very, very determined to be just to irish causes, irish emotions. they're very, very, very impressive. and he always stands for a principle, which is that actually, the best outcome is a united ireland, closely linked to britain. a friend to britain. if i can't have it, then the consent principle rules. and the consent principle means that the large minority in the northeast corner of the island where the unionists and pro british should not have to come under an irish government. to be absolutely honest, that is the principle that wins out in the good friday agreement, to put it very simply. and he's all for cooperation. all the things that we agreed to in the good friday agreement in north institutions, they're all modeled in the churchill/collins pacts. churchill/collins method in london, march in january 1922. and if you want an easy kind of list of what are the areas that -- all right ireland is divided, but there should be cooperation and certain policy, it's all there with churchill. so churchill allows an easy answer to this. i honestly thin

he always writes a lot about irish military. how great soldiers the irish are. in in 1921 when you get the troubles and the awful violence and the secretaryism and the -- he says where are the decent irishmen i knew? where are the same moderates on both sides? the answer i'm afraid is a lot of them are dead. it's something he never really faces up to. >> pick up from that. attlee is hugely pride to a fault. he's carried off the battlefield three times. and a major part of the political identity. it distinguishes him in the labor movement. huge part of the relationship with churchill there after. even when they are having strife and argument in the 1920s. attlee is always prepeared to say i'm prepared to give the devil his. churchill was right. to the extent he says it's the one great strategic idea in the last war. it sets the tone for the relationship between them. you can imagine the meeting in the lobby. they do meet over the course of the 20s and 30s. and have a respect between them. the major and the man who sent the major to this part of the world. and one

you mentioned the anger of the irish government.blicised, if theresa may had been able to say we've agreed a text but going to keep it confidential, but nobody need worry. if you think about it, if this gets to the stage where you're hammering out the trade details, it might end up out the trade details, it might end up that the whole of the uk is going to be in the customs union anyway. 0r still partly or wholly in the trade union without the judgments of the european court or having a say in brussels or strasbourg. you might end up with that. and in the conversation and the row we are having at the moment would be redundant. what they are going to have to do is come up with that form of words. it's beyond me what that form of words is but it has been a pattern at a european summit is going back to the 1980s that these things went up to the wire. remember that old phrase about the prime minister's limousines are outside with the engines running and the engines are warming up on theirjets on the airport. i get the feeling there is s

pat, your paper the irish times is focusing on this story. blows to hopes for brexit deal as tory backbenchers support the dup. tell us backbenchers support the dup. tell usa backbenchers support the dup. tell us a bit more about the take from your paper on the extraordinary events that unfolded during the day. unfortunately we missed that important story about meghan markle's dad but we are pretty much up markle's dad but we are pretty much up to speed on the rest of the day's happenings. it was an extraordinary day in dublin. we started off with suggestions from the minister for foreign affairs on a morning news programme that he expected a breakthrough over the course of the day, and it was an early—morning special cabinet meeting called by the taoiseach leo varadkar to brief ministers on the negotiations. halfway through that meeting he was called out to take the phone call from john —— from jean—claude juncker. it revealed the deal had been agreed and the british negotiating team in brussels. at that stage we expected that the deal would

my husband is irish.nd two, and we always thought we would get them irish passports. we are now seriously considering putting in the application. we haven't quite bought a house in dublin. we are getting there. why are you thinking of doing that? we see ourselves as european and them as european and the idea of leaving the eu and feeling out of europe is incomprehensible and we don't want to live in a little england, we want to live in the eu. you are sitting next to someone who might be bristling, darren grimes. bristling, darren grimes from brexit central. i see myself as european. what i don't see myself as being part of this european superstate. the united kingdom, global britain, boris johnson's treaters in the telegraph is the sort of vision i think the uk should be going for. it is hard not to stress how important the brexit war cabinet this meeting was and it will change for generations the history, the track of this country and what it goes down and i think i should be a path in which we have an

but progress is still needed on the irish border issue. the decision to move irish border issue. the decision to m ove o nto irish border issue. the decision to move onto trade talks is vital, it is vital for everybody. it is huge value to the 27 members and to ourselves. 700,000 children and pensioners in the uk have fallen into relative poverty over the past four years, according to a new report. metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick has condemned former officers who went public about pornography found on a computer in damian green's office in parliament. it is my view of what they have done, based on the understanding of what they have saying they have done, is wrong. the east of england co—op is to become the first major retailer to sell food beyond its best—before date. also coming up, a day to forget for england's ashes side. australia build on their massive first innings total after bowling england out for 227. and facebook is opening a new office in london today, creating 800 jobs. good morning, it is monday the 4th of december and i am ben brown, welcome to bbc

almost 10% of the irish -- almost 10% of the population was irish born. there was violence. there were killings. .hat was in the 1890's , that's whenrew the pendergast dynasty was established. his family was-- from ireland. ofcame from a big family brothers and sisters. liked to gamble on horses and he won on a bet on a horse named climax and with the winnings, he opened a saloon and a boarding house. there were a lot of irish down , and he didiver very well. a reallynsidered tough, very positive sort of guy , very honest guy. he held a lot of the old immigrants' money in his saloon. he was kind of their banker. they did not trust banks. in andd take young men at the encouragement of their parents, they would take the pledge to quit drinking. he was hugely popular. they encouraged him to run as an alderman, and he won, and he until he diedin in 1914. he built up a trust among the poor especially because he did it the old-fashioned way. today, politicians promise platitudes and things they can never deliver. he delivered. when youred coal needed it. i talked to immigrants' so

this is not just about the question of the irish border. the role of the european courts in any kind of transitional implementation period. this is not just transitional implementation period. this is notjust about the question of the irish border. this crucial though that is. we can speak to brian hayes, an irish mep from the ruling party in the republic of ireland fine gael. he's in brussels. what have you made of today's event so what have you made of today's event so far? there is a disappointment around brussels, that we haven't managed to conclude all of the negotiation by this evening. but i think a lot of progress has been made. i think you're right in highlighting this isn't just made. i think you're right in highlighting this isn'tjust about ireland and the question what have you made of today's event so far? there is a disappointment around brussels, that we haven't managed to conclude all of the negotiation by this evening. but i think a lot of progress has been made. i think you're right in highlighting this isn't just about ir

the irish and has been holding a meeting in dublin today. —— the irish government.r said dublin wa nted foreign affairs minister said dublin wanted to give britain what he described as time and space to deal with difficult political issues, and he said that the irish government we re he said that the irish government were prepared to work with the british government on what he described as presentation issues around the text that had been agreed on the irish border issue, but he also said that i —— ireland would not move away from the core meaning of what had been agreed. so we have an indication from the dublin government that as regards their core position on the border question, they are not prepared to move on, but they are prepared to move on, but they are prepared to move on, but they are prepared to move on the language that is used whenever the draft document is put forward for approval. now, what is also interesting is that as regards what the dup's next move might be, the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, has made a statement today that if regul

editorfor the irish times.ical dimension to this story. it was a surprise to everybody because most of us thought that the deal was done. the irish cabinet thought the deal was done, as well. the turnabout from theresa may, it appears to have been at the behest of arlene foster, and that was a shock. no one would expect her not to know what arlene foster's views we re to know what arlene foster's views were on the subject. given that arlene foster is saying the status of northern ireland when it comes to brexit needs to match the rest of the uk, how do you think we go from here in terms of finding something that works for her and the irish government? what is interesting, the position that the british government signed up to was much more subtle than she is giving them credit for, and it wasn't the same thing as being part of the customs union and the single market, it was talking about regulatory alignment apart from the eu, so the northern ireland regime would have been set up separately and it basically woul

and on newsnight: the irish government on what went wrong with today's brexit deal. we becoming too blase about the rise of pornography? good evening and welcome to bbc news. there was no deal agreed in brussels today to move on to the next phase of the brexit talks, despite all the expectation that agreement was on the cards. the prime minister is believed to have broken off from talks with the president of the european commission, after an intervention by the democratic unionist party of northern ireland, mrs may's parliamentary partners. they were raising concerns about a possible solution to the issue of the border between northern ireland and the republic. further talks will now take place later this week, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. was she here to reveal the deal, or was it slipping away? arriving for lunch, the prime minister didn't exactly look delighted, but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on. she'd only parked up for a brief encounter, but lunch became longer, and then later and later. by tea—time,

this is not an irish government view. the irish government is one of 27 eu countries. are at this stage now is because the british didn't listen at the beginning. if you go back to a month after the referendum campaign, i think it was the 28th ofjuly 2016, enda kenny turned up in downing street. it is theresa may's first meeting... because she has not been prime minster very long. first meeting with the new prime minister and they have lunch and they agree that all the nice stuff about frictionless borders and things have to continue as they are. the irish then went off and went round all the other 26 eu capitals and they said, this is a crucial issue and they explained why, and the british went off and looked at other stuff to do with brexit, and said, that is the irish sorted out. of course, when it came to setting up the talks, there is ireland, as one of the three things. that is because the irish went around the other 26 capitals and said we want this, this is going to be really important. they did their homework. they did their homework and the british kind of pa

for the irish republic, another critical pa rt irish republic, another critical part of this bit of thee prime minister, leo varadkar, spelling out that he had got a satisfactory deal. i'm satisfied that sufficient progress has now been made on the irish issues. the parameters have been set, and they are good. now we can move on to work out the detail of what has been agreed, to talk about the transition phase, free trade, and the new relationship between the eu and the uk. this is not the end but it is the end of the beginning. we have not heard from the dup, the democratic unionist party who hold theresa may in government at the moment with their relatively few votes. from their relatively few votes. from their point of view, critical for them to see whatever applies to the uk, applies to northern ireland. there can be no difference. we do not want any other arrangements just because we have a border with the irish republic. the word from belfast was, we wanted to carry on discussing this, that is more progress needs to be done but the message from theresa may was a clear one, we have

at the end of the day will have to be accept to believe the irish government.e something on them. that will become a very important issue going forward. you see it today and hopefully we have enough of a deal to not stop all of the other important parts of the package. to not stop all of the other important parts of the packagem there a danger all of the talks get so bogged down in the two basic issues that we don't make any progress on the other stuff? well, i would say yes there is danger, the good news is everyone seems to have a strong awareness of it. the problem with the irish issue is there is no easy solution, it is difficult to imagine what you could put on tb table that everyone would agree to, but i am telling you they are working hard on that and hopefully they come up with something that fits the bill. paul it is good to talk to you. thank you very much. thank you very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the biggest corporate takeover of the year looks likely to happen in the us. the retail chain cvs health says it

the irish border isa the brexit talks. the irish border is a key sticking point.bidding to become the uk's city of culture. coming up in the sport, a glimmer of hope for england's cricketers as they take four quick rockets on day three of the second ashes test. they are 1—0 down in the five match series. the uk wastes 7 million tonnes of food each year and now a major retailer is aiming to help in the battle to cut that waste by continuing to sell food beyond its best before date. east of england co—op has 125 stores and will now sell dried and tinned foods for 10p when they reach the date they are best eaten by. our business correspondent emma simpson has been to one store in colchester. everything we eat has a shelf life, but would you be willing to buy food which is past its best? plenty of shoppers at this small convenience store did, once they found out the price. they‘ re 10p, for a whole bag of pistachios. oh, my life! 10p. right, yeah. i'll have them. yeah? got a deal? yeah. here's how it works... any tinned or dried goods passed the best before date end u

one thing that the prime minister of the irish republic said, was this isjust prime minister of the irishis is just the end prime minister of the irish republic said, was this isjust the end of the beginning. i think no one is under any illusions, despite a clear sense of relief in brussels, that there is harder and tougher still to come. the trade relations discussion will be intense and extremely difficult, and all the issues, all those agreed even here today in the last few hours, they still light on that table, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, we have a very long way still to go. back to london. david, thank you very much. theresa may heralded the deal as "hard won" and in everybody‘s interests. it's also being seen as politically crucial for her and her negotiating team. the senior cabinet brexiteer michael gove described it as a significant personal political achievement for the prime minister. the shadow brexit secretary, labour's keir starmer, welcomed the fact that talks can now move on — but stressed this point should have been reached weeks ago. chris mason reports

northern irish politicians will get a say on any proposals that could affect more northern ireland'st of the could affect northern ireland's relationship with the rest of the uk. then the prime minister dashed off to see the man who will chair next week's summit of eu leaders, his message to them, progress, yes but not time to start celebrating. let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead. we all know that breaking up is hard... but breaking up and building a new relation is much harder. in other words, the eu's chief negotiator now has to haggle over a transition period and a possible trade deal. are you going to be celebrating, mr barnier? no. cracking open the champagne? we are still workng. no. still more work to do. 0k. no champagne? all of this will be approved by the 27eu countries here in brussels a week today. in the new year to start the transition, that will last a couple of years and in the spring to talk about the potential future relationship between the eu and the uk could look like when it comes to trade, security, defence, foreign policy, climate

we were expecting also to hear irish issue and we haven't heard yet. perhaps it was the irish border that ultimately proved more difficult. mark: thank you, nejra cehic in brussels. the lunch that took place over three and a half hours, we will bring that to you on bloomberg television. we saw a big move in the pound on that tpc group toward that talks will not conclude with a positive outcome today. sterling is down by .1%. the mood today has been that tat positive because of the u.s. tax bill progress that we saw over the weekend but also because michel mep earlier. to juncker said and theresa may said there are going to be ongoing discussions this week. so many charts to show you. 6086.s it's a bitcoin chart. there are so many to show you. market making in bitcoin is proving to be no easy task. average three dollars 40 during weekday trading in october and november. that's twice the figure for one dollar 70 for gold over the same period. for all the talk of improving u.s. growth tax cuts and rate hikes traders are still reluctant to bet against the

but the big stumbling block is what to do about the irish border. government does not want to wait for a future trade deal. they want written guarantees now. before the prime minister's arrival, members of the european parliament were ushered infora the european parliament were ushered in for a preview because they will get a vote on the final deal. i'm optimistic it is possible, 50—50, thatis optimistic it is possible, 50—50, that is something but we have to be sure that an citizens rights, everything is ok. is there ready on the money? it seems. it seems there isa the money? it seems. it seems there is a deal on the money? you are with that? i'm cautiously optimistic but of course, we have to see the final outcome. can mrs may fix all of this today? i think that is possible. with goodwill, i think we can have a good agreement today. one claimed the british had pledged that northern ireland would stick closely to the eu's rules on customs. it is a meeting again with reality. it is a meeting again with reality. it is a recognition of reality and wha

is the pm really poised to crack the irish border conundrum?w defence secretary. he says we should kill british jihadis who are overseas. was he grandstanding or advocating that we break the law? we'll hear what exactly the law is, and how best to deal with former is fighters. also tonight... just a good fun girl to have in the family, and as parents, we are incredibly proud of her. anorexia took his daughter's life. are adult sufferers of this serious mental illness being failed by the system? hello. we'll start tonight with the latest on brexit, and although there is no deal to report — no crossing of a threshold into phase two of the talks yet — there has been a sudden flurry of optimistic comments, and the organising of a possible dash to brussels by the prime minister, maybe early, early tomorrow. or even tonight? that would be a choreographed announcement. to be honest, the problem of sorting out the irish border issue had looked huge — and with the deadline of sunday, it seems remarkable that we may get a deal in the morning, with time t

which brings us neatly on to the irish times, which says he irish government seeks a firm guarantee from the uk their will be no return to a hard border with northern ireland whether britain exits the eu with or without a deal. the japan times focuses on north korea and comments made by us national security adviser hr mcmaster, who said the odds of war breaking out with pyongyang are moving closer to reality with each day and that the world is in a race to solve the problem. the guardian carries a warning from the bank for international settlements, who say the situation in the global economy was similar to the period before the 2008 crash when investors seeking high returns borrowed heavily to invest in risky assets. and finally, the independent online features a survey made by charity oxfam which revealed sentimental brits prefer to receive a christmas card rather than a text or e—mail this festive season. what about those videos were you replace your body with an alpha or something like that? there's a lot more out there. —— elf. with me is oliver cornock, who's editor—in—chief of the

words if we if we broke a visa for instance if you had your irish pocket i had an irish passport with me to have because it was my only identity as a seven and a seventeen year old that i had especially in egypt like so we went to the military camp and i told her i saw my sisters but i only saw fatima and this is when i started to cry because usually the tree of them i together. and so me i wasn't there so i said ok she's definition out there from you know the bullets and someone picked up and brought it to another place because from far away my sisters were crying as well and i was just at the emotion i didn't understand what was going on why they crying was someone out there so i started to cry and then the officer took me in and he pulled me aside my sisters and i start to say explain to him why we're here why why we're here he said oh you're only going to be here for just a few hours we're going to check on you again and you're let go and then i was put in a cell my sister's report in a different place and of course a separation that i had to fear over my sisters for twenty four h

you have the irish cabinet meeting on monday as well. putting the chances of any kind of agreement, a breakthrough, at less than 50% coming today. that needs to be resolved. there has been progress. what theresa may has to do is come up with an agreement that is acceptable to dublin, but also to her northern irish party that is propping up the government. if we don't get any progress today, some sort of breakdown, it raises the question of whether we can move talks on to trade by december 14. officials concerned we could crash out of the e.u. on march 29, 2019. manus: thank you very much, nejra cehic in brussels, tracking the story throughout the day. ashok shah is the director of london and capital. it ising to nejra, almost as if we came. your the irish foreign minister saying ireland need some answers. we are not asking for the impossible. the irish are holding out an olive branch in terms of same we will not hold the cross later today. where are you in terms of risk? the pound seems to be fully priced for a breakthrough. are you as h

relations. —— anglo irish.sion from the irish republic with the current administration. they are the ones in danger of bringing about problems with the use of a veto, not us. problems with the use of a veto, not us. the text that you received yesterday morning, did the government change it? the government have been clear about the red lines. we talk to them and we have been clear to them and then clear to us. but as i have said previously, what matters is the text, the words that are used in text and an international treaties and agreements. it is vitally important that text translates accurate. when we negotiated the agreement and other agreements, that has been a key test. we have sought to engage the government on that text. the government showed us that text late yesterday morning. so the deputy leader of the dup says avoiding a soft order in ireland can be achieved as those brexit negotiations continue. they are scheduled to return to the negotiating table later this week, according to david davis in the c

the irish government has the backing of the other 27 leaders.he document is the only wedding they are going to sign up to? and they are going to sign up to? and they have a veto. it leaves very narrow i’ooiti they have a veto. it leaves very narrow room for they have a veto. it leaves very narrow i’ooiti for manoeuvre they have a veto. it leaves very narrow room for manoeuvre for people because they can't put up the same text again. they will have to tweak ita text again. they will have to tweak it a little bit to bring the dup somehow on board, but not to alienate the irish government, who have lobbied very, very strongly on this for a long time. my understanding of the text was that it was essentially opening an avenue into phase two, especially the whole question of regulations and regulatory alignment and convergence. that could be worked out in phase two between the eu and uk, because the uk will want to align its regulations with the eu, in orderto align its regulations with the eu, in order to trade. that will be part of the free trade ag

irish style. the oldest continual retail operation in west of the mississippi, maybe in the whole world. but brown's is kind of our community center. one of those great little corner neighborhood grocery stores where people are extended credit in the neighborhood, people came here for generations, and it's now kind of the same thing. people come here just to gossip and compare notes notes and head kids. so, it's a much like a small town crossroads store in ireland. >> the title of the book, from the bottom up, it's in the sense that in kansas city, we're along the rivers, and the missouri river in the kansas river and it creates this river bottom land where a lot of the eye issue immigrants first lived because it was inexpensive and lived in shanties along the river. eventually worked their way up the hill to the bluff, top of the bluffs, and so physically they moved up and also came up the social ladder at the same time. so from the bottom up just kind of means both geographically and socially. i

well to make things simple for people at the moment the irish border is virtually invisible because on both sides of the border both northern ireland and the republic of ireland are members of the european union so they all abide by the same regulations on a whole range of things they're both in the single market the both in the customs union so there is no need for a border once britain leaves the european union of course that poses the immediate problem of customs checks of checks for food products checks for regulatory standards and before you know it you could have a restoration of a hard border in the island of ireland both countries in the e.u. have been trying to figure this out since the break that referendum and ultimately the irish government came to the conclusion that the only way really to avoid the border was for britain as a whole to stay in the customs union and sing the markets or failing that at least northern ireland would remain in the customs union and single market so what happened with the negotiations last week was that they were trying to find a way in which br

but what the irish do, irish immigrants do this and other immigrants do this, if they can convince the white majority in the united states that they too are white, they can establish their claims to white nests -- whiteness. they made an enormous leap. they crossed a threshold that enabled them not just to get equal legal citizenship, but also to enjoy the benefit of citizenship as a cultural practice. so, by the time the civil war erupts, white men are claiming the boundaries of citizenship between them are unnatural. that argument has been around, but immigrants increasingly punctuated that argument, believing that all naturalized citizen should be treated the same. it might explain why they would support amending the constitution to say that all citizens should enjoy equal rights, and that all citizens should have axes to the suffrage. access to the suffrage. at this moment, i want to step back. i have been discussing in general terms a series of developments and changes related to citizenship that occurred in the era of the civil war. some of these exist separate from the civil war

who knows how it will play out and the irish border question is farfrom play out and the irish border in the weeks and months to come. another record for the virtual currency bitcoin — briefly above 17,000 dollars friday. its value is up 70% this week alone. is this a bubble? well, put it this way, one economists called it a "charging train with no brakes". the european union and japan have agreed terms for a free trade deal set to create the world's biggest open economic area. it's the biggest such deal struck by the the eu — and will liberalise almost all trade with japan. lego has won its first copyright case against counterfeit toys in china. the counterfeits were called bela — and were being sold by two chinese companies. the government has named and shamed 260 firms for failing to pay the minimum wage. they include sports direct and primark. 16,000 workers are affected and there are owed £1.7 million in back pay. only slight movement on the ftse — despite that brexit brealthru. ——breakthrough. sterling went up initially against the euro on news of that breakthrough — but has sin

is it an irish road? an irish lane? it's now a phase two lay— by. is it an irish road? lay-by. lovely, as long as we're not going up a cul—de—sac. as long as we're not going up a cul-de-sac. the mail on sunday, i think i may have said borisjohnson in the intro but i didn't mean it, i meant mr hammond. this is lovely. never mind cabinet brexit truce threatens to unravel... this is gavin williams, some may not be familiar with him. he is the new defence secretary. he allegedly went head—to—head with philip hammond and had a furious bust up in the commons and the prime minister had to step in and say, stop behaving like children or cricketers and pull ourselves together and be sensible. interestingly, political editor of the mail on sunday has done a really interesting piece on gavin williamson inside, because it's quite clear there is a huge loss of bad blood between the defence secretary and philip hammond, the chancellor, who of course was a defence secretary. simon walters has done this piece where he compares gavin williamson and he is meteoric rise —— his meteoric ri

to a proposed deal on the irish border question. this story is also making the front page in ireland, here the irish times it says pm leo varadkar is ‘surprised and disappointed' from the backdown. in arab news: the assassination of yemen's former president is on the front page. he was killed two days after he broke ranks and turned on his former allies. online to spanish paper el pias. the digital front page is leading with day one of campaigning for the december 21 catalan regional election. making news on bbc online and today's twitter topic. the un oceans chief warns life in the seas risks irreparable damage from a rising tide of plastic waste. and finally in the daily telegraph. google pledges to deploy an army of 10,000 staff to root out violent extremism and content that endangers children on youtube. so let's begin. with me is kulveer ranger, vice president strategy & communication at atos. also formerly worked for the merit london, borisjohnson. also formerly worked for the merit london, boris johnson. who is now foreign se

there's certainly no love lost between the dup and irish government.h other of endangering relationships. daniel connor says this is a place where they really matter. if you're saying that the dup are trying to force theresa may's hand. what i'm saying is that this could easily be sorted out by the irish government. you know, if you're talking about the belfast agreement, they have as much responsibility as anybody else. the dup, which campaigned for brexit, had the power to say no to the deal, because the conservatives need their support at westminster. it does not want to be seen to weaken northern ireland's place within the united kingdom. anything which would bring northern ireland closer to dublin and further away from london would be very difficult for the dup to sell to its supporters. unionists should be wary of asking too much from the tories, —— in cutting any deal, there were some here that felt that unionists should be wary of asking too much from the tories, after all, they share many of their political principles. i think really theresa m

irish drink is made.en from cows in the south and taken from the north, put together in the same factory and then it is mixed together with whiskey and it comes out as baileys. this week a portrait was unveiled in parliament. in 1987 he became one of the first black mps elected to the comments alongside diane abbott. alex partridge. now, mps have been told that a cap on social care costs in england due to come into effect in four years' time is to be scrapped. the cap of £72,500 on an individual‘s care costs was brought in following the recommendations of the dilnot commission in 2011 and had already been put into an act of parliament, but the government says there will now be a fresh consultation on the future system of social care. the minister was making a statement following a vote by mps earlier in the year. the prime minister has been clear that the consultation will include proposals to place a limit on the care costs individuals face. to allow for fuller engagement and development of the approach,

agreement which of course is an international agreement between the irish governments east north and our own and is an international treaty is there not now a political country trick that mrs may's got to be seen to be carrying through into the next two years and it's this she may wrap it up as a hot breakfast but default setting because of the way she's been nudged like a popcorn on the table top ice hockey game is a soft bricks it because of what she's had to do and talk about with dublin stormont and also in political studies and gets involved in this debate to. that's very true and in a way are you don't treat a man to finish government for reasons best known to themselves played on a number of red lines no membership of the single market no membership of the customs union that in retrospect perhaps was not wise because it's and humiliation this is the terminology that's been used by nigel farage this morning this is simply the result of having to backtrack on so many things that the british woman said wouldn't have and they said there would be no divorce bill of any substance ei

but progress is still needed on the irish border issue. the decision to move irish border issue.ording to a new report. metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick has condemned former officers who went public about pornography found on a computer in damian green's office in parliament. it is my view of what they have done, based on the understanding of

look at the irish question, that goes back longer. matt: i have a great function on the bloomberg, etcr. their andgermany in we can -- in there and we can see how well the trade relationship is to germany. it is down on the list. how important is this? for the u.k., brexit is very important. how important is this to the german economy that the talks are done well? how important to the european economy? volker: i think it is important to the economy, the german economy too. we have significant trade and services. it is not as important for the u.k., but also for us, it is important to have a good transition. this also includes rules for the financial system and banks. it is of importance. it is not as important as overall euro area, which is the largest trading partner for germany. matt: the german economy seems to be doing quite well and doesn't seem to be really about exports. surprisingly, it is the german consumer that is supporting the economy. it does look like -- german -- bloomberg economists expected to slow in the fourth quar