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
Hello, i m samantha simmonds. You re watching the context on bbc news. The uk sets out plans for an ambitious reset with europe as the prime minister visits germany. Sir keir starmer has made his first bilateral trip as uk prime minister on a two day visit to some of europe s biggest powers. In the last few hours, we ve seen him arrive in paris where he met with french president emmanuel macron at the elysee, ahead of the paralympics opening ceremony. Earlier, the pm met with german chancellor olaf scholz in berlin. The pair announced they re working a new bilateral treaty to deepen cooperation on areas such as security, and the economy. Keir starmer said it was part of a wider reset with europe. A new uk anew uk a new uk germany treaty, and once in a generation chance to deliverfrom once in a generation chance to deliver from working people once in a generation chance to deliverfrom working people in britain and in germany. A new agreement, a testament to the depth of potential
Otherwise, temperatures generally in the high teens to low 20s for scotland and northern ireland, and about 20 to 23 widely across england and wales. It then starts to get a bit warmer for scotland and northern ireland as we start to get a southerly drift, so temperatures more widely will reach the 20s as we go through the weekend. There ll still be a lot of dry and sunny weather for england and wales. Just an outside chance of a shower working in to the coast of southern england. Our temperatures, well, coming up to about 22 in glasgow, so feeling quite a bit warmer here. And a fine weekend, sunday looks good as well. Could see 25 across parts of eastern england, but then some showers around next week. Welcome to hardtalk. I m stephen sackur. Wherever you live, however you live, artificial intelligence, machine learning, is going to change your life in the next few years. Will it be for the better? well, there are tech visionaries with very different views some benign, others, dysto
Also, a report today suggests the current system of uk press self regulation isn t working for people who aren t celebrities and royalty. We ll talk to the mums of caroline flack and anisha vidal garner, who say their privacy has been invaded by newspapers. Welcome to newsnight with your weeknightly interviews and insight. Here tonight, labour member of the house of lords lord wood, a former foreign policy adviser to prime minister gordon brown, and chief adviser to former labour leader ed miliband. He is plugged into the current pm s views on what a closer relationship with the eu actually means. Luke tryll is uk director of the pollsters more in common. He ll talk to us about the latest public attitudes on brexit. Also with us, anita boateng, who was a tory special adviser through the brexit years, and nick watt, our political editor. Nick, what does keir starmer want? what was he trying to do today? right now, he is in paris for the paralympic opening ceremony. Tomorrow, he will bea