Also tonight the Supreme Court gives this libyan the right to sue a former Foreign Secretary over torture claims. Ajump in The Cost Of Living inflation hits a two and a half year high, with warnings of more to come. Vinniejones will vinnie jones will captain the vinniejones will captain the six nations squad with Sam Warburton told to fight for his place in the side. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Britain will be leaving the eu Single Market. That was the clear cut message from theresa may as she set out her red lines for the brexit negotiations that are now just weeks away. Her core demands are that britain must be able to control the number of people who come here from the eu. British courts must have the final say in interpreting british laws. And parliament will get the chance to vote on whatever deal is negotiated. The Prime Minister is aiming for what she called a Global Britain that has the best possible trade deal with the eu while opening up to the rest of th
But it comes with a warning on inflation. A Human Rights Lawyer is struck off, for Acting Dishonestly in bringing abuse claims against british soldiers in iraq. And the midfielder who became chelseas record goal scorer, Frank Lampard retires from football. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the denial, by the Archbishop Of Canterbury, justin welby, that he was aware of any allegations of physical abuse, made against a barrister who worked at a christian summer camp for boys in the 19705 and 1980s. Bbc news has spoken today to the barristers daughter, who says her father must face justice if the claims are borne out. John smyth, whos now in his 70s and lives in south africa, has denied any knowledge of the allegations. The Church Of England has admitted it failed terribly by not reporting the allegations to the police sooner than it did. Well be hearing from john smyths daughter in a few moments, but first our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has more details. The accusation is tha
In a Helicopter Crash in north wales yesterday afternoon. Health officials publish plans to cut the amount of sugar in foods most often eaten by children. And, what happened when Cristiano Ronaldo came face to face with an alternative view. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that ministers have published plans to convert thousands of eu laws into british law as the uk leaves the European Union. But there are more signs today that european leaders are toughening their stance towards the brexit negotiations ahead. The repeal bill will end thejurisdiction of the European Court ofjustice once britain has left the eu. The brexit secretary, david davis, told mps the bill would help ensure a Smooth And Orderly Exit from the eu. But the shadow brexit secretary, labours sir keir starmer, said the bill gave few safeguards and provided the government with Sweeping Powers to change legislation without full parliamentary scrutiny. We will talk about that. Ourfirst report is from our political correspon
and so it s possible this risky strategy could in the event in the final event per happen cost the support rather than win it over. at this stage it seems the prime minister feels she has nothing to lose. that s the way it looks. let s go to you in brussels. she is now asking for an extension. from the eu. so she can get the brexit deal through parliament. how likely is it that she ll get that extension if she can t get support for her deal? all the indications are that the eu would be willing to grant the united kingdom an extension for the limited period in order to allow it to organize an orderly brexit. that s the message we re receiving as we head into the beginning of the summit. european leaders expected to arrive here this afternoon. in order to discuss that. not just the if of an extension but the how. of course we know theresa may is asking for an extension up until
was wrong. did mueller say that particular issue was false? he related to it that particular issue, not neil: had to have been talking about that. exactly. neil: where are we now? what mueller said publicly is that trump did not induce cohen to say something that was false. didn t engage in any kind of obstruction of justice. he cleared the air on that. very unique. he hasn t done that at any time before. neil: what made him do that? i think it was so significant and so detrimental to the president that i think mueller felt compelled to do that. we ll watch closely. thank you very much. thank you. neil: we re getting word on the brexit back and forth that the european union said the current deal with the united kingdom remains and the best and only way for an orderly brexit. so theresa may s vows to