good cop in brussels britain will most likely get an extension a much longer. with conditions also coming up making the invisible visible reveal the first ever image of a black hole of one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos it is a milestone in. our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world well british prime minister to resign may is urging the european union to give her country one more delay before it begins may has put her in emergency summit in brussels of e.u. leaders and she's waiting for their decision she's already stated that she wants a short extension up until june thirtieth so that britain will not be forced to participate in those upcoming european parliament. elections but he sions with britain has worn thin some leaders want to impose a longer extension on britain to ensure that the country passes a withdrawal bill for an orderly exit from the e.u. . here's what we heard today from the main players in the debate over granting that breaks that extension i think that the u.k.'s request is for the extension to th

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given the french president is playing bad cop to german chancellor angela merkel's good cough in brussels britain will most likely get an extension a much longer one and one with conditions also coming out of this world astronomers revealed the first ever image of a black hole one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos it is a mile still in astrophysics band israel's vigilant and yahoo is on course for a fifth term as prime minister after a very tight reins his main challenger has conceded defeat but is promising an opposition that netanyahu will not be able to ignore. i'm going to go off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight british prime minister to resign may is urging the european union to give her country one more delay before breaks it big. may have put her case to an emergency summit in brussels of european union leaders and she's now waiting for their decision she's already stated that she wants a short extension one until june thirtieth so britain will not be forced to participate in those upcoming european parliamentary elections bu

says yes to another delay at this very hour at an emergency summit in brussels the fate of britain europe and everyone in between is being decided tonight delay or not the moment of brecken ing has arrived i'm burned off in berlin this is the day . book is inclusive and is it any extension enables us to the point at which we justify the ritual if. we think now that will still be. at the end they see if we could leave on the twenty second to install to christ future into twenty twenty still think that they will be part of the people and it's key to preserve the coherence of europe and allow it to move forward. the issue. for the european elections guarantees the functioning of the institutions of the european union. europe side the latino community is still at stake in our foremost interest is an orderly withdrawal of britain from. maintaining the unity of the twenty seven. percent but i see no one to hold us up and not poised to support. also coming up tonight benjamin netanyahu has declared victory a fifth term one on a promise of stability security and list occupation of the west bank t

as far as i am concerned, -- emmanuel macron playing bad cop to angela merkel good cop in brussels. britain will much likely get an extension. a much longer one. one with conditions. out of thihis world, astronomers reveal the first-ever image of a blackhole. one of the most mysterious -- benjamin netanyahu not -- netanyahu is on course. his main challenger has conceded defeat but is promising an opposition the netanyahu will not be able to ignore. to our viewers on pbs in the u.s. and around the world, welcome. theresa may is urging the eu to give her country. she is now waiting for their decision. she states she was a short decision. so britain will not be forced to participate in the upcoming european parliamentary sanctions. patients with britain has worn thin. some leaders want to propose a longer extension on britain to ensure the company passes -- country passes a bill for an orderly exit from the eu. here is what we heard today from the main players in the debate. over granting another bricks of extension. >> i have been clear that the u.k. request is for an extension until june 30.

emanuel mccraw and there's playing bad cop to german chancellor angela merkel's good cop in brussels britain will most likely get an extension a much longer one and one with conditions also coming up tonight israel's benjamin netanyahu is on course for a fifth term as prime minister after a very tight race his main challenger has conceded but is promising an opposition that netanyahu will not be able to ignore. and out of this world a strong murs revealed the first ever image of a black hole one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos a milestone in astrophysics. good to have you with us tonight british prime minister theresa may is urging the. european union to give her country one more delay before breaks it begins may have spread her case to an emergency summit in brussels of e.u. leaders and she is now waiting for their decision she's already stated that she wants a short extension until june thirtieth so britain will not be forced to participate in upcoming european parliamentary elections but patience with britain has worn thin among the other twenty seven in your nation's some le

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now as i've heard later today your leaders will be holding another emergency summit in brussels over britain's still unresolved exit from the european union the european council president has proposed a flexible one year extension of postponing the crucial day would be in line with hopes of people in the french port town of cali it's a major terminal for trains and ferries between the u.k. and the continent and fears about the potential effects of breakfast brags that are running high. a massive traffic jam at customs in cali that's what happens when french customs officials work to rule they perform their jobs very slowly as a form of protest to cope with brags that the french government has promised seven hundred extra officials a trade union say that's far too few especially if there's a no deal breakers that. each day the euro tunnel shuttle train carries four thousand five hundred vehicles through the channel tunnel near cal a low interest all over britain were to leave the customs union goods inspections would immediately become more stringent. but the infrastructure isn't in place for t

britain is due to leave the block on the twelfth of april. let's get more now on the latest developments with the masses joining us from brussels good morning again we have you council president donald tusk making a very tempting offer there giving britain a flexible nose a key word twelve month extension on do we have any idea on how the extension might work look the european council in brussels gave britain two options one to pass the deal and then leave on the twenty second of may all to ask for a longer extension and leave today in a week and so i'm not too surprised that it's making that offer yes flexible is an interesting term here because we'll have to see how that technically would have to work out but let's remember viewers donald tusk is the person basically who sets the dates for you counsels he has no deciding power in brussels and so it is up to state leaders to agree to any sort of offer like this ok has no decision making power none the less secure does this mention does this indicate a new willingness in brussels to compromise with london there are some leaders who are more patient than others and that goes for the institution as

agreeing on a longer extension if we're talking about another year what concessions could brussels demand from britain for instance or briggs that is something that could be damaging in the case of a no deal not only to the u.k. but also to many european countries on the mainland in the european union particularly those that do a lot of trade with the u.k. so all ireland france germany the netherlands denmark and so on do a lot of trade with the u.k. and no deal situation be very damaging for them so the likelihood is that the european union will agree to extend the article fifty process and so there will be an extension maybe of a few months maybe of up to your talk of the psyche of a flex by a long extension is given but if an agreement is reached whereby the u.k. signed that with all agreement leaves the european union within that time then the length of the extension could be cut short in order to allow that to happen for some of the e.u. are calling another short extension just totally pointless i mean just to reason may have a chance of getting our house in order before the end of june. she's fa

had there with our connection your leaders will be holding another emergency summit in brussels later today of britain still under resolved exit from the european union european council president donald tusk proposed a flexible one year extension of brics postponing the crucial day would be in line with hopes of people in the french port town of cali where it's currently just a matter of seconds to clear cargo running between the u.k. and the continent but with brags that that would change dramatically. a massive traffic jam at customs in cali that's what happens when french customs officials work to rule before in the job's very slowly as a form of protest to cope with breaks that the french government has promised seven hundred extra officials the trade unions say that's far too few especially if there's a new deal brings it. each day the euro tunnel shuttle train carries four thousand five hundred vehicles through the channel tunnel new color alone stalls over britain were to leave the customs union goods inspections would immediately become more stringent. but the infrastructure isn't in place for

brussels correspondent bed for. us in london starting with you bad for just two days away from britain potentially crashing out of the e.u. without a deal is there a sense of panic in brussels or just massive frustration. there's no panic i would say just the feeling here we go again this is the rerun of a bad show but the e.u. really feels now in the driver's seat because to reason made the prime minister is regarded as cruel as having no plan b. and she has basically to accept anything that the e.u. would now offer her meaning a long extension holding parliament. elections in britain and pretty much being all it is now coming from brussels because she has no leverage anymore left she has no. nothing in parliament she has no majority she has known that not a command about her own parties so people will wonder how the reason may will actually reasoning her request only to have an extension two thirds of june they you know says make it a year to the end of this year and then we see the us also hoping that this time would be used to have maybe a secondary venemous not election or some way to get out of the mess. in lon

brussels thank you so very much. and we asked people on the streets of london what they thought about britain's plea for an extension on its withdrawal date from the european union i'd like that to be a long extension i think the whole situation to be reviewed and for that we have people's vote so. if may has a deal which we know she has then you could have the deal against remain bullish not roy it's good that starts structural you guys it's like a no vote. we are we haven't give you permission so the so called parole is small me money. we've wasted three years going nowhere. but we've lost the opportunity to do most of the problems and not just wasting our time wasting european time as well i think leave fust and then deal with it professions afterwards i think that's my thought yes some view there some views there in london about a possible extension of break that we're going to shift our front focus now to an extraordinary discovery astronomers have revealed what they're calling a groundbreaking development using a global network of telescopes they photographed the edge of a black hole for the very first time wh

so that just moments ago in brussels before that german chancellor angela merkel she's one of the e.u. leaders who will decide britain's fate at that emergency summit in brussels this evening she has come out in support of giving the u.k. a longer extension. that's why i argue that we can absolutely prolong the extension for several months if there is a large majority in support of it today but we shouldn't delay when britain makes its decision it should be able to exit the mediately. all right so that was the chancellor speaking earlier on briggs that is keeping us all on the edge of our seats let's go to brussels now where where mrs may also is trying to make her case correspondent is at the summit venue for you happy groundhog day out there and give us the long and short of it will the brakes and date be pushed back and do we have an idea of what a potential final date will be. that's that's a very very good question mrs may when she arrived here at the council building said she ones the thirtieth of june to be the brakes a date now but the u.s. is not trusting anymore and the leaders are saying we have to push back

british government has resumed cross posse talks today to find a consensus on britain's exit strategy from the e.u. brussels have agreed to an extension of this until the end of october but the u.k. can leave the bloc sooner if parliament in london and agree on a way. meanwhile britain's trading partners in the e.u. are grappling to any possible. the portion of rostered down is a major hub for trade between the u.k. and the rest of europe. authorities here have already spent some one point five million euros preparing for breakfast the dutch customs boss non-net fans shelvin has been inundated with interview requests well we estimated that when there's a deal when there's a trade agreement we need at least seven hundred to fifteen new people that's because there will be a border here if there is no deal granted we will need over nine hundred new stop employees at the dutch customs. distortions want to get a better idea of what goods are coming in to do so they're employing new technology including scams that can monitor the contents of trucks and trains. as europe's largest course rotterdam house of four to

to stay in the european union for another year i didn't notice the summit in brussels on wednesday on tuesday britain's prime minister to resign held talks with the french president and german chancellor to try to persuade them to back her request to delay brags that until june thirtieth but the european council president doesn't believe may will succeed in getting a deal approved in westminster by that time without the approval of the block the u.k. will crash out on friday well one of the major sticking points in reaching a deal on briggs it has been the irish backstop close to reason agreed with the e.u. to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland. reports people in belfast are feeling far from reassured single mom did recalls and has been unemployed for more than two years she plays with one of her two children in a park close to their home in western belfast. she says she's experienced years of financial insecurity and uncertainty over brakes it makes her afraid everybody is worried he really knows what's going to happen and people are worried about the border you know and i mean just the tr

and britain during late night talks in brussels that spares the u.k. from a no deal departure at the end of this week after winning this reprieve from the e.u. prime minister theresa may says she's determined to deliver an orderly exit as soon as possible. british prime minister to resign may returning to the e.u. summit to hear the response from the other twenty seven nations may request a delay to the brig's a deadline to prevent the u.k. from crashing out of the e.u. on friday the decision came after five hours of deliberations an extension until the end of october if need be and european council president donald tusk said he had a message for british lawmakers. this extension this flexible as i expect it. little bit shorter than they expected but that still enough. to find the best possible solution is. to not waste this stuff. but there are conditions if the u.k. cannot find a way to exit the e.u. before the twenty second of may britain will have to take part in the e.u. parliamentary elections many in the u.k. will be furious about the possibilit

and it is supposed to ease britain's way out because everybody here in brussels at the summit tonightwants to see them gone sooner than later. i mean if the e.u. does end up granting the u.k. an extension later on this evening it's going to come with strings attached i imagine what are some of the restrictions that you for heard that would be imposed on britain while they remain on the block. this some of the patients for britain because there are many many leaders here who arrived in the meantime and are just about to grill to reason may again what her plans for the future are and how she is going to succeed was getting the deal over the line finally venture only they are quite fed up with this we just prime minister for instance said he was frustrated about the whole process and he is not the only one everybody is quite fed up with this long drawn out process and they are also afraid that this constant square feeling in britain and sort of the deploys into arrows flying from london thinking back to cheers we're talking about we're going to be as difficult as possible as long as we'r

back you're watching al-jazeera live from the heart these are the headlines britain's prime minister has now arrived in brussels for an emergency breaks it meeting with e.u. leaders to plead her case for an extension the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. on friday but mrs may wants to move that to june thirtieth. benjamin netanyahu looks set for a fifth term as israel's prime minister despite the party of his main rival winning as many seats he's expected to get the support of smaller right wing parties to form a coalition government. the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the deepening crisis in then as whaler with the u.s. vice president mike pence demanding the group recognize the opposition leader john quiet though as the just him at president venezuela has been hit by another huge power with reports of twenty out of twenty three states affected john wants people to come out and protest against the ongoing public services failures the president nicolas maduro is blaming u.s. sabotage for the power cuts mike hanna joins us live from the u.n. so might the chances of the u.n. security council doing someth

european union leaders are heading to brussels for an emergency summit on brags that britain's prime minister met the french president and german chancellor on tuesday to request a delay in leaving the block threes and may wants an extension to the end of june france signaled the u.k. could stay until march next year but will have to meet strict conditions m.p.'s in london have so far failed to agree on an exit deal. headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story and also head over to our website. east and the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. the u.s. and iran label each other's military forces as terrorists and raise the stakes in decades of hostility some of the objectives unlawful be the impact of these unprecedented declarations this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program dennis now the islamic revolutionary guard in iran is both revered and feared commanders also directly to the supreme leader and as well as enforcing power they control major businesses to now it's been designated as a terrorist organization by

european union leaders are heading to brussels for an emergency summit on brags that britain's prime minister met the french president and german chancellor on tuesday to request a delay in leaving the bloc to resume a once an extension to the end of june france signaled the u.k. could stay until march next year but will have to me strict conditions. those are your headlines the news continues here on our desire after rather close youth daughters of stay with us. the week began with views of a ninety day truce in the tip the u.s. china trade. the world's largest supply of objectified natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. that was. that. was. that. was that. was. good enough until these are called tough pitch of the morning but. find that i'm going to. just up a straight but it's too easy to talk about. it's to trade your suv did many. issues and incidences and all the views from the streets around now keep information. especially about issues. to museums a probably an inte

interests all right for the very latest on this let's bring in our brussels correspondent ben do you get we're just two days away from britain potentially crashing out of the e.u. without a deal what is the mood in brussels right now. it is a mixture of anger frustration and disbelief because here we go again at the same point at three that we were on fourteen days ago the you has to save britain hard to break said again and to ground delay an extension through the breaks is negotiations. it will be surely a flexible office so britain can leave at any point at once but has to leave until next march or the end of the year that has to be decided tonight but still the e.u. has to save the united kingdom because the brits are not able to organize their own direct sit in an orderly fashion in case they feelings of a frustration of eve has been clear and has said it wants a clear or exit plan from the u.k. how confident is the e.u. that to reason may can deliver that any time soon. but there's not much confidence left actually in the in the british prime minister because. actually she's coming with an empty piece of paper people f

there are conversations i have taken part in britain, france, in brussels, this is a worldwide problemg and separating yourself from your devices and there are so many. that selfie that went viral, actually i chaired last year something on gorillas about the national park in the former zaire democratic republic of congo and those gorillas are rare, killed by poachers and it was extraordinary to see one of their keepers hadn't met the gorillas behind posing like him. a remark was made and i think it was a good one with children is, now we are trying to get chimpanzees or gorillas to copy human behaviour, that is not the best of what we can offer them. maybe it is because they spend so much time with their keepers? they have just observed it. much time with their keepers? they havejust observed it. yes, they havejust observed it. yes, they have observed it. let's look at the sunday telegraph. two terrorism stories. scotland yard opens an enquiry into an airy leave. reported on this ao years enquiry into an airy leave. reported on this a0 years ago. enquiry into an airy leave. reported on

brussels. i guess the ball is in britain's court. what happens? >> it is. it is gone past 3:00 a.m.has been a heated discussion. they have agreed to the new brexit deadline, october 31, but there was clear and explicit warning from donald tusk to prime minister may and the house of commons to not waste time, to make sure they use the time to get the deal through, and a clear message to brexiteers, an extension by no means means renegotiation. the ball is in prime minister may's corner. mpswill have to convince this is the final opportunity. if you want a brexit deal, the witch agreement has to be ratified. >> she will want that deal before may when she says there is an opportunity to get a deal before the european election. how likely is that looking at this stage? >> it depends on who you ask. the u.k. will tell you we are ok with the extension. it has avoided that no deal brexit. it could have happened in just two days, so they feel there is some relief, but they still argue that prime minister may will be able to get the deal done before the election, and that means they won't ha

european union leaders are heading to brussels for an emergency summit on briggs it britain's prime minister met the french president and german chancellor on tuesday to request a delay in leaving the blog series a may once an extension to the end of june france signaled the u.k. could stay until march next year but would have to meet strict conditions one of the major sticking points in reaching a deal on break that has been the irish backstop clause to resume agreed with the e.u. to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland but as charles stratford reports people in belfast are feeling far from reassured. single mom did recalls them there's been unemployed for more than two years she plays with one of her two children in a poll close to their home in western belfast. she says she's experienced years of financial insecurity and uncertainty over brakes it makes her afraid everybody is worried he really knows what's going to happen and people are worried about the border you know and i mean just the transference of back and forth across the border is going to make everything more expensi

last ten days or so saying that britain is really going to have to bring something to the table if it wants an extension but really this meeting on wednesday in brussels this is now or never time if it comes to britain getting any further extensions to the break that deadline as it stands the u.k. set to leaf on friday afternoon friday evening and really it is getting to that point whereby many of the european leaders senior figures within those countries they're all getting very sick of breaks that there's a whole load of other issues that really need their attention evil we can perpetually live with an everlasting brigs it some point there has to be an exit so i think that the british authorities the british parliament really need to realise that the european union is not going to be able to constantly exhaust itself on the vagaries of british domestic policy. so far absolutely nothing has changed but there isn't an endless readiness to keep talking about delays too long as there is no substantial progress on the british side we don't really know what the outcome is going to be but it will end up ultimately being one of three it would seem to reason

an emergency brexit summit — just two days before the set date for britain's departure from the eu. theresa may arrives in brusselshe "greatly regrets" that the uk hasn't yet left the eu. i want us to be able to leave the european union any smooth and orderly way as soon as possible. the prime minister hasjust orderly way as soon as possible. the prime minister has just left the room. it is not yet clear what the response will be from the other 27 eu leaders. benjamin netanyahu secures a fifth term as israel's prime minister, after his main rival benny gantz concedes. also on the programme.....

what is brussels expecting will happen in britain today? of keeping a very close eye on it.ery clearly much from michel barnier this morning who said that as it stands, the cabling is on autopilot to crash out on april 12. at the end of the day, there are two options on the table, because the deal done or a tweaked version of it, or you had in for a long extension that is not guaranteed. the one glimmer of hope i did hear this morning is the idea of a customs union. it did gain momentum yesterday in the executive vote. it didn't get a majority vote, but it did get close to it. brussels seems very close to that idea. the withdrawal agreement with stay unchanged. that is what michel barnier said today. we could actually get this done within days and included in a political declaration. as we know it, it is nonbinding. is a note yield brexit increasingly the best case in brussels? maria: this is something i have heard from many weeks. the reality is that the legal before continues to be leave with no deal. today, michel barnier also made that very clear. he has also been on the

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britain awaits a response from brussels.rent: we have team coverage of this race against the braves at clock. we are joined by a correspondent in london and in brussels. briggs it is heading for yet another delay. what exactly is prime minister theresa may asking for this time, and why? reporter: theresa may laid out a strategy and that letter to the european union, and that strategy basically being the ongoing negotiations between the government and labour party. they're trying to find a cross party consensus and some common ground on how to move forward. labor came out of these talks saying that the government has enough -- has not offered any substantial changes in their position so there's very little hope that that might come to a compromise. if these talks fail, may said in the letter, then she would go back to parliament and ask them to find a solution, ask them to get a majority on something. this is something that has failed in the past. theresa may laying out a strategy but not offering a real solution. the big que

leaders who will decide britain's fate at that emergency summit in brussels this evening she's come out in support of giving the u.k. a longer extension. that's why i argue that we can absolutely prolong the extension for several months if there is a large majority in support of it today but we shouldn't delay when britain makes its decision it should be able to exit the meteorite for the very latest let's bring in burke at mass who's standing by in london for us but it's looking like the e.u. would prefer to offer a longer break that extension how's that going down in london. well it's no coincidence that reason may has again asked for an extension until the end of june because she knows that rex it is here in london and many of her own cabinet colleagues are really on happy about a longer extension of the u.k. having to participate in the european elections for example so here's and even now and he's here in the house of commons have said if this is happening they are asking for the rules to be changed they want another leadership challenge for them this is really another man and also

waste any time britain now has until the end of october to approve a divorce arrangement with brussels but ten prime minister theresa may probably get her deal through. putting the kids in india for the biggest election the world has ever seen nine hundred million people are in the eligible to cast ballots will be deciding the future of the prime minister narendra modi. hello i'm terry march and good to have you with us reports say that sudan's military has forced president omar al bashir to step down ending thirty years a rule state media said the country's armed forces will be making quote an important announcement witnesses are also saying that soldiers raided the office or the offices of a group linked to al bashir is ruling party in this exclusive footage from the capital khartoum worth tens of thousands of people have been rallying outside. sudanese military headquarters it's the sixth straight day of demonstrations calling for this year's resignation clashes between protesters and security forces have left dozens of people dead. and we're going to try to cross over to khartoum n

brussels e.u. leaders came together once again to deal with britain's inability to do what it says it wants to do leave the european union now two deadlines for breaks that have already come and gone the e.u. again granted the u.k. one more one last extension if british prime minister theresa may had been sent back to london empty handed she and her country would have crashed out of the european union on friday evening at eleven pm london time but europe offered him a much more time than she'd even asked for so does this plan put an end to the chaos or just prolong the ticking brags that bomb during this time. there calls the function would be entirely in the u.k. so and. construe out there five there is the road we meant in each case the extension will be terminated. it can also recall so that the whole rigid strategy. that might lead to changes in the political declaration but. it was the road agreement and through the end of this period they also have the possibility to revoke the fifty and go through briggs it all together. this extension of flexibility i expect it. and it's a little bit shorter th

council donald tusk is preparing to ask the heads of government at that summit in brussels next wednesday to do for britain it's his idea came off the long talks on thursday and he says it's the best solution his point is that it will give maximum flexibility to the u.k. so that the european union is not seem to be pressuring them into staying in the bloc but also would have the u.k. constantly coming back with a mini request for a short extension after extension so to avoid start kind of chaotic scenario his proposal is that britain be offered a one year extension presumably ending in april twenty twenty with the possibility of leaving the european union before that if they can get the withdrawal agreement through parliament interestingly enough to resume eighth seems now to be thinking along the same lines but with a crucial difference her letter that has now been a that we've seen that's now out there in public includes a request for an extension as you were saying so over thirtieth of june of a very short one it's after that deadline beyond which the u.k. would have to take part in the european parliam

the thinking in brussels seems to be that they want to avoid britain coming back repeatedly and asking for more extensions that so i don't know to excuse recommending to the twenty seven e.u. leaders that they offer britain a one year break sit extension but they're stressing that that would be flexible if a withdrawal agreement or any kind of deal could pass parliament here before then then britain could leave before march twenty twenty prime minister to resume a has written to donald tusk a letter which he will then hand out to those leaders before the summit in brussels next wednesday in which she asks for an extension simply to the end of june and in that letter she says that she believes it's in neither side's interest that the u.k. take part in the european elections next month but they might have to do so and that they're getting ready for that foreign secretary jeremy hunt has also conceded that although he doesn't want a long extension that might have to happen if no deal can get through parliament any time soon and we're not sure if it will because although the government and

the thinking in brussels seems to be that they want to avoid britain coming back repeatedly and asking for more extensions that so i don't know to excuse recommending to the twenty seven e.u. leaders that they offer britain a one year breaks it's extension but they're stressing that that would be flexible if a withdrawal agreement or any kind of deal could pass parliament here before then then britain could leave before march twenty twenty prime minister to resume a has written to donald tusk a letter which he will then hand out to those leaders before the summit in brussels next wednesday in which she asks for an extension simply to the end of june and in that letter she says that she believes it's in ny the science interests that the u.k. take part in the european elections next month but they might have to do so and that they're getting ready for that foreign secretary jeremy hunt has also conceded that although he doesn't want a long extension that might have to happen if no deal can get through parliament any time soon and we're not sure if it will because although the government

britain. as we just heard from brussels, it‘s not yet clear what theresa may is going to be offered.day that we are heading to a long extension, the french president emmanuel background appears to have a different idea on this, and thinks that theresa may asked forjune 30, and maybe they should go to something closer to that. so do think depending what extension, you could get is really in the hands of eu leaders. that‘s going to change the temperature and what happens in terms of theresa may‘s fete. what happens in terms of theresa may's fete. sure, i mean stephen, pa rt may's fete. sure, i mean stephen, part of the problem that you‘ve got differing ideas over in brussels as to how long an extension should be, it‘s because the french and mr is making it clear that we could just bea making it clear that we could just be a big old pain over the next year. blocking all kinds of things, further integration, messing up how they go about trying to get a new leader of the commission and so on and for. also that means that could mean in the fig and extension was a year until the end of this

paris tomorrow for the latest brexit talks, ahead of the crucial eu summit in brussels on wednesday, where another delay to britain'sss—party communication between the government and labour has continued today, in the search for possible areas of agreement. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. a mood for compromise mightjust trickle through, sombre and slow after all the shouting. could the government really, though, do a deal with the other side? we don't have a majority in parliament and so we have to look to other parties to seek agreement that will allow us to get brexit over the line in parliament as the law requires. you can't go into any of those discussions with big red lines because otherwise there's no point having them. given the prime minister has tried to hang on to them for so long, the man who wants to replace her in numberten might take some convincing. the latest offer to the labour tribe, welcoming a new mp today, has not accepted yetjeremy corbyn‘s plan for a customs union — a closer trading relationship with the eu than theresa may has negotiated. but sources who've seen the document sa

in london that it is quite unlikely and leaders here in brussels at the summit have been very skeptical about the prospect. they say we give britain and not the half year this is how i feel less than the longest proposition had been because the president of the european council had originally said let's give them another year till date spring but it is also a bit more than tourism a had wanted and particularly the french president mccraw had wanted so a good european tradition is a compromise the thirty first of october hello we practice it how we present barbara but there is a cab the at that there is supposed to be a review in june what does that mean. there is a review june about how britain has been behaving itself on going and still existing member of the european union that is something that the french particularly wanted because they really raised fears here on the top of some press are two rings coming from london of some hard line breaks the cheers they've been raising the fears that britain would sort of be really obstructive. on going member but unwilling member in the european union and sort of really sort of be a agai

paris tomorrow for the latest brexit talks ahead of the crucial eu summit in brussels on wednesday, where another delay to britain's be discussed. during the day cross—party communication between the government and labour has continued in the search for possible areas of agreement. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. a mood for compromise mightjust trickle through, sombre and slow after all the shouting. could the government really, though, do a deal with the other side? we don't have a majority in parliament and so we have to look to other parties to seek agreement that will allow us to get brexit over the line in parliament as the law requires. you can't go into any of those discussions with big red lines because otherwise there's no point having them. given the prime minister has tried to hang on to them for so long, the man who wants to replace her in numberten might take some convincing. the latest offer to the labour tribe, welcoming a new mp today, has not accepted yetjeremy corbyn‘s plan for a customs union — a closer trading relationship with the eu than theresa may has negotiated. but sources w

prime minister to resign may attended the imagine see meeting in brussels seeking a shorter delay britain can still leave the bloc if make can secure support for head deal natasha about the reports from brussels off the talks that stretched into the early hours of thursday morning usually does agree to grant the british prime minister a flexible extension of ought to call fifty and delayed until october thirty first this extension this flexible as expected. so little bit shorter than expected but that still enough to find the best possible solution. steiff european leaders will meet again in june to ensure that the u.k. abides by e.u. rules for as long as it's part of the bloc if you look at dong so there would probably be european elections in the united kingdom which may seem odd but the rules being the rules we have to respect the european no. earlier to reason may had arrived in brussels to ask for an extension until the end of june e.u. leaders were frustrated that should fail to come with a clear breaks a plan the tension eased only for a moment by the german chancellor later may sa

brussels. the european council president donald tusk had a stark message for britain..please...do not waste this time". it's a message bound to be echoed by business in the uk — where uncertainty has been taking its toll — remember the original date for brexit was march 29th. the british retail consortium says all the uncertainty is holding back consumer spending, with sales in march falling 0.5%, compared to the same month last year. uncertainty has also raised costs for businesses. many manufacturers here in the uk have stockpiled goods — and that's been based on a timeline of leaving in march, april or may. the british chambers of commerce forecasts business investment will fall 1% this year. if correct, it would be the weakest since the global economic crisis a decade ago. mike cherry is the chairman of the federation of small businesses. mike, where do we even begin with this? six months, another six months we have been granted. what does it mean for small businesses in the uk? well, we are not crashing out whether no deal tomorrow and that is a good thing. silver

maybe it so that britain can avoid going through the european elections. brusselsago and they have said again now. that they do not see that feasible. they do not think she can get through, and they do not want to have these constant summits over and over again to talk about an extension. there are two options of the moment on the table. either, while three, either we crush out that no deal, or a nine month extension to the 31st of december, oi’ extension to the 31st of december, ora extension to the 31st of december, or a one—year extension. teresa mabel have to decide what those things are. one of the reasons they wa nt things are. one of the reasons they want a longer extension is that there that if we leave when theresa may is prime minister, any prime minister that comes next may be more of the brexiteer and not do the deal. the problem is that the uk is in sucha deal. the problem is that the uk is in such a low weak position now. the suggestion that we were dictating terms during the brexit process and all of that stuff, totally out of the window. i think the

has ratified the exige agreement britain will be able to exit very quickly in also that go on that for it seemed kind of as leaders arrived in brussels pre-summit meetings to hone strategies got under way still if the bloc won't grant an extension a crèche out exit this friday is still on the cards and yet again the u.k.'s future is in the hands of europe. all right let's take you now to this summer venue or is standing by in brussels where we're theresa may is fishing her plan for a june thirtieth delay to e.u. leaders but she doesn't have a great track record when it comes to presenting her plans. to put to mildly she really does one british cartoonists even drew her today entering the summit room was in what piece of paper and if you listen to the french president. who just arrived here a little while ago at the summit he said that he would very impatiently listen to to resume a talking about her plans now if that doesn't bode well so the atmosphere in the big summit room here behind us is not going to be all too friendly because many european leaders are just losing patience. prime minister for instance openly talked about his fr

if that is not possible britain's parliament remains deadlocked on may's withdrawal agreement secured with the. from london we're joined now by diffused bagot mohsen from brussels by do you have use your mouth as a day to both of you first to london bear give can you fill us in on some of the details on exactly what theresa may is asking for well their reasoning behind what reason is asking for is that she acknowledges that she needs more time had deal that she has negotiated with process did not go through here in parliament in london so she now is holding talks with the opposition with the labor opposition and she's trying to find an agreement with them acknowledging that that might take some time and thus pushing the deadline a further into the summer she doesn't want any peace to actually go to brussels and sit there and this is why she's asking for the thirtieth of june but she knows that she does need some time to get some form agreement here in london a guarantee you know in brussels there's a conflicting comments today from brussels and from paris on a possible second extension is there agreement right now in the e.u. on this. brian june thirtieth in fa