20 years after diana's death, we report on the tributes at kensington palace. it's deadline day for premier league transfers. top clubs have already spent a record £1.2 billion this summer. on meet the author this week, my guest is marcel theroux, novel, the secret books — a story about storytelling, and why it matters. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the latest round of brexit talks ended in brussels today — with both sides suggesting the other was to blame for the lack of progress. a major sticking point is the so—called divorce bill — the amount britain will have to pay as it leaves the eu. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said "no decisive progress" had been made on key issues. but the brexit secretary david davis warned that only "flexibility and imagination" would lead to a deal. from brussels, our europe editor katya adler reports. trust building between the two sides. that's what the eu says this first phase of brexit negotiations is about. so, by today, the end of round three of the first talks, how much trust is there? it's clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. how can we build trust and start discussing a future relationship? for his part, david davis said the uk couldn't blindly trust the divorce bill presented by the eu. the commission has set out its position and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously. behind the smart suits, dusted smiles, it was clear that behind the smart suits, the stiff smiles, it was clear that both sides were talking at cross purposes today about what brexit subject to tackle in what order, and whether and much progress is actually being made. david davis picked it deliberately painted a picture of a rigid, inflexible eu. it's only through flexibility and imagination that we will achieve a deal that truly works for both sides. michel barnier insisted the uk had to be more clear, and realistic about of brexit deal. he said the eu couldn't be flexible if the uk didn't show its hand. translation: i'm not frustrated but i am impatient. i'm not angry but determined. we know that brexit will have a big impact on our lives, but how huge will depend on the nature of a transition deal and a future permanent trade deal between the eu and uk. we are nowhere near that yet, and all this deal—making could still fall apart, but there is no need to panic just yet. the eu refuses to talk about the eu/uk future until various substantive progress on the divorce deal. both sides agree reassuring eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens in the eu is a top priority, but they still disagree over whether the european court ofjustice should have a role in guaranteeing the rights of individuals. on ireland, progress has made, especially around protecting the northern and republic of ireland common travel area, but the so—called divorce bill is the biggest sticking point right now. the eu wants the uk to pay up to 100 billion euros in what it sees as financial obligations the uk agreed to while a member. the uk says it will pay something, but it refuses to specify. these brexit talks have largely been technical, political pressure to push for progress is unlikely to come from the uk or the eu until after the conservative party conference or the formation of a new german government after elections next month. meanwhile, as the eu likes to repeat, the clock to the end of the uk's eu membership is ticking. for more on this i'm joined by michaeljohnson, who is a former trade negotiator for the uk government and adviser on international trade policy. thank you very much for coming in. i wonder with yourformer thank you very much for coming in. i wonder with your former trade negotiator hat on, how do you read the body language and the comments coming out of brussels today? some are saying it is an impasse, some are saying it is an impasse, some are saying it is an impasse, some are saying this is just a terrible negotiation, others are saying this is part and parcel of the public face of the negotiation? i'm not surprised at what is happening, i have to say, almost every major international negotiation goes to the wire or even beyond it sometimes, otherwise, various parties can't go home and say they really held out for the best deal they could get. of course, if they finish early, someone can say you could have held out longerfor a better deal. so i'm not surprised about that. but there is a fundamentally different approach from both sides. eu opting for com plete from both sides. eu opting for complete transparency of negotiation, it had to because with the eu institutions involved and 27 member states behind them, anything said within would be leaked within minutes so they have opted for the morale high ground of transparency. the british government prefers to do the negotiations as far as possible ina more the negotiations as far as possible in a more confident shall manner, thatis in a more confident shall manner, that is probably what mr davis means when he is talking about flexibility. at present we have a strict negotiating mandate that the eu ministers havehanded down to michel barnier, who cannot depart from it. from an eu perspective, that is the way that they run their affairs and the way that britain has taken part in the eu for many years. the orders come from the leaders of the european union, in this case, from the 27 countries who remain in the eu when we leave. but that creates a problem, michel barnier is only a mess anger? quite so. the british government is trying to keep the powder dry on a number of major things but the position papers, the most important position papers that have been published, the one on northern ireland and the one on future customs arrangements don't have much meat on them at all. the northern ireland one says the right things about aspirations and discusses a number of possible options that could be discussed but it does not contain any of the firm proposals that the eu side is looking for. i wonder, you looking for. iwonder, you mention looking for. i wonder, you mention it will go down to the wire as that is the nature of the negotiations and you have been involved in those negotiations. is there a danger that on television, in the newspapers, the commentators, that we focus too much on the individual moments and look too little at the overall progress, and the reason i say that is, we never expected to get on to the substance of trade negotiations until after october and the german elections, so we are still on track, aren't we? that is absolutely right. the two sides are elaborating and working out positions. i gather we are promised a number of further position papers by the uk side in the next week or two. that will be interesting to see. i think that the sequence that the eu has set out, that is that the issues of money and northern ireland and the rest of it, have to be settled before they can say that there is sufficient progress but you know, both sides have to respect the other side. the uk side has to respect the legitimate objectives of the 27 member states who, didn't ask us the 27 member states who, didn't ask us to leave, and equally, the particular and peculiar sensitivities of the uk situation needs to be carefully appraised and understood by the europeans. one last one, and it's a big question, so last one, and it's a big question, so i'm sorry for asking you to do it relatively briefly but from a former trade negotiator‘s perspective, do you think it is possible, as some are suggesting, that we begin to transpose, for instance, the eu's new expected trade deal with japan, whether it comes into force, that we transpose it into a britain/japanese deal, is that possible? it would be nice if it could be done but as soon as it becomes a bilateral negotiation between japan as it becomes a bilateral negotiation betweenjapan and the uk, there will be all sorts of special interests on both sides that bring out things that are unique to one side or the other in the negotiation, which will take time. it would be very nice if we could ta ke it would be very nice if we could take the text and cross out eu at the top and write in uk instead but it doesn't work like that it is not realistic. michaeljohnson, former trade negotiator, thank you very much for coming in this evening. thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are rosamund urwin, a columnist at the london evening standard and michael booker, deputy editor at the daily express. a cricket match has been abandoned after a projectile was fired into the oval ground in london. the item, believed to be a crossbow bolt, landed very close to the umpires while middlesex were playing surrey in a county championship match. the players very quickly left the field and supporters were all asked to move indoors. match officials took the projectile to the stewards for examination. a police investigation is underway. this incident is not terrorism—related. play was stopped between the surrey and the middlesex game here earlier in the afternoon after the security scare. the police we re after the security scare. the police were called just after ii.30pm after reports some kind of object was thrown tonne the #3i67, believed to bea thrown tonne the #3i67, believed to be a crossbow or an arrow of some kind, although they are still investigating what exactly it was. at the moment no—one has been arrested or injured but an investigation is still ongoing and people have now been taken away to safety. a short time 50 ago, i spoke to the chief executive, richard gourd of the surrey county cricket clu b gourd of the surrey county cricket club and he told me about the security measures in place. for a championship day as this, we had 25 stewards on site. as soon as the umpire saw what happened, he took the players off the pitch and oui’ took the players off the pitch and our security team ensured that all of the spectators were moved to a position of safety, which is effectively indoors. how have you been reassuring the employees, and the players and the public here? by reassuring professionally and putting in place oui’ professionally and putting in place our safety measures. what will happen going forward? we have to review and understand what happened. we don't know if it was a deliberate attack, where we were being targeted, or if this was an accident, not an accident, someone fired it irresponsible, we could have been just where the bolt has landed. we don't know but we have to find out if this was done with malice and take the measures that are appropriate. between 600 and 800 people have been taken away outside of the venue as pa rt taken away outside of the venue as part of the evacuation process here. one of those watching the game earlier was the test match special comment aitor, daniel northcross. daniel, what did you see?|j comment aitor, daniel northcross. daniel, what did you see? i was sitting with the comment commentary team, and watching the game come coming to an end and slowly, the umpires came together. we thought that they complain being the ball, something esoteric and cricket—related but they were pointing to something sticking out of the ground. we couldn't see was it was, we were in the gods, looking down but then the players nearest to what we now know is a crossbow bolt, they started running at pace and made it back to their changing rooms. the other players had not cottoned on, the umpires, gradually, and without fuss, it was extraordinarily calm, and typically like a extraordinarily calm, and typically likea game extraordinarily calm, and typically like a game of cricket but the other players moved from the field. the spectators were grumbling. we didn't know what was going on, was it rain, oi’ know what was going on, was it rain, or the light? any number of things that cricket stops for but then it became clear and they were showing what we could see was an arrow, an 18 inch long red arrow with a yellow quiver. it was extremely sharp. if it hit someone it could have been catastrophic. it landed near to jason roy and nick compton was batting and it was unlike anything i have ever seen in my life. how quickly were people taken from the pitch? the players took themselves off quickly. once confirmed what it was, the guys near it went off. the call went out to the rest of the players who moved with a little haste. but pretty slow. you didn't sense the terrible urgency of it. we got the inkling as players started to run up to changing rooms but nothing like panic. daniel northcross, thank you very much forjoining us. the police have confirmed that the incident is not terrorism—related. everyone is outside, the evacuation process is over, the police are continuing to investigate exactly what happened here. it sounds a shocking incident at the oval this evening but thankfully eve ryo ne oval this evening but thankfully everyone was ok. but thankfully everyone was ok. the headlines on bbc news: michel barnier says that there has been no progress in the brexit talks, david davis says some progress was made. and the cricket match at the oval was abandoned after a crossbow bolt was abandoned after a crossbow bolt was found on the pitch. the officials are warning as a dangerous situation in houston, a chemical plant is flooded by the waters of storm harvey. right a busy evening in sport. for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here is mike burnell. still ongoing, less than three hours before the transfer window closes. and before today, a record amount spent this summer but no doubt still deals to come. so the arsenal fans will hope that they can add to their recruits coming in. let's cross to olly foster at the emirates stadium. it may be too late for alexis sanchez, unless arsenal can spend some money, it is very comply captain. it is complicated. lots of intrigue in this deadline day, than in previous summers. the lights are off here. that is what the head lines have been about, will the last person turn offer the lights. they have had terrible results against liverpool. there is the change with alex oxlade—chamberlain. and the talk of their best player leaving the club. an improved offer of £60 million. and then alexis sanchez, he could go for free and then alexis sanchez, he could go forfree in nine months‘ time at the end of the season, and surely arsenal would cash in for him. they we re arsenal would cash in for him. they were prepared to but only to replace him like—for—like. a deal withs put on the table for thomas lemar. for somewhere in the region of £90 million plus but there was talk he wa nted million plus but there was talk he wanted to go to barks. bars. the spanish transfer dead line ends tomorrow. what else is complicating this, it is the international break. alexis sanchez is in south america. thomas lemar is playing for france tonight as well. so as it stands, in ten days‘ time, sanchez will be out there in an arsenal shirt playing against bournemouth in the premier league. indeed. what about the departure of the england forward, alex oxlade—chamberlain with gareth southgate‘s team in malta, preparing for the international tomorrow? what is the fans‘ reaction to losing him for £35 million. they were resigned to losing alexis sanchez, they are angry that their stars, really, have been allowed to see their contracts down into the last season. if they held on to alex oxlade—chamberlain, like they are to do with alexis sanchez, he could have gone for free. so they cashed in. £35 million for liverpool. if he got that £60 million, they were looking to spend it on thomas lemar. they cannot, so they have £35 million for alex oxlade—chamberlain. they got six yea rs oxlade—chamberlain. they got six years out of him. they have trebled their money. but it is systematic of their money. but it is systematic of the club that has angered the fans that there are more outgoings an incomings. but they did break the tra nsfer incomings. but they did break the transfer record for alexander la kazette but he transfer record for alexander lakazette but he has been featured rarely and not used much at all, so they are wondering what arsene wenger is doing with him. they picked him up from lyon at the beginning of the season. can they get alexis sanchez playing ain? can they get alexis sanchez playing again? a couple of things in the mix for you, again? a couple of things in the mix foryou, mike, again? a couple of things in the mix for you, mike, with three hours—plus to go, ross barkley, apparently is in london, looking for a club. he is linked to spurs, and also chelsea. and riyadh mahrez, a lot of fun being had, the leicester player, player of the year, where is riyadh mahrez? all sorts of speculation. he was released by algeria from international duty to finalise his move to a club but who that club is, we just move to a club but who that club is, wejust don‘t move to a club but who that club is, we just don‘t know. wow! who knows?! arsenal may be involved in the late dealings later on. thanks ollie, we shall speak with you later. in figures, the biggest transfer story of the day, so far, paris saint—germain have signed kilianvanmape. signed untiljune 2022. any deal to be‘ clipsed by psg for neymar. spurs have signed serge aurier from paris saint—germain, for about £23 million. portugal mid—fielder, ranato sanches signed for swansea on a season—long loan. he is from bayern. swansea have sign are also looking to resign wilfried bony. the liverpool striker, divock origi is on a season—long loan to the german club. plenty to come with the likes of ross barclay and riyadh mahrez. i love it, where is riyadh mahrez? answers on a social media website somewhere, i guess! while the sport has been going on, there is a press briefing at the white house. that is continuing. the headline that is coming out of that, there are figures on the destruction wrought by tropical storm harvey. a donald trump advicer is telling us that some 100,000 homes have been affected by the storm. some with eight feet of water or more. so clearly devastating for the owns of 100,000 or so homes and also fears that a chemical plant in texas, flooded by her her her has now caught fire. there are fears about that. people nearby are being told to leave homes immediately. several small explosions and our north america correspondent has been there. it is an unsettling sight, a fire smouldering in the water. this plant makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool, but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. they planned for this, but not well enough. police have a simple message — get out, now. already 15 officers have been to hospital for checks amid fears of fumes in the air. max del la rosa‘s car was trapped by the floods inside the danger zone, but he was told he had to walk out. i guess something went on because then ijust heard the alarms. i was like, "oh, man, it‘s so serious now." then my mum was trying to get me, my dad was trying to get me, they wouldn‘t let nobody come in. i know they've got all kind of chemicals and ijust don't know which ones is in the water and coming down into my house, it means i've got water in the house right now. so it's going to be pretty nasty. as specialist teams rolls in, the messages coming out are confusing and contradictory. reports of explosions are now being denied. federal officials say the smoke is incredibly dangerous, the firm tells a different story. this isn‘t a chemical release, what we have is a fire, and when you have a fire where hydrocarbons, these chemicals burning, sometimes you have incomplete combustion and you have smoke. and any smoke is going to be an irritant to your eyes or your lungs or potentially your skin. the company which operates this plant says there‘s only one thing to do now and that is to let this fire burn itself out. in the meantime, people are being warned to stay back as there may be further explosions. in houston, with the floods receding, frank rogers is heading home to count the cost. you can see the water mark. when he escaped, the water in here was up to his chest, and this scene is being repeated today in thousands upon thousands of homes. upset, all the work we‘ve got to do to get back up. it‘s going to be a long, trying time. a long, trying time, man. and still this storm is not stopping. the rain and the rescues are continuing to the east, on the border between texas and louisiana. and she wants to know, everyone wants to know, when this will end. james cook, bbc news, crosby, in texas. earlier i spoke to our correspondent laura trevelyan who‘s in richmond, and i asked her what is happening to all the floodwater. it's it‘s only going to rise. extraordinary almost a week after her her her made land fall. what is happening here, is that because of the excessive rain fall, the rivers are swelling, the rivers behind us have broken its banks and there have been more mandatory evacuations here in the county of texas, and the water levels are due to rice another couple of feet and not peaking until friday afternoon. people cannot get into homes. people are anxious. such a difficult time. these are mobile homes, people who don‘t have much to begin with. and people are worried about what they will find when they get here. one man i spoke to said, this would mean more debt for him. and there have been officials, bilingual officials, this is a hispanic community, there are officials speak being what is on offer to help them out but it is a stressful time and a swash where there is a life threatening situation and this couldtown until friday. this is astonishing and still another 2a hours for this continue at least. you are looking nob a relative suburban area, in urban areas, have they had any respite? we areas, have they had any respite? we are south—west of richmond, towards the gulf coast. they are beginning to see the floodwaters receding in richmond. they have a spell of dry weather ahead, that is a relief. there is rainfall next week but nothing like they have seen. so a good moment for houston but also a moment to realise the enormity of what has happened. if you think almost 30% greater met area of houston, an area the size of new york and chicago combined it is extraordinary. even here, 800 square miles and 170 square miles are under water. so the damage done is difficult to comprehend there. are thousands of people in shelters, almost 200,000 asking for the assistance of the government, and with more flooding to come, yet we have not reached the peak of those also affected. have not reached the peak of those also affected. aid agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people affected by devastating floods across south asia. more than 1,200 people are believed to have died. it‘s thought to be the worst monsoon season in decades, with nearly a million homes damaged or destroyed in india, nepal and bangladesh. sanjoy majumder sent this report. weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is still under water. many villages in the northern part of the country still cut off. aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected. it‘s a similar situation across large parts of south asia. the eastern indian state of bihar has been hit the hardest. heavy rain and overflowing rivers have left large areas under water. more than 500 people have been killed here in the past few weeks. tens of thousands of people have lost their homes, and are staying in temporary camps. there‘s still a lot of water. there‘s a lot of damage. there‘s a lot of people still out of their homes. people are surviving and getting on with things as they can. and india‘s financial capital mumbai, a city of more than 20 million, was brought to a standstill after torrential rain hit the city on wednesday. transport services ground to a halt, forcing many to simply wade home. we‘re in the middle of the annual monsoon season and it‘s been raining intensely across india, but also neighbouring nepal and bangladesh for the past several weeks. it‘s caused the worst flooding in decades and it‘s led to a massive humanitarian crisis across the entire region. south asia is not unused to floods, especially at this time of the year, but the scale of the disaster this time round has meant that the authorities have struggled to cope. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, delhi. let‘s have a look at the weather here, sarah keith—lucas has it. the last day of summer has been one of sunshine and heavy showers. towards autumn and the 1st of september, the showers are easing through the evening and overnight. friday morning and there are clear skies and light winds. showers in the coastal areas in the south. temperatures about 10 to 11 celsius in the countryside. so, freshness on friday morning. through the day, the showers developing. but not as heavy as today. the heaviest in the east. the south—east of scotland, the pennines, towards lincolnshire and the far south—east. temperatures about 15 to 21 celsius, many of us will avoid the showers. what about the weekend? saturday is shaping up to bea the weekend? saturday is shaping up to be a fine and a dry day. turning wet and windy for sunday. goodbye for now. this is bbc news with matthew price, the headlines at 8.33.00pm. the latest round of breaksity talks ended. david davis felt concrete progress has been made but the eu counterpart said there had been no decisive movement. a cricket match at the oval is abandoned after a crossbow bolt was fired on to the pitch. the crowd was evacuated from the stadium. no—one was injured. officials in texas are warning of a dangerous situation after two explosions at the chemical plant in houston, flooded in her her her. people near the plant have been told to evacuate homes. millions of people have been hit by flooding over south asia during the worst monsoon rains in decades. more than 1200 people are believed to have died. now, the dup leader, arlene foster has warned this evening that northern ireland could face direct truly westminster if a new agreement ona truly westminster if a new agreement on a power—sharing administration cannot be reached. arlene foster appealed to sinn fein to go back into power—sharing at storm. while trying to sort out differences in the parallel negotiations. i want to see devolution restored. we are working to that end. but as we all know, sinn fein has built a barrier to the return of stormont and as! barrier to the return of stormont and as i endicated earlier in the summer, i question whether or not sinn fein is serious about wanting to see an early return of stormont. let‘s speak to chris butler in belfast. arlene foster is saying that there is room for negotiations here. that they can sort out the problems, true on the issue of legislation to give status to the irish language. sinn fein have said that they will not go back into government unless an irish language act is introduced but unionists have said that they are not prepared to agree. it is a stumbling block to get stormont up and running after months of there being no government. that is having effect on public services, and especially the health services. arlene foster has said you must get back into government now, to address the issues affecting the public services and have the parallel negotiations at the same time. if they cannot come to a deal, in her words, the executive and power—sharing would crease to exist. at that stage london would have to step in and make decisions that are not being taken. there is a feeling that the parties are not coming to agreement. but what is interesting is that you hear from the unionists, why do sinn fein feel strongly about the irish language act. arlene foster said, why is this put above the likes of health and education? but to the rep pub cans and nationalists it is about equality and identity. so, the two sections of the community that we always talk about here, the unionists and the naturalists are deeply divided and that is recognised and shown by the parties. but it means that things are not getting done. there is a limbo government in stormont and decisions are not being taken and that cab only continue for so long. 888.com has been fined £7.8 for allowing betting customers to continue, customers who excluded themselves from play aing but could still access betting accounts, one of whom ran up debts of over £1 million. the familiar numbers of one of britain‘s best—known gambling brands, handed a record—breaking fine of almost £8 million for failing to protect thousands of addicted customers, who had asked for help. the most important thing that the gambling companies have to do is to get on the front foot. track play, identify cussed mess at risk and to ta ke identify cussed mess at risk and to take action earlier. 888.com failed to do that, that is why we are imposing this penalty package. 7,000 customers specifically asked 888.com to be blocked from using the site. so the company stopped them playing casino games, poker and from betting on sport. but they could still play bingo and over the course ofa still play bingo and over the course of a year managed to gamble more than £50 million. one of those customers ended up in prison after stealing £# 5,000 from her employer to feed her habit. she gambled three to feed her habit. she gambled three to four hours a day for more than a year, placing well over three—quarters of a million bets and spending £1.3 million. the commission is critical of 888.com for not spotter her problem sooner. gambling cost tony his home and marriage. i was spending £1,000 at a time. he is campaigning for tighter controls. if you are to be lending upon, the company must ensure you can make the payments. 888.com say it is accepts the conclusion of the review and is committed to providing players with a responsible as well as an enjoyable gaming experience. the company are to reimburse the £3.5 million lost by the customers and pay more than £4 million to organisations that help gambling addicts. it was 20 years ago to the day that diana, princess of wales, died in a car crash in paris. the vehicle she was travelling in was being pursued by paparazzi photographers. well, several public events are taking place to commemorate the anniversary and members of the public have been gathering outside kensington palace, leaving cards and floral tributes. her sons, princes william and harry, are marking the anniversary in private. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has been recalling events of that day in paris, with new insights from the then british ambassador to france. the news had come in the early hours of the morning. diana, princess of wales, had been involved in a serious car accident in paris. as the world waited for news, the then british ambassador to france, lord michaeljay, was at the hospital with france‘s interior minister, jean—pierre chevenement. as time moved on, it became clear that it was more serious than we thought, and then chevenement was taken out by one of the nurses and he came back in tears, really. he came up to me and said, "i‘m afraid, she‘s dead." later in the day, the prince of wales arrived at the hospital to bring diana‘s body back to britain. it had been charles who‘d had to break the news to william and harry that their mother had been killed. 20 years on, lord jay recalls the conversations with charles very clearly. he was clearly deeply moved by what had happened and talked a little bit about what it had been like in balmoral that morning. he said how prince william had wanted to go to church that morning — which was not, he said, something prince william always wanted to do on a sunday morning — so they had been to church. but throughout that day, that morning, he had wanted to do what he thought was in the best interests of two children who had lost their mother rather brutally. it was a week when many people struggled, not least, says lord jay, the nation wanted to share their grief, it seems to me, with someone, and the person they wanted to share their grief with was the queen. lessons were learned at the palaces, but most importantly it is diana‘s sons, now in adulthood, who appear to embody the style of monarchy people want for the future. yesterday they looked at the tributes to their mother which had been placed outside kensington palace. 20 years on, diana‘s impact is still very real. nicholas witchell, bbc news. earlier, there was a press briefing about tropical storm harvey. eight white house spokesperson has said that donald trump will pledge $1 million of his own money to help those affected. another line coming out — he does plan to visit the houston area, which was particularly badly hit by the storm, and lake charles in louisiana, this weekend, on saturday. president trump going back there and keen to avoid the problems faced by george w bush when hurricane katrina hit new orleans 12 yea rs hurricane katrina hit new orleans 12 years ago or so. theresa may has said she is not a quick turn has repeated her pledge to lead the conservatives in the next general election. speaking in japan, conservatives in the next general election. speaking injapan, mrs may said the public wanted her to get on with thejob. she is said the public wanted her to get on with the job. she is supported said the public wanted her to get on with thejob. she is supported by some senior conservatives, but others have questioned whether she will still be a leader in five yea rs. will still be a leader in five years. ben wright has been travelling with the prime minister and his report does contain some flash photography. they‘re two prime ministers in tune, shinzo abe has rolled out a very warm welcome for theresa may on this three day trip. whether mrs may‘s reception will be quite so generous when she gets back to westminster is another matter, after the surprised pledge to lead britain and her party into the next general election, a vow repeated today. i said i wasn‘t a quitter and there‘s a long—term job to do. there‘s an importantjob to be done in the united kingdom. we stand at a really critical time in the uk. this fighting talk comes only three months after mrs may called a snap election and lost her party‘s majority. but with brexit negotiations under way and no obvious rival in sight, most, but not all, tories seem willing to let her carry on, for now. we‘ve made a decision, we want theresa may to get on with the job. we think it‘s an importantjob. it‘s critically important for the country that we get the right outcomes. i don't see any immediate change, but i think it's unrealistic to plan on the assumption that theresa may's going to be fighting the next election as leader of the conservative party. i don't think theresa may will stand down of her own accord, she would never to have a challenger to go forward to her. she is not a quitter. she's very resilient, and she will be there for as long as the conservative party want herto be. given north korea‘s latest missile test over this island, defence was a focus of talks here, as was brexit, with japan anxious to protect its investments in britain. translation: on brexit, we would like the impact

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