michel barnier has a lot of questions for david frost and has told eu countries, germany, france and on tomorrow to advise them after talking to mr frost, whether it is worth pursuing further talks with the uk. this is a very delicate political dance for both sides, the prime minister wants a brexit deal, but he will also want to avoid making so many compromises he could lose votes in a general election. and the eu wants a deal but it wants to avoid compromising its principles, leaving the single market exposed, and risking abandoning member state ireland and risking the northern ireland peace process. we have to watch this space. thank you forjoining us. a man wielding a knife has killed four staff at the police headquarters in paris. the attacker was also an employee and was shot dead by officers. the incident came a day after police went on strike across france to draw attention to growing pressures on the police, including increasing violence against staff. lucy williamson reports. the threat today came with a familiar face — a police it worker and colleague of 20 years who walked

david frost, the prime minister's main eu envoy is in brussels tonight and tomorrow to answer the massivee for him but all of that aside and the warm noises and the suggestion they may be a majority in parliament for boris johnson's deal, the proposals on the table are not acceptable to the eu — full—stop. let's just be honest about it. the chances of getting a deal now between now and the eu leaders summit is zero, let's be honest. the only possibility would be if the prime minister turned around and said, you know that northern irish backstop, actually i will take take it, that is fine. otherwise we really are dancing around in circles. there still is some scintilla of hope that it is possible and get your diaries out, there is a skeleton of a timetable for getting it done, meaningful vote four, well, actually, meaningful vote one, is pencilled in according to some people for saturday the 19th of october, so forget your weekend plans. really? if, if, if, if, if. but it is interesting that we say about the northern ireland backstop, so in number 10, they think that is what the eu might s

he could be less flattering, this is a number ten move, david frost was the eu negotiator on behalf ofohnson and steve barclay as part of the team but this isa numberten barclay as part of the team but this is a number ten cabinet office, a push from them. the big picture, it which you hear is the said things about the rules, the idea of northern ireland staying in the single market and accepting eu rules, they see that it is a big concession here and the other thing thatis concession here and the other thing that is fascinating and they know that is fascinating and they know that customs is the trickier bit but there is a very well—placed people. very strong signals from eu capital, including dublin and contemplating these kinds of proposals. some you simon, the minister and saying today that if this is the final proposal, there will be no deal. very tough talk, but this may be the basis of something. whether or not it can be donein something. whether or not it can be done in ten days seems really stretchy. when they said take it or leave it and it turned out to not be that at all of

david frost is going to be in brussels today. find out from him is two things. firstly, the residual suspicion that boris johnson is simply trying to shift the blame for no deal away from returning to brussels and they want to find outjust how returning to brussels and they want to find out just how serious returning to brussels and they want to find outjust how serious he is forgetting a deal and how serious he is in compromising further, in particular, this idea for example of the democratic unionist party having evita. it is —— a veto. they will be testing the water there. he has to get a deal through parliament. people say he's a better place than theresa may and i think it is true but it is not guaranteed to get a vote through because labour mps are playing the cards close to that chest but not every conservative mp foran chest but not every conservative mp for an out of the party would back this particular deal either. thank you very much. children and vulnerable groups are being urged to come forward for a flu vaccination

s chief negotiator david frost but still no news of a deal that he thinks agreed would still need to be approved by britain's house of commons with international diplomatic efforts happening simultaneously to the political wrangling in westminster the alignment has not yet been achieved in order to allow a deal to take place but into the mix don't introduce the idea that a deal could just be hours away the financial freedom that the group of the. basic foundations of an agreement are ready said the european council president of the one island's democratic unionist party is not yet on board and the british prime minister now leading a minority conservative government has to somehow secure the support and the votes of m.p.'s from across the political divide in a room with 2 doors either this deal with it which is a compromise or potentially no deal i'd hate for us to do all the damage the reputation impact of the consequences of no deal let's go through the right to agreement at this late stage would mean the use leaders can give only their political endorsement rather than full formal

david frost is the uk's brexit negotiator, taking overfrom ollie robbins, who was mrs may's point man far we don't have a deal. i have an idea, how about getting colleen rooney to head to brussels. trust me folks, we'd have a deal in a week! that woman gets stuff done. and the papers are lapping up her work, but there's other stuff too. fleet street has been busy overnight. the independent‘s front page reports on the beginning of bombing raids in syria, with turkey targetting kurdish forces the paper says have been ‘abandoned' by the us president donald trump. the financial times also leading on the same story, featuring a picture of a turkish military convoy near the country's southern border yesterday. back to brexit on the front of the telegraph, which says the eu is insisting there'll be no extension to article 50 without a new referendum, or an election. now, to the big one. ‘handwags at dawn‘ reads the front of the metro, reporting on the story that's had the most attention on social media today, the feud between footballers wives colleen rooney and rebekah vardy. the sun's lead

[shouting] >> can i on the specific deck of a proposal we are fitting out to brussels, and david frost is doing that, will be set out, the foreign secretary from a sedentary position, will be set out in written proposals and published in the house later on and i would say to my right honorable friend, the prime minister continues to talk to a secretary position and we had slightly nuanced differing views on eu, but one thing we want to do is get a deal right now. the attempt has been counterproductive and the promises that on all sides of the house we get a referendum and to keep up with the electorate of this country. >> eleanor smith. >> the governments of the national pilot project published in july 2018 changed the policy we had for generations of not building on the greenbelt and allowed future development to be considered. local authorities face pressure from developers who don't want to spend the money to improve e site. because of this, areas like the southern cornfield on the edge of my constituency are under threat from inappropriate development by those who put profit above

david frost was here last night and had a final meeting with the european commission.posed to be here having a working lunch with michel barnier, but that has been postponed and it might be a working brea kfast postponed and it might be a working breakfast tomorrow instead. i imagine that is to take account of the fact that the prime minister is seeing leo varadkar today and it will possibly make more sense to have this meeting after that has happened rather than before it, although they say it is just for diary related reasons. yesterday we saw michel barnier in the european parliament telling meps in some detail what his objections are to the british proposals. it boils down to two big things, firstly the proposals on customs require things like exemptions for small businesses from the eu‘s customs rules when they send stuff across the irish border. it also requires the eu to make lots of changes to its customs rules, and also make a pledge to keep an open border in the island of ireland but with no guarantees of what would be happening on the other side of that bord

the prime minister's europe advisor, david frost, will return to brussels next week.eved to be homeless, have been bludgeoned to death while they were asleep in new york. a fifth person is critically ill. the night—time attacks were carried out with a metre long metal object. a suspect is in custody. french anti—terror prosecutors say the police worker who killed four colleagues in paris on thursday, adhered to a radical vision of islam. four police workers were killed in a knife attack at the police headquarters in paris and the attacker was later shot dead at the scene. here's what the prosecutor had to say. translation: the developments of the investigation have allowed us to unveil correspondence between the assailant and several individuals who possibly belong to the salafist islamic movement. also, several accounts allowed us to shed light on the fact the assailant allegedly adhered to a radical vision of islam. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. and a late penalty gives liverpool victory over leicester — making it eight wins out of eight at the star

david frost is facing a barrage of questions about the uk proposals.foresee northern ireland following eu rules on agriculture and goods, without it being part of the eu customs union. that will require a new system for monitoring trade with ireland. the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier, told european diplomats at the next few days of talks would be about testing the uk's room for manoeuvre, a tacit head admission that the ideas need a lot of work. brussels negotiators are concerned about the british plan to give sole power to trigger or leave the arrangement to the stormont assembly alone, and they're worried about making a pledge to never introduce checks on the european side of the irish border without guarantees of the checks the uk would carry out on goods arriving in northern ireland stop being there will be an enormous infrastructure created, not on the border but in ireland, northern ireland, in britain, customs infrastructure, and that will increase dramatically the chance for smuggling... the risk for smuggling, the risk also for criminal

about a dozen british officials, including lead adviser david frost, are taking part in the brusselsxpected to continue throughout the weekend, with the next 48 hours being seen as crucial. at least one person has died in a fast—moving wildfire, north of los angeles. the fire is being fuelled by gusty winds, warm temperatures and low humidity. around 25,000 households have been forced to evacuate, while hundreds of thousands have had their electricity cut to guard against sparks from power lines setting off more fires. thousands of people have marched through the streets of hong kong to protest against an emergency law banning the wearing of masks. the government brought in the ban in an effort to deter pro—democracy protesters. many protests in recent weeks have descended into violence, but saturday's demonstration was largely peaceful. typhoon hagibis has hitjapaan with record—breaking amounts of rain and powerful winds. at least two people have been killed and millions of people had been advised to leave their homes. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is the hii rive

borisjohnson‘s europe advisor, david frost, will return to brussels next week.stant of robert de niro is suing the actor for what she claims are "years of gender discrimination and harassment". graham chase robinson claimed the star was verbally abusive and subjected her to unwanted physical contact and sexually—charged comments. in response, mr de niro's lawyer said the allegations were "beyond absurd". hong kong's entire metro system has been shut down following violent demonstrations by thousands of protesters, who defied a newly—imposed ban on wearing face masks in public. it's the first time the whole network has been closed since the unrest began four months ago. demonstrators lit fires outside several stations, and attacked businesses and banks linked to china. police responded with live ammunition and tear gas. rupert wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. hong kong's chief executive made her whole cabinet stand with her and face the cameras together, visually declaring their support for the dramatic step she was about to take. we believe that the new l

sitting down with boris johnson's brussels, currently sitting down with borisjohnson‘s europe envoy david frostlks, but they say mr frost's room for manoeuvre is so limited and what he is asking for it so unachievable, it calls into question whether the british government was ever serious at all about getting the revised brexit deal it said it wanted. on those comments reported to have been made by the german chancellor angela merkel to the prime minister on the phone this morning, eu diplomats say that does not reflect the agreed language across the 27 other eu member states. they say their position is to keep talking right until the last minute, and they don't want northern ireland to be in the eu customs union forever, just as long as it's strictly necessary, which might not even be necessary at all. it is fair to say there is very heated rhetoric on both sides of the argument as the clock ticks down. norman, is this the no—deal blame game starting in earnest? i think it is more than a blame game, ithink i think it is more than a blame game, i think we are seeing a potential rupture in relat

the uk's negotiator, david frost, swept into brussels today for more talks.ost, have the talks almost collapsed ? are you here, mr frost, have the talks almost collapsed? despite the scepticism that it could ever really happen. the government put proposals on the table that were never going to work. they were designed to fail. and instead of reacting and changing their proposals, they are now collapsing the talks and engaging in a reckless blame game. parliament packed up for a week tonight, suspended again before the government puts its plans for the country government puts its plans for the cou ntry forward government puts its plans for the country forward in a queen's speech next monday. hard to tell tonight what the plans for brexit will look like by then. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. preparations are continuing for a no deal brexit, and today the cabinet minister in charge of that, michael gove, said that even with every possible preparation in place, risks and challenges for businesses still remain. today, the think—tank the institure for fi

despite the hostility, though, the uk's negotiator david frost swept into brussels today for more talksre, mr frost quizzed about what is the point of these talks? with the opposition accusing them of pushing them to the brink. they put these proposals on the table that were never going to work, they were designed to fail and instead of reacting and changing their proposals, they are now collapsing the talks and engaging in a reckless blame game. forget that he said, she said. in a way, it is a simple stand—off. boris johnson wa nts a simple stand—off. boris johnson wants a different deal with the eu that would mean different customs systems on either side of the irish border, but the eu believes that is not a realistic without serious disruption so is saying no, and that means it is extremely unlikely an agreement can be reached in time for the uk to leave the eu with a deal at the end of this month. both sides, number ten and the eu, wanted to leave the door at least a fraction open. in public, no one wa nts to fraction open. in public, no one wants to be the first to call the whole t

despite the hostility, though, the uk's negotiator david frost swept into brussels today for more talksrost quizzed about what is the point of these talks? with the opposition accusing them of pushing them to the brink. they put these proposals on the table that were never going to work, they were designed to fail and instead of reacting and changing their proposals, they are now collapsing the talks and engaging in a reckless blame game. forget that he said, she said. in a way, it is a simple stand—off. borisjohnson wants a different deal with the eu that would mean different customs systems on either side of the irish border, but the eu believes that is not a realistic without serious disruption so is saying no, and that means it is extremely unlikely an agreement can be reached in time for the uk to leave the eu with a deal at the end of this month. both sides, number ten and the eu, wanted to leave the door at least a fraction open. in public, no one wants to be the first to call the whole thing off. is a deal still possible? but behind the scenes, it is a different order. downing s

the prime minister's european union sherpa, david frost, is leading a cross—government team in thesehave shared in written form a series of confidential technical papers, which reflect the ideas the united kingdom has been putting forward. these papers are not the government set out its formal position. these meetings and the sharing of confidential technical papers show that we are serious about getting a deal, and one that must involve the removal of the backstop. mr hilary benn. well, i'm grateful to the minister for his reply but we are non—much the wiser. today, there are no border posts or checks on goods crossing the border between northern ireland and the republic, and the backstop is there to ensure that remains the case after brexit. that's what the joint declaration of december 2017 committed to. the government's position now is that the reality of brexit will require customs checks on the island of ireland. that is the inexorable logic of the prime minister's statement this morning and, i quote, this southern —— sovereign united country must have a single customs territor

the prime minister's negotiator, david frost, bringing them, he will be here within the next hour, atand then have discussions, and following that, we will have the president of the commission, jean—claude juncker, roofing angela merkel and then 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,

s chief negotiator david frost but still no news of a deal that he think agreed would still need to be approved by britain's house of commons with international diplomatic efforts happening simultaneously to the political wrangling here in westminster the planetary alignment has not yet been achieved in order to allow a deal to take place but into that 3 brand mix stall tusk has introduced the idea that a deal could just be hours away the financial burden that the group of the folded over basic foundations of an agreement are ready said the european council president of the one island's democratic unionist party is not yet on board and the british prime minister now leading a minority conservative government has to somehow secure the support and the votes of m.p.'s from across the political divide bring a room with 2 doors either this deal with it which is a compromise or potentially no deal i'd hate for us with all the damage the reputation impact of the consequences of no deal let's go through the right deal agreement at this late stage would mean the use leaders can give only their

the only thing we know for certain as a fact is the uk's chief negotiator david frost, just a few minutese the eu is negotiating team is based. which presumably means neither side thinks it's worth pulling the plug gap, which means both sides must think there is progress to be made. if there is progress to be made. if there is progress to be made. if there is an agreement between the negotiating teams, i expect the brexit experts from the other 27 states will be invited to read any text. there is a meeting slated for this afternoon for eu ambassadors where they will be briefed on the latest and then make a recommendation to their national governments about whether the leader signed up to revise brexit deal. but thatis signed up to revise brexit deal. but that is a big if because that is if there is a revise brexit deal. we do not know if we are getting any closer to that existing. i think we are still presented with the three options the eu chief negotiator michel barnier said existed yesterday. that is, either deadlock in the talks, you need for more time for more talks or a very last mi

the uk's negotiator, david frost, swept into brussels today for more talks.e, mr frost, have the talks almost collapsed? despite the 0pposition‘s scepticism that it could ever really happen. the government put proposals on the table that were never going to work. they were designed to fail. and instead of reacting and changing their proposals, they're now collapsing the talks and engaging in a reckless blame game. parliament packed up for a week tonight, suspended again before the government puts its plans for the country forward in a queen's speech next monday. hard to tell tonight what the plans for brexit will look like by then. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. well, laura kuensberg our political editor there has been assessing what could happen after today's events. hard to tell, as ever, whether or not today's extraordinary twists and turns have been, you know, a firework that briefly lights up this 93v firework that briefly lights up this gay people freeze in horror and safe was going on here? or whether or not there have been some diplomatic ex

david frost, the chief negotiator, is there and the eu are still saying you have got to revise your proposalsessage has come today from the dutch foreign affairs minister meeting the brexit secretary. he called for more realism and clarity. the latvian prime minister over the weekend, more conversations and i'm sure the message will be repeated to borisjohnson. he says he believes the offer represents a step forward, it guarantees to keep the border open and respects the peace process. the eu lose it differently and says this is a step backwards from what was agreed before, the irish say the same thing. they say this doesn't provide northern ireland putting it under the eu's regulatory rules is a new thing, that was the old deal but they are taking out the customs element which is a big problem for the eu and it thinks that is a threat to the peace process. so that message that the uk has to bring forward something that addresses those concerns in the next couple of days if things are to move by the end of the week is what is coming out uniformly across the eu, and there is no sign of any mov

s chief negotiator david frost but still no news of a deal that he think agreed would still need to bepproved by britain's house of commons with international diplomatic efforts happening simultaneously to the political wrangling in westminster the alignment has not yet been achieved in order to allow a deal to take place but into that theobromine external tusk has introduced the idea that a deal could just be hours away the financial burden that the group of. basic foundations of an agreement are ready said the european council president of the one islands democratic unionist party is not yet on board and the british prime minister now leading a minority conservative government has to somehow secure the support and the votes of m.p.'s from across the political divide we're in a room with 2 doors either this deal with it which is a compromise or potentially no deal but hate for us to do it would damage the reputation impact of the consequences of no deal let's go through the right deal agreement at this late stage would mean the use leaders can give only their political endorsement rat

. —— david frost.later today and jean—claude juncker, president of the commission here, we'll talk to both angela merkel and borisjohnson this afternoon. so that process of evaluating this will begin. the eu says they will evaluate this proposal against their already stated criteria. that basically means, does this achieve what the eu and the uk, crucially, were saying, signed up to at least outset of the process in december 2017, the beginning of the negotiations, boris johnson as foreign secretary agreed in thejobjoint report johnson as foreign secretary agreed in the job joint report act, no infrastructure or controls on the island of ireland to keep the borders open. the signs are the eu and ireland are already deeply sceptical and are not likely to see this as a that, because it imposes a customs border on the island of ireland. however you dress that up, whatever the prime minister said in his speech or you heard matt hancock a few minutes ago saying technology and these wouldn't be at the border

and chris has laid out the chronology of it, so let's say those other proposals, which david frost hasppens then? that is a really good question. i have been texting one eu official and they say hopefully downing street will see the front pages today, listen to conversations like this, the prime minister will then have calls with other eu leaders and briefed them, this official saying hopefully there will be enough pushback in the next 2a hours that may be downing street will rethink and try and come back with a bigger, better rabbit to pull out of a hat when the prime minister does his conference speech tomorrow. iam does his conference speech tomorrow. i am sceptical that there is a bigger, better rabbit to be had, and thenit bigger, better rabbit to be had, and then it will be a case in the eu side of how do they manage saying no, potentially, but in a way that doesn't look like they are blowing up doesn't look like they are blowing up this whole process. and the ball has been tossed to and fro, and currently we are so tight for time, as you mentioned. there is no wriggle room. ther

hence we saw eu negotiations, steve bar clay, david frost and his team all getting into a huddle whicheen going on all weekend and getting on the next couple days and try to get some form of withdrawal agreement with the eu, with the united kingdom to take us to the next stage which would be a thumbs up on the 17th and 18th and then another extraordinary event here which would be a saturday sitting of parliament, ea special parliamentary session which the withdrawal agreement bill if it is presented could be presented to mps the problem of course is and we'll find this out the next couple days as well the government as you know does not have a majority, has a minority. lost the mps plus questions about the dup who had a supply and confidence vote procedure support package with this government previous lly as well can they get the numbers to pass the queen's speech one of my producers pointed out that not since 1994 has a queen's speech been voted down and then stanley baldwin basically had to lose his premiership and a minority labor government took over there's an interesting historic

s chief negotiator david frost but still no news of a deal that he think agreed would still need to be approved by britain's house of commons with international diplomatic efforts happening simultaneously to the political wrangling in westminster the alignment has not yet been achieved in order to allow a deal to take place but into the next stall tusk has introduced the idea that a deal could just be hours away the financial freedom that the group of the. basic foundations of an agreement are ready said the european council president the dogon islands democratic unionist party is not yet on board and the british prime minister now leading a minority conservative government has to somehow secure the support and the votes of m.p.'s from across the political divide bring a room with 2 doors either this deal with it which is a compromise or potentially no deal i'd hate for us to do all the damage the reputation impact of the consequences of no deal let's go through the right deal agreement at this late stage would mean the use leaders can give only their political endorsement rather than

, two that my team, the foreign office and secretary and many others who have worked very hard, david frost and others who worked very hard to make this deal happen. believe their position has been made easier by measures that have been passed. >> the people of wales, mr. speaker, voted to leave, but many have concerns about a no deal brexit. we respect the result in wales, but there is concern among those who did not want a hard brexit. i am grateful to -- right honorable gentlemen gentle man. it is a great deal for wales. it is a great deal for ireland. it is a great deal for scotland. >> cheer up, because you are going to be heard. >> mr. speaker, scotland says we reject -- >> order. i want to hear the honorable gentlemen and i could not do so. >> what scotland says today is that we reject this. we will be left at a disadvantage. the only way for scotland to maintain the e.u. membership we require is to become an independent nation. northern ireland is not part of the eu customs union. it is part of the u.k. this deal is greatly to the benefit of the people of scotland. -- as it scotland

here we have britain chief brexit negotiator, david frost, in brussels today.ng a critical point. that's putting it mildly. the eu too has confirmed the negotiations haven't stopped. political talks are continuing today, so i don't see how talks could have actually been broken down if they are happening today. and in the days to continue, so in order to give precisely to the united kingdom, the opportunity to present their proposals in more detail, and the commissions chief negotiator barnier will be debriefing the college of commissioners tomorrow on the state of play of the talks with the uk, which are continuing. so if you are confused, you and me both. here's damian grammaticus on what's going on. they are continuing because both sides, for all of that noise that you heard there, for all of the briefing, both sides still see some value in it. now what is that value? well, for the eu side, the value is clearly they do want a deal. but despite whatever you've heard there, i mean it's clear that eu side with like a deal to sort this out. and they want to keep

. >> after richard nixon resigned as president he had an interview with david frost when he said whensident does it that means it's not illegal. do you hear an echo? >> oh, it's a very loud echo. it's the same theory that president trump has been uttering since he was a candidate and now during his presidency when he says if he does it it's okay. the key here is motive. sure, a president can use a private emsear, if he thindurin cuban missile crisis. the key is why is he doing it? and he was using rudy giuliani in here partly because of rudy's own economic interests, but primarily because the president knew that the regular foreign service officers including the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine when was a career foreign service officer wouldn't play ball and wouldn't try to extract political dirt on a political opponent of the president's by withholding u.s. security aid. so it was the reason why president trump used rudy giuliani that makes this offensive and in the view of many of us part of his impeachable misconduct. that's what mulvaney is trying to overlook when he says oh, the pr

david frost's visit comes as the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said he still had plenty of questionshe uk's plans. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has voiced his concerns about how the plans would be enforced. former tory leadership candidate rory stewart says he's quitting the conservative party and standing down as mp at the next election. the mp for penrith and the border was among the number of mps who had the conservative whip removed by the government over brexit. mr stewart rose to promenace in the recent tory leadership contest and has been vocal critic of borisjohnson and strongly against a no—deal brexit. the uk hasjoined the united states and australia in raising serious concerns about plans by facebook to encrypt all messages sent on its services. the home secretary priti patel has co—signed an open letter to the company's chief executive mark zuckerberg, arguing that the move will make it harder for the authorities to fight crime — particularly child abuse. facebook says it's consulting with child safety experts, governments and technology companies to keep people

conventional wisdom says he accidentally confessed during the watergate section of the interview with david frost. this has, of course, been a myth that frost and others have perpetuated. the reality is quite different. they talked about it in advance, what he wanted to say when this question came up. and he apologized for his moral failures. he said i screwed it all up, but he would never admit to any criminal wrong doing because he didn't think he had violated any criminal laws. this would be the message he would use the rest of his life whenever he was asked about this topic, and it came not as an accident, it came as a planned a answer to a question that he and ken had wordmythed together. still -- wordsmithed together. the moral failures weighed on him. he began to reveal himself more and more and to come public with people. when hubert humphrey, his opponent in the 1969 election, called to let him know he was dying from cancer, nixon consoled his former rival. when the two men hung up the phone, nixon turned to his aide, jack brennan, he said i don't care what it takes, i'm going to his fun

david frost's visit comes as the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said he still had plenty of questionssh prime minister leo varadkar has voiced his concerns about how the plans would be enforced. and our ireland correspondenr chris page is in dublin. just elaborate on your thoughts on the concerns that leo varadkar has? the irish government expressing concerns and strong reservations, but also holding out that may be the proposals from boris johnson could form the basis for some kind of discussion to try to move things forward. the objection is that leo varadkarand forward. the objection is that leo varadkar and his deputy have been talking about in the last few hours oi’ talking about in the last few hours orso, talking about in the last few hours or so, there are two of them. the first is the idea that there would have to be customs checks on the island of ireland, on goods moving to and coming from northern ireland, evenif to and coming from northern ireland, even if the cheques are not at the border, the irish government would object to any customs checks at all, because some of th

there is speculation david frost, the prime minister's brexit negotiator will head to brussels todayls to michelle barnier‘s teen face—to—face after mrjohnson had sat down from his speech in manchester. that is still to be confirmed and that will kick off a whole series of meetings, whether it is with meps, eu member states and ambassadors, getting an initial pass on it from the eu's negotiators. in terms of this idea, this is the last and final offer, ta ke this is the last and final offer, take it or leave it, that has not gone down particularly well. a senior eu official close to the negotiations said, surely the historical belfast agreement on the peace process deserves better than a first and final offer. of course, the actual content norman was alluding to, lots of rumours about what it will be, we saw the irish government reacting last night, irish ministers taking to the airwaves in ireland saying, if this plan involves customs checks between northern ireland all ireland, or the absence of customs checks and the absence of customs checks and the absence of customs checks and

he said that years later to david frost, just as you're saying, showing that he didn't learn too muchcess of impeachment. and as for matthew whitaker's thing about abuse of power, seems to me that that was an article of impeachment for both bill clinton and richard nixon as well. >> absolutely. >> exactly. article three, nixon's article three refusing to produce the papers, substituting his judgment as to what materials were necessary for the inquiry and oppose the powers of the presidency against the lawful -- it just goes on and on. >> here's the clinton impeachment article for the president abused his power by refusing and failing to respond to certain written requests for admission and willfully made perjurous, false, and misleading statements for requests for admission propounded to him by the committee. >> the difference in this, mike barnicle, in the impeachment coming of donald trump, both of these had to do with two presidents trying to protect themselves politically. of course richard nixon after the break-in watergate, bill clinton after perjuring himself about sexual haras

the prime minister's chief negotiator david frost has remained in brussels for further talks with then to pull us troops out of northern syria, but repeated his warning to turkey not to take advantage of the withdrawal. mr trump said he would "decimate" its economy if ankara took actions he considered to be "off limits". turkey says it's completed preparations for a possible military operation in northern syria, warning that it could start at any time. police have arrested 280 people in london, as environmental campaign group, extinction rebellion, begin their latest protest against climate change. key sites in london have been blocked including whitehall, horse guards parade and the mall, with some activists chaining themselves to vehicles and railings. the demonstrations are set to continue for the next two weeks, with protestors calling for urgent government action to reduce carbon emissions. you have a breaking news story about tariffs. the department of international trade is looking at what happens on the 31st of dover if we live without a deal. what happens to all the tariffs i

david frost is in brussels today, and boris johnson mako to the european capital this weekend in an effort to seal the deal, but both sides are as far apart as ever, particularly over the issue of ireland, the border. boris johnson wants to keep ireland out of the eu customs union, but within the single market for goods. the question is what happens to open checks on the border. ireland is dead against these proposals. question is how they will get to a compromise, possibly a time-limited backstop for northern ireland, but time is short, and both sides will have to reach a compromise on this. alix: thank you very much. we are looking at a tale of two tech stories today. alex webb joins us in london with the news on hp. alex: hp, the legacy business of hewlett-packard printers and computers, has been the success story since splitting off of hewlett-packard enterprise a few years ago. today they've announced 7000 to 9000 job cuts, about 16% of the total workforce. they are starting to face a few more headwinds in particularly the printer business. to boost the free cash flow, they are trying

if you look at the facts on the ground, david frost, who has been talking to the eu daily, is due here is due here forfurther talks in been talking to the eu daily, is due here for further talks in 52 minutes‘ time in the building behind me. even if things are looking this rocky diplomatically, the talks are still slated to continue very soon. some people would say this is surprising because that call suggests it is futile. you are saying that the reported comments by angela merkel do not reflect the opinion of the other eu countries. could this flesh out what the position is? what we have been waiting for all week is the point at which someone involved in this process it says, we have been talking, there was a proposal for some changes from the uk, they are not acceptable and there is no point talking any more. we thought that position might come on friday because it would be then that the eu would have to know if there was a revised deal to be agreed by heads of state at the summit next thursday so we of state at the summit next thursday so we suspected that this sort of thing would

last 15 days or so, together with the british tea m or so, together with the british team led by david frost up have been exceptional. we have had a great number of meetings. we call them technical meetings but i know there‘s often a lot of politics behind them. all of these meetings we re very behind them. all of these meetings were very useful in helping us to understand what the other side wa nts. understand what the other side wants. the uk team has understood what we mean when we say protection of the single market, consumers and companies. what we mean when we refer to new border on the island of ireland. i think the turning point, andi ireland. i think the turning point, and i would like to thank the irish taoiseach for this, and i would remind you that i have also been negotiating over the last three yea rs on negotiating over the last three years on the half of the republic of ireland part of the eu and the single market, the irish taoiseach has a special response ability and he is respected and we listen to him asa he is respected and we listen to him as a member of the eu but on t

david frost's visit comes as the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said he still had plenty of questionsvaradkar has voiced his concerns about how the plans would be enforced. we can speak to damian grammaticas who's in brussels. any update on discussions? as you say, the uk prime minister's chief brexit advisories here, the eu questioning him today about the proposals that the prime minister put forward. but the eu has serious concerns about those, we know that from yesterday and today, the irish side particularly saying that in their view from these proposals that have been tabled as they stand are not the basis for any agreement and the key areas have now been discussed for the past 2a hours, thatis discussed for the past 2a hours, that is the ideas for a customs... dealing with customs, the eu... the prime minister saying they would not be no checks around the border but set back. the eu wants to know how could those possibly work. and also the question around consent, around giving a veto effectively to the northern irish assembly, which isn't even setting, so how could that work? w

i sat down with borisjohnson and david frost in the closing date of the leadership campaign to talk aboutde it clear that based on the prime minister's plan, a deal was overwhelmingly unlikely. there are technical discussions need to happen and need to continue. we have to push these to the eu council in the hope that the two sides can put down the side of briefing instinct and talk about coming together in a compromise to get us out of the eu inner civilised and rational way. yesterday, on the programme, we spoke to harry dunn's parents, the young man killed in august. dominic raabis young man killed in august. dominic raab is meeting hopefully with those pa rents raab is meeting hopefully with those parents later on today. what sort of pressure should we be putting on the us government to try and find a resolution here? we should be putting enormous pressure and i know at the very highest level, conversations are being had to make sure justice is done conversations are being had to make surejustice is done for conversations are being had to make sure justice is done for that conversatio