After todays deadline to for a deal passes without agreement. Everyone owes it to the people of Northern Ireland to grasp that and provide the Political Leadership and stability that they want. And, how prepared are we for tomorrows release of the new one pound coin . Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that theresa may has been meeting Nicola Sturgeon, face to face, for the First Time Since the snp demanded a new independence referendum. The First Minister wants another vote within two years , saying that brexit has transformed the situation since the original vote. The Prime Minister has restated her view that now is not the time, and has said that she wants the uk to be more united. Shes also hinted that additional powers may be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. On wednesday, article 50 will be triggered, starting two years of formal negotiations on brexit. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us within the last few minutes we have been getting a sense of how tha
And coming up click explores the latest developments around accessibility and inclusion in tech for International Day of persons with disabilities. Thats in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Leaders are hoping to break the deadlock today over a post brexit trade deal with time running out to get an agreement through before the uk leaves eu trading rules on december 31st. Boris johnson and European Commission president , ursula von der leyen, are due to speak on the phone, in the next couple of hours, to try and end the stalemate. But negotiators said significant divergences remained, following a week of intensive talks. Most of the deal has been completed, but key sticking points remain. These include fishing rights, the rules governing state subsidies for business and how the agreement is policed. Our political correspondent, Jonathan Blake has the story. Checking out for now, the eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, left his london hotel this morning after talks
British and russian scientists plan a trial to combine the Oxford Astrazeneca and sputnik vee vaccines to see if theyre more effective. And, as the Hong Kong Pro Democracy activistjimmy lai is charged under the territorys new National Security laws, well get reaction from a prominent democracy campaigner in exile both Boris Johnson and the president of the European Commission have spoken in gloomy terms about the likelihood of a post brexit trade deal. The two leaders have agreed to make a decision on the future of the negotiations by the end of the weekend. Early this evening the british Prime Minister chaired a meeting with ministers to revisit contigency plans for how to manage no deal. Alex forsyth reports it was a covid welcome for the Prime Minister today at a Firm Providing energy for the future. More immediate trade talks, though, must be on his mind. Negotiators are still working out which way theyll go up as borisjohnson warned again reaching agreement with the eu looks doubt
Mandi mimi hutrtf matt hancock was in home. Today, matt hancock was in self isolation, he himself testing positive whilst away from whitehall and westminster for the period positive whilst away from whitehall and westminsterfor the period of the week. Dominic cummings, the Prime Ministers chief adviser has beenin Prime Ministers chief adviser has been in self isolation, so have a number of other senior advisers as well. I think what is quite striking is that the coronavirus has had the capacity to cripple our economy, to rob us of so many liberties, but also to weaken the response of those charged with representing us all in terms of the national fight back against it. That clearly has been magnified tonight with the Prime Ministers admission to intensive care. It is certainly not discriminating when it comes to those people who suffer from or get the symptoms for it. Earlier, Iain Duncan Smith were saying we should not read too much into this, we should stay calm when we hear about th
The United States and the taliban sign a deal that its hoped will end 18 years of war in afghanistan. And borisjohnson and his girlfriend announce theyre expecting a baby and that theyre engaged. Elizabeth moss plays a woman who leaves her controlling partner but finds herself menaced by something she cant see. Find out what james king thinks of the invisible man and the rest of the weeks top cinema releases in the film review. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, nigel nelson and jo phillips. Stay with us for that. Good evening. And welcome to bbc news. Three more people have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk as Public Health officials try to establish how a man from surrey, become the first person to contract the illness without travelling abroad. It brings the total number of cases here to 23. The virus, a respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia like symptoms, has so far infected more than 85,000 people in over 50 countries. 0utside china