a very short news conference from theresa may and jean-claude juncker. this comes after they had this meeting. lunch. whatever you would like to call it. we understand break was made during that lunch for theresa may to actually make a call to arlene foster of the dup. it began more than three hours ago. are.et here we an hour ago theresa may was meant to actually delete eu president donald tusk. we will have to wait and see what happens. of the lines. theresa may saying she's positive the talks will conclude positively. should -- saying she had a constructive meeting and they are confident they can get sufficient progress by the summit on december 14. juncker also saying it's going to require further discussion. we don't know what it was exactly was the stumbling block in these talks. my theory it was across two main areas. the irish border definitely been one of them but also possibly to do with the european court of justice. this was emerging as one of the more difficult points in the discussion. fromve a strong statement eileen foster of the dup. we

halfway through that meeting he was called out to take the phone call from john —— from jean—claude junckerealed the deal had been agreed and the british negotiating team in brussels. at that stage we expected that the deal would be agreed between theresa may orjean—claude would be agreed between theresa may or jean—claude juncker, given that the text had been approved by both the text had been approved by both the british side and by the irish side. that seems to have fallen apart over lunch when theresa may took a call from arlene foster. from then on the deal pretty much unravelled. the taoiseach was due to call a news conference to announce the deal at two 30p. he took another call from jean—claude juncker saying hold off. we've got a problem. that co nfe re nce hold off. we've got a problem. that conference was called off until 5:15pm. i attended conference was called off until 5:15pm. iattended it conference was called off until 5:15pm. i attended it and conference was called off until 5:15pm. iattended it and it conference was called off until 5:15pm. i attended it and it really was

and michel barnierfor jean—claude juncker and michel barnier for a jean—claude juncker and michel barnierforand michel barnier for a preview of the agreement which has been cobbled together. we started spilling the beans about what could be in it. something to observe, it's been quite exciting. exciting as far as eu politics goes. i've been here since 19 eu politics goes. i've been here since i9june eu politics goes. i've been here since 19 june on day eu politics goes. i've been here since i9june on day one of the negotiations. it's been fascinating to watch this process emerged to get both sides into the same place, but a place that is palatable for their audiences in the eu and the mps at westminster. thank you. the northern ireland border has been one of the major sticking points. dup mp sammy wilson has said that it would be impossible to guarantee that there would be regular curry convergence between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. he's been talking to bbc radio ulster. the government have made it clear there will be no agreement made which will impact and create differen

theresa may and jean—claude juncker say good progress has been made, but more talks are needed to ironut the remaining differences. we wa nt we want to move forward together, but on a couple of issues, some differences do remain, which require further negotiation and consultation. this is not a failure, this is the start. the irish border remains the main issue, with the dup saying they'll resist plans to align northern ireland regulations, with the rest of the eu. northern ireland must leave the eu on the same terms as the rest of the uk, and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the uk. so, the work goes on here in brussels, in the hope they can find that agreement by the time 27 eu leaders arrive here in brussels, in ten days' time. yes, plenty to talk about. we would bring you the latest analysis from brussels and westminster. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: nearly three—quarters of a million children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four yea

jean-claude juncker announces divorce talks can progress to the next phase after a deal is reached on the irish border issue. >> i believe we now have made the break through we needed. today's result is, of course, a compromise >> sterling hits session highs as theresa may insists it's a good deal for the british taxpayer >> getting to this point has required give and take on both sides. i believe that the joint report being published is in the best interest of the whole of the uk. >> european banks rally as global supervisors finally sign off on agreements ten years in the making the chair of the basil committee says the compromise reached was worth that long struggle >> it was not so easy to get to the number 72.5, but give than we do have a compromise, everybody has signed off everybody is prepared to implement it in this particular way. >>> a shutdown averted for now president trump will sign a short-term funding bill to keep the u.s. government in motion for another two weeks as the search continues for a political compromise >>> a positive start across europe this morning. the s

mark: joint statement taking place now with jean-claude juncker.en for for the negotiation and discussion. we stand ready to resume the negotiations in brussels later this week, but i have to say that we are narrowing our to a huge extent today thanks to the british prime -- ster i am confident we can reach progress, sufficient progress before the european council on the 15th of december. this is the start of the very last -- i'm very confident we've reached an agreement. thank you. and as ps said, we have had a constructive meeting today, both sides of been working hard in good faith. we have been negotiating hard and a lot of progress is been made on many of the issues. there's a common understanding. we want to move forward together. on a couple of issues, some differences remain which require further negotiation and consultation. continue, but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we will conclude this positively. thank you. we cannot unfortunately take questions. mark: and so ends that joint statement. a ver

there she is with jean—claude juncker.sed, the irish border question, the eu citizens question, the divorce bill, those hurdles when the eu has always insisted it once sufficient progress. looks like britain is going to get the go—ahead for phase two of the talks, but we will wait and see. crucial events unfolding in brussels. the number of schoolchildren with a part—time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years. the findings come from freedom of information requests to local authorities across the uk who issue child employment permits. it's thought changing consumer patterns and pressure to do well at school are responsible. let's get more on this story with gareth lewis, chair of the national network for children in employment and entertainment. hejoins us from winsford in cheshire. just give us your thoughts on this? my just give us your thoughts on this? my thoughts are within my own local authority the figures are actually up. nationally, i'm not sure why figures should have fallen. i wonder whether it's to do

that comes as theresa may heads to brussels today to meet jean-claude juncker. venezuelan president has said the nation will create its own petrol currency backed by reserves in oil, gas, gold, and diamonds. it will enable the country to advance towards new forms of international financing. the announcement highlights how u.s. sanctions are hurting venezuelan ability to move money to international banks. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . it has been a little bit of a fluctuating session in asia. we are seeing the yen weaker. it hasn't helped the nikkei. a lot coming through on the tech players. the nikkei closing down the session by half of 1%. a turnaround coming through in hong kong and the csi 300 of the large cap stocks. we have seen insurance and tencent coming back in buying today. some of the other stocks we are watching, wanda hotels rising sharply. we are hearing wanda commercial will sell one hotels stake. this is a nonbindin

claude—juncker making it clear it is going to get tougher yetm claude—juncker making it clear it is goingyet. it is going to get tougher and we are now likely to move into discussions about the implementation phase, what does britain do between getting a free trade deal if britain does get that and leaving the european union in 2019? jean claude—juncker has said things will get tougher. when things get tougher for both sites. in the trade negotiations, the eu 27 will have different priorities, with new poland, france or germany, sweden, they have their own issues. i think the british and believes if you can get into the trade negotiations, the eu 27 unity we saw drawing withdrawal may be something else. looking after their own interests could be harder. thank you very much indeed. many thanks. the lastjedi — the latest instalment in the star wars saga opens in theatres worldwide this weekend. it's already projected to be the highest grossing movie of 2017. the star wars franchise has been around for 40 years, reaping in more than $30 billion in sales from merchandise and corporate tie—ups

it seems this extended three—hour working lunch, between jean—claude juncker and theresa may, put itthe tao in the next step. this was derailed by the dup. we were given the impression that it was a question of dotting the eyes and a crossing of the tees, that the ducks are in a road. that was the news from downing street. i think they were pretty confident but the row so many moving parts that to just fail... shouldn't use the word failure because jean—claude juncker, in that use the word failure because jean—claudejuncker, in that awkward announcement, said it was not a failure. they are almost there. there is this negotiation that needs to be done between arlene foster, the leader of the dup in northern ireland and theresa may to get some kind of resolution about how hard or soft the sport is there to be between northern ireland and the rest of ireland. what will the meeting be like this one?” rest of ireland. what will the meeting be like this one? i think it will be interesting... you are being very diplomatic. i am quite positive about this. i voted to remain at we are where we

jean-claude juncker and michelle garnier, the chief negotiator, -- thet with the tax -- task force. they said there was no deal yet, but a 50% chance of reaching a deal. the finance essentials have been agreed on. he said on citizens rights, still a bit of fine tuning to be done. he said when it came to the northern ireland issue, that was over to the government in dublin. all eyes on the ongoing talks that have been ongoing for the last couple of days between dublin, london, and brussels on the crucial irish border issue. the deputy prime minister of ireland was speaking on public radio in ireland this morning, saying ireland's line was still clear. it wanted to move to phase two of the trade talks but would not do so unless they have written guarantees from the u.k. corporate that there would be no afterorder after brexit, march 2019. that the good friday agreement would remain intact, and access to peace funds and the common travel area , and that ongoing g talks on te bordrder issue could r resume dg those phase two of the talks. we are hearing in the last 30 minutes or so that

theresa may is expected to wrap up talks with jean-claude juncker without any major differences. >> some things require further negotiation and consultation >> this is not a failure this is the start of the very last one, and i'm confident we will have quality. >>> lights, camera, action cineworld reagrees a takeover of regal in the u.s. for 3$3.6 billi billion. >>> and goldman sachs goes shopping for groceries, sending shares in tesco and morrisons sharply higher as it upgrades its view on the stocks >>> bringing you the latest eurozone pmi numbers last month 55, the forecast for this month was 56.2, tha is the latest, 56.2. the euro weakening against the dollar, just over 0.1% look across the rest of the european markets we can see it's a flat day of trading. so far a lot green and red balancing themselves out on that board there across the stoxx 600, which is down slightly, just under 0.1%. if we look at specific markets across europe, we can see the ftse 100 is up almost a third of a percent at this stage. the xetra dax in germany is flat the cac into p paris, down 0.1%. the foot fts

looking very likely now with confirmation theresa may will meet with european commission chiefjean—claude junckert ogoogmt. we are almost there, in fact. the front page of arab news is, of course, leading with palestinian anger erupting over thejerusalem embassy move. the article says residents shuttered schools and shops early on thursday to begin three days of rage. the digitalfront page of the jerusalem post has a multimedia piece looking ahead at the pending un security council meeting and future of the middle east peace plan. looking at the californian wildfires, the independent is reporting more than 200,000 people have been evacuated as gusting winds fan flames across southern california. nasa has captured some incredible photos of the fire from space. 0nto the business pages of gulf news, another day and another record for cyptocurrency bitcoin, which has surpassed $16,000. it bounces up and down a lot. it has dropped 4% in the course of today. people are asking if it is a bubble. finally, staying with bitcoin, bloomberg is looking at electricity consumption that digital currencies like b

she and jean—claude juncker are expected to give a joint news conference within the hour. 200,000 peoplerotests erupted after president trump's recognition ofjerusalem as israel's capital. the white house has warned the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, not to cancel talks with vice president pence. us government debt has reached $20 trillion. congress has passed an emergency bill to stop the government running out of money. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with brexit in the daily telegraph. a brexit newspaper, you might say. the front page headline speculating may will sign a deal today. that's looking very likely now with confirmation theresa may will meet with european commission chiefjean—claude juncker at ogoogmt. we are almost there, in fact. the front page of arab news is, of course, leading with palestinian anger erupting over thejerusalem embassy move. the article says residents shuttered schools and shops early on thursday to begin three days of rage. the digitalfront page of the jerusalem post has a multimed

her country's exit from the e.u. a short meeting with the european commission president john claude juncker followed and then the two emerged to make the big announcement. news of all. philip or. we've been able to make sufficient progress to ensure that we can now move into the second phase of the negotiation between the united kingdom and the european union of twenty seven so it. may say there's been progress on a major stumbling block how to manage the future border between the u.k.'s northern ireland and the e.u.'s republic of ireland has been a particularly tricky subject many fear a hard border separating the two with border guards could plunge the north back into turmoil by undermining the belfast agreement which ended decades of sectarian violence in the region in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom but the e.u.'s chief brecht that negotiator michel barnier says sorting out this the money issue will need spe

her big lunch with jean-claude juncker next.s is bloomberg. ♪ tracy: this is "bloomberg markets: middle east." i am tracy alloway. europe, wherer to theresa may could be sitting down to the most expensive lunch in history as she dines with jean-claude juncker in brussels on the day the eu has set for the final deadline for her to come up with concessions if she wants brexit talks to move on to trade by the year end. the europeans are demanding britain pays 60 billion euros to cover its commitment to the block. still with this is the chief economist for group research at dbs bank. we know theresa may is having this high-stakes lunch. if she wants those trade talks to progress by year end, how crucial will this be to the brexit cross-ice -- >> it process? >> let's frame where she is at right now. she needs to settle an internal development. there is a lot going on as form has the internal political dynamic, therefore it is not clear what she can offer. this is the heart of the matter today. can she convinced her counterparts in eu

mrs may and the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker, gave a joint news conferencewhich they said their meeting had been "constructive." but the talks ran into the ground when the democratic unionist party complained that a possible solution to the issue of the border between northern ireland and the irish republic would mean northern ireland being treated differently to the rest of the uk. so on tuesday, the brexit secretary came to the commons to update mps. we held further talks in brussels over the past two days and progress has been made. we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, however, i believe we are now close to concluding the first phase of negotiations and moving on to talk about our future trade relations. mr speaker, what an embarrassment. the last 24 hours have given a new meaning to the phrase "coalition of chaos." yesterday morning, number ten was briefing that a deal would be signed. there was high expectation that the prime minister would make a triumphant statement to the house. by tea—time, we had a 49—second press conference saying

today. having lunch withjean—claude juncker today.one was as positive as the times, theresa may will be very hopeful! the mood music seems to be shifting more positively from brussels as well, we heard earlier from your brussels correspondent that there seems to be movement and that will be very welcome to theresa may, who is in a very tight position. as i said earlier, anyone who thought this negotiation would be a walk in the woods has been sadly disappointed. in terms of where we're at with the timeline, the brexit timeline, the clock is ticking and it's getting louder and louder because the progress has been pretty minimal to this point and it's kind of in everybody‘s interests, both in the british government and brussels, to see some sort of movement, some sort of progress as we go into these negotiations. we must get onto the trade discussions, the trade is all—important here so we have to get through ireland, the divorce bill, the jurisdictions of the european court as well, that's another thing we've hardly touched upon and th

a month later, another dinner, another kiss with jean—claude juncker.egged for help when they met, and she seemed tired and politically weak. he denied the account. she was in good shape, she was not tired, she was fighting. as is her duty. everything for me was ok. she didn't plead with you for help? no, no. still, by december, no decision on whether sufficient progress had been made. a deal was subtitles by red bee media. ..so subtitles by red bee media. .. so near. theresa may was even in brussels. the sticking point was the dup who said they weren't happy with proposals for northern ireland. we will not accept any form of regulatory diverging switch separates northern ireland economically or politically from the re st of economically or politically from the rest of the uk. a dramatic intervention and back to stalemate. after more late—night talks, finally, a breakthrough. for now at least. sufficient progress has now been made on the terms of the divorce. this was a difficult negotiation for the european union as well as for the united kingdom. you

jean—claude juncker at a fume and is a —goersaid, no jean—claude juncker at a fume and is a —goer saidn we will dedicate 50 minutes per day to brexit and no more. it was a week? no 15 minutes. no, 15 more. it was a week? no 15 minutes. no,15 minutes per more. it was a week? no 15 minutes. no, 15 minutes per week. this is not the case. it isjust not the case. the uk is a very big member state and we are leaving and that has implications for the whole of the re st of implications for the whole of the rest of the eu. early in 2017 there was this feeling of, this is awful, we are going to dust ourselves down and be stronger forward. we are going to be more unified than ever, we are not. those cracks will show in phase two because they are not unified about the kind of deal that they want to have all prepared to give with the united kingdom. how many rules are they prepared to bend? when it comes out of it i think it will be fascinating for all of us because the eu is good at saying this is it. as i say, it is ish. a lot of people will be seeing a lot of ishes and those will disturb this un

jean—claude juncker a few months ago said... no i won't do my imitation.ll dedicate 50 minutes per day to brexit and no more. this is not the case. it is just not the case. the uk is a very big member state and we are leaving and that has implications for the whole of the rest of the eu. early in 2017 there was this feeling of, this is awful, we are going to dust ourselves down and be stronger forward. we are going to be more unified than ever, we are not. those cracks will show in phase two because they are not unified about the kind of deal that they want to have or prepared to have with the united kingdom. in all of this, saying that brexit is a big deal they have other big issues, the future of the european union and what will happen to angela merkel because germany is so key. i think these are really, sort of, big issues for them and plus what is really interesting to me as a europhile is that all the new alliances that are forming inside the eu. we have gone, who are our traditional allies? ireland, denmark, sweden, the baltic states, who are they no

earlier we heard from jean—claude juncker, donald tusk, and theresa may.ar. the reason for that, they want to give plenty of time for the european parliament to discuss it, debate it, and ratify what at the negotiating teams come up with. that, as he pointed out, gives them less than a year. it echoes the earlier sentiment of donald tusk who said breaking up is hard, but breaking up and crafting a new future relationship is even harder. and all of them alluding to the fact there are more hurdles to overcome as the brexit talks move into the next stage. the other thing we must remember, this all still has to be approved by the european council, even though a deal has been done. they have final say on this. they are saying an agreement has been done, the agreement has been done, the agreement isn‘t in place until that meeting of the 27 members next week. mike is still with us from the economist intelligence unit. listening to michel barnier, it was quite an interesting point he made about the hurdles that lie ahead. and i suppose that is what a lot of busine

the prime minister was heading into her meeting with jean—claude juncker, the president of the europeanrunning back in westminster and in the devolved administrations around the uk, people reacting to this proposed deal, and interpreting what was a leak, and also extrapolating quite a bit. and if, for instance, the suggestion from the british government around some sort of alignment to specific sectors, in the event of no deal, for example, the event of no deal, for example, the parallel that scotland and wales and london might be able to draw would be more limited, but that is not happy day panned out, saw arlene foster, the leader of the dup, and theresa may returning to london, that there was no announcement. labour have been told to prepare for the high minister telling to parliament, saying, it we are, we have got it, we are moving on to try —— the prime minister. but still hasn't happened. messy to say the least, what about the reaction from conservative mps? the reaction in brussels was agog and aghast, and similar here, people staring at tv screens, similar here, people staring

the press aide tojean—claude juncker has tweeted the handshake which are between jean—claude junckerconference later and will bring it to you as it happens. wildfires have happened in southern california, stretching firefighters to their limit. any thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and planes have been diverted to one of the main places in san diego. officials say more than a00 buildings have been destroyed. a state of emergency has been declared. a "day of rage" is being planned by palestinians angered by america's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. around 30 demonstrators were injured in clashes with israeli forces in the west bank yesterday. the us has warned palestinians against cancelling talks with vice—president mike pence, who'll visit the middle east in less than two weeks' time. two of the country's digg is the retailers have been forced to pay back thousands of staff who were paid back thousands of staff who were pa id less back thousands of staff who were paid less than the minimum wage. primark and sports direct are among 250 compan

there is jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission.guably, while we've been concentrating on westminster and brussels, germany is the most important of those eu members. this is one view of the german attitude towards brexit. certainly when i was covering the german elections in september, brexit wasn't coming up a great deal. that election gave angela merkel a difficult hand. her party was the biggest but she had a disappointing election and is trying to form a coalition government still. that a destruction. —— that isa still. that a destruction. —— that is a distraction. there's no official reaction from the german government but today's developments won't help to ease what is now a profound and all—encompassing sense of concern in germany that this is not going to end well. i'm not talking so much politically but among industrial voices. business voices, there is a fear that britain is going to crash out of the eu without a deal which could have profound implications for german export businesses. but something that the business worl

theresa may is going to meet with jean-claude juncker. what are the chances they are getting a deal? >> probably not very good. >> that would be amazing. >> there are still so many things that are undecided. she doesn't have a good ireland deal. going to beare looking for today is what did they finally agree on is the number for the divorce bill. that hasn't even been completely finalized or talked over in parliament. betweenan awful lot here and there and you just don't see how it comes together. i findknow what fascinating, how much different industries in the u.k. depend on the european union for everyday business. the airline industry for example relying on the u.s. missions and what happens if the eu says you don't get flyover rights unless you pay us this amount of money. all of these negotiations -- david: and the auto industry. >> and the financial industry. to me all of these kinds of details, how are they going to work it all out? alix: and how are they going to aetna?t cbs -- cvs and >> good transition. >> my favorite tweet of

jean-claude juncker announced mobile.o a knee coalition with the social democrats of proving talks on whether the party can support chancellor merkel p or at marshall says those talks will be constructed and open and are expected in the coming days. . they need the endorsement of the party rank and fire. -- rank and file. plans to launch free trade talks between china and canada have failed with the two sides abruptly canceling a planned press conference but agreeing instead to keep negotiating. prime minister justin trudeau indicated one sticking point is canada's preference for wider progressive tax. there were differences, but said the two sides are in a golden age in their relationship. day,l missouri 24 hours a powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. you.: thank markets in south korea, japan, getting underway right now. checking shares of samsung. look at that. 1.7% declines. through in theng asia-pacific. sophie kamaruddin is standing by with a look at that.

jean—claude juncker said she was polite and friendly.ed that in florence and started that new tone with her speech. the madness of this place was not getting us anywhere. she did say, "we want to be friends and good for europe." she comes to this mad house that is the conservative party and she has do negotiate quite a lot. what is to come is so difficult. god help her and us. there is a very important cabinet meeting and that goes to the heart of what she has to address. britain is too big a country to fail. they need to come to their sense and realise his is a dividing moment in the own history and we need to come together. the can't be brutal and bloody minded about britain. there is a reason for europe to be civilised because their own house is not totally in order. there are certain aspects of the summit meetings in brussels which were not reported as much because everyone was focused on brexit. there are huge problems waiting with the migration issue, the eu is by no means a hard and fast currency to sustain itself. they need new e

were ready to come so jean—claude juncker were ready to come so they could move onto the trade partssticking point is the border between northern ireland and ireland and there, that agreement does not seem to have been set in stone. the key thing is that the irish people, both sides, do not wa nt irish people, both sides, do not want a hard border. they want their existing border with the flexibility that it provides. here, it appears the dup got wind that there may have been some hardness re— occurring there in terms of the agreement that there in terms of the agreement that the british prime minister was achieving with the eu and they have put their foot down. this illustrates how collocated this process is, isn't it? all the various different elements that have to be considered and agreed upon before you can move forward. i remember when this entire process began and article 50 was triggered, we we re began and article 50 was triggered, we were talking about the timeframe and whether that was really realistic given the public had a process that it is. you are right about the compl

theresa may traveling, while jean-claude juncker was pacing, waiting in so many ways for the u.k. and then, touchdown. ready? ready if you are. taking their places for the moment after three days of cajoling, compromise, and criticism. it was a good morning for theresa may. a deal to pave the way to brexit round 2, the jargon she had longed to hear. >> sufficient progress has not been made on the terms of the divorce. this was a difficult negotiation for the european union as well as the united kingdom. laura: after a breakdown on monday, blocked by her allies at home, huge weight off the government's stressed shoulders. prime minister may: i welcome the prospect of moving ahead to the next phase to talk about trade and security and the positive and ambitious future relationship. >> you going to be celebrating, cracking open the champagne? >> no, still working. laura: no celebrations for either side. >> no champagne. >> we have to bring water. laura: just many compromises and more to come. the agreement implies it will cost between 35 billion and 39 billion pounds to settle our ac

jean—claude juncker said she had polite and friendly. and she started that in florence. she started that new tone with her florence speech. the madness of this place was just not getting us anywhere so she did say we want to be friends, we wanted to be good for europe and that was good and then she comes back to this madhouse that is the conservative party and so she has to negotiate quite a lot. i think what is to come is so difficult. god help her and us. one of the things that is to come is an important cabinet meeting on tuesday. that goes to the heart of what she has two address within her own party. let's talk to a polite, civilised european. britain is too big a country to lose... too big to fail. they need to come to their senses and realise this is a dividing moment in their own history and we need to come together. we cannot be bloody—minded about britain. secondly there is a reason for europe to be civilised because their own house is not totally in order. there are certain aspects of the summit meeting in brussels that weren't really the summit meeting in bru

in brussels within the hourfor a meeting with the president of the european commission, jean claude junckerpectations that talks overnight aimed at meeting the concerns of the democratic unionists on the status of the irish border after brexit were successful. the dup is the main party in northern ireland and theresa may relies on their support to keep her in power. they rejected the wording of the draft agreement earlier in the week as they resist any steps which could point to northern ireland having different arrangements with the eu from the rest of the uk. sarah corker is in downing street for us. no doubt it has been a long night. work from the commission, interest only, is that theresa may be there shortly. there appears to be some cautious of them is from both sides. talks continued into the early hours of the morning. they are trying to find the break through. it comes after several days of negotiations between london, brussels, dublin and belfast. while there is no official confirmation there are positive signals. as you mentioned, the eu commission has mentioned that theresa may

theresa may is in brussels to meet with jean-claude juncker. irish haven't given their approval for the british to move forward with the next stage of negotiations the irish border issue is something that needs to be sorted as well as the all-important divorce bill settlements even if there's progress it sounds like the irish are holding things up. >> let's run things off and take a look at how gold is trading. last time we checked it was lower. gold is, yeah, down just about 6 bucks. trading at 1,276 it's a fairly busy week on wall street for economic data today look at total factory orders the ism services index wednesday adp and third quarter productivity jobless claims on wednesday. the week wraps up with jobs report and consumer sentiment. there are a few earnings sprinkled throughout the week. the list includes autozone, h&r block and lululemon. >> the richmond fed is reportedly expected to select mckenzie executive thomas barkin as its next executive. he serves as mckenzie's chief risk officer he will succeed jeffrey lacquer. he leaked c

jean—claude juncker said that progress has been made but theresa may said differences remained on a couplehat the micro talks could conclude positively. that and gentlemen, the prime minister, myself, we had a friendly and constructive meeting today. it's a lwa ys constructive meeting today. it's always a pleasure to meet by minister theresa may because our relation is one of the most excellent to exist for the european union. but i have to say that she is a tough negotiator. not an easy one. she is defending the point of view of britain with all the energy we now she has. and i'm doing the same on the side of the european union. despite our best efforts, and significant progress, we and our teams have made over the past that days, it was not possible to reach a com plete days, it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. we have now come to an understanding of most issues, we just have some open to discussion. this will require further negotiation and discussion. we will resume the negotiations with the uk in brussels later this week but i have to say that we were narrowing ou

the house yesterday, will be met withjean—claude in the house yesterday, will be met with jean—claude junckerp progress in negotiations on brexit, i think this isa negotiations on brexit, i think this is a good deal and enables us to move is a good deal and enables us to m ove o nto is a good deal and enables us to move onto the next phase of negotiations. i think it is something which should be seen as good for both those who voted leave and those who voted remain. obviously there are colleagues concerned about some of the issues around the processes in the house of commons and looking for reassurance around will withdraw bill and the withdrawal agreement, a how clause nine is going to be used. and of course we have been listening and talking to those colleagues. and on g re nfell tower, talking to those colleagues. and on grenfell tower, a petition of friends, family members and victims of the disaster has been presented at numberten, 16,000 people. would you imagine that consider altering in any way the make—up of the enquiry panel? well this was a terrible tragedy which should never happe

britain's prime minister theresa may will sit down for lunch with the eu commission president jean—claude juncker menu is the rather chewy issue of whether enough progress has been made to start talks on a post—brexit trade deal. a weekend of diplomatic activity has brought the two sides closed brought the two sides closer together on the uk's financial settlement and citizens rights. that comes after last week's offer of more money from downing street , a sum the bbc understands could be as high as $60bn. but when it comes the issue of the land border between the irish republic and northern ireland nobody wants a hard border, and the republic's foreign minister has told the bbc "more credible answers are needed" for talks to move on. that border is politically important. but the two sides‘ economies and citizens also depend on goods flowing freely. in 2015, that trade was worth just over $4bn. but there's financial inter—dependence across europe too. last year, the uk exchanged about $730bn of goods and services with the other 27 eu countries. joining me now from brussels is paul hofheinz, presi