And the Luxury Fashion brand gucci will go fur free from next year joining a growing number of fashion houses amid pressure from Animal Rights activists. Good morning. Its thursday 12th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Whitehall officials have refused to deny reports that a british woman, who travelled to syria to support the so called Islamic State group, has been killed in a drone strike. Sally annejones, formally a punk musician from kent, went to syria in 2013 and joined is. She became a high profile supporter and propagandist for the group, using social media to encourage western girls to join, and posted messages threatening britain online. A convert to islam, her british husband junaid hussain, also an is militant, was killed by a drone in 2015. Its thoughtjones was killed by the us air force injune but her death has only been made public news now. In their set, but whatever you tell us in their set, but whatever you tell us about the death of Sally Anne
Until at least 2020. And the National Trust votes on banning hunting with hounds on its land even when theyre not chasing a fox. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, scotland begin the search for a new manager, after Gordon Strachan leaves the role, following their failure to qualify for next years world cup in russia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Brinkmanship or genuine frustration . Whichever it was, there was no doubting the downbeat assessment of the state of the brexit talks by the eus chief negotiator. Michel barnier said there remains a disturbing deadlock over how much the uk is prepared to pay when it leaves the eu. He said as a result he cant recommend to eu leaders next week that trade talks begin. Brexit secretary david davis however talked of the significant progress that has been made. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has more. This contains some flash photography. She wasnt there to help. Eu super girl and anti Brexit Campaigner had slinked he
Commitments. For the rest of the eu, Member States not mr barnier and the commission, in particular, the Member States, that isnt good enough. From their perspective, if the british dont pay this and specify it, theyll lose out. Thats the deadlock that needs to be broken. If the right form of words can be found to do that, people dont think it is impossible but there needs to be movement, it can be resolved relatively quickly. Right at the end of the news conference, after talking about disturbing dead locks, mr barnier said if we can move on, there is political will, we can reach some agreement in december about moving on to talk about trade. But, that deadlock does need to be broken. It remains a real one. What are we expecting to happen then next week when eu leaders meet, of course . Well, you can never be quite certain what happens when they all get together in one room. But i think what is being seen as now, next weeks summit, a stepping stone towards that next summit in december
Should start now. Also in the next hour, an entire city is evacuated in california as wildfires spread. At least 2a people have died in more than 20 separate blazes, which also destroyed homes and marijuana farms. Coming up at 8 45 p m. , meet the author. We talked to simon heffer about his new book. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Union has warned the brexit negotiations have entered a state of very disturbing deadlock, with disagreement over the money the uk will owe when it departs the biggest cause of the impasse. The eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said that as a result he cant recommend to eu leaders next week that trade talks begin. Brexit secretary david davis however talked of the significant progress that has been made. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssbergs report contains flash photography. She wasnt there to help. Eu super girl and anti Brexit Campaigner had slinked her way in today. But listening to the eu chief negotiator, it will need a real sup
Athletes were subjected to unacceptable behaviour. Thank you very much. More from you later. Phil has the weather. A warm front coming. Yes, it hasnt been so bad so far today, simon. In many parts of the british isles, one of the best days we have had. Could this be the future . All the details live in half an hour. Also coming up. Forget your gordons, your hestons and yourjamies, if you want the best grub in the world you need to go to this pub in yorkshire. Hello everyone. This is afternoon live. Two sides, two negotiatiors and two very different assessments of where we are with brexit. As the latest round of talks came to a close david davies says progress is being made. His opposite number, Michel Barnier, disagrees using the words deadlock and disturbing. Richard galpin reports. The brexit secretary, david davis, heads out for more talks in brussels this morning. The first phase of the negotiations which deals only with the divorce settlement is still very much bogged down. And af