jean—claude juncker hey! jean—claude juncker is hey! jean—claude juncker is the hey! boss here! i have to say that i'm happy about a deal but i was sad about brexit. have a good time. thank you. so, i guess thejournalists so, i guess the journalists that have been waiting for so long to get perhaps an answer to their questions, they are not going to get it right now from jean—claude juncker or, indeed, from boris johnson. very short. really, i suppose they took their time to get straight to westminster in the next pa rt straight to westminster in the next part of the deal about getting the vote through. as i speak to you in the council building, i can see the ca i’s the council building, i can see the ca rs of the council building, i can see the cars of the dignitaries arriving. that statement kicking off proceedings as they are giving that statement on what they have achieved this morning. which is this agreement between the uk and the eu. there they are, shaking hands. i suppose a triumphant moment for borisjohnson really, suppose a triumphant moment for boris johns

jean—claude juncker can say what he wants.hat's why we've heard all of these rumours about is boris johnson we've heard all of these rumours about is borisjohnson going to ask poland to cast their veto. but i think it is highly improbable that either of these countries would act in that kind of way. it isn't for any gainfortheir in that kind of way. it isn't for any gain for their own interest, but simply to help out the uk. but that is getting into hypotheticals now. although maybe in a few days, in one week's time, we could be talking about this question of extension with so much uncertainty. one final thought, if it did pass the house of commons on saturday, that really is the final hurdle to the uk leaving the final hurdle to the uk leaving the european union. because i spoke to parliamentarians from strasbourg today, i spoke to people from eu council, they are very happy with the deal, they can sign it off reasonably quickly, maybe even by october the 31st, and ratify it. it really is dependent on the uk parliament. that'

i have done my work, our team has done their work, president juncker has on his part.s will have to take that decision. as it is their responsibility. i was a member of my own national parliament andi member of my own national parliament and i know what that responsibility means. the decision taken by referendum supported by the various governments with whom we have been negotiating means that we have a pairand negotiating means that we have a pair and reasonable agreement to use borisjohnson‘s, we have reached that agreement together infill respect. it has not always been easy, negotiations happen complex. what do you want me to say? i and the eu chief negotiator, i never wa nted the eu chief negotiator, i never wanted some might say to give any judgment on reddish political debate. i believe respect those procedures and the debate. —— on british political debate. i never intended for us tojudge british political debate. i never intended for us to judge that, not at all. follow up on the question before, did you get, apparently played a role in the negotiations. wheth

can i quote jean—claude juncker, where there's a will there's a deal... beer! yeah!itcast, live for once. brexitcast, live for once. brexitcast on the bbc. no-one has a clue what brexit is! brexit is... i haven't quite understood the full extent of this. we are particularly reliant on the dover calais crossing. i met boris johnson once. the doubters, the doomsters, the gloom stirs, they are going to get it wrong again. remainers and leavers, that's going to end well.|j can describe brussels as a dog's brexit. hello. it is adam fleming and i'm going to say it again, live in brussels at the eu summit. i'm laura next to you. i'm katya next to you. nice to be together, apart from the fa ct nice to be together, apart from the fact chris mason is in reading waiting to do questions on radio 4. it is exciting and we are rooting for him. that's the disappointing news but there's been exciting news today, hasn't there? a revised exit deal exists on paper. yeah, there's a deal! there is a deal. in and of itself it's a big moment, weather you love or hate the idea of leaving the

thank you, and now presidentjean—claude juncker of the european commission.ointed at our results on the enlargement. five years ago, when i started myjob, isaid enlargement. five years ago, when i started myjob, i said to parliament that during the five years my office, there will be no more enlargement. all sorts of people we re very enlargement. all sorts of people were very disappointed in the western balkans. it was quite clear there would be no member state during that time that could fill the conditions. but in fact, what we have seen is quite different. people have seen is quite different. people have made progress. last night, it wasn't a question of whether or not those countries were ready, the issue yesterday was whether or not they were candidates who would be at they were candidates who would be at the level which would allow us to start negotiations. i think this was a big mistake. a lot of countries thought they weren't ready to even start negotiations. i think it was an historic, and historic error. i fully believe this will prove to be the ca

jean-claude juncker saying something similar.brexit makes me sad but the deal makes me happy." anna edwards is with us now in brussels. we learnanything, did at this press conference? they are presenting a very positive picture. jean-claude juncker, who is leaving his post very soon, he wants to go out as the guy who can do a deal. boris johnson has committed to a deal by the end of october. it would probably be dead in a ditch than to have to ask for an extension. both men out a lot rising on these negotiations. both men had success, and both of them claiming success and what they have done. the dup, the democratic unionist party that has propped up or is johnson, they only have 10 mps out of 650. they can be influential on others, and also every vote counts when you do not have a majority. boris johnson does not have a majority. now we are facing a situation where the deal will have to get back to the house of commons and face all of those 650 mps and then we'll will know whether the masks set up for this deal. other things to

juncker doing something on that. it is just the way diplomats talk. much is thiss, how impacting the euro trade right now? obviously the british pound is very affected by this, but the stronger euro we have, up .5% right now, does that have something to do with brexit talks? does it have something to do with earnings and the u.s.-china relationship? the euro has been weak partially because there is a desire to own safe havens like the u.s. dollar and also because the economic trends in europe have been so poor there is a hope that with weaker currency you can get more export activity. the problem in my mind on europe is that it does not seem like negative interest rates are being productive. many people are suggesting they may be counterproductive, suggesting there is no growth opportunity. that is not my decision, that is the ecb's decision on what to do , but anything that suggests that europe can get some growth is positive for the currency. tobias, investing in u.s. equities has been a no-brainer trade for really quite some time. some.s. data has

so, mr juncker welcomed the slamming the door in the uk's face.s, it is something he has been asking for for a long time. he did express some concerns for for a long time. he did express some concerns but he also said that the eu remains available 24/7, night and day, for further negotiations, thereby putting the ball back in the uk's thereby putting the ball back in the uk's court. it is now up to the prime minister to decide, does he wa nt prime minister to decide, does he want a brexit deal enough to further engage with the eu or will he stick to his take it or leave it approach? and if he does, then that will be him, and not the eu, it thinks, walking away from the negotiations. don't forget, the eu does not buy the prime minister's line that it is this deal or no deal. they think the next likely chapter in this long process will be another brexit extension. katya adler, emma vardy, thank you both. the duke and duchess of sussex have completed the final day of their tour of southern africa, with the mail on sunday newspaper promising to "vigor

a play on words tweeted why jean-claude juncker.e describes the latest agreement as fair and balanced. european commission president says he is rececommending the 27 eu nations endorse it at a summit later thursday. boris johnson hailed the accord. >> we've got a great new deal to take back control and now parliament should get brexit done on saturday so we can move onto other priorities cost-of-living, nhs, and our environment. >> if an agreemement is signed f the process is far from over. any deal will still have to get through the british parliament saturday where the house of commons is set to convene for a special session. for than johnson's northern irish allies said they are against the deal, f further complicating the task. >> has things stand, we could not susupport what is being suggested on customs and suggested issues and there is a lack of issues on vat. said he wasrbyn happy with the agreement -- unhappy with the agreement, saying it is worse than the one from theresa may. >> we brought to details from brussels and let

juncker threatened an immediate response. escalated quickly. if someone is imposing tariffs on our aviation sector, we will do the same. year, the wto will rule -- unfair state subsidies. at how the mamarkets have been reacng.. some shares are actually rising in trading. this is a picture on the european market, down by half a percent. >> bad newews for ted baker. >> its shares are down 35% after it posted losses. they lost 2.7 million pounds compared to profits of 25 million for the same period last year. >> let's wrap up with a business riddle. when is breaking a r record stil a a disappointntment? tesla delivered 97,000 of its vehicles in three months to the end of september. they have been struggling with delays and a backlog for customers. it is huge pressure on tesla to make the target over fears if it doesn't it will fururther damage its brand. >> thank you for that. we will take a break and be back with more headlines. - [male narrator] coming up on reel south. on the brink of extinction, red wolves get a new start in the wild spacaces

jean—claude juncker says where there isa jean—claude juncker says where there is a will there is a dealm saying they could not put up with it, here we are, 10:40am and somehow their concerns would seem to have been addressed. we are slightly in limbo land because no one has heard yet from the dup. so either the dup have been squared and borisjohnson has met the concerns over issues of consent. for boris johnson has met the concerns over issues of consent. for borisjohnson and the eu are trying to strong—arm the dup into backing an agreement, saying they've agreed this and we are all happy, it's all signed off, almost trying to stampede them into backing it. the short answer is we do not know which is to —— true because we haven't heard from the dup but where we we re haven't heard from the dup but where we were just haven't heard from the dup but where we werejust ten haven't heard from the dup but where we were just ten or 15 minutes ago where it seemed like it was game over and the deal was not happening and the saturday sitting not happening now, crikey, it's all on again. let's assu

i understand boris johnson will be speaking to president juncker this afternoon, just as the u.k. government formally tables its first formal proposals for brexit, for a brexit deal. but it is clear that his message, not just at the conference in manchester, but to the whole of the united kingdom and the rest of the e.u. -- take and accept this new deal that we are proposing, or accept that there will be no deal. terms of his negotiating, i understand the hope of the u.k. government is to go into what negotiators llll a tunnenel. parties, inwhehen two this case the u.k. government ,nd the main e.u. negotiator start having intensive meetings to really work o on details. it would be in that stretch of the next 10 days, leading up to that 17th and 18th e.u. summit in brussels. laura: what is the feeling like there? i am sure even boris johnson was saying in his speech when he began -- it seems for many people in the u u.k., the britih are just tired of brexit and wanted to be done. isyou think that fed upness enough to get people to back boris johnson on this? is interestingg because

jean—claude juncker was asked about that.his doesn't pass through parliament? but i am not in charge of the parliament ratification in britain, that is the job of boris. do you believe that it will? i hope it will. i'm convinced it will. but it has to. it has to — but if it doesn't? anyways, there will be no prolongation. no prolongation, no delay? no. could there be an extension, mr juncker? we have concluded the deal. and so there is... not an argument for further delay. it has to be done now. workrooms berg asking the questions there. —— laura kuenssberg. here's katya adler on that speaking to huw edwards. they said if you keep with the redlands in this deal, protects the peace deal that we will help you sell your deal you want. and thus to borisjohnson sell your deal you want. and thus to boris johnson want to. sell your deal you want. and thus to borisjohnson want to. what does jean—claude juncker have any borisjohnson want to. what does jean—claudejuncker have any power over that? no legal power at all. it is the eu mem

all the action for us from brussels a garret tell us more about what boris johnson and john klein juncker have been saying. i started out by saying we have a deal and it is really if you listen to those words you could get a sense of the relief that is there on the part of the european institutions on the part of the e.u. member states for a number of reasons really 1st of all of course a lot of haggling months and weeks of hard work on the part of the negotiators that has now produced a fruitful result secondly it's good news that a disorderly practice it at least from the part of the use of the table and certainly and crucially as the e.u. come what may will not be the party that is to be blamed for not reaching out to the u.k. not for not trying everything to avoid that disorderly breck's it and so it is when you listen to both leaders they reiterated that you clearly had also the sensation when you listen to boris johnson he has fully understood that it disorderly practice it would have catastrophic consequences for the ukase economy so he also emphasized that this is a good deal and

in a letter to jean—claude juncker, the prime minister's laid out what he describes as a fair and reasonableeplacement for the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a hard border in ireland, promising solutions compatible with the good friday agreement, to protect the peace process. the plan would create an all ireland regulatory zone, where goods and agriculture in northern ireland would follow eu rules, but the northern ireland assembly would have to vote to approve that plan, and every four years afterwards. there would have to be some new customs checks, but carried out electronically or on business premises. no new customs posts, and there's a commitment never to introduce checks at the border. but the vital response from ireland? waitand see... but will all of that be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu, angela merkel said, "we'll examine the proposals closely, but it's important that eu stick together." and even if they say yes, would mps vote it through? it's worse than theresa may's deal. i can't see it getting the support that he thinks it will get. and it w

jean claude—juncker says there are both positive and problematic elements to the proposals donald trumpashes out at the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry into the president dealings with ukraine —— accusing him of being a spy. the duke and duchess of sussex end their tour of southern africa —— as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. tributes are paid to the former itn and bbc news presenter peter sissons —— who has died at the age of 77. in a moment, the national bulletin with a full round up, but first, borisjohnson has laid out his new proposals for a brexit withdrawal deal — and used his first party conference speech as leader to urge compromise from the eu. the prime minister has suggested an alternative to the controversial irish backstop, that would mean northern ireland staying in the single market — but leaving the customs union with the rest of the uk. it gives the northern ireland assembly a say, and proposes no hard border checks on the movement of goods. this is what mrjohnson told party members today. yes, this is a compromise by the

the commissioner juncker said there is no reason to delay. other leaders have left the door open to possible extension if lawmakers pass the deal. willem, pass us through the extension. if the bill doesn't pass, leaders will have to go to january but it is up to the eu to decide the final date >> that's right. we don't know how they'll respond. they haven't been prepared to talk about any of that because they want to maintain pressure ahead of the votes tomorrow. what was interesting based on the statements with officials is quite how happy they were. they made some concessions because they feel like the uk made as many, if not more. the focus throughout this process has been the lively hoods of individuals who had been affected by brexit. >> protecting peace and stability on the island of ireland. the agreement protects the rights of 4.5 million citizens 3.5 million citizens living in the uk and in the european union. they'll continue to live their lives as before. we always put people first >> that is absolutely true if you go back, one of

the prime minister has written to jean-claude juncker, about our proposals. we want to avoid a new deal scenario. it, wethan undermining want to support the government in supporting a deal for this country. we will always respect legal judgment. i: interest by the judgment of the people of scotland when it comes to the european union. >> mr. speaker, we will always respect legal judgment. mr. speaker, this part minister cannot be trusted. his foreign secretary can't even commit the prime minister to the letter of the law. this government must be stopped. i am looking at colleagues on opposition benches. i urge them, we must unite. we must stop this part minister by removing him from office. mr. speaker, we stand ready to bring this government down. other parties need to step up in this moment of national crisis. prevent a vote of prevent a new deal and -- prevent a no deal and call a general election. doing nothing is not an option. we must act. i ask the foreign secretary, will he give the prime minister a message? it is not a case of if but when. government

in this letter, addressed to the european commission president jean claude—juncker, mrjohnson outlinesn. the most significant change is what happens in northern ireland. the new plan would scrap the back stop. the mechanism designed to stop physical checkpoints on the border between with the republic of ireland and northern ireland, by potentially keeping the whole of the uk inside the eu's customs union. brexiteers were never fans of that. so under mrjohnson‘s new proposal, northern ireland would stay in the eu single market for all goods, which means accepting its rules and standards. but it would not remain in the eu customs union, so it could benefit from any future trade deals negotiated by the uk. and all of this would depend on a vote at the northern ireland assembly, at stormont. at the conservative party conference today, the prime minister tressed it was this deal, or no deal. stressed it was this deal, or no deal. yes, this is a compromise by the uk and i hope very much that our friends understand that compromising their tone. because of the field to get an agreement for wha

juncker calls it quote/unquote fair and unbalanced. says parliament should get the brexit deal done by saturday what you you are seeing there is the british pound that is up 1.2929, a sharp turn higher. u.s. futures seeing a spike of their own. s&p opening up by about 13 points and the dow jones up by about 92 points. we did see a market move higher specifically with the dow and all of those other ones as well on the heel of those headlines >> on deck, trader wars have sparked bigger than expected currency having an impact the names you need to know coming up. speaking of trade shall don't miss top white house economic advisor, larry kudlow this morning. live at 8:30 a.m. eastern time stay tuned we are a 97-year-old firm built for right now. edward jones. it's time for investing to feel individual. whether your beauty routine is 3or 57,... make nature's bounty hair skin and nails step one. it's the number one brand uniquely formulated for silky hair, glowing skin and healthy nails. nature's bounty, because you're better off healthy. >>

if we look at it in this context, to reason a and john claude juncker, just before the ideal, did saye. number one it is a deal. no potatoes in extension. number three, the final they do not want to see it, is no deal. —— number two is an extension. img to speak to some very senior officials like to advice in your leader. i will hold you to come back and speak to us. i do not know if he that... you are watching to listening to this developing story which is with brexit, the steel that has come between the uk and the eu. and we are able to bring you more details of what has been a great and also what is to come. let us great and also what is to come. let us ita great and also what is to come. let us it a bit more american political correspondence. borisjohnson had boris johnson had barely borisjohnson had barely left boris johnson had barely left for brussels when questions began over how he will get it through the commons. i think everybody, as they look at this deal in the house of commons, and appreciate all the ways it has strengthened us in the united kingdom and ensured we will a

borisjohnson, hand in hand with the eu's jean—claude juncker, after signing off on a brexit deal somempossible. this is a great deal for our country, for the uk. i also believe it's a very good deal for ourfriends in the eu. and what it means is that we, in the uk, can come out of the eu as one united kingdom. it removes the controversial backstop and replaces it with new arrangements to avoid a hard border in ireland. boris johnson, though, still faces a massive battle to get that deal through parliament. at the moment, he just can't be sure that a majority will back him in the house of commons. the next 2a hours is going to involve some intense arm—twisting, trying to persuade his own mps, and some from the opposition, to get on board. the prime minister runs a minority government here and, officially, every single opposition party is opposed to his plan. crucially, the dup, who keep the tories in power, aren't getting on board. in order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost and the fact of the matter is if he had held his nerve,

. letter from borisjohnson to jean-claude juncker.is? yes, it has always been the crucial relationship of all of this. speaking to government insiders about all of theirs, who went through the three years with theresa may, they feel that there has been a good working relationship between borisjohnson good working relationship between boris johnson and leo good working relationship between borisjohnson and leo varadkar, partly, which is patented the obvious, both men need a deal. a no deal situation for ireland, i think the irish central bank reckons it will be a 4.5% fall in gdp in ireland injust will be a 4.5% fall in gdp in ireland in just one year. the consequences of no deal for the uk, we have had lots of documents showing what might happen there. so, of course, for both men, a deal is the best option. a5 of course, for both men, a deal is the best option. as ever, it is about who is willing to compromise, are they willing to compromise on these kinds of things? some speculation dublin would be coming under pressure from the eu t

donaldaude juncker and task say the block has made an enormous mistake.f countries led by emmanuel macron have refused to start membership talks with north macedonia and albania, after seven hours of deadlock at a summit in brussels. the european commission says those countries have done enough to begin talks, but france has reservations about both, and albania faces opposition from denmark and the netherlands. >> yesterday, i heard those who said there was almost unanimity for albania and north macedonia , butr was a large majority there was a good half of the member states who said albania is not the same. i don't want him to enter. behind leaving albania would have been a grave mistake in the region. >> what we saw last night was all wrong because it did not say yes or no. were either yes or no, candidates with whom we could have negotiations. the majority of the european council wanted to say so, but a few member states were not ready. it is a historic error. anchor: the u.s. has imposed tariffs on goods from the eu, including french wine and italian

, as pa rt commission, jean—claude juncker, as part of those ongoing discussions in effo rts part ofns in efforts to secure a brexit deal. in the next few minutes i will be talking to hilary benn, the mp behind the act which requires the prime minister to ask for an extension from the eu to the " b rex it" extension from the eu to the " brexit" process if extension from the eu to the "brexit" process if no deal is done by this saturday. commuters have clashed with extinction rebellion activists at a number tube stations in east london this morning. pictures show protestors being pulled off the roof of trains by angry members of the public. in a clip posted on twitter, one of the activists was pulled from the train by his foot, and ended up on the ground surrounded by furious commuters. a member of tfl staff appeared to stop people from attacking the male activist further by intervening and holding them back. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, said in a statement strongly condemned the extinction rebellion protesters and called the illegal action extremely dangerous. very dramatic image

commission the president don't call juncker earlier said that . the european union is not going to. finance the safe so that the turkish president is planning on implementing in northern syria. the idea probably here would be that. that the president this president was planning on sending $2000000.00 syrians back to syria and to resettle them to to the northern to northern syria that this would be funded from by funds coming out of the e.u. turkey d.-o. money that's provided by the european union used to accommodate up until now 3600000 syrians in turkey within the turkish borders but make clear that if these people are not in turkey any longer that the e.u. will not foot the bill for them and the longer in syria so does the e.u. have any sort of leverage on turkish actions in syria. turkey needs the e.u. and the e.u. needs turkey they do have a quite complex relationship and the e.u. essentially needs turkey to help with with migration with as part of the e.u. turkey deal where turkey is supposed to host the refugees in turkey and keep them from moving further west to 2 european me

and yet, the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, a significant movement.who say they will vote for this deal if it was approved by the eu, so there are people who are looking at it seriously. people want to find compromise and i do as well, but the only way to do that is to find a workable deal to leave, and one that respects the good friday agreement might does not create borders and checks and unnecessary restrictions. let's not forget we were told there would be frictionless trade and not customs checks and yet this proposal creates not one but two borders, one time the ibca and one either at or around the border between northern ireland and the republic. neither of those things are acceptable. they cause a particular problem for those of us in places like wales and scotland, north—west of england, in effect giving a privileged position to northern ireland on some issues but creating discord and blockages on others. that is not workable in my view. we need to see a serious deal to relieve idly to put that back to the people, that is the way i think we w

in a letterfrom the prime minister to jean—claude juncker — president of the european commission — borisllingness to compromise and move beyond existing positions‘. the new plans include removing the backstop — the guarantee of no return to a hard border in northern ireland — something the eu has been firmly opposed to in the past. earlier — in his first conference speech as conservative leader, the prime minister said the proposals were ‘constructive and reasonable‘. the plan would involve northern ireland leaving the eu customs union — with the rest of the uk — and that would mean some new customs checks on the island of ireland — a highly controversial idea, though the government says they would not take place at the border. there would also be a significant increase in regulatory checks on products crossing the irish sea, between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. that means northern ireland would follow all the rules of the single market for goods. and to ensure the people of northern ireland are onside with this arrangement, the stormont assembly would be given more powers to

go into northern ireland a number of problems however the head of the european commission jungle juncker pointed out remain and they need to be tackled for instance the fact that the u.k. wants to withdraw entirely including northern ireland from the custom your customs union which creates big problems for the republic of ireland which is. state and so far the republic of ireland had full rock solid support from the other even member states so 2 things we need to look out for now what does the republic of ireland make of this new proposals and what dewey unique oshie 8 years make of the proposal they now have to decide whether this u.k. proposal that is now on the table could become a new landing zone for a deal to prevent a heart breaks it and from matters in brussels to some of the other stories making news around the world. in peru at least 23 people were killed when a bus plummeted more than 100 meters into a ravine the accident happened that night on the twisting mountain road or than 50 passages on. the u.s. has been given the green light to impose tariffs on 7 and a half 100000000

prime minister, we heard what jean—claude juncker had to say earlier about the fact that he didn't thinkhat we there should be an extension beyond october the sist. did be an extension beyond october the 31st. did you ask your fellow leaders to make a similar commitment and had they done so? my view has been very clear for and had they done so? my view has been very clearfor a and had they done so? my view has been very clear for a long time. i don't think the delays is to the advantage of the uk or indeed the whole of of europe. i think people wa nt to whole of of europe. i think people want to move this thing on, it's been going on for a long time, and thatis been going on for a long time, and that is a view that seems to be quite widely shared. that really is going to be had. three more. that is it. laughter. prime minister, you suspended the whip from 21 for mps when they voted for the benn act, will you treat this vote on saturday ata similar will you treat this vote on saturday at a similar confidence measure and suspend the whip tour mps who don't vote for this field? i when i get

there is also the comment by jean-claude juncker talking about no extension.: other people have been pouring cold water on that. there is some suggestion that boris johnson is maybe trying to persuade, we will see what happens when people come out of the council meeting later on, trying to persuade the other eu 27 members to say this is it, there is no extension, and as a result of which this is a vote on the johnson deal, or on no deal. that seems to be the phrasing number 10 is trying to put it. do you think that is realistic? geoff: i think we will find out for saturday. parliamentarians will be split. you getting interesting bedfellows. nigel for large -- nigel faraj supporting the bill. it is the eu now working on behalf -- that may put the opposition in an awkward position. i think the bottom line is be prepared to be surprised, which will make the asia open late sunday evening. guy: really interesting. sellingis boris johnson out northern ireland's unionist, if show -- and if so, what happens to social cohesion? geoff: northern ireland put out a strong

jean—claude juncker said no sense we will grant a further delay. it is down to the leaders, and it is not universal. the danish planning minister has made it clear that they don‘t want to be doing uk politics. they will not rule out an extension, that is something that will have to be on the table. not universal, but a lot of leaders trying to throw in some weight behind boris johnson, of leaders trying to throw in some weight behind borisjohnson, and i got a sense from speaking to jean—claude juncker and mr tusk, there is almost a slow hand clap of respect. this is a man they thought was just winding the clock down, and donald tusk saying for those who frustrate prescot that there is a special place in hell, junkojuncker said he trusted him more. let‘s see what‘s done on saturday, as to whether we conclude what happens with boris and the whole brexit situation. some critics have claimed the new deal reduces the commitment to maintain workers‘ rights , with this being removed from the new withdrawal agreement and now covered in the non binding poli

our president, president juncker, and the secretary of state, we united.e called on turkey to stop immediately its military action. we are not wishy-washy about this. it is destabilizing. it fundamentally weakens the alliance we have against daesh, with the way it is dealing with the allies we have in the alliance on the ground in syria and we have made a clear announcement that we will not in any way fund or support any efforts of turkey to forcefully syriaer refugees back to to change the demographics of the country and put them there. this we also think is a dangerous and a stabilizing thing, radicalize is people and take away human rights for millions of syrians and create more violence. our concern but turkey is doing now can create more violence and we think we should be stopping it. margaret: you used the word wishy-washy. do you think the u.s. is being wishy-washy and you think there has been clarity in terms of response from this administration about the u.s. position on what turkey can do and what the consequences will be? amb. lambrinidis: we ar

. >> president juncker put it this way. >> the deal is about people. >> some of the constituencies stoodight outside the meetings. they are still hoping to get an extension and therefore time to create -- call a second referendum. >> ultimately, what i want is for the british people to have the final say on any deal or no deal. there's a problem for the brexit deal. while angela merkel says she is optimistic, it's hard to forget the fate of the last deal which parliament ultimately buried. emmanuel macron sees no proof just yet that the end of negotiations is in sight. >> our satisfaction goes hand-in-hand with prudence. history shows that parliaments have difficulty in coming to agreement. >> johnson is cleared and important hurdle. the path to the finish line is still not a straight shot. brent: we have complete coverage tonight. our correspondent is in brussels. here with me is our online editor. we know that the irish border has been the big sticking point in all of the brexit agreements. how does this new solution differ from the backstop that the british parliament has rejected thr

they have exploded after juncker and president trump met in july.decided we wanted to diversify our energy supply to make sure we don't rely on any one particular country to give us everything. the u.s. has a renewed and amazing ability to export lng and we have invested billions in building energy terminals allowing for the guests to come in. it is a win-win. a win for the u.s., a win for the e.u., this is what we are focusing on and i hope the u.s. will as well. maragaret: mr. ambassador, as we close this conversation, we like to talk about one fun thing. there have been really fun things at your residence recently. a party for and about and with many guests from kentucky and some bourbon. and a party with some art from texas. i'm wondering -- you have taken an approach of kind of flipping the script on what an e.u. party should be about. amb. lambrinidis: usually ambassadors come around and go to washington and different states and tell people why it is that the u.s. should like them. so you should like europe because they are creating millions o

there's a very happy borisjohnson on the metro's front page, shaking hands with jean claude juncker, president of the european commission. the pair are also on the ft‘s front page, with the paper detailing how the dup's opposition to the deal spells trouble for the pm's hopes of it passing it in the commons. ‘it‘s a numbers game‘ —— that's how the guardian describes the upcoming commons vote. the paper claims the the arithmetic looks ‘daunting' for mrjohnson. the daily mail reports on what it calls the pm's ‘remarkable turnaround‘ in securing an ‘extraordinary last minute deal‘. we will talk about turkey and a little while but let‘s start with the metro. seal our deal, now we have boris johnson shaking the metro. seal our deal, now we have borisjohnson shaking hands with an open mouthjean—claude. we‘ll see what happens in the commons in a while but first of all, this deal a lot of people told boris johnson that he cannot be done. this deal a lot of people told boris johnson that he cannot be donem is sort of incredible when you think about it but just is sort of incredible when you t

the metro goes with the prime minister's letter to eu commission president jean claude—juncker, outliningl. the daily telegraph says borisjohnson has put pressure on ireland to accept his brexit proposals after hardline brexiteers, and some labour rebels, say they'd back his deal — which could give the prime minister a commons majority for his agreement. the financial times says mr johnson has managed to unite the brexiteers in his party with his plan — but that his deal has received a frosty reception in brussels. the guardian agrees — the paper says the prime minister is fighting a losing battle after the eu's chief brexit negotiator gave a scathing private assesment of mr. johnson's brexit proposal. the i say the eu is poised to reject the prime minister's plans, but the daily express strikes a more optimistic note — the paper thinks a deal might be close, asking — is this the beginning of the end? sebastian is this the beginning of the end? sebastian is this the beginning of the end 7 let's sebastian is this the beginning of the end? let's start with the metro. they do it as a sort of

juncker urging him not to give the country a better deal.he leader of the liberal democrats has called for a second referendum, to campaign against results. this would take the word democrat out of liberal democrat. [applause] after 3.5 years, people are beginning to feel they are being -- getting to suspect that their forces in this country that simply don't want brexit delivered at all. if they turn out to be right in that suspicion, that i believe consequences grave for trust in our democracy. let's get brexit done on october 30 three -- october 31. let's get it done because of the out -- opportunity it will bring , to regulate differently and , let's get it done because delay is so pointless and expensive and debilitating. let's get it done because we need to build our positive new partnership with the eu, because it cannot be stressed too much that this is not an anti-european party. this is not an anti-european country. we are european. we love europe. i love europe, anyway. i love it. [applause] reallyer 45 years of dramatic constitut

expanding although that decision was criticised by other leaders and the going european commission juncker said it was in the storage area taylor has more. power s. the city of love unless you are more faster during your which is just being dumped by president not crawl the balkan countries been dealt a bit of a blow off the e.u. said no it twits joining its club and like any wrong it's sure the e.u. is going to look back with regrets surely a great injustice was inflicted on us in brussels the european union did not deliver on its promise i'm disappointed and angry but what makes this rejection all the more painful is that northwestern has been gunning to be brought into the news fold for a long time and has made several significant sacrifices to that end date at all and it's worth mentioning by the e.u. itself for example just over 10 years ago it officially recognized kosovo off to the last declaration of independence from serbia precisely because it's the position of both nato and the e.u. but perhaps the biggest compromise it made was when it changed its very identity to brussels e.u.

as you say, jean—claude juncker did hint he doesn't think there's a need for an extension.ght be slightly more open to this. this process, as we know, has been going on for well over three years now. would they really say to the uk now. would they really say to the uk now you need to walk away without a deal? certainly some of the soundings with a getting from brussels tonight suggest they might be open to the respect of an extension if that's where things are at the end of this week, and also if there's a point to it, such as a general election or another referendum. the other thing to bear in mind is opposition parties in the uk are split on what the next move should. if they do vote this down, it is so complicated, it is like multidimensional chess where all the pieces are moving at the same time. nothing is certain apart from the fa ct nothing is certain apart from the fact that saturday is going to be a huge day forfiguring fact that saturday is going to be a huge day for figuring out where this goes next. nick eardley speaking to some answer a little earlier. a team o

go into northern ireland a number of problems however the head of the european commission jungle juncker pointed out remain and they need to be tackled for instance the fact that the u.k. wants to withdraw entirely including northern ireland from the custom your customs union which creates big problems for the republic of ireland which is you member state and so far the republic of ireland had full rock solid support from the other your member states so 2 things we need to look out for now what does the republic of ireland make of this new proposals and what do e.u. nico she ate hers make of the proposal they now have to decide whether this u.k. proposal that is now on the table could become a new landing zone for a deal to prevent a heart breaks it was gave about this they're reporting in brussels u.s. president truong has unleashed a 15 minute tirade at his political opponents during a white house photo session with the visiting president of finland he's particularly scathing about house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff here's part of what trump said adam schiff he's a lowli

vital pre—brexit talks. —— jean—claude juncker.e financial framework be concluded. that in turn means that we must act decisively to fight climate change, and it also has as a prerequisite that we push for the stability of our regions, and support that. what is important, indeed, very important, that we have an agreement on the multi—annual financial framework. the summit next week on this point has to genuinely make essential progress, because people in europe have to be able to rely on europe running business properly. i am dissatisfied because there is a great deal of fuss between the member states, between the member states and the commission, between the commission and the parliament, and people are murmuring that we are not up to its, that we should talk less and make more decisions, because when it comes down to it, it is important that we ensure that european researchers can carry on their project. it is important that young people can start their erasmus exchange years people can start their erasmus exchange yea rs on peop

in a newspaper interview, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, was forthrighthe does not accept what he called the blame game that is being played, which aims to pin the eventual failure of the negotiations on the european union. nobody, he said, would come out a winner in this scenario. here's our europe editor, katya adler. this isn't the end of the road for the eu because they are looking more long—term. they think a new brexit extension is the most likely outcome here, giving more time for talks. but no—one here is starry—eyed — that i'd talked to — about the idea of more time. of course you still need to find an accord between the eu and the uk acceptable to the european parliament and the uk parliament as well. and of course, no—one knows exactly what that accord will look like. neither now, nor in two or three months‘ time. alpesh patel, chief executive of praefinium partnersjoins me now. good morning. you've been looking at all of these latest comments, the irish taoiseach saying he's going to work extremely hard as is the uk government to see how they

made a good impression in the eu with his covering letter that came with a proposal to jean—claude junckergress. it was received well. there are elements in his proposals that have been praised by the eu leaders, but more than one of the diplomats said, steve barclay, that is the man we want to hearfrom because he is known as the tough guy, the brexit secretary. it is almost as if borisjohnson charms leaders in berlin and in paris and at the g7 with his letters, and stephen barclay comes in and start threatening countries like spain. that is interesting because here, stephen barclay, and let's all remember he was man enough to come on brexitcast and do a hard quiz, so thanks for that and let's invite him again, but from a political point of view i will be less flattering, this is a number 10 move with david frost, the eu negotiator on behalf of boris johnson, and stephen barclay is part of the team, but this is a number 10 push from them. big picture, the view here is that the eu seem to have said things that are quite nice about the rules, the idea of northern ireland staying in the singl

and from jean—claude juncker, who has spoken to the irish prime minister — he has come out and said thatnge in the uk offer for it to be accepted. first of all, the effective veto given to the northern ireland assembly, the democratic unionists — they say that is not a stable platform on which to build a deal, that would have to be changed. and also, the customs arrangements. the eu needs a workable solution, and it doesn't see in this a workable solution. now that element has to change, as well. the uk's chief negotiator is here and will be having meetings tomorrow. i think critical thing will be how those develop. does the eu see in that room to continue negotiations? otherwise, it's saying it doesn't see a solution in what's being presented by borisjohnson. let me remind you what's in this new plan. the most significant change is what happens in northern ireland. the backstop would be scrapped. under mrjohnson‘s new proposal, northern ireland would stay in the eu single market for all goods, so it would stick with the eu's rules and regulations. that removes the need for product stand

is likely to react when we front here in brussels that there will be a phone call between jungle juncker and the british prime minister that those details of course we're working to hear them here in brussels the officials really waiting for those plans we've already launched that the irish government does not seem to be excited about what they have learned about the plan we still have to find out whether that is actually whether they had know all the details of that so-called compromise as boris johnson has said that was something where red raised a lot of eyebrows here here in brussels if that it will be a compromise that is practical that is workable with a compromise that all the negotiators who have worked for years on this issue now all of the i respect stop so the guarantee that there will be no hard border between the republic of our the northern ireland if a solution that nobody has thought of that the by british prime minister now puts on the table that will be really interesting to see if the paper with all the details contains anything like that carrot how much of a say will