tweet that donald tusk hasjust aired. will show you this tweet that donald tusk has just aired., the eu 27 has endorsed the withdrawal agreement, that is the legally binding element of what is being discussed in brussels today. the political declaration, the less legally binding document, on those future eu uk relations, you have seen the various arrivals. they have sat down and contemplated those documents and according to donald tusk they have endorsed them. in the next 20 minutes we expect theresa may to arrive in brussels and no doubt say something about what the leaders have decided in the last few moments. more to come but before that, it is time for a look at the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are lucy fisher, defence correspondent at the times and james rampton, features writer for the independent. lets take a look at the front pages. the mail on sunday says the prime minister is making a plea directly to the people with a letter urging the public to back her brexit deal. the sunday express also has theresa may's letter to the natio

from britain theresa may has just completed a meeting with jean—claude juncker and is now with donald tuskn a meeting. i'm lukwesa burak in london, the other news this evening: french police use water cannon and tear gas against demonstrators in paris who are demanding a cut in fuel prices. a us government report warns that unchecked climate change will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human health and quality of life. and nicolas roeg, the director of the man who fell to earth and don't look now, has died at the age of 90. good evening from brussels. the eu summit will go ahead tomorrow. assurances regarding gibraltar came this afternoon in a letter to the eu who made it clear if it wasn't already clear that the issue of gibraltar would be dealt with separately to the deal the eu straight with the uk and will be an issue for bilateral negotiation. there is concern in some british newspapers denied that theresa may has given ground on gibraltar. in reality, all she has done is specified what is already there in the terms of the political declaration, a point she

i'm here in brussels where theresa may is due meet donald tusk and jean—claude juncker i'm lukwesa burakn london. the other news this evening: french police use water cannon and tear gas against demonstrators in paris, who are demanding a cut in fuel prices. a us government report warns that unchecked climate change will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars and damage human health and quality of life. and nicolas roeg, the director of the man who fell to earth and don't look now, has died at the age of 90. good evening from brussels. crisis averted, there was a last—minute panic that the eu summit would not go ahead tomorrow but we understand the spanish prime minister is satisfied he has assurances on the future of gibraltar. it went on till the last hour until mid—afternoon in brussels. there were concerns that they did not have the go—ahead from they did not have the go—ahead from the spanish prime minister who was coming back from havana but assurances have come in the form of assurances have come in the form of a letter from the british ambassador to the eu, who noted th

he was praised today brides donald tusk for the work he has done on it.mmission president. it was important for him to get something. important to see what he does next. will he take on the second part of these negotiations? everything that has been agreed today, it's no guarantee of the future relationship. there will be years ahead of us of negotiations on what the future relationship actually looks like. those negotiations can only start formally once we have actually left. we willjoin a press conference when it starts but let's talk up to when the two men take the stage. it starts but let's talk up to when the two men take the stagelj it starts but let's talk up to when the two men take the stage. i think now we've seen them leave this room... let's dip in and have a listen to what they have to say. in its article 50 formation. now without further ado, i invite the president donald tusk to take the lead. today the european council endorsed the agreement and the withdrawal of the agreement and the withdrawal of the united kingdom of great britain and n

as theresa may arrives at the summit, donald tusk says european union leaders have endorsed the terms of britain's withdrawal from the eu. they've also agreed the text which will outline the terms of britain's relationship with the eu for years to come — with negotiators now hoping they will be able to move on to the next stage of the brexit talks. we need to build to the next phase this unprecedented and ambitious partnership. we will remain allies, partners and friends. with the deal approved, next it will face a much tougher vote in westminster. theresa may has written an open letter to the british public appealing for support. throughout the hour we'll be turning to our reality check correspondent for clarity on what exactly is in both agreements — and where we go from here. hello and welcome to brussels. european leaders gathered here for a special summit, to sign off on the deal that will see the united kingdom leave and the european union have endorsed it. the announcement came from the european council president donald tusk and came less than an hour into the meeting of leader

chief donald tusk announced the meeting along the e.u.'s chief directed negotiator in brussels the british prime minister theresa may has won the approval of her cabinet for the draft agreement and is now taking it to parliament where it is expected to face a backlash. we will hold the european council meeting in order to finalize and formalize the bridge that it remains it will take place. the twenty fifth of november that line thirty or. finally let me say this to our british friends. as much as. to show you. i will do everything to make this the least painful possible for both for for you and for us. hundreds of central american migrants traveling in a caravan have reached the u.s. border the group of asylum seekers gathered at the nia at the wall near the mexican city of tijuana they were closely watched by several border agents who were supported by u.s. marines earlier the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis met some of the six thousand troops present donald trump sent to the border before the midterm elections. and the remains of eigh

the language we have heard from donald tusk and jean—claude juncker is language we have heard from donalder is this is it. i think it would be very possible —— hard to change the agreement. from the start and rejected that counsel of despair and set about negotiating a deal that what the uk and the eu. one that delivered on the result of the referendum and said this on a course for a prosperous future bombing tuning a close relationship with our friends and neighbours. thanks for the hard work aboard sets of negotiators that is what we have today agreed. i want to take a few moments to speak directly to the british people and explain what this deal means. first, control of our borders. not an emergency brake and free movement or a promise of greater transition controls in the future, at an end to the free movement of people in school, once and for all. that is what this deal delivers. —— in full. an immigration syste m delivers. —— in full. an immigration system based not clear people come from but the skills and talents they have on offer. that is in our national interest. second, contro

donald tusk confirms that they have endorsed the brexit deal agreement.ation. regardless of how that ends we will remain friends, he says, untilthe how that ends we will remain friends, he says, until the end. how that ends we will remain friends, he says, untilthe end. but you had the ratherfirm position of jean—claude juncker. they are you had the ratherfirm position of jean—claudejuncker. they are not lecturing the house of commons but they're making lecturing the house of commons but they‘ re making clear to lecturing the house of commons but they're making clear to mps this is they're making clear to mps this is the only deal possible and those who think the deal can be changed he said will be disappointed seconds after the boat. —— vote. he thinks there will be an understanding in there will be an understanding in the room when they begin that second pa rt the room when they begin that second part of the negotiation that britain will be a third country unlike any other. that is too much water under the bridge she said. that is a firm position i thin

the european council president donald tusk announced, in a tweet, that the eu would give backing to thel at the summit tomorrow. he wrote... live to brussels, and our reporter gavin lee. looks like it is all going ahead. we have just been hearing from arlene foster at the dup conference. i would like to put to you quickly, if this doesn't get through the british parliament, have you heard any murmuring on the european side already discussing what would be put in place? the interesting point is, going back to the point that they have been proud of on this side of the water, the unity of the eu. any timei the water, the unity of the eu. any time i speak to spanish, belgian or portuguese diplomats, they say the same thing, we got to see how this role is in the uk. a few weeks ago we had donald tusk, the head of the european cancer, alluding to the fa ct european cancer, alluding to the fact that there could be no brexit, but i think the sense is that —— the head of the european council. at the moment, they are listening to the leader, listening to theresa may, who is saying that she is pus

27 remaining member states and donald tusk.ald tusk. over 600 pages of meticulous detail governing the uk s exit. what we have agreed at negotiating level is fair and balanced, takes into account the uk s balanced, takes into account the uk s positions, organises the withdrawal in an orderly fashion, and ensures no hard border on the island of ireland, and lays the ground foran island of ireland, and lays the ground for an ambitious new partnership. much of the text has been shaped by what theresa may and the uk have demanded, much too by the uk have demanded, much too by the eu‘s own red lines. the uk have demanded, much too by the eu's own red lineslj the uk have demanded, much too by the eu's own red lines. i don't share the enthusiasm of the prime minister about brexit as such. since the beginning we have had no doubt that brexit is a lose lose situation and negotiations are about damage control. in the coming days the eu and uk hope to finalise the declaration on their final ties, before a summit of leaders would approve i

donald tusk. outcome for all concerned would be if the uk remained in the eu, but given that was not going to happen, the draft agreement was the next best thing. i've always thought that the best outcome for ireland and for europe and indeed the united kingdom would be for the uk to stay in the european union, the customs union and the single market. but we respect the decision of the british people and the uk parliament not to do that, and what we have agreed today is the next best outcome. it protects the peace, affirms the rights and freedoms of european, irish and british citizens, ensures there will be no hard border and also insulates our economy from major disruptions in trade, thus protecting jobs and people's standard of living. south american football officials were forced to postpone one of the biggest matches in argentina's history last night, after a bus carrying one of the teams was attacked by rival fans. the game, equivalent to the final of the champions league, was between two te

as planned. on future trade agreements involving gibraltar. with the european council president, donald tusk tomorrow's summit. in which he said... 00:02:00,290 --> 477218455:56:36,861 live 477218455:56:36,861 --> 954436911:51:13,433 to 954436911:51:13,433 --> 1431655367:45:50,004 brussels 1431655367:45:50,004 --> 1908873823:40:26,575 — 1908873823:40:26,575 --> 2386092279:35:03,146 and 2386092279:35:03,146 --> 2863310735:29:39,719 our 2863310735:29:39,719 --> 3340529191:24:16,289 reporter 3340529191:24:16,289 --> 3817747647:18:52,859 gavin 3817747647:18:52,859 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 lee. are happy with the assurances that they have got. they have got. from donald tusk, no one is going to be happy come tomorrow. be happy come tomorrow. what is the mood like they're in brussels? mood like they're in brussels? it is really interesting. really interesting. state an end with brexit, no sense of champagne corks popping. of champagne corks popping. that was the headline in a magazine today. the headline in a magazine today. there is a feeling of a difficult balance here today. balance here today.

we have heard from donald tusk that he feels there is decisive progress “— tusk that he feels there is talk further about some of that detail. it is worth explaining just as well that it is 585 pages long so there are very few people in this town who will of actually gone through all the details of mac it might bea through all the details of mac it might be a slope earner this as people get to grips with the various issues in the document and we said already, we have been talking to rosalind russell ‘s tonight about the level playing field. and in exchange for the testing in the customs union, there has been quite a lot that theresa may has had to give and notably, that is these issues of the uk abiding by eu regulations on environment, tax, workers' rights and that it is that sort of detail pass the transition that will concern many of the brexiteers. they don't like the fact that the uk has signed up to some of that the uk has signed up to some of that and they don't like that the european court of justice that and they don't like that the european court ofjustice would also have som

donald tusk referred to this and it is worth saying that he mentioned the european parliament, it hashe european parliament has been involved and breathed in the negotiations all the way through, you would be surprised if i came to pass. there is a possibility that on the eu side there may be a request for this to change bite you have heard from donald tusk and you have heard from michel barnier and angela merkel in their own ways effectively saying yes we reserve the right to make some changes, and the mood would suggest that they would be surprised if one of the 27 came back and say rip up the whole section and do something different. you have been in brussels plenty of times as well and it has been remarkably on message with brexit and immigration has had quite a lot of disagreement on member states but the issue for brexit one 2016 onwards, the eu has been on the same page. we heard from the big guns within the european union and all of them have effectively said much the same thing. thank you very much for the moment. the uncertainty in british politics causing uncertainty in eur

president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, and the european council president, donald tusk tomorrow, it is showtime, as european leaders gather for the big brexit summit. but spain wants more reassurance about gibraltar. translation: regarding gibraltar, let me tell you, i insist that the guarantees are not enough, and therefore spain maintains its veto on the brexit deal. and northern ireland's democratic unionists, who prop up theresa may in downing street, sound like they're threatening to pull the plug on that if the prime minister's plan is approved by mps. that agreement was about giving national stability and delivering on brexit. if this is not going to deliver on brexit, then of course that brings us back to the situation of looking at the confidence and supply agreement, but we're not there yet. you might feel you've heard quite enough about brexit, but it's about to get even louder still. even if the eu approves the deal, mrs may must still persuade enough mps to support it, which may prove difficult. the chancellor told the today programme this morning that he b

earlier, she held talks with european commission president, jean—claudejuncker, and donald tusk of theuropean council. and the process moved forward another step when the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, called off his threat to boycott sunday's meeting. he says he now has the guarantees he wanted from britain over the future of gibraltar. here's prime minister may's response. the uk's position on gibraltar has not changed and will not change. we have negotiated on behalf of gibraltar, we have ensured they are covered by the whole withdrawal agreement and by the implementation period and in the future we will continue to negotiate on behalf of the whole uk family and that includes gibraltar. i'm proud that gibraltar is british. i will always stand by gibraltar. thank you. christian fraser in brussels has been asking our europe correspondent, adam fleming, about the spanish prime minister's backing down of his threat to derail the process. this was an exercise in reassuring the spanish that their agreement, —— their argument, which was that the withdrawal agreement as it is now, w

european council president, donald tusk, says the draft text is being examined by all countries. silvia is in bristles and has been monitoring the action from the european side of things. it looked to be promising, we know we have a formal date, november 25th for the eu to sit and ratify this deal the big question is how europe will respond to this news that the brexit secretary has indeed resigned >> exactly things look very shaky now let me guide you through the next steps as you mentioned, the capitals will be examining this exit agreement over the next couple of days, that's in anticipation of the summit scheduled for the 25th of november donald tusk said this morning this would be the plan "if nothing extraordinary happens. of course after the resignation of the uk's chief negotiator, we don't know whether this will still be the case. we're still waiting for clarity on that front. we also heard from michel barnier, the eu's chief negotiator he said that we have no time to lose we need to start working on the future relationship as soon as possible >> our work is not finished

going to it's good to have you with us another step towards bragg's that european council president donald tusk says the e.u. and the british government have agreed on a declaration on the two sides relationship after the u.k. leaves the block. it comes a day after british prime minister theresa may and commission president jiang held talks on the declaration it will now be reviewed by representatives of the remaining twenty seven e.u. countries ahead of a summit this weekend that which you leaders hope to sign off on the declaration and on the braggs it treaty itself may is to make a statement to the house of commons a little bit later in the day. more details now with our correspondents barbara vessel is standing by in london garrick is in brussels all right garrick let's start with you so we hear that an agreement is in place on the future relationship between the u.k. and the block what do you hearing there so we have been taking a look at a leaked draft of the documents i'm sorry one pages and i've learned a few new vocabulary series the new relationship is described on page one as a bisho

the summit on sunday will be hosted by the president of the european council, donald tusk, who theresaeting this evening. earlier he tweeted his thoughts about tomorrow, revealing his taste in music. he wrote, "as a motto for tomorrow, the words of freddie mercury, who passed away exactly 27 years ago — ‘friends will be friends, right till the end' let's take a quick look at what is expected to take place at tomorrow's crucial eu summit. at 8.30 brussels time, that's 7.30 in the uk, members of the eu council will arrive for the summit. an hour later, there will be a meeting, described as an exchange of views, with antonio tajani, president of the european parliament. at 9am ourtime, the members of the european council, the 27 representatives who have to sign off the deal, will meet. at 10am, theresa may willjoin the eu 27 for a maximum of an hour, before a planned press conference at 11am uk time, led by donald tusk and jean—claude juncker. arlene foster, leader of the democratic unionist party, has tonight stressed again that her party's ten mps will vote against the prime minister's

hitch over the future status of gibraltar was overcome yesterday — and european council president donald tusked that all eu countries accept the agreement. but even if they do, theresa may will still need to win a vote on the deal in the uk parliament, and that is looking tricky. she's now written an open letter to the british people, urging support for her brexit plan. we'll be bringing you all the latest here from brussels, examining the deal, and what it might mean for the uk and europe. leaders arriving — let's hear what the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier had to say. we have worked, i have worked, with my team, to reach a deal that means to organise in an orderly fashion the withdrawal decided by the uk. we have worked thanks to the unity, the full unity of 27 heads of state, the member states. they are trust. and also with the european parliament. we have worked, i have worked with my team and negotiate with the uk, never against the uk. i want also to thank the british team. now it's time for everybody to take the responsibility, everybody. iwill just add that this deal is a neces

i wonder if they came here to say to donald tusk this issue is really important to us.drawal process now the national interests are starting to coming to the fore. they will come to the fore more and more as we started talk under the gauche essence of the future relationship because that is when national interest really will be at stake. we also have the president of the european parliament. it has a role to play as well. we should not take it for granted. if the vote went through the house of commons they would have to be a ratification process in the european parliament as well. all these bits of the jigsaw need to be put together if the uk is to leave the eu on schedule in march 2019. mr brock says it will call no problem through the european parliament because they have been kept involved throughout. we thought that would've been two yea rs we thought that would've been two years ago one of the problems. have got more than they bargained for?” think it will go through no problem if it is currently configured but that got defeated in the house of commons and the uk s

earth thank you very much let's turn to other world news now in the european council president donald tusk says a future relationship deal with britain after a break sit has been agreed in principle british prime minister to resign man has been in brussels to finalize negotiations and is expected to make a statement on backseat to parliament in the coming hours the e.u. is scheduled to vote on the draft deal on sunday. the wife of a british citizen handed a life sentence by a court in the u.a.e. for spying says the british government has put its relationship with its ally ahead of his welfare the family of matthew had just says there are contradictions between the official statement from the u.a.e. prosecutor general and what actually happened they also accuse the gulf state of presenting fabricated evidence britain's foreign secretary has warned of serious diplomatic consequences for the united arab emirates the news about matthew hedges is absolutely devastating the author also with matthew and his wife daniela and his family today. and we are incredibly disappointed that the usa should

theresa may currently in a meeting with donald tusk. that will go on for a short while.re discussing process and the next steps ahead. they will be acutely aware of the political differences that the prime minister is facing back home, bearing in mind of course those comments from arlene foster, the leader of the dup today, saying that she will vote against the withdrawal agreement because they fundamentally disagree with the backstop. but tomorrow, of course, it will proceed. they will push forward these two texts, the withdrawal agreement, which is a legally binding 585 pages, the withdrawal agreement setting out how the uk will leave the eu. separate to that, of course, the 26 pages which is non—legally binding, the political declaration which is the framework for the future relationship. there is a vote on either of those texts. this is really a case of them waving it through for the ratification process from the two parliaments, if that is to happen. it will be march when the comeback at the end of that process when they would have a say vote on those two texts and

says otherwise and look forward to the twenty fifth of november max we also have a clip of that donald tusk speaking a little bit earlier in the day that council president as well let's listen to what he had to say. i took note of the prime minister made a statement yesterday of course i don't see the prime ministers and some of the such as the very beginning we have had no doubt that. the situation and that of a negotiation is all about damage control. we'll put a lot of trust in you and rightly so you have achieved our two most important objectives. first you and showed the limitation of that caused by bracket and second you will secure to fight the interest and principles of the twenty seven member states and of the european union as a whole if i weren't confident that to protect the interest of the seven. family i was a sense of the document i would not propose to form a life. ok max i want to come back to that very last point that we heard there from donald tusk i would not propose to formalize this deal can you explain there what he said what he's saying is that the condition to have

donald tusk, who chaired the summit, says the european union wants to remain as close as possible tohe uk after brexit. regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days. throughout the hour, we'll be turning to our reality check correspondent for clarity on what exactly has been agreed, and where we go from here. eu leaders have given theirformal backing to britain leaving the european union. prime minister theresa may says the deal offers for britain and urged parliament and the public to support it. at a special summit in brussels, the 27 european leaders signed off on two key documents agreed by british and eu negotiators. the main withdrawal agreement, which outlines the terms for the uk leaving, provides for a transition period which would last until at least the end of 2020 to allow britain to make trade deals. the deal also covers a short political declaration, which is not legally binding but sets out hopes for an "ambitious pa rtnership" with the eu for the future. but while a brexit deal has been signed off in brussels, i

members of nationalist groups really a european council head and form of polish prime minister donald tusk greeted crowds and walsall and said that what unites poland is stronger than what divides it. residents of the eastern ukraine regions controlled by russia backed separatists have voted for local governments they went to the polls to choose heads of government and they made in these self-proclaimed donetsk people's republic way separatists have battled ukrainian forces since two thousand and fourteen and the west say the vote is illegitimate because it's conducted way ukraine has no control . giant wildfires continue to rage at both ends of california at least twenty five people have died in the blazes most of them in the northern mountain town of paradise which was almost entirely consumed by the flames over one hundred people are still missing there more than a thousand firefighters are battling the fires in southern california thousands of homes have been evacuated officials say strong winds could worsen the situation in the coming days. for the latest on those fires we're joined n

donald tusk, who chaired the summit, says the european union wants to remain as close as possible to end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days.

and summit chair donald tusk. for more now let's go to our brussels correspondent ben to get burnt theresa may has already arrived in brussels ahead of the senate to morrow can we expect last minute changes or will this be a relaxed evening it will be a rather relaxed even compared to those that already had this week. the preparations are done the divorce papers are ready and this is made confirmed that a deal was spent it was spain has been done concerning gibraltar she said to gibraltar really remain british after brecht's it like it has been before and she also confirmed that she will negotiate with spain about anything that is concerning gibraltar as it has been done before so the question really is what was all this drama about it was much ado about nothing from a process view well in that case i mean what can we actually expect at the summit tomorrow it will not be a love fest because the u.s. still against breaks at the host of the summit under tusk that you commission you a council president rather said in

this is donald tusk. the prime minister's statement yesterday, but i don't share it.inning, we had no doubt exit is a lose-lose situation and our negotiations are only about damage control. given these difficult circumstances, i would like to thank michel barnier and his team, especially -- for doing work.xceptionally hard we all put a lot of trust in you and rightly so. you have achieved our most important objective. you insured the limitation of the damage caused --brexit and second, you title interest and european ministers will be involved in this process. the commission agrees about a future with the u.k. by tuesday. the the following 48 hours, member states will have time to have evaluated, which means that the -- the you -- eu should conclude this work by thursday. then, if nothing extraordinary happens, we will have a european council meeting to finalize and formalize the brexit agreement. sunday,take place on the 25th of november at 9:30 a.m. finally, let me say this to my british friends. -- i will doam everything to make this farewell asshare theresa may's

plans for a controversial all right march european council head and former polish prime minister donald tusk greeted crowds in warsaw and said that what unites poland is stronger than what divides it earlier president unjaded up presided over a state ceremony paying tribute to a leader of the country's bid for independence suitable later joined nationalist groups on a march through the capital. a wildfire in northern california has now left at least twenty three people dead according to state authorities or than thirty people are reported missing and what is being called the most destructive blaze in california history separate fires in the southern part of the state are also raging forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in addition to containing the flames firefighters now have the grim task of recovering the remains of those who were unable to escape. the smoldering remains of a town tend to ash thousands of buildings in paradise northern california burned to the ground. lives lost some in the very very coals in which they were trying to escape there were people literally

now and some of the go ahead as scheduled tomorrow and the invitations have been issued now by donald tusk the e.u. council president so everything should run smoothly and what are we hearing from sources in brussels well the deal such. as quite easy it's just a letter that the united kingdom issued basically saying that they accept the spanish. the position that everything around gibraltar should to ship detected between these two countries this will take place in the future as it has been in the past also during the destroy all agreement negotiations spain and the united kingdom talked about gibraltar separately so this issue has been solved and there's also another document that says that fisheries will be resolved through very quickly that was something that france wanted so now everybody has what he wanted and the summit can go as planned now band service is due to meet a new commission she feel that they. what else do they need to clear up before tomorrow's leadership summit. actually nothing. but everything is resolved all the documents i can place it should be a very relaxed maybe

god it's good to have you with us another step towards bragg's that european council president donald tusk says the e.u. and britain's government have agreed on a declaration on that your side's relationship after the u.k. leaves the block the text has not yet been released now it comes a day after british prime minister theresa may and commission president. talks on the declaration it will now be reviewed by representatives of the remaining twenty seven e.u. countries ahead of a weekend summit at which e.u. leaders hope to sign off on the declaration and on the brics if the treaty itself. but german chancellor angela merkel has said there's a still a lot to discuss let's listen to what she told a german industry group here in berlin. i don't even today i want to tell you that i will do everything to get an agreement in place and unregulated prigs that is the west possible outcome for the economy as well as for the mental situation of our future relationship if this. we have already made quite a bit of progress but there is definitely a need for some more discussion especially in britain i

going to thank you for joining us another step towards bragg's that european council president donald tusk says the e.u. and the british government have agreed on a declaration on the two sides relationship after the u.k. leaves the bloc now that comes a day after british prime minister. theresa may and commission president franklin junker how talks in brussels the declaration will now be reviewed by representatives of the remaining twenty seven e.u. countries that is ahead of a weekend summit at which the leaders hope to sign off on the declaration and on the brakes the treaty itself now maybe is set to make a statement to the house of commons this afternoon and a short while ago she delivered a brief statement at ten downing street let's listen and. the right deal for the u.k. it delivers on the votes of the referendum it brings back control of our borders our money. and it does so while protecting jobs protecting our security and protecting the integrity of the united kingdom. the agreement we've reached is between the u.k. and the european commission on saturday i will return to brusse

i hope you noticed donald tusk, the present council, gave an impromptu race conference in which he saidcome of all would be no deal at all, that isn't policy but what he was trying to say is the member states continue to say is the member states continue to find this tragic. others, particularly people who have been negotiating this a long time, going back to david cameron's treaty provisions, others who are perhaps in favour of a speedier deal than that. at the position remains united and that is the most impressive part of this. theresa may is trying to get business leaders on board, getting the confederation of british industry on board as well as others and the people who speak to you in europe, what are their key concerns? this is leaders are business leaders and regulators are regulators and i don't think we want to see anything that harms the economy, that is very much the sort of logic going on behind all of this, isn't it? this is how theresa may got in this difficult position, she does not wa nt to difficult position, she does not want to harm british business. the concerns on

plans for a controversial far right march european council head and former polish prime minister donald tusk comedic crowns in warsaw and said that what unites poland is stronger than what divides it earlier president and g dude presided over a state ceremony paying tribute to a leader of the country's bid for independence and i will later join nationalist groups on a march through the capital. now let's get you updated on some of the other stories making news around the world a mudslide has killed at least ten people in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro the disaster hit a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of the city landslides are common in rio many residents live in hilly areas often building homes without authorization she's the authorities in the democratic republic of congo say more than three hundred people have been killed by the a bowl outbreak now sweeping the country congo has suffered ten ebola epidemics since the virus was discovered there forty years ago the health ministry says the current outbreak is the worst so far and in the u.s. state of florida authorities have order

donald tusk had this to say. the vote and the house of commons at is becoming more and more clear that this deal is the best possible. and fact the only possible one. if this deal as dejected in the commons we are left as was stressed if few weeks able an alternative, no deal or no brexit at all. i want to reassure you that you must prepare for every scenario. the three key issues at this year's 620 are trade, also the saudi crown prince and how the world will respond to him and treat him, this is the first occasion he has been on the world stage since the murder of the world stage since the murder of the saudi journalist and also those tensions and escalations between russia and ukraine. i have been speaking to the international editor of foreign policy magazine, also the author of a book called the fix, how countries use crisis to solve the worlds worst problems and with that hat on and i spoke to him earlier i asked him how he viewed the latest escalation russia and ukraine. the book focuses on how crises are

this is in the hope that donald tusk, president of the eu council, will have an extraordinary brexite month, they are thinking november 22, let's put bets on whether anything happens on november 20 two. and downing street... the day that president kennedy was assassinated —— november 22. that was 1963, we have moved on, but if you are looking for anniversaries, if you look that way... it seems to me that you know much more than these things about i do, but the only bargaining chip we have is, they think we owe them 39 billion, and if we fall off a cliff they don't get it, now that's quite a big bargaining chip. there are people in the government who think we would pay that money whatever. evenif we would pay that money whatever. even if we leave without a deal. in that case we don't even have a bargaining chip. i think it is in limbo. there is a question about how northern ireland is treated. that is what it is about. whether they can find an arrangement to avoid a hard border and it doesn't treat northern ireland so differently that the democratic unionists feel cut off from trade b

with him is the european council president donald tusk, speaking to a news co nfe re nce president donaldng we have no doubt that brexit is a lose lose situation and our negotiations are only about damage control. given these extremely difficult circumstances, i would like to thank michel barnier and his team, for doing this exceptionally hard work. we all put a lot of trust in you and rightly so. you have achieved our two most important objectives. first, you ensured the limitation of the damage caused by brexit and second, you secured a vital interest and principles of the 37 member state —— 27 member states and the eu asa state —— 27 member states and the eu as a whole. i am confident that you did your best to protect the interest of the 27, and with the essence of the document i would not propose to formalise this deal. in the next stage, we will proceed as follows: the agreement is now being analysed by all the member states. why the end of this week, the eu 27 ambassadors will meet in order to share their assessment of the agreement. i hope that they will —— that there will not eat

rubber stamping from the europeans or what did it actually take some work from the younger from donald tusk to get all those european countries onside. well not in the event not on the day on the day there were two agreed negotiated texts on the table the withdrawal agreement is incredibly detailed five hundred eighty five pages long text that deals with the sort of exit protocols of britain leaving the european union the bill that it will have to pay for its as yet unmet obligations financial obligations citizens' rights the much vaunted contentious backstop arrangement the northern ireland that keeps an open border on the island of ireland until the free trade arrangement is set once this text was negotiated the week before last it was never going to be reopened so there was no work to be done and that accompanying that was the political declaration towards a future relationship how the two sides see their getting along their future relations after brags that this is a non legally binding document as a set of sort of fairly basic vague ambitions and intentions if you like that was fleshed

are waiting for donald tusk and john called to go to hold a press conference but this deal has been signed off as one expected what has really been the message from the e.u. . a summer day here in brussels the message that today comes from brussels is really this this day marks the end of the divorce legal she ations it technically if it would be approved by the u.k. parliament it would mark the beginning of a future talks but only provided that actually things move forward of course leaders here are fully aware that theresa may will have an extremely difficult time getting this deal through but from the perspective of leaders here today this is the best that the e.u. can come up with they have negotiated for one and a half years the result is six hundred pages they are now on the table in the us that's let's move forward with this document we also just heard michel barnier we also heard john claude they're all in essence sending out a message of support is it not for theresa may. absolutely i mean it's in the vital interest of the european union that there will be an orderly bracks it the

that coming through from the president of the european council, donald tusk.t asks pupils and their parents to outlaw phones during meal times and the daily commute, and read, listen to a book or talk instead. we can now talk to irene tse, a teacher and also a mum who has already been trying hard to cut mobile phone use at home. it must be of great interest to you to hear about this particular story at this school, instituting this family phone pledge. what have you done at home to try to cut smartphone news? i have always been aware that handing over a piece of equipment that has got such advanced technology over to a child has positives and a lot of negatives as well. when my daughter acquired a phone at 11 years old, she always knew they would be age restrictions and she was always quite willing to give me her password as well, which ijust presumed give me her password as well, which i just presumed would give me her password as well, which ijust presumed would be the norm, and it's only when you start talking to other parents, of her friends really, that y

president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, and the european council president, donald tuskorrow, it is showtime, as european leaders gather for the big brexit summit. but spain wants more reassurance about gibraltar. translation: regarding gibraltar, let me tell you, i insist that the guarantees are not enough, and therefore spain maintains its veto on the brexit deal. and northern ireland's democratic unionists, who prop up theresa may in downing street, sound like they're threatening to pull the plug on that if the prime minister's plan is not approved by mps. that plan was about delivering on brexit. if this is not going to deliver on brexit, then of course that brings us back to the situation of looking at the confidence and supply agreement, but we're not there yet. you might feel that this is quite enough about brexit, but it is about to get even louder still. chris mason, bbc news. ina in a moment we will speak to our reporter in brussels. first our political correspondent joins reporter in brussels. first our political correspondentjoins us. the prime minister is on

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european council president donald tusk says a future relationship deal with britain after bret's it has been agreed in principle the british prime minister to resume is expected to make a statement on bret's it to parliament in the coming hours. and half a million civil servants that taking part in a nationwide strike in june is here after the government and labor unions failed to reach an agreement over a two museums want the government to own the last month's agreement to raise public wages those are the latest headlines witnesses next. i don't know. if you want. to give me any. point joe. blow's know that if you're getting your voicemail messages but i was going to let you know that the police have put out a press release calling for your arrest claiming you discharged a firearm. of course through a warrant so you know keep safe and talk to used to choose the point. of the moment straight up on this interview or i would not be saved i would still be hiding on my name is. still they would still be following me and they're only looking for. me. origin. and it's scary i just if i get in

theresa may headed to brussels for a special brexit summit tomorrow, the european council president, donald tusk, tweeted an esendnt of the deal. tusk wrote: this comes after the spanish prime minister threateto veto the brexit deal over the disputed british territory of r, located in the south of spain. spain lifted its objections after a last-minute agreement with the u.k. if the current brexideal is passed in brussels, prime minister theresa may will still have to win support from britain's parliament, where, so far, a majority remains opposed to the negotiated terms. thousands of demonstrators, angry at rising fuel taxes, again took to the streets in paris and across france today. the second weekend that protesters blocked roads and burned barricades as they clashed with french security forces. police fired tear gas and sprayed water canmons on the destrators. authorities say at least eight people were injured in today's protests, including two police officers. french president emmanuel macron imposed the new taxes as part of a plan to lessen depdence on fossil fuels and fund renewable energ

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