I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the Prime Minister to berlin. And its just two months after he was elected as Prime Minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. Its, on the one hand, its a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think Thats Something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they cant really do much is when it comes to trade, because thats within the. Thats within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. I think when it comes to closer cooperation between t
The competence of national governments to do with visas, length of stay, for instance, where certain things can be negotiated. But you are right, overall in terms of the big barriers to access to the european market, including the german market, that will require a negotiation with the European Union. So there are certain things they can do on the economic side with the Germans Today but The Big Picture is a European Picture and that Trade Agreement that borisjohnson signed with the European Union back in 2020. In terms of that conversation with the European Union, is that what the Labour Government want to do, or is this just a softly softly approach and just a realignment of what was a rather turbulent relationship when the conservatives were in power . To be honest, i dont know any more than you do about what they intend to do. Its clear they want to improve bilateral levers with key european statesmen. Today in germany with olaf scholz. Keir starmer will be visiting Emmanuel Macron
Thank you for being with us. What is your latest information on what is happening with this israeli operation . It happening with this israeli operation . Happening with this israeli operation . It is the largest Operation Operation . It is the largest Operation In operation . It is the largest Operation In the operation . It is the largest Operation In the West Operation . It is the Largesti Operation in the West Bank Operation . It is the largest Operation In the West Bank since 2002, and it is clear the Israeli Army is trying to bring the war of genocide and Ethnic Cleansing from gaza to the West Bank. Although the West Bank is under Israeli Military Occupation since 1967, so what you see is a unilateral war by a huge Israeli Army with Air Force attacking basically civilian population in the West Bank and they are using Military Arsenal to attack people under occupation, which is a Grave Violation of international law. Add to that, just now the Israeli Army declared they had made or
Its Foreign Minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a war that must be won. A senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of Dire And Dangerous results. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has cut short a visit to Saudi Arabia because of the attacks. Lets take a closer look at the West Bank and what It Actually is. Its land on the West Bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. Its been occupied by israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. 0ur Middle East correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. There are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin s Government Hospital behind me. You can see an ambulance coming through now as well. The Hospital Entrance Isjust behind this Army Vehicle here. Staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army ha
6 4, before regrouping to win the next two. England and Sri Lanka are making theirfinal preparations before the second test at lords tomorrow. England beat The Visitors by five wickets in the first test at Old Trafford last week, chasing down a fourth Innings Target of 205. England captian Ollie Pope says hes expecting another challenging game from Sri Lanka who impressed with their tenacity in manchester. For the guys to put together some good scores, and set us a chase from A Hundred deficit is a credit to them. But i think we can hopefully keep getting better and im sure theyll be confident and they will feel strongly. If we can play our best cricket we can come out on the rights and the result. We have to be the rights and the result. We have to be accurate when executing our plans either batting executing our plans either batting or bowling. We have to bring batting or bowling. We have to bring our batting or bowling. We have to bring our a batting or bowling. We have to bring Our