jean—claude juncker hey! jean—claude juncker is hey! jean—claude juncker is the hey! boss here! i have to say that i'm happy about a deal but i was sad about brexit. have a good time. thank you. so, i guess thejournalists so, i guess the journalists that have been waiting for so long to get perhaps an answer to their questions, they are not going to get it right now from jean—claude juncker or, indeed, from boris johnson. very short. really, i suppose they took their time to get straight to westminster in the next pa rt straight to westminster in the next part of the deal about getting the vote through. as i speak to you in the council building, i can see the ca i’s the council building, i can see the ca rs of the council building, i can see the cars of the dignitaries arriving. that statement kicking off proceedings as they are giving that statement on what they have achieved this morning. which is this agreement between the uk and the eu. there they are, shaking hands. i suppose a triumphant moment for borisjohnson really, suppose a triumphant moment for boris johns

jean—claude juncker can say what he wants.hat's why we've heard all of these rumours about is boris johnson we've heard all of these rumours about is borisjohnson going to ask poland to cast their veto. but i think it is highly improbable that either of these countries would act in that kind of way. it isn't for any gainfortheir in that kind of way. it isn't for any gain for their own interest, but simply to help out the uk. but that is getting into hypotheticals now. although maybe in a few days, in one week's time, we could be talking about this question of extension with so much uncertainty. one final thought, if it did pass the house of commons on saturday, that really is the final hurdle to the uk leaving the final hurdle to the uk leaving the european union. because i spoke to parliamentarians from strasbourg today, i spoke to people from eu council, they are very happy with the deal, they can sign it off reasonably quickly, maybe even by october the 31st, and ratify it. it really is dependent on the uk parliament. that'

can i quote jean—claude juncker, where there's a will there's a deal... beer! yeah!itcast, live for once. brexitcast, live for once. brexitcast on the bbc. no-one has a clue what brexit is! brexit is... i haven't quite understood the full extent of this. we are particularly reliant on the dover calais crossing. i met boris johnson once. the doubters, the doomsters, the gloom stirs, they are going to get it wrong again. remainers and leavers, that's going to end well.|j can describe brussels as a dog's brexit. hello. it is adam fleming and i'm going to say it again, live in brussels at the eu summit. i'm laura next to you. i'm katya next to you. nice to be together, apart from the fa ct nice to be together, apart from the fact chris mason is in reading waiting to do questions on radio 4. it is exciting and we are rooting for him. that's the disappointing news but there's been exciting news today, hasn't there? a revised exit deal exists on paper. yeah, there's a deal! there is a deal. in and of itself it's a big moment, weather you love or hate the idea of leaving the

the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker, hails the deal as a "fair and balancednt" but in the last few minutes, northern ireland's democratic unionist party has said it still can't back the deal "as things stand". let's bring you some breaking news now —— in the past half hour, borisjohnson has announced that the uk and the eu have struck a brexit agreement. writing on twitter, the prime minister said ‘we've got a great new deal that takes back control , now parliament should get brexit done on saturday so we can move on to other priorities.‘ well, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, said it was a ‘fair and balanced agreement for the eu and the uk‘. however, the democratic unionists — whose 10 votes the government might need to get the deal approved in the commons — have said in response that they remain opposed to the deal. let us been to chris, who is keeping gci’oss let us been to chris, who is keeping across all of the developments here in the european council. we had the following over the past half an hour some of the developments

thank you, and now presidentjean—claude juncker of the european commission.ointed at our results on the enlargement. five years ago, when i started myjob, isaid enlargement. five years ago, when i started myjob, i said to parliament that during the five years my office, there will be no more enlargement. all sorts of people we re very enlargement. all sorts of people were very disappointed in the western balkans. it was quite clear there would be no member state during that time that could fill the conditions. but in fact, what we have seen is quite different. people have seen is quite different. people have made progress. last night, it wasn't a question of whether or not those countries were ready, the issue yesterday was whether or not they were candidates who would be at they were candidates who would be at the level which would allow us to start negotiations. i think this was a big mistake. a lot of countries thought they weren't ready to even start negotiations. i think it was an historic, and historic error. i fully believe this will prove to be the ca

jean-claude juncker saying something similar.brexit makes me sad but the deal makes me happy." anna edwards is with us now in brussels. we learnanything, did at this press conference? they are presenting a very positive picture. jean-claude juncker, who is leaving his post very soon, he wants to go out as the guy who can do a deal. boris johnson has committed to a deal by the end of october. it would probably be dead in a ditch than to have to ask for an extension. both men out a lot rising on these negotiations. both men had success, and both of them claiming success and what they have done. the dup, the democratic unionist party that has propped up or is johnson, they only have 10 mps out of 650. they can be influential on others, and also every vote counts when you do not have a majority. boris johnson does not have a majority. now we are facing a situation where the deal will have to get back to the house of commons and face all of those 650 mps and then we'll will know whether the masks set up for this deal. other things to

jean—claude juncker says where there isa jean—claude juncker says where there is a will there is a dealm saying they could not put up with it, here we are, 10:40am and somehow their concerns would seem to have been addressed. we are slightly in limbo land because no one has heard yet from the dup. so either the dup have been squared and borisjohnson has met the concerns over issues of consent. for boris johnson has met the concerns over issues of consent. for borisjohnson and the eu are trying to strong—arm the dup into backing an agreement, saying they've agreed this and we are all happy, it's all signed off, almost trying to stampede them into backing it. the short answer is we do not know which is to —— true because we haven't heard from the dup but where we we re haven't heard from the dup but where we were just haven't heard from the dup but where we werejust ten haven't heard from the dup but where we were just ten or 15 minutes ago where it seemed like it was game over and the deal was not happening and the saturday sitting not happening now, crikey, it's all on again. let's assu

newie: we already have a brexit deal, new legal text that has been agreed between jean-claude juncker and boris johnson, but historically, jean-claude juncker says both parliaments have to agree to this before it becomes anything more ratified. more of a positive for the euro than it is for sterling. you are keeping an eye on sterling, but the euro is rallying today versus the u.s. dollar. half a percent, weaker dollar, but the s&p 500 is about 3000. when we close above 3000, up .6%, plenty of groups rallying on earnings, morgan stanley up 3.5%, closing out the major banks with an excellent set of results. we have the rails rallying, and we will talk about that later on with fritz. the 10 year yield, 1.76%. curious about what is happening in britain, guy. guy: the deal we have in brussels is not a deal we have in belfast, so you can see this on the sterling chart. we got a deal, it was announced, sterling rockets up towards 1.30%. isn it is clear that the dup not going to vote for it once again, so the pound comes crashing back down, which at 1.2838 is up on the week, but it has been

in a ref -- in a letter to jean—claude juncker, the prime minister has laid out what he believes is a compromise, spelling out a replacement for the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a ha rd backstop, the guarantee against a hard border in ireland, promising solution is compatible with the good friday agreement to protect the peace process. the plan would create an all ireland regulatory zone where goods and agriculture in northern ireland would follow eu rules, but the northern ireland assembly would have to vote to approve that plan, and every four years after that. there would have to be some new customs checks, but carried out electronically, or on business premises. no new customs posts and a commitment never to introduce checks at the border. but the vital response from island ? at the border. but the vital response from island? wait and see. the that be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu. angela merkel said, we will examine the proposals closely, but it is important that the eu sticks together. and even if they say yes when voted through? it is wors

a play on words tweeted why jean-claude juncker.e describes the latest agreement as fair and balanced. european commission president says he is rececommending the 27 eu nations endorse it at a summit later thursday. boris johnson hailed the accord. >> we've got a great new deal to take back control and now parliament should get brexit done on saturday so we can move onto other priorities cost-of-living, nhs, and our environment. >> if an agreemement is signed f the process is far from over. any deal will still have to get through the british parliament saturday where the house of commons is set to convene for a special session. for than johnson's northern irish allies said they are against the deal, f further complicating the task. >> has things stand, we could not susupport what is being suggested on customs and suggested issues and there is a lack of issues on vat. said he wasrbyn happy with the agreement -- unhappy with the agreement, saying it is worse than the one from theresa may. >> we brought to details from brussels and let

in a letter to jean—claude juncker, the prime minister's laid out what he describes as a fair and reasonableeplacement for the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a hard border in ireland, promising solutions compatible with the good friday agreement, to protect the peace process. the plan would create an all ireland regulatory zone, where goods and agriculture in northern ireland would follow eu rules, but the northern ireland assembly would have to vote to approve that plan, and every four years afterwards. there would have to be some new customs checks, but carried out electronically or on business premises. no new customs posts, and there's a commitment never to introduce checks at the border. but the vital response from ireland? waitand see... but will all of that be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu, angela merkel said, "we'll examine the proposals closely, but it's important that eu stick together." and even if they say yes, would mps vote it through? it's worse than theresa may's deal. i can't see it getting the support that he thinks it will get. and it w

jean claude—juncker says there are both positive and problematic elements to the proposals donald trumpashes out at the whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry into the president dealings with ukraine —— accusing him of being a spy. the duke and duchess of sussex end their tour of southern africa —— as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. tributes are paid to the former itn and bbc news presenter peter sissons —— who has died at the age of 77. in a moment, the national bulletin with a full round up, but first, borisjohnson has laid out his new proposals for a brexit withdrawal deal — and used his first party conference speech as leader to urge compromise from the eu. the prime minister has suggested an alternative to the controversial irish backstop, that would mean northern ireland staying in the single market — but leaving the customs union with the rest of the uk. it gives the northern ireland assembly a say, and proposes no hard border checks on the movement of goods. this is what mrjohnson told party members today. yes, this is a compromise by the

the prime minister has written to jean-claude juncker, about our proposals. we want to avoid a new deal scenario. it, wethan undermining want to support the government in supporting a deal for this country. we will always respect legal judgment. i: interest by the judgment of the people of scotland when it comes to the european union. >> mr. speaker, we will always respect legal judgment. mr. speaker, this part minister cannot be trusted. his foreign secretary can't even commit the prime minister to the letter of the law. this government must be stopped. i am looking at colleagues on opposition benches. i urge them, we must unite. we must stop this part minister by removing him from office. mr. speaker, we stand ready to bring this government down. other parties need to step up in this moment of national crisis. prevent a vote of prevent a new deal and -- prevent a no deal and call a general election. doing nothing is not an option. we must act. i ask the foreign secretary, will he give the prime minister a message? it is not a case of if but when. government

in this letter, addressed to the european commission president jean claude—juncker, mrjohnson outlinesn. the most significant change is what happens in northern ireland. the new plan would scrap the back stop. the mechanism designed to stop physical checkpoints on the border between with the republic of ireland and northern ireland, by potentially keeping the whole of the uk inside the eu's customs union. brexiteers were never fans of that. so under mrjohnson‘s new proposal, northern ireland would stay in the eu single market for all goods, which means accepting its rules and standards. but it would not remain in the eu customs union, so it could benefit from any future trade deals negotiated by the uk. and all of this would depend on a vote at the northern ireland assembly, at stormont. at the conservative party conference today, the prime minister tressed it was this deal, or no deal. stressed it was this deal, or no deal. yes, this is a compromise by the uk and i hope very much that our friends understand that compromising their tone. because of the field to get an agreement for wha

borisjohnson, hand in hand with the eu's jean—claude juncker, after signing off on a brexit deal somempossible. this is a great deal for our country, for the uk. i also believe it's a very good deal for ourfriends in the eu. and what it means is that we, in the uk, can come out of the eu as one united kingdom. it removes the controversial backstop and replaces it with new arrangements to avoid a hard border in ireland. boris johnson, though, still faces a massive battle to get that deal through parliament. at the moment, he just can't be sure that a majority will back him in the house of commons. the next 2a hours is going to involve some intense arm—twisting, trying to persuade his own mps, and some from the opposition, to get on board. the prime minister runs a minority government here and, officially, every single opposition party is opposed to his plan. crucially, the dup, who keep the tories in power, aren't getting on board. in order to avoid trying to get an extension, he has been too eager by far to get a deal at any cost and the fact of the matter is if he had held his nerve,

. letter from borisjohnson to jean-claude juncker.is? yes, it has always been the crucial relationship of all of this. speaking to government insiders about all of theirs, who went through the three years with theresa may, they feel that there has been a good working relationship between borisjohnson good working relationship between boris johnson and leo good working relationship between borisjohnson and leo varadkar, partly, which is patented the obvious, both men need a deal. a no deal situation for ireland, i think the irish central bank reckons it will be a 4.5% fall in gdp in ireland injust will be a 4.5% fall in gdp in ireland in just one year. the consequences of no deal for the uk, we have had lots of documents showing what might happen there. so, of course, for both men, a deal is the best option. a5 of course, for both men, a deal is the best option. as ever, it is about who is willing to compromise, are they willing to compromise on these kinds of things? some speculation dublin would be coming under pressure from the eu t

jean—claude juncker was asked about that.his doesn't pass through parliament? but i am not in charge of the parliament ratification in britain, that is the job of boris. do you believe that it will? i hope it will. i'm convinced it will. but it has to. it has to — but if it doesn't? anyways, there will be no prolongation. no prolongation, no delay? no. could there be an extension, mr juncker? we have concluded the deal. and so there is... not an argument for further delay. it has to be done now. workrooms berg asking the questions there. —— laura kuenssberg. here's katya adler on that speaking to huw edwards. they said if you keep with the redlands in this deal, protects the peace deal that we will help you sell your deal you want. and thus to borisjohnson sell your deal you want. and thus to boris johnson want to. sell your deal you want. and thus to borisjohnson want to. what does jean—claude juncker have any borisjohnson want to. what does jean—claudejuncker have any power over that? no legal power at all. it is the eu mem

, as pa rt commission, jean—claude juncker, as part of those ongoing discussions in effo rts part ofns in efforts to secure a brexit deal. in the next few minutes i will be talking to hilary benn, the mp behind the act which requires the prime minister to ask for an extension from the eu to the " b rex it" extension from the eu to the " brexit" process if extension from the eu to the "brexit" process if no deal is done by this saturday. commuters have clashed with extinction rebellion activists at a number tube stations in east london this morning. pictures show protestors being pulled off the roof of trains by angry members of the public. in a clip posted on twitter, one of the activists was pulled from the train by his foot, and ended up on the ground surrounded by furious commuters. a member of tfl staff appeared to stop people from attacking the male activist further by intervening and holding them back. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, said in a statement strongly condemned the extinction rebellion protesters and called the illegal action extremely dangerous. very dramatic image

in a letterfrom the prime minister to jean—claude juncker — president of the european commission — borisllingness to compromise and move beyond existing positions‘. the new plans include removing the backstop — the guarantee of no return to a hard border in northern ireland — something the eu has been firmly opposed to in the past. earlier — in his first conference speech as conservative leader, the prime minister said the proposals were ‘constructive and reasonable‘. the plan would involve northern ireland leaving the eu customs union — with the rest of the uk — and that would mean some new customs checks on the island of ireland — a highly controversial idea, though the government says they would not take place at the border. there would also be a significant increase in regulatory checks on products crossing the irish sea, between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. that means northern ireland would follow all the rules of the single market for goods. and to ensure the people of northern ireland are onside with this arrangement, the stormont assembly would be given more powers to

prime minister, we heard what jean—claude juncker had to say earlier about the fact that he didn't thinkhat we there should be an extension beyond october the sist. did be an extension beyond october the 31st. did you ask your fellow leaders to make a similar commitment and had they done so? my view has been very clear for and had they done so? my view has been very clearfor a and had they done so? my view has been very clear for a long time. i don't think the delays is to the advantage of the uk or indeed the whole of of europe. i think people wa nt to whole of of europe. i think people want to move this thing on, it's been going on for a long time, and thatis been going on for a long time, and that is a view that seems to be quite widely shared. that really is going to be had. three more. that is it. laughter. prime minister, you suspended the whip from 21 for mps when they voted for the benn act, will you treat this vote on saturday ata similar will you treat this vote on saturday at a similar confidence measure and suspend the whip tour mps who don't vote for this field? i when i get

and yet, the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, a significant movement.who say they will vote for this deal if it was approved by the eu, so there are people who are looking at it seriously. people want to find compromise and i do as well, but the only way to do that is to find a workable deal to leave, and one that respects the good friday agreement might does not create borders and checks and unnecessary restrictions. let's not forget we were told there would be frictionless trade and not customs checks and yet this proposal creates not one but two borders, one time the ibca and one either at or around the border between northern ireland and the republic. neither of those things are acceptable. they cause a particular problem for those of us in places like wales and scotland, north—west of england, in effect giving a privileged position to northern ireland on some issues but creating discord and blockages on others. that is not workable in my view. we need to see a serious deal to relieve idly to put that back to the people, that is the way i think we w

perhaps she could ask her colleagues to retract their letter to jean-claude juncker urging him not to agree to a new deal with the british government. >> may i commend the prime minister's emphasis on a future free trade arrangement, which is what many of us have wanted. earlier in the year, when the house voted on the indicative votes, a number of different , all of those were for one.except the one option that has ever passed this house, other than the withdrawal agreement, was the so-called brady amendment, the essence of which was to expunge the backstop in favor of alternative arrangementnt, which passed the house of commons on january 29, by 16 votes. does that give him hope this could get through? >> it does. his point.friend for he is right. ambition for what we can, it does liberate us to do free trade deals around the world and to take back control of our customs. knowledgefied by the that this has been going on for 3.5 years and it does represent a good basis for a deal and i hope colleagues will support it. >> for the last three years, it has been government policy that bo

there is also the comment by jean-claude juncker talking about no extension.: other people have been pouring cold water on that. there is some suggestion that boris johnson is maybe trying to persuade, we will see what happens when people come out of the council meeting later on, trying to persuade the other eu 27 members to say this is it, there is no extension, and as a result of which this is a vote on the johnson deal, or on no deal. that seems to be the phrasing number 10 is trying to put it. do you think that is realistic? geoff: i think we will find out for saturday. parliamentarians will be split. you getting interesting bedfellows. nigel for large -- nigel faraj supporting the bill. it is the eu now working on behalf -- that may put the opposition in an awkward position. i think the bottom line is be prepared to be surprised, which will make the asia open late sunday evening. guy: really interesting. sellingis boris johnson out northern ireland's unionist, if show -- and if so, what happens to social cohesion? geoff: northern ireland put out a strong

jean—claude juncker said no sense we will grant a further delay. it is down to the leaders, and it is not universal. the danish planning minister has made it clear that they don‘t want to be doing uk politics. they will not rule out an extension, that is something that will have to be on the table. not universal, but a lot of leaders trying to throw in some weight behind boris johnson, of leaders trying to throw in some weight behind borisjohnson, and i got a sense from speaking to jean—claude juncker and mr tusk, there is almost a slow hand clap of respect. this is a man they thought was just winding the clock down, and donald tusk saying for those who frustrate prescot that there is a special place in hell, junkojuncker said he trusted him more. let‘s see what‘s done on saturday, as to whether we conclude what happens with boris and the whole brexit situation. some critics have claimed the new deal reduces the commitment to maintain workers‘ rights , with this being removed from the new withdrawal agreement and now covered in the non binding poli

there's a very happy borisjohnson on the metro's front page, shaking hands with jean claude juncker, president of the european commission. the pair are also on the ft‘s front page, with the paper detailing how the dup's opposition to the deal spells trouble for the pm's hopes of it passing it in the commons. ‘it‘s a numbers game‘ —— that's how the guardian describes the upcoming commons vote. the paper claims the the arithmetic looks ‘daunting' for mrjohnson. the daily mail reports on what it calls the pm's ‘remarkable turnaround‘ in securing an ‘extraordinary last minute deal‘. we will talk about turkey and a little while but let‘s start with the metro. seal our deal, now we have boris johnson shaking the metro. seal our deal, now we have borisjohnson shaking hands with an open mouthjean—claude. we‘ll see what happens in the commons in a while but first of all, this deal a lot of people told boris johnson that he cannot be done. this deal a lot of people told boris johnson that he cannot be donem is sort of incredible when you think about it but just is sort of incredible when you t

he is due to speak jean-claude juncker later this afternoon, presumably a after they had a chance to look at the details of this proposal. stephen, andyou, doug herbert. we will take a quick break at me back in just a few minutes with more on brexit and the rest of the world news. don't go away. ♪ ♪ >> france 24. every art form. egalite, equalite. [birds chirping] [alararm clock blaring] [alarm fadades] man: as soon as i start my sake productionon, i have toe here every single day. that part i wasn't quite ready for. sake-mamaking is a lot about the

the metro goes with the prime minister's letter to eu commission president jean claude—juncker, outliningl. the daily telegraph says borisjohnson has put pressure on ireland to accept his brexit proposals after hardline brexiteers, and some labour rebels, say they'd back his deal — which could give the prime minister a commons majority for his agreement. the financial times says mr johnson has managed to unite the brexiteers in his party with his plan — but that his deal has received a frosty reception in brussels. the guardian agrees — the paper says the prime minister is fighting a losing battle after the eu's chief brexit negotiator gave a scathing private assesment of mr. johnson's brexit proposal. the i say the eu is poised to reject the prime minister's plans, but the daily express strikes a more optimistic note — the paper thinks a deal might be close, asking — is this the beginning of the end? sebastian is this the beginning of the end? sebastian is this the beginning of the end 7 let's sebastian is this the beginning of the end? let's start with the metro. they do it as a sort of

vital pre—brexit talks. —— jean—claude juncker.e financial framework be concluded. that in turn means that we must act decisively to fight climate change, and it also has as a prerequisite that we push for the stability of our regions, and support that. what is important, indeed, very important, that we have an agreement on the multi—annual financial framework. the summit next week on this point has to genuinely make essential progress, because people in europe have to be able to rely on europe running business properly. i am dissatisfied because there is a great deal of fuss between the member states, between the member states and the commission, between the commission and the parliament, and people are murmuring that we are not up to its, that we should talk less and make more decisions, because when it comes down to it, it is important that we ensure that european researchers can carry on their project. it is important that young people can start their erasmus exchange years people can start their erasmus exchange yea rs on peop

as you say, jean—claude juncker did hint he doesn't think there's a need for an extension.ght be slightly more open to this. this process, as we know, has been going on for well over three years now. would they really say to the uk now. would they really say to the uk now you need to walk away without a deal? certainly some of the soundings with a getting from brussels tonight suggest they might be open to the respect of an extension if that's where things are at the end of this week, and also if there's a point to it, such as a general election or another referendum. the other thing to bear in mind is opposition parties in the uk are split on what the next move should. if they do vote this down, it is so complicated, it is like multidimensional chess where all the pieces are moving at the same time. nothing is certain apart from the fa ct nothing is certain apart from the fact that saturday is going to be a huge day forfiguring fact that saturday is going to be a huge day for figuring out where this goes next. nick eardley speaking to some answer a little earlier. a team o

and from jean—claude juncker, who has spoken to the irish prime minister — he has come out and said thatnge in the uk offer for it to be accepted. first of all, the effective veto given to the northern ireland assembly, the democratic unionists — they say that is not a stable platform on which to build a deal, that would have to be changed. and also, the customs arrangements. the eu needs a workable solution, and it doesn't see in this a workable solution. now that element has to change, as well. the uk's chief negotiator is here and will be having meetings tomorrow. i think critical thing will be how those develop. does the eu see in that room to continue negotiations? otherwise, it's saying it doesn't see a solution in what's being presented by borisjohnson. let me remind you what's in this new plan. the most significant change is what happens in northern ireland. the backstop would be scrapped. under mrjohnson‘s new proposal, northern ireland would stay in the eu single market for all goods, so it would stick with the eu's rules and regulations. that removes the need for product stand

and at 1, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, wants to say his peace. ng a question to the governor of the bank of england? the commons treasury committee invited members of the public to do just that this week. questions submitted via email and social media were among those asked by mps when they quizzed mark carney. we caught up with the interim chair of the committee, labour's catherine mckinnell. so, we received about 150 questions submitted by the public. they came in via twitter, they came in via e—mail. and, i mean, some of them were a bit quirky. governor, you'll be no doubt pleased to hear that we won't be asking you immediately whether you'll be appearing on strictly come dancing... thank you. ..or if you believe that everton should go back for zouma injanuary, but you are welcome to answer those questions yourself directly on twitter. but actually, there were a lot of very serious, very thoughtful questions put by the public, and we weaved them in. we didn't just ask, "this member of the public has asked this question." we tried to weave them

johnson made a good impression in the eu with his covering letter that came with a proposal to jean—claude juncker progress. it was received well. there are elements in his proposals that have been praised by the eu leaders, but more than one of the diplomats said, steve barclay, that is the man we want to hearfrom because he is known as the tough guy, the brexit secretary. it is almost as if borisjohnson charms leaders in berlin and in paris and at the g7 with his letters, and stephen barclay comes in and start threatening countries like spain. that is interesting because here, stephen barclay, and let's all remember he was man enough to come on brexitcast and do a hard quiz, so thanks for that and let's invite him again, but from a political point of view i will be less flattering, this is a number ten move with david frost, the eu negotiator on behalf of boris johnson, and stephen barclay is part of the team, but this is a number ten push from them. big picture, the view here is that the eu seem to have said things that are quite nice about the rules, the idea of northern ireland staying in the

.: in a letter to jean-claude juncker, the prime minister laid out what heer describes as a fair and reasonable compromise, spelling out a replacement for the controversial backstop, the guarantee against the hard border in ireland, promising solutions coatible wibh the good friday agreement to proteco the peace process. the plan would create an all-ireland regulatory zoneer goods and agriculture in ireland would follow eu rules. but the northern iland assembly would have to vote to approve that plan and every four years afterwards. there would have to be some new customs checks, carried out electronically or on business premises. no new customs posts. and thes a committment never to introduce checks at the border. but the vital response fromd? irel wait and see. will all that be lost in translation? a guarded reonse from the eu. angela merkel said, "we will but it is important the eu stick together." even if they say yes, will mps vote it through? >> it may's deal. h?esa i cannot see it gettheg the supporhinks it will get. regime inke us into a britain of deregulion. laura k.: altho

in a letter to jean—claude juncker, the prime minister's laid out what he describes as a fair and reasonablelacement for the controversial backstop, the guarantee against a hard border in ireland, promising solutions compatible with the good friday agreement, to protect the peace process. the plan would create an all ireland regulatory zone, where goods and agriculture in northern ireland would follow eu rules, but the northern ireland assembly would have to vote to approve that plan, and every four years afterwards. there would have to be some new customs checks, but carried out electronically or on business premises. no new customs posts, and there's a commitment never to introduce checks at the border. but the vital response from ireland? waitand see... but will all of that be lost in translation? a guarded response from the eu, angela merkel said, "we'll examine the proposals closely, but it's important that eu stick together." and even if they say yes, would mps vote it through? it's worse than theresa may's deal. i can't see it getting the support that he thinks it will get. and it wil

in a newspaper interview, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, was forthrighthe does not accept what he called the blame game that is being played, which aims to pin the eventual failure of the negotiations on the european union. nobody, he said, would come out a winner in this scenario. here's our europe editor, katya adler. this isn't the end of the road for the eu because they are looking more long—term. they think a new brexit extension is the most likely outcome here, giving more time for talks. but no—one here is starry—eyed — that i'd talked to — about the idea of more time. of course you still need to find an accord between the eu and the uk acceptable to the european parliament and the uk parliament as well. and of course, no—one knows exactly what that accord will look like. neither now, nor in two or three months‘ time. alpesh patel, chief executive of praefinium partnersjoins me now. good morning. you've been looking at all of these latest comments, the irish taoiseach saying he's going to work extremely hard as is the uk government to see how they

deadline of october 31 the brexit deadline of october 31 the president of the eu commission, jean—claude junckersays there the president of the eu commission, jean—claudejuncker, says there is no reason for any further brexit delays. borisjohnson has boris johnson has urged borisjohnson has urged mps to back the new brexit agreement he has reached with the eu, describing it asa reached with the eu, describing it as a very good deal for the eu and for the uk. the dup, who support borisjohnson, have already rejected it. labour say this deal is much worse for the uk than the one negotiated by theresa may. laura kuenssberg reports on the day's events. he looks like he cannot quite believe it. how are you feeling? only seven days since the detailed talks really got going, not even 100 days into borisjohnson's time in office, and part one of his biggest job is complete. we have a deal. after late—night and early there is a new brexit agreement.” after late—night and early there is a new brexit agreement. i do think that this deal represents a very good deal, both for the eu, and for the uk. and it's a

in a newspaper interview, the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, was forthrighthe called the blame game that is being played, which aims to pin the eventual failure of the negotiations on the european union. nobody, he said, would come out a winner in this scenario. here's our europe editor, katya adler. this isn't the end of the road for the eu because they are looking more long—term. they think a new brexit extension is the most likely outcome here, giving more time for talks. but no—one here is starry—eyed — that i'd talked to — about the idea of more time. of course you still need to find an accord between the eu and the uk acceptable to the european parliament and the uk parliament as well. and of course, no—one knows exactly what that accord will look like. neither now, nor in two or three months‘ time. katya adler. a spokesman for turkey‘s president has said turkish forces will "shortly" cross the border into kurdish—held areas in syria. dozens of military vehicles have been sent there since donald trump ordered the withdrawal of american troops. the turks

the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, said there were positive elements, but also problematict least seven people have been killed after a vintage world war ii bomber crashed in the us state of connecticut. the boeing b17, dubbed the "flying fortress", was trying to make an emergency landing at bradley international airport, between boston and new york. you are up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. in this programme: prime minister's questions — with a difference. isn't this a government letting women down? i would say to the honourable lady on the side of the house, we are proud to be on our second female prime minister. an mp shares her own experience of domestic abuse. being yelled at in the car with the windows that, no attempts to hide behaviour during constituency engagements, humiliation and embarrassment now added to permanent trepidation and constant hurt and pain. and a familiar face makes a commons comeback. i am pleased that my first speech on my return to the backbenches should b

henrik 0vergaard—nielsen, nigel farage has said, he was very critical of jean—claude juncker, he wasbeing a thug—ocracy, power without accountability, . . . ? the reality is that we are very much against this deal. it isjust slightly better than they completely u na cce pta ble slightly better than they completely unacceptable theresa may deal, but the reality of life is that if this deal does not go through, then we will end deal does not go through, then we willend up deal does not go through, then we will end up with an extension. nigel farage was really will end up with an extension. nigel fa rage was really clear yesterday when he said that he wanted there to be an extension, effectively, he said the eu is trying to override the benn act. people having a double ta ke the benn act. people having a double take when nigel farage is coming out and saying he supports the benn act? i think he supports that westminster has passed a law which is the law of the land and for the eu to try and actually surpassed that is completely unacceptable. what will the brexit party's position be if a

francine: jean claude juncker, the president of the commission of the e.u.here is a deal -- well -- will, there is a deal. it dependsnted out, on whether dup is on board. , the prime minister of the u.k. saying we have a great new deal. a few things were leaked, but we seem to understand it is a different deal from what theresa may had. it goes back to political appetite and numbers in the house of commons to see whether boris johnson can get it through. duphe issue is probably the and their power to sway some of the other conservatives along with them, because they are not the deciding factor. johnson has a minority already including them because he kicked out a number of people from his party. this is very uncertain. wereumor was that there active negotiations with the dup, so my suspicion, if the headline you just quoted that the dup is on board, i suspect they have gotten a couple of billion. they also know that if the opinion polls are right and johnson gets his way, it will be irrelevant, so this is their time to strike a deal. tom: you are nodding, an

then have discussions, and following that, we will have the president of the commission, jean—claude juncker talking to boris johnson roofing angela merkel and then talking to borisjohnson on the phone. the eu has already said, it willjudge what comes against its long—standing criteria, and is judged against those criteria, what we know of the proposals that have come out, or appear to have come out so come out, or appear to have come out so far, it does not look that good, as the irish deputy prime minister was saying, what they involve is the creation of a customs border on the island of ireland, wherever those checks happen, whatever the prime minister says about this being a question about technology and defining the exact nature, it means that. for the eu, that is a significant step back from the commitments made by the uk government and boris johnson, commitments made by the uk government and borisjohnson, when he was foreign secretary in 2017, at the outset of this process, that there would be no checks on the island of ireland, because for the eu that is a crucial question. the peace

it is notjust the prime minister and jean—claude juncker on the phone to each other every day and havingalking to each other all the time, and they have probably discussed the possibility of something like this happening, what happens if we don't get the boat through, what happens if they do have to ask for a delay, they are talking all the time, aren't they. everybody is talking to each other, is notjust the government, it is the opposition mps talking to their counterparts, so this would have been factored in. talking to their counterparts, so this would have been factored inm is playing out before us on the cameras. . . is playing out before us on the cameras... there is wargaming and things that are planned for, but there is irony here that the legal argument was about parliamentary sovereignty and taking back control of our laws, and now you have the prime minister telling eu leaders to not take so seriously what parliament has said. he doesn't rate what parliament has done particularly helpful. i think that irony will play out as well stop shall we move on to the sunday telegraph.

if they decide they want to allow that extension -- >> but not up to jean-claude juncker. it is not up to him, is it >> nothing to do with him. that's one of the big wildcards. are the european council going to say is this the best deal on the table? they would be doing boris johnson a massive favor. that's quite an aggressive move. it is possible they could say we will grant you an extension. >> last cue, we have to go general election this side of christmas? >> i think the problem you've got with the election is that the poles are so against the option party right now however, i do think now you've got a deal and still with the parliamentary dead lock. saying no deal risk will be removed. no excuses they have left, they'll start to run out of options. >> at least the sun is out richard miles political analyst. i'll hand it back to you in the studio >> turning to the managing director of yoeur-asia group did he assume he would be aible to sway them over somehow? >> i think he's hoping to turn the dup before saturday's vote i think he's decided to call their bluff. eu lead

jean—claude juncker inaugurates the new european labour authority in brussels at 6pm.ur mobility and preventing abuses. and then at midday california time, volvo is to unveil its first fully—electric car in los angeles. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards here is your wednesday sport briefing. spain have become the latest team to qualify for next year's european championship finals, but they left it late to salvage the point they needed in sweden to qualify. valencia's rodrigo prodded home an equaliserfrom close range in stoppage time. it means roberto moreno's side become the sixth team to qualify for euro 2020 well, the fallout from monday's racist abuse in the game between bulgaria and england has continued, with the president of the bulgaria football union borislav mihaylov resigning. mihaylov had been called on to quit his role by his own prime minister boyko borissov after the abuse of england players in the euro 2020 qualifier in sofia. the match, which england won 6—0, was stopped twice because of racist behav

at the moment we hear people like emmanuel macron of france, jean—claude juncker, the president of thesion, leo varadkar, the irish prime minister, saying they think there is a good way of applying pressure in westminster to get mps to finally vote for this deal. if it came to the fact they were having to consider the prospect of a genuine extension, i think they would probably say yes. the reason is that if the uk say, can we stay in the eu for a bit longer and the eu says no, thatis for a bit longer and the eu says no, that is effectively the eu kicking the uk out, a member state out of the uk out, a member state out of the eu and causing a no—deal brexit. the number one objective on the eu side, a joint objective to getting a deal through, is to prevent a no deal through, is to prevent a no deal and avoid the blame if a no—deal brexit occurs. if push came to shove and we were at the emergency summit on sunday or tuesday or whenever, the eu would probably say yes. they would attach conditions and one of those would be if the uk is staying in for more than a month or two, they would h