what michel barnier was saying isa say. what michel barnier was saying is a unified position.ything, he said there are bits you could take from this paper but went theresa may talks about her of position, as we heard from your correspondence, we have the position from the eu saying this is not going to be your paper, you can add bits from it, the other bit of hope is michel barnier saying he is using the superlative, the clock is ticking. he thinks if they cancel the irish issue out, there is enough time to get a deal for the key october summit when the leaders next meet. clock ticking, the phrase we often use. thank you. two fifteen—year—old boys who plotted to murder pupils and teachers at a school in north yorkshire, have received custodial sentences of ten and 12 years. the teenagers planned to re—enact the columbine school massacre in the usa, in which 13 people died almost 20 years ago. let's get more from our news correspondent fiona trott. imean, so i mean, so much that is disturbing about this case. what we said there reminds you that the columbine massacre happened b

a basic misunderstanding of the eu's position, and it is what barnier is there for.ate the british government. brexit is a british problem. barnier is there to protect the integrity of the single market, the customs union... which we created. ..and the interests of the eu 27. that is what he's doing. he is not negotiate on the chequers agreement. he said yesterday very clearly that he has a list of principles. when the derivatives market blows up and european debt markets crash, brexit would very much be a european union problem. notjust a british problem. but the uk, so far, and the uk's demands, have ignored the founding principles of the eu. we can negotiate many things. freedom of movement is not a founding principle. it's from 1993. we could have vetoed it, we agreed it, we were the architects of it. the single market was constructed by margaret thatcher. and hopefully there will be a bust in brussels long after the uk have left, acknowledging that. if there was, i'm going. it was just a slip of the tongue. when donald trump, standing next to vladimir putin, the

so on the basis of these four freedoms, he's barnier.these fourfreedoms, he's talking barnier. so on the basis of these four freedoms, he's talking about how for the uk idea this white paper, he said there are areas that seriously question whether it fits with the eu guidelines. for example the big issue he said, 20% of the brexit withdrawal issues still to look at. and especially this northern ireland agreement, making sure there is no hard border. what the uk government suggested is facilitated customs arrangement avoiding any hard border with the irish side and you had the british customs officials collecting tariffs on behalf of the eu. mr barnier seemed to drive a sledge through that and said there was no chance, and can you really in a sense trust the british government as a non—eu country collecting those tariffs and also what if they significantly lowered the terms from the eu in the uk and that would be an unfair playing field. he was asked by a colleague as well does that mean thatis colleague as well does that mean that is the

commonly the michel barnier tea m barnier.s trying to promote the eu to the us so they will be working on this. with some of the relative complexity of this, all of the leaders who are currently leaving the nato summit, have got to read 104 pages to work out the details. if you look at the alignment on the customs union in some areas, looking at how customs officials will separate at the border british trade so all of that is very complicated. this morning the new foreign secretary saying he hopes there won't be cherry picking of this on the eu side. in the meantime donald tusk, the head of the european council, is saying october is still the date when they wa nt october is still the date when they want this paper agreed on by both sides. thank you. england's hopes were dashed last night in russia, as they failed in their bid to reach a world cup final for the first time in more than half a century. gareth southgate's team were beaten 2—1 in extra time by croatia, who'll now play france in the final. but despite the defeat, en

michel barnier is going back to the irish backstop, the border issue again.ning of the year, simply because theresa may yesterday, in a speech in belfast, tore it up and said we do need that any more. precisely, the withdrawal agreement... with money, transition, it has basically been blown apart by uk politics. maybe uk politics, but the point is that the british government signed up to this legal, operable, think those are the keywords in it, backstop, so that it is now no longer operable because of what happened in the house of commons. so we have to renegotiate that. this process of withdrawal, and then future trade, it falls this autumn because it will crystallise in uk terms as we sign a large cheque, yes, we get transition. what do we get in return in terms of future trade? we get a big commitment. so you don't need to pay the money. nunavut will get to the house of commons. the most likely outcome then becomes no deal. exactly! that is what the maddest of the leaders have always wanted. jacob rees—mogg what they have always wanted, what they call clea

michel barnier, his demeanour, he was looking determined, but very stressed.se he said that there has to be a solution on this issue to have a withdrawal agreement, or there is a chaotic brexit. he said he is prepared to address any plan that is put on the table. but i think crucially the eu also signalled that they are not changing their position and michel barnier in his response to that white paper, he welcomed it asa to that white paper, he welcomed it as a basis for talks, but he said how can the eu trust the uk to collect taxes and there not be fraud and many problems he sees with it. ministers from the eu 27 remaining countries here, they said talks are entering a critical moment and they're concerned at the risks of no—deal arising. they're concerned at the risks of no-deal arising. thank you. hot on the heels of his controversial talks in moscow with the russian president, president trump has invited president putin for a summit at the whitehouse. the news has taken many by surprise in washington, not least the us head of intelligence who was told whi

we saw michel barnier today, he seemed to me more angry, we saw michel barnier today, he seemed to meustrated, more determined than he has appeared before. why? well, he said there is 13 weeks to sort all this out. the key issue remaining is that border in northern ireland and it is that backstop, the insurance policy in case they cannot agree in the future trade deal how to avoid those border checks. both sides agreed back in december they would have won. today, mrs may stood in belfast and said, unacceptable, the eu's proposal. mr barnier said there has to be one and it has to be legally workable or there is no agreement and the uk crashes out. he is concerned about that, the eu 27 ministers are concerned, those here today. we heard from them, they said they are increasingly worried that there could be this know deal chaotic brexit and mr barnier turned to that white paper and he did poke holes in it. he said that he simply could not see, he had questions about how that was compatible with the eu's single market. some real questions and real difficulties, i think, for the negotiatio

as mr barnier delivered his verdict, the british prime minister was in northern ireland — whose futureationship with the eu is itself a key sticking point. theresa may urged brussels to evolve and embrace the uk's proposals. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. the protesters often turn out for theresa may, but the problems of brexit follow her everywhere. today, she was in belfast, with a plea and a promise. a promise it would be no hard irish border when the uk leaves and a plea to the eu. she had compromised on her brexit plan, now it was brussels' turn. the white paper presents a significant development of our position. it is a coherent package. it is now for the eu to respond. not simply to fall back on previous positions, which have already been proven unworkable. in brussels, the stage was set for an important moment. how would the british compromise is go? eu foreign ministers had met and set the tone, wary, not convinced, at least not yet. i will remain an optimist. but it is hard to be an optimist in these challenging times. we will work on the basis of princip

then when theresa may went to david davis or whoever it was, they went to michel barnier, michel barnierd country. today, we would have a deal which respected things in my view personally, things like eu citizens being able to stay here, things like a degree of control of borders. but making clear immigration is a big thing. in other words, trying to get a decent deal. instead what has happened is the establishment hated it, so they have sabotaged it. michel barnier has said that he doesn't need to do anything, he just keeps saying no and watch the remainders ruinous. but you have the brexiteers inside the tory party, i expected them to squabble, but i did not expect a foreign secretary to behave like this. if i was theresa may, i would have sacked borisjohnson a long time ago. but where he is right, and i hate to say this because i think he has behaved despicably, but where he has behaved despicably, but where he is right is when he says that the deal was on the table to make us a colleague of europe. to pay £39 billion to have no say in your future, to be subservient to a load of unele

michel barnier also turned to that white paper and he did poke holes in it.ly couldn't see, or he had questions, about how it was compatible with the eu's single market. real questions and real difficulties for the negotiations. you can get more on that story on the website. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come: we meet meghan, the nine year—old who's helping to keep a quarter of a million london commuters safe on the underground network. it's emerged that nine members of the same family were killed when a tourist boat sank during a storm in the us state of missouri. in total, 17 people died, including several children. thirty—one people were on board the vessel, known as a "duck boat", when it overturned in strong winds near the town of branson. our north america correspondent, james cook reports. oh, this is not good. this duck boat made it back to the shore. the passengers, not wearing lifejackets, apparently unaware of quite how much danger they were in. oh, my god. oh, it's going under. further out, a second duck boat was in bigger trouble, unabl

bear in mind, what michel barnier is saying is a unified position. discounting everything, he was saying there are bits you can take from this paper, but when theresa may talks about her of position, she says this is not going to be the paper, you can add bit from it. one of the hope is that michel barnier says, i use a superlative, the clock is ticking. they think if the irish issue can be sorted out, there is enough sign before the next summit. let's go now to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who joins me from westminster. can theresa may be grateful this has not been dismissed out of hand? she will believe this is not the day michel barnier stood up and effectively ripped up the white paper and said we can't work with this. it was a cautious welcome, but it was also a warning from the european union today that there are several parts of theresa may's plans that they believe cannot work. and as you keep him should just then, among those is the view that it would be difficult for a eu countries to collect customs on behalf of the uk and

barnier this morning. he will speak for a few minutes and then we will have a brief conversation between us and then we will take questions from the audience. you all have a copy on your chairs of his powerpoint presentation and for those of you watching via the live stream, if you look on the side of the screen you will see a place to access the pdf file so you can follow along. so without further adieu, let's welcome mr. michelle barnier. [ applause ] >> i'm going to go down here. okay. >> so good morning to all of you in this room and perhaps in the other room and the people watching online. thank you very much to you and your team carnegie for inviting me this morning. i'm not sure this is an easy task. it is a challenging task i can tell you. to chair this negotiation in the name of the eu, the member states and with the european parliament to reach a deal. in fact, we can begin by just a personal remark. i regret this vote of the uk two years ago profoundly. but i respect it and now we will implement

the contrast between david davis and michel barnier could hardly have been starker.reezy air of self—confidence, optimistic it would turn out well, in spite of the growing evidence to the contrary, versus barnier, a sticklerfor detail, methodical, irritated at the lack of british progress. it is clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. how can we build trust and start discussing our future relationship? there were criticisms of the brexit secretary's apparent lack of preparedness. last year, he appeared for a meeting with mr barnier with no notes or documents at all. but last month, it emerged that davis had spentjust four hours with michel barnier this year. to those paying close attention, the nitty—gritty of the job was being passed to a man in the background, senior civil servant 0lly robbins. 0nce part of david davis' team, he now reports directly to the prime minister. what david davis did was he kept the conservative party together in the sense that, as long as he was in the cabinet, conservative brexiters coul

dominic raab will meet michel barnier later this afternoon. of all sizes, that we could be heading to a no deal, only 36 away from when we are set to leave the eu. small businesses welcomed the fact the white paper was published and they thought that was published and they thought that was a good step towards negotiations but there needs to be a ramping up preparations were no deal and the problem is for smaller businesses they do not have the resources —— for no deal. we have heard about airbus and rolls—royce making plans to move their business perhaps out of the uk because of brexit, but smaller businesses don't have those resources so there is a concern about no deal. there it -- there are divisions regarding your members must what preparations are they making for whatever scenario we end up making for whatever scenario we end up with? —— regarding your members, so what preparations. yes, the membership has been split down the middle, those who export to the eu, they would be willing for a deal to happen and those who don't export and are

mr michel barnier's first impressions of david davis's replacement will no doubt feature as the eu'sdiscuss the state negotiations. talks are also likely to cover their response to britain's white paper on its future relationship with the eu. the work on withdrawal agreement and issues relating to the irish border, a key sticking point in deciding on exit deal. away from brussels, the british prime minister will also be addressing that as she delivers a speech in belfast later. theresa may is expected to reaffirm her proposal to reconsider a deal which would see northern ireland treated differently to the rest of the uk. the likelihood of britain crashing out of the club without an agreement is farfrom a certainty, but many in brussels now fear it is a growing possibility, and it is that uncertainty that has led the european commission to urge its members to step up contingency planning for a chaotic no deal brexit. now to our top business story. is related to that report by caroline rigby. —— it is related to. you can just about see his caroline rigby. —— it is related to. you canju

michel barnier also turned to that white paper and he did poke holes in it.e couldn't see, all he had questions, about how it was compatible with the eu's single market. —— he said he simply couldn't see. two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder pupils and teachers at a school in northallerton in north yorkshire have been given custodial sentences. thomas wyllie and alex bolland were inspired by the killings of 13 people at the columbine high school in america almost 20 years ago. fiona trott reports. thomas wyllie, described as being controlling and devious. his friend, alex bolland, said students needed killing. two children who wanted to carry out mass murder. they never gave evidence in court, so we'll never fully understand why. for months, the teenagers collected items and hid them away. the prosecution called them "instruments for an explosive device". among them, screws and petrol found in a rucksack. police also recovered a series of social media messages between the teenagers. they talked about shooting up the school. most chilling of all was this

i think it's quite nice for michel barnier to have someone other than us for michel barnier to have someoneor michel barnier to have someone other than us in his sights. i'm going to bring something new slightly. sorry. camara ? going to bring something new slightly. sorry. camara? three, thank you. its ear, it is tiny. —— it's here. the daily telegraph, merkel on brink of the migrant deal rejected. why isn't this a bigger story on the front of the ft? it is a huge story. we've seen the threat of the man from the christian social union, threatening to resign over the deal on migrants that merkel thought she had won at last week's summit. that's what the summit was devoted to, saving merkel. they rallied around angela merkel to save her and also to save her political life, which is based on this deal with the csu. this has been the stability of germany for close to 70 yea rs. stability of germany for close to 70 years. the idea that the christian social union don't like the deal they thought she'd won, that she thought would please them... she hoped it would please them, no one thought it wa

so far michel barnier has said it is not going to happen.e music to the ears of the hard brexiteers who were worried that saying in any sort of customs union would not, if completely tie the hands of the eu —— of the uk, make it much harderfor the uk to do its own trade deals. that is one of the core points we have seen from hard brexiteers for why they should actually be a brexit, at the uk should be able to strike its own deals with countries that the eu currently doesn't have a deal with, and also with other nations. it is, i guess, further compensating matters for the government to come to some sort of agreement, because the northern ireland question is one of the prison questions that needs to be resolved is before they can be a brexit deal. —— pressing. i guess it will open up that discussion again. moving on to bloomberg, we saw, well, it seemed to be a warm embrace between president donald trump and european commission presidentjean—claude juncker in washington. it looked as though steps have been taken to wind down the recent escala

. —— been blown out. of the water within days by michel barnier. -- been blown out.w we are seeing the european union saying what it has set on previous occasions, that even though you want to, you cannot necessarily bend the rules. we have seen necessarily bend the rules. we have seen the eu say this before with regards to free movement

they've got factories, hundreds of staff working, but barnier himself... going, time, time, get on with it. if britain is going to have to choose one of the existing models rather than getting some kind of bespoke deal, how surprised should we be? if they want to dissuade every other member state from thinking, we quite like what britain has got, that puts the whole project at risk. that's what they're worried about because of spain, italy, so many countries... for example, hungary have built walls, so there's no movement of people. this is a clu b no movement of people. this is a club and they don't want any more fissures in it. at the same time as the cabinet is going to be discussing this, which is crucial to out discussing this, which is crucial to our future, they are going to make half a dozen bids to be the next leader at least. it will complicate stuff. that leads us nicely onto the daily telegraph. he's not giving up. there are those who want a proper ha rd there are those who want a proper hard brexit, they don't want anything that smacks of what

maybe we need someone else in the room with michel barnier.s of david davis's shtick. maybe this will help the country to form a new negotiating process moving forward. let's look at the daily express, because before david davis resigned in the last few minutes, in case you have just switched on and are wondering what we are talking about, david davis has resigned as brexit secretary. theresa may tells the eu it is time to get serious, and the pm's ultimatum over brexit. michel barnier has been saying come on, we want answers and there are too many questions. she obviously feels she has those answers. in all of those papers we are not seeing david davis's name. in all of the talks it is theresa may, you are hearing rumbles from borisjohnson and michael gove, and people on the outside like jacob rees—mogg with his european research group bashing away at the wall, but there hasn't been any mention of david davis in all the papers we have discussed tonight. whatever course this paddle steamer is on down the river, i think it will remain unchanged

one of the issues i think will be that i think michel barnier will wa nt to that i think michel barnieroms arrangement now, given these four men passed just last week in parliament. i think it's important as we going into negotiation that we negotiate with the eu government and it will then be a matterfor the british government to bring back whatever the outcome of the negotiation is to the outcome of the negotiation is to the uk - the outcome of the negotiation is to the uk — westminster parliament for approval. i think it will be most u nfortu nate approval. i think it will be most unfortunate in the middle of all of this is that at this stage, it's effectively less time in these talks. it will not help the process and it will help europe or the uk and it will help europe or the uk and it will not help the necessity and it will not help the necessity and real need for a broad—based sustainable deal between the uk and the eu. brian, good to to you. talk thank you for holding on to talk to us. no problem. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes with the forecast. hello, you

i was at an event yesterday where the chief negotiator was speaking at, michel barnier.theless it was very significant that he was saying, he devoted a lot of his speech to the integrity of the single market. he was saying this was the heart of the european budget, it is the single most economic public good provided by the european union and it —— he was adamant that that was going to be unravelled. by the looks of it, if you‘ll get to be‘s plan, it does look like trying to unravel parts of the single market. there are freedom of goods, movement of people, capital and services, what this plan is asking for is to keep participating in goods and capital but not the other two. i think there are questions about whether that will apply here. the difficulty is that these negotiations are often in the end political and it is how much the end political and it is how much the political will may be there to say to the european commission from the heads of government, we understand why you have been negotiating this position, we think we need to shift of it. is it possible for the

barnier this morning. he will speak for a few minutes and then we will have a brief conversation between us and then we will take questions from the audience. you all have a copy on your chairs of his powerpoint presentation and for those of you watching via the live stream, if you look on the side of the screen you will see a place to access the pdf file so you can follow along. so without further adieu, let's welcome mr. michelle barnier. i'm going to go down here. let's welcome mr. michelle. >> good morning to all of you in this room and to everyone watching online. thank you very much. this is a challenging task, i can tell you . with the e.u. there are 37 states. we can begin and i regret this vote in the uk two years ago. but to respect it now we have done it in the best way possible. >> today i am finishing my visit in the u.s., where i wanted to make the european voice heard on brexit . just like in europe - know when i met in the u.s. this week would find any added value to the brexit. let me brie

michel barnier also welcomed mrs may's brexit white paper, the one that triggered a slew of resignationsnster, but questioned whether some of it could work in practise. our deputy political editor john pienaar has the latest. the protesters often turn out for theresa may but the problems of brexit follow her everywhere. today, she was in belfast with a plea and a promise. a promise there will be no hard irish border when the uk leaves. and a plea to the eu. she had compromised on her brexit plan. now, it was brussels's turn. the white paper represents a significant development in our position. it is a coherent package. it is now for the eu to respond. not simply to fall back on previous positions which have already been proven unworkable. as for the border, her plans sees goods moving freely between the uk and the eu, including ireland with no customs or other checks. so, no special status for northern ireland, no undermining the union. the solution we have put forward is a practical, workable solution to do that which respects the vote of the british people, protects jobs but also ensur

today barnier will update foreign ministers on the progress of negotiations they will arrive for those meetings momentarily we'll bring you pictures of that live if we can in a brief public statement after his own meeting with barnier yesterday, raab said he wanted to focus more attention on the future relationship between the uk and eu. >> it is also now vital that we make progress on the establishment of a framework for future partnership i come out today to discuss the detail proposal we have in our white paper, and i'm looking forward with renewed energy, vigor and vim, looking at the detail of all of thchltthis the clock is ticking, i'm looking forward to intensifying, heating up negotiations and making sure we're in the best position to get the best deal. >> mr. barnier seemed to say hold on, slow down, it was first necessary to hammer out details of britain's departure >> we must finalize the agreement and we are not yet there. we must also prepare for political declaration and our future relationship. regarding the agreement, it's a matter of urgency so agree legally on a backs

and michel barnier will assist. millions of eu citizens in the uk and fight verso.has proposed appears to be what big business would like. proposed appears to be what big business would likelj proposed appears to be what big business would like. i think up to a point. if there is no problem in terms of sending goods in and out of europe and having them come back again, the supply chain works in such a way. so integrated. things moved out all the time and you do try to be competitive by getting parts from the best suppliers. try to be competitive by getting parts from the best suppliersm would be a nightmare to have two arrange customs arrangements. that is fine. many companies are notjust manufacturing companies. they are also service providers. in some cases, some need manufacturing firms are more service firms than one who actually produces things with the maintenance and software used. what will happen to all of that? that needs to be clarified. are we moving in the right direction? so she has just taken everyone one step forward in terms of basically at the end

what is michel barnier likely to be saying when he meets dominic raab?ab will be arriving here very soon and i think you will be wanting to say layout your position. we have got that agreement now from chequers and he will want to start questioning that. the eu will be saying they want to focus on the issues that are currently outstanding and the real issue that is outstanding, that withdrawal agreement, not the future trade stuff which is not the key thing at the minute, and in that the keyissues thing at the minute, and in that the key issues outstanding, particularly about the irish border issue. what we have today, which will be in the minds of many in the commission, is the document that has been produced bya the document that has been produced by a separate unit, nine months in the preparation, outlining what could happen and warning eu countries, eu companies, eu individuals about the possibilities of no deal. it is pretty stark, they go through it and talk about the possibility of long lines of lorries at the borders, the impact on aviation, on f

i asked how quickly michel barnier would knock this down if he would be dismissive., we're going to be reaching beyond barnier and it will be interesting because i think national interest will have a bigger part to play. thrashing out the detailed spain, france, germany, italy want, their national leaders will have a bigger role. up to now it has been michel barnier as the front man but i think that will change. we had to leave it but thank you for coming in. and you can read more of simon's analysis on brexit on his blog which you can find on our website or via the business section of the bbc news app. and we will hear from other business leaders about this story which broke after midnight last night, that david davis is leaving the uk government. we will stay right across that. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. nissan says it will issue an update later over how it measures vehicle exhaust gas at its domestic plants. in october, japan's second largest car—maker said that uncertified inspectors had signed off on final checks sold in the

michel barnier questioned whether the plans for a common rulebook for goods were practical.deception.

britain's new brexit secretary, dominic raab, is going to meet the eu chief negotiator, michel barnierthere are reports the eu is ramping up preparations for a failure to reach one in time — a risk it says is growing. the financial commentator david buikjoins me now. so nice to see you again. lovely to be with you. thank you forjoining us on be with you. thank you forjoining us on the briefing. how do you think today's meeting will go between the new brexit secretary in the uk and michel barnier, given the fact that russells has been watching the last two weeks unfold in westminster —— brussels. the trouble now is we think that dominic raab has had an undertaking from the prime minister that he is the brexit secretary, because there has been this feeling that ollie robbins and the prime minister have really sidelined david davis, and i think there is possibly an element of truth in that. he wa nts to an element of truth in that. he wants to go there knowing he has his own man. he has the mandate. i think he has an even though i thought the prime minister was a little bit woolly before

union gives a god welcome to britain's latest proposal leaving the bloc a new chief negotiator michel barnier says the plan could allow for progress. germany's chancellor warns that us also tariffs could jeopardize prosperity on both sides of the i'm not taking i'm going to macro says the e.u. is working on countermeasures if donald trump escalates the current trend to spears . and with world cup out of the way are europe's football clubs bust the budget as they shop for stuff it's not just gold school resides in liverpool making on the song back up the most expensive goalkeeper on the plot. to assume. i'm still gale welcome to the program we started with that knife attack that left ten people wounded in the northern german city of lubec i'm out with what's been described as a kitchen knife started stabbing people on a moving city bus passengers overpowered him and held him until police arrived investigators say they have no evidence of any terrorist motive prosecutors that made this statement a short time ago. the suspects identity has now been established he is a thirty four year old german

i want to thank michel barnier for his job and may i hand the floor to him? bonjour. ..or to him? bonjour... translation: thank you, everyone , bonjour... translation: thank you, everyone, for being so patient. i would like to begin by thanking austria and the austrian presidency. i would like to wish them all the best but i would also like to thank them for having given us the opportunity at the beginning of their presidency to have a general affairs council meeting. it was a long meeting, very intense meeting, but a very useful one for both my team and myself. everyone had the opportunity to share their analysis, their ideas, to put questions. i often say, ladies and gentlemen, that the unity of the 27, referred to there, unity confirmed today, it wasn't god—given, it is a unity that is achieved by listening to each other, by listening to the institutions, the european parliament, as well as the council, and for my team and myself, there is and for my team and myself, there is a degree of transparency and objectivity that we are going to continue applying, listening to

i want to check the reporting, the ft, the bastion of british press, reported this story of what barnierses two sources and headlines say brussels throws out theresa may's brexit plan on access to the plane going forward to the eu, but if you read the final paragraph it says mr barnier was careful not to reject the white paper outright, and says brussels would constructively negotiate. now, we have to be clear here that there is as much at risk to the eu financial markets as there is to the city of london. the city of london does operate on the global stage. it is working with global financial markets. what ever europe thinks about this, there is an immense strength in the uk markets because of the legal standings and also the standards that are set. we talk about european standards. a lot of those standards come from the city of london. so there is a lot at sta ke for of london. so there is a lot at stake for both sides. you can see why there would be constructive discussion rather than rejection out of hand. indeed. iam discussion rather than rejection out of hand. indeed. i am sure th

mr barnier, who's been holding talks in brussels with britain's brexit mr barnier said the eu could noter. shares in facebook plummeted by almost 20%, as trading opened in new york — wiping some $120 billion off the company's market value. it comes a day after the social media giant forecast that profits would increase more slowly. facebook executives blamed the costs of improving privacy safeguards and monitoring content, coupled with slowing growth. we will be capped the breaking news. north korea has handed over the remains of american soldiers killed in the korean war in the 1950s. these are the latest images coming. these are the latest images coming. the bodies were collected at an airbase in north korea and taken to an airbase in south korea. it is not clear how many servicemen‘s remains are involved. the repatriation was all agreed at the summit in singapore last month between president trump and the north korean leader. it is estimated more than 5000 american soldiers went missing in north korea during the war. hundreds of people are still believed to be missing, after the coll

a debut performance by dominic raab alongside michel barnier. what they have to say? security. on sharing things like fingerprints, dna profiles and passenger name records for people who get flights between the uk and eu. that is something that is the uk has wanted to get a move on with and thought that there was a good case forjust getting that stuff sorted as soon as possible. it seemed that big strides have been made in that direction. here is the bad news and it is about the idea of the backstop to afford these might avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland. that was about something being written into the brexit treaty, being stored up in case the future relationship discussions about the trade deal did not come up with a solution for a hard border. they have this in the draw as a back—up plan for what would happen. there have been massive disagreements between the eu and the ukfor disagreements between the eu and the uk for how that would work. the disagreement this week focused on how the issue of customs for good would be handled. the uk has put

this misting meeting will be hosted by michel barnier, the eu's chief negotiator.was fought over in westminster. well, here the eu has plenty of its own doubts and questions. but don't, if huw, expect any great drama out of brussels tomorrow. the eu has no intention of slamming the door on theresa may or her proposal. the eu feels that the brexit negotiations are far too delicate for that, with that threat of the no deal brexit scenario hanging in the air. our business editor simon jack is here. we heard there about some of the concerns in brussels — how would you characterise the concerns among british business? i would say these warnings are timely because it coincides with a week in which in the boardrooms of the uk there is no doubt that the chance of a no deal brexit has gone up. with westminster and some of the amendments we have seen, if back in december of last year there was an agreement that has a last resort, if we do not come to any agreement, in order to prevent a ha rd any agreement, in order to prevent a hard border in northern ireland, as a last res

theresa may and michel barnier put the ball in each other‘s court to try to reach a deal.back on to previous positions which have already proven unworkable. even if you want to reach a deal, it is also our responsibility to be prepared for all scenarios, including no deal. with both sides preparing for the worst case secnario of no deal, what hope of a breakthrough? also tonight: the surviving victim of the novichok poisoning in amesbury, charlie rowley, leaves hospital. say that again? the reaction of the us head of intelligence when he's told president trump has invited president putin

gavin lee, we are expecting to hear from michel barnier any minute?ch is the first full response we will get from the european union given that more than a week ago, theresa may set out in the white paper her government's is not brexit, saying, this is our position and saying that the eu needs to evolve. this is what they have been doing today. 27 european ministers in brussels have been analysing the brexit white paper, and it has been an extraordinary and pretty much unified silenced up until today, all saying that they will have a collective response to this white paper. i spoke to a few ministers as they came to examine the brexit papers. one of them, the french europe minister, said they are concerned about all the amendments that have been added to the white paper. there are so many more questions, including the german europe minister. i asked him what he thought of the white paper and he said he is nervous now. he said there is little time between now and there is little time between now and the key october summit where both sides want some kin

and michel barnier said you cannot have your ca ke barnier said you cannot have your cake and eat it.. this is all compromise everywhere, michel barnier says france doesn't want us to have anywhere near equivalents because of the opportunities for paris. luxembourg has said they will be severe financial repercussions if we don't. so tomorrow's white paper, among the hundreds of pages and rewrites, we won't have this ultra— a+) rewrites, we won't have this ultra— a+ ) relationship on banks, but equivalents like the us has. co—habitation and not a marriage is the analogy given by the financial times. a mistress. co-habitation does not necessarily mean a mistress. so the white paper concedes... we have lost everyone! everyone is having a cup of tea. so we will get a lot of this tomorrow, a load of chapters where we work out how much we are conceding and how much we are conceding to the eu's wishes. and what an extraordinary day to be publishing this, on the arrival of the us president, the first time he sets foot on british soil since his election. interesting. there will be a lot of tha

he was speaking after his first talks with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier.eeting came as the european commission advised eu states to prepare for a no—deal brexit, a situation where no formal agreement would be reached by the end of next march. from brussels, our europe editor katya adler reports. a new face in brussels, confronting the same old brexit challenges. michel barnier, the eu's by now rather dour chief negotiator, has been in on this process from the start. our challenge will be to find common ground between the fundamental principles that define the eu and the uk positions. the smiling enthusiasm of the new brexit secretary came in stark contrast. i come out today to discuss the detailed proposals that we have got in our white paper, that you will have seen, and i'm looking forward to, with renewed energy, vigor and vim, heating up the negotiations, and making sure we're in the best position to get the best deal. is the government stable enough to make a deal with brussels? dominic raab‘s upbeat message doesn't quite match the political turmoil w

dominic raab met the eu negotiator michel barnier in brussels for the first time since taking over fromavis. both the uk and the eu have signalled that preparations must increase for the uk leaving the eu without a deal. with his suitcases waiting, dominic raab had earlier answered his first departmental questions in the commons. today i will travel to brussels to meet with michel barnier to discuss negotiations, and i look forward to working with him to secure a deal in the interests of both the united kingdom and our european partners. what steps is my right honourable friend taking to bolster and emphasise the importance of no deal planning across government? i would say to my honourable friend most of our no deal preparations is developed internally with targeted engagement with relevant parties. we are now at the point where more of this delivery will start to become more public and over the summer, the government will release a series of technical notices to set out what uk businesses and citizens in various sectors will need to do in a no deal scenario and make public more of our

barnier, a man who wants todoa with michel barnier, a man who wants to do a deal with us, tremendousget the best deal. i think the only responsible thing to do is to be prepared if those negotiations and the energy, pragmatism we have shown is not reciprocated. that is the sensible thing to do. whether it is the allocation of money. we are hiring extra border staff. people need to know that britain can thrive whatever happens. the energy we will bring, the ambition and the pragmatism, we get a deal done in october. while the comment still claims no deal is better than a bad deal, labour see it differently. no deal, labour see it differently. no deal should not be an option and thatis deal should not be an option and that is why we wanted a meaningful vote in parliament and called on the government to look at renegotiating the deal. a no deal would be absolutely catastrophic for industry. if the argument about britain and the eu sound familiar by now, this man has heard more of them than most. the former prime minister back with his now familiar warning. if we crash out without a deal

going to be asked again and again in this house, across the country, and i have no doubt, by michel barnieris whether he personally is prepared to face down that threat. what is the a nswer to face down that threat. what is the answer to macro i would say to the honourable gentlemen, i am not interested in the media circus or any of the drama. we have proper scrutiny in this house. we relentlessly and unflinchingly focus, and ensure our european partners will be the same, and narrowing the differences, exaggerating the positive, getting a win— win deal, good for this country and our friends. he should get behind this effort. well, as we've mentioned, the eu commission are publishing a report this morning with advice for eu organisations to plan for no—deal. for more on that we can speak to our correspondent, gavin lee. he is in brussels for us. good morning, gavin. ithink he is in brussels for us. good morning, gavin. i think some details have been leaking out in advance. tell us what you know. yes, i am checking the mobile just in case it is published as we are speaking, because it is due

and what is your message to mr barnier.eu now not acknowledge the fact that the prime minister seems to have a grip on this and therefore they should respond in kind? she has secured a collective agreement for just over one hour what. let's see if that survives the weekend. i think some progress has been made in terms of trying to unify the cabinet two years after the vote but, of course, some of the things that is in this package, i think things that the eu and michel barnier have said will not be acceptable to wait and see whether much progress will be made but i think at the end of the day, as i said at the beginning, this is something that leaves the eu -- uk this is something that leaves the eu —— uk worse off than our present arrangement with the european union. and that is why we think that perhaps people should have the final say on the deal so they can see whether or not this is something thatis whether or not this is something that is vaguely acceptable to most of the people in this country.” that is vaguely accep