Mikel arteta, as their next manager. It is so easy to leave me all alone with the memory. One of Andrew Lloyd Webbers most famous musicals transfers to the big screen today well ask why so many critics have their claws out for cats. Iamat i am at Somerset House. Indoors enjoy the sights of the gingerbread centre. Outdoor, rain, particularly in Eastern England. Yourforecast coming up. Its friday the 20th of december. Our top story the Prime Ministers brexit divorce deal will be put before Parliament Later. It comes in a year where theresa may, then mrjohnson, wrestled with mps over their plans. Today is expected to feel very different as the government now has a strong majority. Officially known as the eu Withdrawal Agreement, it is the legislation needed to make brexit happen. This week, it was announced that the government would add a clause to rule out any extension beyond december 2020, ending what Boris Johnson calls years of deadlock, dither and delay. Now, with a majority of 80,
North and south korea as the Winter Olympics come to a close, pyongyang says it will now sit down for talks with the United States. On meet the author this week my guest is sirjohn tusa, broadcaster and man of the arts whose own story, making a noise, is also a portrait of modern britain. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour would keep britain in a Customs Union with the eu according to the partys brexit spokesman. Sir keir starmer told the Bbcs Andrew Marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arrangement, would be best for the economy and would respect the referendum result. The Prime Minister is committed to leaving both the Single Market and the Customs Union shes expected to outline the governments position in more detail this week. Our Political Correspondent emma vardy reports. After months of uncertainty over labours position, now the party is moving decisively away from a so called hard brexit. It has been unanimously agreed, according to the shado
Bitterly cold started tuesday morning, well below freezing, and the met office had issued in amber warning. Thats for the threat of disruptive is no particular about a beast in england on tuesday. The parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east midlands and down towards kent we could see several centimetres i committing, and likely to cause disruption to travel. There could be School Closures as well. Topic is not getting above freezing for many of us all day. Further snow showers filtering on the brisk easterly wind tuesday night and into wednesday. Further heavier cumulative snow from any part of the country on wednesday. And Eastern England and eastern scotland where it will be bitterly cold once again, particularly when you add on the wind chill. Even further we could see snow showers down towards wales and the west to. Snow is likely to cause disruption over the next few days. Low pressure could bring blizzard conditions to the south later in the week. Stayjune. This is bbc news. Our l
Biggest salvage operation attempted. Im here with the sports, including Floyd Mayweather lives up to his nickname money with a recordbreaking fight. Details later in the program. High ranking pakistani general has been assassinated near the afghan border. He was a senior solder to be killed. His death could jeopardise peace talks. We are joined from istanbul. This assassination coming at an important time for the pakistani army. Absolutely, coming at a time when the government said theyd beginning a significant amount of military forces from several districts. However, this morning, the general that you mentioned who was known as the general officer commanding the squad decision was visiting troops along the frontier in upper district. This area is very volatile because after the military operation by the Pakistani Military in swat most fighters ran across the border. So this attack coming at a time when you mentioned when the government extended an olive to the Prime Minister. Issuing