what message do you think you should be sending to sir michael fallon about those?message to boeing that boeing need to ta ke message to boeing that boeing need to take a hard look at what they are doing, the tactics that they are deploying in relation to this. i don't think it is in their favour to don't think it is in their favour to do that. all companies, of course, benefit from international trade, boeing bids into other contracts outside of the united states of america and wins many of the contracts and therefore, to try to in relation to this particular issue look towards protectionism in order to give some commercial advantage is simply not on and i think that's the message that's been sent very clearly by sir michael fallon today and we would urge him to keep a very strong line in relation to this matter. whilst the decision may not come as a huge surprise, perhaps the punishment did? yes, quite frankly an appalling tariff over 200%, very, very clearly, the signal being sent out is that they don't want this contract out is that they don't want this co ntra

michael fallon outlined the rescue and recovery effort being lined out by the government.ss the island and there are troops now on the islands. and in total, we have some 500 troops in the region by tonight. we have 2—3 flights now going out each day bringing further troops, further engineers, medicalsupport, day bringing further troops, further engineers, medical support, palettes ofaid, and engineers, medical support, palettes of aid, and additional civilian police and helicopters to make sure the aid can be properly distributed around the island. so the relief operation is well underway. joining me now from whitehall is our political correspondent chris mason. michael fallon speaking there, chris, reassuring words for those in the caribbean, do you think? michael fallon giving that interviewed today after the cobra meeting up, which he chaired, involving officials and ministers across whitehall as they coordinate the british government's response. clearly, there is a sense of irritation from those in government as what they see as unjustified gritters is that has come t

let's talk to defence secretary michael fallon, good morning.will be managed later in the year. do you think it's good to restrict low skilled migrants to two yea rs' restrict low skilled migrants to two years' residency in the future?” won't comment on that because we haven't finalised the policy, to be clear freedom of movement has to end because we are leaving the eu, that's what people voted for, and freedom of movement is part of membership. to finish. we don't want to shut the door on immigration, equally the public want to see immigration continued to come down. it is falling at the moment. we've a lwa ys it is falling at the moment. we've always said we wanted to get it down from hundreds of thousands of —— per year down the tens of thousands, so we will set out the pros also as to who exactly can come here from the rest of the european union, how long they can work here and what their various rights will be and all that will be set out by the home secretary later year. would it be decided on whether they are skilled or unskilled? icon s

we're glad to see that both michael fallon and the prime minister today has been a bit stronger.cause you saw this coming? well, we have seen this here coming? well, we have seen this here coming for the last few months. has been pressed upon the british government that they needed to step in and put as much leverage in terms of boeing to resolve this issue to get boeing around the table speaking to people, but we believe that should have been done weeks ago and not the day after the decision.“ this was the other way around, would you have sympathy with a british company saying hang on a minute, it is not fair that another country is getting sub sidity? this sub sidity is in the form of repayment loans. all companies in the aerospace markets do and will continue in the future to get subsidies and boeing and airbus have been in struckles with wto for the last 15 years claiming illegal subsidies against each other. when you look at boeing and bombardier, they are not really comparing like for like. why are they hell bent or taking this so far? we see this as a dispute with the unit

so michael fallon, the defence secretary.on hurricane irma on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. it is 9:15am exactly. the latest headlines: hurricane irma strengthens as it closes in on florida where it is expected to make la ndfall florida where it is expected to make landfall in a matter of a few hours. over 6 million people have been ordered to leave their homes. overnight, cuba has also been battered. there has been significant damage as winds of up to 115 mph hit the north coast of the country. and in mexico at least 90 people are known to have been killed since thursday's earthquake. now moron that story. correction at —— now more on that story. there's been a sharp increase in the number of people known to have been killed by thursday's major earthquake in mexico. the number now stands at about 90, more than 70 of them in the state of oaxaca alone. aaron safir reports. clearing the rubble in southern mexico, the town worst hit by thursday's earthquake. rescuers have told the bbc they don't believe there is anyone left under

sir michael fallon, the defence secretary.e on hurricane irma on our website, bbc.co.uk/news. just a line breaking news coming into us here. this is about two men arrested by police officers from the west midlands police counterterrorism unit on suspicion of terrorism offences and suspicion of terrorism offences and suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation, national action, contrary to the terrorism act. we are hearing that both those men, aged 2a, were released without charge following inquiries yesterday. three other men remain in police custody and detectives have been granted extra time to question them. there's been a sharp increase in the number of people known to have been killed by thursday's major earthquake in mexico. the number now stands at about 90, more than 70 of them in the state of oaxaca alone. aaron safir reports. clearing the rubble injuchitan in southern mexico, the town worst hit by thursday's earthquake. rescuers have told the bbc they don't believe there is anyone left under the 7000 bui

we expect to hearfrom sir michael fallon the defence secretary shortly after that.t they are doing, what they are coordinating. they're calling it operation rumen. they say 300 uk military personnel have been sent to the caribbean, leaving from raf brize norton in 0xfordshire yesterday, on board three aircraft. 0n yesterday, on board three aircraft. on one of those planes was a helicopter, which has been able to be deployed within the caribbean once the main plane had landed. they say in addition to those troops that i was referring to, there are 200 royal marines amongst that contingent. particularly on the british virgin islands, we hear that the work that they are being asked to perform, specifically from the governor there is particularly around the whole issue of law and order. so we hearfrom the around the whole issue of law and order. so we hear from the ministry of defence that his priority is to restore law and order and to put vital communications in place and also working hard to clear the ru nway to also working hard to clear the runway to make it servic

sir michael fallon defending the british government's response to hurricane irma.r — a former adviser to the former chief minister of anguilla. she explained to me her frustration with the lack of relief effort from the uk government. this was no ordinary storm, and that i think is the heart of what needs to be appreciated. yes, there is a royal navy ship that usually is in the caribbean, in advance of storms, but this required a direct and special focus, once it was determined, which was at least a week in advance, that this was going to be a storm like no other, and that it was going to be shattering the record books as to its strength. therefore, we should have been in step with persons like president macron, who ensured that the military was on the ground. right now, if you try to call the emergency disaster management office in anguilla, you will not be able to reach them. why is that? their generator is not functioning, so right now there is no ability to be able to reach them other than trying to call radio anguilla, the one radio station that is currently f

michael fallon said today.ed to 15 billion a year they could lose. however, if fallon pushes it, boeing have a lot to lose because they could cancel the apache deal, the attack helicopters, the maritime patrol aircraft. it's worth $3 billion in production alone. the good news is those were bad deal signed by the british government. there are no britishjobs involved. we'd have no modern attack helicopters, no maritime patrol aircraft. those ideals that have already been signed between boeing and the british government. can they legally get out of those if they wa nt legally get out of those if they want to? they can find ways, but it might be challenged and you could go to court. the whole thing could go to court. the whole thing could go to court. the whole thing could go to court. good to talk to you, thank you so much for being with us, ben moore ‘s, senior research manager at jane's 360. you're watching bbc news. we'll have the weather coming up news. we'll have the weather coming up injusta news. we'll have

michael fallon described it as airfield. michael fallon described itasa airfield.f the british military to open up all areas of the service to men and women. women can already fly planes. but now they can apply to join the raf‘s currently all—male infantry combat unit, which patrols and protects airfields. they fought in afghanistan and suffered casualties. the raf regiment is relatively small, just over 2,000 strong, and with women making up about 10% of the air force as a whole, there's unlikely to be a flood of applications. lastjuly, former pm david cameron overturned hundreds of years of military tradition to allow women to take up front—line fighting jobs. in april, the royal armed corps opened its doors to females. pm theresa may was there to witness the graduation at sandhurst of the first recruit. today, it's the raf‘s ground fighting force opening its doors. and by the end of next year, women should be able to join the even more physically demanding army infantry unit and the royal marines. not everyone welcomes these changes, but after studies concluded

you mentioned you are well backed up by london and we heard from sir michael fallon earlier.sn‘t as bad as it may have been but down there, is the royal fleet auxiliary ship providing immediate help. we have to assess after landfall here how much damage is done here, and it is where we‘ve been able to do that where you can intelligently ask for help. but already, as i say, we have been engaged, i would other governors, participated in the cobra meeting earlier today. doctor freeman, stay safe, it‘s good to talk to you. thank you. doctorjohn freeman, the governor of the turks and caicos islands. let‘s go to the cabinet office in whitehall, where the cobra committee met earlier today — what can you tell us? you may wonder why a hurricane on the other side of the world has been deemed severe enough to trigger the government‘s emergency response committee, cobra. effectively these are british passport holders, with full rights, it is ultimately the responsibility of the uk government to care for and protect them. the uk government's response has already been criticised and she ha

we are outside the cabinet office where some michael fallon the defence secretary is chairing a meetingcy response committee. it is a key acknowledgement of the severity of the crisis engulfing large parts of the crisis engulfing large parts of the caribbean at the moment, as you've been hearing. in particular, british overseas territories such as anguilla and commonwealth countries like antigua and barbuda. we don't know what's happening in the cobra meeting at the moment but what we do know is the foreign minister alan duncan has spoken in the house of commons this morning, he's given a statement in which he pledged £12 million for the government's rapid response mechanism for disaster relief and his serve the foreign office and department for international development were on full alert. more recently we've had confirmed by the defence secretary sir michael fallon that the royal fleet auxiliary ship is in the vicinity and has on—board around 40 army engineers and royal marines with access to water transporting and earth moving equipment. we also know to reason may have spoken this mo

michael fallon said future defence contracts with boeing could be jeopardised, and future defence contractsbejeopardised, and tonight, theresa may echoed that warning. we have a long—term partnership with boeing. we have worked with boeing over the years. i think this is no way to operate in terms of such a long—term partnership, and i said that that long—term partnership is being undermined by this behaviour by boeing. the plant itself is in constituency held by dup, which the government relies on to pass laws, so it is getting westminster‘s full attention. the promised has previously raised this issue with justin trudeau and donald trump will stop so at the highest level, we have been emphasising how important is it. thousands ofjobs depend on this. there is a long way to go in this. there is a long way to go in this increasingly acrimonious journey. a second ruling will be made in february, next year, and even that will be appealed. —— can be. northern ireland is caught in the crossfire of a dispute between canada and the united states. remember that they other‘s biggest trading partners

sir michael fallon the defence secretary pretty much said if boeing go ahead with this and bombardierbs suffer in northern ireland, then the ministry of defence could not go ahead with boeing. would that antagonise the trump administration, that sort of talk? i think it would. trump likes people who play tough, he is a deal maker. it is not the kind of relationship that theresa may was promising when she was holding donald trump's and outside the white house rather prematurely. let's go onto the daily mail. ryanair cancelled yet more flights, another 400,000 people potentially affected. a couple of the papers saying this amounts to christmas being cancelled. that is a little extreme. i hope so! there are other airlines and other means of transport. it is the most extraordinary story. 0'leary, the boss of ryanair has flirted with corporate disaster on many occasions and has a knack of getting out of those situations but something serious has happened here. it is another 400,000 passengers inconvenienced who will not get their money back, because they have had at least 14 days notice of

defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president must me he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order cooling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be by the forward to kurds even though shortly after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but according to the thousand and five constitution well the federal supreme court is the authority that rules in case of ethnic sectarian and regional political problems in this country and the kurds were fully part of the process of writing that constitution so they are at the moment at least publicly showing still that posture of the foreign whether there are some sort of negotiations going on between

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has described the move, which is a year ahead of schedule,defining moment for the raf. our news correspondent mark lobel reports. this is significant moment for the raf. the first branch of the british ministry to open up all areas of the service to men and women —— edition military. women can already fly planes. but now they can apply to join the raf‘s currently all male military infantry unit, that patrols and protects airfields. they fought in afghanistan and suffered casualties. the raf regiment is relatively small, just over 2000 strong, and with women making up about 10% of the air force as a whole there is unlikely to be a flood of applications. lastjuly, former pm david cameron overturned hundreds of years of military tradition to allow women to take up frontline fighting jobs. in april, the royal armoured corps opened its doors to females. pm theresa may was there to witness the graduation at sandhurst of the first recruits. todayit sandhurst of the first recruits. today it is the raf‘s round fighting force opening its doors. by the

which is what michael fallon is sane, which is ludicrous. can remind everybody, that die another day, one of the worst of the james bond films, has a north korean bad guy. he ends up with diamonds in his face. madonna is a fencing instructor. is it possible i made that up? i don't think so.” wish you had. the point of this, surely, is that even if we are not a threat, their weapons programme has developed faster than people expected? but that has been the story for several months now. i'm just trying to bring it back to the story in the paper, natalie. the what? the independent, deportations of eu citizens soar. what is this about? european citizens were promised their rights would be protected, natalie. this would appear they are being undermined. yes, this is a long story that the independent has led with. and rightly so. they are suggesting that official government data 's shows they were more enforced in the first three months of 2017 and in the same period last year. 5000 eu citizens have been deported from britain in the last 12 months

and michael fallon, who is of course 100% to be relied upon to say something dull just at the point whereore interesting would happen, she has gone, it's a bit late, this epiphany! essentially, please don't do this, please shut up, is the summary do this, please shut up, is the summary of that exchange. at least some of which happens on andrew marr's programme this morning. on which tony blair, i'm afraid i was watching the great north from actually, and i do feel bad now! did you not realise you were coming in?! but it was the great north run! maybe at 11:30pm... andrew marr had a p0p maybe at 11:30pm... andrew marr had a pop for having a hugged and kissed jean—claude junker... whose side are you really on? it'sjust giving a greeting, hard to say. we think that we know that tony blair is anti—brexit. what a strange thing to accuse him of. i do remember though, rob, i'm sure you do even better thani rob, i'm sure you do even better than i do it that labour said, we've got it wrong on immigration, when ed miliband was in charge. tony blair has not said it before, though. it is significant

defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president me he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be. for the kurds even though after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but according to the new thousand and five well the federal supreme court is the authority that rules in case of ethnic sectarian and regional political problems in this country and the kurds were fully part of the process of writing that constitution so they are at the moment at least publicly showing still that posture of the foreigners whether there are some sort of negotiations going on between erbil and baghdad at the moment is so

it will be a sense of emphasis from sir michael fallon on a real scaling up of the effo rts fallon on of the efforts in the coming days. absolutely crucial for them this afternoon is trying to clear the ru nway afternoon is trying to clear the runway on the british virgin islands. they have not been able to fly planes directly into the british virgin islands, which is why by burgess barbados has been the main base for planes to land. the first priority is to clear the run rate. what is the government saying at this stage, if anything, about liaising with people who are trying to make contact with relatives? i spoke to a lady earlier trying to find out if her husband and friends are safe on the british virgin islands. what is the government saying about efforts to reconnect people and confirmed that people hopefully are ok? i think they are keenly aware of the need to be seen to be doing that. so many people have come to contact us at the bbc to get accurate information. a key emphasis in the briefing from the ministry of defence is an awareness that communications on the islands have

michael fallon.s are without power. over 6,000 people are in shelters. our correspondent laura bicker is there. as the hurricane came through the streets of puerto rico emptied. people took shelter and there was a real concern as the winds howling around. at one point it sounded like a jet engine. thankfully and mercifully, the eye of the storm, 185 catastrophic mile an hour winds stayed further to the north of the island and that may have saved many lives, because as people emerged this morning, the damage is not as devastating as had been feared. the main problem here has been power. there are nearly! million people without electricity, 22 hospitals are relying on generators, and the power company had already warned before the storm went through it may be some time before the power went back on. around a6 months, they had warned. the authorities are still trying to get in touch with many of those in remote areas of this island and there has been some destruction and majorflooding in some parts. but

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has described the move — which is a year ahead of schedulet. our correspondent mark lobel has got the details. this is significant moment for the raf. the first branch of the british military to open up all areas of the service to men and women. women can already fly planes. but now they can apply to join the raf‘s currently all—male infantry combat unit, which patrols and protects airfields. they fought in afghanistan and suffered casualties. the raf regiment is relatively small, just over 2,000 strong, and with women making up about 10% of the air force as a whole, there's unlikely to be a flood of applications. lastjuly, former pm david cameron overturned hundreds of years of military tradition to allow women to take up front—line fighting jobs. in april, the royal armed corps opened its doors to females. pm theresa may was there to witness the graduation at sandhurst of the first recruit. today, it's the raf‘s ground fighting force opening its doors. and by the end of next year, women should be able tojoin the even more physically demandi

forthcoming imminently with some sort of response from the secretary of state for defence, so michael fallonssor of crisis management. looking at the pictures we are starting to see, there isn't much planning you could make for this, it wiped these islands out. good afternoon, yes. let's be clear, there is quite a lot of planning that take place of course because hurricanes and early warning systems means you can track them quite far out. quite a lot of measures were taken. particularly in the uk overseas territories, there is quite sophisticated disaster management systems a re sophisticated disaster management systems are in place to help that. ferries were sent to some of the islands to evacuate people, british airways flights came in early to ta ke airways flights came in early to take people out, the airport was closed, and the communications and other networks were taken in to measure. this is a category five hurricane. with a sheer size of at least the british and irish islands together. because of that, in practice, the impact is going to be huge. as we know from the united states an

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has warned boeing that future defence contracts with the americanopardised because of a trade dispute over its rival bombardier, the biggest employer in northern ireland. the united states has opted to impose a huge tax on jets being made by bombardier after boeing claimed they were receiving unfair state subsidies from the uk and canada. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, reports from belfast. workers in northern ireland are caught up in a north american trade dispute, and just before midnight, they received worrying news from washington. the us department of commerce has ruled that importers of this plane, the bombadier c—series will pay tariffs of 220%. delta airlines placed an order last year for 125 of the jets. but boeing complained that financial help from the british and canadian governments has enabled bombadier to sell the c—series for less than the cost to build. bombadier says the ruling is absurd. it's disappointing, but we know that the next phase of the process is to examine the facts, and to determine whether or not boeing has be

britain's defense secretary michael fallon has described the move as a defining moment for the airforce. as mark lovell reports. sh this is a significant moment for the r. a. f.. the first branch of the british military to open up or areas of the service to men. and women. can already fly planes. but now they can apply to join the raaf's currently all male infantry combat units. which patrols and protects airfields. they fought in afghanistan and suffered casualties. the r. f. regiment is relatively small. just over two thousand strong and with women making up around ten percent of the airforce as a whole. it's unlikely to be a flood of applications. last july former pm david cameron overturned hundreds of years of military tradition to allow women to take up frontline fighting jobs. in april the royal alum school opened its doors to females. pm theresa may was there to witness the graduation at st test of the first recruits. today it's the res ground fighting force opening its doors. and by the end of next year. women should be able to join the even more physically demanding army infan

joining us now from westminster is the defence secretary sir michael fallon.n in the negotiations and they want to look in detail at the bill but we had a majority, second reading on the principal boat and that clears the principal boat and that clears the way for us to get on and negotiate the successful exit. you talk about scrutiny. as far as i understand, there will be eight hours of debate that this is a large bill. there are going to be hours of debate on this. hours of debate. david davis has been reporting regularly to parliament, almost every week a statement or a debate. the bill itself will have plenty of time in both houses of parliament. you are going to hear a lot more about the detail of this before we are through but parliament needs to be involved, that‘s quite right and government needs to listen. we will be listening to the point is that are made by backbenchers but equally, we are very clear, the public decided on this and that he voted to leave or amain, the public wa nts voted to leave or amain, the public wants is to get on with this, to

tonight, as our business editor, simonjack, reports, the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has threatenede boeing contracts in britain. thousands of jobs at northern ireland's biggest manufacturing employer could go, if us rival boeing succeeds in having tariffs of 220% imposed on bombardier planes sold in the us. leaving the belfast plant today, workers were understandably concerned. yeah, there is worry there, general worry from everybody, yeah, we're expecting 220%, to be honest. it's all up in the air, so it is, but it is what it is, we can't do nothing about it, you know? very disappointed, yes, i think they're being bullies about it, no doubt about it. archive: if the planes achieve the expected demand, it means a lot of employment in ulster... the aerospace industry has a long history in belfast. formerly known as short brothers, it's been here since 1948, and to this day it remains a huge part of northern ireland's economy. last year, it paid £158 million in wages. it accounts for over 8% of all northern ireland's exports, and it sources parts and services from 800 companies in th

the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has dismissed criticism of the uk government's response ton slower than other countries. there has been a security issue there, which is why we are prioritising getting armed troops in to strengthen the local police force. the island has been devastated, it has been difficult for people to move around and to get helicopters there, but there are troops to ensure law and order is maintained. but there have been voices from there and from parliament that has said our response has been too slow, slower than france and holland. that is not true, the french did not have any kind of ship like mounts bay. they had a couple of frigates there. they have the advantage of having troops, they garrison their overseas territory, so that troops were already in addition. —— in position. we have local police forces on these islands, but our response has been as good as anybody else's. i can tell you that the french have asked for our assistance in lifting troops and material to some of their islands. we have two to three flights going out each day bringing mor

so michael fallon acknowledged that previous warships have been over budget and delivered late, but thisill be fixed in advance. the first chips are said to be in service by 2023. so, this will be the first demonstration of our new strategy in practice. the new frigate will be procured competitively, providing an opportunity for any shipyard across the united kingdom to bid for this programme of work. the strategy confirms in the clearest statement of this policy for a decade that all warships will have a uk owned, designed, and will be built and integrated inside the united kingdom. warship build will be by competition between united kingdom shipyards. the government's commitment to a ship building strategy must be complemented by a comprehensive industrial strategy. we need more than warm words. so can i ask the secretary of state, how he intends to maximise opportunities for the uk supply chain? and when determining best value, will he commit to giving weight to the positive impact on local economies and employment opportunities when awarding contracts? the news that only 50% of the s

defense secretary michael fallon is here in erbil where he is meeting with kurdish president masoud barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order cooling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be buying the forward to kurds even though shortly after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but according to the do thousand and five constitution well the federal supreme court is the authority that rules in case of ethnic sectarian and regional political problems in this country and the kurds were fully part of the process of writing that constitution so they are at the moment at least publicly showing still that posture of the. whether there are some sort of negotiations going on between

within the last 15 minutes we have seen senior figures going into the building, sir michael fallon, thend the british transport police officials. . the prime minister has said she has been kept up—to—date. she said that her thoughts are with the injured and praised the emergency services for their first response. but this is her chance to be briefed on what happened, how the investigation is progressing and leads that the police or the intelligence service have, and whether or not precautionary measures are needed across the city 01’ measures are needed across the city or the country. but the meeting is under way at the moment, we shall expect to hear an update this afternoon. to give you an idea of the tube that this explosion took place on, it was a ashton—under—lyne train, it goes from wimbledon, into town, into the centre of london, it is not a train with carriages but an open train. everybody on the train would have heard the screams. it was not contained in one carriage. you can see from one end to the other. i was talking to a woman called emma stevie. what she described was the

the kurdish authorities that it is going ahead but as we speak now to british defense secretary michael fallon is holding meetings with the kurdish president muscled barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he leaving baghdad said that he was going to come here to try to convince the kurds to postpone this referendum he also said that he was going to make clear that the u.k.'s position was against this non-binding referendum now over the last twenty four hours you had yesterday iran saying that it was against this referendum and actually warning that it will close down his border crossing and stop all security cooperation between the kurdish region and to run should this referendum go ahead iran viewing it as a threat to his own national security earlier today as you mentioned we had a federal supreme court also calling for the suspension of this referendum that should be binding for the kurds because the federal supreme court according to two thousand and five calls it usually is actually the authority that ruled on any ethnic sectarian and regional disputes in this country and the kurds have ac

in belfast today the defence secretary, michael fallon, said future defence contract with boeing couldt theresa may echoed that warning. we have had a long—term partnership with boeing, worked with boeing over the years, and i think this is no way to operate in terms of such a long—term partnership, and i say that that long—term partnership is being undermined by this behaviour by boeing. the plant itself is in a constituency held by the dup, which the government relies on to pass laws, so it's getting westminster‘s full attention. the prime minister, on our behalf, has raised this issue with president trump and prime minister trudeau. so at the very highest level we've been emphasising how important this is. thousands ofjobs depend on this, hundreds of millions of pounds in terms of the northern ireland economy. there's a long way to go in this increasingly acrimonious journey, a second ruling will be made in february next year and even that can be appealed. northern ireland is caught in the crossfire of a dispute between canada and the united states. remember, they are each other‘s b

on a visit to the middle east, the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, said british military actionthis report from jonathan beale contains some pictures you may find disturbing. this is where they've been running the bombing campaign against the group known as islamic state for the last three years. a sprawling us military base in the qatari desert. and hidden away in a reinforced concrete bunker is the nerve centre. from here they watch live feeds from dozens of coalition warplanes flying over iraq and syria round—the—clock. and in one small corner is the uk desk. where decisions of life and death are made. this is the first time british media have been allowed in the command centre that is coordinating the campaign against is. we can't show you the screens because they're all classified. but this is where the british officer who approves the air strikes sits and makes those decisions. we followed the wagons in and out and saw what was going on. the man tasked with overseeing the air strikes as they are notjust targeting the extremists but saving british lives too. by stopping mor

about the upgrading of trident as british variation of course but british defense secretary said michael fallon said london could be a target rather than los angeles what about me we're just hearing. allegations in the western press that north korea could retaliate for us legit aggression by cyber attacks on western interest. in the out sophisticated is that weaponry. well it's very close and this shows how much of the propaganda going on and holywood of her decision against north korea every day one day they said we have no electricity we have no internet we have no computers we're starting today and the next day they say we're talking sun pictures next day they said we are the best talkers in the world one day they say the info out of north korea next to this or take out their one hundred thousand people in north korea that are working overseas so they are contradicting themselves going deano surely they are ridiculous they have no idea what is the p.r.c. how the p.s.p. things and how we are really in the country and of course we have a very good terrain i will people that have access to the

michael fallon says a test group of several hundred troops, marines, engineers, and additional helicoptersen route. irma has killed at least eight people and led -- left 23 injured on the island territories. western syria today, killing two soldiers. the airstrike a poorly targeted a facility that allegedly dismissals down for hezbollah. --ael would not comment but from harming the country. the use of opioids may explain 24% of the drop of american men from the labor force according to a new study by princeton economist alan krueger. the length of the low portion of the labor people. global news powered that -- global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> thanks. we're waiting for a news conference from the white house. we will bring you that and go live as soon as it happens. let's move on to talk about some of the top stories in an interview with charlie rose, former white house chief strategist steve bannon has words of advice for gary cohen at for the white house economic adviser publ

defense secretary michael fallon is here where he is meeting with kurdish president masoud barzani he was earlier in baghdad and he said from there that he was coming here to try to convince the kurds to postpone the vote he also said that the u.k. was firmly against it at this point now this comes after earlier in the day the federal supreme court issued a state order calling for the suspension of the referendum until it reaches a final ruling now this is actually an order that should be barring the poor do kurds even though after the supreme court expressed itself a statement came out from the regional prime minister's office saying that the referendum was still going ahead but according to the thousand and five calls it you said well the federal supreme court is the authority that rules in case of ethnic sectarian and regional political problems in this country. and the kurds were fully part of the process of writing that constitution so they are the moment at least publicly showing still that posture of the foreign whether there are some sort of negotiations going on between erbil

defense secretary michael fallon told uk media that brexit was not closing the door but numbers were expected to come down >>> david davis expects the row over the eu bill to rumble on throughout negotiations. the brexit secretary warns discussions would not be easy. he urged his european counterparts to be more open minded in their approach to talks. >> we remain committed to making as much progress as possible on those issues which are solely related to withdrawal. our discussions this week demonstrated yet again and exposed yet again that the uk's approach is substantially more flexible and pragmatic than that of the eu as it avoids unness disruption for british business and consumers. i urged the eu to be more flexible on this point. >>> davis' opposite number said the brexit secretary was dreaming if he thought he could secure a strong deal with europe >> it's a fantasy to think that you can have a deep and comprehensive trade deal without shared institution the sooner we face up to that, the better the truth is too many promises have been made about brexit which can't be kept.

now a very strong response to that from the defence secretary michael fallon. very interesting.gh the sta kes a re you get a sense ofjust how high the stakes are here and for theresa may, of course they are very high. in pa rt of course they are very high. in part very obviously because of brexit and people will read across and say if this is how the us will play in terms of trade negotiations then what is good to happen down the line what we are outside the eu and having to punch through and get a deal on our own. is this a sign of the hardball tactics the us is likely to play? at the same time theresa may finds herself any pincer movement because she has the dup on her shoulder and she needs to maintain their support. she absolutely cannot afford to back off an already arlene foster has said they will be using their influence to protect what is happening or potential happening to bombardier in northern ireland. norman, thank you very much. norman, thank you very much. norman smith in brighton. jeremy corbyn is to close the labour party conference by saying the party is ready f

sir michael fallon... wrister greyling, have you signed of the speech?s the life of a political correspondent on the morning of a cabinet meeting, shouting lots of vaguely inane questions and almost a lwa ys vaguely inane questions and almost always never getting much more than always never getting much more than a smile in response. pretty much all of the heavyweights have now left. no sign yet of borisjohnson. there may be some more departures. a car pulling up in front of the door. no, it has just paused outside number 11 instead. i make that two and a half hours. the meeting started just after ten o'clock this morning. i can't actually remember a cabinet meeting in the recent past that lasted as long as that one. i have tasked one of my colleagues back in the newsroom to cav can find out one that took longer. —— to see if. the newsroom to cav can find out one that took longer. -- to see if. the fa ct that took longer. -- to see if. the fact everybody has, crowd tight—lipped may suit theresa may ahead of the speech tomorrow. we just reported on the de