when jean—claude juncker comes to strasberg, he sits here.does best at the european parliament elections. in 2014, that was the centre right ep peak, yorker was their man and that‘s why this is now his chair. —— etp. jean—claude juncker. it was opposed to —— by david cameron. now mps say they would reject anyone who wasn‘t a schpitzen candidat. mps say they would reject anyone who wasn't a schpitzen candidat. we will not accept anyone as lead candidate of the democratic party. and can bring about a majority in the new elected european parliament. the liberals tried to go further this week. a directly elected president rather than someone selected by party bosses like last time. they we re never relate party bosses like last time. they were never relate it by citizens of europe. —— never elected. they were just appointed will stop in this case, we have jean—claude juncker who was appointed by the etp. they we re who was appointed by the etp. they were the biggest party. we would get away from that and people would stop blaming us for democrati

a lot of that was to do with pressure from jean—claude juncker, a former prime minister of luxembourgconomy is essentially an offshoot of the city of london. there are other things happening in european politics. germany does not have a government. germany are not the strongest... is michel barnier and jean—claude juncker keeping their cool, to take your phrase, or are they sabre rattling? are they deliberately so, trying to remind people that time is running out? i think they are saying, what is the truth? the thing that concerns me about this is that is somewhat artistic quality to this british, internal negotiation. it is as if the cabinet can decide what it wants, it will happen. the japanese trade delegation, senior executives who went to downing street this week, and for them to put their head above the parapet, the way japanese businessmen work, to hint that they are unhappy about the way things are going because they produce half the cars that britain makes and half of those get exported to europe, and if it goes through a non—european union arrangement, those are 10% tariffs

michel barnier and jean—claude juncker, i they keeping their cool orare juncker, i they keeping theirberately trying to remind people that time is running out? the japanese trade senior executives who went to downing street this week, for them to put their heads above the parapet the way japanese businessmen work, their heads above the parapet the wayjapanese businessmen work, to interfere unhappy because they produce because that britain makes and half of those get exported to europe and if this goes to a non—european union arrangement, those are a temper sent out at least and some of these points move across the channel three times before the end up in the car and you can see how unbelievably difficult it is. gary younge said the brexiteers i like the dog that chased the car and finally caught it. they don't really know what to do. they cannot drive it. i feel that all this wrangling when you're facing an entity when 27 countries each can veto what ever they come up with. even if german manufacturing wants elizabeth morton leeway, now they can get that. i just don't see this working

jean—claude juncker is only putting up a number of options, the realfight juncker is only putting upht will start now. the fight is between, of course, on the one hand farmers, and on the other hand regions that are a little bit less advantaged compared to the better performing regions. it is about a cohesion policy. and agricultural policy. quite a bit of the burden could fall on some central and eastern european countries. they are already starting to fight heavily. given that will there be cracks in the union about this? the real battle isn't in the document that will be outlined now. but it is being said frequently here by high—level commissioners, it's the idea to make spending conditional on the rule of law. conditional on respecting the rules of the union. and that is, of course, something that's targeted at poland, and perhaps hungary. that debate is toxic. but it's ongoing. we shall see who will prevail in that debate in the end. thanks very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. sky and bt have agreed to pay {11.5 billion to broadcast premier

when jean—claude juncker comes here, he sits here, he got his job through the spitzenkandidat will lead european president to be the person put forward by the political grouping that does best of the european parliament elections. in 2014 and that was the centre—right eep, juncker was their man and this is why this is now his chair. it was opposed at the time by david cameron, who said the choice should belong to leaders alone. no meps say they would reject anyone who was not a spitzenkandidat. the eep group will not accept any candidate for the future commission president who was not presented during the campaign as lead candidate of the democratic party and can bring together a qualified majority of the new elected european parliament. together a qualified majority of the new elected european parliamentm stores visit the liberals tried to go further, a directly elected commission president rather than someone chosen by party bosses like last time —— in strasbourg this week. they were never elected by citizens of europe. they were just appointed, in this case, we have juncker, jean—cla

in response the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker said that since the eu was not at warain after brexit, the security bridge should be maintained. translation: there are commonalities between the eu and the uk and i would like to say that i believe, since we are not at war with the uk, since we would not take revenge on the uk for what the british people has decided, so, this security alliance, the security bridge between the uk and the eu will be maintained. it is still needed. however, you cannot mix up this question with other questions that are important, in the context of brexit. you have to look at them individually and have the answer to each question on merit, but i do not want to mix up security policy considerations with other considerations. earlier, i spoke to our chief international correspondent. i asked her what the eu leaders listening to theresa may's speech would have made of what she had to say. there was lots of discussion behind—the—scenes about what role britain will play after brexit. there are questions being asked by britain's partners, those who

the commission presidentjean—claude juncker said the eu wasn't at war with the uk and didn't want toy bridge would be maintained but you couldn't mix it up with other issues. so it's a pretty familiar message from theresa may. the uk is leaving the european union but that doesn't mean that close cooperation needs to end and it's a blunt message too, saying to europe's leaders, don't let your ideology get in the way of the safety of our citizens. the government hopes today's speech will show it's acting responsibly, not wanting to drag the important issue of security into fraught brexit negotiations. two members of the same family — a 15—year—old boy and a 72—year—old man — were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a train at a level crossing in west sussex the emergency services were called to barns green near horsham, shortly after 8.30 this morning. no—one on the train was hurt. the headlines on bbc news: lizzy yarnold becomes the first british winter athlete to defend an olympic title after winning gold in the women's skeleton — laura deas took bronze. ukip pa

the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker, agreed that a post—brexit security allianceit should be negotiated separately from other issues, such as trade. our political correspondent vicki young reports from munich. in defence and security the uk is a significant player. the prime minister hopes that will get her a special deal. she arrived in munich keen to lay out britain's contribution. generous spending on defence and expertise it wants to share even after brexit. theresa may urged the eu to take a practical approach. this cannot be a time when any of us allow competition between partners, rigid institutional restrictions or deep—seated ideology to inhibit our cooperation and jeopardise the security of our citizens. she's calling for a new security treaty so that the close partnership can continue. failure to agree one would have damaging consequences, she said. we must do whatever is most practical and pragmatic in ensuring our collective security. those who threaten our security would like nothing more than to see us fractured. some listening to this were left bew

the commission presidentjean—claude juncker said the eu wasn't at war with the uk and didn't want toou couldn't mix it up with other issues. so it's a pretty familiar message from theresa may. the uk is leaving the european union but that doesn't mean that close cooperation needs to end and it's a blunt message too, saying to europe's leaders, don't let your ideology get in the way of the safety of our citizens. the government hopes today's speech will show it's acting responsibly, not wanting to drag the important issue of security into fraught brexit negotiations. how much doubt is there really over cooperation regarding security?” don't think there is a lot of doubt when it comes to these crucial issues. in recent years, with those devastating attacks by extremist groups, including so—called islamic state, we have seen that there has been an urgent need for intelligence cooperation, data—sharing, countries to talk to each other about these shared threats. that is why when you have this unprecedented announcement ina public have this unprecedented announcement in a public meeting b

the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker said in september, "europe must always defendic interests" such as technology, defence and infrastructure. one of the biggest deals to spark concern was the 2016 purchase of kuka, germany's largest maker of industrial robotics, by china's midea for $5.5 billion. and there is particular concern about companies linked to foreign governments. as china looks increasingly overseas at technology and manufacturing interests, its investors spent a record $15 billion on eu purchases in 2016. that's almost double the previous year. just yesterday, germany's financial regulator said it would look into the $9 billion investment in the car—maker daimler, which owns mercedes, by china's geely, which hopes to access damiler‘s technology. with me is miriam gonzalez, an expert on european trade law at dechert llp. thank you forjoining us. sally running through the details on what strikes me about this is about trying to decide which investments are welcomed and which are not and thatis are welcomed and which are not and that is the difficult thin

jean—claude juncker then went on jean—claudejuncker then went on to say, to unveil plans about reformingotentially a bigger budget and is directly elected president. so some would say he went on to make borisjohnson‘s point, because that does sound like something on the road to a eu superstate. in terms of how the speech has gone down here, people in these offices here were listening and they will read later this afternoon. but the fact is, it does not make a huge difference to the negotiations at the moment. they are waiting for a formal british position on the attitude to their future relationship with the eu after brexit and that will come from the prime minister and not boris johnson. thank you. the actor minnie driver has resigned as an ambassador for oxfam, saying she's horrified by the sex scandal claims at the charity. it comes as oxfam's regional director in asia has told the bbc she is aware of past abuse cases involving the charity's workers in the philippines, bangladesh and nepal. matt cole reports. what happens in haiti? that is the focus of the charity commission enquiry w

president of the european commission jean—claude juncker said in september "europe must always defendegic interests" such as technology, defence and infrastructure. one of the biggest deals to spark concerns was the 2016 purchase of kuka — germany's largest maker of industrial robotics — by china's midea for 5.5 billion dollars. and there is particular concern about companies linked to foreign governments. as china looks increasingly overseas at technology and manufacturing interests, its investors spent a record 43 billion on eu purchases in 2016. that's almost double the previous year. just yesterday germany's financial regulator said it would look into the $9 billion worth of shares bought in the car—maker daimler — which owns mercedes — by china's geely. with me is bronwyn curtis, chair of the society of business economists. afamiliar a familiarface. a familiar face. good to see you again. give as your take on the situation. of course, china has been looking for years at good assets in europe. and of course we welcome peak investment but to a degree, whether we draw the line? ther

the irony is the reasonjean—claude juncker was doing a press conference was to unveil his plans for aps on the road to an eu superstate and actually he was making the point for borisjohnson. people actually he was making the point for boris johnson. people around actually he was making the point for borisjohnson. people around here we re borisjohnson. people around here were listening to the speech by borisjohnson were listening to the speech by boris johnson and borisjohnson and adjusting at this afternoon and they find it interesting as an insight into the discussions going on in the british government at the moment but what they really are waiting for is a speech or document from the prime minister laying out of formal proposals for what the u can expect from the uk when it comes to the future relationship. well we go straight to stormont and sinn fein. we have been for the past few weeks, we have stretched ourselves, we have been involved in detailed and meaningful conversations in terms of trying to move things forward. we did and had an accommodation with the dup in terms of all

the metro, jean—claude juncker againstjohnson. sounds like a tennis match at wimbledon.g match. more like boxing. boris johnson might have hoped the speech he made today would have made a bigger splash on the front pages. it was very widely trailed so it's been covered all the day—to—day. in a nutshell, this was borisjohnson making a positive liberal outraging speech about brexit. at the same time accusing junker of wanting to set upa time accusing junker of wanting to set up a european superstate. he said that's not the case. —— juncker. it sounded like a replay of the referendum campaign, lots of stuff about taking back control. the old hoary cliche about the superstate which, as you say, juncker dismissed as total nonsense. there was a very nice cartoon in the london evening standard of boris presenting himself with a bouquet of roses, which spelt out the word me. it's all about him. everything boris does is not about brexit or the greater good, in my opinion, of the country. it's about him and his ambition. i don't like him. the florida shooting we've been reporting

end she was asked if britain could roll back its decision to leave the eu, but you saw whatjean—claude junckery respectful towards britain's prime minister but again, saying matter—of—factly that the issues were not just about security, the issues of brexit were quite different and he did not want to take revenge, but that was not the main issue on the agenda. there is no doubt that there is recognition of the role britain plays in intelligence sharing, in meeting common threats. we saw that yesterday when the heads of the three intelligence agencies, mi6 and the intelligence agencies of france and germany said they must continue the security and intelligence cooperation because it matters too much to be caught up in ideological or political considerations. it is curious for theresa may to be in munich lecturing the eu on this, you know, don't put ideology in front of security when it was amber rudd, her own home secretary, last year, who was warning the eu that we could take our information with us if we left the bloc without a deal on security matters. this is a very well—informed, shrewd an

how do you feel, then, whenjean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, says quiten it comes to the balkans, serbia and montenegro are at the front of the queue for eu membership. they would like to see them inside the club by 2025 and he gives no indication at all that there is a target date for kosovo. many people believe it is impossible to imagine kosovo inside the eu. many people believe it is impossible to imagine kosovo inside the sum russia, they do not even showing our flag because they do not recognise us. flag because they do not recognise us. but their problem is your problem, that is my point. yes, and i had congratulations from them on oui’ i had congratulations from them on our tenth anniversary of independence. we exist, we are a member of the family. we have to find a solution to be recognised and with serbia. that is something that has to happen. you have led me to my next question. the key to normalisation of your statehood and your future. that is, normalisation of your statehood and yourfuture. that is, the relationship with serbia. how are you

in a press conference following the speech, european commission president jen—claude juncker was askeder—state'. some in the british political society are against the truth, pretending that i am a stupid, stubborn federalist. that i am in favour of a european superstate. i'm strictly against a european superstate. we're not the united states of america. we are the european union. which is a rich body because we have these 27, 28 nations. the european union cannot be built against european nations. so this is total nonsense. i'm joined now from brussels by the economist's europe correspondent tom nuttall and from westminster by our chief political correspondent vicki young. let me start with westminster, the uk position on brexit, is it any clearer after the landmark speech by borisjohnson? clearer after the landmark speech by boris johnson? he did speak about the transitional implementation period, the time after we leave at the end of march next year when subject to negotiation there will be a period of time where nothing much changes. and he clarified his position on that saying alth

the president of the commission, jean—claude juncker, said to president of the commission, jean—claudejuncker until he has seen the detail of what the uk has agreed. in brussels, a busy day of summits, a crush of presidents and prime ministers in town. an unusual sight, the eu's top leaders walking from one meeting . the next, but no uk one meeting to the next, but no uk leader. the day after theresa may and her cabinet thrashed out that approach to future ties, the eu leaders are still waiting to hear what the uk wants. but with this warning... it is not possible to be aligned to the european union when it suits and not when it doesn't, thatis it suits and not when it doesn't, that is not possible. so i think the united kingdom really needs to square that circle and it doesn't appear to me that circle has yet been squared but hopefully when the prime minister speaks next - the prime minister speaks next week the united kingdom will be more clear! what it wants in terms of the about what it wants in terms of the new relationship, and will back that with real detail. at today's up with real de

the commission presidentjean—claude juncker said the eu wasn't at war with the uk and didn't want toge would be maintained but you couldn't mix it up with other issues. so it's a pretty familiar message from theresa may. the uk is leaving the european union but that doesn't mean that close cooperation needs to end and it's a blunt message too, saying to europe's leaders, don't let your ideology get in the way of the safety of our citizens. the government hopes today's speech will show it's acting responsibly, not wanting to drag the important issue of security into fraught brexit negotiations. president trump has met survivors of wednesday's high school shooting in florida, in which 17 people died. it comes as pressure mounts on the fbi over the agency's failure to act on a tip—off that nikolas cruz, the suspected gunman, might carry out an attack. aleem maqbool reports. some survivors of the school attack are still being treated in hospital. as he promised, the president visited here, albeit very briefly. reporter: did you see some victims, mr president? yes, i did, i did indeed and

i am grateful forjean—claude juncker for allowing this to be transparent. not be totally customary, but it is a commission document that may now be discussed by the states. yes, thank you. up here, mr barnier. you talked very clearly about northern ireland, the border issues, and those needing to be addressed and i'd be curious three —— unambiguously, is there a link between making progress in ireland, and being able to reach agreement on the terms of the transition before march? and secondly, pu has —— deq has made very clear to british companies, that they are right —— their rights will end at a certain point, that many would have two moved to enjoy those rights continuing afterwards. why is it that it continuing afterwards. why is it thatitis continuing afterwards. why is it that it is wrong for the uk to say to individuals who moved to the uk during the transition that their eu rights might not definitely continue after the transition ends? translation: but not indefinitely. we are talking about people who arrive during the transition period. ata time a

she said she would make her views crystal clear to michel barnier and jean—claude juncker.phage, it's getting very late in the day for phage. 0rfour eu countries to getting very late in the day for phage. 0r four eu countries to tone down the stance of the european commission, in other words for the heads of government to take some of the edges of this package. but let's go back to the commons now because emily thornberry is asking that urgent question on the eu's proposals. consistent in its commitments to northern ireland as the united kingdom leaves the european union. first, we will never accept any solutions that threaten the economic or constitutional integrity of the united kingdom. second, we will not accept a hard border between northern ireland and ireland which will reserves the considerable progress of the political process over the recent decades. that is consistent with the prime minister's article 50 letter through to our paper published last summer and the prime minister's florence speech at last autumn. most recently, the government enshrined both of these

john claude juncker saying some in the british political society are against the truth.lo is with newsreel work. it's hard to pick out of work, they're not getting a lot of airtime arrest time, and i watched a plethora of them yesterday afternoon to boris johnson. do you think he did a good job in terms of reaching across the divide to talk to the 48%? brexit is a very emotive issue on both sides. there's an overwhelming by ants -- bias in the media and remainders against brexit. it's a difficult argument to make. it is difficult. something's go to that is factual, the value of the pound. there is ak you said chart you want me to use. it is the bank of england chart, historical valuation of the pound. let's have a look at it and talk me in the viewers through why you believe there is an asymmetry. if you take that all the way back we can perhaps get a longer-term chart. there is still a lot of a symmetric upside risk in starting, which is complicated way of saying there's more bad news than good news. in 2016, this is the latest annual data we have. in 2016 after the ref

the point thatjean—claude juncker is making us why do we want a country like that as member of the europeand become part of the european family. their chances or have they improved or not with britain leaving the european union? is there a desire of things they have to do to get their governments in order? is there more ofa governments in order? is there more of a desire from the european commission to have new members? they would say they are already solving the european problems. i have been on the border between greece and macedonia years ago when migrants we re macedonia years ago when migrants were flowing through the western balkans into europe. you want us to be part of the solution to the migrant issue but you don‘t want us to be part of the european union. they would say they are an integral pa rt they would say they are an integral part of the security solution within the european union and that is why they should be fast tracked. and taking the consequences of the position they are in. this is my favourite story of the day. usain bolt who has always harboured an ambition to be a

these links to russia are what hangs over this presidency. jean—claude juncker saying that don't believetty and charlie stayt. coming up before nine, nick will have the weather. mike will have the sport. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president moonjae—in to visit him at the earliest date possible. the unprecidented invitation was given in the form of a handwritten letter by the sister of the north korean leader. it comes after the two sides shared a historic handshake at the opening ceremony of the winter olympics in pyeongchang. it's been seen as a direct challenge to the trump administration, which had urged caution rather than engagement with the north. the government has condemned the "appalling abuse of vulnerable people in haiti" and says oxfam has serious questions to answer over claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff. oxfam insists it publicised the action it took against the aid workers involved, some of whom were fired. however, the times is reporting several w

the commission presidentjean—claude juncker said the eu wasn't at war with the uk and didn't want tox it up with other issues. maintained but you couldn't mix it so it's a pretty familiar message from theresa may. the uk is leaving the european union but that doesn't mean that close cooperation needs to end and it's a blunt message too, saying to europe's leaders, don't let your ideology get in the way of the safety of our citizens. the government hopes today's speech will show it's acting responsibly, not wanting to drag the important issue of security into fraught brexit negotiations. issue of security into fraught downing street has left germany pretty encouraged by the warm words from angela merkel, the german leader, yesterday, and then the warm reception to the speech today. they feel that it shows the prime minister really seizing the initiative. now of course there is no guarantee the eu will accept what she wants on security and some will look further ahead into next week, where may be an even bigger challenge has theresa may gets her senior cabinet members around her and th

british counterparts are trying to turn the commitments made between the prime minister and jean—claude junckert, the tried to turn that into the actual text of a treaty, the withdrawal agreement, the actual brexit treaty. they need to make that legally watertight and sound like a treaty should. they are discussing on how to turn this pledge on avoiding a ha rd to turn this pledge on avoiding a hard border on another island, into legal language. at the moment, they are going to proceed on the basis that they are going to go for the uk's third favourite option which is continued regulatory alignment with the single market and the customs union, which to some people that like staying in the single market and the customs union, which the uk does not want. however, having said that, the uk is then going to present its other two options, coming up with a really good negotiation, coming up with specific solutions for the borders which means that they don't need border checks. 0fficially, they don't need border checks. officially, the text that they are going to discuss now is going to be the uk's thi

remind you that we need to be back here at 10:30am sharp to continue the discussion with jean—claude juncker and other speakers. that question and answer session has just taken place after the prime minister's speech. we can speak more on this. good morning, catherine. what is the gist of the speech? this is theresa may's comfort zone. she is used to talking about security and home affairs issues. the message she really wa nts affairs issues. the message she really wants to get across is really the main point that they want to establish a treaty that will replace the current policy the uk is part of under the eu framework. in an ideal world it will be the same as it is now? yes, the emphasis is on the status quo. cooperation, political will and ideology. the political will and ideology. the political will and ideology. the political will and ideology, she does not want us will and ideology, she does not want us to get bogged down as we move into phase two of negotiations. she wa nts to into phase two of negotiations. she wants to emphasise cooperation and that word is important because it we

interestingly, we have been hearing from jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, and this was his response. boris johnson, foreign secretary and this was his response. borisjohnson, foreign secretary of the country not very far across the channel, he said this morning that you are building a european superstate and that is why the people of britain voted to leave. what you say to that? i gave an answer to this. some in the british political society are against the truth, pretending that i am stupid, and stubborn. but i am in favour of the european super street, i'm strictly against the european superstate. we are not the united states of america. we are the european union. which is a rich body because we have these 27, 28 nations. the european union cannot be built against european nations. so this is total nonsense. so, how did borisjohnson's speech going down? i enjoyed by nigel eva ns. going down? i enjoyed by nigel evans. did you like what you heard and you think your appeal to remain as is likely to succeed? a lot of people who i know who voted remainders wa

some other ideas, and there are intruding —— some intriguing technical battles going on, jean—claude junckergoing on, jean—claudejuncker made a big play of his idea of combining the role of the european commission president and the european council president. that is not going to be discussed here today, because most of the leaders think it's a terrible idea. so it might sound quite geeky and technical but it's an interesting little battle going on behind the scenes. in terms of brexit, that's what we really want to hear about, let's be honest, there is a tiny mention of it in the agenda today, donald tusk is going to update some of the other leaders on the process they were going to follow to construct their blueprint for the phase two of the brexit talks, which will be about the shape of the future relationship with the uk. that is starting now and that will be what happens here in the next few weeks. it will culminate, the next time these leaders meet on the next time these leaders meet on the 22nd and 23rd of march, when they will adopt their big policy for what they want to see as a fut

is calling the shots, and as long as we are tied to the eu with people like barnier and jean—claude junckeroff their debts. can i ask a question... unelected, unaccountable, as mrs thatjust said, and they are corrupt, and we should be out about. i wouldn'tjoin a firm but couldn't bother... can i ask you what you think is the biggest change for women that you have seen in your lifetime? what did she say... the biggest change for women you have seen in your lifetime. what has changed? for women. they have moved a bit closer to the glass ceiling. but it is a battle, and a woman has do be twice as good to be equal to a man, but we have seen a lot of changes. having said that, we are a very small country, and the rest of the world is lagging behind, where women are treated like cattle, like slaves. go to asia, anywhere in asia, and the middle east, where women are treated like commodities, bought and sold in which you know? how do we... the world has not advanced that much. it isa world has not advanced that much. it is a man's well, look what they have done with it. how do we break the glass ce

british counterparts are trying to turn the commitments made between the prime minister and jean—claude junckerg to turn that into an actual text of a treaty, the withdrawal agreement, the actual brexit treaty. they've got to make it legally watertight and sounds like a treaty should. they are discussing how to turn those pledges on avoiding a hard border in northern ireland into legal language. michel barnier says at the moment they will proceed on the basis they will go for the uk's third favourite option, which is continued regulatory alignment with the single market and customs union, which to some people sounds like staying in the single market and the customs union, which the uk doesn't want. having said that, the uk is now going to present its other two options. coming up with a really good future relationship that means this won't be a problem, coming up with specific solutions to the border which means you don't need border which means you don't need border checks. oxfam is newspaper reports here in the uk are alleging that aid workers for one of the country's biggest charities, oxfam,

meanwhile, european commission presidentjean—claude juncker has been delivering a speech titled europe soon as we finished speaking i will go back and keep a year out. it is billed as and keep a year out. it is billed as a big brexit speech but with presidentjuncker you never know. in terms of what is happening in chequers today, this is about the uk government and the senior figures, the cabinet, getting around the table and agreeing a position about what they want the shape of the future relationship to look like. the reason they are doing that now is because at the end of march leaders of the remaining 27 eu countries will have a summit where they will adopt some guidelines for they will adopt some guidelines for the next age brexit talks, phase two, which is all about deciding the shape of the future relationship. the uk once an opening offers and to have influence on that discussion amongst the eu leaders so that talks about face two can get off on a good foot. here in brussels they love along meeting but what they love even more is details from the uk government about what they w

what do you do about hiring a replacement for the president of the european commission, jean—claude junckerbrexit happens next year, coincidentally. the real big one, how do you fill the brexit sized hole that will appear in the multi—annual budget of the eu from 2021 onwards, they reckon it is £13 billion and there will be months and months of arguments about that, do you raise new money? find new ways? ask countries that pay into the budget to pay more? they are not happy about that. ask countries who receive money from the budget to receive money from the budget to receive less, they are not happy about that. there will be a brief update from the president of the european council, donald tusk, who chairs these meetings, about the next thinking about the next phase, which will be about trade and the future relationship, which will not really get started until the next time these guys meet, which will be the end of next month. mps will debate a bill later which would introduce a national "opt—out" system for organ donation in england. a private member's bill presented by labour mp geoffrey

another interesting debate going, the process by which they will reappoint a successor to jean—claude junckerions of how that should work, how much a say a eu leader should have, how much is the eu —— european parliament should have. we will talk to later. thank you very much. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... warnings that the extensive abuse of vulnerable women across the uk is still going unrecognised, and needs to be urgently addressed — the findings of operation sanctuary in newcastle. new research suggests errors with drugs across the nhs in england could be linked to up to 22,000 deaths. theresa may his shows she will make a speech on the future relationship with the eu in a week's time. and in sport... team gb‘s women's curlers are beaten convincingly by sweden in the semi finals at the winter olympics. great britain will face japan in tomorrow's bronze medal match. there's been a first gold of the games for an olympic athlete from russia. it came in the women's singles figure skating with 15—year—old alina zagitova. she beat her team—mate and favourite yevgen