and the republic of ireland which is a member of the european union meanwhile the european parliament in strasbourg is also debating the state of bragg's negotiations today and one of the key points of discord is the irish border. let's talk this through with our correspondent catherine martins who's standing by force in strasburg catherine the european parliament will be discussing the state of bragg's that negotiations today what are parliamentarians make of it all are they beginning to lose their patience . so that the marriage is not at its past at the european parliament because the deputies are not amused about the latest comments off secretary david davis qualifying the latest agreement reached and brussels as a statement often tend rather than a legally binding tax this was crucially for the european parliament because according to the bracks the carbon atom the hopes that this is undermining the necessary trust for upcoming talks and the second phase this is not an innocent detail because the european parliament has to give the final approval for a eventually at least treaty

it also requires the approval of the european parliament. the mood in brussels and strasbourg from european mps? i suppose the mood is one of caution, a slight air of relief that we have managed to get some progress now obviously because... yes. there was a stage towards the end of last week where there were really panic stations. it looked bad. so, there is a sense of progress but ultimately the government has caved in on so much that i think the expectation is effectively that the transition period will be another example of that. the only difference is that we would be able to make any rules, we willjust be applying them. what ways have the government caved in? well, if you look at this one deal, alignment, is the post— transition stage. that means that the customs union, and the single market. forget regulatory alignment in the areas covered by the good friday agreement.. you must accept of the customs union. we will not have a say in those rules. do you accept that? that there is possibility that britain remains in the customs union beyo

so the european parliament is sum it up but they are probably courting for. ok i think we're having some technical issues there on the line to strasburg catherine martin at the european parliament thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the latest discussions going on there over bragg said news now from the world of sport and tour de france and spanish winner chris froome has allegedly recorded an abnormal drug test result the incident took place during his victory in this year's spanish race samples reportedly showed a high level of when asked my drug that he was taking froome who has asked the massiveness statement that his symptoms got worse during the spanish road race and that he opted to stayed within the recommended guidelines the thirty two year old briton made history in september when he became the first rider to win the world at the tour de france in the same year. you're watching the news coming up ahead the do. modest fashion week wrapped up recently we catch up with a german designer who hopes to make a big with the own killed includin

well the overall claim here from the european parliament is to kind of provide a patient information sheet how to do it how to fight the disease of tax evasion and money laundering so this are those the purpose is really to provide concrete measures as you mentioned and yes there are really proposals like the most important i think according to politicians here in the european parliament one of the most important suggestion would be a common minimum tax rate across the european countries in order to avoid unfair tax competition like we saw it in luxembourg neverland's or malta or other e.u. countries this would be one of the most important measures but as you say there are decisions but this is only and this is showing the soft character off that report today there are only recommendations not binding so the real problem the bottom line the question is really is that report really able to have a serious impact with regard to tax to the fight of tax evasion but only recommendations which are not finding out salut lee and i mean how likely is it anyway the men the states would actually

in strasburg also on barea dutch member of the european parliament thank you all for joining us on this edition of inside story i felt lisa let me just begin with you in london you do represent an easterner amnesty international it's a an explosive accusation to make at this moment in time why has i need amnesty decided to come to this conclusion with the evidence that you've collated well amnesty international has been researching the situation of refugees and migrants in libya for years now this latest report really tries to put a finger on the extent of the abuse inside libya and specifically inside detention centers that are run by the libyan authorities and what we find is that tens of thousands are held there in indefinite an arbitrary detention and they're exposed to really quite horrendous abuses torture extortion bonded labor and that's why we're putting it out now and how do you coin that then into the e.u. being complicit how are they involved the european union and its elise in particular that has done most to pursue cooperation with with libya over particularly over the las

is not being supported by the european parliament. they see the european union as the different columns. never the less, we under line in our report in july of this year that turkey has taken one of the most important support of refugees having over 3 million in the country from neighbor countries to afghanistan. that they play a major role in stabilizing the process. the few refugees which came over to the europe of 5 million people. brought us already in to a political crisis state forward. and therefore i think it's very important not to interlink or business situations with the refugee question. because europe is big and strong. even difficulty on this political refugee question. i identity crisis merge in popularism. and the situation to a strong extent. but we have to make clear that we are not getting and playing spoo the cards has been many times that us being in turkey and asked by the media there. >> it's interesting when i made reference to migration. i didn't have the refugees in mind. public opinion survey in turkey for so

the european parliament has a high stake in the choreography of the brexit talks, and they will have the ability to veto any sort of deal. the european people's party is the biggest political party in the european parliament. was clear on twitter that the european parliament would not be budging on their red lines and move ahead toh to phase two unless they had guarantees from the u.k. side on all three sticking points, and the ongoing burning issue of the role of the european court of justice, plus brexit. rochelle: our reporter in brussels. thank you. spanish judge has upheld the jailing of senior members of the catalan separatist team, but allowed six others to go free. those six must now paste -- post bail of 100,000 euros. two other activists have been held. the former leader of the catalonian government come -- government, carles puigdemont, faces hearings in elgin as spain attempts to extradite him to face charges. sarah morris reports them from madrid. judge of the supreme court has said that six former members of the catalan government can be released, providing they post 100

people were given, in referendum, the opportunity to choose whether to stay in the european union are not. parliament was united. significant majority agreed that that decision would be given to the british people. the european leave union. i believe it is a matter of trust and integrity and politicians. the people should be bulger trust their politicians will put into place -- i believe the people should be able to trust their politicians will put into place what they desire. what is the biggest compromise the other side has made to get you to this point? was it a champagne breakfast? prime minister may: this was a question of coming together and working together for a report and agreement that was in the best interest of all sides. it has been finding the way through that enables us to liver -- to deliver. also to agree to northern ireland on the no hard border and the economic integrity of the united kingdom. that is what this joint report sets out. >> morning. minister, the arrangement seems to mean a special status for northern ireland. how come your partner accepted that, and will it not mean t

on monday, last monday, i also met with european parliament representatives. from the start of this process, cooperation between european parliament and the commission has been close. and our position closely aligned. these negotiations can only be successful if we take an inclusive approach. that is exactly what we did. without going into the details, allow me to touch on what today's agreements mean in practice. later today after 9:30, my friend michel barnier will be available to explain all the details of these agreements we reached today. a few remarks. on citizen rights. first, in these negotiations, citizens have always come first. it has been of great importance for the commission to make sure that e.u. citizens in the u.k. will be protected after the .k. leaves the european union. e.u. citizens have made important life choices on the assumption that the united kingdom was a member of the european union. brexit created great uncertainty for those citizens and for their families. today, we bring back the certainty. the negotiators have made sure the cho

austria's new chancellor is met with european parliament head on tonio touch johnny as he seeks to reassure you leaders that his government still supports the bloc sebastian court says austria remains pro european despite a euro skeptic party joining the government courts as conservatives formed a coalition of the far right freedom party this week. now is the biggest name in the gig economy which in gauges temp workers and it's just hit its biggest roadblock a european court ruling the app doesn't just connect people wanting a ride with those trying to earn some extra cash but that it is a regular transportation company and needs to follow the rules. a simple app a couple of clicks and before you know it is waiting he or she drives a private vehicle and is basically just an ordinary citizen that was the original idea behind but off to countless battles europe says contact it that easy the bombshell came on wednesday with a ruling by the european court of justice a spanish taxi drivers association submitted a complaint of unfair competition by the u.s. company in response the top european co

and how will brag to defect northern ireland we report from the emerald isle on the day the european parliament debates its future and ask if prime minister theresa may can keep her promise of no hard border. plus in the bundesliga don't receive a lifeline in a must win game under their new coach the team defeated mines to get their first win in nine games which means crisis is still far from over though there might be a light at the. and at the top. oh i'm terry marchant good to have you with us democrat candidate doug jones has won a u.s. senate seat in the deeply conservative state of alabama but his republican opponent roy moore is refusing to concede defeat moore's campaign was overshadowed by allegations of sexual misconduct accusations that repelled some moderate republicans and kept them away from the voting booth the result deals a huge political blow to president donald trump. of all the states in which the democratic fight should take shape alabama was an unlikely starting point the party has not won a senate seat here and a quarter of a century. we really have not just around the st

but the worth of it doesn't just undermine the institution of the european parliament but threatens the national system with legal as well as i have to see that this city and insulin pressure on the legal process is unprecedented. and the u.s. vice president during a visit to afghanistan took a swipe at neighboring pakistan donald trump's words that the country proves provides rather a safe haven for terrorists the head of the pakistani said it fired back by saying that his country wouldn't be lectured by anyone. you know for too long pakistan has provided safe haven to the taliban and many terrorist organizations. but those days are old president trumpeters proud to stand on notice but his son is a southern state and is not in the habit of taking new taxes from anyone least to the united states. we spoke earlier to tell at masood a retired lieutenant general of the pakistani army told us the u.s. is simply trying to pass the buck. united states has got into the habit of making false accusations against pakistan because they want to lump their failures on pakistan they are hardly have c

that was non-negotiable for the european parliament which is very important in this whole process also it appears that you citizens in the u.k. will keep their status after the u.k. no longer is part of the european union they can even bring their families over to the u.k. and there are more details like that but it appears when we talk to some politicians in the european parliament that they are satisfied with what they have seen which is important because the european parliament announced that they would be very strict on this matter and those we talked to so far as said ok this seems to be enough and they will have a vote on that next week in their plenary session in strasbourg so that the silk would break through allows the next phase of talks to start a big that talks and that a focus on fred that next phase that what can we expect. now that's very important also for the ireland border issue because if you don't know what the exact relationship is going to be between the u.k. and the e.u. you don't know of a hard border will be necessary or not take the case of switzerland for exa

can sign off that part european parliament was sort of seen as the main protector of european citizens and their rights in the u.k. as so the money has been the big problem from the beginning on for months and months and then the end things turned around and northern ireland and ireland became the decisive point that it seems that they have found diplomatic wording to sort of push this to the side and sort of put. into the future saying we hope that we come to a deal next year and something we have to keep in mind here sorry which is important only see the outline of the deal next year the real deal will take several years after that that we could come to the deal between the u.k. and the european side that will then allow for the border between the two parts of violence to stay open so this is what it is really and barbara you know i just want to highlight you know some of that contention regarding that border there in ireland because you know a short while ago we actually heard on sky news that to you peter actually gave an interview and said the following that they have the clear co

allowing regs that negotiations to move to the next stage pending a vote in the european parliament negotiations had stalled over citizens' rights the u.k.'s divorce bill on the border between northern ireland and the irish republic the bug reports. the end of the beginning for breaks it talks the british prime minister arrived in brussels that door to sign off on a fifteen page progress report opening up the second phase of negotiations on post breaks it relations the commission has just formally decided to recommend to dupe in concert that sufficient progress has been made on the street terms of the divorce getting to this point has required give and take on both sides and i believe that the joint report being published is in the best interests of the whole of the u.k. a deal had to be done imminently to allow e.u. nations to ratify it at next week's summit both sides have been forced to compromise we've been working extremely hard this week and as you will see it hasn't been easy for either side. one of the biggest hurdles has been over the border between the republic of ireland an e.u. membe

to move through the next stage so as to be approved by the european parliament. had stalled over citizen's rights amnesty international says the government as guilty of human rights abuses in the days after the presidential election organization says it is dangerous and illegal tactics against protesters last month the group says human rights violations were widespread in the capital to go see call for fourteen people were killed the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili has been recaptured in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities have put him on a wanted list after supporters helped break him free from police custody earlier this week and those are the headlines news continues right here on al-jazeera after inside story keep their. smiles all around news brags that talks produce a last minute deal a breakthrough diplomacy or a hurried deal to prevent the collapse of the whole where does it leave stage two of negotiation this is inside still.

the european parliament had a meeting ahead of theresa may this morning and they are still not happy he european court of human justice, thatis european court of human justice, that is a red line for some of the brexiteers in the uk, some of them said that was a red line for them and they don't like the fact that the ec] would be consulted through the ec] would be consulted through the transition and they don't want that have any role when the uk has left the eu. but right now, it is theissue left the eu. but right now, it is the issue of ireland, can they find a formula that all sides are happy with before that meeting of 27 eu leaders in ten days' time? i've been speaking to paddy smith, the europe editorfor speaking to paddy smith, the europe editor for the speaking to paddy smith, the europe editorfor the irish speaking to paddy smith, the europe editor for the irish times. speaking to paddy smith, the europe editorfor the irish times. this is his take on the irish political dimension to this story. it was a surprise to everybody because most of us thought that the deal was done.

as we have said we expect the uk parliament to vote ahead of the european parliament, so we expect parliamentessing the european union set out today, we will then withdrawal and in fermentation bill to give the withdrawal agreement domestic legal effect will be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny. after we leave, the withdrawal agreement will be followed up by one or more agreements covering different aspects of the future relationship and we will introduce further edges like —— legislation to cement this in uk law providing another opportunity for proper parliamentary scrutiny. thank you, mr speaker. this week does indeed mark six months since the avoidable and tragic fire at grenfell tower which took the lives of 71 people and injured and traumatised many more andi injured and traumatised many more and i too will be at the service tomorrow in memory of them. but that fire also shone a light on the neglect of working class communities all over this country. and since this government came to power, homelessness is up by 50%, rough sleeping has doubled. homelessness and rough sleeping have

is of course free to comment and we always think anything the european parliament and the parliamentarians be. morty's i'll be the european seriously of course with you we don't always have to agree but what you fell out people badly with a recent delegation that came here the prime of the so the question is whether whether the call for them to come the prime minister met with did that again and then question whether it was useful for them to come because they appeared to have made up their minds anyway yes you see because that is a bit unfair if you come here every of make it appear on mine before you actually start investigation the thing that can be a bit unfair but no absolutely taker anybody's comments. seriously as far as long as they are fair comment do you take seriously that in the transparency international corruption in the fall last year you fell to an all time low which was forty seventh place to take that seriously as well. i agree. when there are around the rubble now when there are concerns that yes we need to look at this in fact what we've been doing over the last few mon

months from the european parliament here which is a serious crimes and not being investigated by the police in malta do you take well as seriously about allegations that off well any european parliament is of course free to comment and we always think anything the european parliament and the parliamentarians be they morty's or be they european seriously of course we do we don't always have to agree with what you fell out people back with a recent delegation that came here the prime minister questioned whether whether the call for them to come out the prime minister met with did that again and then question whether it was useful for them to come because they appeared to have made up their minds anyway oh yes you see because that is a bit unfair if you come here every of making up your mind before you actually start investigation the thing that can be a bit unfair but no should we take anybody's comments. seriously as far as long as the f.o. comment do you take seriously that in the transparency international corruption in the full last year you fell to an all time low which was forty

he said this is now a negotiation between the european parliament and the uk parliament.t. that is not strictly true, is it? ithink that parliament. that is not strictly true, is it? i think that we should keep a cool head. it is certainly not a negotiation parliaments to parliament. it is between the british government and the european commission to act on behalf of the european parliament. likewise, the european parliament. likewise, the european government acts on behalf of the european parliament. anything that smells of grandstanding or... 0ffe nsive that smells of grandstanding or... 0ffensive expressions should be ignored. iam 0ffensive expressions should be ignored. i am listening to theresa may will stop what she is saying. we have seen and revolution in what she says and, to me, she is a legitimate expression of the will of the british government and i try not to listen to much to what mr davies is saying. thank you for being with us from the european parliament. you hear their that they do see theresa may as the main interlocutor in this negotiation. she's the

leaving at the end of march and when the deadline runs out we leave leaving the european union and we should say no parliament taking back control extends the moment to fifty don't try before we leave the european union amendment seven is floor is just the worst it was an unproductive negotiations to drag things out drag out the negotiations to delay project for months and months and months scrutinize what's of the government is doing proper scrutiny this is not the moment to try and defeat or go through i was just turn out. what. the order did tell eventually well it's been eighteen months since the referendum saw fifty two percent of voters choose to leave the european union although the poll showed as you can see here a sharp divide between britain's regions which wanted to remain in which to go but it was only in march this year that the government kick started the exit process and on the often strain negotiations with brussels which followed opposition leader jeremy corbyn said conservative m.p.'s delivered quotes a humiliating loss of authority for the government and that power is now back in the hands

front party has been charged with giving members suspected frank jobs as assistance of the european parliament some five million euros of european parliamentary fought so allegedly misuse. defended isis charges. more troubles the francis phone has announced. the far right because he has been placed under formal investigation for allegedly abusing you funds. it's accused of using millions of euros amateur you parliliamentary assistae to pay for it strong spaced interests instead. that's live month after if you did mean of hand was placed under formal investigation along with seventeen other party members for charges she denies. a spokesperson for the fat nacional told local media that the because he refuses to accept that unfounded judicial proceedings. and that its quotes did not embezzle a penny. this comes out differences second largest banks the says he general ended its that year relationship with the policy and close its accounts although during the pens presence on the national political stage has diminished. since he lost emmanuel mackerel in may's presidential election. well as as a bu

it seems when you're talking about briggs it neither in london or in the european union the european parliament today debated whether or not to make its recent breaks agreement with britain legally binding one of the key points of discord is the irish border now in her recent deal with the e.u. theresa may problem is that there would be no hard border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is a member of the european union or promises like that don't mean very much according to one of the leading brics a two years nigel for raj today in the european parliament he predicted there will be a second rexin it's the same story across the whole of the west the aspirations of the people and the aspirations of all political leaders and klaus in a very very different place are the result of raj's there i'm joined now by tony connolly he is the brussels bureau chief for irish public television r t e he is also the author of the critically acclaimed book brecht sit in ireland the dangers the opportunities and the inside story of the irish response he has been c

we, as the european parliament, have a clear view.et us make agreements, cover not only trade but also other corporations like corporations for internal security, foreign policy, external security. it is clearly not be easy because some people in great britain still suspect they will have a status outside the european union. it is more favorable than to be a member of the european union, and that is not possible. sarah: basically saying britain cannot have its cake and eat it too. what can we expect from the next phase of talks? reporter: expect more of the same of what we have seen in the past. sluggish progress, i'm afraid, because still the u.k. is in a position where it does not know what it wants. number of diplomats have told me in order to move these trade talks, the prime thing they will need is a clear picture of what the u.k. wants. not what they do not want. the list of red lines the eu has with the uk's long and they have it on the table, but they would like to hear a constructive idea of how that trade relationship for a

we expect the uk parliament to vote ahead of the european parliament so we fully expect parliament toote well before march 2019. we fully expect parliament to vote well before march 20 19. and britain's most prolific drug smuggling gang who used drones to get drugs and weapons into prisons. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with katherine downes. more on the controversy around chris froome. and we will get the weather. going to get a bit more mild? isli and we will get the weather. going to get a bit more mild? isl am going to be talking about the sport, seemed to be having some problems, we will talk about the controversy around chris brennan after double the amount of illegal asthma drug was found in his un, chris brunt says he has not broken any rules but the world governing body of cycling has demanded some answers. let's see what the weather is doing. we got there eventually. the cold has gone, this is the hard work of those beautiful crafted snowmen, it is less cold out there, in fact it's turned to rain, some of it quite heavy, but things could be tricky as we go into t

from the european parliament. less than the price of. pain to influence the referendum. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team and myself welcome to the program we begin this hour in turkey where a meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation muslim nations have called on the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of palestine . has been following the emergency session for us. well i'm standing just outside of damascus gate in east jerusalem which now has according to the organization of islamic cooperation been named the capital of palestine into rights contradiction to what we heard from donald trump and u.s.a.'s position just a week ago where they said to slim an undivided jerusalem was in their mind the capital of israel that extraordinary meeting came as fifty seven leaders from muslim countries across the world continents met together at that meeting which was convened by turkey's president to one now we also heard them condemn that pronunciation by don't will trump and they called on all the nat

former european parliament president martin schultz says that the eu should become a united states ofr? a vote in the european parliament almost skewered the humble frozen vertical meat stick, or kebab to you and me. we'll chew over the details.

and also a member of the green party in the european parliament was just stating today that this could be very dangerous for farmers in the european union down in court in frankfurt thank you for that. and i have a full business update coming up in the next hour. german present from my has arrived in gonna at the start of a four day trip to west africa steinmeier is in the capital with around twenty german business leaders the focus of the visit is on strengthening economic ties and tackling the causes of mass migration from africa steinmeyer will visit the gambia later this week. the indian capital delhi has been shocked recently by reports of how more than ten sanitation workers have died from toxic fumes while cleaning septic tanks is still in the spotlight on manual scavenging the practice of cleaning human waste mostly carried out by ballots or people deemed to be outside the in didn't cost system manual scavenging is banned in india but it still carried out on delhi correspondent sonia follicle sent us this report. every morning marshals up for a drug that few anywhere would want

really no indication that they will change anything the polish government that is then the european parliament has to give its ok which is probable after what we've been talking to different members of the different parties it seems that european parliament largely in favor of triggering article seven here and then the european council so the member states would have to have a four fifth's majority they will also have that to do just that and so then we have this efficiently because right now the commission is just giving the recommendations but in order to really trigger sanctions what we were talking about earlier you would need unanimity in you council so that would be another vote down the road we're talking about all member states there max and that you isn't really a model of harmony at the moment is there going to be enough backing for this to actually end in think sions hungary has already announced that they would veto something like that but you have to keep in mind we're talking about something that would be in months maybe even in years and a lot of things change then and there's a

allowing brags that negotiations to move to the next phase still has to be approved by the european parliament talks have stalled of a citizen's rights the u.k.'s divorce bill on the border between over the island and irish republic. now the israeli government has admitted to reaching out to members of donald trump's transition team last december before he was sworn into office well now the special counsel in the russian investigation is trying to determine if the trump team moscow and israel join forces to undermine the u.s. government one key person under the microscope is jared cushioning the president's son in law jabatan see reports. every day i'd leave my show and i think i may be talking about something else every day the u.s. networks exhaustedly speculates on the special counsel's investigation into allegations that the trump presidential campaign colluded with a foreign power in russia he says it produced nothing yet one aspect of the story has barely been mentioned the role of israel former trump advisor general michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his conta

and suddenly she was going into the summit on the back of a really humiliating defeat in parliament, and the european leaders might start saying to each other, is she really going to have the backing to deliver a deal, even if we agree it? the whole point about brexit, steve, some would argue, is that parliament would get primacy, it would be the final arbiter of laws in this country. and surely the rebels at the tory party would argue this, and labour and the lib dems and the snp would say, this is what brexit is all about. there is that line, you wa nt all about. there is that line, you want to take back control, this is it. it is driving them mad. this is got to come back to the commons for another reading so it could be changed, but it is the tone, the shift. it is what it means full stop theresa may tomorrow morning goes to brussels about a crunch summit about the start of trade talks. now her negotiating hand is weakened by this. you have three different things, the arch remainers who now think that brexit can be stopped, people like lord adonis saying this is the first step, we can derail this

>> we will have had to -- parliament have an opportunity whether it agrees with the treaty we have agreed with the european union and the process of bringing that treaty into the uk. >> i am still trying -- >> the formal parliament vote, will parliament now get to vote on a statute rather than a motion before deal is finalized with europe? >> an opportunity to vote on the deal before that. that is a vote -- >> as a consequence of amendment 7, what is done on statute. what is your objection to the statute rather than a motion given the government has ignored motions, a history of doing so confirmed with having the vote on a statute before the process is finalized rather than a motion? >> what we will be looking at, amendment vii, the principle of what we want to do is to assure that parliament is able to have what we said would be a meaningful vote and as i said before the european parliament, before we then bring that agreement into the legislation in the united kingdom. but that withdrawn agreement for uk law will be the eu withdrawal agreement and implementation bill. will that happen before the treaty i

leader to resume now in defiance of a european parliament arms embargo resolution continues to allow the export of lethal weaponry to saudi and it apparently protects us here at home from terrorism even if it continues to threaten tens of millions in yemen the u.n. calls it the world's worst humanitarian crisis joining me now is the former vice chair of tourism is party the u.k.'s former sex your state for international development and you mature under thanks for joining us in the studio and going underground i should just ask actually given the amount of abuse the stations getting at the moment why you as a conservative m.p. appear on r.t. at all well i should make it clear i never take any money off you for doing so like a man of my own free will and the reason i do so is because when the russians were destroying the city of aleppo one of the great cities of the world in syria you let me on you let me have my say. new book cos what i said and i thought therefore you were standing up for free speech and for that reason i've never had any qualms about speaking out on r t i'm sure the

here is a recommendation of the european union and this now would have to be approved by the european parliament which it's likely that it would approve it and also by the european council by twenty two member states that's a four fifth's majority in the european council and you can pretty much expect that the forefronts to months made this announcement today he checked at the have the majority in his pockets and once we have that warning that basically would open up the way for the real sanctions that is a more difficult step it would take. a unanimous decision in the european council and hungary has already said it would be told such a step and if poland does not budge from this what other measures then does the european union have to bring poland in line with the democratic values and rules that everyone in the e.u. adheres to while article seven is clearly the sharpest tool in the ears garden shed but there is also an infringement procedure already that has now been taken a further step fall forward that could end up in foreign of the european court of justice and carries hefty financial fin

allowing dregs of negotiations to move to the next stage and so last to be approved by the european parliament talks and stalled at the citizens' rights and u.k. divorce bill on the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. more now on our top story the backlash against donald trump's move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the former white house middle east coordinates under president obama robert malley says trump's decision will have serious repercussions. it's an unfortunate reckless statement but it doesn't really change that much in reality because the president and his advisors been at pains to say we're not prejudging the outcome of the boundaries of jerusalem that would be decided in negotiations technically it doesn't change anything so why do it when you know that psychologically emotionally politically it has an implication it has certainly i mean we're seeing the motions that generates and that it did further discredits the united states it further makes it harder for the united and its allies in the region to be viewed credibly in this process so althou

before the prime minister's arrival, members of the european parliament were ushered infora the europeant were ushered in for a preview because they will get a vote on the final deal. i'm optimistic it is possible, 50—50, thatis optimistic it is possible, 50—50, that is something but we have to be sure that an citizens rights, everything is ok. is there ready on the money? it seems. it seems there isa the money? it seems. it seems there is a deal on the money? you are with that? i'm cautiously optimistic but of course, we have to see the final outcome. can mrs may fix all of this today? i think that is possible. with goodwill, i think we can have a good agreement today. one claimed the british had pledged that northern ireland would stick closely to the eu's rules on customs. it is a meeting again with reality. it is a meeting again with reality. it is a recognition of reality and what they have created is a reality and we have to accept that and that reality is full of contradictions and they have to acknowledge that. now they acknowledge it. good. and they have to acknowledge that. now