Parents with top jobs and the numbers have been edging up. It survived the sinking of the titanic, now this letter is being auctioned its thought to be one of the last to be written onboard. Good morning. Its friday. 20th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In the last few minutes, theresa may, has given an update about brexit discussions with the European Union. Speaking on the second day of a summit in brussels, mrs may said she was positive about what the negotiations had achieved so far. Earlier, the head of the European Council, donald tusk, said eu leaders would begin to prepare for talks about a trade deal with the uk. The Prime Minister acknowledged a lot more was still to be done. Iam i am ambitious and positive for britains future for these negotiations, but in no we still have some weight to go. Both sides have some weight to go. Both sides have approached these talks with professionalism and a constructive spirit and we should recognise what has been a
Senator murray and i will be to have an opening statement, and then we will introduce the witnesses. After witness testimony, senators will each have five minutes of questions. Theres a vote scheduled for 10 30. I think what we will do is continue right on through of about 10 45, and then we will alternate going back and forth to vote. I think we will have time to all of us here witness testimony before we have to leave for the vote. We are holding a hearing, which is the second in a series on Prescription Drug costs in response to a bipartisan request, led by senators cassidy, senator franken, along with senators collins, baldwin, murkowski, war and as well as other senators interested in the subject. Not only was the request for these hearings bipartisan, but both this hearing and the first hearing on drug prices were a partisan, which means senator murray and i agreed on the witnesses. Despite this, our first hearing in june when so far off track that i delayed this hearing because
Coming up in the next half hour Opposition Mps have another go at persuading the government to suspended implementing the new benefits system. All of this, mr speaker, is reason to pause universal credit roll out. The Foreign Office updates the commons on the latest situation in the syrian city of raqqa, now that the so called Islamic State group has been forced out. And mps hear about new challenges for our police force. Having seen this and been out of my own staff, in seems increasingly like uniform social work rather than policing. But first. Last week we saw the highly unusual spectacle of a government defeat in the commons by 299 votes to zero. The vote was on pausing the implementation of the new universal credit benefit system, though it wasnt binding. Conservative mps were ordered by their party to abstain. Afterwards, Opposition Mps condemned the government, saying ministers were reducing the commons to a talking shop. In the absence of a ministerial statement, the speaker pe
Season, temperatures down in rural spots, 4 to minus six. But it is all change tomorrow. In some areas, temperatures could be 10 degrees up on that. One of the reasons for that isa on that. One of the reasons for that is a change of wind direction and a weather front pushing in from the north west. It is bringing cloud and rain as we speak, but further east, we cling onto the sunshine. I suspect the rest of the afternoon, if we draw a line up towards the isle of wight, east of that we will keep crisp and clear blue skies, and sunshine. Chilly with it. Cloud with light rain along west facing coastline, with strong wind and heavy rain arriving into the northwest. That brings milder air, but underneath those guys, temperatures will struggle, down on where they should be for the time of year. Where they should be for the time of yea r. Frost where they should be for the time of year. Frost is likely if we keep clear skies in the south east, but elsewhere, thick cloud, a breeze through the