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now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london.'m jane hail. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'mjane hail. this week, we're discussing ireland's growing fears about the brexit‘s negotiations. what should the world do about them as well and north korea? and is the duke of edinburgh setting the pawn for us all, not retiring until the age of 96. my guests, not quite 96, any of us. brian o'connell, the irish writer and broadcaster. the algerian journalist, and michael goldfarb. a very warm welcome to all of you. so the brexit negotiations are on hold for the summer holidays. no more talks for the next few weeks. that hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from hasn't stopped the new irish prime ministerfrom making hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from making his hasn't stopped the new irish prime ministerfrom making his opinions known. he made a speech this week, calling for unique solutions to preserve the relationship between the uk and the eu after britain leaves. brian, you're not long back from dublin. just h

now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london.'m shaun ley. in south africa, leadership confirmed. in kenya, leadership disputed. and as for north korea, is it kimjong—un or donald trump who holds all the cards? with me to discuss this week's displays of leadership are: vincent magombe, director of the african journalists‘ network, africa inform international, thomas kielingerfrom germany's die welt, the sudanese writer nesrine malik, and the us—born, london—based political commentator ned temko. ned, how much of this is a horrible bluster, and how much of it reflect a real change in the atmosphere of this relationship that has really been frozen in time for 60 years? the danger is we don't know. i will start by making a safe prediction. safe if only because i am wrong, no one will be around to know. and that is, i am fairly confident we are not on the brink of nuclear war. but should we be worried? absolutely yes. on the korean peninsular, even a conventional war could kill hundreds of thousands of people within a space of hours.

now on bbc news, dateline london hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm shaun ley. this week, with brexit talks about to restart, has the blizzard of british policy papers dazzled or dazed the europeans? is china open to discussion or is the mood darkening for free speech there? and could there be regime change in the gulf state of qatar? my guests this week, henry chu, international editor of variety. the writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue. the portuguese writer, eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs. a warm welcome and thanks for being with us on dateline. british laws made by britishjudges, one of the themes those who wanted britain out of the european union campaigned on. yet, the government said this week it may not be quite so straightforward to free us from the european court ofjustice after all. when the negotiators reconvene in a few days‘ time after their summer break, they'll have before them a series of position papers from the british team to absorb, on subjects including immigration, the irish border and

welcome to dateline london.ans? is china open to discussion or has the mood darkened for free—speech? could it be regime change in the gulf state of qatar? my guests, henry chu, international editor of variety, writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue, portuguese writer eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan, an authority on arab affairs. a warm work you all. british laws

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. should the world do about venezuela and north korea? and is the duke of edinburgh setting the tone for us all by not retiring until the age of 96? my guests, not quite 96, any of us. brian o'connell, the irish writer and broadcaster. the algerian journalist, nabila ramdani, and michael goldfarb. and david aaronovitch. a very warm welcome to all of you. so the brexit negotiations are on hold for the summer holidays. no more talks for the next few weeks. that hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from making his opinions known. he made a speech this week, calling for unique solutions to preserve the relationship between the uk and the eu after britain leaves. brian, you're not long back from dublin. just how worried is the administration? it is a distinct change of tone from enda kenny's time. leo varadker has decided, probably correctly, to distance himself from the uk. enda kenny, at the beginning of when the referendum was held, enda kenny has said to the other eu members, "we

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill.. we'll look at india, 70 years since independence. and we ask, is there really a crisis in donald trump's white house? my guests today are the writer and political commentator adam raphael, stephanie baker, senior writer with bloomberg news, london correspondent for le point and le soir, marc roche and columnist for the national and the arab weekly, rashmee roshan lall. a warm welcome to you all. we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. and columnist for the national and the arab weekly, we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. let's start though this week with a word about the two terrorist attacks in spain, which killed 14 people in two cities and injured many more. let's reflect on the events of a grim few days.

hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm shaun ley.r dazed the europeans? is china open to discussion or is the mood darkening for free speech there? and could there be regime change in the gulf state of qatar? my guests this week, henry chu, international editor of variety. the writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue. the portuguese writer eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan,

hello and welcome to dateline london. i‘m shaun ley. in south africa, leadership confirmed.dership are: vincent magombe, director of the african journalists‘ network, africa inform international; thomas kielingerfrom germany‘s die welt; the sudanese writer nesrine malik; and the us—born, london—based political commentator ned temko. "fire and fury" — donald trump‘s threat in response to north korea‘s self—proclaimed plan to attack guam, a us pacific territory. and if that wasn‘t enough to restrain kimjong—un, how about "military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded"? the us president‘s tweet on friday. net, how much of this is horrible and bluster, and how much of it reflect a real change in the atmosphere of this relationship that has really been frozen in time for 60 years? the danger is we don't know. i will start by making a safe prediction. save if only because i am wrong, no one will be had to know. and that is i am fairly confident we are not on the brink of nuclear war. but should we be worried? absolutely yes. on the korean peninsular, even a conventi

five p:m., but now it is time for dateline london. welcome to dateline london. this week with brexit talks dazzled about to restart, has the blizzard of british policy papers dazzled or dazed the europeans? is china open to discussion or has the mood darkened for free—speech? could it be regime change in the gulf state of qatar? my guests, henry chu, international editor of variety, writer and broadcaster isabel hilton, editor of china dialogue, portuguese writer eunice goes, and abdel bari atwan, an authority on arab affairs. a warm work you all. british laws made by britishjudges, one of the themes that many in the league campaign campaign upon. but something it appears easy to free ourselves from the european court of justice. after the summer break, they will be a series of papers to absorb from the british team, including immigration, the irish border and that court. have the europeans been impressed 7 border and that court. have the europeans been impressed? they have been optimistic about the sudden outbreak of realism from the british government. the on

now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill.ek, we discuss the latest uk proposals for leaving the european union. we'll look at india, 70 years since independence. and we ask, is there really a crisis in donald trump's white house? my guests today are the writer and political commentator adam raphael. stephanie baker, senior writer with bloomberg news. london correspondent for le point and le soir, marc roche. and columnist for the national and the arab weekly, rashmee roshan lall. a warm welcome to you all. we will talk shortly about those brexit proposals. let's start though this week with a word about the two terrorist attacks in spain, which killed 1a people in two cities and injured many more. let's reflect on the events of a grim few days. adam, your thoughts about yet another attack in europe, a similar modus operandi from the past too? yes, what can one say? it is again a second—generation, young men committing these things, obviously radicalised, alienated, not surprisingly it happened in barcelona. it was obviously go

dateline london will discover more.e say several people have died, and four people taken to hospital, after a serious crash involving two lorries and a minibus on the m1 in buckinghamshire. the incident occurred near newport pagnell in the early hours of this morning. two men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and are in police custody. the m1 southbound is closed between junctions 15, the exit for northampton east, and junction m for milton keynes. thames valley police and the fire service are continuing to work at the scene and the carriageway is likely to remain closed for several hours. this looks pretty bad. yes, thames valley police were called to the scene at around 315 eight and this morning. it was betweenjunctions 15 and 1a on the m1 southbound. two lorries and a minibus were heading in the same direction, southbound, around newport pagnell. the collision appears to have taken several lives and four people have been taken to hospital. the key thing for motorists on the m1 is

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that's all we have time for this week, but do join dateline london next week, same time, same place.d something of a mixed art, depending on where you are across the british trials. for some, decent spells of sunshine, although do not hold me to matt, staying in their right to the course of the afternoon. further south, along the south coast, at least in the south—eastern quarter, we have seen an the south—eastern quarter, we have seen an old weather front thickening the clown, and the odd spot of rain, first up. do the north, and other weather system lurking in that band of cloud which brought quite a wet start to central, southern and south—eastern parts of scotland. this afternoon, we will drag that band of cloud and showery rain poundedin band of cloud and showery rain pounded in the north—east of england, iam hooked pounded in the north—east of england, i am hooked that kent and sussex will brighten up at some point. if we swing away to the south—west, you will see a decent afternoon. further north, just enoughin afternoon. further north, just enough in the way of cloud for b 12

we've talked before on dateline london about the standoff between a number of gulf states and qatar.watching this closely for us. you're detecting signs of regime change — who wants to bring that about, and why? it is very dangerous. now the conflict started with a media war between saudi arabia and its allies against qatar. they presented about 13 demands for qatar to apply or else. one of them, closing al—jazeera, the other to stop financing and supporting the muslim brotherhood... terrorism. there terrorism. there is terrorism. there is a terrorism. there is a huge terrorism. there is a huge step terrorism. there is a huge step now for word for a regime change in qatar. it seems that all mediation between the two sides held completely, so now the arena is grooming another prince from the royal family, and they have another prince and they think he should replace the royal family. this is the most dangerous things. this happens, how they will sink into power, for example, reinstate him in power? because he belongs to the founder of qatar... the royal family, he is part of it. how t

and coming up — a panel of foreign correspondents discuss the big global events of the week in dateline londont a.30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spain's interior minister says the terror cell behind the two vehicle attacks on thursday and friday, which left 1a people dead, has now been dismantled. officials believe the cell consisted of 12 young men, most of them moroccan nationals. however the hunt is still on for one man, younes abouyaaquob, who police believe may have been the driver of the van, which killed 13 people and injured 130 more in barcelona. james reynolds has sent this report. this morning in barcelona, the mayor opens the book of condolences. the city has lost residents of its own and visitors from abroad. the attacks surprised barcelona. it is the first time the city has been hit in more than 30 years. barcelona now follows the same rhythm of mourning familiar to so many other cities on this continent. this footage from a museum security camera appears to show part of the attack. the van goes at great speed through las ramblas. passers—by run for their lives. th

hello and welcome to dateline london i'mjane hill.hat should the world do about the crisis in venezuela, and in north korea. and is the duke of edinburgh setting the tone for us all, not retiring until the age of 96? my guests are: david aaronovitch of the times, brian 0'connell, who's an irish writer and broadcaster, algerian journalist nabila ramdani, and michael goldfarb, the founder of the podcast frdh — welcome to you all. the brexit negotiations are on hold for the summer holiday — but that's not stopped the new irish prime minister expressing his anxieties about the future. leo varadker made an outspoken speech in belfast this week, and called for "unique solutions" to preserve the relationship between the uk and the european union after britain leaves. brian, you'rejust back from dublin — how worried is the administration? a distinct change of tone from kenny's time. leo varadker has decided to distance himself from the uk. kenny had, since the referendum, said

that is just about it for this week on dateline london. do join us next week if you possibly can.g out there this afternoon. we have some dry and bright weather in the south—east, some sunshine so far. it is quite the opposite in the north and west, clouds and rain. there is a bit of a breeze. quite wet so by northern ireland. rain is on the move, pushing across the irish sea. covering much of scotland as well. in the south—east, hazy sunshine, relatively warm. 22 degrees not so bad, 15 and 16 across scotland. in scotla nd bad, 15 and 16 across scotland. in scotland and northern ireland this evening, showers will be around, the main band of rain slips further south into northern england and parts of wales. a pretty wet night here. the south—east is dry at 1415 degrees, 11 or 12 in scotland and northern ireland. onto monday, a damp start for northern england and the midlands and the south—west, in the midlands and the south—west, in the far south—west it will stay wet for much of the day. should be dry and bright once again in the south—east, 22 degrees here. once again, sunny spel