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Where the next step is to convince parliament here to agree to the deal. The dup has already said they wont vote for the agreement. In order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost. And the fact of the matter is that if he had held his nerve, if he held out, he would have got better concessions. Well bring you the latest from here in brussels and from westminster. Good evening and welcome to brussels where earlier today it was announced it has been one heck of a roller coaster week. There were many times where we thought there would not be a deal done. Hours upon hours of negotiation into the night and when we gathered here today without we would not have that. Lo and behold there was an agreement and the deal was announced this morning. Good evening and welcome to brussels where earlier today it was announced that a new brexit deal had been agreed between the the uk and the eu, just as european leaders gathered here for their summit meeting. The Prime Minister borisjohnson described it as a great new deal that takes back control. But crucially the deal still needs the approval of both the uk and european parliaments. And at westminster there is considerable uncertainty about the likelihood of approval when mps meet in emergency session on saturday. Northern irelands dup whose support borisjohnson needs have already rejected it. And labour says this deal is much worse for the uk than the one negotiated by theresa may. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. He looks like he cant quite believe it. How you are feeling, gentlemen . But only seven days since the detailed talks really got going, not even 100 days into borisjohnsons time in office, and part one of his biggestjob is complete. We have a deal. After late nights and Early Mornings, there is a new Brexit Agreement. I do think that this deal represents a very good deal both for the eu and the uk, and its a reasonable, fair outcome. And i hope very much now, speaking of elected representatives, that my fellow mps in westminster do now come together to get brexit done, to get this excellent deal over the line, and to deliver brexit without any more delay. Thats part two of the task much harder. Many mps will deplore the deal. Prime minister, how will you get this through parliament when your allies in Northern Ireland still arent on board . What makes you think you can get this deal across the line . Pure common sense. The agreements not totally different to the one agreed by the former Prime Minister who used to walk the red carpet here. But eu leaders did finally accept that the backstop, the controversial body guarantee for Northern Ireland, had to go. There was enough political will, so there was a way. As things stand, we have a Draft Agreement between the eu on the one hand and the British Government on the other, and also it creates a unique solution for Northern Ireland, recognising the unique history and geography of Northern Ireland, one which ensures that there is no hard border between north and south. Lets rejoice in which a deal has been found. But the numbers are achingly tight in parliament. If it fails on saturday, what then . People are in favour brexit or against brexit, its really not the matter. This is now if we are going to have a deal or a no deal. What happens if this doesnt pass parliament . But i am not in charge of the parliament, ratification in britain, that is the job of boris. Do you believe that it will . I hope it will. Im convinced it will. But it has to. It has to but if it doesnt . There will be no prolongation. No prolongation, no delay . No delay, even if the deal falls . Not if the oppositions got anything to do with it. We believe the deal hes proposed is heading britain in the direction of a deregulated society, with the sell off National Assets to american corporatations, so as it stands, we cant support this deal and well oppose it in parliament on saturday. Reaching a new deal, solving the political conundrums with brussels is, by any measure, a big political achievement. The eu has moved in ways thatjust a couple of weeks ago they swore publicly would simply never happen. But to reach there, borisjohnson has, of course, had to compromise too. So he runs smack into the very next problem because a deal that works for this town might not work for parliament, where there is a vital vote in two days time. Mps who fear the consequences of the deal are talking, plotting perhaps to block it not least borisjohnsons supposed unionist allies. In order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost, and the fact of the matter is that if he held his nerve and held out, he would have of course got better concessions which kept the integrity, both economic and constitutional, of the United Kingdom. Other brexiteers dangling their support. I am reserving my position on this, because i really want to read whats in it, because we were told by the government throughout in discussions that certain concerns were being met within this agreement, and ijust want to make sure that thats the case. And the parties who want to stay in the eu will Work Together to stop it happening. What has come out of brussels is that hes actually managed to negotiate something that is even worse for our economy than what theresa may had put forward. Were talking about an act of economic vandalism which would be worse for the economy than the financial crash. Its hard to imagine a deal that could be worse for scotland. Its worse even than theresa mays deal. It takes scotland out of the eu, out of the single market, out of the customs union, all against our will. It would put us at a competitive disadvantage with Northern Ireland. If his political enemies win, westminster will try to send Boris Johnson packing straight back to brussels to ask for a delay. What would happen then . Is this the end of the road for a deal . If this deal doesnt pass through parliament, is this as far as the eu is prepared to go . Is this finally the final deal . Visibly not something they want to contemplate. Dont ask a question that doesnt arise, the negotiator said its a hypothesis. But one that might soon be true, not what Boris Johnson or his apparent new friends want to think about tonight, but they may all want to enjoy this while it lasts. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. As soon as the new deal was published, there was immediate scrutinty of the areas that have hampered agreement in the past. Lets have a look at the deal and its entirely. The deal says that if the uk leaves on the 31st of october it will pay around £33 billion to the eu in a so called divorce bill. It says eu and uk citizens will retain their residency and Social Security rights. And it says there will be a period until the end of december 2020, where the uk will still abide by the eus rules to give time to negotiate new trading arrangements. Leo varadkar said tonight there may well be an option for two firm years of transition as well. But there are still strong reservations surrounding what the deal means for Northern Ireland especially among members of the democratic unionist party. As you have been singing. So here with a look at the detail of this new brexit deal and to explain what might happen next is our deputy Political Editorjohn pienaar. As you have been seeing. Well, a plan that pleased everyone was never going to happen. Borisjohnson calls this one an excellent deal, though for remainers, its the worst yet. It takes mainland britain out of the eu trading bloc and allows the whole uk to strike trade deals, which they fear would leave us worse off than in the eu. For the dup and their staunch unionist allies, the big Sticking Point has been how to keep Northern Ireland inside those trade deals while avoiding customs checks north or south that could inflame old tensions. The dup doesnt like it, but the new plan is for an east west Customs Border. All north south trade would be duty free no checks or taxes. But the dup hates the plan for checks on all goods from the british mainland to Northern Ireland. Why . Well, take a british car, say. Customs would need to know if its for sale in Northern Ireland with no taxes to pay, or if its heading for the republic and into the eu, because if some components came from outside the eu, there could be taxes to pay brussels. So with Northern Ireland being treated differently, the deal accepts the need for agreement from its politicans. A simple majority vote at the still suspended Stormont Assembly could decide to tear up the plan and let Northern Ireland be treated the same as the rest of the uk. The dup think its better to have a majority of both them and nationalists which would allow them to in effect have a veto. In the commons, the numbers must surely make Boris Johnsons head spin. To win a vote, he needs 320 votes. If the dups ten mps wont back him, some of his 287 tories would likely rebel too. So the pm needs votes from among labour mps and some former tory independents. And theres another big complication. Remain parties like the lib dems and snp could soonjoin mps on both sides in a big push for another brexit referendum. And ifjeremy corbyn tells labour to back a so called peoples vote, it could make the governments job a lot harder. A good summary of where we are. Well the dup have said they wont vote for the deal when it comes before the house of commons on saturday. At their heart of their concerns are customs and consent they say the agreement contradicts the belfast act on multiple fronts. The dups leader Arlene Foster has been speaking earlier, heres what she had to say. For the first time in 21 years we are moving away from car sharing, we are moving away from car sharing, we are moving away from car sharing, we are moving away from the majority of unionism and nationalism and we are moving to a sickle majority vote. From power sharing. All of that together make cecile together. As that makes us a next as well as the gardens in Northern Ireland. We wish it were otherwise with that u nfortu nately wish it were otherwise with that unfortunately is the assessment that we made was a as the guardians in Northern Ireland. Lets go now to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young whos in westminster. I listen to Arlene Foster and nigel dodds saying that he shouldve held had not been the hillary been deal. But there were equally red lines on the other side as well, no customs checks on the island of ireland and no checks for the dup. That is the point and everyone thinks that turning point was borisjohnson meeting with leo varadkar where the two of them went off and went for a walk around the garden together spent a lot of time together and i think probablyjust got together and decided we both need this deal and it is interesting because someone in downing street said weeks ago there are no two men on earth more than these two who needed deal. Both for Different Reasons but that is the clear way through for them. Of course the dup said they should have held out and they are not happy with this deal and i think everyone knows that the dup are the ones who are very tough negotiators. Things beset abound around things being set around west mr couple years was if units of the dup to negotiate they wouldve gotten a better deal. When borisjohnson wouldve gotten a better deal. When Boris Johnson became prime wouldve gotten a better deal. When borisjohnson became Prime Minister, they said the withdrawal given would not be open, and no change to the backstop but actually that has changed. That is where we are here but of course there is that big problem of having to get the deal through the house of commons. Stay there vicki. We will come back to because just join there vicki. We will come back to becausejustjoin me here on the platform is Martina Anderson. She is an and first sinn fein. What do you make of the deal . Underjoe brexit and the people of Northern Ireland voted to remain. Whether we were crashing out of it and now with this deal. Thats it, the deal is better than crashing out. It removes the unionists. Also the backstop as we have wanted. It was a temporary arrangement. That is gone and it is now being replaced by something more semipermanent and no physical infrastructure on the border between ireland and Northern Ireland and that is crucially important. The dup have made the point and their great fear is that this is one step towards a reunification of ireland that there is now a Customs Border between north and ireland and Great Britain. But one tipple met here said to me today that legally, the constitution is still protected, they are still pa rt is still protected, they are still part of Great Britain though they are in the eu customs union. How do you sit in sinn fein . The good friday agreement provides for the constitution of the dash for the constitution of the dash for the constitution to to change. There is a lot of work going on last week in. A a lot of work going on last week in. A professor and a barrister prepared this report about constitutional change in Northern Ireland because such of the extent of the reason will conversation taking place is democratic vision that people have voted for. It is up to the people of ireland to side what union we want to be with the site we want to reunite with ireland oi site we want to reunite with ireland or stay in britain . It shows a majority of people in the northwood weather reunite ireland and be dragged out of the eu and even though this is better than crashing out of the eu without doubt, we are still going to lose Citizens Rights for instance. The very fact you are holding of that document, and precisely that is what they are worrying about. I dont think the dup speaker for the entire unionist population. There are many people within the business community, farmers, elsewhere that whatever about this backstop. Farmers will lose their single farm payments. A lot of groups and organisations that will lose the European Social fund. There is 3. 5 billion of european funding that comes to the north that will be lost and with all do respect, theres not a lot of faith that the British Government is going to replace that given what it has done to austerity and welfare reform. In short do you see this deal is one step towards unification . Brexit has nothing to do with the deal. It has been an excel wrench to the conversation and the conversation now across ireland is about a better future, it has nothing to do with this deal. The dup had known that the majority of the people in the north of ireland voted to remain in the eu and that they do not speak for the majority. They are a Minority Party in the overall scheme of things even though they were propping up the British Government and i think what it shows todayis government and i think what it shows today is that their influence over the British Government was not as what it thought it would be. Because the British Government in my opinion does i care about the people of the north of ireland or the indic the implications that brexit will have. The good friday agreement still makes this incompatible. Quickly, stormont is not up and running so you do not have much power or say over this agreement until it is. How do you go about that . The agreement comes into force whether stormont is up comes into force whether stormont is up and running or not. After the transition and the agreement that has been agreed today with regards to north ireland, it will consider the effect for four years. We need a good assembly, a decent assembly, we need an assembly built on rights and equality. We do not need an assembly where one party discriminates against women, against lgbt plus, against women, against lgbt plus, against Irish Language speakers, and indeed allocated resources based on creed and not need. We need a power sharing executive and assembly. The clue is in the word and that is what we signed up in the good friday agreement and remember i and with this, the dup were the only party in ireland that campaigned against the good friday agreement in all of its parts and for them, their aim through brexit was to wreck the good friday agreement and they failed to do that. Im sure they would beg to different but Martina Anderson it is good to have you with us. Anderson it is good to have you with us. Thank you very much. That really goes to the heart of the debate, doesnt it in Northern Ireland as you see therefrom from Martina Anderson, her wishes for you see therefrom from Martina Anderson, herwishes fora you see therefrom from Martina Anderson, her wishes for a United Ireland or something that meaning is on in Northern Ireland would deeply oppose. You are watching bbc news. Lets ta ke oppose. You are watching bbc news. Lets take a closer look. Lets take a closer look now at what Boris Johnson needs to get his deal passed in the house of commons. Lets do that with vicki young who is in westminster for lets do that with vicki young who is in westminsterfor us. We came away a bit to talk to martina. What does he need to get the deal passed in the house . It is of course all about the numbers and that has been going on all day. Everyone you speak to standing there trying to work it out counting every kind of section of the house of commons. Remember the winning post for votes is 320 thats if everyone turns up. There are 11 non voting members, inlcuding seven sinn fein mps who dont sit. Currently, there are 278 voting conservative mps. The Prime Minister will have to limit any rebellion among them as far as possible. If the ten dup mps dont support the deal, then mrjohnson will need the backing of former tory mps who are currently independents. There are 23 of them. Most will probably support the deal, but not all of them. So, this saturday mps will sit in the house of commons for the first time this century. He wasnt interested in a deal. He wasnt interested in a deal. He has managed to defy the expectations of some, hasnt he . He has and he has done things people said were not possible. The Withdrawal Agreement and the backstop, i think that is to his credit, i think there was a lot of mood music around no deal that kept him talking up so people were a bit surprised. I was a bit surprised but the realisation that is sunken is that a deal is always going to be better than a no deal. It is good to see that. The big challenge now for saturday is how does he get this through the house of colin house of commons where theresa may lost by huge numbers. If someone said to me that just because it huge numbers. If someone said to me thatjust because it is him who has negotiated this deal which seems terribly unfair, it is the vote leaf tea m terribly unfair, it is the vote leaf team and downing street he was the leader of the campaign, it means there are some conservative mps that trust him more about where theyre going afterwards. The vote leave campaign. There is something to that. He was on the same pages them. They shared the same vision as an in terms of what it can and should look like post brexit. I think that trust and personal relationship is there. Also there is a bit of top cover and he did vote against theresa mays deal twice as did people who are now in the cabinet, the home secretary and leader of the commons. If they all change their minds it is that collection that does help. In terms of the dup, they do have sway and they are listened to by erg members but when you have a majority of 40 five, ten votes suddenly doesnt seem valuable as it once did. I thing theyre quite a few things at play here. 45. Thing theyre quite a few things at play here. 45. Tell us about how a government goes about whipping, trying to get the mps to go to the right folding lobby on saturday. What kind of things with a be doing and saying to conservative mps and Opposition Mps . All of them. This is really about relationships. They are neighbours inconsistencies, who they have common interests, and then you play on those. People may be assigned going talk to these mps and go have a quiet talking the tea room, go look at the constituents. I think there is a lot of that. It is harder presumably with Opposition Mps but there are friendships across party lines that people dont realise is. There are and there is a lot of working behind the scenes and people do work behind the scenes. 0n the labour side, and mp said to me. 0n the labour side, and mp said to me. On the labour side, not in the same position as the labour leadership are saying it is difficult to say because of threats ofd difficult to say because of threats of d selection or they do not know how labour will whip things, and who have said they will vote for deal. There are some votes to play for. When these things happens there is a lwa ys when these things happens there is always noise at the beginning and then people go off on a friday, speak to their constituents, look at what this could mean for them, and then make a decision based on that. I think that is what we will see. But it is challenging. Just because the Prime Minister change, the numbers have not changed and the issue the premise or is facing he probably felt a little bit like theresa may waking up this morning. What you think is going to happen, do you think he can get this through . I think he has the best chance of getting it through. I think it will be the closest than any of the other Withdrawal Agreements have been. The dup we have discussed, most of the erg will come on board. You have the 21 or so independent former conservatives who just want to avoid a no deal. So this is a deal, very likely that most of them will vote for it. Some of them have consent about the future relationship, how close we will be to europe and then it really depends on how many labour votes. At the game changer is the talk of a second referendum. If that gets on the order paper, and is debated, that gives a lot of mps the rationale with the excuse to vote for it because it is again outsourcing the decision. Part moment has not made a decision for three years. Parliament has not made a decision. That will cause problems for the government but that will then get the deal through and then more to play for once again. Mo hussein thank you for that fascinating insight as to what will be happening right now and for the next couple of days. I will be back after 8 30pm but right now on the bbc news channel is time for all the support. Im Gavin Ramjaun and this is your latest sports news. England have sprung a surprise for their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal against australia. Fly half george ford has been dropped, with captain 0wen farrell moving from centre to number ten. Ford has been one of englands stand out players so far, but drops to the bench. Eddie jones is looking to beef up his midfield because of the phyical threat of the wallabies, henry slade comes in at outside centre with manu tuilngi moving to inside thats the same six nations combo. Mako vunipola and Courtney Lawes come into the pack. I think the great thing about the world cup is that each games just by itself, so whatever youve done in the past doesnt really affect what youre going to do on saturday. And what we do know on saturday is that were going to be well prepared for the game. Weve had a good physical prep, weve had a good tactical prep. The players are enjoying being injapan. Theyre ready to go, and we know australia will be the same, so thats going to be some sort of a game. Ireland have named an experienced squad to take on new zealand. In their quarter final later on saturday morning. 12 of the starting 15 began last years famous victory over the all blacks in dublin. With peter 0mahony and rob kearney being restored to the team. Head coachjoe schmidt spoke today about why he thinks that experience is key. There is a number of those players on either side that have contributed toa on either side that have contributed to a bit of history for us. We went over the all blacks the first time we won, but a few other along the way. Those plays are better. Last summer way. Those plays are better. Last summer in austria, and south africa before when we won. The accumulation of those experiences together hopefully builds better confidence because you need to have some relief. Tributes are being paid to the boxer patrick day who died four days after suffering a brain injury in the ring. The american was put in a coma on saturday, after being knocked out in the tenth round of the super welterweight clash with charles conwell. Boxing promoter eddie hearn was one many who reacted emotionally to the news. It came over to me before the press conference with joe it came over to me before the press conference withjoe higgins and he was so conference withjoe higgins and he was so excited for sub he came over to me. Hejust. You all right . Ijust remember talking to them and what he was saying. Sorry. Fatty very emotional eddie hearn there. Four of the bulgarian men arrested for racially abusing englands black players, during mondays euro qualifer in sofia, have been fined around £450 each. And banned from attending sporting events for two years. Aston villa defender tyrone mings, who made his international debut, was one of those subjected to abuse. His club manager was proud of the example he set. It does not surprise me how he handled the whole situation because he is articulate, intelligent he is a very good human being as well. I didnt think it was the right thing to walk off but if one player thinks it is right to walk off, than i think you all have to Stay Together because at the end of the day, if they walk off that pitch, and tyrone was his his debut and then they lose their goals, then who is the winner in all of that . Thats all the sport for now. A quick bit of news to bring it. Great britains women have won gold in the euro cycle track captives beating germany in the germans in the final of the euro team pursuit. Low pressure low pressure is staying around which means sunshine and forest for the next few days. West and south, there will be more widely distributed across the uk as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning and some of them will be quite heavy and those long running along southern parts of england. Gusty wind up on the south coast and the channel islands. Maybe up to 55 mph. 0vernight temperatures up to 6 9 celsius. Heavy showers through central and eastern parts tomorrow. Showers lurking near northern scotland, not too many elves in scotla nd scotland, not too many elves in scotland and Northern Ireland. Gusty winds with the showers continuing into wales and southwest england. It could be heavy and possibly thundery. Average wind speeds and stronger winds are down toward the south and southwest of britain. Gusts will be higher than this. Not a wash out everywhere. There will be some occasional sunshine, temperatures a little bit down compared with today. What he means is we in the uk can come out of the eu as one United Kingdom. England, scotland, wales, Northern Ireland, together. It means you can decide our future together. But the support of Northern Irelands dup is crucial for the government, and so far theyre not backing the new deal. In order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager to get a deal at any cost. And the fact of the matter is that if you held out, better concession. And labour dismisses the new deal as even more harmful to the uk than the one struck by theresa may as it stands, we cannot support this deal and will oppose it in parliament on saturday and also, it is unclear if he has the support of his allies in the dup and indeed many of his allies in his own back benches. Borisjohnson has urged mps to back the new Brexit Agreement hes reached with the eu describing it as a very good deal Northern Irelands dup, whose support borisjohnson needs, have already rejected it. Speaking at a News Conference at the eu summit in brussels the prime minsiter said there is a very good case for mps to express the will of the people and get brexit done. Iam very i am very confident that when my collea g u es i am very confident that when my colleagues and parliaments study this agreement, that they will want to vote for it on saturday and in succeeding days. This is our chance in the uk as democrats to get brexit done. And come out on october the sist. Done. And come out on october the 3ist. This is our chance to focus on our priorities in the peoples priorities, the nhs putting 20,000 police on the streets and lifting up funding of education across the country and the biggest expansion of the living wage and the people of our country want us to be focusing on in addition to brexit. We have been focusing on this for three and a half years. It is not always been an easy experience for the uk. It has been long, it has been painful, it is been divisive and now is the moment for us as a country to come together. Now is the moment for our parliamentarians to come together and get this thing done and as i say, to begin building a new and Progressive Partnership with our eu friends and with whom we share so many priorities. The eus chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, said his focus throughout the negotiations had been on getting a good dealfor the people on the island of ireland. While the subject matter in the negotiating room may vary very often, been technical. But customs, goods, borders, but what has mattered above all has been for me and my team, has been the people and ireland and Northern Ireland. For me, would really matters is are the people for me, what really matters is are the people of Northern Ireland and ireland and peace. We know we now need to decide the agreement for our parliaments before the end of october and work on a new partnership starts. And the irish Prime Minister leo varadkar expressed satisfaction at the deal, but said he regrets that the uk is leaving. I really felt enormous solidarity for my European Partners and sometimes people in small countries believe they can be swallowed up if they joined believe they can be swallowed up if theyjoined big believe they can be swallowed up if they joined big organisations believe they can be swallowed up if theyjoined big organisations like theyjoined big organisations like the eu and i think it has been demonstrated in the past two years that the European Union really is a union of nations and peoples and one in which small states are protected and respected. Like president tusk, i had mixed feelings. Read that we are the European Union the uk are leaving the European Union, but i respect that they are doing so. It is like a or friend respect that they are doing so. It is like a orfriend going on a long adventure without us and i hope it works out well for them. But i hope there always be a place of the table for the United Kingdom if they ever choose to come back. And im certain the matter what happens, will have good relations with the United Kingdom, a Good Partnership into the future. What we have your today is a revised agreement and the backstop is been replaced with a new solution, a new proposal, it is a unique solution that recognises the unique solution that recognises the unique history and geography of Northern Ireland. It is different from the backstop, the backstop was never intended to be used, what was going to be temporary until was superseded by new solution and was to be an insurance policy. This is a different solution, and will be coming into force and can become permanent but only with the consent with the representatives of Northern Ireland choosing to continue this arrangement in the future. Can with well im joined now by Stefanie Bolzen from die welt. We talked about the angle of merkel who had a press conference this evening and she is always open to a deal, do you think she is satisfied with what has happened . Yes, i think germany in general was very supportive to have a deal to keep the door open, she said many times that she would negotiate up to the last minute to find a deal in this is what they have done today and she seemed to be quite relieved and at the same time interestingly, she was quizzed by the question of extension and she was not keen to answer that question. So there is a bit of guessing now, what did jean claude say, what did the president say, what did the german chancellor say andi what did the german chancellor say and i think theyre all pointing to london, saying that it is out to the house of commons. The worst option is no deal in the face with that next week, will be fairly hard to see not voting for an extension. Next week, will be fairly hard to see not voting for an extensionm is difficult to imagine but on the other hand, not so much on the german side but talking to other diplomats here from other european countries, it is really difficult for us, difficult for businesses, this limbo situation and uncertainty may be at some point it would be better to have no deal and then you know which you are at and continue this limbo because they cant see where it is going if it is rejected in the house of commons. When you say that, do you think there could be two, because only one we need to veto it. Do you believe that there isa veto it. Do you believe that there is a leader that will say we just need to move on . They know especially what a no deal would mean in the island of ireland, a border that needs to be set up to protect the single market. It is a very difficult question to answer. The one thing i can tell you is that the inpatients growing. They believe that there is not any risk of us being taken out on the 31st you might say. There is a risk on the 3ist might say. There is a risk on the 31st of october, not certainly, but if he goes into 2020 when there is a question of a new budget, a seven year budget for the European Union, the big question will be is is britain stangl going . It did not look that way a couple weeks ago with anglo merkel when the they did not like that it was leaked that conversation, do you think she trust Boris Johnson . The pre counsel, and the doors were closed, i think you saw angela a lot with borisjohnson. Closed, i think you saw angela a lot with Boris Johnson. She closed, i think you saw angela a lot with borisjohnson. She has been the Prime Ministerfor 14 with borisjohnson. She has been the Prime Minister for 14 years and is very professional and in a way the important things that we get a deal and theres not a no deal exit as a result of this. She is far too professional. So do you think it was an olive branch . When asked on how they perceived the story, they were very much saying that this is not our game, this is really serious. It is far more at stake than personal disappointment. And lets move on. And you very much for speaking with us. And you very much for speaking with us. Lets go back to lets go now to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young whos in westminster. There were applause, the First European Council summit and the Prime Minister told me that when he sat down, he said it was very nice to be there for my First Council summit, he hoped it was his last. They did laugh at the joke. Summit, he hoped it was his last. They did laugh at the jokem summit, he hoped it was his last. They did laugh at the joke. It was really obvious that the g7 summit where borisjohnson really obvious that the g7 summit where Boris Johnson had just really obvious that the g7 summit where borisjohnson had just become Prime Minister, is the same kind of thing. Whatever he did, he went into the room they made people laugh. That doesnt get you everywhere but there are lots of people who feel that compared to theresa may, it did get him over that first hurdle. But there are still many hurdles for borisjohnson to get over in one of the main Sticking Points in all of this has been the border between Northern Ireland and the republic. Much of the deal has been how to facilitate trade on the island of ireland but it is notjust arrangements that the unionists of Northern Ireland to object to, their concerns come much deeper as emma reports. Like a patchwork quilt, belfast is imprinted with reminders of Northern Irelands dual identity. While nationalists have fought for closer ties to the eu, unionist politicians have pulled the other way. Todays deal divides these communities again. I think its ridiculous that the Unionist Community is holding everybody to ransom. Theyjust dont think of anybody but themselves. Anything catholics like, they automatically are against it it doesnt matter what it is. In unionist areas of the city, its viewed very differently. For those who identify as british, the arrangements for trade in the brexit deal strike at something deeper a fear that closer alignment with ireland and the eu undermines Northern Irelands very place in the United Kingdom itself. Nice to meet you. Its at the back of their minds. No matter what it looks like, theres always that fear the enemies are to the south of them, the enemies are to the east of them, the enemies are right at the heart of the Northern Ireland assembly. And when you live in that, its almost like a permanent paranoia when you live with that all the time, you tend not to see rainbows, you just see thunder. The new deal could end three years of uncertainty for Northern Irelands businesses. Companies have often found themselves caught in the middle amidst the bitter political divide. I am proud to be british, but im running a business. John mccann runs one of many farming and Food Companies that believe if this brexit deal fails, their supply chain will no longer work. My staff are demoralised, we cant plan for the future. The dup argue theyre digging in very hard against this deal to protect business for Northern Ireland. The dup. Are certainly not helping us. The brexit deal requires Northern Ireland to stay in sync with some eu rules to avoid checks on the border. It gave stormont a vote on whether these arrangements should continue. But the assembly hasnt sat for more than two and a half years, since power sharing collapsed a symbol itself of Northern Irelands irreconcilable divides. Speaking to the policy director for the federation of small business, thank you for speaking to us tonight. Tell us what you think of this deal. Theres some people that say that for businesses in Northern Ireland, you have an advantage here by having access to both of those markets. We have always looked at the situation pragmatically. In terms of the vote of brexit, it was a metaphor we had to do and focusing on how we can make this a good situation for Northern Irelands economy, Small Businesses and make sure we can get an advantage. And actually, although this deal is not perfect, we are cautiously welcoming it because it does allow Northern Ireland companies to trade north south and east west and it may give us the advantage in terms the bringing in companies, youre encouraged by the fact that we do that, and they can be checks and administrations at the port, but being a part of the regulations of the eu, that was going to happen a nyway the eu, that was going to happen anyway in the port. So for us, if youre going to have a brexit, youre going to have a brexit, youre going to have a brexit, youre going to have to check. That is going to have to be done somewhere, if youre going to live up somewhere, if youre going to live up to the good friday agreement, you are not going to put in another border, therefore the ports are good place to do it. Businesses all of the United Kingdom attacked by the uncertainty of not knowing when brexit date was going to happen, whether what happened at all. What impact has that had on businesses Northern Ireland . Impact has that had on businesses Northern Ireland . That is been dreadful for businesses and business owners, for employees, there is a real sense of people are so frustrated and that is putting it lightly. Everyone wants to get on with theirjobs in the economy, people want to get on with investing and we have seen a real slow down and we have seen a real slow down and what is already a very small economy. So we need the investment to start again and i think there was a bit ofa to start again and i think there was a bit of a sense of relief today, but there might be, people realise again that we have been here before, it gets to British Parliament and we dont necessarily get the support to get it over the line. Every week, every month, the businesses are asked to go along with this uncertainty in the market is asked to go on with this uncertainty and it is affecting peoples lives because people are sick of it in businesses sick of it. And the message to mps here in parliament excluding the dup who have said so far, they will be unable to back this deal on saturday at. We have spoken at length to the Prime Ministers and nine cabinet ministers and we have consulted with the dup and we have consulted with the dup and sinn fein and we have told them that this is an important time for the uk and ireland and it is a serious time and we would ask them all to reflect and think about compromising and think about moving the country forward. Thank you for speaking to us this evening. So, this saturday mps will sit in the house of commons for the first time this century. If the deal is passed, the uk will leave the eu on october 31st. If they reject the deal, then under the so called benn act, the Prime Minister is obliged to request an extension of article 50, therefore delaying brexit. But theres no guarantee that the other eu countries would agree to an extension. That could mean that the uk leaves without a deal. An early election is widely expected after october 31st. Its unclear, though, whether that would be later this year or early next year. There could also be another referendum, although it would certainly require a brexit delay and, most likely, a change of government first. Scallops with pumpkin moves to start, sauerkraut soup, green beans and potato, finished off with figs and potato, finished off with figs and puff pastry. To slow better tonight, vicki, with the deal in the offing. It has been saying that the evening, summing up with that, he has quite a challenge the saturday. Yes, we expect them not to be hanging around logging brussels because the work he has do is all back here and predicting the numbers isa back here and predicting the numbers is a mugs game, but lets do it anyway. The one thing we can say is that this time that when we get into those loads of theresa may in charge on her deal, it was really clear that she was going to lose and really, the calculation was alljust about how badly was she going to fail, how short would she be. Every now feels this will be much closer because if you look at the people he is appealing to their those brexiteers in the tory party that just simply trust him more than they trust theresa may. They feel they are on the same page, he feels he is the person that led up campaign and so the person that led up campaign and so they feel more of them can fall behind that deal. In the look of the conservatives and the party, theyre extremely worried about a new deal scenario. They were back a deal as they have all along and i think that most of them will do so in the big unknown has got to be those labour mps. So many times you have heard from them saying that im really close to backing the steel and a lot of them never have. The question is whether this time around, will this be the moment that they decide to do it. The message to parliament is that this is your last chance if you truly believe that brexit needs to be delivered. Just a quick final thought, do you think the dup will abstain on saturday or vote against . Do they abstain now, people that come from Northern Ireland politics more than i do, they never abstain, there is always a split between them but they always go the same way and they never abstain. They do not sound as if theyre willing to back it and that is for sure. But it would make borisjohnsons life a lot easier because he does not need as many labour mps to win around, but we will know on saturday afternoon. Vicki, thank you very much indeed. Thats all from brussels and westminster. Back to martine in the studio. Turkey has agreed to a five day ceasefire in Northern Syria to let kurdish led forces withdraw. It comes after a visit to ankara by the us Vice President mike pence and us secretary of state mike pompeo. The death toll has been rising and around 200,000 people have been forced to leave their homes since turkeys offensive began last week. The us has said it will also withdraw sanctions on turkey after it ends its military operation. And today, im proud to report thanks to the strong leadership of President Donald Trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and United States of america that today, the United States and turkey have agreed to a cease fire in syria. The turkish side will pause operation peace spring in order to allow for the withdrawal of ypg forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. All military operations under operation peace spring will be paused, and operation peace spring will be halted entirely on completion of the withdrawal. Well we can speak now to david bar chud, whos a writer and commentator on turkish affairs. He joins us live from york. I believe you have lost them, lets see if we can get him back in a moment. Our apologies. Commuters in london have clashed with Extinction Rebellion protesters who were trying to disrupt trains during the morning rush hour. One Climate Change activist was dragged from the roof of a train at canning town station. A representative for Extinction Rebellion which does not have a formal Leadership Structure said the group would now have a period of reflection how long are you standing up there for cos ive got to go to work Early Morning in east london, and a protest by Extinction Rebellion starts to backfire. A tube train is held up, and frustration at the delays turns to anger. Some in the crowd suddenly turn on the activists. Others intervene to protect them. A photographer with the group is pulled to the ground. The atmosphere is becoming ugly. With the train at a standstill, patience snaps, and someone grabs one of the protesters and pulls him off. Some try to attack him, others defend him. Another man then climbs onto the train to chase the last protester. Hes quickly caught and eventually pushed into the crowd. The leaders of Extinction Rebellion say they regret the scenes but stand by the actions. Would i endorse another one . I would understand why people felt the desperation to undertake similar actions. Despite the hostile reaction youve had . I would understand it. From blocking roads in leeds, to disrupting the centre of cardiff, to targeting london city airport, Extinction Rebellion has tried to highlight Climate Change. But it depends on public support. Glueing themselves to an electric train. Trains like this one stopped in east london this morning are a low carbon form of transport. But there was some sympathy. I salute you, honestly, and i hope, you know, we all find a solution. Protests are raising awareness of Climate Change, but they also risk alienating the people they are trying to persuade. Labour leader pay tribute today who has been the mp for the riverside for over 20 years. And said that he was opposed to any form of racism. A Royal Air Force plane carrying the duke and duchess of cambridge aborted a landing in pakistan after being caught in a severe thunderstorm. The prince said that both he and catherine were fine. The duke and duchess spent the day in lahore, joining in a cricket match. The couple also went to a specialist Cancer Hospital bringing back memories of princess dianas visit in 1996. More a head here on bbc news. And in a few moments time, looking at the brexit deal and also what has been happening in turkey. Securing a few moments ago about the cease fire that has been brokered between the turkish president and the us Vice President mike pence. Let us speak to david. A writer and commentator on turkish affairs. Thank you for bearing with us. This happened quite readily, how so . This is a sort of deadline because the United States has imposed sanctions and it is a very fragile agreement and is possibly a rather one sided one which gives the turks a lot and also ignores the changing realities on the other side of the border in the formerly kurdish autonomous areas of syria which appeared to be coming back under Syrian Government control. Who will be responsible if the cease fire fails . Control. Who will be responsible if the ceasefire fails . I think the cease fire will continue because at the moment, there appears to have been an expansion of russian and syrian troops across the kurdish areas after they did the deal with the white pg. ypg with the turkish soldiers and the auxiliaries on the front line doing auxiliaries on the front line doing a lot of fighting. Why would President Trump get involved in this atoll when he made it clear that it is not what he sees his Foreign Policy is being . His Foreign Policy, he has to be very confused and it seems to be despite everything it personal rapport with the turkish president and the turkey remains in nato and does not fall into the russian sphere of influence. Also his reputation is now on the line because there been so many missteps and strains messages coming from the president on the media, he feels he has to clean up the situation if he can. How much has russia gained throughout this process . can. How much has russia gained throughout this process . I think russia is gaining consistently in this five day window to 20 hours cease fire that is, actually cut ties and exactly where the next meeting between donald trump and the turkish president and moscow, putin and him and moscow, it seems like the russians are calling the shots and they are the masters in syria now along with the damascus government. How might this influence the decisions that the turkish president nixon the future . |j the decisions that the turkish president nixon the future . I think you want to avoid sanctions or any type of break down or anything else thatis type of break down or anything else that is being threatened. I think it is general inclination because the americans are very unpopular is to move away from the western orbit and the russians seem to be their best allies of the moment. Of course, if the russians have given support to the russians have given support to the Syrian Government, against turkey, that will be of great difficulty. Thank you very much for speaking to us on bbc news. Hello, im ros atkins. This is outside source. Were going to start in brussels. We have a deal. Today, we have a deal. A deal has been found. Deliver brexit without any more delay. Borisjohnson says its a great deal which allows the uk to take back control but he still has to get mps at westminster to back it. And i hope very much now, speaking of elected representatives, that my fellow mps in westminster do now come together to get brexit done, to get this excellent deal over the line. That task has got harder though