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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Friday, November 16th, and this is your FT news briefing.

Today we'll be looking at chaos in Prime Minister Theresa May's government after her delivery of a Brexit deal.

Facebook's denials over a smear campaign and the continued devastation of wildfires in California.

Then Katrina Manson will take us to a base in the US where scientists are working to develop

technology that will completely transform how we fight wars.

I'm Eric Krupky and here's the news you need to start your day.

And am I going to see this through? Yes.

That's Prime Minister Theresa May speaking yesterday after two of her cabinet members resigned.

A day of Brexit drama began on Thursday when Brexit Secretary Dominic Rob walked out.

And secondly in relation to the so-called backstop, basically what that would do is indefinitely,

if not permanently lock us into a regime which I believe would be damaging to the economy but devastating the public

trust in our democracy.

Then work and pension secretary Esther McVeigh also left the cabinet.

I'm sorry that they've chosen to leave the government and I

thank them for their service. But I believe with every fiber of my being that the

course I have set out is the right one for our country and all our people.

After that, Tori Eurosceptics called for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.

Jacob Reismog led the call.

My right honorable friend said that she would maintain the integrity of the United Kingdom.

A whole protocol says otherwise.

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