what needs to be done is maximum progress by the european council. the rules of party politics. but now, once the tory party conference is over, we should get down to business. thank you. thank you very much, donald, for ayr our constructive meeting and for ayr our constructive meeting and for hosting me in brussels today. one of three meetings i'm having today in brussels with president donald tusk and with michel barnier and after that with the into. a meeting went very well and once againi meeting went very well and once again i want to thank the european council and the european institutions for their ongoing solidarity with ireland, as we enter what is going to be a critical and penultimate phase in negotiations with the uk over brexit. ireland's position and objectives is as they we re position and objectives is as they were at the very start, essentially were at the very start, essentially we want to achieve four things all aimed at minimising the damage that brexit will do to our country. those four things are protecting the common travel are

immediately after the european council in brussels we will have the so-called summit the european asian summit this summit has been a tried and tested forum for twenty year olds that provides a platform for exchange between europe and asia more than the fifty nations take place twenty eight of which come from the rupee and union together with switch to land and norway on the asian so if there are twenty one nations amongst them why china after the united states the second important most important trade partner of the european union and japan with which we have signed a free trade agreement in june of this year if we take a look at this so i have them the political representatives represent two thirds of the world population the world trade and economic power the headline of this asian summit is a global partners for global challenges and i believe and i think this is not especially important to me that we can send a signal from the summit towards multilateral cooperation to underline our firm believe that this will bring about win win situations and that multilateral cooperation should

to the december european council.and thatis prepare for a no—deal brexit and that is very bad news, because it becomes almost, the system is propelled into a no—deal brexit. time is very short but i think both sides want an agreement and would work for an agreement but i think it would be wrong of me to say to a british audience this evening that somehow or another either ireland or the rest of the eu will say to the british, well, forget about the backstop. that is absolutely necessary. go back to that november meeting point for a moment. if at the end of this week they suddenly said november is no longer going to happen, that would send a very alarming signal to all sides, wouldn't it? it would indeed. i think what will probably happen if they will pencil in the ponds —— possibility of november meeting but asked the two teams to work hard over the coming weeks and depending on the progress in november happens or it doesn't. but if november doesn't happen, then i think that is very bad news indeed. and the no deal pr

the president of the european council, donald tusk, has told fellow leaders they should not give up on the process, but that the eu should also prepare for the possibility of a no—deal brexit. he said that was now "more likely than even before". likely than ever before". our political editor laura keunssberg has the latest. my tea—making's not too bad... making deals, not cups of tea, are what counts right now. looks like you've been making quite a few cups of tea. brexit talks broke up yesterday with no agreement. the prime minister dropped into a project that helps those feeling lonely today.

european council president says he's not hopeful of a breakthrough talks before a summit on wednesday they're going to remain deadlocked over the border between northern ireland part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is and the e.u. earlier to reach agreement could mean a return of border checks something opposed by all sides in this prime minister theresa may said she's optimistic about a deal but they use chief negotiator said more work remains. the most funders solution to include and find a solution for the no hard border on the island of oil and when not there yet various issues are still to produce coast including what i understand is that more time is needed to find is due and to reach the decisive progress that we need to find most of negotiation on the weak rule of the u.k. . and hayward has more from london. the reason may held a meeting with the cabinet with several hours and it really was a rallying call for them to be unified behind her she told them if they stood they really could achieve this ahead of the summit in brussels on one stay some cabinet ministers

st take decisions right up until the last minute and i am counting on the colleagues in the european councille to speak briefly!” absolutely shocked by the fact that i am able to speak briefly! i open the floor questions. the lady in blue, please. thank you. you said that journalists get blue, please. thank you. you said thatjournalists get a blue, please. thank you. you said that journalists get a bit overexcited. .. nope. i that journalists get a bit overexcited... nope. i said ministers. journalists are never excited. they bring other people to be excited. ok. can you say whether. .. be excited. ok. can you say whether... is there a lack of urgency among the heads of government about deepening the economic monetary union? do you think that progress will only be made if we are faced with a crisis? do we have to wait for that to happen before it is completed? we haveis happen before it is completed? we have is commission presented 40 proposals regarding this and six or seven have been adopted so there is a lot of work to be done. and i hope that ministers will do so in the next coming month

in december, it is still possible that there could be an extra european council in november.e all of us want the same objective. the commission, the british government, the irish government and the other member states, which is no hard border between northern ireland and southern ireland. so i am confident we can get .here and get a deal 40 europeanbe 30 or negotiations in my time doing my 50 years doing this work and am confident it is achievable with the usual creativity that the specialists bring to drafting the agreements. i am relatively confident about getting the deal with the european partners, and it would accept that it looks quite a trite vote in the house of commons, but i think there is a lot of talk in the many, and unnamed mps say that they will not vote for a. i think whether there's -- when they consider the alternative, that will concentrate minds. dublin could encourage its mps to support and do deals with other groups. her, despites on all the predictions of the moment getting the deal through the house of commons and getting to that place. >> very briefly

the president of the european council, donald tusk, says it will be possible to secure a brexit deal aude juncker, has also suggested that the chances of a deal have increased. in an interview published in three austrian newspapers, mrjuncker said an agreement might be concluded in time for a special eu summit in november. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent tom barton. this is mood music. a happier tune than we have heard in recent weeks and months from the european commission. jean—claude juncker saying at the potential for reproach meant has increased. his officials talking to eu member states about the northern ireland border issue, giving them a much more optimistic assessment of progress in the negotiations, saying the atmosphere is much better than it has ever been. as for when a deal could be struck, if one is, he could not say whether it would be done in time for the october summit, or whether a special summit in november is going to be needed. the irish government are also saying, or sources within it, that a deal was close. there are suggestions in the papers tha

the president of the european council has told fellow leaders they should not give up on the process t that the european union should also prepare for a no—deal brexit. he said that was now more likely than ever before. political editor laura keunssberg has the latest. my tea—making's not too bad... making deals, not cups of tea, are what counts right now. looks like you've been making quite a few cups of tea. brexit talks broke up yesterday with no agreement. the prime minister dropped into a project that helps those feeling lonely today. she must know what that feels like, with foes, not friends, around her. reporter: is there any way out, prime minister? there has been progress, but as she went to tell mps, negotiations faltered again over the irish border. this is the time for cool, calm heads to prevail, and it's the time... and it is the time for a clear—eyed focus on the few remaining but critical issues that are still to be agreed. we cannot let this disagreement derail the prospect of a good deal and leave us with a no—deal outcome that no—one wants. i continue to believe tha

date on the european leaders have been joined today by twenty one asian leaders as well as the european council meeting of yesterday developed and grew into the meeting the a same summit today the general theme is of global good governance and of a rules based world order and frankly the jamal khashoggi controversy room bubbling along alongside of this this summit really puts into a counterpoint to the difference between you know the alleged murder of a dissident journalist in an overseas consulate versus what they're talking about here which is to try to set the world to rights essentially you know the the the contrast couldn't be sharper and the language couldn't be more serious either i mean we spoke to the luxembourg prime minister today and he expressed his grave concerns emmanuel macron the french president came out last night and spoke about the importance of a fair transparent and thorough investigation so to donald tusk the president of the european council and now today we've had the u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt underlining just why it's so important to get to the facts of the m

european council president, donald tusk has warned it's still a sticking point.

european council president donald tusk says a no deal on brexit is more likely than ever before.eal can be reached, even though the irish border isn't yet resolved. in parliament, the prime minister says she wants cool, calm heads to prevail in the brexit negotiations. good luck with that! tempers are running high. i continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk negotiated deal is the best outcome forthe uk arm negotiated deal is the best outcome for the uk arm for the european union. i believe that such a deal is achievable. 13 days after a saudi journalist disappeared inside this consulate in istanbul, turkish investigators are finally allowed inside to try and find out what happened. also on the programme.

steve: but when the president of the european council says, keep your allies close, mr. trump because you don't have to friends, what is your reaction? rep. shuster: i would say to the president of the european council, you ought to take that same advice. the world is not this nice place, there are a lot of tough people and bad people in the world. sometimes it's frustrating to listen to these national security intellectuals talk about how you have to talk to people and not talk to people, but in a lot of cases in foreign policy is like a playground out there. and when a bully of few in the chest, you tell the bully to stop or you will deal with them in a way that is harsh. and the chinese, the arabians, the north koreans, -- the iranians, the north koreas, there are bullies out there and you have to talk tough. ronald reagan did it, he did it in a different way but he was very clear, he was stuck with them, and everybody said we're going to be in a nuclear war with ronald reagan, and just the opposite of that. steve: the berlin wall? rep. shuster: the berlin wall fell b

we should be having an agreement at this european council meeting this week. is where we are now —— i don't beat anybody. the evidence is there two years later that we are seeing that it is going to bea that we are seeing that it is going to be a terrible deal for our communities up and down the country, for business, for industry. so, we need to do the right thing for the country now and put the country first, rather than the conservative party. how seriously did you take the claim by mrs may that on current trajectory, the eu's plans will lead to the break—up of the uk? trajectory, the eu's plans will lead to the break-up of the uk? well, what i would say the theresa may is that she is doing more damage to the whole of the nations of the uk by the fact that she has spent two yea rs the fact that she has spent two years and got absolutely nowhere with these negotiations. that's what's putting things that risk from people in their houses, actually risking putting food on the table for a lot of people. politicians are not fit to make this decision, that's why i

european council president donald tusk and irish prime minister. the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. in march and negotiations over a deal stalled once again over the weekend. what we've seen is that we've solved most of the issues in withdrawal agreements there are still very strong the question of the northern irish back stock but i believe everybody around the table wants to get a deal. by working intensively and closely we can achieve that deal i believe a deal well now is the time to make it happen or as me is holding events for us in brussels how realistic are the chances of a deal done. as of as of today not at all though they've made it very clear on the european union side that there will be no breakthrough today european leaders arriving saying that they're going to listen to the reason may talking to them again for half an hour before she's dismissed they all sit down to dinner but i made it very clear that all the dinner will be will not be a big open discussion about the nature of the arrangement of the u.k. one step forward a breakthrough anything like that just a serie

european council president donald tusk and irish prime minister there veronica the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. in march and negotiations over a deal stalled once again over the weekend. what we've seen is that we've solved most of the issues in withdrawal agreements there are still three still questions the northern irish facts start but i believe everybody around the table wants to get a deal done by working intensively and closely we can achieve i believe a deal physically from now is the time to make it happen our correspondent jonah howell is following events in brussels generated series may have anything new to offer headrest e.u. leaders. modi says a deal is doable and now is the time i hasten to add not tonight or tomorrow to resume a spoke to the leaders for half an hour before they went into dinner about an hour or so ago she wasn't invited to that today she's had to find in elsewhere in brussels we heard a short while ago from the president of the parliament antonio to johnny who said that while there was a greater degree of you of goodwill in that room and t

european council president donald says he doesn't hold out much hope of a breakthrough and breck said talks because he asians have stalled once again over what should happen with the irish border when northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. leave the e.u. when large britain's prime minister to resign may has a better cabinet at the sky the status of the talks she says an amicable divorce deal can still be achieved. all don't ask says he is going to ask her to set out concrete proposals on how to break the impasse fortunately the. a report on the state of the negotiations that they go to from michel but you know today as well as just a they should debate in the house of commons gives me no grounds for optimism before tomorrow's who will be on the council on british. side shoot the only source of hope for the you for no. good will and determination on both sides. however for a breakthrough to take place besides a coup in need new fact donald trump has warned honduras he will cut tens of millions of dollars in aid if it doesn't stop a group of about two thousand migrants reaching the u

same time there are no grounds for optimism on a briggs deal and that's coming to me from the european council president donald tusk before a summit in brussels on wednesday britain's prime minister terrorism a has met government ministers to discuss the status of talks negotiations of stalled over what should happen with the irish border when northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. these the e.u. in march the reason may those there's an amicable divorce deal is still. a chinese pharmaceuticals company has been fined more than a billion dollars for selling faulty rabies vaccinations regulators also stripped chuang sharing of its manufacturing licenses it makes different batches of expired drugs and then failed to test the vaccine and destroy the records the scandal of a deadly fake medicines caused a major outcry last year and the split within the orthodox church is dramatically wide in the russian orthodox church is not cutting ties with all other branches the announcement in moscow follows leaders in istanbul of the world wide orthodoxy granting independence to the ukrainian church that de

leaders at a meeting in brussels late on wednesday the summit comes a day after european council president donald two said he's not hopeful about a breakthrough in talks with the u.k. negotiations of stalled once again over what should happen with the irish pulled out of northern ireland to rescue the nikkei leave the e.u. in march they met a cabinet on tuesday to discuss the status of the two of us. a moment of silence has been held in the first anniversary of a bomb explosion which killed a journalist investigating corruption in malta the ceremony of the european commission in brussels also remembered other journalists killed or intimidated because of their work. well those are the headlines that he's continues here on al-jazeera after my nigerian statement on so much and i felt. it's the wild west previously where the average person couldn't touch and tell if a post had been sponsored on height or in some way does this. have the kind of support that it needs we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera zero zero zero zero zero z

narratives of the other stories making news around the world european council president donald demanded british prime minister theresa may make concrete proposals for ending the breadth of. this is most cabinet has been meeting in london to prepare for the two day summit of the a huge twenty eight leaders which begins on wednesday in brussels. french police have raided the headquarters of the far right party of france power in the apartment of its leader sean. the party is being investigated for alleged misuse of european parliamentary funds and its presidential campaign accounts speaking on facebook during the rights militia condemn the most politically motivated. you could. the war in yemen has produced a major humanitarian disaster and today the united nations warned that the crisis is getting worse they say the number of yemenis on the brink of famine could rise to as many as twelve million forty percent of the population more than eight million already need emergency food assistance so for many it's too late. she's only eight years old and one of millions of victims of a war that s

we begin with the independent and the president of the european council donald tusk who has warned thatunch brexit summit in brussels later today. meanwhile the sun says uk prime minister theresa may has told brussels there won't be a brexit deal unless they end plans to carve off northern ireland from the rest of the uk. speaking in the house of commons, the pm said britain and the eu are now "not far apart" on the key question of the irish border. the guardian leads with a warning from the eu that europe's security is being put at risk by so—called "golden passport" schemes that have allowed some states to sell citizenship or residency to potentially "dangerous individuals". business website thestreet reports on netflix who have added nearly seven million new customers bringing its total to more than 137 million members worldwide. the growth was stronger than expected, prompting the firm's shares to jump more than 10% in after—hours trade. and finally the new york times asks "how high can canada get?" as the nation is poised to legalize marijuana today and embark on a cultural revolut

due to leave the european union the two sides are still at odds over the terms of brics the european council is set to meet next week in what's been billed as the last chance to stave off a no deal scenario with no independent majority in parliament prime minister is a may has to walk a fine line with her party and the country still divided. bret's that supporters are making a last ditch effort to prevent what they call a press of betrayal ahead of a rally in the southwestern town of torquey former you kept leader nigel farage insisted the current compromise being discussed is a sellout cricks it be watered down. and right now we're headed for sort of a halt in the hall file not a man's land and customs union membership that could go on for who knows how long and this is not what people budget. as britain and the e.u. continue negotiations and brussels information leaking out of the talks point to britain remaining in the customs union after brock's that until a permanent trade agreement is hammered out customs checks would be avoided on the border between arlin and northern ireland a contro

on brexit shortly, which it's hoped could break the log jam in the negotiations ahead of the european council summit in two weeks. the ft leads with honda and general motors who have struck a deal to team up in developing self—driving cars. the move will create the most powerful rival from the traditional automotive industry to technology upstarts led by alphabet‘s waymo. meanwhile, the south china morning post asks can electric—car company tesla flourish without elon musk as chairman, or, to put it in another way, can tesla survive with musk in control? musk was recently fined us$40 million for misleading investors over the funding he had in place to privatise the company. and finally in the guardian, astronomers believe they have discovered the first known moon beyond our solar system, in orbit around a gigantic planet 8,000 light years away. the so—called exomoon, which is estimated to be the size of neptune, would also be the biggest known moon, far exceeding anything known to exist in our own solar system. there we go. with me isjeremy cook, who's chief economist of the payments company

well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world european council president have demanded british prime minister to resign may make quote concrete proposals for ending the break sit impasse this is made cabinet has been meeting in london to prepare for the two day summit of the e.u. used twenty eight leaders which begins on wednesday in brussels officials in morocco say at least six people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train derailment near the capital robot so the train was traveling on the busy coastal wind connecting the capital to the town can each of the calls of the incidents is being investigated a new study suggests that female lawmakers in europe experience widespread sexual harassment the independent enter parliament terry union says that nearly half of more than one hundred twenty women interviewed in forty five countries reported being threatened with sexual and physical violence most also said that comments had been made about their appearance. fee and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you tur

the brags that transition period after a two day summit of the blocks leaders in brussels the european council president said that a decision would be made if and when decisive progress came installed talks british prime minister to resign may said that the option to extend the transition could help calm the current impasse over the irish border all doing is working to ensure we have the afghan election commissioners are calling for a suspension of voting in the southern province of kandahar after killing after the killing of a powerful police commander and a local intelligence chief by the taliban the killings happened at a meeting in kandahar province to discuss security for saturday's parliamentary elections which would be the first national elections for eight years the taliban has said that the top u.s. general in afghanistan who attended the meeting was the actual target survived the attack so. let's get more on saturday's elections in afghanistan i am joined now by markus puts old the german government's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan and a former german ambassador to afghani

were financing the besieging clued in iran and a lot bank as well as a new factoring company's european council president donald tusk says he's not hopeful of a breakthrough in the talks before a summit on wednesday to remain deadlocked over the border between northern ireland part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is in the e.u. failure to reach an agreement could mean the return of border checks something opposed by all sides prime minister theresa may said she is optimistic about a deal but the news chief negotiator said more work remains and those are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera throughout the day much more to come and sad story is next. who killed jamal khashoggi turkey says it now has evidence he was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul donald trump says rogue killers may have done it but was it an investigation that went wrong or was a hit squad sent to silence this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program all i'm imran khan the joy saudi turkish team investigating the case of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has searched the consulate and now attention

second, it is just the european parliament that needs to ratify. >> and the council. what happens of parliament does not vote? with anybody like to add about what they said earlier? we have been painting the halloween scenarios for a while. no? gentleman in the front row, and then you. >>we have been painting the various scenarioss for a mentid ofh scotland and that kind hypothetical case. is there some sort of scenario in which northern ireland has a referendum on reuniting with the republic of ireland as a way to stay in the eu? is that completely outside of possibility? thank you. >> that's a good question. about payingstion attention to the situation on the ground in northern ireland. voted quitee which strongly to remain gets more and more remain, and more and more protestants begin to realize the benefit is changed. you can get a united ireland referendum in the next five to 10 years. is that realistic? >> me? certainly not in the next five to 10 years in my opinion. there has been a lot of -- the first thing that happened in my consciousness after the u.k. vote

let's bring india is brussels bureau chief max huffman for more on the story merkel and the european council president on altos have both warned and no deal breaks it is looking ever more likely given that information what can we actually expect from tonight's summit. the german chancellor also insisted that they were preparing for a no deal scenario it's interesting though how the perspectives change if you talk to the british colleagues here at the summit in brussels they see more the positive side that are going to go said that a deal was still possible so what i think we'll see here today is first of all the huge reinforcing some of the hard lines they drew earlier throughout the year and actually last year already the main one being the integrity of the single market of the european union but also doing what the chancellor did stating that there was still time and that they were willing to negotiate you know sue me on sunday it almost looked like here in brussels a deal was on the table that we were close to having that deal it all evaporated as you know but it seems like the different

called the nuclear option because it could in taking away the voting rights of the country in the european council there it's quite away till then but this procedure has been sort of going up and down and around in the council here and didn't different ministerial meetings in brussels and if in fact poland should ignore an actively defied this verdict from luxemburg they really might have to sort of speeded up and then it's an open fight between virus so in brussels and we don't know where that might and yet barbara thank you so much for now didn't we just barbara in brussels. now to some other stories making news around the world today at least fifty people are feared dead after a high speed commuter train ran into a large crowd at a festival near the northern indian city of it's our local t.v. said people had gathered to celebrate an annual hindu festival but they failed to hear the approaching train over the sound of firecrackers at the festival. an official memorial ceremony is being held in russian an extract for the big tims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is obs

brexit already but the independent is focusing on the press conference that the president of the european councilivered yesterday. he sounded quite negative, didn't he? he did that i think it does not want to overstate what can be achieved this week. i think he is not as negative as he was in salzburg so there is a possibility that this would not so much. he did say that there is no grounds for optimism. as i see it, the only source of hope for a deal is good will and determination on both sides. however, for a break through to to ta ke however, for a break through to to take place, we do need new facts. the question is, what new fact can we bring today to brussels? theresa may's options are limited. she perhaps only has a few minutes to make a pitch to the leaders. unless you can come up and say that she has changed her mind, and i don't think any of us think she will, then there is no real hope that breakthrough in the next few days. it is tricky because she is on the outside now at any of these negotiations take place. she has a few minutes to speak and then she has dinner with them all a game

he was speaking before a meeting of the european council this evening, when eu foreign ministers willd northern ireland, and said more time was needed for a comprehensive deal to be finalised. translation: we've worked very hard in recent weeks and in the last few days with the british authorities to find an all—encompassing solution to the question of ensuring an orderly brexit. brexit needs to be orderly for all parties and in all areas, including ireland. we need to find a solution to ensure under no circumstances there is no hard border on the island of ireland. we have not yet managed this. there are still several areas under discussion, including the question of the irish border. it is my understanding that we are going to need more time to reach this agreement that suits all sides, and to achieve decisive progress, which is necessary to bring to an orderly end the brexit negotiations. that's where we stand and we will use the coming weeks to work calmly and seriously towards finding a solution. gavin lee is in luxembourg, where european ministers are meeting in advance of this

we have got the european council meeting coming up on wednesday, to start off.options that came out of the papers today is that we could be shackled as the paper describes it to brussels for an extra yea r. describes it to brussels for an extra year. not everybody is happy about that. the headline in the telegraph is an extra year shackled to brussels, but the subhead is brexiteers react with fury as eu proposes extending transitions to the end of 2021. because of the irish border problems, and the suggestion is that nobody can agree on at the moment, so let's buy them an extra year to thing about ireland. the trouble is that the brexit bill we are paying, if you add another year onto it, then we will owe them something like another 17 billion, so pushing it back is not a great idea either. jacob rees—mogg has been talking about this, hasn't he? he is not very happy. this, hasn't he? he is not very happy- i this, hasn't he? he is not very happy. i think we could have all best that one. essentially, the irish border has become the gordian knot of this whole thing

european council president onil tusk says he's not hopeful of a breakthrough in the talks before summit on wednesday to remain deadlocked over the border between northern ireland part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is in the e.u. failure to reach an agreement could mean the return of border checks and that's something opposed by all sides british prime minister theresa may said she is optimistic about a deal but the use chief negotiator said more work remains as are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera we return you now to the big picture. i'm going to get their feet is indeed being sidelined in arab affairs now with the beginning of the nineteen eighties he'd look to the wider world for new purpose he became literally again a silly body especially in the arab world because he felt that all of the who have betrayed the arab cause and he is the champion of the articles. and. it is. sad. it is. it is that. is so that's why he starts supporting a lot of the movements in different parts of the world he was accused of supporting so many different there's organization or from. i

were financing the siege including iran's malott bank as well as and you factor in companies european council president oliver says he's not hopeful of a breakthrough in brics the talks before a summit on wednesday. remain deadlocked over the border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is in the e.u. failure to reach an agreement could mean the return of border check something opposed by all sides for just five minutes for theresa may said she is off to mystic about a deal but the chief negotiator said more work remains a moment of silence has been held on the first anniversary of a bomb explosion which children journalist investigating corruption in malta ceremony at the european commission in brussels also remembered other journalists killed or intimidated because of their job. if the prime minister has appointed women to half of his government's ministerial posts including the job of defense minister ethiopia torrence or wanda is the only african states to have equal representation in the cabinet since he took office in april may and has made

european council president, donald tusk has warned it's still a sticking point. s1 is a sticking point. s1 is 3:30amg point. s1 is 3:30am in)oint. s1 is 3:30am in the t. s1 is 3:30am in the morning, you up—to—date on the headlines, it's now for panorama. chlorine. my god. tonight on panorama — the truth about a toxic war. the chemical weapons that have terrorised people across syria. translation: people were hysterical. if they go up, they get bombed, if they go down they get killed by chlorine. we have never used our chemical weapons arsenal. ..our investigation shows they have been used time and time again. translation: i felt my throat burning. i was choking. i couldn't breathe. a crucial part of a war—winning strategy. translation: two chemical attacks in a small area. what's left? it's all over. the syrian civil war is drawing to a close. idlib province is the opposition's last remaining stronghold. huzaifa is preparing for a possible government attack. translation: we made the shelter in 2012 when the regime began bombing. my family dug it by hand. it took us a month. we need it

discuss the status of the talks and says and the amicable divorce the old still be achieved but european council president donald tusk says without concrete proposals from may it doesn't hold out much hope for a breakthrough unfortunately the report on the state of the negotiations that the from you today as well as. it in the house of commons give me no grounds for optimism before tomorrow's. british. shoot the only source of hope for the rueful know if the good will and determination on both sides. however for a breakthrough to take place beside. new fact. well the e.u. and the u.k. have been unable to make an agreement over the irish border which is vital for the movement of goods in and out of the you at the sharp end of this is the dutch port of brought her down crucial for the movement of goods into the u.k. now it's preparing for the worst as lawrence lee went there to find out. the dutch love to grow tomatoes the netherlands is the world's biggest exporter of the fruits in the summer the u.k. gets really hard of all its tomatoes from here or at least it has done the assumption is that a

leaders are meeting in brussels later on wednesday the summit comes a day after european council president donald tusk said he's not hopeful about a breakthrough in the talks with the u.k. well negotiations have stalled once again after what should happen with the irish border the norm. in the rest of the u.k. leave the e.u. in march. on tuesday to discuss the status of the world's she's confident an amicable divorce deal can still be achieved but the e.u. has said work remains to be done. who are new developments. we must find a solution to include our land and find a solution for no hard border on the island of ireland when not there yet various issues are still to be discussed including oil and what i understand is that more time is needed to find this deal and to reach the decisive progress that we need to finalize the negotiation on the withdrawal of the u.k. . but has more now from london. to resume a held a meeting with the cabinet with several hours and it really was a rallying call for them to be unified behind her she told them if they still do but they really could achieve this

in march to resume a says an amicable divorce deal is still achievable but the european council president says the possibility of no deal is more likely than ever before the world health organization has called an emergency meeting on weapon state to discuss the apolo virus outbreak in the democratic republic of congo the virus has killed twenty four people in the last week more than one hundred thirty people have died since the latest outbreak began in the country in august the congo has experienced nine bricks of a bonus since one nine hundred seventy six. the worst flooding in the southwest of france for more than a hundred years killed now twelve people three months worth of rain fell within a few hours on monday villages near the city of caucus on where water levels are still rising those are your headlines the news continues after the big picture i'll have more news on this channel in about twenty five minutes hopefully see that up. october two thousand and eleven call in elm i'm going to get their feet is drugged from a drain pipe beaten and killed by libyan revolutionaries the bod

of course, i stand ready to convene a european council.have a look at this poll by ipsos mori. it shows that the number of people who are not confident theresa may will get a good brexit deal, shown in red, has steadily risen since march last year. just a few hours ago the prime minister met her backbench mps to address their concerns over her brexit plans. i spoke to our uk political correspondent rob watson who was monitoring that meeting at the houses of parliament. the reason why i'm not standing with you — and hello to you and the rest of the os team — is absolutely i was standing outside the room, i watched theresa may go in, i watched all the conservative mps go in. and it's like something out an old —fashioned movie about britain in the 1930s or something, it is a room largely full of white man. and when she walked in there was sort of banging of desks and cheering and weeping and all sorts of general celebrations. but here's the deal. i don't think we should be seduced by that in any way. theresa may's problems haven't gone away a

the prime minister-- of the european council. this very hard one and very easily lost. i completed my high school exams in 1998 and i come from the generation which we witnessed on televisions every single evening, from not just in northern ireland which devastated people's lives. thousands of people killed and that is something that people across the island of ireland are deeply concerned about maintaining and preserving the process. we are really concerned about could potentially unleash. before march and probably by the end of the year, this is a real risk and threat that we are really concerned about. >> minister of europe and the last labor government, which we are going to bring into this conversation to a spokesman of foreign affairs. given your poly metric, your harvard of course which is not most left behind are but you are still in a position to judge the prospects. >> given the parliamentary experience and the leadership of your party, is at best-- but somebody did not turn up to the match. what are the chances that something could go wrong in this vote and w

course of course a lot of positive changes and as the austrian chancellor and as president of the european council this is what i would like to say. apart from bilateral ties we've also talked about relations between the e.u. e.u. and russia and we've also discussed. some urgent and harsh questions. such as ukraine and syria russia. as a great power. has a great responsibility. to find a political solution to the crisis in ukraine and in syria. today. just statement about syria. is. what i've heard from you. like we want to. remove iranian troops from syria and i agree we should do that and i hope that this will help find a positive solution to this crisis also we need to resolve the crisis in ukraine in eastern ukraine because people have been suffering for way too long. as an active participant of e.u. policy it's. we believe that is also partly our responsibility to help resolve this issues and here we come closer to the problem to the issue of sanctions and i hope i have sincere hope that you as part of the minsk agreement would be able. to find ways to resolve. this situation in eastern ukrai

brent: was there any sign tonight that the european council president is willing to announce that thereill be another summit? because there has been a matter of contention whether or not they set another date for another summit. max: the thing is they all said they think it is still possible to reach an agreement, and that they were all ready to continue the negotiations. so it is hard to imagine donald tusk coming out saying we are all willing to talk, but we are not having the summit in november. so most likely the summit will take place. the question is what will it be about. will it be a finalize deal with the u.k., or will it be to talk about a no deal scenario on the eu s side and what to do? by the way, those contingency planning's have begun. one part of the evening here tonight, as we speak at the moment, is the commission presenting its plnans to the leaders for a no deal scenario. that is probably taking up more time at the moment that what concessions they can still make. the feeling here is the eu has done what it can to reach a deal. now it is up to the u.k. brent: and the

singapore and the president of the european council attended the official signing of a new trade agreement between the e.u. and singapore. earlier today the european commission exercise for the first time its power to veto the italian budget proposed by the coalition government of prime minister good sepic conti the vice president of the european commission told the media quote today for the first time the commission is obliged to request a euro area country to revise its draft budgetary plan but we see no alternative.

abb need progress at the european council next week in brussels, they wa nt council next week in brussels want the green light to be given than for a final brexit summit in november. and this whole thing to be signed off on and we get into the business of trying to get the withdrawal deal and the outline of the future partnership signed off compartment. that would be the end of this process of course. the key sticking point clearly still remains the question of the irish backstop, what to do in the long term. and thatis what to do in the long term. and that is what there is so much energy and argument has been so far, it happened, they're and argument has been so far, it happened, they‘ re about and argument has been so far, it happened, they're about a dozen cabinet members and the senior chief said this. we are conducting an extremely difficult investigation. the chief, this was not a cabinet discussion, an informal one to decide matters really. i think it was in update the ministers on what was in update the ministers on what was going on regarding the backstop question. we know what,

the president of the european council, donald tusk, says the the eu should prepare for the possibility of a no—deal brexit. he says it is more likely than ever. the duke and duchess of sussex, harry and meghan, are expecting a baby in spring next year. the couple were presented a few gifts in sydney to celebrate the news. they're on tour in australia and will visit new zealand, fiji and tonga. the energy firm quadrilla has begun fracking for shale gas in lancashire for the first time since 2011. the process was linked with earthquakes near blackpool. it is controversial work involving pumping liquid underground at high pressure to fracture rocks and release natural gas. protesters gathered near the site as work got under way. waving placards, embedding arms into lumps of concrete. refusing to come down from scaffolding on top of a van, which they chained themselves to. the fracking may have started again but the protests have not stopped. we have to stop using fossil fuels and we need to stop now. i am an old granny, right, but i have to be here because it is going to affect our grandc