and in his state of the european union speech the president of the european commission says the block is ready to move forward after a person's decision to leave the e.u. . islands across the caribbean is still taking stock of the devastation left behind by her. big government estimates ninety five percent of the buildings are damaged or destroyed west all the residents have been moved to the neighboring islands of antigua john home and reports from. roger is right back home this small caribbean island. devastated by hurricane he's heading to. house to find out if it survived there's nothing. there's nothing you know that i know. god. is like. with a population of one thousand six hundred everyone seems to know each other here it makes the scars of destruction we see as we pass even more painful for roger you know it's kind of hard to see all this is my friend's house to. really think about. this scene and make me feel like. homes she had open like those houses inside the remnants of lives interrupted a stopped waterlogged watch clothes and toys tossed around dishes still waiting to b

and that his state of the european union speech the president of the european commission said the block is ready to move forward after britain's decision to leave the. islands across the caribbean is still taking stock of the devastation left behind by. the government estimates ninety five percent of the buildings are damaged or destroyed almost all the residents have now be moved to the neighboring island of antigua john heilemann reports from. roger has arrived back home this caribbean island. devastated by hurricane he's heading to his house to find out if it survived. with a population of one thousand six hundred everyone seems to know each other it makes the scars of destruction we see as we pass even more painful for roger you know it's. kind of hard to see all this there is my friends all still. in the really think about. this scene and make me feel like. holmes shit open like those houses inside the remnants of lives interrupted a stopped water logged watch clothes and toys tossed around dishes still waiting to be put away there's no knowing when those lives will be resumed ever

this week european commission news briefing journalists push to get a comment on the e.u. stance. war i. i. i now or you have a double standard in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key gaddy and in other sound out for their own yes there are judges issuing orders to shut down media. you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression stay shut private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is cause you do shit all that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we're going to help you with today. or one of the journalists at that briefing told us he believes the question of catalonia is freedom is not just a problem for the spanish authorities but for the holy you. it's an internal constitutional problem according to the e.u. and the house to be sold in the frame or called internal orders of legal order of spain. the problem is that this is true until until when certain issues arise like this in the last few days t

taking the issue beyond spain's borders the cattle and presidents accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region's right to vote. i was going to i think we will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue this week european commission news briefing journalists pushed to get a comment on the e.u. stance i thought i. now you have a double stand out in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key gaddy and in other strand out for get that only you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression stay shut private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is cause you do shit all that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we're going to help you with today it's an internal constitutional problem according to the e.u. and the house to be sold into frame or cal

the european commission cannot take the credit for this alone. though i am sure that had 8 million jobs been lost, we would have taken the blame. but europe's institutions played a part in helping to win change. we can take credit for our european investment plan, which has triggered $225 billion worth of investments. it has wound its loans to over 450,000 small firms and more than 270 infrastructure projects. we can take credit for the fact that thanks to determined action, european banks once again have the capital firepower to lend to companies so that they can grow and create jobs. and we can take credit for having brought public deficits down from 6.6% to 1.6%. this is thanks to an intelligent application of the stability and growth. we ask for fiscal discipline but are careful not to kill growth. this is in fact working very well across the union, despite some criticism. ten years since crisis struck, europe economy's finally bouncing back and with it our confidence. our 27 leaders, the parliament, and commission are putting the eu back in

the council on presidents taking the issue beyond spain's borders accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region's right to vote. i was going to i think we will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue while catalans voiced their anger at madrid journalists have been trying to pin down the e.u. to get its view of the media briefing this week r.t. spoke to one of the reporters who was there now all you have a double stand out in a freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key in other strand out for . you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression. private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is cause additional that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we are going to help you with today. it's an internal constitutional problem according to

. >> the european commission president delivered the annual state of the european union address to lawmakers in france. he outlined several new proposals including the creation of a european defrs you knense cyber security agency. this is just under an hour. >> mr. president, honorable members of the european parliament, when i stood before you this time last year, i had the somewhat easier speech to give. it was plain for all to see that our union was not in a good state. europe was better and worst by the very foundation. we only had two choices -- either come together around a positive european agenda, or each retreat into our own corners. faced with this choice, i argued for unity. i proposed a positive agenda to help create, as i said last year, a europe that protects, a europe that empowers, a europe that defends. over the past 12 months, european parliament has helped bring this agenda to life. we continue to make progress with each passing day. just last night you worked to find an agreement on instrument and doubling our european investment capacity and you succeeded. thank you for

the president of the european commission says the e.u. will propose a new migrants deportation policy at the end of the month claude younger made the announcement at his annual state of the union address so not township works only thirty six percent of migrants in literature ration are sent back it is obvious that we have to consider a plea strengthened activities in this area this is the only way that europe will be able to show proof of solidarity with regard to the refugees who really need protection. let's bring in paris correspondent paul brennan for more on paul this migrant policy what are they planning on changing. well first of all it was a broad ranging speech by junk the president of the european commission it is state of the european union speeches annual speech and it was a whole range of issues but certainly migration was one of the standout parts of the speech that he delivered first of all he extolled the success stories of the european union's response to the migrant crisis saying that as a result of policies such as the

you're back with are two international the european commission is proposing to take in another fifty thousand asylum seekers from north africa in the middle east in its new relocation scheme after the previous plan failed to meet its goals where stross live not to charlotte dubin ski who's been following the developments for hi there charlotte what's more is there to this proposal timeframe costs etc. well we know that the european commission has outlined it set aside five hundred million euros for this new resettlement plan for asylum seekers and it comes as the current two year plan comes to a close on wednesday now this new plan will be regimented in take place over the next few years and it will look to extend that to asylum seekers from the horn of africa and in the middle east now what we do know is that this two year plan that's just come to a close here on wednesday has not been a success at all and if we look at the figures you can see how poorly that's been implemented from resettling people from countries that have applied for asylum in places like greece and in italy and

european commission president claims that the e.u. has too many presidents i think only one quote captain should be at the helm of the blog. wrote a rag or a new r.t. documentary tells the story of those fighting to drive islamic state from one of its last syrian strongholds. and in a new development the world anti-doping agency confirms the accuracy of a leaked document that showed ninety five ninety six russian athletes have actually been cleared of any wrongdoing. leading to you my name is the harvey you're watching r.t. international first this hour we have an update on the report of a school shooting in the u.s. state of washington it's now believed that at least six people have been injured and one of the may have been killed some of the victims have already been taken to the hospital rode in air ambulances were dispatched to freeman high school south of the small city of spokane valley all schools in that area are now being put on preventative lockdown the local media reporting for the suspect is in custody we will bring you mo

meanwhile it emerged that the european commission presidentjean—claude juncker had questioned the accountability of david davis, westminter‘s main man in the negotiations, and his political mandate to conduct talks. steve, how do you assess progress this week? it has been all about brexit as part of the westminster watchers. what is your assessment of how it's been going and what we have been hearing from both sides? virtually every day there is another twist which conveys first of all, the sheer complexity of what is being undertaken here. the sense that time is running out fast, to meet this two—year deadline, march 2019. and there fast, to meet this two—year deadline, march 20 19. and there are so many oddities to this whole situation. labour's position in the

commission and the european council currently donald tusk job he said potentially europe could just do with one president doing both roles other areas where he spoke about the potential for closer integration included the idea of a european economy and finance minister it would necessarily be a new job it could be a role that was filled by an existing vice president of the european commission and other areas where he spoke about the cooperation that there is has been within europe and appears to be wanting to move forward is on areas such as migration and security in migration for example and refugees he said that seven hundred twenty thousand people had been granted asylum within the e.u. so far as a result of the most recent refugee crises and that that would continue however he said strengthening the policy towards returning those who are not entitled to asylum would also be a priority for the european union on bret's it he had to say that he regretted the decision that the britons had made but he pointed out when he was heckled by the british euro skeptic breakfast supporter nig

commission and the european council currently donald tusk job he said potentially europe could just do with one president doing both roles other areas where he spoke about the potential for closer integration included the idea of a european economy and finance minister it would necessarily be a new job it could be a role that was filled by an existing vice president of the european commission and other areas where he spoke about the cooperation that there is has been within europe and appears to be wanting to move forward is on areas such as migration and security in migration for example and refugees he said that seven hundred twenty thousand people had been granted asylum within the e.u. so far as a result of the most recent refugee crises and that would continue however he said strengthening the policy towards returning those who are not entitled to asylum would also be a priority for the european union on bret's it he had to say that he regretted the decision that the britons had made but he pointed out when he was heckled by the british euro skeptic breakfast supporter nigel fa

in strasburg, france, the european commission president talked about new proposals to create a european defense unit and cyber security agency. his remarks to lawmakers are just under one hour. >> mr. president, honorary members of the european parliament, when i stood before you this time last year, i had a somewhat a -- easier speech to give. it was plain for all to see that the reunion was not in a good state. it was battered and bruised by a shook our very foundations. we only had two choices. either come together around a positive european agenda, or retreat into our own corners. choice, i argued for unity. i proposed a policy agenda, a europe that protects, and powers, defense. empowers, and defends. worked withght, you an agreement on doubling the european investment. thank you for that. i want to thank 27 leaders of our member states, this after , and-- my speech last year the agenda that my summit in bratislava. together, we show that you can deliver for citizens when and where it matters. ever since, we have been slowly but surely gathering momentum. it helped that the economi

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the european parliament that britain will soon regret its decision, to leave the eu. in his annual speech on the state of the european union, jean—claude juncker outlined his plans for a more integrated eu, an opportunity, he said, that would be provided by brexit. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. this was a striking shift from the eu, its leaders oozing optimism because they believe the worst crises of recent years are behind them. europe's economy is now growing faster than america's. the migrant serge receding. even brexit has not proved fatal to their union. translation: on the 29th march 2019, the united kingdom will leave the european union. it will be a sad and tragic moment. we will always regret it, and you will come to regret it soon. what's striking listening to this whole speech, is that that's the only reference mrjuncker‘s made to brexit in an hour of talking. the rest of it has all been about the eu without the uk, setting out his vision for the future and he wants quite f

next the president of the european commission gives the annual state of the european union address to lawmakers in france. he announced the official date that the uk will leave the european union, march 29, 2019. he called the departure tragic and said the european union will move on. this is about an hour. >> mr. president, honorable members of the european parliament when i stood before you this time last year i had a somewhat easier speech to give. it was plain folk to see that that the union was not in a good state. europe was battered and bruised at our very foundation. we only had two choices, either come together around a positive european agenda for each receipt into our own corners. faced with this choice i proposed a positive agenda as i said last year, a europe that are text, a europe that empowers, a europe that defense. over the past 12 months the european parliament has brought this agenda to life. we continue to make progress with each passing day. just last night you works to find an agreement on doubling our european investment capacity and to succeed. thank you for t

european commission president delivers an upbeat state of the european union speech saying britain will soon regret voting for breakfast at last. made in britain. drug. activists to social media and ought to protest against a four day arms fire in london. and the combatants have a ride in las vegas for about the boxing purists have been waiting for full details coming up. hello there we've got a fair amount of cloud is drifting its way through the middle east at the moment on the satellite picture you can see the system here it's gradually edging its way eastward and as it does say it could bring us a few more showers particularly around kabul they're all day twenty seven degrees there will still be our maximum temperature and as we head through into friday well looks like it should be more or less dry with a bit less cloud around as well towards the west the temperatures will be easing for us in kuwait there on friday it has been again very very hot but finally the temperatures are beginning to edge off a little bit a bit further towards the south and here in doha the winds will be a l

you are the third biggest recipient of funds in the european commission. this position is unfair and unbalanced. it accuses hungary without regarding solidarity rear in the humanitarian crisis. we have spent 800 million euros on protecting the border without help. european forces are based on contracts. many european sources are taken advantage of by western european companies. the vast majority of eu resources sent to hungary are involved in the construction... are there any benefits that western european countries... don't try to make me say what i didn't say. these resources are not usable for us based on contracts. that has nothing to do with the migratory policy. if we speak about that, we have to speak about the fact that these resources are taken advantage of by western european companies. we are very happy with the western european and american companies in our country. we are very happy with that. 0ur achievement mainly depends on foreign exports and investment. but if they both take advantage of this situation, don't make unfair treatment is abou

elsewhere in europe the european commission is proposing to take in another fifty thousand asylum seekers from north africa and also the middle east it is going to be part of any relocation scheme after the previous plan failed to meet its goals dubinsky has the story. you know the european commission has outlined it set aside five hundred million euros for this new resettlement plan for asylum seekers and it comes as the current to your plan comes to a close on wednesday now this new plan will be regimented in take place over the next few years and it will look to extend that to asylum seekers from the horn of africa and in the middle east now what we do know is that this two year plan that's just come to a close here on wednesday has not been a success at all and if we look at the figures you can see how poorly that's been implemented from resect people from countries that have applied for asylum in places like greece and in italy and you look at those figures less than a fifth of the hundred and sixty thousand people that were supposed to be helped under the previous plan would only a

on the european commission office new proposals to fix the a used migration crisis the block is as divided as ever. i'm phil gale welcome to the program an overwhelming majority of iraqi kurds have voted in favor of independence from iraq announcing the results of monday's referendum the kurdish election commission said more than ninety two percent of voters i had elected to secede and have a year referendum took place in iraq's autonomous kurdistan region as well as disputed areas of northern iraq it was celebrations in the city of solo money as the results were announced central government in baghdad has opposed the referendum since its inception. more now from journalist a bigot svenson she joins us on the line from kirkuk one of the disputed parts of iraq where this fog was held welcome bigots so ninety two percent in favor of independence how's the result being seen where you are well the people are not ready surprised here in kirkuk they were expecting it and already jokes come up that we go back to the old days off of them saying when we had similar results over ninety percent this

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you are the third biggest recipient of funds in the european commission. this position is unfair and unbalanced. it accuses hungary without regarding solidarity rear in the humanitarian crisis. we have spent 800 million euros on protecting the border without help. european forces are based on contracts. many european sources are taken advantage of by western european companies. in the construction... are there any benefits that western european countries... don't try to make me say what i didn't say. these resources are not usable for us based on contracts. that has nothing to do with the migratory policy. if we speak about that, we have to speak about the fact that these resources are taken advantage of by western european countries. we are very happy with the western european and american companies in our country. we are very happy with that. 0ur achievement mainly depends on foreign exports and investment. but if they both take advantage of this situation, don't make unfair treatment is about hungary. what's going to happen, though? you've said the verd

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the european parliament that britain will soon regret its decision to leave the eu. in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a more integrated eu. now on bbc news, click. this week, the women fighting for tech recognition.

of the european commission. is he right, that britain will regret leaving? and brexit will leave empty seats in the european parliament. what should the remaining 27 countries do with them? so, all that to come and more in the next 30 minutes. joining us today are journalists toby young and anne mcelvoy. first up, here's our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. jean—claude juncker took centrestage in strasbourg with his state of the union speech this week. but meps also discussed diesel gate, the volkswagen emission scandal, debating new testing regimes in germany and austria introduced earlier this month after a parliamentary enquiry made recommendations. 1.2 billion euros in eu aid was given to italy to help repair damaged caused by recent earthquakes. the massive pay—out is the biggest ever under the eu solidarity fund. and meps approved a motion calling on norway, a member of the european economic area, to give up commercial whaling off its coast. away from the european parliament, protest

this week european commission news briefing journalists to their push to get a comment on the e.u. stance. i. i i now or you have a double standard in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key and gatti and in other stand out for their own there are judges issuing orders to shut down media. you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression stay shut private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is a constitutional that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we're going to help you with today one of the journalists at that briefing told us he believes the question of catalonia is freedom isn't just a problem for the spanish authorities but for the holy. it's an internal constitutional problem according to the e.u. and the house to be sold into frame or called internal over there for you go over there of spain. the problem is that this is true until on t.v. when certain issues arise like this in the last few days t

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the european parliament that britain will soon regret its decision, to leave the eu. in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a more integrated eu. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.

commission should be merged with the presidency of the european council. he said europe would be easier to understand if one captain was steering the ship. here with us now to discuss this further are the meps who were there to hear presidentjunker‘s speech. gerard batten and richard corbett. thank you both forjoining me. let's start by asking you both what did you make of the speech? it was very upbeat, as you said. a reminder that the rest of europe hasn't focused entirely on brexit. i have other things to worry about, other ideas, other proposals on the table. he got loads of ideas on the table of course, the commission of the proposals which is the trouble, they come up with ideas that they don't decide, if elected governments legislation also elected meps to decide but that's the role of the commission, to come up with ideas. the key thing is the mood there was that despite brexit, the rest of europe is moving on. i suspect you disagree. he exceeded my expectations because what he did was laid out before integrationist programmes, politics, economic

european commission president claims that the e.u. has too many presidents i think only want to and should be at the helm of. the road. documentary tells the stories of those fighting to drive islamic state from one of its syrian strongholds. and a new development the will done to doping agency confirms the accuracy of a leaked document that shows ninety five out of ninety six russian athletes have been cleared of any wrong doing. very good evening to you my name is the. international. the u.s. senate has voted against an amendment which could have ended the wars in iraq and afghanistan is across the story she year the u.s. congress passes the national defense authorization act which supplies funding and authorization to the u.s. military for the following year now in the aftermath of the september eleventh attacks the national defense authorization act began to start having a section of it added to it was called the authorization for the use of military force this essentially allowed the united states to carry out military force in t

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, the now put pressure on the european commission to get on with those free—trade talks, not because they want to do us a favour but because it will help jobs and industries in their own countries. we have been putting up on the screen today this figure of £18 billion, 20 billion euros. that is really a n billion, 20 billion euros. that is really an upfront payment. are you really an upfront payment. are you really talking about a much bigger figure than that when we take into account the loans and pension pot that the europeans expect us to pay for? we're talking about two different things. if we are going to have some transitional arrangement, and none of us have read the speech so we and none of us have read the speech so we will find out what she says later, it maybe there are some payments during the transitional period which may or may not be separate to settling the liabilities for leaving, like those pension contribution. david davis had a discussion or a debate on those exit liabilities in early august and the european commission presented him with some thoughts and he was

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that is according to the european commission president, john claudejunker. european commission president, john claude junker. —— jean—claude juncker. unemployment in the uk fell to 1.46 million in the three months to july taking the overall unemployment rate to 4.3%, that's down from 4.4%. but wages are still lagging behind rising prices, meaning a cut in pay for many workers. apple has revealed its high—end smartphone, the iphone x. it has no physical home button, and uses a facial recognition system to identify its owner rather than a fingerprint. it's due to hit uk shelves on november third with a hefty price tag of £1000. uk airline easyjet is to let customers use its website to book long—haul flights with other carriers. it says it is the first global airline connections service by a european no frills carrier. easyjet is teaming up with norwegian and westjet to offer flights to north and south america, as well as singapore, from gatwick. to the us now, and lawmakers say ‘somebody needs to go to jail‘ in the ongoing row about the equifax

obviously also have implication for the european commission. today, i'm handing out to the parliament the new code of conduct for commissioners. first and foremost specifies that commissioners can stand in european elections under normal conditions. the new code will shore up the applications for commissioners when it comes to integrity during and after a mandate. the other could never accept that the major democratic progress inherent in the head so -- canada would never go along with that being renewed. it was an innovation and lead to more democracy. i'm convinced that i will not be a candidate but i'm convinced that the future president will make the most of this experience. >> you can stand if you like but you will not be elected. >> more democracy is what we need and that means more efficiency. european efficiency would be very much have an advantage if we are to emerge together the presidents it would lead to massive efficiency. this proposal does not target anyway my friend donald who i have been working with harmoniously over the last

the european commission need to focus onjobs, theirs. the european commission need to focus on jobs, rather than the political posturing we have seen so far. and how do you read the decision this lunchtime to move 0liver robbins, a top official in the brexit department, and and eu countries likely to be scratching their head and wondering what is going on? i read nothing into it at all. it sounds like a modern—day version of kremlinology, where you sort of observed movements of officials and try to draw some sort officials and try to draw some sort of grand inference. moving senior civil servants around from time to time isa civil servants around from time to time is a normal thing to do, and civil servants around from time to time is a normalthing to do, and i wouldn't read anything into it all. we have got borisjohnson seemingly freelancing on brexit, now a shake—up at the brexit apartment at precisely the moment they want clarity, and that seems the one thing that we cannot give them. clarity, and that seems the one thing that we

is about to reform itself something that the head of the european commission announced in his state of the union speech and something that. i call the french president will announce tomorrow in a much expected speech on europe where he's expected to announce for instance the request for a euro budget that all the euro countries pay in when where money can be transferred from for instance the german taxpayers' money going directly into france and that is something that for the liberals the potential coalition partner or a crucial coalition partner together with the greens for the liberals this is a red line they have made this clearer just after the elections yesterday once again they are very critical of a lot of elements of illinois in michael's policies and that could pose an element of this distraction and element of of difficulty in the negotiations to come at the same time one has to be clear the greens as well as the liberals are pro european parties and at the end of the day it shouldn't be on the on the perspective towards european policies it shouldn't be too difficult to undo

and at the eu summit in estonia, the head of the european commission says brexit talks need a miracle to keep them on track. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the us health secretary tom price has been forced to resign after dragging the white house into another scandal, this time over the use of private jets. mr price promised to repay more than $50,000 after it was revealed he took private charter flights instead of going commercial. the bbc‘s laura bicker is in washington and she gave me the details. donald trump pledged his supporters that he would come to washington to drain the swamp, to end politics as usual. here we are, his own health secretary is seen swanning around on private planes when the official government business should always be done on commercial planes. so when it comes to how he's going to persuade his supporters that he's the man in charge, that he is going to continue to rail against the elite and he can sort out his own cabinet, he needs to have shown that his own health secretary is following the rules. he is said to have been absolutely furious with mr

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the european parliament that britain will soon regret its decision to leave the eu. in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a more integrated eu. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. the news from westminster: the labour leader accuses the government of neglecting ordinary people. a conservative prime minister once told britain, you've never had it so good. now tory mps tell each other, we've never had it so good. but the prime minister says voters can't trust labour. he promised voters he would deliver on brexit. and he's let them down. what people know is that it's only the conservatives that deliver a better britain. also in the programme, mps back a labour motion calling for an end to the pay cap for nhs workers. myself and my colleagues are minded to support the motion that he has put before the house this evening. but it would be appropriate if true sincerity was shown by all members of this house and t

suppose jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, are talking about launching a new wave of deeper institutional integration. it seems you haven't learned the lessons of the last ten years. well, of course the president of the commission, jean—claude juncker, insists very much on institutional integration. to remind people, he wants a finance minister, he wants pan—eu taxes, he wants a defence union, all of this much deeper federalising institutional rearrangement. can i correct you when you say the public opinion across europe has turned and the eu because of brexit. on the contrary. in all member states except italy i'm afraid, the public opinion on europe has improved after the 23rd ofjune last year, also because people have seen for the first time that once the temptation to go alone prevails, then it is terribly difficult. we have seen a whole political apparatus in the uk fading away. a disconnect between the public administration and the politicians. we, i, we in continental europe, have always been great admirers of the anglo—saxon system in the uk,

the european commission is proposing to take in another fifty thousand asylum seekers from north africa and the middle east in its new relocation scheme that after the previous spawn feel to meet its goals here charlotte dubin ski who's been following developments. we know that the european commission has outlined that it set aside five hundred million euros for this new resettlement plan for asylum seekers and it comes as the current to your plan comes to a close on wednesday now this new plan will be regimented in take place over the next few years and it will look to extend that to asylum seekers from the horn of africa and in the middle east now what we do know is that this two year plan that's just come to a close here on wednesday has not been a success at all and if we look at the figures you can see how poorly that's been implemented from resettling people from countries that have applied for asylum in places like greece and in italy and you look at those figures less than a fifth of the hundred and sixty thousand people that were supposed to be helped under the previous plan we

to give you examples of blackmailing like blackmailing is when when the european commission or commission they're suppressed in hungary or any other century drop in country to take away the european financial resources because we don't agree with the migratory policy of brussels well michael mccall has said exactly that a lot but that has nothing to do with each other i mean i mean the european financial resources are based on contracts and three that you know when hungary joined european union and others remember joined european union he opened up our markets so many french german italian british whatever bajan companies came to our market so that eighty thousand for yet made a lot of profit and have been making other probably since ever says that around eighty percent of the european financial resources are taken advantage by these companies you know so we should be fair and correct and balanced and should not hide one part of the of the truth and just you know put another part on the light so. mixing or combining or confusing the issues of european resources and our position on migrati

the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the european parliament that britain will soon regret its decision to leave the eu. in his annual speech on the state of the european union, mrjuncker also outlined his plans for a more integrated eu. now on bbc news, click. this week, the women fighting for tech recognition. berlin in the round. and attack of the swarm. it's going to be monstrous. this week, we've been to ifa, the massive tech show in berlin. we'll be looking at the big launches and the cool new devices from the fair in a few minutes, and we'll also hear from the people behind them, who, we've noticed, once again are mostly men. the lack of women in tech has been well documented and it's something that we run up against every single day working on click and it's so frustrating — it's extremely rare for us to turn up at a tech company and for any of the available spokespeople to be female. it's been suggested that the lack of women in tech starts developing early on. kids are going back to school this week hot on the heels of stats from the lat

the european commission president looks beyond brexit and claims that the eu has got "wind back in its sails" after a difficult year. and victims of hurricane irma are confirmed in florida as the clear up continues in the state and across the caribbean. and if you want to get in touch — it's #bbcos. the un has said there's now an "emergency within an emergency" when it comes to dealing with the rohingya crisis. to remind you, rohingya refugees have been fleeing violence from myanmar‘s rakhine state. already, some 380,000 have crossed the border into bangladesh, where they're now living in makeshift refugee camps. meanwhile, aung sang suu kyi appears to have turned her back on the international community — pulling out of a meeting of world leaders in new york next week. a myanmar government spokesperson said ms suu kyi wouldn't attend because perhaps she had "more pressing matters to deal with", but added, "she's never afraid of facing criticism or confronting problems." reeta chakra barti reports from close to the border. the end of a long journey. more weary muslim rohingya peop

and he knew of course that the european commission was not ready to pay for it but i think he made this request for technical reasons it was a tactical maneuver to get its straits and to show basically. the group of countries that are i think getting in the minority debts the research group up for countries headed by germany destined once to sit or it's illegal migration to europe backed up by the european commission but there are some are sure growing group of crohn's rhys black that we should not go to receive including poland slovakia of the czech republic the balkan countries countries like ratio but also countries like there are in western europe that really want to stop the illegal migration to to your people and union so basically i think these mothballed prime minister viktor orban was rejecting the more order to mobilize those countries that are opposing this policy of the european commission. does it what that's good it has thought you meant that it had to say spends will protect the whole of europe from illegal immigration do you think not the valid points. but yeah i think i

a castle on presidents accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region's right to vote. i was going to i think you will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue of catalans voice their anger at madrid journalists have been trying to pin down who to get it if you had a media briefing this week r.t. spoke to one of the reporters who was there. now all you have a double stand out in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key gaddy and in other strand out for that only you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression stay shut private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is cause you do shit all that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we're going to help you with today. it's an internal constitutional problem according to the e.u. and the hou

we were represented by the european commission. so i think there is logic in whatjean—claude juncker says that the eurozone need integration financially and politically, otherwise it is hard to make the single currency succeed. but i think some of the other countries that are not in the eurozone and don't want to be in the eurozone and don't want to be in the eurozone will find his idea that it is one—size—fits—all and only one way to be a member of the club, that is part of the problem that caused scepticism about the european project. of course, if you're the fifth biggest economy and you're going to negotiate your trade deals, you need people to do it and the concern has been that we don't have the right calibre of people, you have had some things to say about this speech and you accuse civil serva nts this speech and you accuse civil servants of misleading ministers, they are wasting billions, and underperforming staff are promoted. that will concern people. there is nothing new in what i have said. these are criticisms

the european commission is proposing to tick in another fifty thousand asylum seekers from north africa and the middle east in its new relocation scheme over the past two years the e.u. only mileage to fulfill a third of its previous relocation research twenty million for as refugees or of one hundred sixty thousand from greece and italy well while some e.u. countries feel to accept there are obliged quarters. there fulfilled only thirty percent of its mandatory commitment on france only twenty percent or poland and hungary feel to relocate a single asylum seeker on the c. international condemned the european commission for failing to fulfill legal obligations two years after the scheme was a greet most e.u. member states have fundamentally failed refugees and asylum seekers shirking their responsibilities and leaving thousands abandoned in italy and greece meanwhile stranded refugees are attempting to illegally cross borders by any means possible here we can see asylum seekers jumping on trucks crossing from france to the u.k. we spoke to the head of the european freight transport asso

the call echoes the cattle on president's earlier statements accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region. in which i was going i think we will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue while catalans voice the wrong group madrid journalists have been trying to pin down the e.u. to get its view out in media briefing this week r.t. spoke to one of the reporters who was there. now all you have a double standard in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key in other stand out for. you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression. private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is a constitutional that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we are going to help you with today. it's an internal constitutional problem according to the e.u. and the house

it's a call that echoes the catalan president's earlier statements accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region's right to vote. i was going to i think we will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue. well catalans voice their anger at madrid journalists been trying to pin down the e.u. to get interview at a media briefing this week artie's been speaking to one of the reporters who was there. now all you have a double stand out in freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand key gaddy and in other strand out for that one yet you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing with freedom of expression. private websites if they start arresting jewelries how can you say this is cause additional that we don't have anything to say i mean this is freedom of expression anything else that we're going to help you with today it's an internal constitutional