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. customs union after britain leaves the e.u. is now challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hard border in ireland after breakfast. vladimir putin the russian president has used his annual state of the nation address to warn global powers that they must now reckon with russia's military might as well as boasting of his country's new generation of invincible nuclear weapons mr putin pledged to help poverty in six years and to improve the environment he's seeking an unprecedented fourth presidential term in the elections which are due in just seventeen days. pre-election video meant to impress and to intimidate showing a russian missiles said to be able to penetrate u.s. defenses. russian president vladimir putin's state of the nation speech was a classic the performance he's long used an aggressive foreign policy to stoke his popularity and to air grievances. russia walls and continues to be the greatest nuclear power but nobody wanted to talk with us nobody wanted to listen well less than. the presentation

e.u. customs union after bret's it mr tosk is not challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hard border in ireland after britain leaves the. germany's federal court has overturned the murder verdict in a case involving a death caused by an illegal race in central berlin a court previously found the two races guilty of murder but the federal court said intention to kill had not been proven and that the man should face manslaughter charges instead. the u.s. retail giant wal-mart has said it will stop selling fire arms and ammunition to people younger than twenty one years old the announcement follows a similar move by another retailer dick's sporting goods fresh debates about gun control have broken out after last month's deadly school shooting in florida. to slip back in the where police have arrested several italian businessman named by a murdered journalist as having links to government corruption twenty seven year old who was shot dead at his home last week along with his fiance shortly after his murder the news website he worked for published his last unfinished article

e.u. customs union after britain leaves the european union is now challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hard border in ireland after a break. we are learning more tonight about a cyber attack on german government computers lawmakers confirmed today that the attack is not over and go waiting and believe to be in the defense and foreign ministries security agencies reportedly detected the breach back in december and allowed it to continue in a controlled manner while they monitored it but lawmakers were not informed about that until this week a group of links to the russian government is suspected of carrying out the attack . the german government's communication network has been breached by hackers the parliament's secret supervisory body has been informed by the chancellor and security services and they say it's not over this is an. actual cyber attack on the government's information network and it's ongoing the government has known about this since december it's spent weeks observing the cyber attack to learn more about the hackers activities not even the agency r

e.u. customs union all the civil war going up in today's going on the ground but first day of prayer. that 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 few 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 you 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 mi

e.u. customs union all the civil war coming up in today's going underground but first brecht's 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 solving these right wing northern league about migration he's one of a social war leading to crime even though crime figures in italy are down except hate crimes like one last month are up ten fold heavy police presence in the central italian town of mustard author early on saturday a man opened fire on foreigners winning six people feel 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. twice italian foreign minister in silvio

e.u. customs union after britain leaves the e.u. is to toast is not challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hardboard in ireland after brett says. germany's federal court has overturned the murder verdict in a case involving a death caused by an illegal race in central bell in a court previously found the two races guilty of murder of the federal court said intention to kill had not been proven that the men should face manslaughter charges instead. police in slovakia have arrested a number of italian businessmen and named by a murdered journalist as having links to government corruption twenty seven you know that young chap was shot dead at his home last week along with the film say shortly after his murder the news website he worked for published his last unfinished article its claims have shocked the nation. journalists could see x. final story was the most explosive in his short career it may also have cost him his life the story details alleged links between the italian mafia and officials working in the pr

e.u. use customs union well that would leave things unchanged from what they are today guaranteeing the free passage of people and goods so where's the border well the e.u.'s plan could potentially put it out to sea the irish sea with northern ireland behind a hard border between the e.u. and the u.k. kind of like being in political limbo british prime minister theresa may has made it clear that is a line too far. the draft legal tax the commission will publish good if implemented it undermined the u.k. common market and threaten the constitution integrity of the u.k. by creating a customs and regulator reported on the irish sea and no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to. no u.k. prime minister could ever agree to a david is she going to regret those words one day she may have to swallow those words eventually but the reason that she has to take a hard line position today and would like to stick to that hardline position is because of the small group of democratic unionist and pays that she would lie as a pawn in parliament to keep her majority since the election last year when she lost

e.u. customs union after britain leaves the block is not challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hardboard in ireland after birth. naser officials in afghanistan say they've detained a man claiming to be a german national who was fighting for the taliban identified himself was out to would do it from front first he and three other lads taliban fighters were captured in helmand province his claims are confirmed will be one of the only europeans to have been found amongst the militants and sixteen years of war and. french judges charge far right leader marine le pen of or a number of online posts she's accused of tweeting graphic images of violence claimed to have been carried out by circle the islamic state in france circulating violent material that could incite terrorism is punishable with up to three years in jail. police in slovakia have arrested a number of italian businessman named by a murder journalist as having a link to government corruption twenty seven year old young kusa who was shot dead at his home last week along with his fiance shortly after his murde

retain the benefits both of the customs union and the single markets and you know people are people like emily form bri and others have made the case for there to be a bit spoke e.u. u.k. customs union and jeremy i think is just fleshing that out now and clarifying our position it does make sense it seems to me to ensure that we get a break say that works in the interests of the vast majority of people not the on account of all wealth which i think the conservative party be quite happy to see a kind of deregulated tax saving in this country that you know provides great opportunities to generate even more wealth for people who are already incredibly wealthy as it is we know what brussels did to countries that voted for their own exits from ireland to denmark to greece they're not they're going to be able to see through this well that i think so i mean these negotiations of corbin will be involved it will be pretty tough along the way because of the union absolutely but i think the sort of place where we're coming from is that we want to ensure that we kind of have an arrangement with the european union i mean we have knowledge that there is an important point and

has been clear that it is leaving the customs union. the e.u. has formed a customs union with other countries but those arrangements of life -- arrangements applied to the u.k. means that more countries can sell more into the u.k. without making it easier for us to sell to them. that would not be compatible with a meaningful, independent trade policy. it would mean we have less control than we do now over our trade in the world. we thought seriously about how our commitment to a frictionless border could best be delivered and we set out two potential options for our custom's arrangement. option one is a customs partnership between the u.k. and the e.u. at the border, the u.k. would apply the same tariffs for those intended for the 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 arrang

suppress this protocol it's as simple as that if the whole of britain is no longer in a customs union with the e.u. after breaks it many experts warned that means border checks between northern ireland and the republic of ireland as an e.u. member and that could endanger the good friday agreement which brought peace and power sharing to the north. on wednesday to resume a told parliament no prime minister could accept what the u. draft text was proposing but she remained committed to avoiding a hard border the foreign secretary and i are absolutely committed to ensuring that we deliver on no hard border between northern ireland and that's the position of the u.k. government it's the position of the parties in northern ireland it's the position of the irish government and it was what we agreed in the december agreement at that joint report that the opposition labor party has just committed itself to keeping britain in some sort of customs union avoiding the problem of the irish border and they went on the attack remember when we had bricks it means bricks it i and then we had red white and blue bri

e.u. as of march thirtieth twenty nineteen but it will continue to benefit from all of the advantages of the single market and the customs union. 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

e.u. plan to allow northern ireland to stay in the european union customs union after britain leaves the e.u. is now challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent a hard border in ireland after bricks. you're watching the w. news live from berlin still to come they're calling it the beast from the east to siberian cold front that's brought the weather chaos to europe all the latest from a date in the deep freeze first though. you were there is this update now with javier we're at least we're in the studio here words not so cold that's right that's good but there is some cold at least cold feelings in the united states right now because donald trump has announced new tariffs against steel and aluminum imports which he says will be made official next week or a controversial once the plan is to levy a twenty five percent charge in steel and ten percent on aluminum for weeks internal wrangling within the white house delay this decision. steel made in china. a thorn in donald trump's side for months he's threatened to increase tariffs against chinese imports against european ones to

e.u. plan to allow northern ireland to stay within the customs union after bret's it was to toast is not challenging britain to come up with its own plan to prevent the hardboard in ireland to britain leaves the european union. the french judge has charged far right leader in the pan over a number of online posts she's accused of tweeting graphic images of violence purportedly carried out by so-called islamic state in france circulating violent material that could incite terrorism is punishable by up to three years in jail. they're calling it the beast from the east siberian weather system that has brought snow strong winds on the coldest temperatures for years across europe and the freeze is expected to continue. the wintery weather system has caused widespread disruption to public services and major travel delays like here at geneva's airport the busy hub was forced to suspend all flights for several hours after snowfall blanketed the swiss city overnight. heavy blizzards and biting temperatures are continuing to last year up from the far north to the mediterranean south a red alert has been exten

e.u. as of march thirtieth twenty nineteen but it will continue to benefit from all of the advantages of the single market and the customs union. 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

european union have laid out plans for a two year transition period following the ukase exit from the e.u. the deal includes british concessions which will allow it to stay in the single market and customs union until the end of two thousand and twenty now the deal does not remove the uncertainty surrounding britain's long term status but it does provide businesses and residents with some breathing room for the next three years . a rare sight the two chief brags that negotiators were all smiles and feel of mutual compliments it might be to air the to call it a breakthrough but it is hoped it will prevent a so-called hard brags that what it will do however is a lie for a transition period until the end of twenty twenty thanks to concessions from the british. during this transition period person will no longer participate in either you decision making because it will no longer be a member of the e.u. as of march thirtieth twenty nineteen but it will continue to benefit from all the advantages of the single market and the customs union and it will abide by all. if you're not sure unique unions and industrial associations throughout europe have been sounding mornings about the m. pact of a

e.u. like no way which is has access to the single market part of the customs union because it accepts those free freedom of movement that seems to be a very solid pillar of the european union which it is not too willing to give up should it in your mind not should not give it up i mean free movement is essential but unfortunately the brits have now decided to leave because of this so it is a pity the question is what follows from it doesn't follow that there can be free trade either and that part of the logic is wrong actually i have to some extent the the impression that someone in brussel once brussels ones to punish the brits even if it hurts ourselves we want to punish them in order to make sure that no one else would leave the u. but isn't that a little bit strange is the e.u. an institution where you have to punish those who want to exit. that was economist hans van as in speaking to de w's monica jones and conditions for free global trade seem to only get harder now the u.s. government is seeking to impose tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars of imports from china that's according

customs union. and it will abide by all e.u. rules.orter: unions and industrial associations throughout europe sounded warnings about the impact of a hard brexit. monday's deal provides for a 21 month transition period when duties and export barriers will not be applied after britain leaves next year. >> business decisions need not be allowed. based on guesses about the future deal. reporter: time is less of a stress fracture. important issues are unresolved such as the border between ireland and eu member, and northern ireland which belongs to the u.k. . brent: we'll go to our correspondent barbara wesel, she is following the story from london. good evening to you. we have the u.k. getting the transition period that it wanted. is that a reason for the brexit ears to celebrate? >> the brexit ears don't celebrate, they are ominously quiet. one lead brexit-ear said that it was knit picking to criticize the deal for extra time for britain with brexit negotiations. only nigel farr age came out and says theresa may should step down over it

if the whole of britain is no longer in a customs union with the e.u. after breaks it many experts warn that means border checks between northern ireland and the republic of ireland as an e.u. member and that could endanger the good friday agreement which brought peace and power sharing to the north. on wednesday to resume a told parliament no prime minister could accept what the u. draft text was proposing but she remained committed to avoiding a hard border the foreign secretary and i and i'm absolutely committed to ensuring that we deliver on no hard border between northern ireland and i that's the position of the u.k. government it's the position of the parties in northern ireland it's the position of the irish government and it was what we agreed in the december agreement at that joint report it comes as a letter to the british media suggests foreign secretary boris johnson downplayed the dangers of a hard border something he's rubbished if i may respectfully say so i think the the particular problems around the irish border are being used politica

e.u. is that the u.k. will be leaving the single market will be leaving the customs union but at the same time wants to have a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. but how will that work if the u.k.'s not prepared to accept one of the main tenants of all of that the freedom of of movement of people what she is now saying is. that the u.k. should wherever possible mirror e.u. rules and regulations for instance when it comes to safety standards on car exports and things like that allowing the u.k. to avoid the kind of checks and balances of borders that would slow down the flow of goods one of the other sticking points of course relating to the flow of goods was the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland the u.k. it always promised that there would be no return to our hard border when the u.k. departs from the e.u. but how would that work in theory she's given some suggestions a combination of trusts and technology allowing smaller companies to continue shifting their goods back and forth across the border and a trusted trader scheme when it comes to larger

e.u. as of march thirtieth twenty nineteen but it will continue to benefit from all of the advantages of the single market and the customs union. 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 nig

e.u. while leaving the customs union means trade will have friction.to nandini ramakrishnan with me here as -- at the jpmorgan asset management headquarters. when you look at these kind of -- rhetoric from that you, are they ready to negotiate or does it seem that -- i guess the u.k. government has taken a step closer to maybe leaving the red lines aside, but that you isn't yet ready to do that. nandini: i think it's a classic negotiation tactic. it's certainly not in the e.u.'s interest to rock the growth we are seeing in the eurozone by making new -- too punitive a deal. it is really quite a lot of interlacing factors going on. when they are saying, do we want to have a very hard deal, do we want to not allow concessions, do we want to make a case of this? there is a fine line to be towed to get what is in the best interest of the e.u. francine: when they tell us they want -- e.u. wants the closest relationship with the u.k., what does that mean? nandini: i think it's a special relationship -- it was a country very close,hically, historically, has be

e.u. believes that the u.k.'s red lines its insistence on leaving the customs union and the single market will inevitably bring friction into trade and will bring bad economic consequences the e.u. says particularly for the u.k. well we'll have to see how the actual talks unfold and remember with the brics negotiations one very important caveat nothing is agreed until everything is agreed in other words no matter how much incremental progress in till there is agreement on the entire package presumably later this year it does not actually mean it's signed sealed and delivered. well and all the developments the e.u. has recalled its ambassador in moscow as the diplomatic rally over the poisoning of a former russian spy deepens indeed as a backing britain's view that moscow is likely to blame for the nerve agent attack on sergei and his daughter junia earlier this month but russia denies the allegations from moscow challenge reports. first applauded by their colleagues staying behind them driven out of the british embassy in moscow perhaps never to return for many rounds to the british diplomatic star from their families

e.u. is that the u.k. will be leaving the single market will be leaving the customs union but at the same time wants to have a continuation of frictionless trade with the e.u. but how will that work if the u.k. is not prepared to accept one of the main telent of all of that the freedom of movement of people what she is now saying is that. the u.k. should wherever possible mirror. you rules and regulations for instance when it comes to safety standards all exports and things like that allowing the u.k. to avoid the kind of checks and balances of borders that would slow down the flow of goods so nominees from europe it's the final day for italian politicians to win over voters ahead of this weekend's parliamentary election predicted to be one of the most polarizing in years most polls suggest a hung parliament with former prime minister silvio berlusconi's alliance of center right groups imagine as the largest bloc but it is expected to fall short of the absolute majority required to govern well the anti establishment five star movement looks certain to gain the largest single party vote italy's lagging econo

the european union single market and customs union after it leaves the bloc in march next year a conference came in a long awaited speech on britain's ties with the e.u. after bret's mrs may ruled out using the currents trade deals as bottles of future trade. just like in well the united kingdom is reeling from some of the worst winter weather for nearly thirty years plus the freezing siberian air they're calling the beast from the east coast widespread snow ice and travel chaos meanwhile in ireland the blizzards of knocked the country's entire public transport network. and western leaders are increasing the pressure on syria's government and its ally russia to curb the bloodshed in eastern due to rebel held on klav me the syrian capital has been in the fierce bombardment for more than a week with little relief from the united nations mandated cease fire where this is a promise they report says in fighting are not being on it and civilians don't trust the vehicles being sent to ferry them out. there waiting for the besieged masses. not a single soul comes. it's the fourth day the syrian red crescent and the russian military have waited in vain. for t

european union single market and customs union after it leaves the bloc in march next year she made the comments in a long awaited speech on britain's ties with the e.u. after brags that she ruled out using current trade deals as models for future trade ties just like. the bodies of three un aid workers are being returned home after a militant attack in nigeria's borno state the victims all nigerian nationals were among the eleven people killed in the boko haram terror group struck a military barracks near the town of iran late on thursday. israeli police have reportedly questioned prime minister benjamin netanyahu for the first time in a corruption case involving communications giant bezdek they're alleging the companies provided positive coverage of netanyahu and exchange for favors he's facing allegations of corruption in several cases denies any wrongdoing. to syria now where western powers are ramping up pressure on damascus in a bid to end the plight of suffering civilians tens of thousands of them remain trapped in the besieged rebel enclave of eastern guta as syrian government air strikes continue the leaders of the u.s. germany and france sa

european union single market and customs union after it leaves the bloc in march next year teresa mayes comments came in a long awaited speech on britain's ties with the e.u. after also ruled out using current trade deals as models for future trade ties in the. police in the united in the u.s. state of michigan hunting for a gun suspected of killing two people on a university campus they say the nineteen year old opened fire at a dormitory in central michigan university in mount pleasant thoughts is described the incident as a domestic issue comes two weeks after a mass shooting at a florida school left seventeen people dead. turkey has detained two greek soldiers after they crossed into the country they crossed into the country in the heavily forested border region grey says they were on routine patrol near the greek town of catherine yes when they lost their way in heavy snow he told them custody on suspicion of attempted espionage. thousands of slovaks have taken to the streets of bratislava to omit the murder journalists young. demonstrators marched and held aloft tributes to the reporter he was writing about organized crime and he had these girlfrien

e.u. is leading to major uncertainties when that comes to future trade relations of course if britain leaves both the customs union and the single market border controls and customs checks will be reintroduced slowing down the traffic of goods and that's bad news not least for the flower business. since flowers only hold their beauty for a limited time getting them to the market quickly is crucial here in the dutch time if we inspect the floral trade dates back more than a century flowers auction here come directly from bro its greenhouse is a third of the flowers on sale here are destined for the united kingdom. normally they have to be in the room before six seven in the morning as latest everywhere that's will to try to do speed is the watchword in this business but when britain breaks away from the european union things could slow down considerably and costs could increase. our exports a spirit that there fresh blossoms will spoil and shipment as they wait in line for customs clearance. will be trouble for all customers in the customers of the worse it's everywhere in england. so for the same day it's hard to

the next step in the customs union they're not going to get anything. from the e.u. if they continue like this maybe except for for the money for the refugees which again then will be paid directly so that's the standoff the two sides are at at the moment it'll be interesting to see where those talks go it will doubtless break in the forthcoming thanks barbara faisal invited bokhari thank you so egypt's now or three days of voting in that country's presidential election house have begun since he's facing no real competition there is little doubt that abdul fattah el-sisi when i sat and is only challenger is one of his supporters the biggest concern of egyptian authorities is that enough voters turn out for the votes to be credible. his victory may be assured but abdel fattah el-sisi needs the numbers to consolidate his authority with nearly sixty million eligible voters the former general is hoping his supporters will march to the polling stations and there's plenty of praise for the incumbent. hopefully everyone will vote for president el-sisi or he believes achieve