is divorced from the european union briggs it now it's friday morning here in doha as i speak and as anyone who's been following this messy breakup knows it's complicated events are moving so fast that by now when you're watching anything could have happens but the deal agreed by the u.k. and the e.u. has been described in rather terms as at least bad brigs it u.k. prime minister to resign may says the draft agreement she managed to stitch together is in the national interest addressing the nation she said that it's better than no deal and that she wants to use it as the basis for negotiating the future economic relationship with the european union but getting her divorce accord ratified by parliament may prove impossible but brings that secretary and other ministers quit because they hate it let's take a closer look. well the draft agreement focuses our lot on new proposals over the irish border both sides have committed to avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and the republican violence arrangement to keep the u.k. within the u.s. customs union after bragg's it for a cer

is divorced from the european union briggs it now it's friday morning here in doha as i speak and anyone who's been following this messy breakup knows it's complicated events are moving so fast that by now when you're watching anything could have happened but the deal agreed by the u.k. and the e.u. has been described in rather ungluing terms as at least bad bragg's it u.k. prime minister to resign may says the draft agreement she managed to stitch together is in the national interest addressing the nation she said that it's better than no deal and that she wants to use it as the basis for negotiating the future economic relationship with the european union but getting her divorce accord ratified by parliament may prove impossible but brings that secretary and other ministers quit because they hate it let's take a closer look. well the draft agreement focuses our lot on new proposals over the irish border both sides have committed to avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland arrangement to keep the u.k. within the u.s. customs union after bragg's it for

gibraltar in any future relationship between britain and the united between britain and the european union after briggs's spain believe that in the withdrawal agreement at the beginning of no sydney goetia seventeen months ago this was agreed but when the text came out they felt that britain had massage the text underhandedly and was furious anyway they have been given written assurance by the british government now that indeed no arrangements will be concluded to broth or without the direct say without direct negotiations with spain that has satisfied the spanish prime minister and all of the european council president has sent out the formal invitations inviting the leaders to turn up here early on sunday morning to look at hopefully unanimously indorse the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that goes along with it setting up the goalposts for the future relationship mr trust said he will recommend indorsement no one should be happy about this he said but it is going to go ahead this is what the spanish prime minister had to say a little earlier a couple of the. three i have informed th

to the program we begin with the hope of a breakthrough over briggs it after nearly eighteen months of negotiate. asians the european union and britain have struck a draft deal on the terms of a u.k. withdrawal agreement british prime minister theresa may has already summoned cabinet ministers for one to one talks to brief them on the terms of the deal

s exit from the european union theresa may is meeting with european commission president could younger for further negotiations on a briggs a deal she's aiming to shore up support ahead of a crucial summit of european leaders this sunday and to bring back a deal that will win the british parliament approval may has faced heavy criticism from members of parliament over the draft agreement with senior ministers already resigning so a lot at stake for her joining us from brussels now is due to view correspondent again york mark just again york so theresa may arrived she shook hands with younger and i don't want to be reading too much into this but they didn't utter a word no niceties nothing for the cameras how tense is the situation clearly there is it's a tense subject but we look we have two very experienced politicians here and they've been through tough times both of them are also regarding bracks and personally i think i've even seen them a lot more tense than this you could see them both smiling and normal it's normal and these arrival situations that you do not necessarily get a sound bite so i wouldn't read too much

theresa may had to brussels on wednesday as talks on britain's exit from the european union continue after agreeing on a briggs's deal with european negotiators may needs the backing of leaders of e.u. member states ahead of a summit this sunday may well be heading to those talks after apparently surviving a challenge to her leadership at home for the moment members of may's cabinet have met for the first time since two senior ministers resigned over the brags that deal last week those resignations heralded an attempt by a hard line breaks the tears to gather enough support for a leadership challenge against may that challenge has so far failed to materialize let's get more on that i'm joined by professor richard whitman he is an associate fellow at the think tank chatham house and a professor of politics and international relations at the university of canton joins us on the telephone welcome to you it appears as we just mentioned there that there has been a failure of the hard line brands of tears to get the support that they need is may's leadership say for now. where it's thirty three for today i think as yo

briggs it will impact them. coventry in the heart of england home to students and researchers from across the european union many of them originally came to the u.k. through the e.u.'s a rasmussen program but with briggs that looming exchange programs like these could be a thing of the past for british students the country's future outside the e.u. has also been the subject of heated debate here in berlin where many young brits had their first taste of studying abroad. i figure u.k. or at least. employees in the u.k. want to employ more local people now or at least see it as something that's going to be easier and more practical for them as i think that is something about that could definitely affect foreigners brits living in the e.u. are concerned about how freely they'll be able to move once britain leaves the european union. also just in terms of the friction of like moving from one place to another you know i don't know now but me back to the u.k. moving a truckload if i never see again is that going to be subject to some kind of you know is it basically to make things worse that's it for me either. but oth

always prefer out there let me go to you first here well it's done at least this stage of briggs at the european union has accepted to resumes deal the problem is it doesn't look like the deal has been accepted in her own country yet has to face parliament and there's a lot of. squabbling to say the least that it won't get through but what is the context of all of this here because you know i was trained as a historian we had the concept of the concert of europe we had balance of power in europe is that balance gone now well that this balance is not always the same me changes over time and i can remind you of the other times of shot a target is targeted to go all over when he tried to prevent the british accession to the use only when he was no longer president britain joined to join the european union europe european community european economy the european economy community and then that you have to buy your favorite one and also you know maybe now that he has to repeat said the next step of history we got back going. all the time when british britain was. the european community but if we talk about

the british cabinet has approved a draft of briggs that deal between the u.k. and the european union after five and a half hours of talks on wednesday the text now has to be approved by the country's parliament which is expected to be a tricky little earlier in the day to international monetary fund managing director warned that a british exit from the block without a tradition transitional trade deal would cost the country d.d. stating that a hard drugs it would cause the british economy to shrink the pound to drop on the budget deficit to rise british prime minister teresa mayes is set to explain the details of draw for deal to parliament on thursday. now one thing that the german economy can boast is a strong research sector but despite all the hard work going on in labs across the country germany is lagging behind when it comes to the development of auto official intelligence now is investing a six billion euros through to twenty twenty five to get up to speed with ai and close in on rivals china and the us plagued by congestion or lack of parking spaces drivers in cities might w

it took the european union members just half an hour to endorse the negotiated briggs's text and they did so unanimously a momentous step on the road to bring. the mood was resolute this is the best possible move forward this is the best possible for europe this is the only deal possible the tone in place is somber and poignant gardner thought how it will all end one think. we will remain friends until the end of days. and one day long. how it all ends depends now on whether the deal is indorsed by the united kingdom itself the live face of her critics to resume a must strike an upbeat tone what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers for people delivers on the vote delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and protects all security and the united kingdom and as i've said before i believe our best days lie ahead of us for the prime minister the hard work is just beginning you leaders view briggs it now as a done deal they didn't want it but there's no need to sugarcoat it the british prime minister on the other hand has to sell the deal to parliament and to her ow

the story for us good to see you georg we'll see you chief sweeten the briggs's deal what sort of concessions is the european union likely to allow theresa may to take back to her parliament to help her seal the deal. you've heard the british prime minister here saying that the divorce part is agreed in principle and that's also the perception that the e.u. has of that deal so the eight hundred fifty eight pages of the divorce agreement i don't think anyone wants to touch those pages anymore when it comes to the political declaration that is part of the total divorce agreement i think there's some wiggle room there the e.u. has always set in a lose lose scenario and that's what bracks it is for the you there is no success element in it they are keen to guarantee an orderly breck's it and if a few more fluffy formulations in that in that few of the future relationship will help to reason may get that divorce deal through parliament then i'm sure that is something that can be done all right so nothing substantial expected all right garrick stay with us if you would as we wanted to look take a look now at another hea

briggs it isn't the only contentious issue that the european union is currently facing italy's budget dispute with the e.u. is growing more acute by the day as it has once again refused to cut down its proposed deficit spending something european union had insisted on in light of italy's already huge debt pile now worms facing possibly disciplinary measures from brussels that could involve billions in penalties as tensions between the e.u. and italy rise so just the cost of italian borrowing investors in other words want more for their money it's no longer a surprise italy's borrowing costs its bond yields have risen steadily since its populist government was elected investors respond badly to uncertainty and rome has provided plenty trashing the euro currency and dismissing the country's massive pile of debt the new budget seems just as i'm concerned about it more than triples deficit spending from the previous government's plan the e.u. says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies have waited in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and germa

update on how the home frame but then glad you could join me the european union and britain have struck a draw deal on the terms of a briggs it withdrawn agreement the withdrawn agreement includes how to guarantee there will be no physical border checks reintroduced in northern ireland a major sticking point in recent weeks british prime minister isa may scheduled a crunch cabinet meeting wednesday to face a stiff opposition from some of her colleagues. and a you ministers will be meeting as well to greenlight the latest brags that proposals businesses in both island and northern ireland are awaiting terms of the agreement with bated breath. that you call a cab and. taylor has worked at warrenpoint harbor for more than thirty years he's used to stress but now brags it is bringing northern ireland second largest harbor to its biggest test yet. the operations manager needs only to take a few steps towards the pier to see the problem. with people in the u.k. who look instead of costs up out and all i can do is remember when it was a hard border before. and then it was that the lorries how do we have to get across the border t

it took european union members just half an hour to endorse the negotiated briggs's text and they did so unanimously a momentous step on the road to bring. the mood was resolute this is the best. just the best to push a button for europe this is the only course. the place is somber and point guard how it will all end well think. we will remain friends. over days. and one day long. how it all ends depends now on whether the deal is indorsed by the united kingdom itself he the face of her critics to resume a must strike an upbeat tone what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers a people delivers on the face it delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and security and all united kingdom and as i've said before i believe our best days lie ahead of us for the prime minister the hard work is just beginning. leaders view brigs it now as a done deal they didn't want it but there's no need to sugarcoat it the british prime minister on the other hand has to sell the deal to parliament and to her own people she's got to convince them it's the best deal available. there is

or briggs it isn't the only contentious issue that the european union is currently facing italy's budget dispute with the e.u. is growing more acute by the day and on wednesday she once again refused to cut down a cut down his proposed deficit spending something that european union had insisted on in light of italy's already huge debts pile now room is facing possible disciplinary action from brussels that could involve billions in penalties in the country's borrowing costs continue to search as tensions between the e.u. and italy rise so just the cost of italian borrowing investors in other words want more for their money it's no longer a surprise italy's borrowing costs its bond yields are first in steadily since its populist government was elected investors respond to uncertainty and growing has provided plenty trashing the euro currency and dismissing the country's massive pile of debt the new budget seems just as unconcerned about debt it more than triples deficit spending from the previous government's plan the e.u. says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agenc

to a plan to leave the european union until the two sides agreed on what their future relationship will be european ministers are set to discuss that plan this week but as briggs it begins to take shape many who voted to leave the e.u. don't like what they see w. visited an english town where it seems a number of people have even changed their minds. this is one of britain's most years skeptic communities here just to be east of london seventy percent of people voted to leave the many of them were young people after a week of drama at westminster but did the under thirty's think now will support i believe in this is going to be a hassle we want to break we want to europe to set off far more benefit from leaving the state i don't think we want to stop and. young adults have been following the political show in london closely the result is that many are not sure whether leaving the e.u. is the right thing to do after all. i was in favor of leaving and when it's a leave. i knew that there would be struggles all of the mess that is going on is has brought me to a point where i almost regret the decision to leave twenty four year old mitchell in the technology indu

indeed you're most welcome britain's prime minister is dismissing cause to amend her briggs's deal with the european union writing in a tabloid newspaper to reason may said that it's the only agreement that they work daily seems to be signs of an e.u. summit in brussels next week a number of ministers resigned after cabinet approved the agreement on wednesday some senior figures in her party are demanding a rethink while rebels seek support for possible leadership change let's go live to london. saw a guy go is there the prime minister's been speaking on the sunday morning political talk shows sania what she's been saying. but essentially she has been doubling down on what she was already talking about last week in the sense that her deal for the with drawl deal that she has crafted is the right one to go with and of course there's an acknowledgement of the very shaky ground that she is on she acknowledged this herself and also said the next seven days were going to be absolutely crucial for the country as well she did also confirm that she was going to be going to brussels to meet with the president of t

spain has reportedly reached a deal with the european union on gibraltar clearing the way for an on sunday to approve a briggs a deal with british prime minister may reuters news agency is citing a diplomatic source on the breakthrough to have become the latest sticking point final push to defend its agreement with the e.u. spanish prime minister had. received written assurances of the future of the british territory. i'm now joined from london in brussels by my colleagues baggett maas and math hoffmann respectively so max let's begin with you what can you tell us about this information that we've just received we know that the president of the european council that represents the e.u. member states was on the phone today with pitt or son just the prime minister of spain and ever since we've been hearing positive noises out of the e.u. council but we need to be careful about this we only have so far one source saying that we are much closer to the summit tomorrow on sunday and one source claiming there has been a deal the deal was struck between going to seoul the president of the council and pedro sanchez we

it took european union members just half an hour to endorse the negotiated briggs's text and they did so unanimously a momentous step on the road to brics if. the mood was resolute this is the best deal possible for britain just the best possible for europe this is the totally different course. the tone in slate is somber and poignant garlock thought how it will all end one think a certain. we will remain friends. and . how it all ends depends now on whether the deal is indorsed by the united kingdom itself he the face of her critics to resume a must strike an upbeat tone what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers to people delivers on the phone it delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods. and the united kingdom and as i've said before i believe our best days lie ahead of us for the prime minister the hard work is just beginning. leaders view brigs it now as a done deal they didn't want it but there's no need to sugarcoat it the british prime minister on the other hand has to sell the deal to parliament and to her own people she's got to convince them it's the

it took european union members just half an hour to endorse the negotiated briggs's text and they did so unanimously a momentous step on the road to bring. the mood was resolute this is the best possible just the best possible for europe this is the only course. the tone places a somber and pointed guard liftoff how it will all end well think of. we will remain friends. of days. and one day long. how it all ends depends now on whether the deal is indorsed by the united kingdom itself in the face of her critics to resume a must strike an upbeat tone what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers a fateful delivers on the boat delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and security and the united kingdom and as i've said before i believe our best days lie ahead of us for the prime minister the hard work is just beginning you leaders view briggs it now as a done deal they didn't want it but there's no need to sugarcoat it the british prime minister on the other hand has to sell the deal to parliament and to her own people she's got to convince them it's the best deal av

much depend upon the powers in brussels and the european union powers to help britain avoid a hard break. so you were still remains to be seen if if that briggs it will indeed be avoided we will have does the david charter joining is just it's from washington david thank you very much it's good to have your insights as always thank. you. what china is pushing back against claims that it could one day pose a security threat to the european union the foreign ministry spokeswoman in beijing today said that china quote has never posed any threat to europe or european leaders they might disagree with that especially french president macro and his comments last week about the need for a true european armies supported yesterday by the german chancellor have drawn criticism not only from china u.s. president trump launched a series of tweet attacks accusing macron of insulting the u.s. and it escalated yesterday when trump imply that macron suggested the european army to divert attention from domestic problems truck tweeted the problem is that he manuel suffers from a very low approval rating in france twenty six percent and an unemployment rate of a

it took european union members just half an hour to endorse the negotiated briggs's text and they did so you know honestly about meant to step on the road to bring. the mood was resolute this is the best. which is just the best to push a button for europe this is the only course. the toad in place is samba and point out godless self how it will all. one think is so. we will remain friends until the end of days. and one day long. how it all ends depends now on whether the deal is indorsed by the united kingdom itself in the face of her critics to resume a must strike an upbeat tone what we see in this deal today is a deal that delivers a faithful delivers on the face it delivers in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods and protects all security and all united kingdom and as i've said before i believe our best days lie ahead of us for the prime minister the hard work is just beginning. leaders view briggs it now as a done deal they didn't want it but there's no need to sugarcoat it the british prime minister on the other hand has to sell the deal to parliament and to her own people s

to the program we begin with the hope of a breakthrough over briggs it after nearly eighteen months of negotiate. asians the european union and britain have struck a draft deal on the terms of a u.k. withdrawal agreement british prime minister theresa may has already summoned cabinet ministers for one to one talks to brief them on the terms of the deal they're due to debate it later today may faces concerns from some of her colleagues and opposition from both the remainer the nationalist right. the conservative parties jacob riis mark has had this to say about the draft breaks that deal. for we've heard is true this fails to meet the conservative party manifested and it fails to meet many of the commitment to the point it was to make it would keep us in the customs union and to factor in the single most privileged this is the states which is a failure of governments because it was there and it was a failure to deliver on. the conservative party's jacob riis mark there commenting on the draft bragg's it agreement well for more now let's speak to big it must in london because what exactly is in this draft bragg's a deal do

enough support for a challenge the prime minister to resign may in a highly contentious briggs deal with the european union stephen buckley is the new brigs minister he's the third in six months replacing dominic robb who quits along with other ministers because of what he called fatal flaws in prime minister may's proposed deal with the u. . al-qaeda attacks in northern mali are increasing especially against the u.n. peacekeeping mission there despite the challenges u.n. troops are trying to fill the gap left by other aid agencies as of zero reports. the conflict in northern mali has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and lose their livelihood those who can't leave often leave in poverty facing hunger and violence their region is remote there are no public facilities or services and aid agencies are unable to gain access to most areas when the smoke. from the u.n. mission in mali is starts with stabilizing the country and supporting the population the mission of other foreign armies is to provide protection for people and their property but they have their limitations their mission

parliament will vote yes or no to prime minister teresa mayes briggs withdrawal plan now the other twenty seven members of the european union they gave their blessing to may's plan over the weekend now may has to sell her divorce architecture between the u.k. and the e.u. to her very own parliament. just this special european council in brussels i reached a deal with the leaders of the other twenty seven states on a withdrawal agreement that will ensure a smooth and orderly departure on the twenty ninth of march next year we combat this do you deliver on the vote of the referendum and move on to building a brighter future of opportunity and prosperity for all our people all this house can choose to reject this deal and go back to square one because no one knows what would happen if this deal doesn't pass it would open the door to more division and more uncertainty with all the risks that. are drawn here at the big table john worth one of the most watched briggs blogs and analysts here on the continent john it's good to see you again when i listen to the british prime minister of the earth i get the impression that it's eith

and sixteen i don't really think people understood what briggs that actually entailed i mean it's kind of easy to say well we leave the european union but as you said it's far more complex than that and the common market i mean i think most common sense people would say yeah we don't want to stay in that maybe the immigration thing and all these things could be talked about here but i mean it's really about the economy and the i can see how the deal was being could have been foreseen then after what we've seen for the last two years because i like the point that was made any politician into resumes position would. end up paying. a heavy political price because of what was decided in two thousand and sixteen which was not particularly obvious then go ahead marcus well i'm going to have to disagree if you pay to i don't feel sympathy for theresa may. but i do think it is wrong and it's all and unintelligent for people to be single in her rounds for this for criticism because i said moments ago would it be any difference if dominic. caprice morgue would later what they would satisfy are parts of the conservative party but they wouldn't

s exit from the european union theresa may is meeting european commission president jacques rogge younger for further negotiations on a briggs a deal she's aiming to shore up support ahead of a summit of european leaders this sunday and to bring back a deal that will win the british parliament to prove all may has faced heavy criticism from members of parliament over the draft agreement with two senior ministers resigning. all right let's take you now it to brussels where those talks are underway to brussels bureau chief max hoffmann good evening i'm accessorise i'm a spokesman said that the briggs it negotiations will quote take as long as needed to get the right deal what does that mean. when the brits talk about that lately they usually mean not the withdrawal agreement that everybody talked about before that it's about the divorce of the united kingdom from the european union but about the political agreement that's supposed to outline what the future relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. is to look like and that's what teresa mayes also talking about reportedly with the include your girl who we see in the picture s

ahead for politicians on both sides of the briggs's negotiations and equally a critical few days for british citizens who wish to remain in the european union while one of their more prominent representatives is known as the quote stop briggs it man welshman steve has been demonstrating outside the houses of parliament every day since september of last year and he's got a number of tools in his and he brags that arsenal they include posters flags a special outfit and a knack for crashing live television interviews take a look. see oh he wants to be heard. and he wants to be seen. bray has become the face of the anti bricks and protest in london sneaking into the background of live broadcasts like this one has become his daily exercise. for your steeds home in south london has become a storage space for signs swords and european flags the forty nine year old welshman has made it his mission to stop britain's departure from the european union every single morning for over a year he's packed to the quitman and driven to parliament to protest. to go for such a well apparently. a counter protest at downing street so we're going to get there now

the european union leaders will gather in brussels in the coming hours to approve a historic briggs'sdeal but it will still have to face the scrutiny of the british parliament prime minister to resign may has written an open letter asking britain to unite behind the deal protesters in tunisia are pressuring the government to cancel a planned visit by the saudi crown prince the government is warning demonstrations could threaten much needed financial aid from the kingdom. mexico's incoming government is in talks with the u.s. officials about a plan for makes it go to host to sign them seekers while their cases are heard in u.s. courts it's a pressing issue at the moment as thousands of central americans have gathered on the mexican side of the u.s. border they're hoping to cross over mexico's incoming interior minister says there's no agreement yet on hosting u.s. asylum seekers but tweets from donald trump seem to suggest some kind of deal has been done migrants at the southern border will not be allowed into the u.s. until their claims are individually approved in court we only will

rocks and pieces of wood at the rival could junius boss european union leaders will gather in brussels in the coming hours to approve a historic briggs's deal britain and spain settled their last minute dispute over gibraltar clearing the way for the summit but it will still have to face the scrutiny of the british parliament prime minister to resign may as written an open letter to the u.k. asking people to unite behind the deal yemen saudi backed government has rejected a un alford's manage the running of a crucial port special envoy martin griffiths met senior who through rebels who do agreed to talks on the un's role in managing the port it's up front now stay with us. and his story say for the families every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories told through the eyes of the world's journalists these three reuters journalists were one of the few journalists in that we're actually doing investigative work. post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most bias the rights to those stories but then he never publishes those stories they're listening post on al-jaze