in brussels thank you both very much. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world at least one person has been killed and dozens injured during an anti-corruption protest in the haitian capital port au prince thousands of people turned out across the caribbean country amid growing anger over the alleged misuse of funds from an government program sponsored by the ends with. a vigil has been held in russian and crimea for the victims of a school rampage that left at least nineteen people dead the attack took place at a college in the black sea port of carriage russian authorities say an eighteen year old man detonated explosives and shot his fellow students and their children so. the world health organization has warned that the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo could worsen dramatically the w.h.o. stopped short of declaring an official public health emergency but said there is a danger of the potentially fatal disease spreading to neighboring countries. and a ball gary at

there's been no breakthrough at the latest brexit talks in brussels. the eu says there is still no resolution to the problem of how to avoid the reintroduction of customs and security controls in ireland. both sides are gearing up for a key summit on wednesday. us department store sears could be brought back from the brink of liquidation by the compa ny‘s chief executive. eddie lambert is reportedly prepared to contribute between $500 million and $600 million to keep the doors open until the lucrative holiday season. once the largest retailer, sears, is likely to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as monday. that's it for the business briefing this hour, —— that's it for the business briefing this hour. fracking for shale gas is expected to begin for the first time in the uk this morning. a final legal attempt to prevent work starting at the site in lancashire failed on friday after concerns that tests of the process were linked to minor earthquakes seven years ago. linsey smith reports. undeterred, undaunted and united. protesters have main

leaders had to brussels to try to break the deadlock over gregson's the irish border issue was the main stumbling block germany's chancellor merkel says she's preparing for a possible no deal breaker that will bring you the latest from brussels. i'm sorry so much got a good to have you with us at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens injured in a gun attack in russian annex crimea the attack took place at a college in the black sea port city of carrots russian authorities say an eighteen year old student at the college rampage through the building shooting other people most of them students before killing himself and early reports that a bomb had gone off but it's now not clear whether there was one or not. let's get more of the story now with journalist matthew cook for he works for the kiev post and joins us from kiev matthew what more can you tell us about this attack. well thank you for having me the situation remains very complicated and unclear what we know now is that a seventeen have been killed and around forty have been injured some quite seriously the this the su

britain's brexit negotiator makes an impromptu trip to brussels but finds no way forward on key issues. angela merkel‘s conservative allies suffer massive losses in bavaria's state elections — what will it mean for her coalition? pressure mounts on saudi arabia over the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. britain, france and germany demand answers. italy is on a collision course with brussels over it's planned spending spree but rome says it won't back down on costly election promises. also in business briefing melinda gates has been talking to the bbc about making sure noone is left behind by the digital revolution. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also today the uk government begins a pilot scheme to try and tackle loneliness — cookery classes will get underway and in some cases the postman will be popping in to check in on people. tell us what you think. is this effective or tokenism? how do we fix loneliness? get in touch — use hashtag #bbcthebriefing. it's a crucial week for the british government and t

brussels is farfrom border after departure. brussels is far from convinced the border after departure. brussels is farfrom convinced the uk's border after departure. brussels is far from convinced the uk's way of avoiding going back to the borders of the past can work. ireland outfront it is unresolved. but a weight around the problem be more time? a longer transition period after brexit? we are willing to hear any proposals that might help to bring about a solution and i think a lot of us feel that negotiating a new economic and security relationship between the eu and uk within two years would be a real challenge. the urgent task for the prime minister is to persuade them to start talking again. there was a hint from a powerful voice that the conversation is not over. angela merkel said there is no breakthrough but we have to keep talking. the chance of a deal is still there. questions do the prime minister. at home there were plenty of helpful suggestions of what the prime minister could say. 1820 brexit questions from all s

headquarters in brussels. and on the streets of minot nicaragua a violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators. the french british and german foreign ministers have issued a joint statement demanding transparency about the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi they say a credible investigation is needed to establish what happened and to identify who's responsible because she was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul twelve days ago the statement follows a warning from u.s. president daughter traum that there will be severe punishment if the kingdom is found responsible for crucial g.'s death the saudis reject what they're calling political pressure and baseless accusations and say they'll retaliate against any economic sanctions or the saudis stock market fall shop early on sunday in reaction to trump's warning let's go to our correspondent mike hanna now who's joining us live from washington d.c. it is a defiant statement from the saudis pushing back against the u.s. mike. yes it is an

we will have the latest from question in brussels, we will speak toa question in brussels, we will speak to a german mp and a leading brexits supporter. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: rail passengers have faced major disruption, after cable damage caused delays and cancellations, in and out of london paddington. thousands of people on sickness benefits will receive backdated payments of thousands of pounds, after a government miscalculation. turkish investigators enter the residence of the saudi consul in istanbul, to gather more evidence about the suspected killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. and, the owner of fulham football club withdraws his £600 million bid, to buy wembley stadium. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that the prime minister insists her brexit proposals, are still alive, as she arrives in brussels, for the eu summit, with fellow leaders. later tonight, theresa may will try to convince them to back her approach, especially on the question of the irish border. but expectations of a breakthrough are said to be low. earlier, in the house of commons,

it seems that relations between rome and brussels are also not great. maybe not as broad as between london and brussels that the european have voted that there is discomfort with italy's plans to bring up the deficit in order to bring down retirement age in order to end, and she previously said, and austerity and spend more money on public services. which, especially northern european countries at specially northlands and germany —— netherlands, have rejected. italy has a few more weeks to potentially resolve the situation by submitting a revised plan otherwise the eu have forces, and excessive deficit procedure which the eu could impose fines on italy up the eu could impose fines on italy up to 0.5% of gross domestic problem dott product which is significant. let's talk about an issue that i think is affecting everyone around the world. the japan times is covering it today. the international issue of plastic waste. japan exports 1.5 million tons of waste per year and until last year, half of it went to china. lots of people don't realise this is wh

and brussels. we know that is not the case and it's very unlikely we're not going to see any announcement coming up on the leader summit on wednesday and thursday. we're seeing a bit of a knee jerk reaction trading on the back foot again. we're seeing the yen and the european dollar trading stronger this is in line with the risk off sense. it is a down day for equities and you would expect to see yen performing in that environment let's take a quick look at u.s. futures. i talked about the positive session we had on friday with major indices posting a rebound. nasdaq led the way higher on friday up more than 2% the best day for tech since march. today again in line with asia, in line with europe, we're seeing a dip in sentiment. dow looks to open up 175 points weaker nasdaq 75 points weaker. that rebound that we saw on friday looks to be short lived >> thank you >>> angela merkel's key coalition has lost its majority in the bavarian state parliament the sister party leans to the left and right the

adam fleming in brussels. iam sure eu wants. adam fleming in brussels. i am sure we will hear more from you during the course of the evening. for now, let's move onto other this afternoon. britain, germany and france have issued a joint statement have issued a joint statement urging a credible investigation journalist jamal khashoggi. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt and his counterparts said they were treating the incident with the utmost seriousness. they said there needed to be a credible investigation, and they expected a complete and detailed response from the saudi arabia. our correspondentjon donnisonjoins me now with the latest. the statement in itself perhaps isn't a surprise. but it interesting that they want to issue it now because we have obviously seen growing momentum in terms of the criticism of saudi arabia. perhaps a relu cta nce criticism of saudi arabia. perhaps a reluctance in the past to be critical of saudi arabia. absolutely, and apart a few social media comments from the foreign secretaryjeremy media comments from the foreign secretar

to solve this problem mattis in brussels thank you. well now it's got a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world a vigil has been held in russian and next crimea for the victims of a school shooting that left one thousand people dead the attack took place at a college in the black sea port of carriage russian authorities say that an eighteen year old man shot his fellow students and then killed himself. the world health organization has warned that the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo could worsen dramatically the w.h.o. stopped short of declaring an official public health emergency but said there is a danger of the potentially fatal disease spreading to neighboring countries and israel has conducted twenty airstrikes on gaza and closed its border with the palestinian territory this after a rocket fired from gaza struck a house in southern israel early on wednesday israel blames a mosque which governs in gaza for the rocket attack but the militant group has denied responsibility

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels. let's talk a little more about the so—called transition period, or what the prime minister calls the implementation period. the uk is due to leave the european union on march 29th next year. that's when the transition period would begin. during that period, the uk's relationship with the eu would largely stay the same. the period is meant to end formally on december 31st 2020. the government hopes that by then, the new trade arrangements with the eu would be in place. the suggestion of extending the transition period, however, would have implications. it could include britain having to contribute to the next eu budget being set up and this could run to billions of pounds. and that's angered many mps. our political correspondent, ben wright, has the story. his report contains some flashing images. the british people have spoken and the answer is, we're out. cheering but it's clearer than ever brexit will not be easy or quick. more than two years on from the referendum, brexiteers are

myself going to brussels thank you. pro-government turkish newspaper has published pictures of a man it says had the squad involved in the alleged killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi amounts of diplomats reported to have close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin salah the times of show him the saudi consulate in istanbul if confirmed this would contradict riyadh's denial of involvement. at least one person has been killed and dozens more injured during anticorruption protest in the haitian capital port au prince thousands of people to adopt across the caribbean country amid growing anger about the alleged misuse of funds from a government program sponsored by venezuela. people in russia annexed crimea have been paying their tribute to the victims of a school shooting that left at least nineteen people dead russian or thirties in the black sea port of cash say an eighteen year old man had detonated explosives and shot fellow students before killing himself the injuries have been transferred to moscow and othe

which was forty forty five percent of overall brussels agreement and that the legation was. foundation and establishment of circle military service who should association doesn't matter who called it they didn't do it they didn't do a single small step forward on this issue and it was tolerated by international community when i say international community it's a no from reason for the western world this is nothing to that it would there were no remarks but we delivered absolutely everything on different issues regional police justice and traditionally issue telecommuter and many other issues they did nothing. of the k i went to fulfill it or not are going to make pressure on your guys to fulfill what they signed and you course signed together with us that paper. and then we got a response ok we'll speak about. general resolution of your problems ok let us speak about it we are open to speak about. from the very beginning i hope that some people in pristina as well as many people in brussels will do their best to reach a compromise and solution no i can tell you that i will a

straight to brussels. theresa may has just arrived. are straight to brussels. theresa may hasjust arrived. are some of the issues that face us now such as migration, how we counter threats to the security, it also coincides i‘m looking forward to discussing the opportunity that presents, global opportunities, with the leaders who will be welcomed here to europe. on the issue of leaving the eu, i will be talking to leaders to lives about a very good progress that has been made since salzburg, both on the withdrawal agreement and our future partnership. both teams have been working very hard in order to ensure that we can address these issues. we have sold most of the issues in the withdrawal agreement. there is still the question of the northern irish backstop. i believe everyone around the table wants to get a deal. by working intensively and closely, we can achieve that. i believe a deal is achievable but now is the time to make it happen. if they offer you another year on the transaction —— transition period, would you accept it? we will be looking at t

joining forces in time so global uncertainty at the awesome summit in brussels leaders from europe and asia stressed the importance of multilateral cooperation or brussels correspondent tells us what's on the table. and the problem with the gentrification of puerto toll. attract investors making it increasingly expensive. welcome to do business starting with the biggest tax wendel in europe's history european banks bought and sold shares at a pace that confused tax authorities and claim to billions of tax dick duction in the process the so-called exit scheme has been known about for years but recent reports suggest that the amount of money involved could have been more than six times higher than we thought. some insiders call it open eyes to crime in pinstripes they're referring to the controversial dividend stripping transactions allegedly carried out by many major european banks here's how it worked investors quickly sold on stocks to each other around the days when companies were paying out dividends the capital gains tax on the dividend was paid only once but the multiple short ter

speaking in brussels the polish prime minister said warsaw would consider its response. but the justice minister signaled poland would accept the ruling. as we see from you we are part of the european union and we will respect the e.u. sluice so far i only know about this ruling from media reports that we will analyze the decision and then make a statement poland is a strong member state of the e.u. and we will honor. the president of poland supremes. doth refused to step down when the government tried to force her to retire. the same news of the i'm pleased that we've been hurt but i am not pleased about my country's government didn't do this and that we had to take them to the european cold. pace. it is now up to the government in warsaw to implement the court's ruling. to get more on this from v.w. correspondent barbara welcome barbara so a government decides to lower. retirement age why did that prove so controversial because phil it is part of a whole campaign and sort of systematic procedures by the government to get control over over those who disagree and that's

in brussels back here. has also been speaking we fashion a new parliament brock and i asked him if any dale had some say you could also see the british parliament. let's see i think it's very difficult to compare parliament here kate parliament because we do not see any see any coherence that both parties are totally be divided and see here there is a man as one day to take the risk to put something to vote which has also our agreement but otherwise they will have problems in european parliament european parliament and there's all this story the final word if you say no then it's a no even if all said so stays in government villegas you've been around the block in brussels so how is this going to play out what's your best bet. look the drama of. no deal is especially for the united kingdom. also damage for us but especially for the united kingdom is so dramatic that i think at the end of a day a motion should not be in that question and then have a position where we all it can live was but under the conditi

for more now let's go to brussels where did i use very own barbara basler standing by barbara why was the polish law enforced retirement of judges so controversial. the european union has been watching more this government and martial of those right wing government has been doing since two thousand and fifteen and since two thousand and sixteen just a year after it's been a constant struggle of the about the so-called judicial reform that the government sort of put in action piece by piece it's a large number of laws and if you look just at some of them for instance the prosecutors were put under the control of the ministry of justice they were before independent or for instance the judicial election committee where judges are elected voted into office has been put has been put under the control of the majority in parliament and that was of course before independent and so step by step the european commission says poland undermines the division of power in its country and of course this is the threat to judicial independence bill the european court of justice justice is telling poll h

let‘s speak to adam fleming, who‘s in brussels for us. how unexpected was this visit by dominic raab this afternoon? well, it was unannounced but not unexpected, because the way these brexit talks have worked throughout the process is that the officials and civil servants get so far and then their political masters have to sweep in either to sort out the outstanding issues or to get the deal across the line of. i‘m told dominic raab was not here for a victory lap, and this was actually a real, proper, substantive negotiating session, and that‘s because this northern ireland share issue, the so—called backstop, the backup plan for avoiding a hard border, is still a real sticking point. now, the 27 ambassadors from the remaining eu countries are having a meeting just over there right now, where they will get updated on progress. some people the mood music in some areas is good, others being a bit gloomy saying northern ireland is still really tricky. is this real, is it tactical? i honestly don‘t know, i think we will find out in th

our reporter, adam fleming, is in brussels. earlier he gave this assessment of the brexit secretary's unscheduled talks with michel barnier. it's not exactly unexpected, because the way that the brexit talks work is that the civil servants and the officials are locked in the room, working on the text, line by line, and they get as far as they can before they need their political masters to come in and either solve really knotty political problems, oi’ to just sign off the final deal and get it over the line. i am told that today with dominic raab and michel barnier, it was a proper negotiating session as opposed to some sort of last—minute victory lap, because there are still some big outstanding issues, and we know from that michel barnier tweet from just a few minutes ago, it is issues plural, although the northern ireland backstop back—up plan for avoiding a hard border is the nottiest problem of all. tell us what the problem with that is, in terms of various players, what they are thinking? how long have you got? so,

after that view from brussels, vicki, it's over to the prime minister now. it is interesting that we saw the foreign secretary stuck in a maze on twitter, it must be how it feels for the prime minister. she has got brexiteer saying that they will not allow britain to stay in a customs union for years on end, she turns the other way, shias northern ireland unionists say you cannot treat northern ireland differently, or we will withdraw support and you will not be able to govern. she has others talking about a leadership challenge, others talking about another referendum and others talking about the possibility of a i'io talking about the possibility of a no deal. it is not often that the threat of cabinet ministers resigning can be a political post but it may be that she can go to the eu leaders and say, i have nowhere else to go, i cannot get this through by compromise any more, i need you to give me something, and if they did not do it, then her position looks very precarious, indeed. the united nations is warning that 13 million people in yemen are at risk

locked in the tractor beam of brussels. we will not only beam of brussels. we will not only be prevented... we will not only be prevented by the chequers deal from offering our tariff schedules, who will be unable to make our own laws, our regulatory framework for goods and much more besides, that is politically humiliating for a £2 trillion economy. it occurs to me, that the offers of chequers risked prosecution on the 14th century statute which says that no foreign court or government shall have jurisdiction in this country. look it up. look it up. i thought you'd like that point. it will mean that uk business and industry, the entire economy, would be exposed perpetually to regulations that might have been expressly designed at the behest of foreign competitors, to do them down. it would mean that whatever the eu came up would mean that whatever the eu came up with in future, banning the sale of eggs by the dozen, banning diabetics from driving, banning gaping, or whatever, all those have been considered by brussels in the last few years. while this nons

theresa may is in brussels to talk >> it. let's get to maria at the european council in brussels. maria, we have seen the arrivals, we have already seen the shot come in, the irish prime minister coming in to make comments on brexit. are we learning as leadership arrives in brussels? >> that's right, you will see them walk behind me at any minute. billed aser, this was the summit that would be the moment of truth for brexit, but on the ground we have the opposite. a step up in billed confusion. we have heard a number of statements today, one of them abouteas being floated transition being extended. it seems the u.k. does not want it and the irish government has made it clear that this does not mean the backstop issue goes away. thewhen i say deadlock on irish border, we know that this has been an issue for months and it's a common increase that is clear. technical negotiations have been halted and it is now down to european political leaders to come up with something today. theresa may will get 30 minutes to present her case. practically this is the last window of opportunity that

thank you so much, damian grammaticas in brussels with thelatest. we'll return to brussels in about ten minutes' time to talk to a leading think tank. we're asking what you would do to prepare for brexit, one viewer in europe, not in the uk, has been in touch to say he is stockpiling whiskey, so keep your comments coming in. the washington post has published the final column written by jamal khashoggi before he disappeared two weeks ago. turkey says it has evidence he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. the united states has officially asked for the recording, said to have been made by turkish intelligence. from istanbul, mark lowen reports. at the home where diplomats entertain, police hunting the darkest of crimes. the saudi consul—general‘s residence in istanbul scoured by turkish and saudi teams searching forjust what happened to jamal khashoggi. it's over two weeks since the journalist disappeared after entering the consulate. turkey alleges murder by the saudi government. the american secretary of state shuttled from riyadh to

theresa may, of course, heads to brussels later. here are some of the other key events happening on wednesday. the law facilitating the sale of cannabis comes into effect in canada, making the recreational use of the drug legal. more on that coming up. in geneva, the world health organization will decide if the latest ebola epidemic in the democratic republic of congo is a public health emergency. and in india, one of the hindu religion‘s holiest sites, the ayyappa temple in sabarimala, will fully open to women following a supreme court order. a big day for women in india. now it is time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. cricket is a big feature today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett. coming up in your wednesday sport briefing: pakistan head into day two of the second test with a slight advantage over australia. while sri lanka and england face off in the third one day international of their series. and world champions france beat germany 2—1 in their uefa nations league match in paris. pakistan will look for early wic

twenty seven european union member states was summoned to a meeting in brussels discuss the u.k.'s departure from the bloc. between the e.u. and united kingdom person is due to leave the e.u. and march but negotiations have been. the latest from london. after a flurry of activity in brussels over the course of sunday hopes for breaks that deal remained some way off yet there had been some reports that the e.u.'s twenty seven ambassadors had been summoned to brussels primarily to take an early look at a done deal but it wasn't to be michelle bonney a the e.u.'s negotiator saying that more work needed to be done the british have been under a tremendous amount of pressure from the e.u. to hold more face to face talks and that probably explains why dominic rav britain's secretary rushed a short notice for an unsettled meeting with his european counterparts but more work more progress is yet to be achieved when it comes to finding a solution to the dispute over what's going to happen to the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland perhaps the thorniest issue breaks t

leaders it is now coming to a close in brussels what is the main takeaway here. but today breaks it on this two day summit was not really on the agenda but of course it was in the minds of a lot of leaders the they had fluffy bricks that can glue that rather fluffy council conclusions prepared on subjects of migration which was they talked about today also about the euro a bit about italian debt so a bit of business as usual but of course it was in the room if you want there is a clear determination here to to find a way forward with the u.k. and well today for instance i'm going to markland a press conference just now after the summit finished has said where there is the will there's a way and there is a clear determination to find a way kerrick we heard theresa may saying she's considering extending the transition period to allow more time for negotiations but she doesn't think that would be necessary about what the two sides here at an impasse how real is the risk of a no deal breaks it. no deal breaks it of course is there is a potential risk here seeing that

let's join our europe editor, katya adler, in brussels. complicated as ever, that was the summit that had been billed as the moment of truth, what is the mood then now particularly among eu leaders? well, we are sticking together and we are sticking to our script. that has been the main message from eu leaders to theresa may today. they are saying, we really want a brexit deal with the uk, but you are going to have to make more political concessions, especially over the irish border. another message from this summit loud and clear to the uk, especially from influential germany and france was that the uk should forget trying to soften up or to woo eu leaders individually. we heard from emmanuel macron and angela merkel that all 27 eu leaders said they are united behind their main brexit negotiator michel barnier. his red lines, they said, they are red lines. eu leaders did not want to be off—putting, they wa nted not want to be off—putting, they wanted to be encouraging because they want a deal. one diplomat said to me that leaders and

isn't delivering the concrete i guess you did to break the impasse we'll ask our correspondents in brussels and london if this is taking the block closer to a no deal scenario. also coming up turkish police searched the saudi consulate property as the investigation into the fate of a dissident saudi journalist jamal khashoggi speaks up u.s. president donald trump says that he expects to learn the truth by the end of the me . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program leaders in brussels have failed to break the impasse on britain's withdrawal from the e.u. the leader said that british prime minister to resign may fail to deliver fresh proposals and postponed calls for a special summit next month to finalize the divorce the main problem is the issue of the irish border with bribes that northern ireland is set to become the u.k.'s only land border with the e.u. both sides want to avoid a physical border which many fear could reignite social tensions in northern. ireland now a key part of negotiations is a so-called backstop a guarantee that the border would stay open should the u.k. leave the e.u

standing up to brussels. italy's government defends its big spending plans as another deadline looms in its showdown with the european union. the world's two biggest economies take their trade war to latin america. china hits back after the us secretary of state warns against beijing's involvement in developing economies. and on the markets: it isa it is a mixed start to the day. hong kong given a boost by a bounceback in shanghai. earlier today the markets were up 3.5%. the clock is ticking on another deadline in italy's budget showdown with the european commission. the eurozone‘s third—biggest economy has until noon in rome to respond to brussels's concerns that its budget for next year is unafforable. the populist government wants to spend more to meet campaign pledges such as a lower retirement age, a basic income for the poor, and boosting infrastructure spending. italy plans to raise government spending by 2.7% compared to last year, something the commission is describing as serious non—compliance

one in brussels thank you. let's get more on the business implications of bret's it from ben thank you phil the finance spokesman for the british they were part he says if the break the deal is a fudge even more companies will stall investment in the lead up to this week's talks we've heard about companies holding investments in the u.k. pharma firms stockpiling medicines on both sides in the u.k. and continental europe in case of a major trade breakdown other metaphor actresses stockpiling parts and everyone's making contingency plans but what they all need is clarity on the u.k.'s future relationship with the new. to have a look into just how the european union works you can head to monaghan in ireland silver hill farm is a piece of live in europe. these ducks hatched in northern ireland part of the u.k. then they're brought to the republic of ireland to be fattened and slaughtered and then back over the border in northern ireland they're packed for delivery while every dog crosses the border at least three t

to an amicable divorce but for british prime minister to resign may the best laid plans of london in brussels have indeed go on a roll again i burnt off in berlin this is the day. that did this on the face of the british people take you to continue to push the tory party's interest they now want a second referendum to go back to the british people and say let's turn to the story think you've got it wrong she could listen to your person says i'm putting an acceptance of the people of britain which to me will be no second referendum the people voted in this cup. also coming up tonight an exclusive report from the syrian city of raka and the legacy of fear and terror left behind by islamic state. we notice the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which i still frequents here. we were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was badly hurt. or we begin the day with yet another attempt to break through that breaks it blockade and yet again apparently it didn't work tonight the leaders of all in you countries met in brussels now before their

breaks it secretary dominic arrived in brussels on schedule talks. after a flurry of activity in brussels over the course of sunday hopes for breaks that deal remained some way off yet there had been some reports that the e.u.'s twenty seven ambassadors had been summoned to brussels primarily to take an early look at a done deal but it wasn't to be michelle bonney a the e.u.'s negotiator saying that more work needed to be done the british have been under a tremendous amount of pressure from the e.u. to hold more face to face talks and that probably explains why dominic rab britain's six secretary rushed a short notice for an unsettled meeting with his european counterparts but more work more progress is yet to be achieved when it comes to finding a solution to the dispute over what's going to happen to the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland perhaps the thorniest issue it breaks it negotiations as they currently stand in the absence of any plan from the british government the e.u. are insisting on its back stop plan that would

serbs after brussels agreement we made also in brussels that there were two preconditions if someone would like to bring let's say machine guns to the north of course all one and the most important precondition was i still use the consent of the local serb community it isn't asking them. and a single serb about saying yes to the visit of russian touchy and it's not about his visit it's a mode weaponry his people were using. and that was another publication and they wanted you know to show that they were in charge that they can do it when ever they want and whatever they want of course to frighten the serbs was again that's what they wanted to do and they didn't. and the other precondition was consent of nato we don't know what it was doing but if there was a cause of need there was not fulfilled and that's a precondition number one which was consent of sore people serbian people and they didn't have it to talk that's why we needed to react otherwise they can conquer north of course or they can expel all or people and the everyone from western community would say or most of them would

the town between rome and brussels, we know -- tone between rome and brussels. seem to just want to not change anything about the therem and i think again, is a european election next year. will probably want to use this to prop up his case that the european union is not looking after italy. he might be running or would consider running to replace juncker. that is the state of play in brussels. guy: maria, thank you very much, maria today are from within the council building in brussels. let's talk about the market action surrounding this. paul, i have to bring up the btb-bond spread. duration andreased that spread continues to widen. the markets telling us it is worried about the story and the evidence is talking about the letter being handed over, suggesting that maybe the market is right to worry. market isously the there to impose discipline for to a certain degree. europe is there to impose discipline on the italian budget . if they can rein in the spending plans and aspirations of the italian budget, that may be enough to inject confidence back into the ma

but the irish border continues to stand in the way we'll go live to brussels for mobile also coming up a massacre in crimea a teenager reportedly shot and killed at least nineteen of his fellow college students injuring dozens more and then he turned the gun on himself. and the more gruesome details about how the solti journalist. died inside the solti consulate in istanbul turkey police say they have more evidence pointing towards those sold the royal family. and the w. takes you inside what was once the capital of so-called islamic state the city of raka was liberated from all u.s. occupation one year ago tonight an exclusive report on the united states willing and unwilling to help rebuild a city that its coalition airstrikes largely destroyed. it's good to have you with us well they try. i'd again and again they failed european union leaders are meeting in brussels tonight they had hoped to break the deadlock over a deal for britain to withdraw from the european union shortly before the summit german chancellor angela merkel said that she was optimistic that a deal could be done br

any plan that to reason may agree with brussels needs to be watertight she knows that there's talk of rebellion within her own ranks. chancellor angela merkel's varian allies have suffered their worst results since nine hundred fifty in regional elections a verdict that risks further divisions within the government in berlin the vote highlights deepening divisions in german politics over issues such as immigration dominate came as the latest from munich. for decades the christian social union has dominated varian politics but no longer now the vote has slumped dozens of seats have been lost and the overall majority has gone for the c.s. used current leader and sitting prime minister it was time to put on a brave face remember. we accept the results with humility and we will have to learn from it we must analyze it clearly but one thing is clear despite the prognosis discussions and comments the c.s.u. is not only the strongest party but it's also received a clear mandate to govern. whereas for the greens this was a moment for celebration their vote more than doubled and did eight of b

after a flurry of activity in brussels over the course of sunday hopes for breaks that deal remained some way off yet there had been some reports that the e.u.'s twenty seven ambassadors had been summoned to brussels primarily to take an early look at a done deal but it wasn't to be michelle bonney a the e.u.'s negotiator saying that more work needed to be done the british are being under tremendous amount of pressure from the e.u. to hold more face to face talks and that probably explains why domenic route britain's secretary rushed a short notice for an unsettled meeting with his european counterparts but more work more progress is yet to be achieved when it comes to finding a solution to the dispute over what's going to happen to the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland perhaps the thorniest issue it breaks it negotiations as they currently stand in the absence of any plan from the british government the e.u. are insisting on its back stop plan that would essentially leads to northern ireland a part of the u.k. remaining in the e.u. customs union that plans

are you confident of a brussels breakthrough? the prime minister is heading to brussels to address european leaders at a crucial summit about brexit. the us secretary of state meets the turkish president to discuss the fate of the saudi journalist last seen two weeks ago. shops in canada start selling cannabis legally — it's become only the second country in the world to allow its sale for recreational use. and, a particularly warm welcome for the duke and duchess of sussex in australia, the five—year—old boy who appears to be their biggest fan. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: touring in monsoon season — england's cricket series against sri lanka is disrupted again. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. tens of thousands of rail passengers are facing disruption across the south of england and wales, after the cancellation of services into and out of london paddington. great western railway is advising people not to travel on long distance routes, or towards the capital, after a hitac

the meeting today at the nato headquarters here in brussels was certainly a good opportunity to close ranks with the united states for the nato members here in europe and also to show a united front against a common enemy namely russia the old code a world war for the cold war. so this is the timing is very good for the west to show that russia systematically undermines the best and democracy was its attacks and also international institutions. cyber attacks and saudi friends was already high on the nato agenda before this meeting and now this is also a good opportunity to show that nato is preparing for counter tags on russia because nato now is seeing these russian the thames as a kind of a military aggression we heard comments there from the nicer secretary at general have other nato members been reacting well old native members have their own allegations the brits issued a report the united states indicted. other russians in other related cases but also no way australia switzerland came forward with allegations so this is the attempt to show a worldwide alliance against these alle

we'll be live in brussels shortly. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the uk and the us pull out of a trade summit with saudi arabia following allegations surrounding the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. the murder rate reaches a ten year high — crime figures also show increases in robberies and theft. the extraordinary life of the war correspondent marie colvin is the subject of the new film "a private war", we'll be speaking to the film's director michael heinneman. it's five o'clock. our main story: theresa may is playing down concerns that the post—brexit transition period could be extended. let's cross live to brussels and our presenter, christian fraser. we have known for several days there wouldn't be a breakthrough at this european summit, but in the end, theresa may took only half are allocated time in addressing the 27 other eu leaders last night. if they we re other eu leaders last night. if they were frustrated by that, they didn't show it today. there has been a concerted effort on th

well i think brussels really has a fine line to balance you know what they want. to keep count soon or do and with the deficit targets at the same time they're also way off upcoming european elections they don't want to alienate the voters here it's early and push them towards these populists and anti establishment parties as it will have to see how to deal with it the e.u. has about a week or so to look at these figures call for clarification and perhaps some changes although the government says that they're not going to move an inch it's interesting to note though as you mentioned the markets still have reacted so out for the moment brussels will have to see how they can take these proposals and how far they can repeat again and i guess upcoming elections as well see my doctor there reporting from rome on the italian budget proposal thank you so much. the business world is in mourning for paul allen the co-founder of microsoft has died at the age of sixty five allen founded the take giants together with his childhood friend bill gates in the one nine hundred sev