it s wednesday 18 january. iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the foreign secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign free trade deals with britain when it leaves the european union. borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge , despite the new migration controls promised by theresa may. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. over to you. thank you. what is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterday s big speech by theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as angela merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. this despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the re
as britain s dan evans pulls off the best win of his career, beating seventh seed, marin cilic. and coming up in sport come‘s ryder cup captain thomas bjorn gets an extra world ca rd cup captain thomas bjorn gets an extra world card wild card choice in a revamped accommodation for next year. revamped competition for next year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the president of the european commission jean claude juncker has told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britain s exit from the european union end in a good result for all concerned. but he also admitted the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. our europe correspondent gavin lee reports. a clear view from westminster, cold comfort to eu officials meeting in strasbourg s european parliament today. a sad, surrealist state of affairs, that was the brief tweet from donald tusk, and when the sudden clarity was welcomed here
after he knocked the world s number seven out of the australian open. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the president of the european commission jean claude juncker has told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britain s exit from the european union end in a good result for all concerned. but he also admitted the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. the supreme court will announce its verdict on tuesday on whether theresa may can trigger article 50 without consulting parliament. our political correspondent iain watson reports. if newspapers are had a vote, theresa may would be guaranteed a landslide election victory. they liked her willingness to walk away from a bad deal with the eu. 2a hours later, the foreign secretary co ntroversially hours later, the foreign secretary controversially used rather more colourful language, comparing the french president to a world war ii prison guard. if mr hol
level for more than a decade with 1.6 million people now out of work. the supreme court rules bus drivers must do more to accommodate wheelchair users, after a disabled man couldn t board when a woman refused to move her buggy. and record breaking weather scientists say 2016 was likely the world s warmest year the third in a row to top the charts. and tributes to former england women s cricket captain rachael heyhoe flint, who has died aged 77. borisjohnson has warned eu leaders not to give the uk punishment beatings for brexit in the manner of some world war ii movie. he said that penalising escape was not in the interests of the uk friends and partners. the president of the european commission jean claude juncker has told the european parliament that he will do everything he can to ensure that the negotiations over britain s exit from the european union end in a good result for all concerned. but he also said the negotiations would be very, very, very difficult. a
to friday, and the text is attached with this picture of him with pen and paper at his desk. let s discuss and paper at his desk. let s discuss a little bit more now and talk about foreign policy, the potential legacy of president obama. good to see you, thanks for being with us, you sat through the whole of that commie did talk about russia, israel, the middle east, but i think, overriding his references to foreign policy was the idea that america has an overarching role to play in the world, and it needs to use its influence, its power, its prestige for good. and i think, in a way, that was a response to some of the comments that trump made over the weekend, criticising the european union, criticising the leadership of angela merkel, arguing that the eu was a fundamental competitor to the us and he was ambivalent about its fate. i think trump is a break not only from the democratic presidency of barack obama, but the bipartisan tradition in terms of seeing the united states