our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from brussels.g made and unmade. are you ready to make history, mr davis? david davis' mission in brussels, to unstitch a relationship 44 years old, with the uk heading for future outside the eu as mr davis headed to his talks. it is almost exactly a year since the referendum and david davis says that with these talks, he is going to end up with a deal like no other before it. the eu side are waiting to see what it is he wants. the conservative party does not yet have a united view on brexit but article 50 has been triggered, and negotiations have to begin between mr davis and his opposite number, michel barnier. the handshake went on...and on. a small test of strength perhaps before the real tests ahead. we will do all we can to ensure that we deliver a deal that works in the best interests of all citizens. to that end, we are starting this negotiation in a positive and constructive tone, determined to build a strong and special partnership between ourselves and our european allies and friends in t

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the us and cost american jobs, and he has the backing of many republicans and the us coal industry. but some of america‘s largest corporations havejoined eu countries and china in condemning the president‘s move. our environment analyst roger harrabin looks now at the widespread opposition to president trump‘s decision. it is an interconnected planet. in the slums of bangladesh, water levels are rising as the world warms. partly thanks to carbon emissions from america. the reaction of poor nations to president trump is no surprise. he has effectively made the us a rogue state. the us will be entirely on its own. the rest of the world has already said that we will carry on on our own without the us. condemnation stretches far beyond bangladesh. there has been a worldwide chorus of anger. wherever we live, wherever we are, we all share the same responsibility. make our planet great again. it is inspiring to see china, india, brazil taking their commitment seriously on this. donald trump

damian atticus, thank you. —— damian grammaticas, thank you.o change their passwords to protect against being hacked. an investigation by the consumer group which found the super hub two internet router was vulnerable to hackers. it was one of several products, including wireless cameras, which were found to have a security flaw. a former loyalist paramilitary commander who became a so—called "supergrass" has pleaded guilty to 200 terrorist offences, including five murders. gary haggarty — the former head of the ulster volunteer force's north belfast unit — appeared at belfast crown court this morning amid heavy security. it's one of the most complex cases ever undertaken in northern ireland, as our correspondent chris page reports. during the troubles the new ds took more lives than any other loyalist paramilitary organisation —— uvf. it killed more than 500 people. one of its commanders was this man, gary haggarty. he's pleaded guilty to 200 offences. the prosecution case document runs to around 12,000 pages, covering 16 violent years from 19

can the highly complex negotiations damian grammaticas is in brussels for us. we expecting tomorrow? damian, what are we expecting tomorrow? 11am brussels time, on the seventh floor here, those talks will get underway. one of the early issues will be how to proceed. david davis wanted trade talks from the outset, and he has predicted a row over the summer over that, because the eu said it wants first exit issues dealt with, then a future relationship could be talked about. after initial contact between the two sides, we have heard the eu believes its preferred sequence will believes its preferred sequence will be followed. that is significant because it means david davis will have to satisfy the eu on issues you mentioned — citizens' rights, how they will calculate a final financial settlement before the eu will move on to discussing future relations. these are all tricky things, and on any one of them, the talks could falter. damien, thank you. a murder investigation has begun after the body of an 18—year—old woman, ellen higginbottom, was found in a country p

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.als the us open's lowest winning score of 16 under to claim his first major at erin hills. against the odds — pakistan shock india and celebrate winning the champions trophy final. and chile open their confederations cup campaign with a 2—0 win over cameroon. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with golf where american brooks koepka has won his first major title, the us open at erin hills in wisconsin carding a final round of five under for a tournament total of 16 under handing him a four stroke victory. let's head straight to the course and join the bbc‘s golf commentator chris latchem. the difference seemed to be on the final nine holes when koepka and brian harman were fighting it out with completely different outcomes for both? is certainly did. the three birdies ina row is certainly did. the three birdies in a row from 1a, 16 and 15 from brooks koepka is where it turned around. he was striding forward towards his 16 underpar and he's biggest rival of

co nfe re nce session of the day, we are expecting a press conference from the two men and damian grammaticash stuff is not being discussed today. this first day was to set the tone. brexit is now in motion. this is about resetting the conversation today after all the mudslinging and for instance this afternoon they had a working group session. those working groups hadn't been decided before they met. so they will have decided what are the priorities? which issues they are going to need to deal with first? on that issue the uk side has given ground. they are prepared to talk about the divorce settlement before they talk about the future trading agreement perhaps in october, if they make enough progress in the next three months. theresa may will be here on thursday for a meeting of the european council the all other 27 leaders will be in brussels to find out what went on here. she is only going to be allowed to talk to them over coffee setting out her position and what the election means for the uk. what impression do you get of the attitude of the european union towards the uk now and specifi

from brussels, damian grammaticas reports.against global warming, and just hours after donald trump retreated, enter new leaders — the eu and china. apart from the us, these are the world's other two economic heavyweights, prompted by president trump to act in concert. what we're seeing here with this joint reaction to donald trump's statement is striking, not just for the swiftness, but also for the message it sends, at a time when the us under president trump is withdrawing from global leadership on climate change, instantly the eu and china are stepping in to take up that mantle. it's a striking global change which could herald a decline in us influence. so at this special summit in brussels, the eu and china are making a joint declaration, they will not abandon the paris agreement, the opposite. they're committed to it. today we are stepping up with china. which means today, china and the european union are aligned on the need for international solutions. we are convinced that the decision yesterday by the united states to

0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas explains.ng 11 o'clock brussels time, at the seventh floor of eu headquarters, the talks that will decide the uk's future finally began, so who are the key players for the began, so who are the key players forthe uk? began, so who are the key players for the uk? david davis the brexit secretary ta kes for the uk? david davis the brexit secretary takes the lead and for the eu michel barnier is the chief negotiator. a former french foreign minister has spent months preparing. meeting prime ministers and chancellors across europe, and also tweeting, he's not averse to self—promotion, and those who know him say he is level—headed but south, and on holiday he said there isa south, and on holiday he said there is a long road ahead. michel barnier is a long road ahead. michel barnier isa is a long road ahead. michel barnier is a realist, he is calm, i hope the conservatives will also be calm because that is the best way for negotiations. the eu has laid out its plan and will expect uk to follow it, an

working on this story for the bbc in brussels is damian grammaticas. some of the basics of the story, what more are you hearing from the contacts talking to you there? what we have heard is from a witness who was at the scene in the train station. at the time of the incident. this was a gentleman who was trying to catch a train at the time. he saw the initial part of this incident. what he described was a small ignition so, something that caught fire. he was very clear, he said there was not an explosion or any pressure wave or anything that you would expect from that. this is someone with a military background, someone with a military background, so he speaks from experience, he said, there was a small ignition, a bag or something that had been there in the station ignited. there were fla mes in the station ignited. there were flames that erupted from it. he saw one person close flames that erupted from it. he saw one person close to it at the time. but thought that person was a passer by. somebody carrying what looked like a folded bike he thought. h

damian grammaticas explains.m in brussels, the seventh floor of eu headquarters. the talks that will decide the future of britain will begin. the key players. for the uk, david davis ta kes key players. for the uk, david davis takes the lead. michel barnier will ta ke takes the lead. michel barnier will take the negotiating lead for the eu. michel barnier has spent months preparing. he met chancellors and prime ministers across europe, regularly tweeting. he also likes to self promote. he is levelheaded but tough. on holiday, he tweeted there isa tough. on holiday, he tweeted there is a long road ahead. michel barnier is a long road ahead. michel barnier isa is a long road ahead. michel barnier is a realist. i hope everyone is calm, that is the best way to negotiate. how will it work? the eu has laid out its plan, saying the uk will follow it. the first phase will deal with exit terms. only if the eu is satisfied, possibly in october, do we move to the second phase, the future relationship of the uk to the eu. th

. —— damian grammaticas is in luxembourg. .we .n. 0ne face—to—face negotiations between david davis and michel barnier, we have then been told by a source at the is that the subsequent pattern is going to follow what they believe what the eu has set out, one week of face—to—face talks every forward ekes, and the understanding is that the talks will follow the eu's desired pattern, they understand, which is to deal with exit issues first, that is, citizens rights and money issues, before moving on to a future trade deal. david davis, brexit secretary, had predicted the i’ow brexit secretary, had predicted the row of the summer would be about that sequence. we will see what he says on monday in brussels. a man has been tasered by police outside the houses of parliament, after he reached for a knife when approached by officers. police on routine duties became aware of a man acting suspiciously. the man, in his 30s, was arrested for possession of a knife. he's now being held in a central london police station. nobody was injured. briti

may is expected to offer certainty to eu nationals living in the uk. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticasreception will she get? she made the comments at the beginning of the election campaign where mrs may accused some in the eu of trying to undermine her re—election prospects, so this is her first meeting since then. it's going to be interesting to see how she is received. she will address the leaders this evening at dinner about the issue of citizens‘ rights, what she says is this british uk offer to be put on the table. the eu side already has its offer. it‘s made it quite a few weeks ago, saying that all existing rights, that 4 million people have, uk citizens living in the eu, eu citizens living in the eu, eu citizens in the uk could, should be preserved, guaranteed for life, that‘s rights to work, pension rights, things like that, education rights. we will see of theresa may‘s offer matches that or not. but the leaders here will not engage with her in discussions about it. that is for the separate negotiation process which david davis is part of. so they will listen politely and th

our correspondent, damian grammaticas, is at the scene. what is the latest on what happened?ed? what we have heard is from a witness who was in the station at the time it happened. it was almost exactly 8:45pm local time. he said it was moderately busy. this man saw a device, something on the ground, burst into flames. there was an ignition. he said there was not an explosion. it was almost as if some kind of trigger device went off but nothing else exploded. there was a burst of flames. this package caught fire. what we then heard, that witness left the scene very quickly. he didn't see anybody injured. the deputy station master has said he saw a man running from the scene, leaving the scene quickly, turn, go back into the station. then the security forces, who were there very quickly, opened fire on an individual they believed to have carried out the debtor nation. shot him, wounded him. what we have heard is that bomb disposal teams were sent in. they examined this individual, who was wounded on the ground, to make sure there were no more explosives before he was then take

let's go to damian grammaticas in brussels. really striking last night was that as soon as that announcement came from washington, we had a whole slew of announcements from across the eu all saying the same thing, all coordinators, all obviously prepared, saying this was a sad day, they did not share the same opinion, they did not share the same opinion, they regretted the decision from the us. we heard about thejoint statement from france, germany and italy, saying this could not be renegotiated. what we are going to see today now is here in brussels the chinese premier, the chinese prime minister, in brussels for a prescheduled summit, at which one of the key declarations will be that both the eu and all its countries and china remain committed to the paris accord and will continue to meet their obligations under that, so what they wish to signal here is that there will be no turning back, because they do not want any fraying of what they call historic achievements, under the paris accord, to result from donald trump's decisi

from brussels, our correspondent damian grammaticas.d china. apart from the us, these are the world's other two economic heavyweights, prompted by president trump to act in concert. what we're seeing here with this joint reaction to donald trump's statement is striking, not just for the swiftness, but also for the message it sends, at a time when the us under president trump is withdrawing from global leadership on climate change, instantly the eu and china are stepping in to take up that mantle. it's a striking global change which could herald a decline in us influence. so at this special summit in brussels, the eu and china are making a joint declaration, they will not abandon the paris agreement, the opposite. they're committed to it. today we are stepping up with china. which means today, china and the european union are aligned on the need for international solutions. we are convinced that the decision yesterday by the united states to lead the paris agreement is a big mistake. when president trump announced his decision last night

from luxembourg, here's our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas.appen next week, when brexit talks begin, which is going to be one day of face—to—face negotiations between david davis and michel barnier of the eu. what we have then been told by an eu source is that the subsequent pattern is going to follow what they believe, what the eu has set out — one week of face—to—face talks every four weeks. and what the source has then said is that the understanding is that the talks will follow the eu's desired pattern, they understand, which is to deal with exit issues first, that is, citizens' rights and money issues, before moving on to a future trade deal. remember, david davis the brexit secretary, said the row of the summer would be about that sequence. we will see what he says on monday in brussels. a man has been tasered by police outside the houses of parliament, after he reached for a knife when approached by officers. police on routine duties became aware of a man acting suspiciously. the man, in his 30s, was arrested for possession of a knife;

theresa may is expected to offer certainty to eu nationals living in the uk. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticassa may has had meetings with eu leaders, donald tusk, and jean—claude juncker, face to leaders, donald tusk, and jean—claudejuncker, face to face meetings, that could have been awkward given her comments during the election campaign when she said some in the eu were trying to undermine her position but everyone is waiting to see what she says about citizens' rights, the offer she is to outline during dinner. the concern is that it will be lower than what the eu wants, which is all rights guaranteed. that theresa may will put an offer on the table that withdraws some of the rights. but asked in the light of the election result, could she be pushing for the brexit deal as she wanted before. today i'm setting out the uk's plans on how to propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the european union. but other issues on the agenda, such as counter—terrorism. 0ne agenda, such as counter—terrorism. one of the things i will be calling on with other yearn leaders

european council, donald tusk, said he dreams that brexit may not happen. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticase latest. the very latest is that we have been hearing from task and jonker, there will be no negotiation with theresa may at this summit when she stands up may at this summit when she stands up to talk about citizen rights, they said this is not a forum for that, there are negotiators who will deal with those things. so the leaders here will not engage with her. they will simply sit at dinner, listened politely, not respond. she will then leave the room until they have the brexit negotiation. she was asked when she arrives what she was planning to say. this is what she said. today i will be setting out the uk's plans, particularly on how we propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the european union. there will also be other important issues on the agenda such as counter—terrorism. we will be setting out how we propose to protect those rights. eu leaders will be watching very closely because they have set out their stall weeks ago, up and offered to pro

theresa may is expected to offer certainty to eu nationals living in the uk. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticaster for theresa may to navigate. herfirst yes, a tricky encounter for theresa may to navigate. her first summit with the european leaders since the election, an election she called to strengthen her mandate but ending up ina weaker strengthen her mandate but ending up in a weaker position. she will be given a few minutes at the end of dinner to discuss what it means for brexit. ewe believe she will outline her offer as it is on the european citizens' rights in the uk. she was asked what the election means for her negotiations, this is what she said. today i will be setting out the uk's plans on how to propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the european union. and other important issues on the agenda such as counter—terrorism. 0ne the agenda such as counter—terrorism. one of the things i will be calling on with other european leaders today is that we do more working together to ensure we stop the spread of extremism online, that we prevent terrorists fr

her proposals for the rights of eu nationals living in the uk post—brexit. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticasg us up-to-date. the leaders in their sessions, they finished the first discussing terrorism and security, theresa may has had a one—on—one meeting with donald tusk who chairs these summits. we understand it was simply about procedure, talking about how she will addressed the leaders about this question of citizens rights later but earlier she was asked how, given the election result and her weakened mandate, could she still pursue the sort of brexit and vision for it she had outlined before and this is what she said. today i will be setting out the uk's plans on how to propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the european union. and other important issues on the agenda such as counter—terrorism. one of the things i will be calling on with other european leaders today is that we do more working together to ensure we stop the spread of extremism online, that we prevent terrorists from having a safe space online and we keep our citizens safe. are you ready

damian grammaticas is in brussels for us. damian, what is in brussels for us.ine coming out of brussels? just how angry are the leaders there? very, very disappointed. if you look across the eu, we had the belgian prime minister last night calling this a brutal act from france, i think the words used were open "criminal". thejoint france, i think the words used were open "criminal". the joint statement from the french, the italians are the germans are saying that the climate change chords can be renegotiated, donald trump cannot simply walk away and come back and say he wants a better deal in some way. that won't happen, they said. either the us meet its commitments oi’ either the us meet its commitments or it doesn't. i think very, very disappointed but also determined to ta ke disappointed but also determined to take up the mantle of the leadership of this issue. they made a very clear that if the us won't, the eu and, interestingly, china, the other two global heavyweights, will be stepping in and that's what we are going to see today here. by coincidence, t

damian grammaticas reporting from brussels this morning. 11 residential high—rise buildings in england grenfell tower. camden council claims it was misled, and was told cladding used on these buildings was a safer type. the cladding will be a key part of the investigation into the fire at grenfell tower. like many other buildings, its outer skin was aluminium composite material. the best cladding has a mineral core, which doesn‘t burn. but the core at grenfell tower was polyethylene, which might have been a factor that caused the fire to spread. the government says it‘s now testing 600 buildings, but there are reviews under way on privately owned buildings, too. premier inn has told the bbc that three of its hotels did not appear to comply with government guidelines for tall buildings. the company said it had received independent expert advice that the hotels could stay open given other fire safety measures. but many other buildings owned by others elsewhere could be in a similar position. yesterday, the prime minister, booed again, on a visit to north kensington. the deadly fire at gr