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also ahead. negotiating brexit. eu leaders meet in brussels to discuss how to tackle future talks. another north korean missile test. but the us military says the ballistic rocket blew up seconds after take off. as he marks 100 days in office, donald trump becomes the first us president for more than three decades to address the american gun lobby. no longer will federal agencies be coming after law abiding gun owners. in sport, it s the richest bout in british boxing history. the countdown is on for tonight s world heavyweight showdown, as anthonyjoshua meets former champion wladimir klitshcko. and more than a0,000,000 records sold. the cranberries will be here to tell us why they have decided to put a new twist on their greatest hits. and sarah has the weather. it isa it is a largely dry day today with some sunshine around, too. some will see some rain tomorrow. i will have the full forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there are growing c ....
years of independence from britain. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. european union leaders are meeting in brussels to formally agree their negotiating stance for brexit. the president of the european council, donald tusk, has said the eu won t discuss its trading relationship with the uk until it s happy that enough progress has been made on settling the costs of britain s departure. we already know the areas the eu wants to negotiate first. the remaining members are keen to ensure the rights of the three million eu citizens living in britain. they will also be looking to get a guarantee of britain s financial contributions. the so called divorce bill is the amount the eu says the uk must pay as part of existing financial commitments. northern ireland is also on their agenda. eu leaders say they want to ensure there is no hard border with the irish republic. this is not the choreography that the government had hoped for. ministers wanted to discuss the divorce ....
speaking at whitechapel in east london. there we are. addressing first of all, and i think that will make the headlines, the issue of the number of young people who are not registered to vote. he has highlighted the figure, 2.4 million young people not registered to vote, and he said register, he urged them to register, and what he called claim your future. to register, and what he called claim yourfuture. he to register, and what he called claim your future. he also attacked the conservative party and conservative policies and said that they had held the country back and he urged people as the election approaches, don t let the conservatives hold you back and he promised that people voted in a new labour government it would be a better tomorrow. theresa may will campaign in scotland today for the first time since calling the general election. the conservatives currently hold one scottish seat at westminster, but opinion polls suggest support for the party in scotlan ....
premiership champions celtic. and it s not looking likely today either. they re less than half an hour in at ibrox, and celtic have already shown why they re unbeaten domestically this season. scott sinclair put away an early penalty. and then there was a brilliant strike from leigh griffiths too. the power increased as it went into the net. 2 0 is the score still, after around a0 minutes. in the premier league, it could be a sad afternoon for sunderland, who take on bournemouth at the stadium of light. david moyes‘ side can be relegated, if they fail, to at least match hull city s result at southampton. we ll need a really, really good run of results for things to go our way, but while there s a chance we re not going to admit to anything else. so we ve got to try and win. we have done and said in every other game that we ve got to try and win and we ve not done so. what i d say about this one is we re at home, we ve got a great chance, we played quite well in recent ....
also in the next hour, the heavyweights head for wembley. around 90,000 people will pack into the stadium tonight as anthonyjoshua faces wladimir klitschko in the richest bout in british boxing history. and at ii.30pm we ll bring you india s millenials, where the bbc speaks to young adults from mumbai, from across the social classes, about their hopes and dreams. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the 27 remaining european union countries have unanimously adopted guidelines for negotiating britain s withdrawal. the president of the european council, donald tusk, said the summit in brussels had approved a firm and fair mandate for setting the terms of brexit. my colleague ben brown is in brussels. the first thing donald tusk said, which was of huge interest, was he emphasised what he called the outstanding unity of the 27 as they press ahead? that is right. unity has been the watchword among the remaining 27 eu leaders and there have been plenty of summits here in brus ....