the president of the european council has talked of calf negotiations ahead as two years of brexit negotiations at start. the eu refuses theresa may request to have parallel talks on future trade deals. the chiefs of eu institutions are usually little known outside the brussels bubble. but brexit has changed all that. this is my first divorce. donald tusk, president of the european council, today presented the draft brexit guidelines. the mood music polite but steely. the talks, which are about to start, will be difficult, complex, and sometimes even confrontational. mr tusk was the recipient of the prime minister s brexit letter this wednesday. why him? because he represents all eu countries here in brussels and they call the shots on big eu political decisions. the eu says it doesn t want to punish britain. it wants to keep the uk close with trade and security ties. but gone are those words of sadness and regret that poured out of brussels after the brexit vote. now that
let s start with some breaking news this hour. protestors have stormed paraguay‘s congress building and set it on fire. demonstrators in the capital, ascuncion, were angry after a secret senate vote was held earlier in the day to approve a bill that would allow the country s president, oracio cartes, to run for a second term. paraguayan presidents have been banned from re election since 1992, to try and stop dictatorships. the bill will now go to the lower house of parliament, where he has a majority. venezuela s president nicolas maduro says he would resolve within hours, the controversy over the supreme court ruling. it strips the opposition led congress of its powers. there ve been widespread protests over the court s decision. earlier the attorney general, who s one of the president s senior aides, broke ranks with him to condemn the decision. translation: those rulings show evidence of various violations of the constitutional order and ignorance of the state model esta
caused mud to engulf homes and roads in the city of mocoa. cordelia hemming reports. this is the aftermath of hours of heavy rain. rivers burst their banks, flooding homes with mud. the surge late friday evening swept away bridges, vehicles and trees in putumayo province in the south of the country. families forced to abandon their homes whilst rescuers search the wreckage for survivors. the region s governor has called it an unprecedented tragedy, telling local media that whole neighbourhoods have been destroyed. records show that march was the country s rainiest month since 2011, and unusually heavy rainfall has also affected neighbouring peru, causing landslides and flash floods. colombia s president, who was travelling to the area, said troops had been deployed as part of an national emergency response, but the number of people still missing is unknown and rescuers have warned that the death toll is likely to rise. dimitri o donnell is a journalist based in bogota. this i
affecting in the city of mocoa in the sounth of the country. sangita myska reports. urged on by soldiers, people living in the city of mocoa run for their lives. there is no time to collect possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. over 150 are dead, and hundreds more are injured. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the emergency services pick their way through the debris in treacherous conditions. the red cross have tonight warned that the death toll is likely to rise. earlier i spoke to bogota based journa
a landslide in southern colombia has left more than 2000 people dead. than 200 people dead. police and rescue teams are at the scene but their efforts are being hampered by poor weather conditions. the local governor has called the situation in the southern city of mocoa an unprecedented tragedy. sangita myska reports. urged on by soldiers, people living in the city of mocoa run for their lives. there is no time to collect possessions, because this is what s coming. deadly mudslides have engulfed parts of southern colombia, submerging homes, businesses and people. as rescuers continue the search for survivors, the president today declared a state of emergency across the region. unusually heavy rains flooded the mocoa river, bursting its banks and those of three tributaries. it created what eyewitnesses called an avalanche of mud that has pulled buildings apart, devastating towns and leaving residents amazed and appalled in equal measure. as families continue to flee, the