many are asking whether such measures will be able to prevent a spanish winter of discontent. guy hedgcoe, bbc news, madrid. in about 15 minutes i will be talking to franz s climate change ambassador and one of the key architects of the paris climate agreement so she will be ideally placed to give us a sense of what it is going to take to get some big agreements here in glasgow. that will be in about 15 minutes. france is postponing sanctions against british boats in order to give negotiations a chance to resolve a dispute about post brexit fishing licences. the government in paris had said it would block british boats from some of its ports today, unless more permits were granted to french vessels. the uk environment secretary george eustice says he appreciates paris s decision to step back
france s prime minister, jean castex, in a letter to the eu last week, urged action under the trade deal, saying. and he listed access to ports. at the climate summit, clenched fists from the french president and prime minister. this was a friendly greeting. emmanuel macron said tonight he had made a new proposal to de escalate things and understood that the uk would bring forward new ideas to push things forward. they have behaved unfairly. the fishing licences were awarded entirely in accordance with the trade deal we negotiated, and we now need them to withdraw those unreasonable threats that they ve made. so, the uk says it s glad france has held back and it expects talks
but i welcome the fact that they say to pause them. they propose pausing smart motorways, because that gives me more time to get the legal case in the high court moving. and hopefully, if they did pause them, then i can get them banned in the meantime. the government has argued that deaths on smart motorways are less likely than normal motorways. it s admitted that improvements have not always been made as quickly as they could have in the past, but it s committed to making smart motorways as safe as possible. caroline davies, bbc news. france is postponing sanctions against british boats in order to give negotiations a chance to resolve a dispute about post brexit fishing licences. the government in paris had said it would block british boats from some of its ports on tuesday, unless more permits were granted to french vessels. the uk environment secretary george eustice said he appreciated paris s decision to step back from a row over fishing.
and he listed access to ports. at the climate summit, clenched fists from the french president and prime minister. this was a friendly greeting but on this issue both sides have been digging in. emanuel macron has said it is the uk that must shift, the uk that france must back down. they have behaved unfairly. the fishing licences were awarded entirely in accordance with the trade deal we negotiated and we now need them to withdraw those unreasonable threats that they have made. and with both sides now threatening to take action, this is a dispute getting ever harder to unknot. damian grammaticas, bbc news. the boss of barclastess staley has stepped down over an investigation by uk regulators into alleged links with the disgraced financier and sex offender, jeffrey epstein. a statement from the bank said it should be noted that
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