in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a more

plus, mrjuncker wants to seal new trade deals with mexico, australia, new zealand and more, so the eus be honest, it clear i think, is mr farage because, let‘s be honest, it‘s clear what our citizens want. they don‘t want to destroy europe, they want to reform europe. but to destroy it? no bloody way. all i can say is, thank god we are leaving. if you'd given cameron concessions, particularly on immigration, the brexit vote, i have to admit, would never, ever have happened. and yet the lesson you take is you're going to centralise, you're going to move onto this new, i think, very worrying, undemocratic union. and he predicted a new populist backlash, but not here. the european parliament of course welcomed mrjuncker‘s ideas. if they‘re to happen, he‘ll have to convince the eu‘s 27 other member states to back his vision. damian grammaticas, bbc news, strasbourg. the international olympic committee has chosen the french capital, paris, to host the 2024 games, and awarded the 2028 ones to los angeles. last month it was decided that the two summer olympics will be awarded at the same tim

but what mrjuncker said, and this has been said in parliament by many people, we need to solve the illegalave more legal roots to migration. if you allow more people in, they are not actually illegal, so it is not a problem in their view. so i think there is certainly some conflict there. but i would say, listening to the groups in the parliament, if i'm correct, five out of seven actually agreed with mrjuncker. it was only the ecr and ukip — the efdd group, sorry, that had a problem with it. these things have been proposed many times over the years, and these things generally happen. they take years, but they are implement eventually. vince cable makes a good point. who knew that you would agree? juncker is — all the things he's being saying — particularly in this speech — have been very unhelpful for those remainers on this side of the channel, particularly for those petitioning for a second eu referendum. because if there is to be one, ifjean—claude juncker said things like this, you know, the leave campaign would probabaly win by a bigger margin. although ewould say that we were in a t

in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a morentegrated eu. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. the news from westminster: the labour leader accuses the government of neglecting ordinary people. a conservative prime minister once told britain, you've never had it so good. now tory mps tell each other, we've never had it so good. but the prime minister says voters can't trust labour. he promised voters he would deliver on brexit. and he's let them down. what people know is that it's only the conservatives that deliver a better britain. also in the programme, mps back a labour motion calling for an end to the pay cap for nhs workers. myself and my colleagues are minded to support the motion that he has put before the house this evening. but it would be appropriate if true sincerity was shown by all members of this house and they stop attacking the government for giving northern ireland that £1 billion so they can allow others to alleviate the costs which could narrow the pay gap. b

plus, mrjuncker wants to seal new trade deals with mexico, australia, new zealand and more, so the eu's the moment who still doesn't get it, i think, is mr farage. because, let's be honest, it clear what our citizens want. they don't want to destroy europe, they want to reform europe. but to destroy it? no bloody way. all i can say is, thank god we are leaving. if you'd given cameron concessions, particularly on immigration, the brexit vote, i have to admit, would never, ever have happened. and yet the lesson you take is you're going to centralise, you're going to move on to this new, i think, very worrying, undemocratic union. and he predicted a new populist backlash, but not here. the european parliament of course welcomed mrjuncker‘s ideas. but if they're to happen, he'll have to convince the eu's 27 other member states to back his vision. damian grammaticas, bbc news, strasbourg. the prime minister has announced an extra £25 million in aid for british caribbean territories which have been devastated by hurricane irma. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has arrived in the british v

well those comments from mrjuncker about brexit came at end of his state of the union speech.s sails. in his speech, mrjuncker called for sweeping changes to the european union — setting out his vision for the future. mrjuncker‘s plan includes creating a single eu president to head it's institutions. and an eu finance minister to promote economic reforms. he wants more countries to join the eu — particularly bulkan states. and more countries to join the borderless schengen area. and more to adopt the eu currency. pretty punchy his speech today? yes, it is the idea of confidence, that he is projecting. whether all the european nations feel the same. but speaking to people who deal with finance and business in europe, it has struck me that there is this disconnect in confidence in what lord maude said about investment into britain. you have been hearing that there is a lot of inward investment going on, i have been hearing the opposite and that is stalled. that is the important thing i guess? yes. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channe

but mrjuncker believes his plan is the answer to secure the eu‘s future well beyond brexit.and blogger is with me — he worked for the vote leave campaign. good to have you with us. good evening. where are you in terms of your perspective? you support brexit still? i used to support hard brexit and now i base my views around coad and now i base my views around coad and the norway option. translate that? we stay in the single market, have the best trading terms, escape ever closer union and have an independent and flexible role on the international stage. as you read the political landscape now, how realistic is that? not particularly realistic. it is my understanding that theresa may‘s speech at the end of this month might rule out remaining in the single market and eea and i‘m scared and worried about that. white? the supermarket is a regulatory union and we benefit from it. adding that the constitution of the single market loss of the demands that re—leavers had during the referendum can be substantiated and met by the provisions of that agreement so we have article 112 we

for good measure, mrjuncker today added that he believed the brexit talks were now at risk of failurer, also expressed his frustration, warning he thinks the talks over the uk's exit bill are going backwards and branding britain's proposals on the irish border as unacceptable. some believe such language from europe's top two is more than boisterous positioning, and a sign that brussels is genuinely losing patience — boding badly, you might think, for future negotiations. here's our political editor nick watt. the seasons, they are a—changing, and changing at a faster pace than our politics. as autumn descends on us, the first deadline in the brexit talks hoves into view at the end of next month, and brussels is beginning to lose patience. translation: i've been very disappointed by the uk position, as expressed last week, because it seems to be backtracking on the original commitment of the uk to honour its international commitments, including the commitments post—brexit. his boss is none too happy, either, as these minutes from a meeting in july make clear. mrjuncker expresses concer

prime minister, who, is part of a country who is committed to the european union, mark rutte said mrjunckermantic but i am more of a when you have visions go and see a doctor kind of guy. what a damning a indictment ofjuncker and what some are calling his fairytales. mr juncker, who is a tremendous prime minister, isn't perhaps the best judge. —— mr rutte. he campaigned for the european union and in march he was able to contain what was expected to be a much larger electoral success... that is precisely my point, he's not a traditional eurosceptic but he's a man who listens to people like jean—claude juncker and i have man who listens to people like jean—claudejuncker and i have to say yourself too, the insistent and consistent integrationist con federalists and say that's not what the european people want any more. we will see in the various elections. after brexit i and many others were fearing a round of similar results. this has not been the case. we have seen the dutch case, we have seen france. it's amazing what macron has done, jumping against all the positions of marine le pen. by t

mrjuncker believes his plan is the answer to secure the eu's future well beyond brexit.er member states agree with him. the time isjust the time is just approaching 3:30pm, so the time is just approaching 3:30pm, so time for a look at the weather forecast. storm aileen has cleared away eastwards into the north sea, taking the gales to the low countries but we also looking at gusty winds through the rest of this afternoon and that will be pushing further showers across and some of the showers we have seen already having quite lively, giving a lot of rain ina having quite lively, giving a lot of rain in a short amount of time. as you can see on the early satellite radar picture, some sunny spells in between the persistent rain on the eastern side of scotland. that'll ease away but will sink southwards into northern england and eastern parts of england overnight. still some showers over wales in south—west england and western scotla nd south—west england and western scotland but otherwise, clearer skies and where we escape from the breeze, temperatures down to four or five

in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a morentegrated eu. now on bbc news, click. this week, the women fighting for tech recognition. berlin in the round. and attack of the swarm. it's going to be monstrous. this week, we've been to ifa, the massive tech show in berlin. we'll be looking at the big launches and the cool new devices from the fair in a few minutes, and we'll also hear from the people behind them, who, we've noticed, once again are mostly men. the lack of women in tech has been well documented and it's something that we run up against every single day working on click and it's so frustrating — it's extremely rare for us to turn up at a tech company and for any of the available spokespeople to be female. it's been suggested that the lack of women in tech starts developing early on. kids are going back to school this week hot on the heels of stats from the latest exam results here in the uk showing that girls are turning away from stem subjects — that's science, technology, engineering, and maths. only 20% of those wh

here's mrjuncker on that.aged to better control the central mediterranean roots, arrivals down 81% in august compared to the same time last year. in this way, we have considerably reduce the number of human lives lost in the mediterranean. how accurate is that? chris morris from bbc‘s reality check has been looking at that claim. the overall numbers have certainly gone down. in 2015, the number of people reported dead or missing crossing the mediterranean was 3700. that jumped to over 5000. crossing the mediterranean was 3700. thatjumped to over 5000. so far this year that number is 2500. still shockingly high, but a significant reduction. you have to look at those figures in the context of the number of arrivals. be you has been more successful in reducing the number of people arriving on eu shores than it has been reducing the number people dying making that crossing. the number arrived in 2017 has gone down to just over number arrived in 2017 has gone down tojust over 128,000, so number arrived in 2017 has

mrjuncker is expected to call for member states to decide the future direction they want the eu to take largest trading bloc. the venezuelan opposition has refused to take part in direct talks with president nicolas maduro's government in the dominican republic later on wednesday. the opposition coalition said it wouldn't enter talks until the government agreed to meet a number of demands, including addressing the country's humanitarian crisis and releasing all political prisoners. hope hicks has now officially been named as the trump administration's communications director. she'd been filling the post for the past few weeks and her confirmation makes her the third person to get the job on a permanent basis since president trump took office. at 28 years of age, old she's taken on what is widely seen as one of the most powerful positions in washington, shaping the administration's public messages. now to one of the most powerful people in the bbc, sally. now to one of the most powerful people in the bbc, sallym now to one of the most powerful people in the bbc, sally. if only that were

in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a morerated eu. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. is the way we use words changing? most of us probably write less tha n changing? most of us probably write less than we used to. read less than we used to. and spend far more time staring at screens and tapping out messages. does it matter to our relationships, our politics, our culture ? relationships, our politics, our culture? our guest to day in skimmed is does. howard jacobson‘s meditations have won him awards, including the man booker prize. but is he an artist swimming against an irresistible cultural tide? howard jacobson, welcome to hardtalk. irresistible cultural tide? howard jacobson, welcome to hardtalki irresistible cultural tide? howard jacobson, welcome to hardtalk. i am delighted to be here. thank you for having me on. i want to ask you to reflect on a long writing career. how long, do you think, it took to you to find your own authentic writers' boys. 20 years. 20 years from fi

mrjuncker said recent threats to the european union posed by the migrant crisis and the rise of populismbrace reforms and forge new trade deals. 0ur europe reporter adam fleming is in strasbourg. adam, this was a upbeat speech from mr yunker wasn't it? as you said, his team at the commission how happy they have seen of the eurozone and greek crises. they have got a handle on migration and managed to prevent any countries heading out the exit door so far, and also preventing the brexit negotiations interfering with the eu day—to—day business. there was even speculate that he wasn't going to mention the brexit word at all. turns out he did. he suggested that romania who will host the rotating presidency of the eu in 2019 in march when the uk leave the eu, he suggest they host a summit on brexit dated celebrate the 27 members remaining in the eu. he talks about brexit day and this is what he said when some british meps started a balding brexit in africa are prodding brexit in the government chamber behind me. march 29, the date when the united kingdom will leave the european union. this wil