an unintended "suicide pact" about michael gove and boris johnson.s about theresa may and not being a mother and how that affected her political judgement. he has been highly critical. it's something you don't expect to hear from critical. it's something you don't expect to hearfrom philip hammond. i think sometimes that is a bit overstated because on a personal level, he is very human and quite likeable, i think. level, he is very human and quite likeable, ithink. he is level, he is very human and quite likeable, i think. he is more than he is sometimes painted in the press. this is pretty tough language andi press. this is pretty tough language and i suspect he is trying to say that these people aren't really adults. he is. hopefully we get a contest that involves people who perhaps behave in a better way than they did in 2016. henry, let's use that as a segue to get into the times piece. leadership rivals urging the pm to stay on for months? there is a little bit more to this than meets the eye. a leadership contest is a matter of when, not if. th

we've seen boris johnson ducking and goes anywhere? huge if.ducking and diving around the commons voting last week, he eventually did agree to vote for theresa may's deal, reluctantly. we've heard this phrase being said through gritted teeth by many mps. the spartans are so desperate to kick the ball at least across the line and work out everything later, but some clearly, like boris johnson, now say that they see it as a surrender. which i'm sure if you are theresa may, you just think whatever, just get to the end of the week before we go into this long extension. the patients among some of the members of the eu 27 is running thin? emmanuelle macron has been saying we are running out of time and options, they are heading towards no deal. countries like france and the netherlands, ireland have a lot to deal with the uk, they have a lot to deal with the uk, they have close relationships and are more concerned than the others. but the prime minister must be... you're supposed to of left already. now we have and other emergency summit because uk c

brent: and it is not just boris johnson who wants to pull out the dagger right now.here are a number of conservatives who want to get rid of theresa may. how long do you think she will be able to stand this pressure? birgit: well, she has been under pressure for a considerable time. she has failed time and again to get her deal through parliament. even loyal colleagues in the parliament have said she really needs to go. on the other hand, we all know that time is short and somehow a conclusion must be reached, because most mp's and the prime minister from what we know do not want the u.k. to leave the european union in just over a week's time and have no plan in place. we have had the national security advisor, there was a report that had been leaked, he said it is dangerous for the u.k. to leave without a deal, let alone all the economic implications. we have heard from businesses that the prime ministers needs to get her act together. so, people are putting their hopes in her and there is really not a lot of time to go for a lengthy process and find another prime m

that's boris johnson. he is a friendly man.by the grassroots, he doesn‘t necessarily have the backing in parliament. that is correct. it might be difficult for him to get down to the final two. also a bit of bridge building going on here. he went over and spoke about annual conference, he then changed his mind on mrs may deal after saying it was disaster, with all biblical references, and the dup were not impressed by that. now he must be going back to them and saying i can change my mind again. i am a politician. i am change my mind again. i am a politician. iam boris. rules on apply. let's turn to the telegraph. jason just mentioned the cost of no deal planning. —— rules do not apply. 0peration yellow swept under the carpet. it can‘t be completely hoover it up to continue the thought because no deal is still possibly on the table. everything has been put on hold and i think what it is as the urgency about it was not because we have not got this extension and so we we have not got this extension and so we have been told that w

he's used the phrase unintended suicide pact about boris johnson and the phrase unintended suicide pactgove after their aborted leadership run. these are quite strong words. taking the story forward, he says we will have a very wide field in the next conservative leadership contest. he makes the joke that he's going to be about the only member of cabinet not running. interesting to see that. this is as speculation moves to how much longer mo has got. not very long would be the assumption but she's managed to hang on —— how much longer theresa may has got. repeatedly. written off. exactly. her remarkable skill, hanging on when everybody else would think it isa when everybody else would think it is a lost cause. interesting that philip hammond is talking like this. it feels slightly out of character but perhaps he feels free to say what he's been thinking for two and a bit years. he's not the funniest man, he sees himself as a bit of a grown up man, he sees himself as a bit of a grown up! man, he sees himself as a bit of a grown up i think in the current political scenario. he holds peopl

boris johnson in —— accuses her of trusting brexit to jeremy corbyn that will result in britain continuingbe run by the eu. the whole point is they will be run by the eu and their opinion and we will have even less of a say than we do now. you are citing the former foreign secretary borisjohnson who last year you are rather unpleasant word about the business sector. again, from a business point of view people don't want to see dislocation. people don't want to roll the dice and just hope that everything is going to be all right on the night. what's the prime minister is doing, eye it is still a tough ask. she has got to try to get tough ask. she has got to try to get to some kind of agreement with the labour leaderjeremy corbyn and that probably means, i think now, that we are heading towards some sort of customs union arrangement. but there is an awful lot of politics to flow between now and then and this has got to be done pretty quickly.

got things a winding up in the right just the right order and it looks like it's going to work boris johnson has to chime in and he's not impressed by what reese may do we know far as johnson the former foreign secretary who desperately desperately wants to wheeze a maze job he is not happy with her tonight surprise surprise boris johnson obviously very. happen he says for the u.k. to leave the e.u. without a deal he's on the side of the party have launched a group of them where they also would be happy with that so he's speaking out for them saying not happy with what she said particularly not happy that she's dating the jeremy corbyn and neither are other members of the european research group. that group of brics it is so what she's done she's been previously reaching out to these people desperately trying to get on board to support her deal it hasn't worked and finally to paris she's reaching out across to others to those who are war in favor of a soft brick said to see if they can help instead yeah big it is not just wars johnson you know made wants to pull out the dagger right now i me

they include, i am quoting here, a boris clause, as in boris johnson. what is that about?arbara: that is the so-called child safety locks against a future prime minister that might be called boris johnson. that means someone from the camp of the hard brexiteers in london. it operates in a way that britain will have to pledge sincere cooperation as long as it is a member of the european union. and france even wants three monthly checks on really they do that. and if they do not than they might even be kicked out. we are not quite there yet but that is the rough outline. other than that, there will be in think -- be an extension. the length has yet to be determined. that will be the big fight among the 27 leaders at this summit. there are other obligations also. britain will have to participate in european elections unless they figure out by the 23rd of may how to leave the european union and go. that is what everyone in brussels really wishes for. brent: it is amazing, that boris clause against boris and the bad brexit boys. he appeared today to rule out a no deal brexit. >

much more we are already getting reports that boris johnson in the u.k. he's criticizing this plan that was announced by theresa may tonight we know that boris johnson is considered a front runner if there were to be you elections if the reason they were to resign as prime minister what's the feeling there in brussels with the e.u. prefer to work with a different prime minister moving forward on bryson. they you twenty seven would like to work with a british prime minister that has a majority in the house of commons in the u.k. so somebody who could actually back up what they agree on here in brussels at the summit back home in the parliament with a majority vote that's what they want and they have realised. quite some time ago that's recent may is not that person at the moment with the way things stand in the house of commons that's why at the last big summit here in brussels they took matters in their own hand and they stablished this new timetable that we're dealing with now which would have an automatic no deal bragg's it at the end of next week and i

for a break sit extension and they include and i'm quoting here a so-called boris clause as in boris johnson what's that about. that is so so to call a child safety lock against a future prime minister that might be called boris johnson that means somebody from the camp of the hard to tears in london and it operates in a way that britain will have to pledge sincere cooperation as long as it is a member of the european union and france even once as free monthly checks on whether they really do that and if they don't they might even then be kicked out so we're not quite there yet but that's the rough outline of it other than that there will be an extension the length as yet to be determined tomorrow night that will be the big fight amongst the twenty seven e.u. leaders in brussels at the summit and there are other obligations also the britain will have to participate in the european elections unless they figured out till the twenty third of may how to leave the european union ratify the withdrawal agreement and go that's of course what everybody in brussels really wishes for yeah it's amazing

that's a man who casually called bojo boris johnson of course they also call those of bars mark trying to sort of childproof. extension period when britain will still be a i'll be willing member of the european union and it can make miss chief they can veto certain decisions they can sort of talk down whatever every discussion and every proposal that is coming up they can try to interfere in the election of the new e.u. officials will be happening this summer so france in particular but others like that not the men's don't want that they want to tie their hands and they want to somehow say you have to promise we have to make some sort of contract that you will not interfere in our usual business as long as you're on the block legally that is almost impossible politically of course they can do it and then it will be really really difficult if somebody comes like boris johnson and tries to undermine them. is a tweet tweet very well don't we. what's going on back in london besides you know the worries about mischief there's also these calls party talks between labor and the conservatives

we have a boris johnson story.ris johnson is beginning to open up quite a lead now amongst the conservative grassroots members that will ultimately decide who the next tory leader is and who the next prime minister of our country is. i think the worst of the tory position gets in opinion polls, the better the chance of boris winning. i think a lot of mps do see boris as a risk, all sorts of colourful reasons to do with his personality, but i think if they begin to think they are in a deeper and deeper hole they will think to roll the dice and take a risk with him. if you get through to the final two, which is how tory members will choose between two mps, he will probably win. but mps decide that shortlist. they decide from all the many candidates of the tory leadership who will be the final two. this is the beginning, i think, ofan two. this is the beginning, i think, of an organised campaign. and it make get very dirty. you say the beginning. i intrigued by the word finalising. moderate conservatives are finalisin

such as bonohnson wanted to be sooner such as bonohnson wanted to be sooner rather than later. — boris johnsonnson. there are suggestions that some in number10,cchq, johnson. there are suggestions that some in numberio, cchq, fora longer process over the summer with a new leader ready in place by the conservative party conference, a less polarising figure, one of the youngermps, less polarising figure, one of the younger mps, not as tainted by the brexit campaign is borisjohnson. who can maybe get some endorsements from senior brexiteers and senior remainers. a neat segue into the front pages of the daily telegraph. these are the 14 mps i think, owen, who made it clear that they were not particularly happy with theresa may's plans to talk tojeremy corbyn and one suspects the new leader of the party could well be beaming out from us. these are the 14 who were in the cabinet meeting of seven hours without doubt bones. like they we re hours without doubt bones. like they were a bunch of kids. there are some who might suggest that is the case anyway. they said they would rather have no deal than a

boris johnson? they all want thejob.. inherit that? boris johnson? they all want the job.. do they?an see them saying, i would do it much better, but with the hand that theresa may has been dealt, it is like we —— wading through treacle because the number so her, why would they want to do that now. let's talk about wading through treacle, donald trump thought this was behind him, possibly the mueller report continues. the fc weekend, "congress seeks full trump report", the democrats are not letting this go. and of course congress now, the balance has changed, one of the things i do about —— admire about america is that one way or another the political system and some sections of the media do go on and on investigating. we don't have that culture here. we really don't we have a shouting culture, we don't have a shouting culture, we don't have this painstaking, taking seriously what has been done. america doesn't have a shouting culture ? america doesn't have a shouting culture? do you watch fox news? fox news aside, fox news is fox news. but on the whole there is this commitment to r

they appear to have won the day over more hardline no deal type ministers such as michael covel boris johnson. he's one of the cabinet and you'll hear that in the cabinet anymore it's still a very influential figure though in the on the british political scene boris johnson of course from the from the. research group wing of the party that will not have been happy with this announcement because the more hard line breaks it's here is certainly do not want to see an extension of article fifty how are they likely to react sympathies. well i think you make a very good point and that is that but coming down with a decision after trying so long to try to not make it come down on one side or the other i think cerise mazed is finally realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time the hard line gee those people within her own conservative party who would like to have a kind of purist form of brecht's it's and if necessary for britain to leave the european union without a deal they are convinced that britain would be just fine eventually under a no deal situation going to world trade o

for conservative voters, there‘s absolutely no question that boris johnson is right up there as of theparty needs a bit more of a populace to fight offjeremy corbyn and to take a tougher stance of the european union, but on the other hand, there is another view of the conservative party that boris johnson is another view of the conservative party that borisjohnson might have won london twice in a row, bees become a little bit toxic and is not going to win back those groups of voters that we are seeing leaving the conservative party. middle—class remainders 18 to 24—year—olds. whatever happens here, the conservative part does have a massive dilemma on how to replenish its electorate, how to rebuild the coalition. thank you so much, professor of politics. university of kent. that spring up to date with the latest onjulian assange. the wiki leaks the latest onjulian assange. the wiki lea ks found the latest onjulian assange. the wiki leaks found that he has appeared at westminster magistrate just with these pictures of him leaving in a prison van at the rear exit, we are told at westminst

the the prime minister of trying to do deals with a marxist that's how they view jeremy corbyn boris johnson the former foreign secretary now an ardent breaks a tear has said that doing any kind of deals with the labor party would lead to such a soft breaks it breaks it might dissolve altogether just for a bind she of course called been a male poles apart and their vision for brakes it the labor policy favoring a much softer stance such as closer ties with the e.u. customs union the single market will that mean that treason may is forced to back away from some of her red lines like the movement of people who knows but already within two reason may's ranks some are accusing her before she's even done anything with jeremy corbyn of betraying her party and breaks it in the end though i wonder if she had well clearly she's running out of options but maybe she didn't have much of a choice she's still trying to push through her deal take it to another vote it hasn't had the numbers so far try to find some support from anywhere in the house. yes she can get the support for their own party that's wh

>> that is boris johnson. they also call this a boris locke. they are trying to childproof the for exit extension. when britain will be an unwilling member of the eu. they can be so certain decisions. they can talk down whatever and every discussion and every proposal that is coming up. they can try to interfere in the election of the new eu officials. that will be happening this summer. france in particular but others like the netherlands don't want that. they want to tie their hands. they want to somehow say you have to promise and we have to make some sort of contract that you will not interfere in our usual business as long as you are in the block. legally, that is almost impossible. politically, they can do it. >> we know all it takes is a tweak. what is going on back in london? besides the worries about mischief? there is talk about the labour party and conservatives. >> theresa may is it brussels but they are due to resume tomorrow. they have not been going particularly well. there have been no breakthroughs and we are hearing that tomor

perhaps the most noticeable of them boris johnson's perhaps the most noticeable of them borisjohnson'sics, who don't want to leave the eu. i've got to say, that will not be an easy argument to win, there are other parties, the lib dems, the greens, the snp in scotland, very much making that argument as well. we have heard some noises from some on the remain side saying it will maybe split the vote. it is not totally clear who will emerge as the main remain player on the 23rd of may. very much the pitch here is change uk want to be that party and that is what they are trying to achieve over the next few weeks. thank you forjoining us. son news to bring in from the courts, christopher davies, the conservative mp, has been fined one point £5,000 -- £1500 mp, has been fined one point £5,000 —— £1500 and ordered to carry out 50 hours community service for submitting two false expense. christopher davies, the conservative mp, has been fined £1500 for submitting two false expenses invoices. he was also ordered to carry out 50 hours of community service. at least eight people have been killed

brexiteer boris johnson just moments ago hitting the wires, letting his anger show.e's absolutely furious. he is saying that he believes that the uk is likely to remain in the customs union if may works with the corbyn government, we he would be absolutely furious with that. he feels it is necessary to just break away, that's what the people wanted, what they voted for in 2016 and he said it is fine, we are likely to remain in the customs union and it could be working just fine if they were to break away with a no-deal type of situation. as we look at all of these headlines, that are still hitting the tape, theresa may today did, she insisted a brexit with a deal once again is the best option and she's asking for a short extension. if the uk falls out of the eu without a deal it could see trade weighted average tariffs of 5.7% from the eu, trade between the uk and europe could go down by as much as 40% over the next decade. that kind of deal would cut britain's cumulative growth over the next 15 years from 25% to about 17%, according to the center for economic perfor

with boris johnson and a lengthy comment on twitter about how disappointed he was about all of this.far, brexiteers, even if they avoid a great it is satisfaction with this plan, behind closed doors, in many cases they probably did, at least in public, some of them are sticking by heart and suggesting they are in favor of what is going on. the telegraph reported that a majority of tory mps actually want to go for a no-deal brexit. some of our reporting suggesting that there might not be any vote on that. so this is the question, whether the conservative party stays together. if she loses part of that party and jeremy corbyn called a no-confidence vote, then everything changes. rates i think that is an important point, we haven't seen iat happened with -- chris: think that is an important point. we haven't seen what happened yesterday, if there were real fractions created from the covenant meeting -- from the cabinet meeting yesterday. anna: we don't know much about what the brexiteers want, but if sevenmy marches on, -- varieties of damage, manus. [laughter] not french wine, that is

but we are talking aboutjune and knows what the conservative party will be like then and what boris johnson hand and they are suggesting that he is now on a health kick. he goes on walks in the morning, he has spinach for brea kfast. morning, he has spinach for breakfast. i am not entirely convinced about this overhaul. he has suggested he is looking after himself better than he used to do. there is a suggestion of a bit of a makeover, but i notice him still smoking away so i don‘t think he has changed very much. mr new ukip they are calling him. everyone is talking about this brand—new party. he really has kicked the door down again, leading the polls in the european elections again. love him or loathe him, he does have this timing ability to channel the public anger and frustration regarding europe and brexit. at the moment it seems as if he has done it again and it seems as if he will have success in the european elections. what does this mean for ukip? we are hearing about lots of defections to his party. it does look like its successful days are behind it. use the ukip and nigel farage

i mean commenting on what hans says all the rest of them it used to be like commenting on what boris johnson says there's the problem there's another problem of course where is the opposition diane abbott made a spirited effort to describe julian a son has dilemma's in these help and so on but what of the leader what to jeremy corbin say he said that the government should oppose his extradition i mean frankly it's best that jeremy coleman doesn't say anything rather than tepid remarks like that if there was an opposition leader who could stand up to the maze the hans and the rest then perhaps we'd have some sense of real truth in debate to simply say the government should oppose the extradition is not enough it should be spelt out in in parliament what this this this extradition might mean. it that it threatens julian's life that he could end up spending the rest of his life in the kind of conditions. that the u.n. reporter on torture has already described he's already said that that's what he faces that's what we need to hear from the political opposition in britain ok well let's go to one

who is the european parliamentary coordinator said better late than never boris johnson though obviously he is an arch euro skeptic he would have preferred a no deal and he's chief he has been very critical of the fact that the prime minister has been prepared to open up this consultation with the leader of the opposition boris johnson feeling that it will water down to a degree where it's no longer british it's all will blend in with the latest there from westminster poll thank you the family of murdered saudi journalist she has reportedly received millions of dollars worth of compensation from the kingdom the us newspaper the washington post says the relatives have been given expensive homes in saudi arabia as well as large monthly payments the article also says two sons and two daughters may soon get payouts worth tens of millions of dollars each as so-called blood money but to punish him was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october his body still has not been found the killing so international pressure increase on the saudi leadership specifically on the crown pri

boris johnson, the former foreign secretary,who was a leading figure in the campaign to take britaintterly disappointing", and warns brexit is becoming "soft to the point of disintegration". let's have a listen. i think it's very disappointing that the brexit process has now been entrusted to jeremy the brexit process has now been entrusted tojeremy corbyn and the labour party. and i think that the result will almost certainly be, if corbyn gets his way, that we remain in the customs union so that we can't control our trade policy. huge areas of lawmaking we can't control, and brexit is becoming soft to the point of disintegration. we could be moving into a position where parliament and house of commons calls the shots. what would you say to that? well, i think parliament should think about our responsibilities, about what people we re responsibilities, about what people were promised in 2016, and they should deliver a brexit that really allows us to take back control of oui’ allows us to take back control of our money and borders and laws. in this really doesn't qualify, because you

important vote so we have seen over the course of the day a degree of anger frustration the likes of boris johnson the former foreign secretary now a hard line breaks a ts saying that what is heading in britain's direction is a possible superstock break see it or no breaks at the top or does it look like the ball is heading back to the e.u. though in the meanwhile for an extension. it does and treason may in this statement that she she made at the end of a seven hour cabinet meeting on tuesday suggest that an extension was absolutely and never support to get out of this impasse so the ball does of course move back into the e.u.'s court they have the power to decide what happens next whether that's a short term technical extension to possibly may the twenty second to allow the u.k. to avoid being dragged into european parliamentary elections or maybe even a very long extension but what we're hearing from non-chord younker the head of the european commission is that the deadline of april the twelfth remains in place a deal to be made then otherwise britain could face no extension a tall here's what

i think if we had that testing process, both the big negatives of michael gove and boris johnson, would. the tories really need a candidate who can unify them, and unify the nation afterwards. it's not clear to me, although i's open to them persuading otherwise, that boris or michael gove can do that, and so therefore, i think you're looking at a candidate like jeremy hunt or sajid javid, although they're remainers, potentially coming through and winning this contest. with a little bit of detachment from this, do you look at this and feel this is the failure of an entire political class in the uk, or is it a similar kind of set of challenges butjust more attenuated than we see elsewhere in europe? it is a very special situation, simply because of the referendum that happened in 2016, and that has split the country so much. we don't even know what is going to happen tomorrow. i think the symptoms of this crisis, so to say, we see them everywhere in europe. we see them in france with the front national, we see them in my country, in germany, with the rise of the anti—eu and anti—immigrant

european union because of course if he is in brussels that future british prime minister may be boris johnson might mean really nasty and show the agony side of british politics in brussels the boys so to speak let me go to you to resubmit she stopped in paris today knowing the president is the one power broker with the most delegates about the utility of another briggs delay do we know what. well truism may has issued a statement she said at the talks she was talking about you know the ongoing discussions with labor with the opposition when finding a backing for her deal in parliament and she was also insisting pound leigh that she was trying to reach trying to avoid participating in e.u. elections and because of the delay now that it's going to go down to the via because e.u. actions are going to take place in six weeks but you know i really hope that was not told she was talking about because in my macaw i've made it very clear that he will be asking for more on the table if he if the u.k. prime minister wants him to say yes to an extension the french government the french leader is named

absolutely plenty of people are waiting there amongst them for example boris johnson the former foreignsecretary he is one of the possible successor as they might be holding a leadership contest in may that's what they are planning for and want to replace so by the summer prime minister. reporting from outside westminster thank you. let's bring up to speed on some of the other stories making news around the world. new zealand's parliament has voted to ban military strike style weapons in the wake of last month's deadly mass shootings prime minister just in darden made an emotional speech backing the measure fifty people were killed in the attack on two mosques in christchurch a white supremacist is facing murder charges. the dalai lama has been taken to the hospital in delhi as a precautionary measure after feeling chest pain a spokesman says the eighty three year old is in stable condition and has been ordered to rest the exiled tibetan spiritual leader said recently that he hoped to live long enough to see political change in china and. german police have raided ninety offices across

people like boris johnson, jeremy hunt, dominic raab. outsiders like james cleve rley.everley. if it goes to the tory electorate? i don't know, there is a big moderate rump of one nation tories and a lot of them are not exited —— exit supporters. and keeping labour together is extremely difficult. supporters. and keeping labour together is extremely difficultlj think together is extremely difficult.” think it's easier to keep labour together. over this particular issue because jeremy corbyn together. over this particular issue becausejeremy corbyn is effectively budging the second referendum question. i think is mps know that he is. is there going to be something apartment they can vote on it's not clear that it would. if enough toys become dissatisfied but the main problem for the people who wa nt to the main problem for the people who want to second referendum, they don't have enough support in the conservative party to get a parliamentary majority. jessica and stephen, thank you both very much indeed. can't resist a little bit of politics but tonight's focus has been

european union because of course if he is in brussels that future british prime minister may be boris johnson might be really nasty and show the actually side of british politics in brussels the brig's boys sort of speak let me get a huge reason she stopped in paris today knowing the president is the one power broker with the most delegates about the utility of another briggs delay do we know what to mackerel. well trues i'm a has issued a statement and she said that the talks she was talking about you know the ongoing discussions with labor with the opposition on finding a backing for her deal in parliament and she was also insisting pound leigh that she was trying to reach trying to avoid participating in e.u. elections and because of the delay now that it's going to go down to the via because e.u. dixon's i'm going to take place in six weeks but you know i really hope that was not oh she was talking about the his in monaco has made it very clear that he will be asking for more on the table if he if the u.k. prime minister wants him to say yes to an extension the french government the frenc

have a look actually and see what the latest polls say according to conservative hone the website boris johnson the former foreign secretary is a clear favorite according to this poll he's on thirty two point four percent following him is dominic rob is nearly eighteen percent behind at fourteen point seven percent so huge lead for mr johnson then comes the environment secretary michael gove he's on eight point four percent last lee or at least in fourth place is jeremy holland he's on six point five percent so these are the leaders of the competition if you would know there is no indication of course that there has been any agreement amongst the one hundred twenty two committee as to whether there will be a change to the rules so that leadership contests can take place but we do know the prime minister has promised her own m.p.'s that whenever the next election comes she will stand down and won't contest it as leader of the conservative party a political risk analyst listen morality told us she doesn't believe that toppling to reason my would necessarily help bring the bricks of the block to a

up to replace her for example the likes of boris johnson the former foreign secretary and the question here is how and when are they going to do that that is still a matter of discussion we're just getting from the president's office the report that. is not the worst option the european union would run a higher risk if the u.k. obstructed operations so you are leaders are they driving a. bridge. some are and it. is really singing that song and particularly but what he's doing he's looking at the european elections and he wants to sort of make ground with his voters he wants to show them what happens if you turn the back on the european union and that it's a bad show if you try to be not european anymore i'm going to america the german side they're looking at this with much more relaxed and they say want to do most decisions are taken was majority we can usually always outvote them and then also some safeguards have already been put in place the draft conclusions for the summit like there will be meetings without britain at the table and britain will have to sort of promise not to. inte

friendly than theresa may i mean boris johnson one of the leading brics to tears is in discussion to follow up to theresa may so up until now i would say that the strategy here in brussels was to reset main is no she's a known entity she's the best thing we can have at the moment to talk to but that might have changed or is in the process of changing because if you have a prime minister from the u.k. that actually has no power back home with the house of commons and it's increasingly going into that direction is it really worth talking to her max hoffman in brussels thank you so much and i will take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world algeria's president has announced that he'll step down before his term ends on the twenty eighth of april speaking on state television abdelaziz bouteflika said steps were being taken to ensure that the country's institutions continue to function during the transition paving to growth has faced a beaks of mass protests demanding and whose twenty year. germany has sent a diplomatic process to brunei over new islamic laws that

the party unveiled its candidates, including racheljohnson, writer and sister of pro—brexit mp boris johnsonut the possibility of european elections next month, but almost three years after the uk voted to leave the eu, it is certainly not what theresa may had been hoping for. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. buckingham palace has confirmed that president trump will make a three—day state visit to the uk in june accompanied by first lady mullaney a drum. the white house said the visit would reaffirm what it called the steadfast and special relationship between the us and britain. unlike 2018, dubbed a working trip at the time, this would be an official state visit with the queen as host. john sobel reports. the queen has welcomed president trump before to the uk, even if there were moments last summer when it was hard to discern who was hosting whom as they inspected the troops at windsor castle. but this will be a visit with all the bells and whistles. a state banquet at buckingham palace, a gun salute in green park — it will be full ceremonial. what's unclear is whether he'll be invited

much more we are already getting reports that boris johnson in the u.k. he's criticizing this plan that was announced by theresa may tonight we know the board's johnson is considered a front runner if there were to be new elections if the reason they were to resign as prime minister what's the feeling there in brussels with the e.u. prefer to work with a different prime minister moving forward on bricks and. they you twenty seven would like to work with the british prime minister that has a majority in the house of commons in the u.k. so somebody who could actually back up what they agree on here in brussels at the summits back home in the parliament with a majority vote that's what they want and they have realised. quite some time ago that's recent may is not that person at the moment with the way things stand in the house of commons that's why at the last big summit here in brussels they took matters in their own hand and they stablished this new timetable that we're dealing with now which would have an automatic no deal bragg's it at the end of next we