Very latest. Israel is carrying out a major military operation in the occupied west bank. Reports say 11 palestinians are dead. Donald trump accuses the us department ofjustice of trying to resurrect a dead witch hunt after it filed charges hunt after it filed revised charges against him. Spacex says bad weather has postponed their mission after technical issues early in the week. In the paralympic games begin in paris today, with the opening ceremony taking place across the city later. Hello. Welcome. Sir keir starmer is visiting berlin, where he s expected to say the uk has a once in a generation opportunity to reset its relationship with europe. The british prime minister will be holding talks with the german chancellor, olaf scholz. As prime in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. Is we have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. Is the have in order to really talk to the eu in a broader sense. Is the first meeting, but this is the first official visit
Access for uk businesses to the german market given that germany is a member of the eu single market? i think there are things they can do. There are issues within the competence of national governments to do with the users, length of stay, for instance, where things can be negotiated. But you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require negotiation with the european union. So there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the germans today but the big picture is a european picture and that trade agreement that boris johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. In johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. johnson signed with the european union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the euro
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the prime minister to berlin. And it s just two months after he was elected as prime minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. It s, on the one hand, it s a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think that s something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they can t really do much is when it comes to trade, because that s within the. . . That s within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. . . I think when it comes to closer cooper