luxembourg that europe, because of the second world war, owes a lot to the uk but angela merkel pointed out that after brexit the uk will be a competitor on the eu's doorstep. how will it be possible to keep these good relations which are described in words with facts on the ground if you like? with all the third countries, britain will be a third country, they are competitors so britain is not in an exceptional situation was that we have to compete with britain, and we will have to compete with them outside the market. moving from the commission itself to the issues that exist, that face europe in the next five years. traditionally, the eu has often looked to the franco german motor, the relationship between germany and france to show leadership on the way forward. now, you have weak leadership in germany with angela merkel with one foot out the door, emmanuel macron is quite a divisive figure inside the eu, not everyone shares his vision for the eu, will you leave your position in the eu concerned about the direction it is going? the comission is not in charge of germany and france. i'm moving away from th

. absolute rule taker for the uk after brexit if that is the caselj absolute rule taker for the uk after is the soft brexit that labour always said they would seek to negotiate. the thing that is in the manifesto that might be how do we say the strategy is to claim which i said again and again is that they could do it in three months and have a referendum in six months' time and as we talked about last week when you talk to jean—claude juncker, the idea that is realistic is... like a lot of things that feature in political parties manifestos. they don't wind and up working out like that. but you never know. as we were saying last week, jean—claude juncker's words aside, jean—claude juncker's words aside, jean—claude juncker was also the man that said there would be no further extension for the uk there would be no further extension forthe uk and there would be no further extension for the uk and if course there was one. he would say it is unrealistic to have renegotiations because frankly, he doesn't really want any more and thinks there is another deal on the table and that is the one t

that manifesto was give to other matters, brexit uk part of that. we saw that when it was just the two of them earlier in the week. borisjohnson was the two of them earlier in the week. boris johnson was hammering the two of them earlier in the week. borisjohnson was hammering home the point that he is the man to get brexit done and desperate to pull the discussion away from things he holds dear. many people think his agenda, whether he says he is neutral, leave or remain, is to leave and will help swing into motion all of the nationalisation that has been spoken about. i think the manifesto played quite well but in the light of a release in one brexit, this is his great weakness andi brexit, this is his great weakness and i think it willjust... we will see it as the next few weeks. we will stick with the next few weeks. corbyn refusing to back his own brexit deal. what did you think of the opening questions? did that set up the opening questions? did that set up what you will see not just want jeremy corbyn but two of the rest of the ministers stan

that manifesto was give to other matters, brexit uk part of that.g the two of them earlier in the week. borisjohnson was hammering home the point that he is the man to get brexit done and desperate to pull the discussion away from things he holds dear. many people think his agenda, whether he says he is neutral, leave or remain, is

let's talk brexit now, because australia is asking for trade compensation from the uk and the eu overe been hit after repeated brexit delays — causing confusion over quotas that forced them to halt shipments. sharanjit leyl is looking at this for us in singapore. australia is really among 15 countries that are all airing their beef about brexit. they include the likes of the us, china, india. they are among a number who are backing australia's move to ask for trade compensation from the eu and the uk over brexit disruption. they are specifically talking about losses over beef and lamb, as you say, that have already been disrupted over brexit delays. you will recall there we re brexit delays. you will recall there were three dates in march, april and october while brexit continues to be delayed and ahead of each deadline, australian exporters stopped exporting beef and lamb. it allows a limited amount of goods coming in at reduced tariffs. anything above that quota, the tariffs go so high it is not worth exporting. as we know, brexit means the uk and the eu will have to decide how to d

would become a second—rate player brexit he says the uk would become a second— rate player andthe uk would become a second—rate player and he did not just leave that in his own words, he saidi just leave that in his own words, he said i heard that when i went to india and listen to a whole lot of other countries. just to see the donald tusk and his parting words, he does notjust, he had a good go at brexit and emmanuel macron as well. what was he the french president? -- saying about. put it this way, donald tusk is polish and france and poland have very different ideas on defence relation with need a relationship with russia at the moment and how to approach vladimir putin. we have a bit of breaking news about the absent, invisible uk nominee because...m the last summative eu leaders, the uk agreed to communicate which they would have to nominate a new commissioner if there was still in the block and even if the uk were to leave on the 31st ofjanuary, we are supposed to say look, this is our suggestion for a new commissioner and wise that was mike because jean—claude is about

uk. the only reason they're having another election next month is because of the brexit disaster in the uk. well, here's the long-awaited report on potential foreign influence in creating the brexit disaster in the uk in the first place. the report is done. the intelligence committee did it, wants it out. this is a non-partisan intelligence product that's designed to let the british people know what's going on. they specifically tried to have it finished before the next election. but boris johnson is like yeah, i know, but i'm just not going to allow it to be released. no, not before the voting. and so today in parliament in london there was an emergency debate on what the heck is going on here. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker, for granting this urgent question. and can i thank the learned members of beckonsfield for all its efforts. i can only echo his words about the utterly unjustifiable, unprecedented, and clearly politically motivated reasons for delaying publication of this report until after the election. this is not at the request of the intelligence agencies. there are no fore

our headlines today: donald trump weighs into the uk election campaign — he criticisesjeremy corbyn and questions boris johnson's brexitade with uk and they wa nt to we want to do trade with uk and they want to do trade with us and, to be honest with you, this deal, under certain aspects of the deal, you can't do it. detained, restrained and isolated — a major report finds young people with autism and learning disabilities are being denied their human rights in hospitals across england. deflecting concerns and silencing customers

sturgeon also said that if there was a danger ofa also said that if there was a danger of a no—deal brexit, the ukn without a deal, then the snp would be in favour of revoking article 50. in other words, deciding to end the brexit process but without a referendum. however, we are a long way from that becoming a reality that the country has too look at seriously. james, thank you for now. james shaw. jeremy corbyn says he has evidence that the nhs is at risk from a post—brexit trade deal with the united states. at a news conference this morning, the labour leader produced documents which he said showed talks had taken place about drugs pricing and access to nhs contracts. borisjohnson dismissed the claims as "total nonsense" and said he could give an "absolute cast iron guarantee" the nhs would not be on the table in trade talks. our political correspondent jessica parker reports. 451 a51 pa g es a51 pages of unredacted documents and information. all of it here. brandishing these, it was intended to bea brandishing these, it was intended to be a dramatic moment. he claims these documents, detailing

this is about the mentorship to make sure there is a majority for a harder brexit in the uk parliament to see a lot of this workmanship. we sought a couple of weeks ago with the donald trump nigel farage interview. how the parliamentary arithmetic works out so what nigel farage is trying to do is to make sure he keeps his foot in the door because obviously the tories want to say, we are the party of brexit. the liberal democrats, labour, others. today, we are expecting the election battleground will move to immigration. relief those impacted in flooding, it's been about the nhs and climate change. that was the big headline but if we move onto the independent,, labour headline but if we move onto the independent, , labour putting headline but if we move onto the independent,, labour putting their sta ke independent,, labour putting their stake in the ground, we could close that gap by 2030, and enable it to happen. what do you think about that idea. so the equal pay act was 1917. that is nearly 50 years ago. we still don't have equal pay. if you look at the office for national statistic

uk. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11:00pm: brexiths — the dominating themes in tonight's election debate between johnson and corbyn. jeremy corbyn arrived in salford greeting supporters outside, promising to invest much more money in the nhs, while borisjohnson's cavalcade swept in with the prime minister keen to turn many of his responses to brexit. full market access for us products to our national health service. you are going to sell our national health service out to the united states and big

uk. the only reason they're having another election next month is because of the brexit disaster in the ukwell, here's the long-awaited report on potential foreign influence in creating the brexit disaster in the uk in the first place. the report is done. the intelligence committee did it, wants it out. this is a non-partisan intelligence product that's designed to let the british people know what's going on. they specifically tried to have it finished before the next election. but boris johnson is like yeah, i know, but i'm just not going to allow it to be released. no, not before the voting. and so today in parliament in london there was an emergency debate on what the heck is going on here. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker, for granting this urgent question. and can i thank the learned members of the field for all its efforts. i can only echo his words about the utterly unjustifiable, unprecedented, and clearly politically motivated reasons for delaying publication of this report until after the election. this is not at the request of the intelligence agencieses. there are no foreign

uk. british voters have been urged by the outgoing european council president not to "give up" on stopping brexitead of next month's general election here, donald tusk said leaving the eu would leave the uk a "second—rate player" and that brexit would likely mark the "real end of the british empire". the uk election takes place in one month. can things still be turned around? can the higher end thought that things become irreversible only when people started to think so? so the only words that come to my mind today are simply don't give up. in this match, we had added time, now we are in extra time, perhaps it will even go to penalties. you can imagine how that went down with various parties! 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has more. 0ur viewers will be millie with donald tusk, of the top people in the eu in these last few years and he was standing down and gave a farewell speech in which, as you suggest, he made it clear he believes exit can be stopped and he said he wanted to give hope to those people on that side of the argument —— brexit can be stopped. it is hard to say anything then b

the fact that the uk could have a brexit referendum without asking the permission of the eu, but scotlandbegin with. you can tell the difference of the two unions just from that, but if you think about the fiscal situation, in terms of tax revenue, the majority of the tax revenue that comes on in scotland goes into the uk's coffers and in the uk decides how much money to give to scotland. that's very, very different from the eu situation so for me the two unions had incredibly different and the decision about sovereignty is very different. scotla nd sovereignty is very different. scotland is not a sovereign nation within the uk because it is not allowed to do things like have a referendum whereas in the eu it would continue to be and have its own say at the table with the eu and would have the opportunity to veto some of the things that might come forward. robert — can the snp be very, very clear about how they would reduce the scottish deficit sufficiently to gain membership to the eu? what tax rises will this mean and what austerity measures will be required? you can reduce your deficit

don't think brexit means the uk will be greener, just that it will free up policy—making time and potentially be directed into greener energy. what's interesting, you did mention earlier that tesla has decided berlin will be the place to build its electric ca i’s be the place to build its electric cars in europe. so the uk has missed out on that. but there are other things that we do have that the tory party conference earlier this year — mrjohnson did announce we will develop the world's first nuclear fusion plan. so there are green things going on. and unemployment is starting to rise a bit and the number ofjobs starting to rise a bit and the number of jobs created, this starting to rise a bit and the number ofjobs created, this could bea number ofjobs created, this could be a way to boost employment and feel those high skilled, high wage jobs we need. in this kind of headline is just the jobs we need. in this kind of headline isjust the kind of headline, if you are running the election campaign for borisjohnson, for the conservatives, it's a great headline, isn't it? because there is so he

so, just going back to the 31st january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet the £1 that the ukt has to be brought to an end. you know, you‘ve been in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done, or at least this phase of brexit? no, no, no. i had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you very much for your time. thank you, it was a pleasure. thank you, thank you. a valedictory interview there with the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker with katya adler. you can hear katya adler on brexit cast on thursdays on the bbc news channel. the headlines on bbc news: the conservative cabinet minister alun cairns is accused of a cover—up after denying that he knew about the role of one of his staff in the collapse of a rape trial. the liberal democrats claim the uk will get a remain bonus of £50 billion over five years if brexit is stopped, as they launch their general election campaign. the senior conservative jacob rees—mogg apologises for saying that residents of grenfell tower should have used common sense

the tories are telling voters their brexit will take the uk out, free to strike trade deals, set its d standards. we'll have a choice of parties, a choice of parties, a choice of brexit or no brexit at all on polling day as big brexit as big an influence as many perhaps, people just wanting to get it over with. john pienaar, bbc news, essex. the prime minister has rejected calls from nigel farage and donald trump, to work with the brexit party. he said he wouldn't enter into electoral pacts, but that he was "always grateful for advice", wherever it comes from. the prime minister also suggested the us president was wrong to believe that a trade deal between the us and the uk would be difficult under his brexit deal. between the us and the uk would be he was speaking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. are there any circumstances under which you might work with nigel farage? well, first of all, it's a great brexit, it's a proper brexit, it delivers exactly what we wanted, what i wanted when i campaigned in 2016 to come out of the european union, it takes back control of our money

we have brexit bigger forbidding excellent. what happens at the uk people who everybody loved. what is going on in politics it? order! this was someone who was very larger—than—life character for europeans watching. almost as famous as vicky pollard. lorraine vasil levski stadium lower is pitching for the job, though order, order! goodbye, britain. some pretty lively weather and therefore the rest of this afternoon and into this evening. not everywhere, but some of us are seeing some heavy rain combined the strong, blustery winds, as well. this picture was taken a little while ago by one of our weather watchers. big waves along the south coast in particular. several flood warnings in force, as well. with that combination of gale force just went and heavy rainfall we are likely to see by the disruption to travel. they have been lots of trees down, power cuts and several firework displays cancelled this evening. particularly across a part of england. that is a b have most of the isobars on the map. lilo pressure less but further north, they went is not

our headlines today: donald trump weighs into the uk election campaign — he criticisesjeremy corbyn and questions boris johnson's brexitl. we wa nt we want to do trade with uk and they wa nt to we want to do trade with uk and they want to do trade with us and, to be honest with you, this deal, under certain aspects of the deal, you can't do it. detained, restrained and isolated — a major report finds young people with autism and learning disabilities are being denied their human rights in hospitals across england. deflecting concerns and silencing customers whirlpool comes in for harsh criticism from mps today for the company's response to fire risks in its tumble dryers. 800,000 could still be in people's homes. england's preparations for the rugby world cup final are almost complete.and a key part of that preparation is an inspiring team talk from captain 0wen farrell, which he'll be delivering in just a few hours time. big in hollywood, and big when you meet him, i've been speaking to jason momoa about love, acting and his very supportive mum. it isa it is a bit ofa it is a bit of a damp and murky start of the day w

uk and the eu looks like. the growth commission recognises the potential difficulty there because it talks about the brexit examplethe eu and how complicated that is. trying to disentangle scotland from the rest of the uk equally very complex. thomas in motherwell now, asking the prime minister has increased funding for police, education nhs which had devolved matters so is the extra money on these promised by the prime minister for england? we've had all these promises from all the parties on things like nhs but the health service, education, justice, that is devolved to the scottish parliament. the policies they are setting out it won't impact on health and education in the same way or pier. when they are spending on the nhs, south of the border, the barnett formula is used to calculate the money that should come to scotland because scotla nd should come to scotland because scotland is contributing. it is up to the scottish government to know how it spends that extra money. just because extra money as part of the health service in england doesn't mean the scottish government has to spend it on the nhs, they can

just getting back to the 31st of january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet £1 that the uk en in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done or at least this phase of brexit? no, i've had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you for your time. it was a pleasure. the president of chile has told the bbc he won't resign over mass protests about living standards. sebastian pinera said he was doing everything he could to listen to demands of the demonstrators. while he's promised to increase wages and pensions and improve public services, many aren't satisfied and are calling for him to go. he's also facing criticism over what's being seen as a heavy—handed response to the protests by security forces. he spoke to our south america correspondent, katy watson. in the last two weeks we have experienced two different phenomena, of a very different nature. first, and this was absolutely unexpected, a huge wave of destruction, violence, that some people put in place in a very organised way. that violence cannot be admitted, th

so, just going back to the 31st january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet the £1 that the ukstory. it has to be brought to an end. you know, you‘ve been in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done, or at least this phase of brexit? no, no, no. i had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you very much for your time. thank you, it was a pleasure. thank you, thank you. the outgoing head of the european commission jean—claude juncker speaking to katya adler. thousands of scientists from around the world have joined forces to declare a global climate emergency. they say that without deep and lasting change, the world is facing "untold human suffering" and that governments are failing to address the crisis. so, how important will the issue of climate change be in this uk election and what can the next government hope to do about it? 0ur science editor david shukman reports. with a new series, david attenborough is, once again, attracting huge audiences with revelations about the natural world. climate change now has a pr

brexit. well that story is one of the most read on the bbc news website — and donald tusk is also a top trend on twitter in the ukeave and remain accounts alike, such as this one from a user named "brexit shambles", which applauds mr tusk‘s message. and the opposite view, unsurprisingly, taken by the brexit party mep martin daubney, who writes: "until the bitter end, donald tusk maintains his contempt for british democracy. the sooner we leave the eu the better!" well, let's stay with politics — and you may have noticed that our reporterjoe tidy, is not with us for the morning briefing today — but he's still very much following how digital and social media platforms are being used during the election campaign. one video he's spotted going viral is a rant by a farmer in bishop auckland, who spoke to us here on the bbc news channel on tuesday. the video is one of the biggest of the election so far, with views across various twitter pages totalling at least 4 million. let's take a look at it now. it's like a turkey, voting for christmas, isn't it? the epitome of what the human race can do. the fear we might be bette

brexit. australia, brazil and new zealand are asking for trade compensation from the uk and the eu over brexitption. plus running rings around the competition. we'll be taking a look at the essential sport item that managed to become an every day fashion must have. from your phone to a postbox, we'll find out why old—fashioned postcards still seem to have a future in the digital age and why that could be good for our mental health. and a new study suggests those long meetings at work are more about therapy than solutions, so we want to know, do you think meetings are meaningless or play an important part of work life? let us know, just use the hashtag bbcworklife. hello and welcome to worklife. a warm welcome to our new business show, and we start today in sydney, where we could be seeing the dawn of a new era of ultra long—haul commercial flights. i think we can cross straight to luuka jones, if he is still awake! you have been awake something like i9 you have been awake something like 19 or 29 hours? —— you have been awake something like i9 or29 hours? —— luke you have been awake something l

pact with borisjohnson in the upcoming election, whilst also criticising the prime minister's brexit deal and ukne in taking aim at the labour leader. the financial times reports a number of business leaders have spoken out against mr corbyn‘s criticism of uk business, including sports direct

but borisjohnson insists the conservatives are the only party that can deliver brexit, and that the ukll leave by the end of january. during the day, the former conservative chancellor philip hammond, who's criticised the prime minister's handling of brexit, announced he was standing down as an mp. we'll have the latest on the campaign, which is still not formally under way, as parliament is due to rise tomorrow. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the senior conservative jacob rees—mogg apologises for saying that residents of grenfell tower should have used "common sense" and left the building, instead of listening to fire brigade advice. and the south african springboks get a heroes‘ welcome as they return home following their victory in the rugby world cup. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is the launch of the liberal democrats‘ election campaign, claiming to be the only party standing to stop brexit, and that staying in the european union would produce a £50 billion so—called "remain bonus" over five years. the party leaderjo swinson say this could then be spent on public servic

so, just going back to the 31st january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet the £1 that the ukdo think that it will happen but this is a too long story. it has to be brought to an end. you know, you've been in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done, or at least this phase of brexit? no, no, no. i had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you very much for your time. thank you, it was a pleasure. thank you, thank you. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun, and this is your wedsnesday sport briefing. what a cracking start to match day 4 in the european champions league. liverpool are now a point away from qualifying for the knockouts, after beating genk. but the drama was at stamford bridge. chelsea came back from 4—1 down, to draw with ajax. the dutch side ahead courtesy of two own goals — one off the unlucky chelsea keeper kepa. ajax then had two men sent off. the home side made them pay. they got their equaliser thanks to youngester reece james — who becomes chels

so, just going back to the 31st january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet the £1 that the ukhink? i do think that it will happen but this is a too long story. it has to be brought to an end. you know, you've been in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done, or at least this phase of brexit? no, no, no. i had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you very much for your time. thank you, it was a pleasure. thank you, thank you. you may have seen this footage but it's worth seeing again. cctv from san francisco. a rail worker in san francisco rescuing a man, who was a spilt—second from being hit by a train. the man who was drunk was walking dangerously close to the edge of the platform before falling onto the tracks. luckily, he is pulled to safety. the work you did it says he hopes anyone would have done the same thing. thanks for watching. —— the worker who did it. hello there. the rest of this week is going to remain on the chilly side, certainly temperatures a few degrees down on where they should be for the time o

to exit the eu >>> former lands down chairman told me he sees the opportunity in the uk after brexit >> sometimes you think the expected return risk will be very high. it seems the uk the market hates uncertainty. you've had within the economy. possibly the airlines but there are places and nobody is willing to commit. >> you expect that to clear up in the next six to eight weeks do you expect a wall of cash to flood in >> it never happens like that. i expect it to become investable by then. i expect it now to become investable >> this is con continuent on a deal that the election will lead to an outcome? >> that would be my assumption now. if it goes the other way, people will turn around and ay, that is very good news. it is very hard to come up with something that is very bad compared to where we are today >> activist listed several factors that attracted him to the uk at the moment >> here in the uk, i see valuations around the world and because of the brexit uncertainty. valuations here are really attractive the ftse stands out and you add that pound is down a lot relative to th

brexit. the snp launches its election manifesto — warning that the uk may still leave europe without a deal —‘s back playing after recovering from testicular cancer. this is really inspiring story. so, max taylor is 19 and could get his first team manchester united debut tomorrow against astana in the europa league. but, last year, his world was turned upside down as he was diagnosed with testicular cancer five months after signing his first professional contract. since that moment, he‘s been doing all he can to make sure he can get back to doing what he loves, playing football. and he‘s the one name that stands out on the squad list, also showing manager 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s commitment once again to the club‘s younger players. i think a massive thing that i want people to take from me going through the cancer is that the fact that i beat cancer, i don‘t want that to be what people remember me for. that is a part of me, but that will not define what i do. what do you want people to remember you for? hopefully as a great person, great footballer and someone who gives back. united play astana

brexit parties. let's look at the daily telegraph. for rog can ruin uk's brexit.ng this stop to it this is what it encapsulates. by spreading that vote and effectively whatever form of brexit... and effectively whatever form of brexit. .. offered and effectively whatever form of brexit... offered so and effectively whatever form of brexit. .. offered so far is not brexiteer enough for nigel farage. he is all most gone full circle and is almost looking like a remainer from where i am sitting. as a remainder, he is my friend because he is the one person putting the spoken the wheel. he is always dumbed down the deal, —— thumbs down the deal. when theresa may offered, he said it was the worst imaginable deal until the one that boris johnson came back with but this is the problem with the investment bank and deals and arbitration going forward and brings abounds that we will be giving over to brussels. it's never quite the brexit that nigel farage wants. he has said that today, there is a couple of him saying that this is a remainer brexit deal. he appears to be the o

so, just going back to the 31st january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet the £1 that the uk you think? i do think that it will happen but this is a too long story. it has to be brought to an end. you know, you've been in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done, or at least this phase of brexit? no, no, no. i had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you very much for your time. thank you, it was a pleasure. thank you, thank you. the outgoing head of the european commission speaking to katya adler. the next us presidential election may be a year away, but candidates have already been campaigning in the key states. this includes new hampshire — which will hold the first primary in february. jane 0'brien reports from north conway. shifting winds over the presidential range, home to some of the most unpredictable weather in the world. and an equally unpredictable political environment for today's presidential hopefuls. # roll on up and ring the bell... north conway lies in the shadow of the white mountains, a bluish

so, just going back to the 31st january, this latest brexit extension, would you bet the £1 that the ukhink? i do think that it will happen but this is a too long story. it has to be brought to an end. you know, you've been in this job for a long time. would you be tempted to stay in your office until brexit is done, or at least this phase of brexit? no, no, no. i had brexit enough in my life. presidentjuncker, thank you very much for your time. thank you, it was a pleasure. thank you, thank you. president xijinping has been greeting the french president at the great hall of the people in beijing. he is ona great hall of the people in beijing. he is on a three—day state visit to china stop the french president is hoping to make progress on the long—awaited european union, china trade agreement, also sign a statement fostering the joint support for the paris climate record. you may have seen this footage and it's worth seeing again to stop this a rail worker in 0akland, to stop this a rail worker in oakland, california, rescuing a man who was a split second from being hit by a train. thi

voters have been urged not to give up on stopping brexit by the outgoing european council president. donald tusk said leaving the eu would leave the uksecond—rate player" and that brexit would likely mark the "real end of the british empire". it is about half past three in the morning. now it's time for click. this week, is 56 really a health hazard? weather forecasting in danger. and back in time to the berlin wall. in towns and cities across the uk, a tech revolution is slowly being born, one antenna at a time. bit by bit, 56 is becoming a thing. and while all the infrastructure might look a bit dull, take a look at this. this is a speed test to this phone, which, right now, is getting data speeds of 390mbps. not bad! yeah, this new network is going to be so fast that we'll be able to download in a heartbeat and stream video to multiple devices at once. in order to allow this to properly take off, with high speed and minimal delay, we're going to see lots of new antennas, each serving small areas. and some of them may use much higher frequency radio waves than previous mobile networks. but having these antennas everywhere has given

-china and europe thread, i think it's a particularly more salient at look at post brexit uk and will look at the role of france and other european states in the indo-pacific, and look forward to hearing from her. and, of course, our chair and leader of this effort, satoru nagao. so the format is very simple. three of our presenters have a powerpoint presentation. they will make their case and then we will go one rapids to the other and then open it up for q&a. each of them will speak for an allotted amount of time. i'll try to catch their attention to keep them on schedule so that we can give maximum time to you to ask questions and make comments from the floor. with that, again, thank you for joining us, and richard, please, yes. he's very high techs we has a phone keeping track of this type. >> try to behave myself. thank you thank you very much, d morning. it's a pleasure. i hope my usual energetic of myself, -- it's a pleasure to be here at hudson institute. it's one of the places i love because i i feel i don't need o be very politically correct when it comes to discussions of c

brexit. and i think the broader story about nigel farage is he is quite a one issue man, he is the former leader of the ukparty, pro brexit, and now this new iteration of that. and i think if this is perhaps a reflection of the realisation that people are now sick to death of theirs. there has been three years of stasis and the only way to get beyond this is a majority in the house of commons to get things moving. and ijust wonder, this is pure speculation, whether there was a realisation that this has begun to run its course?” there was a realisation that this has begun to run its course? i was about to ask you that. why do you think you made this choice now? but you have already answered that question. the question is will the conservatives benefit is to a great degree —— benefit from this? conservatives benefit is to a great degree -- benefit from this? boris johnson has taken a very strong pro brexit stance, he hasn't done it yet. he has almost called farage's block on this. we will cover every twist and turn in the run—up, it's not far away at all now, december 12. -- bluff not far away at all now, d

we voted for brexit so there's a stalling off investment. despite that uk growing at 1.2 or 1.3%. have brexit so what i'm saying is there a lot of thing which have to happen going forward what you need is clarity a majority of the government, which is center right and business friendly says less taxes. its impact on sterling, sterling is not going to go anywhere so it rallies to 130, 131, it's not going to 140. >> when you say it's fully resolved, when do you expect it to be resolved the criticism of the deal, if anything moves brexit to 2020? >> the result is uk has to leave eu and that will happen when something passes it has to be first physical resolution of that and then the discussion on the second leg of discussion, if you look at the political declaration, it's clear that uk has to divert. that's clear in that argument. whether they agree on how long this process is going to be but leaving the eu itself is a big, big clarity. until six months ago, many people believed that uk was going to leave until one year ago, uk parliament believed there was a second referendum. but b

uk voting again to leave. but as things stand, a corbyn government promising a second brexit referendum is your best hope? t, that is more likely to be if it's a minority labour government — would give the whole of uk the opportunity to escape brexit. but fundamental to this for me is that any party that is looking to the snp for support has to be prepared to respect the right of the people of scotland to choose their own future. and that means respecting the right if the scottish parliament so chooses to have an independence referendum. but if you really want to stop brexit, if that's your priority, you're in no position to demand conditions, are you? well, look, i lead a minority government. any party that wants to be in minority government has to win support from other parties. and if the snp is the party that holds that balance of power, then of course it stands to reason that i would want to make sure that certain policies and priorities were prioritised. i've set out the position around scotland's future, but also ending austerity, getting rid of the misery of universal credit, more powers to the sco

as the uk prepares to go to the enrol election next month and politicians campaign for vote, brexit isk‘s comments will open him up to accusations of interference. with the prime minister promising the uk will leave the eu by the end of january, the labour proposing another referendum and the liberal democrats preparing to —— pledging to scrap brexit altogether, there is little to guess about who will or will not like his comments. because todayis will not like his comments. because today is too late to impeach donald... at least the european one. president trump says he can't remember a phone call at the centre of new revelations from the first public hearings of his impeachment inquiry. in testimony on wednesday, the us envoy in ukraine, bill taylor, said it was clear the white house was refusing to release military aid to ukraine unless it started an investigation intojoe biden. the president has called the hearings a sham. chris buckler is in washington. iam too i am too busy to watch anything. it isa i am too busy to watch anything. it is a witch—hunt, a hoax. i am too busy to wat

the tories are telling voters their brexit will take the uk out, free to strike trade deals, set its dards. we will have a choice of parties, a choice of brexit or no brexit at all on polling day. as big an influence as any, perhaps, people just wanting to get it over with. john pienaar, bbc news, essex. the prime minister has rejected calls from nigel farage and donald trump to work with the brexit party. he said he wouldn't enter into electoral pacts, but that he was always grateful for advice, wherever it comes from. the prime minister also suggested the us president was wrong to believe that a trade deal between the us and the uk would be difficult under his brexit deal. he was speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. are there any circumstances under which you might work with nigel farage? well, first of all, it is a great brexit. it's a proper brexit. it delivers exactly what we wanted, what i wanted, when i campaigned in 2016 to come out of the european union. it takes back control of our money, our borders, our laws. it enables us to do proper, all—singing, all—danci

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today at two: the liberal democrats say the uk will get a remain bonus of 50 billion pounds over five years if brexit is stopped as they launch their general election campaign. when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, i am absolutely certain that i could do a betterjob than either of them. jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit sorted next year promising to secure a better deal with the eu. a labour government will get brexit sorted within six months giving you, the british people, the final say. jacob rees mogg apologises, after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. more than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police, following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougal. rugby union is in shock as saracens are docked 35 points and fined more than £5 million for violating salary cap regulations. the club says they didn't deliberately breach them. thanks, jane. and louise le

uk to asia. so james is a prominent advocate for brexit and he was accused of hypocrisy after that move. is thought to be singapore's biggest and most expensive penthouse flat. these new headquarters will be more than 100,000 square feet of space in the saintjames 100,000 square feet of space in the saint james powerstation, which 100,000 square feet of space in the saintjames powerstation, which was a nightclub which i and many others have frequented over many years. it was also declared a national monument. dyson has been building up its presence in singapore over the yea rs its presence in singapore over the years and it had announced it would build a new electric car here but the project was scrapped because it was not seem to be commercially viable. mr dyson said it was done for economic reasons. it makes vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, air dryers. most products are designed in the uk but manufactured right here in asia. now let's brief you on some other business stories: manchester city's parent company, city football group or cfg, has agreed to buy a majority stake in indian super

the liberal democrats say the uk will get a ‘remain bonus' of £50 billion over five years if brexit isopped — as they launch their general election campaign their leaderjo swinson says change is possible — and hers is the only party that can stop britain leaving the eu when i look at borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn i am absolutely certain i could do a betterjob than either of them! jeremy corbyn says labour would get brexit done in six months — promising to secure a better deal with the eu a labour government will get brexit sorted within six months by giving you, the british people, the final say. the conservatives insist they are the party to deliver brexit — we'll have full analysis of the election pledges made today. also on the programme: jacob rees mogg apologises after saying people living in grenfell tower should have ignored fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. could a home testing kit revolutionise screening for cervical cancer? scientists say trial results are promising, and could increase the take—up of smear tests and we get a sneak preview of the ne

at the moment, the quotas are for the whole of the eu, including the uk, and of course after brexit,o decide how to divide those up. i had of those deadlines, australian businesses were just unsure how much they were allowed to export, so that is why they stopped. —— ahead of those deadlines. so even though brexit didn't happen, but later stated in october affected exports ahead of christmas, and of course we all know how valuable that is. that is why australia is now asking for compensation which was marked by, as you said, a number of countries, including the us and china, and they also expressed concerns that those quotas, the eu quotas, could be filled up by british exports and vice—versa after brexit and their businesses would be left out from those quotas. we will be watching to see what happens next at the wto. thank you, marika oi. two of southeast asia's leading business families arejoining southeast asia's leading business families are joining forces, one of the philippines biggest conglomerates is investing more than 200 million us dollars in two companies controlled by my

uk. let's get brexit done, get this thing over the line and then get on with bringing our great country togetherthe whole uk. the tories‘ rivals in scotland, though, are only too happy to have him on the trail. i am so confident that borisjohnson will not go down well with scottish voters in this election that my words to him as he leaves scotland to this afternoon maybe, a you back!! but this time, no politician can see clearly around the corner. laura kuenssberg is in darwen, in lancashire, for us tonight. we have seen how leadership has become an issue in the campaign so farand become an issue in the campaign so far and today it was jeremy become an issue in the campaign so far and today it wasjeremy corbyn under attack. that is right, and mr corbyn ran slat back into a problem that has come up for him time and time again, his ability to deal with allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party. this has been going on for several years now, and it is not just about one voice criticising him or one politician's concerns. this speaks to a wider problem that a lot of people in the labour party

tories, who want us out of the european union after brexit in january would be able to come as they would say, take back control and have a system of the ukng decisions over who will come in and who cannot. they would end freedom of movement. on the other side, you have the labour party saying they want to have another brexit referendum. if that referendum meant we stayed in, then, of course it would mean unlimited eu immigration because that's part of being in the european union but if not, they still kind of believe in freedom of movement and they want to make it easier for people to bring family members here to do so called family reunion. exactly as you say, chris, both parties have been kind of getting a bit snarled up talking about it today. we asked jeremy corbyn loads of times today if he thought immigration should be higher or lower, he wouldn't say. a colleague of ours from itv asked priti patel if the tories really wa nted priti patel if the tories really wanted to cut immigration. she kept going on about control. labour doesn't want people to think... really interesting. the tories sent out a press release over nights and idid

voters have been urged not to give up on stopping brexit by the outgoing european council president. donald tusk said leaving the eu would leave the uk "second—rate player" and that brexit would likely mark the "real end of the british empire". it is about half past four in the morning. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. thejournalist welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. the journalist ronan farrow won a pulitzer prize for his investigation of harvey weinstein. his revelations about the film producer prompted an outpouring of rage at the way women had been treated and triggered the metoo movement, an attempt at breaking the silence around sexual assault. in his new book catch and kill, he is posing difficult questions about the powerful media institutions he says tried to suppress the story. so how did the hollywood insider, the son of woody allen and mia farrow, broke the story that took the shine off tinseltown? ronan farrow, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here. now many people will not be familiar with the expression catch and kill. can you explain what it means? accrue to is an old term in am

uk general election campaign and the central bank has been under pressure to cut rates. will the bank of england keep them on hold but the global slowdown as well as the government's brexitthe uk economy. airbus is flying high after it took in more than 415 aeroplane orders in october. including the largest ever from a single carrier, extending its lead over boeing which has been hit by the grounding of the 737, boeing has reported 170 orders through the end of september, after cancellations. german airline luftha nsa cancellations. german airline lufthansa has cancelled 13oo flights after it lost a last—minute legal bid to halt a strike by cabin crew. the two day action over pay and conditions is disrupting travel plans of about 180,000 passengers. but flights by lufthansa's other airlines including euro wings, swiss, austrian and brussel airlines are not affected. to india, because it has been three years since the contraband it has been three years since the contra band of it has been three years since the contraband of high—value currency notes and since then, it has been hit with an economic slowdown, resulting in the lowest growth rate in six years. he comes as man