. >>> and he mixed messages on italy coming out of brussels austria's prime minister warns any overindebtedness is a danger for europe >>> good morning welcome to "street signs." we'll take you to some live pictures of the eu leaders arriving at the summit in brussels we know they had a dinner where theresa may gave a speech to her counterparts, and out from that we got the proposal for an extra year of extension of the transition period we've been talking about. we'll get a bit into more detail on that topic as the show goes on we have various leaders arriving we saw angela merkel, the dutch prime minister is also there that is european council president donald tusk there as well it is not all about brexit we were talking about italy, too, expecting that to feature we have heard from the italian prime minister, conte, who is setting the scene for the european proposal and the italian budget discussions we expect to hear from the european commission on that front in a week or so. those are pictures of the leaders arriving we will bring you more from that summit willem marx has been there and ha

the to get on very well and what is often described as austria being the bridge between russia and also the sometimes not so friendly sounding brussels when they've had sharp words against russia is often seen as the go between in order to be able to make more smooth progress of business between the two both the e.u. and russia so now the signings have been done the two leaders are sitting down and hopefully we'll hear from them as they talk to a sample delegates and maybe reporters in some petersburg. was the right word to visit it about their own. blood. when you. federal chancellor ladies and gentlemen we're happy to have the support unit to see you mr kurtz here in st petersburg. this is his second visit. and our fourth meeting this year. we have intensive contacts on the highest political level which creates the atmosphere of friendship either a business like atmosphere or for the development of all areas of our cooperation together with most accords we have just had bilateral talks. that were very constructive and useful. before that. as you may have seen we took part in the opening ceremony of the exhibition in st petersburg t

speaking to journalists in austria, mrjuncker said he was not sure an agreement could be finalised by october, but he said brusselsaccord, saying "our will is unbroken". further rail strikes have brought disruption today, as industrial action continues in the long—running dispute over the role of guards on trains. members of the rmt union on south western railway are staging a 48—hour walk—out, and workers on northern are holding their seventh consecutive saturday stoppage. scientists and representatives of 195 governments have a approved a report on limiting global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. the finalised report — due to be published on monday — will sound a warning about the speed and scale of measures required to protect countries vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels. it's expected to prompt calls for urgent steps to cut greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050. and we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the intergovernmental panel on climate change on monday. the former chair of a parliamentary body overseeing mps expenses has criticised the disability benef

speaking to journalists in austria, mrjuncker said he was not sure an agreement could be finalised by october, but he said brusselsll is unbroken". some patients could see theirgps in groups, under plans being considered by the nhs in england. doctors have been trialling shared appointments for up to 15 patients with the same condition — ranging from raised blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, to chronic back pain and asthma. the royal college of gps says patients like getting the support of others — while gps say it stops them having to repeat advice. earlier i spoke to dr fraser birrell and mary henfrey — a patient who's taken part in group—led sessions. i used to go to see doctor birrell each week and it was a three—hour group session and the good parts about it were people ask questions that you might not have thought of asking yourself and also it was nice to see other people and talk to them and get their experiences as well. were you ever made to feel uncomfortable, sharing your experience? no, never, everybody who was there seemed pleased to be there and as i say, people ask questions that you hadn't t

brussels as well. there have been frosty meetings between theresa may and eu leaders, so i'm wondering how this is going to play out? there have. naga, the last summit in salt is bird in austriat set a date to meet again to sign something off. no deadlines for that. they have this idea now, that's all it is, that's been inserted to the process that you could extend that transition period. now, what this is, this is the time after the uk leave the eu next year... from two years, extended up to three years, essentially you freeze the situation, the uk is out but acts as if it's inside, follows the eu rules. benefits from the free trade, the single market and customs union, all that sort of stuff, but has to pay in and accept free movement of people, can't sign trade deals. the reason for that... or offering that is there is a sensible negotiating reason, it gives more time to sort out the irish border issue and makes sure that problem is dealt with. politically in the uk, though, very difficult because people would see that, and as you're hearing this morning they already do, delaying the date at which the uk would leave the date at which the uk would leave the eu structures an