The Referendum Campaign boris was for brexit, nigel farage was for brexit and they were not in the same campaign. And the antipathy that was there in that referendum has continued. So actually getting a deal, one suspects, between two people who have not been very friendly to each other certainly in public cannot be very easy. You do wonder, even after four oclock tomorrow if the polls narrow towards election day, theres nothing to stop some candidates, certain candidates withdrawing or saying we are no longer a candidate, dont vote for us. It seems to be ludicrous when there are, what are talks, what are negotiations . When i used to work in football we used to say when is the meeting, if you meet someone say when is the meeting, if you meet someone in the left, have you had a meeting . You actually have. And so these unofficial talks have gone on and you might suspect them still going on. This is about a potential deal between the conservatives and brexit party. The Financial Times h
Agents deserve. Patients. The army arrives in South Yorkshire to help with flood relief as some in the worst hit areas are told it could be weeks before they can return home. After weeks behind closed doors, the first public hearings in Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry begin in washington, broadcast live on tv. And seven months after the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the first tv pictures show the extent of the damage. And at 11 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers david davies and anna isaacs. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The conservatives and labour have been outlining their main pitch to voters. The Prime Minister in his first major speech of the Campaign Said a conservative government would unite the country and level up the prospects for people with massive investment in health, better infrastructure, more police, and a green revolution. But he said the key issue to solve was brexit. Meanwhile labour vo
Months so reconstruction can begin. It took an evening to burn through this building. It will take much more than a single night to really save it. Lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. Thats it. Newsnights starting right now over on bbc2 with katie razzall. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Have a very good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday im katie shanahan. On the programme tonight. Rafa nadal survives a scare in a thrilling comeback to beat Daniil Medvedev and edge closer to the last four of atp finals. A ban for bernardo. The Manchester City midfielder is punished over a tweet to a team mate. Shes conquered australia and the usa, now sam kerr is hoping to impress in europe after signing for chelsea. Welcome along to the programme. Well bring you the very latest from the england camp after a tricky start to their International Week shortly. But we start with the tennis and yet another incredible comeback from rafa nadal. He was just one point away from being knocked
Still and gloucestershire could see a fair amount of rain through the day, and the risk is it is going to edge its way into areas that have already been flooded. Down towards the far south there will be some sharp showers. Drier conditions to the north of this band of rain, but still some showers feeding in on a brisk, north easterly wind. And that certainly wont help the temperatures, which are struggling, mid single figures at best. Into thursday evening, and our band of rain meanders further northwards. And as it does so, it will lose some of its momentum and begin to fragment a little. There will be further wintry showers feeding into parts of northern scotland, and here on friday morning there is the risk of some ice. Temperatures will drop low freezing once again, those temperatures not dropping away quite so temperatures not dropping away quite so far the further south you come, but it will still be a chilly start to friday morning. And it remains u nsettled, to friday morning.
To get brexit done and get this excellent deal over. The dup arent the only ones not in favour of the, labour say they wont be backing it either. As it stands, we cannot support this deal and will oppose it and parliament on saturday. And with two weeks to go until the uks official departure date the eu says theres no reason for any further delays. Also on the programme. High stakes diplomacy in ankara. The us Vice President announces a deal has been reached with president erdogan for a brief ceasefire in northern syria. Hes the key witness the impeachment inquiry wants to hear from. Today Gordon Sondland answers questions about pressure for ukraine to investigate joe biden. Welcome. Michelle is in washington. Im Christian Fraser here in brussels. The deal with the eu is done. Boris johnson has managed to get an agreement, something many of us thought was impossible. The eu did move, contrary to its own assertions, and to those of many experts and, dare i say it, journalists. But to ge