Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may will address eu leaders today at a summit in brussels at which theyre expected to confirm theyre not yet ready to open talks with britain, about a post brexit trade deal. The next opportunity to begin negotiations on the relationship will be in december. One of the main brexit pressure groups, leave means leave, has urged mrs may to tell the leaders that the uk is prepared to walk away with no deal, if they continue to refuse to discuss trade. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. So, as well as the big pressure from other eu leaders, big pressure from home for theresa may . Really a significant stepping up in the pressure on mrs may from those tory brexiteers increasingly anxious about what they see as the european commission, eu leaders, dragging out the negotiations to try to get more money and a better deal out of britain. Now saying to mrs may, tonight, she should issue an ultimatum to the eu saying
And coming up in the sport on bbc news Johanna Konta continues to impress. She becomes the first british woman to make the final of the miami 0pen. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The European Union has given its first formal response to the uks decision to trigger article 50, and begin the process of leaving the eu. The president of the european council, donald tusk, warned the talks would be complex and sometimes confrontational. And he said negotiations on Future Trade Relations would only start after there had been what he called sufficient progress on the Separation Settlement between the eu and the uk. He was speaking at a meeting of eu leaders in malta, from where our europe correspondent, chris morris, sent this report. Trying to get serious. Two days ago donald tusk expressed emotion at the prospect of the uk leaving the eu. This morning it was down to business. He has sent Draft Negotiating Deadlines to the other 27 countries setting up tough tone for two y
For brexit negotiations, arguing for a phased approach to the talks. The president of the European Council, donald tusk, insisted the first stage would concentrate on the uks divorce from the union and only when there was sufficient progress would the talks move on. The government had said it wants to discuss its separation and a Future Trade Deal at the same time. Donald tusk appeared to concede that Talks On Trade could begin before the divorce settlement was agreed and said that the European Council will monitor progress closely and determine when sufficient progress has been achieved to allow negotiations to proceed to the next phase. There was a warm tone on a possible future relationship with the document stating that although the uks relationship with the eu. Cannot offer the same benefits as union membership, strong and constructive ties will remain in both sides interest and should encompass more than just trade. But one phrase in the document is likely to cause considerable c
The hump. When you see the 7day forecast in a little bit, not so bad, right. I dont want to give it away. Not so bad. You got a sneak peek. And i got a little excited. I wont lie. Lets jump into it. We have clouds and radar up right now. A lot of moisture in the air overnight. A lot of that breaking up in the valley. This morning, we are seeing some activity down to the west, southwest of us here. In the valley, we are not dealing with anything this morning, other than clouds. Theres a live look outside right now. One of ou some of the cars moving in the distance. Otherwise, pretty calm night there. Mid to low 80s. Its a mild start to the day. A few spots dropping into the 70s. Overall not bad. Heres a quick snapshot of what your weekend is going to look like. 102 by tomorrow. Clearing more then than today. We have an ozone watch in place. We have to talk about rain chances. And well track it out on future cast in a bit. And well break down the temperatures hour by hour. This morning.
heavy downpours lead to flooding in lead to downpours heavy heavy downpours lead to flooding in dodge county. Two schools had to be evacuated, and some roads are closed. Emergency crews and volunteers filling sandbags in effort to keep the tide from overtaking one school. Rikki mitchell begins our coverage. Shes live in mayville. Weve seen periods of heavy rain all day take a look at the water level. Crews have been out here going on eight hours trying to keep all of ive never seen it this bad beforelarry brandel has lived in this home near st. Johns lutheran for the last 40 years. He also spent many years as a firefighter in mayville and says this is the worst flooding hes seen. I got about 40 50 gallons that i pumped out of my basement already multiple Fire Departments and dozens of local volunteers have worked all day trying to divert the water away from the school. Everytime we have a heavy rainfall it always seems to crest over a little bit but very rarely does it get to this leve