u.k.'s proposals to e.u. officials and we also know that boris johnson has put down some of his plans and proposals in a letter to the european commission head john claude younker and now in it he makes it clear that he the boris johnson would like to scrap the so-called irish backstop and replace it it seems with some sort of custom zones customs zones or johnson seems to suggest would ensure the integrity of the customs union both for the european union and for the united kingdom and avoid a return to the hard border now. the european commission head will be having a phone call with the british prime minister to discuss this further and no doubt he will have many questions about the detail how would this work exactly what sort of propositions as johnson got to make this a viable option viable enough that the european union would consider reopening the withdrawal agreement coming up with a whole new deal and entering into a new round of negotiations we heard a little earlier from elise a presidential spokesperson who said that in terms of france france would really like to see some really substantial modifications so these proposals by boris johnson su

has more. well the message from the european union certainly seems to be that we are listening to the u.k. but we have yet to be convinced now the european commission head john claude younkers had a telephone conversation with the u.k.'s prime minister in it boris johnson laid out his vision for a new plan including his proposals for an alternative to the irish bank stop now in a statement in a statement released by the european commission after that phone call. said that he welcomed johnson's determination to make progress towards a deal but it is clear in that statement the younger has yet to be convinced that johnson's proposals for an alternative to the irish backstop would fulfill the commitments that have been laid down by the european union mainly that there be no return to the hard border between northern ireland part of the u.k. and ireland which is part of the e.u. and that also the integrity of the e.u. single market would be maintained now we also heard from michel barnier the e.u. reg's it chief and negotiator he said that yes there's been progress but there's still a lot of work to be done and what will be doing is speaking and briefing e.u. officials

johnson and find what he said was he's final offer to brussels european commission president john claude u.k. has warned of problematic points in the plan. you can imagine this president donald trump has attacked congressional democrats securing a meeting with finland president he told house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff i quote while life should be arrested for treason schiff is helping to lay the new pitchman against the president it doesn't change that. the u.s. has been given the green light to impose tariffs on 7 and a half 1000000000 dollars worth of aircraft and other goods following a world trade organization ruling the terrorists in retaliation for e.u. subsidies for the plane making us. and violent anti-government protests spreading in iraq at least 9 people have been killed and hundreds wounded protesters are battling against corruption and the lack of jobs and services. this is day to day news from berlin you can head to our website d w dot com for more news. it. was a saudi journalist who wrote for the washington post a man who openly criticized the rule of the saudi ro