the eu commission says there is a "new dynamic" to the negotiations — but there remain huge divisions commission's chief negotiator will give eu leaders a progress report in three weeks' time, and he warns the timetable might slip. from north korea, to russia, to iran, america faces unprecedented threats. how well is president trump responding to the challenge? we're joined by president obama's national security advisor, tom donilon, to see how he would address these crises. and three months after being shot, congressman steve scalise returns to capitol hill to a warm bipartisan welcome. also on the programme...

sidelined at the summit — as theresa may meets other leaders in estonia, the eu commission says not enoughgress has been made to start trade talks. as ukip prepares to unveil its new leader, their new logo is attracting criticism for its similarity to the branding of the premier league. the aviation minister says ryanair has behaved "disgracefully" towards its passengers, for the way it handled the cancellation of thousands of flights. also today: the trial of three former tesco executives begins. they are accused of involvement in an accounting scandal which wiped two billion pounds off the supermarket‘s value. and good morning everyone, welcome to the exciting new sound of radio 1. and we say happy 50th birthday to radio 1. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has given another strong hint that interest rates will rise this autumn for the first time in a decade. the base rate was cut to a record low of a quarter of 1% after the eu referendum. mr carney told the bbc that a rise was likely in the "relatively near term". but new official

jean—claude juncker has told regret, the eu commission president jean—claudejuncker has told the euoyment in the uk fell to 1.46 million in the three months tojuly, taking the overall unemployment rate to 4.3% — that's down from 4.4%. but wages are still lagging behind rising prices, meaning a real terms cut in pay for many workers. apple has revealed its high—end smartphone, called the iphone x. it has no physical home button, but uses a facial recognition system to recognise its owner rather than using a fingerprint. it comes with a hefty price tag of £1,000 when it goes on sale on november 3rd. uk budget airline easyjet is to let customers use its website to book long—haul flights with other carriers. it says it is the first global airline connections service by a european low fares carrier. easyjet is teaming up with norwegian and westjet to offer flights to north and south america, as well as singapore, from gatwick. what's rising faster — your wages or the price of a home in your local area? when the two are compared it looks like there is a significant north—south divide. the

was the biggest regulatory finance ever handed out by the eu commission. what's that it cools activity violates you antitrust rules. citigroup's chief financial officer said the bank expects a fifteen percent drop in trading revenues in the third quarter. compared with a stellar performance in the same period last yea. about a vote silly at the end of twenty sixteen prove to be a major boost for the liberty of bond currencies and commodities trading. for the lack of that same. this year could slow down. and in a country with the media and entertainment are heavily censored and ensure. and entertaining content for chinese youth may have been lacking in past investors are now turning to animate and user generated online content to appeal to teens and twenty somethings. so long as usual has more on the enemy craze that's taking china. four years ago just eight hundred people attended this video animation convention in shanghai. this past july a hundred thousand fans either came out. uploaded the event bomani. posted by the chinese website billy billy the even

and it is october, the eu commission?e together and discuss what progress has been made so we can then discuss the trade—off. britain is hoping that the political leaders will be able to talk them round and get some flexibility. the eu can only act in the way the 27 members instruct them to do. i think britain will have to start paying some money. then things might move their way. but i am a pessimist. unlike david davis who is an optimist. chuckles let's turn to the times. there is the possibility of a reshuffle in the possibility of a reshuffle in the air, or maybe not? as a political journalist, the air, or maybe not? as a politicaljournalist, there were always three stories you could write, leadership challenge, reshuffle, when there will be a general election. we have the takeaway one of those two. you can always write a leadership challenge story and a reshuffle story. briefed by somebody who as far as i can see is delusional. this is a prime minister who lost her government's majority. she saw several of her minist

the eu commission says there is a "new dynamic" to the negotiations — but there remain huge divisionsver the so—called brexit bill. the commission's chief negotiator will give eu leaders a progress report in three weeks‘ time, and he warns the timetable might slip. from north korea, to russia, to iran, america faces unprecedented threats. how well is president trump responding to the challenge? we're joined by president obama's national security advisor, tom donilon, to see how he would address these crises. and three months after being shot, congressman steve scalise returns to capitol hill to a warm bipartisan welcome. also on the programme... spain sends in thousands of police to stop sunday's independence referendum in catalonia — the catalan foreign minister tells this programme they will carry on regardless. the referendum basically shows that there is a political problem. and this needs to be addressed politically. it is not illegal, it is not a crime and it shows, definitely, that we have a problem. and... all of the us presidents in one place. an exhibit is giving visitors an

reporter: at least for the foreseeable future the head of the eu's commission ruled out turkey's accessiono the -- succession to the eu. >> there are clear conditions to any country that wants to access the european union. frankly, the process has been frozen for years and it is only honest to be open about that. reporter: he ended his speech on an optimistic note with new trade deals and eventually new member states. >> lift the anchor and profit from the favorable breeze. reporter: it remains to be seen if all the ships of the european armada will follow. sarah: let's get more reaction. we're joined by max from strack spurred. we just heard him -- joined by max. the memory of greece is in the minds of people. is that realistic? guest: the memory still stings here in the european union. you are absolutely right about that. today they see it differently. back then most admit they should have been led into the eurozone because of the data at the time. now the commission thinks it can do better. they want to have an agency to shepherd new countries into eurozone and help bring them up to spe

the president of the eu commission has given his state of the union address where he spoke of his passionans for the future. he called brexit a sad and tragic moment in the history of the eu and he predicted that the uk would regret it too. translation: march 29 2019, the date when the uk will leave the eu, this will be a very sad and tragic moment in our history. we will always regret this, andi history. we will always regret this, and i think that you will regret it as well soon, if i might say. applause. nonetheless, we have to respect the will of the british people. we are going to make progress. we will keep moving. we will move on. because brexit isn't everything. it's not the future of europe. it is not the be all and end all. mrjuncker, that was the most open, honest and truly worrying speech i have heard in my long years in this place. the message is very clear. "brexit has happened, full steam ahead. " so, new plans. there's to be one powerful president for the whole of the european union. a finance minister with fresh powers to, as you say yourself, intervene as and when he see

the european union is the latest to get involved in the dispute the eu commission said monday that the airline must play by ear rules. which means they could and a primer saying all passengers whose flights get canceled. he only has the story. the eu is stepping up pressure on ryan now. to the low cost airline canceled forty to fifty flights a day for the next six weeks. the commission spokesman said the company must comply with the european rules. to ensure passengers right. and there are. rule simply so we have. to to check if all these other. to fight. ryan at dis include. their to reimbursement. maria routine or return a. depends on the conditions. and and as well as the right to care and some the circumstances the right to compensation. the irish adelines that that bad weather. and traffic control strikes and pilot shortages were behind the cancellation. a planning mishap men that pilots have had to take the holidays they they could not be replaced. the scheduling arab could cost the company thirty four point five million years. analysts estimate that the budget allied will have t

the eu commission would look at these proposals to see what they mean in effect when they are run ineal life. google is not really making it easier by filing this appeal. it serves to embitter the situation and probably will keep the eu from being very lenient in making a deal. the eu really doesn't have a reason to make a deal because, if it does, it may be seen as less stringent, less strict on those people abusing antitrust issues. it wants to serve the rights of the customers around the world, especially in the european union. it might set a that legal example. difficult case. we will have to see how it plays out but i don't think it will be a deal in the end. cristoph: volkswagen is ramping up its e-mobility investment. they will spend money on electric cars in the coming years. on the eve of the international auto show in frankfurt, the diesel cloud is looming over the industry's biggest trade fair. some manufacturers are holding on to the technology, including volkswagen. >> it is the eve of the international motor show, one of the biggest events. vw is trying to polish its im

theresa may meets european leaders in estonia but the head of the eu commission says it would take a llo. the business headlines. the uk's economy grew at a slower annual pace than previously estimated in the three months to june, according to the latest official figures. gross domestic product grew by 1.5% from a year earlier, down from the earlier estimate of 1.7%. the 0ns said a key factor behind the fall was a drop in activity in the film industry, following a particularly strong june. london house prices have fallen for the first time in eight years. figures from the the nationwide building society showed a drop of 0.6% year—on—year in september. across the uk as a whole, annual price growth slowed to 2%, down from 2.1% in august. that is the slowest rate of increase sincejune 2013, and london was the weakest performing region in the uk for the first time since 2005. more problems for the uk building and services firm carillion. it's seen its share price fall 18% after it said full—year results would be below current expectations. the firm reported a first—half loss of £1.15 bill

today, as eu leaders meet at a summit in estonia, the prime minister appears sidelined as the eu commissionays not enough progress has been made to start trade stocks. and new evidence is unveiled that suggests the drawing on the right could be a sketch for da vinci's famous enigmatic masterpiece. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the past few minutes ukip has announced its new leader will be a former army officer henry bolton, winning a 29.9% of the vote. he beat off competition from the controversial anti—islam campaigner anne marie waters. mr bolton said his core task would be holding the government to account on brexit. todayis government to account on brexit. today is not only a crucial day for oui’ today is not only a crucial day for our party, it is a critical day for oui’ our party, it is a critical day for our country. we have already heard today from a number of speakers of the importance of holding the government to task for the delivery on the mandate they were given on the 23rd ofjune last year, which so far they have failed to deliver anything on. ladies and gentlemen

eu blackmail once, which suggests it wasn't a pre—scripted attack. nonetheless it could be a sign of frustration that the government strategy to put more pressure on the european commissionasn't succeeded. in washington today the brexit secretary admitted negotiations with the eu were tense, but he was hopeful progress would accelerate after german elections later this month. he conspicuously refused to repeat liam fox's allegation. i never comment on other ministers‘ views on things like this. look, we're in a difficult, tough, complicated negotiation, i said from the beginning it will be turbulent. what we're having at the moment is the first ripple. some opposition politicians here believe liam fox's rather undiplomatic terminology could do serious harm is to relations between the eu and uk. his language is intensely unhelpful. this is sabre rattling from a trade secretary who is twiddling his thumbs because he cannot do anything until the trade position of the uk has been resolved with the eu. but british business leaders want to hear a lot less sabre rattling about brexit from all sides. this is politics, there will always be bluster, gameplaying by both sides. i th

eu. but hitachi press conference in brussels yesterday, the european commission's chief negotiator arguedld begin only after britain gave an indication of how much it was willing to pay. liam fox told the bbc that businesses were getting frustrated. what we need to do is to begin in parallel talk about what the final solution to the trading relationship is going to look like and it's very clear that businesses, not just and it's very clear that businesses, notjust in europe, but investors in places like here injapan, are getting impatient. liam fox gave a series of broadcast interviews in japan but only made the accusation of eu blackmail once. that suggests it wasn't a pre—scripted attack. nonetheless it could be a sign of frustration that the government was mac strategy, to put more pressure on the european commission to deliver trade talks this autumn, so far hasn't succeeded. and some in brussels are blaming britain for any delay. i'd like to remind mr fox that the referendum happened injune 2016. it took nine months for the british government to trickle article 50, so nine months to

if the eu commission and national leaders decide that we haven't made that progress, then potentiallymove on to that progress really in terms of the trade talks, which is not what britain wants. thank you very much. the ratings agency moody's has downgraded britain's long—term credit rating. it says it made the decision because of the economic uncertainty caused by the brexit negotiations and the likelihood that the public finances would become weaker. downing street says the firm's assessments were outdated. our business correspondentjoe lynam says the decision could mean the uk government has to pay more for its borrowing. this could result in higher borrowing costs for government. the higher the rating, the lower the interest rates that governments had to pay because markets take a view that they are a healthier risk. the credibility of the credit rating agencies took a bit of a hammering after the financial crisis, and the government will be playing on that. they downgraded britain because they think that public finances will disimprove as a direct result of brexit because the gov

the really quite obnoxious rhetoric that has come at brussels and the eu commission, being the graciousnesst, the warmth of its... it makes it difficult for the michel barniers etc to come back with their usual sort of riposte. he was there already even three hours after her speech. but it was short on detail. what the eu means by, "we want more detail," is "we want more money." what british politicians and the public want by more detail, is what is this really mean? we still don't really know. the most critical issues for people who voted leave and the brexit camp within her own party, the jurisdiction of the whole european court ofjustice, critical, taking back our own law and control of our own borders, that was critical to the leave vote. she made gestures in both of those directions and said the european court ofjustice, those rulings will no longer have force and jurisdiction in britain. but we will take into account their views. whatever that means. and she also said, after we leave, there will be admissions for eu citizens coming to britain but they will have to register during the

the head of the eu's powerful executive, commission president jean—claude juncker, is to give his annualtate of the european union address in strasbourg in a few hours‘ time. now it's time for world business report. ten generations on, apple releases its anniversary iphone. it has better cameras, can do augmented reality and it recognises your face. but is it worth the wait? and is it worth the cost? and we're at the frankfurt auto motor show, where more weird and wonderful cars are unveiled as the world's leading makers race to plug in. welcome to world business report, i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: toshiba shares dive again in tokyo. we'll be live to the region to find out why. but first... this year is the tenth anniversary of the iphone and the latest version has a new screen, new camera, no home button, and a big price tag of $1000. but will it be enough to drive growth at the world's biggest listed company? the firm's share price has soared over the past few months. since december last year it's climbed more than 50% and is nowjust over $160 a share. but not everything

the officials said, the eu commission i'll just read the quote he told reporters, the u.s. they will not renegotiate the paris cords, but try to review the terms. on which they could be engaged under this agreement. now, it's kind of vague and look, boris, let's not overdo it here. it's certain ly doesn't look as if the white house and president trump said i'm going withdraw the deal and now, it's like, i looked at it and now, i love it. clearly, the u.s. has problems with this agreement. but i have to say, it does seem like a very nuanced and you know, softening of the u.s. kind of firm position that it was going to pull out of the deal and instead of renegotiating a new deal or regoechuating, it says it's going to review the terms, so at least the white house wants to appear to these ministers in montreal and you know, coming up at the u.n., that it's more open to talking about this agreement and as athena says, gary cohn, the head of the white house economic council is going to be meeting with climate ministers. also the white house has created some confusion that they h

if the eu commission and national leaders decide that we haven't made that progress, then potentiallymove on to that progress really in terms of the trade talks, which is not what britain wants. more than half a million people have signed a petition calling for transport for london to reverse its decision to stop the minicab booking service uber from operating in the capital. tfl decided not to renew uber‘s license on grounds of public safety and security — but the company says it will appeal against the decision. jessica parker reports. the app which revolutionised taking a taxi has been fighting back. just a few hours after transport for london's decision not to renew its licence, uber launched this petition to save uber in london. already it has over 500,000 signatures. it talks about the 3.5 million londoners and 40,000 uber drivers that will lose out, and also stresses its drivers go through the same safety checks as black—cab drivers. tfl argues it hasn't met their standards on safety and security. but uber disagrees. transport for london have regularly audited us, you know, the

over the past few days the french president and the eu commission president have sent out their visionscloser eu integration. the british prime minister theresa may is also expected to attend the dinner. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: president donald trump called his tax reform plan a middle-class miracle. some believe it would be an advantage for the top 1% of u.s. earners. ,et's bring in cathy koch former chief adviser on tax and economic policy to harry reid. i imagine over the last many months you have been talki to clients by phone trying to give them advice on what may or may not happen here. how did your advice change in light of what we got yesterday? >> it didn't really change. yesterday's document the unified plan for tax reform was pretty consistent with expectations especially with respect to the way we tax businesses. when you listen to the debate of who this benefits are we at a point where we can assess it in that way? to say that it benefits the upper class

the european commission president said the eu has got wind back in its sails.union — setting out his vision for the future. mrjuncker‘s plan includes creating a single eu president to head it's institutions. and an eu finance minister to promote economic reforms. he wants more countries to join the eu — particularly bulkan states. and more countries to join the borderless schengen area. and more to adopt the eu currency. pretty punchy his speech today? yes, it is the idea of confidence, that he is projecting. whether all the european nations feel the same. but speaking to people who deal with finance and business in europe, it has struck me that there is this disconnect in confidence in what lord maude said about investment into britain. you have been hearing that there is a lot of inward investment going on, i have been hearing the opposite and that is stalled. that is the important thing i guess? yes. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: the border that's become a bone of contention for the br

eu blackmail once, which suggests it wasn't a pre—scripted attack. nonetheless it could be a sign of frustration that the government strategy to put more pressure on the european commission talks this autumn so to deliver trade talks this autumn so far hasn't succeeded. in washington today the brexit secretary admitted negotiations with the eu were tense, but he was hopeful progress would accelerate after german elections later this month. the conspicuously refused to repeat liam fox's allegation.” never comment on other ministers views on things like this. look, we're ina views on things like this. look, we're in a difficult, tough, conjugated negotiation, isaid we're in a difficult, tough, conjugated negotiation, i said from the beginning it will be turbulent. what we having at the moment is the first ripple. some opposition politicians here believe liam fox is rather undiplomatic and his terminology could do serious harm is to relations between the eu and uk. is language is intensely unhelpful. this is sabre rattling from a trade secretary who is twiddling his thumbs because he cannot do anything until the trade position of the uk has been resolved with the eu. but br

the head of the eu's powerful executive, commission president jean—claude juncker, is to give his annualss in strasbourg in a few hours' time. mrjuncker is expected to call for member states to decide the future direction they want the eu to take, after britain leaves the world's largest trading bloc. the venezuelan opposition has refused to take part in direct talks with president nicolas maduro's government in the dominican republic later on wednesday. the opposition coalition said it wouldn't enter talks until the government agreed to meet a number of demands, including addressing the country's humanitarian crisis and releasing all political prisoners. hope hicks has now officially been named as the trump administration's communications director. she'd been filling the post for the past few weeks and her confirmation makes her the third person to get the job on a permanent basis since president trump took office. at 28 years of age, old she's taken on what is widely seen as one of the most powerful positions in washington, shaping the administration's public messages. now to one of th

in the eu commission presidentjean juncker says the eu has recovered from the shock of brexit and the union address, he said the eu would continue the process of trade deals with australia and new zealand. this is a rare moment, the eu and its leaders seemingly confident, optimistic. because they believe that the worst crisis of recent years is behind them, the migrants surge, rising populism, the chance that brexit could trigger a break—up of the eu, all receding. translation: 0n the 29th of march, 2019, the united kingdom will leave the european union. it will be a sad and tragic moment. we will always regret it. and you will come to regret it soon. what is striking, listening to the whole speech, is that that is the only reference jean—claudejuncker made to brexit in an hour of talking. the rest of it has all been about the eu without the uk, setting out his vision for the future and he wants quite far reaching change, an eu that grows bigger and integrates even more in many ways. his plan includes creating a single eu president to head the institutions, and an eu finance minister

if the eu commission and national leaders decide that we haven't made that progress, then potentiallyhat progress really in terms of the trade talks, which is not what britain wants. the ratings agency moody's has downgraded britain's long—term credit rating. it says it made the decision because of the economic uncertainty caused by the brexit negotiations and the likelihood that the public finances would become weaker. downing street says the firm's assessments were "outdated". they're basically think tanks which could their professional assessment on the creditworthiness of a country, ie should money be meant to it and at what rate? it believes now that britain is a tiny, tiny smidgen less cred itworthy that britain is a tiny, tiny smidgen less creditworthy than it was perhaps last year. it says the reason for that is due to a potential deterioration in the public finances as a result of brexit. it thinks that the money coming into the state conference will be slightly less than the government expects it will be, and the government going out to be that little bit more. basically it

control and effectively betray our armed services, as i would describe it, by giving control to the eu commission still pull our weight on defence, security and counterterrorism without being part of the eu. we give more in these areas and have always given more to the eu than we ever received from them and there's no reason why we shouldn't carry on doing that. i'm in favour of full collaboration but we shouldn't be subordinate to the eu. the majority should be in nato. this move, creating effectively an eu army will undermine nato, alienate the united states, who aren't going to like this one bit and it will damage our relationship with america as well. to be clear, accusing ministers of betraying our armed forces, that's a very strong thing to say, isn't it? i think it's a betrayal of the armed forces because it demonstrates how little regard they hold the armed forces in. we've seen how deeply they have cut back the armed forces, eroding and undermining the standard of living and the quality of life for our troops and now we see how little significance is given to them, when they want to give

budget what we expect today is he wants to keep the deficit below the 3% target as required by the eu commission do not know exact the what kind of spending cuts and details he is going to announce today but we know it will be somewhere in the range of 20 billion euros of spending cuts and at the same time he wants to reduce the tax burden on the french around 10 billion euros. this is a chart of payroll taxes and we do not know exactly if the spending cuts will be sufficient. is hoping thaton the recovery, the growth of french gdp is expected to be at 1.7% this year will be enough to deliver this budget. much,thank you very talking about macron's speech yesterday and the reactions. in saudi arabia we have got new plans to lift up ban on women driving ending its status as the only country in the world that has such restrictions. it is the most are manic move so far in the government's bid to open up the saudi economy. fromore, we are joined dubai. what impact is this going to have to allowing half of your economy to drive must be a pretty interesting experiment. absolutely. this is about setting

sidelined at the summit — as theresa may meets other leaders in estonia, the eu commission says not enough

eu. the commission set out its position and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously.ff smiles, it was clear both sides were talking at cross purposes today about what brexit subjects to tackle in which order, and whether and how much progress is actually being made. and i will repeat that. david davis painted a picture of a rigid, inflexible eu while he argued... it is only through flexibility and imagination that we will achieve a deal that works truly for both sides. michel barnier insisted the uk had to be more clear and realistic about a brexit deal. the eu couldn't show flexibility, he said, if the uk didn't show its hand. translation: i'm not frustrated, but i am impatient. it's not that i am angry, i'm determined. so where does that leave all of us? we know that brexit will have a big impact on our lives, butjust how huge will depend on the nature of a transition deal and the future permanent trade deal between the eu and the uk. we are nowhere near that yet and all this deal making could still fall apart. though there is no need to panic just yet. the eu refus

izzard was not for the commission, the eu commission spokesman says was not for commission to comment badly hit. residents there face a huge task, rebuilding their lives, and while aid is starting to get through, the possible arrival of a new powerful storm, threatens more problems. jeremy cooke reports from tortola. a landscape utterly changed by the fury of nature. two weeks ago this was a lush and green island. now it has been stripped back to brown. hardly a leaf on a tree for miles. and now misery on misery. tropical rain. if this is the island of the super rich, there is poverty as well. this woman and her nine children lived through irma and now her house is underwater. i lost everything, except my children's lives. desperate, frustrating times. families, british citizens, needing help. but international rules say overall these islands are too wealthy to qualify for the uk aid budget. if this is a rich country, i don't understand how me and others who have lost their roofs and everything still live in a poor situation. after the looting of the early days, it feels safe here now

eu life. but in certain aspects. i give you one example. i was competition commission a major reform we put in place in 2004 was the decentralisation of eu competition policy. it's now done no longer out of a high cathedral in brussels, the european commission, but through a network which comprises all the national competition authorities and it works marvellously well. in other areas, though, like the policy on refugees, the policy on migration, the fight against climate change, and some aspects of tax harmonisation, you speak of tax harmonisation. not me, jean—claude juncker does. let me quote to you, because it's a rather neat quote, der spiegel, a respected german news organisation, they editorialised saying, have we not learned from the lesson of greece? there is no convergence in europe, economic reform and efficiencies haven't closed the productivity gap between north and south and the the euro precludes the weakest southern economies devaluing to gain competitiveness. there is still this fundamental lack of convergence inside the european union. all this talk o

the other audience listening intently, the eu's negotiators in the european commission.hel barnier, the chief negotiator, welcomed what he called a more "constructive spirit from the uk", but said to overcome the blockages, he needs more detail, in particular on money. he's asking whether the uk will honour notjust some but all the financial commitments it's made. theresa may's speech implied the uk would pay around £18 billion during a two—year transition period, but the eu says there are other bills. 25 billion for the uk's share of eu projects already committed to. 8 billion towards pensions of eu staff, and more liabilities on top. as for the talk of a better, brighter future when the uk has a new trading relationship, that rang hollow to some who observe the eu closely. the words that were used were, we can't be ambitious creative, imaginative. we are asked to be creative in order to get something worse than what we have today. this can't be a good dealfor the eu. but can it work for ireland? the irish prime minister was addressing an audience close to the border to

but the head of the eu commission says not enough progress has been made in talks.mbai railway station has left at least 22 people dead.

eu values. the un high commission has criticised it over its refusal to accept a number of asylum seekers, which has put it at odds with eu governments. hungary's foreign minister peter szijjarto says he is angry with the court decision. is his country set on a collision course with the european union and its values? foreign minister peter szijjarto, welcome to hardtalk you are representing a country which frankly a lot of governments have issues with over your values. that will make your meetings here rather difficult? i am sure not difficult but exciting. we have other occasions and opportunities to talk to our eu counterparts, we don't have to come out far. i don't have to count on, let's say, difficult negotiations, because the most difficulties as we move forward are among us difficulties as we move forward are among us and the european union, european institutions. sometimes with conversations with eu member states. is that the case? it is not just eu member state with whom you have an issue. you have an issue with global policy, un policy on migration for example. you are at odds with the

the issue was highlighted by the european security authority to the european commission earlier this year. the eutive arm has since adopted an amendment to crack down on the practice. joining us now is the chairman of the european markets authority, steven maijoor. great to have you on the program. as you heard, this latest amendment about closing a loophole, we understand that. as the regulation of all's are you anticipating any more loopholes that you need to get around. regulators create ruled and people try to get around them -- regulators create rules and people try to get around them. steven: thank you, very much for inviting me on the show. what has been happening is there was a suggestion and a clear indication of a possible loophole in mifid ii and with the help of the parliament and the commission that was subsequently closed. when there are rules and regulations it applies consistently across the eu and when there is any indication that the rules are not applied correctly we try to correct that. nejra: are you anticipating any other loopholes that people might find and try to act upon

the eu commission previously fined google for doctoring search results to favor its price comparisone may look like. >>> political news, president trump expected to end pro he tekzs for dreamers with a six-month delay to give congressional leaders a time to act. this is deferred action for childhood arrivals program or daca which shields young immigrants brought into the u.s. illegally. many tech leaders have been outspoken in support of keeping the program in place over the weekend apple ceo tim cook tweeting the following, he writes 250 of my apple co-workers are dreamers, i stand with them. they deserve our respect as equals, and a solution rooted in american values. attorney general jeff sessions will make an announcement on daca later today microsoft also mosting a lengthy piece on linked in that i read >>> also tensions with north korea escalating or have been moving on this morning the nation conducting its sixth nuclear test over the weekend. the white house reiterating that all options are on the table to address the threat we want to get to eamon javers with more on that st

combined with my growing concern about tensions between the big us high-tech companies and the eu, both the commission and member state has led me to do quite a bit of thinking about how the liberal democratic world can lead in this new era and there are so many issues here from that deterrence and protections of our free spaces, state sponsors or non- state sponsors to the issue of fair taxation of these processes and services to how you maintain privacy while allowing governments and companies the ability to take bad guys and actresses in the network and there's spurned a lot of thinking and that community and i've learned about a lot about this but i'm increasingly convinced that if those of us in the free world don't now start collaborating on setting some for standards in these areas that those who want to abuse the internet either to control their own societies or to invade privacy or to create security threats will set the rules so the question i've been asking is whether there is a way we can gather and there have been efforts at global governments on this but they always run different interes

the european commission president looks beyond brexit and claims that the eu has got "wind back in its sails" after a difficult year. and victims of hurricane irma are confirmed in florida as the clear up continues in the state and across the caribbean. and if you want to get in touch — it's #bbcos. the un has said there's now an "emergency within an emergency" when it comes to dealing with the rohingya crisis. to remind you, rohingya refugees have been fleeing violence from myanmar‘s rakhine state. already, some 380,000 have crossed the border into bangladesh, where they're now living in makeshift refugee camps. meanwhile, aung sang suu kyi appears to have turned her back on the international community — pulling out of a meeting of world leaders in new york next week. a myanmar government spokesperson said ms suu kyi wouldn't attend because perhaps she had "more pressing matters to deal with", but added, "she's never afraid of facing criticism or confronting problems." reeta chakra barti reports from close to the border. the end of a long journey. more weary muslim rohingya people arr

with a sceptical negative approach to what the eu does, when it comes to an assessment on whether integrationist ambitions of people like commissionistic, the east have the ability to block reform and it looks as though they will, see it again we are looking at a dysfunctional eu. it is precisely, if the eu is not to be an overarching empire suppressing national will, there will be always member states which will be able, if they want, to block certain decisions because it's not a dictatorship. this is all the beauty and the difficulty of constructing a european union. if you want my view, it will never be the united states of europe. i don't want it to be. will it be a multispeed europe? it is already. i mean, it has got several speeds but it could go to all sorts of different levels, on all sorts of different issues, without freedom of movement or the schengen zone or fiscal consolidation. to a larger sense it is already. you could have four different sorts of grouping that platforms and what a confusing mess it would be. with all respect, i hope it will be able to call this country with all respect, i hope we will be able to ca

mps will be keen to check the progress, or lack of it, on the negotiations with the eu commission.n this morning and they will be pushing the government to guarantee workers' writes. there will be also more parliamentary scrutiny of the brexit process. they say ministers want too much pressure for themselves. i think it will be a difficult first week back for the government ministers. there could be a bit ofa government ministers. there could be a bit of a ding—dong. a man who was swept to sea off cornwall yesterday afternoon has died, police have confirmed. he was one of two men who were washed off rocks while fishing at treyarnon bay, near padstow. a search for the second man is resuming this morning. —— has resumed. a report into whether social services failed a young girl who was murdered by her mother will be published today. ayeeshia smith died in 2014 aged 21 months. she had been left in the care of her mother, kathryn smith, despite concerns raised by other relatives. the findings of a serious case review will be published online at midday. islands in the caribbean and the

eu to be more imaginative and flexible on the approach to this point. he turned to the money the uk will pay on leaving. in july the commission said of the eu position.ve a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate the position vigorously and that is what we did line by line. it may be a little bit of a shock to the commissioner but that is what we did line by line. in the august round we set out our analysis of the eu position and we also had in death discussions and even doesn't bank and other budget is. it is clear the two sides have very different legal stances but as we said in the article 50 d settlement should be in accordance with law and in the spirit of the uk continuing partnership with the eu. there were, he said, significant differences to be bridged in this sector. labour saw other problems. although he will say at i am sure he is equally frustrated by an equally unhelpful to whistle comments and blackmail comments from some of his own colleagues. i am sure that colleagues and officials in his department are working hard in these difficult because stations and pay tribute to what they are doing behind the scenes. but the state of affairs and

our 27 leaders, the parliament, and commission are putting the eu back in our union and together we are putting the union back into our union. in the last year, we saw all 27 leaders work up to the capitol hill one by one to renew their votes to each other and to our union. all of this leads me to believe the wind is back in europe's sights. we have now a window of opportunity, but it will not stay open forever. let us make the most of the moment and catch the wind in our sails. for this we must do two things. first, we should stay the course of last year. we have 16 months in which progress can be made by parliament, council, and commission. we must use this time to finish what we started and what is left and deliver on our own positive agenda. secondly, we should have direction for the future. as mark twain wrote, i'm quoting, "years from now, we'll be more disappointed by the things we did not do than by those we did." now is the time to build a more united, a stronger, and more democratic europe for 2025. mr. president, madam -- >> translator: president, ladies and gentlemen, member

and at the eu summit in estonia, the head of the european commission says brexit talks need a miracle to keep them on track. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the us health secretary tom price has been forced to resign after dragging the white house into another scandal, this time over the use of private jets. mr price promised to repay more than $50,000 after it was revealed he took private charter flights instead of going commercial. the bbc‘s laura bicker is in washington and she gave me the details. donald trump pledged his supporters that he would come to washington to drain the swamp, to end politics as usual. here we are, his own health secretary is seen swanning around on private planes when the official government business should always be done on commercial planes. so when it comes to how he's going to persuade his supporters that he's the man in charge, that he is going to continue to rail against the elite and he can sort out his own cabinet, he needs to have shown that his own health secretary is following the rules. he is said to have been absolutely furious with mr p

the other audience listening intently, the eu's negotiators in the european commission.r, the chief negotiator, welcomed what he called a more "constructive spirit from the uk", but said to overcome the blockages, he needs more detail, in particular on money. he's asking whether the uk will honour notjust some but all the financial commitments it's made. theresa may's speech implied the uk would pay around £18 billion during a two—year transition period, but the eu says there are other bills. 25 billion for the uk's share of eu projects already committed to. 8 billion towards pensions of eu staff, and more liabilities on top. as for the talk of a better, brighter future when the uk has a new trading relationship, that rang hollow to some who observe the eu closely. the words that were used were, we cannot be ambitious creative, imaginative. we are asked to be creative in order to get something worse than what we have today. this cannot be a good dealfor the eu. but can it work for ireland? the irish prime minister was addressing an audience close to the border today. her