this is bbc news. the headlines... eu leaders unanimously adopt what they say are ‘firm and fair‘ guidelines for negotiating brexit. i'm ben brown live in brussels. it to those leaders just one minute to agree they are negotiations stand on brexit. labour leaderjeremy corbyn urges young people to "claim theirfuture" by voting labour in the general election. theresa may is campaigning in scotland for the first time since calling the election. ukip leader paul nuttall is to stand in boston and skegness in lincolnshire. one of the men arrested in a counter terrorism operation in north london had been suspected of attempting to travel to syria to join is. also in the next hour, the heavyweights head for wembley. around 90,000 people will pack into the stadium tonight as anthonyjoshua faces

wladimir klitschko in the richest bout in british boxing history. a plane makes an emergency landing in florida after a problem with its landing gear. and at 3.30pm, click investigates a company claiming to offer ‘absolute security‘ and discovers all is not what it seems. good afternoon. 27 european union leaders in brussels have unanimously agreed terms for britain leaving the eu. the president of the european

council said the summit in brussels had proved a firm mandate for setting the terms. they say the uk must agree a financial settlement and the future rights of eu citizens before any trade talks can take place. the french president said britain must pay a price for leaving. my colleague ben brown is in brussels. that agreement on the guidelines was incredibly quick. we are expecting a news c0 nfe re nce incredibly quick. we are expecting a news conference shortly? yes. we will get more details, if summit has ended, pretty brief, just under three hours and it tookjust one minute for the 27 eu leaders to agree their strategy, there are guidelines for the brexit negotiations over the next couple of yea rs. negotiations over the next couple of years. an eight page document which as you mention, the key points are... apologies. we have lost

ben brown in brussels but we will try to get back as soon as possible. we can go to politics here. my earpiece has also fallen out! were doing very well... we can go to politics. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called for young people to "step up" and register for a vote in the coming general election. the deadline to apply for a vote is in three weeks‘ time. addressing supporters in east london, mr corbyn warned there was a danger that "apathy and resignation" would hand seats to the conservatives. over 2.4 million young people are missing from britain‘s electoral register. barely 40% of 18 to 2a—year—olds normally turn out to vote. the conservatives are more than

happy with this state of affairs. apathy and resignation will secure them seats on election day. the ukip leader paul nuttall has confirmed that he will run to be mp for boston and skegness. he said it was a great honour and a privilege and he‘d be campaigning on what he called the "betrayal of our fishing industry" by successive governments. he rejected comparisons to his failed attempt to win be struck by—election in february. stoke was a complete one—off. this is a general election and i think that politics is on our turf, theresa may called it because she said she wanted a mandate for brexit but we are the only party that has campaigned all of our political lives to offer real, clean brexit and control of our borders and control of our money, bringing real democracy back to the uk. i think we have a great opportunity to take a number of seats and what we will not do

is what we did in 2015 when we had a scatter—gun approach. we will be targeting sensibly in terms of manpower and candidates. scotland‘s first minister and snp leader nicola sturgeon has been campaigning in glasgow this morning, telling supporters that only her party can stop the conservatives imposing cuts in scotland. she urged voters not to give the tories a free rein. make no mistake. this general election really matters to the future of our country. it will determine whether scotland continues to move forward or is dragged back by the tories. and it will ensure that the decisions about the future of our country, whatever that turns out to be, is taken here by the scottish parliament and the scottish people, not by an increasingly hardline right—wing tory government at westminster. theresa may will campaign

in scotland later for the first time since calling the general election. the conservatives hold one scottish seat at westminster but opinion polls suggest support for the party in scotland is growing. she‘ll say that a vote for her party is a vote for the union. back to europe and as we have been telling you, the 27 remaining european union countries have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating the withdrawal of britain. the president of european council said the summit in brussels had proved a fair and fareham mandate for setting the terms of the brexit. damian grammaticas reports. it‘s taken just one month since theresa may‘s letter triggering brexit was received here, and the eu leaders now have their brexit position ready to go. translation: there is definitely a price, a cost for the uk. that's the choice it's made.

it shouldn't be a punishment, but europe will defend its interests, and the uk will be in a worse position outside the eu than it is now. what eu leaders are most worried about is what angela merkel has called illusions on the british side about what can be achieved in brexit negotiations. this process today is about injecting a bit of realism into the debate. the eu‘s red lines. so this is what the eu will demand. that the rights of millions of citizens affected by brexit on both sides are preserved. that the uk agrees to fulfil its financial obligations to the eu. that a way is sought to avoid new border controls in ireland. michel barnier is the man tasked with enforcing those red lines. everything ready for the uk negotiations? i think so. depends on the uk. and here they say the outcome of the uk election will make no difference to the deal they‘ll

offer. if she wants to have a new election, it‘s her decision. i think it‘s an internal problem she wants to resolve in the conservative party to have not hard brexit or soft brexit but theresa‘s brexit, and so she needs support from the population. so the message eu leaders want to convey, they are united and determined brexit will meet their terms. it‘s emerged that one of the six people arrested in a counter terrorism operation in north london on thursday night had been suspected of attempting to travel to syria to join so called islamic state. mohamed amoudi, who is 21, was deported back to the uk. it has emerged that mohamed amoudi had come to the attention of authorities in 2015. he travelled to turkey with 217—year—old boys and it was believed they were then planning to try to get across the border into syria and join up with is fighters.

in fact, they were stopped in turkey, deported back to the uk, questioned by the authorities and released without charge. do we know ifa released without charge. do we know if a watch had been kept on him since? that is not clear but clearly this man is one of those in custody and six people in total are detained and six people in total are detained and the woman in hospital, of course, she is injured and cannot be questioned or arrested until she is well enough. certainly, it is interesting that this man clearly was at one point on the radar of the authorities. a man has appeared at manchester and salford magistrates court charged with the murder of former royal navy officer mike samwell, who is thought to have been run over by his own car. mr samwell was fatally injured as he tried to stop thieves from stealing his car from outside his home in manchester. 29—year—old ryan gibbons is charged with murder, burglary and aggravated vehicle—taking. leanne brown was in court this morning and reports from outside manchester and salford magistrates‘ court. 29—year—old ryan gibbons

of arrowfield road in charlton appeared here at manchester and salford magistrates court charged with three counts. one of murder, one of burglary and one of aggregated vehicle taking. he spoke only to confirm his name and address. the charges are in connection with the death of 35—year—old ex—royal navy officer, mike samwell. he died after allegedly being run over by his own car. the incident took place outside his home in greater manchester last sunday. the case is too serious to be dealt with by a magistrate so it is being referred to the crown court. gibbons will appear before the crown on tuesday of next week. in the meantime, he has been remanded into custody. a 15—year—old boy and two men, the 20—year—old and a 21—year—old, also charged with murder and burglary, have been bailed pending further enquiries. we left him following a technical

glitch, we can head back to ben brown in brussels. the 27 leaders would say there are no technical glitches for them today because they very swiftly indeed agreed their brexit negotiating strategy, edited them just one minute to agree to that eight page document of guidelines. there was a p pa re ntly document of guidelines. there was apparently a round of applause as $0011 apparently a round of applause as 50011 as apparently a round of applause as soon as they unanimously agreed it and adopted it. let us talk to the brussels correspondent for the afp news agency. you have covered summits here, this was different because there was no disagreement, it was over quickly? indeed. unity is the word of the day here, a lot of leaders came up with it today and

it is clearly the message that we heard over the week in brussels. preparations are going smoothly, everybody agrees and nobody disagrees. interesting that the belgian prime minister said that maybe the british will try to split the 27 countries, to divide them and thatis the 27 countries, to divide them and that is a trap we have to avoid? in a sense, they are worried that the british government will divide and rule? understandably. butl british government will divide and rule? understandably. but i think thatis rule? understandably. but i think that is my there is maybe some drama today at the summit, donald tusk tweeting fairly quickly that the guidelines are adopted and there was fio guidelines are adopted and there was no step aside from any leaders. they all agreed and what we can hear from diplomats so far is that it is going smoothly for now. maybe later...

there is a lot of negotiating ahead and 27 the agree on what he stands should be, but as those negotiations get under way, they might start to fall out with each other a little? among the three points of the guidelines underlined, the rights of the eu citizens, the irish question in the financial settlement, on the first two, there is not going to be much dissent but the financial settlement, every time we talk about money it is a problem! how much does britain paid to leave? it has been estimated at 60 billion euros? what is your thought? will not be haggled? would be less than that? interestingly, there is no official command that has been published. they are just estimating and

everybody comes up with their estimate, they didn't want to confirm that number. that is going to be interesting, to see what kind of assets they put in and out. thank you very much indeed. we can go straight to a news conference as that summit ends. good afternoon. first of all, i want to underline the outstanding unity of the 27 leaders on the guidelines for negotiations with the uk. they were adopted immediately after we started the summit. which bodes well for the negotiations. we have unanimous support from all 27 member states and the eu institutions. giving us a strong political mandate for these negotiations. i would like to thank the whole team who worked hard to

prepare the guidelines,. we are united notjust prepare the guidelines,. we are united not just on the prepare the guidelines,. we are united notjust on the substance but also the method of conducting the brexit talks. i am referring here to the so—called phased approach accepted by the leaders today. this means that before negotiating future relations with the uk, you must first achieve sufficient progress on the rights of citizens, and the border issues in ireland. it is too early to speculate on when this might happen. however, it is important to highlight that it will be for the eu leaders to assess and decide if sufficient progress has been made. and this will be the

unanimous decision of all 27 head. we now focus on unanimous decision of all 27 head. we now focus on our unanimous decision of all 27 head. we now focus on our priority number one. namely, citizens. those rights we want to respect and secure in the first place. today's discussions made clear that when it comes to reaching the decision on citizens rights, not only speed is of the essence. rights, not only speed is of the essence. but, above all, quality. so many people's lives depend on it. we are talking about 4.5 million people, europeans residing within the uk, and british people living on the uk, and british people living on the continent. 0ver the uk, and british people living on the continent. over the past weeks we the continent. over the past weeks we have repeatedly heard from our british friends and also during my visit to london that they are ready to agree on this issue quickly. we have repeatedly heard from our

british friends, also during my visit in london, that they are ready to agree on this issue quickly. but i would like to state very clearly that we need real guarantees for our people to live, work and study in the uk and the same goes for the brits. the commission has prepared a full list of rights and benefits that we want to guarantee for those affected by brexit. in order to achieve sufficient progress, we need achieve sufficient progress, we need a serious british response. i want to assure you that as soon as the uk offers real guarantees for our citizens, we will find a solution rapidly. thank you. the president of the european —— european commission. he speaks in french.

translation: this'll be presented by michel barnier at a press conference at 11 o‘clock on the 3rd of may and cani at 11 o‘clock on the 3rd of may and can i take this opportunity to pay tribute to the excellent work that he is doing along with others. and what i was impressed by today was the unity among the 27. contrary to what we might believe, it is not merely superficial unity, not of a facade, it is the genuine common

ambition which became apparent based on the work we did today, and as the president said, the first thing to do is settle the withdrawal arrangements. the conditions for the divorce, if i can put it like that. those conditions will cover citizen‘s writes. the 4.5 million citizens who live either in the uk 01’ on citizens who live either in the uk or on the continent of europe. this does not simply entail setting that a few principles. it is not a question of problems, it is a question of problems, it is a question of problems, it is a question of putting in place the necessary guarantees which european citizens need to be provided with. citizens who are often very hard hit indeed by the vote on brexit. it often indeed by the vote on brexit. it ofte n ta kes indeed by the vote on brexit. it often takes on tragic dimensions and we often takes on tragic dimensions and we need to be aware of the need to address the problems for the people affected and we also need to check

whether enough progress has been made on all of the aspects covered by the first phase of the negotiations and that is a decision to be taken jointly, negotiations and that is a decision to be takenjointly, based on the proposal from to be takenjointly, based on the proposalfrom us, to be takenjointly, based on the proposal from us, and to be takenjointly, based on the proposalfrom us, and to be taken by the members of the council. you should not believe that since we will be acting openly and transparently, you cannot believe we would conduct parallel negotiations on the conditions for withdrawal and alongside that, negotiations on our future relationship. sufficient todayis future relationship. sufficient today is the work the rough, we have today is the work the rough, we have to address the problems arising from the uk‘s withdrawal. the negotiations proper will begin after the 8th ofjune, after the elections in the uk. the negotiations will be difficult and it will be difficult to retain the unity which we were able to construct today that he will

do our utmost to retain that unity. that unity is important for the european union for the 27th but also it is equally important for the uk. the uk will not be able to conclude an agreement with the 27 if the 27 are not united. we will need to do oui’ are not united. we will need to do our utmost to retain the unity of which we made sure today. and it would be desirable for the uk to get its agreement quickly regarding the financial framework, the uk its agreement quickly regarding the financialframework, the uk is currently blocking her decision and it would be desirable and would facilitate the negotiations if the uk were to be able to withdraw their reservation that it has ended in respect of the mid—term review. in the commission, along with three other problems on the sidelines of the european council, we were able

to note that we concluded an agreement with europol in denmark and those negotiations concluded in and those negotiations concluded in a few months ago. it became apparent that the talks but it possible today, for the danish government to sign the agreement that has been reached. i was equally pleased to note that the efforts which the commission and myself have been making to resolve the bilateral problem between spain and portugal on nuclear waste in spain... a solution has been found to that problem and i am pleased and proud of that. the third point i am pleased with is that the creation and slovenian by ministers and their self border checks —— croatian and slovenian prime minister‘s questions. and here today, we were

able to reach agreement. again, it was the last meeting attended by francois hollande, and i would like to pay tribute to the excellent work that he did. thank you. it will open the floor to questions. we start with the gentleman in middle. chris morris, bbc. there has been a lot of concern about the potential gap in expectations between london and the rest of the eu about how these negotiations are going to proceed. angela merkel spoke about illusions in london this week. can you give any clarity about what the problem is? the size of the financial settlement? the fact that donald tusk suggests you have not had a serious british proposal on the issue of the rights of citizens? and

secondly, was anything in the debate today between the 27 which surprised you? or is your unity so absolute that there were no surprises at all? the only surprising thing was the unusual pace and timing it to decide about our guidelines, after four minutes. we were ready. that is something very promising. i think it is the first time in our history. and we have discussed about serious things. one of the most important european councils in my political life. at the end of the day, it was

much easier to keep all of them united than i expected. today we saw a very strong mandate for the commission and michel barnier. i have no doubt that our unity is also what we need to achieve the final goal, to reach agreement with the uk. if someone expected some divisions amongst the 27th and that would help create something better for them, that is a pure illusion. the only possible way to achieve a final agreement between the 27 and the uk is unity. i have no doubt that this is the first and the most important political condition. you are seeing donald tusk and

jean—claude juncker, the president of the commission. just talking about how quickly they had agreed the eu‘s negotiating strategy on brexit and have unanimous and united they have been. donald tusk, in particular, stressing the need to settle the question of eu nationals living in britain and their rights and benefits, he said that needs to be sorted out quickly and there needs to be a serious british response on that and of course a divorce settlement, the financial settle m e nt divorce settlement, the financial settlement before any talks on trade can get under way. that is the sequence that they have outlined and it has been agreed by the 27 eu leaders. i am joined it has been agreed by the 27 eu leaders. iamjoined by it has been agreed by the 27 eu leaders. i am joined by one of those leaders, the prime minister of luxembourg. thank you for your time. tell us about the summit, very quick? you agreed in one minute?m

took a little bit more than one minute, we had to get into the room and sit down and prepare and we decided quickly. what is the symbolism of that? the 27 eu countries without britain are very united and decisive on how brexit should be negotiated ? united and decisive on how brexit should be negotiated? the text was prepared and accepted this week and we prepared and accepted this week and we didn't have to discuss because we gave out we didn't have to discuss because we gave our green lights about the topic and be just needed to say then. we are united. i realised when i arrived here that journalists do not believe we can be united, sometimes that happens expect it is unusual to have a summit over so quickly with so much agreement. the belgian prime minister said that maybe the british will try to split the 27 nations and that is a trap that has to be avoided? is that the way you see it? i do not know if

this will be the plan of the next british government, to do that. but this is a risk and we all agreed that we want to start to negotiate everybody's single topic because if we everybody's single topic because if we stay together and discuss together and take decisions as 27 we will be much more strong band of 27 single countries want to negotiate with the uk. the british have said they want to simultaneously talk about the future relationship, trade relationship, and at the same time the divorce settlement, how much they have to pay the eu and citizens‘ rights in britain. he has said that cannot happen? why not, side—by—side? said that cannot happen? why not, side-by-side? we first half to do with the past before discussing the future. i have to tell you, i am surprised about this, if trade is 1tioi'e surprised about this, if trade is more important than people, at the moment you have eu citizens living

in the uk and thousands of british citizens living in europe, they want to know how their future will be and their rights and work permits, writes for their children and schools, these are the most important topics to give answers to. we first have to discuss this human question, to give an answer and show that trade and economy is not more important than people and money is also important, the uk government agreed on a lot of things so we now have two see that and these different questions have to be done because afterwards, if you give me that i will give you that, that is not the way. we should speak about the past and say that is done and we will now speak about the future. you mentioned the financial settlement, people have talked about 60 billion eui’os. people have talked about 60 billion euros. is it less than that or more than that? i am not reading coffee. i cannot tell you how much. but we

must say that when we were 28 with mrcameron, we must say that when we were 28 with mr cameron, we agreed on different topics, we cannot afterwards say that if you said yes at that time, for projects will you make promises, you must respect them. some people in britain think that the eu wants to punish them for brexit? any question of that? that would be a very bad thing, my country, we are partners and must continue as partners, even if you are not family members any partners, even if you are not family itieitiijei's any itioi'e, partners, even if you are not family members any more, we are partners, even if you are not family members any more, we are neighbours and we must work together. i have companies who asked about the future of london, the european passport will be difficult, companies who wa nt will be difficult, companies who want to come here and there, it would be hopeful to say to them that the uk government will not cherry pick but we will. we should be fair and not