chris morris in malta. chris morris in malta.longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a "trade off" for improvements in a&e performance and better treatment in other areas. that‘s according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who‘s unveiling a strategy for the nhs over the next two years. he says increasing patient demand and the growth in new treatments, mean that choices have to be made. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. how have you been feeling? not too bad, thank you. at the age of 97, iris needs a little help, especially after recovering from a recent illness. so her gp called a local nhs service that provides the right care in the right place and for iris, that was home. the treatment at home has been absolutely wonderful. they have said, you need a commode, it was there straightaway. you need a walking frame, it was there straightaway. without help at home, iris might have ended up here, in her local a&e. one of the big challenges facing busy emergency departments like thi

thank you, chris morris in malta.of pieces of european union law onto the uk statute book as britain leaves the eu. angela merkel says the eu must guarantee prosperity and security for its citizens or risk driving people away. search teams have found the bodies of five people along with the wreckage of a helicopter in snowdonia. in the business news this afternoon... lloyds of london... and brussels! the world's biggest insurance market confirms it's moving some of its business to the continent in response to brexit. we will hear from the boss in just a moment. hennes & mauritz is launching its eighth brand and is investing heavily to get its clothes faster into shops. the announcement comes after it reported sluggish sales growth. the new brand, arket, will be launched this autumn, starting with a shop in london, and will offer more expensive clothes than h&m for men, women and children the us economy grew faster than initially estimated in the final months of 2016. the economy grew at an annualised pace of 2.1% in t

0ur europe correspondent, chris morris, explains the process. yes, what is article 50?e into force in 2009. article 50 itself isn't all that long, just five brief paragraphs. the crucial bit is this. a member state which decides to withdraw shall notify the european council and the union shall then negotiate and conclude an agreement with that state, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal. in other words, this is the legal route out of the eu. it will be triggered officially by theresa may later this month when she informs this man, the president of the european council, donald tusk. by text, by e—mail, it doesn't specify. but i suspect a letter will be involved. when that happens, the uk will remain part of the eu, with all the rights and responsibilities that implies for two years while the brexit talks take place. can you change your mind once you have triggered article 50? can you change course? legally, that is in dispute. but, politically, ithink, everyone agrees it will be extremely difficult. the government anyway has made it very clear it has no intent

here is chris morris, the bbc correspondent. he came on area to explain more.f 27 as if the uk had already left. it was almost a deliberate attempt to move on. i think the focused in the next 24—hours will be on donald tusk. tomorrow morning he will issue the first formally eu response to theresa may's article 50 letter, in the form of negotiating draft guidelines, which will be sent to the yellow 27 eu capitals. i understand he still working on document. it will focus in particular on the sequence of negotiation. from an eu perspective that means first, separation, the divorce, the broad outline of that. then, several months later, general agreement on the broad terms of a future trading relationship. then again, several months after that, the transition. how do we get from full eu membership now today, to a totally new relationship in the future? those transition negotiations will delve into some of the most difficult issues like freedom of movement of people, migration and the role of the european court ofjustice. there has been a lot of speculation in the u

chris morris has been investigating.k question — could the uk's divorce bill be as highes a 60 billion euros. that's the figure that's been floated in brussels but is it politically realistic? well, 60 billion euros, that's about £52 billion at current exchange rates, is what i think we can call the european commission's opening gambit. so how has this eye—wateringly large number been calculated ? well, let's go to our blackboard. basically, if you take a value for the eu's liabilities, that's the money it owes, and you then subtract value for the eu's assets, the balance you take, and you divide it by the average uk share of eu budget contribution, which is roughly 12% and that can get you to this figure, 60 billion euros. but the details, surprise, surprise, are complicated and contentious. let's break them down. first of all there are the liabilities, the biggest chunk, what you can call the eu's credit card. money already committed by the eu for which the bills haven't yet been paid. by the end of next year, the eu's

our correspondent chris morris is at a meeting of european leaders in malta and explains what we canect to happen next. i think the focus over the next 2a hours will be on donald tusk because he will issue the first formal eu response to theresa may's article 50 letter in the form of negotiating guidelines, draft guidelines, which will be sent to the other 27 eu capitals. i understand he is working on that document this evening. it will be six or seven pages long and will be six or seven pages long and will focus on the sequence of negotiations. from an eu perspective it means first a separation agreement, the divorce, the outline of that. then several months later general agreement on board terms of a future trading relationship. and then again months after that the ha rd est then again months after that the hardest bit of it all, the transition. how to get from full eu membership now, where we are today, toa membership now, where we are today, to a new relationship in future? those transition negotiations will delve into the most difficult issues, things like freedom of movement of

chris morris is in malta, where an eu gathering has been taking place.hering has been taking place. i asked him to castan high on how fixed all of these moments in the next two years are. in many ways, not at all fixed. given that it is such a short period, you might think negotiations would be starting tomorrow, after nine months of waiting since the referendum took place. we are in an eu process, which means it will be several weeks it is not a couple of months before negotiations begin. first of all, we have to get the other 27 countries producing a mandate for the european commission to negotiate with the uk. they will be meeting at a summit a month from today, on april 29, to agree that mandate. that mandate has to be turned into a formal directive, which means the negotiations may start in late may, i suspect probably earlyjune. the time is going to be very short, which is why people are trying to pass a lead into bite sized chunks. one of the problems is going to be as soon as they start negotiating, they will have a dispute over what they are neg

chris morris, in malta, thank you. live now to aldershot in hampshire, where simon stevens, the chief executive of nhs england is outlining a new strategy for the health service. we are we a re halfway we are halfway into the next steps, so we are halfway into the next steps, so let's listen in. cancer survival rates now are at a record high. heart attacks and strokes, down by 40% over the course of the last decade. we know there is pressure, we know there is a lot to be proud of, but the question is, what are the practical improvements we can make over the next several yea rs 7 we can make over the next several years? the reason we are here in aldershot this morning is because actually much of the work many of you are doing are the proof positive that the practical improvements we wa nt that the practical improvements we want can, in fact be brought about. you are already doing many of the things we want to see more of right across england. it is great to be here with sir andrew morris, the chief executive of frimley

that was chris morris going through some of the options.usiness and governance and the man widely expected to be appointed as the next us ambassador to the european union. we shall see, gentlemen. good to have you both with us. can we start on this letter? notjust the content, but the tone, richard? speak the tone is very constructive and positive and warm, as you'd expect. we are still going to remain europeans are far, so that is very good news. it is slightly disappointing, some of the responses coming out of the european union, but ina coming out of the european union, but in a sense, maybe that is to be expected, they are positioning themselves, but at the end of the day, we did have a mature, sensible negotiation and work out quite quickly, are we going to reach a deal or not? and if not, the government needs to be absolutely clear, as the prime minister said in january, no deal is better than a bad deal. in business, we all know that, common—sense, in which case we revert to wto, which is also fine. what is the american view on that?

he was speaking at a meeting of eu leaders in malta, from where our europe correspondent, chris morrisent this report. trying to get serious. two days ago donald tusk expressed emotion at the prospect of the uk leaving the eu. this morning it was down to business. he has sent draft negotiating deadlines to the other 27 countries setting up tough tone for two years of talks. he says they could be difficult, complex and sometimes confrontational. the eu says four issues should be discussed first. the rights of citizens, legal certainty for businesses, the size of the divorce bill and the border between northern ireland and the republic. 0nly between northern ireland and the republic. only then is it prepared to talk about a future trade relationship. whilst and only whilst we have achieved sufficient progress on the withdrawal can we discuss the framework for our future relationship. darting parallel talks on issues at the same time as suggested by some in the uk will not happen. donald tusk suggested that the uk would have little say in the matter. what does sufficient progress in men a

let's speak to our europe correspondent, chris morris, who's at that meeting in malta.r sense of the mood today? it was interesting, kate, the fact that angela merkel virtually didn't mention brexit. there was a subliminal message that it's not all about you and we are moving on with the other issues which concern us. but clearly in the margins that has been an awful lot of talk about brexit. there is that mood of regret and sadness but we also hear from eve ryo ne and sadness but we also hear from everyone that we will be united on this. i know it's an easy thing to say, but over the last five years of covering the eu, i'm not sure i've ever seen the other countries are united as they seem to be at the moment on brexit. sure, the uk will try to chip away and pick off specific countries on specific issues but at the moment i think they do realise that in unity lies strength. the next step, and donald tusk, the president of the european council is here, and we would expect why tomorrow, possibly late this evening, for him to release diet —— d raft evening, for him to rel

our correspondent chris morris explains the brexit process. yes, what is article 50?t is this. a member state which decides to withdraw shall notify the european council and the union shall then negotiate and conclude an agreement with that state, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal. in other words, this is the legal route out of the eu. it will be triggered officially by theresa may later this month when she informs this man, the president of the european council, donald tusk. but i suspect a letter will be involved. when that happens, the uk will remain part of the eu, with all the rights and responsibilities that implies for two years while the brexit talks take place. can you change your mind once you have triggered article 50? can you change course? legally, that is in dispute. eee; ensue-ea“: 'e|hr-e extremely difficult. the government anyway has made it very clear it has no intention of changing its mind. so, who's going to be leading the negotiations? well, the uk has to negotiate with all 27 other eu countries and it will take a couple of months t

our europe correspondent, chris morris, sent this report from malta. time to get serious.o donald tusk expressed real emotion at the prospect of the uk leaving the eu. this morning, in malta, it was down to business. he's now sent draft negotiating guidelines to the other 27 countries, setting up tough tone for two years of talks, that mr tusk says could be difficult, complex and sometimes confrontational. the eu says four issues should be discussed first. the rights of citizens, legal certainty for businesses, the size of the divorce bill and the border between northern ireland and the republic. only then is it prepared to talk about a future trade relationship. whilst and only whilst we have achieved sufficient progress on the withdrawal, can we discuss the framework for our future relationship. starting parallel talks on issues at the same time, as suggested by some in the uk, will not happen. and mr tusk suggested that the uk would have little say in the matter. what does sufficient progress mean, and who is it, simply the european council who will define that? it must

our correspondent chris morris is in malta for us...his is under discussion, under scrutiny there? this is a meeting of conservative leaders from across the eu and inevitably, it's in the shadow of brexit. this was to be talking about where the rest of them go from here, what is the future of europe, but brexit is on many people's mind. and donald is to risk is here, the president of the european council. by president of the european council. by this time tomorrow, he will have issued draft guidelines to be debated for the next few weeks by the 27 other member states. those guidelines will set the mandate for which the european commission can negotiate with the uk on the terms ofa negotiate with the uk on the terms of a devolved settlement. it is very clear, we heard it from angela merkel yesterday and will hear from others today, that they do want to at least talk about the principles of separation before they move on to talk about things like future trade agreements. that doesn't mean they date to cross a free tea and. every eye, it d

chris morris has been investigating.ng gambit. how has this eye watering lay large number being calculated? well, let‘s go to our blackboard. basically, if you take a value for the eu‘s liabilities, that‘s the money it owes, and you then subtract value for the eu‘s assets, the balance you take, and you divide it by the average uk share of eu budget contribution, which is roughly 12% and that can get you to this figure, 60 billion euros. but the details, surprise, surprise, are complicated and contentious. let‘s break them down. first of all there are the liabilities, the biggest chunk, what you can call the eu‘s credit card. money already committed by the eu for which the bills haven‘t yet been paid. by the end of next year, the eu‘s credit card bill could be as high as 240 billion euros, so the uk‘s share would be substantial. then there is money which is due to be spent over the next few years, a lot on big infrastructure projects in poorer eu countries and in the commission‘s view, the uk has already made a legally—bi

chris morris, taking us through that very long process.e had to say to mps, now she's free to trigger article 50. that is coming up at 12:30 p.m.. more background on everything happening on the bbc website. the usual address. come back to us here in westminster. in about ten minutes we will hear from theresa may. thank you. see you later. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the bill to allow the government to trigger brexit will become law today, after being approved by parliament last night. the deputy governor of the bank of england resigns after failing to reveal her brother's role at barclays. the european union's hires court says that we can have a policy to prohibit people wearing religious and political symbols. now for the sport. one of the oldest golf clubs in the world, muirfield have voted to accept female members for the first time in its 273 year history. over 80% of the club's membership voted in favour of the change. back in 2016 a first vote failed, the r&a announced then that the club would no longer be able to host the op

he was speaking at a meeting of eu leaders in malta, from where our europe correspondent, chris morris to get serious. two days ago donald tusk expressed real emotion at the prospect of the uk leaving the eu. this morning, in malta, it was down to business. he's now sent draft negotiating guidelines to the other 27 countries, setting a tough tone for two years of talks, that mr tusk says could be difficult, complex and sometimes confrontational. the eu says four issues should be discussed first. the rights of citizens, legal certainty for businesses, the size of the divorce bill and the border between northern ireland and the republic. only then is it prepared to talk about a future trade relationship. whilst and only whilst we have achieved sufficient progress on the withdrawal, can we discuss the framework there was also a warning that the uk should not try to hold separate discussions with individual member states. i'm joined from nottingham by labour's chris leslie. what do you make of what donald tusk has had to say today. this is cold, ha rd has had to say today. this is cold, ha

chris morris from the bbc. talks about the fa ct tusk, your document talks about the fact there will be no separate negotiations between individual member states and the uk. you have talked a lot about unity in the past week, this makes it sound like you are worried that the uk will try to pick of individual countries and have those negotiations. how can you be sure that won't happen? secondly, the document talks about not moving onto the second phase of the negotiation involving trade talks and future trade relationships until sufficient progress has been made the initial phase, what does sufficient progress mean? is it simply the european capitals will to find that? and prime minister must step, your thoughts on those issues as well, thank you. this is my first divorce and i hope the last one. this is why i want to be very cautious and precise. first of all, when it comes to our unity and solidarity i have no doubt, especially after our summit in rome and the rome declaration, that this is not only a declarat

chris morris, former european correspondent, we'll go through as many questions as he possibly can.can go back to my colleague simon mccoy in the bbc newsroom for today's other news stories. it's just at a quarter past to you're watching bbc nukes, the headlines... correction at the bbc news. brexit secretary david davis tells mps the great repeal bill enables them to abolish and improve laws. as eu leaders gathered in malta angela merkel says after brexit the eu has to put effort into europe. north wales police say the bodies of five people have been found with the wreckage of a missing helicopter in snowdonia. and in sport fever opens proceedings against wales defender neil taylor for his tackle that broke a leg of the republic of ireland's seamus coleman. taylor's automatic one match ban could be extended to three games. arsene wenger keeps us waiting, he would confirm whether he will remain at the club after summer. will remain at the club after summer. judd trump makes the third competitive 147 clearance of his career, as he reaches the quarterfinals of the china open. a mother

ourformer europe correspondent chris morris has been investigating.? well, the big change is the clock started ticking on the two year period for negotiation, as set out in article 50. it's really not very long so it would be good if formal negotiations could start tomorrow. but they won't. first of all, the other 27 countries have to agree guidelines, a mandate for the european commission to negotiate with the uk. now, they say they want to get on with it and the president of the european council, donald tusk said he will have a draft agreement ready within 48 hours. he will be hoping there are too many objections but lawyers in every national capital will go through the document line by line. the plan is that the other 27 countries, without the uk, will meet for a special summit on the 29th of april to vote on the mandate that needs to get unanimous approval. then it could take a few more weeks for the commission to turn the mandate into a formal negotiating directive, and all this while france is holding its presidential election. the best guess is

chris morris is in malta, where european leaders have been meeting.e will be coming to the building behind us, the prime minister's office in malta, and he will have a press conference in which some of the details will be released. i understand the guidelines will be six or seven pages, starting with general principles. a lot of them will set out the way the eu thinks the negotiation should be structured, which means starting off with trying to get some agreement on the terms of divorce, and only then moving on to talk about a future trade agreement. the uk wants to talk about trade straightaway because those future trading relationships are absolutely critical, but if the other 27 countries agree with these guidelines it will be difficult for the uk to change their minds. that is one of the big things that has changed this week. until theresa may triggered article 50 on wednesday, she was in control of the timing and the process. now a lot of that control passes to brussels. chris, thank you very much indeed. that press conference due to happen in th

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