the first european union members that most of them saying that has not been a mistake because they need more money with conditionality they look china as an opportunity but today. the media. not. what they want to be the new head of corporation or europe and they your puter will be fair enough to understand that these new challenges to build up a new. i seem to some mistake it to be very honest has been done in a certain point not only for the economic issue and values but for the international geopolitics that has come back a very strong international space between europe and russia not only with the rich in europe and turkey. in the europe and the united states. in this case is much more the responsibility of united states i think if i can say they did act in leaders you would decide. that europe is becoming the worst enemy if united states senator kerry ask you one more question about values because it's very interesting to me you've been very supportive of president call build a new european. would say that you have to kind of. own house in order before embarking on such grandiose p

theresa may said that the uk could be out of the european union byjune the first. got on with rectifying the deal. good morning everybody, ijust met with the president of the european council where i agreed an extension to the brexit process to the end of october. i continue to believe we need to leave the eu with the deal as sooi'i need to leave the eu with the deal as 50011 as need to leave the eu with the deal as soon as possible. and vitally the eu have agreed that the extension can be terminated and the withdrawal agreement has been ratified which was my key request of my fellow leaders. for example, this means that if were able to pass a deal in the first three weeks of we will not have to take part in european elections, and will officially leave the er on saturday the first of june. during the course of the stanchion, the european council is clear that the uk will continue to hold full membership rights as well as its obligations. as i said in the i’ooiti as its obligations. as i said in the room tonight, there is a single tear of eu membership with no condi

european union on the front cover. could you consider getting the home office to produce disposable appeal of stickers for those who are concerned about this with the words european union? firstnother crunch day is that you can negotiate its exit from the eu. european union leaders gathered in brussels for an emergency summit to decide whether oi’ emergency summit to decide whether or not to extend the timetable for brexit. theresa may sought an extension to the 30th ofjune but before travelling to the summit to find if that request had succeeded, mrs may was in the comments for her weekly round of prime ministers questions. the decision came after days of talks between the government and labour as the two sides try to inch towards a brexit offer that might give you the comments. the westminster leader wanted to know what had been discussed. westminster leader wanted to know what had been discussedm westminster leader wanted to know what had been discussed. it is now one week since the talks began tween the tory government and the labour party. i want us the premise to at any point during his talks, has a second referendum been offered on the government side offers aggression

you're getting a big briefing this morning predicts it is first to get the latest twist in terms of that that it went on all night the european union is allowing britain's prime minister a new breaks of the extension this time until october thirty first after ten so you summit held until the small hours of thursday morning the leaders came to an agreement eventually but issued a warning to the u.k. not to misuse the time. this extension as flexible as i expected it. and so a little bit shorter than i expected but there's still enough. to find at first for salusa aleutian nice to not waste this stuff i have to leave. my joke on the first of. so my guess would be the true reason if not the most social because if i have to leave to be thought i. will it breaks it wasn't already a horror show filled with gruesome ghouls and scary characters it does seem that the new deadline for article fifty the brags that deadline will be the thirty first of october how when this was hammered out at a deal into the well late evening in the early hours of thursday morning we understand there was a an agreement to have a much longer extension being gra

approval rating had slipped to thirty two percent of the list for any elected first term brazilian president. european union leaders are meeting for a crisis summit in brussels today to discuss british prime minister teresa mayes request for a delay to breaks it diplomats say london could be offered a flexible extension of up to a year if there's no agreement britain could crash out of the block on friday night ahead of the meeting prime minister may pay visits to berlin and paris to plead her case. although she received a friendly french welcome in paris it wasn't easy going for theresa may president emanuel the chron is often seen as the european leader with the toughest demands may was lucky this time france softened its stance and said delay within limits was an option for the long awaited breck's it still france and other european. trees are getting increasingly impatient we want to understand what the u.k. need this extension for and what is the political surroundings i want to series a may to have this extension before her visit to paris may also travel to berlin to ask german chancellor angela merke

sovereign debt crisis, whether it's portugal, italy, how is the european union really approaching the belt and road initiative? >> firstof all, the european union remains open to foreign investments, including from china. but, of course, we need to be careful when it concerns strategic sectors, strategic technologies. so what we have recently set up in europe is so-called investment screening mechanism, which allows eu member states to screen and, if necessary, stop certain investments in strategic sectors for their technologies. it must be said it's not country specific. it's not aimed against any specific country, but if there are concentrations of member states see certain risk, this, too, is in member states and. >> thank you. you mention your cooperation with china on sustainable finances, a topic very dear to your heart and your agenda. i think certainly we're at the turning point in the global economy when and amongst investors and companies where the needs to be some sort of harmonization of what environment of social governance standards are, , what systema finance truly is. describe some of the european union

news live from berlin brags it delayed again britain's withdrawal from the european union has pushed back to october thirty first prime minister theresa may is called back to an emergency summit of the other twenty seven european union members as details of the early morning decisions are worked out. i'm sorry so much got a.

uk parliament was to ratify the deal in the next weeks that the uk could be leaving the european union by the firstt taking part in those european elections. again, trying to put some pressure on our own backbenchers. our intransigent backbenchers who refused to back the deal because of the opposition to the irish backstop that is contained within it. what you see in the deal that has been agreed tonight, or what you don't see, more accurately, are the more onerous conditions the french side were trying to impose on the united kingdom. they had talked about stripping away voting rights from the uk, not allowing the uk to have a commissioner, if they stay in until october the 31st, not to be taking any decisions over the eu reform programme. but donald tusk and jean claude juncker when they appeared for their press conference, were adamant that while the uk remains the member of the european union, that all the conditions it is expected to abide by are pertained to the uk side but also all the voting rights and benefits of eu membership, they remain too. they were asked a question about whether it h

european union that got the u.k. out, let that be a hoopn that it was the e.u. the citizens of the u.k. first -- who put the citizens of the u.k. first. the european union agreeing to further extensions, the prime --ister must use this time [indiscernible] a possibility we can remain in the european union, there was a talk between the 1997 general election so will will the prime minister not , and offer ase second referendum? tople should not be forced accept any brexit deal that will harm them. the only way to move forward is to put the way back to the -- to put the decision back to the people. mr. speaker let me ask this, -- a simple yes or no will suffice. has your government offered a second e.u. recommend him -- referendum? [indiscernible] is the labour party asking to and freedom of movement and in support of the tory deal. and finally -- [indiscernible] [inaudible] -- and please get your head out of the sand. the right honorable gentleman, the government has not offered a second referendum. changed. has not a second referendum has been ,ejected twice by this house when legislation goes

we can still leave the european union by the first ofjune if we ratified the steel and get the legislations of may. putting more pressure on the uk parliament reiterating several times that she is very clear that she wa nts to that she is very clear that she wants to deliver on brexit. she did say that the conditions, there were not many conditions attached to the ascension that she has been granted until october 31. the uk will still have full membership rights as well as all the obligations that come under the eu treaties. and she acknowledged that although there would be huge frustration among certainly her backbenchers, that this is not going to go on until october, there is that flexibility within the extension, the guillotine because that if the deal is ratified and passed, then the uk could weave on the first day of the following month. was caulked —— talk to chris morris now, our correspondent. what do you take out of what she was saying there? we fight on, we fight for another day. that question about weaving and time to go, she said that this buys us more time if we can geta that

first place . so the european union right now is finalizing the article thirteen of the copyright directives that a black has also shown media and publishing platforms to install automated filters to scan our posts prior publication these automated block your postes if they decide that you used a copyright media music or an image are this filter is equal to censorship in some way. well a stencil believe those order made it copyright censors are only about copying now i think that's an injustice by itself people copying and sharing is good and people should be free lawfully to share copies of any published work now not your personal data which is secret that's a different issue entirely but once something is published it's not a secret and we should all be free to share it on the internet so that law is not only harmful it's its purpose is unjust but it's also going to serve the purpose of censorship now we know this from youtube we've seen cases where somebody posted say a political message and somebody who doesn't like it claims it's copyright infringement but this claim is a law i those false cla

european union on the front cover. it would be sensible to put a question mark after european union. and then in due course, my lords, we can tipp—ex it out. but firstjust as the uk was heading for another brexit—exit day, the brakes were jammed on — and the date of our departure from the eu put off for up to 6 months. the flexible extension runs until the 31st of october — or earlier if mps agree a deal — and means the uk looks set to take part in the european elections in may. so how exactly did we get here? the week had started with parliament passing emergency legislation late on monday, binding theresa may to asking for a further delay. with that demand ringing in her ears, the next day, the prime minister went off to berlin for talks with the german chancellor, angela merkel — and then on to paris to meet president macron, preparing the ground for wednesday's crucial eu summit, which was to set the date for any extension. but before that meeting on wednesday night, there was a dash back to the uk for pmqs, where the snp‘s westminster leader wanted to know how the talks with labour — aimed at finding a brexit compromise — were going. it is now

president mccrone has been primarily focused on the good functioning of the european union and that was seen to include two sayings the first was a commitment by the u.k. to hold the european parliament elections at the end of may if it was still a member of the second and i think this is why the october date is significant is that is when the new european commission sits and takes up its seats and so mccrone had been talking about whether or not to remove the british commissioner to remove the u.k. from some of these decision making institutions and so this is a way of giving them a little bit of extra time past the european parliament elections but not keeping them in so long that they would still be here when the new commission begins its work. in the you council president has been one of the lead is that for a much longer extension period is saying that longer extension period would mean a voiding mood at lines avoiding more of these breaks summits i mean we don't know whether this possible october date will be a final one. october perhaps it isn't enough time for the u.k. so what we are hearing is that there will be a

tom: first of all, the european union says is a major break to because expectations were set very lowe not sure if they would put out a joint statement. they did it. the key points that were stressed by the european union is an agreement, concession by the chinese to curb subsidies for industries, industrial subsidies but also to continue to open up the markets to foreign act sex. tusk. listen at donald >> both sides will intensify discussions, international will on international subsidies. it is a breakthrough. for the first time, china has agreed to engage with europe in this key priority. chinesee eu and a saying in investment deal have been negotiating since 2013 could finally be sealed by 2020. that would be a far-reaching investment deal. a lot of these pledges in this joint statement which come down to simply how and to what extent they will be implemented, particularly the on the chinese side. that is what the chinese acknowledged. we must deliver on our promises. ramy: it is always a situation of words over enforcement. what are their issues that europe need china's help on?

european union leaders have offered u.k. prime minister theresa may a flexible extension until october thirty first european council president donald tusk says the agreed to it and there will be a review in june so this means the u.k. will not crash out of the e.u. on friday. in june when we meet again we will not be renegotiating among ourselves or the u.k. the agreement that was a reach months ago because the withdrawal agreement must be respected in its entirety we don't want the withdrawal agreement to be called into question because that will jeopardize the backstop agreement we've negotiated with the irish frames the talks about or has more from brussels. october thirty first that's what we heard from the e.u. council president. he was just giving a press conference there with the code. of the commission it was very clear that both were extremely tired and it's not surprising because they have been up for many many hours discussing a possible extension and it would seem that during those discussions it was very difficult indeed we have heard from officials that the president emanuel might call the french president was

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the fact is that the withdrawal agreement would be accepted by the european union, that's the first pointe second point is it sorts out the implimentation period, the money, and crucially guarantees citizens's rights for my constituents, eu nationals, and brits abroad. which part of those factors does he actually disagree with? the answer is none. rather than it just being a blindfold brexit, the party opposite are asking us not only to be blindfolded, but to be led into a different room, by a different tory prime minister. the snp referred to the conservatives's long—running splits over europe. what this is about today is an attempt to solve their political problems and usher in a right—wing, unelected tory prime minister to negotiate a canada style free agreement and a workers's right free singapore style economy. we cannot, mr speaker, separate the withdrawal agreement from the political declaration because both parts are essential to the process. it is like saying right, i am selling the house i'm living in at the moment, without having any idea whatsoever where we're going to live af

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this is news live from berlin britain's withdrawal from the european union is pushed back to october thirty first prime minister theresa may asked for more time to get the deal through the british parliament and she got more time for me you leaders despite some tough talk from french president. we'll get the latest from our team of correspondents.

thing is defined as the first g seven countries in terms of the colony power of italy's far greater than other smaller nations of the european union sign on the on the chinese deal and also more importantly it's a founding member of the european union the six country were founding members of the european union and therefore it's a big movement on the symbolism of this of this alliance now you have to keep in mind that indeed equally as in the coming situation there has been far from florida over the last decade it has a very high level especially of of national debt and he's definitely looking for investors to be able to help them you know build infrastructure that has been lagging behind both at the national level but also at the levels and china is actually the ideal partner for this remember that in general you had this bridge collapse with a very dead people because of the the lack of it is too easy of the infrastructure and the lack of new investment in china is an opportunity for italy today is different from the european perspective and from place on my core we actually want to have a united european union in front of china

there was a first gesture towards that by the european union today, there have been some statements onh has been very weak. the united nations have been extremely weak, the general cannot be recognised as the head of state of sudan or that will only embolden him and embolden those who would side with him. erica, it sounds like we're going to be back to you as the story develops. thank you so much for your insight. sure. -- eric. it was meant to be one of a kind, the first privately—funded mission to the moon. and israel's spacecraft beresheet did get there, but instead of a soft landing, israeli officials had to announce a crash landing, with the prime minister in attendance. we had a failure in the spacecraft. we had a failure in the spacecraft. we u nfortu nately we had a failure in the spacecraft. we unfortunately have not managed to land successfully. we are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach the moon's surface and... it is a tremendous achievement up till now. well, we didn't make it, but we definitely tried. if at first you don't succeed, you try again.

but over the weekend, it was revealed that the first british passports without the words "european unionthought that was a little premature. my lords, not only are we still in the european union, but after tonight, we may be so for another nine months or even one year at least. during that time, the uk, as a country and government, will enjoy all the rights and obligations of eu membership, including that of sincere cooperation. why is the government refusing to pass on those rights to its citizens, who want european union on their passports? this has got absolutely nothing to do with the will, or otherwise, of the british people. this is everything to do with the british people voting to leave the european union, the home office preparing — in changing the passports — and i really think it's not a very good point. could my noble friend perhaps consider getting the home office to produce disposable peel—off stickers for those people who feel concerned about this, with the words "european union"? my noble friend makes a very practical point, and in fact, one can purchase passport covers a

european union. i really see this is the first barrage and that.rkets are now a to this newnward kind of trade policy, and will say that we seen this before. there's a lot of noise. but ultimately, they will land a deal. i think that is probably the case, but there are risks along the way, including important risks took sentiment and confidence in the european economy at a time when it is already vulnerable. david: at the same time, might there be some method in the madness here? president trump got us all really scared about a china trade war. turns out it didn't really damage the economy much at all, and maybe the same thing could happen europe. reporter: make no mistake whatsoever, there is definitely method in the madness. president trump got more concessions from china than previous of ministrations have been able to achieve, and i what the trump administration is ultimately focused on is what senator grassley concluded on, european agriculture. that they want to use these tariffs on aircraft. it wouldn't surprise me if we saw them on european

let's get your first word news update. >> european union governments are reportedly struggling to reach to trade talks with the u.s. this could further irritate the white house. it comes after the refusal to include agriculture and the negotiations. france is expected to resist giving the green light to start talks. oil is advancing on fresh evidence to cut output. the cartel's output fell for a fourth month in march. power blackouts in venice limit further squeezed supply -- venezuela further squeezed supply. chevron's chief executive says prices are broadly where he sees them for 2019. and demand have become better balanced and you have seen some strength in prices. i would say, we are in the ballpark right now of what we what expect for prices. of australiae bank kept its cash rate at 1.5%. this was expected by money markets and all but one economist. the central bank is waiting to analyze the economic impact of a fiscal injection. the nation's budget is due to be released later today. the government is expected to give out more than $9 billion in tax cuts. is the first airline to be

first century. point rémy as you pointed out earlier in the program me what you said thirty thirteen countries in the european unionand already. been dealing with china in this respect here but it's really interesting the individual countries can do it it says a lot of this has a lot but i'm not a lot of good things about the european union because they really aren't knighted on this and it's really tells you the condition of the european union because it because of this neoliberal economic policies and so many countries particularly in the south that used to call them the pigs remember that about ten years ago that was so much into debt the european union it's where it's current model and with using the euro a lot of these countries just can't get out of that mess and you have an outside fresh source of investment that kind of move things along because if i were an italian i would welcome this because there's and it's a pretty bleak future with this current economic model based on a stereo unfortunately this is the third way out what do you think remmy. oh nothing we can go too far ahead here basically have thirte

but first the british prime minister to resign may has asked the european union for another delay two breakfasts and a letter to the e.u. may has asked for a three month extension until the end of june and the u.k. is due to leave the bloc in a week but parliament has not agreed on a withdrawal deal and in brussels the president of the european council donald tusk intends to propose a flexible twelve month delay he's reported to be against a series of swords allays for more on this bring in the. joining us from london so it just seems that donald tusk answer is a may and a de marte odds over how long that should be delayed for. the u.s. so on the surface very different views of what should happen donald tusk writing to twenty seven of the e.u. leaders ahead of the summit in brussels next wednesday basically recommending that they do give britain as much flexibility as possible not to be seen to be being too harsh on britain limiting cerys maze options with that one year extension to the brics it deadline. the idea has been welcomed by the irish prime minister they override can not sur

has not waived this particular clause the current waiver runs out on the first of may so two weeks to go for this the european union though not happy at all they are the largest foreign investor in cuba also cuba's second largest trading partner and they have very unhappy by this potential move by washington. that was able to get the extraterritorial application of the u.s. embargo is illegal it's contrary to international war i also personally consider it immoral we believe that this will harm us all but it will be self-defeating obviously this will create even more confusion more deterrence more confusion for foreign investments. well it's going to cause more confusion and all of these problems why not just extend it the reason is it has nothing to do with trade what we're expecting to hear later on wednesday is that john bolton the president's senior national security advisor will be announcing further sanctions against venezuela and nicaragua the threats of this tsunami of lawsuits against cuba is really intended to make should it have drops their support for president in venezuela in fact the u.s. government h

scotland's first minister nicolas sturgeon has called for a new referendum on scottish independence from the u.k. by twenty twenty one if one actually leaves the european union she says the scottish government will introduce legislation setting the rules for a second vote which would first meet the british government's approval we are in syria an explosion has killed at least fifteen people in the opposition held province of it live at least twenty eight people were also injured a monitoring group says the blast occurred close to an office belonging to the joe hottest alliance hey it's a had a sham which largely controls the province. turning now to france which is taking part in international commemorations of the armenian genocide setting back in one thousand fifteen turkeys autumn in a government carried out mass killings that claimed the lives of more than a million armenians france was at the time one of the main safe havens for those who fled today it's home to europe's biggest armenian community france announced earlier this year that it would observe annual commemorations on april twenty fourth to be useless always reports from the southern city of m

that scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has called for a new referendum on scottish independence from the u.k. by twenty twenty one if britain actually leaves the european union she said the scottish government will introduce legislation setting the rules for a second vote which would first need the british government's approval to be meet. the leaders of ireland and the u.k. were among hundreds of guests today attending the funeral of murdered northern irish journalists to lira mckee she was shot by irish nationalists last week during rioting in the city of london derry also known as derry a catholic priest leading the ceremony told the congregation her death to mark a turning point for northern ireland and his sermon had some uncomfortable moments for political leaders there. the murder of the young journalist mickey brought leaders of britain and ireland as well as hundreds of mourners together. irish prime minister lira and british prime minister to resign may sat at the front of sun ains cathedral and politicians from across northern ireland's political divide were side by side father martin mcgill a friend of micky commended them for standing together i

european union and the u.k. have agreed to extend it until october thirty first it means the u.k. will not crash out of the e.u. on friday the extension is flexible to the bloc will review progress in june. sued on state television is reporting that the army will make an important announcement soon the president has been under increasing pressure on wednesday demonstrators how the sit in for a fifth straight day outside the army headquarters. polls have opened in the first phase of india's general elections voting will go on for more than one month over seven phases final results are expected in late to me. while israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu looks set for a fifth term after his main rival conceded defeat in their general election that's despite benny gantz well it winning as many seats and as harry force that reports from west jerusalem netanyahu is. acted to get the support of small at right wing parties to form a coalition government. just hours after claiming victory came a different tone from the man now likely to become the leader of israel's opposition ten lots

france russia egypt are supporting after so the internationals really the first step is to see they can get a consensus the european union has been working with libya to try to keep refugees from from leaving the country and taking to the water on that perilous journey to europe where where what happens to the refugees in the middle of this conflict. yes the un is very concerned hugh have thousands of migrants in detention centers already in very grim conditions literally and they sort of lost contact with them so as a great deal of concern what happens to them chris thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was chris stephen there with the british daily the guardian. now to the work of former trump campaign chairman steve barrett and to expand his brand of politics here in europe he's formed an organization called the movement and most recently he's helped open a new training center for populist european politicians it's partly hidden in the remote italian village but bannon expects it will have a broad reach. this form a ministry in trees altie in the hills of central italy has been revived with a new mission

aligned to the european union and this is what they are very exciting on tonight there's also the option of putting any deal to the people again so a second referendum but not like the first one but on the deal that is being struck here between the u.k. and the european union in bigger do we know of all of these these four alternatives which one is most likely to get a majority to not. well we don't know exactly but we do know that the labor party have said the day wore on their own version of franks it is in a customs union and also a line with a single moccasins they are voting for for those options so it remains to be seen how many conservative m.p.'s are going to calm round and support this deal it's called common market two point zero is the sort of pat named head spin given to this. also we don't know what's going to happen if they actually find a majority for any of these versions tonight what was the reason may actually do with it is she going to be bought out by palm and will they try and force a hand to implement it i mean all these are questions very much in the open at the moment and i mean one of the other alternatives i mean is there real talk about a possib

european countries? minister scholz: this is a question that you can have a five-hour answer. let me be relatively brief. first, i would say anyone should the european union as a factor. china, russia, united states, nobody should think there is a chance of dissolution and we have a strategy of bilateral is on something like this. it is much better to understand there is this european union as a factor of the upcoming world. this is good. due to the reasons irony said that we have -- i already said that we have common values. second, i think we should wish that many countries grow. a world where just the europeans and the united states are strong is not amic successful good world. we wish billions living in other places on our common planet will have some -- will have a better life, will have growth and things like that. the only thing we should work on, and we should be doing the right things and giving the right examples. multilateralism as a principal. it is not a question of who is dominating, it is a question of if there is a fair cooperation between all the countries in the world, is it feasible? to my point of view, you should know that i really be

but first let's go to turkey where there are ever fewer independent voices in the media the european union others have been criticizing president out of water in recent years over restrictions on press freedom and for the jailing of government critics but from today onwards they'll be a new source of information the pictures you're seeing are from a you tube channel called plus ninety being launched in turkey it's driven by major international broadcasters and channels a joint venture between d.w. the b.b.c. france twenty four and the voice of america. and for more on that launch. director general joining us from istanbul where that launch is taking place thanks so much for joining us for coming in can you tell us what's this channel going to be like. well thomas thank you quite happy that we could launch it today and i'm quite optimistic that we will have an interesting off of all the viewers and users and plus ninety is the name which we communicated today in ninety is also the international code when you try to dial into turkey and when you have a coal into turkey so this is a bit of a