damian grammaticas, bbc news, liege. barr posted a racist tweet. the american actress compared former 0bama adviser valerie jarrett to an ape on social media. in a statement, abc called her comments "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent" with the network's values. more now from james cook in los angeles. in terms of twitter outrage, it doesn't get much bigger than suggesting that a black woman is an ape and that wasn't all she did in this late—night twitter tirade. she also attacked in vulgar terms hillary clinton, her daughter chelsea clinton. she attacked the billionaire financier george soros, a bete noir of many on the right in the united states, as a nazi — he isjewish. and she also voiced support for an english far—right politician, tommy robinson, who's been in the news today as well. the combined effect of all of this was very serious but, to be honest with you, i think the ape tweet alone would have been enough to get anyone fired. james cook in los angeles. political upheaval in italy has prompted a slump in g

damian grammaticas, bbc news, liege.re due to carry out an operation to evacuate hundreds of migrants living in makeshift camps. it's estimated more than 2,000 migrants and refugees are sleeping rough under bridges and by canals in what aid groups describe as "catastrophic sanitary conditions". men and some women, who aid workers say have escaped violence and dictatorship in countries such as sudan and eritrea, are crammed into tents on a pavement with no proper sanitation. hundreds began gathering there during cold weather at the start of the year, and numbers had grown in recent months. officials with some yellow high visibility jackets there. officials with some yellow high visibilityjackets there. we are expecting an operation to begin shortly. at the moment of agencies that people are standing around waiting to see what can happen. but you get a sense of what it must be like for people living there in those terms. aid workers are concerned about the unsanitary conditions. where they will be moved onto it is not quit

and earlier i spoke to damian grammaticas.n by giving more details on today's attack. have been coming out. police investigators looking at the perpetrator of this attack. watchlist for suspected contacts with radicalfigures. quoting police sources. with radicalism or terrorism. that he was radicalised. he appeared to have targeted two policewomen on the street. he stabbed them and then shot them with their guns. shot dead when he ran out and confronted police outside. but we understand, too, now is that this man had been in prison. for his future release. suspicions about his contacts. but no doubt here that the police were the targets? certainly. that's what the prosecutors were talking about. attacked them unprovoked. he simply came up on them, stabbed them. dead and then the rest of the incident unfolded. so it seems, yes, targeted the police. in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm this evening in the papers. at the association of chartered certified accountants. labour minister tessa jowell, by using an immunotherapy vacci

damian grammaticas, bbc news, liege. of the european union. by the failure to form a government are ‘ious‘. james reynolds reports from rome. in italy, it is probably not good news. minister went to see the head of state. italy expected him to be sworn in. but reporters were told to come back tomorrow. that there is no point in taking the job. if so, elections will be held in the summer. the vote and then possibly pull italy out of the euro. short steps from losing the confidence of the market. with actions that will affect growth and could even reduce it. so, how did italy get to this point? five star and league, outperformed traditional parties. eurosceptic administration. but the president vetoed their line—up on sunday. a national debate first, he told them. italians must now pick a side. the euro without question? italy does with europe? for 30 years, sonia has worked at rome's campo di fiori market. she tells me she cannot stand the populists. who are illiterate. they have never read a book. they have no political credentials. none. "not true," says daniele, who works a few stal

thank you, damian grammaticas, there.cts to women from low income households in aberdeen is to be rolled out across scotland. the scottish government scheme — designed to tackle "period poverty" — was launched injuly last year. the pilot programme has given out free products to more than 1,000 women so far, as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. food banks and those who supply them do want to hand out more sanitary products. they are necessities, but they aren't often donated. that's why the scottish government now says it will give over £500,000 to fund free towels and tampons for women in low—income households. for women who can't afford to buy adequate sanitary protection, it can be a humiliating experience. not something you necessarily want to talk about. so, many have been suffering in silence, while girls have been forced to miss days at school, and their mothers have having to choose between buying food and menstrual products. this charity, fareshare, will soon be distributing government funded sanitary produ

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels.n aberdeen is to be extended across scotland. the scottish government scheme, designed to tackle what's called ‘period poverty‘, was launched in july last year. the pilot programme has given out free products to more than a thousand women so far — as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. food banks and those who supply them do want to hand out more sanitary products. they are necessities, but they are not often donated. that is why the scottish government now says it will give over half a million pounds to fund free towels and tampons for women in low income households. for women who cannot afford to buy adequate sanitary protection it can be a humiliating experience, not something you necessarily want to talk about. so many have been suffering in silence whilst girls have been forced to miss days at school and their mothers are having to choose between buying food and menstrual products. this charity, fair share, will soon be distributing government funded sanitary products as well

damian grammaticas, many thanks, and to norman smith in westminster.ly half a million women in england who should have received invitations for breast cancer screening since 2009 were not contacted, partly because of it errors. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, has told mps that between 135 and 270 women could have had their lives shortened because of the mistake. well, our health editor, hugh pym, is here. a very grave looking health secretary was about to mps, what did he have to say cool? he have to say yes, secretary was about to mps, what did he have to say yes, she began his statement by saying there had been serious failings in the programme in england. since 2009, in england, women between 50 and 70 have been invited for breast screening, it is volu nta ry, invited for breast screening, it is voluntary, and they get that every three years. but it has emerged that some women in their late 60s, who would you their final screening under this programme, never got the invitation, never heard that it was available. that is partly, we're told, an it

our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in liege. hejoins us live. he joins us live. what is the latest? there have been reports in the past couple of hours that have been coming out. police investigators looking at the perpetrator of this attack. reports coming out that he may have been on some sort of a police watchlist for suspected contacts with radical figures. that has not been confirmed publicly. there have been reports quoting police sources. we cannot say that definitively, but what we do understand is that he had been imprisoned. he had been imprisoned for a year or imprisoned. he had been imprisoned fora yearorso, imprisoned. he had been imprisoned for a year or so, where he was imprisoned for offences related to drugs, nothing related to radicalism or terrorism but police believe that when he was in prison if was possible that he was radicalised. the events that unfolded here in liege this morning, he appeared to have targeted two policewomen, on the street. he stabbed them and then shot them with their guns, came up the street here to the school where he

damian grammaticas reports. both murdered in cold blood. 13—year—old daughters as orphans. with a 25—she was filming the attacker yesterday from her balcony. and a man in a car. he can be seen brandishing two guns. when he gets close, the woman retreats. and just a few minutes later, armed officers have now arrived. you can see them advancing cautiously up the street. the attacker is hiding in a school. he runs out, firing. overnight release from prison. he'd been in and out ofjailfor ten years for minor offences. the facts are qualified as terrorist murder and attempted murder. of the judicial investigation. after his release from prison. his aunt saw him come to visit a former inmate he knew. the man, too, was murdered. translation: he didn't seem stressed. he was normal, laughing. he went up to michael's. i heard nothing after that. but was yesterday's mayhem avoidable? examining his conscience. "i am responsible for prisons. ", he said. questions for belgium to answer. damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the rail industry, accusing it of collectively failing passengers. left t

in a moment, we'll talk to damian grammaticas in brussels.irst let's talk to barbara plett usher, who is in washington. barbara, what's been the reaction there to president trump's momentous decision? well, a predictable reaction from the architects of the deal. president 0bama said it was so misguided this decision because the agreement was working and it was in the interests of the us. from democratic lawmakers they said it was a rash and short—sighted decision compromising us security. those within trump's orbit, they cheered him on praised him for keeping a campaign promise. you would have thought there would have been blanket support from republican lawmakers because many of them thought the deal was really bad. you did get statements of support from the party leadership but some senior republicans broke rank on it. they said it was a mistake to pull out u nless said it was a mistake to pull out unless you had proof that iran was violating it. they said it affected the credibility and reliability of the credibility and reliability of the

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack president trump has weighed in over the scandal surrounding roseanne barr. her hit tv show has been cancelled by abc after the star published a racist tweet about an adviser to former president 0bama. the tv network apologised, but president trump has accused abc of hypocrisy, because, he says, nobody on the channel has ever apologised to him over false reporting. authorities in algeria have seized more than 700 kilogrammes of cocaine aboard a container ship. the liberia—registered vessel was due to offload its cargo in the algerian port of 0ran, but the captain mysteriously refused to dock for three days. acting on a tip—off, the algerian coastguard boats forced the ship into port. the drugs were found in boxes marked as halal meat. dozens of pakistani shias have gone missing in recent months after, according to their families, being detained by the security forces. they've never been produced in court or charged with an offence, but

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels.tained by the security forces. they've never been produced in court or charged with an offence, but sources in the community have told the bbc it's believed they're being secretly held by the intelligence services, accused of links to a brigade of shia foreign fighters in syria. but their families say they're innocent, and are desperate for any information about them. they've been speaking to secunder kermani. this cctv video shows this 30—year—old being taken away by members of the security forces in the city of karachi in november 2016. he hasn't been seen since. both the police and the intelligence services deny holding him custody. his family say he had just returned from pilgrimage in iraq with his pregnant wife. now, over a year later, she's given birth to a son who's never met his father. translation: no-one is telling us where he is or how he is. we are so worried. at least tell us what he is accused of. my kids are always asking me, when will our dad come back? what answer can

damian grammaticas in brussels, thank you.s parts of the midlands and wales, after some areas experience more than a month's rainfall injustan hour. talks resume between us and north korean officials on a possible leaders' summit, after donald trump says he sees "great potential" in the north's future. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following a referendum in the republic of ireland, but it's understood downing street believes any reform "is an issue for northern ireland". hugh ferris has the latest from the bbc sport centre. good morning. chris froome says he won the giro d'italia with an "absolutely clear conscience" after becoming just the third rider to win all three of cycling's grand tours back to back. he also became the first british man to win the race in italy. but many had questioned whether he should be competing at all after the controversy generated by his adverse finding for asthma drug salbutamol at last year's vuelta, the second of his three wins in a row. froome denies

damian grammaticas, bbc news, liege. will listen in the us president, donald trump. —— and across towow. 0h, do we know —— love nashville? do we love tennessee? we love tennessee. thank you. what a crowd. want to thank you and trays atkins, who was incredible. who was incredible. want to thank you very much, trace, it was fantastic. it was fantastic. tennessee, and that is what it is, a great state. great state. american music, and i mean incredible music. i love country music. music. thousands of hard—working american patriots. of your wonderful tennessee republican leaders. this feels just like before our election. election. this is a big crowd of people, a lot of people. a lot of people. people. everything, and they are still coming in. we love you. thank you. and we are producing for you, we're really producing. you, we're really producing. politician, can you imagine, the word politician? word politician? i never thought that was going to happen. that was going to happen. i don't even like it. even like it. said i was going to produce, and we are only one and a half years in. ch

damian grammaticas, bbc news, liege. you‘re watching newsday on the bbc.de north korea? under one of the world‘s most repressive regimes. form of a brain tumour. sponsors athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. famine relief in africa. will be thousands of queues started forming at seven a:m.. forming at seven a:m.. area and into the juventus enclosure. enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. lost control. mourn the tragic death of nehru today, the father of independence. today, the father of independence. an end after 25 years and more than 1000 episodes. 1000 episodes. made one of the richest people on the planet. the planet. announced she has left the spice girls. i don't believe it. the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power, not, geri halliwell? why? this is newsday on the bbc. i‘m rico hizon in singapore. i‘m babita sharma in london. our top stories. between trump and kim jong—un. has her hit series cancelled, after sending racist tweets. the makers of a rival game, claiming their idea was stolen. to a court in south korea. both

damian grammaticas, bbc news, liege. by using a new vaccine. and chemotherapy. the life expectancy oftients increased by at least six months. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has the story. you feeling ok in yourself? this is a glioblastoma. it was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. personalised vaccine. there's horror stories on the web. the survival rates are very low, aren't they? and short—lived. anything to help is great, you want to grab onto it and run with it. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair. yes. the trial extended average survival from 17 to 23 months. are still alive seven years on. so how does the treatment work? the cancer which otherwise can evade the body's own defences. personalised vaccine by individual to any patient who received it. to any patient who received it. have removed the tumour as much as possible. possible. to educate the immune system against the tumour. the tumour. explain why we are seeing such good results. results. patient a

our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. — so it seems nicola sturgeon is echoingtiations, nicola sturgeon has no role in that but this was michel barnier briefing her and whether government says that progress is being made they both disagree. eu officials are preparing for a summit infour officials are preparing for a summit in four weeks' time which is meant to sign of on the broad progress on those outstanding issues. the irish border and the legal underpinnings ofan border and the legal underpinnings of an exit deal. how any disputes would be governed. michel barnier, his team and nicola sturgeon both say that time is running out and progress is not being made and there isa progress is not being made and there is a risk that if the deadline is missed the only one that remains is in october and the uk could risk exiting with no deal which would also mean no transition period that follows that. those things are not nailed down country to perceptions that somehow. now nicola sturgeon said today that in her opinion the a nswer to said today that in her opinion the

our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in liege. hejoins us live. he joins us live.rs that have been coming out. police investigators looking at the perpetrator of this attack. reports coming out that he may have been on some sort of a police watchlist for suspected contacts with radical figures. that has not been confirmed publicly. there have been reports quoting police sources. we cannot say that definitively, but

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels.ootball coach was a "serial abuser of young teenage boys". bob higgins, who worked at clubs including southampton and peterborough united, denies 50 counts of indecent assault between 1971 and 1996. our correspondent katy austin is at salisbury crown court. that's right. today the court heard that bob higgins was a talented, highly regarded youth coach. he had worked at southampton football club coaching their youth team from the mid—705 to the late 1980s. he later worked for peterborough united until 1996. thejury was worked for peterborough united until 1996. the jury was told he worked for peterborough united until 1996. thejury was told he had carried out a widespread campaign of sexual abuse against many of those in his charge. the court was told that his behaviour patterns included abusing boys when they were in his command touching them when they stayed overnight at his house. the prosecution said he operated with a systematic and all pervasive pattern of grooming behaviour, gai

damian grammaticas, bbc news, brussels. the volcano on hawaii's big island continues to erupt.e closure of a nearby highway. so far at least 82 homes have been destroyed. and around 2,000 people have been forced to evacuate. it has also prompted this question on twitter.. tweet @jayfurr from vermont local, jay furr. he asked the us geological survey‘s volcanoes twitter account: "is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents? assuming you had a long enough stick, that is?" he promptly got this response. "erm...we're going to have to say no, that's not safe. (please don't try!) if the vent is emitting a lot of sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide, they would taste bad. and if you add sulfuric acid to sugar, you get a pretty spectacular reaction. tourism revenue is expected to take a hit from this eruption. and there is concern from some that the scale of the event is being overplayed. this is where hawaii's big island is located. the volcano is called kilauea. it's on the island's southern shore. and this is how it looks from space. this image was taken few days ago by the e

the bbc‘s damian grammaticas in brussels has the details.he agreed to come here. remember, he has not agreed to go to a address parliament in the uk, but they were left extremist russia could, there were really tetchy exchanges at the end of partly down to the format, this was 90 minutes, the first hour was the full political leaders in the parliament putting questions, but rather than questions followed by answer, it was one hour of many questions and then half an hour of his replies. he was able to reply to the specific questions with generality, saying facebook would do better and they didn't feel like they got answers to many questions, including about that data breach of 80 odd million users to cambridge analytica, did he know or approve the decision not to tell anyone about that? no answer. would they come clean about the taxes they pay in everyjurisdiction? no answer. what about data privacy? would they agree to follow all european rules and not collect data that people who don't even log in? no answer. they were left saying that unle

the bbc‘s damian grammaticas in brussels has the details.reed to come here and he had not agreed to come here and he had not agreed to come here and he had not agreed to address parliament in the uk but they were left frustrated in really tetchy up —— exchanges, uk but they were left frustrated in really tetchy up —— exchang felt would police they and they felt they felt they did not get answers to questions, including the data breach of 80 million users. did he approve the decision not to tell anyone about that? no answer. would facebook come clear that the taxes it pays in everyjurisdiction? no a nswer it pays in everyjurisdiction? no answer about that. what about data privacy? would facebook agree to follow all european rules are not collect data about people who do not even login? no answer. so they said u nless even login? no answer. so they said unless they did get answers they would push for greater scrutiny of the facebook competition role, its giant size, and whether it should be looked into. (pres) also making news today, a woman i

damian grammaticas is in brussels. with so little time left. you are right, rather than acrimonious maybe just serious pressure building up now in the negotiations. this week more technical negotiations and what they have ended with is eu sources saying they are simply hasn't been enough substantive progress and they put this down to the idea that the uk has a plan they say, that it can leave the eu with all those red lines the government has adopted and still benefit from all the things the eu has and all the programmes. so things like justice and home affairs, security cooperation, worried there will be gaps is the uk but the eu says that if the choice you have made, that is what brexit is. on the future trading relationship, the space programme, all the things that the eu says you will be out, the issue of northern ireland at the border is really about heart of this, the eu say it isafun about heart of this, the eu say it is a fun to see what the uk government is talking about. there has to be progress before thejun

our correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels.ut the measures the eu could use to protect its business interests. the thing the french are talking about what is called blocking legislation and they were talking today about presenting measures to toughen up existing legislation. this goes back to the 1990s, to cuba, where eu firms wanted to trade with cuba and this is legislation designed to shield european firms from the effect of us sanctions on them if they did business with cuba. the problem they have now is that the eu countries may try to introduce this but what european officials have already said is that there has been what they call a chilling effect on european businesses, just from the threat of american sanctions. now that is likely to be even more severe and what that means is that anyone doing business, even if they are protected or offered protection from european governments, i think will be reluctant because of the threat of fines and penalties imposed in the us. banks, say, won't offerfinancing for oil deals, say,

damian grammaticas, thank you, from liege.l breakthrough in fighting the aggressive form of brain cancer which killed the former labour minister tessa jowell, by using an immunotherapy vaccine. results from a major international trial show that the life expectancy of patients with glioblastoma increased by at least six months, and for some patients it doubled survival to more than three years. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has the details. this is a glioblastoma. it was found three years ago in nigel‘s brain. now, all traces appear to have gone. we can see no evidence of any residual or recurrent tumour. nigel‘s a patient at london's king's college hospital and one of more than 300 volunteers on a trial of a personalised vaccine. i feel quite lucky to be on the trial, to be fair, yes. there are horror stories on the web and the survival rates are very low, aren't they, and short—lived, so anything to help is great. you want to grab onto it and run with it. the trial extended average survival from 17 to 23 months. one

our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, is in brussels for us.ging this? i think there is a lot of pessimism here. we did not see that today so far, we saw the foreign minister of iran meeting the eu foreign policy representative, and in that meeting, they were all smiles, looked very relaxed and happy, javad zarif emerged to say it was good and constructive, on the right path to move forward, he said. over dinner this evening, boris johnson, his french counterpart, german counterpart, they will be talking to a javad zarif, urging him to stick with the deal, essentially teaching keeping the curbs, mr johnson saying it is important the european security. the iranians want to hear whether they can keep investment going? what diplomats are saying the americans have made clear there will be no exemptions, european firms will still be subject to sanctions, if they try to do business with iran, and so the key question for europeans is, can they find a way around that? quite a lot of pessimism here that it will be very difficult and the future bodes ver

took a cleaner hostage at a school before he was shot dead by police. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas scene. yes, these events happened about three hours ago in liege, we are in the east of belgium and the key locations were a cafe behind me and a school 100 metres or so further up what it was at the cafe this attack started and this is what we know of the events so far. 10:30am this morning, gunfire in the centre of liege, city of almost 200,000. people who heard the shots on one of the biggest streets hurry to get away. translation: i was walking along the street and i heard gunshots. i saw people walking, others running and shouting run away, leave. then there we re shouting run away, leave. then there were several more bangs 30 minutes later. i was on the bus, we were told to get off because it was dangerous. i went to find cover in a small shop, when i walked out of the staff i heard gunshots. armed small shop, when i walked out of the staffi heard gunshots. armed police units scrambled to respond. a man carrying a knife had attacked two police officers in their street. he grabbe

here's our europe correspondent damian grammaticas.cers, both murdered in cold blood. 0n the left soraya belkacemi, a single mother who leaves twin 13—year—old daughters as orphans. 0n the right, lucile garcia, recently married with a 25—year—old son. and new footage taken during the attack yesterday. the voice is the woman filming shouting at the attacker down on the street. he's on the right. moments after shooting the policewoman and a young man in the car he's brandishing a gun. as soon as realises, the woman retreats. and just a few minutes later she is filming again, armed police have now arrived. you can see them advancing cautiously up the street. the attacker is hiding in a school. he runs out firing. gunfire this morning, belgian prosecutors gave more details. the fact police were targeted means they are now treating this as terrorism. the facts are verified as terrorist murder and attempted murder.‘ the facts are verified as terrorist murder and attempted murder. ajudge has been put in charge of the judicial investigation. h

but many meps were angry that he didn't answer their questions. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticasps feel so unhappy at how it went? first of all, they were delighted mark zuckerberg agreed to come here. he has not agreed to go to address parliament in the uk. but they were left frustrated and there where tetchy exchanges at the end because partly down to the format, this was an hourand a partly down to the format, this was an hour and a half and the first hour was the 12 political leaders in the parliament putting questions. but rather questions followed by answer, it was an hour of questions, many questions and then half an hour where mark zuckerberg could reply. he said facebook would do better. and the data breach to cambridge analytica, did he know about the decision not to tell anyone? no answer. would facebook come clean about the taxes it pays in every jurisdiction? no answer. what about data privacy would facebook agree to follow european rules and not collect data about people who don't log in? no answer. so they were left saying that unless they do get a nswe rs saying t

damian grammaticas is in brussels for us.the french president emmanuel macron, from the eu policy chief mogherini. mr macron said france, germany and the uk all share the regret that the nuclear non—proliferation treaty is at stake. this was raining in iran's possible nuclear programme. the eu side will be dismayed at what they heard from mr trump because they will feel he misunderstood the way the deal worked and misrepresented it. he spoke about it being a weak deal with weak provisions that iran could cheat but the eu side say no, there were unlimited inspections and any attempts to block them could result in automatic sanctions. the tough regime was tougher than anywhere else in the world and it is one of the reasons they believe iran kept their promises. and the us side has been the first to break the terms of the deal. mr macron said the eu will work to create a new framework for the future. mr trump has threatened sanctions extending to companies are businesses that try to companies are businesses that try to cooperate

radicalised while in jail and was meant to be on a police watchlist. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticasts. 10:30am this morning, gunfire in the centre of liege, a city of almost 200,000. people who heard the shots on one of the city's biggest streets hurried to get away. translation: i was walking along the street and i heard gunshots. i saw people walking, others running and shouting "run, leave." then there were several more bangs 30 minutes later. i was on the bus, we were told to get off because it was dangerous. i went to find cover in a small shop, when i walked out of the store i heard gunshots. armed police units scrambled to respond. a man carrying a knife had attacked two police officers in the street. he grabbed both their guns, and then shot and killed the officers as well as a passenger in a passing car, a 22—year—old man. a few hundred metres away at a school, he briefly took a cleaning lady hostage by the entrance to the building. in a press conference the prosecutor gave more details, saying when police teams arrived the man tried to attack them too before he was shot an

correspondent yolande knell who's injerusalem, where there's been much hostility to the deal, and damian grammaticass many eu leaders have been trying to pursuade mr trump to keep the deal alive. but first to washington and our correspondent jane 0'brien. what are the latest signals about what the president is likely to say later? i think it would be unwise to try to predict anything this president might do but the indications are that he will walk away from this deal. we know that he spoke to emmanuel macron this morning and it's reportedly told the president he will abandon the deal and perhaps more importantly reimpose the sanctions that were waived under the deal and impose additional secondary sanctions. that is important because it means president trump is considering more than a paper victory or a face saving victory, that he is taking considerable action that will undermine the iran deal. if he does do that, there's sanctions would ta ke do that, there's sanctions would take about a month before they take effect, there is a delay mechanism built into the deal, and it could be towards the end

paul adams, bbc news. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels.s made to donald trump, to try and persuade him to stay in this deal, what is the mood they‘ re? him to stay in this deal, what is the mood they're? deep concern, i would say. a lot of worry right across the european union and here in brussels, because what they say is that this deal has been working, and that it took years to negotiate, it was very carefully put together, they said, it resulted in, as paul was explaining, a dismantling of iran's nuclear programmes, which we re iran's nuclear programmes, which were getting to the point where it was getting close to having the capabilities to produce nuclear weapons, the eu side say what has been put in place instead it intrusive inspections, they have been able to going to now and dismantle the monitor —— and monitor secret underground sites, which they say could potentially be lost. they say could potentially be lost. they say that this is worth keeping, it has worked, iran has kept inside of the bargain. there is some frustration, be

say they're treating the attacks as ‘terrorist murder‘ i'm joined by our europe correspondent damian grammaticason day release from prison. what questions are being asked. there are serious questions being asked, the timeline has been expanded in this event, so it was already known yesterday that this man, he has been named in the media as benjamin hermann has been released on a temporary one night released on a temporary one night release from prison on monday. what is emerging is he appeared to have killed one man on monday evening, as you were saying a former colleague of his, a cell mate, an inmate he was in prison with, on monday evening. then on tuesday, in liege he carried out his killing spree before being shot dead himself. the questions around his release are becoming pointed, because people are saying and looking at this and questioning why he was out at all, if he was a danger and the interior minister here has been on belgian radio saying he is questioning his own conscience, because he felt responsible for the fact that this man was on release when he carried out these killings. wh

progress for the june european council, and that is what here to do. 0ur brussels correspondent, damian grammaticasfficient progress on this issue of the border between northern ireland and the republic. and there simply is not that progress, that's manifest at the moment. the eu says it is waiting for new proposals to be tabled, a new paper to be tabled by the uk government, but time is running out very fast because that summit is looming and at that summit, the irish particularly the irish particularly have made it clear with the backing of other eu states that they are not satisfied with what they have seen so far — and this is the so—called backstop proposal, the eu saying what it's seeing from the uk side does not add up at the minute to a solution, there cannot be a time—limited backstop. the uk's newest idea that the backstop could apply to the whole of the uk simply is not acceptable to the eu because they say that is a back door way of keeping single market access for the whole of the uk and they are this just as a special bespoke solution for northern ireland because of the special situat

damian grammaticas sent this report from the scene in liege. cafe at the crossroads. crossroads. armed with his knife set upon two policewomen. policewomen. he sees their guns, shot them dead on the scene. shot them dead on the scene. see some of the investigation teams, the police forensic teams. the police forensic teams. from the area, but it is still sealed off. sealed off. as he came out to confront more police outside. police outside. some of those police were injured. were injured. hostage, a cleaner at the school, he held very briefly, was not hurt. held very briefly, was not hurt. the school by the teachers when they heard the initial shots going off. heard the initial shots going off. investigating this as an act of terrorism. terrorism. no known terror or radical links beforehand. beforehand. investigating it seems, is whether he was radicalised in prison. for contempt of court. when he was arrested outside a court in leeds on friday. our correspondent danny savage is in leeds. an ongoing case at back court last week. week. officers

he still hasn't been named. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports.mid—morning and suddenly, confusion. on this boulevard, people scrambled to get away. within minutes, police armed response teams were on the scene. the passenger in a passing car, too. and taken a hostage. this was how it ended. of the screen, the attacker runs out firing. he is shot by police on the spot. at least one of the officers was injured in this exchange. this footage was taken seconds later by another witness. "they shot him dead," the man says. this man lives by the school and heard it all happen. "i saw the police, the ambulances. it was impossible to go outside," he said. this nine—year—old was playing in the school courtyard. teachers told the children to escape by a back door. "the man grabbed our concierge, bob", he told me. "then the police fired. everyone was crying". the caretaker survived, too. a city of almost 200,000, an hour east of brussels. police are treating it as a terrorist incident. delivering multiple blows from his knife. turned on the officers, who die

night before. but are treating the incident as an act of terrorism. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticaswith a 25—year—old son. shoot him, shoot him, a woman shouts. she was filming the attacker yesterday from her balcony. and a man in a car. he can be seen brandishing two guns. when he gets close the woman retreats. and just a few minutes later armed officers have now arrived. you can see them advancing up the street. street. the attacker is hiding in a school and runs out. this morning, belgian prosecutors gave more details. treating this as terrorism. overnight release from prison. he had been in and out ofjail for ten years for minor offences. the facts are qualified as terrorist murder and attempted murder. ajudge has been put in charge of the judicial investigation. after his release from prison. his aunt saw him come to visit a former inmate he knew. the man too was murdered. he went up and i had nothing after that. but was yesterday's mayhem avoidable? belgian's justice minister today he was examining his conscience. and hard questions for belgium to answer. this is beyond one hu

later‘ need to concede that the uk must remain in the customs union. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticasafamiliar a familiar message and familiar plea from nicola sturgeon who want scotla nd from nicola sturgeon who want scotland to be able to stay in the single market and customs union and thinks that the uk may also have to. yes and also delivered in some pretty tough language today but after her 45 minute meeting with michel barnier she said that in the british government, theresa may, is floundering about in negotiations, discussing options for customs arrangements amongst themselves that are undeliverable and unworkable. so nicola sturgeon said that the time was running out to seal a deal. she pointed to the fact that michel barnier mention is that the weekend that in just barnier mention is that the weekend that injust a barnier mention is that the weekend that in just a few weeks easily lose will be meeting and expect to have a substantial issues of the northern irish border, though the legal issues, sorted by then. but no sign ofa issues, sorted by then. but no sign of a suburban

that's where damian grammaticas has been covering the story. gunfire, mid—morning.. on this boulevard, people scrambled to get away. within minutes, police armed response teams were on the scene. the passenger in a passing car, too. and taken a hostage. this was how it all ended. police advance from the left, but look at the centre of the screen. the attacker runs out firing. he is shot by police on the spot. at least one of the officers was injured in this exchange. and this footage was taken seconds later by another witness. "they shot him dead," the man says. this man lives by the school and heard it all happen. "i saw the police, the ambulances. it was impossible to go outside," he said. this nine—year—old was playing in the school courtyard. teachers told the children to escape by a back door. "the man grabbed our concierge, bob," he told me. "then the police fired. we all ran away. everyone was crying. the caretaker survived, too. a city of almost 200,000 an hour east of brussels. police are treating it as a terrorist incident. delivering multiple blows from h

our europe correspondent damian grammaticas sent this from brussels.iran meeting the eu foreign policy high representative. in that meeting, they were all smiles. they all looked very relaxed and very happy. javad zarif emerged to say that it was good and constructive, we are on the right path to move forward, he said. over dinner this evening, borisjohnson, and his french and german counterparts will be talking to mr zarif, urging him to stick with the deal, essentially keeping those curbs on iran's nuclear programmes, mrjohnson saying that this is important for european security. what the iranians were to see here is can the europeans keep their business, and investment flows going? that is the crunch point, because what diplomats are saying is that the americans have been making it clear that there will be no exceptions, european firms will still be subject to sanctions if they try and do business with iran, and so, the key question for europeans is can they find a way around that? but there is quite a lot of pessimism here. that is going to be very

damian grammaticas is in brussels. what has caused the latest spat?e heart of the negotiations. the negotiations. content that the eu officials are so concerned about. concerned about. government has put in place and keep many or all of the benefits. many or all of the benefits. more, they say, not possible, under the current circumstances. the current circumstances. progress on how they are going to avoid having a board in ireland. dashboard. ideas at the moment our fantasy —— border. border. agreement which has been put in place is in question. place is in question. tensions are building up around that issue. issue. accept the consequences of its decision. decision. is that the uk has to accept the consequences of its own choices. consequences of its own choices. moving to be a third country outside of the eu. thanks forjoining us. of the public inquiry into the disaster. of 14th june last year. the testimonies have been harrowing in detail. in west london. attributed to the fire at the grenfell tower last summer. grenfell tower last summer. are peo