this is. despite stalled negotiations between britain and the european union commission president says that he's more optimistic a deal will be reached he says europe is willing to give london more. transition out of the european union. and the u.k. do not like the sound of the. turkish media publish new images in the case of the missing solti journalist they say the photos show a man with close. friends entering the soldi consulate in istanbul on the

same day they. disappear. plus as the u.s. gears up for midterm elections next month. the key states where democrats hope to gain ground. and it's for the u.s. house she's a former navy commander she's running for the democrats and so far she's had a strong campaign. it's good to have you with us it is a tone that no one not britain not in the european union is used to hearing e.u. leaders and british prime minister to resign talking about in a positive way concluding a two day summit in brussels both sides say that they are working hard to walk talks which have become stuck on the issue of the irish border. at the end of the

summit leaders emerged wary but optimistic while there was no major breakthrough in briggs and negotiations at least the talks have not yet broken down. german chancellor angela merkel said the situation was a complicated work in progress. i referred to which is squaring the circle meaning as long as we don't have a solution no one can yet explain exactly how i will get there but i found a belief where there is a well there's a way to open weeks in the month of it's the big european commission president joel claude yoko said he thought a deal would be done. we have to concentrate on to focus. on number of. agreements we have to do sit ups a number of agreements to to sweden be seen as a tribute to them. but they know that british prime minister to resume is under huge pressure at home from

a good many part breaks that hardline is reacted angrily when she said she was considering extending the post breaks a transition period. speaking to price after the conference made said an extension would give negotiators more time to find a solution to the sticking point of the irish border. what we have not know is doing we all not standing here proposing an extension to the implementation period what we are doing is working to ensure we have a solution to the backstop issue in northern ireland but the e.u. in the u.k. is still a loggerheads on how exactly they can prevent a hard border between the irish republic and northern ireland with the clock counting down to the date set for break that no one is yet sure how that can be done. is. brussels bureau chief. i asked him how extending the post transition period that will help solve the irish border issue. very good question because of course they're not directly linked they

are indirectly linked because if you have more time to actually negotiate the future trade relations that's what it's all about let's say for example of free trade agreement then maybe that's the think you have to reset may according to the nature of that agreement the whole problem of the hard border between northern ireland and ireland might just go away but no illusions will really only go away if the u.k. are part of a customs union for example or even of the single market in the european union and that is something that the u.k. has more or less ruled out because they don't want to accept to a baby e.u. rule in this case that is something the banks it's years have said so really the present question is not how long the transition period will be but what the withdrawal agreement will look like because if there is no deal deal then it doesn't matter what they agree on for the transition period because there will be

no transition period just to hard drugs what about no deal i mean we've got five months until the u.k. is due to formally leave the european union as it stands right now and as it stands from where you're looking are we more likely to have a break sit crash than a deal. french president mike hall put it pretty interesting that he said it's a mathematical thing with every day that passes we have no deal the likelihood of the hard drugs it increases of course you could also say it's like a pressure cooker and the most difficult topics are discussed at the end really the truth brant is we don't know because it doesn't depend on the you anymore here it's at least not exclusively it depends on what happens back in the u.k. and the political situation for it is recent may has become so difficult she can't really move in either direction so the likely scenario is that at the end she'll come up with what has been negotiated she will put it in front of the u.k.

parliament and say ok vote it down if you want to but you have the responsibility for it and what happens that we don't know if that is very true next off in all the story for us tonight in brussels max thank you. well tonight u.s. president donald trump says he now believes solti journalist. is dead and he promised very severe consequences if it is shown that saudi royals are responsible today turkish newspaper published new images which it says proves that whatever happened to show he was saying right from the very tall in riyadh a pro-government newspaper in turkey says the man circled in these images is the head of a fifteen minute hit squad involved in the alleged killing of santee journalist. the photographs show the mine in istanbul at the saudi consulate the consulate residence and at ataturk airport on the day she disappeared he said to be heard

abdul aziz a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin. earlier this year he was photographed during the crown prince's trip to the united states. was last seen on october second entering the saudi consulate in istanbul turkish officials say they have all the video evidence of his murder. state media has published details of the alleged audio including that the saudi consul mohammed tybee company heard in the recording he left a stumble earlier this week. how shocked she had been living in the united states writing for the washington post he was a public critic of the saudi government. the united states bring in our washington correspondent good evening to you. the

president saying that he thinks that the saudi journalist is dead tell us why don't you say. yeah. the first time that we hear such strong words from the president in eighteen days keep that in mind this is eighteen days. since this whole investigation and the case of john mark karr started now the president speaks out colleagues from the new york times had the chance to talk to the president the oval office for a few minutes and then he reiterated and said that yeah he believes that. he is in fact dead and that all intelligence reports he has been presented. suggesting that very very strongly so and he says that intelligence is coming in from all kinds of sites however later on his way to a montana campaign event the president again asked by reporters what he thinks

about. and what he thinks should be the consequences if indeed high level saudi leaders would be implicated with the nation off. and here i want to read just what the president said quote well it will have to be very severe i mean it's bad bad stuff but. what happens. so the president for the first that. reports. to trust that this. in any way or form that. it's patched what happened to. this will the u.s. perspective that quest what those secrets will be nobody knows all right unfortunately we have some already you problems with this line. we're going to have

to quit a little bit earlier there reporting from washington thank you. well the countdown to one of the most important dates in the american political calendar has begun u.s. midterm elections will take place in less than three weeks and they're already making history for the record number of women running for governor or congress if you take a look at congressional races over recent years you see a steady increase in the number of women running for office with a strong spike between twenty sixteen and twenty eighteen where they kick off the w.'s election coverage we're taking a closer look at for women grabbing the headlines tonight it's democrat elaine lurie and she is a native a navy veteran she's from virginia and this is the first time that she has run for the u.s. house of representatives alexander phenomena went to virginia to meet her. elaine

loria a former u.s. navy commander challenging a republican incumbent in virginia second district in a race that's considered competitive. as children special in norfolk an opportunity for lauria to meet with her constituents. she's been invited by the local chinese community many orchids members are troubled by trunks and tight ration policies are there specific things that you're seeing around you know during a credible climate or not it's a good question for you we have a lot of business owners our church and restaurants working. this is. the question is always an issue. more legal immigration affordable health care climate protection these are the issues elaine loria advocates but most of all and made a surprising plea for a democrat she believes in

a strong and well funded military elaine loria is one of a dozen seen as veterans running for congress after serving her entire career in the navy warship she says public service like military work is about getting a mission not about political affiliations. and the district were signs of military presence on never far away having a military background is likely to resonate honor integrity service to country eleven laureus says she wants her complaint to focus on the positive message in today's current political climate i feel it's more an obligation to not sit on the sidelines to take my experience in the military and also as a small business owner here in the community and as a mother all of those things inform my decisions and also connect me to this community so i felt it was time to to step up and to run so far she's made a remarkable strong showing him the conservative district while her republican opponent also. bad to run polls with the scandal it's campaign is under

investigation for allegedly forging signature was to get a spoiler candidate on the bellows taylor did nice and the wrong doings he's hit back with attack ads that's portraying laurie as a puppet of democratic leaders in washington. and meeting with their lender already and their retirement community the people here are curious to hear what she has to say they fly around and around the screen where you are. but i can find that i'm not anybody. made a comment. and i think she comes across as being just a very honest person and i get so upset with her opponent puts close to not true you know when you get into this you know that everyone's not going to be friendly and you know you're not going to win over every voter and you know that you know it's sort of a contact sport. with ginia is one of the midterms key states where the democrats

have to flip republican leaning districts to take back control of the house of representatives it's a tough mission but even then l'oreal says she wants to fight for every vote until election day. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you european leaders have ended their two day summit in brussels saying they believe that a deal can be reached. is meet in the main sticking point remains the border between northern ireland and the republic of. media have published in new images in the case of the missing journalist they say the photos show a man with. the same day that. disappeared and u.s. president. saying that the evidence and intelligence shows that the journalist is

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