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welcome to the programme. we are live for the next 45 minutes, and you can give me your views at bbc. a new round of peace talks between the united states and the taliban is getting under way in doha today, very first time one of the taliban's co—founders will be taking part in the talks, i a sign that negotiations are at a stage. the united states‘ top representatives on afghanistan tweeted earlier, arrived in de gea to meet with a more authoritative taliban delegation. this could be a significant moment. the talks to end a17 significant moment. the talks to end a 17 year conflict in afghanistan are said to be making progress, despite the afghan government not

being involved. this really underlines the growing significance. it is thought that because he is such an authoritative figure, and because you‘re someone who commands the respect, that his influence could really help accelerate the peace process. the talks are expected to focus on some key issues. ensuring that the country does not become a base for international jihadists country does not become a base for internationaljihadists groups country does not become a base for international jihadists groups in the future. the last time officials met here in january, the future. the last time officials met here injanuary, significant progress had been made. over the past three weeks, both sides have amongst themselves been fleshing out the details of that framework. the

potential timeframe for a troop withdrawal, and how the international community could continue to monitor the activities of al-anda. that is what will be discussed here, but there are still major obstacles to being reached. that means i have been no real official discussion so far of what afghanistan might look like, after any potential peace deal, what role the derby for democracy, women‘s rights for example, and there has no been a word yet as when a ceasefire might be agreed. our pakistan correspondence reporting there from doha. this was the reaction of the afg ha n doha. this was the reaction of the afghan government to him taking part in the talks.

translation: he is a representative from the afghan government there, and will have more on the talks later in the programme. we will be speaking to afghan mp. and now coming to the rest of the day‘s news, with just 32 days until brexit, the dutch prime minister has with just 32 days until brexit — the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, has warned britain — it risks sleep— walking into a situation where it leaves the eu without a deal. he told the bbc this was absolutely unacceptable, urging britain to "wake up and come to a final negotiating position". he was speaking on the sidelines of a joint eu—arab league summit in egypt. britain is due to leave the eu in just over four weeks‘ time. i myself, and also the narrow lens

is one of your best friend that you have in the european union. your best friend has got to be very straightforward, and what you guys are doing, leaving the european union, and this time of insecurity in the world, insecurity and the european union, i think it‘s a wrong decision. given that fact, then having a process, which might lead toa no having a process, which might lead to a no deal, we are now full weeks before the end state, and so they have not agreed a final negotiating decision. —— position. we are now sleepwalking into a major scenario, and it is unacceptable. i think your best friends have got to warn you of that. i am one of the best fans, the netherlands is one of the best friends. have got to be very straightforward. wake up, come to a conclusion and close the deal. joining me now live from sharm el sheikh is ros atkins. as hearing there from rutte, spiky words and a warning to britain. yes,

he is normally quite picky to be in his turn, and that is somebody stronger stuff that we have had from the prime minister. the european union and its leaders are remarkably in line, because this is a message that no—deal is causing more and more concern, we are hearing that from a number of readers here. here is the prime minister of poland with me earlier. more and more, we think so. are you worried? are they worried? yes. but at the same time, for the last 12 months, in poland we are preparing for this scenario, which is a hard brexit. one other detail, when i was speaking to the polish prime minister who met theresa may yesterday, i said, what exactly is he asking for your support on, and he asking for your support on, and he said he still had not been given any particulars on exactly what the uk would like to happen. so whilst theresa may needs to go back to the house of commons with a new version

of its withdrawal deal, if it is to get to use our support, at the moment, the detail, the position that the eu is looking for from the uk still seems to be lacking. we are expecting to hear from theresa may ata expecting to hear from theresa may at a press conference there in sharm el—sheikh any minute now, but the real question is, whether she will ask for some kind of delay. that is really the issue of the moment. yes, one of the interesting things about this trip is we are seeing issues back down our balance too add further, this is very much the issue of the day, when theresa may asked for a delay. people were talking about it here, and just in the last few minutes, we had a significant detail emerged. donald tusk has confirmed that in his discussion with theresa may yesterday, they discussed the idea of a delay, she assured him she did not think it was necessary , assured him she did not think it was necessary, she would still hit the mark the 29th deadline, but donald tusk has confirmed that he considers

this to be a rational option, one that he provides. we also know angela merkel and theresa may discuss this issue briefly, but we don‘t know precisely what decision was taken in that discussion. thank you very much that update from sharm el—sheikh. in the latest development in the us and china trade war, president trump has announced he will delay raising tariffs on chinese goods. a hike from 10 to 25% was due to come into effect on specific issues such as technology transfer, intellectual property protection and agriculture. and on sunday the president tweeted: "assuming both sides make additional progress, we will be planning a summit for president xi and myself, at mar—a—lago, to conclude an agreement. a very good weekend for us & china!" joining my now to discuss more on this isjinny yan, she‘s the chief china economist

at icbc standard. thanks very much forjoining us here on the programme. they are saying things like substantial progress. is this a step in the right direction? certainly a short—term truth really isa certainly a short—term truth really is a good news for not only financial markets, but also consumers, investors. ithink sentiment has been the biggest impact out of the carriage trade talks, and clearly, short term wise, it isa talks, and clearly, short term wise, it is a positive, however, the question now is whether this is staying, as we know that us— china will continue to be at conflict over certain issues. and they sat on issues, and things like intellectual property and technology. i‘m sorry, we are going to have to just hold it there for a second, because we are waiting for this press conference with theresa may and she has just appeared. let us us have a listen in. so that we can deliver prosperity and security for all of our countries. i have had

constructive discussions with the leaders of saudi arabia, kuwait, lebanon and others, on issues such as migration, the crisis in yemen and syria, instability in libya, the evolving threats from... and the middle east peace process. the fortu nes middle east peace process. the fortunes of our regions have long been intertwined, a stable, peaceful arab region matters to europe, and the uk has continued tarmac continues to be committed to continues to be committed to continue working on their space with oui’ continue working on their space with our allies and as we leave the eu. i have also had the opportunity to discuss brexit. i have had good meetings with president pask mac, and the irish leader. there‘s still more to do, and my team will be in brussels tomorrow, working on the legally binding assurances that the uk parliament needs in relation to the backstop, but what i have sensed in all of my conversations with my fellow recent tarmac leaders here, but here in sharm el—sheikh, and the

recent days, if a real determination to find a way through that allows the uk to leave the eu in a smooth and orderly way when a deal. now, i will take questions. robert. iran yourmps, many of will take questions. robert. iran your mp5, many of your ministers, prime minister, your mps, many of your ministers, even your leaders, none of them are convinced that you can geta none of them are convinced that you can get a deal negotiated that will allow us to leave the eu on the 29th of march. why are you so resistant to the idea of delaying the uk's accent. an extension to the two, a delay in this process does not deliver a decision in parliament, it does not deliver a deal. what it does, it is precisely what the delay delay size. —— delay size. any

extension of article 50 is not addressing the issue. we have it within our grasp, as i havejust said, i had a realsense within our grasp, as i havejust said, i had a real sense from the meetings i have had here, conversations i have had with eu leaders in recent days, a real sense that we can achieve that deal, it is within our grasp to leave with a deal on the 29th of march, and that is metal my energies are going to be focused. you've just said it now, as well, it's within our grasp,... i know it's the last thing that you wa nt know it's the last thing that you want to do, but you need to acknowledge that... what we are working for is to deliver what parliaments ask us to do, which was

to address the issue that they had a concern about, in relation to the backstop, we are doing that, we are working with the european union on that, with the commission, and we have had constructive meetings over the last week. my team will be back in brussels tomorrow, continuing this discussion is. as i say, i believe it will be —— is within our grasp to leave on the 29th of march, and that is where all our energies should be focused. any delay is a delay, and does not address the issue or resolve the issue. i think there is the opportunity to leave with a deal on the 29th of march, and that is what we are going to be working on. prime minister, you are going to have this meaningful vote oi'i going to have this meaningful vote on the 12th. but it's not actually be helpful if the keeper lack of an amendment was in place to encourage your colleagues in the er due to vote for your deal on the first, as opposed for risking a vote in favour of extending article 50 on the 13th,

and cani of extending article 50 on the 13th, and can i also ask, whether eu —— leaders need to improve your deal, oi' leaders need to improve your deal, or can leaders need to improve your deal, or can parliament vote for your deal, allowing eu leaders to include it. on the procedural point, it is possible to do it either way. i am working as you note to ensure we have that bed before the 12th of march, which is —— by the 12th of march, which is —— by the 12th of march, which is what i said yesterday, so just to confirm that, it is another meaningful vote by the trap of march. i hope that at that point, you know, mps have said that they want to leave with a deal, and i hope at that point, that vote is the moment when parliament does come together and agrees to deliver the verdict of the british people. that is what this is about. it is about delivering the verdict of the british people. i think at that point, it is important that mps look at the decision that is in front of them, and that decision is whether to deliver on the result of the referendum, and to do that in a smooth and orderly way, to do that

with a deal. jason from the daily mail. we know that some of your ministers want to vote for yvette cooper's amendment on wednesday. where they have to resign to do that, all code, in the extraordinary circumstances we are in, could they somehow remain in government and vote against government policy? first of all, we have not actually need the motion for wednesday yet. we haven‘t had amendments to that notion, we don‘t know what amendments will be selected for debate any debate on wednesday. what i will be doing, it‘s obviously, i am making a statement today has tomorrow to update members of the house of commons as to where we are in the negotiations. and we will be making clear that we have been making clear that we have been making progress, we have had positive and constructive discussions, and as i say, when the next bring the meaningful vote back, i think it is important the people

vote on the question as to whether we wa nt vote on the question as to whether we want to do ever on the result of the referendum, and did that in a smooth and orderly way, leaving, by leaving with a deal. we are ensuring that we are working hard to ensure tarmac to address the concerns that parliament has raised, and we will continue to do that and being a meaningful date back to parliament. barseghyan meaningful date back to parliament. ba rseghyan working hard meaningful date back to parliament. barseghyan working hard to ensure that we address the concerns. side there is quite a simple question here. if your deal is rejected again next month, which would you choose as the next step — leaving the european union without a deal, or delaying the situation. european union without a deal, or delaying the situationlj european union without a deal, or delaying the situation. i am clear that what i am working for is to make sure that we get a deal with the european union that addresses the european union that addresses the concern of parliament so that parliament votes for that deal, and we are able to leave with a deal. i

will take a last question. inaudible i would like to say thank you to president here and the warm hospitality that we have been showing here, but also for hosting what i believe has been a very valuable summit, device and that of its kind and very important. in terms of our relationship, the uk and egypt, we have a strong relationship any number of areas. we are working together on important issues in the region, and we also welcome, we have partnership in areas like health and education, which i know our priorities for the president, so we are invested in

egypt‘s feature, we are committed to working in partnership with the country, and we want the people to flourish. on the issue of lights, british nationals is our top priority, and to understand the importance of the issue that egypt, and we have not yet concluded that it is right to lift the restriction on flights, we continue to keep that under review. that was the prime minister, theresa may, speaking in sharm el—sheikh. let‘s bring in rob watson. rob, what would you say that theresa may said that that was new? nothing. do you know, i have got my note that care, because i was taking notes, and i was thinking i don‘t really need that, because what was really need that, because what was really striking about it, she stuck to her guns, you have got to vote for my deal, i am working to improve it with eu leaders, and when she was repeatedly asked, would you entertain your idea of a delay, what would you do about government ministers that voted in favour of

the delay, that she was, if you forgive the cricketing metaphor, with a straight bat, and it was extra stuff, but to get a bit serious for a second here, i am wondering what the reaction of british criticisms will do when they see that, will they be saying, oh my goodness, when is she going to show a bit of movement? and this idea that she is going to address another delay to the trap of march, whether that will be one delay too many. in 30 days to go. white maxi are saying that the idea of a delay is in our grasp, but essentially, she has been delaying and running the clock time. to be serious, i think we have reached the moment, whether the big question is delay most likely, whether she wants it or not, and i think it depends on whether there is 110w

think it depends on whether there is now a critical mass of politicians, including some inside her own government who will say, we have given her plenty of time, but at this point, we at least need to rule out the idea of britain crashing out, on march the 20 night. now, if we ask, how we reach that point, where all those politicians are thoroughly fed up, but if they keep watching the bbc they will find out. white maxi is that there to ask for more concessions on an existing deal -- she is there to ask for more concessions on an existing deal. my impression would be that they are not going to do it. if they look at britain, did they see a strong united country that knows what it is doing? orone united country that knows what it is doing? or one that is out of chaos. i suggest the latter. it seems the big question is whether there be some on the probe accept right of the conservative party that are actually looking for a ladder, to climb down, thinking, maybe we are not going to get our brexit, and brexit will be delayed. it is worth remembering, to go back to the start

of the show, her tactic remains, let‘s run down the clock, let‘s hope that as time ticked down, mps will think, is either no deal or a major back—seat, maybe we should get go her deal. thank you very much for that latest update. let‘s bring you some other news. leaders from african—american countries that —— they are meeting —— south american countries. they are voting to our meeting in colombia. they are being tried by the venezuelan opposition leader, who has been recognised by many countries as the country‘s interim president, as well as the us... and south korea has said that it is possible that the united states and north korea could agree to an end of the korean war. the north

korean leader is on the way to hanoi by rail. his armoured train left pyongyang rail station on saturday, and will travel across china on a journey that could last more than two days. donald trump will travel to vietnam later on monday. now, let‘s go back to our discussion on us china trade tariffs, as we were interrupted on theresa may‘s statement today. president trump has announced he will delay raising ta riffs announced he will delay raising tariffs on chinese goods. let‘s bring injinny yang back in. both sides are saying, this is substantial progress being made.|j think progress on topics that are quite easy to resolve, things like the trade and a disparity, and china

will buy more goods from the us, where that is easily solvable. our issue of course is a currency issue, keeping it relatively stable. let‘s not get into discussions about whether that is constructive, but sensitive topics, particularly technology transfer, intellectual property, there is a very, very difficult, and that really is to be seen, so that last push for a deal really is to be seen. the americans basically want china to change their practice, in terms of how they deal with american intellectual property and technology. and china has come back to say, yes, we are trying to deal with it, but you need to give us deal with it, but you need to give us time. it is our process of developing, we need to go through the same processes, that the west actually had time to go through, because we are going up the value cloud. however, ithink because we are going up the value cloud. however, i think it is more than that. it is about usa and china as much of a rivalry to many of the

core businesses, technology importantly. core businesses, technology im porta ntly. clearly, core businesses, technology importantly. clearly, what the us 110w importantly. clearly, what the us now has admitted, is that actually, it is also up to us companies to really raise the game, as well. to be able to compete with the likes of china, as well. do you believe that will process down that progress is being made on both sides?|j will process down that progress is being made on both sides? i believe progress is being made in a sense that both sides are very much perched at home in washington, beijing, to come to some sort of conclusion to the negotiations. the dragging on means that it will have an impact on economic and sentiment. i think that is the only, i guess progress being made here, is that there is an agreement on reaching it, but how do we get to that end is still to be questioned. help us understand the impact that all of this has on macro economics on

china? it has really been having a huge impact in terms of sentiment. the confidence to invest, and the confidence to spend. that together has really coupled and really coincided with china‘s economic slowdown which has been happening anyway, despite being irrelevant of the trade negotiations. trade volumes itself hasn‘t really been significantly impacted, and some would argue some of that has been front—loaded to the end of last year, for example, in light of expectations that there is, in negotiation will continue. so, i think the true implication really has been on confidence and sentiment. jinny yang, will have to leave it there, and will be watching very closely how this progresses. coming up in the next few years tarmac minutes, fears that the trap administration might suffer down like sacrifice issues such as women‘s rights, for the sake of reaching an agreement with the taliban. you can get in touch with

me on twitter. don‘t go anywhere. hello, the exceptionally mild weather continues, for the start of the week at least. we are already seeing some timber temperature records for february being. we are still firmly in that matter, and as you can see, the orange and yellow colours spreading across the uk. this morning started off quite cold and frosty, with the mist and fog as well first thing. this photo sent in earlier, but sunshine definitely the order of the day. this photo sent in earlier by a weather watcher in dorset. temperature is widely any mid—teens, but some spots getting into the high teens. as we go through this evening and overnight, we will see some temperatures drop away fairly quickly and there is

clear skies, a little bit more in the way of cloud moving towards the far north—west of scotland, which will hold the temperatures up acting like a blanket. temperatures falling away elsewhere, a touch of frost the central and southern wares, and might one or two patches of mist and fog. here‘s how the pressure chart looks, as we move towards tuesday. there is where the fun just having pushed into the north—west of scotland. will bring a bit more in the way of cloud, but it could be just thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle later. we are looking at another fine day, with of drizzle later. we are looking at anotherfine day, with plenty of drizzle later. we are looking at another fine day, with plenty of sunshine, any mist and fog password left quite quickly, and temperatures we re left quite quickly, and temperatures were discovered, as well. temperatures reaching the mid—teens quite widely, but lately, we could see 17, 18, 19 celsius. as we move into wednesday, mist and fog again a problem first thing. mist and fog probably downside on tuesday, some of its lingering through the day, that will hold the temperatures back, but when you do see some time, temperatures vary miles. as we move

towards their stay, we start to see a shift, this feature down towards the saddle thinks showery outbreaks of rain. thursday is generally looking like a cloudy day, and temperatures of their above average for the time of year, down on what we we re for the time of year, down on what we were looking at at the start of the week, more like 11—13dc. it stays unsettled towards the end of the week, with further rain to come. this week is not looking too bad, we will see some warm sunshine to begin with, some frosty nights and foggy mornings before it turns cooler and more unsettled towards the end of the week. goodbye.