and declared their interest of being his friends, and they were the ones that could have a say in deciding the vote, and that was wholly unfair. sold! a painting by david hockney asserts a new record, portrait of an artist — pool with two figures, fetched over £70 million. welcome to westminster, where michael gove, the environment secretary, has indicated he'll stay in the cabinet, despite reports that he was poised to leave in protest at the prime minister's brexit deal. it was a rare bit of good news for theresa may after the slew of resignations yesterday over her agreement with brussels. mr gove is understood to have decided to stay in his post to work with mrs may to "ensure the best outcome for the country". he reportedly rejected an offer to make him brexit secretary after dominic raab‘s exit yesterday. meanwhile, a growing number of conservative mps are pursuing their calls for a leadership contest. this morning, the prime minister launched a vigorous defence of her brexit agreement on lbc radio. this is not the deal of a future relationship with the european union. the deal of the future of the relationship with the european union means we take back control of our laws, we end free movement, take back control of our borders, take back control of our money, so we can spend on priorities like the nhs. we are out of the customs union, we are out of the single market, we are out of the common agricultural policy, we are out of the common fisheries policy. that's what i think people voted for. let's get reaction now from our assistant political editor, norman smith. good morning. first of all, michael gove is staying in cabinet, how significant is this for theresa may, does this stem the flow of resignations? when a minister not resigning is good news for the prime minister, this is something! i would caution people thinking that this stabilises the situation and it'll be ok. michael gove said he was not happy with the idea of being brexit‘s secretary, because he was sceptical of the deal being pushed through has any chance of getting put through by mrs may. what will be interesting is if he and others, can, as it were, convinced mrs may that she has to budge. the package that she has to budge. the package that she has to budge. the package that she is putting on the table is not sellable. what we are looking for is whether the key players in the cabinet begin to coalesce together to say to mrs may, you cannot carry on with this plan. there has to be some sort of change, some sort of movement, some sort of renegotiation if you are to have any chance of getting it through parliament. the second thing mrs may desperately needs is friends. she needs to have big voices coming out and backing her. at the moment, we have only had beaver lawyers making the case for mrs may. she is staying, getting on with the job. she will follow thisjob through as prime minister. that is what we need to do to support her. and, yes, i believe that she has the confidence of my party in taking that forward on doing that job and why we need to be focused on the deal that we have here now. getting on with brexit, dealing with the stability and getting on with the job that the british public want us to do and that is what i hope my colleagues will be focused on. 0ne one of theresa may's most loyal ministers are there. there are glaringly a couple other vacancies she needs to fill. who will take the brexit secretary job she needs to fill. who will take the brexit secretaryjob on? at normal times, ministers will be standing by theirfans are times, ministers will be standing by their fans are desperate for a job like this will stop at the moment, i suspect they will not be answering their phones so eagerly. because who wa nts to their phones so eagerly. because who wants to be the third brexit secretary at a time when we know there is a division and turmoil of there is a division and turmoil of the place. it is not something that anybody will particularly want. this is particularly because michael gove has already said no thanks. so do you want to pick up a job that one of your colleagues have said, no thanks? not a hugely attractive job, mrs may will have to do some close —— will have to get some close ally. she will usually get a small group of people she has been with for a long time and who she can rely on completely. when will it happen? she saysin completely. when will it happen? she says in the next day or so, i suspect that means it may well move towards the weekend. the way things are going, we maybe in another situation altogether for we get another brexit secondary. the situation could include news of a no—confidence vote. where are we with that as far as you understand? lots of people are saying 48 letters have been reached, but the bottom line is that no wonder knows, beyond sirgraham line is that no wonder knows, beyond sir graham brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee, i have had a text exchange with him this morning, and he is remaining utterly delphic. i put to him one report that there will be a leadership contest on tuesday and he doesn't know about it. so there is a lot of speculation. you would think that the prospect of a leadership challenge is highly likely, because you need 48 letters. the erg say they have more than 80 ‘s borders. and you listen to shailesh vara who resigned yesterday, it is clear there has to be change. it's the issue and i have a problem with, the deal. this is about personalities for me. i worked previously with theresa may when she was shadow leader of the commons as her deputy and her vice—chairman. i have a huge amount of time and respect for her. the deal she is brought back is one neither remainders brexiteers will be happy with. i was a remainer at the referendum. basically what it does is locked the united kingdom into a customs arrangement and the rules will be made by the eu. we will have no say on any of those rules because we won't be sitting at the top table. what happens the day we leave the eu next march? initially, we will all be locked into this customs arrangement and then we get an implementation period. great britain — england, scotland and wales can then back off but northern ireland will be permanently locked into the customs arrangement. the critical issue is that we cannot unilaterally leave the customs arrangement. there is no finite state. just because —— just because -- just because there isa just because -- just because there is a likelihood of a leadership contest, it doesn't mean it is game overfor contest, it doesn't mean it is game over for mrs may. plenty of people think that there has to be a vote of no—confidence first, and people think that she would win it. some brexiteers fear that if they trigger a leadership contest, not only would mrs may win, but it's good to solidify and strengthen her physician. thank you forjoining us. there's a strong possibility now of a vote of no confidence in the prime minister. the 1922 committee are the ones with the power to call that vote, but only if they get enough letters and support from conservative mps. here's chris cook to explain exactly what's at stake. if 15% of the conservative mps right to the chairman of the 1922 committee saying they no longer have confidence in the party leader, there is a confidence vote among tory mps. right now, 15% means 48 mps. and the current chairman is sir graham brady. now, if the prime minister wins a confidence vote that follows that, she can stay, and there can be no fresh challenges for one year. but, if the prime minister loses a confidence vote, she is obliged to stand aside. then, there is a leadership contest she cannot take part in. that is a leadership contest where, normally, mps expect to choose two candidates to be put forward to the party membership. but, that could take weeks at least. more time than the party feels they have, with the brexit clock ticking away. but it's also hard to see how mps could be prevailed upon to impose one candidate on the party, as they have done in the past, given the divisions inside the conservatives. a leadership election could split them down the middle. with me now is bronwen maddox from the institute for government. she's the former foreign editor of the times newspaper. thank you forjoining us. let's talk about the possibility of a no—confidence vote first of all. if sirgraham no—confidence vote first of all. if sir graham brady has the requisite 48 letters, does he have discretion at that point, or is it an automatic process that the no—confidence process that the no—confidence process must begin? it is automatic. there has been a lot of talk about whether it could be accidentally triggered, because you have remain mps sending in letters as well. there is a lot of uncertainty about who has sent in letters stopped some mps have said in letters saying, don't trigger this and tell i —— u nless don't trigger this and tell i —— unless i tell you again. conditional letters. . . unless i tell you again. conditional letters... at that point he would have to trigger it. so he would have two call all those mps and say, do you want me to go ahead? is immediately 48, then yes, it goes ahead as a leadership challenge. immediately 48, then yes, it goes ahead as a leadership challengelj am ahead as a leadership challenge.” am interested in all of this over the last 48 hours, we haven't talked about the preparations for a no—deal brexit. where are we act with that? preparations have begun, and they are continuing. it is obvious that a no—deal brexit would leave the uk and the eu in a very difficult position, because it is very hard to get the preparations you need for customs, for all kinds of regulation ready by march next year. there is a question of whether it would be a no—deal brexit with a bit of negotiation with the eu, or really a bad tempered, not speaking, we are out, no deal. that has quite a bad impact on the uk. everything that to recently has said she has tried to avoid? it is clear that there is a majority in the house of commons against that. most people do not wa nt against that. most people do not want that. she is banking on that as well? she is. there is a question of whether simply time runs out, you hear a bit of willingness in the eu to extend the time, possibly, to extend the article 50 process. we look like we are heading in that direction. and do you think there is wriggle room? not just direction. and do you think there is wriggle room? notjust with extending time by the eu 27, but perhaps, although we have angela merkel and others, they had reached the limit in terms of negotiating this agreement, that there may yet be some room for renegotiation? not really. the eu compromisers, we have seen really. the eu compromisers, we have seen some really. the eu compromisers, we have seen some of the last of months, but it does so very slowly. it is subject to its own political pressures . subject to its own political pressures. if there were wriggle room, it would be back in the direction of more union with the eu, ina direction of more union with the eu, in a closer relationship. there are mps and labour pushing for that, but this would be difficult for her to take. we have seen at aretha yesterday, after speaking to mps... —— theresa may yesterday, speaking to mps and on the radio and on a seven, it strikes me that she has too explained more about sovereignty and whether the european court of justice has jurisdiction or not, post brexit. does she need to more than that? because shailesh vara said that for him, that was the red line, the tipping point that made him decide to go. she maybe has took spain to ministers and mps, but i wonder if that is a resident issue. yes, there are a lot of peebles who voted for a sense of sovereignty and ta ke voted for a sense of sovereignty and take back control. but when it gets down to it, some kind of court will have two educate parts of this. it isa have two educate parts of this. it is a question of whether another body could be created or drawn on, adjudicate some of this. you quickly get into technical territory. that will not be a resonant political point, though it may be one that she has to argue out with her mps. do you think she has the time to create the resonance with the public? especially in the constituencies of mps where people voted to leave, but maybe where she calculates people would be happy with her version of the deal? this is a really good question, because the polls are showing that a lot of people do not like this, but they really do not wa nt like this, but they really do not want a no deal. i think it is not easy for hire to appeal, she doesn't do this easily, to appeal to people directly and say, this is much better than a no—deal brexit, and this is the only deal we will get. i think it is the right thing from her point of view to do, but we will have to see half far it gets. what do you think of the critics of theresa may, saying she has failed in this process? 0thers theresa may, saying she has failed in this process? others in this process have walked away from it, and she has stuck it out at the end of the day. do you think somebody else leading this process could have delivered a better deal or a different deal? she has demonstrated enormous resilience, the political quality of getting up when the whole world is yelling at you. and they really have been. she had very few friends in the house of commons yesterday. could it have been done better? yes. it is a question of whether she indulged herself too much, the idea of a middle way that the eu will never impress. so i think she could have confronted her party much earlier on with these ha rd party much earlier on with these hard choices. from this point, we will see if she can tough it out. bronwen maddox, thank you for joining us. the big news from this morning was that michael gove, the environment secretary, although he turned down the job offer to become the new brexit secretary, he decided not to resign, but to stay in post at the department for the. a significant event for it to reason they does morning. michael gove has been speaking in the last few moments. do you have confidence in the prime minister? i absolutely do. i have had a very good morning with my collea g u es had a very good morning with my colleagues here to make sure we have the right policies on the environment, farming and fisheries for the future. i am also looking forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in government and parliament to make sure we get the best future for britain. it is actually vital that we get the right deal in the future and making sure that in the area that after so much with the body ‘s people, we can get a good outcome. do you support the deal as it stands, mr gove? to usable the deal mr gove? amongst the regulation, this has also been speculative. whether penny morgan will stay or go. here she was this morning, revealing very little. are you backing the prime minister? argue backing the prime minister? she was asked to this, but her response was just a smile. let's discuss this further with henry newman, director at open europe — a think tank that calls for reform of the eu. also a former adviser to michael gove. let's talk about him at first if we may. hattiesburg into him in the last 24 hours? i haven't studied in this morning, but he is staying in government. i think that is the right decision. it was a different question for the brecon secretary, because he put forward some specific red lines, that the draft deal did not meet, but as i understand it, changes were made to the text which, as the agreed with the eu, particularly on the political declaration, without his knowledge. he was presented with those at the last minute, this put him in a difficult position. but how does the government come together and try and find a way through? that is now very difficult given the reception it has got. on michael gove and you know him well, what do you think his correlations will have been in making the decision to stay in cabinet? be bubble note that he was prominent in the leave campaign, but unlike others, he has decided to stay put. most people want to see brexit‘s deliver, but the question is, how can you do that? given the compressor “— is, how can you do that? given the compressor —— comprises. they are relying for their supply in confidence on the dup, and they are very unhappy with the deal. this is a difficult moment for politics overall. i have been trying to work through the detail of the deal and understand what has been agreed. we understand what has been agreed. we understand that michael gove didn't accept thejob of understand that michael gove didn't accept the job of brexit secretary, according to reports, because he wa nted according to reports, because he wanted to renegotiate, work on the deal and he felt he would be able to. can you confirm this? halep tensely for himself. the main —— i'll let him speak for himself. the main thing is the deal with the eu. things can be tweaked, and there might be things that should be shifted. 0verall, might be things that should be shifted. overall, this is the broad framework of the deal we will get at this point. changes could be made to it, we are also seeing some noises from the eu, they are not entirely happy with where things have ended up. a french minister said yesterday that they have a lot of concerns about what the uk has been given. it is not completely perfect, particularly on the backstop, and in some senses, that has an advantage, because neither of us want the backstop because neither of us want the ba cksto p to because neither of us want the backstop to last long time. some of four those who have been criticising this is made today —— four those who have been criticising this is made today -- where these people not realists to begin with? was there ever going to be a perfect break that? she has never been able to explain the comp misers and trade—offs in brexit. we saw on wednesday, she said, we are going to ta ke wednesday, she said, we are going to take back control of our trade policy. it may be true, but she needs to level the people more and explain that we are not getting all we want, but actually, this is quite a good deal. nor do the people who we re a good deal. nor do the people who were campaigning for it leave in the referendum in the first instance. they didn't explain all this points either? that was different, that was a referendum campaign. the two sides, they were able to challenge everything the other side was saying. we have that dialogue in a little campaign. this is no different, and we have had two one half years for the prime minister to explain that, my business is very. natalie has changed their mind at all, parliament is split, notjust something needs to be agreed within the parliament, but something that works with brussels. thank you for joining us. if the prime minister remains in herjob, her next major challenge is getting the house of commons to vote for her brexit agreement. it is a seemingly impossible task. given the criticism we hide about the deal yesterday. but let's have a look at the numbers. first a warning these are the best estimates we have, they are changing all the time, and it is complicated. firstly let's look at who will definitely vote against the deal. the dup say they will and they have 10 mps. hardline tory brexit mps will also reject the deal and there are at least 58 of them then there are 16 conservative mps who want another referendum and won't vote for the agreement. 0n the other side there are 242 tories who can currently be expected to support the prime minister although of course that could change at any time. but there are 313 opposition mps and all of their parties are against this agreement. which brings us to the crucial number of 78, that's the number of opposition mps or members of the pm's own party who currently oppose her agreement, who will need to be persuaded to vote for theresa may's plan for it get through the house of commons. can theresa may change enough minds? by the time the commons gets to vote on the prime ministers plans, the deal should — according to the planned eu and downing street timetable — have been approved by the leaders of 27 other eu countries, something that the prime minister hopes will strengthen her position. but in the lengthy commons debate yesterday the opposition to her plans was clear, as was the number on the labour benches who stood up to back another eu vote. shami chakrabarti, labour's shadow attorney general is with me. thank attorney general is with me. you for your time as \ morning. thank you for your time as well this morning. labour made its position abundantly clear yesterday. there isn't anything that to aretha could say or do about this deal now? —— theresa may could say or do? she would have to take it away and come back with something that meets our tests a nd back with something that meets our tests and past promises. remind us of what labour's tests are? just so i don't take your time physics in seconds,in i don't take your time physics in seconds, in particular, we have to safeguard jobs and the economy, not just from northern ireland, but for the united kingdom. business needs this. there is such uncertainty in this. there is such uncertainty in this vague deal that mrs may has produced. it throws business, it throws jobs into produced. it throws business, it throwsjobs into a high level of uncertainty. we need cooperation, over various agencies, over security. there are one worried in the political declaration that nothing gives us confidence of a close working relationship with europe in the future. we need something that works with the whole of the uk that doesn'tjeopardise the union in the way the dup are very upset about in relation to separate arrangements in northern ireland. we need access to the single market in a way that protects our manufacturing industries, but also financial services, a really important industry. in this country, no certainty in her package for them. we are the labour party, we wa nt them. we are the labour party, we want workers' rights and protections to keep a pace with europe. there is no protection for that in this current document. on the issue of sovereignty and any future role of the european court ofjustice, or not, as the case may be, what is your understanding of what this d raft your understanding of what this draft agreement says about that? we have heard many conservative mps saying shailesh vara, among them, saying shailesh vara, among them, saying that was the tipping point for him. conservatives get very upset about international courts of whatever kind. yes, my understanding at the moment from this vague document is that there is still a role, for the time being, for the european court full stop for the time being, but for how long? this is the problem with this document. i need to read some more, several times, it is well over 500 pages long. but it is so vague, so fudged. this is after 2.5 years of negotiations. why's it so vague? because she has been negotiating with her own cabinet and an party more than she has with the eu. what are the chances of another vote on this in opinion? i repeat, if she listens to her own colleagues and realises that this deal won't work, she should go back to europe and try again. if she comes back with something that meets our tests, we will support it. but we cannot support this. if she can't command the confidence of the house of commons, we need a general election. 0r another referendum? commons, we need a general election. or another referendum? first and foremost, and other general election. if we cannot do that, then you cannot rule out another vote, but that is many stops down the line of this sequence. thank you for joining us. thank you. that is it for the moment from westminster. we will be back here soon when we will try to answer as many of your questions about what is happening as we possibly can. the number of people missing in northern california's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. 0ur reporter danjohnson has more. the air here is still really thick with smoke. everyone has a mask. and there are still places where the ground is smouldering more than a week after the fire tore through here, burning pretty much everything to the ground. and this sort of destruction is typical. you can see this right up the main street. shops and businesses like this completely burnt to the ground. and it's not a case of coming in here and making repairs or rebuilding. they're going to have to start again, build from the ground up. but there is a big question, a serious question, about whether that can be done, whether people will even want to come back and live here again among these trees on the hillside, in the forest, where this fire spread so quickly. there are questions about how it started and suspicion that an electrical fault in the power network could have been to blame. there are lots of engineers here trying to rebuild that power network and make it safe. but those questions will have to wait because the priority is working out exactly how many people lost their lives in this fire, and accounting for those who are missing, more than 100 of them, and there are teams going through neighbourhood after neighbourhood, house by house, delicately searching, trying to provide those answers. but every day the death toll keeps increasing. danjohnson, bbc news, in paradise. more on that story on the bbc news website. now it's time for a look at the weather. many of us are stuck in the mist and fog, particularly in the midlands and east england. it will stay quite cloudy, misty and maggie across england and wales this afternoon. towards south—west england, west wales, north—west england and certainly across northern scotland and northern ireland, there is more sunshine here. maximum temperature isa sunshine here. maximum temperature is a little bit lower than yesterday, especially in the highlands, it was up to 18 degrees yesterday afternoon. this evening and night, there is quite a lot of cloud, quite misty and foggy conditions into saturday morning. a few breaks in the cloud give a few clear slots. temperature is not falling too far, 7—11 degrees. 0ver the weekend, it will start to get more cold, increasing amounts of sunshine over the weekend. temperature is about 11 or 12 degrees, but it will get colder than that into next week. more in about 25 minutes. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: michael gove has indicated he will remain in the cabinet, amid continuing speculation that the prime minister could face a challenge to her leadership. i think it's absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future, and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people we can get a good outcome. the prime minister has been on radio this morning defending her position and arguing for the brexit deal to be passed by mps. the number of people unaccounted for after california's deadliest ever wildfire has more than doubled to over 600. the author and women's rights campaigner who's accused a senior peer of sexual harassment has condemned the house of lords' decision to block his immediate suspension. and one of david hockney‘s paintings sets a new record — portrait of an artist (pool with two figures) has fetched $90 million. now let's take a look at the sport. england's cricketers lead sri lanka by 278 runs in the second test in kandy. they started the third day 46 runs behind and were struggling on 109 for four in their second innings, but captainjoe root came to the rescue with a brillaint century. he hit ten boundaries and two sixes before he was eventually trapped lbw by akila dananjaya. one of six wickets for him. he also bolwed sam curran with the very next delivery. his bowling has been reported and he will have to undergo tests after this match to see if his action is illegal. ben foakes stretched englands lead, he made a tonne in the first test and is unbeaten on 51. there was an early close because of a lightning storm, england reaching 324—9. tommy fleetwood is two shots off the lead at the season ending tour championship in dubai. fleetwood made five birdies in a second round of 67 to finish on eight under. he needs to win the tournament to finish the year as european number one. fellow englishman, matt wallace, currently leads on 11 under. wayne rooney says he thinks that harry kane will break his england goal—scoring record. rooney was given his wembley send—off last night and was presented with a golden plaque by kane to mark his 53 goals ahead of winning his 120th cap as a substitute. rooney says he would like to be the man to present kane with a similar trophy when he overtakes him. kane didn't play last night and rooney didn't score but there was a first england goal for trent alexander arnold. then late on, bournemouth striker callum wilson scored on his england debut. fabian delph captained the team but gave the amrband to rooney when he came on. when he came on he actually made a difference. nothing has changed. he is the wayne of old. it was great to have him on the pitch. i was hoping he would get his chance to score a goal. the week has been fantastic. he plays well individually. he has given us advice. he has been a breath of fresh air. he has been an absolute one to have here. england play croatia in the nations league on sunday, the croatians beat spain 3—2 last night. that means the winners of sundays match will win the gorup and qualify for next summers nation's league finals. if it's a draw, spain will top the group. there was a high—profile friendly in dublin last night, the republic of ireland and northern ireland played out a goaless draw. gavin whyte missed the best chance of the match for northern ireland in the first half. the world tour finals in london continue this afternoon. novak djokovic is already through the the semifinals. if djokovic wins his match against marin cilic, he'll be sure of avoiding roger federer in the semi finals federer made it through to the last four and topped his round robin group after beating south africa's kevin anderson. federer lost his first match against kei nishikori, but has bounced back to win the next two. anderson also progresses despite the defeat. in thing and maybe helped me to come into this match more relaxed —— the tea m into this match more relaxed —— the team winning helped me win but i a lwa ys team winning helped me win but i always wanted to go out with a bang. if i win good, if they don't go through, i don't deserve it. i am happy and! through, i don't deserve it. i am happy and i play a good match the day after tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much and welcome back. the main news is michael gove the environment secretary has indicated he will stay in the cabinet despite those reports and speculation he was poised to leave in protest at the prime minister's brexit deal. there are so many questions you have been asking about what the uk's future relationship with the eu will be after brexit. so it's time once again to take your questions in ask this. thank you for sending them in we will get as many answers as we can. with me isjill rutter, programme director at the institute for government, and in brussels, our europe reporter adam fleming. i will begin with a question from luke savage, who asks, if parliament rejects the deal, does that mean we leave with no deal can we go back and negotiate with the eu? that is to separate things. at the moment the default in parliament is set to leaving with deal and that is u nless set to leaving with deal and that is unless the prime minister gets a deal with europe and can get parliament to endorse the deal. that is in the article 50 letter which set the two—year deadline and in the eu withdrawal act parliament passed in the summer. can we reopen it? the eu has been clear so far they regard this as a done deal and angela merkel said that yesterday. we could try and whether we succeed is a different thing. if it came back with a different deal parliament would have to pass that. there is also the possibility and some people have been talking about it that if parliament rejected the deal the first time the government could have another go, as the clock is ticking down towards exiting with no deal, maybe some parliamentarians who voted no first time around will vote yes the second time around. and add, we were speaking earlier and you were reminding us of that point thatjill was making that eu leaders have indicated they have run out of road in terms of room for any renegotiation. we look at this question with you... if the eu nations reject this deal, where is the ball and his court is it in? where indeed is it? the fact is that the chances of the 27 other countries actively delaval rejecting the deal as it is now are virtually zero. in fact, they have arranged eight 25 november summit to sign off on the package, the withdrawal agreement, the divorce, the separate document, political declaration setting up the future framework for the future relationship between the eu and the uk. that has been negotiated, those documents, by michel barnier and his team and european commission, but they were working to a script given to them by eu leaders right at the start of this process and then updated in the middle of it. his mandate, instructions and he has executed that mandate faithfully to deliver a deal that is really in keeping with what the eu leaders wanted, right from the beginning, even before article 50 was triggered. the chances of the 27 rejecting it at this stage within the article 50 process are slim. more likely it is a deal that the uk cannot agree to. that is a whole other question to answer. where could be different is when it comes to the negotiations about the future relationship proper, which will begin after brexit date. that could result on a whole series of different agreements and different treaties, and if one of those or some of them have agreed to be a treaty that verges on areas that national governments are responsible for, national competence in eu jargon, that means that treaty or agreement or part of agreement will have to be approved by all 27 national governments, based on the rome national constitutional requirements. for some of them that means a vote in parliament after the southern it means votes in regional parliaments, and the this case everyone quotes is when the canada trade deal was done it had to be voted on by belgian's regional parliaments and one of them rejected it, putting the whole thing on hold until act parliament was satisfied. thank you. next question, i'm not sure whether it is from adam in england or add england. what happens to the irish border when we leave the customs union in two years? one of the thorniest issues in the process. it is the thorniest issue and works the other way around... what the government has agreed basically is that we will only leave a customs arrangement in the eu when we solve the irish border. so it might be more than two years? it may well be more than two years. the two bits of the withdrawal agreement that could kick in, one is that we basically agree to extend so there are is a provision for the uk to ask once beforejuly 2020 for an extension and they don't say how long it could be. that would have to be agreed. the current arrangements where we are in both the customs union and single market state. the other one is we resort to this irish backstop and the prime minister says she does not want to have to do. in that, the uk and eu create what is called a single customs territory, and effectively all of the uk abides by the eu paraffin gets to trade on the same basis as now. —— the eu paris. a solution to the irish border would have to be accepted by both sides and it is for the future trading relationship to negotiate. if they found a way to manage the future trading relationship that both sides agree avoids the need for a hard border in the island of ireland, then we can leave the customs territory and the customs union. we could also... a different government could also decide to leave that by doing what the eu suggested a long time ago, which was leave northern ireland in the customs territory and the rest of great britain leave, but as we know the prime minister ruled that out. a lot of questions left open on that particular issue. and if that question. then another question from henry, who asks, what will it mean for british citizens‘ freedom of travel and rights to live and work on the continent? good question. there are a few things and freedom of movement as we know it now, which broadly gives eu citizens the right to work in any and live in any other eu country, with some caveats. it is not quite carte blanche but that will cease to exist as the prime minister likes to keep reminding us isa minister likes to keep reminding us is a big element of the agreement between the eu. what does this mean? when it comes to travel, during the transition period which will last until december 2020 all longer, everything stays the same. what you can do now you will be able to do during the transition period. after that, when it comes to travel for holidays, both sides are pretty keen to have a situation where no visas are required, so you will be able to go on holiday to spain for up to 90 days and will not need a visa. however, the uk may get caught up in the eu's new system called... it is similarto the eu's new system called... it is similar to the system we must use if you must go to the united states and holiday where you register on a website in advance and pay a small sum of none money and they checked you and give you permission. that syste m you and give you permission. that system is coming in for the you and give you permission. that system is coming in forthe eu in the 20205 but we don't north of briti5h the 20205 but we don't north of british citizens will have to do that or not and it is yet to be decided. —— we don't know. when it comes to travelling for work they wa nt comes to travelling for work they want to negotiate a mobility policy a5 want to negotiate a mobility policy as part of the trade deal in the future. that would cover people going on business trips, and people that are going to the eu to work to provide a service or people being transferred to work in the eu by their company. they will work out way5 their company. they will work out ways so that things that happen now can happen in the post—brexit world a5 can happen in the post—brexit world as well. where the big difference will be is having the right to go to a country, get a job there and actually live there. again it will depend on the negotiations a5 actually live there. again it will depend on the negotiations as well. the situation we are looking at now i5 the situation we are looking at now is that the uk citizen going to work in the eu 27 will be treated like a citizen from anywhere else in the world going to work in those countries, which means you would be 5ubject countries, which means you would be subject to each country's individual role5 subject to each country's individual roles of immigration. ju5t subject to each country's individual roles of immigration. just like incidentally, eu 27 national would be subject to the same rules as the re 5t be subject to the same rules as the re st of be subject to the same rules as the rest of the world national5 under the new planned briti5h immigration policy. thank you. now another question from steven knox. will the eu still have access to uk waters and fish stocks? a question particularly of interest but not exclusively to scotland. this is an interesting part of the agreement. the uk will leave the common fisheries policy at the end of the transition period, and we don‘t know quite yet whether we will extend that transition. what then happens? what is really interesting is the one area that is excluded from the customs territory we were talking about is fish. why is that? because a lot of eu member states really are worried about us taking back control of our waters. they see that as one of our strong cards and say actually we will not agree that you have tariff free access to our markets and most fish caught in uk waters actually goes into the eu because they like eating our fish and we like eating their fish. the eu has quite high paris on fish and we were looking today and there is a lot around 15 or 16% paris on fish. —— pariss. we will not get free access until we have agreed something on access to the waters but something in the withdrawal agreement is with different things and it is then saying we will have to negotiate. a less access is negotiated, then our fishermen will face ta riffs negotiated, then our fishermen will face tariffs if they are trying to export into the eu 27 after we create that single customs territory. if we have not got a new trading relationship... fish was also one of the areas singled out in the eu guidelines issued in march about the long—term relationship and they said basically the whole trading relationship depends on a satisfactory agreement on fish, which is weird if you think about it because it is only a small part of the eu economy. it is a very small pa rt the eu economy. it is a very small part of the uk economy but we know that the governments on both sides of the channel it is quite an emerging issue as to what you do about this. 0k, thank you,jill. about this. 0k, thank you, jill. and europe reporter in brussels. next question from peter hodge, who asks, will the uk be free to make trade deals other countries? the trillion pound, euro, dollar question. i'm so glad they talked about fi5h because the question is turning into a big issue behind—the—scenes a5 turning into a big issue behind—the—scenes as they work on the future relationship after brexit. trade deal5... the future relationship after brexit. trade deals... this is the withdrawal agreement, 585 pages, and they did about the transition period from brexit day next year until the end of 2020, during the transition period, the year kingdom will renegotiate, 5ign period, the year kingdom will renegotiate, sign and ratify international agreements entered into in its own capacity, with areas of exclusive confidence of the union, trade included, provided the agreements do not enter into force or applied during the transition period. that is one of the big win5 the uk said it got from the negotiations about the transition period. they were given the right to negotiate, 5ign period. they were given the right to negotiate, sign and ratify trade deal5 negotiate, sign and ratify trade deals with other countries, but crucially not put them into place. you could celebrate the signing of it but you could not actually make it but you could not actually make it work in the real world yet. now the plot twi5t it work in the real world yet. now the plot twist is — if there is an extension of the transition period, that will continue. if we go into the northern ireland back5top after the northern ireland back5top after the transition period with a future relationship the eu has not solved with the irish border problem, we will be into that single cu5tom5 territory jill wa5 will be into that single cu5tom5 territoryjill was talking about a minute ago where the uk and eu would have a joint cu5tom5 5pace. now, having a joint cu5tom5 5pace really reduces the number of things you can actually negotiate in a trade deal with another country. actually, an eu official involved in the talks summed it up yesterday, saying, really, the uk would only be able to negotiate things on services and foreign investment, because everything on trade and goods would basically be covered by that customs union legislation they would draw up to create the customs space. talking to create the customs space. talking to somebody like liam fox, he would say trade is more complicated than just trade deals and the uk could actually be doing loads of stuff and the world trade organisation and transpacific partnership and other countries to boost world trade... it is not necessarily a classic free trade deal. thank you for that. a question about services now, asking, what does the deal say about services, specifically regulations on uk financial services? is the equivalence? equivalence basically means that the eu and the uk make decisions that regulations in the uk are good enough that they will allow uk financial services firms to continue to do business in the eu. at the moment, there is a system called passport in which means we can automatically do business in the eu. once we become a third country, after leaving at the end of transition, we no longer have that automatic right to do business in the eu so we require what is called an equivalence decision whether the eu says, your regulations are ok. this is mentioned in the sketchy thing we got, the draft outline of the declaration. we are told there isa the declaration. we are told there is a longer version to be published. what it says is that as soon as we leave, so the 30th of march 2019 if you like, the authorities will start looking to make something with speedy decisions on equivalence. you would think that at the moment, because during the transition the uk will comply with the eu regulations, it would be regularly easy to maintain that equivalence and get equivalence decisions in place. that is what we will be able to do by the time the uk and leaves that macs business can go on trading... interesting question, with a bit about this in the prime ministers chequers white paper, is can we agree a better deal than equivalence? there were talking about enhanced equivalence, which would make the process a bit less one—sided. at the moment they equivalence decision is just the one—sided. at the moment they equivalence decision isjust the eu and they can withdraw equivalence at short notice, 30 days notice, so could we offer more protection to businesses using one of london in the uk doing business in the eu? one more question. pet owners love our pets and might want to take them with us only travel. this question is from john, asking, what will happen to make eu dog passport? as things stand, pet passports will disappear unless something is negotiated to take its place. that is going to be quite a tricky one because the eu is very, very obsessed about animal health. they call it sps, animal and plant health. they make rigorous checks on live animals coming into the eu. that is widely pet passport is a deal because they need checks on live animals and people's beloved cats, dogs and ferrets, also included in the legislation. the eu and uk will have to do a deal with a future relationship along the lines of the pet passport if they want that to continue. now, michel barnier mentions this all the time, every speech he does, he talks about the quarter of a million dogs and cats across the channel every year, making me think he loves animals. jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission which runs the brexit talks day—to—day, is also a dog lover and has a pet dog. he says this is an issue for him. if there is no deal the government says you must start seeing you that now because it takes four months to get certificates ready to take your dog or cat or ferret across the channel on brexit day. thank you very much. thank you for leaving your way through these complex issues posed by those questions and thank you to everyone who sent in questions as well. i hope we managed to answer them for you. before a handbag to the studio, our assistant political editor norman smith is tweeting that liam fox has weighed in behind theresa may, urging voters to take a rational and balanced view of mrs mabe‘s deal. another key campaigner for leave, liam fox weighing in behind theresa may. it follows the decision by michael gove to stay in cabinet. an interesting development and more soon but back to you. thank you. we will have business news shortly and obviously shares and stocks affected by brexit u ncerta i nty yesterday and stocks affected by brexit uncertainty yesterday but first the headlines on bbc news. michael gove has indicated he will remain in the cabinet — amid continuing speculation that the prime minister could face a challenge to her leadership. theresa may has been on radio this morning defending her position and arguing for the brext deal to be passed by mps. the number of people unaccounted for, after california‘s deadliest ever wildfire, has more than doubled to over 600. now, the business news. markets recover and the pound strenghtens slightly against the dollar, as investors take stock and await more brexit news after a turbulent week. the boss of rolls—royce says the prime minister therea may‘s brexit deal is better than no deal. warren east also says politicians must get behind a "practical plan" for brexit. ee and virgin media have been fined a total of £13.3 million by the telecoms regulator for overcharging customers wanting to leave broadband and phone contracts early. 0fcom said customers were left "out of pocket. the financial markets in london have that friday feeling after what has been a tumultous week of trading. the london ftse100 regained some of yesterday‘s losses and the pound has strenghtened against both the dollar and the euro. the currency though is predicted to remain under a little pressure thanks to the continued uncertainty surrounding whether or not the pm‘s withdrawal agreement will pass through partliament and whether the prime minister herself will survive in herjob. and as the markets try to work out what is going to happen, how easy is it for us to now predict brexit‘s impact on the uk economy and future trade relations with the eu? oliver patel, research associate at the european insitute, university college london, and he‘s been following the eu/uk negotiations from the beginning. since 2016! am sure. first let‘s talk about the key sticking point, the backstop in ireland. the customs union, what is your take on where we are within this withdrawal agreement and what it means to us? the backstop means the uk will be in a customs union with the eu and northern ireland will remain in the single market for good. this backstop, an insurance policy, will apply if the uk and eu cannot come up apply if the uk and eu cannot come up with a future relationship which necessitates the need for no hard border. this will only apply if they cannot come up with another solution but based on the past years it does not look like they will. the backstop would probably end up being the basis for the permanent relationship under this deal. that will not be acceptable to a lot of brexiteers. if parliament ends up saying, we do not want this deal, can the uk go back to the eu and try to renegotiate? the backstop as it involves the uk and eu customs union, that is why it is hated and why lots of hard brexiteers are angry. i don‘t think they will fundamentally renegotiate. perhaps the eu will show some flexible they will not change their fundamental principles and they will not suddenly say that there does not need to be a backstop. the backstop is there to stay and i will not be a withdrawal agreement without the backstop. that is similar to the one currently being agreed. good to have you on and we‘re out of time. the reason is i want to show you briefly before we go the markets. that is sterling has been doing. sterling has found a bit of stabilty. i have the dollar twice but it has recovered a bit against the euro as well. that is the round—up of the business. back throughout the day with more on the markets and the reaction to the latest from the brexit negotiations and deals, but goodbye. we will also bejoined by we will also be joined by colleagues at westminster in a few moments for the latest developments in the political brexit drama as it continues to unfold. let‘s bring you up continues to unfold. let‘s bring you up to date with another bit of drama, here is the weather. we have a lot of cloud and mist and fog at the moment and it will linger on for much of the day across england and wales. this is the scene in norfolk, foggy conditions and poor visibility. there is some brightness and sunshine at times we might see that in south—west england through parts west wales. across northern areas of scotland, that is where the best sunshine is, and some brea ks where the best sunshine is, and some breaks in the south—east of scotland. you get the picture, quite cloudy for many of us and maximum temperatures lower than yesterday, at about 11 up to 14 celsius. through this evening and tonight continuing with cloud across the uk, and mistand continuing with cloud across the uk, and mist and fog developing into saturday morning and some clear spells here and there, but again mostly cloudy. it will keep temperatures of about seven up to 11 celsius. saturday starts off cloudy but increasingly from the south—east there will be some sunshine extending the many part by the afternoon. sunday will be a chilly start but a sparkling day with sunshine. maximum temperatures you will notice come down to about 11 or 12 or 13 celsius. it will get called into next week and cold air moving into next week and cold air moving into mini continent. these temperatures will be more like six up temperatures will be more like six up to nine celsius. a big shock so far this week with the pictures above the average for november. next week they will be going below the average for november. have a good afternoon and goodbye. you‘re watching bbc news with me annita mcveigh — the headlines: relief for theresa may as michael gove says he has confidence in the prime minister, after deciding not to resign from the cabinet over her proposed brexit deal. i think it‘s absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people, we can get a good outcome. theresa may has been on the radio this morning to defend her brexit deal, rejecting criticism that it doesn‘t meet her promises. we‘re out of the customs union, we‘re out of the single market. we‘re out of the common agricultural policy, we‘re out of the common fisheries policy. that‘s what i think people voted for. and in the last few minutes mrs may‘s senior cabinet colleague liam fox says he has full confidence in the prime minister, i‘ll have all the latest reaction here at westminster. and i‘m chris rogers. our other stories this morning: the number of people unaccounted for, after california‘s deadliest ever wildfire, has soared to over 600. the author and women‘s rights campaigner who‘s accused a senior peer of sexual harassment has condemned the house of lords‘ decision to block his immediate suspension. lord lester had the advantage of lobbying his friends and his peers. each one stood up one by one and declared their interest of being his friends, and they were the ones that could have a say in deciding the vote, and that was wholly unfair. sold! and a painting by david hockney, sets a new record — "portrait of an artist — pool with two figures" has fetched over £70 million. welcome to westminster, where michael gove, the environment secretary, has indicated he‘ll stay in the cabinet, despite reports that he was poised to leave in protest at the prime minister‘s brexit deal. it was a rare bit of good news for theresa may after the slew of resignations yesterday over her agreement with brussels. mr gove reportedly rejected an offer to make him brexit secretary after dominic raab‘s exit yesterday. in the last hour, he emerged from the department of the environment, and said he would stay in government and focus on getting a good deal on brexit. do you have confidence in the prime minister, mr gove? i absolutely do. i have had a very good morning with a series of meetings with my colleagues here in defra, to make sure we have the right policies on the environment, farming and fisheries for the future. i am also looking forward to continuing to work with my colleagues in government and parliament to make sure we get the best future for britain. i think it‘s absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people, we can get a good outcome. do you support the deal as it stands, mr gove? thank you. do you support the deal, mr gove? thank you. meanwhile, there is continuing speculation over a possible challenge to mrs may‘s leadership. this morning, the prime minister launched a vigorous defence of her brexit agreement on lbc radio. this is not the deal of a future relationship with the european union. the deal of the future of the relationship with the european union means we take back control of our laws, we end free movement, take back control of our borders, take back control of our money, so we can spend on priorities like the nhs. we are out of the customs union, we are out of the single market, we are out of the common agricultural policy, we are out of the common fisheries policy. that‘s what i think people voted for. in the last few moments, some more good news for the prime minister, liam fox was defending her. let‘s get reaction now from our assistant political editor, norman smith. in contrast to yesterday, when we had the resignations, slightly better news from this morning. slightly, although i suspect that in downing street, they are grateful to get through the morning. this is far from over. on the plus side, michael gove has not walked out, that is something. although, if you listen to what he is saying, he is not backing mrs may‘s deal, he is saying he has confidence in the prime minister, we must get a good deal and a good outcome, but i would like you to try again. better news from liam fox. he is one of the brexiteers in the cabinet, but it seemed to me this morning that he was sending a pretty clear rebuke to some of his colleagues, saying to them, do not put your interests above the national interest. i hope that we all take a rational and reasonable view of this. as i say, we are not connected to do what we want, we are elected to do what is in the national interest. ultimately, i hope that across parliament, we will recognise that a deal is better than no deal. businesses do require certainty, confidence, as they go forward for their planning. and there are those round the world who are waiting to get certainty also, to begin to discuss trade agreements with the united kingdom. it is in our national interest to be able to provide certainty as soon as possible. liam fox speaking there. in the short term, is to reset may‘s best hope with hoping to convince an earth people that she has a deal and their plan, lots of people might not be happy with it, they might be reasonably happy, they might hate it, but she has a plan. so is she trying to gather that group, together people into that gridlike? yes, but i don‘t think she is in control of events and more. she is in control of the mercy that is going on a router. one thing is that we are likely to see people like michael gove and other senior figures in the cabinet saying to her, look, you‘re deal will not get through to parliament. you need to rethink. we will have to refashion, you may have to go back to brussels. but if you want to get a deal through parliament, you will have to budge. there will be pressure on her, over the weekend, to move. the second moving part in this is the threat of a leadership challenge. at the moment, no confirmation that there have been 40 letters sent in. plenty of people saying that there are, but the person that there‘s is so are, but the person that there‘s is so “— are, but the person that there‘s is so —— sirgraham are, but the person that there‘s is so —— sir graham brady. but it seems to me that we are highly likely to have a leadership contest. that does not mean that to reset may is toast, farfrom not mean that to reset may is toast, far from it. not mean that to reset may is toast, farfrom it. she could win not mean that to reset may is toast, far from it. she could win a confidence vote. some of her critics are deeply wary about any leadership contest, fearful that they would lose, galvanising support for her. it is not game over for theresa may, but it is not a moment where she can relax and say she has got through it. she is still hanging on by a thread, as is her brexit deal. perhaps one day at a time, norman, thank you. just to recap on those two pieces of news. they were more favourable for it to reason may today. firstly, michael gove, although he turned down the job of brexit secretary, a post which to reason may still two phil, he did say that he would stay in cabinet to work for a good deal for the country. in the last few moments, the news that the international trade secretary, liam fox, speaking in bristol this morning, on exports, he has backed recent may and urged people to fall behind her, saying a deal is better than no deal. as you will well no, not everyone agrees with that, certainly not the erg group as conservatives. they are opposed to the deal that to recent may has presented. i now have a member of that group. mark, thank you forjoining us. you have written that letter of no confidence, haven‘t you? that letter of no confidence, haven't you? i put it into rae and brady‘s office this morning. i entitled the letter, she just doesn‘t listen. i took that as a direct quote from nigel dodds, when he said that to her in the house of commons yesterday. your letter is on the screen now, perhaps you can take us to that in a little bit more detail. essentially, i have argued that chequers means we remain half in and half out of the eu. we do not leave the eu under chequers, which isa leave the eu under chequers, which is a breach of faith with the british people, it is a breach of faith with what 17.4 british people, it is a breach of faith with what17.4 million people voted for. i have explained in the letter why we don‘t leave under chequers. i have also made the point that theresa may called a general election in 2017, she didn‘t really consult anybody, other than a few close advisers, that is how she ta kes close advisers, that is how she takes decisions. the tory party didn‘t do well, we lost every 30 valuable colleagues in that election, and we now rely on the dup to have a dup in the parliament —— a majority in hi. she has treated them appallingly, alienated them, and i believe it would be difficult to continue to govern with her as prime minister, because the dup are so fed up minister, because the dup are so fed up with her, and we rely on their events in the house of commons to govern the country. your colleague said yesterday, this is the point at which the idea of a perfect brexit—lite the cold reality of the practicalities of brexit. so, there isa practicalities of brexit. so, there is a deal here that isn‘t perfect, for those that do what brexit, but is it the best deal that potentially you can get an one that is in the national interest? that is what to reason may keep insisting on in terms of control of laws, the economy and jobs. it is not the best till. the better option is a free—trade agreement,. you wouldn‘t be in the customs union, the single market, and you wouldn‘t be under the european court ofjustice. it is infinitely superior, and we spent months trying to persuade the prime minister address and housing officials of the source i have put my letter in today, because i am determined that britain will not do this. we have tried to argue the case, but i now have no other option but to do this. clearly, google are coming out to batter theresa may today, michael gove is perhaps a qualified backing, liam fox, much stronger. in terms of the 48 letters needed to get this process rolling asa no needed to get this process rolling as a no confidence vote, can you give us a sense of where you are at with that? does not by one, because that was me this morning. the only person that knows how many letter he has got is a sir graham brady. everything else is speculation. what will happen now in practice is that mps aren‘t in westminster now, they are in constituencies, carrying out their duties, as they should do. over the weekend, they will probably consult with their local party members, ask them what they think they should do, they will talk to their loved ones, and then at the end of the weekend, they will come toa end of the weekend, they will come to a decision, comeback on monday, and that is when we will find out. if there was a no—confidence vote and theresa may won that, would you then off? if there is a vote, let's see what the result is. there is no point blipping the outcome now. let‘s see of my colleagues want a vote, if they do, let‘s see what they decide and we will go from there. and if she lost the vote, a new leader? but does the context change? if she lost the vote, under the party‘s though, she is out. she can‘t re—enter the lists. she‘s gone, and there would have to be a leadership election, although i then we could do that in weeks rather than months. it is important that party memories have a vote, they didn‘t get a vote when she became prime minister. they must have a verb, because any new leader with it a mandate. then you can say to the eu” a mandate. then you can say to the eu,, we need to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. thank you. as he was pointing out, the only person who knows whether the requisite 48 letters of no in the prime minister i there is graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee. the committee which has the power to then start this process of a vote of no—confidence. we had yesterday that he had letters, some were conditional letters. though he would have to go round and phone any of the letters that were conditional, from the authors of those letters that were conditional and say, do you want to go ahead with this expression of no—confidence? meanwhile, we have been hearing michael gove and liam fox coming out in support of the prime minister today. we will say goodbye to viewers now on bbc two. we are going to continue with our coverage here at westminster of all the developments surrounding brexit after an incredible couple of days or so. after an incredible couple of days or so. to reason after an incredible couple of days or so. to reason may after an incredible couple of days or so. to reason may beginning the day speaking to the public at the radio phone in and sticking a solidly with her view that the deal she is presenting is the best deal that the uk can get. in dove recently, liam fox backed the prime minister saying that a deal is better than no deal. the liberal democrats are among those who would beg to differ. they are continuing to push for another referendum. i am nowjoined by to push for another referendum. i am now joined by the to push for another referendum. i am nowjoined by the party‘s chief whip, thank you for your time today. you worked a chief whip during the coalition government. before we get into the nitty—gritty of all of this, what will the whips be doing today? heard a rumour today that they have been told to cancel constituency engagements and stay here today. you have to wonder what they were doing yesterday. i have never seen a they were doing yesterday. i have never seen a whip an operation like that. in years gone by, when the prime minister was in trouble, you went round your loyal backbenchers and gave them questions to ask. yesterday, they were there for over one hour and there wasn‘t a single support of question to the prime minister from support of question to the prime ministerfrom her own backbenchers. it is not just ministerfrom her own backbenchers. it is notjust the lack of organisation within the government, i think you are seeing a lack of organisation from those who are trying to get rid of the prime minister, probably, the only thing thatis minister, probably, the only thing that is keeping her in ten downing st at the moment is the fact that jacob rees—mogg and his colleagues all seem to be drawing the warriors, they are very heavy amongst the officer class, there are not a few ncos in their organising the letters and getting them in. that seems to be one of the few things that is keeping to reason may in power at the moment. there is that, there is the moment. there is that, there is the direct appeals that to reason may is making to the country, the news co nfe re nce may is making to the country, the news conference yesterday and the radio phone in. perhaps she is trying to convince mps, particularly in constituencies where people voted to leave, and where they may have changed their minds somewhat, those mps should back home. ultimately, do you think she will be able to gather the support to get this deal through parliament at the meaningful third stage? to reason may is not without political strengths. she‘s arrived as home secretary for six years. what was hopelessly apparent during the election last year, she is not a natural communicator or campaigner. so if you are telling all your hopes on her persuading people, that is a desperate hope. if you want to know how bad things are for the government, look at the way you are reporting this morning yourselves. the fact that two cabinet ministers come out and say, we support the prime minister, something that everybody should be taken for granted, is seen as being somehow exceptional. it is headline news. this is not just exceptional. it is headline news. this is notjust a power play in politicians, this is the most important moment that our country will face for a generation. it is about more than the eagles and personalities we are seeing in downing street. —— more than the ego crewe. talk to me about what is going on, notjust with the lib dems, but with other mp5 who would like to see another vote on this deal. is there a coming together and organisations out? liberal democrats have been pushing the case for a referendum and a people‘s vote for months now. it hasn‘t always been easy, but it is a case now to which others are into giving their support. if you look at the figures yesterday, the number of people who stood up in the house of commons saying there needs to be a people‘s vote, there is something in the region of perhaps over 100 mp5 who are backing openly on the record, the case for a people‘s vote. that is clearly where the momentum is now running. do you think there is the risk for those who don‘t want to see a no—deal brexit, that there is that risk? the question of a no-deal brexit is bogus. everybody knows whether you‘re in the government or not that no—deal brexit is not an option. the real choice is between theresa may‘s deal or staying in the eu. that is a question that can only be settled by the people in a people‘s vote. it was the people who started this process, it must be the people who now finally resolve it. thank you forjoining us. a little earlier, i spoke to shami chakra barti is labour‘s shadow attorney general. she says labour has no confidence in the agreement the prime minister wants to bring to parliament. it throws business, it throws jobs into a high level of uncertainty. we need cooperation, over various agencies, over security. there are some warm words in the political declaration but nothing that gives us confidence of a close working relationship with europe in the future. we need something that works for the whole of the uk, that doesn‘t jeopardise the union in the way the dup are very upset about, clearly, in relation to separate arrangements in northern ireland. we need access to the single market in a way that protects our manufacturing industries, but also financial services, a really really important industry in this country. no certainty in her package for them. crucially, because we are the labour party, we want workers‘ rights and protections to keep a pace with europe. there is no protection for that in this current document. 0n the issue of sovereignty and any future role of the european court ofjustice, or not, as the case may be, what is your understanding of what this draft agreement says about that? we have heard many conservative mps shailesh vara, among them, the first of the resignations yesterday, saying that was the tipping point for him. conservatives get very upset about international courts of whatever kind. yes, my understanding at the moment from this vague document is that there is still a role, at least for the time being, for the european court. for the time being, but for how long? i don‘t know, this is the problem with this document. i need to read some more, several times, it is well over 500 pages long. but it is so vague, so fudged. and this is after 2.5 years of negotiations. why‘s it so fudged? because she has been negotiating with her own cabinet and own party more than she has with the eu. what are the chances of another vote on this in your opinion? i repeat, if she listens to her own colleagues and realises that this deal won‘t work, she should go back to europe and try again. if she comes back with something that meets our tests, we will support it. but we cannot support this. if she can‘t command the confidence of the house of commons, we need a general election. 0r another referendum? first and foremost, another general election. if we cannot do that, or it produces another impasse and parliament can‘t do its job, then you cannot rule out another vote, but that is many stops down the line of this sequence. with me are christopher hope, chief political correspondent at the daily telegraph and dawn foster, columnist at the guardian. welcome. what do you think theresa may is doing right now? she is in office, probably working on brexit. ona office, probably working on brexit. on a friday, the whips are here, mp5 have gone back to their constituencies, many people want a harder brexit than she is offering. so there will be a lot of iraq for those mp5 who are meeting their members in their constituencies. —— a lot of ear ache. i think there might be a vote on tuesday or wednesday, a third of no—confidence stop how many of those constituencies want a harder brexit than theresa may is offering? instead of being the focus of what happened on brexit, it is all about mrs may as a leader. a lot of people will be trying to decide whether calling no—confidence in her will deliver a harder brexit, or whether they should look at what is on the table right now. but everybody seems unhappy, she has managed to get the worst of all possible solutions and put it out there. she looks incredibly weak at the moment. the conservatives are panicking, because they may have to call a general election, and they are terrified jeremy corbyn wilmot and number ten. she went bad on the deal. it is not a cce pta ble she went bad on the deal. it is not acceptable to parliament. i think she has two changed tack or pivot towards a canada plus deal. she is not showing any evidence of doing that. because of that, her leadership is under scrutiny. jacob rees—mogg has made a about that, at what point do you focus on the subject and not the person behind the subject? she is the problem now. if she does face a no—confidence vote, there is a fair chance that she could win it. i think she might win it, 70 or80 she could win it. i think she might win it, 70 or 80 will vote against, but that number will mean a hard majority not to get the deal through, that labour will not supported, and the dup, i'm not sure. a free vote might help us, they will allow ministers to vote against the deal, but a free vote will mean we are still stuck with not getting it through full stop labour's goal is to bring the government down, they will not back a deal. the mac equity will not allow a free vote for members of the cabinet, will she? earlier, she was on the radio and number ten said they would not be a free vote. they are ina they would not be a free vote. they are in a difficult position, because she had a very unstable governments before this, she had to bring the dup on board, and they have now abandoned her. she won‘t have the numbers to get it through the house, evenif numbers to get it through the house, even if she doesn‘t have a free vote. there will be a lot of tory rebels, labour and the dup wave packets, the lib dems or the snp would back it, so it is not going through parliament. —— they went back it. it would give her 12 months of stability if they can‘t call another confidence vote. but it is still in disarray. will be 12 months of stability of the conference that does happen and she survives it? the beagle who called the vote in the first race will not suddenly become quiet. you cannot challenge again for 12 months. we are looking out for 12 months. we are looking out for a new brexit secretary, that'll be announced today tomorrow, i think liam fox perhaps. if you look at the brexiteers in the cabinet, they are the only people who support the deal. the other four, they are staying in cabinet to change the deal within cabinet. i think fox or cox could get that job. it is a measure of how much is going on but that isn‘t even our first or second thing we are talking about. she is leading to offer it to somebody will say yes this time. it is a strange position where she has a very big role that somebody would love to add to their cv, but you cannot find summary. to their cv, but you cannot find summary. but i think it would probably be geoffrey cox, he was brought in to do so when she gave her a big speech. so i think of lobby at liam fox or geoffrey cox. but she has to find somebody. lobby at liam fox or geoffrey cox. but she has to find somebodym can't be a remainer. this would be worse than anything. thank you for joining us. let‘s head back now to chris in the studio. in other news — the house of lords has voted against the immediate suspension of a senior peer after an inquiry found that he had groped a woman and offered her a peerage for sex. the lords‘ committee for privileges and conduct had recommended that lord lester should be suspended for three—and—a—half years. he denies the allegations. during the debate a number of peers criticised the way the investigation was conducted. the woman who‘s accused him is jasvinder sanghera a campaigner for women‘s rights and against forced marriage who founded the charity karma nirvana. speaking earlier on the today programme — she condemned the decision to consider the case again. i have to say first and foremost that i have absolutely nothing to gain from this whatsoever. sitting there watching the debate, for me, personally, felt as if i was being subjected to being bullied from afar, yet again. i felt revictimised. it was disheartening to hear members of the house of lords straining to discussing me as an individual — what i did, what i didn‘t do. and nobody in that room, actually very few, sorry, forgive me, talked about the real issues here. the issues of sexual harassment and bullying, and certainly did not discuss the impact on me. baroness nicholson voted not to suspend lord lester — and she in our studio in westminster. why did you do that?” why did you do that? i picked up the case by mistake. i was coming in from a flight and they read and arabic, english speaking newspaper. i saw by my horror what the house of lords committee recommended we should do. it seemed there was a flaw in our system. irrespective of who the two people wear, it was, in my opinion, completely wrong that there should be no opportunity for cross—examination. also, because the house of lords is interlocutor and ruler, once a case has gone through the house of lords, the person, whether they are guilty or innocent asa whether they are guilty or innocent as a member of the house of lords, cannot go to the courts of the uk. i put a question have it these beaches, since the noble lord, lord lester, which could be denied to go to the courts, did he go to the strasbourg court? in other words, the house of lords rules 0k, strasbourg court? in other words, the house of lords rules ok, so we have to get it right. so it seemed to me immediately, without knowing about the case or any individual activity, i saw there was a flaw in the house of lords procedure. while you are sourcing the house of lords procedure. while you are sourcing the floor in the house of lords busied, a woman appeared today on the bbc saying the decision and that vote has re—victimised her. what do you have to say to her? as a fellow woman, i would say, complain quickly and go to the officials. the daughters of one of my staff members, a lovely, beautiful girl, was heavily salted. they went straight to the london police who behaved superbly and the case has been open. nobody knows what the answer will be, but it will come in front of the courts. the whole problem with using the house of lords as a semi—court of law, is that it wasn‘t an opportunity given to the person who was being proposed. perhaps 12 years ago she was too fea rful to perhaps 12 years ago she was too fearful to come forward, as many victims are when it involves people in power or personalities, and by voting against his suspension you have set a precedent for that culture of fear to reignite, and victims to fear, if i complain, all of his friends will club together and dismiss my allegation. i don‘t think so and i never discussed this with lord lester and i don‘t know anything about it. i only spoke to him twice in the last 30 years and that was a long time ago. i want the house of lords, where i have served since 1996 thanks to my fellow peers, i want my house to be perfect and i don‘t want by house to fall into a trap. as a noble lord said yesterday, one of our finest legal brains, everybody should have the right to have cross questioning when something is accused against them. but every victim should have a right to complain when they feel co mforta ble to complain when they feel comfortable complaining, be it one year, or 12 years. comfortable complaining, be it one year, or12 years. she comfortable complaining, be it one year, or 12 years. she has made a complaint. i have been a victim at the age of eight. mercifully i found the strength to go to find my mother because i was worried about other children being attacked by this horrible man. you must say and say quickly as you can, because as time moves on, how do you know how many more people that man may have assaulted? that more people that man may have assaulted ? that is more people that man may have assaulted? that is what i was so frightened of when i was eight, how many other children that man might run after. speak up loudly and quickly and don‘t just talk to run after. speak up loudly and quickly and don‘tjust talk to your friends. make sure your complaint goes right the way through. the older you are, the stronger you are. i would say the quicker you should make that comment. i managed at the age of eight. thank you, baroness. now the latest weather. i think the easiest way i can say the forecast is that if it is cloudy where you are at the moment it will still be cloudy by the end of the afternoon. things are not changing a lot. some places will see sunshine, the north west wales, and the best sunshine will be across the north of scotland. particularly the northern isles and highlands and part of aberdeenshire. overnight tonight the clouds are staying with us and we will see mist and hill fog patches across northern and western hills. some drizzle around. temperatures between seven up to 12 celsius and chilly in the highlands if we get clearer skies. big changes on the way for tomorrow‘s weather and we will stop the funny cloudy note but drierair will stop the funny cloudy note but drier air moves on from the continent and look how that cloud melts away across england and wales with sunny skies working in. there will be sunshine working into scotla nd will be sunshine working into scotland and perhaps staying cloudy towards the east coast. northern ireland the place where we might keep cloud well through the day. temperatures closer to normal, coming down a bit with highs between ten after 12 celsius. that is your forecast. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: liam fox joins michael gove in expressing confidence in the prime minister, after mr gove decided not to resign from the cabinet over her proposed brexit deal. i think it‘s absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future, and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people we can get a good outcome. the prime minister has been on radio this morning defending her position and arguing for the brext deal to be passed by mps. the number of people unaccounted for, after california‘s deadliest ever wildfire, has more than doubled to over 600. the author and women‘s rights campaigner who‘s accused a senior peer of sexual harassment has condemned the house of lords‘ decision to block his immediate suspension. a picture by the british painter, david hockney, sets a new record — portrait of an artist: pool with two figures has fetched more than £70 million. let‘s return to westminster and my colleague annita mcveigh. thank you very much. another very interesting day and tough day for the prime minister, hanging in the balance not just the prime minister, hanging in the balance notjust mrs may‘s fragile agreement setting out the terms of britain‘s departure from the eu but also her own political survival. she and that deal are intrinsically connected. she remains defiant in spite of attempts by members of her own party to remove her. but her colleague has been speaking about his support and talking to business groups in edinburgh. i think if those letters were to go m, i think if those letters were to go in, she would win any such vote decisively and she deserves to do so. decisively and she deserves to do so. she is somebody who gets up every morning to try to do herjob, a patriotic woman, and she is motivated by doing her best for every family, every business in every family, every business in every pa rt every family, every business in every part of the united kingdom. frankly i would say to my parliamentary colleagues and two other people around the country, get behind her. you have not got a plausible alternative to the approach she is putting forward. she is doing her best for the country and the national interest says that we should rally in her support. critics deny she has done her best and say her best is not good enough. the deal is insufficient and falls short for the integrity of the uk. i think the deal defends the union and there were real fears when the commission published proposals earlier this year that they would somehow hive northern ireland. what we have is a set of arrangements assuring that does not happen. to protect the integrity of the union... we have sketched out with an agreement with the eu a future parliament that gives us a closer economic, tariff free relationship with the eu 27, a vital market for our companies, than is enjoyed by any other country. a better deal than canada or career or singapore. there is a huge opportunity to grab that while delivering on the referendum results still. let‘s talk now to the conservative mp daniel kawczynski, whojoins us from our studio in shrewsbury. he isa he is a brexit supporter. a good afternoon and thanks for your time today. interesting contrast to yesterday with the resignations but today a lot of people coming out and offering a more supportive message to theresa may. where do you stand? of course i am speaking to you from shrewsbury, and i spent yesterday evening with some of my senior councillors, who are asking them for their views... during the weekend we will be making organisations with local residents to find out how they assess the deal. i believe it is important to support the team captain and to allow her to bring the final deal before us on the floor of the house of commons, but i have not decided as yet whether or not i can support the deal. i think it is important in the short to medium term to support the prime minister, to allow her to bring the final deal to the house of commons. remind us of your constituency and town, howard voted in referendum? shrewsbury and the home of shropshire voted for brexit. and it was a close margin, i have to say. this reflected very much the national mood at the time of the referendum. the people shrewsbury nevertheless voted for brexit but interestingly now i am getting a lot of highly polarised comments from constituents, from the huge spectrum of views, from actually wanting and demanding another referendum on the one hand, to constituents who are demanding that we reject the deal and actually go on wto terms and start as an independent sovereign nation, as a third country, to start to negotiate with the eu on the new relationship. so the country is even more split now, i would say, than it was a few years ago, in what they perceived to be the best way forward. we will have two analyse those sentiments and we will have to as best as we can take on board those soundings before we decide how to vote on this bill in, i estimate, early december. yes, those soundings you plan to ta ke yes, those soundings you plan to take from councillors and constituents of this weekend, they say this will absolutely inform you decision whether or not to support theresa may‘s deal or not? very much so. i think a lot of conservative mps behave in this way. we campaigned for brexit because we felt that the renegotiation at mr cameron brought back after a two—year process of renegotiation with the eu was nothing but a figleaf, and it did nothing to allay the concerns of vast numbers of our constituents, who had real difficulties with certain aspects of our membership of the eu. that is why we campaigned for brexit because many of us did not feel that we could sell the renegotiation on the doorstep. members of parliament have to try to be in tune with the electorate, and the litmus test will be, can we sell this deal to the people shrewsbury? well the people who voted for brexit accent best deal as a pragmatic ice? —— will they accept it as a pragmatic compromise the prime minister has secured or will they believe she gave away too much to the eu? when we decide whether or not we will support her... when the bill comes before the house, can you sell it to your electorate, yes or no? a simple question. thank you, conservative mp. and we get the thoughts now of a person from the sunday times and a person from the sunday times and a person from the sunday times and a person from the independent. welcome, both. interesting, him saying he believes it is important in the short to medium term to support the team captain. he goes to his constituents and councillors in his constituency this weekend to take soundings from then on what they think of the deal. i guess there will be a lot of mps like him who do not want to do anything rash. yes, correct, and interesting as he said before there is a contrast from yesterday where it all seemed to look like things tumbling down around her years and today we see more things saying supportive things. but people have in mind is at the end of the day what happens when we get to the final vote on the deal, which we still expect to happen in mid december. and if that deal is voted down, what happens then? mps are mindful of that. we have seen ramifications with the pound yesterday and there are concerns about how that could go if it is more uncertain again, if that deal gets voted down. there are a lot of mps examining their conscience here and looking at the deal and perhaps thinking it is not exactly what they would have wanted in terms of the withdrawal, and it is important to remember this is just a withdrawal agreement and not about what our future relationship is going to look like. and sort of asking constituents what they think before they do anything... that could put the prime minister decision in furtherjeopardy. the team captain... and indicates there are mps out there who want to give her the respect they feel is necessary for how they have overseen this difficult process, having stuck with it through thick and thin and put in a lot of work on it, even though they may not ultimately like or agree perhaps with all of that deal. yes, that is the case and the problem with the prime minister is that the further down the conservative party pecking order you go, the prime minister to the mp5 to the associations to the party members, the more brexit flavour you get, so if mp5 like this guy daniel go back to associations to ask what they should do, i will listen to you and do what you say, a lot of those labour associations say we cannot acce pt labour associations say we cannot accept that at all. if they go along with that, and they go along with this flow, there will be a big problem for the prime minister. this weekend you will see the rightful communications operations from downing street will be appealing to the mp5 directly, consciences and party loyalty, to say, you must take a position on your own and get behind the prime minister. all that says, if graham brady, the chair of the 1922 committee, get the required 48 c needs to start the process of the no—confidence vote, that sets us off on another track altogether. what do you hear about that and what do you think might u nfold that and what do you think might unfold over the weekend and into early next week? there is definitely a message from those in the research group they think they have the numbers to get at no—confidence motion in the prime minister. however, i hearfrom inside number ten it is more relaxed. although we hear they have brought back the whips and council said to cancel all engagements today, we have heard that as a precautionary member. in the eventualities thing happened early next week, they want to be on the front foot and they are talking this weekend about what strategy might look like should that happen. there are loads of arcane laws around how this process works and there are a lot of debates about whether it would take 48 hours from the town of which the prime minister was notified those letters have been collected to when an announcement might be made, so we are very much any position of not knowing whether that will come early next week or whether it could happen over the weekend, but they think that is not the case. what do you hear? the same thing. there are huge amounts of focus on the arcane tory party rules, which are private party rules and not open to any scrutiny. they give graham brady a certain amount of leeway in how he handles this, for example, it says he has to organise the vote of no confidence after getting the latter is, at the earliest reasonable opportunity, and not about as soon as possible. when did he go to the prime minister who he has to consult with as well? does he has to consult with as well? does he meet her in person speak on the phone? there is a 48—hour period perhaps as well. i think we will see consta nt perhaps as well. i think we will see constant spec elation over the weekend and that will give both sides a part chance to get messages out here. i think things will take off next week. thank you, both. good to hearfrom you. and that is it for the moment but much more from westminster very soon. but much more from westminster very soon. back to the studio. we bring you up—to—date with the wildfires in northern california. the number of people missing in northern california‘s devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities. the death toll currently stands at 63, but is expected to sharply rise. our reporter danjohnson has more. the air here is still really thick with smoke. everyone has a mask, and there are still places where the ground is smouldering more than a week after the fire tore through here, burning pretty much everything to the ground. and this sort of destruction is typical. you can see this right up the main street. shops and businesses like this completely burnt to the ground. and it‘s not a case of coming in here and making repairs or rebuilding. they‘re going to have to start again, build from the ground up. but there is a big question, a serious question, about whether that can be done, whether people will even want to come back and live here again among these trees on the hillside, in the forest, where this fire spread so quickly. there are questions about how it started and suspicion that an electrical fault in the power network could have been to blame. there are lots of engineers here trying to rebuild that power network and make it safe. but those questions will have to wait because the priority is working out exactly how many people lost their lives in this fire, and accounting for those who are missing, more than 100 of them, and there are teams going through neighbourhood after neighbourhood, house by house, delicately searching, trying to provide those answers. but every day the death toll keeps increasing. danjohnson, bbc news, in paradise. judges at a tribunal in cambodia have delivered their verdict on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rouge, nuon chea and khieu samphan. they were found guilty of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities and sentenced to life in prison. gps and patients who are frustrated by a shortage of the new flu vaccine for over—65s have been told the final delivery batch will arrive by tomorrow. nhs england said there would be enough vaccines for everyone to be protected ahead of winter. doctors said more guidance should have been given to gps and patients to avoid disruption over the phased delivery of supplies. older adults are advised to get the flu jab by early december. the first few hundred migrants in the caravan travelling through mexico have reached the us border. many want to apply for asylum but are ill—equipped to negotiate the us immigration system. will grant has been travelling with the caravan through mexico the us is now tantalisingly close. the first members of the caravan are at the border crossing in tijuana after a journey of over 2500 miles. having made it this far, many run the risk of being immediately turned back. this information is so widespread among migrants, most under aware of —— this information is so widespread among migrants, most aren‘t aware of their rights or the basics of immigration law. during their recent stop in mexico city, human rights groups tried to explain the process of gaining asylum in the us. the problem for many families in this caravan is that the main reason for leaving central america, namely that their home nations are poor and violent, may not be enough on their own to gain asylum in the united states. as such, many are now trying to decide whether there are stories amount to what is known as credible fear among the us authorities, or if they would be better off trying to remain in mexico instead. this baby was born in mexico. his parents ran a bakery in el salvador and fled after gangs began to extort them for money. they believe they would qualify for asylum in the us under credible fear, but this man has been deported once and admits he is not sure what to do next. translation: i don't know what the consequences are of handing myself in. that is what i want to ask my lawyer. lawyers who know the us immigration system fear many migrants will arrive so poorly informed they will simply be sent back. we are trying to just give out general information without giving legal advice or taking on people‘s specific cases, but we think it is really worth it for people to understand their options. our small taste of home. it has been weeks since the travel weary migrants enjoyed these traditional hunt during her tears filled with beans and cheese. this was a migrants also who settled legally in mexico 30 years ago and urging her country to do the same. i don‘t believe in the american dream, she says. in mexico they will not become a millionaire but by working hard like i did you can build a good life here. still it is the dream of america keeping the migrants streaming north and only a tiny fraction will gain asylum in the us but with nothing to lose, most intend to try. in the hope that this vast trip has not been in vain. bbc news, mexico. scientists are due to vote on changing the way the kilogram is measured. for more than a century the kilogram has been defined by a block of metal that‘s locked away in a safe in paris. now researchers want to get rid of it and replace it with a system that defines a kilogram in terms of an electric current. our science correspondent pallab ghosh explains. inside this building south—west of paris is a small platinum and iridium cylinder weighing exactly one kilogram. in fact, it‘s the kilogram. since 1889 it‘s been the object by which all other kilograms in the world are measured. people call it le grand k. copies of it are kept all over the world, including at the national physical laboratory in teddington. this one has a more prosaic name, kilogram 18. it‘s hard to imagine that the entire system of international weights is based on a single piece of metal like this that was made 129 years ago. in all that time, it‘s been contaminated by the atmosphere and cleaned several times. so in all likelihood, it‘s weight will have changed ever so slightly since it was first made. weight is the gravitational force that pulls an object towards the earth but a force can also be created by an electromagnet, and scrap yard to use them on cranes to lift and move large metal objects. people of the electromagnet and the force it exerts is directly related to the amount of electricity going through its coils. it is therefore the direct relationship between electrical current and wait... —— weight and so, le grand k is set to be replaced. the plan is to define the kilogram by the amount of electric current needed to lift it with an electromagnet. we know from comparing the telegram of all the copies of the kilogram around the world there are discrepancies between the national standards and the kilogram itself. this is not acceptable from a scientific point of use or even though it is fit for purpose in a moment, in 100 years the kilogram will definitely have changed. every few decades older kilograms and the world must be checked against this. the new system will allow anyone to check awaits any time and anywhere. some of the scientists involved have mixed feelings. i‘m a little bit sad that the kilogram‘s being redefined but it‘s important and it‘s going to work a lot better after, but changing to the new system is a really exciting time. if it is adopted, the new system will be more accurate and never need to be changed again. but there will be those who missed that little piece of metal that has defined our system of weights and measures for so long. one of the greatest works of modern art has been sold at auction in new york for just over £70 million. ‘portrait of an artist — pool with two figures‘ was painted in 1972 by david hockney. it‘s a new record for a work by a living artist sold at auction. russell trott reports. the shimmering blue water depicted by david hockney forming the focal point of arguably his most famous work, portrait of an artist: pool with two figures, one of the 20th century‘s most recognised and loved pieces. and there it is. a tense auction room, then, as the world of art, like the subject matter, held its breath. then the shock and amazement, and not a little relief, as it became the most valuable work of art by a living artist ever sold at auction. back in the early 1970s, david hockney worked 18 hours a day for two weeks to complete it. now at the age of 81, very few classic hockney pieces ever come up at auction. the sale beats the previous record at auction for a living artist by more than $30 million. the record for a painting by a living artist was sold privately and not at auction for around $110 million. but record or not, this painting still makes a splash wherever it‘s seen — a modern masterpiece by a modern master. russell trott, bbc news. the latest on the brexit drama at one o‘clock, but first we look at the weather. for most of us today the weather stays cloudy and we will see some significant changes over the next few days. look at yesterday‘s top temperature, up to 17.6 celsius in the highlands of scotland. mild southerly winds and the warm air moving into the arctic. colder air moving into the arctic. colder air moving out of the arctic into northern europe, which will be spreading across to our shores. dropping the temperatures, particularly into next week. a cold snapis particularly into next week. a cold snap is on the way. today it has been cloudy and a lot of cloud has been cloudy and a lot of cloud has been low with misty conditions of their health. this is the cloud on their health. this is the cloud on the satellite but notice the north of scotla nd the satellite but notice the north of scotland sticking out, and here we have seen different weather already this morning with pointy sunshine across parts of aberdeenshire. and the north of scotland will be the best place to see sunshine continuing through the rest of the day. otherwise, temperatures on the mild side generally with 12 up to 14 celsius foremost, something like that. through this evening and overnight will keep the sheet of cloud turning misty with hill fog patches across western and northern hills. maybe some spots of bristol as well developing in one or two spots. the bridges is overnight will range from around seven up to 11 celsius for most of us and we will then see changes looking at the weather picture into the weekend. high pressure builds across the united kingdom and that will grill cloud from above, but coupled with that we will see dry are moving in from the continent and that will evaporate the cloud. a two pronged attack but with many areas starting off the day cloudy, notice how the sunny skies work quickly from the south—east of england and east anglia across the rest of england and wales as we head into the afternoon. there will be plenty sunshine around as they head into the afternoon. there will be plenty sunshine around is begun through the day and we might be patient before the sunshine arrives where you live. a similar story further north. but there could be bits and pieces of cloud leftover across eastern coast of scotland and northern ireland perhaps keeping quite a bit of cloud for most of the day. temperatures are coming down closer to normal for the time of year, with highs typically between ten and 12 celsius. similar weather forecast for the sunday but then it gets much colder next week with temperatures struggling for some at around five or six celsius towards the middle of the week. michael gove says he won‘t resign from the cabinet over the prime minister‘s brexit deal. it follows speculation that the environment secretary and leading brexiteer would be the third cabinet minister to quit. do you have confidence in the prime minister? i do. i think it‘s absolutely vital that we focus on getting the right deal in the future and making sure that in the areas that matter so much to the british people, we can get a good outcome. theresa may appeared on a radio phone in this morning, to defend her leadership and her brexit plan. i want to be able to say to all parliamentarians, every mp, i believe — truly believe — this is the best deal for britain. i‘ll bring you all the latest from here in westminster. also in the programme this lunchtime... the number of people missing after the california wildfires more than doubles to 630. guilty of genocide — the historic court verdict

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