For the worsening violence in the country also on the program. Revenues forward and its divorce from the European Union as Prime Minister theresa may strikes a deal with island on its border with the north but will it be enough to unlock trade talks in brussels. And Police Arrest ten people in connection with the murder of journalist. Me. She was reporting on corruption on the island when she was killed in a car bombing in october. Im still going to welcome to the program in yemen who rebels have killed the countrys former president. Just south of the capital sanaa so within the rebel groups a fight to stop his arm at the vehicle with a row. Before shooting him dead this unverified video posted online purports to show the former president s body being removed from the rubble in a blanket security has been heightened as fighting has intensified leading leaving at least one hundred twenty five people dead in the past six days. To get more from journalist. Who joins me on the line from th
Confused by it, you are not the only one. confused by it, you are not the only one. Many aspects of the brexit story. We will be joined by chris morris from the bbcs reality check. Get in touch with us through twitter and e mail. We will spend the whole hour of outside source looking at the issue of brexit, send in questions on any pa rt of brexit, send in questions on any part of it. These brexit talks come in two phases, the first one is all about the nature of the uks departure and the second is all about the nature of the uks future relationship with the eu, and for the second phase to start there needs to be sufficient progress in the first phase and we thought we might hear about that today, this is theresa may and Jean Claude Juncker, they met earlier we thought they might emerge to say they had reached that point. We were wondering, could they make enough progress on Citizens Rights and the divorce bill and the irish border and the answer was no. Im still confident that we can
Be up to £45 billion when it leaves the eu. When it leaves the eu. Also this hour wildfires continue to rage in california as firefighters battle ferocious flames. Nearly nearly 200,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes a state of emergency has been declared. Israeli forces are on high alert for protests against the us declaration ofjerusalem as israels capital. Good morning. Its 8 december. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A deal has been agreed in the brexit talks allowing the negotiations to move on to the next crucial stage the subject of trade and transition. The divorce bill could be up to £16 billion. After a long night of phone diplomacy, theresa may secured agreement with the irish Prime Minister and the democratic unionists whose objections on monday on the issue of the irish border had prevented a deal being struck on monday. An agreement has been made on the key Sticking Points of phase one including the divorce bill, eu Citizens Rights and the irish border. It
And that will be the minus eight. And that will be the whole and that will be affecting the whole of the country. A very good morning to you. Team gb is celebrating its best ever performance at a Winter Olympics after winning a fifth medal. Billy morgan claimed bronze at the big air snowboard event with a droop dodge a jump snowboard event with a droop dodge a jump he had never previously completed. It takes Great Britain 231. 244;ng li lies; e551 3115;. Their 213. 1515; i1 1e§§5 e511 3111;. Their biggest ever 213. 1515; i1 1e§§5 e511 3111; ii i their biggest ever haul passed their biggest ever medal haul from 2014. Billy morgan grew up in southampton, didnt switch to snowboarding until the age of 14. He took part in gymnastics, acrobatics and skateboarding, but now here in pyeongchang, he is an olympic bronze medallist. He failed to land any of his practice hevel four times, his practice runs, hevel four times, then again at the start of the competition, but when it mattered he fa
European leaders say sunday is the final deadline for greece to secure a deal over its debt and save its economy from collapse. An emergency summit in belgium ended with no agreement late on tuesday, the European Central bank says it will keep banks afloat in the sunday deadline. Jacky rowland reports now from brussels. Reporter after many hours of meetings and the customary working dinner, eurozone leaders finally gave their verdict. Greece had not told them what they wanted to hear. Translator we had a long and intensity discussion and in assume are you, i can tell you that after the deliberations we had tonight the preconditions of the resumption of the program on the basis of the european stability mechanism are not there. Reporter greece now has two days in which to table detailed proposals. Then leaders from the whole European Union will meet on sunday to decide its fate. Stark realities that we have only five days left to find the ultimate agreement. Until now, i have avoided ta