michel barnier saying the chance to chances ofa barnier saying the chance to chances of a deal were unlikelym experience, please talks ongoing. there should be another round soon. there is a lot of brinkmanship which takes place. the closer you get to the deal, the more ofa closer you get to the deal, the more of a partnership it is. the express has taken a very express line on this. it is not the most objective line but that is not their view on brexit. it is a paper which is probably more brexiteers than any other out there. and obviously they decided that it is the eu's file. i think a fairer kind of overview of this would be is unreasonable objections on both sides which hopefully they can resolve went but it is not guaranteed. i will give you a shot, tim. i don't disagree. jason has given a very fair account. we do need an agreement. the european economy is in enough trouble without both sides of the brexit talks finding some compromise. i suspect it will be some sort of an agreement and there is always is the case it will be at the last minute. finally and briefly, the japan times, thi

the european union's chief bret's it negotiated michel barnier says it looks unlikely the bloc will reacha deal with britain before the deadline at the end of this year is british counterpart david frost blamed brussels for the lack of progress on post trade talks saying the e.u. is making things unnecessarily difficult. maybe as the u.n. suppose it government in tripoli on the rival parliament in the east of the country have announced a ceasefire both of ministration say they want to end an oil blockade that's been crippling the country since the start of the. in the u.s. joe biden has accepted the democratic party's nomination for the presidency in his speech on the final night of the virtual democratic national convention he promised to unite the country and what he called the darkness donald trump's presidency. was beirut continues to clear the rubble from the deadly explosions that devastated the 11 lebanese capital this month we're hearing remarkable stories of heroism now behind me you can see a nurse pamela as they noon outside a hospital holding 3 newborn baby she rescued after r

michel barnier are today, the eu chief negotiator, said he was disappointed at the lack of progress. you say, david frost, the uk's chief negotiator, he said basically the problem here is that the eu has to accept that the uk wa nts a the eu has to accept that the uk wants a deal, a trade deal, that would give it a sovereign control of things that really matter, including laws, borders and waters. we still have these two big stumbling blocks. first of all, fishing, the extent to which eu boats can come into british waters and also the so—called state aid rules, all about different governments being able to give support to different industries, which in the light of covid—19 is a really important thing. they will meet again in london in september but no breakthrough this week. nick beakein but no breakthrough this week. nick bea ke in brussels, but no breakthrough this week. nick beake in brussels, thank you. our top story this lunchtime: thousands of holidaymakers race to get back to the uk, before new quarantine rules come into force early tomorrow. and coming up — surf‘s up — how p

latest round of negotiations between britain and the eu, the latest talks concluded today with michel barnierly. britain came out and said that there are still significant barriers. there is further rounds of talks to go, but the closer you get to the deadline of those talks, the more the rhetoric on each side is ratcheted up. so what you've got here is a very express take on it. at least it is consistent, if nothing else. it is consistent, if nothing else. it is all that you's fault. but i think a more nuanced view would be essentially both sides are being intransigent in places. both sides know we will have to compromise, and i think once they start to get closer to that deadline, you may end up closer to that deadline, you may end up with some deal. that's not a guarantee but that's how these negotiations usually go. finally, that's looked at the daily telegraph and find out why borisjohnson has had to cut short holiday. tim? yes, this is quite a controversial story this is quite a controversial story this morning. we had the front page of the daily mail showing pictures of the daily mail

is, theat where pound ftse 100 has not moved, but we did have some significant headlines from michel barnierhis counterpart, mr. frost. they have been trying to negotiate a deal before that deadline at the end of the year. otherwise the u.k. will resort to wto trading rules with europe. is disappointed that talks have not gone to plan. he says an agreement at this stage with the seems unlikely, and mr. frost, for his side, on the u.k. side, said time is short for both sides. tom: what is so important here, folks, is the overlay of brexit -- and i remember jon ferro sitting on the set the morning-after in shock -- the overlay of the pandemic with brexit is just extraordinary. francine: it is extraordinary, because if you look at debt in the u.k. -- this is one of the concerns that people were taking a bet on. if you look at what we heard in terms of -- the u.k. has the highest debt level it has ever had, so there was a bet on the market that because of that, the u.k. government would not feel that it could leave the e.u. without a trade agreement. so there was maybe a feeling out there that b

the thing we need to focus on right now is to stop and no deal brexit, we saw this week that michel barnierplications for a no deal on jobs, backwards, the implications for a no deal onjobs, and backwards, the implications for a no deal on jobs, and the backwards, the implications for a no deal onjobs, and the economy is massive, we have to start there. i would love to see in ten years time, people, if the argument is made, if we can show them by how being closer to the european union is the right thing to do, if that public opinion shifts, the liberal democrats will be first in line to rejoin position andl be first in line to rejoin position and i would love to see that but i don't think that is the right thing to dojust yet, fight don't think that is the right thing to do just yet, fight the battles don't think that is the right thing to dojust yet, fight the battles in front of us now, ensuring the best possible deal for this country and then, moving on after that. are you a rejoin party, do you want to rejoin, ed davey? we have to deal with the situation as it is, at the moment, rejoin

we are looking at michel barnier , the chief negotiator on the european commission side, briefing reportersn brussels about the fact that there just wasn't enough progress. that is having an impact on sterling, and it does seem that both the eu and the u.k. are worried that there is just not enough progress for the moment to find a deal before the end of december. but remember, they still have two months to negotiate. the u.k. has once again said they won't ask for an extension. it could be like the eu, where at the 11th hour, they find an u.k.ment, or that the would rather not find any agreement and go to wto rules. tom: is europe heading back to recession? is that the right phrase? francine: this time you are talking about, for example, the german numbers and the french numbers, which were really quite shocking. what was interesting if you look at the pattern sets the lockdown started in march, initially we had better-than-expected figures in terms of gdp growth, and today the pmi numbers were pretty bad. some of it may be seasonal because even though there's covid-19, a lot of france and

last week, talks broke up friday with michel barnier warning that an agreement seems unlikely.ew york city tentatively museums, cultural institutions and bowling alleys. and the republican national convention beginning remotely in charlotte, north carolina. today, former ambassador nikki haley expected to speak. she is expected to be a republican candidate in 2024, regardless of who wins. tom: i believe that is at 10:00 p.m. tonight. again, the data is very up.rtant, up 28, . 268 what is the significance -- up 268. what is the significance of a higher yield reviewed? lisa: people are looking for the jackson hole convention that will be held remotely for the first time since the 1920's or something insane like that. what it shows two people is that yields are not going to rise, and that is pegging some of the equity valuations, that seem pretty frothy. tom: lisa abramowicz back with us today, and that is a beautiful thing. james athey with us as well, of aberdeen standard investment. we still have this continued equity surge, but i don't see yields setting higher, bond prices lo

the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said the negotiations appeared to be going backwards rather stopped wasting time. his british counterpart, david frost, said progress would only be possible if the eu accepted what he called the reality of the uk's demands. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @kacungira. thank you very much for watching and stay here with us on bbc news. good evening. i'm sure many of you, just like me, were woken up by the strength of the wind first thing this morning, and it didn't let up throughout the day, did it? in fact, we've been literally awashed by weather watcher pictures showing the seas that have been whipped up into a frenzy, with gusts of winds in excess of 60 miles an hour along the coast. in fact, if we take a look at the gusts that we have throughout the day, quite widely, 60 miles an hour, but we did actually get a gust of wind recorded in the needles just over 70 miles an hour — unusual, really, for this time of year. now, that low pressure, well, it's going to gradually drift its way northwards, b

the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said he's "disappointed and surprised" that tradeon the 31st of december and, if a deal hasn't been secured by then, the uk would have to trade with the eu on world trade organisation terms — which would mean most british goods would be subject to tariffs. the need for a level playing field is not going to go away, even if the uk continues to insist on a low—quality agreement on goods and services only. it is a non—negotiable precondition to grant access to a market of 450 million citizens, given the uk's geographic proximity and the intensity of our economic exchanges. we are asking for nothing more but nothing less, nothing less, that what prime minister borisjohnson committed to in ourjoint political declaration last october together with the 27 eu leaders. david frost — the uk's chief negotiator — said: we have had useful chief negotiator — been little progress. we are seeking a relationship which ensures we regain sovereign control of our own laws, borders, and waters, and centred upon a trading relationship based on an free tra