and borisjohnson that is thatjean—claude juncker and boris johnson have just that is thatjean—claudehnson have just left? that is thatjean—claude juncker and boris johnson havejust left? yes, boris johnson havejust left? yes, borisjohnson is boris johnson havejust left? yes, boris johnson is driving boris johnson havejust left? yes, borisjohnson is driving away in that direction, that big scrum of media there are casing over mr juncker. looks like he has been talking to them so we should get a clue of how the lunch went. they we re clue of how the lunch went. they were in there longer than scheduled which suggests they got on well, but it's not about the friendship between these two men, it's about the position on either side. the eu thinks the only way you can guarantee to preserve the peace process and the economy, north and southin process and the economy, north and south in ireland, and protect the single market is with that package of measures called the backstop. the uk thinks that could be slimmed down a long way from the agreement made with theresa may. the eu thinks progress

we were just hearing about today's agenda, and borisjohnson meeting jean—claude juncker for the firstrong with the message that we are going to leave on the 31st of october, do or die, regardless of what might have gone through parliament in terms of new laws to say we should extend. give us laws to say we should extend. give us your take on how things might go for him today. they say in politics as well as communication that consistency is the key. the prime minister has been consistent since he has become prime minister of wanting to send a clear message to jean—claude juncker and the eu wanting to send a clear message to jean—claudejuncker and the eu about where britain is at the moment. he wa nts to where britain is at the moment. he wants to maintain that clear direction. he is absolutely clear as well that any kind of extension, which is not what he is seeking, will only provide either and delay, in his words. most people in the country are feeling frustrated that over the last three and a bit years the political discussion hasn't moved on. the feeling is that the sist moved on.

sterling surges to a two—month high as european commission chief jean—claude juncker says a deal is possiblerm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. a day of global climate demonstrations has begun, with millions of people expected to skip school or work to join in. crowds are already out on the streets in australia demanding action on climate change ahead of next week's un summit. as the day progresses, protests are expected to spread from the asia—pacific, through europe and africa, to the americas. you can see these pictures starting to come in from sydney, and we are as we said expecting to see this whole wave of climate change protests to ripple across the globe. everyone united on many of these have risen from children over the last few months, very much a cause taken up by younger people. you can see they are clearly quite active there. when we can clearly quite active there. when we ca n cfoss clearly quite active there. w

sterling surges to a two—month high, as european commission chief jean—claude juncker says a deal issible. plus: climate of mistrust. amazon pledges to go green, but hundreds of staff plan to walk out over its environmental record. and on the markets, asia stocks tick higher as economic stimulus from central banks around the world ease fears overslowing growth. crude oil prices climbing on concerns over supply risks after the attacks in saudi arabia. we start with brexit, because the uk's brexit secretary, stephen barclay, is holding talks in brussels later with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, amid some renewed optimism a deal can be done. late on thursday, the pound surged following comments from european commission president jean—claude juncker that a new brexit deal is possible. sterling hit its highest in two months against the us dollar when the comments were broadcast, around 6:00pm uk time. the uk government says it has shared confidential documents with the eu that reflect the ideas the uk has put forward on brexit. the eu says technical talks are now taking place.

. ♪ >> boris johnson is meeting with jean-claude juncker in luxembourg for talks.ix weeks before the u.k. is set to leave the european block. johnson claims progress has been made and he is hopeful deal for a smooth divorce will be in place. brussels is saying the opposite, telling --le garnier barnier says no divorce is imminent. >> talks are making progress or going nowhere. boris johnson's government is version of former events. he is heading to luxembourg to meet with jean-claude juncker. he will sit down with barnier. the leader will tell jean-claude juncker he does not want an extension to the deadline, despite the law passed by parliament. government ministers played up the visit as parts of the efforts to reach a --. >> it is planning and preparing to leave october 31 with the deal.. >> we see a landing zone in terms of a future deal, but there is work to do. the talks will be a step forward as part of that. >> one idea considered is the issue of the irish backstop. they suggest johnson is considering letting northern ireland stay closely aligned to the eu.

the i, boris johnson's meeting with jean—claude juncker today.our take on what the i has to say. firstly, they might want to be consistent with what the prime minister has been saying for a number of weeks now, which is deliver brexit, and this consistency around his communication, what he has been clear about to the british people he is aiming for but also to the european commission, that this is where this prime minister is. he wa nts where this prime minister is. he wants delivery. he has spent time, he has been to see angela merkel, he has been to see macron, he believes and he is quoted as saying a huge amount of progress is being made. he would not say that if he didn't believe it. that something was about to change. now he can go and see jean—claude juncker over this working lunch today, i always hate this idea of a working lunch, eating and trying to do work at the same time, but this is very important because this is the point where progress will be discussed, and in his word, no further dither and delay. that is his message, as you say,

borisg up a brexit deal, johnson prepares a hard-line approach with jean-claude juncker. we are in luxembourg. manus: a warm welcome to "daybreak: europe." we are waking up to 5 million barrels of oil being taken out of the system by saudi aramco. is it a four-week affair? how much of the 20% price rise that we saw at the open is geopolitics and how much of it is supply? good morning. nejra: yes, the biggest sudden disruption ever is what we have been waking up to this weekend. we have certainly been mispricing oil markets up until now. >> we have indeed. let me show you the single biggest daily move. i put it in the library. here we go. this is the kind of size and scope move we have seen on the oil market. we opened up on the biggest move since 1988. since 1990iggest when kuwait and iraq were at war. the question we must ask ourselves is how quickly can aramco get this oil back online? you need to speak to the market and make it very clear what is the damage, what is the damage limitation. let's look at the rest of the implications. we are seeing the lira take a bit of

you have had two hours face with jean—claude juncker. uk. start to really accelerate the work, and that was the agreement today with jean—claude juncker and michel barnier. i don't want to get people's. .. we have barnier. i don't want to get people's... we have got to manage us carefully. that is a good chance of video, i can see the shape of it, eve ryo ne video, i can see the shape of it, everyone can see what could be done, but it will require movement, and it will require the system by which the eu can control the uk after we leave, the so—called backstop, to go. and that needs to happen. so, that's a big change that we need to get done, but if you can get that done, as i have said before, we are at the races. and i think we have gotjust at the races. and i think we have got just the right at the races. and i think we have gotjust the right amount of time to doa gotjust the right amount of time to do a deal between now and the 17th, 18th of october, but as i never tire of telling you, if you can't do a deal, obviously we want to work ve

. between borisjohnson and jean-claude juncker.ite a long time coming. it's quite a few weeks, months since mr johnson walked into number ten, now sitting down over lunch in luxembourg, they will be shortly. jean—claude juncker arrived a short time ago and he was just very brief on the way in, he just said he time ago and he was just very brief on the way in, hejust said he had patients and he was still waiting. we know that mrjohnson apparently says that his message will be that he wants a deal but if he doesn't get one, he's prepared to leave and will seek to leave on the 31st of october. i thinkjean—claude juncker‘s question will be, how will that happen? they do want to see what mrjohnson has to say because the view from here, as you head from the view from here, as you head from the europe ministers and foreign ministers gathered here in brussels today... ministers gathered here in brussels today. . . we ministers gathered here in brussels today... we are just seeing pictures of the two of their meeting and shaking hands. yes,

jean—claude juncker will say what he wa nts to jean—claude juncker will say what he wants to say mrjohnsonrwards. it will not bea be happening afterwards. it will not be a surprise to see that mr yorker has several phone calls schedule ——mrjoko. the big deadline date as far as the eu site is concerned is the summit in october. if nothing is agreed by then there won‘t be time to get it done. do you think there is confidence from an eu perspective that there is, i wouldn‘t say there would be a breakthrough, but a breakthrough looks different depending on which side of the bay you are coming —— debate. depending on which side of the bay you are coming -- debate. the sides seem you are coming -- debate. the sides seem to be very far apart at the moment. there has been a huge erosion of trust. the issue of the backstop was supposed to be an insurance policy against unilateral decisions that would disrupt the eu's decisions that would disrupt the eu‘s functioning in the common market and so on. now the backstop has become as massive political foot all, it is not an insurance policy anymore, it b

borisjohnson will meetjean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission.e will meet the luxembourg prime minister. we don't know any details of what the two will discuss, but obviously brexit will be the main thrust of it. and whether the prime minister has anything specific to say to jean—claude juncker, we will has anything specific to say to jean—claudejuncker, we will have to wait to find out. the fact that the two are meeting at this stage is perhaps significant with the prime minister saying at every turn that he is working hard to get the brexit deal, despite doubts cast on that effort by amber rudd, among others, who quit the cabinet last weekend saying that that wasn't the dominant‘s priority. it will be interesting to see what comes out of that meeting. anything substantial or not. i wouldn't bank on its necessarily, but, yes, just coming through from downing street that the prime minister will be young law junker in luxembourg on monday. prime minister will be young law junker in luxembourg on mondaym going back to the other issues of the mornin

now, the latest on those talks between prime minister borisjohnson and jean—claude juncker.r. we have had and jean—claudejuncker. we have had a statement from downing street saying that they had a constructive meeting. this is the first face—to—face talks that have been held between the two since boris johnson took office. brexit secretary, michel barnier was also there. it says the leaders agreed that the discussions need to intensify and that meetings will ta ke intensify and that meetings will take place on a daily basis. there will be talks at a political basis between michelle barnier and the brexit secretary but boris johnson reiterating that he won't request an extension 90 will take the uk out of the eu on the 31st of october. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. britain has still provided no workable alternatives to the northern ireland backstop — the eu says — as prime minister boris johnson meets european commission presidentjean jean claude juncker. drone attacks on major saudi oilfacilities — the united states releas

will it help him in his talks with eu chiefjean—claude juncker today?

jean—claude juncker said he is not emotionally attached to the backstop so emotionally attached to theere are still great differences between the expectations of the science, especially on the irish border and what's called a level playing field measures as well. as part of the trade relationship. indeed, as you say, a change in mood music but as you mentioned, in ireland, conversations still ongoing, between the prime minister, lear brad kerr, arlene foster of the dup, and the irish foreign minister simon coveney sounding a note of caution. —— leo varadkar. saying sounding a note of caution. —— leo va radkar. saying that sounding a note of caution. —— leo varadkar. saying that the gap between the british government, ireland and the eu want is still very big. it is. and although there have been reports of an intensification in talks between the british government and the irish government and as you mentioned the involvement of the leader of the dup in talks in dublin, there is still a big difference in expectations there because what the backstop comprises, what theresa may '5 governme

earlier jean-claude juncker jean-claude juncker, he met with to discuss brexit over lunch. the prime minister expressed optimism that hardbacks it could be avoided. >> there is a good chance of a deal. i can see the shape of it. everyone can see roughly what could be done. it will require movement in the system by which the eu can control the u.k. after we leave the so-called backstop, to go, from the treaty. >> eu officials cautioned johnson had failed to come up with an alternative to the backstop. the british prime minister has said he does not seek to delay brexit beyond the current body -- august 31 deadline. he also seemed to be in a rush to depart from the meeting with his luxembourg counterpart. he did not hold back his frustration. >> you can't hold the future hostage for political gains. [applause] >> now it is on n mr. johnson. he holds the future of all u.k. citizensns, and citizens not living in the u.k.. it's his responsibility. your people, our people, count on him. the clock is ticking. use your timime wisely. >> luxembourg prime minister accused johnson of

has jean—claude juncker shown a bit of willingness to get a deal or not?seems like all of those things might be true and not true at the same time. that's because, adam, we live in the new universe of alternative truths. you could argue all of the above. last night it looked like — just before i got on the plane at 3:00am this morning, on a very early flight, it looked like the french president and the finnish prime minister had set a new deadline, saying if there's nothing by the end of september, it's all over. and, literally four hours later, there were some written proposals on the table. so that massive drama had just sort of died out after about four hours. that's what i mean. so where do we start? we have to talk about, as you say, your little adventure, both of your adventures, to luxembourg, adam, and all things mr bettel. and then where on earth are we with all the talks and stuff being put forward, and all of that? mrjuncker meeting boris johnson at the beginning of the week, and has been talking on the telly today, and then all the business dow

jean-claude juncker says the withoutthe u.k.eaving a divorce deal is very real and michelle bonnier warning not to .nderestimate the consequences >> the risk of a no deal brexit remains real. until the proposals had been presented, i will not be able to tell you that any real progress has been achieved. what i can tell you is the talks we had were friendly. constructive and positive. >> i advise everyone not to underestimate the consequences of the absences of a deal. almost three years after the refeferendum, we should not be pretending to negotiate. emmanuel macron is heading to rome. this will be his first meeting with prime minister giuseppe conte. his coalition unites the populist five-star movement and the central left democratic party. france and italy hope to prepare -- hope to repair their relations. befrance and italy may historic allies, butut there relationship -- but their relationship hit historic lows. the deputy prime minister travel to france to meet with yellow vests protesters and offer his support. paris reca

boris johnson heads to luxembourg with a meeting with jean-claude juncker.n upbeat tone about reaching a deal, but reiterated he won't ask for a delay if negotiations prove to be fruitless. legislation passed suggested he should go to brussels and after that delay. bhanu.alk to mark and they join us now. apparently rush -- lunch will be snails, salmon, and cheese. this will see boris johnson and jon kyl juncker -- jean-claude juncker, seeing a landing zone insight. do you see a landing zone? mark: certainly there is a suggestion a number of cross party members are prepared to there.ere the party is is that, foreason those who want brexit, it's increasingly possible, not necessarily likely, but increasingly possible, that it will not happen. and so they will move to try to get some deal, not similar to misses may's deal a few months ago -- mrs. may's deal a few months ago. anna: seems amazing the rebels didn't think that. but that's the suggestion. freight u.k.on asked -- and u.k. assets. the rally were is not a lot and seems to be selling a lot today. your t

jean—claude juncker offers hope of a deal by october 31 saying he is not emotionally attached to they said it was nonnegotiable. i am now beginning to think that maybe they will be a deal and if there is, ithink think that maybe they will be a deal and if there is, i think boris johnson has done something very clever because up until now, when the eu was negotiating with theresa may, it seemed as though they were very attached, very attached, to the backstop. but now there is a bit of movement and we really thought, you know, the idea that the eu might soften on the backstop was unthinkable and now it is clearly thinkable. on the other side, back over here, you have labour mps and conservative mps, suggesting that they would pass this deal through parliament if it got agreed by the eu. so, boris johnson parliament if it got agreed by the eu. so, borisjohnson has really done what theresa may didn't do and made it seem, one way or another, possibly the made it seem, one way or another, the slightly dodgy way. it has got the slightly dodgy way. it has got the eu scared enough. the sligh

jean—claude juncker has told further details next week.sible. do you believe that? yes i do. it is why we are working so hard. it is why in cyprus the day before yesterday, and luxembourg on monday, both sides wa nt to luxembourg on monday, both sides want to see a deal and we're working ha rd want to see a deal and we're working hard on that. the technical teams will meet again early next week to continue working on that detail and i think there is a shared desire, reflected in the meeting today, to secure a deal because we both recognise that a deal is in the interest of both sites. no one wants to see a no deal, it would be disruptive for both sides so there isa disruptive for both sides so there is a shared sense of purpose to get a deal over the line. in terms of your new paper, the irish deputy prime minister said we are very far from ideal. and the problem for the irish is that what you are picking forward requires them to take a leap of faith. you are telling them to go forward with it and we will deal with it after brexit? commiss

the pound jumps after jean-claude juncker says a brexit deal can be reached. the fed's funding problem. -- as callsbank mount for a permanent fix. good morning, matt. matt: let's take a look first off at the 10 year yield coming down a little bit, but still a 1.76%. a lot of choppy trading over the last couple days in this week of huge central-bank announcements. it has left us pretty close to where we started. 1.8%. we did spike to 1.9. at least we are below that. take a look at the equity indexes here this morning. i wonder how the pound moves are going to affect the ftse trading this morning. dax and cac futures are down 0.1%. ftse futures down two thirds of 1% as the pound jumps up against not only the dollar, but the euro as well. what else do you see in the gmm? anna: really interesting on that point. at four: 30 yesterday afternoon, as equity markets were closing up, we saw that spike in the pound. all those comments from jean-claude juncker. will that have the negative correlation with stocks? or will this be seen as risk positive? we will get into tha

will it help him in his talks with eu chiefjean—claude juncker today?uardian newspaper apologises for an editorial saying that david cameron only experienced "privileged pain" when his disabled son died. one mp tells us she was horrified by the words. the majority of parliamentarians in parliament are just trying to do a decentjob and i think that those words, the use of those terms in that editorial, were entirely inappropriate and must have been very hurtful to david cameron. and what happened after nadine pinnock, an unemployed 22—year—old living in cardiff, posted this tweet appealing for work? she's here to tell us. hello. welcome to the programme. we're live until 11 this morning. this solid gold toilet has gone missing from blenheim palace. it has been ripped out by thieves. how on earth they walked out with no one noticing, i don't know. we will talk to someone who might be able to tell us and about the attempt to try and track it down. also — what do you make of the guardian's editorial saying that former pm david cameron only experienced privi

jean—claude juncker has said to boris johnson going on.aiting for proposals on the irish backstop. the —— prime minister said he is cautiously optimistic but we don't know what's going to happen. there were some words from bettel in one of the papers, i have forgotten where, but he says... there is a phrase where he says, "we've heard lots of words but none of them have been written down", which ultimately, the plan, as the eu saw it and merkel had indicated this as well, within 30 days or something, essentially, "come on, then, if you think you've got something better, show us what you've got". there's been talk about technological solutions and things we can do to deal with the backstop in particular, which is obviously this really big issue, and the problem has been either britain has decided we're not going to show what it is all we don't know. where left in the dark as to which it is, i've got a suspicion as to which it is, because there's nothing appearing, we don't know which of those outcomes it's likely to be. day 26 of the 30 day

sterling jumps after jean-claude juncker says that he thinks a brexit deal could be reached by october 30 fourth -- october 31. ♪ matt: good morning from a very busy berlin. we have a office full of reporters who have been here all night long, like the lionel richie song, because the german climate cabinet has been meeting since yesterday and has not been able to come to a decision on the possibility of a carbon tax or extension of the cap and trade system, and has not come to a conclusion about what environmental -- kinds of environmental package that could be in the tens of billions of euros ity wants to present. nejra: it will be interesting to see what that includes, and if angela merkel disappoints. she was criticized when she was environmental minister. it is the number one concern of german voters, and as far as what we could get, there are questions over some kind of extension of the emissions trading scheme, may be moving that to other sectors, and if there could be a carbon tax. all this could affect a number of companies, including airlines and also a lot of transport compan

he will have his first meeting right now with european commission president jean-claude juncker. ils, salmon, and cheese. yeah. johnson is expected to tell juncker if goshen's are not working, he will not pursue a delay for brexit. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more i am vivianatries, hurtado. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. we will get back to michael darda, lots to talk about on the markets. right now we get a primer and update from edward alden. i cannot say enough about his book, "failure to adjust: how americans got left behind in the global economy." it was prescient a couple more years ago, even more prescient now. how would the president play into this? very would do it prominently. obviously he has tried to remake u.s. international economic policy on the premise that american companies, american workers in particular, are getting harmed. a radically different place when we were when the book came out a couple years ago. it was reasonable for me to write that politicians in washin

jean-claude juncker says a deal can be reached and the pound rises. rbs gets a new chief executive as alison rose is promoted. and more funding stress for the fed. the central bank conducts repo operations for a fourth day. ♪ francine: welcome to "bloomberg surveillance." .hese are your markets overall, we are seeing a little bit of a move on treasuries and a move on pound. treasuries are up in the pound is strengthening. euro-dollar, you can see 1.10 52. as the focus shifts to central banks, a lot is coming up with news this week. we also have to look at renminbi. at seven .08 -- 7.08. >> some breaking news, a new chief executive at the royal bank of scotland. alison rose will start at the position from november 1. and makes her the first woman to become one of the big for the over to hong kong, that's where amnesty international is alleging the police beat be -- pro-democracy protesters. they also accuse the police of committing acts that amount to torture they would not comment, but say they respect the rights of people in custody. this weekend, de

jean-claude juncker does get a little mention in the guardian, saying mrjuncker had said it was boris saying mrjuncker had said it was borisjohnson's responsibility saying mrjuncker had said it was boris johnson's responsibility to come forward with the legally operational solutions. this will be to the question of the irish border, and that such proposals have not yet been made. i suppose this is a measure of the theatre we saw today, and the real emotion they appeared to be. we do not know xavier bettel. we do now. he appeared to be generally very angry.|j we do now. he appeared to be generally very angry. i think he will be on strictly come dance and because he has become a genuine celebrity. i saw something on have i got news for you when roy hattersley pulled out for the umpteenth time and they just put pulled out for the umpteenth time and theyjust put it up of lard in his place. that definitely would have been a diplomatic incident! may bea have been a diplomatic incident! may be a model of the incredible hulk turning green. the guardian have called it the incredible sulk, the

earlier jean—claude juncker said it was the endless delays.er jean—claudejuncker said it was the uk's responsibility to come forward with legally operational solutions to the deadlock. but that such proposals hadn't yet been made. the prime minister of luxembourg said the brexit process had turned into a nightmare after talks with boris johnson. protesters meant mrjohnson decided not to attend a press conference. the luxembourg prime minister appeared alone and warned the clock is ticking, so stop speaking and act. he added his country would not accept any responsibility if the uk could not find a solution for what he described as home made problems. our political correspondent laura keunssberg looks back at the day. on the the way but to what? air miles can't be exchanged for a deal with the eu. as borisjohnson heads off to see one of europe's deal—makers. i want to stress, laura, you shouldn't be getting your hopes up today. today is not going to be a break through day. so prepare for a risky departure — not getting a deal is farfrom a milli

the outgoing european commission president, jean—claude juncker, says there is a "palpable" chance ofal brexit. he said britain had come up with no concrete proposals to replace the backstop, the contingency plan to avoid a hard border in ireland. politicians in strasbourg will vote later on a resolution calling on the uk to leave the eu with a deal. let's speak now to our brussels correspondent adam fleming who's in strasbourg... adam, as we get ever closer to the sist adam, as we get ever closer to the 31st of october, do you detect any change in tone asjean—claude juncker was speaking this morning? well, jean—claude juncker was updating meps after his lunch with borisjohnson in updating meps after his lunch with boris johnson in his updating meps after his lunch with borisjohnson in his native luxembourg on monday, another location to throw into the already complicated mix! and he said he came away from that lunch with the idea that a no—deal brexit, britain leaving the eu with no agreement that all on the 31st of october, was a real and palpable prospect. he then gave with one han

meanwhile, the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, has said it's still possible that could be reached by the end of next month. we can have a deal. you think we can get a deal. i think. you think that the chances are more than 50—50? i don't know, but i'm doing everything to have a deal because i don't like the idea of no deal because this would have catastrophic consequences. it's better for britain, and for the european union, to have an organised deal. the future of travel company thomas cook is hanging in the balance this morning, after it was hit with a last—minute demand to find £200 million in extra funding to secure an emergency rescue deal. britain's oldest package—holiday firm had hoped to seal a rescue led by china's fosun this week. but its banks say the deal can't be completed unless extra contingency funds are put in place. if the company collapses, up to 150,000 holiday—makers could be left stranded. a number of conservative party members have been suspended for posting or endorsing islamophobic posts online — after the bbc revealed more than 20 new cas

he's due to have talks on monday with the european commission president, jean—claude juncker.hile, his irish counterpart, leo varadkar, has said he's not sure mrjohnson will be able to make the compromises necessary to get the deal through, and he played down reports that the dup had agreed to shift its red lines about the backstop. mr varadkar‘s comments weren't the only difficulty for the prime minister today. in rotherham, he was heckled by a man who told him to get back to parliament. our political correspondent, jessica parker, reports. in the mood to do a deal? borisjohnson is in yorkshire today, but will hotfoot it to luxembourg next week for brexit talks. during a speech, the prime minister was heckled over why he suspended parliament. i am all in favour of oui’ parliament. i am all in favour of ourmps. parliament. i am all in favour of our mps. why are you not with them in parliament? i would say i am cautiously optimistic. is that a good enough characteristic? meanwhile, there is this man. he is loud, expressive... i couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is!

|j think what you jean—claude juncker said tonight is something that will be well received in downingssible, some definite desire to see the backstop as it is in their —— no definite desire. borisjohnson saying today that progress has been made but he doesn't want to exaggerate. the reason he doesn't want to exaggerate it and the reason you have to take whatjean—claude juncker said with a grain of salt is there is still a big difference between the two sides about whether or —— an alternative to the backstop as possible. they are talking, proposals to stop there being a hard border in ireland by using some checks, some slightly different rules for northern ireland than the rest of the uk to keep it in a similar sort of arrangement to the european union but with more democratic control in northern ireland. these things are being discussed but they are far from being signed off. this papers shared today, non—papers as they are called, because they are pieces of paper but they are not proposals. at the momentum of the two sites just are not there when it comes to getting a deal. 0k, nick

face to face meeting since taking office with the president of the european commission, jean claude junckernson had to pull out of his media appearance because of noisy protests from remain supporters nearby. however mrjohnson said that while negotiations had reached a very difficult moment, there was still a good chance our political editor, laura kuenssberg is in luxembourg tonight. air miles can't be exchanged for a deal. today is not going to be a breakthrough day. time for borisjohnson to see some of those he needs onside. i mean, it's september already and moved into numberio injuly and it's only now that you're going to see jean—claude juncker. you could have done this weeks and weeks ago. we have had many conversations with our friends and partners, and they've moved a long way. but a jet and a convoy racing through luxembourg's streets doesn't mean we are speeding towards an agreement. i think a deal is there to be done, but clearly if we can't get movement from them on that crucial issue of whether the eu can continue to control the uk, we won't be able to get that through the hou

jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, said he and the european union's chiefier were doing all they could to get a brexit deal, and if they failed, it would be britain's responsibility. in an interview with a german newspaper, juncker said he and barnier were working intensively for a deal a catastrophe for britain and europe if britain left the euwithout priya lakhani, the founder and ceo of century tech, joins me now. do you believe that? they have to say that because at the end of all of this, nobody wants to have the blame pointed at them if there is a no—deal and we crash out and what they are saying is obviously they really don't want a no—deal. there's many people who don't want a no—deal but certainly if that's the case, it isn't europe or the block's fault, it will be britain and jean—claude juncker has come out a couple of times to say we're working really intensively on this and talking about this and trying to get a deal done. michel barnier is meeting stephen barclay, the brexit secratary, today, and they're having lots of conversations but they'r

face—to—face meeting since taking office with the president of the european commission, jean—claude junckerout of his media appearance because of noisy protests from remain supporters nearby. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. air miles can‘t be exchanged for a deal. today is not going to be a breakthrough day. time for borisjohnson to see some of those he needs onside. i mean, it‘s september already and you moved into number 10 injuly and it‘s only now that you‘re going to see jean—claude juncker. you could have done this weeks and weeks ago. we have had many conversations with our friends and partners, and they‘ve moved a long way. but a jet and a convoy racing through luxembourg‘s streets doesn‘t mean we are speeding towards an agreement. i think a deal is there to be done, but clearly if we can‘t get movement from them on that crucial issue of whether the eu can continue to control the uk, we won‘t be able to get that through the house of commons — no way! but what is the actual solution that you‘re proposing? is it giving more power to stormont, for example? these are certa

borisjohnson also met with european commission president jean—claude juncker.r one sticking point on brexit is the irish border backstop. it's in the withdrawal deal that the uk parliament rejected. and it's there to ensure there are never check points on the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland — if the uk and the eu don't agree a future trade deal. borisjohnson and many brexiteeers want it gone because it restricts how the uk can do trade deals among other things. now borisjohnson has repeatedly said he doesn't want those border checks either but that the backstop must go. but from the 2016 referendum campaign right up til today he has failed to provide detailed plans either in public or to the eu of how to do that. would today be different? well after meeting with jean—claude juncker, the eu released a statement saying, "such proposals have not yet been made". here's the prime minister with the bbc‘s political editor, laura kuenssberg. we think that there are, we can satisfy the european commission and oui’ satisfy the european commiss

that comes afterjean—claude juncker has said want to exaggerate that.jean—claudejuncker has said a deal could be done by the end of 0ctober deal could be done by the end of october and on that key sticking point of the backstop which is the pa rt point of the backstop which is the part of the withdrawal agreement which is designed to prevent a hardboard on the border with ireland ina hardboard on the border with ireland in a trade deal cannot be done in the future, he said in an interview with sky news he has no emotional attachment to the backstop and its objectives could be met, all of them, then there is no need for it. there might not be a shift in the overall position of the eu but there is certainly a shift in tone and language and as you say, something ofa language and as you say, something of a nuanced shift in terms of how the two sides are engaging. there will be a meeting later and the conditions, it seems, is therefore stop the willingness on both sides, it seems, is there, to move towards some kind of a deal. the reality check being grown i

been in luxembourg for his first talks as pm with the president of the european commission jean—claude junckerime minister told the bbc that he was optimistic a deal could be done and that the eu had had a bellyfull of brexit. the latter was borne out by an extraordinary news conference this afternoon. noisy protestors meant mrjohnson decided not to attend, the luxembourg prime minister decided to go ahead anyway and laid into the uk for causing the brexit crisis and said the campaign to leave the eu, led by mrjohnson, had just been lies. our political editor laura kuenssberg was there. on the way but to what? air miles cannot be exchanged for a deal with the european union. as borisjohnson heads of to see one of the european deal—makers. heads of to see one of the european deal-makers. you should not be getting your hopes up today. today is not going to be a breakthrough day. and prepared also for a risky departure. not getting a dealfar from a million to one these days. it is already september and you are moving into number ten injuly. you could have done this weeks ago. we've had many conve

minister boris johnson had to luxembourg for his first talks with european commission president jean-claude junckerncker says he is hopeful to reach a deal next month but the irish prime minister says large cats remain between the two sides. the european union's competition she has indicated she is considering looking at expanding regulations on personal data. of how she plans to e w authority tech companies. she said today that while europeans have control over their own data, through the existing eu data privacy rules, they don't address the way that companies use other people data. president trump is lashing out at democrats, calling their discussions of impeachment proceedings said. the president said he has helped to create "perhaps the greatest economy in the history of our country." this comes one day after the house voted to expand its powers to investigate mr. trump while contemplating formal a pea to hit proceedings. actress felicity huffman will find out today whether she will do prison time for her part in a sweeping college admissions scandal. she admitted to paying $15,000 to have her

monday for his first meeting since taking office with the european commission president, jean—claude junckerand the eu chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier. at an event in the north of england today, borisjohnson told an audience that there's a rough shape of a deal in place for britain to leave the european union. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. the name's boris, borisjohnson. trust me. nice to see you. it looks like campaigning, and it is, for future votes and for trust that he's the one to deliver brexit — no more delays. an exciting time, he told one supporter. "not exciting, worrying," she said. maybe worrying for him too, wanting a brexit deal, attacked by critics for closing the commons. i'm all in favour of our mps. heckler: why are you not with them in parliament sorting out the mess that you created? get back to parliament and sort it out! he's being heckled by the commons speaker too, who's warned of more laws to ban a no—deal brexit, maybe force another extension. whatever the shenanigans that may be going on at westminster, we will get on with delivering our

something about jean-claude juncker. , he has been back on the television tonight.llea g u es juncker has said to one of our colleagues in the westminster lobby, so colleagues in the westminster lobby, so ridge, of sky news, he says he thinks they will be a deal and he is not that fussed about keeping the backstop as it is as long as it can be replaced with a workable alternative. i paraphrase. ithink although other senior figures in the eu have said this thing before, at this moment, with this timing, with what we were talking about, with the deep—freeze are starting to thaw a bit, deep—freeze are starting to thaw a hit, it deep—freeze are starting to thaw a bit, it is deep—freeze are starting to thaw a hit, it is interesting and it is certainly warmer language and after his first meeting with horace johnson on monday. they have had a phone call and they will be over interpreted, as ever, but there seems to be a bit of that mood music being cheerier. —— borisjohnson. also leo varadkar also said on the record, he is the linchpin and he said the rhetoric has been tem

face to face meeting since taking office with the president of the european commission, jean claude junckerborisjohnson pulled out of his media appearance because of noisy protests from remain supporters nearby. however, mrjohnson said that while negotiations had reached a very difficult moment, there was still a good chance of a deal. our political editor, laura kuenssberg is in luxembourg tonight. there has always been an element of choreography and theatre around this whole now three year long brexit process , whole now three year long brexit process, but if borisjohnson came to luxembourg today imagining there would be some kind of happy ending... well, he was wrong, very wrong. he believes he wants a deal but he can't get a deal if the eu is unwilling to budge and today there weren't much signs of movement. a dramatic day but a day with a conclusion that doesn't hold much promise. air miles can't be exchanged for a deal. today is not going to be a breakthrough day. time for borisjohnson to see some of those he needs onside. i mean, it's september already and moved into number10 injuly

borisjohnson is due to meet european commission president jean—claude juncker in luxembourg this weeke's in our london newsroom. thanks for getting up bright and early to speak to us this morning. we are very grateful to you. is borisjohnson we are very grateful to you. is boris johnson likely to make we are very grateful to you. is borisjohnson likely to make any progress? i don't think we are going to see a deal unveiled, that will be highly unlikely, because i think evenif highly unlikely, because i think even if he is near to some sort of deal that exposing at this early would give people a lot of time to pick it apart. i wouldn't expect that. what we will be looking for is how does it sound? do they sound as though they are getting on and having productive discussions, or is it one of those occasions where we go and then we have a fairly icy stand—off when jean—claude juncker and the others speak to the press. michel barnier has ticked the uk for the lack of decisiveness in the past. i think we will be getting some sort of signalling of other discussions going on, rather than act