Hello and welcome to the first episode of the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

You've heard plenty about autonomous cars, but what about autonomous weapons?

They can hover or linger and choose, all by themselves, when to strike?

What's being done to tackle the ethics of these killer robots?

And we look into why a fisherman in Cuba counts condoms as part of his toolkit.

But first, over the past two years, British Prime Minister Theresa May has been painstakingly negotiating an agreement with the European Union over Britain's exit.

And I can say to the House with absolute certainty that there is not a better deal available.

And my fellow leaders...

But her plan was resoundingly rejected by the British Parliament, and the EU has said

it's not willing to reopen the negotiations.

What's on the table is the only deal that's on the table.

Today, Mrs May faces another vote on her plan at Westminster.

At stake is her ability to lead the Brexit negotiations to a successful conclusion,

with Britain leaving the EU on March 29th.

She risks having control wrested from her by Parliament. This week

sees a vital battle of amendments on the floor of the House of Commons. The main ones getting

attention are one put forward by a very senior Labour MP, which has some support in the

Conservative Party among kind of Rem remainers and more moderate levers.

Anne McElvoy is a senior editor at The Economist.

She's been following Brexit twists and turns for, well, years now.

Well, if we haven't got this deal in place in time to leave in an orderly fashion on March

the 29th, then Parliament will mandate the government to delay Brexit.

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