We are very peaceful. We are not hippies. We do not smell of hemp. We would love mrjohnson to come and talk to us. And the teenagers being taught life saving skills to deal with the consequences of knife crime. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has told the Prime Minister that a brexit deal is overwhelmingly unlikely, in a phone call between the two leaders this morning. Quoting a source in downing street, our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg says that mrs merkel suggested that a deal would never be possible unless Northern Ireland stayed in a Customs Union. The Prime Minister stressed to mrs merkel that in his view, the uk has made a reasonable offer, but there seemed to be no real desire on the eu side for negotiation. The source said that the eus demand on Northern Ireland would make a deal essentially impossible. the source also said that talks in brussels are close to breaking down, despite the fact that the uk has moved a long way. t
Attention by. The United Nations. I would have to. Child abuse seems like. To me. Around the clock across the world this is your r. T. International from the team you know neil alone welcome. 10 members of the russian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly haue been denied us visas the head of Russias Foreign Affairs committee who was among the officials denied entry called the decision a provocation. Join me in the studio earlier with the details. Absolutely furious because if you think about it thats a huge thing. Constant in russias prominent politician and did they term and all of the Foreign Affairs committee of the upper term or the Russian Parliament said hes not going to attend the un General Assembly that is open these days in new york because of visa issues and he wasnt actually denied american visa but what basically happened as far as we understand is that his application didnt go through and he was not to fight about that very very last moment and he failed to p
The Prime Minister is much in the position of someone standing on one side of a canyon, shouting to people on the other side of the canyon that if they do not do as he wishes, he will throw himself into the abyss. That is not a credible negotiating strategy. It comes as conservative mp philip lee defects to the lib dems, leaving the government with no working majority. And this is the scene in the commons right now as that debate continues. We will bring you all the debate in the reaction. A very good evening. Welcome back to westminster. We are about an hour into the emergency debate in the house of commons, aimed at preventing a new deal brexit. The motion was presented to the house by conservative mp sir Oliver Letwin who said that in light of parliament being suspended later this month, it has become urgent to discuss whether mps accept the possibility of a no deal brexit. If the idea is approved, legislation designed to block a no deal brexit will be introduced tomorrrow. It comes
Now on bbc news, with knife crime reaching record levels in wales, wyre davies looks at the impact it is having on our streets. A Murder Investigation is under way following the death of a man and cardiff this morning. Officers were called to a lay near the Cardiff University Students Union following reports a man was stabbed. It was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. Stabbed. It was taken to hospital where he died from his injuriesm was six in the morning. They were sleeping. My mum came into the room. She wasjust sleeping. My mum came into the room. She was just panicking. Sleeping. My mum came into the room. She wasjust panicking. I dont know what she was panicking for. She said there police downstairs. She speak english. She said i dont know what they are saying, dont understand them. Can you help me . One of the women said i dont know had to tell you, but your brother has died. The 18 year old suffered 21 stab wounds. Id just kept on saying is this true . Are you s
Hello and welcome to world news today. We start with some breaking news irans revolutionary guards say they have seized a british flagged tanker in the gulf. Iran says the stena impero was stopped while passing through the strait of hormuz on the grounds that it was not observing International Maritime rules. The stena impero was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, but it appears to have taken a sudden turn into iranian waters this afternoon. It was last tracked heading towards the iranian island of qeshm. The company that owns the tanker has confirmed that it was approached by unidentified small boats and a helicopter while it was still in international waters. Its since been uncontactable. We also have early reports that a second uk operated tanker sailing under a liberian flag also made a sharp turn towards iran in the persian gulf. The stena impero, which was bound for aljubail in saudi arabia, joining me now is our defence correspondent jonathan beale. What more do we know about t