Two former Prime Ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry. They have joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a year ago. Writing in the sunday times, sirjohn and mr blair said the governments actions were irresponsible, wrong in principle and dangerous in practice. They said it raises questions that go far beyond the impact on ireland, the Peace Process and negotiations for a trade deal, crucial that they are. It questioned the very integrity of oui it questioned the very integrity of our nation. The government has defended the plan, saying it is an unprecedented situation and the powers it will give itself will probably never be used. Powers it will give itself will probably never be usedlj powers it will give itself will probably never be used. I believe that with our determination to seek an agreement, both on the joint committee and
For spying in iran, says her case is a game of cat and mouse between governments with them living life as a piece of bait. Police in belarus detain 250 Anti Government protestors as around 100,000 people return to street demonstrations. Good afternoon. Two former Prime Ministers have condemned a plan by the government to override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed with the eu. In a joint column for the sunday times, sirjohn major and tony blair called the proposal, which would break International Law, shocking and irresponsible. The justice secretary, Robert Buckland, this morning dismissed the criticism, saying the country is facing an unprecedented situation. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Two former Prime Ministers, one conservative, one labour, both angry. They have joined forces before to speak against brexit, but now they have strong words for a government planning to alter parts of the treaty which paved the way for leaving the eu less than a y
At the programme. And its victory for Lewis Hamilton in the tuscan grand prix after a race that was stopped twice after a spate of crashes. More on that at 6 30pm in sportsday. The justice secretary, Robert Buckland, has defended government plans to potentially override elements of the brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed with the european union. The proposal, which would break International Law, would give number 10 the power to change or ignore rules relating to the movement of goods between britain and Northern Ireland. Mr buckland said it was an emergency brexit insurance policy if brussels acted in an unreasonable way by insisting on excessive checks on goods. Heres our chief political correspondent, vicki young. A lots changed since brexit day. Crowds can no longer gather, but once again the arguments are raging about our relationship with the eu. Four years ago, these two former prime ministers campaigned against brexit. Today, they criticised the government for making plans to ov
Tonight at ten, the pressure mounts still no breakthrough in the talks to get a post brexit trade deal with the eu. The Prime Minister paused his telephone talks today. Hell travel to brussels later this week to try to find a breakthrough. After todays conversation with the European Commission president , the two leaders said the conditions for finalising an agreement were not there, and eu leaders sounded increasingly pessimistic. Id like to be giving more positive news but at the moment, these negotiations seem stalled, and the barriers to progress are still very much in place. With the talks essentially exhausted, what can the Prime Minister hope to achieve in person that has eluded the negotiators for months . Well have the latest from both westminster and brussels on the 11th hour rush to find common ground. Also tonight. From tomorrow morning, people in different parts of the uk will start to be given their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. The brother of the Manchester Arena
Nothing to do with the folk singer going electric. He sold his entire catalogue of songs for hundreds of millions of dollars. Well start with brexit the british Prime Minister and the European Commission president have been speaking this afternoon in an attempt to break the deadlock on the post brexit trade talks. Were hearing that call has now ended. The two sides have issued a joint statement, saying, we agree that the conditions for finalising agreement are not there due to significant differences on three issues. Governance, and fisheries being the second and third. They said we asked our teams to prepare an overview of the remaining differences to be discussed in a physical meeting in brussels in the coming days. No specific date there. Borisjohnson is coming days. No specific date there. Boris johnson is now coming days. No specific date there. Borisjohnson is now expected to go to brussels and tried to break the deadlock himself. Katya adler, our bbc europe editor, joins us live