e.u. council meeting. that will then be brought back to the house of commons and to a vote in the house of commons. i'm going to do my job of getting the best deal for britain. i'm going to do my job of getting a deal that is in the national interest. when the vote comes before the house of commons, m.p.'s will be doing their job. they will need to look at that deal. ey will need to consider the vote of the british people to leave the european union and our duty to deliver on that vote and they will be held to account to their constituents for the decisions they take. tom. >> thank you, prime minister. tom from the "sun." prime minister, if those confidence vote held in your leadership in the conservative party, do you think it is in the national interest for you to fight it? and if you win by only one vote, will you carry on as prime minister? prime minister may: leadership is about taking the right decisions, not the easy ones. as prime minister, my job is to bring back a deal that delivers on the vote o

e.u. council president arriving here at the g. twenty summit at the beginning did say he expects a rollover of the already existing e.u. sanctions against russia. thank you the g. twenty summit is the first international diplomatic test for the saudi crown prince mohammed who we are and sell it we are going since the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in turkey back in october much of the world believes that the crown prince ordered that killing some leaders have distanced themselves from the prince namely and you're going to see that just a second turkish president erda was it did not go unnoticed today when the leaders gathered for a group photo or we're going to see that photo there we go i want you to look closely now the president's ever won and the saudi crown friends position themselves at opposite ends of the group the one you can see on the left the crown prince. on the right it's. that said the crown prince is certainly no political pariah at the moment to the french the u.s. the chinese presidents met with hi

e.u. council on the twenty fifth of november. mesa. thank you promised to mesa hall from the daily express ever since you've been in this job you've always been adamant that the country will leave the you in march next year over the last couple of days you've talked about the risk of no brakes it do you think given the forces that are lined up in opposition to your deal that is now becoming a definite threat well i've there were a number of members of parliament who stood up in the house of commons today and said that their view was that staying within the european union was the right thing to do i disagree we gave the vote to the british people overwhelmingly gave that vote to the british people to decide whether or not to stay in the european union the people voted to leave and i believe it is our duty as a government to believe it's our duty as members of parliament to deliver on that boat of the british people and we will be leaving on the twenty ninth of march two thousand and nineteen. they're on the edge they're serious i think

e.u. council but we need to be careful about this we only have so far one source saying that we are much closer to the summit tomorrow on sunday and one source claiming there has been a deal the deal was struck between going to seoul the president of the council and pedro sanchez we don't know where the brits stand on that as at least as far as i know no official confirmation from the u.k. so far we don't even know if they're in the loop yet still i knew max timmy's a may do to meet e.u. commission chief. today is gibraltar the main issue gibraltar is probably the biggest chunk of that but it's not the only issue we also know that there were a couple of other more or less contentious issues for example unfair competition also on fisheries and we do know now from a couple of sources that a separate document will be produced so a third document we already have the withdrawal agreement we have the political agreement on the future relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. and apparently now a third document that will address these contentious issues as far as we know as of yet gibraltar is not in

e.u. council chief and the e.u. commission june. you're going to continue to have a separate essentially the another issue on the table is could you extend so we're talking about a break that deadline of twenty ninth of march twenty ninth team but for example if britain decided ok parliament is blocked we want to second referendum or if you needed a general election or even if the conservatives were placed to resign as as prime minister the timetable for breaks it is now so short that any kind of disruption knocks the entire timetable out so i quite understand what you are saying that the deal as it is on the table now cannot be changed but what tony changes the time frame if the u.k. goes to brussels and says ok look simply we can't make progress here we need more tolling what brussels be willing to grant that and i would think that because brussels cannot tolerate a no deal breaks it that causes a problem at the northern island border and causes problems where the port of cali would be completely blocked due to customs controls if

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 early dinner that they will have they can talk of course about the common thread that refutes relations they w

e.u. council in brussels a barbarism is with barbara i have to come to you apparently because deal is going to lead to a prosperous future is going to be good for business and a generally overall bright future for the u.k. your reactions. yeah we've had this we heard this speech before and we haven't heard it just once we've heard it several times before i mean she is really recycling own own wording her own phrases her own ideas that are quite limited in this regard and the last time we heard this particular speech was just last week when she spoke to this c.v.i. to the association of british should business and they were not particularly happy about it because later on there was an e-mail and turn on the e-mail contact that that showed that they said yeah we officially endorse the deal but you know officially we know that this is not going to be very good economic and this of course made it through all the newspapers everybody could read this so will people believe her when she repeats or seven said this is going off into the glorious sunset it is very doubtful because there are so many t

e.u. council meeting and that will then be brought back to the. house of commons and to a vote in the house of commons i'm going to do my job of getting the best deal for britain i'm going to give my job of getting a deal that is in the national interest when the vote comes before the house of commons m.p.'s will be doing their job they will need to look at that deal they will need to consider the vote of the british people to leave the european union and our duty to deliver on that vote and of course they will be held to account by their constituents for the decisions that they take tom. thank you promise or tom you done for the song. promised that if there was a confidence vote held annually to ship because of the posse.

e.u. council president arriving here at the g. twenty summit at the beginning did say he expects a rollover of the already existing e.u. sanctions against russia. thank you the g. twenty summit is the first international diplomatic test for the saudi crown prince mohammed here we are in. it we are going since the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in turkey back in october much of the world believes that the crown prince ordered that killing some leaders have distanced themselves from the prince namely and you're going to see that just a second turkish president heir to watch it did not go unnoticed today when the leaders gathered for a group photo or we're going to see that photo there we go i want you to look closely now the president's ever won and the saudi crown friends position themselves at opposite ends of the group aired a one you can see on the left the crown prince. on the right it's. that that said the crown prince is certainly no political pariah at the moment of the french the u.s. the chinese president's

e.u. council and in there there is a majority vote so even members could vote against spain and a proof that treaty wants the european parliament and the british parliament has approved but that is not how things work we have a summit on sunday and there it is it will be a unanimous decision that it has to rubber stamp the strauss before we go actually into the approval period and also so far the unity has been the sharpest tool in the negotiating process of the you and leaders will not want to risk this so they want this issue with spain to be clarified ahead of that summit there and looking add to that summit on sunday carol what does happen next. well as we speak the member states ambassador and the share pause are preparing that summit they're looking exactly into these issues it is also expected that theresa may is coming tomorrow again to brussels probably also will talk about the hot issue of gibraltar and maybe also the the issue of fish so a number of sticking points on the european side still at stake before we can go ahead with this summit and the summit really is meant to basical

e.u. council has said that he will recommend now to e.u. members that they dorce two years worth of rather fraught negotiations with britain that have resulted in the withdrawal agreement the exit protocols and a political declaration laying the path for a future relationship after brags that the spanish had said that they did not what they what they wanted was a guarantee in writing that they would have direct consultation over any arrangements to do which are brought in that future relationship britain eventually relented after a late night and early morning negotiations gave them that written guarantee delighted the spanish of course because it now appears to them that an end may be in sight in the future to this three hundred year old dispute over. sovereignty take a listen to what the spanish prime minister had to say. a couple the and if it is through three i have informed the king about an agreement on gibraltar firstly i want to tell you that the european council take place tomorrow and secondly that europe and the u.k. have accepte

e.u. council in brussels where donald. bania the big three from who were involved deeply with these negotiations have held a press conference the message so far has been that this is the only deal possible and it's the best deal possible you're looking at visuals again from brussels right now we're basically waiting on you can prime minister to resign made to hold her own press conference hoping for some clarity here oh the press conference is supposed to get underway anytime now but just as it is joining us that the message from brussels or. really has been but it's the best deal possible and it's the only deal possible does that therefore imply that in the future there might be potential we can rule if somebody came back to the e.u. and said look can you improve on this deal and maybe make it so-called softer we are not entirely clear but it would appear that it is not ruled out as yet but again there has been no definitive word on that one other point john worth the political advisor is with us in the studio what i foun

e.u. council president to announce that there would be a u. brags that summit to finalize not only this withdrawal agreement ball but also the political agreement that is going to help figure out what the future relationship is going to be. they you have this this resigning wave that is now appears to be a wave especially of course of domenico rob i think what's happening now is the front line is completely in the u.k. and all that the e.u. institutions can do is wait and see how this is going to play out they have done their part they negotiated a withdrawal agreement that they can live with now it's up to theresa may hopefully theresa may from a european perspective here to figure out how you know this is going to play out all right next so they can only sit there and wait to see how this plays out but people there must be concerned that we could see this deal fall apart a day after treason a sense they got the cabinet backing that you need. the worry was always that this deal could fall apart at the latest in front of the u.k. parliament if

e.u. council meeting and that will then be brought back to the. house of commons and to a vote in the house of commons i'm going to do my job of getting the best deal for britain i'm going to give my job of getting a deal that is in the national interest when the vote comes before the house of commons m.p.'s will be doing their job they will need to look at that a deal they will need to consider the vote of the british people to leave the european union and our duty to deliver on that vote and of course they will be held to account by their constituents for the decisions that they take home thank you promise a ton in done for the sun. if there's a confidence vote held in your leadership of the conservative party do you think it's a national interest for you to fight it and if you win by only one vote will you carry on as prime minister leadership is about taking the right decisions not the easy ones as prime minister my job is to bring back a deal that delivers on the votes of the british people that does that by ending free movement all the thing

e.u. and security council and russia went even so far as to blaine there ukrainian president of trying to organize provocations because. the russian ambassador to the and put it he's approval ratings are low but then of course we also heard from the you asked of message or to the united nations sneaky hailing saying that it was a reckless russian escalation of the situation there. in brussels talks about nato how alarmed a very about these developments. nato is very alarmed about this we just heard from nato secretary-general un stoltenberg who called the incident very serious he reiterated calls that nato made already yesterday for russia to release the ukrainian vessels to release the ukrainian soldiers he said it was a very serious situation that these. ukrainian military personnel had been harmed by russia firing on the vessels and this is something of course ukraine is not a nato member but is a close nato partner and ukrainian president petro poroshenko called nato and asked them to hold these urgent consultations to discuss possible any any possible response any possible political

e.u. council meeting sunday. speaking to my counterparts over that time, including meeting the chancellor of austria at downing street later today. last night, i spoke to the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez and i'm confident on sunday we will be able to agree a deal that delivers for the whole u.k. family, including gibraltar. on saturday, i will return to brussels for further meetings with president juncker what we will discuss how to bring this process to a conclusion in the interest of our people. the british people want this to be settled. they want a good deal that sets us on course for a brighter future. that deal is within our grasp, and i am determined to deliver it. theresa may speaking outside number 10 downing street , ending with the same line she used earlier on this week, "i am determined to deliver it." maybe that is supposed to resonate with the brexiteers in her party who failed to get the requisite number of votes to unseat her. she used the word "control." said thishts, as she is an agreem

e.u. . the european council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland the european council reinstated the union's determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. my focus over the next few weeks is on as i've just said on making the case for this deal as you've heard any president said this was the only deal possible this is being echoed by other european leaders and i think that is when people come to vote in the house of commons they would need to ask themselves about two aspects of this particularly the first is delivering bricks it i think we have a judy as a house of commons as a parliament to deliver bracks it on the second question is about what it means for our constituents and as i've said the deal that we have to live it i believe delivers not just on what people want it when they vote it breaks it but also does it in a way that protects jobs protects our security and protects the united kingdom. hall has the

after the vote, the presidents of the european council and commission and the e.u. chief brexit negotiator spoke to reporters. the british parliament will vote on the agreement in december. >> thank you. today the european council and the agreement of the united kingdom of great britain and northern island from the european union and the atomic energy community. the european council invited the commission, the european parliament, and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can can enter into on the 30th of march, 2019. provide for an orderly withdrawal. theure piian council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions as it contains the sense of our meeting. ahead of us is a difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiati

e.u. member states are illegal. the un security council has unanimously voted to lift sanctions against eritrea amid a falling in relations in the region the measures which included an arms embargo asset freezes and travel bans were imposed in two thousand and nine after the country was accused of supporting armed groups in somalia ethiopia which recently signed a landmark peace deal with its neighbor has welcomed the move. she says it's pulling thousands of its doctors currently working in brazil on a public health program out of the country of annan says the decision came in response to president elect job also not all's comments he has questioned their training and demanded changes to their pay. well thousands of firefighters and some from as far away as texas are battling wildfires in the north and south of california authorities say that they are starting to gain the upper hand but the threat is far from over fifty people have been killed in the

e.u. and u.k. would go ahead well it's. yes as we speak things are said deal to go ahead on sunday finally a couple of hours ago the formal invitations went out from the council from donald close of the president's office inviting the leaders of the e.u. to turn up on sunday to endorse these negotiated texts the withdrawal agreement that deals with the exit protocols of british britain from the e.u. and the political declaration of a future relationship that sets out the sort of goalposts that they hope to achieve after briggs it and yes as you say it had been in doubt until just a few hours ago that's because it was digging in its heels demanding clarification demanding written guarantees that it would have a direct say over what happens to gibraltar under any future relationship to gibraltar or cd under a treaty to britain three hundred years ago spain has disputed that ever since and it seems that in negotiations it went all through the night last night into the early hours of saturday morning and through the day britain appears to have backed down written guarantees have been issued to the satisfaction of the spanish prime minister he will now turn up for

e.u. council meeting. that will then be brought back to the house of commons and to a vote in the house of commons. i'm going to do my job of getting the best deal for britain. i'm going to do my job of getting a deal that is in the national interest. when the vote comes before the house of commons, m.p.'s will be doing their job. they will need to look at that deal. they will need to consider the vote of the british people to leave the european union and our duty to deliver on that vote and they will be held to account to their constituents for the decisions they take. tom. >> thank you, prime minister. tom from the "sun." prime minister, if those -- if there is a confidence vote held in your leadership in the conservative party, do you think it is in the national interest for you to fight it? and if you win by only one vote, will you carry on as prime minister? prime minister may: leadership is about taking the right decisions, not the easy ones. as prime minister, my job is to bring back a deal that del

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 bishop was brought

e.u. council don't know who said today here and where desire is that he was confident that the sanctions already in place from the european union would be rolled over at the end of the year we're not talking about slapping on new sanctions as some have suggested after what happened between ukraine and russia in the last days but rolling over the sanctions that are already in place so that might be a reaction to that might also be just sort of the primer for what's going to happen with the u.s. president donald trump when he's talking about trade protectionism hard to say at this point but the atmosphere doesn't seem to be that well for the start we do know though that although donald trump has canceled the bar that all meeting with the russian president vladimir putin that was scheduled for saturday there probably will be an impromptu meeting between the two at the sidelines of the g. twenty not as official something where donald trump can say yes i canceled the meeting i am the strong man in the room here but apparently they are going to talk it's just not going to be in this official setting o

recently were heard from the chancellor of germany angela merkel a similar idea the security council for the e.u. a framework that will still exclude russia but do you think that is something that could lead us. to the right direction well i think we need some forum. we meaning all of us the united states europe and russia some forum in which representatives can gather and have a full voice in order to debate questions of european security and take decisions with which all of the participants are going to be content in which they will observe the question is what will this be do we reform leo aceee do we start from the beginning and build some new party new new organization should this be done in the context of the un all of us see in the early one nine hundred ninety s. was structured in the un context this is something that i think european countries and the united states and canada need to get together and discuss because the system we can we started to construct in one nine hundred eighty nine ninety ninety one is no longer working and we're back to a divided europe so we need to look at way

council in brussels. so welcome to you both i want to begin with you the e.u. has now obviously formally agreed to the deal with the mood in brussels. german chancellor angela merkel today said in a press conference that it was it is with sadness but also that with some relief that she looks on this day and that remarry much reflects the mood here from the other leaders you know was there one of the half years of tough negotiations of waiting for the u.k. to come up with a position to move beyond just pointing out red lines there is now this six hundred page document on the table german chancellor said where there's a will there's a way i mean from the perspective of brussels this telephone book sized book is now really the way forward. you've said it german chancellor angela merkel warning that tough negotiations still lay ahead but the agreement signed today was the best possible deal so let's listen to what she had to say. decry legions diplomatic work of art has been accomplished in an extremely difficult situation it's an unprecedented situation. something

much 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 brussels for furthe

much 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 is going on wi

have we are doing that on the earlier this year the council of europe seems to me that you do understand i understand what you're saying but the e.u. disagrees with it and so does the council of europe and the human rights commission who complained in this reporter earlier this year that things with regard to access to information are not going well the government is not implementing the recommendations of the commissioner for information of public importance and the parliament is not discussing his reports you want to continue down this road because they're not buying your denials of this. i'm not saying that these are denials there is so much work to be done and i'm saying i said i said yesterday. at the conference of konrad adenauer stiff them i think if we look. our you integration in three key pillars economy public administration rule of law by far the most was done in the economy i would say in terms of structural reforms eighty five percent of the job has been done which is shown in the numbers that serbia has right now our g.d.p. growth in this year was four point five percent our our employment coughed our. we are the wo

e.u. membership at the u.n. security council at the expense of france the french of hell one of those five permanent seats since the u.s. sees formation at the end of world war two i realize this will take some convincing in paris but it would be a bold and smart goal to lessen the pain of losing the powerful seat france could become the permanent boss to the united nations the french ambassador to the u.s. has cast doubt on berlin's proposal most saying it contradicts the u.n. charter other french employees have also voiced concern it comes after french president emanuel micron of course announced his desire for an easy you army very recently earlier this month in plans but by angle of merkel political analyst alexander adler told us that germany though is wrong to have made its un proposal public in this case. putting together all the europeans in one concept and one mccain ism is nearly impossible wave of germans have done so is exactly opposite to a favorable issue. using a megaphone diplomacy to soothe all constraints of ge

e.u. to her very own parliament. and just this special european council in brussels i reached a deal with the leaders of the other twenty seven e.u. member states on a withdrawal agreement that will ensure a smooth and orderly departure on the twenty ninth of march next year we can back this deal deliver on the vote of the referendum and move on to building a brighter future of opportunity and prosperity for all our people all this house can choose to reject this deal and go back to square one because no one knows what would happen if this deal doesn't pass it would open the door to mordor vision and more uncertainty with all the risks that will entail. our journey here at the big table john worth is one of the most watched briggs blogs and analysts here on the continent john it's good to see you again when i listen to the british prime minister of the earth i get the impression that it's either her bread plan or the end of empire two point. three second apocalypse but it seems her interest to present it is such and such a puppet apocalyptic terms she wants to put the pressure on her conservative members of parliament t

e.u. summit and european council that is the leaders of the european union all twenty eight i'm not expected to happen on the ground by the twenty fifth but in the meantime though as i say i wish obama let's hear from him he's even at his propre when the progress has been made so far. in the backstop sonata you we agreed to create new new corey scene go customs theory thore notion island which is therefore remain in showing custom territory but the rest of the u.k. in addition not an island would remain aligned to those rules of the single market that are essential for avoiding of border just concerns agricultural goods as well as all products. to paul what happens next. what happened i mean just by listening to michel barnier these words that you give an inkling if you know the politics of it are one of the problems that we're going to face and that is that those people who want. to be corrected to be corrected with the slogan take a look at that and say well if we're still part of the customs territory the customs union that's not rex's it's all and suddenly there are many hard to two year

e.u. having a place at the. when security council by suggesting from should share its seat the french of held one of the five permanent seats said the united nations was formed in one hundred forty five. i realize this will take some convincing in paris but it would be a bold and smart go to lessen the pain of losing the powerful seat france could become the permanent to the united nations as you might imagine the french u.n. ambassador is not keynes saying it contradicts the organization charter french and pays aren't exactly happy about it either the suggestion comes after president mccrone suggested the creation of an army earlier this month backing on that from germany's angela merkel political analyst alexander adler told us that germany is wrong to have made its un proposal public putting together all the europeans in one concept and one mccain ism is nearly impossible waiver germans have done so is exactly opposite to the release you. using a megaphone diplomacy to do is to hold the constraints of germany is one of the most ef

done and dusted within weeks his comments came at a british irish council meeting with senior british politicians now on and will remain an e.u. member off to brag zip-it move in and will leave with britain agreeing on the border between the two off to bragg's it is the main stumbling block to an e.u. u.k. agreement some british business is already preparing for the worst possible scenario . it's a case of better safe than sorry for this chocolate maker with less than five months to britain leaves the european union contingency planning is gaining urgency . we've been on the also finding visit so impressed me to see what i mean partly because i poisson so working nationals so in some respects moving there will be relatively easy no confidence in our government in india bring a viable solution to business like myself some of the chocolate makers workers have already left ahead of bragg's it so it is already in trouble and it's not a long many major companies are moving some operations or announcing plans to leave the u.k. altogether bank of america moved its european headquarters to dublin from london to paris panasonic moved

right we start with briggs it another step forward towards a brags the european council president onil to six as the e.u. and britain's government have agreed declaration on the two sides relationship after the u.k. leaves the bloc while a speaking in the british parliament say in the last hour or so prime minister theresa may said it was a good deal both for britain and for the e.u. for the opposition a labor leader a german court and said nothing had been agreed and described as quote a blind fold bragg's it leaders are hoping to sign off on the declaration and on the breaks that treaty itself at a summit in brussels on sunday. all right lots to unpack to do we correspond bigger mass is standing by for us in london and our brussels birt chief max hoffman is at the h.q. before we start off our conversation let's take a quick listen to what theresa may said in parliament moments ago. this is because the draft text that we have agreed with the commission is a good deal for our country and for our partners in the e.u. it honors the boat. owners the coaches the british people by taking back control of our