the british authorities have the go—ahead from europe that it will not get involved any more, the british have to tell the americans to —— make a decision. depending on the political significance of the case in florida, when key issue is this whole business of how much it cost to bring cases comes up all the time. there was no public money in this particular case, it was fought pro bono by his own lawyers. they said it was up one point that it is be argued about. parred but obviously it has cost money. so a lot of money has been spent. how significant is this? there has been this battle on and off between the british courts and the european courts about the nature of life without parole, and there was a wobble a few years ago when the europeanjudges said wobble a few years ago when the european judges said they weren't sure whether life without parole date or did

this is what is coming out of strasbourg this morning. he has warned britain not to waste time before beginning of the brexit talks. which he said would be "extraordinarily complex". speaking to the financial times, mr barnier said almost three months had passed since the government had triggered the two—year exit process, but there had been no negotiations so far. the mood is that the negotiations have two get underway. for now, back to you. uk inflationjumped to its highest level in nearly four years in may, tightening the squeeze on consumers. a weak pound and the rising cost of food and imports have been blamed. let‘s get more from our business correspondent ben thompson. inflation — which measures the rising cost of living — continued to rise last month. prices rose more than forecast, at the fastest pace in four years. prices rose by 2.9% on average — measuring the increase in prices for items we regularly to buy. that‘s the highest since june 2013 and much higher than the 2.7% that was forecast. all that means more pres

best interest on brexit, and warning the british public where it's going, i'm i better off staying in strasbourg or staying in westminster? for ukip, it's perfectly clear what you're better off doing, that are staying or returning to this country, and standing ina or returning to this country, and standing in a by—election, a general election, which you yourself have said you would win. i think i would. i would not have in that constituency. like last time? perhaps in last time it wasn't in fair circumstances, but the crown prosecution can decide that. i also feel the fear factor, the snp fear factor, at a big threat, could dent in the ukip vote. you can see theresa may trying to play the same game about a progressive alliance. but that will with over the course of the next few weeks, i will make my mind up over the next few days. the culture secretary karen bradley has strongly defended the conservatives' commitment to foreign aid spending. her comments come as the microsoft founder bill gates urged the uk to retain its pledge to spend 0.7% of gdp on international aid, saying it was proof of

our correspondent dan johnson is at the european parliament in strasbourg. tell us more about what the demands would be. mdp is from about what they think the main principles should be. the main priority to echo what we held last week from the european council, from the heads of government from the other european nations. they are talking about rights for european citizens and uk citizens living abroad, hot access to health care, pensions, wealthier and education. the situation on the irish border which is a priority that needs to be settled. and the way that the uk is going to settle its account when it believes the eu, exactly how much money it will pay. at times this debate has been bad—tempered this morning. at one stage the president had to call for calm and say he did not want the atmosphere to descend into a football stadium. one person who gave an impassioned speech this morning was nigel farage, the ukip mep, he leads one of the groups here. he said the demands on britain we re here. he said the demands on britain were unreasonable. you are behavi

we didn't like the fact a lot of british laws or rules that govern our life are begun in brussels or strasbourg. there are so many areas covered here whether we look at that food, fisheries, environment. the question is, can we get rid of those and who decides whether we keep that piece of legislation? the practical answer is, no, we can't clear it all away with one big room. that would generate such legal uncertainty for employers, businesses and employees that the government has taken the view that legal uncertainty isn't a price worth paying for complete tabular starting from scratch. the government has been pragmatic and said we will incorporate all the eu law, that'll give us time to work through in a calm, considered way to look at those pieces of legislation is that suits us and those that don't. the reality is, because of the huge amount of ladies who have been talking about we can'tjust dream up ourown been talking about we can'tjust dream up our own legislation. the process is a pragmatic one. they will keep on board eu legislation for the time being and it will be for the time being

he joins us from strasbourg. what is your reaction to that? the supreme court not agree in scotland should have a say in article 50.” am delighted there will be legislation, we can get our teeth into the government in terms of the house of commons and forced in the 50 amendments we already have prepared, the government to give the sort of detail on the article 50 with drawl they have refused to do so far. can i correct you, the supreme court didn't say they shouldn't be an lcm, they said it wasn't mandatory. they said it didn't have to be won. that indicates the convention is hardly worth the paper it is written on, even though it is entrenched in legislation. it means the government are politically bound to honour the commitment the prime minister gave when she took office, that she was looking for an agreed position across the united kingdom and one of her amendments we will table is the force that matter in the joint ministerial committee to seek agreement with the devolved administrations before she goes forward with invoking article 50.