Angela merkel has made it clear that we cannot be shopping in savile row, you are going to top shop. That is what she is saying, and as long as she maintains that, being the most powerful woman out of the 27, we are in trouble. She is the most powerful and she is not, we dont even have a she doesnt even have a government. We are reviewing the british papers, quite rightly, but if we were reviewing the european papers, the story would not be in any of them. Their interest, involvement, passion for brexit is absolutely rock bottom. Most of these countries have their own significant problems, and are quite happy to let the politicians get on with it, and there is public interest. They have their own fish to fry. The whole of the 27 would say they have one overriding constituency, or one overriding interest, maintaining the European Union as an entity in the first place. And getting themselves re elected, as all politicians want at the end of the day. If they give britain too good a deal,
And tributes to Hugh Masekela, father of South African jazz and anti apartheid campaigner, whos died in johannesburg. Good morning, its tuesday 24th january. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to be pushing for a multimillion pound cash injection in the nhs in england. It comes as the Health Secretary is due to update the cabinet on how the Health Service is coping with winter pressures. Its thought mrjohnson wants an extra £100 million a week to go to the nhs. Its not the first time hes proposed more money. Remember this . He proudly stood behind the vote leave battle bus during the Eu Referendum claiming that £350 million britain pays to the eu every week could instead go to the nhs. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he gave the nhs £6 billion in the last budget, and when asked about mrjohnsons rumoured proposals, told reporters, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. Well, lets get more from norman smith, who is out
Tech giants in the us today pushed back against the idea that their platforms were used by russia to meddle in the brexit referendum. In the first ever hearing of a Parliamentary Select Committee outside the uk, british mps grilled the us companies about outside interference in the Brexit Campaign. The Tech Companies said they did have evidence of interference in the us 2016 president ial election but very little in the uks referendum on europe. The chair of the the digital, culture, media and sport committee, damien collins, has struggled to get information from the companies which is why they came to washington. Heres what the Committee Refers to as interference. Would you be prepared to conduct the same analysis which he did in the United States for the uk looking at potential russian interference in about the referendum 7 we are willing to cooperate into the investigation into whether there was any interference in the elections in the uk. We have conducted a thorough investigation
Mixed response. You know, there were one 01 mixed response. You know, there were one or two who said she cant fight an election, shes proved she cant do it. She was termed the maybot. We all remember the wheat fields, the naughtiness in the wheat fields. Yes, and there are others who say, lets see what happens. Who knows what will happen in the next couple of yea rs 7 what will happen in the next couple of years . For someone who is supposed to be boring, she does pull out is, first of all the general election and now this. I do fear for her. I think what George Osborne said a few days after her disastrous result, that she was a dead woman walking. I dont think anything has happened since the change my mind about that. What also makes me very suspicious is one of her main rivals, borisjohnson, has said he gives his undivided backing. Will he stabbed her in the back, the front, the side . He is undivided in his opinion about that. He also says he is there to support her. Alarm bells rin
On his second visit this week, President Trump praises the people of texas as he meets those affected by flooding there. A Campaign Group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in a Rohingya Muslim village, as tens of thousands of the Minority Group continue to flee myanmar. My guess is marcel thereux, and we are talking about his story about storytelling, and why it matters. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are nigel nelson, who is the Political Editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentatorjo phillips. Tomorrows front pages the Observer Says that the Prime Minister, theresa may, is facing a revolt from remain supporting conservative mps over the upcoming brexit bill. The same story leads the sunday telegraph, with tory rebels being told to back brexit or get corbyn. The sunday times also leads with a brexit story. It says theresa may has secretly agreed a £50 billion divorce bill with t