is meant to leave the and on says and he isn't doing anyone any good own the u.k. side or the e.u. side and certainly doesn't help and rumors and gossip don't help either case in point today's german newspaper the front for the other mine and so i tuned reporting that theresa may and i'm quoting here begged the e.u. commission chief sean called younger for help last week over dinner what do we know about their. yes brand this really set the room mohair in brussels light this morning i'm just going to read a couple more extracts just to complete the picture there of what this newspaper article was suggesting it was saying that to reason may in a dinner with young monday looked anxious and tormented that she did it desperate and despondent and that she had deep rings on to her eyes suggesting that she hadn't slept so controversial with these comments that even sparked a twitter spat with a two reason may's former chief of staff suggesting that these remarks were leaked to the press by youngest chief of staff that was a very controversial debate the youngest chief of staff denies the

has been under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and a european think tank all slamming this channel and insulting our guests. on the pentagon hails the liberation of the syrian city of raka from islamic states supply u.s. backed opposition forces though the city has been left in ruins. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the weekend headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. and we start with catalonia where almost half a million people have protested in support of the region's independence it follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule and strip the local government of its pros the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months catalan leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but mine tension is to hold it as soon as we recover. a lot of. the

in brussels gentlemen to both of you welcome but i want to start with a comment that was made by the u.k.'s breaks it minister david davis about a worst case scenario ending two bricks take a list you know what's what we've been doing fall over a year now since august of two thousand and sixteen is making preparations for all outcomes now we don't want a new deal but if one comes we'll be ready for it all ready for it so david charters it breaks it means breaks it. and now it could also mean a new deal is he for real. the thing is brant they cannot be literally no deal because there is as we know billions of pounds worth of trade giving across the borders between the e.u. and great britain and it will still flow to it when all be stuck on one side or the other but what no deal refers to is then the trading reverts to the very basic world trade organization rules bridge which no one would want i mean it's like trading in the wild west right well it's like it's actually like trading slightly with one arm behind your back because there needs to be there are terrorists levels for countries w

is secretary said that the u.k. is currently working on a contingency plan he didn't really give many details about it so we have no idea what that looks like but it does look like the u.k. at least in you know they're not trying to exactly advertise that to everyone because they want to make this seem like it's a friendly a negotiation happening they're trying to stay positive as you saw from the other comments but they're working on a plan to prepare for hard because right now. based on the comments from everyone on the e.u. a looks like a trade deal is very unlikely so and also we don't know how theresa may speech from a few weeks ago in italy where she was trying to sort of port if that will have any impact any more down the road i mean right now it's it hasn't so unless the u.k. indicates that it will pay what the e.u. says it knows how hard it is very likely march of two thousand one thousand nine hundred is slowly but surely approaching what about u.k. prime minister of theresa may her response to this most i

but having made that position clear, the u.k. would then be, first of all, be able to announce its new u.k. immigration policy and say to our partners in europe that we would like to negotiate a free trade agreement at least in manufactured goods. that is a coherent position. what is not coherent is suddenly to turn around and say we are leaving, which has what was the position of the manifesto in both major parties, who afterward increased their votes, and yet to say at the same time but we really want to stay in the single market and customs union. that is not a coherent position. francine: how do you explain brexit? why did people vote for brexit? lord king: i think there were, there were two main reasons. one is that it was crystal clear that the only way the u.k. could control immigration was to leave the european union. the government had promised that it would control it. it had not done so. it did not seem to show much remorse for that fact. and most voters did want some control on immigration, and being in the e.u. meant

we're going on the run is u.k. shadow home secretary diane abbott speaks out against tory cuts brought on to bail out the city of london the labor assembly against austerity today coming up on the show how dangerous is u.k. foreign minister boris johnson as jim just in the pentagon leads a delegation to korea we also would enjoin this dr gary porter about the perils of potential british backing for a trump nuclear war in asia and we speak to fashion icon vivienne westwood who along with a nine year old boy could find themselves going to jail for opposing fracking in britain plus all sorts of curious finger gestures are being deployed each trying to do better in terms of eccentricity possibly of prowess what little that's happened in this week's u.k. pm queues all the more going on today is going underground but first apart from this week's british economic growth figures which contradicted pre-breakfast referendum city of london predictions there were also figures out from weapons company boeing that's boeing recen

i expect u.k. trade secretary -- i spoke to the u.k. trade secretary, liam fox. liam: as we leave the eu, we have to agree methods of dividing up the amount of kuroda britain should take from -- amount of quarter britain should take. it is a sign that we can make progress on both sides. anna: we have heard michelle barnier that they say not much progress has been made to talk about trade next week. also crucially to investors outside europe and there is pressure that says we don't have to put our money in europe. to know what our italian and german and french investments will mean in terms of access to the u.k. market. if you becomes unclear what access will be then they may decide to go elsewhere. this is part of the problem. we are not conducting this negotiation in a vacuum. where doing it in the context -- we are doing it in the context. anna: is it the uk's decision to leave the eu. liam: we have been making offers. .t is our decision is a right it is not as though britain is breaking away and doing something against the rules. we are doing something that ha

vendettas we are glad to say many in the u.k. are engaging with our advertising understood thanks for the swift response. and it gets better one thing thank recently completed the mom of the task of compiling a list of all the thousands of guests who've appeared all our shows ever from politicians and journalists to academics and thirties and even groups them into categories and then dismisses them as useful idiots many people in europe and the us including politicians and of the persons of influence continue to exhibit. billing naive about r.t.s. political agenda these useful idiots remain oblivious to r.t.c. intentions and be seriously just in to see by granting interviews on the shows and news casts so only useful idiot list john mccain one of the most vocal critics of russia even film director rob reiner gets a mention in the celebrity section he's now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia as not to mention u.s. senator and former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as none other than th

with u.k. inflation expected hit a five-year high, will mark carney hold the line on a hike when he testifies in front of lawmakers today? anna: from wildcard to contender. john saylor is set -- john taylor is said to impress donald trump. manus: airbus bombardier c series is opening up a new line in the battle with boeing. ♪ anna: a very warm welcome to "daybreak: europe." i am anna edwards. manus: i am manus cranny. we have one spared -- we have one very special guest, tim draper who joins anna and i. anna: appetite for technology generally. more a foreign appetite for japanese stock. [no audio] manus: this is your green line. these are the buyers that come .n, the nikkei ambassadors are buying japanese stocks. they bought nearly $6 billion in the first week, the most in 2.5 years. the foreigners are still underweight and it could be the abe call. it could take you to 25,000 on the nikkei. anna: we watched the politics of there. the japanese stock market up by .2%. let's put up the risk rad

nationals living in the u.k. and u.k. nationals living in the e.u. . e.u. citizens have made a huge contribution to our country and let me be clear that whatever happens we want them and their families to stay. is covering the e.u. summit in joins me now from brussels gil good seems in leaders like that much of what tourism is said there but there's also the scene there's not enough to start the second phase of negotiations is that right. went to resell left this year's summit of the to give all the other twenty seven leaders a chance to bid to talk about sit by themselves chair a little smile on their face and the reason for that is that she has been given a gift from the other twenty seven now it took them just ninety seconds apparently that is what diplomats told us here are to decide that the e.u. will not move to second to the second phase something that a reason they would have liked to see but what they have agreed on they gave green light to prepare this second phase and that is something to reason they will be able to take home now the e.u. leaders

has come under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary britain's the times newspaper and the european think tank slamming this channel and insulting our guests. the pentagon hails the liberation of the syrian city of rakoff from islamic state by u.s. backed opposition forces though the city has been left in ruins. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of camps alone either expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence madrid's decision to impose direct rule and to strip the local government of its powers and governments also calling for a regional election within six months leaders branded the move. this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as we recover. a lot of this by. the spanish government has carried out the worst

i looked at u.k. gdp, it was like 0.4% better than expected, but it is not really compatible with what i would call a time for a rate hike. jack: yeah, but the inflation has scared them a little bit. the weaker pound inflation has come through. it is a very open economy and i think that is what they want to address. i think it is important they address things now rather than later. they will potentially need some ammunition later on. jonathan: kathleen, if you google "unreliable boyfriend" and go to images, i found out this week that governor carney's picture comes up everywhere. [laughter] jonathan: it happens because he guided us towards a rate hike several years ago. he did it again and then did it again. a famous politician in the u.k. came along and called him the "unreliable boyfriend" because you could not rely on guidance from the bank of england. can you still rely on guidance from the bank of england? kathleen: i think it is tough, he is pretty unreliable. but i think he is reacting to -- as

has been under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and a european thing timed all slamming this channel on disparaging our guests. and the pentagon hails the liberation of the syrian city of raka from islamic states by u.s. backed opposition forces though the city has been left mainly in ruins. this is the week international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. and you start with catalonia where almost half a million people have protested in support of independence it follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule on the region and strip the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months catalan leaders have called the move a coup d'etat. this measure we're going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as we recover. all of us by. the spani

party has come under scrutiny with the u.k. so foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper the european all slamming this channel and insulting august. first the pentagon hailed the liberation of the syrian city of rock from islamic state by u.s. backed opposition forces although the city has been left ruined. welcome my name is neil harvey. and. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of catalonia expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence that follows madrid decision to impose direct rule and to strip the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months leaders are branded the move a coup. but you have to know this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as we recover. all of us by. the spanish government has carried out the worst attack against sco

u.k. pay the divorce bill first? jon: they don't have to. francine: that's of the eu says. jon: nobody set this up properly. there's no rule in how the hell to deal with assets or it is like if you're a member of a club. you leave and don't get a share of the clubhouse. francine: let's say the u.k. does not get a deal and is under debbie to your rules. what happens? economics and stock markets are not the same thing. is british stock market dominated by international companies. a pound dropped increases in pounds the value of overseas businesses. assuming they're not disrupted. i'm not saying it's a good thing , but i do think there is a fundamental difference between economics and politics and the u.k. market is one of the places you have to understand that. francine: one of the consequences of the uk's falling under do with your rules? -- falling under wto rules? paul: if you're taking a cautious you, which is performing lead -- performing .ifferently than most economies we see accelerat

you pointed out earlier, the u.k. economy is almost irrelevant to capital markets. most of u.k. profit, quote -- corporate quoted profit comes from elsewhere and even the yield curve dances to the tune of the u.s. economy more than anything else. effect onion has an the u.k. economy, it is interesting relative to elsewhere in the world. investment is kind of flat in the u.k. economy. elsewhere in europe and the u.s., investment is picking up. i think we are missing out on these trends and it is understandable that around the world they are asking to see what goes on with the trade and backdrop we have to operate in. wellnging that, you may see investment flatlining little bit. guy: stick around. he is the head of investment strategy at barclays. iser on, politicians and this leaders going to moscow for the meeting of 2017. vladimir putin will speak during a panel discussion moderated by bloomberg. do not miss that conversation. certainly worth paying attention to. 11:00 a.m. london time. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ 8:20 one in london. a bloomberg business flash with sebastian sal

r t has been under scrutiny with the u.k.'s foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and a european think tank all slamming this channel and insulting our deaths. the pentagon hailed the liberation of the syrian city of rocket from islamic state by u.s. backed opposition forces though the city has been left in ruins. all right broadcasting live from our studios in moscow capping the week's top stories with our weekly program bases r.t. international you know hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of catalonia expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule and strip the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months kind of one leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have to know this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but mine te

vendettas we are glad to say many in the u.k. are engaging with our advertising understood thanks for swift response. and it gets better one thing tank recently completed the mom of the task of compiling a list of all the thousands of guests who've appeared on our shows ever from politicians and journalists to academics and thirty's and even groups them into categories and then dismisses them as useful idiots many people in europe and the us including politicians and of the persons of influence continue to exhibit troubling naivety about artie's political agenda these useful idiots remain oblivious to r.t.c. intentions and b.c.'s legitimacy by granting interviews on the shows and news casts so only useful idiot list john mccain one of the most vocal critics of russia even film director rob reiner gets a mention in the celebrity section he's now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia as not to mention u.s. senator and former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as none other than the current am

richard: the u.k. is still one of the weaker global economies and the pace we are seeing in the u.k. is well below the united states and slightly below the rest of europe. although we see brexit hopefully moving towards a transitional ofiod, this is a period uncertainty for some time and will limit the scope for sterling to rally so it is likely to remain at relatively cheap levels. that gives us the scope for the pound to move higher as the u.k. adjusts to interest rates. francine: do you need to start pricing in or at least doing models on what jeremy corbyn as prime minister would look like, for the u.k. economy? richard: for the next couple of years, one of the benefits is it is unlikely to be a change in leadership. clearly we could see -- francine: a challenge from within. richard: that looks less likely and there was a concern that leadership could change very quickly. it is more and more likely that theresa may will remain in power until the end of the brexit negotiations. the reality is the im

u.k. time. barclays ceo jes staley said he would not panic after one bad trading quarter and he has had three. they posted a 33% trop in fixed income revenue. it trailed most of wall street rivals and posted it 22% decline. posted a 36% fall. santander's third-quarter profit has fallen. the feeling lender has [inaudible] net income fell in the three months to september. that compares with a 1.8 4 billion euro average of five analyst estimates compiled by bloomberg. at 8:30tera joins us a.m. u.k. time. issident mario draghi preparing for one of the most key decisions in his dramatic tenure. today's meeting to discuss how and when to bring large scale bond purchases to an end. it is most -- one of the most keenly anticipated by economists. that decision will be announced at 1:45 p.m. in frankfurt and draghi will speak 45 minutes later. u.s. president donald trump is the he about giving janet yellen another term at the federal reserve chair. he said he thinks she is terrific. according to three peo

[applause] >> what the u.k. government sigh and taking the country along a path of self-imposed decline, let us make our case. let us address concerns head-on. let us an spire confidence that the way things are now is not the way they must always be. there is a better future to be had for all of us if we choose to bring that future together. the gap between scotland's interests and westminster's priorities has never been greater. the house of commons is polarized. there are deep divides not just between but within parties. -- [indiscernible] -- we must look to the future. last year as much as anything it -- we cannoti need afford to be bystanders. it means campaigning for independence. applause] >> it also means acting and governing today. taking action now so everyone has a stake in scotland's success. ourrtunity and security for young people. building a sustainable green economy to bring scotland to the cutting edge of technology. our focus must now what really matters. building a better scotland. that has nev

is secretary said that the u.k. is currently working on a contingency plan he didn't really give many details about it so we have no idea what that looks like but it does look like the u.k. at least in you know they're not trying to exactly advertise that to everyone because they want to make this seem like it's a friendly a negotiation happening they're trying to stay positive as you saw from the other comments but they're working on a plan to prepare for hard because right now. based on the comments from everyone on the e.u. a looks like a trade deal is very unlikely so and also we don't know how theresa may speech from a few weeks ago in italy where she was trying to sort of port if that would have any impact on the more down the road i mean right now it's it hasn't so unless the u.k. indicates that it will pay what the e.u. says it knows how hard it is very likely march of two thousand one thousand nine hundred is slowly but surely approaching what about u.k. prime minister of theresa may her response to this an

are has been under scrutiny with the u.k.'s foreign secretary boris johnson the times newspaper and a european. channel and. the pentagon hails the liberation of the syrian city of raka from islamic state by u.s. backed opposition forces though the city has been left in ruins. this is our international recapping the week's top stories with our weekly pro. now hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of catalonia expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence it follows madrid's decision to impose a direct rule at the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months. leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but mine tension is to hold it as soon as we recover. the spanish government has carried out the worst attack against scotland institutions and residents

the number of ipos, and not just for u.k. companies but international companies, we now markets,s in the raised over 40 billion pounds of fortal year to date companies not just in the u.k. but from around the world. if you look at any of the indicators in our listed markets, whether it is lse, the same applies to partners and colleagues in italy. and liquiditypos is on the increase. quite sharply. also, infrastructure debt, foreign currency, bonds, chinese u.s.ance, we have at 16 listings so far this year between the main market. it is quite the opposite. the numbers tell us liquidity is sustained. i cannot give you any more details other than that we are publishing tomorrow third quarter ims. the public data we have released shows we have been quite successful this year and helping many more companies and governments raise more capital in our markets certainly than the last couple years. second-largest shareholder is qatar's fund. given the risk, how do you see that impacting your chances of aramco ine saudi london? in londo

start with nine: -- starts at 9:15 u.k. time. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: welcome, let's talk about the markets. we will try not to repeat ourselves too much. this is how the market picture is shaping up. a fairly quiet picture. keep an eye on the stocks ne jra will talk about. we are watching richemont, danone. let's get a first word update. >> north korea has warned that a nuclear war may break out at many -- any moment. the comment to the u.n. came as the u.s. and south korea began one of the largest joint naval drills off the east and west coast of the peninsula. -- added that the country has become a full-fledged nuclear power which possesses the delivery means of nook -- various ranges. he also called north korea a responsible nuclear state. bribes -- frexit mission to brussels appears to have been a flop. -- following their meeting last night, both sides issued a statement that entrenched their previous stances according to a person familiar. faith --re losing the faith in the u.k. to strike a deal. mitch mcconnell and

has been under scrutiny with the u.k.'s foreign secretary boards johnson britain's the times newspaper and a european think tank all slamming this channel and insulting i'll get. the pentagon hales the liberation of the syrian city of rocket from islamic state by u.s. backed opposition forces though the city has been left in ruins. are broadcasting live directing our studios in moscow bases that are to international thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories. now hundreds of thousands of people have been on the streets of catalonia expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence it follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule and strip the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have to know this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but mine

citizens in the u.k. really what the u.k. has offered is just not sufficient ok max so just briefly if you can what is the next step. the next steps are we're probably going to see the delay they're not going to decide to go into the second phase of the negotiations in october when the leaders come to brussels and then it's up to anyone how long this will take to get to the second stage so far progress as everybody here basically has said has been very slow no indication if this is going to change to get these next huffman for us that the european parliament in strasbourg thank you max. u.s. musician and songwriter tom petty has died after suffering a heart attack in california he was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious at his malibu home the sixty six year old is best known as the lead singer of the rock band tom petty and the heartbreakers which were part of a number of hits in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's. and attributes have been pouring in for tom petty from fans and telling musicians english

come under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and the european think tank all slamming this channel and insulting our guests. just mails the liberation of the syrian city of rakoff from islamic state by u.s. backed opposition forces although the city has been left in ruins. good to have you with us this hour my name is the harvey and you're watching the weekly here. hundreds of thousands of people have been out on the streets of catalonia expressing their support all opposition to the move for independence it follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule and to strip the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election to be held within six months catalan leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have to know this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as we reco

vendettas we are glad to say many in the u.k. are engaging with our advertising understood thanks for swift response. and it gets better one thing tank recently completed the mom of the task of compiling a list of all the thousands of guests who've appeared on our shows ever from politicians and journalists to academics and thirty's and even groups them into categories and then dismisses them as useful idiots many people in europe and the us including politicians and of the persons of influence continue to exhibit troubling naivety about artie's political agenda these useful idiots remain oblivious to r.t.c. intentions and b. c it's legitimate see by granting interviews on the shows and news casts so only useful idiot list john mccain one of the most vocal critics of russia even film director rob reiner gets a mention in the celebrity section he's now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia as not to mention u.s. senator and former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as none other than the cur

perspective so you twenty seven without the u.k. at the moment it seems like the u.k. still has not made clear what the actual goal is where they want to go and there has not been as we heard from the chief negotiator on the sufficient progress on the three issues that need to be clarified from the e.u. perspective first before going into that second phase those three things are the braggs it bills how much money does the u.k. have to pay from its obligations in order to leave the border between northern ireland and ireland a very sticky issue and then the issue that's closest to the heart of the problem in terence here the rights of e.u. citizens after briggs is living in the u.k. well when we look at british prime minister teresa mayes government we see that the brits themselves are conflicted on how to deal with what influence is that having on the negotiations with the. monthly the boss or the head of the e.p. peace of the european peoples parties those of the conservative party who has the majority here in the european parliament put it very you know precisely he

against the u.k. government. effectively, if by march next year we don't have much guarantee all conditions on trade, companies are going to start moving people out of the u.k.. that is going to be bad for the economy. right now, europe doesn't want to discuss about trade or transition, they want to discuss about the bill. this is a sticking point. onprevents progress transition in trade and the more we wait the more likely was see copies taking decisions no be detriment of the economy. francine: how negative? we see recession or slowburn? are the markets pricing correctly? is there hope of a second referendum or know brexit happening? vincent: i don't want to be too dramatic but i think the economy has been resilient partly consumer following. to project fear was a lie. i would say it's not over. the economy has been living on borrowed time. issuesaid that with the we're seeing right now and the uncertainty around the brexit talks, eventually the economy is going to suffer. on top of that, we might get a rate hi

what i saw, they are not in the big scheme of things, going to the u.k.. all u.k. businesses relocate? even of fdi comes and you will have more if going the opposite direction. budget coming the up. top $90et deficit could million. abandon plans in the public sector, the that mean d budget concerns have topped it? how important is that? david: it's much less important than of the u.k. still seems to be growing. need for structural improvements in the u.k. which will require public spending. the markets can live with this. we believe the budget deficit in the u.k. get to about one to two points of the gdp. prior to the referendum, some of the numbers were better the next rotations. we have flipped around. we are the worst the g7. we were the strongest. is that just media hype? it's not so surprising. counterfactual he, we don't know if the u.k. would be doing even if we wanted to remain a year. -- even if we remained in the eu. manus: thanks so much. anna: you can watch the show not just regular tv but the tv function on the bloomberg. you can influence the conversa

go under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and a european think tank all slamming this channel and insulting our guests. also the pentagon hails the liberation of the syrian city of rock after an islamic state by u.s. banks opposition forces although the city has been left in ruins. good to have you with us is just to past midnight here in moscow neil harvey this is the weekly on r.t. international. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of catalonia expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence that follows madrid decision to impose direct rule and to strip the local government of its powers spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months catalan leaders have branded the move a coup. but you have to know this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it

has been under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and a european think tank all slamming this channel and discouraging guests. on the pentagon hails the liberation of the syrian city of rocket from islamic states by u.s. backed opposition forces as the city has been left mainly in ruins. thank you for watching the weekly headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. but we start with catalonia where almost half a million people have protested in support of independence it follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule on the region and strip the local government of its powers the spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months castle and leaders have called the move a coup d'etat. this measure we're going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but mind to mention is to hold it as soon as we recover. all of

twenty seven so without the u.k. but also in the u.k. they have understood that they're giving her a little more leeway while officially still insisting on those principles i wife from the president of the european council donald toast presented a so-called leaders agenda to discuss the forms proposed by france's president ma crawl all those reforms real solutions. what you have at the moment is you have a very enthusiastic french president with a lot of energy making a lot of proposition suggestions all over the place and i think there's two fold here what dawn of the president of the e.u. council is trying to do is giving all those visions of that energy a little structure sort of channeling what the call is proposing and at the same time not only channeling it but preserving the ambition that is behind it because that you have to think about it you know if you still have twenty eight member states that might not agree with everything that a minute michael is saying that's one problem the other problem is that often in the past leaders

those people from the u.k. and other countries that have traveled to isis held areas to support the isis viewpoint and strategy and i think not only the practice should be to kill those people but that is the practice that has been in place for a long time these are people who pose a real threats not just to british people in fact not really to british people but more to the peace in the region and the united kingdom is committed to destroying isis with the united states and russia as major actors as well and that is absolutely a strategy that i think almost everyone in great britain feels we should continue to pursue film on what are the actual realistic prospects of dealing radicalizing jihadists which is what some people believe should be done that they should be brought back and given an opportunity to return to some kind of normal life wouldn't they have to just be locked up for the rest of their natural lives. while the context of these statements and the main by defense secretary michael phelan are indee

nationals living in the u.k. and u.k. nationals living in the e.u. . e.u. citizens have made a huge contribution to our country and let me be clear that whatever happens we want them and their families to stay. again we'll have more on that story later but turning now to syria where a u.s. backed forces are officially declared victory in the northern syrian city of raka after pushing out extremists from the so-called islamic state and this comes as new pictures taken by drones has revealed the extent of the devastation caused by weeks of fighting entire neighborhoods have been turned into rubble warplanes pounded the city for months during the four month operation to retake back the city from i can flow it. joining me now is ryan deliveries a colonel in the u.s. army and spokesperson for the u.s. led coalition operation against the so-called islamic state in iraq and syria he's currently based in baghdad welcome colonel dillon now we saw pictures of the extent of devastation caused in iraq are there also reports that there was a huge number of civilian deat

and the u.k. . you're watching r.t. international live from moscow i'm kate partridge thanks for joining us. we start with syria where the government army backed by russian air cover is gradually advancing against islamic state in the province of darrow's or but each picture becomes a high price the terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain their last strongholds in the region the village of half which has just been liberated witnessed a brutal battle. well following the liberation of the syrian army is now advancing on iso positions to the northwest but before that's what i'd guess the of form of the troops as they moved into consular they traveled across the areas only bridge over the euphrates river from where he sent us this report. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridge in the entire province we came to the village of had less than a day ago this was part of the caliphate but no longer from what we were told the syrian army's fifth divisi

come to a supersonic u.k. french concorde would be more bold thanks to companies such as lockheed allegedly lobbying the us government to prevent it flying to los angeles so that the plane could never fully make its money back there were other reasons but either way new york has never have since been three and a half hours away from london this time around body and all its jobs in northern ireland appeared to have been rescued by air bus a company that boeing as a lot to say about on its website the big dispute between the united states and europe has been about the european practice called launching so what exactly is smart she is taxpayer money the governments of france germany the united kingdom and spain to airbus every time it wants to develop a new airplane model because boeing doesn't get any money for its weapons programs from the u.s. taxpayer right in fact. this week's boeing results are arguably a testament to state subsidy which makes for a circular argument many more era space workers are employed

come under scrutiny with the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson britain's the times newspaper and the european think tank or slamming the channel and it's something i guess. but the pentagon this hailed the liberation of the syrian city of ras car from islamic state by u.s. bank opposition forces although the city has been left in ruins. and for joining us my name's neil harvey and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of catalonia expressing their support or opposition to the move for independence that follows madrid's decision to impose direct rule and to strip the local government of its powers spanish government is also calling for a regional election within six months after the leaders have branded the move a coup but you have to know this measure we are going to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months but my intention is to hold it as soon as

but having made that position clear, the u.k. would then be first of all, be able to , announce its new u.k. immigration policy and say to our partners in europe that we would like to negotiate a free trade agreement at least in manufactured goods. such a coherent position. what is not coherent is suddenly to turn around and say we are leaving, which has what was the position of the manifesto in both major parties, who afterward increased their votes, and yet to say at the same time we really want to stay in the single market and customs union. that is not a coherent position. francine: how do you explain brexit? why did people vote for brexit? were,ng: i think there there were two main reasons. one is that it was crystal clear that the only way the u.k. could control immigration was to leave the european union. the government had promised that it would control it. it had not done so. it did not seem to show much remorse for that fact. and most voters did want some control on immigration, and being in the eu meant that was imposs

well the u.k. foreign secretary boris johnson became the latest politician to join the chorus of criticism a great started just last week when he publicly chastised m.p.'s in the house of commons just for daring to hear on this channel four interview let's take a listen once again to what he had to say a few days ago. if you study the output of russia today and indeed if you consider the state of the press in russia this president it is an absolute it is russia today it is a scandal it is a scandal that the members of the party opposite are continuing to to value deeds to the deeds to meet. that kind of propaganda by going on those programs not a lot of more i'm assured by my minister will do none of them do so none of the probability that mr johnson is actually due to visit moscow before the end of the year as part of a worldwide trip what the u.k. foreign ministry describes as a robust and sustained engagement that what happened at the days a russian foreign ministry briefing where he has a heart

this is you don't use life or roll and brussels delivers a blow to the u.k. over briggs that negotiations you negotiate or mission about an e.u. says this week's talks have made no great steps forward and he says he would ask us next week's summit to open discussions on the blocks future relationship with the u.k. we are in brussels with the latest also on the show. palestinians are potentially a step closer to reconciliation after a decade long split between bitter rivals hamas and fatah say they've reached an agreement on key points we'll go live to jerusalem. germany's biggest airline a move time is gearing up to buy large parts of bankrupt carrier air berlin snapping up dozens of its planes of thousands of its staff. so glad to have you with us and we begin in brussels where the exit negotiator michele bachmann it has said a short while ago that he's disturbed by the lack of progress in this week's talks with the u.k. he says there's deadlock over how much britain should pay when it leaves the e.u. and that he won't recommend next week's session move on t

vendettas we are glad to say many in the u.k. are engaging with our advertising understood thanks for swift response. and it gets better one thing tank recently completed the mammoth task of compiling a list of all the thousands of guests who've appeared on our shows ever from politicians and journalists to academics and thirty's and even groups them into categories and then dismisses them as useful idiots many people in europe and the us including politicians and of the persons of influence continue to exhibit troubling naivety about r.t.s. political agenda these useful idiots remain oblivious to r.t.c. intentions and b. c it's legitimate see by granting interviews on the shows and news casts so only useful idiot list john mccain one of the most vocal critics of russia even film director rob reiner gets a mention in the celebrity section he's now part of an organization called the committee to investigate russia as not to mention u.s. senator and former presidential candidate bernie sanders as well as none other than the current

i looked at u.k. gdp, it was like 0.4% better than expected but not compatible with what i would call a time for a rate hike. jack: yeah, but the inflation has scared them a little bit. the weaker pound inflation has come through. it is a very open economy and i think that is what they want to address. i think it is important they address things now rather than later. they will potentially need some ammunition later on. jonathan: kathleen, if you google "unreliable boyfriend" and go to images, i found out this week that governor carney's picture comes up everywhere. it happens because he guided us towards a rate hike several years ago. he did it again and then did it again. a famous politician in the u.k. came along and called him the unreliable boyfriend because you cannot rely on guidance for the bank of england. can you rely on guidance from the bank of england? kathleen: i think it is tough, he is pretty unreliable. but as jack pointed out, i think he is reacting to what is going on in the economy

or to spoke exclusively to his parents who say the u.k. government has left him to rot and the meter tree he's beat out of isis territory he's been so i would now like now i can explain it that's him equate the friends who like against isis from the inside they have to address the issue that it is immoral and illegal to leave somebody. in a hole with no trial no process no charge what he did why he did all that kind of thing with those questions he cannot say but he can only answer them if there's a proper process and a proper kind of trial in questioning the way he can address those things that at the moment he's being an option of am they've thrown away the key and he's just been left to rot. well you have a jack's real name is joan let's see twenty one years of age and travel to fight for islamic state in twenty four dean but after his arrival in iceland held syria he was eventually imprisoned by the terrorists he managed to escape some reports say that he was then captured by the kurdish militia in iraq. according to british authoritie

would first be able to announce its new u.k. immigration policy and save our partners in europe that we would like to negotiate a free trade agreement at least in manufacturing. what is not coherent is suddenly to say we are leaving, which was the position of the manifesto in both major parties, and at the same time, we really want to stay in this in the market and customs union. that is not coherent. francine: how do you explain brexit? why do people vote for brexit? mr. king: there are two main reasons. one is that it was unclear that the only way the u.k. could control immigration was to leave the european union. the government had promised it would control it. it had not done so. it did not seem to show much remorse for that fact. most orders did want control of integration, and being in the eu met that was possible. the government simply avoided the issue of immigration. it did not argue for migration, is simply avoided it. that was a powerful motivation. the second was both sides talked down to the voters, and, in a sense,

back to you amrita now who's going to update us on the u.k.'s divorce proceedings from the european union ever ending there at the helena getting to brussels where the e.u. is struggling with drugs that negotiations britain's terrorism a has promised to make it as easy as possible for citizens living in the u.k. after breakfast that's one of those issues holding up progress in talks with brussels on the ucas exit from the e.u. now did obvious charlotta chosen pale reports on how far the talks have got so far . the european union over. five rounds of talks. remarkable mishap. and it almost an ending stream of metaphors let's put a tiger in the tank and stop letting the grass grow under our feet the ball is entirely in the u.k. court as we look forward to the next stage the ball is in their court breaks in negotiations are well underway and things are getting theory in your court. actually that's a game of what it clearly isn't a game but if it were today she's been much point for team breck sit here in brussels a real moment of triumph when the

with trump and the policies in the u.k., we'll get from theresa may. populism does have an impact on the establishment. >> what does that mean for you as a big fixed operation >> i think the one stable force is the central banks >> support markets or subvert markets? >> i could answer both ways. it depends high prices of low volatility and eventually -- i think they do that. that's why we keep on steering the credit union arrangement away spanish ten year four month over german bond yield. spanish bonds over small chains. what could happen there? with a little clarify -- i think if i'm putting pressure on spain, but taking the medium turns -- and how it engages in $10,000 are there. i think it will continue >> let's go back to basic economics as well. the manufacturing figures yet again across the eurozone. they have a high since 2011. really, really good figures. no one happier than me that will have more. it lasts for 6%. is inflation back? does draghi have to ignore politics and concentrate on data >> people like me are looking for higher bond yield

u.k. relationship has always been branded as special one after another american and british leaders made sure to stress how important and strong it warms however one former adviser to barack obama has revealed it was seen as one big joke his police . repeat something long enough and people will believe it the relationship between america and britain will remain strong our relationship is a very special special relationship that exists between our two nations people forge friendships together that is what makes this relationship special i hope to have a good relationship with them he has been a special relationship it was very important for us to mention the special relationship in every press conference that we had when the u.k. were here but really we laughed about it behind the scenes nowadays on both sides of the pond the phrase special relationship is rarely outed without a generous dose of irony some say that you started with the bromance between these t.v. does something maybe that y