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Hours from Prime Minister theresa may . We will talk to the headteacher, a farmer and Health Campaigner who crossed the open border between north and south each to see how they feel about changes that could affect every aspect of their lives. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. We are going to hear resham khans story. Thats after 10am. She had acid thrown in herface by a stranger and suffered life changing injuries and has gone on to campaign for a change in the law on selling acid. Quite a remarkable woman. That is a photograph taken much more recently. Do watch the interview after 10am. She describes how she pities her attacker. Also today. We would like to hear from you about how long you have waited in the a e. New figures suggesting waiting times have doubled in the last few years. We will talk about that after 9 30am. Our top story today ....
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 on sportsday on bbc news the fa fallout continues following the dcms hearing into what the sports minister has now called a sorry saga involving racism and bullying allegations. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. This crisis is stealing their childhoods. We must not let it steal their futures. The words of the Un Childrens Agency unicef as it describes the desperate Living Conditions being endured by hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims and in particular, the 12 thousand rohingya children who are now fleeing myanmar for neighbouring bangladesh every week. Over half a million refugees have left their homes in myanmar where theyd faced a military offensive and been burned out of their homes following long standing tensions and violence in the area. Clive myrie reports from the kut ....