i held good meetings with mr tusk, mr conti, i held good meetings with mr tusk, mrconti, mrs i held good others. we will be working on legally binding assurances that the uk parliament needs in relation to the backstop but in all of my conversations with my fellow leaders here, both here and in recent days, is a real determination to find a way through which allows the uk to leave the eu and orderly way with a deal. the extension to article 50, a delay in this process, doesn't deliver a decision in parliament. it doesn't deliver a deal. what it does is precisely what the word says. we haveit precisely what the word says. we have it within our grasp. i had a real sense from the meetings i've had here, conversations i've had with eu leaders in recent days, a real sense of, we can achieve that deal. it is within our grasp to leave the deal on the 29th of march and that is all my energies are going to be focused. more of brexit and what might come nextin more of brexit and what might come next in the newspaper of view. a father whose two children died in the hillsborough football disaster in

mr tusk spoke of those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safely, but that last thought, though it featured elsewhere in the programme, was not included in george alagiah‘s introduction. steve martin was watching and told us... "this is not what he said. not the same thing at all and highly inflammatory at this time." iain stewart agreed. " did bbc‘s manipulation of what he actually said gave a clear suggestion that tusk had used an aggressive tone, whereas what he actually said was a reflective comment on what he and i am sure many others of you as a sad situation. those who felt the shortened version of the quotation distorted its meaning also pointed to its use on thursday morning's today programme. and the initial headline on the news website, "special place in hell for brexiteers," later deleted. and on the bbc politics twitter feed. stephen kingsnorth felt compelled to contact the bbc for the first time ever and recorded this video for us about how mr tusk‘s words were reported. he spoke of those who had promoted brexit without a sketch of a

whwhy do you think mr. tusk said what he did today? mean, was he just venting, or does he have some other ulterior motive for tomorrow? barbara: h he was of course venting in a way because he is basically an anglophile. i mean, tusk was in london numerous times. he tried to talk to leading british politicians. he talked several times to theresa may. last year he was all about, "let's be friends and let's sort of resolve this in an amicable way." but it seems that this all has been completely leading to nothing. this was just so much wasted time. and after two years of negotiations, the eu is now confronted with theresa may coming back another time with demands that are not realistic, that will not be given into at the moment, and just say "please help me over the hurdle." yes, but what tusk is telling her and her political friends and enemies in her own party, is the hurdle and the problems you are in, this is your own fault. you made this, you created this, and it is not up to us to resolve it for you. brent: that is a very good point

russia leading the pack former leader of the euro skeptic party ukip tweeted this in response to mr tusks comments. after a break that we will be free of i'm not elected arrogant bullies like you and run our own country sounds more like heaven to me. mr peel sounds like to say there. that though the reaction has been swift and immediate in the united kingdom walk us through some of the reactions there when you are. well the leader of the house of commons who is a member of the government and relents and was also very outspoken and said these remarks were described as well and quite an exceptional and he should apologize the truth is though that both mr for russia and indeed misled some have been clearly among those who did not have a clear plan as to how the british should leave the european union not just whether they should leave that was what they said we're going to leave but they never had a plan and the internal problem with these negotiations over the last two years has been that the european union has been negotiating with a government that didn't have any agreement on where it wa

katty, people will buy wondering what on earth mr tusk was playing at, especially at such a sensitive introduce you to donald tusk. he's the president of the european council, which means that here in brussels, he represents all the 27 eu countries, although he doesn't have much influence over them. he certainly wasn't speaking for all of the eu today. he is here in brussels as an emotional politician, someone who enjoys public attention and who occasionally has a tendency to seriously misjudge his words. musing ata seriously misjudge his words. musing at a press conference about the architects of brexit going to hell certainly because his judgment into question, and there are concerns in europe this evening of the possible consequences of his statement, certainly on the eve of the prime minister's arrival here in brussels, and considering the delicate political dance she is trying to pull off at home, it wasn't helpful. that said, eu leaders are frustrated with the brexit process. ask angela merkel or emmanuel macron, and they think the uk voted for brexit and has since looked here t

mr tusk also tweeted his thoughts, for the avoidance of any doubt.o add insult to injury he was then caught on an open mic laughing about the likely angry response from the uk. thank you. you'll be in terrible trouble with the british press. yeah! leo va radkar was right. there was going to be a response in the british press. mr tusk‘s latest outburst has landed badly with some in the uk 7 with the cabinet minister andrea leadsom the first to weigh in. it is the sign of a charming fellow. the man has no manners. it is unhelpful, regrettable, but it is a matter for him. what do we make of all that? katya adler, is in brussels for us. quite the curtain raiser? absolutely. it is helpful in heated times like these when political brinkmanship is the order of the day to take a step back from donald tusk and his comments and have a look at him the politician. all politicians have got their political style. donald tusk is the representative of the 27 eu countries in brussels and he doesn't actually have power over them but he represents them. he doesn't repr

good to see you barbara i know mr tusk is known for not mincing his words and having a way of putting things very bluntly but even for him these are very strong remarks coming from the e.u. council president what was the reaction in the press room when you were there. the press room gasp collectively of course and then at the microphones when the two leaders knew of iraq of the irish and them all to school leaving the podium the microphones picked up said to the british press is going to cause you a lot of trouble for that and yes indeed they are already at it of course but this was the sort of well thought out and before hand prepared to remark i mean this was not off the cuff because we later saw that in the minutes off his little speech there it period exactly word by word. deliberate this so why does he do this one is of course that he is really really he feels deceived and he's been to london during the last year particularly over and over again he's tried to talk talk to the reason why he's trying to talk to the british top politicians and sort of trying to find common ground an

mr tusk spoke of those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safelywhere in the programme, was not included in george alagiah's introduction. steve martin was watching and told us... "this is not what he said. not the same thing at all and highly inflammatory at this time." iain stewart agreed. " did bbc‘s manipulation of what he actually said gave a clear suggestion that tusk had used an aggressive tone, whereas what he actually said was a reflective comment on what he and i am sure many others of you as a sad situation. those who felt the shortened version of the quotation distorted its meaning also pointed to its use on thursday morning's today programme. and the initial headline on the news website, "special place in hell for brexiteers," later deleted. and on the bbc politics twitter feed. stephen kingsnorth felt compelled to contact the bbc for the first

mr tusk spoke at a press conference with the irish prime minister leo varadkar, who has been in brusselsopean commission, jean claude juncker. theresa may was in northern ireland yesterday. mrs may met with business leaders in northern ireland yesterday to make reassurances of a brexit without a hard border, despite disputes in parliament regarding the idea of a backstop. let's go to belfast now and speak to declan billington — he sits on the northern ireland agri—food strategy board, which oversees food production in the farming industry. i want you to explain in practical terms, if you had border checks on the border between the north and the south as a result of a no—deal brexit, or no future trade deal being negotiated between the eu and auk being negotiated between the eu and a uk outside the eu, what would that mean practically to you? do all businesses in northern ireland they would not be able to trade across the border —— to all. the cheques require it systems and checks and paperwork, buyers and sellers become importers and exporters, small businesses cannot handle that. the la

the uk independence party, said in response that being "free of unelected, arrogant bullies" like mr tuskunds more like heaven" to him. let's get some more reaction, here's our europe editor katya adler in brussels. let me introduce you to donald tusk, the president of the european council and that means here in brussels he represents all the 27 eu countries though he does not really have much influence over them and he was certainly not speaking to all —— for all of the eu today. he is known as an emotional politician and enjoys public attention and occasionally has a tendency to seriously misjudge his words. using ata seriously misjudge his words. using at a press conference at the architects of brexit going to hell certainly judge architects of brexit going to hell certainlyjudge his... considering the delegate political dance the premise is trying to pull off at home, it certainly not helpful. donald tusk‘s remarks in brussels came after talks with the irish taoiseach leo varadkar, who has travelled there to meet with mr tusk and jean—claude juncker, the president of the european comm

union and a lot of that has to do with the antipathy that is directed towards european elites like mr tuskaway from the populations they are supposed to be serving. people will be saying you are telling us there isa be saying you are telling us there is a special place in hell is that for us, we did not wait for you, and comments kind of reallyjust intensify that divide that has opened up in british society between those who see the eu as this kind of representative of a particular set of cultural and economic interest, and those who see it as it actually having presided over very long period of economic and social and political decline. interesting, you are saying that his comment is almost aimed at the brexiteers themselves on the idea of wrecks and i suppose one might say that the su btlety of i suppose one might say that the subtlety of his comment is not that he is saying you got a place in hell if you are brexiteer, it is if you area if you are brexiteer, it is if you are a brexiteer and you have not really thought to what you wanted in the first place. you could argue it is for the

she heads there the day after mr tusk made these comments about those who brought about brexit.been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for all those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan for how to carry it safely. —— carry it. strong words indeed. there is more reaction to that from mps and of course, analysis, on the bbc news website. talks have been taking place in pyongyang between the us envoy, stephen biegun, and his north korean counterpart, kim hyok—chol. they're organising the second meeting between donald trump and kimjong—un, which is due to take place in vietnam at the end of the month. 0ur correspondent in seoul, laura bicker, gave us this update. this is the first time for stephen biegun to be in pyongyang on his own meeting his counterpart, and that's why it's being looked that, as one analyst put it to me, as gametime. what the united states seems to be getting this time, before that second summit, which we know will take place on march 27 and 28, is some kind of concrete measure or specific pledge that kim jong—un is prepared to c

would be understanding of an unnecessary delay at the same time mr tusk seems to be pressuring ms may to show she can line up a parliamentary majority behind any version whatsoever of a brics a deal much less specific demands from the hard brecht's of tears among her colleagues in the conservative party in a press conference today in egypt ms may affirm her commitment to a timely breaks that deal we have within our grasp as i've just said i've had a real sense from the meetings i time conversations i've had with ease needs in recent days a real sense that we can achieve that deal it's within our grasp to leave with a deal on the twenty ninth of march and spent all of my energy is going to be focused and as a prime minister mention the schedule brecht's a date of march twenty ninth is now only thirty two days away and now for an on the ground look at all of the breaking brecht's that drama we are joined by r.t. correspondent shaadi edwards who joins us from london shoddier thank you for taking the time to be here we know it's late over there what's the latest and what do you expect to

recognising there is a little bit of bridge building to do after those highly controversial remarks by mr tusklear though that he does not negotiate about brexit on his own. it is the european union that does that, not ireland. so he says these discussions with theresa may are not negotiations, they are discussions. chris page in belfast. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... we look back at the life of albert finney, the acclaimed actor who's just died at the age of 82. terrace mr melson mandella, a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader has said he has passed a death sentence of the british author ofa death sentence of the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the asking of their former president. because of his considerable value as a stallion, he was kept in a special secure box in the central block. he was driven away in a horse box the fees had brought with them. step down from a plane, a figure in morning. elizabeth ii, queen of this around and all

she will try to get that if you listen to what mr. tusk, the counsel said after the meeting, it doesn't seem like she has much of a shot >> i strongly believe that the common solution is possible. i will do everything in my power to fight it. a sense of responsibility also gets us to prepare for a possible fiasco. we have spoken about the necessary actions in case of no deal i know that you will also be discussing this with the european commission. by the way, i have been wondering what the special place in hell looks like for those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely >> seemed quite blunt language there from donald tusk, a man known for his ability to find consensus among the leaders as his role as counsel president. seemingly, not willing to pull punches. he has acknowledged that he thinks the dream he had of reversing brexit is now no longer possible because there's no leadership in the u.k. that would push that agenda forward what he is hoping for, he said, from theresa may is a "realistic suggest

may is due to meet mr tusk, as well as the european commission president jean—claude junckerorfigures today. meanwhile, labour leader jeremy corbyn has set out five demands for his party to support a brexit deal — calling for them to be enshrined as objectives in domestic law. let's go to brussels now, and ros atkins is there for us. good morning. well, theresa may arriving in brussels in the knowledge that the eu has said, again, that it won't reopen individual agreement. again, that it won't reopen individualagreement. if again, that it won't reopen individual agreement. if not that, then,is individual agreement. if not that, then, is there anything for eu can do to help her sell a deal? well, i think everyone has been focused on those comments by donald tusk and the special place in hell phrase which has prompted a huge reaction. in that same statement, he reiterated the fact that the eu is open to finding a way of guaranteeing peace on the island of ireland and of finding a way for the uk to leave the eu, but in a way that maintains the current status of the irish border.

mr tusk spoke of those who promoted brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safelyrt agreed. "the bbc‘s manipulation of what he actually said gave a clear suggestion that tusk had used an aggressive tone, whereas what he actually said was a reflective comment on what he and i'm sure many others of you as a sad situation". those who felt the shortened version of the quotation distorted its meaning also pointed to its use on thursday morning's today programme. and the initial headline on the news website, "special place in hell for brexiteers," later deleted. and on the bbc politics twitter feed. stephen kingsnorth felt compelled to contact the bbc for the first time ever and recorded this video for us about how mr tusk‘s words were reported. he spoke of those who had promoted brexit without a sketch of a plan to carry it out safely. the essential theme of his remark, which was rarely mentioned, "safely", he was talking of those who had promoted brexit, not as you variously reported or implied either all brexit supporters or brexit voters. he was musing on a question,

do you think mrs may should bring it up when she sees donald tusk tomorrow?w that television. the prime minister is not shy if she thinks something has said something into water. i'm not going to tell the prime minister what to do but i would think the british people would like their prime minister may be to tell president tusk we are not impressed with his remarks. as one of those who campaigned for brexit and is a presumably one of those who deserves a special place in hell, how do you react personally to those comments? i have a faith so i hope i'm not going to help the tape if i ever do thatis going to help the tape if i ever do that is the decision of the lord almighty. it makes tomorrow's meeting between the prime minister and my crew team all the more interesting. not the encouraging curtain raiser above that meeting. crime rates, property prices and transport links, are some of the factors many consider, before moving to a new area. but what do young people think about? the radio! newsbeat team, has been looking into what matters to people under the a

the language he had years, which she said was not helpful and had caused widespread dismay at —— mr tuskher government and the european union. you are watching afternoon live and these are the headlines. theresa may holds talks with eu leaders in brussels, to try and secure changes to her brexit withdrawal agreement. meanwhile, jeremy corbyn sets out five demands that could see labour back a brexit deal in parliament a search team recovers a body from the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson. coming up — the uk's four chief medical officers urge parents to set limits on their children's use of screens. the british horse racing authority says cancelling all horse racing today was essential after an outbreak of equine flu. three vaccinated horses in an active yard in cheshire tested positive for the disease yesterday. jonathan davies will captain wales for the first time, as they make ten changes for their six nations match against italy on saturday. tottenham's wait to move into legit new stadium goes on as they confirm a home derby with ars

donald tusk saying when mrs may comes here tomorrow he is prepared to listen, but she needs to come upat this moment in time is not putting anything else on the table. it has to have a backstop, that peace process has to be guaranteed, and as the irish prime minister said, he said the reason in particular for thatis said the reason in particular for that is that the political situation in london, the other ad kerr said, demonstrates the instability in british politics, it demonstrates exactly why he wants the legal guarantee and a solution that he knows will last —— lee over at —— leo varadkar said. damian, thank you. president trump has called on republicans and democrats to set aside their differences in his delayed state of the union address after the partial shutdown of the government. he said congress had to choose between "greatness or gridlock," but warned that a wall was still needed along the mexican border to prevent illegal immigration. he also announced he'd hold a second nuclear summit with north korea's leader at the end of the month, and he condemned what he called the "

mr. task is laying out -- tusk is laying out a specific down in support of ireland.ce, the headlines do not seem to point to nuance but nuance is what we need to move this forward. >> all sides are digging in, saying they are committed to their positions but alarm bells are increasingly ringing. we had the secretary greg clark say many businesses have to decide about no deal in the next couple of days, because if they are shipping to japan or the other side of the world, those can take a few weeks. nejra: what is the best we can expect from theresa may as she tries to negotiate this with drawl deal? it is hard to know what she will go to brussels with tomorrow. there is three options on the table, a malt house compromise that some tory party members are looking at. we do not know if she will go and say, we have three options on the table or will propose just one. today is about the e.u. side getting their ducks in line and how they will approach the meeting tomorrow. tom: we just saw leaving the stage, the former prime minister. the prime minister of the united kingd

mr president. thank you. donald tusk there, the president of the european council speaking in sharm el sheikh.you back to sharm el sheikh if we hear anything newsworthy. meanwhile, let's get back to the oscars. let's get more now on the 2019 oscars ceremony which took place last night. rami malik, lady gaga, and olivia colman werejust some of the winners at hollywood's biggest night..... thank you for being with us. what stood out to you? what is not to like, somebody everybody can get behind. we have watched her career evolved. we saw her on tv. she talked about being in the dry years when she worked as a cleaner. she made her screen break through six yea rs made her screen break through six years ago and now here she is, queen of the hollyrood season. fair marks. —— feel marks. it was a lovely speech, human. i think —— feel marks. it was a lovely speech, human. ithinka —— feel marks. it was a lovely speech, human. i think a bittersweet moment, she knowledged glenn close in her speech and she was the favourite going in. the fact that olivia colman snatched glenn's last chance of an oscar, pos

paradoxically, i don't think mrs may will be that perturbed by the comments of donald tusk, either abouts so that they really are facing the stark alternative of her deal, warts and all, or no deal and all that might entail. and so everything which adds to the sense of foreboding about what no deal might actually mean strengthens her hand. so! might actually mean strengthens her hand. so i don't think she'll be that upset about that. perhaps more worrying is any indication that the eu is closing ranks and isjust not going to give her anything. within government i think they have pretty much concluded they are unlikely to get the withdrawal agreement reopened, no matter how hard they push, and probably will have to settle for some sort of legal guarantees in a document that sits alongside the withdrawal treaty. that will never satisfy some brexiteers, but the brexiteers are not a sort of homogenous united force. there are different strands of opinion and i think the hope will be if they can get something which the attorney general tells them is legally binding, that may be enough to get e

european council donald tusk says a "potential extension" has been discussed and that moving the march 29 deadline would be a "rational solution". the dutch prime minister mark rutte warned mrsay that uk is ‘sleepwalking into a no—deal scenario' and needs to ‘wake up‘. from sharm el sheik, our political editor the prime minister wants to stick to the timetable, leave the eu next month. but if mps don't say yes to a deal before then, might she let that slip? what i have sensed in all of my conversations with my fellow leaders here, both here in sharm el—sheikh and in recent days, is a real determination to find a way through which allows the uk to leave the eu in a smooth and orderly way with a deal. if your deal is rejected again next month, which would you choose as our prime minister? leaving the european union without a deal or delaying by a couple of months? i am clear that what i am working for is to ensure that we get a deal negotiated with the european union that addresses the concern of parliament such that parliament votes for that deal and we are able to leave with a deal. she doesn't want to answer because she knows that tension waits for her at home. but more voi

donald tusk and jean—claude juncker in brussels on thursday, in a new attempt to break the deadlock on the terms of britain's departure from the eu. speaking a few hours ago in northern ireland, mrsitted to avoiding a return to a hard border with the irish republic after brexit. we are working on the deal to leave the european union, the commit on both sides were there being no hard border, and we have been clear as a uk government that we will do everything in our power, should it be the case that we left without a deal, we would do everything in our power to avoid a hard border in those circumstances, and of course we talked with the irish government and the european union, should those circumstances arise. but we are working to ensure that we leave with a deal, and within that deal, that we are able to provide for the commitment that is being made on both sides for no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the head of the taliban delegation in moscow has said he hopes that withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan will take months, not years. following peace negotiations with the us in qatar last month, the taliban delegation is holding political talks with the forme

i hold out my hand to mr mondale up in friendship and cooperation as far as my own post position is going son i should like to make it clear. that i believe that my political tusk is just beginning everything that we have done so far the four years of difficult and often frustrating negotiations the problem and the crises. abin simply a blip in asian for the work that lies in that. on may tenth one thousand nine hundred ninety four after four years of negotiations and several thousand people killed in political violence nelson mandela became president of south africa he was seventy five years old. i think all for the future i think it's a good idea for self africa finally there that which we have set out to achieve as befits. the thought it was a glorious moment. because it was peaceful it was accepted by the war the leaders of the world with their defeat on that day he saw it as the conclusion of these project that started in one thousand eight hundred nine. according to the terms of an agreement signed in one thousand nine hundred three monday led a government of national unity assisted by two vice presidents tab on becky one of his right hand men and frederi

council donald tusk says a ‘potential extension' has been discussed, and that moving the march 29 deadline would be a ‘rational solution'. the dutch prime minister mark rutte warned mrsto a no—deal scenario' and needs to ‘wake up'. from sharm el sheik, our political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains some flash photography. theresa may must be rather used to grinning and bearing it by now, waiting for the cameras to leave before yet another vital conversation. and with every day more clamour for her to say she'd wait, too. the prime minister wants to stick to the timetable, leave the eu next month. but if mps don't say yes to a deal before then, might she let that slip? what i have sensed in all of my conversations with my fellow leaders here, both here in sharm el—sheikh and in recent days, is a real determination to find a way through, which allows the uk to leave the eu in a smooth and orderly way with a deal. if your deal is rejected again next month, which would you choose, as our prime minister? leaving the european union without a deal or delaying by a couple of months? i am clear that what i am working for is to ensure that we get a deal negotiated wit

earlier, the eu's donald tusk said a delay would be a rational approach to dealing with the current impasse. but mrsd moving the brexit deadline wouldn't provide a solution. our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. diplomacy can take unexpected forms. last night it was a game of pool for theresa may and the italian prime minister. she is looking for assistance from eu leaders, and notjust when it comes to chalking her cue. mrs may is still trying to get changes to the brexit deal to sell it at home, but this pm knows better than most that things can be harder than they look. a slightly more familiar setting this morning. talks with the dutch prime minister. many on the eu side do want to help get a deal over the line but there are warnings. we are now four weeks before the end date and still the uk has not agreed on a final negotiating position. so we are sleepwalking into a no—deal scenario. it is absolutely unacceptable. wake up, this is real, come to a conclusion and close the deal. there are warnings at home as well, and even at cabinet level alarm bells are ringing. i do not think it