gavin lee reports from sofia.ide by side with germany and france on sofia's lovers' bridge, a spring walk for the prime minister in a coordinated show of unity on the streets of bulgaria during an informal eu summit. brexit isn't on the agenda but theresa may is meeting leaders in the sidelines who still want answers over what britain wants. the main sticking point, the irish border, avoiding customs checks while controlling the flow of goods between the republic and northern ireland. reports this morning suggests the government may ask to extend the irish customs arrangements to beyond 2021, to prevent causing chaos for cross—border trade. not true, the prime minister told me. we will be negotiating future customs arrangements with the european union. i've set three objectives. the government has three objectives in those. we need to be able to have our own independent trade policy. we want as frictionless a border between the uk and the eu so that trade can continue, and we want to ensure that there is no hard b

gavin lee, bbc news, sofia. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.that the government will ask for more time? will ask for more time? go to brussels and say please could we have some extra time. we have some extra time. month transition period and then we are out, no extra time. are out, no extra time. huge queues outside ports like dover. dover. words sort of leaving one foot dangling in the eu's customs union. dangling in the eu's customs union. can have a sort of pick and mix and departure from the eu. departure from the eu. their view is if you leave, you leave. if you leave, you leave. norman, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. recommend such a move. and still to come — not a gamble. inexperienced players in his world cup squad. to death threats aimed at referee lucy 0liver. appearance for juventus. putting 800 jobs at risk. financial position. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. ones for decades, but it's in trouble. trouble. days shoppers have a lot more choice. choice. it ranges, all different shops, supermarkets, next, pr

gavin lee, thank you very much. gavin lee reporting from rome.m in office in polls held on sunday. officials say he won four million votes more than his nearest rival, but opposition parties say the result isn't valid. it was also the lowest turnout in decades. despite having one of the world's largest oil reserves, venezuela is in the midst of an economic crisis, with soaring inflation leading to food shortages. theresa may is challenging the nhs and technology companies to use artificial intelligence to transform the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases. in a speech in cheshire this lunchtime the prime minister said computer algorithms can prevent thousands of cancer deaths in the coming decades. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here with me now. how significant could this technology be for the nhs? extremely significant and in a sense what the prime minister is doing is just reflecting what is happening a nyway just reflecting what is happening anyway in partnerships between the nhs, between hospitals, between universities, between research ins

here's gavin lee.nal palace of culture and they are supposed be for the next 24 hours talking about the idea of enlarging the eu at some stage, with six balkan states looking tojoin. but donald tusk has ultimately hit the nail on the head and has talked about how the feeling across the european union right now is that times are difficult with the us. he said, the us government, there's sudden phenomenon on watching out for their capricious assertiveness, beyond predictability basically. two factors, one is the fact that americans are pulling out of the iran deal, the nuclear deal. with donald trump in the moment the europeans are saying "look, listen to us, this is not the right way to go about it. there could be european businesses that face sanctions." "the other issue is donald trump saying there will be tariffs on steel and aluminium as well. that could cost 6 billion euros worth of trade that goes from europe to the us. so what donald tusk is hoping for and there is that there is unity and people

gavin lee, bbc news, sofia.t guest, we have not been invited to the wedding so we're not going to get out as close and personal as some other people. on monday in washington, we spoke to one of the guests who's been invited because of their charity work — and i'm pleased to say diana hosford has made the trip across the atlantic and is with me now. happy happy to be here, thrilled to be here. how has your first day in windsor been? completely fabulous, beating simile wonderful people and talking about taps, america's fallen heroes, and to bring that word to the uk. what have you been doing? chatting with people, talking to different media outlets about the work we do at taps, and how excited we are to be at the wedding and to salute rate this lovelyjoyous wedding union. we were just talking to dominic about harry's special affiliation with service personnel. you are telling us on monday you lost your father at a young age. so you understand what drives harry.” do. my father really has been my inspiration, since

gavin lee is in madrid.ote against him in a motion of no—confidence tomorrow. now here is the thing, for him to be gone in for his government to be removed, there needs to be 176 mps voting against him and as of this morning, there are 173, so it came toa this morning, there are 173, so it came to a kingmaker, potentially the small nationalist party. today they said they are five mps will vote against him. it's all down to a long—running corruption scandal known as the godel case, which involves more than one —— i dozen ex—members of the governing party taking cash in exchange for giving out contracts. last week at the core, a judge said that they had created systemic levels and institutionalized corruption and even said that his testimony was questionable. so where did i put things today? well inside here, there will be a vote and it looks like it'll go against him and the socialist leader, pedro sanchez says he wants to be president and that i minister for short period until he wants to be president and th

our europe correspondent gavin lee is in sofia. leaders of the balkan states that have met for the first time in 15 years. the point being here that the national palace of culture and sofia and bulgaria is that the eu are saying we want to improve links with the balkan states that want to join the eu. the other issues of corruption, allegations of cronyism ina corruption, allegations of cronyism in a government which has long stopped the likes of albania and macedonia, montenegro, boss media, kosovo from joining. it's worth noting that the expansion seems to be bands today because it seems a sensitive time. with brexit and going from 28 to 27. issues with the financial crisis and a migration credit crisis. the first meeting of its kind to get things back on track. the head of the arab league has called for an international probe into alleged "crimes" committed by israeli forces against palestinians during deadly violence along the gaza border this week. tens of thousands of people have been protesting along the border since the end

gavin lee picks up the story.lian government. both the coalition parties‘s leaders have been meeting inside. we have the league party, populist anti—immigrant party, far right. we have also got the 5—star movement, antiestablishment, neither could get enoughin antiestablishment, neither could get enough in the election, but they could combine together. they had talked previously of getting italy out of the eurozone, stopping the euro, they also spoke about cancelling the debt. they have put a joint contract together to say what they want to do is ask the eu to stop sanctions against russia. they say they should be treated as a partner, not an enemy. they also wa nt to partner, not an enemy. they also want to speed up the deportation of 500,000 migrants who are in italy. the questions about how they do that. they talk about lowering taxes for people, a basic universal wage, big spending with a heavily debt laden government, so eu leaders are worried about it. it still hasn‘t been confirmed, though, the president is

our bbc europe correspondent gavin lee is in rome for us. italy with investors wondering if they should make a move. ultimately we have two mavericks in charge of two populist parties. we have fire starr and we have a euro sceptic parliament and a hard right anti—migrant party. but remember, two and a half months ago, more than half the electorate voted for these two and here in the presidential palace, most leaders met with the president of italy and have asked for permission to form a government. rewind, some of the rhetoric they we re rewind, some of the rhetoric they were talk about was to remove italy from the euro and cancel 250 billion euros of italian debt. they have watered that down, but some worrying signs for eu leaders, calling on them to cancel sanctions against russia and says vladimir putin should be treated as a partner and trying to fast track the deportation of illegal migrants. that tone today was different, the harder rhetoric was different, the harder rhetoric was more, we can rule together. this was more, we can rule t

the winner will serve out of the will -- remaining year and a half of the late mayor ed lee's term. gavin newsom has surged to the front of the pack. as andre senior reports, spending from another candidate has hit a new record. >> it takes courage to make real change. that's gavin newsom. >> reporter: you will see a lot more at like this to support lieutenant governor gavin newsom or this one to support antonio villaraigosa. >> president obama called him one of america's finest mirrors. >> reporter: both are front runners with newsom ahead by 21%. close behind is john cox, who 10% of voters say they will likely choose on election day according to a poll. >> john cox stands with donald trump and the nra. >> reporter: john cox has raised $5.9 million. that is far behind lieutenant governor's $34.2 million. at the same time, villaraigosa continues to hit a large infusion of -- get a large infusion of cash. >> yes, i do support charter schools. that what i've always supported our great schools. >> because of that support, an independent committee has -- that supports charter schools has spen

gavin's not gonna work as governor. kpix 5's mary lee on why a spy agency is so interested in what they are doing. sot hemant bheda, arevo co- >>> a south bay startup is trying to disrupt the bicycle industry. >> why a spy agency is so interested in what they are doing.>> so we have three parts . what you're seeing here is the triangular frame, which is printed as a single piece. >> reporter: you're looking at the first carbon fiber 3d printed bike. >> typically it takes 18 months to come up with a new bike design. this came from the concept to production was conceived in less than 18 days. >> reporter: it weighs only 13 pounds and cost about $3000. >> do you want to write it? -- ride it? >> reporter: i'm to see how this rides. it is really light. 3d printing a bike frame is just the start for the startup company. they even have the venture capital backing from the cia. they are the only company to do continuous carbon fiber 3d printing. >> i am cutting this and taking a look inside at the cross- section. so what you see here are actuall

in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a new survey on the california governor's race has gavind. ucla l.a. times shows gavin newsom with 21% support. antonio vilaraigosa has 11%. john cox of san diego is at 10%. state treasurer chun at 6%. travis allen has 5%. and easton at 3%. you can see 39% of voters say they are still undecided just a couple weeks before the primary. the top two vote getters will face off in november. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, controversy after a teachner brentwood is told that he will be transferred to another school. next the response from students and what the teacher says he believes is behind this forced transfer. >>> and brandi chastain is responding to the questionable plaque in the sports hall of fame. who she thinks it looks like and the silver lining she has found. dog: seresto, seresto, seresto. jake... seresto, seresto, seresto. whatever your dog brings home to you, it shouldn't be fleas and ticks. seresto gives your dog 8 continuous months of flea and tick protection in an easy-to-use, non-greasy collar. seresto, seresto, seresto. o

lee, has been in court for us. what happened in court today? we have been hearing very complex legal cases from the past today. we have been hearing from the bbc‘s barrister gavinbbc, is against the bbc, raising issues of great importance for the freedom of great importance for the freedom of press in this country. gavin miller qc touched on the bbc‘s duty to report the investigation and he said it had a duty to report it when that search was carried out. and in court today, he says, the very fact that the warrant was executed in play is a level of substance to the investigation, that the press could not ignore. he also went on to talk about sir cliff richard's fame and he said that because of the way sir cliff richard has used his fame to give his opinions on moral and religious issues, gavin miller said he must accept some reduction in his private life. now, we know that sir cliff richard wants damages at the very top end of the scale. it was revealed yesterday in the region of around £600,000. that does not include the cost of bringing the case to court. at the end of today, thejudge, he said as case to court. at the end of today, the judge, he said as we ex