but the e.u. has a vested interest it wants to stop african migrants from reaching europe and it's been argued that by passing the law has helped europe move its most southern border right into africa. in return for managing migration new share is rewarded by europe with lots of development aid and if successful this is a model that could be exported to other countries around the world so we've come here to find out how it works. for centuries the city of ideas has been the gateway into the sun harra. caravans departed from here and the one nine hundred eighty s. saw a boom in tourism until a series of travel the belgians turned the region into a no go area. with the so-called migrant crisis in twenty fifteen are there started making global headlines once more three quarters of all migrants and asylum seekers who reach detail in coastline made the journey from the share. desperate to stem the flow to europe struck a deal with libya's coast guard to deter migrants from going to sea. with the introducti

but the e.u. has a vested interest it wants to stop african migrants from reaching europe and it's been argued that by passing the law has helped europe move its most southern border right into africa. in return for managing migration new share is rewarded by europe with lots of development aid and if successful this is a model that could be exported to other countries around the world so we've come here to find out how it works. for centuries the city of agadez has been the gateway into the sun harra. caravans departed from here and the one nine hundred eighty s. saw a boom in tourism until a series of tribal the belgians turned the region into a no go area. with the so-called migrant crisis and twenty fifteen hour days started making global headlines once more three quarters of all migrants and asylum seekers who reached the italian coast line made the journey from new share. desperate to stem the flow to europe struck a deal with libya's coast guard to deter migrants from going to sea. with the int

e.u. has said no. now, there is a tory mp who has proposed an amendment which would insert a cutoff date. the government is considering backing this amendment. if the government did back that amendment, what you are voting on is not the withdrawal deal, but an amended withdrawal deal. we will see but the e.u. has to say about that. us an idea ofgive where this story might go. where are the markets position? what is a market-moving event tomorrow? walk us through what a defeat looks like, what order of magnitude? paul: although most people in the market expect that may will be victorious tomorrow, the ofket has seen the balance risks shifted toward a more market-friendly and result from this brexit process. if you look at the options positioning on sterling, it is more positive now. maybe a delay in negotiations. maybe the deal gets through a second time around. goodis seen as generally compared to the worst-case scenario, or maybe may have a second referendum. that is positive for the markets. what peop

britain's prime minister gets parliament's approval to renegotiate her brags that deal now she has to convince the e.u. . daryn jordan this is live from doha also coming up venezuela's struggle intensifies as the self declared president has bank accounts frozen and is blocked from leaving the country. online booking giants are accused of profiting from war crimes by doing business with israelis in occupied palestinian territories. qatar is celebrated just outside thrushes. asian cup host the u.s. in a politically charged. the british parliament has given the go ahead for terrorism aid to return to brussels and try to secure a better breaks that deal but one of the u.k. prime minister's most important negotiating tools was watered down as m.p.'s voted to reject a no deal bragg's it then in barber explains what it means for the u.k. and how the e.u. has reacted. outside the u.k. parliament the debate was fierce histories of bricks it is still as divisive as ever and as the prime minister opened the debate on plan b. she referenced the enormous defeat the commons gave her withdrawal agreement two weeks a

it's a very good question and everything is on the table particularly in the british parliament the e.u. has made it very clear heads of governments members of the e.u. have made it clear that it has to come down at the moment to the u.k. what does the u.k. want what does british parliament want and the honest answer to that is it does not know there are all these different factions within parliament some want a hot for even a no deal all this want a second referendum or a much softer at the moment in my mind it seems that parliament that the m.p.'s they need to come together and they need to have more of a say on where this is going because at the moment the government has failed ok the government has failed in britain but alan hasn't the european union made it difficult for britain in fact to find a way out hasn't it failed to show solidarity to show solidarity with british lawmakers in finding consensus no with what british lawmakers i mean the e.u. negotiated in good faith with the british government they it was the british government wanted this deal which included a customs union to pr

the e.u. has been allowed to overplay its hand because if the e.u. thought it could take the united kingdom captive in these negotiations it's finding that that is not the case but you're not addressing the fact that the british political landscape is littered with these broken promises and i don't accept the promises i expect the main promises that we would leave on the twenty ninth of march and we will leave it. all the deals that would be the easiest deal in history to acquire if we leave on the twenty ninth of march i have no doubt that those those. free trade agreements the e.u. has with other countries will be innovated very quickly in order to facilitate trade between the united kingdom and those countries but there was a lot of ignorance on the leaf side wasn't there i mean even among some of the most visible campaigners like boris johnson for instance when he was questioned on t.v. last september turned out he didn't know that switzerland was in the single market and refused to accept it

bolted and replaced with quote unquote alternative arrangements to keep problems here the first the e.u. has no interest in changing the backstop it's there for a reason it's an insurance policy to protect an e.u. member the republic of ireland they don't want to change it the other problem is when asked on radio short while ago what alternative arrangements meant the current briggs's secretary has stephen buckley said he didn't know and that they were going to embark on a process of exploring options one of two weeks now to explore those options with a negotiating part of the e.u. that already thinks it's found a perfectly workable option and jonah just tell us a little bit more than about this proposed alternative to the bad stuff because nobody quite knows what the detail is. yeah well we're probably going to hear more about that pretty quickly i would have thought it's only one possibility and it's certainly not a possibility this is guaranteed to fly it's been put together by a cross party group of m.p.'s revealed on tuesday and it's gathered a bit of support what it essentially means i

third the e.u. has provided absolute clarity on explicit language between the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration and made that link clear in the way the documents are presented. i know some colleagues are worried about an imbalance between withdrawal agreement in the political declaration because the e.u. cannot reach a legal agreement with us on the future relationship until we are a country but the link between them means the commitments of one cannot be banked without the commitments of the other and the e.u. have been clear they come as a package bad faith by either side in negotiating the legal instruments that will deliver the future relationship laid out in the political decoration would be a breach of their legal obligations under the withdrawal agreement. for the exchange of letters confirms that the u.k. can unilaterally deliver all of the commitments we made last week to safeguard the interests of the people and businesses of northern ireland and their position in our precious

the e.u. has with other countries will be innovated very quickly in order to facilitate trade between the united kingdom and those countries but there was a lot of ignorance on the leaf side wasn't that i mean even among some of the most visible campaigners like boris johnson for instance when he was questioned on t.v. last september turned out he didn't know that switzerland was in the single market and refused to accept it when he was told it was the clear i'm not responsible for what boris is the we voted to let your living you hear this sort of nonsense come out why don't you say this is wrong we're british people deserve the referendum result to be implemented it is of the truth and you told them i something very deserve and they don't deserve a lot of m.p.'s who say they accept the referendum result in their campaigning against it and i do advise our european partners not to overplay their hand. that we the united kingdom is becoming more likely by the day to leave on w t o terms which means

majority to pass a deal she will say there is now this majority the problem of course is that the e.u. has steadfastly said and reiterated in the last twelve to twenty four hours that can be no reopening of the withdrawal agreement bring you go. the backstop has to stay there because it protects the interests of the republic of ireland an e.u. member they may be room for talk of legal codicils to attach to it to try to find the intentions of the parties or changes to the political declaration but no changes to the deal fundamentally into reason may has promised m.p.'s that that is what she will come back with that's where the problem lies gena just very briefly tell us more about this proposed alternative then to the backstop because nobody quite knows what it's all about. look it's just one of a number of potential negotiating positions there's no idea whether this can fly with the european union it's come from across party group of senior m.p.'s that essentially says look we'll keep the withdrawal agreement in large part will extend the transition period to the end of twenty twenty one a

the e.u. has imposed sanctions on russian individuals it believes are connected to the script case the former russian double agents and his daughter were poisoned in march last year in the english city of salt spray london and other western capitals directly accused russia of orchestrating the incident something that moscow has a strenuously denied. takes up the story. russia has can damage this new wave first saying sions coming from the e.u. with the country's foreign ministry saying that moscow reserves the right to respond our position remains firm it is illegal to introduce unilateral restrictive measures by bypassing the un security council brussels once again demonstrates it is disregard for the collectively developed mechanisms for international cooperation the unilateral placement of punitive illegitimate tools is fraught with increased high handedness in international relations and the erosion of international law the e.u. has introducing sions against the had of russia's military intell

the e.u. has introducing sions against the had of russia's military intelligence agency the g r us and his deputy and this comes as part of a new wave of think sions the regarding chemical weapons now the e.u. council has recently adopted this new regime under which the e.u. will now be able to impose sanctions on persons and auntie's involved in the development or use of chemical weapons regardless of their nationality or location and apart from the top g.r.u. officials the e.u. sanctions two individuals whom the u.k. earlier called the g.r.u. agents allegedly responsible for the poisoning of script and the u.k. or welcomed this move and also called these anxious sanctions tough action against irresponsible activities of the g r u. today's new sanctions deliver on of to take tough action against the reckless and irresponsible activities of the russian military intelligence organization the g.r.u. which puts innocent british citizens in serious danger own souls bru last year. back in march last ye

e.u. that has possibly even more traits with you than britain the us that is not in the e.u. single market and that is also outside of that use a customs union and that is switzerland the head of the swiss customs has been speaking to the northern ireland committee in westminster and he has said that it should be possible to have an invisible border in order not and no i don't want to dismiss the the hurdles to achieve debts. actually there has been some discussions on that particular point between the e.u. and the u.k. already were by the united kingdom has proposed to exempt small businesses from customs checks which the e.u. has refused so i think the solution will have to lie in. flexibility and we need some flexibility we need some acceptance that there may be a little customs hole in ordinance and i don't think that is so unreasonable why because there are already two giant customs holes into the e.u. secrets customs border and those are the ports of antwerp and rotterdam where many goods are entering europe and only a tiny fraction is being checked and. full of patients

and security is where the e.u. has been investing this is the nigerian police force demonstrating their new skills in the capital a new army that the without doubt that they have been trained by the e.u. civilian security and defense mission otherwise known as you cap the occasion is the celebration of you cap six year in the country. front been a murder and summarizes you cap successes and. you know this already. over. you know yes. you could have came tunisia to stop the rise of al-qaeda affiliated groups who had gained a foothold in neighboring countries since then and you kept as trained around twelve thousand members of new shares security forces with specialist skills this man explains how drugs are trafficked all the the ability to see a lot of people all for you know if not all of it all. the organisers of a reception follows but we managed to pry you caps head of mission away for a quick question i want to know how worried he is about the impact of the migration ban that is not question of course this is a goo

e.u. and the usa president trump has made no bones of his criticism of the e.u. suggesting at times that the body is just too bureaucratic and even more criticism was heaped on the e.u. when the secretary of state might pompei i recently visited brussels even our european friends sometimes say we're not acting in the world's interest is the you ensuring the interests of countries and their citizens are placed before those bureaucrats here in brussels these are valid questions the u.s. is also even threatens a trade war with the european union suggesting it wants to slack on tariffs to products that it imports from the european union so all of this is quite difficult for those relations now in terms of what the european union has said not very much the u.s. of course is an important trading partner for the book but we did have some strong words from general to ask last year. but frankly speaking. europe should be grateful. if you knew that and. you will find at the end of your. well that statement was back in may of two thousand and eighteen off to the us decided

e.u. seeking to provide. assurances that the irish backstop which has been such a stumbling block in passing bricks it legislations would be temporary she also said that the attorney general general had advised and published advice says the e.u. pledge has legal force and think it's unlikely that the backstop would come into force ron that's in around half an hour thanks very much for watching i for. i'm adrian figure this is counting the cost of a serial weekly look at the world of business and economics this week blame it on briggs it's one trillion dollars worth of assets shifted out of the u.k. and we'll follow the money. also this week changes in the air we'll take a look at trends shaping the airline industry in the year to come. smarter and internet connected gadgets on show in las vegas. as things stand in just two months time the u.k. will leave the european union the divorce is being viewed as a political issue but its economic impact is undeniable one industry in particular is bracing for a seismic shock london's financial services industry the square mile as it's known is the bitting heart of the u.k.'

and security is where the e.u. has been investing this is the nigerian police force demonstrating their new skills in the capital niamey that the without doubt that they have been trained by the e.u. civilian security and defense mission otherwise known as you cap the occasion is the celebration of you cap six year in the country. front been a murder and summarizes you cap successes and. you know this. is over there are. you. you know yes. you could have came tunisia to stop the rise of al-qaeda affiliated groups who had gained a foothold in neighboring countries since then and you kept as trained around twelve thousand members of new shares security forces with specialist skills this man explains how drugs are trafficked all the the ability to see a lot of people all for you know if not all of it all. the organisers of a reception follows but we managed to pry you caps head of mission away for a quick question i want to know how worried he is about the impact of the migration ban that is not question of course this is

e.u.'s political ambition is good this is one of the fundamental reasons for mostest internally britain has rejected the e.u. postmasters even though they took a long time to admit this. and this is had one positive effect. in that others in europe who also criticize the e.u. . and for. i have noticed that the e.u. cannot be simply steered in another direction with slogans and political rhetoric and undernourished of the kipnis even those who have also toyed with leaving the e.u. now. yes. and those who are also angry with britain because they want another e.u. . for example kaczynski and poland or hungary. they want a common market that gives them opportunities for economic growth. but without conditions without agitators. poland hungary both are trying to weaken the rule of law and neither of them want to accept refugees neither did the czech republic or slovakia what will become of this community that was supposed to be based on shared values. that obstruct the community is becoming increasingly abstract. communities depend on their members agreeing on the essential factors that make up

e.u.'s rotating presidency but european commission president. has voiced doubts about its ability to do the job romania joined the e.u. in two thousand and seven and is subject to special monitoring by brussels to show falls on corruption and the rule of law. these protesters say they've had it with corruption and nepotism so they gather at noon every day in front of the governing party's buildings in the city of sydney you in the region of transylvania. they're calling for politicians to respect the rule of law on. the grounds of existence what's clear is there is corruption at all levels of society that's why we're standing here on the streets to send a message we cannot look away any more all the politicians should know that we're watching them very closely. adrienne champion is the mayor of church here to sousse a town in the car pay theon mountains he is frequently confronted with corruption allegations connected to his plans to revive an old gold mine close to the nearby city of dave with the help of a canadian mining company. he says his plan

s exit from the e.u. has been turning up increasingly outside parliament to confront those employees including a high profile incident this week. meet an a c three she's a conservative politician and a vocal opponent of bragg's set but this week some of how her opponents came to westminster and got more. vocal than her. right political or you know if you were offended by wireless i just think this is astonishing this is this is what has happened to our country something has happened the debate over how britain's departure from the e.u. should look or whether it should take place until now has turned rather ugly this is the palace of westminster it's where british politicians work and the area around it is a public street as you can see anybody can walk down here there can be demonstrators as well and it's not unusual on any given day to see a politician maybe a member of parliament or even a senior minister simply walk out of here and towards abingdon green here where they might be taking part in a t.v. debat

and security is where the e.u. has been investing this is the nigerian police force demonstrating their new skills in the capital niamey the doubt that there doubt. they have been trained by the e.u. civilian security and defense mission otherwise known as you cap the occasion is the celebration of you cap six year in the country. frank dunham aaron summarizes you cap successes and. you also this. offer. you know yes. you could have came tunisia to stop the rise of al-qaeda affiliated groups who had gained a foothold in neighboring countries since then and you kept as trained around twelve thousand members of new shares security forces with specialist skills this man explains how drugs are trafficked all the you see a lot of all you know if you thought. of it all. your years of reception follows but we managed to pry you cap's head of mission away for a quick question i want to know how worried he is about the impact of the migration ban that is not question of course. is a good take of the jobs of our people of course

that reason may has hammered out with the e.u. is much worse than the deal that the u.k. at the moment has including for example the british rebate so they think why should we be yond what we already have and they essentially a lot of them really do want to stay within the european union and there are others and they're mostly insite reserve mates own conservative party on the right of our party who think that this deal ties the u.k. much too closely to the european union and for also an indefinite time because of the so-called back start stop which clarifies the situation of northern ireland after after the withdrawal period of two years so they think the u.k. should cut lose completely and cut loose immediately and something even they shouldn't that the u.k. shouldn't pay any money to the european union without having a free trade deal so they think it's basically to favor to the e.u. and the other still wanted for the sake of the u.k. so the briggs's vote in parliament reflects a deep about leaving the european union what does it tell us about confidence and teresa maye

and how the e.u. has been reacting. oh she was. outside the u.k. parliament the debate was fierce but this jesus bricks it is still as divisive as ever and as the prime minister opened the debate on plan b. she referenced the enormous defeat the commons gave her withdrawal agreement two weeks ago the vote was decisive and i listened so the world knows what this house does not want today we need to send an emphatic message about what we do want to hear the opposition labor party back to an amendment ensuring parliament would get time to vote on ways to prevent a no deal breaks it that plan was defeated but another simply rejecting no deal passed so these guys i mean the have it so did a government backed amendment calling for the so-called irish backstop to be replaced with unspecified alternative arrangements but the european union has consistently said the backstop must be in the deal as an insurance policy to prevent border checks returning between island as an e.u. member and northern ireland up to breaks it on tuesday the french president at a

e.u. that has possibly even more traits it used in britain the us that is not in the e.u. single market and that is also outside of the u.s. customs union and that is switzerland the head of the swiss customs has been speaking to the northern ireland committee in westminster and he has said that it should be possible to have an invisible border in order not and no i don't want to dismiss the the hurdles to achieve debts. actually there has been some discussions on that particular point between the e.u. and the u.k. already were by the united kingdom has proposed to exempt small businesses from customs checks which the e.u. has refused so i think the solution will have to lie in. flexibility and we need some flexibility we need some acceptance that there may be a little customs hole in ordinance and i don't think that is so unreasonable why because there are already two giant customs holes into the e.u. secrets customs border and those are the ports of antwerp and rotterdam where many goods are entering europe and only a tiny fraction is being checked and. full of patients i

the e.u. has been preparing for that and not only the e.u. the member states there are they're all triggering their their urgent their plans for this and of course brussels is very good at preparing different scenarios they have the people to do that they have the manpower to do that so they have been doing that for example trying to keep on aviation agreements to make sure that flights can still fly between the continent and the u.k. or to make sure that the people that need medicine in the u.k. get the right medicine for example if you're diabetic that you still get the necessary medicine for that so they're working on these these bare necessities and probably that would all fall in place but of course it would still be a deep plunge especially for the united kingdom but also for the european union it would suffer so that's why here at least on the continent most people would say no deal bragg's it is just the worst case scenario not only for the e.u. but it's especially for the united kingdom next o'flynn in brussels thank you so much. of

if they want an extension of article 50 from the e.u., the e.u. has to agree. that means 27 members of the e.u. have to agree to that plan. they could possibly do it if they see there is an end in sight. the problem is, is there an end in sight? she has been defeated by 230 votes in parliament. what is it that mps will agree on? that is why if we are going to see parliament take more control, step-by-step, will they try to come up with a plan, can they get support on this or that? there will be many mps who will be hoping they can rally enough mps to support a softer brexit, more like the norway relationship with the e.u. but the u.k. would stay in the single market. a lot of mps, in fact, that has been put forward by conservative and labor mps. in answer to your question about a second referendum, so much of that comes down to the labour party. jeremy corbyn at the moment clearly does not want a second referendum. he will get a vote of no-confidence tomorrow when he is saying there needs to be a general election. we expect him to lose it. if he loses it, what w

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and how the e.u. has reacted. oh. outside the u.k. parliament the debate was fierce histories of bricks it is still as divisive as ever and as the prime minister opened the debate on plan b. she referenced the enormous defeat the commons gave her withdrawal agreement two weeks ago the vote was decisive and i listened so the world knows what this house does not want today we need to send an emphatic message about what we do want to hear the opposition labor party backed an amendment ensuring parliament would get time to vote on ways to prevent and no deal breaks it that plan was defeated but another simply rejecting no deal passed so these guys i mean the eyes have it so did a government backed amendment calling for the so-called irish backstop to be replaced with unspecified alternative arrangements but the european union has consistently said the backstop must be in the deal as an insurance policy to prevent border checks returning between island as an e.u. member a northern ireland up to brics it on tuesday the french president at a

e.u. that has possibly even more traits it used and britain the us that is not in the e.u. single market and that is also outside of the u.s. customs union and that is switzerland the head of the swiss customs has been speaking to the northern ireland committee in westminster and he has said that it should be possible to have an invisible border in order not and no i don't want to dismiss the the hurdles to achieve debts. actually there has been some discussions on that particular point between the e.u. and the u.k. already were by the united kingdom has proposed to exempts small businesses from customs checks which the e.u. has refused so i think the solution will have to lie in. flexibility and we need some flexibility we need some acceptance that there may be a little customs hole in ordinance and i don't think that is so unreasonable why because there are already two giant customs holes into the e.u. sacred customs border and those are the ports of antwerp and rotterdam where many goods are entering europe and only a tiny fraction is being checked and. full of patients i