Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,31 Jan 2019,23 mins

Britain Seeks to Renegotiate Key Parts of Brexit Deal Including Irish Backstop

Newsday

Available for over a year

On Tuesday British Prime Minister Theresa got the support of parliament to return to the European Union and ask for a change to the Brexit withdrawal agreement. She's been mandated to ask for 'alternative arrangements' to the Irish backstop, which guarantees there wouldn’t be a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In Venezuela, mass protests have been held in various parts of the country by groups pledging solidarity to Juan Guaido, the opposition leader who declared himself interim president just over a week ago. We speak to an 11-year-old girl who grants wishes to impoverished nursing home residents in her American town.

Programme Website
More episodes