17/01/2017 BBC News at Six

Britain will leave the EU single market -

Theresa may sets out her core demands for Brexit negotiations.

She wants British laws to be judged in British courts, and new ways

Brexit must mean control over the number of people who come

to Britain from Europe, and that is what we

The Prime Minister also had a message for other EU leaders -

While I am sure a positive agreement can be reached, I am equally clear

that no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain.

Parliament will have a vote on the final deal, but already

If all her optimism of a deal with the European Union didn't work, we

would move into a low tax, corporate taxation,

I'm not prepared for Scotland to be taken down a path that I firmly

We'll be hearing the first reactions from across the EU.

The Supreme Court gives this Libyan the right to sue a former foreign

A jump in the cost of living - inflation hits a two-and-a-half-year

Vinnie Jones will captain the six Nations squad with Sam Warburton

told to fight for his place in the side.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

Britain will be leaving the EU single market.

That was the clear-cut message from Theresa May as she set

out her red lines for the Brexit negotiations that are

Britain must be able to control the number of people

British courts must have the final say in interpreting British laws.

And Parliament will get the chance to vote on whatever

The Prime Minister is aiming for what she called "a global Britain"

that has the best possible trade deal with the EU while opening up

There was a warning too for her EU counterparts -

she will walk away if EU negotiators try to punish Britain.

Here's our political editor, Laura Kuennsberg.

On a day when Theresa May set out her vision for Briain's future.

Good morning. What's the plan? On her way.

Have you got a plan? On our way out, not just out of the European

Union... Are we going to get a detailed plan? Theresa May gathered

ministers and ambassadors too. To confirm finally, we will leave

behind the way the country has made its living for decades.

APPLAUSE As a priority, we will pursue a bold

and ambitious free trade agreement with the European Union. This

agreement should allow for the freest possible trade in goods and

services between Britain and the EU's member states. It will give

British companies the maximum freedom to trade with and operate

within European markets, and let European businesses do the same in

Britain. But I want to be clear - what I am proposing cannot mean

membership of the single market. Privately, ministers had talked of

preserving some parts of the special club, the market of hundreds of

millions where our businesses can buy and sell without barriers.

Remain as had pushed her, but she believes it can't be done, because

the rules of the single market come with unlimited EU immigration. The

message from the public, before and during the referendum campaign, was

clear - Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to

Britain from Europe, and that is what we will deliver. Our customs

arrangements, how we trade over borders, will change too, but no

final decision on how. Her clear hope, though, is that the UK will

not pay billions to the EU every year. There may be some specific

programmes in which we might want to participate. If so, and this will be

for us to decide, it is appropriate that we will make a contribution,

but the principle is clear: The days of Britain making vast contributions

to the EU every year will end. 27 other countries will decide if her

plans are an ambitious wish list or a fantasy, yet most dramatically, if

after two years of talks negotiations stall, she and her team

are willing to walk away. Written wants to remain a good friend and

neighbour to Europe, yet I know there are some voices calling for a

punitive deal that punishes Britain and discourages other countries from

taking the same path. Britain would not, indeed, we could not, accept

such an approach. While I am confident that this scenario need

never rise, while I am sure a positive agreement can be reached, I

am equally clear that no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal

for Britain. Thank you. But remember, the Prime Minister never

wanted to leave. During the referendum campaign, you said

plainly that you believed if we left the EU and single market, the

country, its families and citizens, would be worse off. Now, I doubt you

have changed your mind, or, as Prime Minister, you have made a decision

that you believe will leave the country and its citizens poorer -

which is a? All the economic indicators have been more positive

than people predicted. It is only earlier this week that the IMF

confirmed we were the fastest growing economy last year. And what

I am talking about today is the country is coming together and

looking for that brighter future as a global Britain. Did the Brexit

backers in the Cabinet get the upper hand? It was an excellent speech,

optimistic, confident, and it set out our responsibilities in a global

context. This wasn't an inward looking, purely European speech. It

is negotiate bulk -- negotiable, good for the UK and for the rest of

the EU as well. Why should they allow us to have our cake and eat

it? As the Prime Minister said, it will be good for both sides. Do you

think what she set out is achievable? We shall have to see.

Not exactly nodding along, either, the other parties across the UK. The

political consequences of Theresa May's choices are unclear. I think

we have to have a deal that ensures we have access to the market, that

we have British jobs depended on that market, that is what we will be

pushing for. If it is specifically this form of single market, I don't

know. She seems to want to have her cake and eat it. Choices emerging

here. Do we want to be taken down a path that we didn't vote for and

which is against our interests, audibly want to take control of our

own future? And I think that is a choice Scotland has the right to

make. To wave the white flag across the Straits of Dover, as Theresa May

has done, is damaging to Britain's future and is a theft of democracy.

In Brussels, the message will had been received and at last clear.

Parliament was told today they will get a vote on the final deal, but

his is plain that the Prime Minister believes the country has delivered a

clear verdict, and she has made her mind up, drawn her big conclusions.

Her dilemma is now are persuading a continent that what she wants is

possible, and those who voted to stay in the EU that it's even

desirable, but this is really only the start of a long process. Much

will change. Concern and criticism won't fade away. The scale of what

we decided, how it will change our country and all our lives is still

fully to emerge. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.

For decades now, Britain has traded within the EU's single market.

As we've been hearing, those days are numbered.

So what is the European single market and what could

Here's our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale.

The single market is the beating heart of the European Union, it

binds the European community together. The members believe that

if they get rid of barriers to trade and have goods, services and workers

move freely across their borders, then their economies will grow. To

make this happen, they agreed, trading rules. A widget made in

Greece same as one made in Spain. They set up the European Court of

Justice to make sure everybody follows the rules. Supporters say

the single market helped British companies flourish, like this

engineering firm in Bristol. It makes it easier for them to export

their goods and employ people from across the EU. I think there's an

obvious risk morass outside of the single market. We trade increasingly

with Europe. I think any change in the customs regime is probably going

to make us uncompetitive. But opponents say the single market

imposes unnecessary red tape on British firms, like this nappy

manufacturer in Northampton. It gives too much power to EU judges,

and allows into many migrant workers. The owner of this firm says

the opportunities outside are greater. I think morally we can't

remain part of the single market because we want to go out and do our

trade deals with countries outside the EU, and that's very exciting for

countries such as ours. So, to help make that happen, Theresa May wants

Britain to have instead the greatest possible access to the single

market. Particularly the British cars, lorries and financial

services, and to get that by negotiating a new free trade deal

with the EU. If she can, and if they are willing. And what about the

so-called customs union, the deal under which EU countries impose the

same tariffs on goods and services imported from outside the EU?

Theresa May said she didn't want that UK to be bound by this any more

and instead wanted Britain to be able to set its own tariffs and

negotiate its own trade deals with the rest of the world. But, she said

she would accept some kind of new customs arrangement with the EU but

didn't spell out what that might be. So, this is what the Prime Minister

wants. Now, all she has to do is get the EU members to agree, and that's

far from certain. I have skated over the surface of what are some

important issues, so you can read more detail on the BBC website, that

will take you through all the options and what that might be.

George. It didn't take long

for EU leaders to react. The president of the EU Council

called the speech realistic, but the European Parliament's

negotiator called The pound strengthened

after the Prime Minister's speech. More on that from our

Business Editor Simon Jack, who is at the World Economic

Forum in Switzerland. But first, let's talk to our Europe

Correspondent Damian Grammaticas, Damian, I suppose people are still

die jesting the speech, but any themes emerging? -- digesting. There

is a feeling that there is a little more clarity, but the European

Parliament's chief negotiator said that in his view Theresa May was

selling an illusion, because this idea that you could read the single

market, leave the customs union and then still enjoy privileged access,

he said that was an illusion. Also, another senior MEP said to me that

Theresa May was overselling the benefits of what could be achieved

with trade deals with distant countries, and underestimating the

difficulties that there will be for British companies, British

businesses, giving trade with the EU. He said they may find it very

difficult in the future if there are things like customs checks, Mike

tariffs coming in. Also, the idea that the UK could walk away was

dismissed, saying the UK would suffer most. One negotiator said he

is not seeking to punish the UK in the negotiations. Simon, let's come

to you. I guess you couldn't be in a better place to gauge business

sentiment. What is the reaction so far? Businesses have been calling

out for some clarity. We got some today - no ifs, no buts, no single

market. Pretty clear, but most leaders I've spoken to here had come

to this conclusion themselves, thinking that continued membership

of the single market was incompatible with the political

imperative of bringing immigration down. What really got years

twitching here was the tone of Theresa May's speech here today. She

didn't pull any punches, said she would fight for a good deal, was

prepared to retaliate if necessary, and that she thought no deal was

better than a bad deal. What that means, if she does walk away, walks

into these general international trading standards, that means

tariffs could come in. Businesses here are very worried about that,

and they hope it is a negotiating posture. It is a nuclear option that

they don't want to press the button on. They beget clarity? Sum. Are we

going to get a better idea of where we finally end up? I'm afraid not.

Thank you, both. So, is Theresa May's vision

of Britain's future what voters had in mind when they went to the polls

in the EU Referendum? Our Midlands correspondent,

Sima Kotecha, has been talking to people in Birmingham,

which voted narrowly It's the 50-50 city,

where half the population voted to leave the EU,

and the other half voted to remain. Today in her speech,

the Prime Minister said people who had voted for Brexit had done

so with their eyes open. The country seems like it's

slipping, slipping. We lost everything,

everything to the European. Everything was going up and it just

seemed to be slipping away. She confirmed the UK

was heading for a hard Brexit, but not everybody's clear

about what that means. Unless it's laid out

in layman's terms, we don't She may as well just

speak Chinese to us. You've got 16 sausage

rolls there for a pound. At the market, locals were digesting

the headline announcement. She's just said that the UK will be

leaving the single market - I think things are all

right the way it is. Personally, they are rocking

the boat quite a lot. Diversity is a good thing,

because you bring all kinds And the jobs that some people

in England don't want to do, other people are happy to come

and do it to keep the country going. The leave campaign won by a whisker

here, fewer than 4,000 votes made the difference,

but no matter which way people voted, the question many

want the answer to is, We need still even more information,

and I don't think we will fully understand until we have made that

complete break away. Then, we will understand

what it means. You know, at the moment,

it's just pie in the sky, isn't it? The Prime Minister says she wants

a smooth and orderly Brexit, In her speech today,

the Prime Minister made a point of saying she wanted the four

nations of the UK to have their say Let's hear now from our

correspondents in Cardiff and Belfast, but first our Scotland

editor, Sarah Smith. Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister

of Scotland, responded to Theresa May's speech today by saying she

think it is has increased the chances there will be a seconding

referendum on Scottish independence. She said it's clear that the UK is

heading for a hard Brexit, which they she thinks will be economically

catastrophic and will not allow Scotland to be stem rollered down a

path it didn't vote for. At the end of last year, the First Minister put

together a paper outlining you how she thinks Scotland could stay in

the single market if the UK leaves. That could only happen if the Prime

Minister and the UK Government agrees with it. She says she doesn't

think Theresa May is giving the proposals serious consideration and

that is why she said she thinks the prospects spect of another vote for

independence, she think's a prospect which is being abouting more likely.

-- becoming more likely. Most exposed to the fallout from Brexit

because it shares a land border with the Irish Republic. Theresa May was

quick today to say there would be no return to the borders of the past.

She said the common travel area would be retained. But there were

few details as to how this would happen. Here's the question - if the

UK wants to control immigration from the EU, how can it do that with an

open border, with the Irish Republic? Here's another question -

say the UK steps outside the customs union, what will that do to the

border? Will that border become effectively a hard border? Is Wales

voted to leave the EU despite that I think inevitable concerns today,

economically, about what the impact could be, particularly in areas like

manufacturing and farming, strong in Wales. Dependant on exports to the

EU. At the National Assembly the First Minister has a problem, he

campaigned to remain. Since Brexit he has called for full and

unvettered access, as he calls it, to the single market. He said things

appears to be going in the wrong direction for him. Political

leverage is also a problem. If he complains too much, ministers at

Westminster can turn round to him and say - they are delivering what

the people of Wales want, which was Brexit. George. All right, Nick,

Gavin, Sarah, thank you all. Let's speak to our political

editor, Laura Kuenssberg, Laura, Theresa May has been

criticised an awful lot for not saying enough about her Brexit

plans, do you think she answered those critics today? Well, being

clear is a prize in any argument. The eurosceptics are cock-a-hoop

tonight. One senior Tory figure on the argument joked he could have

written the speech himself. The remainers who have been pushing to

hajj on to parts of the single market membership have been muted.

Theresa May killed off some of the charges of delay, of dither, of her

not being able to make up her mind. This clarity from today does give us

a sense she has taken the initiative. It gives her a bit of

breathing space in political terms. Let's be quite clear about it, one

day this is one day, 24-hours in what will be a long, complicated

fraught and dif process. There are people here, here inpm still, more

importantly on the other side of the negotiating table, those 27

countries, who believe what she is asking for is a delusion. If, as

time comes to pass, they are proven to be right and Number Ten is proven

to be wrong, it will be very politically and maybe economically

painful finding out that they were right and Theresa May called it

wrong. Lawyer thank you.

The former Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, can now be sued

by a Libyan man who claims that British agents helped

the United States to kidnap and secretly remove him and his wife

Today, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Abdel Hakim Belhaj

to take legal action over the alleged British involvement.

Jack Straw, who was responsible for MI6 at the time,

Our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds, reports.

Libya, 2011, Colonel Gaddafi's been toppled, and it's chaos.

Among the files strewn across the offices of his security

service, a document comes to light suggesting Britain played a part

in the abduction and torture of a Libyan dissident.

He's Abdul Hakim Belhaj, once regarded as a terror suspect.

Now, he's been told by Britain's highest court he can sue

MI6 and the Government, which tried to halt the case.

The Supreme Court unanimously dismisses the Government's appeals.

Normally, the English courts can't consider cases involving

what foreign governments have done abroad, but in this judgment,

the Supreme Court has concluded that that doesn't prevent the courts

here from considering British involvement in what's happened.

In this jail, Mr Belhaj says he was tortured after he and his

pregnant wife were intercepted by US agents and flown to Libya.

There have been no criminal charges but, speaking in Istanbul today,

TRANSLATION: They've got to admit that this act,

committed by individuals in the British Government,

is a criminal act encroaching on our freedom and rights

and rendering us to a regime they know is they know

My wife was pregnant then and she was kept

If they apologise, we will drop our demands.

The crucial evidence could be the document found in Libya

in which an MI6 officer appears to write to a Gaddafi

the safe arrival of Mr Belhaj, using his alternative name,

but also describing him as, "air cargo."

The letter says the intelligence that led to his capture was British.

Labour's Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary at the time

is one of those accused, but said today he acted

within the law and was never complicit with what might

Britain's alleged connection with so-called rendition,

official flights to secret prison torture destinations has never been

Tom Symonds, BBC News, the Supreme Court.

A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.

An inquest has heard how concerns over security

at a Tunisian holiday resort, where 30 Britons were killed

by an Islamist gunman in June 2015, were raised six months before

A report in January 2015, for the UK Government,

suggested there was a low standard of protection at some hotel

The killings were the deadliest on Britons since the

The man suspected of carrying out the New Year's Eve attack

on a nightclub in Istanbul has been arrested.

The Uzbek national was trained in Afghanistan, according

to the city's governor, and is believed to have illegally

39 people died in the attack on the Reina club,

A public inquiry has heard that a police marksman,

who shot and killed an unarmed man, was acting on "out of date"

Anthony Grainger was shot once in the chest during

a Greater Manchester Police operation in Cheshire in 2012.

The inquiry into his death heard that police

believed he was preparing for an armed robbery.

A teenager has been arrested after the body of a 16-year-old girl

The girl has been named locally as Leonne Weeks,

An 18-year-old, from Dinnington, is being questioned

Rising air fares and food prices have helped push up UK

inflation to its highest rate in nearly two-and-a-half years.

The fall in the pound since the Brexit vote is, in part,

Our economics correspondent, Andy Verity, is here with the details.

You have been looking at the detail of this? That is right. Part of the

reason that prices are going up is because of higher oil prices. They

bounced back on the ward markets. It's also, as you mentioned, because

of the weaker pound. And the weaker pound of course means if you are

going to buy imported goods you need more pounds to buy the same number

of dollars or euros to buy those imported goods. You have seen that

inflationary effect of the weaker pound up the chain. It strengthened

today. It has weakened 16%. Producer prices have risen by 16% over the

past year. Now, they are passing on some of that effect. Those producer

prices the prices for raw materials. It.7% is what they are charging at

the factory gate. They are only putting some of that into the shops,

retailers are shielding us from that. Retail prices have gone up by

1.6%. Competition may play a role there. The retailers are thinking -

if we raise our prices to cover the cost, business might go elsewhere.

Competition is shielding us from the effect of the weaker pound for now.

When you are being looking at petrol prices up by a tenth over the last

year, they can only do that for so long. We should expect more

incompetent inflation, perhaps up to 3%, over the next year. All right,

Andy, thank you very much. -- inflation.

Time for a look at the weather, here's Nick Miller.

The winter weather is being turned on it is heads. The highest

temperatures have been in Scotland. Despite the sunshine in south-east

England this is where the lowest temperatures have been. Blue sky Bob

was living up to his name in Kent. The sunshine in the south-east, the

low trps. It felt cold under this area of cloud through Wales and

Midland and into north-west England where they had outbreaks of rain on

and off during the day. There will be hill fog to be found tonight,

too. Cloud in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but mainly dry. Where you

have cloud, temperatures will hold up. Where you are under clear skies,

east anning Lee why and south-east England the frost will set in. Hard

frost in rural spots. Minus 6 possible going into tomorrow

morning. Scraping the ice off the car. After the frosty start more

sunshine to come during the day tomorrow. Elsewhere, most of us will

stay cloudy. Where you have the cloud in England and Wales damp and

drizzly in places. Dry weather despite the cloud in Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Rain into Shetland later. Sunshine in the Channel

Islands. It won't feel particularly warm, nor will it despite the

sunshine in the far south-east. A cold feeling day in the cloud across

south-east Wales into the Midlands. Temperatures a little bit higher the

further north we come. Could see brighter breaks in north-east

England across eastern parts of Scotland, patchy rain heading into

Shetland. Yes, in Scotland double figure temperatures again for some

of us. Looks like a bit more cloud tomorrow evening and night across

southernmost parts of the UK. That frost not as hard or widespread.

With high pressure in control, a lot of fine, settled but cloudy weather

to come going into the ebbed would, too.

Theresa May's long-awaited speech on Brexit.

She confirmed Britain would leave the single market and said

she wanted a stronger Britain, in charge of its own laws