donald tusk map with the irish prime minister for donald tusk map with the irish prime ministerfor abouthe irish prime minister for about in our earlier. there was strong unity on the face of it from the two of them. donald tusk said that on the irish border, the big issue here being that no side once any new controls in the irish border but there was a difference of opinion over a high that could be achieved, donald tusk said if the uk offer on the border was unacceptable for ireland it would also be unacceptable for the eu, he even went as far to say that the key to the uk's future in some ways lies in dublin as long as the negotiations continue. leo varadkar could not have had a stronger endorsement from donald tusk here today. one setting out the possession of the irish government, they think the best way to avoid the ha rd they think the best way to avoid the hard border on the island is for the uk to spend the customs union, but he has acknowledged that the uk has indicated they will not do that, but in the absence of that the uk had to come forward with some other kind of workable

donald tusk said that if the uk...is that both sides do not want more controls on the irish border. there is a big if as an opinion over how that can be achieved. donald tusk said if the uk offer on the border was unacceptable for ireland, it would also be unacceptable for the eu. even also be unacceptable for the eu. eve n we nt also be unacceptable for the eu. even went as far as to say that the key to the uk's future lies it, in some way is, in dublin, as long as brexit talks continue. ireland enjoys singing off the same hymn sheet as them when it comes to these talks. the irish prime minister could not have had a stronger endorsement of that by donald tusk. leo varadkar setting out the position that they think the best way to avoid a hard border in ireland would be for the uk to stain the customs union. he acknowledged the customs union. he acknowledged the uk indicated it would not do that. he said in the absence of the uk staying in the customs union, the uk staying in the customs union, the uk had to come forwar

talks about talks beginning on monday, according to donald tusk of .t—minute bill to stop the government running out of money — but only for two weeks. now president trump and the house have until december 22nd to thrash out long term deal on spending. it‘s all about what‘s known as the ‘debt ceiling‘ —the country‘s borrowing limit set by congress. mike jacob and joined us. we seem to reach this point any soap —— every so often, is it different this time? it was only three months ago we last talked about this when trump struck a deal with democrat leadership rather than republicans and upset his party significantly. i‘m really sorry to interrupt... we need to cross live to michel barnier who is speaking. let‘s listen to him now. and also the tax payers. we need to be accountable at every stage of the negotiations. now if the european council agrees, and following the european parliament‘s resolution next week, the document could be the basis for the withdrawal agreement. let me be clear. there will still work to be done. there are a range of issues, su

that is from donald tusk.n brussels. that tweet is interesting. it appears they're giving personal credibility to theresa may from what has happened. theresa may from what has happened. there was speculation she would be bruised and undermined by what happened in the commons. they are perfectly aware of the difficult mathematics back home in the house of commons and the difficult time she will have bringing leave and remain supporters together. they think she was instrumental in getting the deal along the line. have helped along the way as well which tells us that you do want a deal. there were concessions made on the eu said. concessions also on the uk said. a lot of credit going to theresa may and she got a round of polite applause in the room last night. we can now speak to maria demertzis is deputy director at the brussels—based economics think—thank bruegel. good to see you. they have got past rubber—stamping the agreement right at the beginning of the two—hour meeting and now they move on to the next pa

the prime minister has to have a meeting with president donald tusk so we a meeting with president donaldrtunately have come to the end and will not take questions. it seemed that a deal was likely earlier in the day — but the democratic unionists party objected to any suggestion that northern ireland could be treated differently to the rest of the uk. this is all before we have got one scrap of concession from the eu on a free trade negotiation. it's mad. i don't think the focus needs to be on us. don't think the focus needs to be on us. the prime minister will have to look at her own party and many within her own party who could not be happy with this. and also within the implications. we are proud she has said she is a unionist and she wishes to stand up for the union, well this is one of the tests. we'll pa rt well this is one of the tests. we'll part of the united kingdom be treated differently just part of the united kingdom be treated differentlyjust because brussels bureaucrats demand it to be in the case and the cynical abuse of northern ireland —— or because of this cynical abus

the council president donald tusk warns them to prepare for a bruising battle. plus -- ♪ brent: britain hold a memorial service at st. paul's cathedral for the victims of one of the worst peacetime tragedies. at least 70 people were killed in the grenfell tire -- tower fire six months ago. ending net neutrality in the united states, internet providers will now be able to throttle speeds to individual websites. critics say it is a death sentence for a free and open internet. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us. we begin with a fatal accident in the south of france where a train has collided with a school bus. the interior ministry said for teenagers were killed after the train hit the bus, splitting it in two. the village occurred in the village of millas, west of perpignan on. the french prime minister is now at the crash site. we want to go to correspondent elizabeth. she joins us from paris. what are the latest numbers of casualties? do we know? reporter: we still no four fatalities, four teenagers, and two dozen adolescents injured and has

donald tusk says that will not happen.ending, before every summit, is really ochres minds on how little time there is for phase two of the brexit negotiations to be completed. —— what donald tusk, president of the european council, is trying to do. this is not just european council, is trying to do. this is notjust about trade but geraghty, defence, foreign policy, allsorts of things, the strategy of the eu at the moment, what they really really want is for the british government to have a discussion around the cabinet table about what they want that relationship to look like. the way it was put to me by one eu official, very ha rd it was put to me by one eu official, very hard for the eu to come up with a future partnership agreement based only on the negatives that the uk has talked about so far, not being a member of the single market, not being a member of the customs union, not having the jurisdiction of the european court of justice not having the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice in any meaningful way aft

donald tusk a very influential figure brexit process.the brexit process. the guidance we are having is that it is probably going to be quite significant. that is because of the circumstances of the announcement and the statement itself. we will find out in the morning what it is. a statement of some importance from donald trump —— donald tusk. a senior counter terrorism officer has been fined £3,500, afterfailing to safeguard information under the official secrets act. assistant chief constable marcus beale from west midlands police admitted leaving the confidential documents in a carforfour orfive days before they were stolen in may. with me now isjon donnison. tell us more about this case? marcus beale was head of the west midlands counter—terrorism unit, one of the busiest in the country. a pretty seniorfigure. we heard today that he was in possession of two key documents, one classified as top secret, one is secret. he had these documents in what was called a secure case in the boot of his car. but he didn‘t get them out for five day

donald tusk is saying he is encouraged by progress. bill is getting closer. buggy issue of the irish border is creating difficulties for the dup love always said they do not want no border deal between alan dunne northern ireland effectively create a single irish entity when it comes to trade and other issues. we have heard from other issues. we have heard from other dup politicians, including lord trimble, who has said he is scratching his head and he doesn't see how these negotiations can continue on that basis. theresa may is in brussels. there is talk of a breakthrough. christian fraser is there for us now. we have seen arlene foster very unhappy at what is being discussed. and yet there they must be very happy there is a sign ofa they must be very happy there is a sign of a breakthrough? certainly, the optimism we have heard from the european side would suggest that they are satisfied with the wording in the document, but as you say, not to the satisfaction of the dup. some of this language sounds arcane, boring and technical, but

we have seen a very concerned donald t tusk arrive at the e eu when itlling for unity comes to brexitnd also setting the clock is ticking and next year will be a furious race against the time. genie: this two-day summit isn't jujust about rights it. the topic of migration is going to keep eu leaders busy today. >> absolutely. leaders also want to show ththere's a number of topics on their agenda from the eurozone to defefense to migration that e occupying theieir t time. we have discussed it many times when eu leaders get together and very seldom have they come up with solutions and tonight we are hearing there will be a very wheredifficult discussion no actual written conclusions will even be put to paper because according to diplomats here it is just too difficult topic. distributing migrants and refugees fairly among the member states was not going down well with donald tusk writing a letter saying in his opinion they are hhlhly inefctivive. of hungary, backiking slovakia, poland and the czech republic on that point. they just came out of a meeting with the italian prime minister w

donald tusk saying this is why i like mondays had a great call with the taoiseach. now it is a grid monday for the negotiations. the mirror touches on jeremy corbyn, highlighting the grubby dup deal, and the dup threatening to throw their toys out of the pram essentially. they pointed out that the text on offer would have potentially put the union at risk. tory backbenchers rallied behind the dup and the prime minister has taken flight and realised she needs more time to square with the dup. i'm surprised she didn't check with them first. this is why the daily mirror is making hay with them being "duped" because the dup have struck again. pat, your paper the irish times is focusing on this story. blows to hopes for brexit deal as tory backbenchers support the dup. tell us backbenchers support the dup. tell usa backbenchers support the dup. tell us a bit more about the take from your paper on the extraordinary events that unfolded during the day. unfortunately we missed that important story about meghan markle's dad but we are pretty much up markle's dad but we are p

mae blunted by donald tusk warning on tough choices ahead. are we saying this was quite a...akthrough. the next it will be terribly difficult. that is the editorial inside our paper tomorrow, says exactly that, it's been a tough battle to get here and theresa may has done very well. also to bring her party with her on this journey because she's had this coalition of brexit is and remainers who have different views on whether country should head. everybody today was giving this is the nod, saying this isa giving this is the nod, saying this is a good deal. the tough stuff comes on the trade negotiations because a lot of brexit supporters have been holding fire because they really wa nt have been holding fire because they really want that final clean break in 2021, 2022. willing to accept handing over money, free movement of people, some ecajurisdiction. they will want a clean, final break. making that work is going to be tough. this is what donald tusk said today, the divorce is done. it's ha rd today, the divorce is done. it's hard to divorce something, but even harder to bui

the crucial eu summit later in december, on the 14th and 15th, and the deadline set tomorrow by donald tuskfocusing minds of course. he says ireland is asking questions that need credible answers before any brexit negotiations can move on, and donald tusk said of course if the uk offer on the border is not acceptable to ireland it will not be to the eu. at that special cabinet meeting tomorrow morning in dublin simon coveney and the taoiseach leo varadkar depending the results of any negotiations over the border, but that has drawn some criticism from politicians in northern ireland, hasn't it? it has indeed. the former prime minister tony blair is one of the architects of the good friday agreement, which reaches its 20th birthday next year, and he said that agreement is now at risk. he said the uk and irish membership of the eu was central to it, as was the concept of free movement. now, a hard border, he said, would create tensions on the island, but ian paisley of the dup who of course are the tories‘ partners in government, he said that is simply a rekindling of project fear. the headli

and the prime minister has gone into a meeting this evening with donald tusk, unique eu council timecuments together, to put a brief together for the 27 eu leaders then we move onto the 14th of december and we will see if we get an they have time to put their documents together, to put a brief together for the 27 eu leaders and then we move on to the 14th of december and we will see if we getan 14th of december and we will see if we get an agreement many thanks to the latest in brussels. christian fraser with adam fleming. let's recap for a moment, because lots of happened in the last girls. that intervention from claiming they done on any kind of agreement which in rest of the causes a separation in regulations between northern ireland and the rest of the notjust that factor that was a very clear message from arlene foster. but as adam said, is notjust that factor today. and laura kuenssberg and laura it's also to do with saying it's also to do with the crucial an issue which remains to be citizens rights, which doesn't been sorted out any still an issue which remains to implementat

european council president donald tusk previously warned that today is the absolute deadline for progress in order to move forward with trade negotiations. the u.k. is scheduled to leave the block in march 2019, that negotiations have yet to reach a breakthrough. our reporterore, is in brussels. how likely is it that they will reach a deal today? well, it is very hard to tell. it always is when deadlines like this are put on the table. there is very much a sense of nervousness in the air in brussels, among the press, among interest groups, and among members of the european parliament. jean-claude juncker and michelle garnier, the chief negotiator, -- thet with the tax -- task force. they said there was no deal yet, but a 50% chance of reaching a deal. the finance essentials have been agreed on. he said on citizens rights, still a bit of fine tuning to be done. he said when it came to the northern ireland issue, that was over to the government in dublin. all eyes on the ongoing talks that have been ongoing for the last couple of days between dublin, london, and brussels on the crucial iris

donald tusk cancelling meetings in the middle east. to get today and how will it affect the next two weeks? what they need to get is a signal and hopefully a joint statement from both sides saying, yes, we are broadly in the right place to move forward and we will be able to recommend to the summit, from the eu side to the other 27 leaders, that we move forward. remember, it is their decision, not the commission's decision but they will probably go along with whatever the commission says. the parliament is very important because at the end of the day, the parliament has to approve whatever deal is done with the uk. you ignore them at their peril and they have been talking very tough, so they have been talking very tough, so before and after this meeting, consultations with the parliament, consultations with the parliament, consultations with the parliament, consultations with other member states, so that what comes out of here is then translated in theory into that deal at the december summit. it is interesting how theresa may is selli

the european council president, donald tusk, tweeting his congratulations to the u.k. prime minister, theresa may. he had been in a meeting with the other 27 heads of state of the e.u. member states, where they did give the green light to phase two going ahead. not really a surprise that this happened. we have had an interim deal brought up between the u.k. and he e.u. figures just one week ago. i am sure our viewers remember that predawn kerfuffle with lots of press conferences from important people saying, i think we have got sufficient progress on some very key issues that have been holding things up. remind our viewers, phase two going ahead as of today, that this is about two months behind schedule. the key sticking points were what seems to happen to the 5 million e.u. citizens in the u.k., and vice versa. what are their rights going to be? what is going to happen on the irish border? will a hard border be there? weatherby no border? and how much is the u.k. going to pay to leave the european union? there are not fixed details at this point. it seems the rest of

. >> it was an indication of how important this meeting was, that donald tusk stopped on the way back the irish prime minister saying that while the british government made good progress on two of the three key issues, that on the key issue for the irish government that is the border with northern ireland, they still have concerns that they don't want the progress made since the good friday agreement 20 years ago that ended the violence in the north of ireland they don't want the progress, the economic progress from then rolled back. >> the united kingdom is our friend and neighbor. we want to work with the united kingdom now. similarly we want to see relations on this island continue to develop peacefully and respectfully. i know the prime minister may shares that commitment. the approach and the negotiations must take count of the complexities presented by their decision to leave the union. i want to make progress. but i also need to be clear, the eu 27 can declare sufficient progress without firm and acceptable commitments on the border. and that's a position that is shared across

they need the wording ahead of the summit on the 14th and 15th and the deadline set tomorrow by donald tuskg that. he says ireland is asking questions that need credible answers before any brexit negotiations can move on and donald tusk said of course if the uk offer on the border is not acceptable to ireland it will not be to the eu. at that special cabinet meeting tomorrow morning in dublin simon coveney and the shock will brief their cabinet members. we know that the former prime minister tony blair has warned about the effect on the peace process but that has drawn some criticism from politicians in northern ireland, hasn't it? . yes, tony blair is one of the architects of the good friday agreement, and he said that agreement is now at risk. he said the uk and irish membership of the eu was central to it, as was the concept of free movement. now, hard border, he said, would create tensions on the island but ian paisley of the dup who are of course the tory party's partners in government, he said that is simply a rekindling of project there. louise, thank you very much for that, louise c

donald tusk tweeted today that he sent congratulations to the british prime minister.you very much. it is time to look at the weather forecast. these wildfires in california are an immense issue for the authorities. and the weather is not helping them. no, not at all. the biggest fire is the thomas fire, the fifth largest in history. it has already burned something like 240 acres of land will stop the weather has not helped at all. the big problem is the santa ana winds that you get. this is normally the wettest time of the year across california. there has been no rain. they are very gusty winds that come down from the high ground, from the interior, very dry, low humidity. you have very dry vegetation and this makes the fires worse and worse. if you were to look at santa barbara forecast on the bbc weather website, there is no rain for the next ten days. we have this persistent area of high pressure. area...a persistent area of high pressure. area a chance ofa persistent area of high pressure. area a chance of a little bit of erow over area a chance of a little bit o

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donald tusk to be talking before the markets open at 6.50am.deal. we have agreed £50 billion and the residence rights for the i nationals and now the irish problem but they seem to have gotte n the irish problem but they seem to have gotten somewhere with. the key words are what you pointed out "barring" that is the caveat. as we don't know. we know they are work through the night. the times, the financial times head lines uses three fs financial times head lines uses three f5 in the first two paragraphs, frantic, frenetic, that theresa may is being forced into talks and she may or may not be going to brussels tomorrow. so it is frantic and frenetic but... that is the difference between the telegraph but everything is calm with the ft. brussels is having its arm twisted but dealing with the dup. there was a source who told the sun that they will not blink

we have had talks going through the night, but we also knew yesterday that donald tusk, the presidente european council, would also have something to say. interesting choreography. what was interesting was that they had until tonight to finalise and then he had extended to yesterday. michel barnier, mr brexit for the commission. he had extended until sunday. it made me think it would be further away. but we need to come to a conclusion, we need to have this resolved. for our economy in britain these trade talks are absolutely crucial. and business does not have much time to wait. do they keep people in operations here oi’ they keep people in operations here or do they relocate them? it tells you something. this is about sufficient progress in order to start trade negotiations. heaven knows how conflict and bitter they might become over the months ahead. 0h might become over the months ahead. oh yes. talking about bitterness. we focus on the arab news and the jerusalem post, we will get both sides of this issue. donald trump, of course, recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel. t

donald tusk really represented what i call the poorer countries, like poland, hungary and czechoslovakias decisive and ineffective. 0ther believes it is decisive and ineffective. other people have thrown their hands up in horror. he is right because what he is saying is right because what he is saying is to wake up and smell the coffee. he isn't racist or anti—immigration, he is just saying the system is wrong. i'm almost going to skip nafta. the only thing i would like to say on this, obesity is up from 6% to 20%. that is bad. that's your mcdonald's and coca—cola. 6% to 20%. that is bad. that's your mcdonald's and coca-cola. you can't blame everything on anyone in particular. that's quickly get to what has been our conversation for the day, which is giving your youngsters alcohol as a way of teasing them into it and making them responsible. it doesn't work, is the message we have been told. we've had a couple of tweets. there's one from someone in america who alcohol is the worst gateway in every culture but it is idolised in america and used as a centrepiece for every occasion. i think

for a showdown over the issue of migration in the run up to the meeting a you council president donald tusk a call for the quota system about refugees are supposed to be distributed across the block to be scrapped describing it by safe and effective germany's chancellor angela merkel said countries could not show selective solidarity another difficult topic on the agenda today so much will be. well d.w. correspondent masses is. welcome again ok so leaders still trying to find common ground on the migration issue can we expect anything concrete to come out of this. no council conclusion foreseen on the debate of migration of fill so it will be in much of a fin formal debate over the route that has been going on for two years now their spin some concrete announcements however the number of eastern european countries former communist countries who are very much opposed to taking in refugees have announced that they would like to donate twelve thirty five million euros into an african e.u. fund that helps that aims to curb migration already in africa and that has been welcomed by a number of le

summit many see him as a divider rather than a unifier that's because european council president donald tusk wants to get rid of mandatory refugee court says his suggestion that e.u. countries be allowed to voluntarily set their own refugee card says faces strong criticism. i don't believe in selective solidarity among european member states and the countries certainly on the e.u. border have a great responsibility and that's why we also need e.u. wide solutions. yes to solidarity no to quotas that's the message from some eastern european countries they were draw the pay to protect their border as thirty five million euros that solidarity according to hungary and prime minister. we we should go out for countries are ready to contribute. considerable sum of money to help to defend the border of the outside world of european union and to contribute to the actions of european union initiated into territory of libya countries like austria say buying their way out of the some e.u. resolutions shouldn't be tolerated in these days and it's unacceptable of that someone bows out when they disagree wi

right and you could sensible despair with donald tusk although he's always very somber but in this case it's just it's taken so long to achieve fairly little and you can see the trouble in the go sheeting between the u.k. and the european union everybody's running out of time they have less than a year to conclude at least a transitional agreement so what don't try to do right there is to support the reason may because it's the best shot that the you has of actually reaching an agreement but they all know that she's very very weak at home no they're not on the same page with in her party that i mentioned the deal you pirelli or they have a totally different agenda so to see what they actually have to achieve in the next months and the situation in the u.k. that's probably why i don't refer to so the next phase of talks is likely to be even more difficult are going to be talking crusade what do we expect them max. you know let me just give you a couple of examples we just got in the message that the free trade agreement with mean japan and the european union seems to be ready to conclude

the european council president, donald tusk, has warned theresa may that the eu will not begin discussinge brexit talks until ireland is happy with the uk's offer on the future of the irish border. it comes as the head of the world trade organization has told the bbc that the uk faces a very bumpy and long road to secure a trade deal. our economics editor kamal ahmed reports. on the banks of lake geneva, the organisation that holds the rule book for trade around the world and is helping both sides, britain and the eu, as they tread their way gingerly towards separation. the man in charge told me that a hard, disruptive brexit would carry costs. i don't think this is going to be an easy negotiation, to be frank with you. i think it's going to be very tough because of the number of elements and variables involved in this conversation. trade negotiations are extremely complex. they are very sensitive politically. people have talked about what has been described as a hard brexit. would that be a disaster for the british and european union economies? clearly, this is not going to be a situatio

council president donald tusk says bragg the talks have made enough progress to move to the second phase of negotiations that you sides will now focus on their future relationship and the issue of trade but even leaders are already warning the next phase is likely to be even tougher than the first. this is what relief looks like on the faces of european council president and commission presidential include the european union gives britain the go ahead for phase two of the brics in negotiations but it also warns that it will be difficult. for sure the. second phase should be. challenging the first phase without the british premier present the other member states signed off on the european commission's recommendation that london had given enough guarantees on the most important divorce issues germany's angela merkel and french president in monterrey mark hall in a joint press conference emphasized the importance of putting on a united front lines that might see what we can only do well in these negotiations and build a strong relationship with great britain if we stand together as twenty s

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donald tusk says these talks now go forward. that‘s the key thing.asn‘t yet set out clearly to them precisely what it is that they actually want from these negotiations. in other words, what a wa nt negotiations. in other words, what a want the future relationship to look like between the uk and the european union. the british government has long said that in the first phase of the talks it was all about unpacking the talks it was all about unpacking the current relationship. we couldn‘t —— there couldn‘t be that much discussion about how it would look overall, because they had to talk about trade, which plays into how borders look like and has massive consequences on how the relationship will pan out in the medium and long—term. but the essence of what we heard there is what we were talking about a couple of minutes ago, before he started speaking, which is that it‘s a big moment and one that will be celebrated by cabinet ministers, who have been tweeting their congratulations to the prime minister. but after christmas and the new year, the sticky n

it has been postponed and the reason for that seems to be that the head of the european council donald tusk hasn't been able to step forward and that means they are still talking about the key sticking points in this whole process to move forward to face number two well let's let's start with this potential agreement on an island to go to mass in london burkett threesome a parliamentary majority depends on support from northern ireland's d u p they have said they will not back any deal that treats northern ireland differently to the rest of the u.k. so this is going to be a tough sell. this is not going to be easy because you have to remember the did the u.p. the union is they want to stay close to the u.k. for them this is the border that matters they don't want any hard border between arlen northern ireland and the u.k. they also want to have the good friday agreement they want to have that continued but for them it's really most important that they want to stay close to the u.k. and they have come forward and they have been very very skeptical of of this deal it's not as gags had been co

there'll be a statement from donald tusk in the morning as well. but nothing confirmed. we are live here in the bbc newsroom. violence has erupted as palestinians protest president trump is my decision to recognise jerusalem as israel pulls back at that. these are some of the main stories from bbc world service. democrats have voted overwhelmingly in holding talks with angela merkel‘s conservatives. that makes the possibility of a grand coalition between the two biggest parties more likely. that is on bbc world service radio. bbc hindi is senate people in nepal are voting in parliamentary elections. tanner has been substantial. —— turnout has been substantial. —— turnout has been substantial. this painting believed to be by leonardo da vinci is heading to the louvre in abu dhabi. reports say it was purchased by a saudi prince. china had some grand plans for getting people to use gas rather than cold to heat their homes. the aim of this was to improve air quality. these plans are being abandoned in some places. the ministry for the environment says

how they are moving slowly, surely, carefully but crucially confidently and interestingly talk of donald tuskg tomorrow morning has put a shot in the arm because they say they like positive momentum. i dare say it will be on our programme tomorrow evening but stay there because you are helping with the next item well. gavin williamson is not the best known cabinet minster — he only moved into hisjob as defence secretary five weeks ago. here he is — a remainer, the most striking thing about his appointment was just how unpopular it appeared to be among many of his colleagues, who felt he was promoted too far too young. so he has a lot to prove. and it's thus, perhaps, no surprise he's been trying to prove himself. this week, he vowed to save two heroic army dogs from being put down. and today, he was in the daily mail, pledging to be tough on british jihadists returning from fighting with so—called islamic state. he implied that britain would search out and kill the fighters. populist stuff. but what did he mean? often there's less to these kinds of pronouncements than meets the eye. did he me

summit in brussels has brought the breakthrough britain has been waiting for you council president donald tusk says leaders have agreed that sufficient progress has now been made to allow him to go see actions to move to the second phase of talks about britain's departure from the bloc it's a big boost for british prime minister to reason may even received a round of applause last night's country is due to leave the e.u. in march two thousand and ninety so a big win on this phase of bracks said let's hear from the german chancellor angela merkel and some still stunned in the end we talked about the question of britain leaving the european union we've made quite significant progress case to pay now begin but we realised that obviously this phase of negotiation is going to be even harder. to brussels where we join w.'s correspondent at charlotte chelsea pill welcome charlotte so a big win on this phase of brecht's it explain to us what's been agreed. that's quite right it's very rare in this process in this break that presence that we get some good news but yes indeed finally we have it and we'v

donald tusk saying this is why i like mondays had a great call with the taoiseach.their toys out of the pram essentially. they pointed out that the text on offer would have potentially put the union at risk. tory backbenchers rallied behind the dup and the prime minister has taken flight and

donald tusk the european council president hinted today that trade talks, which the prime minister and is a formal rubber—stamping of agreement phase one being dealt with and moving on to face two, it was a formality after the agreement last week. a lot of excitement around that. it took the tension out of the summit in the last couple of days. maybe start to look forward to phase two. the negotiating document the european commission put out today stressed that trade talks formally wouldn't start until march, which is three months away when you consider we have to be out by march 200019. the clock really is ticking. i think it caused a fair bit of nervousness in whitehall. but they've been having a nod and wink that informal trade talks can begin. which should hopefully pave the way for some kind of deal. theresa may wants a trade deal to be done by the time we leave in18 deal to be done by the time we leave in 18 months' time, 15 months' time. the eu has said, it's something you can finalise after you've left. so there is this is still a big gap between getting to this stage, it's bee

the one thing michel barnier, jean—claude juncker, donald tusk, all of them have been frustrated thatorward with actually what we think the endgame is. theresa may has a brexit walk cabinet coming up to thrash it out but it is quite important now that when we go back to europe, we have a clear idea of how we see our relationship after brexit which we haven't got. the sunday express is quite a leash. they have them over of durrell. —— bullish. quite a leash. they have them over of durrell. -- bullish. this is what the eurosceptics are clinging onto. —— barrel. the eurosceptics are clinging onto. — — barrel. that the eurosceptics are clinging onto. —— barrel. that we did show signs to collaborate after the collapse of the tu p. that is to be welcomed if you to anything in an negotiation. -- dup. you to anything in an negotiation. —— dup. they seem to think that just because we have got to this stage then we can turn around to the eu in six months or 18 months' time and say actually we won't pay you. this is already cementing, as if it needs any more cement, the hard lines between the br

reason i think it's a story, they are cranking up this anti—british feeling going into the talks and donald tuskys he is brussels chief, he has a longer title vow that, he is actually saying the irish have the vetoes if they don't like whatever they are doing coming out, they have a veto. the rest can do what they are saying. that is i story because every week we find a way for the p3 p3 cy wanting... eu -- eu —— papers there are 27 eu states and they each have a red line. they will go back to their countries and sell whatever it is to the electorate. rob nolan that'll be work visas and migration, france will be something like trade tariffs oi'i will be something like trade tariffs on agriculture and possibly financial regulations, paris and germany. they want to take status of london as a financial centres. all will have demand. this is ireland's demand. the differences we get emotional and nostalgic unpatriotic? and unpatriotic? britain daring wanting to come out oi’ britain daring wanting to come out or the britain daring wanting to come out orthe uk, bit britain daring wanting to come out or

the european council president donald tusk says the eu won't accept the uk brexit offer if ireland disagreesthe first secretary of state damian green denies new allegations that he watched pornography on his house of commons computer. now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30pm tonight. on fa cup sports day we will be coming from mill farm stadium this evening home of afc fylde who prepare to face wigan in the fa cup. the first of 20 ties across the weekend. the big news is the world cup draw in moscow ahead of the tournament in russia next year. and england, my word, they could have had a much tougher group. gee, facing belgium, panama and tunisia. overreaction and live to our correspondent in moscow after 6:30pm. we are also looking ahead to the rugby league world cup final, england facing australia. also in adelaide, england's cricketers preparing for the start of the second ashes test beginning overnight. that is coming up with me at 6:30pm. but now it is time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is

we have been told ducks donald tusk has cancelled an important overseas visit.g to have in time for the meeting was an agreed form of words, a draft agreement they could look at it. negotiations haven't reached that phase, they are being held up over this issue of the border between northern ireland and the irish republic, the irish government are pushing for a written assurance come what may no matter how the brexit negotiations turn out, there are not going to be any new controls on that border, so diplomats have been knocking around ideas, they have been exchanging words over the weekend, there has been intense work, long hours put m, been intense work, long hours put in, there has been progress still at no agreement on the form of words that would satisfy the government the time is right to move on. are we expecting that, are we expecting that agreement today? we had the political editor of the irish independent on earlier who said seenier sources that was leungly, we are not viewing it as a drop alan dedicoat line. —— drop dead deadline. dedicoat line. -- d

. >> a few minutes late e the european council president, donald tusk, warned the break through was only a step in the long negotiating process >> being satisfied with today's agreement, which is obviously the personal success of prime minister theresa may, let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead we all know that breaking up is hard but breaking up and building a new relation is much harder. since the brexit referendum, a year and a half has passed so much time has been devoted to the easier part of the task. and now to negotiate a transition arrangement and the framework for our future relationship, we have less than a year >> we heard from dublin where the prime minister said the focus now turns to the next stage of brexit talks. >> i'm satisfied sufficient progress has been made on the irish issues the parameters have been set and they're good now we can move on to work out the detail of what has been agreed to talk about the transition phase, free trade, and the new relationship between the eu and the uk. this is not the end. it is the end of the beginning we

you have donald tusk and jean-claude juncker on opposite sides of how you deal with them.youuota system use? they will try to find a solution by june. another six months. nejra: thank you so much to bloomberg's anna edwards in brussels. let's bring in our guest, and joining us with more. bank of america merrill lynch u.k. chief economist. he also served as head of the u.k. team at the boe. he said that although progress in brexit is necessary, it is not enough for a bounce. great to see you. the bank of england at a meeting showed a little bit more optimism around brexit. you are not as optimistic? robert: i am in a similar place. they said it should support consumer confidence, and i think that is probably the right way of putting it. had we not had sufficient progress this month, and the u.k. had been looking into heading into next year, without transition talks starting, maybe waiting another three months until they start, and then trade talks, which look like they might start in april, or july and august -- i think that would have been a serious downside risk for the u

let's listen to donald tusk. >> my proposal is the following. we should start negotiating the transition period. businesses have clarity about the situation. as you know, the u.k. has asked for a transition of two years while the remaining part of the single market and customs union. will be ready to discuss this, but naturally, we have our conditions. u.k. u.k.that the will respect the whole of eu. it will respect budgetary commitments. it will respect judicial allsight and of course, regulatory obligations. clearly, within the transition u.k.'sfollowing the withdrawal, eu decision-making could continue among the 27 member states without the u.k.. to of what i have said seems be the only reasonable solution and it is in the interest of all of our citizens that it is agreed as soon as possible. i asked the eu leaders to mandate our negotiation to start these talks immediately. second, we want to begin incussions with the u.k. order to explore the british vision of its future relationship with the eu. far, we have heard a number of various ideas.

they were certain of it, in fact, leo varadkar arpad spoken —— had spoken with the likes of donald tuskhe deal had been put on the table by theresa may and it was acceptable to the government in dublin and they thought this was going to be wrapped up thought this was going to be wrapped up by thought this was going to be wrapped up by lunchtime. leo varadkar had called a press conference for 230 where he was going to announce the irish version of this deal but then it was shortly before that, arlene foster intervened and everything fell apart. it is safe to say the irish government are pretty annoyed by the way this has played out. but the reaction from the dup was highly predictable. absolutely. there is bewilderment in dublin because the first question when the leaks appeared mid—morning, the first question being asked byjournalists, how are the dup on board with this? how has theresa may sold this to the dup? she doesn't seem to have made any attempt to sell this to the dup and effectively the message from the irish government tonight is that it is up to theresa may to go back and to

forward to moving on to issues such as trade however we have seen the european council president donald tusk come out and say that they're going to be really some different harsh realities he's talked about specifically the transition period that the u.k. has put forward saying that britain wants this two year transition period and sad that this is going to come along with some pretty serious conditions he has said that not only will decisions be made without the u.k. in this time but he's also said that the u.k. is going to have to respect laws in that time including new laws including budgetary commitments as well as judiciary oversight let's take a listen clearly was in the transition period following you do you draw. your decision making group continue. to. own a world that. seems to be dilutive reasonable solution well low following these latest developments reaction including some negative com from the likes of former you keep letter leader and pioneer nigel farage who has basically described the way things have been going a sort of an embarrassment so let's stay tuned to see how these