interestingly, what we know was said was thatjean—claude juncker said to borisjohnson was thatjean—claudeker said to borisjohnson that he was going to exchange his mobile phone number with him so he would be available at any point that mrjohnson wanted to call to discuss any ideas to get an agreement. but mrjuncker said those had to be in line with the current withdrawal agreement, and i think that's because the current eu is conscious and aware when it hears mr johnson say that you might be inflexible and not willing to compromise. the eu view is that mr johnson might be painting himself into a corner, repeating mistakes made by theresa may and into a tight corner with his red lines, and these are uk choices is the eu's view, the uk choices for brexit. mrjohnson's repeated today the hardest form of exit, outside the customs union and single market, and those that cause theissue single market, and those that cause the issue to keep the irish border open. the eu's position is that the agreement in place, the backstop, is there to solve those issues so hearing mrjohnson say an agreement is

and borisjohnson, between jean—claude juncker and boris johnson, and between jean—claude juncker ande see that mr yoko said he listened to what prime ministerjohnson had to say, he reiterated the eu's position that the current withdrawal agreement is the current withdrawal agreement is the best and only agreement possible, that they could talk and change things in the declaration about future relationships, but the eu would listen to any ideas put forward by the uk, provided they are compatible with the withdrawal agreement as it stands, and that is the crucial thing, that's what michel barnier himself in a private note also today, also after hearing borisjohnson note also today, also after hearing boris johnson speak to note also today, also after hearing borisjohnson speak to parliament, has said, which is that it is unacceptable has said, which is that it is u na cce pta ble to has said, which is that it is unacceptable to the eu to have a withdrawal agreement that does not address the irish border, and it is also interestingly what the irish prime minister has been saying, he is

in a phone call with boris johnson, with jean-claude juncker singh de use position on the withdrawale best and only way possible. this is the last day parliament will sit before breaking for the summer, but the challenges are immense, negotiate a new brexit deal in 90 days, a deal that e.u. says cannot be renegotiated , and fix a multitude of problems facing britain with health care, education, insecurity, all with a parliamentary majority of just three. many say the country could be heading for a general election. >> i think boris johnson if he sees he will lose a vote of no-confidence in the house of commons, i think he would rather call the election than wait for his government to fall in the election to follow. he would rather stay on the front foot. i think the whole of britain ought to be on the alert for an early snap, general election, cold perhaps at the beginning of september. that might happen. >> this is a prime minister with a deadline like no other, facing unprecedented opposition, hoping his optimism is infectious. soaring temperatures have broken records across europe

in that context, the outcome of the call between jean-claude juncker does not change the landscape. shery: to that point -- amber: to that point, there was a chart shown earlier of the euro basically unchanged after all of those comments from draghi. no reaction in the currency. the equity markets are selling off and no big moves in the bond market. is that the markets telling us they are skeptical that mario draghi will be able to do anything to overcome some of those massive issues that you just talked about? i wouldn't say so. i think president draghi fine-tunes the message, but they were already there in mid june. this is a reaffirmation of the ecb stands. it is a more collective view then central. mariol was basically draghi alone speaking. now he speaks on behalf of his government counsel. so it is not a change of direction, and i get this is why the market reaction is much less than it was at the time of the speech. do get that move for the ecb, what does that mean for the banking sector, which has been under pressure, as you can see from the gtb chart on the bloomberg. stead

jean—claude juncker, the outgoing president of the eu, said that although the eu is prepared to add somehe put it, to the non— legally binding part of the agreement, it has to be compatible with the agreement signed off and agreed to and rejected it three times by parliament. we are basically at the same impasse we we re basically at the same impasse we were in march and maybe even earlier than that and borisjohnson still has an extremely difficult task ahead of him trying to get the eu to shift its position and extremely difficult task to get anything that resembles this withdrawal agreement for parliament. they say we are happy to clarify, how much more clarity do we need! boris johnson seems to have two options. it could have tried to tweak it and gone on withjean—claude have tried to tweak it and gone on with jean—claude juncker's language. but it is like putting lipstick on a pit} but it is like putting lipstick on a pig. he has gone with a different approach, saying that withdrawal has to be torn up and the backstop has to be torn up and the backstop has to go and the buck stops wi

but the european commission presidentjean claude juncker is understood to have told the prime ministerall today, that the current withdrawal deal was the best and only agreement possible. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels and he explained what was discussed in that phone call. what we know was said was mrjuncker said he would exchange phone numbers with boris johnson said he would exchange phone numbers with borisjohnson so he would be available at any point borisjohnson wa nts to available at any point borisjohnson wants to call to discuss any ideas to getan wants to call to discuss any ideas to get an agreement. mrjuncker said those had to be in line with the current withdrawal agreement bill stuff the eu is very conscious and may not be willing to compromise. mr johnson may painting himself into a corner, repeating mistakes made by theresa may. the uk's choice, mr johnson's repeated today the backstop and the single market are the main issues. the agreement in place, the backstop, are there to solve those issues, hearing mr johnson say the agreement was only

jean-claude juncker says the current deal is the best and only deal possible.rancine: welcome to "bloomberg: surveillance." these are your markets. a lot of focus is on the corporate news and a lot of the focus on the data we have from the u.s.. european stocks are pretty much unchanged. technology stocks are better than expected. but some of them are still disappointed. if you look at it, a lot of it is stock by stock. euro-dollar at 1.1134. and then you can see the pound at 1.2428 after jean-claude said no. coming up, right here, we hear from the renault chief executive. that interview in around 15 minutes from now, plus, we speak to the u.s. secretary of state, and later on, to the starbucks chief executive. all of that coming up and much more. let's get straight to first word news in london. governments need to pitch in with fiscal measures if conditions in europe keep deteriorating. that is according to mario draghi. he signals more monetary support in september but's comments suggest the central bank is getting close to the limits of its power. >> the out

chief john claude juncker has already told johnson that the deal cannot be changed . this is not. spain's parliament has rejected pedro sanchez his bid to become foreign as prime minister he lost a vote of.

we just heard from jean-claude juncker who hopes that is the case.usly, rejection of the entire package could lead to an institutional crisis in europe. political convention will tell you leaders would not put this to a vote if they were not sure that it would be cleared in a parliamentary vote. the moment, we are seeing donald tusk speak, saying lagarde will be perfect for the ecb president job. earlier, jean-claude juncker says he things parliament will vote for the eu job package. tell us about the procedural steps going forward. it is interesting that donald tusk said christine lagarde is a great fit for the european central bank's. prior to going into the summit, many argued the next head of the european central bank had to be a real central bank governor, someone who had served in a national central bank, had experience with central monetary policy. lagarde has a very long career in international politics, almost a crisis integer, but there is no central bank experience. many will also tell you this is a central bank that could become more poli

she was a last-minute candidate to ask -- to proceed jean claude juncker.ston post that former south carolina governor mark sanford is considering a primary challenge to president trump. he told the newspaper that he will decide whether to run over the next month. governorved as the from 2003-2011. he was elected to congress in 2013, but lost to republican primary in 2018, after the president endorsed his opponent. senators today have been sharply questioning facebook's plan to create its own digital money. at a hearing today before the senate banking committee, lawmakers blasted the social media site for

since then, mrjohnson has spoken to president of the european commission jean—claude juncker over theeaffirmed its position that the withdrawal agreement is to stay as it is and as the guardian's brussels correspondent points out, @jennifermerode "the sting in the tail: juncker remains available should the uk wish to hold talks "and clarify its position in more detail". adamant that what the deal is is what it is. my clarification for the uk we heard from theresa may as well. back in april, when the uk got 6 month extension to brexit, the president of the european council donald tusk said, "please don't waste this time." goodness knows what he would have made of this discussion in the house of commons today. there are of course greek antecedents of the word archaic, a concept and fact with which the leader himself will be closer to my closely familiar but i will say without fear of contradiction that the word archaic aspell now —— as spelled now originated in the 19th century and in france. that wasjohn bercow, the speaker, schooling one of mrjohnson's key cabinet appointments jacob r

she will succeed jean-claude juncker after being voted in by a very narrow margin of just nine votes.he will be the first woman to serve as commission president. she has promised a unified and a strong europe saying she will work pragmatically to get things done. >> i feel so honored and i am overwhelmed and i thank you for the trust you placed in may. if the trust you placed in me is confidence you place in europe. your confidence in a united and strong europe from east to west, from south to north. your confidence in a europe that is ready to fight for the future rather than fighting against each other. your confidence in a europe that will take the challenges of our times together. the task ahead of us humbles me. it is a big responsibility and my work starts now. i think the president and all of the group leaders. i think all of the members of parliament who decided to vote for me today. my message to all of you is, let us work together constructively because the endeavor is a united strong europe. [applause] brent: over brussels bureau chief spoke to the president-elect of the eu

they are divided over who should succeed jean-claude juncker. has theimmerman backing.y are needing to reach a consensus. the french president has criticized the delay and saying it had a bad look. >> i believe in the long term we ofl see all the consequences such a failure and our credibility will be damaged. >> we have more from brussels. >> despite the failure again over what was one of the longest summits ever, some leaders are saying there was progress. people like this low back prime minister. the prime of mr.: says there was no movement because the previous favorite for head of the commission is unacceptable to countries like poland and hungary and the czech republic to my countries he has harshly criticized recently over their record on the rule of law. center-right party has tried to push back in suggest some of its possible candidates for that top job area there was no movement and so as the leaders get ready to reconvene on tuesday, it is not clear how far they will get. they have scheduled a working dinner. they are desperate to seem to work together but at

chief john claude juncker has already told johnson that the deal cannot be changed and this is now. the u.s. government says it will resume executing death row inmates for the 1st time since 2003.

minister willense replace jean-claude juncker when he stepped down in october, becoming the first womanld the post. war from the european parliament in strasbourg. >> approval for the european parliament in a tight vote means ursula becomes the first woman to hold the top job. as commission president, she will set the policy agenda for the next five years. >> i feel so honored, and i am overwhelmed, and thank you for the trust you place in me. is trust you placed in me confidence you placed in europe. your confidence in a united and to west,rope from east from south to north. >> as a german, woman, and a close ally of angela merkel, von der leyen will be seen as an extension of the chancellor's dominant role in european politics. like merkel, she is a political conservative and a passionate supporter of european integration. >> [speaking french] >> but big spending promises to sway doubting mep's are a departure and may be hard to fulfill. mrs. von der leyen is indebted for their support to opposing quarters from the socialists, to the nationalists, which means someone will have to be d

calling it unacceptable, and he appealed to brussels to reopen negotiations, but eu chief jean-claude juncker has already told johnson the current deal cannot be changed, or does that even matter? johnson has read it clear he is not afraid of a no deal brexit. >> a forthright boris johnson making his first address to parliament as prime minister. he repeated his promise to execute brexit by october 31 under any circumstances. >> i would prefer us to leave the eu with a deal. i would much prefer it. i believe that it is possible even at this late stage, and i will work flat out to make it happen. but certain things need to be clear -- the withdrawal agreement negotiated by my predecessor has been three times rejected by this house. its terms are unacceptable to this parliament and to this country. >> the european union, he says, should rethink its refusal to renegotiate. >> to us, we must turbocharge. if they do not, we will, of course, have to leave the u.k. without an agreement under article 50. the u.k. is better prepared for that situation than many believe. >> the opposition says johnson

she'll take over the role from current presidentjean—claude juncker on november i. for firm i stand ready forfirm extension i stand ready for firm extension of the withdrawal date, should more time be required for a good reason. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for alleged spying, has been moved to a psychiatric ward, according to her husband. richard ratcliffe says military personnel are preventing family visits. it comes after mrs zaghari—ratcliffe went on hunger strike for 15 days last month in protest at her detention. both she and the british government deny the spying charges. jeremy corbyn has been accused of "failing the test of leadership" over his handling of complaints about anti—semitism in the party. more than 60 labour peers have taken out an advert in today's guardian newspaper, saying the party leader has not defended the party's "anti—racist values". the labour party says it is taking decisive action against anti—semitism. the father of a 17—year—old who was stabbed says he will never give up fighting forjustice af

they picked the german defense minister to replace jean-claude juncker. from thee taking over alto spirit spans foreign minister has been nominated to be the e.u.'s top diplomat. he would be high representative for foreign affairs. ims chief christine lagarde -- imf chief christine lagarde has been nominated. they all need to be endorsed by the european parliament. mehdi barber reports from brussels. >> after days of wrangling, it is a close ally of angela merkel who has been on for what -- who has received the nod. a self-proclaimed federalist is the nomination for the post of european commission president. oneven if germany abstains the commission president due to some issues and the government angelaon, personally, merkel supported the whole package. first and foremost, we have chosen two women and two men for the four key positions. a perfect gender balance. i am really happy about it. after all, europe is a woman. >> the belgian prime minister is nominated to be the next head of the council. spain's foreign minister as the policy chief. christine lag

the german defence minister, ursula von de leyen has been nominated to replace jean—claude juncker asst woman to take on the role. belgian prime minister charles michel has been recommended to replace european council president donald tusk. let's cross live to strasbourg and our correspondent adam fleming. bring us up today as to where we are with these top european post? there is an appointment process happening right now in the european parliament in strasbourg. meps are electing a new president of the european parliament for two and a half years. they are called a president but they are more like a chairperson or a speaker. they have had the first round of voting and it could be up to three more rounds today. but we should get a name by the end of today. then at lunchtime we are expecting a visit from ursula von de leyen, the german defence minister, who has been nominated to take over from jean—claude juncker who is the president of the european commission. the reason she is coming here to strasbourg is because she can only take up the job if a majority of meps support her in a vo

when she takes over from jean—claude juncker in november, she says she wants to "build a more united on myanmar‘s military commander and other military leaders for alleged human rights abuses against the rohingya muslims. secretary of state mike pompeo said the burmese government had taken no action to hold to account those responsible for rights violations. hundreds of thousands of rohingya fled to neighbouring bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown nearly a year ago. wednesday marks five years since malaysian airlines flight mhi7 was shot down with a missile over ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. the dutch—led team investigating the downing have since charged three russians and a ukrainian with shooting down the plane with a court date has been set for march next year. russia has denied any involvement. spanish police have arrested a man at barcelona airport who had half a kilo of cocaine under his wig. customs officers cottoned on after noticing the colombian was wearing a rather large hairpiece under his hat. you can see it right now on our screens. you can see it r

chief john claude juncker has already told johnson that the deal cannot be changed and this is now. the u.s. government says it will resume executing death row inmates for the 1st time since 2003.

the main bone of contention as it should be the successor to the european union president, jean—claude juncker with fatigue and frustration setting in for eu leaders as they struggle to decide on europe‘s top jobs. for eu leaders as they struggle to decide on europe‘s topjobs. three days for negotiations, still no white smoke. this has become a well worn red carpet over the past for days the leaders have spent 17 hours inside this building, arguing, negotiating for who they want, the manor woman who will help shape the eu for the next five years. they have been struck. unlike brexit, we re have been struck. unlike brexit, were resort the unity of 27, suddenly, that unity is dissipating. i believe it is day three, and what is clear is that the approach taken so far is not producing the results. we are to work very hard today in order to find the best person for the jobjobs. have you been ignored in the process? we will see. what is happening here is a political power struggle. leaders need to agree on five posts, he replaces young cult younger as head of the european commission, the next presid

eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean—claude juncker, ignoring the parliament's own candidateng reports from strasbourg. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message was on the front and that's what everybody saw on their tv cameras when they were looking at the opening of parliament, "stop brexit. " the time for stunts is over and now it's time for meps to get to work — their firstjob is electing a president for the parliament. in brussels, exhausted national leaders ended three days of talks about the top jobs and the other bits of the eu. they suggested the german defence minister ursula von der leyen to run the european commission, which monitors

divided over who should get the eu's top jobs, including a new commission president to replace jean—claude junckeroined with some eastern european countries in blocking the appointment of mrjuncker‘s deputy, frans timmermans. japan has resumed commercial whaling for the first time in decades, after officially withdrawing on sunday from the international whaling commission. five whaling vessels sailed from the northern port of kushiro. japan plans to hunt more than 200 of the creatures between now and late december. 10 people have been killed after a plane crashed into a hangar at an airfield in texas. eyewitnesses said the aircraft took off and suffered an engine failure before crashing at the airfield in addison. officials said the plane was privately owned. it's the start of wimbledon on monday — the world's most prestigious tennis tournament. will novak djokivic and angelique kerber triumph again or will serena williams write herself into the record books by equalling the number of grand slam titles won by a tennis player? with me is henry bonsu, the broadcaster and commentator on international

jean—claude juncker said he hoped to work as constructively as possible with borisjohnson. times of them and us, emmanuel macron of france reminded the new prime minister that eu—uk relations stretch far beyond brexit. that whatever happens with brexit when it comes, for example, with iran or russian sentence, the eu still says uk is russian sentence, the eu still says ukisa russian sentence, the eu still says uk is a very close ally only well says. that said, those warm and welcoming words, which essentially up welcoming words, which essentially up like diplomacy, of course, should be misconstrued as the eu taking a just because we are getting a new prime minister. on the one hand, borisjohnson is prime minister. on the one hand, boris johnson is right, prime minister. on the one hand, borisjohnson is right, the eu does have more flexibility over the brexit deal than it has wanted really to let on until now. but on the other hand, he is probably wrong if he thinks that the threat of a no—deal brexit, however credible, and however much we know that eu leaders would prefer t

positions up for grabs is that of european commission president, which is currently held byjean claude junckerd tusk says he needs more time to talk to leaders individually. a new top team needs to be in place before meps take their seats in july. in cricket, england has reignited their world cup campaign defeating india by 31 runs, at edgbaston. india still need to win one of their next two games to go through to the semi finals. there'll be much more on that story coming up in sport today in about half an hour's time. this footage is of an indian air force jet which suffered engine failure shortly after take off. apparently it collided with a flock of birds. the pilot released the aircraft's fuel tanks and bombs in an effort to avoid a crash. he's been praised for averting a major disaster. returning to our top story, president trump has made history by becoming the first sitting us president to cross into north korea. with me is andray abrahamian from stanford university's shorenstein asia—pacific research center. we now have seen north korean state media reporting about yesterday's histori

in a phone call with the new british prime minister, the commission president, jean—claude juncker, stresseddn't be changed. john mcmanus has more. statement, the prime minister. do the cheers of his conservative party mps, boris johnson rose the cheers of his conservative party mps, borisjohnson rose to make his first prime ministerial statement, and he was resolute as he they doubt his number one goal. our mission, is to deliver brexit on the 31st of october. for the purpose of uniting and re— energising our great united kingdom. and had a clear message for the other leaders of the european union. i hope the air you will be equally ready and that they will rethink their current refusal. to make any changes to the withdrawal agreement. the payment isjust words drew a quick response from the us just back from the chief negotiator, and a note to european leaders, he said, as suggested by mrjohnson is rather competitive speech, we have to visit ready for a situation where he gives priority to the planning for no deal. speaking by phone, the eu commission president told mr johnson that the exis

but then later in a phone call withjean—claude juncker, boris johnson basically said, look, this withdrawalange it substantially if you don't wa nt change it substantially if you don't want there to be no deal. that is the analysis that is difficult to argue with. it has been rejected a lot and by a lot of people in government. both sites have been saying the same things, very long time now, and you just wonder where that shift could occur. absolutely. today, we have had michel barnier come out strongly to say that the terns for renegotiation that boris johnson has suggested are unacceptable, implying that he presumes borisjohnson unacceptable, implying that he presumes boris johnson is unacceptable, implying that he presumes borisjohnson is still bluffing. the other thing today that borisjohnson used his bluffing. the other thing today that boris johnson used his first address to do was to set the scene for how much no deal preparations will be ramped up in coming weeks. there is a sense that there will be additional spending, we have got this announcement the early £300 million contract f

jean—claude juncker said he would work as constructively as possible with borisjohnson and in these divisivereminded the new prime minister that eu—uk relations stretch far beyond brexit. that whatever happens with brexit, when it comes for example to iran or to russian sanctions, the eu still sees the uk as a close ally on the world stage. that said, those warm and welcoming words, which are essentially the polite diplomacy shouldn't be misconstrued as the eu taking a just because we are getting a new prime minister. on one hand, corresponds and is right, the eu has more flex ability over the brexit deal than it has wanted to let on until now. but he is probably wrong if he thinks the threat of a no—deal brexit, and however much we know eu leaders would like to avoid it will cause a major rethink in brussels. the eu's flexibility is much more constrained than that. they won't wa nt to constrained than that. they won't want to make decisions or compromises that ultimately will hurt them. so some changes to that irish backstop rnc, possible, if dubs than says yes —— —— in ireland are possible

while in their first phone call, european commission president jean—claude juncker is understood to havel was "the best and only agreement possible." and ireland's leader leo varadkar has reitterated that there would be no changes to the withdrawal agreement made under theresa may. no deal is a british threat, the only people who can cause no deal is the united kingdom's government. and while they aren't going to speak to prime ministerjohnson over the airwaves, i look forward to meeting him. whati airwaves, i look forward to meeting him. what i can say, is the european of their european union and oregon has not changed because of the backstop is an integral part of the withdrawal agreement was that without the backstop, there is no withdrawal agreement was that there is no transition phase, there is no limitation phase, and there will be no free trade agreement until all those matters are resolved. more than 480 million people across asia and the pacific are undernourished. but plenty of others are getting too much of the wrong kind of food. in fact, the pacific islands have the highest

positions up for grabs is that of european commission president, which is currently held byjean—claude junckerke their seats in july. authorities in sudan say seven people have been killed and nearly 200 injured during renewed protests in several cities. tens of thousands of people took to the streets to keep up the pressure on the country's interim military rulers to hand power over to a civilian administration. the protests on sunday were the largest since a deadly raid by security forces on a protest camp outside the defence ministry three weeks ago. gareth barlow has more. the rallies across several cities were the largest since dozens were killed in a crackdown at the start ofjune. despite troops being deployed and tear gas being fired, protesters continue to demand the ruling military council hands power to a civilian—led administration. translation: i felt the blood boiling in my veins so i had to come out tonight, i had to march, i had to march for everyone killed, i had to march for the martyrs that died, march for the girls that were raped, had to march to do something, anything. tra

eu commission chief jean—claude juncker said he hoped to date.hnson and work as constructively as possible with borisjohnson and in these divisive brexit times of them and us, emmanuel macron of france reminded the prime minister that eu uk relations stretch far beyond brexit. whatever happens with brexit, whether it comes to iran or russia sanctions, the eu still sees the uk is a very close ally on the world stage. but those warm and welcoming words which essentially are polite diplomacy of course shouldn't be misconstrued as the eu taking a new line just because we are getting a new prime minister. 0n the one hand, dorrisjohnson is right, the eu does have more flexibility over the brexit deal thanit flexibility over the brexit deal than it has wanted to let on until now, but on the other hand, he is probably wrong if he thinks the threat of a no—deal brexit, however credible and however much we know eu leaders would prefer to avoid it, would force a major rethink in brussels. eu leaders flexibility is more constrained. they are not going to wa

german government and is a close ally of angela merkel, was confirmed as the replacement for jean—claude junckerre that vote, in a speech to the european parliament in strasbourg, she reflected on the uk's referendum result three years ago. this is a serious decision. we regret it. but we respect it. applause. since then together, with the current government of the united kingdom, the european union has worked hard to organise the orderly departure of the united kingdom. the withdrawal agreement concluded with the government of united kingdom provides certainty where brexit created uncertainty. in preserving the rights of citizens and in preserving peace and stability on the island of ireland, these two priorities are mine too. however, i stand ready for further extension of the withdrawal date... yelling. 00:13:25,231 --> 2147483051:43:27,331 ..should more time be 2147483051:43:27,331 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 required for a good reason. applause. while many meps applauded, members of the brexit party heckled. its leader appealed to meps to reject ursula von der leyen. what you've seen from ursu

doesn't want that plane landing on its shoulders so in the last hour and a half we have seen jean—claude junckeraying when you have a solution to these numbers, call us and we will talk about it. damian grammaticas, thank you. let's take a look at some of today's other news. the japanese car maker nissan has announced it will cut 12,500 jobs from its global workforce over the next three years, and reduce production capacity by 10%. its quarterly net profits have plummeted. the firm has not said where the cuts will fall, but it's not expected to affect the sunderland car plant. four teenage boys have been charged with a hate crime after a lesbian couple were subjected to a homophobic attack on a london bus. they were treated for facial injuries. the boys are due to a —— appear in court next month. the nominations for this year's mercury music prize for best album by a british or irish act have been announced. the 12 shortlisted out of 200 entries include rappers dave, little simz and rock bands fontaines dc and idles. the judges include former nominees stormzy and jorja smith. england attempted t

they're arguing mainly over a successor to the commission president, jean—claude juncker.f a deal last night. diplomats say the summit‘s chair, donald tusk, proposed the dutch centre—left politician, frans timmermans, to succeed mrjuncker. the president of el salvador says his country is to blame for the deaths of a man and his daughter who drowned trying to reach the united states. photographs of the bodies of oscar and valeria martinez caused shock around the world. here's daniela relph. they lined up to pay their respects to the father and daughter who died in search of a better life. at the funeral home where oscar martinez and his two—year—old daughter valeria now rest, tributes to them from those who knew them best. it is a time of personal heartbreak for family and friends. translation: it's hard because he travelled with his daughter, risking himself, but it's because of the situation the country is in. the death of oscar and valeria has left el salvador grappling with the desperation so many there feel. now the president has said his country and his government mus

we have, and he doesn't have long to build that relationship, jean—claude juncker, is out of brusselsid today he congratulates borisjohnson on his appointment, he wants to work with him in the best way possible and crucially, the man who will have to be at the other side of the negotiating table, michel barnier, tweeted within minutes of the announcement of the result, this is what he said he means the guidelines from the eu is in national leaders. that is interesting and important because michel barnier reiterating for the eu has said throughout, the withdrawal agreement as it stands, theresa may ‘s agreement it is sometimes called, is what the eu is sticking to that's a great, the eu says between the eu and the uk, not mrs may, and is the product of gravity, this is where the final solution has come to rest but where there is room for manoeuvre, on the political declaration, that is the non—binding second document that could be reworked, the eu says. the problem for mrjohnson is that doesn't go nearly as far as what he has been promising in his leadership campaign, to scrap the back

chief john claude juncker has already told johnson that the deal cannot be changed and this is now. spain's parliament has rejected pedro sanchez's bid to be confirmed as prime minister he lost a vote of.

we're about the one-year anniversary of the truce when jean-claude juncker was in town talking to trumpw this talk about retaliatory tariffs if the u.s. does go down the route of potential auto tariffs with the european union. that black cloud we talked about, not only is it not going away, but he seems to be slowly growing. paul: on that rather dark note, we will leave it. thanks very much for joining us. , we will be taking you live to cape canaveral. spacex and a falcon nine rocket getting set to launch. we will have more on that story. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is "bloomberg let'slogy global link." take a look at the top mobile tech stories of the day. emily: another major player to the car industry reporting a setback. general motors crews unit putting the brakes on plans to deploy robot taxis by the end of the year. gm says it will not be able to validate the autonomous car's' performance safety and time for a 2019 launch. ebay is making another effort to compete with amazon, launching a service to deliver orders more quickly and cheaply. ebay will not build and amazon style netwo

the new replacement for mario draghi, for jean-claude juncker, and so on. but we are hearing now from a number of diplomats is that christine lagarde has gained momentum to replace draghi at the european central bank, but that is based on the other condition that angela merkel gets to get a german at the top of the european commission. that would be her defense minister. , and that will have to be approved by the european parliament. what is key here is that christine lagarde's name is gained momentum over the last hour. there seems to be some support within those big european leaders behind the scene. guy: is there any concern that she doesn't have central banking experience? is there any concern that she's a lawyer? good: that's also a very question because if you look at the european central bank, if she does become the next mario draghi, that would be seen perhaps as someone who does not have experience in a central bank, who does not have experience in monetary policy. we frankly don't know if she would qualify as a hawk or a dove. but where the market

greek time >> while you're here, we have some headlines involving jean-claude juncker, the outgoing commissionhe has been talking and says the process to appoint his potential successor, the german defense minister, ursula van der leyen, was not very transparent he is saying he was the first and thus the last spitzen candidate. we talked about this we had this complicated process whereby the political parties inside the european parliament figure out who they like ahead of the elections, who they want to see as commission president we ended up with someone who none of them suggested, but clearly angela merkel liked. based on these comments, quite unusual for him to be making these criticisms >> it's interesting, but he is also about to leave the european commission perhaps he feels more comfortable making those remarks. when it comes to the appointment of ursula van der leyen, the fact she is not one of those spitzen candidates could be a hurdle for her when the european parliament votes on her appointment. we know the parliament is upset by the fact that there's no lawmaker being appointed to

they had to nominate the head of the european commission, the manner woman who replaced jean-claude juncker. one of the most important political jobs in the european union but they were unable to get the job done. the finger-pointing, the blame falling on angela merkel, the all-powerful german chancellor who was unable to bring in her own christian democrats tobacco deal that would have seen a socialist -- two back a deal that would of seen a socialist the thinking is angela merkel has given away the prize in europe. it is unclear if we could see a compromise play out. david: how much of this is politics and how much is on the merits? the candidate from the social democrats has had the deputy job for some time. he is fairly well-respected, isn't he? maria: he is very well-respected and many see him as a progressive voice. many see him as very experienced , someone who knows brussels very well and knows how to work the machine. the problem is you are looking at the christian democrats, the winners of the european elections, the epp who believe this makes no sense. the epp should at least fig

the german defence minister, ursula von de leyen has been nominated to replace jean—claude juncker asshe'd be the first woman to take on the role. belgian prime minister charles michel has been recommended to replace european council president donald tusk. adam fleming sent up this update. there's an appointment process happening in strasbourg. meps are electing a new president. they are called a president but are more like a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting hasjust a chairperson or speaker. the first round of voting has just finished and they could be three more rounds today. we should get a name by the end of the day. at lunchtime we are expecting a visit from the german defence minister who is expected to ta ke defence minister who is expected to take over from jean—claude juncker. she can only take up thatjob if a majority of mvpmeps. vote for her. in terms of the other topjobs, there is an expectation that donald tusk will step down. the decision could take that on their own yesterday at their summit. in terms of the boss of the international monetary fund who is

jean-claude juncker says the current deal is the best and only deal possible.

according to his office, boris johnson told commission president jean-claude juncker the withdrawal agreementould have to change to pass british parliament, which is clear. will reject any request to do so, saying what he offered is the best end on the deal possible. of northernenboom trust management is still with us. wouter, what do you think about british assets, in light of what we already knew, that this deal won't change from the e.u. side? wouter: i think caution is warranted. we look at u.k. assets. we think there are cheap. we think there is value there. but with this hanging over them, you want to be cautious. we are remaining neutral in all of the asset classes, standing on the sidelines to see how this plays out. we see here a battle being fought between the preferences of the politician in charge, formerly theresa may, now boris johnson, and the constraints. the constraints are what will push boris away from the course he is now on. but before he does, there's caution, because this will hangover markets and the economy. nejra: does boris johnson increase no-deal risk for you? wou

she does not take up her post until the beginning of november so jean—claude juncker who is still theost gives his warmest congratulations. but what can we read between the lines? look at the michel barnier to eat, we saw a clear message. boris johnson michel barnier to eat, we saw a clear message. borisjohnson says they want to be out by the end of october but that cannot be the irish backstop. michel barnier‘s tweet tells you know, that withdrawal agreement, he said, needs to be ratified. that is the current agreement as it stands and the eu is clearly sticking to its position that it has held throughout. there can only be minor changes to that. room for discussion is about the nature of the future relationship the uk wants so that is a clear cold shower over some of what boris johnson has been saying in the campaign to get to this point but here they wait to see the negotiating team he gets around them, his first speech and priority for brexit and what he says when he comes here. that is when i think they will properly react to what he says. thank you. let's see what president trum