no great steps forward in the brexit negotiations says brussels as the latest round of talks come to an end. the eu's chief negotiator says there's not enough progress to move on to trade talks. the uk's financial settlement is a major sticking point. on this question, we've reached a state of deadlock which is very disturbing. while there is still work to be done, much work to be done, we've come a long way, and it's important to recognise the significant progress we've made since june. but at next week's crucial summit, brussels will tell eu leaders they're still not ready to talk about the uk's post brexit trade relationship. also this lunchtime... a british woman — sally—annejones, who became a high—profile recruiter for the islamic state group, has reportedly been killed in syria. as more allegations of sexual assault are made, the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein appears in public saying he hopes to get a second chance. i gotta get help, guys, you know what, we all make mistakes, second chance i hope, 0k. up to 12 million households could soon see their energy b

minister's international spokesman how long is this government going to keep playing the bad boy in brussels. yes. it's all talk of it welcome to come to exult thank you for your escalating rounds with the e.u. and other bodies you seem determined to take this to a major rift why. reviews to work here ask ali have you improved yeah a lot of which i don't think are appropriate here because. we see tendencies in the decision making procedures in the life of the european union we don't like we name that there's been our politics policy making for the past seven years there are major bones of contention and yes that is the only way in our belief that our experience to sort out a real problem is to name that now and that is talk about them in a frank manner in a way that can assure that at the end of the discussion if you like to debate a fierce debate at times the solution is that intelligence very reasonable the way your discussing it but actually it's not getting any better is it and you yourself have said the fight is just at the beginning thanks to the debate as you're about it there are iss

our reporter is in brussels now, and adam, i know you are not quite in on that dinner. how would it be to be a fly on the wall? what are you hearing? sadly my invite must have been lost in the post. the commission being the organisation that runs the brexit talks on a technical basis, the boss michel barnier, the eu chief negotiator is there sitting opposite his opposite number david davis, and i saw the british ambassador to the eu in one of the cars as they went in earlier. behind the scenes people are saying not to expect any big breakthroughs from this dinner, although you never know there might bea although you never know there might be a joint statement issued by both sides after they have finished eating very shortly because the meal finishes in about ten minutes. but let's look at the context in which this dinner is happening. the fifth round of brexit talks last week in brussels, some progress on technical terms but no great strides forward and certainly not enough to allow the talks to move on from this first phaseis the talks to move on from this first phase

an update from brussels. we are waiting for the prime minister, theresa may, to do a conference to bring us an update on brexit negotiationses. leaders of the 27 remaining eu states have given the green light to preparations for the second phase of brexit talks. that's the all—importa nt phase second phase of brexit talks. that's the all—important phase which will deal with trade. that is coming from the european council president, donald tusk. he said that the leaders of the 27 remaining eu states have given the green light to preparations for the second phase of brexit talks which, of course, deals with trade and that's what theresa may wants to get on and talk about as soon as may wants to get on and talk about as soon as possible. so, as soon as the british prime minister stands up to speak in brussels, we will bring that live to you. for many people, getting public transport is an essential part of life. but, especially for women, buses, trains and cabs can also be dangerous. there were 450 reports o

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the prime minister takes charge on talks in brussels. she's blind to brussels tomorrow and will have dinner with the president of the european commission, i jean—claude juncker, michel barnier, the leading to shed will be there, as will david davis, our negotiator. —— the lead negotiator will be their. —— there. is this a rush? the position isn't different from the eu, michel barnier represents 27 governments, they want progress on citizens' rights, the orange border and the bill. if britain is going to pay up —— the irish border. if they are going to honour their commitments to the budget. from a brussels point of view they have a united position, they look across the channel and our government at the minute and we don't have a united position. our position depends on the cabinet minister you are speaking to. the majority has been lost at the election and the disastrous conference put her into question. we are farfrom conference put her into question. we are far from strong and stable. we will have to come to a decision ab

glottis in brussels thank you very much. telling us the czech republic which starts today as the voting today in elections which are expected to bring a populist billionaire to power under bush has pushed a strong anticorruption message during his campaign he is also firmly against the czech republic accepting a refugee quotas from the e.u. and is ruled out joining the single european currency surveys indicate bobbish and are no the his on a movement will be the largest party in parliament but he is a likely to need coalition partners if he wants to lead the next government. and joining me now from prague is again he's the director of new york university's academic center there he is you bob which is being described as a check version of donald trump is that a fair comparison give us an idea about who is bobbish. well publish is. a better is for man he's the second richest person in the czech republic an oligarch who decided a few years ago to go into politics he succeeded movement and now finished second in two thousand and

first let's take it to david chase who's in brussels david what do we think mr putin want does next. that's a very good question i wish i could answer it he's got a lot of things on his agenda made it very clear of that rather confusing and chaotic press conference which was conducted in four languages catalan spanish french and english he made it clear that he still considers himself the president of catalonia and he's not here to seek political asylum as you said so he said that he was rather in the heart of democracy here in brussels he met at the center of

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leader is a resuming meetings in brussels aimed at breaking a deadlock over. the british prime minister to resign may is seeking to expand the go see a sense to include trade but leaders want more progress on citizens' rights the u.k.'s financial obligations and the border with northern ireland the deadline for a final deal is marte's twenty nineteen don't know how joining us from brussels that's a reason may address leaders over dinner how did her speech go down. yes that's right she made a very short address after dessert and before the coffee was served on thursday night only five minutes she spoke but potentially a fairly significant five minutes as you say trying to persuade them to move beyond the thorny issue of money for the time being and start talking about there was no new concession on the table there was no new offer made by the british side but crucially also there was no talk of a hard break no threat to walk away from negotiations if things didn't go britain's way instead the tone was conciliatory this was a sort of appeal for help if you like

this is it every news live from berlin brussels delivers a blow to the u.k. over briggs and negotiations you negotiator michele about he says this week's talks have made no great steps forward and he says your ass next week's summit to open up discussions on the blocks future relationship with great britain in brussels also coming up. palestinian negotiators from hamas and fatah have signed a reconciliation deal after a decade long split between the bitter rivals all this after holding talks in cairo on governing the gaza strip where in jerusalem and the president trump is expected to announce whether the u.s. should we knew the iran nuclear deal because of bad for america but please go all the way and scrap this landmark agreement entirely we have analysis. a pleasure to have you with us and we want to start in brussels where the e.u. brigs a negotiator mission by you said he's disturbed by the lack of progress in this week's talks with the u.k. says there's a deadlock over how much britain should pay when it leaves the e.u. and that it will be recommending

let's go to our correspondent in brussels found record he's standing by for us with more hi there and you were listening in to that press conference earlier what's pushed him on essentially hinting at running a government in exile yes he said here in the five minutes as he brought along from us alone i will try to carry on their political activities whatever that means put him on does not accepting that he's no longer the president of the cut of the india and he says independence is still valid for him but no other country no other state to live alone in europe has accepted that there is an independent republic of congo and yet so this to put you on seems to live in a kind of a pound of the universe now and tries to carry on with something that is not existing and his refusing to return to cut a loony as long as he doesn't have any government he's from the european union what exact to him and we don't know then why did he choose to flee to belgium what is was it precisely as he said to put forward this issue of catalan independence in the heart of the european union. yeah that is what

and amazon is the latest tech giant to face a fine from brussels over its tax affairs. it's been ordered to pay 250 million euros to luxembourg. the company says it's acted in full accordance with the law. well, let's start by discussing that fine for amazon. the latest example of the european commission flexing its muscles against an american technology giant. and, george, they're flexing their muscles but not necessarily in the interest of some of the countries involved? that's arguable i suppose. they've been ordered to pay back this money to luxembourg, but in the end, the european commission is doing a good job. the european citizens expect these multinational companies to be paying theirfair share of taxes and we've seen the european commission go after microsoft, after google, after amazon and in a way it reinforces the sense that the european union does have that economic muscle to take on those big american companies. it's got the world's richest market, 500 million people, and the competition department of the european commission is the one area where they rea

headquarters in brussels. and kenyans could be heading to the polls for the second time in less than three months supporters of the two main presidential candidates have taken to the streets since august leaving dozens dead. this is the t.v. news live from berlin we'll be back after a short. pushes electrum of the missing woman oh. man to hybrids and stones to nothing. strikingly new. the scale camera a compact s.u.v.s suited to changing. driving in sixty. it's all about the moments the night before. it's all about the stories inside. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us and inspired by distinctive instagram or others at g.w. stories new topics each week on instagram. because that is where they start to divide the country i do it's a deal where they start to divide the language using the mud will flow of the code . ninety nine days of the soviet union does bring charges. that. the members of the russian federation would have to find their own way politically a

activists began applying pressure in brussels at the beginning of the wake. the international agency for research on cancer of the world health organization has found that life as it causes cancer in animals and probably also in humans means that there's an urgent need for action studies don't agree on with the glaive aside as a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer of monsanto grains in the european parliament say that's not acceptable that we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry and then we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is a standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. that are off by standard farming methods or sling means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the use of herb

there collusion between teams wrong and the russians also on the show looking for a legal advice in brussels a belgian lawyer confirms that he's taken on catalonia as a sax president as a client and this as a spanish prosecutors filed charges of rebellion against cattle on leaders and reelected but at what cost kenya's president kenyatta wins ninety eight percent in a repeat vote he says his victory is the will of the people despite opposition boycotts and widespread protests. by bring off it's good to have you with us we start tonight in the u.s. capital washington d. . donald trump's former campaign chief paul man of ford and his associate rick gates are now under house arrest following their indictment in the f.b.i.'s russia investigation both women pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and money laundering today it was also revealed today that another former trump advisor george have adopted was has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his connections to russian officials donald trump meanwhile continues to deny any collusion between his campaign and russia. a trump campaign

let's get the wider european view from data correspondent barbara vessels and brussels welcome the european parliament to scald a special catalonia crisis debate why is it involving itself in spain's domestic politics. because of course after the pictures we saw yesterday from barcelona many members of parliament feel that their vote there was too much violence that there was an overreaction by the government in madrid probably the totally wrong reaction and of course we have some left wing left wing parliamentarians who say this was really against democracy and human rights we just heard from the president of the european council that's the governments in europe done to us that he talked to my piano hari the spanish prime minister and obviously voiced his concerns and he said that he shared the constitutional concerns are far higher about the legality of the referendum however he hoped that there would be no further escalation and no further violence and very similar things we heard earlier from the european commission here in brussels there a friend of mine was and remains illegal however

these are the belgian questions of i'm here in brussels as a result of europe i'm here. to act with freedom and safety and security. as he left yet more chaos behind the upstart leader couldn't avoid questions of whether he had fled the scene. outside the spanish unity supporters certainly think so. i'm here to defend spain and complain about this person who is a coward and a terror maker for. the courts made to have their say it's a medieval charge sheet from modern times catalan leaders faced up to thirty years in prison for crimes of sedition rebellion and the bears all meant. by the spanish government does well composed them on support for fresh elections in december seen as a concession to trade. it is very important to respect this call for elections from the prime minister of the spanish government. and this is very important because this implies an acceptance that the return to democratic legality lies with accepting democratic elections that go. back and. dominate the airwaves though some were surprised that our former leader turning up in belgium if you could f

your glasses there reporting from brussels. now to some other stories making headlines today iraqi forces have retaken control of the last kurdish held area of kirkuk province this comes after baghdad rejected a referendum on kurdish independence losing the region in northern iraq has cut oil production in kurdish controlled territory in half making independence even less likely reason in a speech delivered in new york former u.s. president george w. bush has warned that politics in the us seems to have become more vulnerable to conspiracy and what he called outright fabrication his comments have been seen as an attack on president donald trump though bush did not mention trump by name. talks for building a new coalition government officially got underway here in berlin today this week has seen german political parties meet to pave the way for negotiations that could lead to i'm going to back hope for governing coalition between the conservatives the greens and the free democrats topping the agenda is europe climate and replaci

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. 0ur europe editor, katya adler, is in brussels. so, theresa may is saying she feels ambitious and positive about future negotiations. is that feeling shared by other eu leaders? those leaders have now all gone away from brussels, but during the summit, in terms of content absolutely nothing changed in terms of brexit. eu leaders are still insisting more progress has to be made on the divorce issues, notably money, before they will entertain the idea of talking about trade and transition deals, which was what the prime minister wanted. so much for content. in terms of tone and style, things did change and she actually had a pretty good summit. she was surrounded by the other leaders of the yukon and on the whole they chose to focus not on what britain has not yet brought to the negotiating table, and there is frustration about that, but to talk about what has been achieved. they we re about what has been achieved. they were also queueing up to praise theresa may for her florence speech and to say, don't panic, we could be ready to t

to mediate is brussels are ready to step in is that going to be decided there today . that's not what the parliament itself could decide what we're expecting though is a whole range of opinions being expressed reflecting the whole debate and of course the two big moderate parties have already said that they intend to call for mediation not necessarily mediation from the e.u. institutions but to have the two parties get back to the negotiating table everybody condemns police violence although of course the more conservative party say listen what we have here is a state trying to uphold the rule of law and if we criticize that if we are not on board with that as the european union then the e.u. has a huge problem the farther left you go within the spectrum of the parties the more they condemn police violence funny let's come back to you know we heard max say there that the e.u. wants to get both sides of the parliament back to the negotiating negotiating table is it too late for that you said yourself that the government has said it would declare independence or by monda

nick watt is in brussels for us tonight. what is she about to say? the dinner is still under way, they take a long time,

we caught up with rob cameron in brussels, and we askedif rob cameron in brussels, and we asked if the donald trump comparisons are fair. we shouldn't get too carried away comparisons with donald trump. yes, he is fantastically rich, andrej babis. he says he is richer than donald trump. his fortune is estimated at $4 billion. donald trump only has three, but there are some things in common. he is plain speaking, he is a man of the people and he has a rather populist tinge to some of his remarks. for me, the big difference between donald trump and andrej babis is power. donald trump scored a massive victory in the states and is now president. andrej babis scored a big victory here, but he is a man about to be charged with leading coalition talks on forming a new government. it is not the same thing. he will find it very frustrating to put together that coalition, and forming a stable, viable government. but he is not the only populist leader in eastern europe, will this concerned the european union?” eastern europe, will this concerned the european union? i think there will be some co

that summit starts on thursday in brussels. the curiosity of these summits in the past is that the eu hasn't actually wanted to talk about brexit when it has all of its 28 leaders in one place. and just to set up white perhaps the meeting was so important to theresa may and the british brexit team on is that they had hoped that on thursday, the 27 other leaders would perhaps be convinced that the indy next trend of talks they could move. but it comes down to the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier. after five to the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier. afterfive months of to the eu chief negotiator, michel barnier. after five months of talks he said that he would not be recommending that this moves on to the leaders. so, some have suggested that theresa may was coming here tonight to brussels to have this meeting with jean—claude juncker and the way she did at florence a few weeks ago. to say, we're not at negotiator level, this is now the prime minister, where can we push this? downing street said no, this was an organised m

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. our europe editor, katya adler, is in brussels tonight. ambitious and positive about future negotiations is how theresa may says she is feeling. any other eu leaders feeling that way? well, sophie, a glass half full kind of person would say — absolutely clearly eu leaders made a political decision at this summit to bolster the prime minister, not to let her go home empty handed over brexit. and they queued up to praise her over her florence speech and talked about brexit negotiations already made, not just concentrating brexit negotiations already made, notjust concentrating on what still had to be done. they said — look by the next eu summit in december maybe then we can talk about trade and transition as the prime minister so dearly wants. but a glass half empty person would reply — how on earth is the prime minister going to pull it off? there's in the that many weeks now until december and the eu expects theresa may to reach a decision at home nine brussels over money — how much we are going to pay the eu to leave and the eu wa

ok turning out to brussels where the e.u. is struggling with drugs that negotiations britain's to reason has promised to make it as easy as possible for citizens living in the u.k. off to brag said that's one of those issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. did. reports on how much progress the talks have made so far but after. this we're going to respect the european union so this is over you know five rounds of talks. multiple mishap. and almost an ending stream of metaphors let's put a tiger in the towel and stop letting the grass grow under our feet the ball is entirely in the u.k. court as we look forward to the next stage the ball is in their court breaks in negotiations are well underway and things are getting theory in your court. action if you. will this clearly isn't a game but if it were today she'd been much point for team breck sit here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the e.u. said enough have been agreed upon for talks to move on to the next phase to really ge

we're joined from brussels by the spanish mep antonio lopez—isturiz. he's the secretary general of the european people's party in the european parliament and represents spain's ruling party. thank you forjoining us. now, we have a situation in which the eu budget commissioner has talked about a civil war planned in the centre of europe, calling the situation very, very disturbing. how can the eu notjustify intervening in some meaningful way? how can the eu accept that democracy is beaten in the streets, that is beating against the democracy, the rule of law and the constitution, which is our continental legal system. we cannot allow this. this could be a very bad example for the rest of european countries which have also some of these problems. let me tell you that spain is a democracy since a0 years ago. i was born and raised in this democracy. i want this to succeed, that there is a common understanding between all the different regions in spain. we have a very particular system where the basques, the catalans, the galicians, many others, we are livi

leaders in brussels the clock is ticking on bragg's it and there is still no plan on how it should proceed i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. but at this stage we're not even halfway down the road. next to them it's clear that a lot of work remains to be done best. hope is that we'll have come far enough by december that we'll be able to move on to the next phase of negotiations but it's up to britain to make that possible movie last night. i spoke to my fellow leaders about my vision for a new deep and special partnership between the u.k. and the european union after the brics it they say they want to close possible relationship with your view yesterday so we'd like to know what that actually means we don't really have as yet. and also on the program breaking with political tradition in the united states two former presidents speak out in remarks seen as voicing disapproval with the job performance of their successor donald trump ellison. we would go out the folks who were deliberately trying to make folks able. to demonize people who have their from our their. bigotry seems embol

as islands to collect thirteen billion euros in back taxes from i phone maker apple and brussels is sending a big bill to amazon to. the commission has today adopted a decision that i must son's tax benefits if you go on that you stated beliefs. and while relations with the west deteriorate again the big wheels of business keep on rolling in iran there is an ambitious plan on the way to prove supply chains. of business live from berlin i'm gatto. to trust commissioner margot. if a star has finally taken island to task referring it's to the block's highest court on wednesday for failing to collect a massive thirteen billion euros in back taxes from apple the commission had ordered to do that one year ago the u. commission is also ordering amazon to pay two hundred fifty million euros in back taxes to luxembourg for starters said the small western european country had granted the online shopping giant an illegal tax break meaning almost three quarters of its profits have gone on taxed now the u. commision seems to be getting impatient with the tax tricks of big multinationals but also with me

a cotton farmer from the us called john barton has a stern warning for brussels he's fighting cancer and he's trying to prove in court that his disease was caused by the weed killer roundup like thousands of farmers worldwide he used the pesticide for decades and was always told it's safe and i expose my sons to round up when i was born you know i would give more backpacks and you know they would go out in the field and spray johnson grass so now it's a father i'm thinking my god. did i harm my own children in the class action lawsuit representing five hundred people comes as the e.u. is deciding whether to renew the license of the controversial weed killer the license expires at the end of the year the use food safety watchdog has declared that life was saved the key ingredient in roundup is safe but barton's lawyers claim pesticide maker months i'm told is deliberately hiding evidence about the safety of clyde for say forty years ago we were seeing studies that smoking tobacco was good for you that's what we saw big tobacco did that for years they bought scientists and monsanto has

yes brand this really set the room mohair in brussels light this morning i'm just going to read a couple more extracts just to complete the picture there of what this newspaper article was suggesting it was saying that to reason may in a dinner with young monday looked anxious and tormented that she did it desperate and despondent and that she had deep rings on to her eyes suggesting that she hadn't slept so controversial with these comments that even sparked a twitter spat with a two reason may's former chief of staff suggesting that these remarks were leaked to the press by youngest chief of staff that was a very controversial debate the youngest chief of staff denies the allegations as i view him to himself he has denied ever having said it but i think what this shows is how easy it is for discord to arise between both sides and also the extent to which people are really feeling like there's something going on behind the scenes that we're not quite sure about yeah there's plenty of rumors out there that is for sure our correspondent charles until on the story for us tonight in brussel

also coming up britain's to receive a tries to keep up appearances during right at talks in brussels but merkel says that negotiations cannot move forward until the divorce bill is agreed and in sports and to look to regain their composure after two poor result in a row but to say the leaders face a difficult trip to frankfurt on saturday and have fired unic on their tail. i'm sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel has held her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multi-party national governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c.d.u. the business friendly f.t.p. and the greens met today to see if they can work on topics ranging from the european union to finance to foreign policy their political differences are significant but so is the pressure to succeed. more than fifty negotiators for parties and one common goal forming an unprecedented coalition that does not really fit together after two days of amicable preliminary talks they're finally getting down to business and the first problems are already in sig

also coming up britain's to recent may tries to keep up appearances during breaks of talks in brussels but germany's angela merkel says that negotiations cannot move forward until the divorce bill is agree. that. good of. a white supremacist a leader is shouted off of the stage at a florida university highlighting america's divisions over hate speech and free speech. plus in sports dortmund look to regain their composure after two poor results in a row the bundesliga leaders face it difficult to frankfurt on saturday and have fired munich on their tail. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. german chancellor angela merkel has held her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multi party national governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c.d.u. the business friendly f.t.p. and the greens met today to see if they can work together on topics ranging from the european union to finance to foreign policy their political differences are significant but so is the pressure to succeed. more than fifty migo shaders four parties and one

madrid and brussels talks themselves into corners now i think. quite optimistic for this crisis because the result of the offender is not good. because you are all for the population we didn't come so it's because it's what it was not illegal so they didn't come and for the other population we. will vote for independence so it's not in us you can start an independence process was only fifty percent of the book put it in with you you know if so you know we cruelties i think is really into and i said this earlier and crossed over we did a program on it it is. the referendum process was illegal under the spanish constitution however it did happen and i think i would think what's the most regrettable thing is it did lead the need that they should have allowed people to vote because exactly it is absolutely right there so we risk is significant it least minority maybe it's closer to i would like to know what their opinion in two thousand and fifteen there were some original election and the least want this election so i couldn't agree more that they c

our political editor, nick watt, is in brussels for us. well, it wasn't exactly high noon for theresa may, but she did need eu leaders to recognise that she has taken a risk on the eu and on brexit, so she did get warm words, and she did get an indication that the eu leaders may be willing to move to trade talks in december. so here is my report on how eu leaders responded to theresa may's plea for help. time is a prized asset in any negotiation, and until this week the brexit talks had been grinding on in brussels in the slowly. now there is a distinct feeling that the pace may be picking up. after prime minister may's intervention last night, and our discussion about the brexit this morning, my impression is that the reports of the deadlock between the eu and the uk have been exaggerated. i would like to reassure our british friends that, in our internal work, we will take account of proposals presented there, so the negotiations go on, and we will continue to approach them positively and constructively. i am ambitious and positive for b

brussels seriously planning for . this possibility of a no deal in the. i think david here used the right word and that is crazy and that is i think the perspective that brussels has taken all along this the real difference here between a theory's amazed position in the position of the twenty seven is they never promised that bracks it would be a success they always said throughout this will be a lose lose situation and there is zero interest to have no deal scenario of course they're still preparing for it and here's another difference of course it's an open secret that the leverage that the u.k. has is rather small they have of course the market access they are an important trading partner as david pointed out about the problem for two reason may and i think it became clear in the speech today is that the no deal scenario really is it is more of a strategy because as she said herself without that strategy you know if any deal would be fine for the u.k. . interesting point i want to take a listen to what the european

what about in brussels? michel barnier actually tried to make progress but france and germany have stopped him from doing so. i think it is mainly germany stop —— stopping michel barnier because of procedural reasons they always thought it should be december, and also there is no government coalition yet in germany, so that may have played a role. valuable time is being lost, because we need to have a deal on the divorce element and on how the transition is going to look imprecisely one year and also we need to have some kind ofan and also we need to have some kind of an idea in the future of the uk and eu relationship and people have to start discussing this, i think. you feel there is enough pressure from all sides for discussions? companies in the uk are in a sense now working on plan b, ie the worst—case scenario, because of the lack of progress. it looks like the same urgency is not yet felt in mainland europe, despite the fact that in mainland europe, if we had a ha rd that in mainland europe, if

brussels is not a belgian question. brussels is the capital of europe. i am here in order to act with freedom and safety. even as he was speaking, spain's constitutional court declared the declaration of catalan independence null and void. another court was considering rebellion charges against him. the people of barcelona woke up to newspaper headlines this morning that their president was now in belgium. 0pinion president was now in belgium. opinion on that, as an independent itself, is divided. for me, said this man, it shows he lacks the courage of his own convictions. but this man said the more international spotlight the issue received, the better that was. 0utside issue received, the better that was. outside the headquarters of the cata la n outside the headquarters of the catalan government there was no sign ofa catalan government there was no sign of a tussle for power. the image of the exiled leader can still be seen in some of the officers. the local police were on duty outside. there are reports the national civil guard has raided the headqua

well we've had that contamination now brands that mr prison one is indeed in brussels we've heard from a lawyer who said he's taken him on as a client this is an absolutely stunning turn of events we've been waiting all day here it's a find out if he was going to show up for work don't forget it was only on saturday that he was insisting he was still in charge here that he had a lead an independence movement and he planned to push ahead with it what is so interesting though is that people here really don't know what is going to come next he has no it's given a statement yet since being in brussels he's not showing up at toulon facts we are expecting to hear from him tomorrow morning perhaps you shed some light on exactly what his motive is to being in brussels this some speculation that he could be seeking asylum to the facts of course of that we can devote to ministers said that he could be offered asylum there but the fact is it's just not clear at this point all right our correspondent charlet doesn't kill there on the story for us in barcelona charlotte thank you very much. and her

or say in brussels the e.u. leaders of welcomed a proposal by british prime minister to resign aimed unblocking breaks it talks but said concessions to ease the fears of e.u. citizens living in britain and not enough arriving at that summit in brussels may sought to shift the focus away from a divorce settlement and on to trade talks just seventeen months before britain is due to leave the union finally said he'll be spending more time in frankfurt because of brecht's that britain is currently home to most of the company's european operations but it's pushing ahead with plans to make the german city a major base johnno has more from brussels. the reason may has had the opportunity to address over dinner her fellow e.u. leaders here in brussels talking about what she described as concrete progress in bricks and talks so far she had hoped until recently to be able to persuade them that sufficient progress had been made in the thorny talks around money the so-called rex's brakes a divorce bill to be able to move on

also coming up britain's theresa may tries to keep up appearances during breaks the talks in brussels but germany's angela merkel says that negotiations cannot move forward until the divorce bill is agreed. and uganda offers lessons in responding to a refugee crisis d.w. looks at the country is welcome for more than a million fewer rivals even as the country faces widespread hunger. i'm sorry kelly thank you very much for joining us german chancellor angela merkel has started her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multi-party national governing coalition fifty politicians from her conservative c.v. you the business friendly f.d.p. and the greens have been meeting to see if they can work together on topics ranging from the european union to finance to foreign policy their political differences are significant but so is the pressure to succeed. more than fifty migo shaders for parties and one common goal forming an unprecedented coalition that does not really fit together after two days of amicable preliminary talks they're finally getting down to business. iss

in brussels the european union's foreign affairs chief said it was not up to the u.s. to take unilateral action over the iran deal under the twenty fifteen deal iran agreed to limit its nuclear program in exchange for the easing of international sanctions against tehran. trumper stopped short of pulling out but made it clear that as president he can cancel the iran agreement at any time. let's cross to washington and bring in correspondent carson vaughn naaman he is in our d.c. studio we're also joined by our correspondent max hoffmann in brussels carson let's start with you trump has handed this back to congress what are their options now. well what trump once congress and the senate in particular to do is establish a sawed off trigger points which would prompt the united states to automatically impose sanctions if iran crosses certain red lines as for instance launching an intercontinental missile the point is that even terms advisers agree that iran is sticking to the letter of the agreement so trump is looking at the broader context and saying iran is the stabilizi

accused him of rebellion and sedition so what kind of help is carlos proved among hoping to get and brussels. hello i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show donald trump's a former campaign chief paul man of ford and his associate brigades are now under house arrest following their indictment in the special counsel's russia investigation now both men pled not guilty to charges including conspiracy and money laundering another former trump advisor george papadopoulos has pled guilty to lying to f.b.i. agents trumpets denying any collusion between his campaign team and moscow during the election campaign. a trump campaign chief turns himself then to the f.b.i. . a key advisor makes a guilty plea as the russia investigation closing in on donald trump's white house . pomona for it was a trump site when the billionaire outsider accepted the republican nomination someone for and show he is said to have one pick trump's vice president mike pence the man just behind him has also been charged flanked by his lawyer he surrendered himself to the f.b.i. on monday the reaction was accused of acti

after briggs it it's one of the issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. but her concession is unlikely to persuade e.u. leaders to move talks on from divorce terms to a future trading relationship in a moment we'll talk to our correspondent about what to expect from a summit in brussels tonight but first up is chelsea and pill brings us up to speed on the talks so far. but after knowledge and. provide respect the european union says over an additional five rounds of talks. multiple mishaps and almost an ending stream of metaphors let's put a tiger in the tank and stop letting the grass grow under our feet the ball is entirely in the u.k. court as we look forward to the next stage the ball is in their court breaks in negotiations are well underway and things are getting theory is in your court. actually that's a game of golf it clearly isn't a game but if it were today she's been much point for team breck's it here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the e.u. said enough have been agreed upon for talks to move on to the next phase