used the phrase gone native in brussels being a u.k. correspondent for so many publications over the years how do you gauge the the reaction to what's happening with this untamable black suppose as we have of other nationalities in this the capital city of europe of the last kind is it like some intolerably long it's never coming to a conclusion i mean we have our people with that i think should but it's a great question and i ask this question from time to time over this what has been a recession a very an incredibly protracted period now no one could have imagined just how torturous the whole thing would be to take the view that even from my early days here the mentality i brought the u.k. was always slightly i call it semi detached member of the e.u. never really quite fully engaged fully as fully enthusiastic as as it might have been or simply compared with several of the member states it's had lots of opt outs it's not sort of exemptions from this that's an eel so i think the u.k. generally. is whether you break that down into the

minute scramble would tempers flaring over the uncertainty of a no deal drinks it legal live to brussels for more also on the program. a tense standoff over humanitarian aid at the venezuelan border the self-proclaimed interim president one why do the ones in the military to defy orders but embattled leader nicolas maduro to block foreign aid to the country. and a community divided by religion in ukraine we have an exclusive report of course found worship was a split over cutting centuries old ties with russia orthodox church. it's the hottest ticket in town the berlin film festival the billion dollars starts today film on line was already lining up but this is favorites in the race for the golden bet. hello and welcome i'm under touching up. with just fifty days on to break the british prime minister to resign me is in back in brussels me is meeting european council president to ask and commission president claude. she is determined to renegotiate the brics a deal wanting chain. is that would on the backing of britain's parliament the e.u. insists it will not reopen the talks and you're

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us.ndering what on earth mr tusk was playing at, especially at such a sensitive time. yes, george. let me introduce you to donald tusk. he's the president of the european council, which means that here in brussels, he represents all the 27 eu countries, although he doesn't have much influence over them. he certainly wasn't speaking for all of the eu today. he is here in brussels as an emotional politician, someone who enjoys public attention and who occasionally has a tendency to seriously misjudge his words. musing ata seriously misjudge his words. musing at a press conference about the architects of brexit going to hell certainly because his judgment into question, and there are concerns in europe this evening of the possible consequences of his statement, certainly on the eve of the prime minister's arrival here in brussels, and considering the delicate political dance she is trying to pull off at home, it wasn't helpful. that said, eu leaders are frustrated with the brexit process. as

—— is the mind of brussels.ive arrangements only blur the fact that the red lines of the british government are contradictory. it is a contradiction to say that we want no new border, no hard border, and on the other hand notjoining no hard border, and on the other hand not joining the no hard border, and on the other hand notjoining the customs union and notjoining hand notjoining the customs union and not joining a hand notjoining the customs union and notjoining a more creative solution is put down in the preliminary deal, and that is basically a contradiction in terms, and as long as there is no majority for any solution to get out of this contradiction in the house of commons, i have to say i do not know with all creativity, how to negotiate constructively with theresa may, which we will try, but on that basis of her mandate, hard to see any solution, although we have to do what is possible in order to get there. given the fact that theresa may has clearly not backed down from her red lines and given the im

for europe's tempers free as british prime minister to resign may prepares to go cap in hand to brussels that's after trying to sell her deal in northern ireland this week also coming up amnesty international accuses the united arab emirates of funneling western on's to militias in yemen and he says those militias have used those weapons. and it's the annual event that no movie buff here in germany can afford to miss the berlin film festival the valley now and gets underway tomorrow to go was are already lining up for this year's hot tickets in the race to see if you win the gold and be. good to have you with the british prime minister theresa may heads to brussels tomorrow and the storm clouds are already gathering today the european council president donald tusk vented his friend. ration over brett's saying that british euro skeptics deserved and i'm quoting here a place in hell it was a sign of health free good tempers have become in europe and a sign that may's hopes of extracting fresh concessions from the european union could be duped. with only fifty days to go and no solution in

brussels. still to come facebook's bombing of several russia linked page was a slam by media freedom group so i will hear their reaction much more in a. remember the globalization of protests from ten years ago or so. now it was called globalization i'm sure they caused it but that's what's going on a lot. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. theory dramatic. only. exists i don't see a. very critical time to sit down in. just twenty twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow the chancellor of austria has said he will continue to support the north stream two gas pipeline being built between russia and europe despite heavy objections from the united states especially in coats was speaking after a meeting with donald trump in the white house. president trump has clearly said that the united states is against this project buying gas from the united states would not be a problem for us but as long as russia's price is better t

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. now to our political correspondent nick eardley, whojoins us now from our westminster studio. the prime minister heading to a tense brussels tomorrow and in the meantime ministers have been meeting this evening. there are conversations happening all the time andi conversations happening all the time and i suspect the backdrop of this various row over donald tusk‘s comments is not exactly the one that downing st would have hoped for. if you want to know how much of a impact that had, he tweeted it and put it on his instagram page so it was not off the cuff, it is a thought that he had that he wanted to get out there but tomorrow the focus will change, the prime minister hopes anyway, on to how to solve the big conundrum that has been left in the brexit process. how under all circumstances you avoid the hard border. there are three options that downing street continues to see on the table that it hopes will placate the mps who are opposed to the backstop as it stands, one would be a uni

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels tonight.uage donald tusk used, what hope does the prime minister have of making progress tomorrow? let's look first at donald tusk, he is known in brussels as somebody who enjoys the limelight and likes to make a provocative statement when he is so minded, which he was today. he represents 27 eu leaders in brussels but he was not speaking for all of the eu today with his hellish statement but the sense of frustration he conveyed with the entire brexit process is something that all eu leaders feel and inevitably that will come across to the prime minister loud and clear during meetings tomorrow with jean—claude juncker and donald tusk, although i imagine in the meantime some eu colleagues might have whispered in his ear that considering the delicate political dance the prime minister is trying to execute back home, more fiery state m e nts to execute back home, more fiery statements might be better to avoid. the bottom line is eu leaders want to get a brexit deal done and the alternative that t

theresa may heads back to brussels. the chance for securing new brexit concessions look k pretty slim. the others says it is part of a u.s. led invasion. . convoy at the border donald says the islamic state will have lost all its territory by next week. there are concerns about his plan to pull out u.s. troops. ruling on privacy keeping facebook from collecting data. you are watching live from paris. thanks for joining us. we have more brexit talks in brussels today. british prime minister theresa may going up against eu leaders. and avoid win changes her country crashing in 50 days time. .xpectations are modest the irish backstop is the only one on offer. what can she hope for? >> with theresa may scrambling to save her brexit deal, the eu is looking to show a united front. brussels maintaining its position including the controversial irish backstop not up for renewed debate. was circulated and it could be reopened. we cannot reopen the discussion on the backstop. in order to avoid border checks between u.k. members, n

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once again today, we are seeing the politics of brussels and westminster becoming com pletely brusselsbecoming completely intertwined. so before i give you more from the eu's perspective in brussels, let's bring ourselves up—to—date from westminster. what can theresa may achieve when she returns to brussels today? the pm knows she needs significant changes if she's to have any chance of getting a deal through parliament. the eu, though, continues to say it won't revisit the legally binding part of the brexit deal. and yesterday, the european council president wasn't mincing his words. i've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely. that provoked some anger at home. the man has no manners. i think it's extremely regrettable, not at all helpful, but it's a matter for him. but amidst the controversy, europe was making clear it isn't budging for now. i'm repeating myself by saying we are sticking to the line. the prime minister knows her trip here will not be easy, but she does say she want

brussels goes to brussels to meet with counterparts there does that that doesn't bode well for the talks. yeah but that was clear from the beginning because the e.u. at the moment has no presents to give to theresa may they really want to see for us what happens in westminster they want to see whether she can carry any sort of stable and reliable majority for any sort of deal they might offer her any sort of sort of change in the was droll agreement or if that is off the table is the reiterate again and again within the political declaration that might smooth the way for british parliamentarians to say yes to that was droll deal so that is something that probably this remark by don't want to was like a verbal smoke grenade something to sort of cover up the political reality on the ground and also to sort of log back at the other side the accusations that have been made for instance by some leading brick city is today again that said it's the intrenchments and infringements of the european union that causes the difficult situation and brussels says no it is really the hard line breaks the

all right, quentin peel in london, barbara wesel in brussels.o both of you, thank you very much for your insights tonight. world bank critic david malpass has been nominated by u.s. president donald trump to lead that very institution. the decision is likely to spark concern among fellow members of the international lender, which is controlled by the world's wealthiest nations.. one of its biggest borrowers is china, which is embroiled in a trade dispute with the trump administration. ththe u.s. is the e biggest shareholder in the world banank and it has always picked the president. staying in washington, president donald trump last night delivered his second state of the union address in front of a packed, divided congress. the president made a plea for unity while also berating his opponents and pushing his controversial policies on emotive subjects like immigration. it was a vintage trump performance, and in that sense it went down best with his republican base. take a look. reporter: it was an event watched by millions of americans. presiden

the stockers bottom line it's a no from brussels to both france and germany. our for more on this now i'm joined by our very own stephen beardsley's the first time he's been at the big table with me here stephen it's going to go to you so this is bad news for alstom but this is bigger than these two companies isn't it is much much bigger and i think that's important thing to take away from this this really goes into a debate about how europe stays competitive with the u.s. and china the u.s. really having a lead on digital technology china of course having massive amounts of money behind it stay back firms one of those biggest firms is c. r. r. c. which is the largest train manufacturer in the world we actually have a graphic i believe that goes through the numbers here and shows what their. right as you can see here what all some in siemens were hoping to do together would only have amounted to actually half of the annual revenue that c r r c clears and a year at least in two thousand and seventeen without that they were much further behind but even with that

with the pressure on tempers are flaring on both sides of the channel we go to brussels in just a moment but first this report. only fifty days to go and no solution in sight fear of a hard brags it is growing day by day and so is the frustration in brussels watching theresa may head towards a no deal exit. what that special place. and looks like. it without even a sketch of a plan how to cover its safe to provoke it of statement that irish prime minister leo varadkar predicted would not sit well with those it was aimed at. but. not only in the press the response coming out of westminster was fast and furious. and i don't recall even the president insulting members of this house members of the government and the british people in such a way. others took a step back to look at the bigger picture. earlier it. was just a third sometimes the truth hurts. for nigel farrar as the former leader of a euro skeptic ukip tests comment as proof of why britain wanted to leave the e.u. in the first place after bragg's it we will be free of unelected arrogant bullies like you and run our own country so

she gets from brussels what she wants. she says -- they say, you can do whatever you like and you get whatever you want. you'll get you brexit on time the second idea is that thererea may is in brussels. it was agreed and we are not going to go back to the backstop again. take it or leave it. the u.k. will not vote to the agreement and we will leave on the 29th of march with no agreement at all. there will be the fallout. kicking the can down the road. we are not going to get concessions from brussels. we have an agreement that i worked out with them. it is better than no deals and people will vote for it. will go with the second one that brussels will not giveveer what shshe wants ad she will come back into handed. the prospect of the new deal is becoming greater by the day. anchchor: they said that they could get behind theresa may's deal if she could give concessions. why she not entertaining that idea? >> she thinks she can obtain the concession from brussels, come back, and get that voted through by her own party. you

chief brussels correspondent for politico. thank you.ims are militant training camps in pakistani territory, close to the disputed region of kashmir. it's a major escalation of tensions between the two nuclear—armed countries. india says the strikes targeted terrorists from the jaish—e—mohammad group in balakot. but pakistan said the strikes hit an empty area and vowed to respond swiftly. 0ur india correspondent yogita limaye reports. in this mountainous part of pakistan's northeast, india claims to have hit a militant group. it says its aircraft bombed jaish—e—mohammad's largest camp. for the first time since 1971, indian jets ended pakistani airspace. translation: i heard a huge explosion flying overhead. in the morning, we saw a big crater, and some homes damaged. but pakistan says there was no damage and no casualties. its spokesman put out these photos saying that the jets were forced to drop their payloads hastily unscramble away. it's about to retaliate. india has committed uncalled for aggression, to which pakistan shall respond

with brussels boris johnson was the daily telegraph correspondent here in brussels in fact. sure was the prime minister and he would write stories about bennett cucumber his and square strawberries putting all of the blame on brussels so for years the british public has had a diet of tabloids blame for any bureaucracy or stupid legislation on the e.u. we mustn't credit the former farm sector with too much info but nonetheless the there's a new touch on the u.k. press of a fiercely anti european union attitude stretching by twenty or thirty years when one remembers the famous sun newspaper front beard tools that used the loss didn't run in scotland up front page and certainly back in the one nine hundred ninety s. so do you think that has conditioned the u.k. public over the period of time to be the only country which translates your skepticism into blacks yes a believe that the press has a lot to answer for the media coverage people have short memories and they forget that actually at the time of president the law or. who was behind creating the single market well it was the

and the mood in brussels is fiery.'ve been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it. and no sign of budging on the backstop. while we expected the backstop would never be used, we agreed again today it is needed is a legal guarantee to ensure there is no return to a hard border on the island of ireland, while protecting the integrity of our european single market and customs union, and i think the events in london and instability in british politics in recent weeks demonstrates exactly why we need a legal guarantee. meanwhile, theresa may's on her third trip to northern ireland in seven months. here, just as in westminster, the same divisions remain. she's quite the regular now, but has yet to find a way through. northern ireland's unionist parties want the eu to agree legal changes to the irish backstop, the plan to avoid checks on the irish border, but some now believe we need more time. we're not far from the 29th of march and w

for brussels to poouf just a little bit in the u.k. direction in the spirit of compromise and find a new solution that will work >> 44 days until march 29th deadline, at that point, unless something changes, the u.k. will exit the yourp even union with or without a deal. as we get closer to that date, a lot of people inside parliament here will be getting very concerned about no deal and what that means for jobs, for businesses, as many of them have made clear what do you think is the liablehood at this stage of that happening? >> well, i think the most likely outcome is still a deal. just not the current i think the current deal can be improved then i think the two sides will be able to come together in a reasonable spirit of skofrp miez it's still a possible outcome. i think that would be damaging to the u.k it would be damaging to other european countries as well there's a whole series of uncertainty in relation to that. i still think the most likely thing, if we get some movement from brussels, some spirited corporate meez coming o

it's a bit over the top by brussel standards. that's for sure. >> can i ask you quickly about the economy in which is stipulatically your bread and butter the bank of england meets today. we've had survey data that has been soggy so far. manufacturing companies stop compiling. employment growth fall to the lowest level since july 2016 services has also fallen to a two and a half year low. yet, the brexiteers say the data is okay. the dme is fine. what would you advise to the central bank that has opened the purse strings. how much stimulus does this economy need at this point >> i don't envy the bank in the short-term i mean, i have two contradictory views. first of all, as -- i've got a couple of people currently pointing out, the pmi surveys right after the brexit vote, fell dramatically, and they weren't actually accurate. it's a little how it happened after the 2008 crisis. they then collapsed as well. of course, the economy did weaken dramatically, but not immediately. it might be this is the sentiment rather than the scale.

foreign ministers in brussels. most euro foreign ministers here in brussels at the moment do recognize that of course this is a problem and that the u.s. president has a point when he wants to talk about the topic but there is heavy criticism and surprisingly terry about the way he is doing it social for example the foreign minister from luxembourg said you don't do that with a tweet you talk to your partner if indeed those are partners and you already mentioned the german foreign minister in that report who pointed out some difficulties here for example that the germans don't have an embassy in syria so that it is very hard to proceed to verify that these people are actually german nationals that what kind of criminal charges are brought against them to make sure that if indeed they are delivered to germany they were taken into custody right away so it seems that the e.u. foreign ministers here recognize the problem say we need to do something about that but it's unclear how exactly they do want to proceed ok so p

back in brussels spreaders prime minister theresa may takes another trip to the e.u. commission desperately seeking concessions on her brakes a deal this as lawmakers remain deadlocked and britain's divorce date from the e.u. is just fifty days away also coming up another blow to airbus's first. australian carrier quantas cancels a large eighty three eighty order raising more questions over the future of the world's biggest jackpot and dying for change showing.

mrs may in brussels where shejust emerged brexit mangler, mrs may in brussels where she just emergedurther talks, you might think that's not much, not ideal, nothing even approaching a deal, but suchis nothing even approaching a deal, but such is the hole mrs may is in, just the offer by the eu to keep on talking, to keep on negotiating, is in itself something of a result and it avoids what they feared, which was basically having the door slammed in their face and mrs was basically having the door slammed in theirface and mrs may being told no moules and frites for you today. and jeremy corbyn is in his own mangler of his mps, on the warpath, after he wrote a conciliatory letter to mrs may over brexit saying let's keep talking and discussing it, easing back on some of his red lines, not even mentioning now the prospect of another referendum, and some of his anti—brexit mps fear that mr corbyn is paving the way for mrs may's deal to get through parliament, and some suggest they are even toying with the idea of quitting the labour party. now, my sense is they are not quite there yet bu

diplomats in brussels are being told to watch what they say went out in public a recent report warns there are hundreds of russian and chinese secret agents snooping in the city's cafes and restaurants so we dispatched artie's shah to do well to seek them out. for my in next assignment i'm going undercover to see if we can expose a nest of spies in brussels it's a city best known for its food being at the heart of european politics. but now the two tangled up in new scandal. the european capital brussels is apparently full of spies hundreds of russian and chinese agents are installed there even security services have reportedly suggested that diplomats should avoid a popular steakhouse and a cafe near the european commission's hate you. it mentions. names but it doesn't take a super spook to realize this is the steak house nearby where the food is apparently being served up with the sight of said information. this is the only steakhouse in the area so i say this is. this is you know if you. think about this i don't think it's true. you. know i would love to get calls like james bond.

brussels. some of the weekly for this hour here on r t international just eight thirty in the morning here on sunday in moscow many more of your weekly stories the highlights of the past week and about half an hour. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president. or some want to be. to the right to be press this is like the full three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. city. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. thing.

for my next assignment i'm going undercover to see if we can expose a nest of spies in brussels it's a city best known for its food being at the heart of european politics. but now the to tangle dup in a new scandal the european capital brussels is apparently full of spies hundreds of russian and chinese agents are installed even security services have reportedly suggested that diplomats should avoid a populous state cares and to care fate near the european commission's q. it mentions no names but it doesn't take a super spook to realize this is the only steak house nearby where the food is apparently being served up with the site upsets information. this is the only steakhouse in the area so. this is. this is you know if you. think about this i don't think it's true. you. know i would love to get calls like james bond. but. i'm not convinced i'm sure he knows more what's he hiding. i was never questioned by the security service but i can imagine they did background checks on us they probably did. you. know more after the interview i'm not going to speak to mr such is the concern abo

auti brussels. and we're back in just a. sliver of the psychological is a shot across tests from ten years ago or so. now and she was called globalization i'm sure they crossed it but that's what's going on a lot. you know world of big. law and conspiracy it's time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. join us today at the media freedom a representative from the european security organization the o s c so he's following the situation regarding facebook's suspension of several linked news pages a few days ago facebook blocked a number of math media's pages a german based company which prod

brussels. and that is the news for now here an r.t.we're back with more stories in just over half an. and play. with roll make it when the running clubs to some protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent of. the time million more you'll need. to do to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests or is it just a lawyer here i mean your list book video would put him in the new bill is that i mean you split needle the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took the lead invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. i've been saying the numbers something they've matter to us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime happens each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent global market most thirty percent some with four hundred five hundred three first second per seco

brussels. so that is. back again of the top of the next one with the headlines and more stories.after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective from time used to surprise us all why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you can think i was going to go. by the way what is that that's like here. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to to create the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just a lawyer here i mean your list book video put him in the new bill is out of the new school and you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took part in it invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. so what we'

auti brussels. that is the news from here in r.t. we're back again with more often. when lawmakers manufacture consent to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. nor middle of the room sick. the real news is. joining me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. this isn't speak like figure skating as it should travel site place that's a specific angle and it's no less than one hundred kilometers per hour to try this double rifle and heartless at the same time and never cause my son to send kids mirroring

a lot of pressure not only in brussels but back home as well. you see the pressure comes from different sides that people who really wanted makes it and even though deal with the people who want to actually him in the european union in britain and the european union. wants to make this easy to refute i suppose he's been there not since even if they wanted to be in the end if they really wanted to have good relations with britain enough to make it difficult that's because he didn't use the a flawed as a pretext to make it difficult because they didn't see how it was not i mean i didn't think the technical solution to the border open and then these lulu these a have to make you know. it's a symbol and be one person in the interest of. being if you can so we're not going to do we think you for your take this our political commentator bri small and always good to have you on the program. thank you very much. the u.s. secretary of state has opened the latest meeting of the global coalition to defeat eyes a looking at ways of eliminating the terror gr

when is she going to brussels? nothing can burn from downing street.xpected she will maybe go at some point this week. —— nothing confirmed from downing street. it is not in the diary, as faras downing street. it is not in the diary, as far as we are aware. and it will be factored into the decision as to when the prime minister goes to brussels, what she can achieve at that point, what suggestion or indication she has had from the european commission from her fellow european leaders that they are willing to come to the table and renegotiate to some extent because for teresa made to go to brussels and come back empty—handed is not going to be a good situation for her. —— for teresa made to go to brussels. but it will be crucial, when she decides to. an underwater search for the missing plane carrying footballer emiliano sala and his pilot is under way this morning. cardiff city's new signing disappeared with his pilot david ibbotson over the english channel 13 days ago. two search ships — one privately—funded and one from the air accidents investigation

the made in brussels is fiery.en wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it. fight back and no sign of budging on the backstop... while we expected the backstop... while we expected the backstop... while we expected the backstop would never be used, we agree again today it is needed is a legal guarantee to ensure there is no return to a hard border on the island of ireland, while protecting the integrity of our european single market and customs union, and i think the events in london and instability in british politics in recent weeks demonstrates exactly why we need a legal guarantee. meanwhile, theresa may's on her third trip to northern ireland in seven months. here, just as in westminster, the same divisions remain. she is quite the regular now, but has yet to find a way through. northern ireland's unionist parties want the eu to agree legal changes to the irish backstop, the plan to avoid checks on the irish border, but som

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back in brussels british prime minister theresa may takes another trip to the e.u. commission desperately seeking concessions on her brakes a deal as lawmakers remain deadlocked and britain's divorce date from the e.u. is just fifty days away also coming up another blow to airbus's first plane australian carrier quantas cancels a large eighty three eighty order raising more questions over the future of the world's biggest and dying for change showing strong have been frightened of introducing eco friendly practices to the question. i'm crystal good to have you with us british prime minister is in may well make another trip to brussels on wednesday seeking concessions on her breaks that deal an agreement that was soundly rejected back home but which european leaders firmly stand by and it feels like miss made could be a little late to the party on wednesday the irish prime minister was in brussels receiving reassurances from leaders that the border between our land and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. will remain open even in the case of a hard. no griggs a

here she goes again theresa may makes another trip to brussels desperately seeking concessions on her brags a deal while lawmakers remain deadlocked and britain's divorce from the evil european union is just fifty days away we ask an expert just how much is at stake also coming up another blow to arab forces purse tease playing for a new carrier quantiles cancels in large a three eighty order meaning the end for the double decker jumbo jets. it's all good comes sooner rather than later and dying for change how it started in france is introducing eco friendly practices for the fashionable. i'm close of course good to have you with us the british prime minister will make another trip to brussels on wednesday seeking concessions on her brakes a deal an agreement that was soundly rejected back home but which european leaders firmly stand by and it feels like theresa may could be late to the party on wednesday the irish prime minister had been to brussels getting reassurances that the border pick between ireland and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. will remain open even in the ca

brussels. well just coming up to half past three here in moscow good to have a company this afternoon we're back again with the headlines and more stories in just over half. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising. one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you think i was going to go. by the way what is that that's like here. i would sit here with you in terms of what obama has done personally i think he has not done enough i think in syria for example in two thousand and thirteen when there was a threat of and we knew that the assad regime was about to use chemical weapons on a wide scale like he has done in. the obama administration should have responded with force and eliminate the capacity of the syrian regime to use helicopte

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels.the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has written a letter to the the prime minister about his party's demands to support a brexit deal. let's get more from our political correspondent nick eardley, who is in our westminster studio. the labour leader has written a letter to the prime minister tonight saying that there are five key things the labor party wants to see, if it is going to get behind a brexit deal in the next few weeks. some of these sound quite familiar. whatjeremy corbyn is saying, if you enshrine these in law, as negotiating objectives, then we will get behind you and get behind the brexit deal. the uk— wide customs union, calling for a brexit deal. the uk— wide customs union, calling fora number of occasions. there was a call to close alignment. significantly, it is not repeating the language. the exact same benefits and in this letter jeremy corbyn calls for alignment, rights and protections, the uk standards keeping pay —— keeping pace. agreements on details of future securi

brussels. it is not international how the us national security advisor has issued an ominous threat to the leader of the central american country of nicaragua over the recent jailing of opposition activists john bolton tweeted that the country's president's days are numbered he was reiterating remarks made by donald trump about . the twilight hour of salvation has arrived in our atmosphere and frankly in many many places around the world the other days of socialism and communism are numbered not only in venezuela but in nicaragua and cuba as. this troika of tyranny this triangle of chair stretching from havana to caracas to managua is the cause of immense human suffering both an issue his warning to nicaragua after three point one prominent figures in last year's anti-government riots were sentenced to more than two hundred years and present is about the same time that washington unveiled sanctions against nicaragua the on rest also continued although the government introduced reforms raising t

a tweet they from brussels saying...brexit would be achieved, he has just spelling out how brexit would be achieved, he hasjust tweeted spelling out how brexit would be achieved, he has just tweeted they are saying there is no breakthrough in sight but that the talks will continue. theresa may having said she talked to theresa may about the hell remarks and said that they had caused widespread dismay and that she was not happy with them. more from brussels later on. also more coming up from then bland. that is in one minute. let's have a look at our headlines. theresa may has said she has had robust but constructive discussions in brussels. jeremy corbyn has set out five demands that could see labour back a brexit deal in parliament. a search team has recovered a body from the plane carrying the footballer. i am then bland with the business headlines. jaguar land rover has announced a pre—tax loss of £3.4 billion for the last three months of 2018, most of that down to an accounting charge. the company lost that down to a

the early messages that we are getting back from brussels what is positive, but thatis from brusselsver the last couple of years. i don't, have seen over the last couple of years. idon't, i'm have seen over the last couple of years. i don't, i'm not involved in negotiations directly, i do believe that in the pragmatism of our negotiating partners, they are not village people. they know that it is best for britain, best for the european union, if we leave with a deal. if we leave in an agreement, it keeps our economy growing, keeps the economy is going, their fragile economies at the moment. economic growth is wobbling in the eurozone. the last thing they want is a bum in the eurozone. the last thing they wa nt the eurozone. the last thing they want is above get a deal. thank you very much. really, the action moving to the 27th of february and of course, that clock ticking towards the departure date. thank you very much. how many times have we said that before? this was the eighth defeat by our accounting for the government, no illegal consequences to that tonight. as another humiliat

the stockers bottom line it's a no from brussels to both france and germany. and he of business is very blunt joins me max what has been the reaction to the news there so far. the chief executive of siemens was very quick to react ok he said that this isn't proves that europe urgently needs structural reform in the way it shapes its industrial future in a globally connected world so not very positive reaction here also from the few you parliamentarians we have heard of so far they're calling this an own goal and we didn't have the french finance minister already anticipating this decision in the last day said this is an economic mistake serving the interests of china and blocking is very for the e.u. and office in three decades is van destine touchy why did officials veto this particular. what we already heard from the commission would come commission of a stock or that two sectors were are going to be negatively affected in the eyes of the e.u. commission in the future that is the first of course signalling systems and they also call this a security concern a

british prime minister to resign may went back to brussels today instead of the reopening brite negotiations he reprimanded european council president donald tusk for saying the top breaks its ears deserve a special place in hell well that comment was never meant for theresa may how could it have been after today's talks may seems to be stuck in a bright sit purgatory overall i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. there's no deal not an option he said he's exhausted all both sides of the channel . he must have legally binding changes to the old agreements and wants to deal with on the consensus we are open as possible to make his political decoration more binding. there is no question to remove mexico. because this is absolutely necessary for security and safeguarding to try to agreement safeguarding internal market and safeguarding also the peace process now is not going to be easy and i think in the coming days to do just that. also coming up tonight to the berlin film festival gets underway with a film premiere my colleagues charlotte tells until the david leavitt's are at the berlin al

we're just for a few days until briggs's british prime minister to resign may is back in brussels me is meeting european council president dollar to speak and commission president george yorker she's determined to renegotiate have breaks a deal wanting changes that would on the backing of britain's parliament the e.u. insists it will not reopen. with the pressure on tempers are flaring on both sides of the channel. only fifty days to go and no solution in sight fear of a hard brags it is growing day by day and so is the frustration in brussels watching theresa may head towards a no deal exit. what that special place. in looks like. feet without even if. it's safe a provocative statement that irish prime minister leo varadkar predicted would not sit well with those it was aimed at. but. not only in the press the response coming out of westminster was fast and furious. i don't recall even the president insulting members of this house members of the government and the british people in such a way. others took a step back to look at the bigger picture i said earlier it was mr speaker som