>> it is the presidency of the eu. he has to take the softer of the options hoping for better results. nobody disagrees with that. of course, we would all prefer to resolve our differences with dialogue. greece has always said that we are ready for dialogue and last we would like is to use the options, the options of the sanctions. we don't want that. we would love to avoid that. yet again, clear lines have to be drawn and turkey has to understand. there is no way that the country can exist by not respecting international law. this is problematic not just for the region but for the whole world. it collects scary is the situation? do you think president erdogan is going to listen now? >> it is not me or greece or anyone who will dictate to him what he has to do to the benefit of turkey. what i would say, what i hope to see in the region is a common understanding between countries and nations. greece is perfectly willing to do so. it is for president everyone to choose. >> what do you think should happen? would greece be

the italian public has just seen an enormous swing against the eu. i think it was rightly enraged by the countries that of lectured people most on protectionism in recent years, actually when the crisis hit, doing something that was completely against everything he had said before. so i think there's a lot of looking around and a lot of lessons already been taken, but it will be sometime before we see the effects of that in polls or anything in the voting system or anything else. >> let's talk for a second about general public sentiment in the uk right now. here in the u.s. there's a pretty strong divide of people who believe that this moment in time is further evidence of massive government incompetence, and then there are those that are taking this as an opportunity to say, government required more control and more intervention to be able to handle the situation better. doesn't matter which can't get in, trust is at an all-time low here in the u.s., which has created a number of problems for us. is that the same thing over in england? are you exper

this process and i think, by the way, the attitude one takes to brexit and britain's exit from the eu is profoundly important, i think, for the british public whether there's a small majority nonetheless to leave the european union but after 3.5 years of parliamentary shenanigans and other factors that were going on it appeared to be trying to delay or at least reverse the decision to leave the eu and it's absolutely crucial particularly in government led by this part minister with this cabinet that there not be reneging on that promise so i think even something as major as the current chronic crisis isn't going to make them persuaded that they should in any way move that timeline. >> but is no agreement reached and we enter a moment in time where there is even more uncertainty and will not be good for the british economy in this particular -- >> it is not good for anyone's economy in the situation so barely got in economy at the moment in some countries so this is totally uncharted territory and i repeat the point that the crucial thing is we never are in certain times and they meet

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others always wanted to keep britain out of what became the eu. it is absolutely crucial to the project. if it goes than this is just a franco german alliance of some kind. so, it is the one to watch and of course the a couple of years ago i had been there i was speaking to the government who said to me they were doing a horrible job and the audience had the luck to you with horror. if it's difficult for you to leave they say we don't think of ourselves as organized or capable than any way. so this part for you, what would it be like for us and that was a very common view in recent yearsthe recentyears, the people critique of the eu said look what's happening to britain. this isn't as easy to do as you have claimed. so the skepticism significantly declined in this period but it's definitely on the rise now. it's possible but i don't say that i would well it in any way because the extraordinary turbulence that would come about with other currencies. >> we have so many questions comquestions asa thank you to t. i'm trying to get through them the bes

and with that it was time to start talks with the eu onjust what was time to start talks with the eu to start talks with the eu onjust what the u.k.'s relationship with its biggest trading partner would be when transition ends on december 31. those negotiations continued fitfully with the two sides seemingly far apart before inching a little closer together as the summer went on. so having flexed his majority to get brexit through, boris johnson moved to put his stamp on his cabinet, reshuffling his ministers in mid february. that produced an immediate shock when sajid javid quit as chancellor, rejecting the prime minister is ordered to fire his tea m minister is ordered to fire his team of aids. he was replaced by the little—known reissue sooner by the little—known reissue sooner who scarcely one month later found himself delivering one of pa rliament‘s later found himself delivering one of parliament's big events. -- rishi one of parliament's big events. —— rishi sunak. there was plenty else in his speech. he announced rises to the national insurance threshold, a freeze on alcohol

their role in the world was not to remain in the eu. nevertheless we have said everything we had to say as a country by leaving the eu. by urging it and leaving it. and after you left, it is not for you to say what you think they should or should not do. so there is always a risk to keep from talking to the. to something wrong to vindicate our decision to brexit. i just say by way of preface because if that you does fall apart. it is going to bring it absolute havoc to europe and something i would not want to see. i do think that the countries important to look to his italy. i've referred to it twice already. it is one of the founding members. the goal and others is to keep written out about became the eu. brittle is a founding member and absolutely crucial to the project. if it goes, this is a franco german pension german alliance of some kind, italy is the one to watch and i don't think i'm breaking a confidence i won't say who was, but couple years ago i was in italy and i've been there quite a lot in recent years. and was speaking f

and the eu they signed a deal to repair relations. more on that story coming up next >>> more than 800,000 people died from coronavirus worldwide. 23 million have now been infected italy recorded a spike for the first time since may with 1,000 new daily infections the united states nudged past 5.7 million cases despite reporting less than 50,000 infections for a 7th day but still a staggering number. >> eu trade commissioner phil hogan will not step down from his position after attending a dinner last week that potentially broke the irish governments virus restrictions he issued an apology for his actions after the prime minister said the commissioner should consider his position. ireland's agricultural commissioner has already stepped down they reached a deal for $200 million worth of product the chief negotiator of both parties said it was part of improving eu-u.s. relations. >> how did this deal come together and how significant is this agreement >> so this marks the first time in more than 20 years that the u.s. and eu agreed to c

they struck a game changing do for the eu to fund an economic recovery for the coronavirus. at a time of increasing howlenges for the country, strong will the deal proved to be? we have reports. >> when the eu was looking to minimize the threat of the there was a personal drive to reach a compromise to try to solve europe's problems were possible. >> freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must begin guaranteed. prisoners must be released. there must be a national dialogue in belarus. >> for decades, the strength of the franco german relationship has been a given. governments would come and go. but the two countries shared political interests would remain -- countries' shared political interests would remain. the personal dynamic between these two is clear, despite the generational differences between them, the french president welcomes the analytical approach that the chancellor brings the politics. discussyou can really in depth any idea and a concept with her, and you get an honest answer. it is not a political one, because it is not an ideological one, it is r

the problem being that given it is an eu meeting, turkey is not part of the eu and therefore not in theeetings, whereas greece and cyprus are. both those countries embroiled in the tension with the turkish government. although the turkish government has been -- has representation at the meeting, the comments used from president erdogan very much at that meeting. the eu has no military role of substance in his area. nato does. turkey and greece are members of nato. natoe general secretary of it was at the meeting in berlin wednesday was calling upon both and trys to step back to ease the tensions. the interesting thing is there will be further such meetings, but this time involving foreign ministers of the eu in berlin, with the topic will be at the forefront. lauren: still to come. justice for what happened at the hands of a terrorist. victims from new zealand's mass shooting testify in court. and our investigation into how euminals are buying citizenshihip, despite warningsf ty. get aevy -- off illegali ♪ wind is no longer blowing harshly in australia but it is catching tasmania, where

the third—highest intake of any eu member state.rsuaded and the government was defeated. content, 300, not content 220. but that and all the other objections of the lords were overturned in the commons and the divorce bill passed one week before brexit on january 31. in accordance with the royal assent act 1967, her majesty has signified her royal assent to the following act: european union withdrawal agreement act 2020. 0rder! and with that it was time to start talks with the eu on just what the uk's relationship with its biggest trading partner would be when transition ends on december 31. those negotiations continued fitfully with the two sides seemingly far apart before inching a little closer together as the summer went on. so having flexed his majority to get brexit through, borisjohnson moved to put his stamp on his cabinet, reshuffling his ministers in mid february. that produced an immediate shock when sajid javid quit as chancellor, rejecting the prime minister's order to fire his team of aides. he was replaced by the litt

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the eu foreign diplomatic chief said in an interview for the eu to be credible, sanctions need to come and the need to happen. they have to go hand in hand. this is not just about saying what you did was wrong. you have to show the eu is willing to go. on a different note, emmanuel macron over the weekend said at all costs, we need to avoid something that looks like ukraine where you have two factions that looks like civil war. tadeo tracking the story in belarus. 6:38 in london. credit suisse aim to double their headcount in china over the next five years. the firm is accelerating pursuit of wealthy clients in the nation. a 100% increase in revenue. credit suisse want asia to make up to 25% of overall revenue. it is 17.5% right now. this weekend, berlin faces protests against the government's coronavirus restrictions. marches turned violent on saturday. a forecaster estimates 38,000 people took part. some protesters broke through, reached the stairs of the berlin reichstag. the head of the u.s. food and drug administration's promising any review of a potential vaccine will be transpar

as under the current eu—japan benefits as under the current eu— japan trade deal.aking because they are. so just like the eu— japan deal, it's cheese for cars. let's get some of the day's other news: us retail giant walmart says it will team up with microsoft to make a bid for the us operations of tiktok. us president donald trump has given the chinese video sharing app 90 days to sell its us arm to an american firm or face a ban. walmart‘s announcement came just hours after tiktok‘s boss resigned after only two months in thejob. auk a uk sandwich chain is to cut more than a third of its workers. pret a manger is to cut 3,000 jobs, or more than a third of its workforce, as part of a plan to save the business. the jobs will mainly go at its shops, but 90 roles will also be lost at its support centre. the chain has been hit as walk—in trade has plunged in the pandemic. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how to relieve the stress from working from home, we have some slightly unusal tips. the authors of the largest study of children in hospital seeking treatment

the seas eu complex fire. >>where they are addressing us some of the concerns of people there. we the new information that we were able to pull out of this aside from the fact that this thing has grown out of 48,000 is in addition to that community of felton scotts valley is now under mandatory evacuation orders they telling people that they need to leave right now meantime, you know cal currently has its hands full with dozens of these wildfires that are burning you're not just here in the bay area but all across the state of california. joining us now on the phone for more on the efforts to contain these flames as daniel ber land, he's the assistant deputy director with calfire a daniel thank you for joining us tonight. how are the crews fairing in their fight against the multiple complex fires burning here in the bay area. >>well obviously it's been a busy couple of days for this fire siege began on saturday. so we are going now. several into just nonstop fighting fire. in just the past 4 days we've had ove

had this problem with what is called the dublin convention because it was agreed in dublin between euates that you were supposed to claim asylum which other european country you first arrive. a lot of people choose not to do that because if they are going to claim that they wa nt to if they are going to claim that they want to claim in a country they think will be sympathetic to them and there are some countries not sympathetic to migrants. some have an ambition to come to the uk. as pa rt an ambition to come to the uk. as part of the problem here that the problem of migration is pushed from one country to another, nobody wants to ta ke one country to another, nobody wants to take responsibility for it because they are frightened and that voters are frightened they will end up voters are frightened they will end up with the whole problem? that is absolutely the case. there is no doubt that a lot of these migrants coming to eastern europe, across europe into france and some of them wa nt to europe into france and some of them want to come to the uk, but the french know they are there i

the eu rejects the results of the belarusian election.he block falls short of calling for a fresh bowl even as eight individual members back that kind of mood. -- move. let's take a look at futures. we are seeing red across the board in terms of european futures. more than 1% drops on the euro stock. ftse very widely traded. dax futures in frankfurt. acrossseeing red arrows u.s. futures as well. still looking at drops their. 0.5% on s&p, dow jones, and nasdaq. anna? anna: we see the european equity market having to catch up a little bit. let's get to breaking news in london. too late is where they operate. numbers coming through. revenue at two point fun for billion. -- 2.1 4 billion. they are moving their dividends to the interim dividend per share. nice measures of how they are performing versus last year. demand is now hot. covid-19e impact of and the lockdown. copper has been really hot. one of our colleagues writing about how hot copper is. perhaps that will be part of the conversation as we go through the day. let's get to the gmm.

is behind this most extraordinary thing that is the eu recovery plan of 750 billion euros. convince angela merkel. it took three years to gain her on the side of his big european project, and he pulled it off. so, you never know, iam choosing to be positive here. just coming back to your point about the united states, because you set out in fairly stark terms the limits of us aspiration in the region now, but the us still does have strategic objectives and it has strategic friends. for example, israel. the gulf states has got strategic rivals in terms of iran. can it achieve any strategic objectives in this region, if it allows lebanon to become a failed state? if you look at the way it is defining its strategic objectives now, at least under the trump administration, they are essentially negative. it is to stop iran from making trouble, but, really, regime change is the long—term goal, i think you would say. and it is being done not through using alliances, but by using sanctions, and other countries don't like the sanctions much, but their companies don't want themselves

because of the composition of the eu — uk economy? quarter of the year, and less damage took place in the first quarter. but it is also the case the uk has a slightly higher share of its economy in consumer pacing, consumer sensitive discretionary spending, which simply cannot operate under social distancing measures, and therefore just doesn't return. so, look, all the numbers across europe, double digits declines in the second quarter. i wouldn't pay too much on the differences at this stage, it is the recovery that is the most important. simon, thank you very much forjoining us. let's turn to the us—china trade war. trade representatives from the two sides meet online this weekend. tensions are high following beijing's imposition of the new national security law on hong kong, and us moves to ban or restrict chinese apps tiktok and wechat. mariko 0i is following developments in singapore tell us more, mariko. well, karen, i think it's fair to say it will be wait a tense and awkward meeting this weekend, as you said, tensions have be

that infringes on greece's maritime territory according to the eu and the u.n. turkey's foreign minister has been meeting with his german counterpart in ankara and says turkey is ready to renegotiate the distribution of the disputed waters. . to talk with all countries, but nobody should set preconditions for turkey. this cannot happen with the preconditions set by greece. abandon its to approach. when they abandon the approach, everything i said will happen within this negotiation process. to belarus, where protesters resumed in the capital of minsk despite a crackdown. two members of the opposition coalition council have been sentenced to 10 days in jail. others have been summoned for questioning. a peaceful revolution is said to be underway in the country. teachers and actors are among those who joined the demonstration in minsk. a rally was held outside the ministry of education after lukashenko threatened to fire teachers who don't share his views. ♪ reporter: solidarity for those punished protesting lukashenko. gathered at the theater every day. ministerr

the european commission was planning a kind of pan— eu strategy so planning a kind of pan— eu strategy there was not all the name—calling and divisions across europe the last time displayed is a massive issue. where has this got to? well, not very far. as you said, we have had a pandemic since. and so, the focus has been put somewhere else. but really, perhaps what the eu should look at first is to dismantle the criminal gangs and that trafficking industry. it has become extremely violent towards the migrants and refugees. and so, when you think refugees. and so, when you think refugees must pay £3000 to be on that dinghy boat with the hope of crossing the channel, this is appalling. and so, but of course, since talking about the english channel in france and britain, there is brexit looming so the eu might come up with a great strategy at some point in the future but what about the british border? should it still remain in calais, in the northern shore of france? 0r still remain in calais, in the northern shore of france? or should it be in kent? so i think that will be the next quest

britain has accused the eu of making post brexit negotiations "unnecessarily difficult".r, said he believes a deal is still possible but warned there's been little progress after seven rounds of talks. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in brussels. how would politicians where you are react to those comments? these negotiations have been ongoing despite the rules being tightened here in brussels with everyone having to wear a mask in public places. but it's a pretty gloomy assessment today from both sides, saying that really no key progress has been made on the most important matters, but that a deal they think can still be done, but time is running out. this effect all our lives because the position would be from the start of next year, british goods would be subject to tariffs, which means they would be more expensive, and also there could be problems in moving stuff around. michel barnier are today, the eu chief negotiator, said he was disappointed at the lack of progress. he accused the uk of time wasting. as you say, david frost, the uk's chief negotiator, he sai

japan which in reality it isjust trying to avoid the loss of the trade you that we already have three eu membership. that is in trouble as all our respective trade deals are. whether a new prime ministers will have any impact on that we will have to see. asa what you make it that? also internationally, we know that the us has been glad to have some sort of consistency injapan after a revolving door type of system. so what effect with the seven internationally notjust what effect with the seven internationally not just for the what effect with the seven internationally notjust for the uk but with the us as well? one of the biggest gifts that shinzo abe gave japan was stability, longevity, and that he think is now the longest—serving prime minister in modern times for them and very much so. modern times for them and very much so. and internationally, this means that the ongoing negotiations between the uk and japan it seems from what we understand that it is actually due to the work of those international trade sector and the japanese say that they're aiming to go even further than what th

ok, thanks to both eu for now. we will be back shortly.and faiza shaheen will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. goodbye for now. it's still been very humid today, but it's not been very hot across parts of the uk today. because we've had all these downpours developing, across parts of the uk today. because we've had all these downpours developing, some very heavy bursts of rain, particularly across southern parts of england. over the next couple days or so, it will be the southern half of the uk that sees most of these downpours, and again it'll feel on the humid side as well despite those temperatures dropping off a little bit further. further north, mainly dry with sunshine around at times, but there will be some areas of mist and low cloud coming in off the north sea. like we've had today, and that can be rather stubborn to move away, keeping it cooler as well. higher pressure across the northern half of the uk, that's why it's drier, but we have easterly wind

what are the risks for the eu? that they don't want to be seen to be interfering in a foreign democracy. and i think they are worried that if they make it look like they are asking the people of belarus to choose between either europe or russia, then that's not going to go down very well. that will be seen as kind of like, you know, the foreign, the europeans plotting against russia in something that the kremlin sees as its backyard. they are really going to play this gently, play it down. they are going to try to somehow open a dialogue with the current regime, with the opposition to see if there is anyway that perhaps there could be some kind of peaceful transition to a new government. i think that is the way they are going to play it today. anna: what about the sanctions story then? is that something that may be seen -- well, if they do sanctions, they will be careful of not going too far, not overstepping the mark. sanctions is the one weapon that they have got. up until a few years ago, there were already sanc

eu leaders hold emergency talks on belarus — as the country's president accuses the opposition of attemptingerthrow him. some railfares in the uk are going to go up by 1.6% next january. universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u—turn on a—level grades. and coming up this hour, the three victorian forts — originally built to defend england against the french — going up for sale. hello and welcome. if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the number of people being randomly tested in the community — to track the prevalence of covid 19 — is to be incased up in england. from october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for national statistics programme — which is separate from the mass testing programme of people who have symptoms. the figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and n

that it was short and a moment in time the future relationship between the uk and the eu is determined so what will happen now? and theory your political leaders are distracted with negotiation that would normally happen and is complicated so will we have an agreement by the 31st of december? >> the agreement, i don't know but the government wants to buy then absolutely a question came up even just earlier today questioning michael and said there is no delay even a minor delay in the process by the way i think that's right taking on to brexit and the eu it is profoundly important for the british public with the small majority nonetheless but after three and a half years of parliamentary shenanigans and other factors going on that appears to delay reverse the decisions it is absolutely crucial the government led with this prime minister and cabinet do not renege on the promise. so something as major as the current crisis will not make them dissuaded on that timeline. >> but if no agreement is reached and we enter a moment in time when there is more uncertainty, is that good for the brit

it's important with the eu does here but is important with the eu does not do.k about sanctions, but avoid too many red lines. putin is already getting involved in the situation. if you put into many red lines, that may influence the direction. tom: our bureau chief out of moscow was brilliant this morning, saying this is not ukraine, you don't have the polarization of eastern ukraine toward russia, western ukraine toward the west. you perceive belarus, isn't one nation or a partitioned nation? i will take her point. i am sure her assessment is very good on this. different to ukraine, thank goodness for that, i suppose. the ukraine events certainly drove a wed between europe, made the response complicated. perhaps europe can be more united this time, but anything against russia should be watched closely from a geopolitical perspective. tom: the key element is the nato the so-called cushion with russia. fargo hasy with wells an important job of not only figuring out fixed income strategy but within the financial repression that we are all living in right now. thi

that is when our transition out of the eu ends.ound of negotiations. it was said earlier this year by the prime minister if there wasn't sufficient progress he would pull out of negotiations in june. we are in august. that is a positive sign, isn't it? it isa positive sign, isn't it? it is a far cry from the promises borisjohnson made it is a far cry from the promises boris johnson made in it is a far cry from the promises borisjohnson made in the election last year where if you remember he said he had an oven ready deal which was based on the withdrawal agreement and political declaration signed with the eu. there is not much sign of that deal really. we should be very concerned because if we do reach 0ctober without agreement or a sub optimal agreement, the economic impact on top of the difficulties we will face with coronavirus will be very serious forjobs with coronavirus will be very serious for jobs and with coronavirus will be very serious forjobs and the economy. you say a sub optimal agreement, thatis you say a sub optimal

he spends between the west, the eu and the united states.s pressure on belarus he turns to the west. when the west tries to push lukashenko and bela russian society west tries to push lukashenko and belarussian society more towards democratic norms he then moves towards russia. he has been able to keep this balancing act going for so long but it is now come to an end. belarussian society has clearly said that he must leave and they are demanding free and fair elections. and for president lukashenko to remain in power, he will need assistance from russia. and thatis assistance from russia. and that is where the balancing act has now come to an end. if in fa ct has now come to an end. if in fact russia comes in that very heavily to support president lukashenko. coming back to the protest, we heard some of the ambitions of the people out on the streets but as you mentioned, he has been a power for 26 years. this is hardly the first election about which there have been? . the first election about which there have been?. why now and why are peopl

>>well there's not much activity here outside the eu lead his community center. this is the only evacuation center still open in the city of vacaville but i got to tell you that destruction out by pleasant valley road is devastating an american flag still waving off of pleasant valley road despite the fast-moving fire that traveled sell from napa county toward vacaville early wednesday morning forcing evacuations of thousands of homes. the fire jumped interstate 80 clogging traffic for hours today we see the devastation fences burned power poles down. i have been driving up and down these roads in the hills in vacaville and i have to say there is just so much smoke these hillsides are completely charred. >>wildlife is devastated. and so many homes and barns have burned to the ground fire officials say crews are working to stop the spread putting out hot spots throughout the city. >>despite resources being stretched thin in vacaville, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>and as you just saw there one of the areas hardest hit by the fires last night it was vacaville bu

start talksme to with the eu on just what the uk's relationship for the biggest trading partner woulde in transition ends on december 31. those negotiations continued, but the two sides are far apart. the two inching closer together after summer went on. having flexed his majority to through, boris johnson move to put his stamp on his cabinet, reshuffling his ministers in mid-recovery. that produced an immediate shock when the chancellor rejected the prime minister's order to fire his team of aids. he was replaced. himselflater he found on the parliament's big event of budget. while he drew up plans for the coronavirus crisis, there was plenty else in his speech. he announced rises to the national insurance rush holt. it frees on fuel and alcohol. packaging andstic in and to the tampa on tax. >> this is a government -- tampon tax. cost of living low. investing in our in hs. in our public services. investing in ideas. tracking business and protecting our environment. roads, railways, colleges, building our union. delivered a people's budget from a people's government and i commend it t

and its relationship with the eu.ound how business navigate that that is what you are looking for is some medium-term certainty regarding , andionships, equivalence the level playing field so the rug is not pulled out on short notice. beyond december 31. but some new terms will allow business to be done with some degree of confidence. anna: how important is the brexit outcome or the trade negotiation outcome in the context of covid-19 and everything the u.k. economy has been through? simon: there is a real divergence of opinion here in so far as the flux generated by covid-19, which is unprecedented. economically. can you hide the disruption of a brexit amidst such a massive other external force? that is one school of thought. the other is with an economy so weakened, you do not want to be restrictionsurther or adjustment costs. i think the politics is largely unchanged by covid. brexit, itext of a think it was always going to go down to some of the principles here that get compromised through negotiation. thecovid do

the seas eu complex fires are burning in the mountains of san mateo and santa cruz county. the s e u complex fires or in contra costa alameda and santa clara counties, the l a new complex fire exploded overnight, taking a destructive turn into the north bay. now that destructive trend persists right now a fire in the l a new complex fire has now forced the california highway patrol to shut down interstate 80 as the fire has jumped the freeway. these are pictures now from a helicopter from kcra where we can see how chp has shut down the road, the conditions are terrible with all the smoke that's in the air. now the part of 80 that is shutdown is between air base parkway and cherry road in fairfield again the pictures that we're looking at is in the area of interstate 80 that is shut down right now. this is where the hennessy fire has been burning there is an evacuation order in place right now for the rolling hills neighborhood fairfield police are saying if you live in this area try to evacuate immediately but keep in mind that 80 is shut down. so try to find an alternate r

and what can we expect from the eu in return, do you think?e consumers of the markets in which the goods are set. and they are fairly crude instrument. and so it is u nfortu nate instrument. and so it is unfortunate that there has been an inability to reach some kind of settlement around this issue. because of course, the issue. because of course, the issue of both sides have said that they have withdrawn the subsidies. airbus has said, you know, we have changed the terms of the loan is given to us to help assimilate production. so that situation has gone away but the tariffs remain. and of course, you have worked on trade deals with the eu in the past, just give us an idea of how complex they are. they are very complex because what you‘re trying to do is understand how your own economy works in all of its facets. understand what the potential opportunities in the economy thatis opportunities in the economy that is facing you. what are the blockages in place, what are the things you need to protect your own economy and where are your points of

order, order. >> with that, it was time to start talks with the eu on just what the uk's relationship the biggest trading partner would be when transition ends on december 31. those negotiations continued, fitfully, with the two sides are far apart. the two inching closer together as the summer went on. having flexed his majority to get brexit through, boris johnson moved to put his stamp on his cabinet, reshuffling his ministers in mid february. that produced an immediate shock when the chancellor rejected the prime minister's order to fire his team of aides. he was replaced. -- replacement scarcely's scarcely a month later found himself on the parliament's big event of budget. while he drew up plans for the coronavirus crisis, there was plenty else in his speech. he announced rises to the national insurance threshold. fees on fuel and alcohol. a tax on plastic packaging and amendment on the tampon tax. >> this is a government that gets things done. keeping the cost of living low. investing in our in hs. investing in our public services. investing in ideas. backing business and prote

for the eu, we seem there is pressure on lukashenko.violence is unacceptable, that sanctions are coming, but anything further for the eu is difficult because they don't want to be seen as interfering in another country. matt: -- manus: where does russia actually stand on this? from putin support is the critical issue. but where is russia? >> this is a man who may be on his way out, so it does make little sense for russia to bet too much leverage on somebody who may be on his way out and looks desperate. he is walking around with a bulletproof vest a weapon yesterday. a helicopter trying to patrol the streets as people gathered. the russians do not like what they see on the table. they want to see something else, and perhaps a candidate that is more of a compromise for the russians. someone who is not seen as to pro-european. the european side of things as we could see russia engaging in military action. we saw it that turned out for ukraine. that is something the eu wants to avoid at all costs. if you look at the russian language, there

now earlier, belarussian opposition leaders called the eu to help facilitate a peaceful tra transfersecond week if a row, our nation is fighting for its constitutional right to vote for its leader. mr. lukashenko has lost legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the world. >> this as russia's government is now warning the eu from staying away to putting political pressure on minsk. the defense ministry of belarus has ordered up a ramping up of military presence along its borders with poland and lithuania. richard engel joins me from minsk, belarus. >> despite the rain here the protest rers still coming out, still coming out in fairly large numbers and you can hear right now, they're chanting against alexander lukashenko. he's been the president of this country for 26 years and they say it's time for him to go. elections just over a week ago they were fraudulent and they stole him the vote. they want him to step down. this problem was triggered by what they say was an illegal vote but brewing for a very long time. this country is often called the last soviet-style dictatorship in euro

the good news is that eu have agreed on a recovery fund.at looks likely to come through sooner rather than later. althoughorried that, there is a substantial amount of funding available, that it might not be released until late next year. there is a sort of momentum behind releasing some of that funding early. that will provide support. in addition, you have 100 billion euros worth of funding for job retention schemes. that has been a big success story in europe, where we see the unemployment rate really still relatively low, as opposed to the u.s. anna: are you concerned at all about the amount of fiscal support that will be available in the u.k., given what we have set about the importance of continuing fiscal support in the u.s. and europe? if you put together support for people in and out of work, do you have concerns around the u.k.? sarah: for the u.k., the question is, what -- when do we get a budget? what is in that budget? the mood just a few weeks ago was to look to i think start to raise revenues, as well as providing support, bu

the eu commissioner on marketing onlyjust said last week that belarus is not part of europe and belarus is located in between europe and russia. this is the knowledge that the european union has on belarus and that is absolutely shameful what is happening and that is exactly what was said yesterday when it was announced that we would talk to alexander lukashenko so, again and again and again, for 26 years people of belarus feel betrayed. do you feel let down? the question is, when, for sake,

meanwhile, eu foreign ministers consider sanctions against belarus. a desperate dash to the french port of calais as britons scramble to get home before the uk's new quarantine measures on france come into force. and president trump stokes a patently false theory that kamala harris doesn't qualify to serve as us vice president.

it's just eu leaders right now talking to putin. in fact, today angela merkel of germany and macron of france were the ones who spoke to vladimir putin saying lukaschenko needs to assure that folks like these don't end up in jail. guys? >> and those are word you've not heard from the president, by the way there, but remarkable, too. the sort of people power

we are leaving the eu at the end of this year. what would be your new eu policy after we leave?proudly pro—european and will remain a pro—european and will remain a pro—european party, we lost the argument in the last general election, clearly, borisjohnson has the majority to force it through but will remaina the majority to force it through but will remain a very pro—european party. and i will make the case, even when britain leaves the eu, we should cooperate with our european friends on trade. cooperate with them on climate change, cooperate with them on things like the pandemic. as an internationalist and a liberal democrat i believe working with other countries is in our interest and that is what i would say to you, i think britain is stronger if we work with other countries. i am a proud european. i believe we did the right thing by trying to stop brexit but it did not work. the thing we need to focus on right now is to stop and no deal brexit, we saw this week that michel barnier says negotiations have gone backwards, the implications for a no deal on jobs, backwards, th