adam fleming in brussels. and tomorrow here on bbc news we'll be looking at what a no—deal brexit would mean. if you have questions about no deal, our experts and correspondents will be answering them on the bbc news channel. contact details are on the screen now — please do get in touch with whatever queries you have. that is all day tomorrow here on bbc news. a damning report has found that a chief scout who worked for chelsea football club in the 1960s and ‘70s was a dangerous and prolific child abuser, and says some adults at the club must have known. the club has apologised unreservedly for what it says was terrible sexual and racial abuse suffered by some of its former youth players. our sports editor dan roan is at stamford bridge. explain more about what happened, about what the club is saying. chelsea say that the publication of two reports this afternoon show that they intend to shine a bright light into the dark corners of the club's history, and they are not going to shy away from responsibil

it's flower time in the belgian capital brussels and the city hall at the center. and if you bend it like beckham well you're sure to like the latest film from british director chad out blinded by the light blends a u.k. coming of age story with the music. well it was in 1998 that peter guy and american double bass player who had moved to south africa started the ball toby last string project it began with 18 kids from the black townships around. and since then hundreds of children from disadvantaged backgrounds have learned to play a string instrument well today the orchestra travels the world and we took in their performance at the right angle festival in western germany. far away from home south africa's bunch of string orchestra plays a piece of music called the nelson. program is a nod to. the pieces by austrian composer joseph biden. never performing it with a choir from hydrants from country for many it's a 1st visit to the continent of the music they started i love the way. european people just. come from. various they're very serious about the music and th

brussels. instead, they've been sitting around like lemons for years, typical brussels, doing nothing. blaming them for the fact that there is a relationship between denmark and greenland, yes. that there is a relationship between denmark and greenland, yeslj that there is a relationship between denmark and greenland, yes. i would have thought trump's frustrated same way you doing something with this place that they might be oil and gas under it? i bet there is some stuff that could help the 215t—century. he is going about it in completely the wrong way and stating more people than he'll ever please stop if there is something of sense in this, why oi'i is something of sense in this, why on earth aren't brussels or denmark for that matter, coming to the same conclusion and doing something about it? is there a question though, then as politicians are up in arms, they are very upset. as i greenland is. talking about them, is there an argument to be made that they could getan argument to be made

that he's heading for no deal will this hardball push brussels towards reopening negotiations. there's no real heightening of the upper tides to negotiate to respond a strong enough that this new drama which is unfolding and in london the chief negotiator of the european union mission on the treated he was not given to british the mons and t. is asking for viable solution for the irish border to keep this border open after a break said and if those johnson has a workable proposal how to solve this problem then let it grow it said mr bundy but so far johnson has only said he wants the backstop this irish border reassurance policy to be removed from the whole brics it was through all agreement he said that in a phone call just 2 days ago was the job of the commission president so the game of chicken is still on let's talk about the stop all not issue of perhaps a border on the island of ireland mr johnston says the u.k. will not put in a border so if the u.k. doesn't what will the e.u. do. under e.u. law the republic of ireland would be obliged to protect the new external board o

the originals are also here in brussels much smaller and very fragile. painted them more than 450 years ago on thin oak panels the scenes are bursting with life. life that the master observed here in brussels quarter with the artist lived got married worked and died. now a collective of street artists has brought him back to moscow with 14 murals featuring contemporary reinterpretations of his most famous works was. for me it was all about this theme of winter hunters in the snow that was the composition of the story so i just transformed the hunting dogs into a sort of hybrid animals part dog part rather. the murals lead visitors on a tour of the neighborhood and works because if i put the exodus from egypt into a contemporary context since we're talking about migration so much. migration doesn't know time were borders and just how brutal like to add little stories i've got mary offering her donkey a virtual carrier because it's. brutal outdoors and for free 450 years after his death he still inspires it. and it really fits brussels where people are alw

brussels for a no deal brexit. and today labour demanded an up—to—date assessment on the implications of no deal. this is brexit, the most important political decision of my lifetime, and it is not unreasonable, given we have seen one set of predictions, that we see the most up—to—date predictions about a no—deal brexit could mean. borisjohnson says he is energetically seeking a deal with the eu, but he is also making it crystal clear he is prepared to leave without one. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. in a moment will talk to our correspondent in brussels, adam fleming. first to our political correspondent, peter saull at westminster. mrjohnson‘s letter rebuffed by the eu. he may not have been surprised by that? no, i don't think anyone in downing street will be surprised by the response from the eu. this was supposed to be an opening diplomatic salvo from boris johnson, supposed to be an opening diplomatic salvo from borisjohnson, ahead of a series of meetings, culminating with the g7 summit. we k

is really waiting to hear in fact there was was a briefing here in brussels today with e.u. sources saying the e.u. is in listening mode and without new ideas from johnson there's really no sense that there's going to be any movement on brussels sighed the french president maicon germany's chancellor merkel how well do these 2 actually represent the e.u. stance on back to negotiations. well they are the power brokers in the european union and and i'm sure that boris johnson thought if he were able to change their minds at all if if there were some opening where they said they're willing to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement perhaps the other $25.00 leaders would come along with them but there's no chance of that neither america nor mcquillan gave any indication that they would be willing to renegotiate this withdrawal agreement that remember took 19 months to achieve and which the british parliament has rejected 3 times and the other thing to remember is that even if in some possible world you did get chancellor merkel and president mcclellan to provide an opening you've g

it up on the east she's originally from been a release but inspiration comes from her live in brussels which is reflected in her choice of flowers. for me our kids mean luxury for yours the glory also is a tropical flower bun milledge is a simple cropland someplace usually i'd never make a bouquet with these flowers and the reason i have chosen them for this exhibition is because i think brussels represents diversity sits in comics with. the grand unveiling is about to commence the exhibition will run for 5 days and is expected to attract more than $15000.00 physicians. it's amazing pretty amazing so big sis those dollars the studio is i don't know that's just like the. attention has given way to tears of joy. all the hard work has paid off. and that's tell us a canova and her team can now sit back enjoy the show and smell the roses. i will finish with a cinematic gem that's opening in theaters this week and next blinded by the light is a coming of age story that mixes the doldrums of thought to write england with the music of new jersey's greatest songwriter bruce springsteen of cours

alter the belgian capital now for what's being described as a world of floral emotions brussels famous city hall is a unesco world heritage site and every 2 years in summer it gets an extravagant floral make over and this year more than 30 international floral artists have joined forces to decorate its historic rooms each setting their own accents from floor to ceiling. deep in concentration the tiniest account of a is making a few final tweaks she and her team have arranged thousands of flowers with a big opening just around the corner she wants everything to be perfect but she knows how important it is to stay calm. do not assume a gap i run around and check everything if something doesn't work i go over and say with details need to be changed i'm never stressed on big projects because i trust my team i'm on the. today is the big day for natalia. in just a few alice flower time will begin at brussels city hall the exhibition will see the gothic building transformed into a floral paradise the juxtaposition of contemporary design in these grand historic rooms creates a unique work of a

more of a story if he wasn't going to brussels. sunning himself in the south of france, that would be a story! we shouldn't get too excited about the fact david frost is going out there. the mood music has may improved a little bit and there's one thing that is for certain, since boris johnson and there's one thing that is for certain, since borisjohnson has become prime minister, brussels has had to take the prospect of no—deal more seriously and when theresa may was prime minister they suspected her heart wasn't really in it as much as she talked about no—deal being better than a bad deal, when push came to shout they didn't think she had the nerve to go for it. borisjohnson has she had the nerve to go for it. boris johnson has made she had the nerve to go for it. borisjohnson has made clear that he definitely does. david frost is going out there but both sides still appear poles apart on the key issue ofan appear poles apart on the key issue of an alternative to the backstop. borisjohnson once of an alternative to the backst

wants a deal with brussels but his actions indicate that he's heading for no deal well this hardball pushed brussels towards reopening negotiations there's no real heightening of the upper thighs to negotiate with boris johnson after this new drama which is unfolding in london the chief negotiator of the european union we should be treated he was not given to british demands and t. is asking for why a solution for the irish border to keep this border open after a break said and if those johnson has.

brussels says there's no basis for further talks. the foreign secretary insists britain will leave the eu at the end of october. we wa nt we want to get a deal with the eu but we will be leaving if there is no movement from their side at the end of october come what may. we'll have the latest from brussels and westminster, and we'll be talking to a former diplomat about how the stalemate might be broken. the other main stories on bbc news at 5:00pm. an unreserved apology from chelsea football club for the years of child abuse by its former chief scout eddie heath. the nobel and pulitzer prize winning author, toni morrison, has died at the age of 88. a teenager is charged with attempted murder after a six—year—old boy fell from the 10th floor of the tate modern art gallery. wayne rooney is heading back to britain from the united states. he'lljoin derby county as player/coach from january. and the mysterious life of the basking shark. a project to learn more about the behaviour of one of the ocean's biggest creatures. it's 5:00pm �

you're going to get the blame for this brussels, and over three years, brussels, and over three years, brussels of fought achingly hard to not have the blame. the trade to get it all in the uk but at last, brussels, they do not run drive, berlin runs europe. he went to the boss of europe and by the way, i did like c02 said when she was being photographed. she was looking like a foot ball photographed. she was looking like a football hooligan with a fist in the air but borisjohnson said that unless the leaders agreed to ditch the backstop he would not meet them stop you do not know what is happening behind the scenes. an educated guess. i think what they're saying is, the only thing of the backstop that people do not like any excess becoming everybody is that they do not like the fact that macron was saying, i will consent to your coming out of the backstop if your coming out of the backstop if you give me efficiency. so he says i can consent whether you leave the eu. that is that is arrogance supreme. eu. that is that is arrogance supreme. the one thing i agree with macron on this is

salvini will be bruising towards brussels. will already showing he hear his campaign against angela macron,against emmanuel against brussels. i cannot see brussels quaking in its boots because everybody knows that italy has a public debt of over 130%. lvini really wants to carry through with his plans for tax cuts, he will not have to talk with brussels, he will have to talk with the markets. vonnie: italy's parliament is currently in recess. how does that complicate the matter? >> this puts a spanner in the 's plans. salvini this means on monday there will be a meeting of the head of the parties in parliament and they will decide for the no-confidence vote. it could happen next week. most likely will be the week after the next and this wins -- this means parliament will probably not be dissolved for the end of august. guy: is there talk about the fact that the spread could widen significantly over germany? trading 239 basis points over bunds at the moment. in moments of tension we talked about the idea this could go through 3

brussels for the complete failure of any negotiation. well, actually the failure of the negotiation goes back a long way. it goes back to the way theresa may and her government approached this negotiation. i don't blame the european union, by the way, i'm one of those who always says if i was them i would have behaved in almost pretty much the same way. they do a lot of trade deals, they know exactly how to operate in a trade deal. they treat you immediately as a third country. they did that, and they're always very aggressive, that's what they do. my problem was the british government seemed to think they were talking to friends. they're not friends because we're leaving the european union, so they behaved in a way that they thought... the british government spent this whole time trying to find ways to satisfy the concerns of the european union, which was manna from heaven for them, and the result is the deal we've now, which beneficial to the european union dramatically, but not beneficial to the uk at all. but why won't boris johnson

reporter: why aren't you negotiating in brussels, prime minister? have you given up on trying to get a deal? brexit talks are deadlocked. the eu insists the withdrawal agreement is closed. ministers here say it has to be changed. at the moment, the eu seems to be saying they are not interested. they are simply saying no, we don't want to talk. i think that is wrong and sad. it is not in europe's interests. but eu leaders insist britain's demands are the problem. today ireland's prime minister one at living without a deal was not the clea n b rea k at living without a deal was not the clean break that some claim and the same issues would remain. there are people who perhaps have become frustrated with the brexit process, and they are almost saying to themselves, at least if we have no deal on the 31st of october, it's all done. i am saying that it doesn't end on the 31st of october. if we have no deal, we are going to have to talk and the first things on the agenda are going to be citizens' rights and the solution to the irish border. by ramping up p

the originals are also here in brussels albeit much smaller and very fragile. painted them more than 450 years ago on thin oak panels the scenes are bursting with life. life that the master observed here in brussels quarter where the artist lived got married worked and died. now a collective of street artists has brought him back to my boat with 14 murals featuring contemporary reinterpretations of his most famous works was that for me it was all about the stem of winter hunters in the snow that was the composition of the story so i just transformed the hunting dogs into a sort of hybrid animals part dog part rat. the murals lead visitors on a tour of the neighborhood and those works because if i put the exodus from egypt into a contemporary context since we're talking about migration so much. migration doesn't know time where borders and just how brutal like to add little stories i've got mary offering her donkey a virtual carrier because it's. brutal outdoors and for free 450 years after his death he still inspires it. and it really fits brussels where people

brussels does not know whether or not it will get to parliament another does boris johnson. when the language has been so johnson. when the language has been so harsh, boris johnson johnson. when the language has been so harsh, borisjohnson isjust that said, will do a little bit of tweaking of the backstop. he said the backstop is got to go. the eu has said, there is no way, we are not having that backstop. we have to have the backstop. our entire tree future depends on the good friday agreement —— our entire future with the usa depends on it in terms of trade. but this. i'm going to go to you on the last part of this issue. your take on what the queen. you on the last part of this issue. your take on what the queenm you on the last part of this issue. your take on what the queen. it has beena your take on what the queen. it has been a long week for us all but the queen. having a break in your home country. attending the council, she agreed to suspend parliament and jeremy corbyn and joe swenson, the leader of the labour party said they would meet them and when she had d

that is another thing that brussels is fed up another thing that brussels is fed up with. they are fed up with brexit, they have to hold all of their debates on climate change, on migration, because of brexit, so they really want to be on the other side of this. is there an argument that at least whatever happens boris johnson is forcing a decision either way, that come what may, if what he saysis way, that come what may, if what he says is true, october 31st, at least then the markets in the economy will know. isn't that better than the stalemate we have had? when you talk to businesses up and down the country, they will tell you that they can't live with the uncertainty. we will deal with the no deal brexit. but when you look at the real consequences of a no deal brexit it would be devastating for many businesses. for manufacturing, ca i’s many businesses. for manufacturing, cars and so on, so i think whichever way it goes we will see less investment. a lot has been held off because of the uncertainty, but we will see less than when we were still in the eu. the times,

brussels still says no. approach to these talks obviously she's she's hosting the british prime minister so she's not going to turn around and slap him in the face but she's she's been very open very diplomatic very always talking about the fact that she's open to be persuaded she's open to hearing we're hearing very different things from friends who are who are saying that they are preparing now for a no deal. when there can be no change from the the withdraw agreement under merkel being much more open while holding her line. yes in fact i've been talking to advisors in the background in the past who said that in germany the patients and she endless when it comes to avoiding a heart breaks it from what we've heard out of paris from the french president in monterrey mark or so far that patient simply isn't at home in paris he actually was against perspiring the bricks in the 1st place asking kind of what for you need to know what you for spoiling it for and this once again seems to be the question here . eve

brussels is expecting a no deal. this is off the back of stephen barclay, the brexit secretary and various others talking to officials in brussels yesterday. it would seem they are all thinking we are headed for a no deal on october 31. interesting it is on the front of the daily telegraph. alpine minister a former economist and the big question here is, yes, the eu expect a no deal. everyone has said, it is a glove or is it? —— bluff. at number 10 they say they are absolutely serious. number 10 says they want to reengage in negotiations, they will bring energy, new positive attitude. but it is clear it would seem the prime minister wants the removal of the irish backstop and brussels is saying, we can't move on that whatsoever. the aim is to be the area where this judgement there is an impact. but having said that, some of the criticism for the former prime minister with the were not strong enough in terms of opposition, and if we go to go to negotiation, the general rule of thumb is you go in really strong, and

thank you very much forjoining us from brussels. voting is taking place in the brecon and radnorshire by—election in mid wales — which was triggered by a recall petition. six candidates are standing. the polls will remain open until ten o'clock tonight and the result is expected in the early hours of tomorrow morning. a 23—year—old mother has been found guilty of killing her two young daughters. louise porton from rugby murdered three—year—old lexi draper in january last year and then killed 17—month—old scarlett vaughan just over two weeks later. she'll be sentenced at birmingham crown court tomorrow. sima kotecha reports. cctv footage showing three—year—old lexi on the left and 17—month—old scarlett returning home with their mother early last year. she is 23—year—old louise porton, a former model from warwickshire, whose selfishness led to the unimaginable. the murder of her two girls, just weeks apart. first it was lexi, who had been taken to hospital on two occasions days earlier, after she had stoppe

they won't budge this is all the useful if there isn't no deal bricks it it's not awful it's down to brussels and they're intransient on this whole issue and particularly of the backstop which he said in a letter to donald tusk the president of the european council earlier this week would be anti democratic so that is the line that he is playing we want our sovereignty we want our democracy and brussels will not let us have it so that is what he's trying to do that is one thing very much the domestic audience of boris johnson at the moment is having talks at the least with the french president money and mccrone you can look at that bitches there on your screens that we're monitoring the situation as soon as. we take you live there but no other even before boris johnson arrived in paris a month in the course of some very strong wasn't said very squarely if there is no did brag that boris johnson discredited blame for that yes and he's said that's when you know when it comes down to boris johnson but it was very strong yesterday in front of the press when when he spoke to them saying we will no

brian persuade them he is sincere in his attempts to try and get a deal with brussels by october the 31st. we might hope that by giving those conservative mps those possible rebels, that glimmer of hope that a new deal as possible, they would be less likely to support opposition groups next week as they try and legislate to block a no—deal brexit, a measure from downing street's perspective, would undermine the game of hardball the new prime minister has been trying to play with brussels. even if we got to that point where legislation was backed in parliament, with the prime minister be obliged to actually abide by it at this stage in the proceedings? we would have to see what the legislation says and what it does. on the face of it, if it's in law, surely the prime minister isn't going to break the law? one thing that has been talked about his for example, should boris johnson be commanded to go and seek an extension from brussels? would he necessarily have to do so? or, if they do was to be passed by the commons and then by the house of lords as well, good he advised the queen to

talking to people in berlin and brussels, they have seen this coming —— intransigent europeans. over the summer they saw the blame game starting to getting stea m the blame game starting to getting steam and it really fierce and they have been preparing their own narrative. what are they doing? that was the famous and interesting meeting of chancellor merkel and borisjohnson to say, you can solve that in 30 days. she didn't mean that in 30 days. she didn't mean that really. what she was trying to do is to say, we are helpful and constructive, we want a deal and if there is not a deal, it's your fault. both sides are getting that narrative. getting ready for the crunch. before we get to the crunch between the europeans and boris johnson, what about the crunch in westminster? how effective do you see this rebel alliance at turning its rainbow of outrage into action? first of all it's worth pausing to reflect that this is going to be an astonishing a few days. that sort of cliche, parliament versus the executive, really taking tangible form. the answer is that we know certain thing

but 1st it's coming up roses in brussels that's because roses and other colorful flowers are decking the halls and rooms of the city's got the town hall for the by annual flower time exhibition more than 30 international florus are taking part to show off their creations during the 5 day event where we accompanied a belorussian flower designer to see how her creations represent the belgian capital. i did in concentration that tanya as a kind of a is making a few final tweaks she and her team have arranged thousands of flowers with a big opening just around the corner she wants everything to be perfect but she knows how important it is to stay calm. get a run around and check everything if something doesn't work i go over and say what details need to be changed i'm never stressed on big projects because i trust my teen and money. today is the big day for natalia. in just a few alice flower time will begin at brussels city hall the exhibition will see the gothic building transformed into a floral paradise the juxtaposition of contemporary design in these grand historic rooms creates a

borisjohnson says his opponents are damaging the chances of getting a good brexit deal with brussels. the prime minister's promised a renewed effort to get an agreement before the deadline at the end of october. he's facing fierce opposition to his decision to suspend or prorogue parliament, and among those opposing the move is the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major who'sjoined a legal case at the high court. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chanting: stop the coup! in manchester... chanting: stop the coup! in london... boris out! and right on the prime minister's doorstep, anger and outrage this week at his decision to suspend parliament, but borisjohnson says it is mps, not him, that are raising the chances of leaving the eu without a deal. the more the parliamentarians try to block the no—deal brexit, the more likely it is that we'll end up in that situation, so, the best thing now is for us to get on and make our points to our european friends with clarity and with vigour, and that's what we're doing. the decision to shut up shop here for five we

all of which is being closely watched in brussels as well. thank you forjoining us. president trump will travel to el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio on wednesday — visiting the two sites of mass shootings over the weekend. but he's not getting much of a welcome. officials in both towns have suggested they don't particularly want him to come. perhaps one of the strongest critics is beto o'rourke — the democratic presidential candidate is from el paso. he tweeted. .. "this president, who helped create the hatred that made saturday's tragedy possible, should not come to el paso. we do not need more division. we need to heal. he has no place here." in el paso, the stories of the survivor's experiences are emerging — here are our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue joins us from el paso. plenty of stories from survivors and rescuers. when the president arrives tomorrow, what will the mood be?” think it will be pretty mixed. you mentioned beto o'rourke, and his successor veronica escobar has said the same thing, that she doesn't think the president should co

adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. our brussels correspondent is adam fleming. how much is this political brinksmanship, and is there any sign that brussels could blink first? at the moment, no sign of any blinking on either side, and this is one of those moments where you step back and realise that for there to be a deal and for the uk to leave with a deal and for the uk to leave with a deal on october 31 it would require an almighty climb—down by one side 01’ an almighty climb—down by one side or the other, this has come about because there was a meeting yesterday here in brussels held by the eu "brexit" negotiators in brussels where they updated officials from the 27 national governments on the other side, about conversations that have been had with the prime minister, with the brexit secretary and the prime minister's new brexit adviser, david frost, here in brussels last week meeting his opposite numbers. the only way that a deal will get through cabinet, government and parliament is if there is major changes to the withdrawal agreement, not just taki

a degree of agreement in the responses from mr tusk and brussels to those from dublin. i think the view essentially is this isn't really what is going oi'i is this isn't really what is going on at the moment has more got to do with dynamics in westminster, rather thana with dynamics in westminster, rather than a serious attempt at renegotiation by boris johnson. than a serious attempt at renegotiation by borisjohnson. in a way, it is a sort of phoney war at the moment. i'm not sure that brussels and i'm pretty sure that dublin doesn't take too seriously these proposals by mrjohnson, because of the lack of detail in them, the lack of you know a concrete proposal as to an alternative to the backstop. i think mrjohnson is talking to british voters. that process will have to play its way out in london in the early weeks in september, before any serious talking, if it is to come, between london and brussels. so there is this ireland, uk summit, is that the moment when the two leaders sit down and face to face in a room, look each other in the eye and get a better sense of wh

our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. tell us more about the ego's response to borisjohnson's letter. in brussels there is a big drive by the eu to reject and rebut what borisjohnson has the eu to reject and rebut what boris johnson has been the eu to reject and rebut what borisjohnson has been saying about the irish border backstop. we saw that tweet from donald tusk which did not name the prime minister, it did not name the prime minister, it did not name the prime minister, it did not quite call him a liar, but nearly dead, and then we had a spokesperson from the european commission saying that the letter did not provide any workable alternatives —— nearly did. and the ego's brexit negotiators rejecting and describing lots of the claims that boris has made as misleading and incorrect. the backstop contravening the good friday agreement or that the people of northern ireland would not have a say, and also deciding idea that already have northern ireland and ireland, which have separate legal system is coexisting, th

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adam fleming, bbc news, brussels. our brussls correspondent adam fleming says there's little sign of movement on the european side. at the moment there is no sign of any blinking on either side. and this is one of those moments where you step back and realise for there to be a deal and the uk to leave with a deal on the 31st of october, it will require an almighty climb—down by one side or the other. this has all come about because there was a meeting yesterday here in brussels, held by the eu's brexit negotiators with the updated officials from the 27 national governments on the other side about some conversations that have been had with the prime minister, with the brexit secretary and with the prime minister's new brexit adviser, david frost, who was here in brussels last week meeting his opposite numbers. and the eu has concluded that the only way a deal will get through the cabinet, the government and the parliament is if there is some major changes to the withdrawal agreement. notjust taking out the irish back