danjohnson, bbc news, strasbourg. danjohnson, bbc news, strasbourg. the people of the netherlands go to the polls tomorrow in a potentially divisive general election. the campaign has focused on immigration, islam and the eu. conservative prime minister mark rutte's main rival is the populist geert wilders, but even if he gets the most seats, most other parties say they won'tjoin him in a coalition. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. how has the campaign played out? less tha n how has the campaign played out? less than 2a hours to go before what is being seen as a decisive moment in european politics. last night we saw a huge debate between the two

live now to gavin lee in strasbourg. the message from various we are ready. it is. they are ready and becoming impatient, those were the words of guy verhofstadt, the eu parliament's brexit words of guy verhofstadt, the eu pa rliament‘s brexit negotiator, words of guy verhofstadt, the eu parliament's brexit negotiator, who will have a say in the final part of the deal towards the end of the process. michel barnier, the chief negotiator for brexit, process. michel barnier, the chief negotiatorfor brexit, gave process. michel barnier, the chief negotiator for brexit, gave an interview with a number of newspapers published this morning in which she said he cannot negotiate with himself and said whilst he is aware of the problems in the uk, what he wants is somebody who is stable, accountable, and has a mandate to come to the table and quickly. he doesn't see it at this stage to extend the deadline. interesting as well, the german finance minister today talking about there being an open door if, for any reason, the british decided brexit wasn't something they were see

in strasbourg, dan fleming —— adam fleming, the " b rex it" fleming —— adam fleming, the "brexit" secretary has been suggesting, as has the government, that a deal can be sorted on trade, just after march 2019. donald tusk says that will not happen. what donald capital to task, president the european council, is trying to do with that letter he sent, to all the leaders who will be attending, before every summit, is really ochres minds on how little time there is for phase two of the brexit negotiations to be completed. —— what donald tusk, president of the european council, is trying to do. this is not just european council, is trying to do. this is notjust about trade but geraghty, defence, foreign policy, allsorts of things, the strategy of the eu at the moment, what they really really want is for the british government to have a discussion around the cabinet table about what they want that relationship to look like. the way it was put to me by one eu official, very ha rd it was put to me by one eu official, very hard for the eu to come up with a future partnership agreement based onl

the strasbourg judges ruled the uk courts had been meticulous and thorough and supported their view that it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continue the pain, suffering and distress... there is now a question of what will happen to the £1.3 million that charlie's parents crowd funded through 83,000 donations. so why has every court and every medical experts decided that ending charlie's life is in his best interests ? charlie's life is in his best interests? it was said by the courts today that he is likely to be suffering and if any treatment were to continue or he was taken to the us for experimental treatment, there is going to be a very limited benefit and he is going to be at risk of suffering significant harm. great or and says there is no rush to change charlie's care and their priority is to support his parents at this distressing is time, but at some point in the nearfuture, medical staff in the intensive care unit will switch off the mechanical ventilator that keeps charlie alive. it is rare for disputes over treatment to go to court. but the judges' decision is f

that is canadian prime minister justin trudeau speaking in strasbourg. to tell us more, our european affairs editor, eve irvine. there is still a lot of controversy surrounding this agreement. did justin trudeau address that criticism? with his press conference afterwards, he focused on the positive, that the e.u. and canada share a common vision for the future. he was questioned on the environmental issue. a lot of people are concerned about this is not going the right way when it comes to protecting our environment. he says the e.u. and canada share a common goal when it comes to the environment, that you can build a strong economy with out taking that -- without taking that into effect. the european parliament said this is undisputedly. if you are opening international trade across the atlantic, that cannot be anything but negative for the environment. and also they said that the e.u. is already giving concessions to canada by putting this into place. he wanted to be reassuring, but he also got questions on the court system. a lot of people are concer

then, britta was summoned to appear at this court in strasbourg. she had no idea what awaited her here. >> i never suspected that a child custody and residency hearing would be taking place. i only came here because i assumed that my complaint was being heard. >> instead, the court ruled that elina was to reside in france with her father. britta could only see her on weekends. the decision took its toll on mother and daughter and led to a crisis by the second visit. >> she clung to me and didn't want me to bring her back. she cried and slumped down and said, mama, i don't want to go there. >> how did you respond? >> i kept her. i didn't bring her back. >> the conflict between the parents escalated even further. >> instead of pursuing legal action in germany, luc took the law into his own hands. >> she was on her way to the daycare when a car came racing up behind her. he pushed my mother against the fence, grabbed elina, pulled her into the car, and sped off. >> though the police launched a search right away, luc still managed to bring elina back t

today, a panel of sevenjudges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg will consider written evidence in the case. if they decide to take on the issue, a full hearing will be organised. if not, then the parents' legal battle to take their son abroad will be over, and from midnight, great 0rmond street hospital will be free to switch off charlie's ventilator and provide only palliative care. s in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news: the dup leader has met the prime minister for talks on supporting a conservative minority government — the bbc understands there are no outstanding issues left and the deal is largely agreed. former prime ministerjohn major warns of the consequences of a deal saying the fragile peace process in northern ireland is at risk. as the uncertainty continues, parliament returns and reelects its speaker. i'm rachel horne. uk inflationjumped to its highest level in nearly four years in may, tightening the squeeze on consumers. the rising cost of foreign package holidays and imported computer games pushed t

a panel of seven judges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg has ruled inadmissible the application by the pa rents of inadmissible the application by the parents of charlie gard to hear a final appeal that they should be allowed to take their baby son to the united states for experimental treatment. they said that in a brief judgment, they said the three courts, uk courts, which all found that the hospital should be allowed to let charlie die, they were independent professionals, medical experts, and the guardian appointed to represent charlie, and they had all agreed that charlie's ventilators should be switched off, and they said it was most likely charlie would be exposed to continued pain, suffering and distress and this experiment of treatment would have no prospect of success and would offer no benefit. and so in legal terms, was this the final option for the little boy's pa rents ? final option for the little boy's parents? this is the end of the road. what it means now is that from now but probably in the next few days, the team at great 0rmond to —— at the

adam fleming has been finding out more in strasbourg. the uk's exit from the eu will have an impact in the hemi—circle of the european parliament, because 73 seats will become free. this portuguese mep was tasked with finding out what to do with the life—size versions of these. how will they look different after brexit? first of of all, there will be a reduction in the size of the parliament. the department is now 751. it will have 700 seats in the end. so, we will use a part of the 73 seats of the uk. we will use 22 for a new allocation of seats, because the current situation is unfair for a number of states. it means france will get four new seats. hungry won't get any. sweden will get one more. but germany will stick with its 97, because theat‘s the maximum allowed under eu law. but some want to see a better reflection of population changes. they're disappointed that has been delayed until the european elections, in 202a. and because of brexit, things are more complicated in northern ireland. this is where the sinn fein meps sit

straight away, britta schlotcke drove to strasbourg and began searching for her daughter without success. she filed a parental abduction complaint with the police. >> my daughter had vanished without a trace along with her father. she wasn't at daycare. she wasn't at home, and her father wasn't at his workplace. the police never called, never contacted me. >> luc kept his daughter in hiding for 8 long weeks. ourg. britta was summoned to she had no idea what awaited her here. >> i never suspected that a child custody and residency hearing would be taking place. i only came here because i assumed that my complaint was being heard. >> instead, the court ruled that elina was to reside in france with her father. britta could only see her on weekends. the decision took its toll on mother and daughter and led to a crisis by the second visit. >> she clung to me and didn't want me to bring her back. she cried and slumped down and said, mama, i don't want to go there. >> how did you respond? >> i kept her. i didn't bring her back. >> the conflict between the parents escalated even further. >> inst

thanks remote, gavin lee in strasbourg. much more background information to all the huge issues at stake here on the bbc website. from here in downing street. for now, back to julian. jane hill in downing street. a lucrative part of the city of london's financial trading could be forced to move to continental europe after the uk leaves the eu. the european commission has put forward proposals that would give it greater control over the clearing of euro denominated transactions post—brexit. at the moment, hundreds of billions of euros move through the capital every day. our business correspondent jonty bloom is in the city for us. the european commission vice president said brexit required certain adjustments to the rules. we need to prepare for the departure of the eu's largest financial partner from the single market. preserve financial stability and provide certainty to businesses. this is why today we are introducing a moderate approach to the supervision. we also want to ensure corporations, and central banks responsi

here in strasbourg there is not a word about seven hundred people getting hurt as a result of the barcelona referendum in this building everybody is silent europe shaped by france and germany as ideas with their unchecked ambition to expand a europe like that has no future. so why don't you think that it's only fair that the two countries that are the strongest ones in europe that have the strongest economies are taking the lead and are giving themselves a right to make decisions. well it's early remains europe second biggest manufacturing power the common currency was pushed by germany and germany is still the one laying down economic rules but in terms of manufacturing italy's still ahead of france so yes actually concerned about the agreements between france and germany that leave the rest of us out in the cold that is why i want the northern league win the elections and to come to power in italy so that we won't be obediently following france and germany orders with my coat on and medical american decisions on behalf of all twenty seven e.u. member states seeing how our last few governm

this article seven procedure that you just mentioned also called the nuclear option in brussels and in strasbourg because it could potentially strip poland of its voting rights in the european union something that has never happened before and high flying emotions well because you have some polish members of the european parliament who say this is all just an anti polish crusade one of them even walked out and the more moderate parties for example the social democrat saying listen this is not at all anti polish crusade but we're trying to shed light on what they called the weapons of mass distraction not destruction distraction that the polish government is using to deflect attention from what it's really doing which is of course stripping the polish citizens of their rights and max could this type of pressure where you are a lead the polish government to change its course on its political program. on simmons is here with the vice president of the european commission who's in charge of this whole procedure and he's very frustrated because he's invited the polish government multiple times to talk

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we report from strasbourg. and just what was getting the commission president jean—claude juncker so hot under the collar? i will never, i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. some may wonder if that is a promise or a threat and it is all become in the next 30 minutes and with me, joined by two meps, the conservative sajjad karim and for clare moody for labour. welcome. first of all, this is the round—up of the latest eu news in just 60 seconds. voiceover: on monday, the new french president gave a speech saying the european union had lost its way in the past ten years. the solution is a new generation of leaders, like him, presumably(!) eu and japan reached agreement on a free—trade agreement, paving the way for tariffs on goods by japanese cars and farming product. it's the last leg for the european parliament and on a sports day and lessons outside, meps voted to approve a 1 million euro aid package for moldova, defeated a bid to give northern ireland special status within the eu following

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story for us funny for char is in barcelona tracking the latest developments and max hoffman is in strasbourg where the european parliament has been discussing spain's political crisis today welcome to you both funny let's start with you you have been talking a to protesters of the past two days what they've been saying why do they want independence what does it mean to them to be cut a lot. for two main reasons actually some are pushing for independence here for reasons of economy because this is a very affluent a very rich region and they say it's only appears more to madrid spain that they receive and they think they will be much better off making their own decisions both politically and economically which are some level by the way they already do because this is an autonomous region but they are the ones who say they want to be independent not just autonomous which has to do with their catalonia identity they say they want to preserve this they want to preserve their language the traditions their culture and of course all of that sumi goes back to nationalism and the fear of death drives

therefore, i felt shameful for not having been aware of this and when i had the first meeting in strasbourg on this issue, this observation, this reality, this determination to commit ourselves, the fact it became a topic of globalization, many people laughed in response including many who today are making sanctimonious statements making sanctimonious statements and there is confusion to mix everything because we are a society where we are not criticizing everybody in this regard. a year an go, people had no information on this issue. a few weeks later, i was going to le mons. the mayor is a dear friend and i said to him, there is somebody in my team who is wonderful. and lemons, she is doing something fantastic. i went to visit her nonprofit organization, it was marlin skipper who is here today. in a period of one year something has happened. freedom of expression, the taboo has been lifted. women have been called. the wall for women have been put at the center of public debate and the call for men to must and wish to commit themselves. but today i cannot forget that we still have a lot to

it was in strasbourg this week. meps vote for the next president of the european parliament, an important position, because he is the parliament's top dog, which brings considerable influence behind the scenes. here is our report. the moment when antonio tajani from the centre—right european people's party became the new man in charge. congratulating him, his predecessor martin schultz, the german socialist who's leaving after five years at the helm. even though his party's candidate, gianni patella, was defeated gianni pitella, was defeated in what was a bruising contest. as schulz exits stage left, the changing of the guard at the european parliament is completed. this election was really a battle between two italians, but it started off as a contest divided up between six candidates. after three rounds of voting, it was down to gianni pitella on the left and antonio tajani on the right. in the end, it was mr tajani who came out on top. tajani's election marks a clean sweep for the centre—right grouping in the

damian grammaticas, bbc news, strasbourg. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: putting a new twist on an old narrative. how one chinese company isn't stealing americanjobs, but creating them, in the us. also on the programme: something fishy. why one of the world's biggest markets is heading for a new home, and not everyone is happy about it. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait the people of saigon have just heard there is to be a see is via. the prediction of american servicemen was predictable. i'm going home! -- a ceasefire. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team we re gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with teargas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him the butcher of lyon. clouds altmann is being held on a formal charge in bolivia but the german courts want to extradite him for crimes committed in france. there he was the gestapo chief clouds barbi. millions came

our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in strasbourg. i guess eu leaders have had time to digests mrs may's speech and come up for a formal reaction. what did you make of their language? it is interesting, the comments by boris johnson, although some here see them as at best insensitive and at worst offensive, have not made a big impact because here the view is there are serious issues at stake and the important thing to be remembered is what they are saying is the uk needs to understand it is trying to achieve unprecedented things. theresa may wants a free—trade deal and an unprecedented amount of time within two years and for that she needs goodwill on behalf of the negotiating partners here. what's the maltese prime minister who will chair the eu countries said was that theresa may had made a political decision to prioritise stopping the free movement of people, and the uk leaving the single market would not achieve as good a deal outside. very clear on that. angela merkel clear, saying outside the eu, the uk could not cherry pick b

sales in our own state of address to parliament in strasbourg. i commission president shown toward young because at the forecast is bright and the block is slowly but surely gathering momentum. that is since crisis struck. you you can army's feet finally bouncing back. enter the. our confidencece. out front is a revererse the parliament. and finish. are putting. you back you know you in central canada we have putin dude impact. into. how are you? i nter decade of economic woes younger reported that the eu is now in suites fifth year of recovery with unemployment standing a nine year low. after a string of terror attacks on european soilil a new cyberecurity agencyill be created. to fixhe. young has said that member states agree on. it's on asylum. but it wasn't until the very end of his speech that he of san juan key words. that's echoed through the corridors of power in brussels to months knots brexit. equal the uk's decision to leave the union sad and tragic but sold british eurosceptics in the chamber. they will regret the move. we will move f

european union and banks obviously wouldn't want to proceed with business as usual now in the meantime in strasbourg top e.u. officials have been meeting to discuss the situation in catalonia dees after the referendum on rubbles and what was interesting to see there is top e.u. officials basically saying that the use of force is ok under the circumstances take a listen it is of course any government to uphold the rule of rule and this sometimes does require. police statements are especially interesting given that council on leaders have said that over the hundred people were injured on the day of the referendum images of police cracking down on polling stations taking away the voting ballots driving around voters using rubber bullets and really these images being described as scandalous by observers here and throughout the world. because only now has several options regarding its future let's take a look at some of them one would be the opening of a dialogue with the e.u. and spanish authorities to mediate the crisis that's been soured by madrid's attempts to disrupt the referendum however the counc

president of the european commission john claude youngcare has delivered his state of the union address in strasbourg he started by thanking only twenty seven of the twenty eight members of the e.u. despite the fact that the u.k. will continue to be part of the block for another one and a half years from britain instead of thanks he had a warning of not stimulus looks on march the twenty ninth two thousand and one teen the united kingdom will leave the e.u. it will be a sad and tragic moment. we will always regret this and you will regret it quite soon. at the end of the address iran got up and applauded except for a group of british army peas among them the hard core bricks a tear nigel for ours a bit later while another year a skeptic m.e.p.a. launched into a verbal attack on america's vision of europe the commission chief left the chamber . you know. wants to force the european union to become a single state yet we know that the euro is not a success story we have extraordinary levels of debt unemployment and social instability the second thing you can wants is to get rid of all international bord

the deep pockets of a strasbourg based construction company won the lot for around $6a4,000. a record price for a mammoth skeleton. translation: since our logo is a mammoth, we couldn't do anything else but buy it. the company has deep pockets and plenty of room. we will put him at the firm's entrance, we have enough space. it becomes the largest of the species in the hands of a private owner, the auctioneers say. the giant that stood alongside early man captivating it once more. rhodri davies, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. good morning. after our wintry week of weather, it's all change on the weather front. the week ahead looks mild for all of us. there's also going to be a lot of dry weather in the story. but, unfortunately, not that much in the way of sunshine. it'll be quite cloudy. and we can see the first signs of that cloud spilling in from the atlantic through the night. now, ahead of it, we'll keep some clear skies. so, a west—east divide first thing in the morning. eastern areas could start cold, even frosty as well. but you will see brightness. patchy fog a

hello, welcome to politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. 0n today's programme, eu leaders give the green light to move on to phase two of the brexit talks. when will the eu and uk start discussing trade and the transition period? former european parliament president martin schultz says that the eu should become a united states of europe by 2025. is that realistic? could brexit hasten the process? and, was the doner almost a goner? a vote in the european parliament almost skewered the humble frozen vertical meat stick, or kebab to you and me. we'll chew over the details.

the centre—right candidate was doused with flour as he campaigned in strasbourg for the upcoming presidential elections in just over two weeks time. fillon, a former favourite to win, is being investigated for allegations that he gave fake jobs to his wife. the man who threw the flour was taken away by security, but not before having his pro—fillon shirt ripped off. let's go back to us—chinese relations. america's chinese community is closely watching president's xi's visit to the us. we met up with 82—year—old chinese—american immigrant maureen see who voted for trump but her us—born granddaughter didn't. here's how they learned to get along. pop aye, an off—beat and very funny sundance screenwriter award winning film, opens next week in singapore. the movie, which is singaporean kirsten tan's debut feature, has been much anticipated here in singapore, despite being given a surprise adult rating by the singaporean authorities. pop aye follows a downtrodden architect and his long—lost elephant as they take a road trip across thailand to find their childhood home. let's take a

francois fillon, suffering and a pleasant surprise, as he is doused with flour while campaigning in strasbourg. he is undergoing allegations of giving a fakejob is undergoing allegations of giving a fake job to his wife. that is it for now. thank you for watching. now it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. the european union in greater trouble than ever before. it's notjust because of brexit, even founding members — countries like italy — are unhappy about the direction it's headed. the italian economy has always struggled within the straightjacket of the euro. and it's wanted its fellow members to help share the burden of the half a million migrants who have turned up on its shores over the past three years. my guest here at the italian embassy in london is italy's europe minister, sandro gozi. he is a passionate european. how does he think the eu should change if it to survive and win over the next generation of europeans? sandro gozi, welcome to hardtalk. you have said that the beginning of european disintegration has started with brexit. is the eu disintegrat

whatever is eventually decided by the court in strasbourg will seal charlie's fate. fergus walsh, bbc news. the parents of a british teenager who travelled to territory controlled by so—called islamic state in syria three years ago, have appealed to the government to help him now that he's fled. 18—year—old jack letts, from oxford, is being held in solitary confinement by kurdish forces who oppose is. he's been communicating with the bbc saying he's become disillusioned. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. jack letts was the white, middle—class boy from oxford, just out of school, who ran off to live in so—called islamic state. that was more than two—and—a—half years ago. since then, he told us, he's travelled all over is territory in both syria and iraq. we communicated using the encrypted messaging app, telegram. he said he'd been injured in an explosion, but insisted he wasn't fighting at the time, and then claimed he'd fallen out with is. at first i thought they were on the truce and then i realised they weren't on the truce.

adam fleming has been finding out more in strasbourg. the uk's exit from the eu will have an impact in the henley cycle of the european parliament. —— hemicycle. this portuguese mep was asked what to do with the life—size versions of these. how will they look differently after brexit? the department is now 751. it will have 700 seats in the end. —— look different. we will use a part of the 73 seats of the uk. we will use 22 for a new allocation of seats, because the current situation is unfairfora number of because the current situation is unfair for a number of states. because the current situation is unfair for a number of statesm means france will get four new seats. hungry will get none, and jamil reddy has the most allowed under eu law. but others want to see a better reflection of population changes. —— hungary. —— germany has the most allowed. this is where the sinn fein meps is it, anything that the republic of ireland should be given more seats to represent people in northern ireland that they believe should be

hello, and welcome to politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. on today's programme, the bill allowing theresa may to trigger article 50 is now law. what will be the british government's next move? how will the eu respond? the head of the eu commission unveils his blueprint for the eu without britain. 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 autom

lawmakers in strasbourg voted in favour of the so—called ceta agreement, which is hoped to add billions of dollars both sides of the atlantic. once fully implemented, the deal will eliminate 98% of the tariffs between canada and the eu. and the european commission estimates that this could increase trade between the two regions by nearly a quarter. now that the eu parliament has given the green light to the deal, both sides can start removing trade barriers. but the agreement goes beyond the simple removal of tariffs, and calls for further reforms which would require ratification from individual member states. so, you are talking about something like 28 countries. this includes controversial measures such as the creation of a dedicated court to settle disputes between governments and investors. ceta is canada's biggest trade deal since the north america free trade agreement. during the recent us election campaign, donald trump brandished the saying "nafta disaster," and some campaign groups have pointed to ceta as a potential model for brexit once the uk formally leaves the european uni