out of eu rules on farms and fishing. smaller eu contributions.people, though, maybe with more control over migration and following eu trade rules. we would be taking those rules, not making them. and for keen brexiteers, that's brino. brexit in name only. even if it was approved by the commons, rebel tories might do everything to block it. ministers would likely resign. some brexiteers would rather see a brexit with no deal at all. yes, most mps want to stop that. mrs may says it would damage the country. but if no other plan's in place by brexit day on march 29th, it could happen. then there's a fresh referendum. we could find ourselves back at one of these, a ballot box. just now, even fewer mps openly support that than a softer brexit. many say it would enrage voters who trusted parliament to obey the last referendum. yet, could what its supporters call a people's vote end up as a way out for everyone if nothing else breaks the deadlock? parliament will have the final say and some mps will move next week to take control away from ministers and

eu leaders are in a bullish mood.ny illusions that the eu would now rush forward with compromise solutions. the eu insists the ball is now in the uk‘s court. translation: it is now up to the uk to tell us what happens next, we still have time to negotiate but we will first wait to hear from the british prime minister. what ireland does not want to hear from theresa may is a demand for changes to the backstop, that fallback plan in the brexit deal to avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. some people may believe that a hard border can be avoided just by saying there will not be one. in order to avoid it you need an agreement on customs and regulations and that is why the backstop is so important. so far, the eu has not flinched in its support for the backstop. there are only ten weeks to go until brexit day but the eu is still taking the long view, they will not budge now until mps start uniting around one particular alternative to theresa may‘s plan, and even then, brussels is not ma

deal once britain leaves the eu.cooperation and protect the good friday peace agreement. and, as it stands, the backstop means northern ireland would stay aligned to some rules of the eu single market — but only if another solution cannot be found by the end of the transition period in december 2020. and our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels where eu foreign ministers have been meeting — theresa may seems to be still focussed on a breakthrough on the backstop — how likely are the eu to give ground on that? i think there will be a bit of confusion because they were hoping, all the foreign ministers came here today further meetings so they were looking to london for some clear direction and what they have got its aspiration, i think, direction and what they have got its aspiration, ithink, and not much more. theresa may said she would go and talk to the dup in northern ireland are then come to brussels and try to renegotiate something on the backstop. but that does not give them any detail to work

eu and uk law.e plan will emerge from all the current disagreements. well, today the registration process gets under way that will give eu citizens living in the uk the right to stay after brexit. applications for "settled status" will cost most adults £65 — the fee for children is just over £30. jon donnison reports. so it's ouzo. .. my name is george kontakos. i've been running the olive grove restaurant in cambridge for the last six years, and i've been in this country for 16 years. george, originally from greece, is one of around 3 million eu citizens living in the uk. he runs the award—winning restaurant with his wife francesca, who is british. they have two british children. that doesn't give him citizenship, and he'll now have to pay £65 to register for settled status, or face possible deportation. it makes me feel scared, and anxious and worried about my future, notjust in england but as a person in the world. francesca too, even though she is british, says brexit has made herfeel unwelcome.

the brexit deal reached with the eu contains a legally binding withdrawal agreement, and the eu sayskstop is an integral part of that and will not be negotiated and then there's the company political declaration, a broad outline of possible future relations with the eu which could still be rewritten. this is where the eu believes it can show flexibility if the uk also shows flexibility. i do not think there is i’ooiti flexibility. i do not think there is room to do that for the simple reason that the backstop is absolutely settled and in withdrawal agreement. but there is a possibility to discuss future relationships. so that is what european parliament and eu has always said. so do you question to theresa may will be what is new in the uk ideas. if there was nothing then there may be little to discuss. and this afternoon we will hear them european parliament, then michel barnier, jean claude juncker and donald tusk will also speak to theresa may on the phone. if they do not see any new ideas and no stable majority in parliament for a way through this, i think there will be little fo

over to you, eu.hen they said decide what you want. so she could see a bit of a chink and she will try to use that. but it only works if she keeps that momentum more in her direction rather thanjust if she keeps that momentum more in her direction rather than just a feeling of she has had enough and needs to go. does it matter then if she does not get a majority for the brady amendment tonight, if she fell short by maybe 20 for example, would it matter? figures in government say does not matter. labour say you just need a large majority. i think of it falls short by 20 that is not great because ultimately usa that with this backstop being eradicated by technology for example, she is more likely to get a different kind of change to the backstop than the erg one. so i think she cannot get a majority on the brady amendment then that will only go down when she gets a compromise solution. so i think that will weaken her hand without a majority but another amendment we voted on tonight is the cooper amendme

eu leaders are in a bullish mood. they quickly doused any illusions the eu would now rush forward with compromise solutions. the eu insists the ball is now in the uk's court. translation: it's now up to the uk to tell us what happens next. we still have time to negotiate, but we're first going to hear from the british prime minister. what ireland does not want to hear from theresa may is a demand for changes to the backstop, that fallback plan in the brexit deal to avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. some people may seem to believe that a hard border can be avoided just by saying there won't be one. in order to avoid it, you need an agreement on customs and an agreement on regulations, and that's why the backstop is so important. so far, the eu hasn't flinched in its support for the backstop. there are only ten weeks to go now until brexit day, but the eu is still taking the long view. eu leaders say they won't budge now until mps start uniting around one particular alternative to

on the eu's irish border.e deal ready, after any brexit transition time. mps want mrs may to agree an alternative, but brussels says there isn't one. back home, of course, brexiteers and the dup say checks could happen away from the border. trade could be tracked with new systems, new technology. getting round the backstop might, just might, unlock a deal but brussels says the technology doesn't exist. and even if the eu gave ground, and there's no sign of that, reopening the brexit divorce deal could open up new problems. spain could renew its claims on gibraltar. france might veto any new deal. the eu is clear it would shift position, if mrs may went for a brexit closer to europe, staying under eu customs rules, say, but that's not a true brexit, according to mrs may. and, anyway, just imagine the reaction of brexiteers back at westminster. mrs may will be back in the commons in around a fortnight and it could be tough. if she can't win concessions from the eu, brexiteers are still threatening to vote down h

it is part of our bargaining strategy to threaten the eu. but in not taking that off the eu.n not taking that off the table that threatens some inner cabinet to feel it is a bad idea. absolutely and some of them, the mirrors as they are making, they are threatening to resign. but of course we had resignations before and it has to be a block of resignations to destabilise the government for that to work. up until now there has not happened and she does not seem to understand that the eu is not going to be threatened by no deal. they have done the negotiations, done the deal and the deal stands, they made that clear. the front page of the financial times, ideas of the negotiating the irish backstop already rebuffed by michel barnier. they are not going to budge, they made that clear. is there any suggestion from people you have been talking to today that if no deal stays on the table that there could be some resignations? as far as i know definitely there will be cabinet resignations if we had towards no deal. the vast majority of mps and a significant number of cabinet ministe

the eu wants to keep the pressure on mps and focus their minds.etter was listen, it's not as bad as you think. but this is the only divorce deal on offer to the uk, take it or leave it. but, sophie, europe will be watching that vote very carefully tomorrow to see if it does not pass, by how many thoughts. and it's only then that internal conversations start in eu circles as to what next because up until now the 27 eu leaders have not fought amongst themselves of a plan bor fought amongst themselves of a plan b or even admitted to each other that could be one. but they will wa nt to that could be one. but they will want to try to avoid a no—deal brexit if they can. the eu is unlikely to make any kind of significant moves until it sees mps uniting around one alternative to theresa may's plan, one particular change. and even then, inevitably, there will be limits to eu flexibility. today theresa may also warned that trust in politics will suffer "catastrophic harm" if the uk doesn't leave the european union. but what are people who voted in the refer

eu would all without a deal.ill leaving the eu and i think thatis still leaving the eu and i think that is most likely to happen i think following tomorrow. i think everyone thinks that the pm's deal will be rejected but it'sjust a question of how much. her first move will be to say, we need more time, whitehall and brussels are ready for that. but if she then says, we are going to delay brexit today, what would that mean politically? you think it could happen tomorrow that she will say that? she has categorically said that is not going to happen today. she said it was not optimal but she has not said she would not do it. i think she did say, we are living on the 29th of march. what she —— leaving the 29th of march. happy times where we told last time by herself and downing street that that vote was going to go ahead before christmas? but it got pulled. we do live in extra retired when politicians say something with an absolutely straight face and then they go back on itand straight face and then they go back on

eu and uk law.e—thrity. for now its back to reeta in the studio. the headlines on bbc news: police in northern ireland say they are dealing with a second security alert in londonderry, involving a hijacked vehicle. millions of eu citizens living in the uk can apply for settled status from today, allowing them to continue living and working here after brexit. a teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of 14—year—old jaden moodie in east london. sports, novak djokovic three sweetcorn dilemma quarterfinals. hoping to become the first man to win seven australian open titles. also through serena williams after knocking out the world number one. to remain on course to win 24 grand slams in course titles. for the first time in a super bowl in a row, both of games go the ‘ england patriots have reached new england patriots have reached the finalfunny new england patriots have reached the final funny the third time in a row. confirmed that they are dealing with a second security alert in london

so yes we are recruiting people from the eu and thatis recruiting people from the eu and that is great there we go. ijust want to clarify again. even if they are earning under that thousand pounds in the nhs, they can stay? yes, absolutely. anybody working and nhs is welcome to stay and should stay. absolutely. and anybody in future point come to the country after march the 29th, even if they are and salary less than 30,000, you would say yes you can come? of course, nurses and doctors are shortage occupations sub the levels of immigration to be a nurse or a doctor is uncapped because there are a shortage of occupations. the 30,000 figure is a bigger from a shortage of occupations. the 30,000 figure is a biggerfrom the immigration advisory committee. we‘re going to be recruiting the best in the brightest and around the world under the new immigration proposal as we do today and they play a very important part in our nhs. crucially, this plan, including the work for a section that we have been talking about, it‘s all about how we can make the nhs is tenable for the long—term and some of

recruitment is down 50% from eu nationals across the uk.re looking to come, there is a reluctance to come and work in the uk while there is continued uncertainty about how long they can remain. with companies in every sector now facing the increasing possibility of no agreement being stitched together, it is time for them to get down to the details. we have many businesses, about 145,000 businesses, that only trade with the eu bloc, and for them, their customers are demanding that they're holding inventory, or stock, which is taking up much of their cash and in some cases they are not placing contracts past the end of march because they do know what the terms of trade are going to be. businesses are used to getting deals done and are hoping that the government will be able to do the same. colletta smith, bbc news. some of the business perspective, there. well, mrs may is expected to speak to donald tusk by telephone around now. he is the president of the pain cancelled. that follows the vote at westminster last night and that the prime mini

there's going to be a eu border, not an irish border with the uk, it's an eu border with the uk.e in? what if we don't have a position? what if we find in four orfive years' time, we don't have the technology for reading vehicles and for doing this? the backstop has to be there. as westminster‘s tug—of—war rages across the sea, many unanswered questions remain for people on both parts of this island. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. in a moment, we can speak to laura in westminster, but first let's go to our europe editor katya adler in brussels. : suggesting there could be a five year time : suggesting there could be a five yeartime limit on : suggesting there could be a five year time limit on the backstop. —— poland. is this an early sign we could see movement? palms are beginning to get a bit sweaty across the eu. this is an organisation that is used to doing deals at the 11th hour. but with only nine weeks to go now, eu leaders are getting nervous about the prospect of a costly no—deal brexit. they want to be able to demonstrate to their voters back home that they have been do

you could ask the eu to move? the eu already know what is required.signal to the eu, they know what is required. any commitment would be one—sided. a commitment would be one—sided. a commitment made by one party but not binding on the other party. what would be binding on both of them would be binding on both of them would be binding on both of them would be the terms of the —— of the withdrawal agreement internationally agreed if it went through this house tomorrow. on a no-confidence vote, jeremy corbyn says edward come soon, if the deal is voted down what is your thinking about that the mac we have made it quite clear we don't wa nt to have made it quite clear we don't want to change the prime minister, we don't want to change the government. we want to change the policy being pursued by the government to make sure it coincides with the people of the united kingdom in the referendum. if this agreement is turned down tomorrow, we would have no reason not to have confidence in the government. we would want to see the government go back to europe and

the eu?ompanies have become reliant on eastern european drivers. but as brexit approaches, transport bosses say they'll struggle to find the workers they need to transport the uk's food, medicines and raw materials. out business correspondent, sarah corker, reports. they are the people who keep our shop shelves stacked, parcels delivered and trade moving. normally iam in delivered and trade moving. normally i am in france at least once a week. but there is a severe shortage of lorry drivers, an estimated 52,000 vacancies. so many people retiring. not many coming into it. paying two, two and have ground to get your hgv licence, not many people want to do that. for decades european lorry drivers have filled the gap making up drivers have filled the gap making up 13% of all uk truckers but brexit means some like this man are leaving. moving things upstairs. after 12 years this is his last day in england. you don't want us any more in the uk. since except the prices have gone up. start to be ha r

uncertainty for eu citizens, my constituency were married to eu citizens. to get to a new relationship. simon, desperate to get in and you disagree. we had a referendum that settled theirs. let's talk about no deal. vicki is talking about the service industry. the single market in europe already doesn't cover the service industry. there is no question that in the end of the country has got to choose between being a rule taken and rule maker. the uncertainty in a scenario where the deal is approved it would mean that we will be logged in as a rule taken underthe that we will be logged in as a rule taken under the backstop unable to shape our laws. only if we end up in the backstop. of course we don't know that but it is a very significant contingent risk. i am a parliamentarian elected to make choices and i think there is too much risk in a backstop that is unlimited in time and duration. the terminology is confusing. when the phrase is bandied about that no deal is better than a bad deal, the general public often think that means the status quo. we will hav

the eu says assurances in this letter carry legal weight but this is, in essence, the eu was attemptingntee, it is not attracted so many of the uk think, is that letter, and it is not inevitable. and yes we have heard these reassurances before, that is nothing new. but on the eve of the vote, this is the eu attempting, in co—ordination with theresa may, to focus the minds of mps and keep up the pressure. the underlying message is that the deal is better than you think and if you sign of can move on to the real prize, talking about the future eu, uk posts brexit trade deal. by the way, this is the only divorced your on offer from brussels so divorced your on offer from brussels so take or leave it. that europe will be watching the vote closely to see of the vote passes or if it does not, by how much. only then will the internal eu discussion begin about what next. up until now, the 27 eu leaders have never sat down to discuss a possible plan b. may never admitted openly to each other that it is possible. they will now look for mpeg to start uniting around one alternative to theresa may‘s

the chancellor himself said, clearly, remaining in the eu would bea clearly, remaining in the eu wouldu would be a better outcome for the economy, therefore we will be poorer as a result of the uk choosing to leave the eu, and this is why organisations like the cbi who said they are watching in horror, this is why they are watching in horror, because of the foreseeable economic catastrophe that the uk is choosing to bring upon itself. she would like article 50, the process by which the uk leaves the eu, to be suspended, and for there to be a second referendum in the hope of a different outcome, no doubt. indeed. what happens now? this is the beginning of the debate in parliament this evening, and the frontbenchers took nearly two hours to make their points, and there are 80 mp5 to make their points, and there are 80 mps who are down to speak tonight, so we are expecting this debate to continue until two o'clock tomorrow morning. tomorrow is the big date, and that is when we finally get the votes on this. those votes are likely to start around seven o'clock and so we should have some id

it has to ask the eu and the eu have to agree to it. each member has to agree.ed to change domestic law, which would switch us to no deal mode on march 29 if nothing else changes so parliament would have to amend the domestic law to do that. to revoke article 50, the uk can do that unilaterally, not needing the eu to agree, but domestic law is set up for no deal on march 29 so we need parliament effectively to come in and make sure domestic law is ready for avoiding a no deal scenario. thank you for joining us. we can go back to vicki young who is monitoring this from just outside the chamber. we are not far away. we have been not far off for a while. it has been slightly delayed. i can see the chief whip julian smith going along the front bench. and here come the tellers. you are asking if you know in advance, the only way you do know is if you know which side the tellers are on because the one who have won a lwa ys are on because the one who have won always stand to the right of that table as they walk up. they are jostling for position so i cannot tell. it lo

she said they must align their rules of the eu will retain all the controls and finally that the eu retainsral secretary of the commission has said the power is with us and he told on the 7th of december the agreement shows that leaving the eu does not work. russells clearly believe it's a great deal but them, why does the prime minister seemingly as enthusiastic that this is a great deal for the united kingdom? enthusiastic that this is a great dealfor the united kingdom? can i say that what is clear in the letters we have received to date from the european union is that the issues that form, i know a number of members were concerned about the physiology that was in the political vaccination about the customs, and the phraseology of building on protocol, and therefore the assumption of what was in the protocol would have to be taken into the future relationship. in fact the letters we have received to date mclear it is not the case and i say to my right honourable friend he asks why i believe this is a good deal? i believe it is a good deal because it does deliver on the vote of the refere

we are done with the eu.hat tells us we are done with the eu and we are re—emerging from it. we very rarely have referendums. referendums are not a general election. a referendum isa not a general election. a referendum is a specific question on the specific issue. we have had that and therefore saying that we are out of therefore saying that we are out of the eu does not negate the fact that what labour would have done is take us what labour would have done is take us out of the eu that we would have negotiated a deal that would have united the nation. is disingenuous at the moment is that the prime minister is trying to say she is trying to carry out the wishes of the british people. she has done nothing to placate the 52% who voted leave for two main reasons, the forgotten towns and cities that have been de— industrialised. the conservative government says nothing about investing into those communities. and the whole issue of migrant labour, the second issue that caused people to vote, the conservative par

emmanuel macron is one of many eu leaders assuming the government will end up asking the eu for more effectively delaying brexit. macron: that is wt they will d first they will come to us asking for irovements, and eventually they will decide it will take more time to renegotiate something. katya:ow forn brussels, it is an exercise in watching t f u.k. waiti change, and hoping eu unity lasts until the brexit process is resolved. laura: katya adler reporting there on w t next for brexit. in other news from the un security cncil has approved the deployment of 75 observers to yemen's port city of hodeida. ee mission is to monitor cease-fire reached last month by the houthi rebels and the government. it is the entry point for goods and crucial aid supplies for millions of yemenis. the greek government has narrowly survived a vote of confidence after the nationalist party defected from the coalition. the move was in protest with an -- against an agreement with macedonia due to be ed by parliament. the former yugoslav republge agreed to chts name to north macedonia to settle a dispute with

on the eu's irish border.o final trade deal ready, after any brexit transition. after any brexit transition time. mps want mrs may to agree an alternative, but brussels says there isn't one. back home, of course, brexiteers and the dup say checks could happen away from the border. trade could be tracked with new systems, new technology. getting round the backstop might, just, might, unlock a deal but brussels says the technology doesn't exist. and even if the eu gave ground, and there's no sign of that, reopening the brexit divorce deal could open up new problems. spain could renew its claims on gibraltar. france might veto any new deal. the eu is clear it would shift position, if mrs may went for a brexit closer to europe, staying under eu customs rules, say, but that's not a true brexit, according to mrs may. and, anyway, just imagine the reaction of brexiteers back at westminster. mrs may will be back in the commons, in around a fortnight. and it could be tough. if she can't win concessions from the eu, bre

coming from the eu and we have 40% of goods coming from the eu to the uk and so we will px to 80.ill have to deal with additional red tape. # extra duty. that will have a cost. as you had just shown, there is warehouse piece and someone has to that so there will be viennese costs being passed on to the supermarket chains. how long will the la there pricing strategy to maintain their places and we will the upgrade places? i hear it the price rise mate be imminent. so consumers might feel we have to spend more. can you give is an example, if we used a tin of beans for example, 40p at the moment are much could it rise by? take for example, imported from italy, we do not duty on it for the moment but when we leave there would be an end position of 18% so if you take 40p, the vat retweet be iop more. that is just one tinge. so take i million tins we consume every decent impact could be quite severe. and it would hurt people in their pockets. let me bring increase on this, what is the wto ? bring increase on this, what is the wto? the wto is basically the place where countries gather to

is far behind the eu. germany in the european union itself, also now australia, have come out with proposals even for further study of how the big data firms are suppressing and oppressing and exploiting, and i agree with ranking member clove bashar, thank you. >> chairman lee, thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. i'm honored to participate in today's discussion. i'm humble to appear alongside my fellow panelists. i delivered my remarks through the lens of an antitrust lawyer with 20 years experience. that includes federal antitrust authorities. i've had the pleasure of working in private practice as well as the trade commission. i should note my remarks today are my own. they don't necessarily reflect the views of my law firm or its clients. as the humble practitioner on the panel, i guess you can consider these chronicles from the front line. i would like to share a few observations. before examining eu competition policy it's helpful to understand our own antitrust laws. antitrust is inher

as eu and uk lawmakers prepare to stare each other down, the eu's chief negotiater emphasised again todayext on the irish backstop must not be touched. translation: the backstop is not dogma. it's a solution, found in negotiations with the uk, not against the uk, for the unique situation that exists on the island of ireland. frustration here is palpable, with divisions in the uk parliament and the prime minister's negotiating style. is that the way you can solve a problem of a magnitude? is that the way to do that? is that the way you do that? that is, every day changing your opinion? so much passion, so much engagement here in the european parliament in the brexit debate today, but crucially, no—one here has any power to change anything at this stage. the only ones who can bend or amend the withdrawal agreement, including the backstop on the irish border, are the leaders of the 27 eu countries, and right now, they are stonewalling the prime minister. there are no plans to hastily schedule a summit of eu leaders at this stage. angela merkel sent out her spokesman to talk to the cameras to

some brexiteers say there is no fear on leaving the eu with oui’ is no fear on leaving the eu with ourno fear on leaving the eu with ourfuture relationship in place. is no fear on leaving the eu with our future relationship in place. we should vote down this deal with absolute confidence. there are tories who think senior mps may have to ta ke tories who think senior mps may have to take control of the process and allow parliament to decide on a brexit plan b. we are in the very, very final stages of the endgame here, and what we need to do is find a solution, and if the government can't find a solution, and we want them to do so, and we will be voting for her solution, but if it can't then parliament needs to. will later hold a vote of no—confidence? then parliament needs to. will later hold a vote of no-confidence? laid in wait. its leadership is reluctant to back a second referendum but they may be a step closer to the no—confidence vote later this week. all the information so far is that theresa may's deal will go down and it would have gone down a month ago. she has delayed it to

in to play should the uk and the eu fail to reach a trade deal once britain leaves the eu.ties agree that a backstop is needed to maintain cross—border cooperation and protect the good friday peace agreement. and, ss it stands, the backstop means northern ireland would stay aligned to some rules of the eu single market, but only if another solution cannot be found by the end of the transition period in december 2020. our assistant political editor norman smith is with me now. wasn't today supposed to be the day we got a plan b? if you are waiting for plan b, it's probably like waiting for godot. nothing much is happening. i think all we will get from the prime minister today is broadly a restatement of planning with not much more. certainly there is not much evidence of new thinking on her part and her view seems to be that there is not much é on her part and her view seems to be that there is not much i’iié of that there is not much chance of getting any f" that there is not much chance of getting any *" agreement. getting any cross—party agreement. we know are still getti

so the eu is still unconvinced.nts to saying, we don't want any backstop. that is what it amounts to. no, we are not going to say that we surrender the backstop or conversely, but we will make no checks at the borders, even though the united kingdom might significantly diverged in terms of sanitary standards, social standards, environmentally standards —— environmental standards. standards, environmentally standards -- environmental standards. the deal contains two elements, the legally binding withdrawal agreement, the eu says the backstop is an integral pa rt says the backstop is an integral part and will be negotiated, and the accompanying political declaration, accompanying political declaration, a broad outline of future possible relations with the eu which could be rewritten. this is where the eu believes it can show flexibility if the uk does. i don't think there is i’ooiti the uk does. i don't think there is room to do that for the simple reason that the backstop is absolutely in the withdrawal agreement. bu

eu exit id document check. no results.cuments by post. as easy as online shopping? not sure about that. who's going to take on donald trump to be president next time? in the last few weeks we've had a rush of candidates throw their hats in the ring for the democratic nomination, and today, one of the more heavyweight players declared she's also running. truth. justice. decency. equality. freedom. democracy. kamala harris is from california, she's 5a, she was elected to the us senate only two years ago, and her voting record puts her on the liberal wing of her party. jennifer rubin, describes herself as a conservative blogger, wrote this in the washington post — that harris will be a "formidable challenger". and she tweeted... "harris's greatest strength... might be her ability to talk about politics in terms of values — empathy, fairness, personal responsibility." but there's another side to her too — before politics she was a prosecutor, pretty doggedly sending a lot of people to prison, and that could work against her. h

i want to have a good trade relationship with the eu but i also wa nt to relationship with the eu but our prosperity, but, actually, that would be of benefit to countries around the world, including some of the countries whose economies do need to be helped and improved, some of the poorest in the world will be helped by those trade arrangements. that is what we are going to deliver, that's our commitment to the british people. as my honourable friend says, it delivers on the result of the referendum. andy martin. thank you, mr speaker. my constituent lynn sherman, who has two terminal illnesses, reapplied for her on the pip 19th of december but did not receive an assessment until the 6th of january. but did not receive an assessment until the 6th ofjanuary. shea! but did not receive an assessment until the 6th of january. shea! she has still not received a decision on her claim. does the prime minister consider it fair or sensible that in addition to losing her benefit, miss sherman has also lost her blue badge, her bus pass and her carers. shameful! prime minister. the honourable ge

it also sets out basic rights for uk citizens elsewhere in the eu, and eu citizens here in the uk.rsial of all, there's the protocol on ireland and northern ireland, including the backstop plan, for keeping the irish border as open as it is now — under all circumstances. the backstop would only come into effect at the end of a post brexit transition period, if a future trade agreement to avoid a hard border hasn't been achieved. the prime minister has been given additional reassurances from the eu that the backstop would only ever be temporary and that no one actually wants it to come into effect. but it still exists in the treaty and there is no unilateral way for the uk to get out of it without the eu's agreement. there's also a non—binding political declaration on the future relationship between the uk and the eu. the wording here is so vague that it doesn't offer any guarantee of any particular outcome. so, the government's facing an uphill battle to get this vote passed, and it will properly have to ask mps to vote more than once, maybe after getting even more reassurance from

you cannot decide to leave the eu and to keep all the benefits of being a full member of the eu.o leave the single market and to keep all the benefits of being a member of the single market. that's the key political question, which is behind the question of the fair deal. let's broaden the conversation now, because in the past, your government has characterised brexit as part of a populist movement in europe, which has included the politics of countries like poland, even... you've looked at your neighbours in italy, and you've talked, president macron has talked about what he once described as the leprosy of populism, the danger of populism. and it seemed that you believed that your government had the antidote to populism, and yet, today in france, we see with the yellow vests, the gilet jaunets movement... yes. that you have a profound problem of your own with anger at the grassroots of your country. you're right, and i share your assessment. i think that we have to broaden the picture. we are all facing the same crisis, which is a social crisis, an economic crisis, and also a p

if there is going to with eu rules.yed, anything up to an extra two to three days. —— customs. this plan has many opponents in westminster, who say that treating northern ireland differently carved up the uk. the irish government and eu insist there is no deal without it, and here is why: if the backstop were to kick in and there were new checks at the sea border here, it would mean goods could travel on south without the need for further checks... when they enter the republic of ireland, here, keeping this irish land border as open as it is today. south of the border, many businesses in ireland rely on the easy movement of goods, and see the backstop is something that guarantees their livelihoods. many brexiteers argue the checks could be done another way, but so far, that has not convinced many here. but we can't go backwards, and they have to understand the effect it is having. this irish food hall imports all kinds of produce from the uk, they convinced the backstop is the only way to ensure bringing products from t

is behind the eu. germany and also australia have come out for proposals even on further study for how big data firms are expressing, impressing and exploiting. and i agree with ranking member klobuchar that it's time for the united states to be taking a more active position. thank you. >> mr. kanter. >> chairman lee, ranking member klobuchar and members of the subcommittee. thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. i'm honored to participate in today's discussion, and i'm humbled to appear alongside my fellow panelists. i deliver my remarks through the lens of an antitrust lawyer with approximately 20 years of experience. that experience includes appearing before state antitrust authorities, federal antitrust authorities and european antitrust authorities. i've had the pleasure of working in private practice as well as the u.s. federal trade commission. i should note that my remarks today are my own. they don't necessarily reflect the views of my law firm or its clients. but as the humble pra

we leave the eu in administrations.ur last conversation suggested, but that does not mean that we do not have the strongest possible economic ties with our nearest and most important market and to protect the future economic prosperity of the uk in doing so. did you get any sense in your conversation with the prime minister that she is more ready to consider some of the policy options you have outlined their than she was before, because you mentioned those red lines and she has been pretty forthright in sticking to them in the past few months.” forthright in sticking to them in the past few months. i did not get a clear sense of that, i'm afraid. i got more of a sense of the way the prime minister reacted on the floor of the house of commons, that somehow the dialogue was to be one in which she was to continue to explain the advantage of her deal which has been competitively rejected and hoping to still persuade people of its merits but i'm afraid that's not going to work. the prime minister will have to show a greater

perhaps the uk has left the eu.is ok with me, that's your decision. he arrived having made critical comments of the chequers plan and supportive noises about boris johnson. but there were protests, including this giant baby trump balloon, which london mayor sadiq khan approved to fly over westminster. before parliament broke up for the summer recess, there were still some votes on the customs bill to get through. the european research group of conservative brexiteers had started to make life difficult for the prime minister by tabling amendments that they said would prevent the government pursuing what they saw as a soft brexit. the government supported those amendments and the bill narrowly passed, but they were accused of caving in to threats by the erg. some even talked about chequers being dead. never one to let things get her down, theresa may turned her hand to dancefloor diplomacy on a trade trip to africa. not once but twice, she got her groove on, proving there was more to life than brexit. the green party

you know, when the british people decided to leave the eu,i british people decided to leave the eu, idecision, because i personally think that it isa because i personally think that it is a bad decision for both the uk and the eu. just 48 hours ago, president macron said, and he has said it before, that the leave campaign in britain had lied to the people of britain. you have said similar things yourself, do you see any sign in british politics today that the politicians and britain have stopped lying to the people of britain about the realities of exit? iam not britain about the realities of exit? i am not here to criticise the british politicians, but i fully share the assessment of emmanuel macron. the campaign for the leave and for the brexit has been based on lies, and the british people are paying now for those lies. there is currently a huge division among the british people, and i deeply regret that division among the british people on the situation of the brexit, and i really hope that the british people and the british government will be able to find a way out and to find a

it's going to be a eu border, not an irish border with the uk, it's an eu border with the uk.t doesn't come in? what if we don't have a position? what if in four or five years‘ time, we don't have the technology for reading vehicles and for doing this? the backstop has to be there. as westminster‘s tug—of—war rages across the sea, many unanswered questions remain for people on both parts of this island. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has called on zimbabwe's leaders to allow peaceful protests and not turn the clock back after a week of turmoil in the south african state. protests over fuel price hikes have been met with a violent government crackdown which has left 12 people dead. the security services have been accused of using disproportionate force. the civil unrest has fuelled fears of a return to authoritarian rule under president manan—gag—way, who ended robert mugabe's —— under president manangagwa, who ended robert mugabe's 37 year reign. from harare, our correspondent andrew harding reports. another funeral here in zimbabwe. this on

the irish are a member of the eu. the eu will put its current members first. irish backstop remains a significant factor. the irish have been's extremely influential in this process and will continue to be so. withu is likely to stick one of its members and want to grant eu k its desire, which is to reopen the backstop. ways you could see this whole thing as employed by theresa may. have decided the eu will not renegotiate the backstop and what she is doing and is winding down the clock. she knows that brussels will not do anything about the irish backstop. she comes back and says they won't do anything. let's have another vote. that vote fails. and now we are close to march 29. now she says this is my plan. you vote for that are we getting no deal brexit. they will probably vote for that. that could be the strategy for theresa may at this point. our leaders in brussels about a no deal brexit? are there knock on ramifications for the eu broadly that they are concerned about? >> there are. there are member states that are concerned, like the netherlands, becaus

and the eu, potentially causing shortages.hat is the one from the german pharmaceutical groups including the vci chemical industry association, which called once again for a transition plan after wednesday's failed brexit vote in london. close to one billion packs of medication move every year and every fourth medication in the eu comes from the u.k. the german health h ministry sad it did not expect shortages but the u.k. has urged drug companies to stockpile sixeeeeks worth of medications. and we have to say what a day for european parliament to be holding its first session of 2019, as the brits wreak havok over brexit. representatives today have been celebrating this year's 20th anniversary of europe's common currency with the so-called anthem of europe. take a listen. ♪ lena: and a miminder nowf the top story we're following for you. british prime minister theresa may has seen off a bid to topple her government. the no-confidence motion was tabled by the opposition labour party after lawmakers rejected her brexit plan yest

talking about the future eu — uk future trade deal.rom brussels so take it or leave it. but, europe will be watching very closely vote tomorrow to see if this deal passes, or if it doesn‘t, by how much, and it is only then that the internal eu discussion will begin. up until now the 27 eu leaders have never sat down together to discuss a possible plan b. they have never even admitted openly to each other that it is possible. so they will look now for mps to start uniting around one particular alternative to theresa may‘s plan, oi’ alternative to theresa may‘s plan, ora alternative to theresa may‘s plan, or a one particular change, and then you may see may be a significant move from brussels. but inevitably, the flexibility here will be limited. many thanks, katya adler, oui’ limited. many thanks, katya adler, our europe editor in brussels. theresa may stressed today that trust in politics — in her view — would suffer ‘catastrophic harm‘ if the uk didn‘t leave the european union — nearly three years after the referendum of 2016. but wha

eu leaders are in a bullish mood.coordinated media blitz, starting moments after last night's vote, they quickly doused any illusions the eu would now rush forward with compromise solutions. the eu insists the ball is now in the uk's court. translation: it's now up to the uk to tell us what happens next. we still have time to negotiate, but we're first going to wait to hear from the british prime minister. what ireland does not want to hear from theresa may is a demand for changes to the backstop, that fallback plan in the brexit deal to avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. some people may seem to believe that a hard border can be avoided just by saying there won't be one. in order to avoid it, you need an agreement on customs and an agreement on regulations, and that's why the backstop is so important. so far, the eu hasn't flinched in its support for the backstop. there are only ten weeks to go now until brexit day, but the eu is still taking the long view. eu leaders say they wo