in the e.u. all agreed to a new chile to collectively tackle the problem of chinese over production and transaction has now put this alliance at least in doubt all right to get matches there from brussels thank you so much for this. and of course we wanted to know how the stock markets react because shares certainly have headed south in the united states in asia and also here in europe and my colleague daniel is standing by for us at the front food stock exchange daniel as the german steel industry taking the news well not positive at all monica the big two still companies to sin and good to have released statements so that they will have to wait for more details in order to really know how all of this is going to affect them but yeah many experts fear that steel exports to the united states could go down by more than fifty percent and many are fearing we just heard this from garrick as well then a possible trade war could happen investors don't like this at all because of this the reaction here at t

long as they were called bringing so we need co-operative signals from both sides also from the e.u. all right ed and professor of international economics at the constantine of a city thanks for your insights thank you. well perhaps the new tariff shouldn't come as much of a surprise judging by one of donald trump's first actions in office he pulled the united states out of negotiations on the trans-pacific partnership or t.p. pay but the other countries decided to go it alone and have now gone ahead and signed it anyway creating a massive new free trade saying it was a deal that many thought dead in the water after donald trump withdrew the in ited states but now that agreement is reality and the chilean host called it a bowl or against protectionism. this is ambitious modern treaty with a vision towards the future creatively incorporates new themes of international trade said that the benefits of globalization can reach everyone japan initially said t p p would be meaningless without the u.s. but tokyo quickly became the prime mover in reviving the ambitious deal which these tariffs lo

so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations about police investigation and also the independent o.p.c. w one they are still ongoing it seems that the old complete unity of voices in europe was spurred from across the atlantic. the president spoke with many foreign leaders. our european allies and others and encouraged them to join the united states in this. in this announcement as you've just heard the u.s. was the driving force behind these expulsions with trump encouraging others to take similar measures now the u.s. will be expelling the most number of russian diplomats out of all the countries that have decided to do so the white house will be sixty diplomats twelve of which are u.n. staff members and they'll have approximately seven days to

e.u. and all those countries in between can somehow. learning to leave together without trying to dominate one in a world if i think about europe i think europe is a strong interest to help ukraine and russia to see i cannot imagine russia losing interest or running the risk to the failed state of these borders so it is a common interest because probably the bigger mistake has been made by us by the west but the consequence is the impact on balls russia in europe this is why i would like very much such kind of practical bottom up agreement on promoting local development in the ukraine russia can be easily interested to learn now we currently have an italian in charge of the european foreign policy i'm talking about today rick i'm a greenie and i know that you've been quite critical of her you are on record saying that the e.u. doesn't have a foreign policy which i personally disagree on i think. the e.u. policy of sanctions is a view russia is very very consistent it's perhaps the only example of consistent foreign policy that the e.u.

so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations that police investigation and also the independent o.p.c. w one they are still ongoing polly thanks for the view there from. the u.k. and europe will get the view but as far as we can glean so far medina coach lives across the side of it from a studio at the kremlin what's russia's response been well we've heard from the russian foreign ministry spokesperson marty is a kind of a who said that reciprocal measures will be taking against each country that decided to expel russian diplomats and overall we're talking about over a dozen countries and that supported this move now she also added that average in measure that was taking will be mad by a marrow measure in response including the shutdown of the rus

all of them complete not sure so a collective response we're being told but at the same time not all e.u. states on the same page as to the degree of that response and also not all e.u. figureheads agreed on the degree to which to punish morse code or how to sort of continue relations nevertheless we've got something that's being hailed as sort of the largest expulsion of russian diplomats largest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history and just to remind you this is all the while while the police investigation into how script came to be poisoned with that nerve agent and sold very is still ongoing but the mood here in the u.k. especially is very much against moscow at the moment in parliament politicians are debating national security in relation to russia a lot of politicians are asking the prime minister about what further measures can be taken against moscow also talking about bolstering defense spending and investing in cyber security just to remind you the independent probe into what happened is the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons they started an i

the e.u. all agreed to new chile to collectively tackle the problem of chinese overproduction and transaction has now put this alliance at least in doubt all right matters there from brussels thank you so much for this. stock markets around the world to good beating following trends announcement in germany the blue chip dax tumbled more than two percent and for the latest let's cross over to danielle copas been keeping an eye for us on the trading floor in frankfurt danielle how's this turbulent day wrapping up. oh monica let's just forget about today it has been really lousy possible mix of possible higher interest rates and a possible trade war have really left shares dropping as the blue chip index tracks for the first time since august it has been under the magical point mark of twelve thousand points and even though the consequences here for europe are still not clear during most of the day there has not even been a single share shares for example of steelmaker were down with more than five p

will have to follow all the rules of the e.u. but has no voting rights in other words it will be a rule taker and the interesting thing here is that basically the u.k. has given for the transition period it's crossed all the redlines it set itself so the jurisdiction of the european court of justice will apply for that transition period all the e.u. citizens who arrive in that period of time will be treated as though they have arrived before the transition phase and also in fisheries no taking back of control ok now garrick so why this change of heart from britain right now i think the simple answer here is that the cliff of threats it is coming closer and closer we're almost just one year away from it now people are basically asking if i want to sell a car from the u.k. into the e.u. after march next year will it still be possible will the legal standards be applied people have been thinking about booking for flight tickets will they will let be still be possible so a lot of questions here pushing the u.k. government really to ag

and it will abide by all e.u. rules. unions and industrialists throughout europe had been sounding warnings about the impact of a hard gregg's it monday's deal provides for a twenty one month transition period when duty is an export barriers will not be applied after britain leaves the e.u. next year businesses need not delay vesper decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on guesses about the future. time is now less of a stress factor but important issues remain unresolved such as the border between ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . are you want to go now to our correspondent barbara these oshie is following the story for us tonight from london good evening to you barbara so we've got the d.m.k. getting this transition period that it wanted. is that a reason for the brits it hears to celebrate. the prince of tears don't celebrate down honestly client one and leave the brits here you can see that it was nit picking to criticize now and deal for extra time for britain wa

thousand and eleven and of course of your original decries is their moment or do you really knew all of the e.u. ukraine agreement was the all region or disprove its coalitional decries exactly because some countries for historical reasons some european countries are obsessed about the rule of russian federation i can understand why you cannot agree frankly speaking but i can give you the example of a country that i know very well i'm a personal friend the president of serbia mr bush he was in some cases pushed to accept exactly the same turkey are you candidate for european accession end as a consequence you cools and you stop your historical friendship was russia rightly and wisely president said no and in that all the european union stopped its pressure over president bush unfortunately the same didn't happen in the ukraine and as we all remember during the my down rallies main slogan was ukraine is europe each man that russia is not europe antenatal creation i'm president to lead you saw one of the highest american state department officially rushing to the square. distribute them around me

e.u. next year businesses need not delay vestment decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on guesses about the future the. time is now less of a stress factor but important issues remain unresolved such as the border between ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . are you want to go to our correspondent bob or his all she is following the story for us tonight from london good evening to you barbara so we've got these d.m.k. getting this transition period that it wanted. is that a reason for the brits the tears to celebrate. the prince of tears don't celebrate down honestly client one and lead the brits here to even say that it was nit picking to criticize now and the deal for extra time on britain was present negotiations only natural for us came out and centuries i'm a should step down over it because this was a chain of cause and more or less treason and of course the scottish government said they felt betrayed back in london over the fishery rights so there are a lot of people who are sitting not to happy with this however of choice in the p

so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations about police investigation and also the independent o.p.c. w one they are still ongoing. all right it seems that that the almost complete unity of voices in europe was heard from across the atlantic. the president spoke with many foreign leaders. our european allies and others and encouraged them to join the united states in this. in this announcement as you've just heard the u.s. was the driving force behind these expulsions with trump encouraging others to take similar measures now the u.s. will be expelling the most number of russian diplomats out of all the countries that have decided to do so the white house will be calling sixty diplomats twelve of which are u.n. staff members and they'll have app

e.u. how do they look right yeah. they look like nothing at all i mean we heard on until skip the president off the european council who represents the member states member of the e.u. talking about him under michel in france and america in berlin and lots and lots of other heads of government because everybody criticizes him and that's something that aired and complains about criticizing him of course for throwing journalists in jail for not maintaining human rights for not having an independent just in system and so on and so forth. if you sort of want to sum it up it's they say turkey is not a democracy and then therefore turkey cannot become a member state of the european union that it's quite clear that nothing has changed there yeah i mean we have european leaders criticizing president ever wanting for tarion rule to turkey you rightly pointed out it has more to imprison journalists than trying your dose at the moment double to us tonight criticize turkey's crackdown for we that failed coup attempt back in twenty sixteen i mean when you look

so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figurehead. agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations that police investigation and also the independent o.p.c. w one they are still ongoing well it seems that the almost complete unity of voices in europe was spurred from across the atlantic. president spoke with many foreign leaders our european allies and others and encouraged them to join the united states in this. in this announcement as you've just heard the u.s. was the driving force behind these expulsions with trump encouraging others to take similar measures now the u.s. will be expelling the most number of russian diplomats out of all the countries that have decided to do so the white house will be expelling sixty diplomats twelve of which are u.n. staff members and they'll have approximately seven days to leave a u.n. representative was gri

e.u. members on all sorts of environmental standards it's about thinking. we also a bit fickle on environmental protection a few years ago the diesel was considered a clean engine but not anymore. still lots of people trusted those claims and bought diesel cars. because they think there's always the. but i think it's even worse than that consumers are still quite concerned about the environment and they simply trusted the auto industry and the a series when they claimed that diesels were clean and climate friendly. but there has been massive cheating in germany that it's at least as extensive as what we saw with nitric oxide and carbon dioxide numbers. in full speed and we've already uncovered several cases of this cheating such as how they faked lower fuel consumption levels and tests this is criminal behavior with the german government is looking into this for the first time but it's not doing enough consumers thought that the new diesels were cleaner but when it comes to nitrogen dioxide they're actually four to seven times dirtier than a thirty year old

e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states condemns the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by many e.u. countries is a coordinated action they say all the evidence points to russia. back in london the british prime minister welcome the joint move and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident but moscow continues to insist it's in a sense it has to respond in kind and warned western governments that the expulsion of russian diplomats was a mistake. all right there's a lot to unpack and so night in this story to do that so i'm joined by our political analyst simon young he is here in berlin and our correspondent claire richards and she is on the story for us tonight in washington good evening to both of you simon let me start with you it has been a day of expulsions germany got the ball rolling if you will today i mean what have govern

thousand and eleven and of course the all region will be krises their moment or do you really knew all of the e.u. ukraine agreement was the all region obvious plough janelle is coalitional decries exactly because the some countries for historical reasons some european countries are obsessed about the role of russian federation i can understand why you cannot agree frankly speaking but i can give you the example of a country that i know very well i am a person and friend the president of serbia mr bush he was in some cases pushed to accept exactly the same turkey are you candidate for european accession end as a consequence you close a.

e.u. we would know that all goods thering the e.u. via u.k. with enter the e.u. after paying the custom's fees. we would allow the e.u. to apply it on trade policy for goods intended for the e.u. market. visitor private means that both sides in trust of the system. option two would be a highly streamlined customs arrangement where he was agreed to minimize frictions to trade together with increasing provisions into northern ireland. we would make sure moving goods across borders is as easy as possible. we should allow gunsmithing between the u.k. and the rest of the world to travel through the e.u. without paying e.u. duties and vice versa. second measures to reduce the risk of delays at airports. other'szing each trading schemes and drying on the most advanced -- drawing on it solutionsnced is so they do not have to stop at the border. nd maximizing the use of automation. and recognizing the unique circumstances and northern ireland and our shared commitment to avoiding a hard order, we should consider further specific measures. 80% of northbound trade are carri

e.u. next year businesses don't delay that's what decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on this is about the future. time is now less of a stress factor but important issues remain unresolved such as the border between ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . are you want to go now to our correspondent barbara these all she is following the story for us tonight from london good evening to you barbara so we've got these d.m.k. giving this transition period that it wanted. is that a reason for the brits it tears to celebrate. the prince of tears don't celebrate down honestly client one and lead the brits here to even say that it was nit picking to criticize now the deal for extra time on britain was bricks and negotiations only natural for us came out and said to reason may should step down over it because this was the second and more or less treason and of course the scottish government said that they felt betrayed back to london over the fishery rights so there are a lot of people who are sort of not to happy with this however of course george

e.u. members on all sorts of environmental standards about things. we also a bit fickle on environmental protection a few years ago the diesel was considered a clean engine but not anymore. still lots of people trusted those claims and bought diesel cars. because they think there's always in the. but i think it's even worse than that consumers are still quite concerned about the environment and they simply trusted the auto industry and the it's already use when they claimed diesels were clean and climate friendly. but there has been massive cheating in germany but it's at least as extensive as what we saw with nitric oxide and carbon dioxide numbers. in full speed and we've already uncovered several cases of this cheating such as how they faked lower fuel consumption levels and tests this is criminal behavior with the german government is looking into this for the first time but it's not doing enough consumers thought that the new diesels were cleaner but when it comes to nitrogen dioxide they're actually four to seven times dirtier than a thirty yea

so not all e.u. states on the same page and not all figureheads agreed to the extent to which to punish moscow or to cooperate with it perhaps instead nevertheless what's happened today is being billed as the biggest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history all this while the investigations that police investigation and also the independent o.p.c. w one they are still ongoing. so the russian reaction will speak. to their own groups those explosions and says the moves will remain unanswered for long coverage from moscow within the culture of the. well we've heard from the russian foreign ministry spokesperson marty is a kind of a who said that reciprocal measures will be taking against each country that decided to expel russian diplomats and overall we're talking about over a dozen countries that supported this move now she also added that adds very measure that was taking will be mad mero measure in response including the shutdown of the russian consulate and the u.s. now shortly after at

e.u. members on all sorts of environmental standards thank you. thought we also a bit fickle on environmental protection a few years ago the diesel was considered a clean engine but not anymore. still lots of people trusted those claims and bought diesel cars. because they think there's always the. but i think it's even worse than that consumers are still quite concerned about the environment and they simply trusted the auto industry and the uncertainties one.

e.u. customs union all the civil coming up in today's going on the ground but first to rex it poses a headache for brussels the neoliberal e.u. project now faces more arguable chaos after sunday's italian elections the country with the highest government debt ratio in the e.u. with youth unemployment. standing at thirty two percent arguably responded to statements from selvi news right wing northern league about migration he's warned of a social war leading to crime even though crime figures in italy down except hate crimes like one last month are up ten fold heavy police presence in the central italian town of mustard arthur where earlier on saturday a man opened fire on foreigners winning six people fear in italy it appears during sunday's election thought to remember that without migrants wherever they come from italy will face a shortfall in its labor market given a plummeting birth rate for now it is a matter of how anti e.u. and anti near liberal any coalition government in italy might be joining me now from the italian embassy in monte carlo is twice italian foreign minister in silvio b

e.u. how will all this work after bricks it europe without borders means that we have products which move present their components for use that phrase their ingredients will move seamlessly across europe many times to produce the final medicine this is our number one worry the company supply chain sudden disruption means you can have medicines medicines for critical conditions not available for patients in germany in france and spain i say a japanese giant with its european headquarters near london is preparing for the worst it's european boss david jeffries does travel back and forth to brussels and the help of hammering out common procedures south of brecht's it but i also increasing their presence in germany to be able to duplicate their testing and approve their process we will put in place all the measures we're spending a lot of money doing this we're having to prepare for the heartbreaks it so i think most of us are doing this we have to stockpile medicines to make sure our patients are damaged pharmaceuticals are one of the most important industries in the u.k. they benefit from a

e.u. next year. businesses. decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on this is about the future the. one key issue that remains unresolved is the border between ireland and the e.u. member a northern ireland which is part of the u.k. nevertheless there's strong hope that the other twenty seven e.u. leaders will endorse the transition deal later this week. you're watching d.w. news still to come fifty thousand arrested one hundred fifty thousand lost their jobs how turkey's crackdown on the media and civil society is destroying lives. but first china's national people's congress closes out its annual full session later today after announcing a series of sweeping changes to the government and its roster of power players president xi jinping was appointed to another term as president after congress ended restrictions on term limits for the post leave you her a close ally an advisor to she was promoted to beis premier overseeing large parts of the financial industry and young show due who has run the communist party's anti corruption unit will now run the national supervisory commission t

and it will abide by all e.u. rules. unions and industrialists throughout europe had been sounding warnings about the impact of a hard brags that monday's deal provides for a twenty one month transition period when duties and export barriers will not be applied after britain leaves the e.u. next year businesses need not delay vestment decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on guesses about the future. time is now less of a stress factor but important issues remain unresolved such as the border between ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . are you want to go to our correspondent bob or his all she is following the story for us tonight from london good evening to you barbara so we've got these d.m.k. getting this transition period that it wanted. is that a reason for the brits it's years to celebrate. the prince of tears don't celebrate them honestly client one lead breaks here to even say that it was nit picking to criticize now and the deal for extra time following britain

e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states condemned the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by fourteen e.u. countries was a coordinated action they say all evidence points to russia and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident moscow continues to maintain its innocence it is valid to retaliate in kind and warned western governments that the expulsion of russian diplomats was a mistake. on this developing story let's bring in. out of mind he's a specialist in russian and european affairs and a non resident fellow at the university of kele's institute for security policy thank you so much for being with us this morning on the news russia has threatened a harsh response to these expulsions what should western powers be bracing for well i don't think that the response is going to be all that i think it's just going to be the usual a ti

and it will abide by all e.u. rules. unions and industrialists throughout europe had been sounding warnings about the impact of a hard brags that monday's deal provides for a twenty one month transition period when duties and export barriers will not be applied after britain leaves the e.u. next year businesses leave decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on this is about the future the. time is now less of a stress factor but important issues remain unresolved such as the border between ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . all right let's find out now on how this news is being received in britain barbara is standing by in london good evening barbara explain the thinking behind this deal so the u.k. gets to follow and abide by your rules for an extra twenty one months but loses its voting rights some would call that a sellout by britain is it. you know there are of course some bricks tears who are now jumping up and down screaming nigel for us for instance is one of them

e.u. next year. businesses leave decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on guesses about the future the. one key issue that remains unresolved is the border between ireland an e.u. member a northern ireland which is part of the u.k. nevertheless there's strong hope that the other twenty seven e.u. leaders will endorse the transition deal later this week. well over to christophe europe hasn't given up hope of getting an exemption from new u.s. tariffs right area took some hard lobbying but a compromise could be reached during this week that's according to germany's new economy minister peter altmire he's in washington for talks with the u.s. secretary of commerce wilbur ross after which he said it is still possible to reach at least a provisional solution which could avoid a decline into a heavy trade conflict new u.s. terrorists on steel and the men. are set to come into effect by friday. he's only just arrived in office but the newly minted german economy minister is already faced with a difficult mission. must avoid a trade war with the united states. this. there's a lot at stake here

e.u. as a whole all twenty eight countries would have six point five billion dollars worth of steel and aluminum exports affected by the new tariffs it's followed by china with an export volume of around three billion dollars germany would pay taxes on a total of one point seven billion dollars worth of such exports each year making it the country most affected from within the e.u. some experts warn that the new tariffs might herald the beginning of a cascade of others which will spread across further sectors and countries the european steel industry fears that europe may soon be flooded with cheap steel imports it being an alternative cheaper dumping ground. now our correspondent alexander phenomenon is in washington following the statements by the german economy minister hi it's good to see you alexandra now as you saw the minister how optimistic was he is there a real possibility to avoid these tariffs. well i asked peter over here is confident that a solution can be found before the chair of are going to be imposed on friday and he really does it's just saying that he cannot speculate on tha

pulling out of it all the major powers russia china india the e.u. the u.s. have all been developing hypersonic weapons underwater drones all of these things but it is much much cheaper easier to build and deploy missiles that can a vague missile defense then and then to create new missile defense that can counter those where it's just you just don't walk that stuff won't resolve the problem what we need a smart war heads and i think paradoxically it was a conservative speech putin was. that was to return to the safety to the period of say four years he said when u.s. has to come back to earth absolutely and he mentioned it in an interview that the united states actually destroyed the arms control system when they went out of there and they believe me sort of creature signed in one thousand and seventy two the whole idea of the treaty it was it's a very american idea you know to call boys are facing each other with these folds none of them has avoided profer west so the wall stopped shooting because each of them on the stand is going to be the death for the im

first of all the e.u. presented a united front that's good and also a commitment to free trade and against protectionism. import them is worth since the beginning of the month u.s. president trump threatened to levy a ten percent tariff on aluminum and steel however after intensive negotiations with the european union washington will accept the e.u. as well as six other nations from the tariffs for the time being at least that's why these countries and their leaders are wary and are asking the u.s. to reconsider for the long term and not create any trade barriers. my wish at least is that we continue with the rules of international trade which are good for us all to say what would also be good for all of them is to come to further agreements with british prime minister to resign may she seems relaxed as talks turned to new relationships she also maintains that security even as a soon to be ex e.u. country has top priority. i will once again be stressing the united kingdom's unconditional commitment to the

e.u. summit in brussels last week all twenty eight member states come damn the attack the expulsion of russian diplomats by many e.u. countries is a coordinated action they say all the evidence points to russia. back in london the british prime minister welcome the joint move and this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence offices in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the soulsby incident but moscow continues to insist it's in a sense it has to respond in kind and warn western governments that the expulsion of russian diplomats was a mistake. so how is russia wisely to respond i'm joined here in the studio by one as i don't mind he is a specialist in russian and european affairs and a nonresident fellow at the university of kills institute for security policy mr adelman is good to have you on the show britain's prime minister says that this is the biggest expulsion of purge of russian agents that the world has ever seen is it goin

e.u. lawmakers will be taking up this political crisis barbara vai's all followed an e.u. fact finding mission to slovakia and sent us this report it was in this house that journalist chick and his partner martina with home. neighbors come every day to light candles they are still shocked by what happened in their quiet village defect finding mission from the european parliament has also arrived to pay their respects this is really the moment where you realize this is what it's about. you know to to to work on the world where things like this don't happen it cannot go without punishment but how much political will is there to find the murderers and the people who ordered the cold blooded execution of good joke and again the same government that is facing more and more allegations of corruption lead the investigation the e.u. parliamentarians brought their questions to prime minister robert feed so but were evidently not convinced by his response there are so many allegations of corruption and fraud and criminal activity going around i mean there's so much smoke there's cle

all what can we expect from this summit i'm richard three key issues on this summit first of all of course the e.u. will have to prepare for a scenario where they will not be exempt from u.s. tariffs long term you know not that well that they will not get a long term exemption from u.s. tariffs on steel and olive minium so they need to prepare for such a scenario secondly you have the issue of a nerve agent attack in the u.k. so expect a strong condemnation here from e.u. leaders and finally to reason may is in town and she will get the sign off for a transition period that has already been agreed because tree negotiators it's the latest achievement in what has been a tough year of negotiations and i've put together the key events and here is what happened previously on brics it. forty four years after joining the european union britain's ambassador to the e.u.

e.u. next year. businesses. decisions all rushed through contingency plans based on guesses about the future the. one key issue that remains unresolved is the border between ireland an e.u. member a northern ireland which is part of the u.k. nevertheless there's strong hope that the other twenty seven e.u. leaders will endorse the transition deal later this week. an airstrike on a school shelter in syria's eastern good time has killed at least fifteen children and two women and that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights it says the strikes came from russian planes this comes as thousands of civilians have fled the besieged on clay well for more now i'm joined by our correspondent who's monitoring the situation from beirut and what can you tell us about the current situation in eastern guta oh the situation is pretty miserable eighty percent of every red head of clear has already taken over by that's been the scene since it seems that really the regime seems electricity bubbling would be getting desperate also civilians thought that what must not be living in miserable conditions b

all the criticism of the u.s. the u.s. moves possibly not being in line with rules the e.u. is not going to hypocritically fall out of line with those regulations itself so she said that they have a maximum of ninety days to be ready to impose the retaliatory measures on the list that we've been hearing so much about bourbon levi's peanut butter but it doesn't mean that the measures would come into force that quickly compared with the fifteen days that the steel tariffs would would take in the us cumbersome as you mention with all those e.u. member states but at the same time the us president did single out germany in justifying his tariffs why is. he did as he so often does because he returns inevitably to nato funding and the low percentage of g.d.p. that germany spends on its defense so he brought that up again last night and in his announcement so if the e.u. is is expecting to be among the exemptions but trump is especially mentioning germany as one of the problems that he sees i don't know how well that's going to go but again monster is pinning a lot of hopes on this