11/16/18 This is Nick Kelly with the BBC news . The British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to make a statement in Parliament later this morning
after her Cabinet backed the draft Brexit agreement reached with the European Union . A number of ministers are now known to have spoken against the deal
and there ' s no guarantee that Mrs . May will be able to win parliamentary approval . Some pro - Brexit MPs in the governing Conservative Party say they will reject the deal
because it could lead to Britain being bound by EU rules for years to come . A leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees - Mogg is one of them .
It will have to come to a vote in the House of Commons and if it is what we expect I will vote against it and I expect many others will . This does not meet either the result of the referendum or indeed the Conservative Party ' s manifesto promises which are very important and on which I stood for election .
And as for the Prime Minister ' s own position , I have consistently said I ' m in favor of changing the policy rather the person but they unquestionably come to point which the two become indistinguishable .
The main opposition Labour Party has also signalled it will vote against the agreement saying it is not in the national interest . Meanwhile , in Brussels , the European Union is expected to move quickly to confirm the next steps in the Brexit process .
The EU ' s chief negotiator Michel Barnier will tell the European Council President Donald Tusk that a threshold of progress has been reached . Mr . Tusk is then expected to convene a summit of EU leaders towards the end of this month to sign off on the text .
Michael Avenatti was arrested following an incident with a woman at an apartment building . . . Michael Avenatti was just heard . The lawyer who represents the adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with President Trump
has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence . A police spokesman said Mr . Avenatti was released on bail after he was formally booked . David Willis reports from Los Angeles .
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