via france marsay paris who bit of brussels.and then on to the netherlands amsterdam went along because on that route. there was the did you know that the young people who carried out the attacks were all part of a drug dealing gang and. in the end all they were a group all these young people were in a drunk skag. or the zealot. on the streets it looks like just another market day in molen bake. inside the local church the grief that followed the attacks is still tangible. the pastor. has created a wish tree together with local youths and installed it inside the church the wishes include calls for a better moral and bake and no more terrorism. on the market square outside his church the priest does his final round of the day on. my dream is for the politicians to take young people and their problems seriously and . report it and that they bring together youngsters with african moroccan and belgian roots he said if to create a mixed society i think about with event. that's what our community needs but doesn't have the second but

theresa may saying britain will honor the commitments it has made what are people in brussels reading into that it's unclear because she said that she would fill the gap in the european budget however if she wants a transition period she has to pay for that anyway so this might be a is zero sum game apart from from that we don't know anything and their action in poland is really interesting because the polish european minister came out and your minister came out and said risk britain will not get anything no transition deal if they don't pay their full obligations so the first country is starting to play hardball over money and becoming negotiations may be tougher and harder than we have seen them till now ok barbara visible in brussels back at last in london many thanks to both of you. north korean leader kim jong un has lobbed a string of insults at his u.s. counterpart donald trump this is the first time a north korean leader has expressed such direct criticism of a u.s. president hinting at a test of a hydrogen bomb kim said trump would quote pay dearly for a u.n. speech where he

britain's prime minister said stocks have john full future relations with brussels long on the rhetoric but short on detail will it be enough to revive stalled bret's in the go stations will bring you highlights and analysis. i'm phil gaia welcome to the program. voters here in germany are gearing up for federal elections on sunday and both candidates for the post of chancellor are making a final push but it is polls have not been encouraging for martin schulz the center left social democrats trailing angela merkel's the christian democrats by a large margin surveys suggest her conservative bloc is likely to take about thirty six percent of sunday's vote. and all the chances for final rally is in munich in bavaria where the cd used judea part of the c.s.u. holds power and i did political correspondent is there. welcome michela. why munich father michael's final campaign stop. this is a tradition between the c.d.u. c.s.u. of the conservatives. you see the german chancellor speaking behind me very much on usual really i mean just show you this is going to. find us there are several thousa

using out of the european union britain's prime minister sets out a plan for future relations with brussels. we may be leaving the european union but we'll not leaving euro to reason might propose that britain remain in the e.u. single market during the two year transition period but will a speech be enough to be five stoled negotiations will bring you the highlights and analysis also on the program final pitch to win over undecided voters before sunday's elections in germany but i met colin martin schulze prevent a late surge by the fog lights alternative budget. welcome to the program britain's prime minister has just delivered a major policy speech saying it's early in an attempt to revive stoled present negotiations speaking in florence theresa may said the e.u. and the u.k. were moving through a critical period in their relationship and that she looked ahead to press it with optimism the prime minister also stressed that london wants to be a strong friend and partner to brussels. our decision to leave the european union is in no way a repudiation of this long standing commitment we may

what are people in brussels reading into that? >> it's unclear, because she said that she would fill the gap in the european budget. however, if she wants a transition period she has to pay for that anyway, so this might be a zero sum gain. apart from that we don't know anything. there the direction of poland is interesting because the prime minister came out and said britain will not get anything, no transition deal, if they don't pay their full obligation. so the first country is starting to play hard ball over money, and the coming negotiations may be tougher and harder than we have seen them up till now. >> ok. many thanks to both of you in brussels and london. time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world. police in london have charged a man in connection with last week's bomb attack at parson's green under crown station. the 18-year-old is charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion. that's after a device detonated on a packed underground train last week, injuring 30 people. the

the studio david charter who reports for the london times here from berlin and you also based in brussels a little bit earlier just been telling you david i want to look at content first in the speech it is being criticized as a bit low on detail what's your take on the speech well as you know the talks in brussels have not been going very well between britain and the european union about the divorce deal which is why of course the europeans were hoping for some more detail proposals exactly and they are scheduled to resume next week and so this speech was probably the wrong place to look for very very granular details of what the reason is done as address the three key issues in the talks but only briefly so the subject of the irish border she said she doesn't want to physical border and that was it no further detail the subject of the payments she said britain will honor its commitments but that's a bit vague you know to find a commitment in a new direction exactly and then the status of e.u. citizens in britain and british citizens in the ear. you she said actually used the word guaran

all he is doing is telling the truth. -- somebody in brussels.r, germany milk. no, this is not time for the european championship. these are some of the seats being discussed as a result of brexit. —— germany nil. a second idea has been discussed, using 51 of the freed up seats to create a transnational list of candidates. adam fleming has been finding out more in strasbourg. the uk's exit from the eu will have an impact in the henley cycle of the european parliament. —— hemicycle. this portuguese mep was asked what to do with the life—size versions of these. how will they look differently after brexit? the department is now 751. it will have 700 seats in the end. —— look different. we will use a part of the 73 seats of the uk. we will use 22 for a new allocation of seats, because the current situation is unfairfora number of because the current situation is unfair for a number of states. because the current situation is unfair for a number of statesm means france will get four new seats. hungry will get none, and jamil reddy has the most allowed

well as you know the talks in brussels have not been going very well between britain and the european union about the divorce deal which is why of course the europeans were hoping for some more detail proposals exactly and they are scheduled to resume next week and so this speech was probably the wrong place to look for very very granular details of what's the reason is done is addressed the three key issues in the talks but only briefly so the subject of the irish border she said she doesn't want the physical border and that was it no further detail the subject of the payments she said britain will honor its commitments but that's a bit vague you know that is to find a commitment in a new direction exactly and then the status of e.u. citizens in britain and british citizens in the e.u. she said actually used the word guarantee that e.u. citizens would be able to continue living their lives as they do now in britain which again is very warm and welcome words but not really the fine detail any on exactly how it's going to happen in the many complications that arise around that you know

us is standing by for us in brussels where he just came out of that meeting with the e.u. commissioner that briefing rather they are caused by the e.u. plans taken fifty thousand refugees we understand directly from africa and them a little east what does that actually mean in practice. terria the migration rise is a complex proprietor problem and so it is a complex solution that the e.u. has suggested so let me break it down for you on the resettlement program where the commissioner for mobile us has now suggested fifty thousand the idea really is as you have said it is to take people directly so for instance so far twenty three thousand have been resettled since the migration crisis started and mainly from jordan and eleven months or syrian refugees these are people who qualify for a resettlement scheme and then take are taken from these countries and directly brought into european countries it is a recommendation so it's a voluntary scheme and i think that will go rather well with the majority of the member states who have always said let's strengthen the xstrata border

talks taking place in brussels. the latest brexit negotiations. kevin connolly is in brussels now.been blocked until now, any sign of progress? no sign of anything much at all today. it is there to say the talks take place behind very firmly closed doors, until they come out at the end, probably on thursday. i think what we heard there from donald tusk reflects the general european view that theresa may ‘s speech, they talked about it, its excellence and constructive tone, but they want more detail. they will stick rigidly to there being no second pathway of talks involving donald tusk, that will be done by michel barnier here in brussels. a difference is starting to emerge, two, whereby the european side sees as discipline, sticking to the three core points at first. the british side is starting to chafe that a little bit. you hear about hoping signals now an flexible and leadership. thank you. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, has said labour is preparing for government with "war game type scenario planning" for a dramatic fall in the value of the pound in case investors are

easing out of the european union britain's prime minister sets out her plan for future relations with brussels. you may be leaving the european union but we are not leaving your reason for suppose that britain remain within the e.u. single market during a two year transition period a lot of rhetoric but short on detail will it be enough to revive stalled directed negotiations we'll bring you highlights and analysis also on the program. final pitch to win over undecided voters before sunday's elections in germany the county i'm going to brooklyn martin shoals event tonight search for the far right alternative for germany. to drive sharing up buba to be stripped of its license to operate in one of the world's wealthiest cities as london's transport authority describes it as not fit to prop up we'll take a look at the road ahead. i'm feel gail welcome to the program. britain's prime minister has delivered a major policy speech in italy in an attempt to give impetus to present negotiations which the e.u. says of stoled speaking in florence theresa may said the e.u. and the u.k. were moving through

well as you know the talks in brussels have not been going very well between britain and the european union about the divorce deal which is why of course the europeans were hoping for some more detail proposals exactly and they are scheduled to resume next week and so this speech was probably the wrong place to look for very very granular details of what reason is done as address the three key issues in the talks but only briefly so the subject of the irish border she said she doesn't want a physical border and that was it no further detail the subject of the payments she said britain will honor its commitments but that's a bit vague you know that was defined a commitment in a new direction exactly and then the status of e.u. citizens in britain and british citizens in the e.u. she said actually use the word guarantee that e.u. citizens would be able to continue living their lives as they do now in britain which again is very warm and welcome words but not really the fine detail any and exactly how it's going to happen in the many complications that arise around that you know such as

david we can do so much better don't you think there are people in brussels who are saying this is the exactly the kind of delusional thinking that is getting in the way of progress in these negotiations or bridging britain wanting to leave the e.u. but still retain all the advantages of being a member well it would be delusional if britain as you said wanted to retain all the advantages with none of the responsibilities or the financial costs but that's not really what i heard today and i think the position is becoming a bit more realistic of course britain's deal with the e.u. has got to be better than canada's we have been in the single market for over forty years we're right next door with a we're going to be the biggest trading partner so it's going to be a deal which has to for the be better than canada because canada doesn't have a very good access for services it's not in the european single sculler of course it's not it's in north america and and british airlines would like to be able to fly around the european single sky so there are many things which currently exist that hav

with that as you mentioned do you see brussels making any sort of concessions for italy. it's going to be a little tougher i mean there was there was definitely more momentum going before the french elections were mark on iran and on her. merkel is doing so well she's getting a lot more support when those leaders of france and germany were kind of struggling it was looking like there was a bit more negotiating power but right now the euro zone has got much stronger as a whole from a political standpoint that it was a year ago and italy's economy is actually getting a bit better i mean we're seeing some signs of strength you know i'll be the not exactly robust but on a relative basis with what italy has been struggling with over the past ten years we're seeing a bit more strength starting to come and brussels why is brussels going to cave to italy right now and the rest of the european union is feeling a little bit better about it now the big picture is that the euro currency i think is unlikely to survive because never in history has any kind of a currency survived when y

possibly better than in brussels. behind, and we then stick to, as far as we possibly can, until we leave in march 2019. one of the potential political wins here is to distinguish the position from a messier, noisier, harder to grasp labour position. do you agree? i think so. the labour position is a mess. but the prime minister needs to be clearer than they are. we have to leave it there. thank you very much for your time. goodbye. it has been another day on the poolside. it is being another day where we see plenty of showers as well, and also sunshine. this was the sunny start to the day we had in cornwall, but the showers hooping going across eastern parts of england in contrast. in the last hour, they have come into a number of places in yorkshire and lincolnshire,. some of the showers have been quite intense, we handsome thunder and lightning mixed in with those, some very heavy downpours as well. that as we go on through the rest of saturday, we are looking at templates around 15—18. through the evening and over

and gives us the view from brussels. well common knowledge is that france needs to do this because the economy has been slacking almost for decades unemployment is almost double as what it is for example in germany and many experts blame that on the lack of labor flexibility it's too expensive for companies to fire people to get rid of them and if they try to do so that it's very expensive but if you look at other numbers the pictures of it is a little different for example productivity is higher than it is in the united states that means that when the french do work they work well so it's a mixed bag and it's hard to tell but like i said common knowledge is this is this area. hoffman and brussels that german carrion if tons is poised to snatch up the moment just chunk of bankrupt and that's according to local media reports citing inside sources if tonnesen is reported to be considering a takeover of the bankrupt allen subsidiary nicky is part of a bit to well call up the company that reports say easyjet and condo ought

a bleak decade of economic stagnation, internal dysfunction and public discontent, officials in brussels claim the tide has turned, but is there really a renewed appetite for deeper european integration while britain is still fumbling for the exit door? my guest is former italian prime minister, eu commissioner and ardent integrationist mario monti. are reports of the eu's revival somewhat premature? mario monti, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure. why is there a new integrationist spirit abroad in the european union? i don't quite understand it. last year i was writing articles and giving speeches on the process of disintegration of the eu. which looked very real as a prospect. which looked very real. the main reason why it looked real last year was, in my view, the cynical behaviour of most heads of governments of member states concerning the eu. they went to brussels to take together decisions supposedly in the interests of the eu, but really each of them was narrowly minded on his or her domestic affairs. essentially with a selfish perspective. i would put it to you that hasn't changed at

. commonsense is greater this side of the channelthan in brussels.very much for being on hardtalk. hello. no sooner do we get rid of one weather front from the uk, there is another coming in from the atlantic in the day ahead. a day that starts chilly, especially in rural spots. freezing as the day begins. fog patches, especially in eastern and south—east england. here is the next weather system. rain in northern ireland. it is slowly taking that rain further east during the day. breezy and wet in northern ireland, some outbreaks of rain edging into the west of scotland. the bulk of the uk is dry. chilly to begin the day, but for many of us, plenty of sunshine. remember, some mist and fog around. east anglia, south—eastern england are most prone to that before it clears away. it should not take long. along with the rain in the west, the wind picks up. especially in the coast and hills. moving away from northern ireland, the rain goes into scotland and wales. more light and patchy as it does so. leaving parts of eastern england and the south—east dry.

our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels tonight.hings being said there today? you are right, what michel barnier told us today was that he does not believe there's been enough progress in the talks. he wanted to send that stern message, obviously. now on money, he identified that as the biggest issue. he believes that the biggest issue. he believes that the uk has both moral and legal obligations to the eu. moral obligations, he said as there were decisions taken as 28 countries, which could not be left to 27 to pick up the bill for. things like funding for science and research project, for development for universities. and legally as the budgets were approved, signed by david cameron, approved by the uk parliament, that those obligations must be met. so he accused the uk of backtracking, having agreed earlier in the process it had obligation it is would meet, now going through picking everything through line by line. on ireland, the issue of the border, he was worried as the uk proposals were not good enough, that they had to come

and how exactly the new german government shapes up will that is being watched carefully in brussels berlin remains hugely influential in the european union but some officials are concerned about the influence that. could have moving for no one in the european parliament is exhaling just yet although chancellor merkel will likely remain in office her position is weakened lawmakers in brussels are deeply concerned about the strong showing of the far right in germany's election. experience has shown that such a right wing radical party can really poison the discourse. that's what we've seen with ukip the u.k.'s pro breaks it party it had no members in parliament but still managed to turn the debate toxic if you discuss issues in france you have marine le pen weighing in and it will be the same with the f.t. in germany unfortunately. the pedant. it was the same story in the netherlands when far right populist jews strong support in that country's recent parliamentary elections dutch lawmakers say german voters sent a similar signal the signal that i saw from the german elections is real

and from berlin after the speech well what i would hope the people in brussels in berlin and across the european union would see is that this is the united kingdom setting out the opportunity for us to work together to negotiate what would be a strong partnership i've used the term deep and special partnership that will ensure the future prosperity of countries in the you and the united kingdom in the future and i hope that people will feel that and will respond to it in a tone and a way of partnership and of friendship because that is what the u.k. is offering and i think it's important not just for the u.k. but i think for the whole of the european union the you the remaining twenty seven will be considering what their future is as an e.u. what the future structures of that should be we want the e.u. to continue to be strong it is in our national interest for the e.u. to continue to be successful what i've set out today is a way we can go forward together sovereign united kingdom making its own decisions but a strong and successful european league union working to thank you. thank

>> if you look at it from a brussels perspective, the answer is no.olicymakers here in the eu say the brits are talking to themselves and going around in the same argument without reaching a conclusion. the enormity of what is supposed to happen here has not reached the government. the deal between the eu and britain will not be threshed out in one long summit and second point is angela merkel will not come in to save britain. particularly not after the elections we have now seen in germany. a deal needs to be reached at the negotiating table and they need to see facts and figures on the table. we are not seeing that. brent: as always, thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a new you in a report says that russia is -- a new u.n. report says that russia is committing crimes in crimea. police in dominica say the death toll has risen to 27 following hurricane maria's strike. maria caused devastation and flooding with the category five hurricane slammed into the island last week. district congressman anthony weine

let's pick up with nick, who joins us from brussels. obviously there are high hopes in the uk about those positive noises from the regions, and we are told to look carefully at bavaria after the german elections on sunday. i do have to say that in the eu quarter here in brussels they are less impressed. the suggestion at the idea that angela merkel will be open to giving uk special favours on the basis of pleadings from certain regions, i'm told that is a pipe dream. in brussels the big focus is on theresa may's speech in florida on friday. the idea is that she will try to break the deadlock. the idea of 20 billion has been floated today, by theresa may, which will ensure that there is no black hole in the eu budget there. they say there is in the right direction, but that the uk will have to go further than that and settled its past account if it wants to go onto the next stage, which is discussing the free trade agreement. critically, it sounds as if the pm and the foreign secretary are reunited tonight, at least geographically. the f

matters in brussels thank you. you're watching t.w. news live from burnand still to come if you have the life and legacy did the playboy founder who has died at the age of ninety one exploits empower women a culture desperate explore the naked truth. a fully clothed bed facility is here with more on the emissions scandal which is still going on more and more is being revealed so to speak public prosecutors have arrested the first top manager in germany in connection with the diesel gate affair german media say both young hearts was one of the most important people in charge of motor engineering at the b.w. group he was put on forced leave when the scandal broke in twenty fifteen what's really interesting is that he said to be a close mate of former fox wagon boss martin into corners of repeatedly denied any knowledge of the breaking.

in brussels. of course we'll be bringing you all the details on tourism a speech when it happens now where is the oil price had it that's a big question the business world today monica has more well terry it's hovering at the moment it's hovering but it's gained more than fifteen percent in the past three months currently trading at about fifty six u.s. dollars a barrel but that is a far cry from the days when a barrel cost one hundred forty seven dollars overproduction led to a massive crash on the oil market in oil producing nations are meeting today in vienna to tackle the problem the organization of petroleum exporting countries opec and some non opaque producers including russia first agreed in november last year to cut their output by around one point eight million barrels per day to clear global oversupply and support prices despite their efforts prices have remained low amid increasing u.s. oil production. where german flak carry a loaf is poised to snatch up the largest chunk of bankrupt

in brussels. well here in germany the fight for air balloons seems to be coming to an end chronical us and that area it looks like there is a champion german flag carrier is poised to snatch of the largest chunk of bankrupt in that is according to local media reports citing inside sources looked on as reported to be considering a takeover of the bankrupt airline subsidiary nikky as part of a bid to cough up the company the report say easy jet and condo to split evidence remaining assets the airline now says the kosi asians will continue until october the twelve. well the troubles in europe's aviation sector have dominated the news for weeks now also financial world coping with the latest developments over to daniel cope with standing by for us in frankfurt danielle starting with evelyn up until yesterday the word was we'll have clarity monday next week and another carrier says negotiations will continue until mid october what's that about. it is going to make mostly flight personnel and of course

it really depends on the coalition brand but there is one party that many here in brussels and especially in france with well suspicion the f.t.p. the liberals if they are part of a government that might cause some trouble there is the story that we can verify but which appeared in french media about my cross saying so the french president behind closed doors that if the f.t.p. is part of a german government then he's done the thinking behind that is that the f.t.p. itself is very skeptical of some of the ideas that money my call is trying to sell at this moment for example euro zone budget so we don't think we'll have business as usual and all the coalition partners have said they want to change the business because unclear exactly what what we're going to michael will do and what this business will be in the future with the new coalition we know that the e.u. has always looked to uncle americal for strong leadership can it still do that after what happened today. well she's still the chancellor and she's still the chancellor of europe's most powerful economies so there is built in leade

frustration in brussels and london as both sides in the brexit talks —— frustration in brussels and londonth sides in the brexit talks say there's been a lack of progress. the english premier league transfer window closes after clubs spend one and a half billion dollars on new players. hello. as teams search door to door across houston for survivors and bodies in the wake of storm harvey, authorities say the process could take another two weeks. the white house is to ask congress for emergency funding. the vice president, mike pence, says more than 300,000 people have registered for disaster assistance. president trump has pledged a million dollars of his own money. and just outside houston, a fire is still burning at a flooded chemical plant. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. it is an unsettling sight — a fire smouldering in the water. this plant makes organic peroxides which must be kept cool but when the hurricane hit, the powerfailed and now they will explode. they planned for this, but not well enough. police have a simple message — get out, now. already 15 officers

davis has been pointing out if brussen brussel probably not enough. what they're talking about is progress or sufficient progress when it comes to talking actually about the transitional deal and future trade deals between the eu and uk. now, theresa may has criticized the london mayor for the city's decision not to renew uber's operating license. the british prime minister described the ruling as disproportionate and argued it had put thousand of jobs at risk the company has apologized for past failings and is appealing against the ban. >>> uber announced the new ceo will travel to london next week to meet the london commissioner to discuss the license. >>> still coming up, barcelona's taxi drivers take to the streets to rally for independence. will their plans stall on sunday we'll have more on catalonia's controversial referendum after this short break no, i'm scheduling time to go to the bank to get a mortgage. ugh, you're using a vacation day to go to the bank? i know, right? just go to lendingtree dot com. get up to five loan offers to compare s

countries in this is not happening then rigorous in brussels thank you after some of the other stories making news around the world pope francis has launched a campaign to tackle growing worldwide anti immigrant sentiment the two year campaign will attempt to raise awareness of the migrants plight and change people's view of them many migrants and refugees turned out to hear the announcement in hopes weekly address instant peter's square. souces within germany's conservatives say volved is to step down from his post as finance minister to become president of the german parliament the move could help but chancellor merkel as she seeks to negotiate a new coalition following sunday's federal elections. thailand's top quarter sentenced former prime minister yingluck shinawatra five years in jail for negligence in the management of a rice subsidy program if you look wasn't present for the hearing she is believed to have fled the country in august and the verdict was originally due. officials on the indonesian island of bali say they say almost one hundred thousand people have fled their hom

chorus brussels correspondent max hoffman has this report. from france knows how it feels to lose george papandreou from greece has known that for a long time and now germany's martin schulz knows it took. seventeen years ago socialists or social democrats were governing in almost all the big e.u. countries like france germany and the u.k. now they've been pushed to the borders of the european union in france the socialists scored a humiliating six point three percent in this year's presidential election if they really abandon power in germany italy is the last important bastion for now nobody believes that they really provide us to the pressing problems off the people and say at the no in the noise income brackets and you know basically that's why i think votes have gone down everywhere for all for them so i think it's a lot about. what social democracy should stand for namely a more equal society. equality was the hallmark of socialist and social democratic leaders like billy bunter in germany. or false i me telling friends they represent t

another four years for markel how's that going down in brussels. we talked to you commission presidential include your group who seem to quite satisfied with the result here of course you have to point out that younger himself is a member of the european people's party so conservative party on the european level that's the same party as i'm going to medical herself but was important for him to say that after being in power for twelve years he thought it was quite an achievement to be able to have this and i think he said relative victory with another four years and by this large of a margin to the next party he did point out though that he was very worried about the development with the if the the right wing populists coming well into the parliament at least in germany but of course that's something he's seen in many countries in the european union he's seen a strong point us in other in france for example and we have to remember in some countries in the e.u. the right wing populists already are the government for example take hungrier poland ok in

i've been getting reaction from our correspondents, first, chris mason in brussels.tand the prime minister went round the table one by one, allowing them to make their views known on the latest draft of this text which has been circulating within whitehall and has been seen by some cabinet ministers over the last week. when you look through the history books as i have been doing, you get a sense of how long the cabinet meeting was at two and a half hours. we found one of two hours and 45 minutes when the uk crashed out of the exchange rate mechanism in 1992. you will notice the pattern, another long cabinet discussion over our relationship with europe. the prime minister will flesh this all out tomorrow, and we understand she will talk about a transition period. for all of the disagreements around the cabinet table and that are real, there seems to be an acceptance on all sides that there has to be some sort of transition period before we are into the long—term relationship whatever that might be with the eu. this wasn't how it was meant to be. effectively the prime

brexit exercises minds in the uk and in brussels, but there are other uncertainties, too.y less of an optimist than you were, say, ten years ago? ten years ago, for sure, say, ten years ago? ten years ago, forsure, ican say, ten years ago? ten years ago, for sure, i can tell you that i am now less of a pessimist and i was one year ago. write! i was really fearing that there would be a contagion out of brexit. the antibody effect has prevailed, but asa antibody effect has prevailed, but as a continental european, i amp 0swald —— i am puzzled, because we have always seen the under saxon component of the world, the uk, the us, as the most rational, pragmatic, able to base policy decisions on serious and analysis and forecasts. and we have all tried to imitate that, creating think tax, it —— think tanks. now we see brexit and the election of residentjohn, the anglo—saxon world seems in a superficial view to have turned their back on rationality and pragmatism, and continental europe, so the eu that will remain there, seems to have become an island of rationality for all its po

yet not just in brussels thank you. that we now bring you some other stories making news around the world catalonian and spanish officials have held talks to discuss the policing of this sunday's unauthorized independence referendum the catalan recent government is determined to go ahead with the ballot while spanish state authorities are out to stop it pro independence politicians in catalonia have been threatened with arrest. people in puerto rico are pressing u.s. president donald trump to send more aid more quickly the u.s. territory has been paralyzed since hurricane maria hit a week ago nearly everyone on the island some three point four million people without electricity nearly half don't have running water and fuel is also scarce. a u.s. airstrike in afghanistan's capital kabul has claimed a number of civilian casualties officials say the strike missed its intended target due to what they called a missile malfunction it had been aimed at militants who launched rockets at kabul airport on wednesday shortly after

so does brussels support mccall's labor market reforms max hall from and gives us the view from brussels where common knowledge is that france needs to do this because the economy has been slacking almost for decades unemployment is almost double what it is for example in germany and many experts blame that on the lack of labor flexibility it's too expensive for companies to fire people to get rid of them and if they try to do so that it's very expensive but if you look at other numbers the pictures of it is a little different for example productivity is higher than it is in the united states that means that when the french do work they work well so it's a mixed bag and it's hard to tell but like i said common knowledge is this is this is. like carry a loaf tons of is poised to snatch up the largest chunk of bankrupt abil in that is according to local media reports citing insiders sources is reported to be considering a takeover of the bankrupt allen subsidiary nikky as part of the bridge to cough up the company the reports say easyjet and condo split to add billions remaining assets the

that's the view here in germany now we want to get the european reaction from our brussels bureau chief max hoffman who joins us now on the program max good evening to you will it be business as usual in brussels with the new coalition government on the horizon in berlin it really depends on the coalition but if it really happens to be to make a coalition then of course here in brussels people are looking very closely especially at one party in that coalition which will be the liberals the f.d.p. because they have voiced criticism harsh criticism you could say about some of the plans that the new french president a man who might cause put forward for us and foremost a euro zone budget and there's even a story that's been transported in french media where they say that my call behind closed doors has said if the f.t.p. is part of the german government then i am done that might be a little exaggerated but still yes there is anxiety and some even say what was starting to be the german french engine again might be in danger ok max what about numerical herself she's been a strong leader for

the financial times also says the speech was greeted with a muted praise, writing that senior brusselsries a large picture of mrs may delivering her much anticipated speech this afternoon, saying brexit will be postponed for two years during the transition period. that same line is the lead on the daily express, which warns the prime minister will be accused of appeasing brussels. the daily mail claims theresa may is walking a tightrope in attempting to soothe tensions on both sides of her party. and here is the guardian. it is called a pause for brexit during which time the uk would accept eu rules and continue paying into the eu budget. we begin with brexit and we will try to move onto uber at the end for maybe some light relief. not really! the daily mail, theresa walking the tightrope. it's notjust about keeping her party happy, it is about keeping her party happy, it is about getting brussels onside, isn't it? there were a lot of audiences that theresa may was trying to appeal to. i think you see that reflected in the front pages. newspapers who would ostensibly be on the same sid

doesn't have a coalition she can't really take the broad decision so much is clear everybody in brussels also knows that and that's why they're getting antsy because there are a couple of informal summits coming up including one in december that's supposed to discuss the future of the euro zone and among those the reforms that money has been proposing but of course if there is no governing coalition in berlin it's going to be very hard no matter what the coalition you need germany the biggest economy in the european union in the euro zone to be on board to have its full force to have a functioning coalition in order to make things work and have reforms are those marks hoffman reporting us there for us from talent thank you very much one change that everyone agrees is coming soon to europe is britain's withdrawal from the bloc now both britain and the e.u. say they've had a constructive week of work that talks it was the fourth round of negotiations in brussels britain's bracks at secretary david davis was upbeat saying the teams have made decisive steps forward but his european counterpa