e.u. budgets as part of its exit bill borders was quoting a senior e.u. official with knowledge of the agreement the lawyer for a former bosnian croat general who dramatically took his own life inside a u.n. war crimes tribunal courtroom yesterday says she doesn't know how he brought in the fatal liquid slobodan broadchurch drank a substance containing a deadly chemical after his guilty verdict was upheld now in croatia opinions are divided muslim victims of the war voiced hope that the verdict would help reconciliation in bosnia but many croats feel that the guilty verdict is unfair. hundreds of person in crowds gathered for a candlelight vigil in central must one of the keep battlegrounds during the former yugoslavia is years of civil conflict they came to mourn a man the international community called a convicted criminal for his one time comrades the former general slobodan was nothing short of a wool hero who gave his life for an ideal deal me as a child to know such a man. he was a true soldier just like all of us who fought for croatia we never att

peshmergas contribution to the e.u. budget. forth, the u.k. has put 20 billion euros. the the e.u. wants more. >> negotiations continue. i look forward to the european union responding positively so we can move forward together. >> leaders will also press may on the future rights of e.u. citizens living in britain. on the sidelines, she also met with the irish leader to talk about the future of the u.k.'s border with ireland. before we could talk about trade, the idea there would be any border. has demanded progress on key terms by december. that will allow them to move on to trade talks. all this before the u.k.'s expected exit date in march of 2019. >> let's check in on the financial markets. shares in europe started the last day of trading of the week mostly in the red but have now crawled back into positive : the passage of the tax bill in the united states house of representatives. moving on to other business headlines, the c.e.o. of nisan says he will return part of his salary following a recent scandal. he says the voluntary pay cut started last month and will continue throu

as in every divorce money britain has said it will pay to settle commitments it has made to the e.u. budget but has not agreed to the e.u.'s aspirated bill of around seventy billion dollars. the gig economy has turned to pickle nine to five job upside down the freedom to create your own schedule is one of the biggest selling points that companies like google are used to lure employees but some cities could be putting an end to that for good. he has more on that for us on friday suffered a major blow to its business that could change its entire operation in employment tribunal in london which is the company's second largest market ruled that drivers are employees instead of contractors. these companies are choosing not to give these workers the holders they're entitled to the pension contributions are in total truth in minimum wage and there's essentially no consequence government is doing nothing to make these companies obey the law the decision follows a similar one made last year and who will have to pay drivers a minimum wage and off. time off it also comes months after london's transpor

stuck to their their lines all along simply asking for britain to of to meet its obligations in the e.u. budgetwhich ends in twenty twenty nothing more if you believe the press reports here in the u.k. the u.k. government certainly has moved towards brussels position more or less doubling what to resume a offered two months ago which was in the region of twenty five billion dollars now they're talking about. up to fifty billion dollars government sources saying that they're not going they don't recognise any of these figures it's in fact a very unlikely that they will be committing to a particular amount rather they are saying these are the areas that we will continue to pay into not just areas like agriculture and fisheries and infrastructure projects but things like the european union's pension pot and many other areas which will be going on perhaps for decades so hard to put a precise figure on both sides clearly trying to put a positive spin on this in the last couple of hours the u.k. foreign secretary has said that he thinks this could be a very important turning point. working as you can

said is we will fulfill our obligations built up during our period of membership now the current e.u. budgetruns out in twenty twenty britain as one of the twenty eight is committed to funding things like agriculture and and fishery subsidies things like scientific projects many other many other areas which britain says it will meet its commitments to it saying that there is no precise figure but this will be seen as a major concession just two months ago the trees in may was putting the figure at around twenty to twenty five billion euros now the final the final so-called divorce bill will actually take many many more years after britain leaves the european union things that are ongoing such as the european union pension pot so nobody can put a final figure on it but it seems that the both sides have accepted the list if you like just a few hours ago michel barnier the used chief negotiator said this though we are awaiting sufficient progress from london on the following three. since the rights of european citizens in the u.k. and of british citizens in the u. issues relating to the border

e.u. annual budget is only a hundred fifty people gave it two billion dollars just to restore it's of after a civil war you know the e.u. these leaders in these countries are basically making a mockery of the aid coming in to them what we need to do to resolve the problem is to look at the governance the level of governance in those countries and link human rights accountability to it based award winning british journalist thank you for your time. a u.s. congressional committee has barred r.t. journalists from capitol hill by revoking their credit taishan has lied to r.t. america's new foreign agent status that's despite early assurances from the state department that no such restrictions would be imposed here's the letter r.t. america received from congress the executive committee of the congressional radio and television correspondents galleries exercised its authority to withdraw the news credentials of the r.t. network this action was taken in response to the registration of the art you know at work as a foreign agent. when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign age

e.u. has a three million euro budget for funding eighty four projects that aim to strengthen its social and political cohesion and the blocs active attempts to challenge euro skepticism started off of the u.k.'s decision to leave the e.u. david told us that creating a european superstate is not democratic. i don't think it's a good idea to give propaganda in schools they want to brainwash people young people into being european well they're not european they're french they're when they're british they're not european and it's no point in trying to create history that never happened european union is an economic organization it's not a country nothing ever happens in the european union that doesn't have a purpose of sole purpose is creating a european superstate which is not democratic a european superstate run by bureaucrats controlled by bureaucrats with a sort of modicum of parliamentary governance this is not just me not wanting a part of it or britain don't want to go part of it is not fair to all the other nations of europe more or more the french are getting upset about it the germans

e.u. is demanding sixty billion euros from the u.k. as a kind of tap to be settled before breaks in a collection of budget commitments and pension promises expected from the u.k. through the year twenty twenty the e.u. has vowed not to move forward until the issue is resolved and it's even given a december fifteenth deadline for progress a new offer has been expected in recent days the u.k. needs to move beyond the divorce phase of talks before it can negotiate a future trade pact with the blog a critical issue for its post bragg's economy the possibility of leaving the union without a deal is widely viewed as an economic worst case scenario other stumbling blocks remain in the divorce phase including the nature of the border between ireland and post that you can. reacting to reports the european union's chief breaks it negotiated michelle ban years that on wednesday he was still working to reach agreement with britain saying that if it was successful the you could be ready to proceed to talks about future trade relations is what he said. you know rules really court need proof i hope that when the european council meets and some days i c

e.u. was demanding sixty billion euros from the u.k. as a kind of tap to be settled before brags that a collection of budget commitments and pension promises expected from the u.k. through the year two thousand and twenty the e.u. has vowed not to move forward until that bill is settled the new offer has been expected in recent days the u.k. needs to move beyond the divorce phase of talks before it can negotiate a future trade pact with the bloc a critical issue for its post breaks economy the possibility of leaving without a deal is widely viewed as an economic worst case scenario e.u. chief negotiator for breaks that michel barnier said he was hopeful a deal could be reached before a december council meeting. cover you know we're working hard on these issues so that i can say to the european council on behalf of the european commission did a few days time we have reached a sufficient level of progress for the european council to decide to move on to the second stage of negotiating the future relationship up. through negotiation that a free to. other stumbling blocks remain in the divorce phase of negotiations among them the border betwee

e.u. is demanding sixty billion euros from the u.k. as a kind of tab to be settled before breaks in a collection of budget commitments and pension promises expected from the u.k. through the year twenty twenty. the e.u. has vowed not to move forward until the issue is resolved and it's even given a december fifteenth deadline for progress a new offer has been expected in recent days the u.k. needs to move beyond the divorce phase of talks before it can negotiate a future trade pact with the blog is a critical issue for its post bragg's economy the possibility of leaving the union without a deal is widely viewed as an economic worst case scenario other stumbling blocks remain in the divorce phase including the nature of the border between ireland and post break that u.k. . reacting to those media reports the european union's cheve briggs's negotiator michel barnier said on wednesday that he was quote still working to reach agreement with britain saying that if it was successful the could be ready to proceed to talks about future trade relations. rules court need proof i hope that when the european council meets and some days i can report

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e.u. is demanding sixty billion euros from the u.k. as a kind of tab to be settled before bragg's it a collection of budget commitments and pension promises expected from the u.k. as part of its membership through twenty nineteen the e.u. has vowed not to move forward until the issue is resolved and it's even given a december fifteenth deadline for progress the new offer has been expected in recent days the u.k. needs to move beyond the divorce phase of talks before it can negotiate a future trade pact with the blog a critical issue for its post bragg's an economy the possibility of leaving the union without a deal is widely viewed as an economic worst case scenario other stumbling blocks remain in the divorce phase including the nature of the border between ireland and post break that u.k. . twenty years ago the frankfurt stock exchange went electronic that's when it flipped the switch on its cetera electronic trading system a program that automatically executes buy and sell orders. quite literally it's a far cry from the old method of shouting out orders on the trading floor the result was more transparency and speed and then increase i

e.u. was demanding sixty billion euros from the u.k. as a kind of tab to be settled before briggs's a collection of budget commitments and pension promises expected from the u.k. as part of its even membership through twenty nineteen the e.u. has vowed not to move forward until the issue is resolved and even given a december fifteenth deadline for progress the new offer has been expected in recent days the u.k. needs to move beyond the divorce phase of talks before it can negotiate a future trade pact with the bloc a critical issue for its post breaks economy the possibility of leaving the union without a deal is widely viewed as an economic worst case scenario other stumbling blocks remain in the divorce phase including the nature of sixty thousand people on his payroll seamers is just over half of that some five thousand companies have operations in china last year alone they invested six point seven billion euros in the countries now china's law requires foreign companies to allow communist party representations inside the companies for a long time these were just symbolic units but now german businesses are increasingly facing politi

e.u. level were ministers await action on several economic proposals including euro zone reforms a common finance minister and a common budget think french president a man well mccraw has a particular stake in a new german government put his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support. and being number one without a partner is not good i'm a cross has also been elected to revive the european project. it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before mccraw had his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. the city of paris has been picked to host the european banking or thora t. after britain leaves the european union in twenty nineteen dublin and early favorite frankfurt lost out in the vote by e.u. ban the states they earlier voted for amsterdam as the new postboxes location of the european medicines agency the move will give both cities a political status boost within the e.u. . ukase losses now france and holland again it was a modest celebration from the winners thank you no champagne and spotless to rub london's no isn't it boss undisguised relief after want was a nail bitin

e.u. philip hammond made the comments you see on vale the autumn a budget includes plans to set aside three billion pounds for braggs it contingency plans the country's decision to quit the european union has resulted in a shop full in sterling and an increase in inflation. now google siemens toyota johnson and johnson they're all big players on global stock exchanges and these giant multinationals dominate their industries everyone's heard of them of course but what if you make products for a less high profile sector well some people here in germany call them the hidden champions companies that are launching the unfamiliar to the public because they're often a family owned or unlisted on the stock market in germany or about one thousand five hundred of these so-called hidden champions the average company's revenues between fifty million and three billion euros it typically employs over five hundred employees most of them are specially trained now the majority of hidden champions are in technical fields forty one percent in mechanical engineering nineteen percent in industrial production an

e.u. level where ministers are awaiting action on several economic proposals including your eyes i'm reforms a common finance minister and a shared budget french president emmanuel mccrone has a particular stake in a new german government his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support. number one without a partner isn't very interesting and microelectronics on the promise that he could revive europe. it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. will become the new location of the european medicines agency an e.u. institution currently based in london but britain's departure from the e.u. in twenty nineteen means it needs to be relocated the city of amsterdam. nine hundred cities were originally in the running the dutch capital now has sixteen months to organize the move at an estimated cost of four hundred million euros well the first staff members of the european medical agency already arrive next summer so that's very very soon and then in april two thousand and nineteen we're planning to finalize to come from societies and then on january

e.u. level were ministers await action on several economic proposals including euro zone reforms a common finance minister and a common budget think french president a man well mccraw has a particular stake in a new german government put his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support. and being number one without a partner is not good and mccraw has also been elected to revive the european project to push you a p.r. it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before mccraw had his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. and our political team is of course following events for you for a while but bates you can follow them on twitter and instagram at d w politics and you can also check out our website for in-depth analysis that's d.w. dot com. well now to the spoils of bricks it the city of paris has been picked a host a key institution after britain leaves the european union in twenty nineteen the european banking agency is currently located in london the competition to acquire the e.v.g.a. had been fierce dublin and an early favorite frankfurt both lost out in the vote by e.u. m

e.u. level where ministers are awaiting action on several economic proposals including your eyes i'm reforms a common finance minister in the shed budget french president emmanuel mccrone has a particular stake in a new german government his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support. being number one without a partner isn't very interesting and microelectronics on the promise that he could revive europe. it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. will become the new location of the european medicines agency and e.u. institution currently by.

france has to possess a joint intervention force common defense budget and common doctrine to act so the french president on board with an e.u. army but when it comes to this military shamed an agreement or pesto there may be a few wrinkles to iron out between two of the major architects that's france who want to see a smaller force that fits within france's current tree current military objectives and also want to see a force that would be able to intervene abroad where is germany or they want to see a larger more inclusive pescado agreement critics of which they say well it could become quite cumbersome and and in fact quite it hump of the effectiveness if you allow too many people in well foreign affairs ministers have started arriving in brussels for talks on this we're expecting them to sign something throughout monday i'll be keeping an eye on it soon as any news comes out of brussels of course we'll bring it to you here on r.t. . yeah it'll be having throughout the day for the ease foreign policy chief frederica margaret is a ready spoken about it this morning she said more than fifty military projects have already be

budgets your common doctrine to act. so mike rann saying he's on side with an e.u. army but when it comes to this pescado agreement that we're going to see floated before defense ministers on monday well there are issues between two of the main architects that's france and germany the french site they want a smaller force with. that's built around the current french military forces that are available at the moment they also want this particular force to be allowed to intervene internationally now you compare that to what the germans want it is ago germany for a bigger more inclusive tesco agreement but critics have said that could become a weak union now defense minister is going to be meeting in brussels later on monday as soon as we get any news coming out of that meeting with relation to the future of potentially you army or this pascoe agreement let me bring it to you here on r.t. europe. your correspondent there peter all of the well this defense of parts already being touted as the new nato by some but critics suspect it's going to be a strategic disaster. i t

e.u. level where ministers are awaiting action on several economic proposals including your eyes i'm reforms a common finance minister in the shed budget french president emmanuel mccrone has a particular stake in the new german government his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support. being number one without a partner isn't very interesting and microelectronics on the promise that he could revive europe. it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. i'm still will become the new location of the european medicines agency an e.u. institution currently based in london but britain's departure from the e.u. in twenty nineteen means it needs to be relocated the city of. nine hundred cities were originally in the running the dutch capital now has sixteen months to organize the move at an estimated cost of four hundred million euros well the first staff members of the european medical agency already arrive next summer so that's very very soon and then in april two thousand and nineteen we're planning to finalize the conference to siltation and on

e.u. was demanding sixty billion euros from the u.k. as a kind of tab to be settled before brags that a collection of budget commitments and pension promises expected from the u.k. as part of its even membership through twenty nineteen the e.u. has vowed not to move forward until the issue is resolved and even given a december fifteenth deadline for progress the new offer has been expected in recent days the u.k. needs to move beyond the divorce phase of talks before it can negotiate a future trade pact with the bloc a critical issue for its post bragg's an economy the possibility of leaving the union without a deal is widely viewed as an economic worst case scenario other stumbling blocks remain in the divorce phase including the nature of the border between ireland and post break the u.k. . now here's a security check where passengers won't have to take their shoes off customs at brussels national airport now has a new tool to combat smuggling and fraud an x. ray scanner a van that can analyze the contents of a whole aircraft from the outside just by driving around it. this small van is jam packed with technology that allows you to take

e.u. level where ministers await action on several economic proposals including euro zone reforms a common finance minister and a common budget think french president a man well mccraw has a particular stake in a new german government put his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support. and being number one without a partner is not good i'm a cross has also been elected to revive the european project a little soon to portugal a pia it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before mccraw had his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. the city of paris has been picked to host a key institution after britain leaves the european union in twenty nineteen the european banking agency is currently located in london but britain's imminent departure from the bloc have left it looking for a new home competition to acquire the body which employs over one hundred sixty people had been fierce dublin and early favorites frankfurt lost out in the vote by e.u. member states they earlier voted for amsterdam as the new post-tax of location of the european medicines agency a total of twenty three

e.u. to secure a soft brexit. francine: what do you make of the budget?d what holger in that it is not terribly important and i would echoed the comment that the budget, if it had come five months earlier, it would have changed certain things in terms of brexit positioning, the giving a signal that they are suggesting backup plans, it might've change things, but it is difficult to tell. how bad is growth going to be? that will have an impact in terms of the flip of the curve. the second issue -- the slope of the curve. the second issue, you can use the second issue, u.k. yields and rates. growth is quite poor if you have rising yields in the u.s., in europe, probably guilty yields will be dragged down as well. that is one of the challenges the u.k. faces. i'm going to push back a little bit. there was so much speculation the chancellor could be fired. does this budget cement his place? reporter: there was a lot of speculation he would be recalled in the shuffle along with boris johnson. i think his job is a safe. is theresa may's government faith? no one

e.u. level where ministers await action on several economic proposals including euro zone reforms a common finance minister and a common budget think french president a man well mccraw has a particular stake in a new german government pledged his quest for a more economically integrated european economy hinges upon german support for. its own human being number one without a partner is not good emma crawl has also been elected to revive a european project to push you a p.r. it was supposed to be a matter of weeks before mccraw had his german partner now the timing is anyone's guess. and of course we'll have lots more coverage on the political crisis in germany throughout the day so keep it here on g.w. for now back to terry with more world news thanks christophe let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today u.s. president trump has declared north korea a state sponsor of terrorism trump said the move to blacklist the regime again was long overdue john yang was removed from the list in two thousand and eight north korea and the u.s. are at loggerheads over kim jong un's controversial nu

e.u. for customs purposes, won't be agreed by, liked by them. what is required is a lot of sensitivity. unlike the budgethis is not something that can be decided with five minutes to go. it requires a huge amount of talking on all sides. i don't think there has been the talking that is required. guy: if i am running it and industrial engineering company, and i have a supply chain networks all the way across europe from the u.k., and integrating the stuff elsewhere, we hearing -- are the truth about the complexity that exists? i come back to this ireland story as being the kind of center of so much of this. are we underestimating the complexity? rupert: the short answer is yes, massively underestimating. guy: give us a sense of the scale of what most people think about as being the kind of -- i will throw technology in. just explain in your mind how big that gap is and what the reality would ultimately end up looking like? rupert: i think there is a perception that because something can travel through the tunnel to a different plant the day before brexit without being stopped that the day after brexit, th

e.u. will move to a future relationship. warned it iseing on course for the longest fall in living standards since records began 60 years ago. analyzing the budgetn's fiscal watchdog says the economy will be 42 billion pounds or $56 billion a smaller in 2022 than the government predicted in march. it's has wages will not return to pre-financial crisis levels until at least 2025, once inflation is taken into account. the oecd warning household in advance and developing countries poses an increasing threat to korea, canada, and the u.k., which lead the world in private borrowing. they say that this does not -- indebtedness does not increase vulnerability. not increase vulnerability. it says credit quality is among issues that could trigger a downturn. local news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am haslinda amin. this is bloomberg. china cracking down on cash micro-lenders as authorities worked to reduce risks. a look at whath is going on here. steve: there has been a crackdown over the summer of more regulation on these cash micro-lenders, which often times, well, the speculation is