is our europe editor katya adler. luig di maio's populist party has turned italian pics on its head. now he cannot walk up on stage wi the press are hungry for him. before the election, luigi di maio and the five-star movement were dismissed by the italian establishment as naÏve populists. now he ishe man and they are the party of the moment. looking like he couldn't quite believe what just happened, the 31-year-old declared a new italian republic of the people, the people. five star's leaders have holed -- thisis room hotel, rome hotel, planning their next move. are they really readovern? >> this is a revolution. italians understood the couldn'o trust the olticians. katya: five star hasn't won an absolute majority. lo at this map. italy is divided. five star's support is in the south, highlighted in orange, while a group of right-wing parties dominate the north. led now by this man, another italian populist, but the some -- this t time anti-immigration eurosceptic kind. >> in brussels, some people arer d. they are wr

and, of course, laura and katya are here too! hello! hi! reason we're doing it is because it is about a year to go to a brexit, so welcome to brexitcast: the arena spectacular. brexitcast. .. brexitcast, from bbc 5 live and bbc news. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted, they need to get on with it. a process which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. brexit means brexit. but what does brexit mean? hello, brexitcastsers. welcome to — well, just another edition of our podcast — except this time we're in the bbc radio theatre with a studio audience of around 300. the extraordinary thing — and i don't know if you guys feel the same — but us four are meant to be used to go on the television and radio, and that notion that people are watching and listening. but it's quite something else when people are actually in front of us, as opposed to imagining that you might be turning off or yawning or throwing things at the television — you're actually here! actually, i spotted all of our bosses sitting on a balcony. noo! hello!

katya: five star hasn't won an absolute majority. look at this map. italy is divided.five star's support is in the soh, highlighted in orange while a group of right-wing parties dominate the north. led now by thiman, another italian populist, but the some -- this time of the anti-immigration eurosceptic kind. >> in brussels, some people are worried. they are wrong.wi ,italian vote the people of europe have taken a step towards liberation from rules and regulations that bring about poverty and insecurity katya: now the political horse trading begins. it will be weeks before it times ic-- before italians know politicians make it into government and whether they keep their promises. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, will chines president xi jinping rule for life? how a vote to alish term limits could pave the way for indefinite rule. for the first time since the enf he vietnam war, the united states has sent in a craft carrier to the country. the u.s. navy says that the visit symbolizes growing military ties between viet

katya adler bbc news, brussels.etary, david davis, said agreement on the transitional arrangements would mean that british business could now invest with confidence and that the uk would be free to negotiate new trade deals. business groups have given the agreement a broad welcome but many have called for further details on what the uk's relationship with the eu will look like, once the transitional period ends, as our business editor simonjack explains. for businesses both big and small, today's news was just what the doctor ordered. although not a cure—all for business anxiety as we head out of the european union, it was welcomed today by the boss of glaxo smith kline as a dose of common sense. we certainly welcome this pragmatic approach to transition. it's absolutely critical to secure the supply of medicines and vaccines for the people here and in europe who need them. but we're also looking forward to more precision on the details of the end state of the relationship. and in that end state, if you like, what's

katya adler, bbc news, copenhagen.season went into a tunnel and ended up in a hole. but they found escapism in europe. last week they beat ac milan 2—0, a morale boost, but also a mental test, for in the second leg milan knew they could change the mood in a moment. calhanoglu with a strike to shake the try. how were those nerves? well, how about this for a settler? not two minutes later danny welbeck broke and fell. a plea, a pause. a penalty. back to welbeck. pressure. in a kick a stadium exhaled. arsenal aren‘t always suitable for before the watershed. though always a chance ofjump scares courtesy of a desperate milan with nothing to lose. arsenal ensured they had nothing to gain either. xhaka aimed for one corner and somehow scored in the other. safety. then time for luxury. they queued up for a third, welbeck got it. a competition which was never supposed to be a priority for arsenal has helped them regain a little of their identity. patrick gearey, bbc news. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here is an 0llie. ton

our europe editor katya adler reports.llies, a fellow nonconformist rather eurosceptic nation. today, as we walked through the danish parliament, prime minister rasmussen wanted to talk first about the salisbury attack and whether the eu would take concrete action. i think it's time to step up and speak out very loud and very clear to russia that we will not accept this because this is a threat to everybody‘s security. this is in a way the first real test after brexit. 12 months of very bad—tempered negotiations. can the uk still rely on its european allies in a moment of crisis? yes. i'm absolutely convinced that britain can rely on europe. even though the british have decided to leave the eu as an institution, britain is still a part of europe. because so far britain has been disappointed by its traditional allies, in that in the brexit negotiations, denmark, the netherlands, ireland, in the negotiations have chosen, if you like, the eu over ally uk. well, i wouldn't put it that way. even though i love britain, i mean, i

katya adler, bbc news, brussels.ndent damien grammaticas says the transition deal comes as businesses prepare for the uk to leave the eu. both sides hailed this as a significant moment today, and it is significant because businesses, particularly in the uk, but on both sides, have been saying that they needed to know a year before the uk quit the eu what is going to happen after it leaves, and that year countdown starts in just nine days' time. so the uk was i think looking for this agreement, what it has got is a broad principled outline agreement saying there will be a transition, two years, when the uk will be outside the eu but can continue to benefit from the customs union, the single market, the free flow of goods and people back and forward, but it has had to agree to most of the eu's conditions to get that. so it will be outside, it will fall all of the eu's into the eu's budget, allow eu citizens to move into the uk, the uk, the uk will not have full control overfishing rights, the eu will continue to decide

our europe editor katya adler has more. today was a big moment between the eu and uk.historic handshake to seal a deal. to life on the outside. the eu and uk's chief brexit negotiators were visibly relieved. sides of the channel. through contingency plans based on guesses about the future deal. after our withdrawal. certainty, not quite. an oft—repeated phrase in these brexit negotiaations is... nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. overall withdrawal agreement from the eu, as these slides show. reached but omissions are glaring. like ireland. between northern ireland and the irish republic after brexit. in the customs union and parts of the single market. on this island again. what was agreed today under the transition deal? it will be time limited. and customs union. maker, though it may voice concerns. until after the transition period. but brexit decision—makers were upbeat today. good news today? frosty negotiations. but it is not all good news for the government. and uk at the end of these brexit talks. pretty big concessions. like fishing. in uk waters.

katya adler reporting. that has turned to the us. —— let us turn.en after president trump's announcement of planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. many of the united states' trading partners say they're considering retaliatory action. china's steel industry has called the move ‘stupid'. european commission president jean—claude juncker says the eu will will react in kind if trump goes ahead. meanwhile the world trade organization say the potential for escalation is real and a trade war is in no one's interests. our washington correspondent, nick bryant, has more. harley davidson, levi and bourbon, why are they significant? because harley davidson is made in wisconsin, where the republican house speaker paul ryan comes from and a lot of bourbon comes from kentucky, the home state of mitch mcconnell. it does seem to be very carefully targeted retaliatory strikes against republicans, who frankly are not supportive of this move to invoke tariffs. paul ryan is calling for a rethink, he once the president to consider the unintended consequence

thank you, katya adler. economic enemy, donald trump today announced plans to impose tariffs on $60 billion worth of chinese imports. president trump said the move was necessary to end the biggest trade deficit in history. but global markets shuddered at the prospect of a trade war between the world's two largest economies. our north america editor jon sopel has more. a gritty tv ad in praise of the president's american jobs first policy. mr president, thanks to you, equipment manufactured right here in illinois is growing strong. and now there are more good— paying manufacturing jobs. but it carries a kick. but tariffs on steel would change all that. hurting us equipment manufacturers. and making it harder to compete with foreign companies. nevertheless, today, donald trump opened up a new front, this time exclusively targeting china, with $60 million worth of tariffs. -- $60 " $60 billion —— $60 billion worth -- $60 billion worth of —— $60 billion worth of tourists. —— tariffs. anyway you look at it, it is

katya adler, bbc news, warsaw.mmer's world cup. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, was watching. the first home game of the year for england was the last chance to impress before russia. italy failed to qualify for their first world cup in 60 years. right from the off, it was hard to see why. immobile, immobile long enough forjohn stones to clear. it took more than 20 minutes for england to string any meaningful passes together. but when they did, some quick feet from sterling and some wonderful quick thinking from lingard reaped rewards. the goal was good. var wasn't on england's side in the second—half. why replays showed that tarkowski had stepped on his foot.

katya adler, bbc news, brussels.ave arrived in salisbury to examine the nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter. it comes as eu foreign ministers meeting in brussels have expressed unqualified solidarity with britain, a move strongly criticised by the russian foreign ministry tonight. here, the met police has said it is highly likely the investigation could take many months. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the focus today shifted to the village of durrington, ten miles north of salisbury, where investigators removed a car that was used to pick up yulia skripal from the airport the day before she and her father sergei were attacked with nerve agent. nearby, at the military research complex at porton down, inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog, the opcw, were due to start analysing the nerve agent that british experts believe came from russia. in brussels, the foreign secretary and to brief eu counterparts, saying russian denials were increas

but we can't do it on our own. 0ur europe correspondent katya adler says reaction to the speech in brusselschief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, took to twitter to thank the prime minister for her clarity and say that confirmation that the uk would be leaving the single market and the customs union meant that it was heading for a free—trade agreement with the eu. privately, eu diplomats have praised the prime minister's more realistic tone, they said, admitting that both sides can't have exactly what they want. but they said they couldn't find much new in her speech and they lamented the absence of a workable solution, they said, to the irish problem. manfred weber, he's very close to angela merkel and a leader here in the european parliament, he said that the uk was still burying its head in the sand. so tonight we've got working groups from all the 27 eu member states who are poring over detail of the prime minister's speech. 0ne diplomat said to me today he hoped that he would find coded messages to the eu in theresa may's speech that would then become much clearer once they sit down

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we'll be speaking to our europe editor katya adler at 5.30 this afternoon. bbc.co.uk, texting us 61124 or using the hashtag bbcaskthis. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current high level until at least 2020 and may even increase, according to the government's new security review. the prime minister has pledged to use "every available capability" to defend the country's interests, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. this review was completed largely before the salisbury poisoning earlier this month but announcing the government's new strategy, theresa may referred to the use of a nerve agent in the city as brazen and reckless. she said the people who carried out such should be in no doubt that britain would use every capability at its disposal to defeat them. in future, britain's national security strategy will be organised around what ministers are calling a fusion doctrine. it will orchestrate traditional aspects around police and the armed forces but also involve economic measures and communication

our europe editor katya adler sent this report from naples.italy today, there was a sense of uncertainty. voters told us they wanted change but were not sure which political party to trust. translation: italians are abused and frustrated. politicians need to hear our voice today. translation: i'm so worried about italy, i said a prayer before coming to vote. matteo renzi and other centre—left leaders running italy's current government, are preparing for a bruising at the polls. italians say that top concerns remained the insecurejob markets, frustration with the euro and mass irregular migration from africa. luigi di maio is the leader of the anti—establishment five star movement tipped tonight to become italy's largest political party. i caught up with him in naples this morning, just before he casts his vote. translation: traditional politicians have kept telling italians that everything is fine when it is not. my party's motto is to be amongst the people. but the political system here favours coalitions so his controversial party could be l

our europe editor, katya adler, is in brussels. how good a summit was it for theresa may?ster. let's take russia, theresa may came here asking eu leaders to condemn those attacks in salisbury in words. she got that and a lot more. as we heard, the eu has recalled its ambassador from more. as we heard, the eu has recalled its ambassadorfrom russia, a group of eu countries has coordinated a diplomatic response and this is notjust out of solidarity with the uk. they have concerns over russia, but still. and brexit, a symbolic day. for a long time the uk has wanted negotiations to talk about trade and future relationship after brexit. yes, you can have that now said he eu leaders. and the uk asked for a bridging transition period, you can have that, said eu leaders here but the road to brexit is difficult with big issues to be resolved, such as the irish border issue and even though eu leaders here says yes to lots at the summit, they pointed out they are still planning for the possibility that brexit ‘s negotiations could break down and fail altogether. thank you. our top sto

this is the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler in brussels on the eu response. circles, foreign policy decisions have to be taken unanimously, and that is why, today, a group of eu countries, altogether, more than a half of eu nations, have decided to take matters into their own hands and expel russian diplomats themselves. this after the eu to the unprecedented move up ringing home its ambassador to russia. now, eu leaders say this is in solidarity with the uk, but as a senior german government source pointed out to me this evening, there are also wider concerns about russia behind this, about its actions recently, in syria for example, and in ukraine. and then, of course, in salisbury, so much closer to home. russia says all of this is "unfriendly". i think all sides would agree on that. the foreign ministry said, "the provocative gesture of proverbial solidarity with london by these countries, having being led along by the british authorities in the so—called skripal case and not having bothered to sort out the circumstances of what happened, are the continua

populist five star movement are the third and first largest parties respectively. 0ur europe editor katyas populist party has turned italian politics on its head. now, he can't walk up on stage without getting crushed. what a scrum — the press are hungry for him. before the elections, luigi di maio and the five star movement were dismissed by the italian establishment as naive, populist shambles. now, he's the man and they're the party of the moment. looking like he couldn't quite believe what's just happened, the 31—year—old declared a new italian republic — of the people, for the people. five star's leaders have holed up in this rome hotel, planning their next move. but are they really ready to govern? translation: this is a revolution. italians understood they can't trust the old politicians. it's time for us to work on serious issues. but here's the dampener on those plans — five star hasn't won an absolute majority. just look at this map. italy is divided. five star support is in the south, highlighted in orange, while a group of right—wing parties dominates the north, led now by thi

our europe editor katya adler has more.t to resolve relations after brexit today was a big moment between the eu and uk. an historic handshake to seal a deal, not the final brexit deal but the long—awaited agreement on transition to ease the uk from leaving the eu to life on the outside. the eu and uk's chief brexit negotiators were visibly relieved, they had been under pressure from business. businesses need not delay investment decisions or rush through plans based on guesses about the future, instead they now have certainty about the terms that will apply after withdrawal. certainty, not quite. an oft repeated phrase at ago she nations is... nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. the transition deal is part of the uk's complex moved to all withdrawal agreements from the eu. areas highlighted in green indicate where agreement has been reached but emissions are daring. like ireland, there is still no solution on how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic. the uk hopes an ambitious trade dea

our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us.good summit for theresa may? i would say it was an astounding summit for theresa may. let's start with russia. she came here to brussels, asking the eu leaders to strongly condemn the salisbury attack. they did that, and more. as we heard, and unprecedented diplomatic response which includes the eu recalling its ambassadorfrom russia. these measures from the eu are not just russia. these measures from the eu are notjust in solidarity with the uk, it is also because of widespread concern about russia. but still‘s and then we come to brexit, a hugely symbolic day for brexit. for months, the uk has been calling on the eu to include in brexit negotiations talk of trade and the future relationship after brexit. today, eu leaders said, ok, go ahead. the uk has also been asking for the bridging transition agreement. again, eu leaders said, yes, you can have it. still, part brexit remains a complicated one. there are still big issues to resolve, including the irish border problem. although eu

parties and the popularist five star movement. parties and the popularist here's our europe editor katyahe problems at the heart of italy's elections. falling living standards, unemployment, and mass irregular migration from africa. but uncertainty hangs in the today. italians are voting for change. they arejust italians are voting for change. they are just not sure which political party to trust. translation: i am so worried about italy. i said a prayer before coming to vote. translation: italians are frustrated. they need to hear our voice today. some of naples is the leader of the party tipped to become italy's largest today. his 5—star movement claims to be corruption free and people friendly. but the political system here favours coalitions and meaning this familiar face could be kingmaker in stead. naples and the south of italy will swing the vote today, silvio berlusconi did some last—minute campaigning here on behalf of a right—wing coalition. so, what does this rather chaotic political picture mean for italy and europe? after all, this is the eurozone's third—largest economy. co

the most likely outcome with weeks of negotiation and coalition building ahead..0ur europe editor katyaparty has turned italian politics on its head. now, he can't walk up on stage without getting crushed. what a scrum, the press are hungry for him. before the elections, luigi di maio and the five star movement were dismissed by the italian establishment as naive, populist shambles. now he's the man and they are the party of the moment. looking like he couldn't quite believe what's just happened, the 31 year—old declared a new italian republic — of the people, for the people. five star's leaders have holed up in this rome hotel, planning their next move. but are they really ready to govern? translation: this is a revolution. italians understood they can't trust the old politicians. it's time for us to work on serious issues. but here is the dampener on those plans — five star hasn't won an absolute majority. just look at this map. italy is divided. five star supporters in the south, highlighted in orange, while a group of right—wing parties dominates the north, led now by this man, anot

we'll speak to laura in a moment — first our europe editor katya adler is in brussels.s has been muted and wary. the chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, went on twitter to thank the pm on her clarity and to say that confirmation that the uk would be leaving the single market and the customs union and it was heading for a free trade agreement with the eu. privately eu diplomats appraise the prime minister's more realistic tone, they said, admitting both sides cannot have exactly what they want but they said they could not find much new in her speech and they lamented the absence of a workable solution, they said, to the irish problem. manfred webber, very close to angela merkel and the leader here at the european parliament, said the uk was still burying its head in the sand. tonight we have working groups from all of the 27 eu member states who are poring over the detail of the prime minister's speech. 0ne diplomat said he hoped he would find coded messages to the eu in theresa may's speech that would then become much clearer once they sit down again at the negotia

katya adler, who is in brussels. how did the speech go down there? more details of her brexit vision and today they got the details aplenty. there have been working groups studying the prime minister's speech of this evening from all 27 countries and privately eu diplomats have told me they praised theresa may's constructive approach in her speech, her more realistic approach, they said, saying that of course not everybody can have everything they want out of the agreement. but they pointed out that on the big picture they did not see much new in the prime minister's speech policy wise. the eu chief negotiator tweeted that now that the prime minister had confirmed the uk would be leaving the single market and the customs union, he could confirm that the uk was heading towards a free trade agreement with the eu, meaning nothing really closer than that. so the eu is still by jesting what the closer than that. so the eu is still byjesting what the prime minister said, and apart from those who said they regretted that she did not come to any concrete pro

katya has been following the build—up to today's vote.ions across italy today there was a sense of uncertainty. voters told us they wanted change but were not sure which political party to trust. translation: italians are abused and frustrated. logicians need to hear oui’ frustrated. logicians need to hear our boys today. i am so worried about italy, i said a prayer before coming to vote. —— our voice today. the current government is preparing for a bruising at the polls. italians say top concern is the insecure job market, italians say top concern is the insecurejob market, concerned with the euro and mass migration from africa. luigi di maio is the leader of the five star movement, tipped tonight to become italy's largest political party. i caught up with him in naples before he cast his vote. traditional politicians have been telling italians everything is fine when it is not. i want to be amongst the people. the political system here favours coalitions. his controversial party could be left out in the cold. meaning this a million face

tonight as well — that's brexitcast from the bbc radio theatre — with chris mason, laura kuenssberg, katyaty has a "zero tolerance" policy on anti—semitism. his email followed the resignation of the head of the party's disputes panel, christine shawcroft — who despite that still remains a member of labour's ruling body, the national executive committee. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. off to another tough day at work. good morning. no time to talk. jeremy corbyn's critics say he's not saying or doing enough to fight anti—semitism in his party. today there is no escaping this row. this is what an internal row looks like out in the open. this weekjewish demonstrators accusing the leadership of failing to confront anti—semitism on one side... this is political. 0n the other, jewish protesters condemning the demo as anti—corbyn treachery. some of the labour mps turned up demanding more action against anti—semitism are being called to account by their local parties. and now a new row, christine shawcroft quit as chair of labour's disputes panel after it came out she had oppose

our europe editor katya adler tweets...ctions saw the far—right candidate marine le pen reach the presidential run off. she has treated happily about what has happened in italy. one other thing to show you quickly. the italian newspaper la repubblica has mapped the election results, and you can see how the vote split the country in half. the yellow in the south of the country is where five star won. the dark blue in the north is where the centre—right won. let's go back to karin in rome. if you look at the map of the way people voted in italy, you will see the political divide and that is because of the economic divide. the north is so much more prosperous than the south. the south has lower productivity. the north has opted for the centre—right forza italia or northern league. the five star movement on its own is the single biggest party. whether the people who voted for change in terms of voting for the five star movement, actually get to see it get its hands on big power in government is a big question, because the centr

joining me to answer them, is our europe editor katya adler and our deputy political editor john pienaaru 27 view on brexit changed in the last two years at all? no. the eu and the european commission head to wish it was not happening. they felt like this immediately after the referendum and feel the same now. they have all these wistful comments by people like emmanuel macron saying if you change your mind, the door is open. unlike those in the uk who feel it is a good thing, the eu 27 heads of state police base is a loose — lose situation. they think when there is a final trade deal it will be unlike any other trade deal, it will bring the parties further apart than together. they do want a deal, a faded deal —— fair dealfor both parties but they are all putting their own interests first. christos marazo, via twitter. is it possible that such a politically seismic decision (brexit) won't affect the uk party system, ie break up of a major party? don't bet your house on it. we are living through a time when brexit seemed almost inconceivable a couple of years ago. in westminster politics

we'll be speaking to our europe editor katya adler at 5.30 this afternoon.ng the hashtag bbcaskthis. let's look at some of today's other developing stories. fans of sir ken dodd are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay theirfinal respects to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90 earlier this month. later this morning a horse—drawn hearse will travel the six miles from his home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral. adverts for megabus promising ‘fares from one pound' have been banned by the advertising watchdog, after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. general sir nick carter has been appointed the new chief of the defence staff. he's currently head of the army and will succeed air chief marshall sir stuart peach as chief of the defence staff — the professional head

we‘ll be speaking to our europe editor katya adler at 5.30 this afternoon. pretty cool and mixed here at home but it will not be as cold as it has been over recent days and weeks. wa nt to ta ke been over recent days and weeks. want to take you to one place where it is farfrom want to take you to one place where it is far from cool, down to the middle east. you might say to me it is not a huge surprise at the average temperature in baghdad and this time of year is about 25 degrees. we are looking at highs of 39 over the next few days which is pretty exceptional for this time of year. midsummer they get close to 50 but impresses like to buy and abu dhabi they will get hot weather but if you are heading for the field to europe for easter, a mixed affair because we will see pretty unsettled weather in turkey, blustery towards cyprus. police not too bad but the mediterranean has had a real time of it, several weather systems and outbreaks of rain for spain and portugal so if you think you will get away from bad weather here and get away from bad weather here and