Parts of southern england that are inundated. At a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbcs media editor to look back ona the bbcs media editor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. It paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. Well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. Six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. Now, the Withdrawal Agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. During which time, we will still abide by eu rules. It also says that we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border with wh
There is no prospect of a return to power in Northern Ireland according to the dup leader Arlene Foster. Despite intensive negotiations this week which included the Prime Minister and the taoiseach, mrs foster has said theres no sign of an end to the 13 month political stalemate at stormont. She said it was that the duty of the westminster government to set a budget and start to make important policy decisions about schools and hospitals and infrastructure. So a lot to talk about on this by Arlene Foster and also reaction on the implications. Keith doyle is in belfast. Just go through what Arlene Foster said in a bit more detail. On monday we had the Prime Minister and the taoiseach here as we thought a deal was in the air. As time went on we realised it would not happen, there was some talk of it perhaps happening this week but clearly now that is not going to happen with this statement from Arlene Foster. The big issues the Irish Language, the dup are absolutely insistent there will
Ryanair boss, Michael Oleary, admits Significant Management failure, as it struggles to cope with flight failure, as it struggles to cope with flight cancellations. And three yea rs with flight cancellations. And three years after prince harry founded the Invictus Games, the uks biggest tea m Invictus Games, the uks biggest team yet is preparing to fly to canada to compete. Brendan rogers hello, good morning, it is thursday 21st october. I am annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Rescuers in mexico are working equates the clock to find survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital, mexico city, and in surrounding areas on tuesday. More than 230 people were killed, including more than 20 children, who died when their Primary School collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. The epicentre of the earthquake was about 17 five miles from the capital. The earthquake struck on the anniversary of weeks agos west ever qu
Welcome to bbc news. Cabinet ministers spent the morning locked in discussions over brexit. Ahead of a major speech in italy by theresa may tomorrow. Mrs may is said to be preparing to make what one minister called an open and generous offer to the rest of the eu. The Prime Ministers intervention is being seen as an attempt to break the deadlock on the negotiations with brussels. Downing street insists the government is working together to get the best deal for britain, despite continued speculation about division among ministers. Heres our political correspondent, iain watson. Open and generous as the Prime Minister arrived at downing street to share the contents of her speech with the cabinet, one minister told the bbc that was exactly the kind of offer theresa may was prepared to make to the eu. It sounded like a strong hint she was willing to cough up cash in future to move the Brexit Process forward. But do all her colleagues agree . Is the Prime Minister going to make an open and
Could be under threat. Let us know, do you buy fair trade goods to do good or really just to feel good . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The Japanese Company behind the biggest recall in Car Making History has filed for bankruptcy. Takatas airbags were first found to be faulty in 200a. They were used by 13 of the worlds biggest car makers who have all agreed to Bankruptcy Proceedings in courts in both tokyo and the us. This ceo ta kata this ceo takata said this morning he would step down. Worldwide more than 100 million takata airbags, which can rupture with deadly force and spray shrapnel at passengers, have been recalled. The faulty airbags have been linked to at least 17 deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. Its all been an expensive saga. 9 billion is the estimated cost according to japans nikkei newspaper. The firm key Safety Systems has now bought all of takatas assets except those relating to the faulty airbags for almost 1. 6 billion.