reaction from brussels we've seen a tongue in cheek reaction from the president of the european council donald tusk he tweeted today that politicians come and go but the problems they have created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of breaks it has not left with davis and johnson but who knows. you know he does know our very own dear watson is in brussels on the story for us tonight georg the european union doesn't seem very impressed with what we saw today in london how are european countries how are they going to deal with the chaos that is unfolding right now. rex it from the european perspective has proved to be very costly both regarding time and effort not to mention goodwill and so there was some hope here on the part of the european union that finally the the u.k. was about to put a plan on the table because from the european perspective what is holding things up in this whole negotiating process is the lack of vision of the u.k. a clear vision with bullet points on a piece of paper a plan how they want to do this practice it and the fact now that this is being trump itote by

against her may yet be in preparation jonah hill al-jazeera london well the president of the european council donald tusk says he regrets that the idea of bragg's it hasn't left along with david davis and boris johnson. politicians come and go. but the problems they have created for the people who remain. and the mess caused by a break it is the biggest problem in the history of the e.u. u.k. relations. and it is still the far from being solved well julian hosts is a policy analyst and vocal europe it's an online news service and he's joining us now on skype from london thank you very much indeed for being with us what's the way out for the u.k. government in this. so right now the issue is that there is no clear way out for the british government because effectively and the government has looked soft behind a number of red lines aren't entirely compatible with the european union's red lines for example with the checkers agreement there wasn't any consideration for the use readline on the role of courts of justice on the european court of role and likewise there wasn't enough consideration for what the b

president donald trump ahead of this nato summit this came from the president of the european council donald tusk who warned trump about alienating his allies the president trump. does not target. in europe india america appreciate your allies after all you don't have that money well this is because donald trump and washington have threatened to withdraw from the nato alliance unless all members make those two percent contributions of g.d.p. now this meeting kicked off with that tirade from donald trump it was expected all along to be a tense meeting but this is shaping up many think to be the most divisive meeting in native's entire history. the highly anticipated meeting between donald trump and president putin next monday in helsinki seems to have put the media rumor mill into overdrive some are even speculating that the u.s. president's been a soviet spies for decades i guess they have take a closer look. it was also free range so crazy stuff of conspiracy theorists in turn for hats but they've done it they've really done it and they went right in at the deep end. as trump arranges to meet fa

his calls have prompted a rebuke from the president of the european council, donald tusk, who told mr his allies" because he "didn't have that many". from brussels, our europe editor katya adler sent this report. the united states' self—appointed dealmaker—in—chief has landed on european soil. long—awaited but also kind of dreaded by his allies here, who wonder, after the iran deal and the climate change accord, will nato be the next trans—atlantic agreement to be trampled by president trump. his tweets this morning were not exactly encouraging. "nato numbers don't add up for us tax payers," he fumed. he is not wrong in terms of domestic military spending. president trump points to europeans as the worst offenders. the us always tops military spending charts. this year, seven european countries will hit nato's target of 2% of gdp. but a host of others come nowhere near, including three of the eu's biggest economies — germany, italy and france. forget decades of peace and tra ns'atla ntic partnership. forget decades of peace and tra ns—atla ntic partnership. nato secretary general has

his calls have prompted a rebuke from the president of the european council donald tusk, who told mr because he "didn't have that many". from brussels, our europe editor katya adler sent this report. the united states self appointed dealmaker in chief has landed on european soil. long—awaited but also kind of dreaded by his allies here who wondered, after the iran deal and the climate change accord, will make her be the next agreement to be trampled by president trump. his tweets were not encouraging. he is not wrong in terms of domestic military spending. president trump points to europeans as the worst offenders. the us always tops defence charts. a host of others come nowhere near, including three of the biggest economies in the eu — germany, italy and france. forget decades of peace, the nato secretary general has homed in on cash and flattery ahead of the summit in the hope of persuading donald trump of nato's merits. nato is a good deal for all 29 allies. i have thanked president trump for his leadership on defence spending and it is having a clear impact. all allies have start

president donald trump ahead of this nato summit this came from the president of the european council donald tusk who warned trump about a billion eating his allies the president on. america does not target. than europe and america appreciate your allies after all you don't have that money well this is because donald trump and washington have threatened to withdraw from the nato alliance unless all members make those two percent contributions of g.d.p. now this meeting kicked off with that tirade from donald trump it was expected all along to be a tense meeting but this is shaping up many think to be the most divisive meeting in native's entire history. donna dubinsky that what britain says it's further demonstrating its commitment to nato by boosting its presence in afghanistan prime minister to resign major announced an extra four hundred forty non-combat troops in the biggest military commitment in more than a decade or more this now like the westminster artes and of those that either one of the potential implications of may's move. well you know call and certainly the timing of this announcem

well, the president of the european council, donald tusk, has dimissed mr trump's claims. best friends. whoever says we are foes is spreading fake news." meanwhile donald trump's imminent meeting with mr putin will be the first official stand—alone meeting for these two leaders — but mr trump says he has low expectations. i think it is a good thing to meet. ido i think it is a good thing to meet. i do believe in meetings. i believe that having a meeting with chairman kim wasa that having a meeting with chairman kim was a good thing. i think having meetings with the president of china was a very good thing. i believe it is really good. having meetings with russia, china and north korea, i believe in it. nothing bad's going to come out of it and maybe some good will come out. but i'm not going with high expectations. i don't really, i can't tell you what's going to happen, but i can tell you what i will be asking for and we will see if something comes from it. during his stay in the uk, president trump said that he had given the prime minister, theresa may, a suggestion for

president donald trump ahead of this nato summit this came from the president all of the european council donald tusk who warned trump about alienating his allies this is what he said. dear president trump america does not target. than europe america appreciate your allies after all you don't have that money. well this is because donald trump and washington have threatened to withdraw from the nato alliance unless all members make those two percent contributions of g.d.p. now this meeting kicked off with that tirade from donald trump it was expected all along to be a tense meeting but this is shaping up many think to be the most divisive meeting in native's entire history what will be across it with your help shall do phones for a much thank you to at home for watching us twenty five cable to twenty six minutes past one of those one of the main stories we're across today at r.t. age q.b. up to date with everything twenty four seven at r.t. dot com. water company is a profitable public firm that supplies cheap water some more than half a million households a small percentage five point four six is alr

interestingly, i spoke to the head of the european council, donald tusk, asking him for his reaction.e getting from inside the european commission, from inside the european commission, from the chief press officer today, is that they believe, for them, this is that they believe, for them, this is no problem. they will go ahead as planned. for the uk, the new appointment of dominic raab as brexit secretary could be an issue, depending on how he deals with michel barnier. that is his counterpart. he is in the us this week, meeting officials. a very active, usually, on social media. his account is completely empty today. come the week after this, when brexit talks commence again, he will be expecting the new man in the job, dominic raab, will be there. thank you very much indeed. and there will be more throughout the afternoon on the bbc news channel including live coverage of the prime minister's statement to mps. a fifth boy is reported to have been rescued from the flooded cave in thailand this morning, after being trapped for the past fortnight. four were brought out alive yesterday.

his calls have prompted a rebuke from the president of the european council, donald tusk, who told mruse he ‘didn‘t have that many‘. from brussels, our europe editor katya adler sent this report. the united states self appointed deal—maker in chief has landed, on european soil. long—awaited, but also kind of dreaded by his allies here, who wonder, after the iran deal and the climate change accord, will nato be the next transatlantic agreement to be trampled by president trump? his tweets this morning were not exactly encouraging. nato numbers don't add up for us taxpayers, he fumed. he is not wrong, in terms of domestic military spending. president trump points to europeans as the worst offenders. the us always tops military spending charts. this year, seven european countries will hit nato's target of 2% of gdp, but a host of others come nowhere near, including three of the eu's biggest economies — germany, italy and france. forget decades of peace and transatlantic partnership, nato's secretary—general has honed in on cash and flattery ahead of tomorrow's summit, in the hope of pers

being watched very closely in brussels and we've seen a reaction from the president of the european council donald tusk he tweeted politicians but the problems they have created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of that has not left with davis and johnson but who know. now the first world cup semifinal kicks off this evening we have mark meadows from sports with us hi mark so this is france and belgium and france are the slight favorites going and yes you'd have to say so given they've won the world cup before in one thousand nine hundred belgium and never won it now of course there's no players left from one thousand nine hundred eight but there is the coach who was the captain that year he's now the coach so he can impart a lot of experience and knowledge and you have to say probably griezmann france have the player of the last two years and will football maybe even more so than messi dare i say it so yeah france favorites. the captain of france and the goalkeeper is a little bit worried by belgium let's take a little as. i think belgium of the most complete team in all possible aspec

alliance and he's had a stark warning as a result from that from the president of the european council donald tusk who has talked about trump alienating his allies their president trump america does not target. than europe america appreciate your allies after all you don't have that money. well we know that washington has threatened to withdraw its support for the nato alliance if other member states don't make that two percent of g.d.p. contribution currently we heard yesterday from the secretary-general around eight countries out of the whole block are actually making that contribution now this meeting was due to be tense anyway but it seems after that to raid from donald trump on wednesday morning before they'd even got down to the big business it seems that many believe that this now could be the most divisive meeting in nato's entire history you know we'll be following the help of the next couple of days as we get more out tell us all about it folks from from paris do bensky. let's focus on the states next with midterm elections in the u.s. to november it seems some of taken a doomsday approa

ease global trade tensions saying there is a danger they could spiral out of control european council president donald tusk was speaking in beijing today at the opening of a summit between china and the european union comes at a time when both the e.u. and china find themselves targeted by u.s. house. it's trade tensions continue to flare elsewhere there are signs that the economic relationship between the e.u. and china remain stable the two sides say they're close to reaching a bilateral investment agreement that commitment comes as fears grow over the impact of america's unpredictability. the europe china and the. american president trump and russian president putin can give. the fact. that the architecture of the world is changing before our eyes. and to this our common responsibility to make that change for the better. china and the e.u. also signed their first joint declaration since twenty fifteen the document mentions the need to address overcapacity on the global steel markets officials also discuss plans to reform world trade organization rules based on the same day that china filed a w t o chall

meanwhile — the president of the european council, donald tusk, has reacted to the resignations in thedea of brexit itself had not left with the departing ministers. speaking at a news conference, before borisjohnson‘s resignation, mr tusk said politicians came and went but the problems created by them remained: (tx next) politicians come and go. the problems they have created for their people remain. and the mess caused by brexit is the biggest problem in the history of the eu— uk relations. and it is still very far from being solved, with or without mr davies. u nfortu nately, solved, with or without mr davies. unfortunately, the idea of brexit has not left with david davis. our europe reporter, gavin lee is in brussels, what's the reaction there? they were only trying to digest this new proposal, now they have to digest something much more complicated and arguably unpredictable. yeah, once the brexit secretary has gone, many leaders knew him, but actually from travelling around europe, the more totemic of the leaders, certainly the one that ordinary people associate, whether it is m

european leaders don't want to do. anything to antagonize president donald trump they don't want to appear to be seen to be ganging up on the us leader now the president of the european council donald tusk came here with an urgent message not just for his hosts but also for the leaders of russia and the united states it is a common duty of europe and china america and russia not to destroy dissolve the. but to improve it not to start through a divorce which turned into a hot conflict so often in our history. but bravely and responsibly reform the rules based international order well the timing of this summit is of course significant coming just ten days after the start of the trade war between china and the united states timely for another reason also because on monday new figures came out which showed that china's economy is continuing to slow in the last quarter it dropped from six point eight percent to six point seven percent not a big fall but a reminder that if there is a protracted trade war then the fall could be much bigger eventually to iraq now where protests that have been sweeping the southern part of the country have now entered a second week about two hundred demonstrator

. >> reporter: today, european council president donald tusk urged mr. trump to soften his rhetoric. >> america, appreciate your allies. after all, you don't have that many. and your, spent more on your defense. >> nato allies are -- before the summit with president vladimir putin next week. >> frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. who would think. >> reporter: despite russia's aggressive moves in ukraine and confirmed election meddling in the u.s., the president today wouldn't say if putin was friend or foe. >> i aren't can't say right now. as far as i'm concerned, a competitor. a competitor. >> reporter: in between the nato and putin summits, the president will stop in london. he appeared to take a jab at prime minister theresa may by praising her recently resigned foreign secretary, boris johnson. >> boris johnson's friend of mine. he's been very, very nice to me, very supportive. maybe i'll speak to him when i get over there. >> major is with us now. theresa may is in big trouble right now in england, major. what kind of reception is the pre

earlier, the president of the european council, donald tusk — speaking in beijing — warned that worseningk following the baptism in the chapel royal at st james's palace. a further picture of the baby prince, alert and with a wide open—mouth smile, was taken by matt porteous, chosen by the duke and duchess of cambridge to be their private photographer for the day. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: it's been a busy few days for president trump, from his trip to the uk to meeting with president putin. we'll take stock of the fallout. the number of the people coming to the uk from the eu compared with the number leaving has fallen to its lowest level in nearly five years. the government says it wants to cut overall net migration. here's kamal ahmed. immigration to the uk is fundamentally changing. the numbers coming from the rest of the eu are falling, and the numbers from the rest of the world are rising. in 2010, 77,000 more eu migrants came to the uk compared with the number who left. that's called net migration. you can see how that figure then rose rapidly to 184,000. as the uk ec

both are unhappy with may's plan for a so-called soft brags that the president of the european council donald tusk says he regrets that the idea of bragg's it didn't leave along with davis and johnson politicians come and go. but the problems they have created for the people remain. the caused by break it is the biggest problem in the history. of. the u.k. relations. and it is still far from being solved eight of the twelve schoolboys have now been rescued from a flooded cave in thailand where there was stranded for more than two weeks four more boys and their football coach are still inside the head of the rescue mission says they need three more days to get them all out in just over half an hour from now the u.s. president is due to announce his pick to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy there's already a conservative majority in the highest u.s. court and donald trump's decision is likely to consolidate that position. the drug administration has told a federal judge monday that the government will not meet tuesday's deadline for reuniting migrant children with their parents

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ease global trade tensions saying there is danger they could spiral out of control european council president donald tusk was speaking in beijing at the opening of a summit between china and the european union task insisted that europe china and the u.s. and russia had a duty not to destroy the global order task called for a roof. form of international trade rules as well as an overhaul of the world trade organization while there's still time to prevent what he called conflict and chaos . well for more on that summit and the relationship between china and the you i'm joined by senior economist at commands bank in singapore good to have you with us of course we have this this trade disputes between the u.s. and china which is getting worse and now we have u.s. president to trump we just heard that calling the e.u. a follow on trade is this now the time for the european union and china to to strengthen economic ties yes i think so in the basically all we have seen that day in the u.s. has that is collate in that instance that with the rest of the ward and days like the u.s. were olds that another far away

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but there was one tweet from the president of the european council donald tusk.ms they have created for people remain. i can only regret the idea of brexit has not left with davis and johnson. but. . .who knows? where do we find ourselves this evening ques—mac joining me here evening ques—mac on the green is katy balls, political correspondent for the spectator. we have just heard from the solicitor general that is a new chapter for the solicitor general that is a new chapterfor the prime solicitor general that is a new chapter for the prime minister, solicitor general that is a new chapterfor the prime minister, has the risk gone away? ultimately it has been a very bad day for today's money. his remark is very optimistic. she has lost two cabinet minister. you get the sense it is very fair ground minister. you get the sense it is veryfairground a minister. you get the sense it is very fair ground a party at the moment, she has got through the day but this group may go for the leadership. in a week the government will face a crucial vote on the customs union whic

ease global trade tensions saying there is a danger they could spiral out of control european council president donald tusk was speaking in beijing today at the opening of a summit between china and the european union it comes at a time when both the e.u.'s china find themselves targeted by u.s. tariffs is part of washington's america first policy. its trade tensions continue to flare elsewhere there are signs that the economic relationship between the e.u. and china remain stable the two sides say they're close to reaching a bilateral investment agreement that commitment comes as fears grow over the impact of america's unpredictability today on the thing of europe meets china in the. american president trump and russian president putin can give. all of the fact. that the architecture of the world is changing before all of the realities. and to defy our common responsibility to make it the change for the better. china and the e.u. also signed their first joint declaration since twenty fifteen the document mentions the need to address overcapacity on the global steel markets officials also discuss plans to

was agreed to last july and european commission president john claude juncker and european council president donald tusk joined japan's prime minister shinzo abi at the signing ceremony for a defacto display of international opposition to the u.s. positions on trade policy donald tossed also spoke at the conference and levelled his opinion on what the trade deal will mean politically. in the increasing darkness of international politics. we have sending it to be in methods. that you can count on us we have predictable both japan.

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now than she did just a few hours ago general in terms of the european reaction the european council president donald tusk has given a strong hint that it's not too late for britain to change its mind on leaving him he treated politicians come and go over the problems they've created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of rex it has not left with david and johnson but who knows so john a time donald suggesting that that or hoping rather that there's a chance bracks it might not happen what other reaction is that been from the e.u. . well that may yet be wishful thinking on the part of to us but perhaps a show there between the lines of some support for terrorism a some appreciation sympathy even for the situation that she's in the difficulties that she's in with her party so deeply riven perhaps even eventually catastrophic lee split over this issue of breaks if she as i say now appears perhaps in a position to take her idea that points towards a softer breaks it certainly in business and economy terms to the e.u. perhaps next week and begin the next round of very important trade negotiation

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states and russia are being warned by the european leaders not to start a trade war european council president donald tusk also called for three countries to reform the world trade organization to scan european commission president jacques rogge younker are in beijing for talks with trades dominating the agenda in the occupied west bank a palestinian school is a new start its new term six weeks early because it faces demolition is located in the small bedouin community of a llama which israel wants to bulldoze so that it can expand a settlement stephanie decker reports. their summer holidays been cut short but none of these children seem too bothered they all know why they are here . so that we have people inside the school so the israelis won't demolish it. a sally lives a ten minute walk away over the mountain this school doesn't only serve. but it's the only school in the area for these bedouin children. we want to demolish the whole community and transferred us and take the land these ready supreme court will set a day to respond to an appeal to stop the demolition by the fifteenth of august and as of

accuse them of not spending enough on defense and he was given this blunt message from european council president donald tusk the america up to shoot your allies after all you don't have the money and europe spend more on your the firms because everyone expects that if you will prefer that they quipped money is important but gentlemen solidarity for even more important diplomatic editor james bays has more on what we can expect from this summit. president trump arriving in brussels and eighteen months in office he's not hidden his disdain for international organizations in his sights in recent days the us is most important military alliance he's been tweeting about it and he made these comments at a rally last week. to tell nato you get a said paying your bills the united states thank you thank you he would last year on his first trip to nato trump was far from diplomatic here he pushes past montenegro's prime minister he denounced allies who did not but the nato target to spend at least two percent of the gross domestic product on defense twenty one out of the twenty nine nato members are still not over thi

was agreed to last july and european commission president john claude juncker and european council president donald tusk joined japan's prime minister shinzo ave at the signing ceremony for a defacto display of international opposition to the u.s. positions on trade policy donald tusk also spoke at the conference and levelled his opinion on what the trade deal will mean politically. it's a lie in the increasing darkness of international politics. we are sending a clear message. that you can count on us we have predictable both japan and the you predicted the responsible and will continue defending the based on rules on freedom transparency and commerce. it's also notable that the day before the signing the trade deal the two e.u. leaders met with chinese officials in beijing to talk trade. and we love talking about cryptocurrency is that there's always more than we can get to sort today we pick just the very best news stories that are top of our list for discussion to do so we are once again joined by crypto experts kristie are the tech trader phone and jeffrey talk of the editorial director of the amer

united states and russia are being warned by european leaders not to start a trade war european council president donald tusk made the comments during talks in beijing which i donate in the agenda in the wake of a number of u.s. towers and jim brown reports from the city. just ten days after the start of a trade war between china and the united states a timely summit in beijing china's leaders are hosting the european union's top officials one of whom had an urgent plea directed at china as well as the united states and russia it is a common duty. of europe and china. america and russia. not to destroy his old. butts to improve it. not to start through a divorce. which turned into a hot conflict so often in our history china's leadership wants a united front against u.s. president donald trump's trade policies and is hoping for an ally in the e.u. which is also quarrelling with trump over trade as well as defense to the u.s. trade friction is the problem between us china doesn't want to trade well with the u.s. we think there is no winner from a trade war any actions of violate the world trade organization r

european council president donald tusk there adrian given the concerns that you mentioned that europe has about getting too close to china what are the chances here at the c.u. china summit of real solidarity on those important issues like trade. well elizabeth in the last few minutes both sides have released a joint communique it runs to sort of forty four points so i won't tell you everything that's on it but the ring to think of really stood out for me was china saying it remains committed to the world trade organization and it would go along with reform of the world trade organization china is essential is saying that as the world's second largest economy we don't just want to follow the rules we also want to make up the rules so that is i guess encouraging the e.u. has been pushing china to join them in reforming the w t o china joined the w t o seventeen years ago and you know at the core of president donald trump is complaints about china is the fact that he says china simply doesn't play by the rule book that was made by the world trade organization but china is now saying tha

well ahead of the summit the european council president donald tusk said the u.s. ought to remember who its friends are the america up to shit your allies after all you don't have that many. and you europe spend them all on your the firm's because everyone respects and they're like that is well prepared and equipped money is important about generating solidarity is even more important. the un has criticised israel's closure of the only crossing point to get goods into gaza in response to palestinians launching incendiary kites over the border the qatar level salim point is an economic lifeline for residents already struggling with a nearly twelve year blockade of gaza by israel and egypt commercial and industrial goods are being blocked with only humanitarian aid medical supplies and food allowed through the u.n. special coordinator is urging israel to reverse its decision and gaza's rulers have asked to stop the case carrefour says is that the crossing. where there are trucks moving here at the exit point of the carriage crossing known as the kerem shalom crossing

meanwhile, the president of the european council, donald tusk, has once again warned the uk governmentsessment, including when i spoke to prime minister theresa may last week. the sooner we get the precise uk proposal on the irish border, the better the chance to finalise the brexit negotiations this year. put simply, we cannot make progress unless a solid backstop is presented by the uk and accepted backstop is presented by the uk and a cce pted by backstop is presented by the uk and accepted by our irish friends. we are now looking forward to the white paperfrom are now looking forward to the white paper from the uk are now looking forward to the white paperfrom the uk and we are now looking forward to the white paper from the uk and we very much hope it will bring the necessary clarity, realism and impetus to these negotiations. the government wants to ban gay conversion therapies as part of an "action plan" to tackle discrimination. it comes after the largest national survey of lgbt, lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra nsgender people. ministers are also promising to improve sex educati

we already saw the head of the european council, donald tusk, come out with some comments aimed directly at the president saying the united states ought to spend more time focused on its allies and less time focused on strategic rivals such as vladimir putin and i can tell you this country is going to be focused on the nato summit, but these guys are watching the second half of france versus belgium here, and it is a packed house here. this is just one of a number of caves and bars around here we've got some france fans over here, belgium fans over here these guys are pretty stoked and we've got a foosball game going on over here it is a lot of fun we'll toss it back to you as these guys >> just want to bring it back to the serious bit of the trip. we're just actually seeing air force one landing. >> they're seeing for the game >> we haven't seen the president get off. coming back to comments he made before he boarded the plane, in particular saying his meeting coming up with president putin may be the easiest of his trip including a trip to the u.k. and nato this is going to be a very f

another meal president trump and the rest of the leaders are right now at dinner with european council president donald tusk and european commission president john cloud euchre as well as the leaders of finland and sweden and this it's all the more interesting because yesterday president felt like he needed to send a message directly to donald trump and he said in a press availability that he wanted trump to think about the fact that the united states would never have a better ally than europe that all of europe's defense spending went directly to mutual defense and he said that the e.u. spends more than russia and as much as china and that donald trump should think about this and appreciate his allies donald to said because you don't have that many and the other thing i should say is that as we were watching the leaders arrive at the dinner sites down downtown at the same clinton air a tweet emerged from donald trump saying that it's no longer ok that the allies would just reach two percent of g.d.p. spending by two thousand and twenty five but they need to do it immediately so yes it was certainly not and

earlier, the european council president, donald tusk, had a stark warning for mr. trump. >> america, shave your life, after all you don't have that many. >> the summit comes ahead of president trump's sit-down with vladimir putin. i want to bring in international diplomatic editor nic robertson, live at nato headquarters. and what a way to start this confab, i mean, to have the president who has said that putin is just fine, insulting germany and really drawing his wrath on germany. >> reporter: don't they say, isn't the saying start out as you mean to continue? president trump's had this drum roll of lambasting nato leaders telling them to pay up their 2% on gdp on defense spending as their commitment to nato and he's followed that up with tweets on the plane saying he's even considering getting back dues from nato allies who haven't been paying enough over the recent years. and then this attack on the german chancellor, angela merkel, somebody who's had no particular love lost for over the past year and a half since he's been in office. but this is very tough tal

european council president donald tusk has taken advantage of the crisis to suggest it's not too lateor britain to change its mind on leaving the e.u. he tweeted politicians come and go but the problems they've created for people remain i can only regret that the idea of bracks it was not has not left with davis and johnson but who knows. so joining me now is member of parliament tom brake is the liberal democrat party spokesperson for international trade and european affairs thanks very much for coming to speak to us so the prime minister trees may wanted us off the praxis that has resulted in a backlash from her cabinet with two resignations what are your concerns about her plans well i think my concern is that she now has lost a majority in the commons obviously if she's lost a number of senior cabinet ministers junior ministers potentially the last lost the support of the argy headed up by jacob riis small then she doesn't have a majority to get this through so i think what she needs to do new sponsor that is actually start talking to the opposition policies to see if she can find

us president donald trump has arrived for a nato summit in brussels with a stark warning from european council president donald tusknough on defence. accusing the president of criticising europe "almost daily", mr tusk said the eu spent more than russia on defence and as much as china. lord richard dannatt is the former head of the british army, he explains why he wants the uk spend 2.5% of its gdp on defence. the start point is not that britain spends 2%. it's that 2% is the least we have ever spent. why do we need more? we have a growing range of threats against our security, whether it is russia, the ongoing threat from islamic state, college dealing with other threats such as the migration threats of southern europe. the air force we've had since the second world war, and you actually say that 215%, another six or e7 actually say that 215%, another six or £7 billion is about the right amount we should be spending on our defence. mr trump's stance has been met with surprise by many european countries. 0ur berlin correspondentjenny hill has sent this report from grafenwoehr, which is home to a large us army base.

his comments were met with a sharp rebuke from european council president, donald tusk. russia and as much as china. dear america, prescheduled allies, after all, you don't have but many. —— capris appreciate your allies. the bbc is publishing more details of the salaries of broadcasters paid over a hundred and fifty—thousand pounds. last year, the figures revealed some women were paid less than men for doing similarjobs. this year's annual report will break down the earnings of individual presenters showing what they get for each programme they appear on. the prime minister has confirmed that an additional 440 british troops are to be sent to afghanistan to take part in the nato training and assistance operation there. the non—combat troops willjoin 650 uk military personnel already in the country, in helping to provide security for international advisers in the capital, kabul. mrs may said the move underlined britain's leadership in nato. officials say that the 12 members of a football team who were rescued from a cave in thailand are in ‘good health‘ and are showing no

this is european council president donald tusk. the america, i, appreciate your allies -- after all, you don't have that many. you will spend more on your defense because everyone expects now i that is well-prepared and a creep. amy: mess and take from protest are planned in london. then he will go to helsinki were trouble hold a summit t with putin. the trump administration has threatened to impose 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods, including fish, textiles, handbags, chemicals, petroleum and other products. the threat comes after the trump administration already imposed tariffs on $34 billion worth of chinese goods last week, prompting china to retaliate with tariffs against american products. this is a spokesperson from china's foreign ministry. >> i would like to stress the united states behavior is typical trait bullying. china will make the necessary counterattack from the protect legitimate righthts and interes. i would like to say this is a fight between unilateralism and multilateralism.m. china stands in

it's so striking to look at comments like that of the european council head, donald tusk, saying americayou should cherish your allies, you don't have any left. imagine we're in a world where america doesn't have many allies left and where we're alienating our strongest partners and embracing some of our most bitter adversaries. it's head spinning. and more importantly, it's really dangerous for our country. it's dangerous for our collective security. this proposal of doubling our nato partners -- >> what do you think of that? >> i think that our nato partners have to presume that this is a president who just doesn't want a good relationship with nato. they haven't met the 2% goal yet, so he's upping it. he's challenging them, saying no matter what you do, it's not going to be enough. and i have to think that putin must be celebrating, it's great news for him, great news for russia, great news for author tarri awuthoritarians around th world. >> what should he be saying? >> you have to come clean about what you did to meddle in our election and if it happens again, you're going to pay a

. >> reporter: today, european union council president donald tusk urged mr. trump to soften his rhetoric. >> reporter: nato allies are trying to minimize discord before the president's first summit with russian president vladimir putin next week. >> frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. who would think? >> reporter: despite russia's aggressive moves in ukraine and confirmed election meddling in the u.s., today the president wouldn't say if putin was friend or foe. >> i really can't say right now. as far as i'm concerned, a competitor. he's a competitor. >> reporter: in between the nato and putin summits, the president will stop in london. he appeared to take a jab at prime minister theresa may by praising her recently-resigned foreign secretary, boris johnson. >> boris johnson's a friend of rine. he's been very, very nice to me, very supportive. and i, maybe will speak to him when i get over there. >> glor: major is with us now. theresa may is in big trouble right now in england. major, what kind of reception is the president expected to get in londo

. >> you referred to what european council president donald tusk had to say, take a look at that. it sorts of sets the stage. >> dear president trump. america does not have and will not have a better ally than europe. please remember about this tomorrow, when we meet at the nato summit. but above all, when you meet president putin in helsinki. it's about knowing who is your strategy friend and who is your strategy problem. >> christine, where do we stand as the president goes from meeting with the nato allies and making all these threats about downgrading our involvement, about pulling back troops from germany and basis es in europe,d going into this meeting with europe? >> russia has been trying to drive a wedge between the united states and nato countries for a long time. the smart and strong thing for president trump to do is to go to brussels and take credit for the fact that half of the nato allies are increasing their spending and are on target to meet the 2% goal. and we're doing more than that at nato. we've also created two new commands to be more ready to deal with russi

well ahead of the summit the european council president donald tusk said the u.s. will to remember who its friends are the america up to shit your allies of the old you don't have the money. and europe spend more on the old firms because everyone who spoke the truth will prepare it creeped money's important about genuine solidarity is even more important well it's certainly not going to be a boring some less hard diplomatic editor james bay says more on what we can expect . president trumps setting off for brussels in eighteen months in office he's not hidden his disdain for international organizations in his sights in recent days the us is most important military alliance he's been tweeting about it and he made these comments at a rally last week. to tell you get is paying your bills the united states. with thanks last year on his first trip to nato trump was far from diplomatic here he pushes past montenegro's prime minister he denounced allies who did not but the nato target to spend at least two percent of the gross domestic product on defense twenty one out of