Brexit Breakdown / Venezuela Blackout

Theresa May secured what she claimed were significant legal changes to the Brexit backstop in Strasbourg on Monday night, but it hasn’t been enough to convince MPs. With just 17 days left until the UK is due to leave the EU, the prime minister’s plan appears doomed to failure before it faces a vote in the House of Commons this evening. London editor Denis Staunton is on the line to explain what might happen next. Plus: Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress has declared a “state of alarm” over a five-day power blackout that has pushed the country further into crisis. South America correspondent Tom Hennigan, who was in the border town Cúctua recently, reports on how the ongoing political crisis is having a devastating effect on Venezuelans.