i m joined by my guest ken livingston in london is a former mayor of london and in brussels rick ross a look he is an independent journalist and lancaster we have mark garnett he is a senior lecturer in politics at lancaster university all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it can let me go to you first because you were in the belly of the beast there in london which you used to be a mare of and i still hear good things about your tenure there we ve gone through a tumultuous two years of extremely to mulch who is weak and we have no resolution whatsoever when the voters went to vote on brags that they were not to add they were not asked to folk vote on a plan that was supposed to be the government the new government of to resume to resolve she has been unable to do that her own party doesn t support. her but other plan and then they ve come around and said that they support her to continue her. time a
following welcome to cross talk we re all things considered i m peter lavelle when british voters said yes to leave the e.u. the clock started ticking towards march twenty nine which bragg said looming it is clear what members of parliament are against what is not clear is what they support time is running out as a compromise still possible. that i m joined by my guest ken livingston in london is a former mayor of london and in brussels rick ross a look he is an independent journalist and lancaster we have mark he is a senior lecturer in politics at lancaster university all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate you can let me go to you first because you were in the belly of the beast there in london which you used to be a mare of and i still hear good things about your tenure there we ve gone through a tumultuous two years of. extremely to mulch who is weak and we have no resolution whatsoever when the v
children. to consent to an experiment that truly can be i mean you said it and this is a landmark united nations ruling hands of refugees the right to asylum if they all threatened by environmental dangers the decision is creating fear in europe obnoxious immigration we put the issue up for debate. it s just another way to listen to exploit the u.n. but to. border on you know even at the most obvious level i can t believe and he wants one of the people who will be on the move and we have to start talking about how we deal with this. 3 pm here in moscow where if you are watching from in the wild thanks for keeping me company at this hall. and before we move into our main stories let s start with a developing one from the u.s. state of texas where police say a huge explosion has rattled the downtown area of houston. believe the blast happened at a manufacturing plant areas have been cordoned off with witnesses saying it was falling from the sky it s reported that 8 people have
the catholic priest should no longer after make a valid celibacy prime minister malcolm turnbull calls the report s findings a national tragedy. and sarah harman it s good to have you with us welcome here waiters are meeting in brussels and heading for a showdown over the issue of migration european council president called a mandatory quota for refugees highly divisive and ineffective as ministers arrive for the second day of the summit the house of lords of german chancellor angela merkel ringing in their ears she said member states cannot pick and choose when it comes to burden sharing and solidarity the migration crisis is not the only controversial issue on the agenda another difficult topic. i m joined now from more by correspondent. in brussels following these talks for us here so concerns about rex it is it going to dampen the christmas spirit there in brussels this today s summit sara really had its festive moments for instance the signing of a common defense mechani
the refugees are too scared to leave because of previous attacks from locals that s all from that counting the cost is up next season. if you are president donald trump first visit to asia the goal is to forge relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact could this visit really have we ll be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage here on al-jazeera. hello i m has a seeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week twenty thirty and beyond we take a look at saudi arabia s vision for economic reform starting with iran code also this week time for a rise britain central bank hikes interest rates for the first time in ten years. turkey s economy is on the arc but there are challenges ahead we ll bring you a special report from istanbul. the gulf nations need to branch out and kick their oil dependency diversify says the international monetary fund that wa