Number of burning spots this year. And looking for somewhere safe to keep your credit card . If youre the proud owner of apples new one, turns out the best place might not be your wallet. Hello. Im katty kay in washington david eades is in london. The british Prime Minister has had his first encounters with european leaders and its not entirely clear how the meetings changed the puzzle that is brexit. In paris today borisjohnson said clearly said he wants a deal, the french and german leaders say they want the same thing. How to get there, in the short time that remains, well, thats still the problem. The onus now is on mr johnson to come up with Practical Alternatives to the irish border issue. President macron says hes open to looking at those plans, but they must respect the integrity of the Single Market and ensure stability on the divided island. Enough there for the pound to rise 1 against the dollar and the euro today. It is vital for trust in politics that if you have any referendum, then you should act on instructions of the voters. And that is why we must come out of the eu on october the 315t, deal or no deal. Translation the key elements of this agreement, including the irish backstop are not just technical constraints or legal quibbling, but are indeed indispensable guarantees to preserve stability in ireland. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in paris. Am not sure thatn on i am not sure that currency markets on the best barometer of brexit but did borisjohnson on the best barometer of brexit but did Boris Johnson come on the best barometer of brexit but did borisjohnson come away from these two chips closer to some kind of deal on brexit . No, i think in the short answer. I think the currency markets will have responded as many did to what seems like an overture from the europeans, saying they are open to hearing whatever possibilities and suggestions mr johnson has. That sounds like a shift from the idea of no changes to the agreement on the table which has been set along that they may be softening but i do not think that is the case. It is simply smart politics by the european leaders, by Angela Merkel yesterday and Emmanuel Macron today, they did not want to be seen to be saying a big no to mr johnson so they said, if you have ideas and you do not like the irish provisions in this current Withdrawal Agreement and you think there is another deal which can be done, which is what she said to them when he met them in front of all vice, then they both said you have 30 days, so go away and come back with new ideas. In front of all of us. Theres a willingness to listen but no willingness on the eu site to compromise on the fundamentals that they believe have to be in on that agreement which is as you heard, something which deals with the problem of the border on Northern Ireland and the integrity of european borders, Single Market. Presumably, rather crudely, they know they dont need to do anything, certainly before parliament here does sit again. Yes, certainly, they are very aware, all of the european leaders about the political situation in the uk and the fact that mrjohnson ultimately has the same parliament to deal with that theresa may had to deal with, the calculations are similar. Anyway yes, but equally from their point of view, they do want a deal, they want a solution, they do not want the uk crashing out with no deal in place so crashing out with no deal in place so it is in the interest of all that the old branch but ultimately, they have made mrjohnson take the position where he owns the issue, he owns the problem. If you can present solutions, all well and good. Emmanuel macron said if he could not present solutions, it would be clear that the uk face the choice and it would be theirs, to accept the deal thatis, would be theirs, to accept the deal that is, or to live with no deal but again, that would be a uk decision. A lot of this was about the eu avoiding to take blame for any of that and eu leaders will feel they are ina that and eu leaders will feel they are in a position where mrjohnson has to make the decisions. Lets speak now to Anne Elisabeth moutet a journalist with the telegraph who joins us from near paris. We have picked out a couple of the quotes from Emmanuel Macron in the course of this afternoon which we wa nt to course of this afternoon which we want to reflect on but let us start with a positive one if we can, here is Emmanuel Macron perhaps giving a little glimmer of hope to the british Prime Minister. Let us have a look at this first. He says. So there is the shard of light there . small shard of light. It was not the to on of the general meeting between these two but it is a little something. It was difficult at that stage they were both standing in the courtyard of the palace, answering questions byjournalists after making their presentations and Boris Johnson had just quoted the 30 day timetable, hoped for by Angela Merkel. So it was very difficult to see the chancellor was wrong but i think it was more a kindness towards the chancellor than it was to the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The chancellor than it was to the Prime Minister of Great Britainm sounded from Emmanuel Macrons comments he is conscious of the fight he is being portrayed as the bad guy in all this and does not wa nt to bad guy in all this and does not want to get saddled with the blame if there is no deal. He said this is about uk politics, and domestic issue for Boris Johnson about uk politics, and domestic issue for borisjohnson to deal with, this is not something to do with, this is not something to do with french politics, it is a political decision for the Prime Minister. He concerned that he will be the one people turn to and blame if there is no deal and britain crashes out of the European Union on october and 31st . Quite honestly i do not think so. I think you missed the tone of when he said i am often described as the bad guy but the truth is he had a smirk on his mate in seeing it. He was not so displeased to be described as tough and fighting in the corner for the eu. The generalfeeling, notjust in france to be honest, is that in the last three years britain has spectacularly mismanaged the handling of discussing her 20 brexit and the best possible conditions and most of the time it has been impossible to understand from our state of the channel because they we re state of the channel because they were tethering. They were fighting among themselves. There have been reports from brussels and the eu negotiators that actually a british tea m negotiators that actually a british team of mps came and disagree between themselves in front of the eu negotiators so when the french president says this is a problem for britain, he does not say brexit is only a problem for britain but he certainly says the way britain approaches negotiation is a political problem for britain. It is not a question of which party and leader, it is not something which is a problem for the European Union. Thank you for that interpretation, putting us straight on how we should read the french president. So he survived two days of meetings with european leaders and we have to see what he comes up with now. |j european leaders and we have to see what he comes up with now. I think she is onto something there, the attitude across the channel to brexit. If you go back to last year, the french have a freeze, i have had enough. Emmanuel macron has com pletely enough. Emmanuel macron has completely had enough. 30 more days if that is it. He will probably put up if that is it. He will probably put up with that but the french are in the vanguard of saying enough is enough. So after three years we may have a solution in the next 30 days. Even by the standards of the trump presidency, this has been a remarkably tumultuous week. On a range of signficant issues, mr trump has upended existing policies and conventions causing chaos at home and abroad. Here are just a few of the more surprising things the president has said this week. He offered to buy greenland. And then cancelled a state visit when he was rebuffed. He told Jewish American voters they were disloyal and weak if they voted democrat. He suggested it was time for russia to be readmitted into the g7 club of nations. And yes he called himself the chosen one for taking on china over trade. So at the end of this exhausting week in us politics we ask is there a reason for all this . Jonathan swan is Political Correspondent for axios and joins us now. Is this all some grand scheme and there is method behind it . New, it is not. There is almost never a Clear Strategy behind any of this. U nless Clear Strategy behind any of this. Unless it is the strategy of distraction. You could coal that strategy but that is just his entire method of operation. Donald trump does not think beyond the next news cycle. He constantly receives input from the televisions, he programmes cable news throughout the week. The greenland story is something he had been talking about privately for quite a while. National Security Officials think it is a good idea, the wall streetjournal officials think it is a good idea, the wall street journal publishes officials think it is a good idea, the wall streetjournal publishes a story and trump likes the story. It gets on the front page and donald trump runs with it and makes a big theme of it for the week. Enjoys distracting everyone, everyone is off on the story. Ultimately comes to nothing which is often the case with these weeks where we get spun up with these weeks where we get spun up with certain things and they dont amount to much. When the president is not saying he is the chosen one and proposing russia get involved in the g7, what is he really focused on at the moment, does the economy concern him . He sends exercise about something. Does the economy concern him . He sends exercise about somethinglj cannot speak to the inner depths of the psyche but i do know senior white house officials who have been talking him say he is concerned about the economy. The expected to go further in a negative direction and he will potentially look for extreme tools to get out of it. That might be expect it might go further. The problem is Officials Say there is no more tools left. You can try and bully their federal reserve, we have done tax cuts, hero tax cut is not going to happen so you get into other things like infrastructure, probably not. Does he do a big deal with china which would give the stock market a bit of a run and potentially get some big agricultural purchase . These are things which are on his mind at the moment as the economy starts to jitter. Plenty to focus on for him as well, do you think it is one of those weeks when it came tumbling out or if there is, do you discern a change in approach know that we have elections next year and mr trump is going out on the front third on every issue we can meet his hands on . I do not discern much of a change in approach. He has already said he wanted to admit russia to the g7, gs. A lot said he wanted to admit russia to the g7, g8. A lot of this stuff is on repeat and comes at times. As for his re election strategy, it is really simple, they believe, the people around him, if the economy goes off the rails they are in real trouble. The president is now exploring policy options to steady the ship. Briefly, other members of the ship. Briefly, other members of the white house, senior officials, who are concerned about things like greenland and the response to that. Yes, sure. Ispoke greenland and the response to that. Yes, sure. I spoke to a senior official who said it is actually a good idea, it cost denmark a fortune in subsidies under a Strategic Value but whether it is a good idea or not, it will not happen now because the way he handled it has destroyed any chance of it being viable. Yes, this happens all the time, they get frustrated but is new . What is new indeed . What frustrated but is new . What is new indeed . What is frustrated but is new . What is new indeed . What is new is that i and exhausted. It has been a busy week on the news front. President trump says he now considers the us Movement Antifa short for anti fascist a terrorist organisation and is now looking at officially designating it as such. Critics have called his statements hypocrisy, because hes done little to curb white supremacist groups. Theres also debate as to how antifa can be an organisation at all. Earlier this week, our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, reported for us on the current state now, from portland in oregon where antifa took to the streets this week to counter a neo fascist march he takes a look at the far left. The rise of White Supremacy in the us has seen a counter surge in an antifascist movement that has come to be known as antifa. It gets attention when activists come out to oppose far right marches, often in dangerous confrontations with neo nazis or the police. It is our duty, our obligation as human beings to come and use our voice and body to protect our communities. I personally am comfortable with the thought that my life could be, like, i could die to make it easier for other people to live. Many conservatives here say that antifa and not the far right is the real danger. In the past, antifa protesters have vandalised businesses and beaten people during rallies in the name of anti fascist. We are not going to let the fascist takeover peacefully. By whatever means . By any means necessary. Which means the potential use of violence . U nfortu nately. Luis has been arrested many times and insists it is never his objective to start violence, only to physically confront hate groups on the street. But even in recent days, we have seen that the Antifa Movement takes many other forms to oppose fascism. You dontjust see anti fascism expressed in this country on the streets when people come out to confront White Supremacists, antifa has also found a home with the Supporters Clubs of some of americas professional football teams. The stadium at this Portland Timbers game was awash with antifascist slogans and signs, and messages of inclusion. Even the Supporters Club logo is that of the iron front, three arrows representing opposition to nazism. And this is antifa 2, the metal band lockdown, part of a thriving us antifascist music scene. What do they think about the president saying he is thinking of designating antifa a terrorist organisation . Antifa is not an organisation whatsoever, it should just be how you should be as human being. We have done nothing terrorist at all. Unlike the atrocities of the far right side, where there had been very many deadly terrorist attacks. When you do look at the Mass Shootings by White Supremacists at a black church or synagogue or targeting latinos, there has been no equivalent violence from the far left. That is not to say things are not heading in a more extreme direction. Very interesting to get the reporting from both sides. Since the el paso shootings, we have had a spate of people being arrested who might have threatened to use violence or threatened to have some kind of mass shooting attacks going on, some of them associated with some of those white supremacist groups. A lot of violence and tension in the country at the moment. Yes, that is clear. Yes, that is clear. As forest fires rage through the amazon, the brazilian president says he doesnt the resources to tackle them and suggests environmental groups might be to blame for starting them. What Jair Bolsonaro isnt doing is coming up with a plan for dealing with blazes that are almost twice as big this year as usual. His environment minister was booed and heckled today at a un Climate Change meeting and mr bolsonaros government has been accused of implementing policies that exacerbate the situation. So how bad are these fires and what could be done to stop them . A short while ago i spoke to gina mccarthy, former administrator of the Environmental Protection agency. How bad is the situation in the amazon at the moment . Right now it is pretty startling. The amazon looks like a burning inferno and we do recognise that the policies of the president in brazil right now, is basically he had an open season on the amazon for ranchers, farmers, miners and logging. What has happened as he has opened up so much land in the dry season, it is going to start burning. We see now the kind of smoke that is travelling 1800 miles away and darkening skies. This is terrifying and it should be an incredible wake up call to the rest of the world that we cannot let the amazon deteriorate like this and expect we can control Climate Change. We need the anna sloan and we have to take action. Jair bolsonaro says brazil does not have the resources to deal with these fires, he said it would take up to many fireman today, is this global interest so should the rest of the world step in . I think the rest of the world is willing to step in but this president needs to send a signal that he is going to change his rulings and behaviours that basically said it was perfectly fine to destroy the amazon and that it was brazils alone resource. It is the worlds resource and she knows it as well as everyone else so of cours