what does michel barnier say? adam, whatever michel barnier and david davis says, and whatever is agreed today, the thing is nothing is... all: nothing is agreed tell everything is agreed! well done! yes. so it is a year or so to go until brexit day, on the 29th of march 2019. i think, shall we speak to somebody in the audience? i thinkjosh has a question. good, josh. this is where i stand up, walk around here, and walk around with max the cameraman. where is josh? hellojosh. nice yellow shirt! um, what's your question for the panel and the audience? i have two, actually. firstly, in the first year of the brexit process, for you asjournalists, or for brexit, and the second is, adam, what's the secret of greeting a good binder? laughter. no, will be here til christmas at least! good questions, josh, particularly the first one. laura, for you? off the top of my head, i would say the election, because it changed the balance of power in parliament, and give hope to remainers that was not necessarily there, that they m

the proof of it will come when we hear from david davis and michel barnier ata from david davis and michelin around half an hour's time and then if they publish any documents where we can actually see what they have agreed. and of course the proof of that will be what has the uk had to give up on and water down in terms of what it wa nted and water down in terms of what it wanted to get this far, and where is the eu won't comprise. but those are the eu won't comprise. but those are the details we have to wait for. but the details we have to wait for. but the signals privately are looking very positive. as you say we are waiting to detail. some have said the transition period if we are still subject all the rules is like an extension of membership rather than an actual change. what is the uk government want to be in that for it to be a transition period? first, the uk says the important thing to remember about the transition period is that legally the uk will be out of the eu. brexit will have happened. it is just that the terms of trade and cooperation with europe will be on roughly the sa

and i said, michel barnier, "i'm here to get drunk." and instantly regretted it.u a drink? the drinks were all free. where were you? the irish embassy st patrick's day party. that's the — that's the soft power of the irish government. it hasn't affected my reporting. i have had plenty of drinks at the british embassy too. now, chris, i want you to go find henry eaglesfield. where are you? he's down here. i'll go... so slick, isn't it? as an 18—year—old, i was unable to vote in the election or referendum. is it likely that i will have a say on brexit either by election or referendum when we leave the european union? the short answer is, i think i probably not would not rule anything out. it does not feel that way right now unless something unexpected happens, but i would not rule anything out, because politics has been volatile, but it does not feel that way now. but there is a concerted campaign with some powerful voices who are pushing it. and the eu is very... yes, they'd be... yeah, they would like... they have never hidden the fact that they believe brexit a t

udc michelle barnier is that -- you do see that michelle barnier is now speaking.ext, this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: our breaking for you concerning eu and the u.k.. michel barnier is speaking in brussels. they are presenting a joint text and see a decisive step and agree on a large part of the brexit treaty of what will be the withdrawal deal. not at the end of the road but seeing selloffs worsening in guilds. the color they made a lot of progress on the overall deal. alix: what we do not know are the details. we are waiting for david davis to take the stage. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: we have a deal. the e.u. and the u.k. has agreed on a brexit treaty and an exit bill. new phase, same story. pboc gets a new governor. mountsriendly, pressure from mark zuckerberg's appearance in front of lawmakers that allegations information muscle without consent. david: i am david westin along with alix steel. the brexit delisting news. alix: amazing headlines coming through. a complete agreement on citizen rights and an exit bill. a large part agreed on the brexit treaty. we had

i think michel barnier is a cake person. —— i do not think michel barnier is a cake person come he always austrian cafe. it's dry cake. you had a big milestone of your own at the summit, didn't you? you went to kitty's the first time. this is the irish pub opposite the european commission. and opposite the bbc brussels bureau. the story changed and we have to start working again. we had finished the day at ten, 11:30pm brussels time. then the story about the diplomatic expulsion started to move on so we ended up working until 2am. but we had been fora move on so we ended up working until 2am. but we had been for a drink. move on so we ended up working until 2am. but we had been fora drink. i we nt 2am. but we had been fora drink. i went a long time ago to kitty's, when i was 18. every good night ends with a good party game. we have that one when you put something in your mouth, meaning you cannot speak properly. we are going to put these horrible things in our mouths. then we are going to say brexit buzzwords and brexit vips. you have to work out what we are saying. jean-claude juncker? y

i saw david davis and michel barnier announcing the interim agreement.ress than i thought. seeing other commentators as well, they want to give people more credit than they have tried. thank you for sharing your opinions and your views. thank you, too, for your company. that's it for the briefing. bye for now. hello there. temperatures have been slowly recovering over the last couple of days after that mini beast from the east brought us that disruptive snow. and in fact, as we head out into thursday, a milder start and generally quite a mild afternoon. with some good spells of sunshine, it really will quite springlike. the atlantic has come back to life, now feeding in cloud and this milder air. we've seen the back of that cold easterly wind. you can see the air mass chart here, the orange colours which will be moving in, certainly for thursday. something a little bit fresher pushing in behind for the end of the week, for friday. mild air never too far away. in fact, at the weekend, given some sunshine, should be quite pleasant. as we head through the o

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decision on the part of michel barnier and david davis to agree on a transition bill, what happens after march, is good news for companies and businesses in terms of their planning? well, yes and no, this is firstly, breakthrough, is that a breakthrough really? or is thisjust some of that a breakthrough really? or is this just some of the bits that we already knew they were common ground on, they have officially said yes, we have common ground in these situations? some of the enormous issues, like the biggest issue to brexit of all, the irish border issue, there is no ground made on that issue at all. well, there is no breakthrough on that at all, critically. and that is the biggest thing that could derail this. a transition deal in this period after march 2019, there is an agreement on some of the situation after that time, yes. company six ports said that in the uk, they know where they are presumably until december 2020, which is important. yes, that is

first thing this morning, and it was ireland's foreign minister who was in brussels meeting michel barnier, before david davis got there. his aim, to see to it that irish concerns remained uppermost in the brexit negotiations. simon coveney had begun the day tweeting that he was on an early flight to ensure there would be no backsliding on the irish border issue. after his meeting, a satisfied looking mr coveney said that solidarity with the eu partners remained strong. a little later, it was david davis's turn, hoping a transition deal could be secured, to do so was urgent with brexitjust a year away. are you confident today? we're determined, mr barnier said.

michel barnier with that statement, but then jean—claude juncker gave a statement in support of vladimirve a split within the eu. the member states governments is one thing but within the eu a different tone struck from donald tusk to jean—claude juncker and that is interesting, the eu seems to want to push into a military style fair —— foreign affairs outlook. in terms of the human story of salisbury, the police officer who has been in hospital now discharged, nick bailey, saying life will never be the same for him. extraordinary thing to go to, —— to go through, he was just thing to go to, —— to go through, he wasjust an thing to go to, —— to go through, he was just an ordinary policemen responding to a call from the public, but he has been in hospital for a few weeks now, and it has been reported that the double agent and his daughter might have permanent brain damage, so he is lucky to get out of this alive. but this has also shifted the whole debate in terms of the public interest because this was a serving police officer who was affected by this, slightly different cases in the pas

it will be interesting to see, given that michel barnier seems confident he can geta michel barnier seemseement. we will watch this space. this is important for so many companies. there will be some sort of status quo beyond march next year. 0k, let's ta ke quo beyond march next year. 0k, let's take a look. this is an interesting story from the online version of fox news, looking at donald trump seeking the death penalty for some drug traffickers in a plan to fight the opioid crisis. this is a huge crisis in the united states. he has a ready made a big speech about his policy on this. it is quite interesting. some people are reading the story surrounding his ideas and thinking of rodrigo duterte in the philippines, and is dense and drugs. donald trump has in the past voiced his admiration for these measures that rodrigo duterte has been taking. of course, the philippines has long been an ally of the us and asia. but rodrigo duterte is clearly over 70 law, and having people killed in extrajudicial killings. this is something that is supposed to be announced later today. it seems, according

michel barnier both gave speeches. michel barnierframe michel barnier both gave speeches.ll have to at least answer today. number one, how much control does the uk actually want to take back? the more autonomy that the uk wants, well, then the less close relationship with the eu will be. if they can share some of that control, the course of the relationship will be. secondly, does the uk really wants to do trade deals with other countries at the expense of its trade relationship with europe? and the third big question is, what kind of country does the uk wants to be? and that want to stick to the eu, european social model of high wages, high regulation or call in an entirely different direction, or a partially different direction? those are the three big challenges that the eu has put to theresa may and we will see and she had them today. the other sort of challenge that michel barnier put to the entire uk political establishment, not naming theresa may in particular, he said basically you must get real and acknowledges that there could be some cost to brexit, and that if

leaves the bloc next march that is chief negotiator michel barnier says e.u. rules would continue to apply in britain and both sides would still have access to each other's market this allows time for a new trade deal the un humanitarian affairs chief has been describing the increasingly desperate situation in the democratic republic of congo mark local calls addressing the security council the un says four and a half million displaced people are struggling to survive trying to get away from multiple conflicts involving dozens of armed groups humanitarian needs caused by internal conflicts have doubled over the last year thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition we're seeing mushroom in epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years there's also an epidemic of sexual violence most of it unreported and unaddressed. a spokesman for the turkish president says ankara will expand its military operation

the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, described the new draft text as a ‘decisive step‘ in the uk'sut not yet the end of the road. in particular, he said questions remained over the nature of the border between northern ireland and the republic. the brexit secretary, david davis, said british business could now invest with confidence, and the uk would be free to negotiate new trade agreements during the transition process. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, has the latest. first thing this morning, and it was ireland's foreign minister who was in brussels meeting michel barnier, before david davis got there. his aim, to see to it that irish concerns remained uppermost in the brexit negotiations. simon coveney had begun the day tweeting that he was on an early flight to ensure there would be no backsliding on the irish border issue. after his meeting, a satisfied looking mr coveney said that solidarity with the eu partners remained strong. a little later, it was david davis's turn, hoping a transition deal could be secured, to do so was urgent with brexitjust a year away.

it's enormously difficult and the line from the dup that will be offered to michel barnier this week that it is not acceptable. basically what the eu has proposed is that northern ireland should have special status within the european union said that they were still part of the single market and the customs union. the big fearfrom the conservatives are beholden at westminster, is that that basically shoves northern ireland closer to a united ireland. sinn fein, michel barnier and sinn fein are essentially at one, as sinn fein won special status for northern ireland. squaring the circle is the biggest remaining problem. there are plenty of others, but that is the biggest. so how will they do that? because none of this is new. we have been having the same conversation over the past however many months. how can this be resolved? the british government has placed a huge amount of faith in technology, the idea of a smart border, but many customs officials say that is simply a non—runner. another option may be to have a special uk ireland travel arrangement. the common travel area we have

speaking as they announced the deal michel barnier explained what had and hadn't been agreed.g to you today, here with david is a legal text. a joint legal text, which constitutes, in my mind, a decisive step. we would label, this morning, to agree after a ll would label, this morning, to agree after all of those days and nights of ha rd after all of those days and nights of hard work, on a large part of what will make up an international agreement for the ordered withdrawal of the united kingdom. a decisive step remains a start, we're not at the end of the road. there is a lot of work still to be done on the important subjects, including ireland and northern ireland. at the same press conference the brexit secretary gave his verdict on the agreement and had a positive messages for the world of business. they can continue to operate and invest with confidence as the design of our future partnership with the european union becomes clear. and this is true across the whole united kingdom family, because the territorial scope of the withdrawal agreement makes clear it includes gib

what is michel barnier say?eed tell everything is agreed! well done. well done. yes. so it is a year or so to go until brexit day, on the 29th of march 200019. i think, shall we speak to somebody in the audience? i thinkjosh has a question. good, josh. this is where i stand question. good, josh. this is where istand up, question. good, josh. this is where i stand up, walk right here, and walk around with the cameraman. where is josh? walk around with the cameraman. where isjosh? callow walk around with the cameraman. where is josh? callowjosh. walk around with the cameraman. where isjosh? callowjosh. most yellow shirt. what is your question for the panel and the audience?” have two. in the first year, what was the most significant moment the us journalists, was the most significant moment the usjournalists, all for brexit, and the second is, adam, what is the secret of greeting a good buy day? will be hit or christmas! —— goodbye. laura, for you? of the double my head, i would say the election, because it change

briggs's secretary david davis and the chief breaks of negotiator michel barnier a lot being made about the fact the progress that has been made that means coming to the agreement on those two main issues there one which would include the rights for european union citizens to be able to have enjoy the same rights as e.u. citizens already living in the u.k. if they are to enter the country during the transition period this was something that had been resisted initially by the prime minister to reason may she had thought about saying that they should perhaps have different residency rights considering that they would enter the country knowing that the u.k. would eventually be leaving the european union but certainly on the on that point that this is a point that michel barnier was eager to play up in terms of the progress that is being made after all hard work that both sides have put in their mutual reader house really this makes it possible today to reassure the four and a half million people british and european who are affected and concerned by break that those are the people who have

but today the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier said.s already begun trade talks with australia, new zealand and the us. britain hopes to have 40 trade arrangements with 70 countries in place by the end of 2020. here's the uk's international trade secretary liam fox. we already have 14 working groups with 21 countries, having these conversations. we were in hong kong last week discussing with the government there about the potential for a new services sector agreement, opening up the service market in both countries, to stimulate trade, but there's a lot of interest in the uk no matter where i go. ifind other countries wanting to talk to the uk and i chaired the uk and braziljoint economic the uk and i chaired the uk and brazil joint economic and the uk and i chaired the uk and braziljoint economic and trade committee, brazil is the ninth biggest economy in the world and they were talking about the opportunities they see for britain. there is optimism outside in the rest of the world in contrast to some of the pessimism that we get here

in fact, i was on michel barnier's side on this one.months into 2021. so i'm really pleased. when we actually do leave the european union. european union as well. into effect as soon as we leave the european union. so i see a lot of green light, never mind green ink, today. implementation period effectively the uk is a vessel state. but we're no longer a rule—maker. the worst of all worlds? and their goods will be coming to us tarrif—free. achievement will start to be made. business organisations throughout the mighty kingdom. to leaving the european union. of the centre for brexit studies at birmingham city university. how do you see this, a decisive step? step? i am cautiously positive but there is will long way to go. there is will long way to go. this transition period after leaving on march the 29th next year. on march the 29th next year. bring about that shift to such a transition period. transition period. —— northern ireland orders. ireland orders. wasn't it, so people timetable reasons? reasons? ratify this thing, an ambitious

the brexit secretary, david davis, and the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, say it is a decisiveard. they announced this morning that they've reached agreement on a large part of the deal for britain's departure from the eu — from the rights of eu citizens, to the transition period and how much the uk will pay. but how to avoid a hard border in ireland is still an issue. the announcement comes ahead of an eu summit later this week which the prime minister hopes will pave the way for talks on trade. our europe correspondent, damian grammaticus, is in brussels. today has been a busy day here in brussels, david davis called it a significant step, mr barnier called ita significant step, mr barnier called it a decisive step. the outline agreement for this transition period that would come in in one year's time when the uk leads the eu, the link all the rules and trading freely but there are crucial issues remain an earlier today the irish foreign minister was here to make sure the irish border issue was not overlooked. first thing this morning and it was the irish foreign minister who

michel barnier if it is a relatively warm reception saying it provided some clarity.re words such as conciliar to —— conciliatory and compromise. the weather is the other big talking point. quite an arresting image, a snowdrift on salisbury hill. it is the south—west of england where the attending to focus their coverage. yes, the south—west is getting the brunt of it at the moment. the entire country has been pretty much it by snow over the last few days but as often is the case, after the si'iow comes but as often is the case, after the snow comes the flood warnings and this is what is happening in the south—west. some villagers have been told they should leave their homes because there is the potential for flooding. there is criticism for people who have gone out to drive on roads. devon police have been telling people, the environment agency has issued 15 flood warnings, but lots of votes have got people stuck on them. in scotland they have had 21 st it of snow in edinburgh, biggest snowfalls and is 1979, they have been warned in scotland to stop panic buying in t

it seems likely that they will rubber stamp the agreement that has been hammered out between michel barnier the e.u. bret's it negotiator and the british government over the so-called transitional arrangement with full govern how britain and the e.u. interact for an almost two year period after britain formally leaves the e.u. at the end of march twenty ninth. doesn't seem much controversy there primarily because britain has given way on so many issues paying money to the e.u. . accepting fishing quotas from the e.u. joining that period accepting each citizen's rights so it all not to be acrimonious and in theory the leaders today will then authorize michel barnier to start looking talking with britain about the so-called future relationship when britain is eventually and finally out how a trade deal might look only talking in broad parameters but it's the point where britain has been waiting for a long long time for the talks to reach this stage all right barnaby phillips thank you. tens of thousands of students in the u.s. will converge on major cities on saturday to demand gun reform org

chief breaks it negotiator michel barnier has hailed what he called a decisive step after britain and the e.u. reached agreement on the terms of a post break that transition period under that agreement would remain in place until the end of twenty twenty but there is still disagreement over the status of the border between ireland and northern ireland a bomb planted on a motorbike has killed at least three people and injured several others in eastern afghanistan the blast in the city of jalalabad went off as people left a political rally organized by a former militant commander who made peace with the government last year he was unhurt in the blast. and authorities are warning people in southeast australia to remain alert as wildfires rage in the region the blazes in victoria and new south wales have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to flee it is thought they were sparked by lightning and then sand bar hot dry winds. to sports now and in tennis at indian wells california world number one roger federer lost in a thrilling final to juan martin del potro the argentine enter

wants to talk off on the transition phase that has been agreed by the press that negotiators michel barnier and david stay vis the german chancellor praised the work of. and you need today and that's transition period will be waifs through if you want because the details have already been hammered out but apart from that theresa may will not make much progress here the e.u.'s made over and over clear again to her that the chief price of negotiator is michelle kwan yin the third is when they go she ations our place but they will of course listen to her ideas of a deep and special relationship and well they will send back the message that nothing is agreed on celebrity thing is agreed to and that yet a lot of sticking points are to be clarified and speaking about the sick by scare because how is that impacting the mood there in brussels just generally speaking i mean does this brags that is it impacting the unity of the block for example when it comes to all of the other topics that will be discussed. we currently see rock solid solidarity when it comes to all the other topics and that in tim

on bloomberg, eu and british brexit negotiators, michel barnier and david davis, are pictured side byu summit. fox news — trump is expected to detail his plan to combat opioid addiction. there's reports the death penalty may be sought for certain drug traffickers. here on the bbc news website a major breakthrough offers hope to multiple sclerosis patients. the results are from an international trial that was able to stop the disease and improve symptoms. and finally on south china morning post, hot off the press: 3d—printed cars will be in mass production in china by 2019. a company from italy says it's edging closer to mass production of the vehicles, which would cost about $10,000 us and reach maximum speeds of 70 kilometres per hour. that is quite phenomenal. so let's begin. with me is nina trentmann from the wall street journal. let's little talk about russia.

how seriously think today's meetings are between foster and we should o'neil with michel barnier in brussels about london breck that well i think they're absolutely axiomatic to the whole situation those conversations have got to go on to got to be as constructive that's possibly can and we've got to try and find common ground not just for the benefit of northern ireland and the republic but of course the rest of the country solent they're absolutely key and important to the continued constructive development of this issue of tourism a made it clear that technology will come to the rescue and solve all the problems that break that may create put clearly that's that's wishful thinking it's not gone technology can do significant amounts of things i think there's no doubt about that book whether they can solve all the problems is a different color fish i think the key to this is constructive dialogue dialogue where we're not yardwork sachs and the likes of foreign secretary said the most ridiculous things as each take on spike but go to the heart of this issue is a construct a dialogue and set

they had been negotiated already with michel barnier.there. a few concessions we do not like back—ups. there. a few concessions we do not like back-ups. i will listen and see

much for coming back on how seriously think today's meetings are between foster and o'neil with michel barnier in brussels about london breakfast well i think they're absolutely axiomatic to the whole situation those conversations have got to go on to court to be as constructive that's possibly can and we've got to try and find common ground not just for the benefit of northern ireland and the republic but of course the rest of the country still an absolutely key and important to the continued constructive development of this issue of tourism a made it clear that technology will come to the rescue and solve all the problems that break that may create well clearly that's that's wishful thinking it's not gone technology can do significant amounts of things i think there's no doubt about that book whether they can solve all the problems is a different color fish i think the key to this is constructive dialogue dialogue where we're not yard looks likes and the likes of the foreign secretary said the most ridiculous things as each take on spike but go to the heart of this issue is a constructive di

we heard from michel barnier, who released one tweet, saying, i welcome theresa may's speech, clarityand a recognition of trade offs which will inform our guidelines for the future negotiations. i think in there you see a hint of the two things that are coming out in the reaction here. one is this welcome for the sort of positive tone for the detail that is starting to come from the uk side for this confirmation about theresa may reiterating again, leaving the customs union and the single market. but when he says, a recognition of trade offs that will inform ah guidelines i think what that means is there will be some clear talking from the eu side. mr barnier said that the uk needed to understand that the uk needed to understand that it couldn't have this idea of being, having access to the single market for specific sectors, which is what theresa may was talking about, without accepting the rules and enforcement structures of eu. i think we will see them focus on that point. how does she think this is going to work in practice? thank you. we have heard from one leading brexit support

vonnie: is it true, david, david davis was clearer on some things than michel barnier was? cal toas been see how down the michele bonnier was and how rosy things are through mr. davis. they have come together a bit more. what has changed in the last two weeks? well, we have had a nerve agent, attributed to russia, used on british soil, condemned by the british, the french, the germans, and the americans as well. we saw mr. putin reelected with yesterday.rgin perhaps europe is thinking a united front is more appropriate rather than squabbling over the details of brexit. that is important and that is why we see the markets embracing the comments today. david, thank you so much for that from london with the latest on brexit. plenty more coming up from new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: you are watching -- abigail: you're watching " and i'mg markets, abigail doolittle. we are looking at the s&p 500 with stocks lower again. tour-daying its first flight of the year, the s&p 500 is down again today. first four-day slide of the year, the s&p 500 is down again today. this is somet

the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, took to twitter to thank the prime minister for here 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 again at the negotiating table. he said something similar happened with her last brexit speech back in autumn. for one happy couple th

they had been negotiated already with michel barnier.t looks to me as though we are almost there. a few concessions we do not like back—ups. there. a few concessions we do not like back-ups. i will listen and see what she's saying. the rest of the war does not look good at all. a p pa re ntly war does not look good at all. apparently a bit war does not look good at all. apparently a hit it is because we did not get a lot of information. if this is supposed to be secret, i have no idea, but meanwhile are drifting out of the city and they say it is not because brexit but we do not why. that is what they said. i want to get one story in quickly, the sunday times from page, it is only short, but what is this transgender e—mail about? only short, but what is this transgender e-mail about? what is happening in universities is that people are being asked, what you wa nt to people are being asked, what you want to be called, he, she? young people now want to determine who they are and what they are in the world. universities are saying, at the e

past twenty four hours bonnie on wednesday take us back to how your committee's meeting was with michel barnier the use chief negotiator of a breakthrough well he was quite stern interestingly when we've met him before he's spoken in english most of the time but he's found out for the twenty minutes telling is often french about the u.k. position and clearly you know they're the building up to a very hard position as has become apparent over the last few days you know it's interesting for me as a mere backbencher from wales to be there right of the sense out of his hole and in civilian people like. the other day was a former trade commissioner. who was the chief negotiator. trade negotiator formally done zero or what in the wake of what he had to say to somebody said the other they were swapping a three course meal for the promise of a packet of crisps but he told us various other things. not just grist for jelly well anderson i just tell you we're only going let's see you know the armless one is good because he said you know trying to negotiate this is like trying to take an egg out of a norma

trade and migration that's why leaders of sinn fein met for urgent talks with chief negotiator michel barnier in brussels on monday and in the past twenty four hours it was the turn of the u.p.a. the protestant body that is the electoral reason to raise them a as prime minister of britain joining me now is a member of the northern ireland affairs committee and shadow devi spokesperson on human rights and health jim chairman jim thanks for coming on and going to be here underground any concerns that information has more leverage in brussels and when it comes to these border issues. are not the largest party in northern ireland we are we have a relationship. with that are much the government here westminster were so tight and had a candidate in the northern ireland that lies at westminster and i'm just well the at what stage the republicans aren't will have a dose of reality they want a soft border we want a soft border where you know some let's do it well that's a sign of any irish deputy prime minister has already cost down to resume his plan for you know hardboard what they hope to achieve o

briggs's secretary david davis and the chief breaks of negotiator michel barnier a lot being made about the fact the progress that has been made that means coming to the agreement on those two main issues there one which would include the rights for european union citizens to be able to have enjoyed the same rights as e.u. citizens already living in the u.k. if they are to enter the country during the transition period this was something that had been resisted initially by the prime minister to reason may she had thought about saying that they should perhaps have different residency rights considering that they would enter the country knowing that the u.k. would eventually be leaving the european union but certainly on the point that this is a point that michel barnier was eager to play up in terms of the progress that is being made after all hard work that both sides have put in a move to redo history this makes it possible today to reassure the four and a half million people british and european who are affected and concerned by break that those are the people who have been our priori

european union chief negotiator michel barnier has long said he wants the withdrawal agreement done byober this year so there is time for it to go to the european and u.k. a parliaments -- and u.k. parliaments for approval. the timetable could foot. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . asian markets very much focused on the prospect of talks between the sitting u.s. president and north korea's leader. we had the yen fall. we saw investors move out of state havens. the nikkei closed higher. a lot of focus on south korea. the kospi is up by .8%. we had the data out of china. keeping its stimulus unchanged. when we look at stocks, it was about the impact of what we are seeing. if kospi could search 30% tim gives up nuclear weapons. there is a big surge in south korean stocks -- south korean tourism stocks. bluescope steel one of the companies that could be impacted by the tariffs, but the ceo has said the company is a unique case for tariff exemptions. a lot of foc

and i think when you have, the irish government, michel barnier, jacob rees—mogg and chuka umunna findingy done something right. you fit yourself in the frame of mind that says yes she has ticked the right boxes? i am not a dogmatist. i have believed in any negotiation there has to be cop promises, i have believed in any negotiation there has to be compromises, today she has said yes, we won't be able to get all we want, up to now it has been we will be able to get everything we want. it will be the same. are you there nina? this is the most interesting thing, is that reality is hitting the government in the face really hard, if you look at theresa may's first speech at conservative party conference in 2016, the famous citizens of nowhere speech then lancaster house and florence, when she asked for a transition at lancaster house she said the uk would be leaving the customs union and the single market. today she admitted for the first time, this is something i have been saying since 2016, there have to be trade off, there have to be compromise, the magical dream... you were glad she said

don't blame uses the eu negotiator michel barnier.rowing up the uk that wants to leave, throwing up all sorts of problems. including the thorny issue of the border between northern ireland and the irish republic. translation: i am not trying to provoke or create shock waves. i wa nted provoke or create shock waves. i wanted this negotiation to be a success , wanted this negotiation to be a success, but let me remind you that it was uk's decision to leave, and does that set from the beginning, no one should underestimate the consequences of this action. that's come up northern ireland might almost effectively stay in the u—2 of order a hard border but a hard response from theresa may. said she would sign and no such street. the legal text if implemented, would undermine the uk market and governments integrity of the uk by creating a customs and regulatory border across the irish sea. no uk prime minister could ever agree to it. probe brexit mps and hurt governing conservative party applauded her. stop brexit! outside parliament comedie

i mean, there is a process in this and we have worked with michel barnier and the task force and theussing what the future framework will look like, what that arrangement between the uk and the eu will look like, like, that we can agree the transition period. but most importantly, what has been agreed is that on monday, intensive negotiations and discussions between the uk and the eu will begin on actually taking that text, all of those issues, and translating that into something that is workable. the criticism has been that if you —— at the start of this process, the future relationship would be a lot further on with the board issue because the two are deeply entwined. it was agreed i think very early issue that there would be three key issues that would have to be resolved in phase one, that was busy financial settlements, citizens' rights and the irish border issue and for us but italy, we felt that if it got to the stage where we could not come to an arrangement, free trade arrangement or close arrangement and avoided border, we had the backstop position. but what is important to