In central paris. Campaigners have lost a legal battle against the governments handling of the rise in womens state pension age. Scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children. Good evening, welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnsons new brexit plan is already facing some tough opposition both in parliament and the eu. The Prime Minister told mps hes compromising but that didnt wash with opposition parties. And both the irish Prime Minister and the European Council president say hes not done enough. So what exactly is his brexit offer . The main changes relate to Northern Ireland, it would stay in the eu Single Market for all goods, and that would mean accepting its rules and standards. But Northern Ireland would leave the Customs Union, and that would result in new customs checks. And all of this would depend on a future vote by the Northern Ireland assembly, which is currently suspended. Heres our deputy political editorjohn pien
Volodymyr zelinsky to investigate whether joe biden sought to interfere in a conflict of interest probe of the Ukrainian Gas Company for which his son hunter biden worked at the time trump was with holding nearly 400000000. 00 in aid without explanation under fire trump denies using any pressure what these guys are doing democrats are doing to this country is it grace but theyre going to tie up our country because frankly this so tied up this so its good up as the director of National Intelligence testified here on capitol hill President Trump was at the United Nations talking to staff he told them he wanted to know who told the whistleblower about his phone call adding that they were close to a spy and then he said something that sounded menacing. According to the whistleblower several senior u. S. Officials were concerned by the president s call now exhibit number one in hearings to decide whether to impeach donald trump john hendren aljazeera washington. Still ahead on aljazeera bri
Isaid, if i said, if it was your 19 year old son or your son, no matter what age, you would do the same as me, and he was holding my hand and he said, yes, i would. Four bulgarian football fans suspected of subjecting black england players to racist abuse have been detained following police raids. A severely brain damaged girl who the nhs believed should have her life support withdrawn has arrived in italy to continue her treatment there instead. Welcome to westminster. We are live from westminster on another really important day in the Brexit Process. The chances of a brexit deal between the eu and the uk being agreed this week this are now shrinking, according to government sources. We are alsojust we are also just hearing that Michel Barnier is being quoted as saying that he has told eu commissioners he is hopeful of getting a deal today. Thats the irish broadcaster rte saying that Michel Barnier has told eu commissioners he is hopeful of getting a deal today, so some variation in o
Anthony zurcher in washington will explain. And well be getting more on the impact of brexit on the uk economy. Thats all coming up on outside source. Yesterday, the uk delivered new proposals for a brexit deal. Today were getting the eus reaction. First up, European Council president , donald tusk. The core obstacle to a brexit deal is this how can the uk leave the eus Single Market and Customs Union and avoid there being any checks on or close to the border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland . The current agreement that the Uk Parliament rejected repeatedly, includes the irish border backstop. It says that after brexit, the uk remains aligned to the eus Customs Union until a new trade deal is signed. But borisjohnson and many brexiteers want that gone these new plans are their alternative. The Brexit Steering Group at the European Parliament says. Heres its chair, guy verhofstadt. Well, we are very sceptical about this proposal. Because mainly, it is a repackaging o
Would involve some customs checks on the island of ireland something dublin is strongly opposed to. We now have written proposals that we can engage on, our objective is very clear. We dont want to see any customs posts between north and south, nor do we wa nt between north and south, nor do we want to see any tariffs or restrictions on trade, north and south. And in brussels, the eu says thejohnson plans are unconvincing. Also tonight. At the high court in belfast, a woman denied a legal termination wins her case that abortion laws in Northern Ireland breach human rights. A special report from iraq on Sexual Exploitation of children and young women, by some shia muslim clerics. A man is shot dead after killing four Police Officers at their headquarters in central paris. And at the world athletics championships there could be another gold for Great Britain, this time in the heptathlon. Yes, ina yes, in a matter of minutes Katarina Johnson thompson is odds on favourite to take the World