Im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is off. Its not entirely clear why relations between germany and america have deteriorated so fast this week, but theres no doubt they have. Both Angela Merkel and donald trump today continued their war of words. For the american president , that meant taking to twitter. We have a massive Trade Deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato military very bad for us this will change. The German Foreign minister wistfully suggested it isnt helpful for the two countries to be communicating with tweets but his chancellor restated her view that europe now has to look out for itself. Translation transatlantic ties are of paramount importance to us. The only thing i did was to say that the Current Situation gives more reasons for us in europe to take our destiny in ourown for us in europe to take our destiny in our own hands. So what is germany and the rest of europe making of the apparent us german row. Joining me from bruss
Sdlp in Northern Ireland launched their manifesto with a Focus On Fighting Hard Brexit and hard border. Its leader said their party would stand up against borders, division and cruel and crippling cuts. As we face new challenges we must be mindful of protections but europe as gifted us and remind others of a situation that is unique and more challenging and deeply deserving of special status. To do that we need strong voices taking a stand against the tories at the heart of the action. Welcome to the programme. Laura hughes and jason are here. Jeremy corbyn a failure of memory, a bit like diane abbott earlier in the campaign . It is not great, you would have thought he would have had a briefing before going to interview on the date that youre launching a manifesto policy, youre launching a manifesto policy, you should know your numbers. You cannotjudge a Policy On Whether or not the leaders remember the numbers and that is true. But for a party co nsta ntly and that is true. But for a
The south east of the uk. The fly in the ointment is the Weather Front which is pushing towards the south east overnight, into saturday morning and there is still fhee morning and there is still the threat of clipping of england, not far away, south east of england, not far away, some thunderstorms. That should clear way, that is how it looks at the moment and we will move into the cooler and fresh air with sunshine and showers, the main focus of the showers towards the north west. For the second half of the weekend, three areas of low pressure close by, none of them ride over the uk, but still the air will be unstable enough so that we can generate showers. Some good spells of sunshine, some of the showers on the heavy side and we will find temperatures iii heavy side and we will find Temperatures 1a in glasgow, perhaps as high as 20 in london. Early next week, an area of High Pressure extending from biscay across the south east of the uk but an area of low pressure is approaching fro
The south east of the uk. The fly in the ointment is the Weather Front which is pushing towards the south east overnight, into saturday morning and there is still fhee morning and there is still the threat of clipping of england, not far away, south east of england, not far away, some thunderstorms. That should clear way, that is how it looks at the moment and we will move into the cooler and fresh air with sunshine and showers, the main focus of the showers towards the north west. For the second half of the weekend, three areas of low pressure close by, none of them ride over the uk, but still the air will be unstable enough so that we can generate showers. Some good spells of sunshine, some of the showers on the heavy side and we will find temperatures iii heavy side and we will find Temperatures 1a in glasgow, perhaps as high as 20 in london. Early next week, an area of High Pressure extending from biscay across the south east of the uk but an area of low pressure is approaching fro