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adam fleming, bbc news, dublin. adam fleming, bbc news, dublin.l 0'leary has warned staff to prepare forjob cuts in the coming weeks, saying the airline has 900 too many pilots and cabin crew. he said redundancies would be announced by the end of august. mr 0'leary blamed planned cuts to flights due to the grounding of its boeing 737 max fleet, falling profits, higher oil prices and brexit uncertainty. police are investigating the sale of class a drugs in essex after six people died in what are thought to be drug related deaths. 20—year—old cian daly is among three men and three women to have died all within three days of each other. police are trying to establish exactly what they took. more than a million people were admitted to hospital in england last year with alcohol related problems. some had been drinking heavily for such a long time that they had alcohol—related brain damage which can affect balance and memory. 0ne charity says the condition is poorly understood, under diagnosed and often unrecognised. in his second report looking at the
adam fleming, bbc news, dublin. adam fleming, bbc news, dublin.l 0'leary has warned staff to prepare forjob cuts in the coming weeks, saying the airline has 900 too many pilots and cabin crew. he said redundancies would be announced by the end of august. mr 0'leary blamed planned cuts to flights due to the grounding of its boeing 737 max fleet, falling profits, higher oil prices and brexit uncertainty. police are investigating the sale of class a drugs in essex after six people died in what are...
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adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.of the women's world cup. they beat england 2—i in their semifinal in lyon. the american side will now face either sweden or the netherlands, who play each other in the second semifinal on wednesday. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. it seemed strangely appropriate that wonder woman was among those turning up for the big match. one of the aims of this world cup was to try and boost interest in the women's game. chanting: usa, usa... something that seems to have paid off big time. they're still battling over equal representation, equal pay and everything, so i think that with this tournament, we're getting a lot of exposure and recognition. it would be amazing to see the atmosphere and — if they won it, it would be just brilliant. america are the defending world champions, and most people's favourites to defend their title. but england are no pushovers, this their third consecutive appearance in the semi—final of a major tournament. they didn't get the best start, though, christen press gi
adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.of the women's world cup. they beat england 2—i in their semifinal in lyon. the american side will now face either sweden or the netherlands, who play each other in the second semifinal on wednesday. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. it seemed strangely appropriate that wonder woman was among those turning up for the big match. one of the aims of this world cup was to try and boost interest in the women's game. chanting: usa, usa... something that seems to...
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adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.ake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness a total eclipse of the sun. the moment hundreds of thousands have been waiting for. a total eclipse of the sun. it only occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, pledging the planet into darkness. beginning in the pacific, the 6000 mile long band of darkness carved its way across areas of south america. thousands of sky watchers gathered to view the rare event. something that had not been seen in the region for over 400 yea rs. been seen in the region for over 400 years. many of them came here to this observer tory high in the atacama desert. enthusiast paid $2000 each for the privilege of watching the eclipse next to a seasoned astronomer. watching the eclipse next to a seasoned astronomerlj watching the eclipse next to a seasoned astronomer. i don't think there is a better place in the world to watch and eclipse than here because it is so dry that you are guaranteed you will be able to be some. and she was
adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.ake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness a total eclipse of the sun. the moment hundreds of thousands have been waiting for. a total eclipse of the sun. it only occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, pledging the planet into darkness. beginning in the pacific, the 6000 mile long band of darkness carved its way across areas of south america. thousands of sky watchers gathered to view the rare event. something that had...
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adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.tmann from wall streetjournal with us this morning. good morning, nina. something they mention often when you are in is that you are from germany —— i ate mention. give us your take on ursula von der leyen to take the top job. as adam was saying in that report, it is not without controversy or dispute. angela merkel having to abstain from the vote, et cetera. talk us through the issues. ursula von der leyen has been a sort of fixed appearance in german politics. she has been a member in every cabinet mrs merkel has led since 2005 and has held various positions. the controversy is mostly around her most the controversy is mostly around her m ost rece nt the controversy is mostly around her most recent position which is as defence minister. the issues that mrs merkel appointed her as a sort of like a compromise —— the issue is that. now mrs von der leyen has a difficult task in managing the bundestag. there have been scandals recently when she was telling people to investigate claims tha
adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.tmann from wall streetjournal with us this morning. good morning, nina. something they mention often when you are in is that you are from germany —— i ate mention. give us your take on ursula von der leyen to take the top job. as adam was saying in that report, it is not without controversy or dispute. angela merkel having to abstain from the vote, et cetera. talk us through the issues. ursula von der leyen has been a sort of fixed appearance in german...
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adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.uspected stowaway who fell from a plane and landed in a garden in south west london, landing next to a man sunbathing. 0fficers believe the person fell from a kenya airways flight as it opened its landing gear on the approach to heathrow. here's our special correspondent lucy manning. coming into land at heathrow on sunday, but minutes earlier, from beneath this kenyan airways plane, a body had fallen to the ground. the man fell thousands of feet into a garden in clapham. a small crater visible. it is a desperate act, to stow away on a plane, and he didn't survive. the body, described as an ice block, just missed a man who was sunbathing in the garden. neighbours are reported to have said they heard an almighty bang and that a man had fallen from the sky. the man who was sunbathing in the garden has been left badly shaken by what he saw and the narrown miss that could have killed him as well. the kenya airways flight left nairobi on sunday morning at 7:19 british time, at the start of
adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg.uspected stowaway who fell from a plane and landed in a garden in south west london, landing next to a man sunbathing. 0fficers believe the person fell from a kenya airways flight as it opened its landing gear on the approach to heathrow. here's our special correspondent lucy manning. coming into land at heathrow on sunday, but minutes earlier, from beneath this kenyan airways plane, a body had fallen to the ground. the man fell thousands of feet into a garden...
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ok, so limited room for manoeuvre perhaps, thank you very much for that, adam fleming in brussels. derbyshire will be starting sooner than usual. at 1:45pm on the bbc news channel and bbc one, we have a bbc news special for live coverage of boris johnson have a bbc news special for live coverage of borisjohnson taking over. but first, back to the studio to lu kwesa for a over. but first, back to the studio to lukwesa for a round—up of the rest of the day‘s news. good morning to you. police divers are searching for three people missing in different parts of the river thames. they are looking for a 22—year—old man who failed to resurface after going swimming with friends at shadwell basin in wapping just after six o‘clock last night. officers are also searching a stretch of the river near waterloo bridge after reports of a person in difficulty, while a third person was reported to be in the water at kingston upon thames. immediate improvements are being ordered at a young offenders institution in west london. the move comes after a report found there had been a collapse in standards
ok, so limited room for manoeuvre perhaps, thank you very much for that, adam fleming in brussels. derbyshire will be starting sooner than usual. at 1:45pm on the bbc news channel and bbc one, we have a bbc news special for live coverage of boris johnson have a bbc news special for live coverage of borisjohnson taking over. but first, back to the studio to lu kwesa for a over. but first, back to the studio to lukwesa for a round—up of the rest of the day‘s news. good morning to you. police...
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adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament.here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president for the parliament. in brussels, exhausted national leaders ended three days of talks about the top jobs and the other bits of the eu. they suggested the german defence minister ursula von der leyen to run the european commission, which monitors whether countries are sticking to eu rules. the belgian prime mini
adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament.here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder...
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adam fleming is in strasbourg. adam, tell us more about what happened.european parliament since the european elections in may and it was ceremonial and the ceremony looked and sounded a bit like this. that of course is the eu anthem, ode tojoy by beethoven. the meps stood up and turn their back to the rest of the chamber because they do not approve of the eu having an anthem, they do not much approve of the eu at all but i do not think they will get into trouble because that sort of thing has been done in the chamber before and all sorts of political stu nts ta ke place before and all sorts of political stunts take place in there. you might notice the bright yellow t—shirts worn by the liberal democrats who are pro—european and anti—brexit and on the front the t—shirt say stop brexit and on the back they use language not appropriate for a lunchtime news programme. wimbledon now. british number one johanna konta begins her wimbledon campaign today. she is one of eight brits in action. our sports news correspondent david ornstein is at wimbledon for us. wh
adam fleming is in strasbourg. adam, tell us more about what happened.european parliament since the european elections in may and it was ceremonial and the ceremony looked and sounded a bit like this. that of course is the eu anthem, ode tojoy by beethoven. the meps stood up and turn their back to the rest of the chamber because they do not approve of the eu having an anthem, they do not much approve of the eu at all but i do not think they will get into trouble because that sort of thing has...
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we can speak now to our brussels reporter adam fleming.what they think they're. will they think this changes nothing or is there a possible chance they might be able to use a word other than no?|j possible chance they might be able to use a word other than no? i would love to know the answer to that, it is very difficult to work out because there is not a settled view in brussels and the rest of the eu. people have different theories, different opinions and different questions, because that is the stage we are at, there is not a settled new british position for the eu to react to. some of the questions from people in brussels, to me as a bridge, which boris johnson, people in brussels, to me as a bridge, which borisjohnson, if he wins, will turn up? the incredibly hardline one not worried about no deal, the less hardline but still quite to what he says let's get rid of loads of elements of the withdrawal agreement, including the backstop, let's go for a standstill transition for a couple of years and nothing else, or will it be even more p
we can speak now to our brussels reporter adam fleming.what they think they're. will they think this changes nothing or is there a possible chance they might be able to use a word other than no?|j possible chance they might be able to use a word other than no? i would love to know the answer to that, it is very difficult to work out because there is not a settled view in brussels and the rest of the eu. people have different theories, different opinions and different questions, because that is...
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thank you very much, adams fleming.ilies' hopes over access to medicinal cannabis, despite approving it's use last year. the drug was given the green light for prescription in november but a report by mps found it still isn't readily available. lauren moss reports. ben griffiths is ten years old and has cerebral palsy. untiljust a couple of months ago he was having more than 100 epileptic seizures every day. now they've dramatically reduced after a doctor issued a private prescription for medical cannabis oil. but it costs £2,000 a month to import from holland and ben's mother says she feels let down by the system. i'm disappointed because it's a lost opportunity for them to help us as a family and many other families that are taking this. and it is helping our children right now and we can't sustain paying the vast amounts of money that we are privately in the uk to keep our children on these medications. i'm a cheeky monkey! last yearjo and other parents, including the mother of alfie, who also has epilepsy, handed a
thank you very much, adams fleming.ilies' hopes over access to medicinal cannabis, despite approving it's use last year. the drug was given the green light for prescription in november but a report by mps found it still isn't readily available. lauren moss reports. ben griffiths is ten years old and has cerebral palsy. untiljust a couple of months ago he was having more than 100 epileptic seizures every day. now they've dramatically reduced after a doctor issued a private prescription for...
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adam fleming reporting from strasbourg.he victim of a vip paedophile ring has described to a court the sexual abuse he claims he was subjected to as a child. carl beech, who denies perverting the course of justice, also repeated the allegations he's made against a series of public figures. our correspondent alison freeman has been following the trial at newcastle crown court. we can speak to her now. what was said in court? today, carl beech began giving evidence in his own defence. he's on trial because he is accused of lying about being the victim of a vip paedophile ring backin the victim of a vip paedophile ring back in the 19705 and 805, which he claims wa5 back in the 19705 and 805, which he claims was made up of famous people from the worlds of media, politics and the intelligence services. today, he repeated tho5e and the intelligence services. today, he repeated those claims. tho5e claim5, today, he repeated those claims. tho5e claims, in fact, led to the metropolitan police launching 0peration midland, which cost
adam fleming reporting from strasbourg.he victim of a vip paedophile ring has described to a court the sexual abuse he claims he was subjected to as a child. carl beech, who denies perverting the course of justice, also repeated the allegations he's made against a series of public figures. our correspondent alison freeman has been following the trial at newcastle crown court. we can speak to her now. what was said in court? today, carl beech began giving evidence in his own defence. he's on...
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adam fleming is in strasbourg. busy morning for everyone there, bring us up to date.uch is the hunger and the rumour mill, the speculation that she is here already, she has been smuggled in a side door, on her way, not here yet, but we definitely know that she will be meeting some of her allies from the centre—right european people's party, a group of right—wing parties from across europe, in about one hour's time, so we may see her but we may not hear from her. hour's time, so we may see her but we may not hearfrom her. —— hour's time, so we may see her but we may not hear from her. —— we will definitely see her. the next stage in the process of becoming the president is securing a majority of votes from meps here in strasbourg and some are quite critical of her personally and the process by which her name was almost plucked from the air in private by national leaders, rather than the fact she went through a process which she put herself forward explicitly for the job, in terms of otherjobs, lots of names to get used to. charles michelle, pro—minister of belgium, wil
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adam, thanks so much, adam fleming in brussels. that's it from business live today.ew special coming up on both channels. have a great day, whatever you are up have a great day, whatever you are up to. from both of us, goodbye. hello, good morning. it's allabout the temperatures and heat throughout this week, the heatwave well under way. those temperatures likely to date to get up to 35 degrees in the south—east of england, very warm, hot conditions for all of us. what's the reason for the hot weather? a southerly wind coming all the way through africa, up through spain, france, and up into the uk. and there is a bit of mist and low cloud around this morning, that will clear away, lots of sunshine extending to all parts of the uk during this afternoon. temperatures across scotla nd afternoon. temperatures across scotland and northern ireland into the mid 20s, for england and wales, high 20s, 30s, 35 celsius in the south—east of england. with all that heat and humidity through tonight, we are going to see some thunderstorms. initially, a fine end to the day, lots of s
adam, thanks so much, adam fleming in brussels. that's it from business live today.ew special coming up on both channels. have a great day, whatever you are up have a great day, whatever you are up to. from both of us, goodbye. hello, good morning. it's allabout the temperatures and heat throughout this week, the heatwave well under way. those temperatures likely to date to get up to 35 degrees in the south—east of england, very warm, hot conditions for all of us. what's the reason for the...
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our europe correspondent, adam fleming, reports from dublin on the effects of a no—deal brexit on irelandthere's no brexit deal, which means a phone call between the two prime ministers yesterday is a subject over coffee today. i think the relationship already is strained. boris has only yesterday made contact with the taoiseach of ireland. the british have chosen to come out, and we are only defending our interests, they are defending theirs, so i wouldn't particularly want to blame anyone. hopefully it won't come to that, we'll sort something out. hello, what do you think of brexit? if something isn't sorted out, farmers like raymond will be hardest hit. most of his beef goes to the uk. he's worried there would be a further fall in the pound, and about tariffs, the taxes that would be charged on imports by the uk. both would make his beach more expensive. both would make his beef more expensive. in the unthinkable event of a crash—out brexit, this farm would have to cease beef farming, we're going to have to do something else with the land. disruption to transport is another potential p
our europe correspondent, adam fleming, reports from dublin on the effects of a no—deal brexit on irelandthere's no brexit deal, which means a phone call between the two prime ministers yesterday is a subject over coffee today. i think the relationship already is strained. boris has only yesterday made contact with the taoiseach of ireland. the british have chosen to come out, and we are only defending our interests, they are defending theirs, so i wouldn't particularly want to blame anyone....
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things are starting to get busy. 0ur reporter adam fleming is in brussels for us this morning.ratulations from donald tusk, the president of the european council who chose the summits of eu leaders. he famously said he wonders what the special place in hell looks like for some of the people who ran the leave campaign. he didn't mention boris johnson by name when he said that, but i think he meant borisjohnson. what will he say in his letter, especially when donald tusk tends to be quite emotional about brexit. the new prime minister will probably get some congratulatory phone calls from other e you leaders, people are lamichael of germany and the french president emmanuel macron. they will obviously want to congratulate him, get to know him a bit, but, crucially, find out a bit more about what he actually has planned for the brexit process. because here in brussels people are quite confused about what he actually wants to do. some of the statement he made in the leadership contest were a bit imprecise, vague, some were even a bit contradictory. in this morning in brussels they
things are starting to get busy. 0ur reporter adam fleming is in brussels for us this morning.ratulations from donald tusk, the president of the european council who chose the summits of eu leaders. he famously said he wonders what the special place in hell looks like for some of the people who ran the leave campaign. he didn't mention boris johnson by name when he said that, but i think he meant borisjohnson. what will he say in his letter, especially when donald tusk tends to be quite...
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adam fleming sent up this update. there's an appointment process happening in strasbourg.ey are called a president but are more like a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting hasjust a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting has just finished and they could be three more rounds today. we should get a name by the end of the day. at lunchtime we are expecting a visit from the german defence minister who is expected to ta ke defence minister who is expected to take over from jean—claude juncker. she can only take up thatjob if a majority of mvpmeps. vote for her. in terms of the other topjobs, there is an expectation that donald tusk will step down. the decision could take that on their own yesterday at their summit. in terms of the boss of the international monetary fund who is due to take over from the international bank, she will have to be officially approved by eu leaders once they've had consultations in the european parliament and have spoken to the board of the european central bank. in terms of the spanish foreign minister who is stepping up to be
adam fleming sent up this update. there's an appointment process happening in strasbourg.ey are called a president but are more like a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting hasjust a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting has just finished and they could be three more rounds today. we should get a name by the end of the day. at lunchtime we are expecting a visit from the german defence minister who is expected to ta ke defence minister who is expected to take over from...
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they weren't the only british mep‘s protesting adam fleming tweets ”the @libdems meps are gathering nowsession” here they are wearing trademark anti—#brexit" t—shirts. so all in all a busy day for the eu. the social democratic party, about her reaction to the new leadership nominations. we are very much disappointed, we had and have very strong and progressive candidates for the president of the commission and we are hoping that also, other forces, and other parts of the european union or other parties who have claimed to put the issue of democracy and human rights in the centre of the upcoming event that they would support the team and what kind of europe they want but u nfortu nately, kind of europe they want but unfortunately, they turned their back and they went to other, towards other places. and what you think the process of those nomination tells us about the respective strength of the european council and all of the country's leaders the european parliament elected by people all over europe? the european parliament have not had a vote on it yet and we're still discussing it. , h
they weren't the only british mep‘s protesting adam fleming tweets ”the @libdems meps are gathering nowsession” here they are wearing trademark anti—#brexit" t—shirts. so all in all a busy day for the eu. the social democratic party, about her reaction to the new leadership nominations. we are very much disappointed, we had and have very strong and progressive candidates for the president of the commission and we are hoping that also, other forces, and other parts of the european...
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here's adam fleming. political argument didn't get the job? or from the political argument didn't get thejob? or is it that from the political argument didn't get the job? or is it that the green score a bit more concerned about the lack of transparency of how she was elected. i suppose they will roll in behind her, especially because lots of the political groups he the european parliament are negotiating a joint programme for the next five yea rs a joint programme for the next five years that they will present to her andi years that they will present to her and i think if she says that she will sign up to that programme, then she will probably be able to get everyone's vote. so this could be a bit of shadow—boxing in a bit of sour grapes and when it comes to it, they will vote for her. but who knows, the european parliament is a much more unpredictable place than it was in the past as a result of the european parliament elections which solve the centre—right in the ce ntreleft which solve the centre—righ
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other corresponding to adam fleming has showed mps from the brexit party in the uk turning their backbuilding. the president of the european parliament chided then, saying you stand for the anthem of another country. they are not part of an international political group, so nigel farage no longer gets a seat in the front row with achy speaking slot. these are the live pictures from the european parliament. —— with aki speaking slot. there have been words of protest about catalonian meps not being allowed to take their seats. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the cabinet secretary sir mark sedwill has offered to meet him to discuss a newspaper report which claimed that two civil servants described him as "too frail" to be prime minister. mr corbyn has dismissed the suggestion and, in a letter to sir mark, has repeated his call for an independent investigation into how the story emerged. the headlines on bbc news: an investigation is launched after a man — suspected to be a stowaway — falls to his death from a kenya airways flight bound for heathrow into a garden in south london. china co
other corresponding to adam fleming has showed mps from the brexit party in the uk turning their backbuilding. the president of the european parliament chided then, saying you stand for the anthem of another country. they are not part of an international political group, so nigel farage no longer gets a seat in the front row with achy speaking slot. these are the live pictures from the european parliament. —— with aki speaking slot. there have been words of protest about catalonian meps not...
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with more details, here's our correspondent in strasbourg, adam fleming the defence minister arriveds and journalists who want to know more about her and what she plans to do. there are probably a bit disappointed because she kept tight—lipped and said absolutely nothing. she met mep from the centre left and people's party who are her allies in this process and then she is going to be the centre left and the liberals, they were sceptical of her in the process and she was selected in secret by eu leaders because she had not put yourself forward explicitly as the candidate forward explicitly as the candidate for thejob and forward explicitly as the candidate for the job and in two weeks' time, there are people here that she has to get a majority of mep's to get thejob. and now it's time to get a majority of mep's to get the job. and now it's time for a to get a majority of mep's to get thejob. and now it's time for a new president of the apartment thousand more like the chair or the speaker, there were two rounds of votes, four candidates and the winner was david, who is a centre—right
with more details, here's our correspondent in strasbourg, adam fleming the defence minister arriveds and journalists who want to know more about her and what she plans to do. there are probably a bit disappointed because she kept tight—lipped and said absolutely nothing. she met mep from the centre left and people's party who are her allies in this process and then she is going to be the centre left and the liberals, they were sceptical of her in the process and she was selected in secret by...
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watching events here just as closely as we are are those in brussels, and adam fleming joins me from for whoever takes over, and the assumption is here that it over, and the assumption is here thatitis over, and the assumption is here that it is borisjohnson, the question is whether they will hear any other word than know when they next approach brussels? well, the eu has said for quite some time now that the withdrawal agreement, the divorce bit of the brexit deal, is not up for renegotiation. in other words, that means the irish backstop will not be taken out, a time limit will not be taken out, a time limit will not be applied, it will not be replaced by technological solutions. the eu says the only place where there is room for the manoeuvre is there is room for the manoeuvre is the political declaration that sits alongside the divorce treaty, which spells out the shape of the future relationship and is a road map for the next phase of negotiations. they say that is where there is room for manoeuvre. however, there are going to be two factors that are different under a boris john
watching events here just as closely as we are are those in brussels, and adam fleming joins me from for whoever takes over, and the assumption is here that it over, and the assumption is here thatitis over, and the assumption is here that it is borisjohnson, the question is whether they will hear any other word than know when they next approach brussels? well, the eu has said for quite some time now that the withdrawal agreement, the divorce bit of the brexit deal, is not up for renegotiation....
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leaders have reconvened over breakfast to decide who should fill the topjobs. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleminghen started and then it was officially suspended because they couldn't reach agreement and then a whole lot of haggling started behind—the—scenes again with donald task meeting all 28 leaders one by one through the night as they tried to reach an agreement. —— donald tusk. there are five jobs up for grabs but 28 countries so it is like doing a puzzle where there are five slots and 28 pieces and trying to cram them all in where you can maximise the winners, minimise the losers and balance geography and north, south, east, whence, something for the big countries, something for the big countries, something for the smaller countries, something for the smaller countries, something for the countries that have joined the something for the countries that havejoined the eu recently, balance for the ones who have been long—standing eu members. then you have political parties from the right, left, liberals and greens and its really tricky. they have all just sat down, all 28 of them, for brea kfa
leaders have reconvened over breakfast to decide who should fill the topjobs. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleminghen started and then it was officially suspended because they couldn't reach agreement and then a whole lot of haggling started behind—the—scenes again with donald task meeting all 28 leaders one by one through the night as they tried to reach an agreement. —— donald tusk. there are five jobs up for grabs but 28 countries so it is like doing a puzzle where there are five slots...
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correspondent iain watson is at the qe2 centre in westminster, where the result will be announced, while adam fleming phone and we will get the result. at around ten to 12 the winner will be announced, in the style of the oscars or the rafters. we are assuming the winner will be borisjohnson. we we are assuming the winner will be boris johnson. we expect we are assuming the winner will be borisjohnson. we expect he will become conservative leader today and officially prime minister tomorrow. if it is borisjohnson, that will be a political rollercoaster ride. he is no stranger to photo of the trinity and two very interesting and sometimes actually quite counter—productive phrases. we see what he will get on, for example, top of the list, brexit. willie get a deal with brussels or leave with no deal. he is prepared to leave by october 31st do or die but if he does he could immediately have a rebellion from senior figures in does he could immediately have a rebellion from seniorfigures in his party. he says he will try to go to brussels and hopefully the chances of leaving without a deal will be 1 milli
correspondent iain watson is at the qe2 centre in westminster, where the result will be announced, while adam fleming phone and we will get the result. at around ten to 12 the winner will be announced, in the style of the oscars or the rafters. we are assuming the winner will be borisjohnson. we we are assuming the winner will be boris johnson. we expect we are assuming the winner will be borisjohnson. we expect he will become conservative leader today and officially prime minister tomorrow. if...
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our brussels reporter adam fleming followed two members from both sides of the brexit divide to see how a vetera n for the brexit party, there is a veteran on hand to give some advice atan veteran on hand to give some advice at an early morning meeting. my suggestion is we will work with anybody if they are friendly. except there is somebody missing. the new mep from the brexit party we are meant to be following, belinda de lucy. what time do you call this?” know, we couldn't get our taxi end. on the other side of the building... stop brexit! the other side of the argument, the pro europe lib dems. luisa porritt, also a counsellor in london, is anti— brexit and pro— swearing. i don't know if you can show this on morning television. yes. might have to blow that word out. so your first act as an mep is to wear a t—shirt with a rude word on the back? in the chamber? yes, well, this was our slogan during the european election campaign, and that didn't seem to harm our electoral results, so we are going to own it. in the chamber, luisa ‘s and the others' t—shirts really stuck out, until the
our brussels reporter adam fleming followed two members from both sides of the brexit divide to see how a vetera n for the brexit party, there is a veteran on hand to give some advice atan veteran on hand to give some advice at an early morning meeting. my suggestion is we will work with anybody if they are friendly. except there is somebody missing. the new mep from the brexit party we are meant to be following, belinda de lucy. what time do you call this?” know, we couldn't get our taxi...
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let's cross to our correspondent there adam fleming.nded of a certain parrot sketch. this is one of those stories where people tend not to use humour because it is getting incredibly tense around this iran deal. a quick reminder. donald trump pulled out a bit last year, last month the iranians said they were going to reach the limits for enriching uranium which means they are technically in breach of the agreement and so now it is a question of what the eu does about it. it is not really the eu that are the prime movers here, it is the uk, france and germany. do they launch the dispute settlement procedure which triggers a whole series of meetings, there is a commission than a miss —— at ministerial cascade of meetings. it could end up with the un passing a resolution which could see old sanctions are restored. no one has pressed that button to start that dispute resolution process yet, so that dispute resolution process yet, so will that happen today or will we just get effectively more words from the eu as they carry on doing what the
let's cross to our correspondent there adam fleming.nded of a certain parrot sketch. this is one of those stories where people tend not to use humour because it is getting incredibly tense around this iran deal. a quick reminder. donald trump pulled out a bit last year, last month the iranians said they were going to reach the limits for enriching uranium which means they are technically in breach of the agreement and so now it is a question of what the eu does about it. it is not really the eu...
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we can now speak to our brussels correspondent adam fleming who's monitoring today's meeting of eu foreignabsolutely pivotal in what happens next with a run, adam. what are the expectations there? the expectations are we will get a press conference this afternoon when the meeting ends around 430 uk time. then we will find out what the 28 foreign ministers have agreed should be the next steps. it may be that the issue some more words where they can damn iran has! some more words where they can damn iran has i have done for breaching the terms of the nuclear terms and then the us, for pulling out of the deal and precipitating iran is a breach of the deal. that was the message we were hearing from foreign ministers arriving in brussels this morning. the french foreign minister said this was a bad decision by iran to breach the deal but caused by a bad decision by the usa to pull out of it. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, taking a break from the tory leadership campaign to speak to his counterparts from across europe today, saying the deal were still alive, not dead yet. he said there was
we can now speak to our brussels correspondent adam fleming who's monitoring today's meeting of eu foreignabsolutely pivotal in what happens next with a run, adam. what are the expectations there? the expectations are we will get a press conference this afternoon when the meeting ends around 430 uk time. then we will find out what the 28 foreign ministers have agreed should be the next steps. it may be that the issue some more words where they can damn iran has! some more words where they can...
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joining me from brussels now is our correspondent adam fleming.european union over the last few weeks and months that there is going to be no change to the withdrawal agreement, there is perhaps a bit of wiggle room with the political declaration around it. do you see any of that changing in the way borisjohnson might hope? not at the moment. it is still early days. yesterday after boris johnson's first speech outside downing street to the reaction was quite explosive. people use the word ra nt to quite explosive. people use the word rant to describe it and the message people kept on sending me was this is going to be a bumpy ride. once people had settled down and combed through the speech and looked at it in detail, they were looking for things and they found things where they thought they could work with borisjohnson it they thought they could work with boris johnson it wasn't they thought they could work with borisjohnson it wasn't quite as dramatic as it disappeared. but they are waiting for some actual detail from the boris johnson are waitin
joining me from brussels now is our correspondent adam fleming.european union over the last few weeks and months that there is going to be no change to the withdrawal agreement, there is perhaps a bit of wiggle room with the political declaration around it. do you see any of that changing in the way borisjohnson might hope? not at the moment. it is still early days. yesterday after boris johnson's first speech outside downing street to the reaction was quite explosive. people use the word ra nt...
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let's get more from our political correspondent adam fleming, who is in strasbourg this morning.nths. today is the first official day because they only become meps when they go into the chamber and gets on in. although they have spent the last few weeks in brussels in their offices getting their laptops and ideas. 73. the guest book is 29 from the brexit party. i think they may have a little stu nt party. i think they may have a little stunt plan. but they do not wa nt to little stunt plan. but they do not want to muck up or disrupt the functioning, they just want to want to muck up or disrupt the functioning, theyjust want to get brexit done and get the uk out of the eu. next biggest group is the liberal democrats, 16 of them and they are also planning stunt of their own, they will wear a t—shirt with a particularly... strange word about brexit because they do not wa nt to about brexit because they do not want to leave the eu. i think we can all guess what the word is. a medieval chess piece bought forjust £5 could sell for £1 million at an auction at sotheby‘s today. it's one o
let's get more from our political correspondent adam fleming, who is in strasbourg this morning.nths. today is the first official day because they only become meps when they go into the chamber and gets on in. although they have spent the last few weeks in brussels in their offices getting their laptops and ideas. 73. the guest book is 29 from the brexit party. i think they may have a little stu nt party. i think they may have a little stunt plan. but they do not wa nt to little stunt plan. but...
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let's find out from our europe reporter, adam fleming who joins us now.tiator, wrote a note that was sent to all other eu capitals to be given to the diplomatic advisors for all other eu leaders and it's started off pretty well. look, if the uk have any new ideas we are willing to listen to them as long as they are compatible with the existing brexit deal and thatis with the existing brexit deal and that is where the diplomatic language and that and it was pretty negative after that. the speech borisjohnson negative after that. the speech boris johnson gave in negative after that. the speech borisjohnson gave in parliament was described as competitive. combative and the ramped up preparations of leaving with no deal is perceived by michelle garner to undermine the unity of the 27 other eu countries. no other 27 eu countries are affected equally and i think it is a plan to get the countries that would feel the heat from a no—deal brexit. diplomatic language and document but the eu is concerned about what boris johnson has got planned. that is a day one. a
let's find out from our europe reporter, adam fleming who joins us now.tiator, wrote a note that was sent to all other eu capitals to be given to the diplomatic advisors for all other eu leaders and it's started off pretty well. look, if the uk have any new ideas we are willing to listen to them as long as they are compatible with the existing brexit deal and thatis with the existing brexit deal and that is where the diplomatic language and that and it was pretty negative after that. the speech...
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those mike adam fleming gave us this update.ation through an approved big decisions in their favour. the european parliament elections back in may saw them do much less well than they had done in the past i had a better performance for liberal parties and green parties, so they will have much more ofan parties, so they will have much more of an influence, and things here will just be of an influence, and things here willjust be a bit more unpredictable. the other big thing to look at is the presence, continued presence of british meps. the uk was supposed to have left on the 29th of march, that was extended and then extended again, because the uk are stilla and then extended again, because the uk are still a member state it still legally is obliged and entitled to said members of the european parliament. there is still 73 british meps here. 29 of them are from the brexit party, and they staged a bit of a stunt at this morning as the opera singer and string quartet began playing the european anthem, adverse the brexit party m ps
those mike adam fleming gave us this update.ation through an approved big decisions in their favour. the european parliament elections back in may saw them do much less well than they had done in the past i had a better performance for liberal parties and green parties, so they will have much more ofan parties, so they will have much more of an influence, and things here will just be of an influence, and things here willjust be a bit more unpredictable. the other big thing to look at is the...
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parliament elected the italian socialist david sassoli as its new president. 0ur correspondent adam flemingurg. the hunger and rumour mill surrounding ursula von der leyen, the german defence minister who has been named as a nominee for the next president of the european commission, there is speculation she is here already, that she has been smuggled in a side door and is on her way, that she's not here yet, but we definitely know she will be meeting some of her allies from the centre—right european people's party, the group of right—wing parties from across europe in about an hour's time so we will definitely see her although we might not hear from her. the reason she is here is because the next age of the process in her becoming european commission president is securing a majority of votes from meps in strasbourg and some of them are quite critical of her personally and also the process by which her name was plucked from the air in private by national leaders rather than the fact she went through a process which she put herself forward explicitly for the job. in terms of otherjobs, there
parliament elected the italian socialist david sassoli as its new president. 0ur correspondent adam flemingurg. the hunger and rumour mill surrounding ursula von der leyen, the german defence minister who has been named as a nominee for the next president of the european commission, there is speculation she is here already, that she has been smuggled in a side door and is on her way, that she's not here yet, but we definitely know she will be meeting some of her allies from the centre—right...
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we can speak to our brussels correspondent adam fleming.frankly the eu leaders have been here for about 16 hours. they met when i first got here yesterday and then that was suspended so donald tusk, the chair of the summit could speak to individual leaders one by one, even for a couple of minutes. groups of leaders are meeting in the corridor and side rooms to try and strike deals with each other and do a bit of haggling. a couple of hours ago they reconvene for a breakfast meeting. we will find out fairly soon whether they managed to make progress, whether they will continue to talk today or whether the deadlock is so strong they will give up deadlock is so strong they will give upfor deadlock is so strong they will give up for now and come back in a couple of weeks and have another and schedule summit, maybe around the 15th ofjuly to finally knock this on its head. the reason it's taking so long is because it is an incredibly complicated puzzle. there we re incredibly complicated puzzle. there were five jobs incredibly complicated puzzle.
we can speak to our brussels correspondent adam fleming.frankly the eu leaders have been here for about 16 hours. they met when i first got here yesterday and then that was suspended so donald tusk, the chair of the summit could speak to individual leaders one by one, even for a couple of minutes. groups of leaders are meeting in the corridor and side rooms to try and strike deals with each other and do a bit of haggling. a couple of hours ago they reconvene for a breakfast meeting. we will...