it was reported the prime minister stayed at the european council meeting longer than had originally r her statement today? mr speaker, it was noticed by many people that our european union collea g u es people that our european union colleagues and allies acted more quickly in support of the prime minister‘s firm and fully proper actions against russia, more quickly than the president of the united states. what guarantees can she give us? what confidence can she give us that we will continue to have a great relationship with our fellow members of the european union once we have left the european union?” say to my right honourable friend that the united states has of course today announced the expulsion of 60 russian diplomats, that as part of the implementation period agreement, as she will be able to see, we have come to an agreement as to how we are going to operate on hour, followed common foreign policy issues during the implementation period. it is certainly the case that we continue to be part of europe. as i have said, we are leaving the eu and not europe, and we will continue

this is what the president of the european council has tweeted.cance of those words, those are the words that will appear on any formal european council conclusions tomorrow. on that wording, russia highly likely, that is about 80% of what the uk wants, because they believe russia is definitively responsible. the second bit, there is no other plausible explanation, that is absolutely the language that the uk would like to see. around eight o'clock uk time, the prime minister started addressing the european council on salisbury. she was immediately supported by emmanuel macron and angela merkel, the french president and the german chancellor, who had met her beforehand. then there were some member states who expressed a little bit of scepticism. they said, we would like to see more evidence. at that point, there was a second intervention from angela merkel. she says, i know what happened. i have seen the intelligence. theresa may's explanation is correct. then an intervention from donald tusk. as i understand it, that point, he got to cross the lin

after brics it the president of the european council was all smiles today as he presented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain he emphasized that trade will only be more complicated and costly after brics it. i fully understand. because i respect there is a major. political objective. to do the most trades. and the. brics it could be a success and it was the right choice. but. it is not our objective of. toughs trade deal also only office financial companies limited scope to offer their surfaces in the e.u. single market british chancellor philip hammond immediately responded to say any settlement without the services deal could not claim to be fair and balanced germany is more popular than ever with travellers four hundred sixty million overnight stays were not stopped last year that's a new record no wonder germany has so much more to offer than burley in b.f.s. and the black forest if you want to head off the beaten track you could try the state of mecklenburg for palm up the official partner of the i t b tourism fair which opened in berlin on wed

after brics it the president of the european council all small today as he presented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain he emphasized that trade will only be more complicated and costly after brics it. i fully understand. because i respect. political objectives. to do the most trades and the try. it could be a success. but. it's not our objective of. tusks trade deal also only office financial companies limited scope to offer the surfaces in the e.u. single market british chancellor philip hammond immediately responded to say any settlement without service is still could not claim to be fair and balanced. that's it you're out today with the latest from the wilds of business for more do find us on facebook photo us on twitter and on the business right now here's a look at the wild markets i'll be back with more in the next hour i'll buy. a lamp. on furnishings can be a lot more than just functional and. playing with. combining. inventing and. surely makes. personalized moving spaces for centuries designing your womack's next. without women will be lo

after brics it the president of the european council is all small today as he presented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain he emphasized that trade will only be more complicated and costly after brics it. i fully understand. because i respect there is a major. political objective. to demonstrate that. breaks it could be a success and it was the right choice. but sorry it is not i will object to for. tusks trade deal also only office financial companies limited scope to offer their services in the e.u. single market british chancellor philip hammond immediately responded to say any settlement without the services still could not claim to be fair and balanced. well our boss appears to be having a rather bad week the european aircraft builders axing over three thousand seven hundred jobs around europe to two tepid sales of the world's biggest passenger jets the a three eighty now this year the company sold eight of the planes adding insult to injury virgin atlantic owner richard branson has lost interest in the a three eighty had since cancelled his order

that they are going to need to see more evidence from the british side but when the european council president to skin the e.u. commission president claude good took to the stage to field questions from journalists they didn't really have maybe answers when it came to what type of action the e.u. would be taking against russia in march but also always just to come back to an issue we. decided to come back to an issue didn't october. and wonder we are never coming back were discussed. during. so it couldn't in the british come back to the question and you. will be back in brussels on friday for more of this european council summit and we'll see if we see that united message coming throughout friday the round between russia and the u.k. follows the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in seoul sprayed with the use of a nerve agent so i guess scrip hour was jailed in russia for handing secrets the british intelligence you moved to the u.k. in a spy swap in twenty ten u.k. police expect the probe into the attack to take months but that didn't stop produce politicians from

the headlines at 11pm: the european council backs britain over the salisbury nerve agent attack, agreeing that the only plausible explanation is that russia is responsible. the police officer who was exposed to the nerve agent attack is released from hospital, saying his life will never be the same again. one year on from the westminster bridge attack, a memorial is lit to remember all those affected by last year's terrorism in the capital. coming up on newsnight, we will have more on bullying in the house of commons. we will hear about the staff member who complained about the behaviour of an mp, only to find relu cta nce the behaviour of an mp, only to find reluctance among other mps to take action against one of their own. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has tonight said leaders agree with the uk that russia was highly likely responsible for the salisbury nerve agent attack. at a summit in brussels today, theresa may had urged other eu leaders to back her in the row with russia about the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal an

among those have expressed their sorrow to russia the president of the european council donald turkey have made a statement in russian. you have an update. games in your theater. just so. they came out of was up but they should be it. is about. and of course will be continuing to follow the tragedy as more details come out of the coming hours and days the fire in that shopping center claimed the lives of sixty four now confirmed dead the numbers of others is still missing recovery teams are continuing to work at the burned out shopping center there in camera. our. next major story tonight at least twenty countries have announced a wave of expulsions of russian diplomats from across europe as well as the u.s. and canada it's a show of support and for britain which blames moscow over the poisoning of the former double agent so the script problems daughter earlier this month first report from london. collective response from the e.u. donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was

donald tusk, president of the european council, had this to say on future trade relations.d the eu frictionless or smoother. it will make it more complicated and costly for all of us. this is the essence of brexit. a pick and mix approach for a non member state is out of the question. we are not going to sacrifice these principles, it‘s simply not in our interest. the chancellor philip hammond, speaking earlier, said that excluding london‘s role as a global financial centre from the overall trade deal would be unfair and self—defeating for the european union. the pm was clear on friday that we‘ve decided to leave the eu and we accept that there will be consequences. we do not expect the same relationship we have today across all area of activity in financial services. trade—offs should be expected and the industry will change. but we should ensure that the future partnership strengthens european stability and prosperity rather than weakening it. simonjack is our business editor. a couple of answers to be reflected uponin a couple of answers to be reflected upon in some deta

taken something of a back seat for theresa may as she has taken part in the first day of the european council summit in brussels drumming up support for a united e.u. message against russia has been what she's been about on thursday she had strong words entering the summit we can hear what you have to say right now russia staged a brazen and reckless attatched against the united kingdom when it is tempting to the murder of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russians threat does not respect borders and indeed the incident insoles was part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east federica mocker raney is the high representative for foreign affairs for the a you that makes as close as the block has to a foreign minister she said on her way into the summit that she stands firmly in lockstep with london we will also obviously express our strongest possible solidarity with united kingdom after the attack in salzburg as well as we have done a

also this lunchtime — theresa may is meeting the european council leader in downing st, ahead of a bigt speech tomorrow. british children who were forced to settle abroad in the 1940s and who were abused should be given financial compensation, says a new report. and prince william is to make the first official visit by a member of the royal family to the occupied palestinian territories. and coming up in the sport on bbc news — the scottish rugby union says its appalled by the behviour of these fans, as england coach eddiejones was physically and verbally abused on a train journey to london. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 300 drivers have endured freezing conditions stranded in the snow on the m80 in central scotland. some spent as long as 18 hours stuck in their vehicles, after lorries reportedly slid into each other while trying to go uphill. the extreme weather also left drivers stuck for hours on roads in lincolnshire, where many main roads are blocked, and the military has been called in to help. throughout the uk, there is severe disruption to transp

taken something of a back seat for theresa may as she has taken part in the first day of the european council summit in brussels drumming up support for a united e.u. message against russia has been what she's been about on thursday she had strong words entering the summit russia staged a brazen and reckless attatched against the united kingdom when his attempt to change the merger of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russians threat does not respect borders and indeed the incident insoles was part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east federica maka raney is the high representative for foreign affairs for the e.u. that makes as close as the block has to a foreign minister she said on her way into the summit that she stands firmly in lockstep with london we will also obviously express our strongest possible solidarity with united kingdom after the attack in salzburg the strongest political sign we can give is unity unity and unity b

the european council president saying the other going to show a clear message a united methods to russia and well it's going to be yet on the other hand we've got him saying that he kind of want to make peace is going to be dialogue which way is it going to go. well the way should go is george or not war war. clearly what needs to happen is a dialogue and clearly we did you know russia is demanding the evidence and i think maybe some european leaders are asking trees in my about that as well but let's not forget the context this is happening in trees i'm a i am the you have a joint and vision here which is to get the brakes it negotiations firmly back on on track and i think that's the most important thing however. i believe in british justice and normally we believe in innocent until proven guilty and i think we need more evidence will russia still say nothing to do with it give us some of this nerve agent you apparently have it will take a look at it we'll talk through with you where this may have come from except for exactly why we want to help it's still not forthcoming is it will it

reporter: donald tusk does not support -- the president of the european council was all smiles as heresented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain. he emphasized trade will only be more complicated and costly after brexit. >> i fully understand and respect theresa may's political objective to demonstrate enterprise. brexit could be a success and was the right choice. but, sorry, it is not our objective. reporter: tusk's trade deal offers companies limited scope to offer services and that you single market. philip hammond immediately responded to say any settlement without the services deal could not claim to be fair and balanced. >> a busy day for officials. the european union is ready to strike back against donald trump's trade tariffs. it targets typical american products. but make no mistake, they are targeted to hit republican politicians where it hurts in their districts. reporter: motorcycles, jeans, and whiskey, could experience higher charges in europe. the e.u. announced they would slap tariffs on certain u.s. products if president trump move

it is the european council on friday which will assess and judge the state of negotiation.of the union, to greet you regularly and report to you on these negotiations in full transparency. it's weird that full transparency. it's weird that full transparency —— it's with that full transparency —— it's with that full transparency that we published a com plete transparency that we published a complete draft withdrawal agreement, which we discussed beforehand, with the 27 member states and the european parliament. on the 15th of march, that's just two weeks later, a fortnight later, we were advised and consolidated the draft agreement, having included comments from member states and from the european parliament. so it's that d raft european parliament. so it's that draft agreement that we've been continuing to work very tentatively. with my team, and with the team from the united kingdom, having done that we've just published, a few moments ago, jointly with the uk, a new version which is colour—coded. i'd like to show you what we've done. this is the whole thing. i recognise y

leaders including european council president condemning russia for its alleged role in poisoning a form a double agent in the u.k. . the son of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi runs for president we speak exclusively to saif gadhafi sloyd. and the situation you have in libya now is the result of the destruction of the state institutions toppling the regime over time back to its roadmap with the become a democratic state. good to have you with us this hour. this is r.t. international. public services across france ground to a halt on thursday during a nationwide strike over labor reforms thirty percent of flights to and from paris were canceled many schools were closed and must say in leon around ten thousand people took to the streets while in paris there are twice as many in the capital and elsewhere that were violent clashes between protesters and police. at. her. new role they put up one of you know we are not here to be violent we're here to protest democratically against the liberal politics of macro wanted by that kind of a clue that we disagree with the governments we can't

in brussels, the president of the european council, donald tusk, said today's eu action could even beded quite quickly. additional measures, including further expulsions within the common eu framework, are not to be excluded in the coming days and weeks. today's action has its roots in years of alleged russian misbehaviour. from president putin's annexation of crimea, judged illegal by most of the outside world, through armed intervention in eastern ukraine to destabilise the country, to accusations of kremlin fingerprints on a catalogue of cyber attacks against the west, combined with abuse of social media and plots to undermine elections and democracy in europe and the united states. russia's immediate reaction? translation: what the united states of america are doing today is destroying what little remains in terms of russian—american relations. i'd like to add that the entire responsibility for the consequences of that destruction lies on america. tonight, i asked the foreign secretary why so many countries had been willing to act together. the reason why you've seen this outpouri

a new generation has come through and actually the irish government and the european council are playingin is playing politics too, because essentially what has happened is the european union has said we will not start negotiating the future relationship with the united kingdom before the irish question is addressed, and britain wants to use the irish question as a bargaining chip during those negotiations. hoping to mollify the european union in terms of accepting the trade—off that britain wants, which is financial services and so on. but they are not seeing eye to eye. the eu is playing hardball and its 27 member states, it's a massive market and a very powerful actor and britain is a medium—sized power. on top of that, the european union is seeing it's a very divided government. theresa may is not in full control and they will explore that as much as they can. and it does not help, the fact that she has refused to go and visit the border. that's been quite an issue this week when she was doing the tour of the uk, she went to northern ireland, there were requests for her to visit the

they look like nothing at all i mean we heard on until skip the president off the european council who represents the member states member of the e.u. talking about him under michel in france and america in berlin and lots and lots of other heads of government because everybody criticizes him and that's something that aired and complains about criticizing him of course for throwing journalists in jail for not maintaining human rights for not having an independent just in system and so on and so forth. if you sort of want to sum it up it's they say turkey is not a democracy and then therefore turkey cannot become a member state of the european union that it's quite clear that nothing has changed there yeah i mean we have european leaders criticizing president ever wanting for tarion rule to turkey you rightly pointed out it has more to imprison journalists than trying your dose at the moment double to us tonight criticize turkey's crackdown for we that failed coup attempt back in twenty sixteen i mean when you look at all of this over expecting any new e.u. demands from turkey. we're no

all right i'm joined here at the big table now by gustaf from the think tank the european council of foreign relations which is based here in berlin good stuff it's good to have you on the show and we just see we just saw mr putin they are saying he doesn't want to do arms race but a couple of weeks ago he presented to the country an invincible new nuclear weapon so which putin is telling the truth while put he hardly ever tells the truth so let's stick to facts. on arms race yes russia is sitting freezing his military budget russia is arming up russia is preparing in maneuvers full france or for against the west. hears that if the russian behavior doesn't match the proteins for story on the other hand this is kind of an informational pray she. reaches out without making any tangible concessions to whomever wants to pick up that. in europe you have the freedom party. governing in austria or no new italian government will think and they will want to have excuses to say why sanctions are norms wins and why we should sort of not reach out to these hand. sort of ignoring the fact that ac

donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of sergei and yulia script how to resume a spoke in parliament and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the us canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond and even their morse code denies the allegation that it was behind the attack in souls breathe a list of expulsions of diplomatic expulsions is extensive among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats all straight notably has announced that the russian diplomats can remain and also garia has said that it won't be expelling any russian diplomats that a currently stationed

needs to first hold an investigation into the incident earlier the european council condemned russia for its alleged role in the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter in the u.k. the council which sets policy echoed the views of u.k. prime minister theresa may give a strongly worded statement during a summit in brussels staged a brazen and reckless attack against the united kingdom when it's tempted to the merger of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the russians threat does not respect the waters and indeed the incident in seoul spree was part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its near neighbors from the western balkans to the middle east donald tusk along with european commission president john quad younger gave a joint press conference and they struggled to answer questions on what action the e.u. might take against russia. blanche be all sort of always just i didn't come back to an issue in july. we decided to come back to shoot didn't october. and don't do we are nev

were among those who expressed their sorrow the president of the european council donald tusk gave made a statement in russian. may you have an update scott of games and yes he is a c. thirty just go out though they came out of was up but they should be to. see if it's. not of course we'll continue to follow the trying to do in the coming hours and more details come in the fire in that shopping center claimed the lives of sixty four people now confirmed dead a number of others are still missing recovery teams speak is still continuing to work at that shopping center in camera i was. up late for many plebs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money just to spend spend the two to twenty million why. it's an experience like nothing else on it because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so will bowl chance with. six point eight. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpi

after brics it the president of the european council was all smiles today as he presented a draft of tough guidelines for future economic relations with britain he emphasized that trade will only be more complicated and costly after brics it. i fully understand. because i respect the. political objective. to demonstrate that. it could be a success and was a right choice. but. it is not our objective of. tusks trade deal also only office financial companies limited scope to offer their services in the e.u. single market british chancellor philip hammond immediately responded to say any settlement without the services deal could not claim to be fair and balanced. a busy day for you officials because it is official d. or p. and union is ready to strike back against donald trump's trade tariffs the list of counter measures targets typical american products but make no mistake they're highly targeted to hit republican politicians where it hurts the down to earth industries in their districts. motorcycles jeans and whiskey could all be about to experience higher charges in europe the e.u.

european council they will evaluate this standard set and then we shall decide i mean the european council will decide if they are of no value or nations or even they are in framing from illegal acts and they mean illegal acts violating the international law i only talking specifically about turkish naval activities in the eastern mediterranean so there is a kind of a link there is kind of like a threat hanging over it is quite clear by a statement made by mr. to escape the president of the european comes right how disruptive have the activities of the turkish navy been to your efforts to explore resources in the eastern mediterranean has it impacted your efforts has it shut it now will do it hasn't changed our work then a program but in the last month italian firm you were not able to carry out the work they were a volatile intervention by the turkish. make does not represent a problem in a minute ago you told me you're not you can't say you're confident that eggs and is going to be able to carry out its no i haven't said so just now i was a meaning that the actions by ted right but i do

this european council meeting was important because it gave us meeting was important because it gave meeting was important because it gave us an opportunity to look at a number of topics which are very much in connection with europe. we have first of all deep discussions regarding international issues and, as you know, a couple of days ago i visited the headquarters of the opcw and france itself a couple of months ago toq and initiative in the case of... studio: so president emmanuel macron moving on to the business of the summit but as expected he began by commenting on the situation in the south of france. he talked about an ongoing hostage taking operation, he said then of course there had first of all been the attack against the police officer followed by the hostagetaking at the supermarket in nearby trebes, expressing his utmost to support to those involved in trying to bring this situation to an end, saying the paris prosecutable provide more information suits and reflecting on the fact that the minister of the interior is on his way to trebes, arriving on the spot imminently,

taken something of a back seat for theresa may as she has taken part in the first day of the european council summit in brussels drumming up support for a united e.u. message against russia has been what she's been about on thursday she had strong words entering the this summit we can hear what you have to say right now russia staged a brazen and reckless attack against the united kingdom when it is tempting to the murder of two people on the streets of seoul spring i'll be raising this issue with my counterparts today because it's clear that the rough.

donald tusk the president of the european council he announced these collective measures saying that the e.u. agrees with the u.k.'s assessment that it was quote highly likely that the kremlin was behind the poisoning of gay and yulia script how to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the us canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say. grates on the dorothy from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond and even though morse code denies the allegation that it was behind the attack in seoul's worry the list of expulsions of diplomatic expulsions is extensive among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats austria notably has announced that the russian diplomats there can remain and also vogue area has said that it won't be expelling any russian diplomats that are currently stati

germany and china are among those to have expressed their star the president of the european council donald tusk even made a statement in russian. you have to pay to. see. five to thirty just the world. after they came it over is up what they should be. about. but what our table be continuing to follow the tragedy over the coming hours just to remind you sixty four people have been confirmed dead at this point a number of those are still missing recovery teams are continuing to work at the burned out shopping center in kemah. i. was. when i was told seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't all. let me. get to shape out just be active. and in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. with lawmakers manufactured consensus to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the crime. be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back now more than a dozen european countries as well as the united states and canada have announced a wave of expulsions of russian diplomats over the poisoning o

are among those to have expressed their star the president of the european council donald tusk even made a statement in russian. just that. this is what. we'll be continuing to follow the tragedy over the coming hours but just to remind you sixty four people have been confirmed dead a number of others remain missing recovery teams are continuing to work at the burned out shopping center in camera. i was. at the plate for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside out it's. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch pull the funnel school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money just kill the narrowness and spending shouldn't twenty million up one player. it's an experience like no one else want to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game but great so will transfer. and thinks it's going to. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but only at the price of being destroyed itself is. said well these weapons were overcome u

that they are going to need to see more evidence from the british side but when the european council president told to get the e.u. commission president. lord good took to the stage the field questions from journalists they didn't really have maybe answers when it came to what type of action the e.u. would be taking against russia in march but also always to say i didn't to come back to an issue in june and in june we decided to come back to an issue did not talk and wonder we are never coming back were discussed those that were attacked during. work littleton we've come back to the question. will be back in brussels on friday for more. all of this european council summit and we'll see if we see that united message coming throughout friday i think the british government's reaction and behave has been absolutely appalling now of course a serious crime has been committed as far as we know in that space plan has. same to them poised and that beyond that we really don't know much and what we have seen from the british government is a terrible rush. to condemn russia actually in the absen

borders again accusing moscow of poisoning a former double agent arrives in brussels for the european council summit. the son of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi runs for president we speak exclusively to. the situation we have. is the result of the destruction of the state's institutions. become a democratic state. you're watching. france ground to a hoax today amid a nationwide strike public sector workers. students and railway employees of been out protesting a range of issues from low wages to job losses thirty percent of flights to and from paris with council burning schools were closed and in major cities like marcell leon around ten thousand people took to the streets while in paris there were twice as many in the capital and elsewhere there were violent clashes between protesters and police. was. that. we are not here to be violent we are here to protest democratically against the liberal politics of macron wanted by the candidate without m.r. we disagree with the governments we can accept this reference that's why we are always here the dusk which is the most like of course the

the president of the european council, donald tusk, has told theresa may that there can be no pick andith just over a year to go until the uk leaves the eu, mr tusk said mrs may wanted to "demonstrate at any price that brexit could be a success", but that was not the eu's objective. meanwhile, the chancellor phillip hammond said any deal that didn't include britain's service sector — which includes banks — would not be a fair deal. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. a different mansion house. this time, ina a different mansion house. this time, in a luxembourg garden. but this strife ahead, even this the most tranquil surroundings. the european union, revealed its response to theresa may's plans for brexit. it will make it more complicated and costly tha n it will make it more complicated and costly than today, for all of us. this is the essence of brexit. a pick and mix approach for a non—member state is out of the question. we are not going to sacrifice these principles. it is simply not in our interest. unfortunately and we have to know, there will be be no winnerses aft

to europe hosting the gathering which included turkish president ret of type as well as the european council president donald tusk and european commission president. two years ago turkey agreed to take back refugees who had set out for e.u. countries from turkey and exchange for billions of euros to house them the meeting came amid rising tension between ancora and several e.u. members european council president donald tusk said it ended with no sign of progress. we have common interests that special uncomfortable aviation of the region but when it comes to concrete solutions we did in the chief and the kind of concrete compromise today but i still hold that. it will be possible in the future. some realism coupled with some hopeful optimism for the future let's bring in correspondent barbara baseball who has been following that summit in varna in bulgaria where you know the e.u. and turkey have met and barbara you know there have of course been so many harsh words between the e.u. and turkey in recent months so it's no surprise that there was also a tense atmosphere as well at the summit. it

agreement was signed and sealed and i guess the next thing to look for is the next european councileeting in june. we know it is happening this week is negotiations on the irish border have been continuing. we don't have anything concrete that has come out of that and they are still hiring out details of the agreement. what has been going on is the front pages by this response to the russia -- alleged russian attack. mrs.ositive headlines for may. whistleblowera tell that the referendum could have gone the other way if the law had been broken. has that brewed up into a storm? >> this is being jumped on by the remain side. mrs. may is having none of it. some very strongly worded rebuttal from her in parliament. she said we had the boat, the decision has been made and we will not let these issues get in the way of delivering brexit. foster was on with mark about a week ago and he said we cannot get to the border issue without trade. and eileen foster make this more difficult for britain? option always have the of doing so. the reason why mrs. may is able to continue in downing street

there is other news as well. of the european council, donald tusk, in downing steet today. for britain's long—term future relationship with the eu. could be lost in the uk car industry according to a new report by mps. in a huge drop in exports. in the uk and build the engines in this country as well. will publish its first completed report this morning. following the second world war. and highlight the failure to detect and prevent the abuse. of manslaughter after an explosion in leicester killed five people. to be have been killed. east anglia and the north west. police say there is no evidence the explosion was terror related. a rare form of epilepsy. from warwickshire to legally take the drug. following a meeting with the family. and based on "sufficient and rigorous evidence". here last week on breakfast talking about exactly that. talking about exactly that. featuring charles dickens before they cease to be legal tender. of them in circulation. notes depicting jane austen. also creating lots of happiness. while stuck in the snow. we have been stuck in this snow for two and a half h

course there is an enormous irony britain of all countries coming to europe one of the last european council summits that to reason may will be attending presumably asking for european solidarity at a time of brics it let's just hear what juries may said on the way into the summit . but i will also be talking about today is not just what happened on the streets of seoul history but the fact that we do see face as part of a pattern of russian aggression against europe and its new neighbors as i said from the western balkans to the middle east this is a subject we have to stress for for and i look forward to further discussions with my european colleagues and i'm grateful for that for the solidarity and support that they've shown the united kingdom. as for bret's it itself florida normally the top of british preoccupations that will be discussed when the summit resumes tomorrow theresa may herself be party to those deliberations as the representative of the country which is. in the process of leaving me you want to be phillips thank you very much indeed. well prober exit activists in the u.k.

duck or double agent told a british soil three weeks after the attack on site against brit paul european council president total process fourteen member nations are expelling washington diplomatic staff the united states is kicking out sixty russia says it will respond in kind. also coming up spain's most wanted man prepares to face a german judge separatist leader called his push them on sits in a german jail as authorities decide whether to hand him over to madrid barcelona remains all manage after a night to violent protests. demonstrators in sierra leone as the high court decides whether to postpone the second round of the presidential election there in an exclusive interview with g.w. the main opposition leader says he will call people to action if the right all this delay. and the backlash from the cricket cheating scandal australia's captain steve smith risks losing his job as administrator is look to salvage the team's credibility. with. hello i'm terry barton welcome to the program. the united states had more than a dozen european countries have announced they are expelling russian dipl

the head of the european council head of the european commission which got very clear words in that case to india and he said the deadline to find a deal is just unrealistic it's not enough time to meet and ends here and basically whether we see a permanent exemption here whether permanent exemption in these talks can be achieved depends on what donald trump intense with these terrorists. if he uses them as a bargaining chip in order to achieve that the e.u. also drops some of its terrorists then i think a compromise could be achieved if indeed this is a tool to target the entire w t o trading system then these negotiations are bound to be failed to fail and then we are back where the french president said we will see a strong response from the e.u. . and that is what nobody had least in the e.u. really wants to say it's always prefer to have a solution but of course you know speaking of solutions there was another very big topic at the summit of course that was brags that and e.u. leaders they signed off on guidelines for the future trading relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. tel

historically have extremely close economic and political ties did you look at donald to the european council presents opening remarks he said that this for us the e.u. was concerned the united states was a great friend that trade brings peace it brings friendship and reading between the lines there is a disquiet that the trump administration and perhaps the president himself really has a tendency to see trade too much as a zero sum game in which one country inevitably comes out as the winner the other the loser and he doesn't quite appreciate the degree to which it can be mutually beneficial i think that's what european leaders who will be saying money to another issue now the nerve agent poisoning issue in the u.k. how much unity is there within europe. had to deal with russia on this. i think there's been a fair degree of unity over the past two weeks and that's pleased the british but they've come here with a very tough message about what they see as the threat that russia poses to the e.u. and indeed beyond the british are aware that there are potential problems problems for them as they

the european council president donald tusk said 14 countries would expel russian diplomat. >> the whiteouse retaliating for the response to the chemical attack in the u.k. earlier. the european council president donald poisoning of a russian spy in britain, ordering 60 russian diplomat to leave the u.s. and closing a seattle consulate. >> the russians have been looking forward to seeing cott corporation, and what they got -- seeing cooperation, and what they got is expulsion. i think the kremlin will respond in kind. it has lost a bit more hope they can find a way to work with donald trump after so much of trump'sessed after mr. election. host: there is no shortage of superlatives for the game today. the s&p 500 making its biggest one-day gain since august 2015. u.s. stocks rebounding sharply from their biggest weekly selloff in two years. >> to a certain degree, what happened last week was the trade issues and broadening of trade. it was not just tariffs, it was the fear this would become more significant. it became to the point people were suggesting donald trump was no longer program

won as well as the european council president. and european commission president john clogg younger you see them standing together a day or two years ago turkey agreed to take back refugees who had set out for you countries from turkey in exchange for billions of euros to how's them or the meeting came amid rising tensions between on her and several e.u. members. said that the meeting ended with no sign of progress we have come on the interest of specificially it comes to civil aviation of the region but then comes to co-create solutions. we didn't achieve and the thanks of concrete come to less today but they still hope that. to be both of those in the future. are sports now germany's world cup preparations they crank up a notch on tuesday with a hotly anticipated friendly against brazil here in berlin a win for the hosts would mean a record equalling twenty three in a row without defeat but the coach you walk in love he says that the performance is more important than the result. the prospect of a record equalling result hasn't