let's not conflate europe with the eu. lots of people find the eu as a political construct an anathema, but think that places italy, germany and france and britain are wonderful. it is a turning of the tide against the political construct of the eu in britain and other countries, not necessarily, i mean, of course migrants want to come to europe because europe is great. what about looking ahead ? do you support the idea of a much closer eurozone, obviously with britain outside, and are much closer eurozone? would that be good for the uk? a federalist structure, shared budgets and banking, more than they have now? well, if the eu doesn't collapse, it will be in a format anyway. weather it gets ever closer not is up to the eu. the eu is going to struggle with that because lots of people heard jean—claude juncker speaking about increased federalisation and eu armies and the rest of it, not least funnily enough, ireland, who are not sure they want to contribute to an eu army, indeed, they are neutral and only have 5000 troop

of eu rules and regulations. a fundamental part of your economy is governed from brussels. do you, in the progress party, think that is a sustainable status quo for norway? in favour of the amendments, we are in favour of the amendments, we are in favour of the amendments, we are in favour of moving towards eu. we have had two referendums on both times, the population said no to moving into the eu. the eu has very broad support in norway because the european market is the most important market in norway. european market is the most important market in norwaym european market is the most important market in norway. is that fundamentally antidemocratic? because many of the fundamental laws that govern the way the norwegian economy were our set in brussels and you have no voice in setting those rules and regulations. well, it is true that our voice has been weaker than what it would have been if we had sat at the table but that said, we have more flexibility without being a member and we have more flexibility withou

today i am in the headquarters of the eu's executive body — the commission — the engine room of the eu. but how smoothly is that engine running? for all of the focus on brexit, perhaps the bigger challenge to eu unity comes from a growing fault line between east and west within the european club. well, today, my guest is czechjustice commissioner vera jourova. how is the commission coping with an increasingly fractious europe? commissioner vera jourova, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me here. do you accept that there is a potentially dangerous fault line between the vision of what the european union can be and should be, that is being developed in paris and in germany, and the vision that we hear and see coming from poland, from hungary, and from your own country, the czech republic? hmm. it might be potentially dangerous if we do not listen to each other. because the west and east have different historical development, different background — the people have different fears and different ideas. and that is why i think that the lack of communication between west and east mi

the eu has been united. the prospect of that might change as we get into the nitty-gritty of how a trade to a security arrangement white work -- might work, but at the moment there are ups and downs, as they managed to keep themselves together. we've -- >> we will hear from you later in the program. us take a look at other news. 62 out of 204 households have been found permanent homes. 71 people died from the fire up or through the west london tower in june. the housing secretary said some of those were still living in hotels. this is totally unacceptable. the suffering that these families have injured is unimaginable. living for this long in hotels and only making it harder. what has been lacking is the plan that that compassion should have delivered both in states office and local authority. memorial service was held on march the 22nd, marking -- one years since the terror attack that left five dead and others injured. an extremist open to pedestrians before heading to the parliament. was on guardcer outsi

of eu rules and regulations. a fundamental part of your economy is governed from brussels. do you, in the progress party, think that is a sustainable status quo for norway? well, the progress party is in favour of the ea agreements, but we're against us moving towards being a member of the eu. we've had two referendums in norway and, both times, the majority of the population said no tojoining the eu, but i think the ea agreement has very broad support in norway because we are — the european market is the most important market to norway. but isn't it fundamentally antidemocratic? because many of the rules and regulations and laws that govern the way, certainly, the norwegian economy works are made in brussels and you have no voice whatsoever in setting those rules and regulations. well, it's true that our voice is weaker than it would have been if we sat at the table but i think, that said, we have more flexibility without being a member than if we were a member, but the ea agreement has a lot of support in nor

on day one after exit from the eu. and the scottish and welsh continuity bills would frustrate this objective. if the continuity bills were to become law, they would impacts not just on the government and the legislators, but on widespread understanding and confidence and, uk law after exit. to the right clarity, the matter had been referred to the supreme court. i do however, remain hopeful that the ongoing negotiations between the devolved administrations will result in an agreement. it is clear that this would be the best outcome for all involved. and should an acceptable agreement be reached, and should the scottish and welsh governments, see—through drawled the references. i think the attorney general for his answer. these combined challenges are unprecedented in the 20 year history of devolution. patch by the scottish parliament. does he appreciate that this would be widely seen as an attack on the scottish parliament and the democratic? and finally, how much is this going to cost? and who is going to meet the

the eu withdraw bill, which puts all eu law into u.k. law to stop a legislative black hole from opening up, past. they begin their detailed scrutiny of the plans. at the end of january they held a two-day debate on the principles of the bill. >> the duty of your lordship's house is very clear. that duty, i should mention, is to assert our rights, scrutinize, to amend, and if need be, to reject unacceptable pats of this bill. >> the more we argue here the weaker we make the government's negotiating position. should we not be implementing the people's vote, falling together and present a united front? by all means improve the bill before us, but let us not frustrate it. >> a government can expect no let up in our efforts to make this bill somehow against all of work in the interest of the british people as we leave europe. as we leave europe, an act of extraordinary political self harm that our grandchildren, and their children will not forgive us for. >> this sovereign parliament, once the terms of any british exit are known and the reali

the difference is that i think the eu 26, in this case, and the heads of the eu institutions, are 150% behind the irish government, and they mean it when they say the eu have to be happy with this arrangement. they take the good friday agreement very seriously, and that is a very real concern. for spain, it is kind of more of a national pride issue, and it is seen as such. it is used by the spanish prime minister for domestic reasons, and if he were to use this, and to put into peril an agreement that the eu very much wants, notjust the uk, then you can expect the weight of the 26 to come bearing down on rajoy, i think. but the interesting thing is that we have had a lot of political heat around the irish border question, and yet, up to now, the gibraltar question, yes, different, has not really forced its way into the discussion. it nearly did, though, didn't it? i think a lot of brexit, it is economic arguments. when it comes to fishing, it is people's livelihoods. of course, i am not belittling that. what i mean is that when it comes to the irish border situation, people remember th

with the eu after brexit. theresa may is opposed to remaining parts of the customs union, orfudging it is a member of a customs union because that would restrict the uk's ability to negotiate trade deals. but later this spring pro—european tories plan to force a vote to oblige theresa may to negotiate a customs union with the eu on the same terms as the current arrangement. one government source told us that losing the support would effectively constitute a vote of no—confidence in the prime minister. at the end ofjune theresa may will attend an eu summit which some diplomats regard as an informal deadline to resolve the dilemma over the irish border. this means finding an agreement on a customs relationship. we want substantial progress on the issue of the border and the customs arrangement at the european council meeting in june. that has been agreed as the timeline throughout. we missed a deadline, the british government missed a deadline in october eventually resolving it in december. there has been po

eu. there was a frustration that the uk went out of its way not to congratulate president putin on his re—election. the european commission published a letter on twitter that he sent to the kremlin saying congratulations, president putin, and he defended that by saying angela merkel of germany had done the same thing. and yet at the same time, via bilateral conversations going on one—on—one between the uk and members of the eu and others, the british government has managed to secure that other countries would see the expulsion of russian diplomats as well as those in the uk have expelled from london. they can point to how that can work after brexit regardless of our membership of the eu. we can't talk about russia without talking about jeremy corbyn‘s response to this. from the general election, the labour party seemed to be marching together in one step in moving forward. his response to the russian crisis seems to have completely reopened all the divisions in his party. it felt

question on eu turkey relations. is it possible -- do you consider the possibility of the erdogan regime being able to play eu member states against each other? we talked about totalitarianism quite a bit. we know there are some regimes in the european union that are tempted by this kind of politics. the erdogan regime is aware of the fact that other countries will remain skeptical and therefore be able to may thplay against each other? >> excellent. one more down here. thank you very much. >> i'm with the atlantic council and the naval war college. i wonder if we could expand the aperture greatly. for example, supposing the united states were to suggest recognizing kurdistan and iraq. the convention is 82 years old. the leverage on russia, that a way to go? in other words some big ideas that would be difficult to execute but might be able to change the relationship in a better way. >> great. let's use that as the first round of questions. ambassador edelman you want to start with the syria question? >> steve, to you

it is about how we leave the eu. i'll be asking two peers what that row and those defeats mean for the government's eu withdrawal bill. also on this programme: as the home secretary apologises for the treatment of the windrush generation, one mp blames the rhetoric of the far right. if you lay down with dogs, you get fleas. and that is what has happened with this far—right rhetoric in this country. and there's a defiant response from one mp in the face of anti—semitic abuse. we will not be bullied out of political engagement. we are going nowhere. we stand and we'll keep fighting until the evils of anti—semitism have been removed from our society. but first: on wednesday, there was a setback for ministers when the government suffered two defeats on the eu withdrawal bill. it stops a legislative black hole opening up after brexit by moving eu law into uk law. the bill has already taken up hundreds of hours of debating time in the lords as peers have pored over its details. but the first votes on wednesday brough

eu? are they very united still? can we glean that from this deal? have —— they are certainly proud that up until now the 27 of eu have been united, i think there's the prospect that that might change as again to the nitty—gritty of how a trade deal might work and how his security cooperation arrangement might work but at the the eu is very proud, publicly and privately, that up until now, they've managed to keep themselves together. thank you, we will be hearing from you a little bit later in the programme. now let's take a look at some other news. nine months on from the grenfell tower fire, just 62 out of 204 households had been found permanent homes. 71 people died from the fire. the housing secretary said some of those made homeless were still living in hotels. an memorial service was held on march 22, marking one year since the westminster terror attack that left five dead and dozens injured. an islamic extremist drove into pedestrians on westminster bridge before heading to th

eu annihilates the plan. yes, annihilation, demolition, you would not think this is the daily telegraph, given their pro—brexit starts. —— stamps. —— starts. clearly there is a bit of ha rd ball starts. clearly there is a bit of hardball here, and the uk government cannot lose its nerve. the danger is, if you go to hard you end up getting no deal, nobody really wants there to be no deal. to go back to wto terms, and especially in northern ireland, no one wants there to bea northern ireland, no one wants there to be a hard border with the south, that would be horrendously difficult for internal trade within ireland and would be difficult for many people. this is a surprising development. we all assumed eventually a compromise would be found and that they would be a way to clear the hurdles, but suddenly the government is facing the possibility that that isn't there. you suspect this is a game of bluff

but montenegro wants to become part of the eu. are these really eu values? the small balkan country lies between croatia and albania, on the adriatic sea. this long-standing tradition has been on the rise again in rural areas. it's a patriarchal society, and a man without a son isn't considered a real man. >> it's a matter of tradition. we montenegrins are a people of warriors, who had to defend themselves against the turks. the families needed a lot of men to protect them. >> in montenegro, the greatest joy is having a son, so he can carry on the name and be an heir to his father. reporter: more sons equal more prestige. amela's village is mainly muslim, but the practice is just as common in christian orthodox areas. there's enormous pressure on women. it's considered normal. amela would rather not say whether she has had an abortion. amela: i know dozens of women who test the sex of the embryo at the start of their pregnancy. and if the third or fourth child is another girl, they have an abortion, sometimes up to five times. reporter: a few years ago, amel

million of seafood to the eu each year so that's a big loss for the industry. on top of that, other countries, like the us and japan, may follow in the footsteps of the eu and punish taiwanese fishing exports. cindy sue, joining us from taipei, thank you for that update. this week the bbc is looking at stories about ways that people connect in an increasingly polarised world. the series is called crossing divides. today we go to indonesia, where at the end of the last century, hundreds of children took up arms in the maluku islands. the conflict was divided along religious lines, pitting christians against muslims. thousands were killed and half a million displaced. this is the story of two child militants who used to be enemies, but who are now working together to try and keep the fragile peace. the patchwork of christian and muslim communities on the island set about destroying each other and businesses and properties were put to the torch. while malaria is well—known as one of the world's deadliest diseases, most commonly spread by mosquitoes, in malaysia

where judicial independence is under threat, but will leave them on the hook for billions of euros in eu budget commitments. the japan times says that north korean leader kimjong—un has vowed transparency, as he plans to shut his country's nuclear test sites next month. he's inviting foreign experts and journalists to view the dismantling. china daily focuses on the meeting between chinese president xi jinping and indian president narendra modi. it says both leaders have agreed to open a new chapter in their relationship after the informal summit. the sydney morning herald leads with the great barrier reef. the australian government will deliver the largest single environment protection package in australian history by committing half a billion dollars to protect the world heritage area from climate change and pollution. and finally, the metro claims the tree planted at the white house by president trump and macron appears to have vanished! why? well, there are a few interesting theories floating around. so let's begin. with me isjoseph sternberg, the europe editorial page editor at th

what does this mean for eu citizens after brexit? by the harsh that, the eu negotiator says it is causing anxiety. many people who have lived and worked 50 years still don't know what will happen when we leave the eu, how the citizenship will be dealt with. the eu saying can we agree basic things, if you are a family you have to make one applications, application. they have called in the home office to explain it. the anxiety connected with windrush, you can agree on something and then 40, 50 years later you are told it is not how we explained it told it is not how we explained it to you and you don't have your citizenship. for them, i to you and you don't have your citizenship. forthem, ithink to you and you don't have your citizenship. for them, i think want to see there is a better process in place and that when guarantees are made they will be delivered upon. interesting, a story in the business section talking about how china is impacted by this trade war. the real pain being felt. i was reading this, the earnings we had from ca

the eu is the biggest seafood importer in the world. this week, the bbc is looking at stories about ways that people connect in an increasingly polarised world. the series is called crossing divides. today we go to indonesia, where at the end of the last century, hundreds of children took up arms in the east maluku islands. the conflict was divided along religious lines, pitting christians against muslims. thousands were killed and half a million displaced. this is the story of two child militants who used to be enemies, but who are now working together to try and keep the fragile peace. the patchwork of christian and muslim communities on the island set about destroying each other as businesses and properties were put to the torch. while malaria is well—known as one of the world's deadliest diseases, most commonly spread by mosquitoes, in malaysia, they are battling a very particular strain. the parasite is moving at an alarming rate across the country due to human contact with monkeys, and in the forests of borneo, they're using tec

essentially, there are more rounds of talks, but four, before a key summit of the eu injune. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: commonwealth leaders meeting in windsor today agree that prince charles will, one day, succeed the queen as head of the organisation. goon but not forgotten — after nearly 22 years in charge, arsene wenger will step down as arsenal manager at the end of the season. the clear up in salisbury continues, as government scientists warn the decontamination of nine hot spots could take months. specman just to explain, normally at this time on a friday you would expect the film review with mark kermode. we haven't forgotten about it, it is coming. however, we are waiting for a news conference from the heads of the commonwealth. the film review is coming up at 8.1i5 tonight. you can see it as usual and it will run as usual over the weekend as well. not running in this slot because we are waiting for that news c0 nfe re nce to slot because we are waiting for that news conference to get under way. it is the formal end of the commonwealth meeting. it has

reporter: the core of the eu? follow, myakia will government, when i am prime minister, we will follow pro-european course in the future. we would like to sit behind the table when there will be discussion about the future of european union and our priority is to be more in the core of the european union. hungary, victor just one another election. the parliament said sanctions should be taken against hungary, possibly, removing voting rights in the eu. do you agree? peter: hungary is our neighbor country. i have to say, we should not comment what is going on there. -- wee if we are speaking speak a lot in brussels about the rule of law and that we need to respect democracy -- in hungary, there were democratic elections last weekend. there is the decision of the hungarian people there and we have to respect the result. reporter: you don't think we should link the eu budget with the rule of law? peter: maybe we should connect the budget also with -- not only rule of law. there are also other criteria and other condi

mps call on the government to keep the uk in a customs union with the eu. and the speaker reckons one cabinet minister has nailed the perfect parliamentary answer. that exchange should be ca ptu red answer. that exchange should be captured in a reusable bottle and prefera bly stored captured in a reusable bottle and preferably stored in one of our great easy and. at first, the home secretary amber rudd has faced repeated calls from labour to resign over targets to remove eagle —— illegal migrants from the uk. when she and the appeared in front of the home committee, she said that no such targets existed. labour put down an urgent question, asking her to come to the commons to explain. amber rudd said she was omitted to tackling illegal immigration.” amber rudd said she was omitted to tackling illegal immigration. i have ever agreed that there should be specific removal targets and i would never support a policy that puts targets ahead of people. the immigration arm of the home office has been using local targets for intel performance management. these

we are threatening the eu with this game, it's that game. it's like playing a game of cards, like poker. if we are leaving, we just have to leave. is there are a really specific thing you noticed? the prime minister changed. he gave us a referendum and as soon as he didn't get the decision he wanted, he was gone. he should never have allowed it. as the prime minister, you should be impartial, i believe. you shouldn't be pro—europe or whatever it is. now she is having to deal with it as well. what's gone wrong? what's gone right? we are arguing with 27 other countries, i think it is, who don't want us to leave. how on earth are we going to get anything out of it that's advantageous to britain? i think they are talking about it, it's nearly two years since we have left. i don't know why we could have left sooner than we had done. they are supposed, we are supposed to be importing more from them than they are from us. does anybody feel optimistic? no. i just thought it was a straight out. you know, goodbye. so there are the 27 other countries

, it's the only eu land border with the uk. the reason it's so important to the republic of ireland is because of the economic factors that come with it. it is a case that it is issues of identity which caused the troubles in northern ireland, which makes this border so sensitive. and it is as you mentioned earlier the good friday agreement which brought some kind of resolution to that. but the good friday agreement‘s 20th anniversary coming up in a couple of days, it's an ongoing process. it was not a single event in time. and if you don't keep it going, things will slip back. if you put physical infrastructure on the border, even if it's technological infrastructure as the british government has suggested, a customs post, it will a target. that is what happens. and i've said it before i think on this programme, tell me what happens when you put a small camera on top of a very large pole, and it's a no—brainer. the technical solution that the brexit secretary david davis has talked about as far as the irish government is c

the eu is still and will remain a very significant marketplace for us. our markets are deeply interconnected and this will remain the case for the future. that is why the prime minister has set out the government's intention to negotiate the broadest and deepest possible economic partnership, covering more sectors and cooperating more fully than any free trade agreement anywhere in the world. at the end of that debate mps agreed without a vote that the government should try to negotiate for the uk to stay in a customs union with the eu. but that decision is not binding on the government. but there was a brexit breakthrough of sorts in the week. the westminster government managed to reach a deal with the administration in wales over the devolution of powers after brexit. here is our wales political correspondent, david cornick, to explain. this row has been about what happens to european powers in areas like farm subsidies and food labelling once britain leaves the eu. the welsh government said those powers, as they affect wales, should automatically go f

today's arrival, the eu's chief negotiator, meeting the irish prime minister. both say a close trading relationship with the uk in future depends on britain coming up with new ideas for the border. we recognise that in order for that to be achieved, the united kingdom's approach to the negotiations will need to change in some way. but this isn't about punishing the uk, said mr barnier, in response to criticism from the dup. there is no spirit of revenge. no spirit of punishment. i profoundly regret brexit, for many reasons. and i have been never aggressive. the british government believes a free—trade deal with the eu would mean there would be no need for customs checks on the irish border after brexit. but michel barnier‘s preferred fallback, of keeping northern ireland in the customs union while the rest of the uk leaves, continues to provoke unionists. i don't think he does understand the wider unionist culture of northern ireland. he's hearing a very strong message from the republic of ireland's government. he's hearing it from sinn fein. we have tried

and there will be more votes in the lords on the eu withdrawal bill over the next week. meanwhile on the committee corridor the brexit secretary was being questioned about the possibility of the uk staying in some kind of customs union. which allows free trade between member states. amber rudd — who wasn't having the best week — ran into controversy when, at a lunch with journalists, she failed to confirm that the uk would be leaving the eu customs union — which is the official government policy. in a tweet later she said she should have been clearer — and of course britain would leave the customs union. the brexit secretary was asked if the commons didn't agree to that? you have emphatically rejected remaining in the customs union, but when the trade bill returns to the house committee house will vote on whether it wishes to adopt a different policy. ie to remain in the customs union. if they carried, you're going to have to change your policy, aren't you? i'm not going to enter into hypotheticals about what the house may or may not do. i expect the government p

the eu sanctions, gdpr is an —based regulation, but the effective sanction will be, what do eu can do is outlaw data transferred to those countries or entities that are not adequate, in terms of the gdpr regulation itself. so whilst facebook is not directly regulated, the indirect effect could be that other people aren't allowed to advertise or trailed with facebook and therefore that would be their lifeblood sucked out so they will have to make sure they are at least nodding towards gdpr at the very least. what does this mean in terms of the facial recognition plans facebook has at the moment, is a stumbling block? potentially. interesting it is being portrayed as an opportunity brought forward by gdpr because gdpr has to have, or insist upon, effective consent. there are various murmurings of the fa ct there are various murmurings of the fact that the facial recognition programme is not one based on consent because they say if you sign up consent because they say if you sign up to this thing, if you accept this, that all the other. what they can't have is, consent is not effective.

today will be particularly the who are very pro-eu. have liked the united kingdom to stay within that club of 28 and not leave at all. also some scottish national party mps who would like a customs union. there is trouble ahead even if that vote today goes ahead and is not legally binding it will be legally binding votes. somemonth there will be important votes, decisions and debates in parliament and the defeat last week in the house of lords was already a bloody nose for this government. a lot more coming down the track in the way of brexit for this british government of theresa may's. in armenia protests continue for another day. a call thee did opposition leader to take to the streets in a show of unity. he is in his 40's. many of his supporters are much younger. they feel their generations time has come. >> it has been 10 days since this group of friends attended any classes at the university. they are on strike focused instead on trying to oust the republican party which has government armenia since before they were boborn. >> th

the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has warned that the brexit talks are at risk until there's an agreement on the future of the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland. he was speaking during a visit to ireland, when he rejected criticism from the democratic unionist party that he had taken an aggressive stance. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has the latest. for businesses north and south of the irish border, brexit brings uncertainty. in future, some goods may become more expensive to import or could be subject to new checks. until an agreement has been reached, it is difficult to plan ahead. we keep trading, but our suppliers in england, they are all anxious to know how this will pan out, because they are going to potentially lose us, too, as customers. so, nobody knows, we need to find out and find out soon, because this is real and this is happening to real people and real families and real businesses. today, michel barnier came to meet business leaders and the irish prime minister. the eu has rejected the uk's current proposals for avoiding a har

they are discussing whether the uk can exit eu without the deal. and we also waiting to hear from the new home secretary sajid javid who was appointed a few hours ago following the resignation of amber rudd over the windrush crisis. he will be answering an urgent question very shortly. we are told it will be after four o'clock. we will have a look when he steps time for a look at the weather. a day of contrast out there, while many of us see the sunshine and some dry weather too, low pressure bringing wet and windy weather to the south—east of england and east anglia. here we could see some disruption due to the mix of heavy rain, strong winds and high tides around the coasts as well. the worst of the wind and rain across east anglia and the south—east will ease away towards the east through this evening and tonight. elsewhere, largely dry weather continues, clear skies for many of us, so it will be quite a chilly night ahead, particularly for rural parts of scotland where we could see temperatures as low as minus six degrees. across the south,

is the eu united? can we gain that from this bill. >> they have been united, i think there's a prospect that might change when we get to the nitty-gritty of a trade deal, but at the moment it's very proud that up to now they've managed to keep themselves together. >> thank you. we will hear more from you little bit later in the program. now, let's take a look at some other news. just 62 out of 204 households have found permanent homes. seventy-one people died when it went through the west london fire. some of those made homeless were still living in hotels. >> this is totally unacceptable. they are suffering and it's unimaginable. living for this long in hotels can only make the process of grieving and recovery even harder. they've been absolutely lucky. >> a memorial service was held on march the 22nd marking one year since the westminster terror attack that left five dead and dozens injured. the extremists drove into pedestrians on the bridge before going to the parliament. another onguard was stabbe

leaves the eu, where do you see the eu-u.k. relationship? at this juncture, where do you think that relationship is heading? frank, to me brexit is a tragedy. it is clearly not in the interest of the netherlands, my country. neither is it in the interest of the european union. it will turn out to not be in the best interest of britain either. the real tragedy here is that it's not going to be a british middle-class. it's going to be the middle class that's going to pay this bill and not boris johnson. frankly if you ask me, this is lose-lose. if there was any way to avoid it, i would love to, but the british are determined and now we need to make sure that we make the softest brexit as possible because that will be in the best interest of both parties involved. mark: do you think the remaining givenbers remain united their differing interest in trade relations with the u.k.? up until now it seems as if the eu is speaking as one. clearly the next year will be a big test of that. it has been speaking as one and will continue to speak as one si

orban has been on a collision course with the eu for some time. nuisance to him speak like you did over the weekend, you get the impression that this is a man who was at war with the european union. are we likely to see any change in the tone between orban and the eu? barbara: that is not likely. when he comes to brussels you can see it is wholly different viktor orban who modifies the way he speaks and all of a sudden he seems quite tame, so to speak. and rather moderate and sort of open to discussion, so we relaay see two faces but the point really is what he does, not what he says. he announced that he is going to crack down on ngo's, on the last pockets of resistance against his autocratic rule in hungary. he is going to crack down on the european university in budapest. so the european union will see all that and it will have to make a decision. will it stay still and watch our will it try to do something against orban? brent: what cn it do? there are considerations within the eu to cancel subsidies for states that do not cooperate. in other

eu citizens from it. it definitely strengthens our resolve to make sure there are watertight guarantees that, whoever has resided in the united kingdom would have resided for decades, also who would have been residing in the european union for decades but that their status will be settled. dealing with the windrush scandal will require a change in approach for the home office, that it clearly the ease with which it comes to presume guilt. they need to change anyway before they seek to deal with more than 3 million eu citizens. chris cook, our policy editor there. we've asked the government to join us on this story the last three nights, but nobody has been available. the home office and its culture is at the centre of this. we'll debate how this has gone wrong shortly with a former head of the civil service, and a defender of the tougher immigration controls. but everybody agrees that it's too easy in some abstract way to support a policy while forgetting what it actually means in real cases, which means

this is the eu's chief negotiator for the eu making tell us more. this is the eu's chief negotiatorfor the eu making crystal clear that whilst three quarters they are pretty much in agreement on what the brexit deal or the withdrawal agreement of both the uk and the european parliament have to ratify by march next year, the last 2596 ratify by march next year, the last 25% come because of the series i55ues 25% come because of the series issues involved, 5aid 25% come because of the series issues involved, said could be problematic and risks failure, he said. the chief problem being the border between the republic of ireland. this is what he had to say earlier today. translation: for the moment, we are preparing the orderly withdrawal of the uk with 25% not agreed, and that includes serious issues, especially the question of ireland. the other issue today is that some newspapers have been reporting that there are problems between the british and european side when it comes to the northern ireland border specifically, and the bbc understands the eu ha

by the next meeting of eu leaders, injune. the former speaker of the house of commons, lord martin of springburn, has died at the age of 72. he was speaker from 2000, until being forced to step down following his handling of the mps expenses scandal, in 2009. confidence in the criminaljustice system has suffered in recent months, following the collapse of cases due to failures in disclosure. that's when officers and prosecutors in the lead—up to trials, are required to hand over relevant material that may help the defence. some recent rape trials haven't gone ahead, because of a failure over disclosure, but how widespread is the problem across the criminaljustice system? clive coleman reports. early one morning in december 2013, officers from customs and excise raided tanker driver peter norton's home. while i was in the bedroom they were in the lounge, the kitchen. i heard them ransacking the place. he was accused of delivering laundered so—called red diesel fuel to petrol stations, including this one in birmingham. he wa