we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec
tonight at ten all the major car manufacturers in the uk are understood to have raised concerns about the brexit trade deal. vauxhall has already gone public, saying the future of its british factories is in doubt unless the trade deal is changed. the focus is on batteries for electric vehicles the uk needs to produce more to satisfy eu trading rules and experts say we re way behind. uk hasa uk has a very simple decision to make, either it supports the future of vehicle manufacturing in the uk or it decides it s not in vehicle manufacturing long term and it loses those 800,000 jobs associated with the industry. we ll have the latest on the fears for the future of the car industry and the government s response. also tonight a car chase in new york. harry and meghan say that lives were put at risk as they were chased by paparazzi. a cab driver was with them for part of the journey. they looked nervous, ithink they looked nervous, i think they were they looked nervous, i t
the opposition party is saying that it is not just boris johnson that needs to be replaced, it is all the conservatives. the implication is that they potentially would want to call and push for a general election. so there is pressure on the party who can rebuild the government. one senior cabinet level position was offered to, a conservative member of parliament earlier today who turned it down. it is not possible for this prime minister to rebuild his government and reshape it as last night he was saying he would. this is the scenario, the prime minister expected to come out and speak today, perhaps in the next couple of hours. he s likely to want to frame his resignation, listing his successes, brexit undoubtedly one of them, and likely airbrush out all the reasons for being forced out of his own party. a full government implosion. that s what this really is, in the united kingdom, key ally of the u.s. nic, explain to our viewers the most recent scandals that necessitate