jean—claude juncker was untypically guarded today.t when i put some party political brexit promises to him, he engaged. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. a pleasure, i am always eager to speak to the british, as you know. well, it will come as no surprise to you that i would love to start by talking a little bit about brexit. once again. once again, exactly. once again, i spoke to you the last time there was a withdrawal agreement, we sat here, and now the eu has renegotiated the withdrawal agreement. it was presented to parliament and now, already we are in an election campaign. do you feel that that new brexit deal was given enough of a chance in parliament to be considered? westminster has its habit of doing a deal which is not a deal but an international treaty between the european union, a deal is a kind of expression i don't like but we are used to this kind of language. i feel that this deal, this treaty, is the best we can have. it is not the first time that i am considering this treaty would be the best

as we were saying last week, jean—claude juncker's words aside, jean—claude juncker's words aside, jean—claude be no further extension for the uk there would be no further extension forthe uk and there would be no further extension for the uk and if course there was one. he would say it is unrealistic to have renegotiations because frankly, he doesn't really want any more and thinks there is another deal on the table and that is the one that should go forward. i think that if there was some kind of labour government minority support from the outside and they wanted to renegotiate a softer brexit at the end of the day, devon motor, grumble, and grown but they would reopen the withdrawal agreement and reopen the withdrawal agreement and reopen negotiations. how long those negotiations would last? i don't know. but what i wonder though also is for those voters who might lean towards remain or what a softer brexit, who would anyone be put off by the other pages of the manifesto? find the other pages if you like to radical and therefore not feel they could vote for labour on brexit even though they

in europe, jean-claude juncker says president trump will spare autos from tariffs ahead of next week'sdline. the hong kong protests caused revenues to slump. the city prepares for another weekend of demonstrations. good morning. matt: good morning. less than a half-hour from the start of u.s. trading. we saw haven assets really catch a bid, especially over the last few days. this is the three-day chart of treasuries. you can see the yield jumped up past 195. it is coming off a bit today. right now, we see 1.91. yesterday, we saw a real change in sentiment, it looks like. for example, gold, which had been catching a bid in the last few weeks and months on concerns about the trade war, dropped $30. we will watch that and talk about that today. in terms of what we are looking at in terms of the trade in less than 30 minutes time, we see futures down across europe right now. dax futures are often 0.25%, as are ftse futures. although the moves are slight, in terms of size, they are all the same in terms of direction as well. nasdaq, s&p, and dow jones futures are all down. what do you see o

the outgoing head of the european commission — jean—claude juncker — says he thinks the uk will leave the end ofjanuary. champion, champion, champion, champion, champion, champion, champion, champion! and the seven—year—old south african on course to be a golfing superstar. powerful words: why audio could be the next big thing for kids in the digital age. a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be a part of the conversation — as spotify and other big names in podcasts try to win over kids and get them listening — will it work, or is the screen too hard to beat? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. a climate study endorsed by 11,000 scientists warns that there'll be "untold human suffering" without deep and lasting action. the report, based on a0 years of research, says the world is in the midst of an accelerating climate emergency. and the researchers say they have a moral obligation to warn of the scale of the threat. gareth barlow has the story. wildfires in the united states

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the outgoing head of the european commission — jean—claude juncker — has told the bbc he believes theregretted not speaking out at the time of the european referendum, so our europe editor katya adler has put to him some of the promises made by the parties in the run—up to this election to get his reaction. if we start with boris johnson, because he‘s still our prime minister... i like him, by the way. 0k. so, he says if he wins the election and the withdrawal bill is passed, then he thinks it‘s possible to get a new trade deal negotiated by the end of 2020. so, you know, in less than 12 months. is that possible? i don‘t want to be a prisoner of this tight framework. but is it even possible, it took seven years to negotiate a deal with canada, for example? it takes time to negotiate a free—trade agreement. sometimes, i have the impression that in britain, people... ..parliamentary representatives, governmental representatives do think that this is an easy thing to be done. it‘s not easy, because we are negotiating for years with canada. it will take time. can i have a look now at some

the outgoing head of the european commission jean—claude juncker speaking to katya adler.p and lasting change, the world is facing "untold human suffering" and that governments are failing to address the crisis. so, how important will the issue of climate change be in this uk election and what can the next government hope to do about it? 0ur science editor david shukman reports. with a new series, david attenborough is, once again, attracting huge audiences with revelations about the natural world. climate change now has a profile like never before. so, do people care about it? protests by extinction rebellion were annoying for some, but inspiring for many others. we love you! and the school strikes showed a growing concern that‘s reflected in some opinion polls. the environment is of particular concern to younger voters. in fact, in our most recent poll, it was seen as being the second most important issue to these voters, second only to the issue of brexit. and i think over this election campaign, politicians are going to have to start discussing the issue of the environ

jean—claude juncker tells the bbc exclusively they should be thinking years rather months.we have to look forward to if the uk adopts us food standards? that's still to come. good evening, a day of mixed fortunes. for others, turning brighter. those brighter conditions have been spreading from the north. also some colder conditions spreading from the north. is that cold air continues to move south, things continue to turn chilly during tonight. we will see increasingly clear skies overhead, many showers away. we will keep some full coastal fringes. some many showers away. we will keep some full coastalfringes. some mist patches around as well. temperature is widely close to freezing. quite a widespread ground frost for tomorrow morning. it should be a fairly bright start with one or two showers for northern and eastern areas. not a bad start the day. as we get through the day, first of all this band of showers drifting in from the west and then more persistent rain starting to move into northern ireland, western wales and south—west of england. temperatures between 6—11. as

the last we heard from jean-claude juncker, head of the european commission, is that he believes trump will not enact those tariffs on european cars. alix: thank you. now we want to turn to disney. shares rising in premarket after orderly profits top estimates. they've also agreed to put their new streaming service on amazon devices, ensuring more access to online viewers at next week's launch. >> we are pleased to announce additional distribution partnerships with amazon fire, samsung, and lg. disney+ will also be available in a bundle with espn+ and $12.99 ated hulu for month. alix: what were some of your take away from the quarter, the good and the bad? reporter: this is company firing on all cylinders. even the broadcast unit. weirdly, we are looking at a really strong final period of the year as they've got "frozen coming out. wars" disney+ lunches next week in the u.s. we also heard that the service will come to europe 31 march next year. an," the star wars spinoff, has really got people excited. the question is the impact this will have on netflix. most analysts think there is e

she to get a bigger majority than jean-claude juncker back in 2014. it is not necessarily accepted, but surprised they are given support. this is not a blank check.me we will vote today, but don't think we will pass everything you want to be made as law without questioning. that was related by a lot of parliament groups. >> what are the biggest challenges ahead? brexit? is certainly a major challenge. the united kingdom posing a bitt of a problem for ursula in the sense there are only 27 european commissioners in her lineup and 28 member states including the united kingdom. boris johnson has not spent a british european commissioner. they have started legal proceedings fofor not upholding its side of the label -- the legal obligations. -- a lot more. genie: sorry about that. we seem to have lost her. we will look at the latest on french militaryo helicopterers. itit was the heaeaest single los in nearly four decades. >> black boxes have been found. they will be examined soon to get to the bottom o of what happened. will betigation ongoing. there is no

you have been in the last commission with jean-claude juncker. . do you have a different approach?ow will you do that? >> i think it is a commimissionf new beginnings. i think we feel more confident. von der leyen says this will be more geopolitical. a more self-assured europe, a europe ready to take its place, also on the global scale. max: is your message, if i read this correctly, to the competition in the u.s. and china, get ready, europe is coming? >> we are coming for our own sake. this is about making europe better for us as europeans. i think in that process, we will also be firm competitors toward the others. phil: the eu's new prime minister speaking to max hofmann in strasberg. now to albania where rescuers are searching for survivors a day after a powerful earthquake. authorities say 30 people are known to have died with hundreds more injured. the magnitude 6.4 event struck about 60 kilometers northwest of the capital. you may fifind some of the imags in this report disturbing. reporter: finding survivors of albania's worst earthquake in 30 years is a slow and delicate

the outgoing head of the european commission — jean—claude juncker — says he thinks the uk will leavepion, champion, champion, champion, champion! and the seven—year—old south african on course to be a golfing superstar.

jean claude janker is about to leave and you are about to have a brand—new commissioner. —— juncker.ssioner. —— juncker. borisjohnson said he cannot do that, we are in the middle ofan cannot do that, we are in the middle of an election campaign. the guardians of the law is said eu law trumps uk law and you need to give asa trumps uk law and you need to give as a commissioner. it will get legal. more than a smidgen of politics in all of this. from the perspective of the government of the conservatives want to be able to say we will be shot at this lot soon and can hide behind this thing about purdah in an election campaign and say it is a political appointment. it would be wrong for us to send out a political appointee and we might lose the next election and it would be up to the next candidate. boris johnson has said we will never send a commissioner. what i do not get about it is the cabinet guidelines that say in black and white, page 36 paragraph ten connect the uk will say we should not do it during an election period. and as i understand it, other countries have also made a simi

separately, a "fully informed" european commission president jean—claude juncker said european unione us. won't impose tariffs on the region's cars next week as threatened. lots of trade news coming out. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is russ shaw, founder of tech london advocates. good to see and thank you for joining us. we've been perusing the newspapers this morning, couple of interesting things, trade, this article in the times newspaper, talking about china raising hopes of a trade deal with the united states, we've been here before as we've said. let's talk through what this actually means consumers, you can talk about the wider macro economic impact of this trade war so far but what about what happens to people in the us, china and globally?” what about what happens to people in the us, china and globally? i think both us and china are seeing a bit ofan both us and china are seeing a bit of an economic slowdown, i was in china a few weeks ago, their growth rate is 6% which sounds great, but actual

leyen commission replacing jean-claude juncker. she has made climate her number one priority. she says she wants to make the european union carbon neutral by 2050. that is cutting down majorly carbon emissions. . this is her number one focus, and you can see why. this is something that has really resonated across europe. thers here are very into idea of being much more environmentally cautious. this also says the european union needs to be more assertive on the global stage, and there's also the idea of brexit. this is still very much looming on the new commission because they will have to negotiate that trade deal with the u.k. if it manages to leave the european union in january 2020. david: thank you so much. that we go to london, where the pound fell for a second day as traders digest recent polls which show the u.k. election race is narrowing. joining us from london is annmarie hordern. the pound is now up slightly against the dollar, apparently on further polls. what are the polls telling us? annmarie: that's right. we have seen some pressure in the pound, even though it

they will take office, including the european commission president in december, replacing jean-claude junckershe has made climate her number one priority. she said she wants to make the european union carbon neutral. climate neutral by 2050. that is cutting down major carbon emissions. that is her number one focus. she also said the european union needs to be much more assertive on the global stage. there's also the idea of brexit. this would stare be looming on the european commission because they would have to renegotiate the trade deal with the u.k. if it manages to leave the european union in january 2020. >> hong kong has found itself at the center of u.s.-china tensions after president trump signed into law a bill and support of the protesters. the move will complicate trade talks with beijing as the two sides get close to a phase one deal. the big question we are asking is what form of retaliation from china might take if it ends up being anything more than words? what signals are we getting on that front today? >> china has basically continued to warn the u.s., first warning not to pa

. -- president jean-claude juncker.s threatened to impose its own tariffs on american goods if president trump carries out his threat. house impeachment investigators subpoenaed acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney for a closed-door deposition today, but to no one surprise, mulvaney didn't show up. democrats will release more transcripts from previous depositions today. next week, the inquiry moved to public hearings. in alabama, jeff sessions will run for the seat that he gave up to become trump's first attorney general. he says he remains a strong trump supporter despite "our ups and downs." after months of insults from the president having to do with his recusal from the investigation into russian interference. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. still with us from berlin is erik nielsen, unicredit group chief economist. i want to play a soundbi

if you look back at the legacy -- and this is probably something jean claude juncker will mention whene fact that this was a commission hit by one crisis after another. crisis, thee euro migration crisis, and brexit, which was such a shock to the system. when you speak to people around jean claude juncker, they will tell you when you look back at those five years kate is very yearsnging euros -- five it is very challenging, but the euro is still here and greece is still here. tom: the farmer president of belgian -- former president of belgian is taking over. is this a generational shop in strasburg? shift in strasburg? it is.a: you have the biggest jobs going to women, and younger people taking over. that is because the commission has set the number one priority to tackle issues that must resonate with the average european voter. they wanted institutions that look are similar to the people and that is why she wants to focus so much on climate change. that resonates with europeans. tom: thank you for that interview that we saw a few days ago. michael bell with us, valentin marinov. this

jean claude juncker had to deal with the financial crisis and she will not.and technology. tom: will she have to deal with , therench-german tensions exiting mr. merkel and mr. macron who has held at a distance, how will that tension be handled? maria: it is a tricky balance for ursula von der leyen, because she got this job because of emmanuel macron. he first put forward her name and then she got a nod from angela merkel. she has worked with oracle for years -- merkel for years. we are seeing the tension between berlin and paris. is still key to the european union, according to ursula von der leyen, and the two will need to work together. nothing will get done if paris and berlin do not agree. today, a conversation theh ms. bonder line -- new european commission president. talksa: donald trump says on a china trade deal are "in the final throes" but insists unless it is a good one, he will hold up an agreement. block, howstumbling to rollback tariffs. designation for mexican drug cartels, mr. trump would not say whether he was considering taking military ac

jean-claude juncker says that is not so. a lot of focus on data out of germany.ou can see the u.s. 10 year yield at 1.91. coming up, the intesa sao paulo chief executive joins us for an exclusive interview in a couple of minutes. we focus on earnings and the banking sector. first, let's get first word news. >> the u.s. and china agreed tariff rollbacks will be a key part of any agreement, the big question, is a deal any closer to being done? donald trump's advisors don't sound certain. yet to be decided, the time and place for signing this potential packed. donald trump wanted ukraine to investigate joe biden, that was the message and it was clear according to one official. he says the words being pushed by the administration our investigation, biden, and clinton. special visashere for doctors and notice -- and nurses. it would be introduced after the u.k. leaves the eu. health care is set to be a key battleground in the election campaign. has repeatedly accused johnson of trying to sell out the nhs. india had its credit rating outlook cut i moody's. ,hey cited m

their adverse on facebook and instagram and they have launched a video with borisjohnson and jean—claude junckerncker, here it is and jean—claudejuncker, here it is and they are saying boris isn't good enough. what is interesting is it has been seen by 135,000 people on facebook and instagram. we can show you the demographic and i am sure you the demographic and i am sure you can imagine which people are being served this advert. they are a5—year—olds and over and heavily leaning towards, there you go, we are flicking through, the same advert but the right you see the demograph fibbing, this is being served to lot of different groups but they are all 45 or over and mainly male. what does that tell you about the kind of targeting that the brexit party is looking at in terms of where it aims in different parts of where it aims in different parts of the country, let us say in traditional area, or of the country, let us say in traditionalarea, orareas of the country, let us say in traditional area, or areas it thinks there are conservative voters who are angry about the fact that boris johnson hasn'

in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the outgoing president of the european commission, jean—claude junckering to our europe editor, katya adler. if we start with boris johnson because he is still prime minister. i like him, by the way. 0k. so he says if he wins the election and then withdrawal bill is passed, then he thinks it is possible to get a new trade deal negotiated by the end of 2020. so in less than 12 months. is that possible? i don‘t want to be a prisoner of this timeframe. but is it even possible, it took seven years to negotiate a deal with canada, for example. it takes time to negotiate a free—trade agreement. sometimes i have the impression that in britain people, parliamentary representatives, governmental representatives, think this is an easy thing to be done. it‘s not easy. because we are negotiating for years with canada, it will take time. we can have a look at some other claims being made. so the labour party, for example, says if it wins the general election it will renegotiate once again. so a third brexit deal. i will no longer be in office when this happens. and s

on this show, credit givennough to the european commission of jean-claude juncker, which started theconomic develop. it was highly criticized in the beginning, but is a huge success in the meantime. it has already attracted more than 400 billion euro. already part of the investment is going into financing this transition in many countries. it is already the case, and thanks to the structure of the , topean investment bank really help fund those plans, it has used very little to make money. we know that in europe, especially for the european commission, means are scarce as we haven't agreed on a budget for european commission yet. enhance a way to really , increase the firepower of the commission. and i believe there is an urgent need for green transition in europe, but i see it already unfolding at the moment. anna: really interesting the extent to which you see that already, and the distinction between investment spending and just servicing an annual budget. juvyns of jp morgan asset management stays with us on the program. lets get headlines outside the business world now if your f