court ofjustice. jurisdiction of the european court of justice. finances jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. finances defined by laws. the person who oversees does is the european court ofjustice. outside of that and services will be affected. that is why contingency plans have been mentioned. financial services and sectors are watching closely. so is everyone else. the uk has said from the beginning we want to discuss trade in parallel with discussions about the actual divorce terms as well. but brussels does not wa nt to terms as well. but brussels does not want to do that, does it? it does not want to talk trade initially. article 50 itself says the final agreement must make reference, only reference, to the future trade agreement, not a detailed plan. and of course it is in the interest of the eu to some extent get everything else sorted out first and leave the trade until later because the uk has more at stake than the eu. to leave it later to some extent is playing a tough bargain. will have to wait until 2018 unfortunately until w

court of justice. to fossilise past decisions by the european court ofjustice. we propose european case court clerk will be given the same status as decisions by our own supreme court. the supreme court doesn't often depart from its own decisions, but it does from time to time. we expect this to take the similar approach with european court. of course, parliament will be free to change the law and overturned caselaw with it decides it's right to do so. today's white paper also sets out the great repeal bill approach to the great repeal bill approach to the charter of fundamental rights. let me explain a reproach. the charter of fundamental rights only applies to member states when the act within the scope of european law. this relevance is removed by our withdrawal from the eu. law. this relevance is removed by our withdrawalfrom the eu. the government has been clear that in leaving the eu, the uk's leading role in protecting and advancing human rights will not change. the fa ct human rights will not change. the fact the charter will follow we will not mean the

and not through the european court? and not through the european court, because if we just walked out and left then the european court couldn't apply for us so we couldn't be chased down for the bill. there is certainly the possibility, both sides would move heaven and earth to avoid this, but the possibility of going to the international court of justice the possibility of going to the international court ofjustice in the hague, this is the ultimate legal arbiter for massive international disputes. if the uk we re international disputes. if the uk were a walk—out paying nothing with the eu waving a bill as we disappeared from the room, that would feel like the mother of full legal disputes. in theory, yes, this could go to international arbitration. but both sides will try very, very hard to avoid it. we have heard all of these numbers. the idea of 60 billion euros from the eu as a settlement, they want a financial settle m e nt settlement, they want a financial settlement when we leave. some people in the brexit can

theresa may's insistence that the european court ofjustice will no longer play a role in british life, she will have to roll back a little bit on that. if she doesn't, it's ha rd to bit on that. if she doesn't, it's hard to see how there will be a transitional arrangement, and we will have to go from full membership one day to a totally different thing the next. a lot of people think that would be very dangerous. in a few minutes, we'll be live in washington to get the latest on the senate investigation into whether russia interfered in the us election campaign. rex tillerson has been meeting president erdogan in turkey. leading tech companies have told the home secretary there are committed to doing more in the uk to combat terror. amber rudd urged facebook and google to crack down on terrorist propaganda, and even stop it before it appears online. here is oui’ it before it appears online. here is our technology correspondent. she will point to their success in removing child abuse images, something the government pressed for and there was action by technology companies to do that,

the european court ofjustice rules companies can ban workers from wearing the headscarf. and breaking up is not always easy to do. what can czechoslovakia's velvet divorce tell us about brexit? first, our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, celebrated victory in his country's election, easily defeating geert wilders. eu leaders staunchly backed the dutch in a diplomatic row a diplomatic row with turkey. commissionerjean—claude juncker said he was scandalised. we will never accept this comparison between the nazis and the current government. the european court of human rights ruled that hungary unlawfully kept two migrants in a transit zone. the decision could affect the country's plan to automatically detain all asylum seekers in border camps. the spanish foreign minister says an independent scotland will have to join the back of the queue for eu membership. spain's government is worried about the separatist movement in catalonia. ffiifuéfiéfiiaziwa'sacs: — — — from wearing religiou symbols but the restric

britain will remain subject to the jurisdiction of european law and the european court of justice until march 29 2019. after that it will not be subject to those jurisdictions. isavoid a legal vacuum what going to need to happen is 19,000 eu legislative acts will have to be largely absorbed into british law. on theill be exceptions macro level. there will be discussions and policies formulated prime minister's and scrutinized by parliament in key areas like customs and trade and nuclear regulation. health and safety. food. ironically there will be at least to a large degree a transposing of eu law into early 2019 which is really quite ironic when britain is trying to supposedly regain its sovereignty. after the exit is completed they will be ongoing changes. further adjustments to laws to ensure that everything is fully consistent. this will be a very complicated process. there could be legal contradictions and challenges for quite some time. in a move that sparked anger in the socialist party, manuel valls has announced his support for the centrist presidential candidate, emmanuel macr

to the european court ofjustice. brexiteer said make parliament sovereign, let's take is out of the jurisdiction of this foreign court that has the final say on our laws and regulations. but the suggestion here they are softening on that and there could be some partial or non—binding agreement with britain with this court as an arbiter to trade regulations. also, the divorce bill, this question of how much britain will pay to leave and any future contributions, she may have this soft on her tone on that. and finally, she has suggested in her letter to donald tusk tomorrow, she wants to beef up security ties with the other 27 nations. it is interesting, this moderate tone after some robust rhetoric from her, liam fox and david davies in recent months. and just at the end of the financial timepiece, and be of the most critical in terms of the obstacles and things. but in spite of the mood music, some diplomats in london think the chances are now no greater than 50—50 in getting a deal. so clearly there are lots of

jurisdiction by the european court of justice? if we've jurisdiction by the european court ofjustice? if we've taken european law into british law, but surely the jurisdiction is still provided by luxembourg? it will then be for our own courts to interpret those laws, they will have a european origin. it's not just they will have a european origin. it's notjust the issue of the courts. very few things end up in litigation. 0ftentimes we have to have administrative structures but deal with dispute resolution. for example what happens if a company has a license in the uk under eu law to conduct business elsewhere in europe and finds it can no longer carry out that business. normally it would be an administrative structure that would solve that problem. taking the uk outside of the eu without any deal in place, what that cooperation looks like going forward will be massively disruptive for uk business. plenty for you to be thinking about in the next couple of yea rs. thinking about in the next couple of years. thank you. and we'll fi

court of justice be under the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice or should we need another supra national european court ofjustice or should we need another supranational body which will, which we will refer cases to that become difficult? the key question is, what the future relationship about in terms of regulation. we have copied across the eu regulations as they are at the eu regulations as they are at the moment, but that doesn't mean that if brussels passes new regulations in the future they will end up in our statute book. that is the key question for the easy day. if it is going to be the case that new regulations made in brussels are going to apply in the uk, then you can see a role for the ecj, or another of these courts to have a role in interpreting these things. but if we are going to strike a trade deal whether uk is going to have more independence in terms of setting its own regulation then you mightfind setting its own regulation then you might find something else, something slightly lighter touch, is established. kamal, from a journalist does not point of v

court ofjustice. labour, submissions to the european court ofjustice. people voted yes, fio court ofjustice. people voted yes, no on court ofjustice. people voted yes, 1100116 court ofjustice. people voted yes, no on a simple question. the detail is coming through. it is very important, and i'm delighted that intermittently telemark independently minded peers are saying to the government on that question, the rights of eu citizens, and that is what the government has been defeated on. they will go back to the commons and the put through unopposed. you will be happy. the telegraph, which we are reviewing, it will go ahead. theresa may will still trigger brexit in two weeks.|j think it would be very good, the traditions of this nation to say to citizens here. worrying, you will fined here —— you will be fine. citizens here. worrying, you will fined here -- you will be fine. did you vote for that amendment? no, i would not overrule the commons.|j would not overrule the commons.|j would not overrule the commons.|j would not fetter the power of the negot

host: you have also been drawing together different reactions to the news that the european court of justice, the top court in the eu, has issued a new ruling now that allows employees to ban their employees wearing headscarves. start in france, a country that cherishes it separation of religion and state. along with belgian, it has banned women wearing the full face veil in public. this piece in slate calls the european court of justice's latest ruling a good compromise and phrases it for providing much-needed clarification on the matter for private businesses. it is worth remembering here in france that all religious symbols, everything from the situation and to muslim headscarves for women are outlawed in public spaces. host: in germany, what is happening there? guest: it's another country with a large muslim population. as you read, this ruling gives companies greater freedom than against a religion. that is not necessarily a good thing. we read the decision is an example of the victory of the minority, onee that is likely to result in muslim women refusing to take off their head

the european union, that will change, the supreme court here will be the first place that cases are referred to. i find it extraordinary that liz truss has said tojudges, come out and explain to the public what you do after she was attacked for failing to stand up for the when the daily mail enemies daily mail enemies ofaily mail enemies of the mail enemies of the people over branded enemies of the people over the article 50 challenge which they presided over purely on a legal basis whether parliament needed, the basis whether parliament neededethe of parliament needed to be approval of parliament needed to be sought to trigger to call 50, sol think it is a little bit, there will be judges choking on their cornfla kes be judges choking on their cornflakes tomorrow morning when they see the justice secretary that. i think it is quite a saying that. i think it is quite a superficial, cheap thing to say. there is nothing more complex than law, and it is for the education sector to explain the rule of law is, separation of powers. the other issue as well is that as lord chancellor, she

arrest warrant, she wants european arrest warrant, she wants european court of justice european arrest warrant, she wants european court ofjustice in luxembourg still to have supremacy in some areas. this is far from over. do you fear that, once again, ukip is in the headlines because of internal infighting, rather than because of what you stand for? virtually every bad story about ukip that has emerged for the last two and a half years has come as a result of splits with douglas ca rswell, a result of splits with douglas carswell, a tiny handful of people that were his key supporters, and i think, actually, in terms of splits, i think today is a very good unifying day for the party, i am hearing that already. so a prediction from nigel farage that it will be harmony from now on within ukip? well, i don't think there will be big ideological divides, everyone in the senior positions agrees with the manifesto, understands how important immigration is as an issue to britain voters, and a0 and a half yea rs to britain voters, and a0 and a half years we had douglas carswell trying to get ri

court of justice. arbiter on this issue is the european court ofjustice. there is a case in dublin at the moment that is seeking to refer this question to the european court to get a definitive answer. 0ne the european court to get a definitive answer. one other point worth remembering, everyone is talking about a two—year period for negotiation on article 50 and then we leave. but if all 28 eu countries agreed, the uk and all the rest, that two—year period could be extended. no one is advocating that, but it remains a possibility. that was chris morris going through some of the options. the entrepreneur richard tice is co—chair of leave means leave and is here with me now. and professor ted malloch — an expert on business and governance and the man widely expected to be appointed as the next us ambassador to the european union. we shall see, gentlemen. good to have you both with us. can we start on this letter? notjust the content, but the tone, richard? speak the tone is very constructive and positive and warm, as you'd expect. we are still going

cost ofjustice. —— the european court ofjustice. a mountain rescue team has found the wreckage of a helicopter which went missing yesterday afternoon en route from luton to dublin. the bodies of five people were also found. in sport, arsene wenger is confident alexis sanchez and mesut 0zil want to stay at the club. he says his own future is not sorted completely. judd trump makes his third competitive 147 of his career as he reaches the quarterfinals of the china open in snooker. more sport at half past four. a mountain rescue team has found the wreckage of a helicopter and five bodies. it went missing yesterday afternoon en route from luton to dublin. five people were on board. search teams found the privately owned twin squirrel helicopter in the rhinog mountains. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent danny savage, who is at the scene of the accident, and he described the scene. the headlines on bbc news... if you look at a map and you looked at this huge remote area, it is that mountainous area between trawsfynydd and harlech whe

that is the ruling of the european union highest court today. we will get reaction to a controversial decision. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. the people of the netherlands are about to vote in elections that is too close to call. poll showed the party of the center-right minister mark rutte . here is how mark rutte replied. >> that is the difference between tweetingand leading the. if you lead the country, you need to take smart decisions. this isbrent: earlier, i spoke r correspondent in the hague. i asked about the polls. >> it looks like it is going to be a very close call for sure. there is an important aspect of emerging here. a pool emerge earlier today. it appears that geert wilders's party coming out in fifth place. number one being the liberal party. if that is true, it will be a huge surprise here. the margins are very slim. a very volatile situation. nearly half of the dutch voter is undecided. there could be another outcome and surprises. the polls suggests any other of the parties could come out first p

we will take control of our own laws and bring an end to the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in britain. leaving the european union will mean that our laws will be made in westminster, edenburg and belfast. and those laws will be interpreted by judges not in luxembourg but in courts across this country. we will strengthen the union of the four nations that comprise our united kingdom. we will negotiate as one united kingdom taken account of specific interest of every nation and region of the uk. when it comes to the powers that we'll take back from europe. we'll consult which power should reside for west minister. mr. speaker no decisions currently taken will be removed from them. it is the expectations of the government that the administration scotland will see a significant increase. we want to maintain the common travel area. there should be no return of the borders of the past. we'll control immigration so that we continue to attract the brightest and best. manage the process properly. we seek to guarantee the rights of eu citizens who are livi living -- that's set out cl

this is the european court issuing guidance to the high courts in france and belgium, which went to it saying we do not quite understand the european directive on dissemination, give us help. the two cases are about our moroccan woman he was sacked because she was wearing an islamic headscarf. in this case, there was existence already a company policy which insisted on strict neutrality and saintly cannot wear signs of religious, political, philosophical association in the workplace. in the case of that rule being applied neutrally on everyone, this was not in itself discrimination. they are saying that is their interpretation of the rules but maybe the belgian courts will decide there was in —— indirect discrimination. in the law, in its interpretation of the law, the court says thatjust having an internal rule is enough to then go ahead and applied neutrally and ensure there are no headscarves in public view. in the other case, it was a frenchwoman who was sacked after a client complained about the headscarf. in that case, the court said, we don't think that was grounds for sacki

what about the european court ofjustice? one of your colleagues saying he was upset about the idea that past judgments will become part of british case law is this another example of where nothing will change? we want to do it in an orderly way. we will talk all the eu laws and case law, it is under eu law, it's legislative stuff rather than interpretive stuff we have to put it into uk law to start with. carefully we can decide what we keep, what we revise and get rid of altogether. that will affect fisheries policy, regulation of small businesses and the checks at the border to stop terrorists and criminals coming in. it's important. you have to take time to get it right. i think this two stage process set out by the government is the right one. for those wanting to cause trouble can hold it up, can‘t they? would you rather have the laws of the land being set by people who are accountable to the voters? with all the procedures we have in parliament to make sure you have scrutiny to have votes or made in brussels by civil

courts in france and belgium had asked the european court ofjustice to rule on discrimination cases brought by women who'd been banned from wearing islamic headscarves at work. the irish coastguard says hopes are fading for three of their helicopter crew members after their aircraft went missing about six miles to the west of county mayo. the aircraft lost contact in the early hours of this morning while involved in an operation to rescue a man from a fishing boat. another person who was on board has been found — he's in a critical condition. it's one of the world's oldest golf clubs, established in the 18th century. today muirfield finally decided to allow women to become members. the vote, the second in less than a year, came after the east lothian course was removed from the list of open golf venues last may when not enough members voted to allow women in. natalie pirks reports. steeped in tradition muirfield may be. but its views on women were perceived as less than honourable. in a feat of scottish perseverance, though, the board got the result it wanted at the second attempt. the ru

but in the uk we have heard a lot about to european courts, one is the european court of justice then as the ecj, the other one is the european court of human rights. first of all the ecj belongs to the eu, the road of that court is to the eu, the road of that court is to uphold eu law so as soon as we lead, the ecj has nothing more to say to britain. the european court of human rights does not belong to the eu, it belongs to something called the council of europe, it sounds similar but it is a different international body. it has 47 members, britain is one of them, britain is free to leave that court and itsjurisdiction, britain is free to leave that court and its jurisdiction, it britain is free to leave that court and itsjurisdiction, it is there britain is free to leave that court and its jurisdiction, it is there to uphold european human rights. theresa may says she wants to leave that court, she has talked about separating, exiting that court to leaving the eu. terry in sheffield has asked, surely there must be an obligation for that departing member to receive a view that repre

is out of the european union, it is not subject to the court of justice. it is not subject to the european commission and so on. difficult to conceive how you can have passporting. passporting really requires enforcement of national rules and i do not think that will happen. >> do you expect the banks to move into the europe? >> i don't think all banks have to move but those that want to do major activity in europe will. we will perhaps see 10-30,000 people moving out of london to the confidence. that is a lot, but not that much because the city of london has 300,000 employees. >> what you expect the final impact to be? >> i think london will suffer. a fall and tax revenues. the rest of the economy will not suffer that much because of will find some form of trade agreements. pound 16% down since june. the rest of the economy will manage. customill be some barriers painful. we will see what comes out of the negotiations. export to germany. you can still export to france. it will be possible but there will be a cost especially for london. >> how do you expec

courts of human rights, such madness. i will be voting to make sure this government is a success. it's the best government this country has had ina best government this country has had in a generation. it's answering to the public, it's not run by people like blair, osborne, kamran. let's head inside parliament. mps digestive the letter. there are many here who are bitterly disappointed that this day has come. others cannot take the smiles off theirfaces. i think it is others cannot take the smiles off their faces. i think it is striking that in that letter, theresa may talks about trying to get deal. there has been a lot of speculation around here that that she was pushing to get no deal at all. she makes it very clear in that letter that having no deal at all would not be the ideal situation and she is urging both sides to make sure they do try to get something. the tyne, constructive. just a little bit of a threat when she talks about whether there is no deal, with that threaten there is no deal, with that threaten the

brent: the european court of human rights has rolled hungary unlawfully kept two migrants in the transit zone on the frontier with serbia. it could affect hungary's plans to detain people in border camps. the situation of migrants stunk -- stuck in the migrant zone. one boy from afghanistan is coping by making portraits which have won him quite a reputation. >> the work of an artist in the making. at the refugee camp in serbia, all are convinced. he has real talent. they call him little picasso. >> i love painting, i must be a painter. i must be a painter. >> the 10-year-old is from afghanistan. his specialty is portraits but he likes also drawing fairytale castles and nature. among his many works [no audio] >> if america can do something, it would be good. >> they left their home in afghanistan a year ago. they would like to go to switzerland or the united states. but for now, their home is a damp room with one bed. the kids in the refugee camp are trying to make the best of it. they are still having fun. and like him, they still have their dreams. brent: here is a reminder of the top s

we will take control of our own laws and bring an end to the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in britain. leaving the european union will meet our goals will be made in westminster, edinburgh and belfast and those laws will be interpreted by judges not in luxembourg but across the country. we will strengthen the union of the four nations. will negotiate as one united kingdom taking account of the specific interests of every nation and region of the uk and when it comes to the powers we will take back from europe we will consult on which powers reside in westminster and which should be part of the next administration that no decision currently taken by the administration will be removed from them and it is the expectation of the government that the administration in scotland, wales and northern ireland will see a significant increase in their decisionmaking power as a result of this process. we want to maintain the common travel area with the republic of ireland with no return to the borders of the past, we will control immigration so we continue to attract the best and brighte

court are repatriated the decisions of the courts will come under greater scrutiny. well, it really is absolutely essential that we have a lord chancellor who understands her constitutional duty. yes, thank you. i think we need to move on, however. before we leave controversy entirely... i don't think i've said anything controversial. at least to lawyers. indeed not. the prime minister is gearing up to trigger article 50 next week, the official start of the process for the uk leaving the eu. the uk voted by 52% to 48% to leave the european union in a poll injune. negotiations over the terms of that exit will begin shortly. in the commons, the leader of the liberal democrats launched an attempt to have a second referendum once the brexit deal is drawn up. bringing in what's known as a ten minute rule bill, he explained what he wanted. i accept that we have had our mandate referendum in which the british people voted to leave. but voting for departure is not the same as voting for a destination. now the government should give the british people a decision referendum to

we will take control of our own laws and bring an end to the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in britain. leaving the european union will meet our goals will be made in westminster, edinburgh and belfast and those laws will be interpreted by judges not in luxembourg but across the country. we will strengthen the union of the four nations. will negotiate as one united kingdom taking account of the specific interests of every nation and region of the uk and when it comes to the powers we will take back from europe we will consult on which powers reside in westminster and which should be part of the next administration that no decision currently taken by the administration will be removed from them and it is the expectation of the government that the administration in scotland, wales and northern ireland will see a significant increase in their decisionmaking power as a result of this process. we want to maintain the common travel area with the republic of ireland with no return to the borders of the past, we will control immigration so we continue to attract the best and brighte

court ofjustice. and we will bring you up—to—date when we get those guidelines. also making the news today the us representative at the un says her country is no longer making the removal of the president bashar al—assad a focus on his policy in syria. the ambassador nikki haley said the priority for america would bea said the priority for america would be a she put it looking at how to make a difference for the syrian people. israel announced it is building the first new settlement in the occupied west ba n k first new settlement in the occupied west bank in more than 20 years. the settle m e nt west bank in more than 20 years. the settlement near the palestinian city of nablus was approved at a meeting of nablus was approved at a meeting of the security cabinet of israel on thursday. palestinian officials have condemned the plan and have called for international intervention. reports from south africa say that president zuma sacca finance minister —— sacked finance minister following the i

the sun is talking about the european court of justice and the obscurity of what will happen with that. at what point do we were talking about this before. how do you decide today we will talk to this country about this issue. about whether it is about the rights of eu citizens and trade deals we know there are many battles going on, we can see that in the papers today, about trade and security. but what about when do you even consider the rights of eu citizens, whether they stopped today, brexit day, orthe citizens, whether they stopped today, brexit day, or the day that we formally brexit. a poll suggested many people thought that as of today, if you were british you would need a visa to go and visit france 01’ need a visa to go and visit france or germany. no, really, it is all fine, you are still free to go. the daily express. no turning back on eu brexit. i wonder how true that is. if they were to turn their back on brexit there would be an outcry as people feel that is what they voted for. but technically, as remote a possibility as it is, article 50 is a grey possibility as it

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the city unveiling a memorial to the attack, sitting in a quiet harkin the european court of brussels. one year ago today, once again, is where the attack place at the air there. autria: i can't believe it's already been a gear. more noware learning about the sweeping ban on electronics of flight from the middle east. the united kingdom has put a similar ban in place. intelligence officials tell cnn that al qaeda operatives in saudi arabia, yemen, close to perfecting bombs that fit in the battery compartment of laptops. larry: another day of questions for neil gorsuch. he refused specific cases or hypotheticals during his hearing on tuesday, he did stress the importance of legal precedents when asked about same per -- same-sex marriage. approved, he will fill the seat left empty by antonin scalia last year. autria: pc police are searching for two missing girls. griffin was seen on kearny street. whites last seen with shirt, blue pants, and a pink and gray north face jacket. police are also searching for critical missing teen, shania boyd, 5'4" inches weighing 140 pounds. larry: the se

of the european court ofjustice. addressing holyrood nicola sturgeon referred to the bill as a "power grab". under the current terms of the scotland act, those powers should automatically come to this chamber. but nobody in the uk government, and i discussed this with the prime minister on monday, nobody on the conservative benches will give that guarantee. which leads me to suspect that what the tories are actually planning is a power grab on this parliament. and that will be absolutely unacceptable, and when that happens, i don't expect the tories to back us up. but at that point, i will be looking very carefully at the labour benches, because surely, not even labour in those circumstances could stay subservient to the tories. surely even they would have to stand up for scotland. we will be returning to westminster as two o'clock. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry have released a series of films as part of a campaign designed to encourage people to talk about mental health. the heads together campa

court ofjustice, it is, in short, likely to be one of the most closely scrutinised letters in modern political history. it certainly will be. norman, thank you. the scottish parliament is expected to back nicola sturgeon's call for a second independence referendum, in a vote this afternoon. the vote had been due to take place at holyrood last wednesday, but was postponed because of the attack at westminster. the first minister wants a referendum by the spring of 2019, but theresa may has rejected that timetable. stephen godden reports. a piece of constitutional theatre — short on suspense but full of significance in the debate over scotland's future. for nicola sturgeon, placing holyrood at the centre of the push for another referendum is key, securing the backing of the scottish parliament to negotiate the terms of another vote with the uk government. an independence referendum should, in their words, "be made in scotland by the people of scotland." that is a principle that should be respected today. the detailed arrangements for a referendum, including its timing, must be for the

can the prime minister take the opportunity to stick the knife into the ridiculous european court that ruled yesterday that employers can ban their staff from wearing, scientific, religion or political believe and reiterate that reasonable freedom of expression should not be snuffed out by political incorrectness. >> we have a strong tradition of freedom of expression. it's the right of all women to choose how they dress. he has raised the broader issue of symbols. there will be times when it's rate for a veil to be asked to be removed such as border security or perhaps in courts and individual institutions can make their own policies but it's not for government to tell women what they can and cannot wear. we want to continue the strong tradition of freedom of expression. >> tazmina sheikh. >> our minister was elected with the largest vote in permanent history. on a manifesto which stated that the scottish parliament -- >> the question will be heard. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'll start again. our first minister was elected with the largest vote in scottish parliamentary history on a

forget the european court of justice. stephanie: you got the pros and cons of her own experience. she is not been in the foreign office or treasury but wasn't years as the home secretary. she is had a positive experience working with europe on the security and arrangements. you can see her pistol in those areas because she knows it can be positive for the areas she came at the -- nuclear positive in those areas because she does it can be positive. -- the areas on the european court of justice, if she states firm and says no, we wanted to control of our borders when it comes to people and do not want jurisdiction from the european court of a it will make a more ambitious trade deals more difficult. david: and know about a paying of the divorce bill. be aanie: that will sticking point. there is a legal opinion that the government is sticking with that we do not owe ap any. -- a penny. there is general agreement for goodwill sake, the u.k. should pay a price and she has now ruled it entirely but it could be a real issue of whether you go into something tried establish goodwill or if

the idea of the european court ofjustice would apply international law and not their own treaties, it just wouldn't happen. so you are telling people we can just walk away, we'll have no bills at all, and we walk away onto wto rules and regulations and tariffs, and no customs deal? there would have to be a customs deal. do you really believe the eu would be insane enough not to do a customs facilitation deal with the uk? when they do it with america, with whom they don't have a trade deal, they do it with a number of countries they don't have a trade deal with... bmw would be happy with that arrangement. this idea that we hold all the cards... so you think they are insane? i think we are insane for not being honest with people about the complexities and the dangers to our economy. we are jumping off the cliff. thank you for a very energetic conversation and debate. now, if the triggering of article 50 feels like the end of the beginning, what is there to say about that beginning? it's been nine months since we voted to leave and in that time we've heard an awful lot about the uk's div

hungary has been ruled against by the european court of human rights on the issue. yes, but you have to be precise on the two cases. this is a ridiculous case because two pakistanis or bangladeshis to the rest of my knowledge were awarded some ramifications rest of my knowledge were awarded some - ramifications because some financial ramifications because we sent them back to serbia, through serbia, to greece. allegedly because they are going to be ill treated. keepin they are going to be ill treated. keep in mind that greece is a member of the european union. it is a ridiculous idea to presume that one european member state is not the ridiculous idea to presume that one europ country. iber state is not the ridiculous idea to presume that one europ country. keep :ate is not the ridiculous idea to presume that one europ country. keep in e is not the ridiculous idea to presume that one europ country. keep in mind ot the ridiculous idea to presume that one europ country. keep in mind these same country. keep in mind these migrants coming through a number of states incl

a recent european court ofjustice ruling upheld that workplaces with a so—called neutrality policy were within their right to ban items they thought weren't neutral, such as a cross or a head scarf. for some, enforcing political and religious neutrality is key to a harmonious working environment. but for others, it's just discrimination dressed up in fancy language. so what is neutral? neutrality is what is normal for the majority of people. in white, secular europe, neutrality reflects the norms of white, secular people. if we think of religiosity as a spectrum from areligious to religious, no single position on that spectrum is any more neutral than any other. dressing in a way that is areligious is just as political orjust as neutral as dressing with religious markers. either way, you are saying something with your appearance. that is the very basis of advertising. are slogan t—shirts, which are all the rage, a political statement? what about dreadlocks or wearing a red or blue tie? what about wearing your afro hair natural or choosing rainbow coloured accessories? neutrality is a

courts in france and belgium had asked the european court ofjustice to rule on discrimination cases brought by women who'd been banned from wearing islamic headscarves at work. we knew long before november's election that donald trump was going to have to win without the support of many within his own party. and he did. we knew that senior republicans, like speaker of the house paul ryan, wasn't mr trump's biggest fan. so it should come as no surprise to learn there is a recording which hasjust been published in which the house speaker was less than complimentary about the future president. what's more surprising is where it came from, and the timing. take a listen. his comments are not anywhere in keeping with our party's principles and values. there are basically two things that i want to make really clear as for myself as your speaker. i am not going to defend donald trump, not now, not in the future. that call, leaked by breitbart, was recorded on october the 10th last year. and a day later, there was this from donald trump. "our very weak and ineffective leader, paul ryan, had a bad co

to take the netherlands to the european court and accuses germany of supporting terrorists. diplomatic freeze. blizzards in america's north east forces german chancellor merkel to reschedule her trip to the white house. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. it is 53 days since donald trump took office, it's 233 days since britain voted to leave the european union. so much has happened since then and yet nothing at all has happened — at least in terms of the formal brexit negotiation. but things are about to hot up. tonight, the uk parliament takes its final vote on the brexit legislation, which should clear the way for the prime minister to begin the process. it has just rejected both of the amendments. and on the eve of that historic vote, word from the first minister of scotland today that she wants another independence referendum. i can confirm today that, next week, i will seek the authority of the scottish parliament to agree with the uk government the details of a section 30 order, the procedure that will enable the scottish parliament to legisl

it was not because european courts turned his head or anything like this. it was a result of anxieties and problems that he saw at least as early as the mid-1770s in america, and i would add on aristocracy, he becomes concerned with aristocracy exclusively by viewing americans who he feels our aristocratic, and usually in a negative sense. he writes to abigail, when he's in france in his first diplomatic mission, and is having trouble with benjamin franklin and having trouble with arthur lee and a few other people. and he says to her, i must say in perfect sincerity i have no difficulties with the french nation. sa all of my difculties arise entirely fm americans. and so that is i think from then on, it's always american aristocrats he's worried about. although we haven't gotten into this yet, i would say that he really stands out as saying we haven't aristocracy in the '80s, the '90s, beyond that, and people like jefferson and madison in washington, major slaveholders, major landowners saying no, we don't have the trouble. we have trouble with hamilton and

the ruling by the european court ofjustice means that employers can ban workers from the visible wearing of any political, religious or philosophical signs. the muslim council of britain and the church of england have expressed concern about the ruling. it follows the cases of two women in france and belgium who were sacked because they refused to take off their headscarves. with me isjohn dalhuisen, who is the europe director of amnesty international. thank you forjoining me this evening. what is amnesty international‘s view on this ruling? it isa international‘s view on this ruling? it is a fairly complicated set of rulings that essentially says slightly contradictory things in two rulings. the first one said that you can oblige employees to not wear headscarves or other religious insignia, as long as you have a company policy consistent across all religions equally. you cannot request this just religions equally. you cannot request thisjust on religions equally. you cannot request this just on the grounds of a complaint from an individual customer. now, these two things sat very u

the european court of justice ruled tuesday that companies across the european union can prohibit workers from wearing headscarves as part of company-wide policies banning all religious or political symbols. religious freedom groups came out against the ruling. the open society justice initiative said -- "it will lead to muslim women being discriminated in the workplace, but also jewish men who wear kippas, sikh men who wear turbans, people who wear crosses. it affects all of them, but disproportionately muslim women." reuters is reporting that russia appears to have deployed special operations troops to an airbase in egypt near the border with libya. citing unnamed u.s. and egyptian officials, reuters reports the deployment signals a possible russian intervention in the conflict in libya on behalf of libyan military commander khalifa haftar, who opposes the u.s.- and u.n.-backed government of national unity based in tripoli. egypt has publicly denied any russian troops on egyptian soil. "the wall street journal" is reporting expanded authority by trump to carry out lethal drone strikes -

that would be the uk paying into the european budget, a continuing role for the european court ofjustice. like the government in london, donald tusk is saying we want an ambitious and positive partnership in the future, but this is a tough opening position. it is an opening position, it is a negotiation but it is cleared the eu, the remaining 27 believe they are clearly in control of this process. chris morris, in malta, thank you. let's cross live now to aldershot in hampshire, where simon stevens, the chief executive of nhs england is outlining a new strategy for the health service. we are we a re halfway we are halfway into the next steps, so we are halfway into the next steps, so let's listen in. cancer survival rates now are at a record high. heart attacks and strokes, down by 40% over the course of the last decade. we know there is pressure, we know there is a lot to be proud of, but the question is, what are the practical improvements we can make over the next several yea rs 7 we can make over the next several years? the reason we are here in aldershot this morning is because actu