the european union to fulfill the referendum result and. as i keep repeating the law is now quite clear in the united kingdom and indeed in the european union we're leaving on that date now there are people in the house of commons who are trying to change that decision change the decision of parliament. they are assuming that the european union will automatically provide some extension to article fifty i magine the european union is going to want to ask what for why are you extending article fifty. one of the draft proposals extends article fifty for nine months do you really want the united kingdom to take part in the european union elections to the european parliament when we're planning to leave the european union just nine months later tell your sympathies are suddenly with them see well i'm i'm i'm endeavoring to be understanding of the difficulties that we're facing but the. i keep repeating the poll of our parliament has spoken and legislated both main parties were elected on the basis of the. triggering of article fifty which set the date for the twenty ninth of march and that is now implemented in law. you've been saying that no de

european partners not to overplay their hand. that we the united kingdom is becoming more likely by the day to leave. which means it doesn't mean we leave without agreements the european union's already. made preparations for a w.t. or breaks it for the united kingdom and some some yes and there are other issues to be resolved but in the end i still believe that message is b.m.w. will want to send a cost to the united kingdom tariff free but if we need to charge tariffs on their on their vehicles so be it but they've been very quiet about that haven't they you've expected the titans of german industry to come forward and support you like they haven't done them have they well it's quite clear that in germany the european union is seen by the hierarchy as more important than anything else more important than german jobs more important than german trade with the united kingdom i have to confess i'm a little bit surprised by that but that's a lot of germany but. you know all you need to do is listen to what they said i mean this was from the industry group the german industry group the p.d.i. some seven and a half percent of german exports go to the u.k. big number but ninety two

live in very special times so that for the first time a country is actually leaving the european union the united kingdom well it multilateralism is on the pressure be it in climate issues be. trade to beat in the acceptance of international institutions all the way to acceptance of the united nations seventy four years a human life after the end of the second world war what seemed to great solich what seemed to be a matter of course is being put into question again unity solidarity cohesion these are the key words of the treaty was signed. and europe would not survive if we were no longer knighted if we don't work for the new french german responsibility for your business is to give it instruments for example when it comes to defense security case migration. and addressing environmental and digital transitions joining me now from our chief political editor. and our brussels bureau chief a max welcome to both of you and there was a lot of symbolism at the event in the has started town of auckland but both leaders had a very clear message as to why it was important for them to reaffirm the friendship of t

we live in very special times so for the first time a country is actually leaving the european union the united kingdom well why it matter less one has and is under pressure be it in climate issues trade to be it in the acceptance of international institutions all the way to acceptance of the united nations seventy four years as a human life after the end of the second world war what seemed to great suddenly it would seem to be a matter of course is being put into question again unity solidarity cohesion these are the key will words of the treaty was signed. and europe would not survive if we were no longer united if we don't work for the new french german responsibility for your business to give it instruments for example when it comes to defense security . migration. and addressing environmental and digital transitions. more from. the hoffman who are welcome both let's start with you max hoffman germany and france already have a friendship trade say what they need a new one. it was the idea of french president call the germans not necessarily would have said that they thought this was a great idea tw

leaving the european union getting so close, and the dangers that are involved in a no deal for both the european union and the united kingdomit does look like that could be where we are headed. brent: let's take the story now to london. our barbara wesel is standing by, as she has been doing for the past couple of evenings. good evening to you, barbara. this was a close result, this no-confidence vote. how does it look from where you are standing tonight? barbara: it shows that of course it happened, what we expected, that theresa may's own party would sort of rally and pull everybody together and say, "ok, we want her still in government." because what it means, had they not done that, they would have lost power probably, because it is not certain they would win the next election if there were to be one. so, this was just a simple self-preservation that prevailed this evening. and it is not really about theresa may, it is about staying in government. it is about the tories sort of keeping their hold on power, and they are absolutely willing under all circumstances to do that. and that is the only reason that they keep on s

drugs because that's when there are no relationships no formal relationships between the european union and the united kingdom and the day after that basically ireland would be obligated to secure the single market of the european union to have border guards and secure that border between northern ireland and ireland and only the e.u. both countries being in the european union made it possible to gloss over that there was a border there we've seen this in many reports in the last weeks people that live in that area cross that border multiple times a day you even have school buses crossing the border on a daily basis one time going to school another one coming back from that school all this would be disrupted and that's something that actually all parties one to avoid at all costs that right now the default position of what we have at the twenty ninth of march is a hard bragg's it and that's when you would have a hard border and max is important also to know that in this in this situation northern ireland will be leaving the european union march twenty ninth or whenever that takes place so it's imperative for

european that the u.k. exit from your union will be delayed let me just give you an idea of how that would work exactly the you know united kingdom would have to offer that to happen and then all twenty seven members the remaining members of the european union would have to then agree it if it was for the right reasons if that happened signals that your opinion would agree to do that and just with that deadline for the u.k. leave in your opinion getting so close and the dangers that are involved in an idea of both european union and the united kingdom it does look like that could be where we're headed let's take this story now to london or barber of easels she is standing by as she has been doing for the past couple of evenings good evening to you barbara i mean this was a close result this new confidence vote. how does it look from where you're standing tonight. it shows that of course it's happening what we expect that juries a maze own party would sort of reality and pull everybody together and say ok we want her still in government because what it means had they not done that they would have lost power probably because it's n

is going to happen either but the point is of course the european union wants to avoid a hard brags that while it is catastrophic for the united kingdom it would be still very bad for the european union and that's why we think it's likely that if the u.k. ask for an extension it will be granted and who would have the most to lose from that option the european union or britain if we're talking about this extension. well the extension wouldn't harm anyone it depends a little on how long it would be extended for because we have elections in this very house right here the european parliament will be newly elected in may to be precise at the end of may so the starting at the twenty on the twenty third of may and then they have a certain time to reconstitute reconstruct themselves by the beginning of july so the most that they could extend is until the end of june after that it gets complicated because everybody assumes that the brits won't partake in those european elections because they won't be part of the european union in the foreseeable future of course we don't know exactly when this is going to happen at this point but it would be r

the u.k. is edging closer to leaving european union without a deal and that is neither good for the united kingdom nor is it good for the european union that is something that they are also trying desperately to avoid because the consequences potentially it's a diet of both sides so if there is no deal in place it might turn out to be beneficial for the european union to say hey maybe take a little bit longer maybe try and reach an agreement so we don't face for going off that cliff edge during which time of course one of the options that is being talked about increasingly is out of the people's vote a second a referendum is it did you think that the that those calls really are a gathering strength or is it just politicians and media pundits only meant somehow has been building for that people's votes a lot of opposition upon her as members of the labor party have come out strongly in favor of the people's they say clearly as we can't reach an agreement in the u.k. it has to go back to the people because the people while they did vote still leaving the european union they didn't vote the argument

hard or soft break that there was no real people's votes are hopeless the lines of the european union the united kingdom should be one let's let's just let's just go back to poland now where the speakers for them to order it looks like we have a result there the tallis. the ice of the right three hundred six the no use of the last three hundred twenty five. we are used to the right were you one hundred feet was no use to the next three hundred twenty five so the notion. of being was. going to go to the prime minister. ok unavoidable to mr speaker i'm pleased that this house has expressed its confidence in the government and i was to not take this responsibility likely in my government will continue its work to increase our prosperity guarantee our security and to strengthen our union and yes we will also continue to work to deliver on the solemn promise we made to the people of this country to deliver on the results of the referendum and. i believe this duty is shared by every member of this house and we have a responsibility to identify a way forward that can secure the backing of the house to that end

peoples' vote and a peoples' vote that was held in 2016 and that vote determined the united kingdom should leave the european unionle of the united kingdom. england, scotland, wales and northern ireland, and it is for the whole of the united kingdom that we will be looking for a solution that secures the support of this house and ensures that this parliament delivers on the vote of the people. the prime minister's offer to talk to other parties was greeted with scepticism, after downing street suggested effectively be opposed to staying in a customs union with the eu. the prime minister said the government will approach meetings with parliamentarians in a constructive spirit. but it appears that cross—party talks means inviting people in to tell them why her deal is best, or to see if they've got any ideas on how to get her deal through. i will be talking to parliamentarians in my own party, in the dup, in other parties across this house, and will be ensuring and will be looking to see what it is that can secure the support of this house. but again, i say to the honourable lady, as i have said to her honourable an

like you prime minister just the prime minister also get the idea of the european union to want to do a deal with the united kingdom that we have a ninety five billion pound to suit with them that the germans sell us eight hundred fifty thousand cars every year we buy twenty percent of all the per second produced a new to me though she put it to she agree with me that the european union wish to carry on trading with the united kingdom in the way that they currently do. runs on the french i'm going to reference this later on i think there is a willingness on the other side in terms of the european union to agree a deal with the united kingdom but what they clearly said when the meaningful vote was lost they wanted to know what it was the u.k. wanted to see happening in relation to the deal that's an opportunity that we have today i will give you a c. on a belated then i'll make some progress thank you very much indeed thank you very much mr speaker i am very grateful to the prime minister to me to intervene at this early stage and. the prime minister is trying to encourage this time to vote for an amendment which us

the house of commons as a whole to leave the european union to fulfill the referendum result and as i keep repeating the law is now quite clear in the united kingdom and indeed in the european union we're living on that date now there are people in the house of commons who are trying to change that decision change the decision of parliament. they are assuming that the european union will automatically provide some extension to article fifty i magine the european union is going to want to ask what for why are you extending article fifty. one of the draft proposals extends article fifty for nine months do you really want the united kingdom to take part in the european union elections to the european parliament when we're planning to leave the european union just nine months later you've been saying that no deal is increasingly attractive but that's not what you and your vocally colleagues promised the country was it every time and again they promised great deals with the you and everyone else and said they just fall into britain slapped and they turned out to be not. i have to confess that i think it's in the european union's interests to strike a s

leaving the european union is one thing but there are two unions you might say that are vulnerable the european union by far the stronger and more united in these negotiations but also united kingdom which is made up of four different entities with very conflicting aspirations sometimes and i think that price trying ireland to just abandon the backstop. well certainly that's been the hope of many in the brics it's your camp they have to fight to detect any degree of division in the european union structure is between the commission and the council or between individual member states to see if pressure could be applied on our lands they have not fully engaged or understood or acknowledged the asymmetrically of power between the european union and the united kingdom they felt that simply because ireland is a lot smaller than the united kingdom that they could rely on that traditional him balance of power to get their way on the issue of the border in arlen's but at the european union has spoken with the united voice on this has more or less supported the irish position on the border and that has been something that again you've seen flight has been very difficult to digest for the h

we have left the european union. >> richard graham. >> i warmly welcome the announcement by the prime minister that reassurance over 3 million european union nationals in the united kingdom of having fees for registration rights waived. although the european commission's line is well known, the european parliament brexit coordinator has stressed brexit issody -- reciprocity needed. will she hold them to that pledge? i don't understand what the discussion about the customs union is about. that comes at the second stage. what we are trying to get over the line is the withdrawal. p.m. may: my honorable friend is absolutely right. the european parliament was were citizens rights important in the agreement. we have discussed those with them and i will continue to press them to press member states but also press member states individually to reciprocate. my honorable friend is right. there are two parts of the deal. the legal text about how we withdraw from the european union and the declaration of our future relationship. and setting that into legal text is the matter for the next age of negotiations. >> turning now to the united states, the federal government has been partia

right and proper, and this is the position of the european parliament, to focus first of all on the citizens of the european union living in the united kingdomish citizens living in the rest of europe, because there are suffering from uncertainty and they would be the first victims of a disorderly withdrawal of the united kingdom. well, with me is our political correspondent rob watson. we've had the events of yesterday and i have this motion of yesterday and we have this motion of no—confidence lead against the government and there will be a vote this evening. so where do we go from here? theresa may has two challenges, firstly to survive the no—confidence vote, which i think she will, then the almighty challenge in british politics, to solve the brexit crisis, after her humiliating defeat on wednesday. what is she going to do? she has four is very horrible choices, it seems to me. one is to soften her approach to brexit, to reach out to the other parties, involving fracturing the governing conservative party which he has been relu cta nt to conservative party which he has been reluctant to do. she could go for a no deal but we know that sh

before it leaves the european union and there are not just calls for that within the european union is self as you mentioned there are also growing calls for that in the united kingdom as well because the fact is despite everything that we've seen over the last twenty four hours despite the nothern momentous day today essentially nothing's changed the reason may has a deal that she can't get through parliament and yet she is seems unwilling as it stands or any says she's unwilling to give any significant ground so the question is how is she ever going to get this deal approved and if she doesn't get it approved in the next ten weeks will say the united kingdom crushed crashes out of european union another deal that's cold and now be disastrous for both sides so a lot of people who are getting very know this in the u.k. and the u.s. saying i k well maybe maybe you deserve a little bit more time that could be where we're headed now on the question of the customs union as you just mentioned again and there seems to be growing momentum in the united kingdom for not just sort of a cherry picking aspects of the custody and although various things as. with talking about th

the european union not only donald tusk himself as. council president but most of the member states as well because they don't want to see the united kingdom leave it will be bad for the united kingdom for the european union as well as britain is one of the major economies in the european union so it's another very strong hint from brussels you really don't have to do this unless you absolutely want to we will make everything possible for you to step you wish because that's very interesting because it does tend to then fall into the national debate about whether it's brags it's actually what people want or has moved change as well as you found out what regs it might actually be for the opposition leader jeremy corbin's now demanded a general election if may loses the confidence fate so how vulnerable is may's government right now in your opinion. well jeremy corbin's position has been very clear for quite a long time he's been calling for a general election that is is preferred option not just a they shoot scale of the defeat in parliament today in a sense would strengthen that call but as your introductory poll correctly said it's almost

legislated for a people's vote that was held in 2016, and that vote determined that the united kingdom should leave the european union. he talks about "our country." our country is the whole of the england,ngdom -- scotland, wales, and northern ireland. and it is for the whole of the united kingdom that we will be looking for a solution that secures the support of this house and ensures that this parliament delivers on the vote of the people. >> here, here. >> dear mila for a -- jeremy lefroy. mr. lefroy: thank you. on behalf of all the members of the all-party parliamentary group on kenya, which i chair, and my honorable friend the , member for mid derbyshire (mrs latham), the prime minister's trade envoy to kenya, may i express our sincere condolences and sympathy to the president and people of kenya and encourage them in their fight against this terrorism. my right honorable friend the prime minister and her government have rightly committed very substantial extra money to the nhs, and the plan produced last week is very encouraging, but can she also look at the difference between the money given to the clinical h

fall in place but of course it would still be a deep plunge especially for the united kingdom but also for the european union it would suffer so that's why here at least on the continent most people would say no deal bragg's it is just the worst case scenario not only for the e.u. but it's especially for the united kingdom next o'flynn in brussels thank you so much. of get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world german police have arrested three suspected islamic extremists on suspicion of planning a bomb attack federal prosecutors say that the men are rocky refugees they were detained near the northern town of marsh and officials say that the group had not yet selected a target. two people have been killed in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern philippines the attack in example longest city comes just days after a cathedral bombing in nearby jolo island left twenty one dead it follows a referendum last week that overwhelmingly approved the creation of a muslim autonomous area in the region. the united states and china are to begin a new round of trade talks in washington th

was held in two thousand and sixteen and that vote that vote determined that the united kingdom should leave the european union they talked about our country our country is the whole of the united states. and the op and wales and northern and it is for the whole of the united kingdom that we will be looking for a solution that secures our support of this house. i didn't show this. on the front of the people. ok just listen to some feisty exchanges in the u.k. parliament the staff the new entries that made the british prime minister their questions after her there was emphatically rejected about parliamentarians yesterday evening she now faces a vote of no confidence later today what she did say about what's going to happen next it is interesting she says she's not going to listen to parliamentarians to find out what would secure the support of the house for a future deal the new deal she then reemphasized that the government would not be revoking article fifty which triggered the u.k.'s exit from you and said there would be no further referendum. now while m.p.'s were voting inside last night hundreds of peopl

the united kingdom. you see that companies believe the united kingdom, including airbus and other companies. car companies will do so. 7% of the european unionrexit lot is only a disaster, but we never give up our brexit lot is only a disaster, but we never give up our structure, our interest and the integrity and our internal market. are you convinced both statistics content —— concerning trade about the possible effects on the economy will be what eventually shapes this withdrawal bill and shapes this bill? and eventually leads to the uk backing down, you believe? you have to know that britain have to look at his interest and not just at europe's and not just at interest and not just at europe's and notjust at europe's interest. here they have to check the situation as it is. we do not like brexit, i had fed it in parliament today, but we will not destroy the european union in order to ablate a ha rd european union in order to ablate a hard brexit. that must be very clear to the united kingdom —— ablate a high brexit. he was put together and go forward as 27 and we are ready for a go forward as 27 and we are ready forafair go forward as 27

added a preamble to the treaty which contained the objective of a membership of the united kingdom to the european union today with great regret we note that we are almost at the time of britain leaving the european union particularly at this point in time this treaty is so all important mr president madam chancellor you are now showing what you actually want more exchange more europe more cooperation and the treaty of our home is going to give a great impetus to the european union because it has the very opposite of my country fast it shows the great challenges and how one can tackle and massive together and it brings franco german cooperation up to date it incorporates it in a european framework and this is also underlined by the presence of the presence of the council of the commission and the president of the remaining. presence here today in the history of the european union there has hardly been any other point in time where it was more important for the franco german tandem to operate to work where we rest on a firm foundation between germany and france there are over two thousand town twinning a

must surely see the inevitable coming scotland european union is more popular in the united kingdom and the prime minister should be clear that the house does not support this deal but. tells us nothing about what it does support now tabled of no confidence. while m.p.'s were voting inside hundreds of people from both the pro e.u. and probe gathered outside the houses of parliament plunging the area into a cut. police deployed extra forces to the area but the atmosphere remained calm and peaceful the majority of people on both sides wanted mase deal to be voted down no deal hoping the vote would stall the bricks and bowl finally rolling while many remain just crossed it would trigger a second referendum. but i believe that you could right. now and just because she voted one doesn't mean you can reflect on how maybe more options it is binary and i'll sign it i think that people have the right to change their minds and that most people don't support rice anymore. i did think it was people were promised all sorts of things in twenty sixteen which have not been delivered which were incapabl

comical so you open as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable exist yet. with the sit negotiate michelle bonnie a also defending the existing deal to reason may is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. so what does london now expect from brussels our correspondent mass spoke with teresa mayes former secretary dominic. doesn't think about what's happening here is a prime minister chasing unicorns are is there every a chance that things could change and she could come back with well you friends including our german partners have been saying is what is it that you want to get this deal over the line and parliament has resoundingly backed the prime minister if we can change the xbox operators so there's a deal to be done we want to do a deal with are you friends with our german friends and all friends across europe and of course no deal would be have seen significan

the european union. in doing so, we will honour the mandate of the british people and leave the european union in a way that benefits every part of our united kingdom and every citizen of our country. i commend this statement to the house. >> jeremy corbyn. leader corbyn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the prime minister for giving me an advance copy of her statement. and i join her in condemning the car bomb attack we have seen in londonderry at the weekend, and i commend the emergency services and local community for their response. the huge achievement of the good friday agreement in reducing violence in northern ireland must never be taken for granted. it was an historic step forward, and we cannot take it for granted. the government still appear not to have come to terms with the scale of the defeat in this house last week. the prime minister seems to be going through the motions of accepting the result, but in reality she is in deep denial. the logic of that decisive defeat is that the prime minister must change her red lines, because her current deal is undeliverable, so can she be clear and explicit with the house which of her red lines is

i said the european union, northern ireland as pa rt european union, northern ireland as part of the united kingdomment to the people of northern ireland and it is important because they are part of the inn kingdom. the european union has been clear that in every circumstance, whatever the trade agreement negotiated in the future, oi’ agreement negotiated in the future, or that —— whatever the agreements, the backstop would be part of that. we can ensure that the backstop is never needed or if it was to be needed it was temporary. it is getting that future relationship in place which will enable us to maintain that long terms the ability to the people of ireland. is bite of what we have heard from the prime minister if you minutes ago the prime minister was one of hundred and 44 tory mps who voted against the foundation of the welsh assembly in 1999. that was 18 months after the referendum result. why was it a cce pta ble the referendum result. why was it acceptable for her to do that then but conversely rolling out today the opportunity for this country, including 2 million young people who do not

the union. we will honor the mandate of the british people and leave the european union in a way which benefits every part of our united kingdom and benefits every citizen. thank you, mr. speaker. i think the prime minister for an advance copy of her statement and join with her in condemning the car bomb attack in london during the weekend and commend emergency services and the local community for their response. the huge achievement of the good friday agreement in reducing violence in northern ireland must never be taken for granted. there was an historic step forward, but we cannot take it for granted. the government still appears not to have come to terms with the scale of the defeat in the house of commons last week. the prime minister seems to be going through the motions of accepting the results. but in reality is in deep denial. the logic of that decided defeat is that the prime minister must change her redline because her current deal is undeliverable. can she be clear and explicit with the house which of the red lines she is prepared to move on? the prime minister's invitation to talks have been exposed as a p.r. sham

avoid a deal on the table, that the eu has made clear is the only deal, the united kingdom has negotiated with the european union and is concerned about ensuring the bright future across the whole of the united kingdom. >> a closed question. >> question 11, mister speaker. >> i was pleased to meet the mayor of west midland when my right honorable for the chancellor and i visited the headquarters and saw firsthand the opportunities for apprenticeship and that is why we are seeing annual investment in apprenticeship doubling at $2.5 billion by 2020 and it was an excellent opportunity for a successful west midlands company giving young people career and i'm pleased to say the latest statistics show employment in the west midland has risen by 276,000 since 2010. >> that is fantastic news and the prime minister will agree transport is the key to employment. and the rail line lies between ridgefield and the burden which is currently used for freight. at the memorial arboretum which gets around half 1 million visitors a year but they have to come at the moment by road on the busy and congested a 38. can i answer, prime

the european union. talked about our country, the whole of the united kingdom. england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland, the whole of the united kingdom. we will be looking for a solution that secures of fourth of this house and ensures that this parliament delivers on the vote of the people. >> and on behalf of my honorable friend, express our sincere condolences to the president and people of kenya and encourage them in their fight against this terrorism. my right honorable friend has rightly committed very substantial amounts of extra money to the nhs and very encouraging. can she also look at the difference on the money given to the highest ccds and lowest ccds, we are not wanting to see amounts come down but we want to see a fairer formula to allocate money for those receiving the lowest amounts. >> i think the honorable friend for the remarks on the parliamentary group. to meet with some of those working to fight terrorism doing important work, bringing stability and security to people in that meeting and very important matters too. i thank my honora

it which paul and won't eighty's voting to leave was no agreement and bob the european union coming back to the united kingdom and saying we recognise the view of parliament we recognise that the frankly the european negotiators run rings are going to show we now know as a result of last week's vote that there is a majority for or against no deal there is no merit there is a parliamentary majority against no agreement however that majority and that has already passed the law is for us to leave the european union on the twenty ninth of march say when have to change the laws to over time that the government would have to be involved in any change of the norms now as long as to resume a stance from and says the choice today is my agreement or no agreement and if that comment rejects her agreement then the option and the default option the option in statute is that we leave the european you know it's a not so much and then we're going to have the whole government machine running around making claims all the nonsense we've been hearing about what the difficulties of no agreements are actually would all be dealt wi

arrangement for the future, and arrangement which is a comprehensive trade agreement for the european union and united kingdom. the reason i believe we will come to that arrangement is what i see talking to other leaders is the sense that we need to be pragmatic about this because it is for the benefit of the eu as well as the u.k. that we have that good arrangement. >> the prime minister's optimism would soon come up against reality as she faced serious pushback her own cabinet and opposition in parliament to the agreement she eventually negotiated in november. that was the backdrop when i sat down with labor party leader jeremy corbyn, who said he might even support another referendum, but would certainly not back may's brexit plan. >> we will come to that when we know what is happening with this deal. the priority is deal, and if the government cannot deliver and command a majority in the house of commons, as it cannot at present, you have to ask how stable is a government that cannot have a majority in parliament? isn't it time to have an election? >> it seems there is quite a lot in the deal that suggest