Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
The men to steer top gear in the right direction . Before nine well look ahead to the start of the new series. And sarah has the weather for us. It isa it is a windy day to come today with Spells Of Rain At Times. Theres growing pressure this morning on the Prime Minister to safeguard the rights of more than Three Million eu citizens living and working in the uk. At the moment theres no guarantee theyll be allowed to stay after brexit. But a Cross Party Committee of mps has called on theresa may to clarify their position, rather than waiting for the European Union to decide what will happen to british People Living on the continent. Among the group are ten conservatives, including the prominent leave campaigner, michael gove. Explain what it is they are calling for a year. Rather than waiting for the eu to explain what they will do with british People Living in European Countries, theresa may should act now on behalf of of those eu citizens who live and work here in the uk and to make
The men to steer top gear in the right direction . Before nine well look ahead to the start of the new series. And sarah has the weather for us. It isa it is a windy day to come today with Spells Of Rain At Times. Theres growing pressure this morning on the Prime Minister to safeguard the rights of more than Three Million eu citizens living and working in the uk. At the moment theres no guarantee theyll be allowed to stay after brexit. But a Cross Party Committee of mps has called on theresa may to clarify their position, rather than waiting for the European Union to decide what will happen to british People Living on the continent. Among the group are ten conservatives, including the prominent leave campaigner, michael gove. Explain what it is they are calling for a year. Rather than waiting for the eu to explain what they will do with british People Living in European Countries, theresa may should act now on behalf of of those eu citizens who live and work here in the uk and to make
The men to steer top gear in the right direction . Before nine well look ahead to the start of the new series. And sarah has the weather for us. It isa it is a windy day to come today with Spells Of Rain At Times. Theres growing pressure this morning on the Prime Minister to safeguard the rights of more than Three Million eu citizens living and working in the uk. At the moment theres no guarantee theyll be allowed to stay after brexit. But a Cross Party Committee of mps has called on theresa may to clarify their position, rather than waiting for the European Union to decide what will happen to british People Living on the continent. Among the group are ten conservatives, including the prominent leave campaigner, michael gove. Explain what it is they are calling for a year. Rather than waiting for the eu to explain what they will do with british People Living in European Countries, theresa may should act now on behalf of of those eu citizens who live and work here in the uk and to make
Not just a friend, just a good guy, a friend for a very long time. Thats what the president said. And the two of course do seem particularly close in photo after photo. Here they are greeting the tesla ceo, elon musk, in the state dining room as trump signs an Executive Order about the oil pipeline industry. And this, trump speaking on the phone with vladimir putin, and who is there . Steve bannon. And then when they worked together in the white house, check this out, their offices, steps apart. In fact the only person who sat closer to the president of the United States than bannon was President Trumps soninlaw, jared kushner. Even the official chief of staff, reince priebus, sat farther away from President Trump. And of course as trump knows well from his real estate days, power is all about location, location, location. Slamming bannon, though, was only part of the white house operation today. The Press Secretary tried to rip the book itself and its author, Michael Wolff. Could you