Parts of southern england that are inundated. At a quarter to eight, private eyes editor ian hislop joins the bbcs media editor to look back ona the bbcs media editor to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons, and satire. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government cosmic brexit bill. It paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. Well, the per minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. Six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. Now, the Withdrawal Agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says that the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and allows a transition period until the end of 2020. During which time, we will still abide by eu rules. It also says that we will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the Northern Irish border with wh
Highs, but trading is starting to thin out as we head into the holidays. We start with brexit, because today a crucial period for british and european businesses begins, as the uk takes a major step towards leaving the eu. The Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between borisjohnsons government and brussels goes before parliament, with a vote expected later. And given his large majority, its expected to get through without many changes. Under the agreement, britain is due to formally leave the eu on 31st of january next year. That will be followed by a transitional period, where existing trade terms still apply although the uk is no longer part of the eus political institutions. This ends in december 2020. Under the original plan, if both sides agree, that transitional period could be extended by up to two years, to give more time to negotiate a long term trading relationship. But Boris Johnsons government wants to rule out any extension, has added an amendment to the bill outlawing one. T
Level up across our great country. Have been singing joy to the world australias Prime Minister but not muchjoy have been singing joy to the world apologises for going on holiday but not much joy if you look at the while the countrys departures board because there are bushfire crisis worsened. Massive cancellations on the main extreme heat and fire continue line that runs south from here to to ravage parts of the nation. Gatwick airport and to brighten. This is about 90 minutes drive from the centre of sydney. Basically, there is severe flooding the bush here has been utterly destroyed. South of the airport on the rail the fires are still smouldering. A short distance away, line and it is affecting the m25 motorway which means that one home has been left in ruins. Effectively the whole area south of america will take another gatwick and crawley is cut off from step towards being able london. Somebody hasjust to launch its own astronauts gatwick and crawley is cut off from london. Someb
Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
Three, by London Bridge. Two, one and lift off but that three, two, one and lift off but that the rise of starliner, a new era in human space flight. And could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . And coming up on bbc news, after a week of speculation about mikel arteta, well have the latest on the managerial situation at arsenal. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Mps vote this afternoon on the Prime Ministers plan for the uk to leave the European Union at the end of january. Borisjohnson urged the commons to back his Withdrawal Agreement bill, and said it was time to discard the old labels of leave and remain. But his critics are angry that previous safeguards on the environment, workers rights and child refugees have been watered down or removed from the bill. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Suddenly it seems so simple. Time after time, this Prime Minister and the last have come to parliament to get mps to back their brexit dea