that would be a good thing. i don t think that the prime minister meant that, and hopefully she ll be able to do something about that. but right now as the deal stands, they may not be able to trade with the us. for more on the future of uk us relations post brexit, i spoke a brief time ago with democratic senator chris coons, who co chairs a caucus dedicated to the issue. senator, you are the co chair of the us uk trade caucus in the senate, i suspect that many britts would be surprised to learn that there was such a thing. what did you make of the president s comments yesterday that the deal that theresa may is trying to get the parliament is good for the eu but bad for us uk trade relations? well, my understanding is that that sjust not true. that it will be possible for us to reach a us uk fta if this agreement is in fact ratified by parliament on 11 december. this is one of sadly many instances where donald trump has not been as helpful as he could be to theresa may a
as the un warns cuts to greenhouse gases are way off track. and, tributes to baroness trumpington, a wartime code breaker, and former minister, who s died aged 96. there s been a sharp rise in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel by boat this year. more than 100 have managed the perilous journey from france to the kent coast. this morning 18 migrants in two small boats including a baby were stopped in the channel. in the last 3 weeks alone boats have made it across the channel carrying 110 migrants many claiming to be iranian nationals. all of them have been passed to immigration officials. the french police say they believe the recent surge in numbers is down to tighter security at eurotunnel and also the french police say they believe the recent surge in numbers is down to tighter security at eurotunnel and also brexit with migrants wanting to get to the uk before it happens. colin campbell reports. rescued off the coast of dover, in an inflatable ding
ukranian servicemen captured at sea be held for two months. another 12 will be brought before the court on wednesday. they and their three naval vessels were seized on sunday near crimea, the ukrainian peninsula annexed by russia in 2014. the men are not being treated as prisoners of war, but look set to face criminal charges of illegally crossing into russia. lebo diseko has more. captured at sea by russian forces and now sentenced in the crimean court, one of 12 ukrainian sailors ordered to be held untiljanuary. russia says they crossed into its waters illegally. but ukraine insist the incident happened in the areas that are free to shipping. russia s security service has released filmed statements from three other captured ukrainians, which were widely shown on state tv. one said that he was aware the actions of his navy were provocative. we cannot verify the circumstances of the interviews, but kiev says the men were forced to lie under duress. this footage, also released
with some breaking news. for the first time in its history, mississippi has chosen a woman to represent the state in the us senate. cindy hyde smith, a republican backed by president trump, won an election clouded by racial tension. the vote was a special run off for the last senate seat of the mid term elections after no candidate reached 50% on the sixth of november. our correspondent chris buckler is in oxford, mississippi. celebrations for republicans are they and release in washington, i am imagining. yes, cindy hyde-smith was a lwa ys imagining. yes, cindy hyde-smith was always the favourite to win this senate seat. her campaign was briefly derailed by those comments she made, in which she said that she would turn up at a public hanging and sit in the front row if she was invited by a supporter. that caused a lot of controversy here in mississippi, not because it dredged up mississippi, not because it dredged up the past of racially motivated lynchings that took place i
a former metropolitan police counter terrorism detective who secretly filmed models during fake photoshoots has been jailed for three years for voyeurism. a one billion pound shortfall in state pension payments to tens of thousands of women has been branded a shameful shambles by a committee of mps. # likea # like a bat out of hell, i ll be gone when the morning comes. and the singer meat loaf, who recorded one of the biggest selling albums of all time, has died at the age of 7a. and coming up in the film review mark kermode gives his unique insight into this week s films, including one from belfast. and the rest of the weeks big releases in the film review at 5.45pm. welcome to bbc news, i m jane welcome to bbc news, i mjane hill. talks have been held in geneva between foreign ministers from russia and the us about fears that russia could invade ukraine. the us secretary of state anthony blinken said there had been a frank and substa ntive exchange. he also warned of a