That the European Commission is making itself look silly by saying that talks with britain arent making progress. The eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, says british people need to understand the extremely serious consequences of leaving. This week, theresa may faces a parliamentary battle with the first commons debate on brexit legislation, as chris mason reports. Still some way apart, the uk and the eu david davis and Michel Barnier at last weeks talks. A huge Sticking Point is money, the divorce bill. Today, mr davis insisted the uk would not be pressured into paying more than its fair share. We are basically going through this very systematically, a very british way, a very pragmatic way of doing it. And, of course, hes finding it difficult, and he wants to put pressure on us, which is why the stances this week in the press conference. Bluntly, i think it looked a bit silly, because there plainly were things that weve achieved. And yes, there were spiky exchanges between the two
Leave millions destitute. Aid agencies say they are struggling to cope. And walter becker, guitarist and co founder of the influential band steely dan, has died at the age of 67. The Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on monday after north korea carried out its most powerful nuclear test to date. The Trump Administration warned pyongyang that it risks a massive military response if it threatens the us or its allies. South korea responded by conducting its own military exercise. We report from tokyo and beijing in a moment. But first, here is our correspondent yogita limaye, in seoul. It was a perfect success, the newsreader declared, as she announced north korea was close to achieving its nuclear goals. The country says it has detonated a Hydrogen Bomb small enough to be fitted to an intercontinental missile. This is kimjong un inspecting what north korea claims is such a device. If true, it would mean that pyongyang is now capable of launching a Nuclear Attack on citi
Guitarist and co founder of the influential band steely dan, has died at the age of 67. Welcome. The Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on monday after north korea carried out its most powerful nuclear test to date. The Trump Administration warned pyongyang that it risks a massive military response if it threatens the us or its allies. South korea responded by conducting its own military exercise. Seoul says it carried out live fire Ballistic Missile drills in response to the norths nuclear test. Theres been Widespread International condemnation of pyongyang, with china and russia both expressing deep concern. We report from tokyo and beijing in a moment but first, heres our correspondent Yogita Limaye in seoul. It was a perfect success, the newsreader declared, as she announced north korea was close to achieving its nuclear goals. The country says it has detonated a Hydrogen Bomb small enough to be fitted to an intercontinental missile. This is kimjong un inspecting w
The venue for the annual Ambrosetti Forum on international affairs. And one topic dominates discussion here the impact of the Trump Presidency on the United States and the world. My guest is the us republican senator Lindsey Graham himself once a candidate for the white house and now a consistent thorn in the side of President Trump. So what does donald trump mean for traditional notions of American Leadership . Senator Lindsey Graham, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. You are at this significant gathering of international politicians. You have a chance to take the temperature, the mood, when it comes to International Perceptions of President Trump today. How would you characterise them . I think theres a lot of anxiety in europe about President Trump. I dont think that affects him much at home. There was a lot of anxiety about president reagan, a lot of adulation for President Trump. So im not so sure thats going to affect domestic politics much. But people are uncertain, peop
To promote global free trade. At the start of a 3 day summit in south eastern china, beijing has sought to position itself against an America First agenda. The guardian reports on the ongoing brexit negotiations and comments made by the European Unions chief negotiator Michel Barnier, who said the british people need to be taught a lesson about the consequences of leaving the eu Single Market. And in the guardians financial pages, Global Asset Managers schroders are predicting more than 1. 5 trillion in Company Profits worldwide could be erased by taxes required to meet the paris climate agreement. So lets begin. With me is Oliver Cornock whos editor in chief of the oxford business group. Welcome to you. We have the daily telegraphs front page and a lot of international papers, reaction to north korea yesterday testing its most powerful nuclear will missile to date, a fairly overwhelming, strong to date, a fairly overwhelming, strong response to date, a fairly overwhelming, strong resp