parliament meanwhile the president of the european council donald went even further saying that there was only one positive solution and that of course it seems to be a day in the year now other e.u. leaders have pretty much had it to the back of their teeth with the decision from the u.k. with leaders from italy and france trying to put their own country's interests first rather than k. president michael is even to some degree started to give the u.k. the cold shoulder. the u.k. is heading towards a no deal despite there being no agreement it scares everybody the first losers of this are the british people maybe we can improve on one or two points i don't really believe that because we went to so far as we could in the existing agreements and just in. order to try and solve a problem of british internal politics we want not defend the interests of europeans the plenary session is taking place currently in the european union parliament it's being led by people of course talking about breaks it might have been hoping that they could have been dotting the i's and crossing the t.'s on th

parliament meanwhile the president of the european council donald went even further saying that there was only one positive solution and that of course it seems to be a day in the year now other e.u. leaders have pretty much had it too at the back of their teeth with the decision from the u.k. with leaders from italy and france trying to put their own country's interests first rather than k. president michael is even to some degree started to give the u.k. the cold shoulder. the u.k. is heading towards a no deal despite there being no agreement it scares everybody the first losers of this are the british people maybe we can improve on one or two points i don't really believe that because we went to so far as we could in the existing agreement and just in. order to try and solve the problem of british internal politics we want not defend the interests of europeans the plenary session is taking place currently in the european union parliament it's being led by people of course talking about breaks it might have been hoping that they could have been dotting the i's and crossing the t.'s

an "open and frank" discussion with the president of the european council, donald tusk over her plans deal and there have been more street protests in venezuela as president maduro refuses new elections but says he will talk to the opposition. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the irish times, who report officials from the european commission are due in dublin next week to discuss preparations for a no—deal brexit, as preparations for a british crash—out intensify across the eu. the gulf news says us stocks have jumped, as apple led a rally in technology shares combined with an upbeat forecast ahead of the federal reserve's monetary policy decision. you know the decision was no change in rates. the telegraph leads with a launch of a campaign against technology giants who the paper says should face a statutory duty of care to protect children from online harm due to the "lawless wild west" of the internet. 0n the bbc news website, fashion retailers such as amazon, tk maxx and missguided have been described by

the president of the european council donald tusk, a friend and formally poland's prime minister, alsora, bbc news. new details have emerged about the planet saturn and the famous rings that surround it. it's now believed those rings are much younger than the planet itself. the information has come from the cassini probe — which ended its mission in 2017. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. it is one of the most spectacular sights in our solar system. saturn, a planetary giant. in its orbit, vast rings made up mostly of ice and rock. the planet itself is believed to be more than 11.5 billion years old, but its rings are likely to be much younger. in its final moments before crashing into saturn's atmosphere, the space probe cassini passed through the rings. by studying their gravitational pull, scientists were able to work out their approximate age. believed to be only 100 million years, which, in cosmic terms, is no time at all. translation: the most likely hypothesis is that there was a catastrophic impact by a comet on one of saturn's moons. they both disintegrated and both elements shap

tonight the prime minister spoke on the phone to donald tusk, the president of the european council.was described by officials as open and frank. back at westminster, theresa may and jeremy corbyn met for the first time to discuss brexit. sources say there was a useful exchange of views and the pair agreed to meet again soon. let's get more on the day's events from our political editor laura kuenssberg. a different kind of meeting in his diary — the labour leader off to see his biggest rival. the prime minister leaving not to wrangle conservatives, but to talk to him. reporter: will the eu make any changes? tea and biscuits served behind closed doors in her private office in parliament. but, after an hour of talks, did the labour leader and the prime minister find any common ground? serious, exploratory on the issues, and i set out the labour case for a comprehensive customs union with the european union, in order to protectjobs in this country, and trade. the cabinet has already promised to redraft the arrangements for northern ireland. ministers will consider if the backstop, that

happens next in relation to this rather difficult brags that process the president of the european council donald responded to the vote hinting that britain could cancel breck's it in order to get out of the pass at the same time the president of the european commission sean claude younker has tweeted that he regrets the outcome and that the risk of a disorderly withdrawal of the united kingdom has increased with this evening supposed while m.p.'s were voting inside hundreds of people gathered outside the houses of parliament our correspondent easily has more. but in the chamber of course it's a bit of a coalition of remain his and leave us who opposed the deal that was put forward by to resign may i suppose a bit of a muted reaction on the ground because of course there were a number of leavers who were cheering very loudly when the votes came through the leaders waving the union jack flags at us for those waving the e.u. flags remain as i suppose from that perspective well series of maize do it was an offering anything which the current agreement the u.k. has as parts of the member of the e.u.

the president of the european council donald tusk has suggested that the u.k. simply stay in the e.u. after may's defeat for the president of the european commission says he regrets the results and wants the u.k. to clarify what it is planning to do next other senior officials have also reacted of course if that proposal goes into direction of a more deep relationship with the european union we are ready to do so we are not against this on the on the on the country secondly. what what we don't want is that this mess in british politics is now transfer that an important in european politics it's not for the u.k. to. the next steps on our own or our side we really remain united and determined to reach a deal to stick to our agreement. of we have the plan for twenty months of march and easy do not make proposals that we can't come to a deal then we come closer to the operative professor at the london school of economics alan scared and writer jonathan fry i think that the future of brecht's it is very uncertain. it is a muddle it is a fiasco it's all largely the pr

european union and what i think is interesting is this. the prime ministers spoke to donald tusk and the president of the european council last night, the withdrawal they might be. she isn't able to go by to brussels at this stage, to go by to brussels at this stage, to get on a plane and cross the channel and discuss these issues because she is still discussing them in london. some of the potential solutions, a sunset clause, something that we the eight time limit, the eu are not too keen on that. some of the things that have been discussed, the very things the prime minister herself said were on workable including new technological solutions. it looks as though we still have to sort out on the government side, precisely what they wa nt government side, precisely what they want before we know it brussels will evil bent towards the prime minister's well. —— brussels will even bend. let's find out more about the signals. adam is in brussels. we heard from jeremy wright, the culture secretary, speaking on behalf of the government who said you can interpret some of the m essa g es you can interpret some of the messages from brussels in different ways

internal politics we won't know not defend the interests of europeans but the president of the european council donald tusk suggested that the u.k. simply stay in the e.u. after may's defeat for the president of the european commission says he regrets the results and wants the u.k. to clarify what is planning to do next and of course many other senior officials have also reacted. if that proposal goes into direction of a more deep relationship with the european union we are ready to do so we are not against this on the on the on the country secondly. what what we don't want is that this mass in british politics is now transferred that an importance in european politics it's not for the u.k. to. tell us the next steps on our on our side we really remain united and determined to reach a deal to stick to our agreement. of we have the plan for twenty months of march and easy to make proposals that we can come to a deal when we come closer to the opportunity a professor at the london school of economics alan scott and writer and broadcaster jonathan fry i think that the future of perhaps it is very uncerta

president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president macron lent his voice in support of no renegotiation chemical so your plan has the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable. with the e.u.'s bret's it negotiator michel barnier also defending the existing deal to resume a is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. straight to brussels that it will rejoin max max is always maintained that the deal they did with theresa may is the best and only one is there any chance or sign of it softening its stance. phil we've had. had the president of the e.u. commission speak this afternoon and also the chief negotiator and both said basically the same thing they said that the withdraw all agreemen

and i should public and we don't want also to fixed up these issues this president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president mccrum lent his voice in support of no renegotiation comical so you open as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable. with the e.u.'s bret's it negotiator michel barnier also defending the existing deal to resume a is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. let's bring in london correspondent bear get mass so they're going to help us make sense of this because the e.u. the u.k. excuse me they're asking to reopen negotiations on a deal that took eighteen months to agree what are the chances of the e.u. giving the u.k. any more concessions. that depends on who you ask here and britain th

president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president mccrum lent his voice in support of no renegotiation. as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable . the e.u. brics it steering group meets today as to reason may is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. says so what does all of this mean let's get the european angle on what was decided in london yesterday. there is at the german government's committee at foreign affairs in berlin max hoffman is joining us from brussels good morning to you both mahela i'd like to begin with you the british parliament wants a different deal what's the reaction in berlin. while your direct reaction but is that there simply won't be one and there's a

public and we don't want all sense that the banks took these issues this president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president macron lent his voice in support of no renegotiation nicol so you open as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable. with the negotiator michel barnier also defending the existing deal to reason a is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to work for parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. let's get an assessment of the sort of fights theresa may has on her hands the w.'s brussels bureau chief is max hoffman and our chief political correspondent melinda craig welcome both let's start with you max so the deal with a deal already done and presumed to be final we expect european leaders to say no more do you see any room for deviation f

poland's president, andrzej duda and the president of the european council, donald tusk — himself a former the attack. the government in bangladesh has announced a revised pay structure for garment workers. wages will be increased for six out of the seven garment worker grades. workers began a strike over a week ago when they discovered that a government pay deal meant some people were actually worse off. president emmanuel macron has published an open letter to the french people in an attempt to defuse the "yellow vest" protests that have rocked france for nine weeks. he has called for a nationwide debate until march to discuss the future of the country. one of italy's most wanted fugitives, cesare battisti, has been handed over by the bolivian authorities after decades on the run. a plane sent by the italian government flew the former militant out of the bolivian city of santa cruz de la sierra. battisti was convicted in italy of the murder of four people in the late seventies. the barcelona forward lionel messi has become the first football player to score 400 goals in la liga. it is 14

minister held what's been described as an "open and frank" discussion with the president of the european council, donaldomatic code for "bad tempered". theresa may wants to renegotiate a key part of her brexit deal, but has been warned by senior eu figures that the withdrawal agreement couldn't be reopened. belgium is normally thought of as the place where the negotiations are held. but it's also one of the countries that would be most affected by a no—deal brexit. especially its fishermen, who catch more than half of theirfish in british waters. adam fleming has been to the belgian coast. back to its port in belgium after nine days at sea, sees shared currently by eu countries. they have been catching fish off the coast of cornwall and east sussex which means every single fish unloaded has been caught ina every single fish unloaded has been caught in a british waters. proof of belgium ‘s reliance on the uk reach fishing grounds. if the reason no deal, the eu says things can stay broadly the same until the end of the year but no—one knows for sure and the owner knows nowhere else to go. boat is too smal

when the twenty ninth of march comes around and over in brussels the president of the european council donald tusk has just reminded everyone the one solution that will get everyone out of this pickle parliamentary pickle that we found ourselves in is just canceling the entire bragg's it process all together that came straight from the e.u. council president's mouth he said if a deal is impossible and no one wants no deal then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is now there have been from brussels before that all of this can just be scrapped and we can go back to being members of the european union. this is a pretty loud manner and last year just at the end of it sometime around november the e.u. highest court ruled that article fifty can be reversed so an interesting new development in that a lot of different forces coming into play trying to influence what happens next in relation to this rather difficult bragg's that process the president of the european commission john claude young who also tweeted that he regrets the moment that the risk of a disorde

was also throwing its support behind the opposition leader the president of the european council donald tusk gave a statement on twitter i hope that all of you will unite in support of democratic forces in the knesset i like madeira the parliamentary assembly including one grader who are democratic mandate from israel and citizens. we can now cross live to our political analyst max blumenthal max good to have you on the program now nicolas maduro says america is trying to stage a coup in venezuela is he right. absolutely and it's a very peculiar kind of coup we're witnessing a really unusual move by washington which satisfies the longstanding demands of venezuela's put just opposition ever since the opposition attempted a coup in two thousand and two against the elected president chavez and failed massively after having washington basically sign off on this coup what they've attempted to do is to establish a parallel government and get washington and whatever other governments the e.u. the right wing governments in latin america to recognize this. in two thousand and seventeen the oppos

should public and we don't want also knows that the banks took these says president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president macron lent his voice in support of no renegotiation nicol so european as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable. with the e.u.'s bret's it negotiator michel barnier also defending the existing deal to resume a is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. so what does london now expect from leaders in brussels our correspondent there get mass spoke with teresa mayes former brags that mr dominic rob. doesn't think about what's happening here and that is a prime minister chasing unicorns or is a real chance that things could change and she could come back with a deal well a you friends i

i should public and we don't want also is that the backstop is is use is president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president macron lent his voice in support of no renegotiation comical so you open as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable exist yet. the e.u. breck's it steering group meets today as theresa may is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again substantial and says let's get more on this now we are joined by the london correspondent massive bear could help us make sense of what the british parliament just voted for i mean they seem to be saying we don't want to leave the e.u. without a deal but they can't accept the deal that's on the table which is the only one that the e.u. says is available so w

the president of the european council, donald tusk, has signalled that he thinks cancelling brexit isoption now. but the president of the european parliament says no deal preparations now need to be stepped up. translation: we'd need to prepare for the prospect of the uk leaving without an agreement. i think it's only right and proper, and this is the position of the european parliament, to focus first of all on the citizens of the european union living in the united kingdom, and british citizens living in the rest of europe, because there are suffering from uncertainty and they would be the first victims of a disorderly withdrawal of the united kingdom. well, with me is our political correspondent rob watson. we've had the events of yesterday and i have this motion of yesterday and we have this motion of no—confidence lead against the government and there will be a vote this evening. so where do we go from here? theresa may has two challenges, firstly to survive the no—confidence vote, which i think she will, then the almighty challenge in british politics, to solve the brexit crisis

european council president donald tusk of former polish prime minister is among the mourners at st mary's church the funeral services being broadcast on big streams and and in cities across poland. well joining us now from correspondent monica. so monica we understand you're actually outside st mary's church where the funeral service for the polish marriage taking place what are you seeing there. there are thousands of people from poland and other countries gathering here all the time in front of the cathedral in. hope did they can enter the church and attend the can there are ceremony there are several thousands already in the church right now the funeral ceremony is beginning many people will have to stay outside and they will attend there will see the holy mass and attend the speeches from the big screens all over the city i talked to several people in the waiting line many people are still in deep shock after six years six days ago they don't understand how it happened in poland today how it would happened in the heart of europe they will keep. the memory of the mayor of the diocese a

the murder of the liberal politician is believed to have been politically motivated european council president donald to skip a former polish prime minister himself is among the thousands of mourners inside and outside st mary's church the funeral service is being broadcast on big screens in cadets and in cities across poland. joining us now live from good desk correspondent monica. monica we understand you're outside the church where the funeral is taking place what have people there been telling you. many of her the people who came here. from all over poland and from other countries are still deeply shocked after the tragedy. which happened six days ago in the dying sc they don't really find an answer any answer on question how is it possible that it could happen in poland today in the heart of europe and. the people are. in memory of the movie was very today. of paris on was open minded. wanted wanted to invite to the city of the diocese many different people from different cultures also during the. funeral ceremonies today representatives from different. religion religious minorities living in th

the murder of the liberal politician is believed to have been politically motivated european council president donald tusk a former polish prime minister is among thousands of mourners inside and outside st mary's church the funeral service is being broadcast on big screens in dansk and in cities across poland. joining us now from dunces d.w. correspondent monica said ask her so monica i can see that you're actually outside of st mary's church where the funeral service for the polish mayor is taking place as we speak can you describe the atmosphere for us. yes on many different streets and places in. like here when i am where i am standing now there are people who gathered to attend the holy mass and the speeches on the screens there are so thousands of them i told some people. here and everybody say that says that. the people are still in shock after what happened six days ago here in the diocese they ask how it was possible that such a tragedy such a criminal act of revenge of political revenge could take place here in the middle of europe in the heart of europe and they find no answer they keep th

progress of the balkans in europe and there have also been congratulations from the european council president donald tusk who has said that the two leaders had the imagination they took on the risk they did not hesitate to sacrifice their own immediate interests for the common good alexy zoran well done you have achieved the impossible of course there's a very different note coming from greeks from greece's conservative opposition party new democracy the leader of that party could you have christmas with ickes who has differentiated himself from the european. popular party to which his party belongs all the rest of the european conservative support of this agreement he did not he says that i retain the right i reserve the right as prime minister in future to bar the entry of north macedonia in the european union and he also says that i am preparing now how ways in which i'm going to mitigate the problems that will arise from this agreement and they certainly will arise. what the conservatives are concerned about is that they may face a situation in which people of north macedonia try to claim. ethni

she has also held talks with senior officials in brussels, including the european council president donald you confident of getting the brexit deal that you want? so, what now? today the prime minister continued to listen, with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house of commons hates and the eu insists cannot be changed. just got to get into the car. tight—lipped, but for brexiteers, some red lines on trade must stay. well, i don't believe we could have an independent trade policy if we stayed in a customs union. and the reason for that is, in a customs union with the european union, we would have to apply european trade law, without having a say in how it's made. he's happy to sign agreements with australia, but he won't sign up to a customs union compromise that might lead to cross—party support in parliament for a new deal. but if there is no deal, there are no trade agreements nailed down with a0 major economies to replace the existing ones we have as members of the eu. liam fox said other countries needed to

white house announcements came off to the north said leave nuclear negotiator met donald trump in washington . european council president donald to among thousands of mourners attending the funeral of the polish. immigrants the fifty three year old died he was stabbed on stage at a charity event in the northern city could dance concerned twenty seven year old arrested suspects that reportedly had a grudge with a political party at one of its once belonged. yellow vests demonstrators are marching for the tenth straight weekend in france to protest against president. government. it is the first mass rally since publish an open letter and called for a grand debate in response to protest is angry with his economic policies the demonstrations broke out in november over a decision to raise fuel taxes december's rallies some of the worst violence has been seen in paris for decades. all right up state with headlines on al-jazeera got more news coming up right after inside story. what now for peace in colombia its last remaining rebel group is blamed for the police academy bomb blast in bogota how does the attack threa

as we heard, mrs may has received a joint letter from european council president donald tusk and europeanit they said they were ‘not in a position to agree to anything that changes or is inconsistent with the withdrawal agreement‘. but on the crucial question of the northern ireland border, they assured the prime minister that the eu ‘does not wish to see the backstop enter into force‘. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels. she explained that the text from the eu did not go as far as being legally binding. the eu says assurances in this letter carry legal weight but this is, in essence, the eu was attempting to highlight details of the brexit deal they believe theresa may has failed to sell. such as the irish border guarantee, it is not attracted so many of the uk think, is that letter, and it is not inevitable. and yes we have heard these reassurances before, that is nothing new. but on the eve of the vote, this is the eu attempting, in co—ordination with theresa may, to focus the minds of mps and keep up the pressure. the underlying message is that the deal is better than you th

family members rosaries and gifts sent by pope francis among the congregation inside european council president donald tusk a personal friend of a dime of it so say were poland's president and prime minister a damn of it should be met for twenty years died after being stabbed on stage during a charity event he was fifty three but said nine years now. today we all need silence but silence can not mean all of us because meet us is similar to indifference and powell has never been indifferent or an opportunist personally giving you. the attack or accuse the previous government led by them as former party of wrongly jailing him police have arrested a twenty seven year old suspect like it will go to shit with the many what happened on sunday evening was seen as a violent constant sound of warning bell it's invited us to examine our conscience to change our lifestyles our style of politics our society and our media deval not that. back in twenty seventeen a polish far right group issued a damn of it and ten other man's fake death certificates. they'd signed a declaration welcoming refugees in protest agains

well those were sentiments there were echoed by the european council president donald tusk it was also in attendance he said that there were those out there who would see the european project fail e.u. commission president those young coed younker was a little bit more fun at the at the ceremony he ended by saying that. long live the franco german cooperation and long live europe perhaps or perhaps he was joining the music just a little bit that was playing it really was rather super. of the french and german anthems playing never what wasn't music to the ears of the money were wrong with what he heard when he left the building there the green yellow vest demonstrators could be heard shouting abuses him some suggesting that he should resign and this is really the reason. why this treaty has been signed because there's no major problems between france and germany these days thankfully but what there is is they are cracks in the european union and this was an intent is was intended to try and shoot some of from the major cracks such as breaks that to potentially major cracks the fact tha

as we heard, mrs may has received a joint letter from the european council president donald tusk and de juncker offering their support for theresa may‘s brexit agreement. in it they said they were not in a position to agree to anything that changes, or is inconsistent with the withdrawal agreement. but on the crucial question of the northern ireland border, they are sure the prime minister that the eu does not wish to see the backstop enter into force. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels. has anything really changed today? while not exactly legally binding, the eu says the assurances in this letter do carry little weight. but in its essence this letter is an attempt by the eu to highlight elements of the brexit deal they think theresa may has failed to sell back home. so, take the backstop, that contentious backstop, the irish border guarantee, it‘s not a trap that so many in the uk think, says this letter, and it is not at all inevitable. and, yes, we have heard these assurances before but on the eve of the vote this is the eu trying, in coordination with theresa may, to foc

and the president of the european commission, jean claude juncker and the president ot the european council, donaldan grammaticas who is in brussels... what do we expect in these letters? the letters have been a very closely guarded secret. we know there's been back and forth survived the last few days and weeks in order to draft them. the prime minister before christmas said she was looking for something. what we expect in the next hour or so we might get a first sight of them and the eu side, it appears at likely to issue these reassu ra nces appears at likely to issue these reassurances but only ones that will say that this backstop is not an optimal solution, it's not something the eu is seeking to trap the uk in or that it returns or expects will last indefinitely. but the eu will not, it seems, provide any sort of legal reassurance, that's the best understanding and the likelihood the eu has said this all along, they will not re—negotiate what has already agreed, it will not re—negotiate the withdrawal agreement or backstop, the letter is like to reiterate that but it is likely to say it will

i'll be back later on with more reaction from there we're also expecting to hear from european council president donald to skip a little later on and of course maybe we get a solution that comes out of that meeting between mrs may in a stick. just when we thought we'd reach pick breaks if not quite according to peter all of our europe correspondent peter moore. well historian commentator adel doorway sees the e.u. needs to occur fully considering its next move as well actually the negotiation. is one thing they're not taking it as a whole negotiating with your opinion is something now the european union have to think twice here because. government does not have to follow to resume a chemist they still go and see if we don't agree we're going to leave without it we leave you without a devious with sides but let's speak of the french above over one hundred eighty thousand people who are law i. ease of lorries passing through to cali through french so giving the. president micro going through now i don't think he would sort of accept actually going out with the idea that you have the german car in bus to

she has also held talks with senior officials in brussels, including the european council president, donaldight reports. mr gove, are you confident of getting the brexit deal that you want? so what now? today the prime minister continued to listen, with cabinet ministers trooping in and out to share their advice with the prime minister, who has a brexit deal the house well, i don't believe we could have an independent trade policy iiwe stayede e7 in parliament for a new deal. but, if there is no deal, there are no trade agreements nailed down with a0 major economies to replace the existing ones we have as members of the eu. liam fox said other countries needed to put more work in. while some in theresa may's divided cabinet are telling her that leaving the european union without a deal would be ok, others, particularly a camp dubbed the gang of five, are urging the prime minister to find a cross—party solution to this crisis, to compromise, and to rule out what they think will be the disaster of a no—deal brexit. and, of course, there is very little time left. on monday, the prime minister

what reports from brussels have described as an open and frank discussion with the european council president, donaldtiff resistance from eu leaders, who insist that the backstop plan, to ensure no return of a hard irish border cannot be unpicked. downing street says the two sides must work together to find a solution that can win a majority in the british parliament. here is our political editor laura kuenssberg. a different kind of meeting in his diary — the labour leader off to see his biggest rival. the prime minister leaving not to wrangle conservatives, but to talk to him. reporter: will the eu make any changes? tea and biscuits served behind closed doors in her private office in parliament. but, after a0 minutes of talks, did the labour leader and the prime minister find any common ground? serious, exploratory on the issues, and i set out the labour case for a comprehensive customs union with the european union, in order to protectjobs in this country, and trade. reporter: can we find an alternative to the backstop? looking forward to the day today, thank you. the cabinet has already promised

european council president donald tusk has hinted that britain should consider canceling brooks it altogether well he tweeted if a deal is impossible and no one wants no deal then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is. was very eager to get to david chaytor we can finally get to david in brussels and of course certain leaders are certainly not bashful in coming forward but we're not really hearing from heads of government across europe they're leaving really the bureaucrats to it. yes that was a very good tweet that summed up a lot of the sentiments year of the tweet from donald to asc he is essentially saying why doesn't someone stand up and lead the united kingdom back into the arms of the european union now that's clearly not going to happen in the next few weeks or months what is becoming quite clear is that the plan b. the trees in may was hoping to get concessions from the european union will not be effectively done in time for the next vote next week in parliament and it's going to need a delay in the march twenty ninth withdrawal date now that is

among the congregation inside european council president donald tusk a personal friend of a dime of itso to were poland's president and prime minister a demo of it she'd been married for twenty years died after being stabbed on stage during a charity event he was fifty three but said. today we all need silence but silence can not mean all because meatless is similar to in different powell has never been indifferent or an opportunist. the attacker accused the previous government led by the mayor's former party of wrongly jailing him police have arrested a twenty seven year old suspect. to share with the many what happened on sunday evening was seen as a violent constant sound of warning bell it's invited us to examine our conscience to change our style of politics our society and our media. back in twenty seventeen a polish far right group issued a damn a bitch and ten other man his fake death certificates they signed a declaration welcoming refugees in protest against the government's anti migration policies. i hope his death will help to remove or at least limit the language of hatred