it have you correspondent max huffman was in paris following today's events he sent us this assessment the fundamentals didn't change here in paris they are still the same boris johnson the u.k. prime minister wants to get rid of the backstop that everyone else in the european union including in my remarks on the french pay.

having a snap election because the poll numbers for them are not very good right our correspondent max huffmanfor us in brussels thank you very much. well it is not shaping up to be an easy week for the european union as that government crisis is unfolding in italy the rhetoric over bragg's it is heating up again british prime minister boris johnson says the e.u.'s plan for an irish backstop is unacceptable and has to go now the backstop is an insurance policy to make sure there is no hard for her between northern ireland which is part of u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the e.u. many fear that civil conflict could flare up again if new border controls are implemented and the plan is part of the withdrawal agreement between the e.u. and the british government the terms were negotiated under the former prime minister theresa may now johnson says it is on a critic. the existing just doesn't work for the u.k. parliament started out 3 times we can have this backstop so i'm going to go to see our friends about like going off to germany and then to france and then to see the g 7 app

and it obvious max huffman isn't bad is covering the story for us like 1st of all we heard one boris son boris johnson just had to say it was anything new in what he's saying. well that quote you just it is fairly new he started i think that tune probably on wednesday when he went when he met. in berlin so insisting that the u.k. no matter what happens on the 31st of october no deal bragg's it or drags it with a deal the u.k. will not impose border controls on that infamous border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union this puts the pressure on the e.u. because the question of course is if there really is no deal drugs at a so-called hard drugs it will the e.u. enforce those border controls to make sure that the integrity of the single market is appelle theoretically they have to do that but given the history of the border the violence of the last decades will they really do it or will they not do it does the e.u. basically want to be responsible for more violence on the border and then how did this spawn wha

having a snap election because the poll numbers for them are not very good right our correspondent max huffman for us in brussels thank you very much. now italian prosecutors are demanding that migrants on board a rescue ship off of lava do the island be allowed to disembark immediately more than 80 migrants are stuck in deteriorating conditions on the vessel open arms now the interior minister had defied a court order allowing them to disembark on tuesday 15 people jumped from the ship and swam to shore others have been evacuated for medical treatment as spain had agreed to take in the migrants and was sending a navy ship to lampedusa it is not clear when migrants will be able to land following the prosecutor's intervention. let's get a round of now some other stories making news around the world turkish police have used the tongs and water cannon to disperse prop protests in the city of diyarbakir after the ousting of 3 opposition party mayors turkey would place the mayor with us state officials at 3 in 3 major southeastern cities accusing them of a crimes including spreading terrorist propa