Christiano ronaldo has been named the worlds best player. He pips messi and neymar to the ballon dor. And the winner is. Coventry a night of celebration for the city, after its awarded the next uk city of culture. And snow has been falling overnight. Warnings of disruption later in the day. Carol has the full forecast. Snow has been falling in the north and west of the uk and in the midlands. That will continue through today. Some snow showers getting into eastern areas and there is ice to watch out for first thing. A cold day as well and windy, but not as windy as yesterday. A full forecast in15 windy as yesterday. A full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may has just arrived in brussels after intense negotiations which continued throughout the night to try to break the deadlock over the irish border in brexit negotiations. We can talk now to our Political Correspondent chris mason whos in westminster. You are really where the story began ina you are
The ashes are slipping away from england. Australia captain steve smith hits a double century, as his side takes complete control of the third test in perth. And in half an hours time, dateline london reflects on brexit talks and asks whether the election of a democrat in alabama it really is a blow to donald trump. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A leading supporter of brexit has said the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected two year transition period after britains withdrawal in march 2019. Jacob rees mogg made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move to the next phase of brexit discussions in the new year. They also suggested the uk would continue to participate of the European Court ofjustice during any transition phase. In the Single Market and remain under thejurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice during any transition phase. The date when the uk leaves the eu, march 29 2019 is now likely not to be set in law. Lets speak to our Politic
The ashes are slipping away from england. Australia captain steve smith hits a double century, as his side takes complete control of the third test in perth. And in half an hour here on bbc news, click investigates the weird world of quantum computing. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A leading supporter of brexit has said the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected two year transition period after britains withdrawal in march 2019. Jacob rees mogg made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move to the next phase of brexit discussions in the new year. They also suggested the uk would continue to participate in the Single Market and remain under thejurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice during any transition phase. The date when the uk leaves the eu, march 29 2019, is now likely not to be set in law. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent tom barton. He can update is a story as it is developing. Welcome back. First of all, what exactly is bugg
Over his governance has split the party down the middle. There is a desire that the vote should bring africas oldest Liberation Movement back together. I hope that on the conference floor people find one another, because it has not been easy over the last five years to come here. It is a hope against hope, maybe, but i hope that the life of the anc which is dying slowly, somehow surgery will be performed here today and that the patient will be saved. The anc has been losing support in the last few years, and the two candidates have very different ideas on how to arrest that decline. It has been such a bitter fight that whoever wins will have the difficult task of bringing the opposing faction on board but with a National Election in just two years, many say unless the party cleans up house, it could find itself out of power for the First Time Since the end of apartheid. Pumza fihlani, bbc news, johannesburg. Barry sherman, a billionaire who founded canadas largest drugs firm, and his w