The startling offer from President Trump to the family of a british teenager killed in a crash with an american diplomats wife. Its been an intense day of negotiations in brussels and the situation is still unclear. Here is the bbcs Political Editor telling us a little while like. The negotiations, though, looks set to carry on this evening and potentially into tomorrow, when the latest european summit begins. Bruno waterfield from the times says. He goes on to say. Despite all the twos and froze and the fact there is no deal coming this evening, there remains a lot of optimism about the situation. For example, listen to emmanuel macron. Translation we also worked on preparations for the European Council summit tomorrow and friday. We talked about the budget, european enlargement and of course brexit, on which i believe an agreement is about to be finalised which we can sign off on tomorrow. It looks like were heading into another layton brussels. Late night. The bbcs gavin lee is righ
And more scenes like this are expected in texas. The president denied that he bears responsibility for anti immigrant sentiment. Right now the president is flying down to el paso, a city where emotions are still very raw. I would like him to bring unity, not only to el paso, texas. But to our country. Also on the programme. British supermarkets say the government must set aside Competition Laws so they can work with suppliers to tackle Food Shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. Brexit will mean jobs for one group of meps well speak to one of the politicians elected in may who can only take her seat in brussels when the uk meps leave theirs. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington, and Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump says hes in favour of background checks for people buying guns in america. But he doesnt think theres any appetite for banning assault weapons. The president made the comments as he was leaving the white house to visit the sites of two Mass Shootings.
And now a former anticorruption investigator who was dismissed from his post after speaking out says hes received death threats. Our reporter has had the opportunity to meet with him. Reporter Jonathan Ferris is on his way to speak before a delegation of members of the european parliament. He wants to express his concern about whats happening in malta. Jonathan in malta nowadays, how it came to be is that there are two types of laws. Like, laws for gods, and laws for the common mortals. Reporter until her murder, journalist Daphne Caruana galizia exposed organized crime and corruption in her popular blog. She accused konrad mizzi, a minister, and keith schembri, the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, of establishing offshore shell companies. She used information leaked in the panama papers. Suspicious payments were made to both politicians allegedly, bribes. Caruana galizia also claimed that michelle muscat, wife of maltese Prime Minister joseph muscat, created an offshore Company C
And now a former anticorruption investigator who was dismissed from his post after speaking out says hes received death threats. Our reporter has had the opportunity to meet with him. Reporter Jonathan Ferris is on his way to speak before a delegation of members of the european parliament. He wants to express his concern about whats happening in malta. Jonathan in malta nowadays, how it came to be is that there are two types of laws. Like, laws for gods, and laws for the common mortals. Reporter until her murder, journalist Daphne Caruana galizia exposed organized crime and corruption in her popular blog. She accused konrad mizzi, a minister, and keith schembri, the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, of establishing offshore shell companies. She used information leaked in the panama papers. Suspicious payments were made to both politicians allegedly, bribes. Caruana galizia also claimed that michelle muscat, wife of maltese Prime Minister joseph muscat, created an offshore Company C
Leading EPP Group MEPs welcome the deal that was struck overnight to extend the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU, while also strengthening the safeguards for sensitive agricultural products. "The deal is proof.