a warm welcome at family house for german chancellor angela merkel dublin says she has been a strong and unwavering ally of iran and throughout the brics a crisis. clinton irish prime minister. held roundtable talks with the focus on what could happen to the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland if britain crashes out of the e.u. without a deal. the irish border separates northern ireland which is part of the u.k. from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. after brics it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential part of the nineteen ninety eight good friday peace agreements between island and northern ireland. knuckle true on her own past experience with voters in support of her car. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years. for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear. and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so man

a womb welcome that family house with german chancellor angela merkel dublin says she has been a strong and unwavering to and i have on and throughout the great surprise has now called in the irish prime minister leo varadkar held roundtable talks on what could happen if the person leaves the e.u. without a deal the focus was on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. merkel drew on her own past experience with borders in her support of home . personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years. thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and such when i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear it's good and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. flee to this is already modified. the irish borders separates northern ireland which is part of the u.k. from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. the brics it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential par

reporter: a warm welcome at that house for angela merkel. dublins she has been a strong and unwavering ally of ireland throughout the brexit process. they held roundtable talks on what could happen if britain leaves the e.u. withthout a dea. the focus was on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. angela merkel drew on her past existence -- past experience with borders. >> i personally come from a cocountry that w was separated firewall for many years. for 34 years i lived behind the iron curtain. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear. and so i am aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. reporter: the irish border separates northern ireland become a part of the u.k., from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the you after brexit. there is no physical border now. the absence of a hard border is a central part of the 1998 good friday peace agreement between the republic and the u.k. which ended decades of viol

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german chancellor angela merkel has been in dublin today for talks with the irish prime minister leobrexit deadlock. mrs merkel said she would do all she could to avoid a no—deal brexit while mr varadkar said that any request by mrs may for another delay would have to be made for credible reasons. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has the latest. through ireland's green fields, a key eu leader arrives. angela merkel‘s visit comes amid warnings the possibility of the uk leaving without any deal has increased. and there's growing speculation over whether ireland could be asked to budge. translation: we are more than aware of the fact that what is at stake, and what has to be solved, in particularly as regards ireland, what will be essential, what we need to do, what sort of assurances we have to give. and ireland, so exposed to the effects of brexit, needs the eu's backing. whatever challenges we face, whether it's protecting the good friday agreement or maintaining the integrity of the single market, we'll approach those as shared challenges. there won't be anyone trying to force a

welcome german chancellor angela merkel is in dublin for briggs it talks with irish counterpart. the meeting comes just nine days before britain wrists leaving the european union with overdrawn t.v. delvin says just america has been a strong going on beavering. in the brig subprocess the discussions are expected to focus on a possible return to a hot border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland the affairs that if a new deal breaks it does happen the nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement could collapse the absence of a hard border is a central pillar of the peace accord between island and the u.k. the irish border separates northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom from the republic of ireland which is a part of the e.u. . joining me now is our chief political editor mechanical fish she is in dublin to come across america visit there michelle what does johnson mecca want to achieve with this visit at such a crucial juncture. well clearly the timing the. week before this. summit who wanted to talk about practice is more than just political symbo

necessary and that could destroy the fragile irish peace or so they german chancellor angela merkel visited dublin and she brought the two messages a promise of european solidarity with the republic of ireland and they call for patients with the u.k. as it tries to resolve its brights that blockage and she shared a personal story about her formative years in communist east germany behind the iron curtain she said that experience gives her a special understanding of the importance of tearing down walls and keeping them down. it was a miracle most. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years into the muslim for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and guidance i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear the openside brutal and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. to this is or that was the german chancellor speaking there in dublin our boards of analyst alex forrest whining is back at the big table with me good to see you the chancellor she is determin

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what is interesting is angela merkel will go to dublin. she will want to see more details about the planning if there is no deal. anna: matt referring to angela merkel, we will see how that develops. what else do we need to know in terms of the brexit conversation ?rom a brussels perspective are they just waiting to find out what this cabinet meeting concludes? we might see resignations and that might give us a clue who is winning the cabinet argument. maria: there is nothing planned because they want to see what the plan looks like from the u.k. before that emergency summit, they will not have time to digest this new plan if we get one. they do not want to see a situation where they are only told a day before the summit, this is what we want to do they want time to look at this plan again if they get one in detail. anna: thank you very much. david merritt joining us in studio and maria tadeo joining us from brussels. let's get a first word news update. juncker hasde stepped up his criticism of chinese trade practices after xi jinping sough

german chancellor angela merkel is in dublin for briggs it talks with the irish counterpart of the meeting comes just nine days before britain could leave the european union without a deal dublin says chance america has been a strong on beavering ally throughout the breaks of process. their discussions are expected to focus on a return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland their fear is that if a north of happens the one thousand nine hundred good friday agreement could collapse the irish border separates the north which is part of the united kingdom from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. after briggs in the absence of a hard border is a central part of the peace agreement between ireland and the u.k. . our chief political editor joins me now on the line from dublin michel achaz the americas visit to berlin comes at a very crucial point what is she hoping to achieve with this visit. well first of all there's a lot of political symbolism here and the knack i want to say is that she stands on the behind the efforts of the irish pri

hello and welcome i'm not that shima german chancellor angela merkel is in dublin for breaks a talks with irish counterpart. the meeting comes just nine days before britain could leave the european. an in without a deal dublin says chancellor merkel has been a strong and unbe bring out i trot the brakes of process discussions are expected to focus on a possible return to a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland they are fear that if a new deal breaks it happens the nine hundred ninety eight good friday agreement could collapse the irish border separates the north which is sponsor of the united kingdom from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. off to brag that the absence of a hard border is a central pillar of the peace agreement between island and the united kingdom. joining me now is our chief political editor mechanical fish she is in dublin to come across america visit there michelle what does johnson mecca want to achieve with this visit at such a crucial juncture. well clearly the timing. for the for the summit who wanted to t

warning that a disorderly breaks it is becoming increasingly likely the german chancellor angela merkel is in dublin the irish capital to hold talks with the irish she should leave her accompanies the prime minister the u.k. is due to crash of the european union on april the twelfth unless a solution can be found paul brennan joins us now from our bureau in london so paul as far as dublin's concerned that talking about the irish border that's that's one of the big key crucial issues here. yes the visit of the german chancellor to dublin is seen i think as a gesture of solidarity given the concerns that there are were in europe about the way that britain is still to come up with a credible coherent solution an alternative to present to the emergency summits of the european council that's the heads of states that are going to meet next wednesday wednesday of next week there are moves ongoing you've got the prime minister theresa may and the labor leader jeremy corbyn who've had two rounds of talks so far they hope to have more talks again on friday but so far they haven't come up with a joint plan a j

strength of that image of angela merkel standing in dublin on the side to teach uk expressing full support frightens position would be the ideal scenario for the irish government because they would see that as the ultimate answer to those in london and those aren't brigadiers who still believe like that for almost three years now that at the end of this whole process germany and the german care a lot of your anglo-american or whatever it is going to simply say ok we need to do a deal we're going to start and on the boats they believe the irish government would believe a strong show of support for marcos at that press conference would be the ultimate rebuke to them particularly at this very late stage of the whole process and they are going to what about the view from london how how high are hopes there that america can act as a sort of representative of the e.u. to put pressure on the irish prime minister and find a solution for the irish backstop. well it's interesting also to word authoress that i think a long time it was true that the brits it is here were still hoping that there would

well as we mentioned german chancellor angela merkel is in dublin today to discuss. the uncertainties surrounding brags that the irish border separates northern ireland which is part of britain from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the european union after brags that at the moment there's no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is a central part of the peace agreement between ireland and northern ireland but it's unclear how border complexities can be avoided after bragg's it ahead of the trip merkel addressed the risk of violence if a hard border results from britain's divorce from that you. we often say in europe this a question of war and peace and we can see that it's fundamentally a question of violence or nonviolence of course we want to play our part and so i will look closely at the situation regarding the irish border and ways to find solutions to prevent heartbreaks it know that sent these solutions must ultimately come from london. we can see that intense efforts are being made but also that there are clearly ve

the german chancellor angela merkel is in dublin today she's been holding talks with the ship. they're preparing emergency steps if the u.k. does crash of the e.u. on april the twelfth. the u.s. house of representatives has today approved a resolution to end u.s. fought for the. war in yemen the resolution has been approved by a vote of two hundred forty seven to one hundred seventy five the bill will now go to president donald trump who has already announced he plans to veto it he made that announcement last month she have a chance he joins us live from washington she have the facts of this vote does this mean that the billions of dollars worth of arms sales to saudi arabia by the united states does that now stop. no it doesn't it is in many ways a very symbolic vote as you say the president is expected to veto this bill this resolution has been passed in both chambers of congress both the senate and the house now with bipartisan majorities in favor of this resolution we have asked the white house whether the president will now veto this resolution they're not being committed

german chancellor angela merkel has been in dublin for braggs at talks with her irish counterpart leo varadkar this comes nine days before britain could leave the european union with a deal which would in danger that will put border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom. apply.

well the german chancellor angela merkel is traveling to dublin today to discuss the uncertainty surrounding bracks at those talks are expected to focus on how to maintain an open border in ireland is one of the biggest factors in the deadlock right now the irish border separates northern ireland which is part of britain of course from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the european union after rex it at the moment there's no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is a central part of the peace process in northern ireland but it's unclear how border infrastructure can be avoided after breakfast so michael's heading to ireland to get her own perspective on a very complicated issue ahead of the trip she said she would fight until the last hour to avoid a no deal bret's it. harmful we often say in europe and this is a question of war and peace and we can see that it's fundamentally a question of violence or nonviolence of course we want to play our part and so i will look closely at the situation regarding the irish border and ways to find solutions to p

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german chancellor angela merkel has been in dublin for braggs it talks with her irish counterpart. this comes nine days before britain could leave the european union with a deal which put in danger that open border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom.

all attention was on dublin, where angela merkel was in talks with taoiseach leo varadkar. mr.r said that any request by prime minister th aesa may fther delay would have to be madecr for edible reason. our ireland corresponded emma var has the latest. emma: a key eu leader arrives. angela merkel's vwait comes amid ings of the possibility of the uk's leaving without any deal has increased, and there is growing speculation over whether ireland could be asked to budge. chancellor merkel: we are more than aware of the fact of what is astake in what has to be solved, wh will be essential , what we need to do, what sort of assurance we have to gi. emma: ireland, so exposed to brexit, needs the eu's backing. prime min. varadkar: whatever challenges we face, protecting the good friday agreement or maintaining the integrity of the markets, we will approach those chas sharelenges. there won't be anyone trying to force any anything on anyone. el it will be a shared challenge and one that we are up to. emma: officials are keen to portray this visit as a show of support from not a sign tha

there will be tough, tough conditions attached and there was a determinedly upbeat note in dublin with angela merkel a way, and i think what we are seeing here is eu leaders peering into the a byss here is eu leaders peering into the abyss of no deal, thinking what it will mean for them, and also considering what they might be willing to do to try to avoid it. right now there is no unified eu position on this, but today, in berlin, i had a chance of a rare interview to talk to annegret kramp—karren, known as germany's chancellor in waiting and she gave us chancellor in waiting and she gave usa chancellor in waiting and she gave us a peek into what's going on behind—the—scenes. translation: we, the eu, negotiated in a fair way for a very long time. the fact that we are now so close to a no—deal scenario is down to the domestic situation in the uk. so, isn't it foolhardy to stay on these very tough red lines in negotiation, such as when it came to the famous backstop, that guarantee to keep the irish border open? wouldn't it have been more sensible just to say, yeah, ok, we'll put an end date on the b

german chancellor angela merkel is due to meet the irish leader in dublin today as concerns over brexit the media is interpreting all of this. we begin with the mailonline which carries a warning from brexit minister robin walker that last night's votes by mps to kill off a no deal brexit could increase the risk of it ‘accidentally‘ happening, because the new timetable does not allow enough time to sign it off. meanwhile the telegraph says uk pm theresa may appears to be moving towards opposition leaderjeremy corbyn's soft brexit demands as her top law officer claimed a customs union with the eu would not be "a sell—out". in the guardian, the international monetary fund has warned that the market power of a small number of global tech companies threatens to stifle innovation and greater competition is needed. the mirror focuses on recent comments made by prince harry who has warned how social media is "more addictive than alcohol and drugs." his remarks were made only 2a hours after launching his own record breaking instagram page. the daily mail leads with an alarming headline claiming

the german chancellor angela merkel has arrived in dublin for talks with the irish prime minister about discussions with his french counterpart emmanuel macron in paris. after the meeting today mr varadkar described the german leader as "a strong ally of ireland". our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. through ireland's green fields, a key eu leader arrives. angela merkel‘s visit comes amid warnings the possibility of the uk leaving without any deal has increased. and there's growing speculation over whether ireland could be asked to budge. translation: we will do everything in order to prevent a no—deal brexit, britain crashing out of the european union, but we have to do this together, with the united kingdom. officials have been keen to portray this visit as a show of support, not a sign that ireland is under pressure, but germany and other eu countries too will want concrete answers soon over how the irish border — the eu's new frontier — is going to work. food producers are looking at what's on the brexit horizon for the goods they sell. and this week, uk potato firms were t

the german chancellor angela merkel is due in dublin on thursday to discuss options before a specialm london, the eu is turning to ireland for a plan. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's get more on this now, and i'm joined by katie daughen in dublin, she's the head of brexit policy for the british irish chamber of commerce. sylvia is in paris and deputy director of a french is for international and strategic affairs. i'm alsojoined by pauline come a general list for the new statesman in brussels. good to see you all. thank you for being with us. if i can thank you for being with us. if i ca n start thank you for being with us. if i can start with you in dublin, katie, we heard the meeting between emmanuel macron today and they both made it clear that if there was going to be any kind of extension to article 50, which we now know theresa may wants, there has to be a plan, a credible plan to back up that extension. do you see anything in what theresa may said tonight that amounts to a credible plan? i suppose she hasn't really put forward much detail in what she will look for in t

only one worried about close borders and the impact on trade german chancellor angela merkel met with the head of in dublin today, their meeting comes as the uncertainty of what exact complications breaks that will bring think the us is go to a. >>the uk right now the european union they don't know what to do about all this brexit from a trade perspective could have damaging effects across the entire european continent. the complexities of the history across the continent have everyone agreeing that they want to try to do everything possible to prevent what's known as a no deal brexit. >>focus of the talks between lee and and chancellor angela merkel were the very thorny issue of balancing security on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and the integrity of the customs union single market meaning how does island as a from line for the state between the european union and britain, how does it make sure that unregulated goods don't cross that border and to the republic of ireland and the rest of the european union. without hard border checks, which and of themselves could bring ab

german chancellor angela merkel is due to eat the irish leader leo varadkar in dublin today as concerns this isn't an easy one to get your head around. a team of scientists in cambridge has developed a new technique to grow small human organs on a microchip. the chip means they can watch the organs grow in real time, which will help them study diseases and try new treatments, without the need for as much animal testing. our science correspondent richard westcott explains. this is how you grow tiny 3—dimensional human organs in laboratory. first, you freeze dry especially develops sponge for 18 hours. it acts like a skeleton. cells from human organ are put onto the sponge, which then sits inside this electronic chip. then they are fed with nutrients. what you end up with, if you can get your head around this, is a human organ growing inside a sponge, on an electronic chip. so this is a human gut, and they put it on the chip so that they can see exactly what is going on inside. so the reason i really like this image is because it shows me evidence that the mucus thatis shows me evidence t

germany's chancellor angela merkel and the irish prime minister leo varadkar have been holding talks in dublinnow on bbc news, it's thursday in parliament. hello and welcome to thursday in parliament, as the brexit battle moves to the house of lords. we have the most critical situation this country has faced in decades, and the commons had to do what it did. there has never been an instance of constitutional vandalism of the scale that we are witnessing today. also in this programme — why are women still paid less than men? the pay gap is getting worse, and i'm sure once we start looking at the race pay gap, we will see that that's even more distressing. and the leak mps weren't allowed to photograph. so the sitting is now suspending, and no photographs, please. all of that to come and more. but first, brexit, obviously. in whitehall, negotiating teams from the government and labour spent hours in intensive talks to try to find a way out of the current deadlock. downing street said the talks were detailed and productive. labour said they were detailed. and both sides plan to meet again. but in

germany's chancellor angela merkel and the irish prime minister leo varadkar have been holding talks in dublin

right now angela merkel is meeting with the irish prime minister in dublin.an watch it right now on the bloomberg. from new york, this is bloomberg. we do not want ireland to become a backdoor to the single market in the event of a hard brexit. ♪ david: this is "balance of power " on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. i spoke with starbucks ceo kevin johnson on meeting howard schultz. early it was probably 2000. howard had sent a letter to bill and steve asking microsoft to partner with starbucks on a project where microsoft what could contribute money to help starbucks put wi-fi into all of starbucks stores. bill and steve said kevin, why don't you handle this for us? stephen i took the meeting with harold. he drove across the lake and we sat in the conference room at microsoft and howard painted his vision for what he would do to bring technology in starbucks stores. it was clear at the time meeting howard that he had a clear vision for what he was trying to do and yet he had this unique proposal. he wanted to bring technology to starbucks and wanted m

germany's chancellor angela merkel and the irish prime minister leo va radkar have been holding talks in dublinowing the procedure. those are the headlines from bbc news. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am at 22. is it time for the european union to put theresa may out of her brexit misery? as the british prime minister makes another last—ditch attempt to nail down parliamentary approvalfor a brexit attempt to nail down parliamentary approval for a brexit deal, attempt to nail down parliamentary approvalfor a brexit deal, the eu must decide whether to extend the uk's departure deadline for a second time. my guest is a belgian green party mep and member of the european parliament's brexit steering committee. has patients run out in brussels? -- has patients run out in brussels? 21 in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. my 21 in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. my pleasure. are you like so many meps in brussels, politicians, members of the commission, have to watch what is going on in westminster, all of the political chaos in london. do you have patients left or run out? well, frankl

the german chancellor, angela merkel, will meet the irish taioseach, leo varadkar, in dublin later todeadlock. mrs merkel has pledged to do all she can to prevent a no deal brexit. our correspondent, jenny hill, has been assessing the mood in berlin. perhaps it's no wonder she seems preoccupied. angela merkel promised to fight to the last hour for an orderly brexit. she's running out of time. and still no—one knows how to secure what could be a new external eu border on the island of ireland. "often," she said last night, "we say europe is a matter of war and peace, and in this case we see that. it is a question of violence or nonviolence." spring has brought no brexit breakthrough to europe's capitals. the british talk of a softer deal has cheered up the government in berlin. if there were a majority for something and an outcome which would go into the european direction, it would certainly be appreciated. would the eu reopen the withdrawal agreement under those circumstances? i imagine it would not be that language, but on substance we then would have another new agreement on a newl

angela merkel says the e.u. will work until the very last hour to avoid a no deal breaks it speaking in dublin after talks with the irish prime minister said that major efforts found a way to ensure an orderly solution to britain's exit from the dock. to stay with us on al-jazeera they stopped the stream looks at the upcoming presidential runoff in ukraine thanks for watching. life imitates art at least in ukraine where a comedian famous for a t.v. role as the country's president could soon win power the real america blog and our markets have a d.m. as volunteers alinsky aims to unseat the current president in a final round of elections well look at ukraine's next that send your thoughts through twitter and you tube. ukraine's next president a celebrity with no political experience or a much criticised billionaire businessman with a presidential term already under his belt ukrainians will choose in a decisive poll in less than three weeks time volodymyr is a landscape is famous for his role in servant of the people hit show in which he plays a schoolteacher who improbably becomes ukraine's president now he wants t

angela merkel says the e.u. will work until the very last hour to avoid a no deal bricks it speaking in dublin not to talks with the irish prime minister michael said major efforts were on the way to ensure an orderly solution to britain's exit from the bloc. those are the headlines to stay with us when i one east is coming up next thanks for watching. africa's most populous nation the bloodiest economy has a youth unemployment problem in a bid to control the internet of the future some say a kind of digital. folding we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. indonesia football is a blood sport. but now it is about money. but it's not the players who are fighting for their lives it's the fact. that no. one does appear to think through what i'm looking to do so it's not about going to say that. about it imo. rolling between football fans threatens to close the lay down for good. one to one east if indonesia's cold feet about killing the sport. i. thought oh la la oh you got that go oh la la oh you got that go by that oh well you know that. i. think it'

mark: during the meeting in dublin with the irish punt minister, german chancellor -- prime minister, german chancellor angela merkelo everything she could to avoid a no deal brexit while maintaining solidarity with ireland. serious says the trump administration is lying about withdrawing troops from the country. i damascusn, the foreign minister accused the trump administration of going back and forth and being dishonest about intentions to withdraw the 2500 troops the u.s. maintains in northern syria. the official also slammed president trump's decision to recognize israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan heights. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. joe: the trade deal with china has to be great. that's what president donald trump told reporters earlier today. he taught beijing negotiator, vice premier liu he, is arriving at the white house along with treasury secretary steven mnuchin. for more about what to expect, let's bring in chief washington correspondent kevin cirilli and our trade reporter. theaw li

angela merkel says the e.u. will work until the very last hour to avoid a no deal brics it is speaking in dublin not talks with the irish prime minister merkel said major efforts are underway to ensure an orderly solution to britain's exit from the block the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. in eight days but no agreed deal is in place. just to disrupt us and we want to do even a thing we can until the last hour to prevent a disorderly breaks it will put every if it into that but we have to do this together with the person almost nine hundred thousand people in mozambique are being vaccinated against cholera after last month's cycle and it die thousands of people are still living in displacement camps after the storm with little access to clean water or sanitation to people who have died from the disease and more than seven hundred cases have been recorded there's the headlines stay with us twenty one up south africa continues next and i'll have the news are few after that bye for now. longer lives near the center of johannesburg in an area called. go with a. cloud of scope of people anybody from everywhere from anywh