Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a Post Brexit Trade Deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation Email to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak truth to those in power and urged them to challenge muddled thinking about brexit. More on that in a moment but first heres our political correspondent, carole walker. Behind the darkened windows, at the Prime Ministers side, as she arrived at last months eu summit, sir ivan rogers tried to keep a low profile. But his warning that it could take the uk ten years to get a new eu trade deal overshadowed what was already a difficult occasion for theresa may. He was criticised for being too pessimistic, though Downing Street said he was just relayi
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Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Britains most senior diplomat at the european union, sir ivan rogers, has resigned just months before he was due to play an Important Role in the complex negotiations on the uks exit from the eu. Sir ivan faced criticism last month when it emerged that hed warned the Prime Minister that securing a post brexit trade deal could take a decade. Tonight the bbc has obtained his Resignation E Mail to his staff in which he urged them to continue to speak the truth to those in power and to challenge Muddled Thinking and ill founded arguments. We can speak to our Political Correspondent tom bateman. We got a bit of a sense of why sir ivan resigned from the e mail. It sounds as if he was just hacked off . It was pages e mail that he sent to his team in brussels, quite a lot to say. On one level this is an e mail from our boss to his team saying, it was great working with you, that it went on to say a sense in which he wa nts went on to say a sense in which h
Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
What attitude you have to the civil service. A man has been charged with causing the deaths by dangerous driving, of two young girls as they crossed a road on new years eve in oldham. Shares in the clothes Retailer Next have fallen by 9 , following worse than expected sales before christmas, and a gloomy forecast for this year. German police have arrested a tunisian man over the berlin market attack. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has called for the pardon of an israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a wounded palestinian knife attacker. Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The Military Threats facing the Western World have changed dramatically. The wests Military Doctrine and capabilities have failed to keep up. Thats the view of my guest today not an outside observer, but, until last year, one of the most senior generals in the British Armed forces. General sir Richard Barrons led the uksjoint forces command.