here from our correspondent in strasbourg about why this issue is so contentious. and forty two data both and two hundred twenty missing california real trauma deadliest wildfires in its history as authorities prepare to hunt for victims. i'm still getting a welcome to the program. militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will halt cross border attacks they face around us the site the statement comes after the most serious obsession violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourteen the israeli military has stepped up its deployment along gaza's border but hasn't mobilized its reserve force we'll have a correspondent in a moment first this report. people in gaza worked to a scene of destruction. this was all that was left of the t.v. station run by hamas. the israeli military said it was a strategic target. it gave a warning that the strike was about to happen. but the attack still caused panic among local residents. as soon as we saw the rockets we ran away from the house we are civilians we don't have weapons and rockets so soon as

because if you give up strasbourg you will not have nato. the french are pivotal in the creation of nato. and de gaulle could not have survived had we given up strasbourg and 600,000 frenchmen to the germans so devers lost the fight but he fought a delay in action of three days which allowed the french to make the pitch and to get it done. why do they hate each other goes back to, next slide 1942, ike's in north africa. our army's getting its fanny kicked by the germans, marshall sends devers over for an inspection tour. devers spends 29 days, 30,000 miles, inspects, reports back to ike january 4 and ike has been smoking four packs a day, his blood pressure was off the charts, he had pneumonia churchill on his ass, marshall on him saying you've got to get forward and fight the fight. under huge stress and in comes mr. happy-go-lucky jacob devers and tells ike everything that's wrong in the theater. not a good idea. blame goes both ways. it's a dysfunctional relationship. next slide. there's a look at them. i'm going to wrap it up but the poi

law makers there in strasbourg what are you expecting to hear from her today. yeah vision is probably a big word for what i'm going to back to will have to offer here at least the parliamentarians we spoke to are not expecting a grand vision she's never really done that she's somebody for bret pragmatic steps but she has made a couple of things very clear in the past especially now and you mentioned it on wednesday for the come immigration of world war one she she's a strong supporter of the european union peace project she will probably talk about nationalism as she did on sunday the dangers of nationalism that if more countries in the e.u. walk down that path like for example hungary or italy it could be very dangerous for the foundations of the european union we know that she's repeatedly called for solidarity especially in the migration crisis and she's also in favor of the reform of the euro zone but in small pragmatic steps and i think she will mention all these things during her speech here in book max we should say that this address is part of a series

more on this from barbara very soul in strasbourg on picket mass in london welcome to both bob levey so what do we know what's been agreed. what we knew about the text is that it's forty pages long and contains all the legal details the terms and conditions on which britain is supposed to leave the european union and on the to the on march twenty ninth off next year and there are of course some particular stumbling blocks one and that was the last point that negotiators from both sides have really been talking about to end sort of wrangling over day and night since the weekend now is of course northern ireland and we don't know the details yet basically the agreement says that britain after the transition period where we have a legal status quo nothing changes after the transition period if then a new relationship was great it was great britain has not been agreed it will stay in the customs union in order not to have a hard border in ireland between northern ireland so that's the main thrust but of course the devil is in the details here as we know throughout these lengthy negotiati

to address the parliament in strasbourg and around an hour's time and will be listening in live on that. and is in stress for us timex good to see you so the chancellor is expected to outline her vision for europe's future to the lawmakers there in strasbourg what are you expecting to hear. the german chancellor really hasn't been one for visions in the past she has more of a pragmatic approach but we do know the elements that have been close to her heart in the past she is a big supporter of the european union especially when it comes to the e.u. as a piece of project she has made that very clear over the weekend and you just mentioned the comma in the ration for world war one and she spoke at the peace for him there and she warned of the dangers of nationalism basically saying that if some countries in the e.u. continue to go down that road of nationalism and forget about solidarity for example in the question of migration that is extremely dangerous and might shake the foundations of the e.u. that was after all the director of peace in the last decades here on this continent max we'r

music that's the scene in strasbourg cathedral this evening.ld war. an adventurerfrom lincolnshire has become the first person to swim almost 1800 miles around great britain. ross edgley left margate onjune 1, swimming for up to 12 hours a day and eating more than 500 bananas. he's been up against strong tides and currents, as well as storms and jellyfish. john maguire went to meet him as he returned to dry land. this is the moment ross edgley set a new world record, became the first person to swim around britain, and set foot on dry land for the first time in more than five months. great britain's big, isn't it? you tell me — you swam round it. yeah, it's much bigger than i thought. scotland's big. people don't realise how big that is. the highs are so high, but the lows are so low. scotland is just amazing, the scenery is stunning. but it is also very humbling, just getting slapped in the face byjellyfish every single day. it feels weird now to be sort of looking back and reflecting because, for 157 days, i almost didn't allow myself to do th

our very own barbara vigil in strasbourg tonight and the biggest mosque in london to both of you thank you. ole common defense force for a unified europe that is the vision that german chancellor angela merkel trying to drive home today when she addressed the european parliament in straw spur now echoing her french counterpart president in my remarks wrong merkel urged fellow e.u. leaders to reject what she called national you're with them she repeated her calls for a broad based european approach to migration. it president thank chancellor merkel was greeted by applause thank you but during her speech the atmosphere was emotionally charged was i. i'm actually enjoying this doesn't bother me i also come from a parliament that have been in a major point of contention with some palminteri and merkel strong call for a true european army. you know. a common european army would show the world that there will never be war again among the european nations and that's nothing against nato you know me a gig come on ladies and gentlemen it's an addition to nato route. nobody wants to cut establis

have attended a concert in strasbourg cathedral to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the end of world war one the event featured music by german composer and beethoven and french composer cruel to tuesday and kicked off a week of commemorations dozens of world leaders are set to meet in paris next week and among the centennial. i'm staying in the french capital in tennis novak djokovic has suffered a surprise defeat by russian carron hatch and off in the final of the paris mosque has joke of it if you can see here in blue beat roger federer set a semi final but how dramatically ended his winning streak of twenty two matches the world number eighteen one in straight sets seven five six four spite the defeat djokovic will still take over as tennis world number one on monday. now the bundesliga show is coming up next after a short break and will be discussing plans for a european super league with a form of been this league of midfielder michel dempsey will also bring you all of sunday's gold and see if blood could manage to jump up to second in the table in that clash with local rivals

money is in strasbourg with the european parliament listened into the speech for us max that we heard the chance was there say the greatest parliament in the world that means you put the european assembly above her own german parliament what do you make of that. i think what she meant was that it's the biggest problem in the world because of the number of deputies that are here putting it above as you said would probably cause some trouble at home but she did try to express her gratitude and her her ration for this institution which of course is at the heart of european democracy in return though that europe her parliament at least parts of it didn't treat her that well there were some parts where she got booed louder than ever before because this of course was not the first time she made an appearance in the european parliament and the parts where she was booed included one of the most contentious issues in the european union migration but also when she talked about a european army. mexico she spoke specifically as you said about this vision of a european army this is a really conten

chancellor angela merkel trying to drive home today when she addressed the european parliament in strasbourg france echoing her french colleague president. urged fellow e.u. leaders to reject what she calls national eager wisdom and she repeated her calls for a broad based european approach to migration. if there's any doubt thanks chancellor merkel was greeted by applause. thank you for joining her speech the atmosphere was emotionally charged was thank god thank you i've been that while i'm actually enjoying this that doesn't bother me i also come from a parliament that had been a major point of contention with some polman terry and merkel strong call for a true european army. you know. a common european army would show the world that there will never be war again among the european nations and that's nothing against nato you know me a gig come on ladies and gentlemen it's in addition to nato vote again and nobody wants to cut established time assuming. that raise doubts even among supporters of the plan which has not yet produced any concrete steps was action told small than words we have

president macron joined his german counterpart in strasbourg for a concert in the cathedral at ten o'clockal hussain will be here with a full round up of the days‘ news. first, our world investigates whether a new orthodox church will further divide ukraine. from the ruins of war, destruction and death, history is made. a new church is born and, for many ukrainians, a cherished victory is won over russia. i have come to ukraine, a country at war for four years. there are 3,800 images here. 3,800 soldiers who have lost their lives in a war that most ukrainians blame on russian aggression. centuries—old ties are being severed here between two peoples, and there is a new battleground — religion. what are you doing here? these people don't love ukraine, they is russia. do you think those relations with russian friends can be repaired? no, no. ukrainians can't forgive these deaths. can ukraine and its new church now build a country of unity and understanding, or are the scars and divisions just too deep? i'm with a priest of the ukrainian orthodox church. father nikolai is taking me to steal a

rights has ruled against russia in a case brought by opposition activist alexei navalny judges in strasbourg agreed with mr fairlie that his various jailings by russian authorities between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen were politically motivated mr nunn valley's a fierce critic of president putin and russia accuses him of organizing illegal demonstrations while in detention. so what does this ruling mean for russia the w correspondent and we show it is in moscow. on the one hundred is a blow to russia because this ruling says that these arrests were politically motivated so essentially the ruling is questioning the existence of the rule of law in russia which is something that officials here including putin always emphasize as being very important and of course russia does care about its image on the international stage but on the other hand russia has been kind of setting the scene to question the legitimacy of any ruling that comes out of the european court for human rights for several years after the annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen russia was stripped of its voting r

we have been reporting the start of commemorations in other parts of europe, the big service in strasbourgth the french and german presidents, but we have the german actor sebastian coch on the news channel last week, a week before i should say, and in germany the first world war is hardly mentioned, there are no real commemorations, there are no a cts no real commemorations, there are no acts of veneration, if you like, he put it musically, we have enough to worry about with the second world war, but it is interesting how the different reflections on this, and it is so potent for the british. different reflections on this, and it is so potent for the britishm i had lost i would not want to remember it. angela merkel is going to france to the celebrations. they are not shy about coming out and acknowledging that it happened and trying to move on. if you remember the ceramic poppies, this is equally... someone has really and ideas in how to make us remember in a very haunting image. a less brilliant idea on the front of the star, proudly displaying its own p°ppy on star, proudly displaying

sol and there is a press conference in strasbourg as well.ployers in each country, there would be any national notification at this stage but ladies and gentlemen, many elements of future relationships whether the legal nature of the agreement, they will require national ratification, unanimous ratification by 27 national parliaments and perhaps regional parliaments and perhaps regional parliaments to. so we are going to abide by that method because it is the key to trust and unity. and personally, i hope this unity that we have constructed in these negative negotiations can be used as a basis so as to work on a positive agenda which the european union needs. so how do i feel today? well, not self satisfaction, i do not feel smug which have to do with my regret about brexit, there is no value added their but we have done a lot of work, we have done it well which is why i wish to thank the great team which i have led and other teams to but i feel this is a very important step, it is fundamental and it is a prerequisite to have an agreement on.

fighters and that's very concerning and one understands completely why members of your parliament in strasbourg this week are taking this very very seriously and wishing to bring in the measures which could basically stop this sort of abuse of and use. record numbers of french police officers are committing suicide with the latest victim a prominent campaigner for office so well. this report from paris well the shock here in france because this individual is seen as being or having been a leading voice in the protests in the movement of police against the attacks that officers have been going over the last few years she was a woman called maggie biskup ski and she was actually the founder of that movement now the reports here in front suggest that she took her own life in the last day using her service weapon and she was found dead at home with a note nearby and that death now is being treated as a suicide here in france but why was she so important well the thirty six year old was actually also the founding member of the mobilization of angry policeman this was a group that was set up back in

times and that's very concerning and one understands completely why members of your opponent in strasbourg this week all taking this very very seriously and wishing to bring in the measures which could basically stop this sort of abuse of and use all thank you for joining us here on r.t. international for your wednesday world headlines more to continue the top of the hour. you know world of big partisan. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. that's not only me. alone welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle as the media become unhinged in there of trump the president's most ardent critics in the media hang on his every word news cycle after news cycle are all about trump and much of this coverage is negative as journalism lost its purpose or. now

i'm joined tonight by our very own max hoffman he is in strasbourg at the european parliament maxilla start with the very first message that merkel delivered today take a listen but today i'm here with julie but also with gratitude in front of the big east democratic parliaments in the world. all right of the start there we've got the biggest parliament the world soprano it is like that they've never really been essential to miracles political the cabul larry but they work today what happened. well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the europe party even in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days very vo

and that's very concerning and one understands completely why members of european parliament in strasbourg this week are taking this very very seriously and wishing to bring in new measures which could basically stop this sort of abuse of and use. says the channel of the arabic has obtained documents for detailing money and rewards paid by islamic state to its fight for example two hundred dollars for the capture of anyone deemed an infidel and fourteen hundred for destroying a tank and it shows i kill terrorists we're not motivated only by ideology. or in numbers of u.s. soldiers who have taken part in the international war on terror the military campaign launched by washington back in two thousand the wall now struggling to make ends meet a new study finds that they're facing even worse than the veterans of previous was moving takes a closer look. veterans are the favorite cause of pundits politicians and anyone else who wants to appear patriotic across america there is no shortage of support our troops bumper stickers flag waving and praise for the military remember all those who made t

that's very concerning and one understands completely why members of the european parliament in strasbourg this week taking this very very seriously and wishing to bring in new measures which could basically stop this sort of abuse of and use. this draft names the u.s. and saudi arabia as states that should not get a new arms if they can be guaranteed as being the final recipient at what you make of them actually being named. well i think saudi arabia is no great surprise there is are also a parallel to all this a huge debate in the european parliament and amongst the nation states of the e.u. about curbing sales to saudi arabia itself because of the war in yemen in particular several countries the latest being norway outside the e.u. have brought in limitations on arms sales but we do know is that a number of very rich individuals i mean some cases rich organizations in saudi arabia and in some of the smaller gulf states have been buying weapons and then passing. the mom to die ash and also to the what was used to be called a loose from the front and of the radical islamist groups that ha

and that's very concerning and one understands completely why members of european parliament in strasbourg this week are taking this very very seriously and wishing to bring in new measures which could basically stop this sort of abuse of and use. the us democratic party is reportedly trying to hits president trump with eighty five investigations the party will take control of the house of representatives in january after last week's midterm election. there is going to have to be investigations if the democrats do take the house president trouble wake up wednesday morning to a very different political scenario here on the hill they are going to investigate this president and his administration thoroughly they do intend to request president's tax returns former speaker pelosi insisting that her party will be strategic when democrats take control of the house in january they're going to get immediately to investigations on impeachment the democrats are expected to demand trump's tax returns which he's refused to release since taking office they could launch new probes into alleged collusion

fire fighters and that's very concerning and one understands completely why members of europe in strasbourg this week are taking this very very seriously and wishing to bring in. the measures which could basically stop the sort of abuse over and use. last week's u.s. midterm elections underscored the divisions in american society and a new poll that does reveal how voters in the country really do you see each other half of republicans said that they regarded democrats as evil while forty four percent of his thought the same about the pay only a small number on both sides admitted that their rifles were actually fair although all that said there were a few things that people did agree. i love clinton twenty twenty no bernie no biden no kerry no clinton. if hillary clinton runs again in two thousand and twenty we're screwed. all the people think hillary clinton running into silence twenty is a good thing. you may be surprised to hear a congressional candidate from texas. in a porno movie i know it was. war or whatever or it's disgusting it's over the top that's not even close to being funny a

france when he was tom's by border guards at moscow airport the european court of human rights in strasbourg is due to rule on whether his numerous detentions by police in russia have been politically motivated and vani had been barred from leaving over a thirty one thousand dollars court fine. four hundred twenty two million adults suffer from diabetes that figure out is almost quadruple since one nine hundred eighty according to a wall her health organization report on world diabetes day natasha good name has more on the efforts underway to prevent the disease in pakistan. more than a quarter of pakistani adults are living with diabetes abu bakar alvey is one of them hot rolls diabetic. i have been diabetic since two thousand but no one can imagine that i am as i have changed my lifestyle by doing proper daily exercise controlled my food intake and i am feeling much better both and work in daily life . according to government statistics eighty thousand pakistanis die each year as a result of diabetes it's a chronic condition in which people either don't make enough insulin or are resistant

we have a couple of reactions out of strasbourg and brussels including the chief you negotiator who says we will keep calm and just proceed with what our plan is and the press spokesperson for the e.u. commission added that to them they were talking to may and the u.k. government and there really there was no indication for them right now to stop what they were doing so the process has been started and that means that the e.u. ambassadors of the twenty seven other member states excluding the u.k. are going to start. this withdrawal agreement there might be minor changes to we don't expect any big changes and then we'll continue drafting the political agreement which is not to be confound with the withdrawal agreement withdrawal agreement is for the divorce the political agreement is for the future relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. and this will all lead up to the twenty fifth of november when there we will be you brag that summit if everything goes according to plan all right as of brussels has been watching max we've seen theresa may defending her deal as we said in parliament

let's show you pictures before we go of the scene in strasbourg.e centenary and we were going to show you those pictures to show you the end of the first world war. thanks for watching. once we lost the wind across northern scotland it was a fine day for scotland and northern ireland with plenty of sunshine a further south there was more sunshine in england and wales and even some rain all tied in with the next feature moving north as we speak and pushing into the irish sea. we could have damp weather in the west country across wales and that will spill into the irish sea overnight into northern ireland and into western scotland. there could be heavy bursts mixed in by dawn but elsewhere it should be a dry night with variable cloud, clear spells and quite chilly with mist and fog developing. most of the pressure charts sees a weather front draped across scotland and northern ireland producing cloud and outbreaks of rain which should eventually clear north and then it should be dry in the afternoon with sunny spells with spells in the south—east whe

airport and told he couldn't leave he was on his way to the european court for human rights in strasbourg france ninety nine is safe democrats have flipped another senate seat in the midterm elections winning arizona for the first time since one nine hundred seventy six with almost zero votes counted kristen cinema leads her republican challenger martha mcsorley by two percent forty two year old cinema is the first woman elected to represent amazonia in the senate she replaces retiring senator jeff flake who has been one of president all trumps harshest conservative credits republicans will sell command a majority in the senate despite the loss in arizona saying the united states says she seems are not trying to recover bodies from california's most deadly wildfire with forty two people killed and other fires continuing to rage across the state a red flag warnings stretch from north to south in the south. the small hill fire is mostly contained but the launch or we'll see blaze has already claimed two lives and left a trail of destruction at beach resorts including malibu in northern cali

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they have an official plenary session in strasbourg in mid marks, just a couple of weeks before brexitons go through, we will leave the eu on the 29th of march next year. we moved into this 21 month at least transition period and the negotiations start again because don't forget, the formal negotiations on everything to do with the future relationship only begin, the eu has said it can only form a mandate for those negotiations after we have actually left and have become a third country. tight for time because they have elections in may. for the european parliament and also after we have left before the end of the transition period, that clock that we have talked about will start ticking again loudly. and a quick word, i know you have spoken to those people around michel barnier and there is a lot of talk of no plan band and there is a lot of talk of no plan b and not reopening the withdrawal agreement but what are they saying in reality? could there be wiggle room? i think there is very little if any at all on the withdrawal agreement, it is a legal treaty. and i'm picking it means yo

border guards at moscow airport and told he couldn't leave the european court of human rights in strasbourg is due to rule on whether his numerous the tensions by police and russia have been politically motivated or not involved have been barred from leaving over a thirty one thousand dollar court on the trade war between the united states and china is dominating discussions at a summit of southeast asian leaders in singapore the us president donald trump is not attending but his america first policy has strained relations with asian countries who are looking to agree details for a new regional trade deal when he reports from singapore i was ready behind the smiles there is an easy at the latest meeting of leaders from the association of southeast asian nations while the united states wasn't mentioned specifically it soon became clear that president donald trump america first policy on trade would be among the main issues. the international order is at a turning point the existing open and green space monkey electoral system which has underpinned the group and stability has come under stres

in the late nineteenth century doctors at the renowned university of strasbourg the conducting research to find a cure against worms due to a mix up of drugs patients were accidentally given as a tantalizing instead of now thoroughly the worms remained but miraculously the patient's fever came down. as a tunnel line has a molecular structure similar to the chemical components of a product used in the paint industry for nasa to the discovery awaken the interest of an important figure in germany called duisburg the young director of research at bio paint plant in leverkusen he launched bias first drug in one thousand nine hundred seventy for nasa ten was used as an analgesic and fever reducing drug for many years even though it causes kidney damage. in the early twentieth century by introduced its next drug aspirant acetyl salicylic acid was marketed worldwide under various names in germany television ads praised its ability to provide fast relief. in new york in the one nine hundred fifty s. research on finance it in led to the discovery of a new drug the doctor's benar body and. yes axe

has ruled against russia in a case brought by opposition activist alexei in the valley judges in strasbourg sided with mist in the valley and said that these various jailings by russian authorities between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen were politically motivated just as well he is a fierce critic of president putin has found himself behind bars on numerous occasions russia accuses him of organizing illegal demonstrations while in detention. german chancellor angela merkel is due to visit the city of camden sound friday trip to the eastern city comes nearly three months after far right extremists hounded migrants after a man was stabbed to death allegedly by two asylum seekers. the situation in the many residents of cabinets held the days of rallies in support of the extremists the situation remains difficult for foreigners and the chancellor has been widely criticized for not visiting the city center correspondents. have documented a census report from camus. it's difficult for me to watch these images. on the twenty sixth of august or right wing mopper rampaged through the streets of c

have doubts about this very strong doubts that moment back at mass in london barbara faisal in strasbourg thank you. now to the middle east pilots militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will hold cross border attacks if israel does the same the statement comes after the most serious upsurge in violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourteen israeli military has stepped up its deployment along gaza's border but house and mobilized its reserve force. correspondent tony kraemer has just returned to israel from gaza welcome tanya what's happening in gaza now. well for that we're getting his report states these are still unconfirmed reports set apparently a cease fire survives the say a calm has been reached with the mediation off egypt the u.n. and other countries between palestinian factions and israel this is still on concern because palestinians factions have basically said we would hold of it also israel would stop its tie and is very usually in these cases says they would reserve the right to respond to any impression we have seen. over the afternoon

in other words, the house of lords rules 0k, strasbourg court?hat do you have to say to her? as a fellow woman, i would say, complain quickly and go to the officials. the daughters of one of my staff members, a lovely, beautiful girl, was heavily salted. they went straight to the london police who behaved superbly and the case has been open. nobody knows what the answer will be, but it will come in front of the courts. the whole problem with using the house of lords as a semi—court of law, is that it wasn‘t an opportunity given to the person who was being proposed. perhaps 12 years ago she was too fea rful to perhaps 12 years ago she was too fearful to come forward, as many victims are when it involves people in power or personalities, and by voting against his suspension you have set a precedent for that culture of fear to reignite, and victims to fear, if i complain, all of his friends will club together and dismiss my allegation. i don‘t think so and i never discussed this with lord lester and i don‘t know anything about it. i only spoke to hi

was stopped by border guards at moscow airport and told he couldn't leave it was on his way to strasbourgin france for a hearing at the european court for human rights my it's been my if you find me the happy passengers at the airport whose tickets haven't disappeared or my ticket has disappeared i'm not allowed to travel abroad i bought myself a coffee and i'm heading to work to announce the crooks. a week after the u.s. midterm elections the winners in ten house and two senate races still have not been declared but democrats have flipped another senate seat with our zona electing its first democratic senator in more than two decades kristensen name a beat her republican challenger martha make sally by two percent cinéma is also the first woman elected to represent our zone in the senate republicans still have a majority in the senate despite a loss or a search teams are now trying to recover bodies from california's worst wildfire with forty two people killed. other fires continue to burn across the state a red flag warning stretched from north to south in the south the smaller hill fir

unprecedented tour of world war one memorial sites this week he started on sunday last sunday in strasbourg and then he went to eleven different departments those that were hardest hit by world war one and some of those by the way are coincidentally also departments where he's facing a lot of trouble where the right wing populists are very strong so you get what he's trying to do first of all he's trying to get the remembering intensive remembrance going all over the country at the same time talking to the people there that are not happy about what he's doing so again trying to build that are between the past and the present it didn't really work in some places it was sort of a hybrid situation he was sometimes in facing a lot of criticism and that kind of blew away the the yet in syria that you would expect for something like this commemorating an event like world war one but one thing's for certain he's put a lot of time and a lot of energy in it and this right behind me where all the heads of state in government have now arrived at the heart to charm was supposed to be the culmination of

yes, they are in strasbourg today at the european parliament session there.down those difficult last few points. all of this revolves around how to resolve that issue around the irish border, the uk's idea of a customs union arrangement, the eu demands that go with that for a level playing field in future. and the difficult things about britain mean the uk had to accept. jean claude juncker, speaking a while ago, this is what he had to say. this is not a reason to leave the great history between the islands and the european union. in fact, i think that to leave is a tragedy, an error, a mistake. we have to do the best out of it, and the european commission, together with michel barnier, is moving in that direction. those sentiments also echoed by the german chancellor addressing the european parliament. she called brexit a wound, but she too also stressed that the eu is acting mr barnier. we have seen this solid position on the eu side, with full confidence in mr barnier. translation: we experienced a series of crisis. we have experienced international terror

michel barnier will go to strasbourg, to france, to talk to the european parliament, and the member statesed off by the eu. it is nice to be able to say something categorical, isn't it? after a ll something categorical, isn't it? after all this time, there is a date and time. it is happening. that is adamant brussels this morning. we will keep you up—to—date on any developments in westminster this morning. —— that is adam in brussels. now back to the studio. thank you. we will bring you further news as we get it. it is 8:10am. a man's due in court later charged with the murder of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh was found stabbed to death near southampton sports centre injuly. stephen—alan nicholson, who's 24, is also accused of rape. eight more bodies have been found in the town of paradise in northern california, which was destroyed by a wildfire last week. a total of 56 people are now known to have died there, but a local sheriff says 130 remain unaccounted for. the director of the us emergency agency says the town will need a total rebuild which will take several years. a bbc investigat

two thousand and fourteen were politically motivated and breached his human rights the court in strasbourg ordered russia to pay no money around sixty four thousand euros and damages and costs. thousands of protesters in prague have demanded the resignation of czech prime minister andre bobbies he faces charges of illegally tapping a two million euro e.u. subsidy at that kate ago this week his son revealed he was deliberately kept in crimea to avoid being questioned in the case. in the british parliament today they spent hours telling her it will never work inside her government one by one they resigned and walked away prime minister theresa may and her bright side mad to leave the u.k. out of the european union she says her plan is the only plan but how much longer tonight the future of the prime minister as uncertain as briggs itself i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. that i believe with every fiber of my being that the cool side says which is the right one for our country and all people this is an old regs that this is a failure of government policy this is a great cities but did

two thousand and fourteen were politically motivated and breached his human rights the court in strasbourg ordered russia it's a pain avani around sixty four thousand euros and damages and costs. of the. lawmakers and sri lanka's parliament have exchanged blows leaving one m.p. hospitalized it's the latest escalation of the political turmoil that has left the country without a prime minister or cabinet the fighting started when the prime minister claimed the speaker had no authority to remove him from office. in the british parliament today they spent hours telling her it will never work inside her government one by one they resigned and walked away prime minister theresa may and her bright side mad to leave the u.k. out of the european union she says her plan is the only plan but how much longer tonight the future of the prime minister as uncertain as briggs itself i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. but i believe with every fiber of my being that the cool sign says out is the right one for our country and old people this isn't regs that this is a failure of government policy this is

twelve and twenty fourteen were politically motivated and breached his human rights the court in strasbourg ordered russia it's a pain a moaning around sixty four thousand euros in damages and costs. lawmakers and sri lanka's parliament have exchanged blows leaving one m.p. hospitalized it's the latest escalation of the political turmoil that has left the country without a prime minister or cabinet the fighting started when the prime minister claimed the speaker had no authority to remove him from office. nor breaks it and says prime minister zarif have made pledges to fight for her ideal at any cost and all this uncertainty is already having a cost with the pound sliding to its lowest level against the dollar in a month. and the trouble in rome calls from the european union for a new draft budget all ignored spruiking invests isn't driving up the prices of government. this is your business update i'm out of the home free. glad you could join me british prime minister theresa may may have presented her brags it deo but business is also waiting for what they most need which is certainty here