before that vote on hungary, there was a state of the union speech delivered by eu commission presidentean-claude juncker. during that speech, he urged the eu to step up to the plate and take on a stronger role, despite its own divisions right now. dw's max hofmann sat down with juncker afterwards and asked him how he intends to resolve this glaring contradiction. >> by talking to people. everyone agrees with me in saying almost with pathos, we have got to move closer together. sometimes the differences can be monumental. we can't allow this. but i am very much against widening this gap between east and west further. there are also many issues we can agree on. max: but take viktor orban's speech on tuesday. he was not cooperative. he would not compromise. how are you going to rein him in again? >> i have actually given up on that. there are big differences between viktor orban and me, even though we are both part of the same european family of political parties. i keep telling viktor orban that this radical rhetoric he is firing at europe benefits neither him nor europe. max: so what's

agriculture for sure is very politically sensitive for the eu commission and the member states and theof course it is a major trading issue for them to include this in the talks. so the scrapping of the exercise is still very much on the table. that is what i wanted to ask, how likely this is to be successful because much of it is about politics rather than economics oi’ about politics rather than economics or what is best for world trade.|j think both partners will have their best interests at stake of course in the discussion today. worth bearing in mind that it is not negotiation so in mind that it is not negotiation so the eu commission has no mandate to negotiate and we'll have to seek that from the member states to agree on anything with the us. i think coming from today what we want to see is just positivity in terms of how to move things forward and concrete action. injuly we had a political declaration with not many figures or numbers and we want something more from the meeting today. and we will see whether we get that later. thank you very much. let's take a look at some of

can implement now which is within the current framework of regulation of the eu, that is why the eu commissionhands. thank you very much for your the future of the irish border is one of the key sticking points in theresa may 5 negotiations with the eu. future changes, including more checks on goods, could have huge implications for trade between the uk and the irish republic. our bbc reality check correspondent chris morris, has been to the port of holyhead in north wales, used by hundreds of thousands of lorries every year, travelling to and from dublin. holyhead in north wales — the uk's second busiest ferry port. and the main trade route between britain and ireland. this is roll—on roll—off logistics in action — no checks, no delays. when two ferries arrive here one after another, hundreds of lorries and trailers disembark. if you put them all back—to—back, the queue would stretch back for about three miles. the two big brexit issues coincide here on the welsh coast — trade at uk ports and trade across the irish border. a look at the map tells you why holyhead has become so important for t

the eu commission is questioning those merchants to find out if amazon is using the data they provideo improve its own sales, putting them at a disadvantage. the move ces as manyall for stricter regulation to reduce the online giant's influence in the retail market. by monday next week, over $250 billion with the products from china will be more expensive in the u.s. the trump administration wants to use these tariffs to pressure beijing to negotiate new deals with concessions of rules for foreign investments and intellectual property. some fear this plan could backfire. reporter: this week, beijing responded to washington's latest tariffs with its own levies on $60 billion of american products. among the goods it is targeting, liquefied natural gas. that could undermine u.s. president trump's ambition to make the u.s. a global energy leader. last year china was the world's second-largest importer of lng after japan and head of south korea. asia is an important market for ameran suppliers, so chinese taffs will hurt them. new tariffs also target u.s. meat and whaeter -- and wheat. tru

a big job on his hands. his hands. much a shoo—in for the next head of the eu commission. the eu commissionmself out today. ruled himself out if he has run out of time. of time. president of the european commission. commission. this brexit stuff but that is not the case. the case. he has ruled this out —— himself out of that. himself out of that. will have to take negotiations on future trade agreements. future trade agreements. doesn't mean he stays on? mean he stays on? michel barnier still to come in the future. —— we had a lot. -- we had a lot. let'sjust take you to washington for a second. take you to washington for a second. judiciary committee meeting right now. now. of brett kavanaugh to the us supreme court. court. christine bessie ford, who has accused him of sexual assault. accused him of sexual assault. denied and continues to deny he has assaulted her or anyone else. assaulted her or anyone else. is where the boat is due to take pace today after that hearing. pace today after that hearing. approve the nomination is due to take place next week. take place next week. urging the s

he's right that the eu commission and michel barnier have raised concerns around some aspects of theght. equally, we had positive feedback from member states and we are confident that as we work through these proposals, they provide an enduring solution to the challenges we face and that the eu face, and that is what we are pursuing. and brexit plus labour's problems with anti—semitism came up the next day at prime minister's questions. we are continuing to do what we've always been doing, which is working to get a good deal with the european union for our future relationship once we have left the european union, but it is entirely right and proper that we should prepare for all eventualities because we haven't come to the end of the negotiations. i say to the prime minister quite simply this, she can't keep dancing round all the issues. a jibe at the prime minister's dancing during her recent african trip. mr corbyn wasn't finished. the prime minister has repeatedly said that no deal is debt than a bad deal but no deal is a bad deal, and everyone from the cbi to the tuc to her own c

that ottawa is keen to make a deal >> let's stop dragging europe's name through the mud, so says eu commission president jean-claude juncker as he gave his state of the union address. he addressed trade tensions and called on europe to speak with one voice. >> when we are united, we europeans as a union have become a force to be reckoned with, that you cannot do without some in europe are not happy with the agreement i reached with president trump some were surprised by it. but there should be no surprise. whenever europe speaks as one we can impose our position on others where necessary europe must act as one >> that is jean-claude juncker talking in strasburg we're joined by the european head of global markets research at mufg. i have to ask you a quick question about europe. he is president of the union that is about to lose more than 10% of its population through brexit does he have anything to boast about? >> it's a difficult moment in terms of brexit and also there's that hungarian vote taking place today where hungary could be losing its voting rights there's some definite tensions a lo

eu. european commission president's jean-claude juncker gave his final state of the union speech before the european parliament today and he alluded to the debate on hungary. >> the commission will resist any attack on the rule of law and we continue to be very concerned by the developments since some of our member states, article seven must be applied wherever the rule of law is threatened. are europeane 24," editor tells us more about article seven of what it means for hungry. allusion in the state of the union speech, but he was quite clearly talking about censuring hungary and the reason is that hungary is accused of attacking its own democracy and owner of law, its own citizens fundamental rights and independence of the media and academics. that's a debatete in the europen parliament yesterday. these accusations were brought and victor on was present and he gave a blistering response to those accusations. saying this was a witch hunt and not answering those accusations directly, but very much defending hungary and saying that hungary is a nation that is being insulted by all of this. i

eu. of commission says that 90% global economic growth in the next 10-15 years is expected to be generated outside. the eu remember that regulation is felt throughout the whole economy, including by businesses, which do not export to europe and most especially, by 100% of consumers. outside the customs union, that thes's suggest poorest households will be 15% better off. and u.k. can agree on a free trade agreement, it will be enormously beneficial to the u.s. business and consumers. such an agreement is in the american interest because the u.s. and the u.k. faced the same problems from chinese market distortions, such as overcapacity supply in the steel industry. inability to deal with such as -- such distortions raises questions over the whole concept and its capacity to alleviate poverty and create wealth. in turn, this has led to a political culture of ever greater regulation and ever weakened private sector. but a new independent u.k. trade policy can make the case for free trade and build on for -- four fundamental pillars which reflect what we can do unilaterally, bilaterally as a m

the eu's executive commission poland's law- says lowering the age of judges puts the majority of themep down. donecane florence is not with the carolinas. rivers are still rising in thousands of people were told to evacuate today before it rivers reach their crest. officials say hundreds of roads in north and south carolina are still impassable. the storm has claimed at least 43 lives since slamming into the coast september 14. global news 24 hours a day on-air, and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thanks. deputy attorney general drive rosenstein is at the white house today and his future is up in the air -- general rod rosenstein is in the white house today and is futures up in the air. >> we know that rod rosenstein is in trouble. we do not know if he is offered to resign or he discussed it with john kelly, but it is not something imminent. the revelations that came out friday severely undercut his positions. in the news denying york times that he had a meeting tape-recordi

and different factions of the commission, so it's clear among some of eu feeling that something went wrong on that site on the summit. but the second point you made to suspend the point that michelle bonnier had delivered some substantial compromise on the backstopped with his talk of a technological solution. we ought to be very clear about this because it was not a compromise at all. what he did was take the technical aspects of our proposal, the dealing with and avoiding friction at the northern ireland republic of ireland border and he said why do we put that on the northern ireland side. and to be honest with you, there was not really much more to it than that. and the noises that are being made when you walk around the commission and you hear some of the noise about northern ireland being the price the uk will pay in order to leave the eu, that's just not going to happen. not to this prime minister, not with this parliament it's fair to say and not this country. with respect secretary of state, what eu countries object to is the prime minister trying

the worst-case scenarios the standoff with the eu starts to spread into a signal to the commission -- from the commission to the european considering to stopping by and a time bonds. italianing buying bonds. we're looking at what kind of spending and what kind of profile are we looking at. these standoffs between the budget rules are quite regular and lots of it comes down to how good nationstates are at making a case where this is the kind of spending the takes on a more stable platform against the backdrop of some infrastructure spending. it's a more credible way to argue a case. rather than porkbarrel spending. about theyou worry catch-22 about how much banks have exposure to italian bonds. and actually the fact of the economy is vulnerable because of that. simon: i do worry. you look at the progress the italian state has made on nonperforming loads -- loans. but we do need to understand is if they expanded fiscal injection from the time toernment passes through higher growth, let's not business that is an outlook. industrial performance will improve. this is why the details are re

why hasn't the eu commission embraced this wholeheartedly?onder about maybe the motivations of the people carrying out the negotiations? if it really is this straightforward, and everybody says they want to solve this, the obvious thing would be to embrace this solution. does it make you wonder about what is happening in is negotiations? does it make you have concerns that the prime minister is not the person to carry this through and change this policy? just to answer your question in a slightly different way, it is obvious with the chequers deal that the likelihood of this getting through parliament is pretty low. we have heard from the eu themselves that they are not supportive of the chequers deal. we are in a different place to what we were six months ago. we are saying that the free—trade agreement is possible, and the one stumbling block on that so and the one stumbling block on that so far has been the northern ireland situation. we have got feasible proposals. they are not new schemes that have been tried and tested, they are existin

eu. the european commission itself says that 90% of global, economic growth in the next 10 to 15 years is expected to be generated outside europe. we must remember that the costs of eu regulation are felt throughout the whole economy including by businesses which do not export to europe and most especially by 100% of consumers. outside the customs union suggest that the household will be 15% better off. if the u.s. and uk can agree on free trade agreement which is out of the regulatory fare, it would be enormously beneficial to the u.s., farmers, businesses and consumers. it is agreement is in the american interest because the u.s. and uk face the same problems from chinese marks such as overcapacity in the steel industry. our inability to deal with stuff distortions is with the wohole concept of trade, and in turn, this has led to a political culture of ever-greater regulation and ever weakened private sector. a new, independent uk trade policy can make the case for free trade or fresh. it can build on four fundamental pillars which reflect what we can do unilaterally, bilaterally as a m

eu executive commission says poland saw lowering the retirement age for supreme court judges puts more than one third of the country's judges at risk of being risk to step down. this is after the commission gave warsaw two warnings. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am scarlet fu. julie: -- caroline: i am caroline hyde. >> the first decline in the doubt in five trading days. -- dow in five trading days. and what is going on in washington with regards to the state of rob rosenstein. euro picking up steam versus the dollar, roughly a three month high versus the dollar as mario draghi predicted a pickup in inflation and yields ticking higher at the selloff in treasury continues and wti up i better than 2% following brent higher, the best level for the bti and more than 3.5 years. caroline: it feels like a manic monday. not only have we had plenty of politics and markets, m&a, check it --chael ko

and the top story in the uk: at the eu summit in salzburg, prime minister theresa may has again rejected the european commission'sroposal that northern ireland should remain temporarily in the eu's customs union while a future trading relationship was worked out. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. backing down on hisjobs promised, the alibaba boss says the escalating trade war means he will know longer create 1 million trade war means he will know longer create1 millionjobs in the united states. a look at how an createi millionjobs in the united states. a look at how an indian company is taking on big global drug companies by creating a new more affordable class of drugs. good morning, asia. hello, world. it is thursday, glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon and we start with chinese billionaire jack, tomer hemed was one of the first chief executives to visit president trump when he was elected —— jack, ,. visit president trump when he was elected ——jack,,. at visit president trump when he was elected —— jack,,. at that visit preside

at the eu summit in salzburg, the british prime minister, theresa may, has again rejected the european commission'ss customs union. she's called on her fellow leaders to show greater flexibility in the negotiations. the commission said a deal remained far off. now on bbc news it's time for click.

at the eu summit in salzburg, the british prime minister, theresa may, has again rejected the european commission'sroposal that northern ireland should remain temporarily in the eu's customs union. she's called on her fellow leaders to show greater flexibility in the negotiations. the commission said a deal remained far off. now on bbc news it's time for click. facial recognition, x—ray vision and a brexit mission. we're almost six months away from the uk starting its transition period to leave the eu. the details of which, in case you haven't heard, are still a bit sketchy. as the eu themselves have said, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed... but whilst the politicians battle out the final points and we consider the what ifs, ports across the country are bracing themselves for change. dover here exclusively handles eu imports, so when brexit does come, it's one of the ports that's going to have to adjust the most, but no matter how final arrangements play out, making sure our ports and borders run smoothly is clearly going to be a key priority. almost 500 million tonnes of freight go thr

now, the eu commission negotiator, michel barnier, has set out some proposals today which he hopes is he's prepared to soften the eu proposal for how to avoid a new border in ireland. we can also clarify that most checks can take place on way from the border, at the company premises, or in the markets. we need to de—dramatise the checks that are needed — these checks are caused by the uk's decision to leave the eu, its single market and the customs union. but that's not a major shift butjust a way to make it more palatable. the move at the last possible minute, after they have tested your metal and to the cliff edge, to use that phrase everyone's fond of, and that's what will happen. it is here at northern ireland's ports, not at the land border with our ireland, that some other checks may still be needed. the uk still isn't buying it. we have been very clear that we will not accept something that separates out our united kingdom, creating some sort of customs border between great britain and northern ireland. that would be unacceptable — constitutionally, economically and indeed i wo

at the eu summit in salzburg, the british prime minister, theresa may, has again rejected the european commission's proposal that northern ireland should remain temporarily in the eu's customs union. she's called on her fellow leaders to show greater flexibility in the negotiations. the commission said a deal remained far off. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. anger is a powerful force in politics and there is a lot of it about. donald trump, brexit and a host of populist movements have been fuelled by anger with the way things are. where does it come from? how best to respond? well, one much—discussed provocative perspective comes not from a politician, but the canadian clinical psychologist jordan peterson, whose defence of traditional values has won him a worldwide following. is his diagnosis liberating or dangerous? jordan peterson, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for the invitation. at the beginning of this year, you wrote this book, ‘12 rules for life: an antidote to chaos‘, and in the six or seven months since, around the world it has sold pr

eu ombudsman has written a scathing report about what happened. she says his promotion had "stretched and possibly even overstretched the limits of the law". and she said the european commission. this destroys the trent —— the repetition of the eu —— of the european union. at a time when of the trust in the european union as well, this is devastating. the commission remains staff shows how disconnected it is from reality. so, in conclusion, the commission will have to choose what is more important, his career or the credibility of the european union. that's coming from someone who thinks well of the eu. nigel farage and uk independence party's other meps do not. here's mr farage. it is the perfect stitch up. it's a fax of nepotism, on accountable government, a piece of public funds, thank god the uk is leaving. mr selmayr‘s nickname is the monster. he's also been described as the "frank underwood" of the european commission, a reference to the political thriller house of cards. back in february he applied for the role of deputy secretary general of the commission — the role below his current one. that house of cards reference will make more sense when our europe regional edit

the high court has ruled the electoral commission misinterpreted eu referendum spending laws, allowingersity student, darren grimes, who ran the ‘beleave' campaign. the commission initially said it had no grounds to suspect this was a scheme to get round spending limits — but later changed its mind and fined vote leave and mr grimes. both deny wrongdoing. all week, we've been reporting on the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the new york banking giant, lehman brothers, which unleashed the global financial crisis. the uk experienced a deep recession, squeezing incomes which are only now beginning to recover. among other countries, spain was particularly badly hit: a building boom funded by reckless borrowing rapidly gave way to a bust that cut growth and costjobs. 0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly has been back to madrid to look for signs of recovery. not far from bustling madrid, a ghostly spanish road to nowhere. a stretch of highway left unfinished at a time when businesses were losing their money and bankers were losing their nerve. there are ghost towns of empty houses, to

eu national. the migratory commission said yesterday that they wanted to get rid of the cap on skills migration fromke it harderfor the eu exactly the same but make it harder for lower skilled workers to come in. at the moment you can get a tear to visa from the rest of the world and you have to be earning £35,000 and have a certain number of permits per year. i think for some industries, not agriculture, but for some industries like hospitality, thatis some industries like hospitality, that is a possibility. moving on to this one... is it likely that the pound will depreciate suddenly again when we leave like it did after the referendum? and if so what measures are being taken to prevent it happening again? when the referendum vote ca m e happening again? when the referendum vote came in the pound cropped very sharply from about $1.5 to $1.19, one of the sharpest falls we have ever seen just one of the sharpest falls we have ever seenjust since then one of the sharpest falls we have ever seen just since then it has come back to about $1.30. the more likely we crusher with no deal, the wea ker likel

the european commission says the majority of soybeans consumed in the eu are now from the united states, nudging brazil off the top spot. the announcement comes after a deal in july with u.s. president donald trump to over a trade war. -- avert a trade war. reporter: soybeans, small seeds of diplomacy at a time of global trade tensions. when the european commission president headed to washington in july, he pledged that europeans would buy more u.s. soy in an effort to dodge washington terrace on eu cars. no surprise that on thursday, brussels was keen to prove it had stuck to its side of the bargain. >> you might remember that in the joint statement, the sites agreed to increase trade in areas, notably soybeans. the results published today show that the u.s. is now the main supplier of soybeans to the eu, with the share of 52% of the market. reporter: an impressive statistic, but economists point out that in june, china largely stop buying u.s. soybeans in retaliation for trade measures trump targeted at beijing, prompting farmers to buy cheaper u.s. soy. not to mention that there's ne

the eu retaliated by increasing tariffs on $3.1 billion worth of us products, such as bourbon whiskey and motorcycles. however president trump and european commissiondent jean—claude juncker agreed to a trade truce injuly, which included the us not implementing its threat of raising tariffs on european cars. however disagreements remain. the eu wants to scrap car tariffs permanently as part of the trade deal — a proposal that trump rejects. in response the us has pushed for agriculture to be included in negotiations, which is a no—go for brussels so far. let's get more on this story with luisa santos, director of international relations at business europe. how hopeful are you we will see progress this week? we think the two sides have an interest in avoiding a trade war. we are each other‘s biggest trading partners and we are positive and we think we can make some progress. i think it would eat in the interest of both businesses from europe and the us to improve trade between us by festival eliminating tariffs on some goods and when we enter each other‘s markets. what could be the real o bsta cles 7 markets. what could be the real obstacles? there

the european commission president sets out an expansive vision of the future in which he dreams of the eune day becoming a major sovereign power. and a day in the life of... actor mark whalberg lays out his extraordinary daily routine, which starts with a full work out before 5am. fair to say it's a little different to my schedule. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. time is fast running out for millions of people on the us atlantic coast to finalise their preparations ahead of hurricane florence. they need to use these final hours to get the sandbags in, board windows, stock up on water and petrol and — if they're in the path of a direct hit — evacuate now. out at sea, we're told florence is tossing up monster waves — some 25 metres high. its path has shifted and it could now linger on the coast, dumping huge amounts of rain. america is used to hurricanes but this one is being taken very seriously. good morning. it is wednesday, september 12th, 2018. welcome to cbs this morning. hurricane florence is being called the storm of a lifetime as millions evactuate th

commission. he was speaking at the eu summit taking place in austria, where theresa may has this evening been presentingsed on the plans drawn up by the cabinet at chequers earlier this summer. officials say that there remain serious differences over trade and the future of the irish border. mrs may said tonight that the eu needed to show readiness to compromise, as britain had. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. stuck, looking for a way out. the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says... it is the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern ireland might have to follow eu rules if the big brexit deal cannot be done. i don't think we are any closer to the withdrawal agreements than we were in march. so i can't report any progress at thi

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, says the eu will work day and night tot deal with britain. in his annual state of the european union address he repeated the eu's negotiating red lines, but said the uk will always be a close neighbour and partner. mrjuncker also called on the eu to become a bigger player in global politics. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. it's jean—claude juncker‘s last state of the union before brexit. state of the union before brexit. he didn't want to be dominated by brexit. so britain only got a small mention. he wants the uk and the eu to be close friends, but he poured cold water on theresa may's trade plans. we also ask the british to understand that someone who leaves the union cannot be in the same privileged position as a member state. if you leave the union, you, of course, are no longer part of our single market. and certainly not only in parts of it. the prime minister accentuated the positive in the house of commons a short time later. i want to say to our closest allies in europe, you will never, also never, be an ord

commission. he was speaking at the eu summit taking place in austria, where theresa may has this evening been presentinge for a deal based on the plans drawn up by the cabinet at chequers earlier this summer. officials say that there remain serious differences over trade and the future of the irish border. mrs may said tonight that the eu needed to show readiness to compromise, as britain had. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. stuck, looking for a way out. the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says... it is the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern ireland might have to follow eu rules if the big brexit deal cannot be done. i don't think we are any closer to the withdrawal agreements than we were in march. sol closer to the with

commission and the other member states. it is a huge thing in your in tray, brexit. on other corporative ventures with the eupen to the copernicus project, for example? we try not to be affected by the commission's stance on galileo. we would like to continue participating in copernicus as well. it is a unique worldwide system of earth observation, observing satellites. we have again played a very important part in it. we are optimistic still that we can participate in it. it is a more open system by design. the americans are part of it, the canadians are part of it and the norwegian and swiss. a lot of this is about mood and the way it in which individual scientists who may in the past been attracted to come and work in the uk, partly on projects which are collaborative with the eu but also on british projects, whether they feel there is a future for them in the uk. as the leader of one of britain's most important scientific body, institutions right now, are you worried by the growing evidence of a brain drain with a lot of european talent deciding that there is no longer a future for them working in the uk

(the high court has ruled the electoral commission misinterpreted election spending laws during the euan £600,000 to clear bills allegedly run up by a university student, darren grimes, who ran the ‘beleave' campaign. the commission initially said it had no grounds to suspect this was a scheme to get round spending limits —— but later changed its mind was a scheme to get round spending limits — but later changed its mind and fined vote leave and mr grimes. both deny wrongdoing. the funerasl have taken place for four children aged between 3 and 15 who were killed when their home in greater manchester was firebombed in the middle of the night last year. more than 200 people lined the streets in walkden for the service to remember demi, brandon, lacie and lia pearson. their mother who was injured in the attack — could not attend the funeral. but she called the children ”her angels in the sky”. two men are currently serving life sentences for the murders. (pres) a lorry driver who pocketed money he raised for the young son a lorry driver who pocketed money he raised for the young son of mu

we had the government commissioned report about no preferential treatment of eu citizens after brexit yesterday the cabinet heard from the chair of the migration advisory committee and following the presentation from professor manning, we understand the cabinet is in agreement to follow the key recommendation to eu citizens are not treated any differently from other citizens from other parts of the world after brexit, which is a significant shift from where we are now. mindful of the referendum result and the role played by immigration and the campaign, the government has long been clear that freedom of movement comes to an end after brexit after any transition period. the government sources suggest that greater access to britain for eu citizens could form pa rt britain for eu citizens could form part of the wider trade agreement they are hoping to strike with the eu, and the offer could be extended to other countries that britain hopes to do trade deals with, providing that british citizens are offered the same treatment. there have been concerns raised by business that the gap in lo

the high court has ruled the electoral commission misinterpreted election spending laws during the eu them. vote leave paid more than six hundred thousand pounds to clear bills allegedly run up by a university student, darren grimes, who ran the ‘beleave' campaign. the commission initially said it had no grounds to suspect this was a scheme to get round spending limits, but later changed its mind and fined vote leave and mr grimes. both deny wrongdoing. the reality tv show, big brother, is to end after nearly 20 years on british television. channel 5 announced this year's series, the 19th will be the last. it's time for this game to end. the celebrity big brother programme is also being dropped. starting on channel 4 in 2000 it made household names of many people including jade goody and created some memorable tv moments including the politician george galloway pretending to be a cat. joining me earlier, entertainment reporter and tv critic emma bullimore, and former big brother contestant aisleyne horgan—wallace, who appeared in the 7th series of the programme. it's in an debonair an

the european commission to abolish seasonal clock changes in the eu.in the eu. it is most people want to stop switching between summertime and wintertime. is time up for daylight saving? europe, it seems, says yes. an online poll of nearly 500 million people found the overwhelming majority want to scrap the six—monthly ritual to spring forward and fall back. this is the highest number of responses we have ever received in any of our public consultations, and the result of this public consultation is very clear. 84% of respondents are in favour of putting and end to the biannual clock change. among the reasons, the disruption to sleep patterns and the impact on productivity at work. translation: i'm a fan of summertime and i always find it silly changing the clocks back and forth every year, so i think it's great if we can stick with one time. translation: i think it's good. changing the clocks has always bothered me and now with the children it's even worse. they notice the time change and they struggle with it. but others aren't pleased at the prospec

eu leaders, and that is migration. you look at the problems between the european commission and hungary, or between italy and france, andthat at the moment is seen through european eyes as the existential threat to the eu. so the bulk of a conversation this evening will be about migration. theresa may get just ten minutes over coffee to put her case across. and before the summitand she her case across. and before the summit and she arrives here and told her, she wrote a piece for the german newspaper in which she said that neither side should be making unacceptable demands of the other. so, just as britain now understands that it cannot have all the benefits of eu membership without being a member of the club, so the eu cannot make demands of the uk whereby there will be external border controls within british borders. so that is the standoff at the moment. the eu wa nts the standoff at the moment. the eu wants this backstop, this insurance policy that northern ireland would remain in the customs union in the worst—case scenario. remain in the customs union in the worst—case scenario. today it michel barnier put forward

about things. but thousands of years. in favour of eu membership. would be even higher. it has to do that. of the country's borders. election commissionrnout was around 34%. said that turnout was around 34%. need at least 50% to make the vote valid. that was early indications. we are still waiting for results. make that referendum name change valid. following the deaths of 2 women at a house near tonbridge in kent. of hadlow since yesterday. lucy vladev has the latest. two people stabbed to death and another left seriously injured. quiet village have been left with questions. i think the whole village is just completely shocked. here and obviously incredibly sad for the family. they seemed very friendly and nice and just quiet. kept themselves to themselves a bit. but as you say, you just don't expect that here. been named locally as sharon harris and her mother margaret. condition in hospital. by the ambulance service. to neighbours to try to piece together what happened. for a community left mourning. for the chap in hospital recovering. because of course something terrible has gone on there as well. counts of murder and one of atte

eu is taking a long time and talks have been far from harmonious. hello, jean-claude. reported this morning's times suggest that the european commissionsition, avoiding the prospects of customs checks between northern ireland and the rest of the eu. a car crash, thatis the rest of the eu. a car crash, that is how the former foreign secretary has described brexit talks. now he says of the eu changes direction on island, a guy enigma code disaster could be avoided.” see in brussels they are now discussing some of the ways of dealing with this that would allow for a breakthrough, allow us to do a proper free for a breakthrough, allow us to do a properfree trade deal for a breakthrough, allow us to do a proper free trade deal and allow us properly to take back control of the regulatory framework, but also to do a proper brexit. if a deal is moving closer, what would it look like to secure good access to european markets? could there be preferential treatment for eu workers? we are going to be putting our immigration proposals forward later this autumn. showing people the plans. do you rule out giving a special deal to eu citizens? we will

eu. francine: thank you so much. is the first vice president of the european commission. h, first vice president. -- investors mr. june misjudging this, or is this the hotspot because could this go wrong if the leaders decide to take on the eu? see italy isi can always one of the leading countries in europe, one of the countries that takes was possibility for our collective european future. to date, i have no indication this is going to change. the everett has made some declarations saying they will stay within the legit rules of the european union. they are working on their budget for next year now. it oncestudy and judge it is ready. the government is saying they want to stay within the european expected. very clear.e they have not been enforced. they have been agreed between all member states. our role is to be like a referee in a football game. we have to check whether the member states apply the rules. italy islast two years one of the countries with whom we have had an extensive dialogue. i have no reason to believe this will not be this case. what is your relationsh

and the top story in the uk: at the eu summit in salzburg, prime minister theresa may has again rejected the european commission's

the german chancellor and european commission president struck a comment town of alarm at the cohesion of the eu, both making the case for europe to step up and show unity in the face of global challenges. the trump administration is looking to make disruptive changes to u.s. drug prices to bring down costs for patients according to the health and human service secretary, alex lazar, who spoke for today. the administration has taken aim at the prices of prescription drug and some drugmakers have pulled back from proposed hikes in recent months. global news 24 hours per day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by 2700 journalists and .nalysts in 120 countries i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. emily: live from apple headquarters in cupertino, california, i'm emily chang. we are covering the big event here at apple. i want to welcome our listeners worldwide, we are bringing you the latest from the ground, from the apple product event. the company has unveiled new watches with significant new health tracking features. take a listen to what jeff williams touted about the health benefits. >> o

plans to abandon her current brexit plan despite sharp blowback from the eu joining us is the vice president with the european commissionnk you for joining us early this morning from new york what do you think will be the ultimate outcome of the uk in the euro and the brexit vote specifically >> well, in regards to brexit negotiations from the eu side, we are negotiating to have an agreement, and next couple of months will be crucial to agree on withdrawal and also to start discussing our future relationships. so now i would say we are entering a critical stage. eu position on where we stand is very clear we consider the four freedoms of the eu single market have to be respected. and that we need to find a solution for ireland and the republic of ireland border, respecting good friday agreement. >> we have a number of viewers across the world, particularly in the european financial markets at this hour i would ask you, if a major bank that was based in london came to you and said what should we do should we move our headquarters to frankfurt or munich, would you advise them to do that should they leave or partially leav

mixed messages regarding brexit — the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker, in his state of the union address, said the eurk day and night to achieve a deal, but reminded everyone that it's not only britain that has red lines. meanwhile, an increasingly vocal group of conservatives at westminster put forward its own proposals for the talks, particularly with reference to the tricky issue of the irish border. they claimed their plan was nothing to do with the issue of theresa may's leadership. many observers thought otherwise. we'll come onto leadership issues. annalisa first, what's your take on the eu's approach? there has been a significant change this week, and i think that's going to have some important consequences on brexit and on theresa may's leadership. mainly, there has been an awareness of the significant rise of the far right, and the populist movements in europe, is going to create a lot of problems for the european union, especially in the next six months. things are getting a bit complicated and warring, —— worrying. and there has been quite a significant alarm for steve bannon coming to eu

led by michel barnier, who is the chief commission negotiator on brexit, to keep and maintain european unity, and yet you have said recently that you think the euour words, is trying to swindle the uk out of the brexit that it voted for. what do you mean by that? so i guess the specific question for you is, will italy, the italian government, encourage france and germany to be more flexible and make real concessions to the uk? if in the future you lead a league government, that is that you are the dominant partner and you perhaps become prime minister, would you at that point consider taking italy out of the european union? ok, so you say no to leaving the eu, what about the eurozone? can you imagine a day when italy will leave the euro? to finish, we began talking about the ambrosetti forum, you are about to go and address the leading business and political men and women of italy. do you think anything that you have said to me is going to alleviate their fear and their suspicion of you? we have to end there. but matteo salvini, i thank you very much for being on hardtalk. my pleasure. hello there. the morning is starting off on a chilly note a

the president of the european commission jean—claude juncker says the eu will work day and night to achieve eu's negotiating red lines, but said the uk will always be a close neighbour and partner. mrjuncker also called on the eu to become a bigger player in global politics. adam fleming reports from strasbourg. it's jean—claude juncker‘s last state of the union before brexit. he didn't want it to be dominated by brexit, so britain only got a small mention. he wants the uk and the eu to be close friends, but he poured cold water on theresa may's trade plans. we also ask the british government to understand that someone who leaves the union cannot be in the same privileged position as a member state. if you leave the union, you are, of course, no longer part of our single market. and certainly not only in parts of it. the prime minister accentuated the positive in the house of commons a short time later. i want to say to our closest allies in europe, you will never, also never, be an ordinary third party for us. back in strasbourg, jean—claude juncker stuck to his preferred theme, making the