now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme that pits some of the uk's leading commentators against the correspondents who write their stories for folks back home, with the dateline "london". today, we devote the whole of the programme to the fate of the brexit negotiations, and the fate of the woman doing the negotiating on the uk's behalf, theresa may. with me — katrin pribyl, uk and ireland correspondent for the newspaper publisher rnd, in germany. eunice goes, portuguese journalist and academic. iain martin, columnist with the times newspaper. and tim montgomerie, political commentator, who founded the website conservativehome to give a voice to the party's grassroots. now, at times of crisis, there's always a classical analogy you can draw on. this weekend, theresa may resembles sisyphus, who according to greek myth spent eternity rolling a huge boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down again. the task was laborious and futile, and with no means of escape. theresa

now it's time for dateline london.mme that brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with correspondents from overseas who file their stories for the folks back home under the dateline london. this week, the long goodbye for germany's chancellor, brazilians choose populism over pragmatism with a president—elect who says a "good criminal is a dead criminal", and why donald trump isn't experiencing a us president's usual mid—term blues. to discuss that, thomas kielinger, of germany's die welt newspaper the greekjournalist and broadcaster maria margaronis, ian birrell, contributing editor to the mail on sunday, and the us born journalistjeff mcallister.

correspondents who file their stories with the dateline london.today's programme: theresa may exercises her muscles in brussels this weekend, but will the knock—out blow to her brexit deal be delivered at westminster? is a gulf opening up between the west and the gulf states 7 and as the british museum lends to nigeria valuable stolen bronzes, is it time to hand back the loot of empire? with me: janet daley, columnist for the sunday telegraph nabila ramdani, who reports widely on thre arab world us broadcaster michael goldfarb, host of the podcast, the first rough draft of history and the belgian journalist marc roche of the weekly magazine le point. a weekend in brussels for theresa may as she and the leaders of 27 other countries sign off on the uk's divorce from the european union. mrs may has been fending off last minute objections. brinkmanship, perhaps from countries like spain and france, hoping for further british concessions. because only a majority of eu countries need to approve the deal, in all likelihood the brussels summit will end i

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london, the programme which brings together leading british commentators with the internationaljournalists who send home their stories under the dateline london. this week — no blue wave for us democrats so no mid—term blues for donald trump. are his sanctions on iran subject to the law of diminishing returns? and as the world commemorates the end of the war that was supposed to end all wars, do we remember too much? joining us today are: the iranian—born writer amir taheri, bronwen maddox — former international editor at the times, now with the uk's institute for government — agnes poirier from the french magazine marianne, and the us journalist stryker mcguire, from bloomberg markets. warm welcome to all of you, and thank you for being with us. meet donald trump, the magic man. it's the pundits verdict on the us president which he most appreciates himself. he re—tweeted it approvingly, after tuesday's elections, the results of which will help shape the

now, shaun ley presents dateline london.lo and welcome to dateline london, the programme that brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with correspondents from overseas who file their stories for the folks back home under the dateline london. this week, the long goodbye for germany's chancellor, brazilians choose populism over pragmatism with a president—elect who says a "good criminal is a dead criminal", and why donald trump isn't experiencing a us president's usual mid—term blues. to discuss that, thomas kielinger of germany's die welt newspaper, the anglo—greek journalist and broadcaster maria margaronis, ian birrell, contributing editor to the mail on sunday, and the us—born journalistjeff mcallister. welcome to all of you. angela merkel jumped before she could be pushed. after last sunday saw her party lose around 10% of its support in a second regional election in succession, mrs merkel announced she would not seek a fifth term as german leader. despite heading a cross—party coalition that's creaking at the

now on bbc news, dateline london.gether leading british commentators with the internationaljournalists who send home their stories under the dateline london. this week — no blue wave for us democrats so no mid—term blues for donald trump. are his sanctions on iran subject to the law of diminishing returns?

correspondents who file their stories with the dateline london. will the knock—out blow to her brexit deal be delivered at westminster? is a gulf opening up between the west and the gulf states ? and as the british museum lends to nigeria valuable stolen bronzes, is it time to hand back the loot of empire? with me: janet daley, columnist for the sunday telegraph nabila ramdani, who reports widely on thre arab world us broadcaster michael goldfarb, host of the podcast, the first rough draft of history and the belgian journalist marc roche of the weekly magazine le point. a weekend in brussels for theresa may as she and the leaders of 27 other countries sign off on the uk's divorce from the european union. mrs may has been fending off last minute objections. brinkmanship, perhaps from countries like spain and france, hoping for further british concessions. because only a majority of eu countries need to approve the deal, in all likelihood the brussels summit will end in smiles and handshakes. back in london, though, the withdrawal terms face a much

with the internationaljournalists who send home their stories under the dateline london.ng returns? and as the world commemorates the end of the war that was supposed to end all wars, do we remember too much? joining us today are: the iranian—born writer amir taheri, bronwen maddox — former international editor at the times, now with the uk's institute for government — agnes poirierfrom the french magazine marianne, and the us journalist stryker mcguire, from bloomberg markets. are welcome to all of you, and thank you for being with us. meet donald trump, the magic man. it's the pundits verdict on the us president which he most appreciates himself. he re—tweeted it approvingly, after tuesday's elections, the results of which will help shape the presidential election due in 2020. mr trump's republican party lost control of the house of representatives. a democrat—majority there will make it harder to introduce new legislation. the strengthened republican grip on the senate, though, makes it unlikely he'll be successfully impeached. it will also make the path to securing su

dateline london is coming up. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller.ow, thanks to an easterly flow coming into the uk and most of the cloud stays in the east and south on with that today we have had outbreaks of rain and showers and through this evening and tonight we will keep showers on the south coast, but into the east of scotland and north east england, a few in northern ireland as well. temperatures getting into low single figures, close to freezing in the clearest spots. maybe a touch of frost going on to the morning. tomorrow, still an easterly flow and showers around in scotla nd easterly flow and showers around in scotland and the north of england fishing into northern ireland, some clipping the far south—east. elsewhere, variable cloud, clear spells, quite a bit of dry weather away from the showers and

with correspondents from overseas who file their stories for the folks back home under the dateline londonlism over pragmatism with a president—elect who says a "good criminal is a dead criminal", and why donald trump isn't experiencing a us president's usual mid—term blues. to discuss that, thomas kielinger, of germany's die welt newspaper the greekjournalist and broadcaster maria margaronis, ian birrell, contributing editor to the mail on sunday, and the us born journalistjeff mcallister. angela merkel jumped before she could be pushed. after last sunday saw her party lose around 10% of its support in a second regional election in succession, mrs merkel announced she would not seek a fifth term as german leader. despite heading a cross—party coalition that's creaking at the seams and is one of the reasons for her centre right party's electoral drubbing, she thinks she can remain as chancellor until 2021. is that feasible or is she just going through the motions? no, i think at the moment it is quite feasible because there is no strong leader or alternative candidate to ta ke leader or al

the correspondents who write their stories for folks back home with the dateline "london". negotiations and the fate of the woman doing the negotiating on the uk's behalf — theresa may. with me, katrin pribyl, uk and ireland correspondent for the newspaper publisher rnd in germany, eunice goes, portuguese journalist, academic iain martin, columnist with the times newspaper, and tim montgomerie, —— portuguesejournalist and academic, iain martin, columnist with the times newspaper, and tim montgomerie, political commentator, who founded the website conservativehome to give a voice to the party's grassroots. at times of crisis, there's always a classical analogy you can draw on. this weekend, theresa may resembles sisyphus, who according to greek myth spent eternity rolling a huge boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down again. the task was laborious and futile and with no means of escape. theresa may's boulder is her chequers plan for brexit. sisyphus was punished for his deceitfulness. mrs may's job is on the line this weekend, in part because many of her backbenchers

with the internationaljournalists who send home their stories under the dateline london. sanctions on iran subject to the law of diminishing returns? and as the world commemorates the end of the war that was supposed to end all wars, do we remember too much? joining us today are: the iranian—born writer amir taheri, bronwen maddox — former international editor at the times, now with the uk's institute for government — agnes poirier from the french magazine marianne,

that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. brighter and brighter. more sunshine developing certainly by tomorrow but quite a few of you already there this afternoon. high pressure across continental europe, clearer skies working towards us this morning, especially in eastern areas. some brea ks especially in eastern areas. some breaks in the west thanks to the breeze from the south—east. this afternoon, most of england and wales will have sunshine. some cloud in parts of cornwall and south devon and the isles of scilly. and in snowdonia, the peak district and pennines, some cloud. some sunny brea ks pennines, some cloud. some sunny breaks in the east and in southern eastern parts of the grampians, orkney and shetland, some cloud through the day. western scotland, sunshine all the way through and temperatures peaking at 1a. most around 10—13. tonight, clear skies leading to a cold night. frost across continental europe but we will see temperatures above freezing but low enough for a touch of frost on grass and cars. a colder st

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that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. wind will make it feel even cold on the east coast weather will be a few showers wars. most weather will be a few showers wars. m ost pla ces weather will be a few showers wars. most places dry but rain across southern areas particularly through today and going to be quite damp. that is because of the low pressure which has brought heavy rain and thunder and lightning across the south—west of england, clicking southern part of the country throughout the afternoon, some quite heavy and could move further north as well in two parts of the midlands. most of the heaviest of rain will be south of the m4 corridor. temperatures in 78 degrees, a few degrees down on yesterday so variable amounts of close towards the midlands, if you thought eastern england and scotland and the best of the sunshine continuing across north—west england and western scotland. into this evening, staying down across the south but the rain begins to peter out and move back into the channel but adding up for the chann

that's it for dateline london, on a weekend in which the world looks back in the hope of moving forwardwer of london this week. until the same time next week, from all of us here, goodbye. hello there. this weekend, it's a weekend of sunny spells and passing heavy blustery showers. do not be fooled by the fine start that many of us have seen already today. this was the scene earlier in kingston, greater london. shower clouds are building and those showers have not only been widespread but also thundery in places across wales and south—west england, particularly those sharry clouds working in on the satellite picture. after a dry and sunny start, those showers become widespread. looking at the forecast into the afternoon, showers through the morning quickly coming across the midlands and central and southern england before moving through this area. the north—west seeing fewer showers across this pa rt seeing fewer showers across this part of the world as we move into the afternoon. staying dry, some showers later in the day. northern ireland will not see many showers, the irish sea affec

that's all we have time for on dateline london for week.ye. hello. it is a sunny saturday as part of central and eastern england. it's a different story elsewhere. a lot more cloud around, wetter, windier than recent days. and it's all due to the proximity of this swirl of cloud. this is the remnants of what was hurricane 0scar. it is passing between us and iceland during the next 2a hours keeping things in the windy but also bringing air all the way from the mid—atla ntic. as long as the windy and wet storay for some it is also a good deal milder. to feel the benefit of that, there is sunshine out across eastern part of england and in and around the moray firth as well. it could hit 17 degrees here. in between, lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain. easing for some though in western parts of northern ireland and western scotland. a little bit more sunshine at times this afternoon but still 12 showers and still windy. 50 or 60 miles per hour gusts possible. as i said, 17 degrees in and around the moray firth. 13 to 15 elsewhere. some drier moment