control its sovereignty. it singles out travolta. it is unfair and unnecessary and is committed to. i am grateful spain has been foolish enough to play this card early in this process and not at five minutes to midnight with an agreement in place, bar the issue of gibraltar. the british government has been quick to affirm its commitment to the territory. foreign secretary as johnson tweeted that the uk remains implacable and rocklike in our support for gibraltar. but these are d raft support for gibraltar. but these are draft proposals, due to be finalised by the eu at the end of the month. theresa may has until then to try to persuade them to drop this controversial clause. later this morning we ll be speaking to gilbratar‘s chief minister fabian picardo to find out more. that s just after 9. two million people are set for a pay rise today, as the national living wage goes up t7.50 pounds an hour. the change, which means over 25s are paid at least 7.50 an hour, has been br
bridge have been transformed into a piece of music for visitors to listen to as they walk along. and tomasz has the weekend weather. the weekend looks a little bit and it is. some of us may have to run to cover today from few showers but tomorrow is looking mostly sunny. good morning. first our main story. tensions are rising over gibraltar‘s position during brexit, after the eu gave spain a potential veto on any future deal for the british territory. last night, the government said it would stand up for gibraltar‘s interests during negotiations. the enclave has accused spain of trying to manipulate discussions, in order to further its 300 year old sovereignty claims. mark lobel reports. gibraltar has been in british hands in 1713. it shares a border with spain, but rejects any spanish claim of sovereignty. the current proposals mean a deal between the uk and the eu would not apply to gibraltar without an additional agreement between the uk and spain. gibraltar‘s chief
good morning and welcome to bbc news. tensions are rising over gilbraltar‘s position during brexit after the eu gave spain a potential veto on any future deal for the british territory. last night the government said it would stand up for gibraltar‘s interests during negotiations. the enclave has accused spain of trying to manipulate discussions in order to further its 300 year old sovereignty claims. mark lobel reports. in gibraltar has been in british hands since 1713. it shares a border with spain, but reject any spanish claim of sovereignty. the current proposals mean a deal between the eu and uk would not apply to gibraltar without an additional agreement between the uk and spain. gibraltar‘s chief minister has fiercely rejected this as an attempt by spain to encroach on the rock s ability to control its sovereignty. it singles out gibraltar in a way thatis it singles out gibraltar in a way that is unfair, unnecessary and clearly discriminatory, but i m very gratef
apply to gibraltar without the approval of the kingdom of spain. some say spain is trying to exploit dreich said. every country looks to look after its own interests, and as is what spain is trying to do over gibraltar. it is absolutely wrong that any future free trade agreement, security, bilateral arrangement or anything else should depend on britain giving some concession to madrid over gibraltar. in gibraltar, officials at your ears. we re not going to be a pawn in brexit. we want the culprits of brexit, because the eu looks at the uk s if brexit, because the eu looks at the uk s if we are the ones walking away, well, gibraltar was not responsible for that. the letter handed to the eu on wednesday triggering the process did not include reference to gibraltar, and some critics say it should have. what is perhaps underlines is a challenge facing britain as it begins negotiating as a single nation against 27, each of which have their own vested interests. and matt cole is he
nearly half of people who used the government s help to buy scheme to purchase a house did not need it, according to new research. also in the next hour: at least 150 people are reported to have been killed by a massive mudslide in southern colombia. johanna konta wins the biggest tennis title by a british woman in a0 years, beating caroline wozniacki in the miami 0pen, making konta world number seven. and in the papers in half an hour, the sunday telegraph reports that britain s airports and nuclear power stations need to tighten their defences against terrorist attacks. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar in the brexit negotiations following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to pursue its claim to the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. labour say it s vital the people of gibraltar aren t use