open skies is governed by the european court of justice. you cannot go back to the wto by laterals. we see a distinct possibility that if we don't see rationality before 2019, we're calling for a plan in this calendar year. if we do not get that in the spring of 2018, you will see airlines making reductions in the class in the u.k. that's what effect jobs and the economy. there is no a distinct possibility that for a number of months there may be no flying between the u.k. and europe until a new deal is put together. it is not going to be straightforward but now we start the process. -- >>t this negotiation have you heard anything from officials as far as that? if there is no flying between that seemsd europe, rather extreme. a dire situation, something that negotiators might want to take care of right off the bat. >> we are asking them to take care of us. we are in a situation that nobody really expected. this is unprecedented. have a running order when it comes to negotiations. there is nothing more important than air travel. they wanted control, it's now time for politicians here

let us look at the european court ofjustice ruling on headscarves. what do you make of it? it seems to bring the ec] into line with the uk government, as far as i can work out. you cannot discriminate against one culture or religion. you have to treat all equally. theresa may said she disapproves at pmqs. she said women have a right to choose how they dress. that is not what the ec] ruling is saying. she is saying she won't legislate on how people are wearing their clothes. and that is right, but all should be treated equally and fairly. what do you think? we should not be under the jurisdiction of the ec]. yeah, i got that bit. it is fraught with difficulties. first of all, should a company have a dress code? that is not an unreasonable thing. this is difficult. it means you cannot wear jewish skull caps, sikh turbans, christian crosses. on face coverings. you have made an interesting point, can sikhs not wear their turbans? not at all. it is giving power to companies to treat all employees fairly. if it said no religious symbols at all of any kind, would that... would the

the european court of human rights has backed a key element of the government's anti—terrorism mergers. it stripped the sudanese terror suspect of his citizenship and barred him from re—entering britain —— measures. the man was suspected of taking part in terrorism related activities in somalia. malta's famous rock arch, which featured in a number of films and the tv series game of thrones, has collapsed into the sea. the azure window, on gozo, was damaged by heavy storms. the prime minister, joseph muscat, said it was heartbreaking. a study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding but wasn't in imminent danger of collapse. an actor from the harry potter films is in intensive care after a head—on car crash left him with a broken neck and punctured lung. jim tavare, known for his role in harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, also suffered 15 broken ribs and breaks in his right leg. his wife, laura, posted a picture of him in a hospital bed on facebook. doctors in india say they have successfully performed weight reduction surgery on an egyptian woman believed to be the world'

to accept, such as the role of the european court of justice, continuing contributions to the european budget. each of the phases will have challenges and none of it will have challenges and none of it will be done easily. it is going to bea will be done easily. it is going to be a long road. chris morris in malta. chris morris in malta. waiting times will be longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a "trade off" for improvements in a&e performance and better treatment in other areas. that‘s according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who‘s unveiling a strategy for the nhs over the next two years. he says increasing patient demand and the growth in new treatments, mean that choices have to be made. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. how have you been feeling? not too bad, thank you. at the age of 97, iris needs a little help, especially after recovering from a recent illness. so her gp called a local nhs service that provides the right care in the right place and for iris, that was home. the treatment at home has been absolutely wo

the government fought and lost two court battles over the role of parliament. legislation authorising the prime minister to trigger article 50 had a rough ride, but made it on to the statute book. dozens of parliamentary inquiries have been launched. and there have been hours of debate, inside and outside parliament. and now, a milestone has been reached. at around 12.30pm, the uk's ambassador to the eu, sir tim barrow, delivered a six—page letter to donald tusk, the president of the european council. shortly after the letter was handed over, theresa may began her statement to mps. a few minutes ago in brussels, the united kingdom's permanent representative to the eu handed a letter to the president of the european council on my behalf confirming the government's decision to invoke article 50 of the treaty on european union. the article 50 process is now underway and, in accordance with the wishes of the british people, the united kingdom is leaving the european union. this is an historic moment from which there can be no turning back. britain is leaving the

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

the troops battled into a complex of government buildings. that sets up an assault on mosul's "old city," where militants are dug in with thousands of civilians. the european union's top court ruled today that member states do not have to grant humanitarian visas to asylum seekers. belgium and other countries had warned it would mean another flood of migrants. meanwhile, hungary's parliament voted to confine migrants at border camps built from shipping containers, pending action on their asylum requests. a chinese telecom firm has agreed to pay nearly $900 million, for violating u.s. sanctions. the justice department says z.t.e. corporation illegally shipped american-made equipment to iran and north korea. on wall street, stocks slipped for the third time in four days. the dow jones industrial average lost 29 points to close at 20,924. the nasdaq fell 15 points, and the s&p 500 gave up nearly seven. and, the white house is receiving visitors again. tours resumed today for the first time since the inauguration, and the first group got a presid

any of us can be compelled to testify in court as witnesses. genie: the eu heads of government are meeting today to decide whether or not donald tusk will carry out a second term as president. most european states support him with the exception of one. >> that's his home country, poland. it accuses him of supporting an illegitimate attempt to overthrow the polish government. he is still expected to be reelected. the polish prime minister has appealed to eu leaders in a letter urging them to support a rival candidate they have put forward. the majority of people in poland want tusk to stay. oles wantows 54% of p him to serve a second term. genie: in france the headlines are dominated by foot all -- but all -- football and that awful defeat against barcelona. >> from barcelona it was incredible. i scored three of those six goals within seven minutes of each other. disappointment after the magical when they had in the first match. this is a play on words in france -- unqualified double. unspeakably terrible loss but also unquantifiable in that the

the jurisdiction of the european court of justice. at jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. at a meeting of conservative european leaders in moffat, angela merkel says the eu must guarantee prosperity and security for its citizens, or risk driving people away. search teams find the bodies of five people, along with the wreckage of their helicopter in snowdonia. let's have a look at how the market in europe have ended the trading session. european financial markets fairly sluggish in morning trade but moved higher in the afternoon. meanwhile, in the us, the dow jones opened with little changed, even after there was new information on the us economy growing better than initially thought. the economy grew 2.1% in the last few months of 2016, up from an earlier estimate of 1.9%. the upward revision was partly due to stronger consumer spending. the ftse in the red at the moment — but analysts have been pretty optimistic about the london market following the trigger of article 50. some even predicting the ftse to hit highs of 8,00

european arrest warrant, she wants european court ofjustice in luxembourg still to have supremacy in some areas. this is farfrom 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 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 for two and a half years we had douglas carswell trying to get rid of that policy — has ended. returning to the fight against online extremism. amber rudd called for a clamp—down. the director of europol, rob wainwright was asked

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

we will take control of our own laws and get into the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in britain. leaving european union will me that our loss will be made in westminster and other places. those laws will be interpretednn by judges not in luxembourg, but in courts across this country. we will strengthen the union oft the four nations. we will negotiate as one united kingdom, taking into account the specific interests of every nation and region of the u.k. when it comes to the powers that we will take back from europe we'll consult fully in which power should reside in westminster and what should be passed on to the administrationa mr. speaker, no decisions taken will be removed from them. it is the expectation of thehemn government that the administrations in scotland, wales, northern ireland will see a significant increase in their decision-making power at the result of this process. we want to maintain the common travel area with the republic of ireland, there should be no return to the borders. we will control immigration so we continue to attract the brightest and the

court of dusters? after the european court of dusters? after the commendation like that, my career is over. what the prime minister was very to yesterday, because he is half right to have from, what the prime minister was referring to yesterday is the importance of maintaining the importance of maintaining the importance of maintaining the importance of european treaties. he is right in one respect, we will undoubtedly, not just dealing is right in one respect, we will undoubtedly, notjust dealing with the eu, but the united states and other countries, have data protection, data laws, which meets those standards, in order to exchange data with them. we will be at that point, on the day may leave the european union. what this bill does is make sure we have at that point and it continue exchanging data. that is no doubt thereafter that there will be continuing discussions about how we maintain all our standards at the same level, but not just the all our standards at the same level, but notjust the europ

the british government is in the process of taking back control of thousands of european union laws. publisham will proposals to incorporate 19,000 european-based rules. the day it leaves the e.u. vladimir putin dismissed accusations of russian meddling in the u.s. election saying the anti-russian card is being played as part of a u.s. political struggle. he made his comments and an arctic forum in russia. secretary of state rex tillerson needwashington and ankara to find common ground on kurdish fighters. he spoke at a meet -ing. the u.s. was to fight alongside kurds in syria. malaysia has agreed to release the body of kim jong nam to north korea in exchange for the return of nine malaysians held in the north capital. officials say the north koreans -- his half-brother was poisoned in february. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in 230 countries. -- 120 countries. it is just after 5:30 p.m. thursday in new york, getting ready for the weekend. 8:30 friday morning in sydney. joined by paul allen with a look at the markets. . good morning paul

the government has been outlining how it plans to transfer thousands of pieces of european union legislation into british law, and end the jurisdiction of the european courts ofjustice. the brexit secretary, david davis, told mps the repeal bill would help ensure a "smooth and orderly exit" from the eu, but there‘s concern among other politicians about how these sweeping changes will be scrutinised. with me is professor alison young, who teaches constitutional law at oxford university. thank you for coming in. thank you. first of all before we get into the scrutinising elm, just explain to us what this repeal bill does, what is its ion to ensure a smooth transition once we leave the european union, to do that it has to try and do three things which the secretary of state set out. so first it will have to repeal the european communities act, that brings eu law into uk. second it will have to make shower that all the laws that we have at the moment, transition across smooth, so we have a nice smooth transition from not being in the eu, being in to not. it will have to empower the government

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 you have many enemies early on. jonathan: stephanie ross -- stephanie flanders and jordan rochester. letter.out the official the tone is important. last year, the voters voted to .eave the eu it was not an attempt to do harm to the european union or any remained and member states. it is important because it sets of the stage for a series of negotiations were many people think they will come undone. they will have have a real debate. alix: the tone is important to. you can see it reflected because trade wasn't the euro against other up around -- pound at the brexit. he is intraday lows, the tone is quit

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