steve barclay and let's all remember, steve barclay was man enough to do a really hard quiz, so againld be less flattering, this is a number ten move, david frost was the eu negotiator on behalf of boris johnson and steve barclay as part of the team but this isa numberten barclay as part of the team but this is a number ten cabinet office, a push from them. the big picture, it which you hear is the said things about the rules, the idea of northern ireland staying in the single market and accepting eu rules, they see that it is a big concession here and the other thing thatis concession here and the other thing that is fascinating and they know that is fascinating and they know that customs is the trickier bit but there is a very well—placed people. very strong signals from eu capital, including dublin and contemplating these kinds of proposals. some you simon, the minister and saying today that if this is the final proposal, there will be no deal. very tough talk, but this may be the basis of something. whether or not it can be donein something. whether or not it can be done in ten da

steve barclay himself is jetting off to amsterdam later for more talks, resuming tomorrow in brusselsey can move us onto this phase of intense negotiations. steve barclay was also asked whether the government will be bringing back these proposals to parliament. what if a deal is reached before that council? he said the government was considering it. thousands of masked pro—democracy protesters have ta ken to the streets of central hong kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings. police have fired tear gas at the protesters who they say are participating in "unlawful assemblies" and blocking major roads. i've been speaking to our china correspondent robin brant who is there. things have changed. we saw tens of thousands of people marching fairly peacefully with the police at the side, the police using tear gas in the past but they are definitely using it now. there are officers on this walkover bridge here holding out a rather ominous sign saying, warning — tear gas. what they are trying to do and they've been doing for the past ten minutes over in this area and also to the left, what

we had a constructive meeting with steve barclay and the british team and now iam going barclay and thesh team and now i am going to debrief the 27 ambassadors and the brexit steering group of the parliament. i have already said that brexit is like climbing a mountain. we need vigilance, determination and patience. rna other top. . . ? vigilance, determination and patience. rna other top...? under huge scrutiny from the media, desperate for news, the eu chief negotiator was not ready to answer the many questions that exist. they are mainly about the process — what is going to happen and when? will the uk and eu negotiators enter what is called the tunnel, an intense period of confidential negotiations where compromises get made? and what will have happened by the time eu and meet leaders meet for the next summit on thursday 17th october, less tha n summit on thursday 17th october, less than a week away? and what will be presented to mps at a special sitting of parliament scheduled for a week on saturday? a possible deal, no deal, an extension? but the mood has definitely improved after

steve barclay arriving in brussels this morning.r about two hours, a moment later, a smile. the big sticking point, how the uk plans to do customs checks in northern ireland. afterwards, the priority for michel barnier was explaining what had been discussed, to the rest of the eu, not to the rest of the world. we had a constructive meeting with steve barclay and the british team and now i am going to debrief the 27 ambassadors and the brexit group of the parliament. i have already said that brexit is like climbing a mountain. we need vigilance, determination and patience. are we near the top...? under huge scrutiny from the media, desperate for news, the eu chief negotiator was not ready to answer the many questions that exist. they are mainly about the process — what is going to happen and when? will the uk and eu negotiators enter what is called the tunnel, an intense period of confidential ,negotiations where compromises get made? and what will have happened by the time eu and meet leaders meet for the next summit, on thursday 17

steve barclay arriving in brussels this morning.ent later, a smile. the big sticking point, how the uk plans to do customs checks in northern ireland. afterwards, the priority for michel barnier was explaining what had been discussed to the rest of the eu, not to the rest of the world. we had a constructive meeting with steve barclay and the british team and now i am going to debrief the 27 ambassadors and the brexit steering group of the parliament. i have already said that brexit is like climbing a mountain. we need vigilance, determination and patience. under huge scrutiny from the media, desperate for news, the eu chief negotiator was not ready to answer the many questions that exist. they are mainly about the process — what is going to happen and when? will the uk and eu negotiators enter what is called the tunnel, an intense period of confidential negotiations where compromises get made? and what will have happened by the time eu and meet leaders meet for the next summit on thursday 17th october, less than a week away? and wha

staying with brexit, steve barclay, the business secretary, has admitted that northern ireland businessesords eu select committee, mr barclay said it would not be the case jonathan blake is at westminster and has more information on the withdrawal agreement bill. the bill, which mps have been introduced to this evening, it will be looking through —— there will be looking through it line by line, before they get to vote on it in the days ahead, effectively translates, with the eu into uk domestic law. here is a copy of it, fresh from the press, house of it, fresh from the press, house of commons across the road, if i read you the slightly elaborate introduction, you will get a feel for what it does, implement and make other provision in connection with the agreement between the eu and the uk, and article 50 of the treaty of the european union which sets out the european union which sets out the arrangements for the united kingdom withdrawalfrom the arrangements for the united kingdom withdrawal from the european union. overall, it puts in place in uk law the terms of the deal reached betwe

his proposals that have been praised by the eu leaders, but more than one of the diplomats said, steve barclayt to hearfrom because he is known as the tough guy, the brexit secretary. it is almost as if borisjohnson charms leaders in berlin and in paris and at the g7 with his letters, and stephen barclay comes in and start threatening countries like spain. that is interesting because here, stephen barclay, and let's all remember he was man enough to come on brexitcast and do a hard quiz, so thanks for that and let's invite him again, but from a political point of view i will be less flattering, this is a number ten move with david frost, the eu negotiator on behalf of boris johnson, and stephen barclay is part of the team, but this is a number ten push from them. big picture, the view here is that the eu seem to have said things that are quite nice about the rules, the idea of northern ireland staying in the single market for goods and accepting eu rules, they see that as a big concession. the other thing that is fascinating is they know customs is the tricky bit, but i have been told by some

i suspect we might find more in the next few hours because the british brexit secretary steve barclayeting michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator over breakfast this morning and then michel barnier will brief the ambassadors of the other 27 eu countries and information tends to lea k countries and information tends to leak out of those meetings. i suspect the best outcome from today will be the eu agreeing to restart negotiations with the uk, but in a way that is more intense and confidential and could potentially lead to a revised brexit deal. adam, thank you. the markets at least seem to like it. asian markets rose on friday after signs of progress in the china—us trade talks. meanwhile, the pound held gains after a potential breakthrough in brexit talks. investors' renewed appetite for riskier assets meant a fall in the value of the yen — seen as more of a safe—haven. oil prices rose on comments about possible supply cuts from the head of opec — that's the club of main oil producing countries. a quick look at the european picture with some positive sentiment filtering through to f

desire to avoid pushing that deadline back the on the table the 31st and the british politicians steve barclay he's the bracks it secretary's been giving evidence to a select committee of m.p.'s this morning and he's still insisting that britain will not stay in the european union beyond october 31st and yet he says that the prime minister will comply with a thing called the ban act which compels the prime minister to ask the european union for an extension beyond october 31st those 2 seem contradictory and he won't explain it but i think the most important thing that he said was that the government would send out a letter to the european union if it got to the point. on saturday when no deal had been had been reached between the u.k. and the and that was acceptance that the law passed by the house of commons does have real force and that's what that's what the u.k. government is trying to avoid by trying to get this deal at the last minute and talk to me about the probably the biggest sticking issue which is the customs union where would the checks take place since the european union don't be

engage with the european commission we expect that will happen tomorrow with a meeting involving steve barclay in each of our new and also we'll need to consult and engage with the commission as well but what i would hope is that what's happened today would be sufficient to. negotiations to resume in brussels. here climate change demonstrators try to disrupt operations at london city airport on thursday the group flooded the terminal in what they've called a hong kong style occupation form a paralympian james brown took us and took part by clambering on top of a british airways plane protest as have been occupying public spaces all week i mean to pressure the british government into stepping up its climate action plan now polish right i'll go to car check and austrian novelist peta hunt k have been awarded the nobel prize for literature 2 winners were named 142-018-1420 extension 19 because last year's prize was for sponge of resection harshman scandal to car choke was recognized for her narrative imagination for 2018 while peta had k one this year 1st influential web exploring human experienc

have a listen to the westminster leader talking to the brexit secretary, steve barclay in the commonstrade we have in northern ireland, a point we have always made. no checks along the irish land border but you can't then have a cheques in the irish sea. please take seriously the point that the shadow secretary made and the chief constable has said today. you are really in danger here of causing real problems with the belfast agreement, the st andrews agreement, the political institutions and political stability in northern ireland by what you are doing to the unionist community. the government's view is still there will be no checks but there will be administrative processes, what is the difference you say? between an administrative process and a cheque? well, according to the brexit secretary, steve barclay, these administrative processes would be paperwork, only they would not be paperwork, only they would not be paperwork, they would be digital. and it would just be one form. in other once, not much of an issue. question is why would anyone bother to fill them out? whether be any

to write the letter, and steve barclay also played down the idea he might write a second letter saying to take us that borisjohnson is going to take us out of the eu on october the 31st, come what may, and frankly the two don't sit together. if he is going to ask for a delay until january to 31st and take us out on october the 31st, something has to give. what is going to happen? i don't know. there is a view it's all a gigantic bluff by borisjohnson and he doesn't have some legal eagle, he's found a chink in the benn act which would enable him to circumvent it. the other option is if the eu, a supportive eu leader could say, we are not going to give you the extension, because it only needs one eu leader to say no for it not to go ahead. the folks i've been talking to say that's not going to happen, because no eu leader would wa nt to happen, because no eu leader would want to put themselves at odds with the rest of the eu, because they are staying in, so they have good reason to wa nt staying in, so they have good reason to want the best of relations with fellow eu leaders. it's a mys

brexit secretary steve barclay was supposed to be here having a working lunch with michel barnier, butd and it might be a working breakfast tomorrow instead. i imagine that is to take account of the fact that the prime minister is seeing leo varadkar today and it will possibly make more sense to have this meeting after that has happened rather than before it, although they say it is just for diary related reasons. yesterday we saw michel barnier in the european parliament telling meps in some detail what his objections are to the british proposals. it boils down to two big things, firstly the proposals on customs require things like exemptions for small businesses from the eu‘s customs rules when they send stuff across the irish border. it also requires the eu to make lots of changes to its customs rules, and also make a pledge to keep an open border in the island of ireland but with no guarantees of what would be happening on the other side of that border which, to them, is just side of that border which, to them, isjust a side of that border which, to them, is just a total loss of co

find quite amazing in the brexit process but we will get some information this morning because steve barclaytary will be here to see mr barnier and then mr barnier will brief the other ambassadors at about lunchtime so hopefully some information will start dribbling out about what has happened. the way i see it, there are more options about what could have happened here. did the eu move on what it's prepared to accept in the deal for the irish border, have they gone from a solution that's 100% there in 100% guaranteed to one that is a bit less guaranteed? guaranteed to one that is a bit less guaranteed 7 has the guaranteed to one that is a bit less guaranteed? has the uk moved on our northern ireland with be treated. have boris johnson and northern ireland with be treated. have borisjohnson and leo varadkar come up with a new way through or is this just come up with a new way through or is thisjust all come up with a new way through or is this just all about warm words, a bit of rhetoric because neither side wa nts to bit of rhetoric because neither side wants to be blamed for this whole pro

so you either have officials like david frost, the prime minister's chief europe adviser, or steve barclayckage, the easy bit. lovely to hear from you, but i am demoting you back to deputy editor. one of the stories we have been paying attention to over the last two weeks or so is the situation for thomas cook. the staff who were employed, we are looking at what has happened to them now. ben is at manchester airport this morning, where hundreds of thomas cook staff are getting help to find a newjob. tell us what is going to be happening. you are absolutely right. the last repatriation flight happens on sunday, bringing back some of those 150,000 passengers who were stranded overseas. attention is quite clearly turning to the future, the staff that used to work for thomas cook. looking at where we are, the glorious concord that last flew into thousand and three, one of seven that ba had. you might say there are some parallels between this plane and what happened with thomas cook. they are hugely popular with passengers but the business model itself just with passengers but the business mode

present minister stephen barclay has told lawmakers that the british government would have bothered by a law requiring it to request a delay if no agreement is reached by saturday steve let's. get straight to brussels for the latest from dublin correspondent barbara phase welcome barbara they are still talking all that. and no they stopped talking and. chief negotiator michel vanya has gone to brief or de vry fischer like the 27 e.u. ambassadors about what has been achieved so far and the latest we heard just before this meeting began is that on paper at least between the 2 negotiating teams the sticking points of more or less all had been resolved they had found this formula and another little solution and another little twist to make it all somehow work for the both sides and the e.u. seemed to be agreeable to say ok we have a deal but just a few minutes ago there they seem to come warning noises from london that they're not ready to conclude a deal tonight and things have to be pushed off now nothing i say is official all this is just this constant drip drip of leaks here in brussels so we have to wait to get some sort of real statement somebody stepping out of in

steve barclay was also asked whether the government will be bringing back these proposals to parliamenthed before the eu council and he said the government was considering it. thank you. police have fired tear gas as protests continue in hong kong. it comes as opposition legislators failed in a second legal challenge to a government ban on the wearing of masks by pro—democracy protesters. many are defying the ban and continuing to wear face masks, with further demonstrations taking place today. hong kong's rail operator has reopened part of its metro system after an unprecedented shutdown during unrest on friday. 0ur china correspondent robin brant is in hong kong for us. we canjoin him now and things have certainly ramped up since we last spoke to you. yes, things have changed. we saw tens of thousands of people marching peacefully. the police were at the side and we talked about police using tear gas in the past and they are definitely using it now. 0fficers in the past and they are definitely using it now. officers on this walkover bridge are holding up an anonymous sign saying warni