nick spicer welcome to the program. e.u. leaders have cleared the way for a brics a deal at a crucial summit in brussels on sunday a last minute disagreement over the disputed territory of gibraltar had threatened to derail the whole process but spain has now agreed to back in exchange for a say in the future of gibraltar british prime minister theresa may then faces a tough challenge getting the brics a deal through her own parliament. hoffman has this report from brussels. ah what would we all do without drugs it's the story of a lifetime keeping thousands of politicians public officials and journalists busy most of all of course to resubmit yes and she still is the prime minister of the u.k. at least at the time of this recording. but i believe with every fiber of my being that the cools i have set out is the right one for our country and all people you have to give it to her she's nothing if not persistent. it used to be different may was ridiculed disregarded declared for politically dead but that all changed with the b

i'm nick spicer thanks for joining us. spain has reached a deal with britain and the rest of the european union on gibraltar clearing a key obstacle to sealing an agreement on bracks it british prime minister theresa may has been in brussels for talks with the e.u. chief. ahead of sunday's summit the disputed territory of gibraltar was the last sticking point in may's push to find a compromise with europe. spain's prime minister pedro sanchez now says he will support the deal. earlier to reset may spell out the u.k.'s position on gibraltar. but the u.k.'s traditional approach has not changed and will not change we have negotiated on behalf of children to be sure that they are covered by the holding the old agreement by the change in payment and in the future we will continue to negotiate on behalf of the whole u.k. family and that includes gibraltar uncomputable for special i would always stand by gibraltar i guess you think from the let's bring in a d.w.i. as a barber of a zone who is in london for us barbara theresa may

nick spicer welcome to the program. the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the e.u. used twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad at the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the walk and britain would remain partners and friends u.k. prime minister theresa may urged britons to support the deal but it won't be plain sailing britain's opposition labor party say they will vote against the deal when it's put to part of it in just over two weeks' time. she still has a seat at the table british prime minister to resign may today in brussels but after a long and arduous period of negotiations e.u. leaders have inched closer to britain's final departure many openly expressed their regret. thought you had. just the country leaving the e.u. does not make me want to raise from pain glass or applause it's a sad day and everybody us spoke with today expressed this sadness of it was unanimously sha