the e.u. preparations are practical measures and the e.u. emphasizes these are unilateral directives that are being made by brussels and they can be taken back at any times and they are as they are sort of set up to ease the worst for instance the trucks british trucks are still supposed to roll in europe and they get sort of like an extension of their permits because otherwise if the e.u. wouldn't do that there would no not be any bridge trucks anymore in european roads they would have to stop at the borders because they don't have any permits anymore it's stuff like that that is one of the big issues for instance because otherwise the british exports would completely start a stop on day one on march thirtieth another issue is for instance the financial markets passport being ns that has been repeated about three times today by the e.u. commission that means financial services kind operate in the e.u. anymore and there is one exception that the derivatives clearing that will just carry on for a while the citizens rights for instance the e.u

as a country choosing to actually get out of the e.u. so the e.u. project is absolutely tottering on its on its fate isis i suggest that it will eventually as all want to be empires do fall over and collapse and a good thing to john you know in looking at the media coverage particularly of what's going on in france and and maybe to some degree we're brigs it but with the yellow vests here at least in the anglo speaking world here. in the very beginning there was some sympathy and you know this is part of france's tradition they like to protest they like to demonstrate and then it started to change and you start seeing words like populist neo nazi fascists and things like that. is that a fair characterization of just so many people that are saying enough is enough i mean this is all you have left us to do is to protest this that is and there's an important caveat here it doesn't excuse anyone committing violence or any kind of crime and they should be held account ok but from what i could see that is not the by far the by any extent measurable the ma

but the e.u. wants the backstop in place for as long as it takes and for it to only apply to normal and. let's bring in our panelists in london we're joined by jonathan this deputy director of the british influence cloud maurice a labor member of the european parliament for london and chair of the european parliament civil liberties justice and home affairs committee and again in westminster catherine mcbride seen economist international trade and competition unit at the institute of economic affairs welcome you all to the program i'd like to begin with you catherine in london has britain made the wrong decision. no i don't think you can ever say that this is a democracy they went to vote they had a very extensive period before the referendum and the people voted to leave and i think that it was and the government had an obligation to an act that referendum decision which both the conservative party and the labor party put on their manifesto in recent two thousand and seventeen election pledge and

discussions with my e.u. partners including presidents others have shown that further clarification following the council's conclusions is, in fact, possible. discussions are continuing to explore further political and assurances. we are also looking closely at new ways of empowering the house ensure that any has sion for backstop democratic legitimacy. background noises] . >> this is very irregular. the statement must be heard. there will be a full opportunity but the statement by the prime minister must be courtesy.heard with prime minister? >> empowering the house of commons to ensure that any backstop has a democratic legitimacy and to enable the house to place its obligations on the government to ensure backstop can't be in place indefinitely now just over 14 weeks until the uk leaves the e.u. and -- many ny members members of this house are to take athat we need decision soon. am i right? the leader of the house will set on thursday in the usual way. confirm today that we intend to return to the meaning

response from what the e.u. can do a little later in the discussion as far as one gets an idea of who is viktor orban while he gained wide recognition for his speech in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine when he demanded soviet troops leave hungry and free elections he's one of the founding members of the feathers party which shifted hungry from the center right to the far right obama became prime minister for the first time in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight he returned in two thousand and ten and has won three consecutive terms since then he's been criticized for his anti immigration policies and for weakening hungary's democratic institutions. oban is on track to becoming the longest serving prime minister in hungary in history what is his appeal we are about he has done a lot to get here he has started with a very small park in the one nine hundred ninety s. won the election in one thousand nine hundred eight with a broad coalition with a lot of different writing parties and by two thousand and ten

the e.u. presumes the contrary. even the e.u.'s highest court has recognized this and its intel decision. because of judicial -- because judicial review is so attenuated, it is unsure if this will affect the commission at all. the e.u. penalizes the existence of monopolies. the u.s. prohibits extension. it -- the e.u. regularly punishes the possession of monopoly powell -- power. far as toven go so target companies that may lack monopoly power, that possess a successful business model. and actions involving companies -- ranging from soda manufacturers to digital platforms, they have allowed access for less successful rivals. competition policy is kirk -- is perfect -- purposely subject to politicization. commission is a policymaking body charged with enacting an agenda. the goals of the european competition enforcers are diverse and untethered them economic thinking. under article 102, firms can be arele for practices that unfair, place trading partners at a disadvantage or impose obligations on other non-contracting parties. but

some britain still mind leaving the e.u. without an agreement in a heartbreak that others to your the economic consequences. but whatever happens it's likely to get turbulent from a european perspective of course it would be best if brics had failed and britain remained in the e.u. but of course the current divorce agreement would have to fail to if it does fail in parliament we don't know what will happen a new referendum which could be good for europe or a hard breaks it which would be very bad. the vote on the negotiating deal is now expected to take place by january twenty first and it's anyone's guess how it will end. italy's prime minister giuseppe conti offered the european commission a compromise in the dispute over his country's ballooning budget he proposed a deficit of around two percent of g.d.p. down from two point four percent. but it's not for me to first see now what the final reaction of the commission will be surely our proposal was judged important and significant we will continue to work i trust for a pos

asked the e.u. to get the deal of the nine to agree a deal time recognise the strengths of concern in the house of commons and that's what i will be pushing to do that. i don't expect an immediate breakthrough but what i do hope these that we can start to work this quickly as possible on the shore and says this is necessary. put to reason may she must hope that the words of president john called younker of the european commission but with intelligent use of clarification and interpretation there may be a way ahead but central to this is how can the same form of words be acceptable in brussels and unexceptable in london and vice versa that is the question that dominates the proceedings here the question is is of such importance that it's hard to see what sort of resolution that can be given what the governments concerned certainly the german government but also the e.u. institutions have said that there will be no renegotiation. let's introduce the panel joining us on skype from london julian who is

an exit from the e.u. . our i mean look at you know one sweep past the point where reason may's deal is voted upon in parliament by the twenty first of january in or likelihood according to the numbers in parliament voted down at that point all sorts of other possibilities come into play one of them of course is the dreadful to many prospect of a no deal briggs it's an area that's of particular concern here in the and it has already been suggested by the irish prime minister earlier live rocket at that point the united kingdom parliament should consider an extension of article fifty essentially buy more time to renegotiate to come up with some sort of solution that avoids a no deal breaks or other options on the table involve possibly a second referendum possibly a different kind of deal a norway plus deal there are all sorts of things being floated all sorts of things that the the focus now is on trying to get to resume a deal through parliament before january the twenty first china how there for us live fr

and the e.u. will be defined if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of two thousand and twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many theah the civil conflict called the troubles would be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is john worth he is a political blogger who blogs a lot about bricks and he's a regular commentator on briggs and here on the day it's good to see you again john . this irish border dilemma i mean it's not going away and it seems to be just as install day as it was two years ago and it

creches our jeff the e.u. without a deal we have to avoid a hard border between north and ireland and ireland this should be avoided in all cases because there we talk about peace the far right alternative for. germany party or f.t. is the only party in the german parliament that thinks beck said it's a good thing let's have the ability to let the british go and prove that there is life after leaving the e.u. and then after some possible difficulties in a transition process no one will remember why they were ever part of this continental european circus. not quite a circus but madness was the description some m.p.'s use for the current situation in the u.k. but still the vast majority of them think i know it will be good neither for the u.k. nor for germany. let me not bring up today if it's on the stories making news around the bond is really efficiency of honesty in a shot and killed two israelis in the occupied west bank now the two are said to be who did the shooting happened near the jewish settlement of

is in these disputes with the e.u. over its twenty nine thousand budget has been settled details are not yet known but the e.u. commission has approved a new plan meaning that rome finally cave in to brussels demands for sticking to the rules. a new pharmaceutical giant is in the making glaxo smith kline and pfizer and also joint venture that will create the biggest over the counter drug supply. and how moscow. he wants you to go to work soon and one of his tells us of course boss on an underground train. this is it of your business i'm going to have health as well the european union has accepted italy's revised budget proposal the details of the new spending plans are not yet no but it's likely to include measures to avoid increasing its deficit beyond the level the e.u. deems that sceptical so the country will avoid it fine for breaking the blocks fiscal rules. italy's capital room now it seems the country and the e.u. have reached a consensus the italian government promised to set new debt at two point zero four per

leaders in the european commission before this week's e.u. summit but still not clear specifically when that's going to be but she wants to discuss changes and address m.p.'s concerns but we don't have a date for every new devote to when this vote will now take place and that is a great source of anger among politicians in the chamber many of them with desperate to finally have that say on this rather chaotic gregg's that process make claims that she's listened to her critics into the concern that people have and that she's going to do everything she can to seek assurances from the e.u. over the issue of the irish stop well a lot of people would say that she didn't listen that she should have those in her own party will say she should have. on the say that this wasn't a deal that they wanted a tall and that's what the leader of the labor opposition party jeremy corbyn had to say the government is in disarray. is building for business people are in despair at this stage of these failed negotiations the prime minister is trying to solve one las

leaves the e.u. would somehow get through parliament facing her detractors as she was forced to admit she was badly wrong as a result if we went ahead and house the post tomorrow the deal would be with you guys but. we will therefore to further that chance will for tomorrow. and not proceed to divide the house at this time politicians of all stripes angry with a reason may they were loud calls for her to quit. this house mr speaker this is a bad deal for britain a bad deal for our economy and a bad deal for democracy our country deserves better than this the prime minister is trying to buy himself one last chance to save this deal if she doesn't take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make way for those who can. well and he's passionately debated inside parliament outside there was that mentally of pro and anti breaks it demonstrates is. that squabbling representative of the mood of the nation. it is a half hour trade off the trade is with your opinion and also so i don't conside

terry the e.u. wants to avoid the was consequences of no deal breck's it insulter day they have clarified some plans some contingency plans really what could be addressed for instance is financial services that but london is particularly important for that some clearing houses for instance could remain open for a year and it also includes information about goods coming into the european union trucks for instance they could be excluded from from a close daughter so they could continue for potentially a year if the u.k. is willing to allow the same for the e.u. and then there's also the every nation sector the number of planes could continue flying and also safety sufficient to to ficus for airplanes could continue to be operational for a year now brigs opponents in the u.k. have been painting a picture of huge disruption of trade and port traffic is that reflected in the news no brook no deal breakers that scenario. i think it is first of all if there's no deal we won't have a transition face so from

the e.u. and the u.k. are now busy pushing contingency measures in place with the knowledge that a no deal drugs this would actually be a pretty big deal well i am joined tonight by the barber of a's old from brussels barbara has been on the front line of the battles since day one she has chronicled every twist and turn in her bra diaries some of her more recent entries are entitled wives and anarky the dream has died or how about this one a monkey piet's on mad house in westminster. barbara why monty python is it if greg says that funny or is bad. it is maybe funny only for the outside of service but it is a rather man and served like many of monte python sketches for instance recently after the no confidence vote against series m a from this side of own tory party in a sort of parliamentarians voted against her because she was too soft on vets it afterwards you know the dead parrot sketch came to mind and the question is the prime minister politically dead or is she just resting or is she after all naile

and the e.u. will be defined if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of two thousand and twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many fear the civil conflict called the troubles will be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is john worth he is a political blogger who blogs a lot about breaks and he's a regular commentator on breaks and here on the day it's good to see you again john . this irish border dilemma i mean it's not going away and it seems to be just as install day as it was two years ago and it s

meanwhile the e.u. has had its own drama drags it negotiations between london and brussels for an agreement on the terms of britain's exit from the e.u. have been on satisfactory. the union stance by this agreement intends to for a feed two is a certification that it's not open for fish and we wait for the tough stance and squabbles in westminster have increased the likelihood britain could crash out of the block without a deal in march that would be disastrous for business right. now bit odd b.n. certainty on bragg's it in the tariff war has weighed on global trade and it has been catastrophic for the markets since january global equity capitalization has lost about seventeen trillion dollars. the stock's europe six hundred which tracks the continent's leading companies in seventeen countries is now set to post its worst year in a decade the twenty eight hundred dip is said to be the worst year for the index only financial crisis plunge in two thousand and eight was worse. the worst performers include

so many e.u. countries have just signed up to the un global migration pact which will also lloyd even further immigration into the e.u. now how is that going to work when you've got countries like greece and spain for example with on employment youth on employment and the thirty and forty percent what you have is this is a corrupt toxic empire that's what we need to understand on the solution is not more of it the solution to it is much much less of it and that's why whether people like it or not the rise of populism i feel across the european landmass and countries like italy and hungary etc is pretty much unstoppable and even in france even in france when the little emperor mark crown him self is finally target from his perch it could be madame le pen who were ok david is a missionary in the air so all the time the young let me jump in because i want to be fair to renault in paris i'm going to give in the last forty five seconds of the program go ahead sir in paris. number one i don't think at a

as britain prepares to exit the e.u. people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the we namely campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns and we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the campaigns. paid bricks it people in power are now just zero. and again you're watching out is it a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.n. secretary general says warring sides have reached several agreements in talks to end the conflict in yemen they include a ceasefire in the port city of data and finalizing details of a prisoner swap deal they agreed earlier. the u.s. senate is voting on whether to end american military support for the saudi and iraqi coalition in yemen it's also looking at a separate resolution condemning the killing of journalist. israeli army's looking for a palestinian who shot dead two soldiers at a posh stop in the occupied west bank the attack came after the army carried out several raids killing two palestinians. the british

e.u. as well so that is how the ballots are works if it so you either it's acceptable to the e.u. in which case it's not acceptable to parliament or is acceptable to parliament in which case it isn't acceptable to the e.u. so there's nothing she can do on the deal to make it palatable so she has to admit defeat and go to plan b. now some m.p.'s are talking about the so-called norway option for plan b. which is the new way past actually which is to keep us in the economic instruments of the e.u. the single market and the customs union but not having a vote or a veto on how those instruments work which would be economically for. politically democratic very damaging because it takes away control it doesn't give us control but but but would that get through parliament do you think because it has the the the apparently logos freedom of movement the so many people want want to stop using the be a majority for those it's very hard to say the moment to reason maze incredibly opposed to the idea of

as they would hope to choose to remain in the e.u. altogether and put this brags that behind them a show we sure appreciate you staying up so late over there in london r.t. correspondent ali in london thank you. and as we've reported yellow best movement protests have rocked france of this for the fourth weekend and president mccrone has finally responded to the crisis in a national address not long ago while police action seemed to fact of in keeping many would be protesters away from paris's key streets and landmarks this time the pressure only increased for president mccrone who had previously been silent on the protests to address the growing crisis and after a postponement of a controversial fuel tax and utility re rate increase failed to pacify protesters in a national address not long ago as i say mr cohen acknowledged the depth of economic anger in france and said it was justified before announcing he will increase france's minimum wage by an amount totally one hundred euros per month starting in january president rickrolling

inform brussels of their intent to leave the e.u. pursuant to the brecker rest of random result is quote free to revoke unilaterally that notification we'll have more on this later in the program. meanwhile the troubled ministrations vendetta against iran has irritated and alienated allies across the atlantic now the european union's foreign minister fredricka bogle our bogo really says that the e.u. will proceed with the creation of an extraordinary financial tool a so-called special purpose vehicle which will effectively allow european companies to continue doing business with iran and evade u.s. sanctions told reporters quote i would expect the instrument to be established in the coming week so before the end of the year the united states committed to lifting economic sanctions against iran under the twenty fifteen p five plus one international nuclear agreement but may of this year the troubled ministration abandon their obligations under the agreement and re impose sanctions imperiling businesses from an array of allies and adve

and the e.u. will be defined if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of two thousand and twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many fear the civil conflict called the troubles would be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is worth you as a political.

and the e.u. do not find a future relationship that would avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. in that case the backstop would come into force and it would keep northern ireland locked in the customs union and parts of the internal market in fact and that was a concession made by the e.u. because the reason they demanded that the whole of the u.k. would then remained locked in the customs union parts of the internal market and the concern here is of brics to tears it would lock the whole of the u.k. for eternity in the internal market and may want to guarantees that that will not be the case so we have to see what happens there charlotte in london tourism me one the vote of confidence but how much has she been weakened by the challenge to her leadership. well the reason may we'll be breathing a sigh of relief this morning make no mistake this was the biggest challenge to her leadership so far and there were no guarantee that yesterday e

what matters is our international and the e.u. foreign policy chief says a plan to maintain trade with iran despite u.s. sanctions could be ready in the coming weeks federico marina gave a statement in brussels. from it and we have to make sure that it on ian's benefit that italian people benefit from the lifting of sanctions even after the u.s. this intervene for some of the sections i would expect this is tremendous to be established in the coming weeks before the handover here as a way to protect and to promote a legitimate business with the fact itself that the e.u. is taking this step and that's already made some symbolic expressions of support for the deal to maintain a deal is a really important in itself we should not forget that the stones allies within the e.u. the conservatives of forces are also in favor of maintaining this deal with iran after ink it's going to go on dishrag and isn't but we should not overestimate its possible consequences now big companies in our car companies or our others are going to do they're g

and the e.u. will remain open something everybody wants but under the draft agreement northern ireland will behave as if it was still part of the e.u. in terms of trade and the movement of people. this would either effectively create a new board within the u.k. or else the whole of the u.k. would have to keep e.u. trade conditions both of these options race fierce opposition among black city is everyone seems a bit fed up. i'm not sure they could be too big to anywhere really i think they think. they've been really have been clear about the ledger more than during its i mean the point it's. hard to get it or they think anyone expects to get it really understands hard it's making pretty. good she says hard delivered and look at her hands towards her and she herself as it were might say she. wants to go on and on and on but of course she's going. to. may now heads to european capitals in a frantic bid to rescue have brakes how well ireland's prime minister lee of our car has commented on may's push

and the e.u. will remain open something everybody wants but under the draft agreement northern ireland will behave as if it was still part of the e.u. in terms of trade and the movement of people this would either effectively create a new border within the u.k. or else the whole of the u.k. would have. to keep e.u. trade conditions both of these options raise fiestas opposition among break city is everyone seems a bit fed up. i'm not sure they could be dealing with it anywhere really i think they think. they've been really unclear about that ledger and more than during it's i mean the point is. i like to think that states are i don't think anyone expects to get to really understand times in this making could be. a good she's just a hard liver and not your hands towards her and she herself is one might say she is almost there and on and on and on would have been towards her. interests. may now heads to european capitals in a frantic bids to rescue. our. let's bring in our political correspondent ka

both the e.u. and britain wa to prevent the return of a hard border between ireland and northern ireland, but they can't agree on a solution. until there's a final brexit settlement, northern ireland will remain within the e.u.'s free trade zone, and its border with ireland will remain open. theresa may's opponents fear northern ireland's special status would effectively mean partition of the united kingdom. they're also concerned that britain will be apped into following e.u. rules for an indefite period of time. conservative member of parliament, nigel evans: ttorney general has made it clear that we cannot, with the withdrawal agreement,at unally leave the european union. we want to control our own laws in the united kingdom, and the withdrawal agreement as ity currentlands doesn't allow us to do that. >> reporter: conservative rebels sske evans want theresa may to demand new concens from beuropean leaders who areng tough on britain because they don't want any more countries to it the bloc. the

is far behind the e.u. germany, the european union itself, also now australia, have come out with proposals even for further study on how big data firms are suppressing, oppressing, and exploiting. and i agree with ranking member klobuchar that it is time for the united states to take a more active position. thank you. cantor. the: mr. the, andr: chairman members of the subcommittee, i am honored to participate in this discussion and humbled to a happy alongside my fellow panelists. i deliver my remarks to the lens of an antitrust lawyer with 20 years of experience. that experience includes appearing before state antitrust authorities, federal and european antitrust authorities. i've had the pleasure of working in private practice as well as this u.s. federal trade commission. the remarks today are my own, they do not necessarily reflect the views of my law firm or its clients. as a protection are on the panel, i guess you could consider these articles from the front lines. i would like to share a few obser

well for more on e.u. preparations for a no deal bragg's it let's talk to our brussels correspondent. we just heard about aviation what other key areas would be affected in this scenario. terry you mentioned those eight sectors and there's a number of proposals in these sectors clearly finance top of the agenda there as well apart from aviation because very close ties here for example regarding the clearing process when it when it comes to a eurozone currency there's a lot of things happening in london which the you ryssdal relies on then of course there is the civil rights and trade you have issues like customs so there will be a proposals on how to guarantee your continued visa free travel how to get guarantees and securities of for ex-pats e.u. k. ex-pats living in the european union but to be clear all these proposals are time limited they are there they can be ended unilaterally so they're not the small little deals that some breaks the tears are now thinking about when they talk about a managed breck

and the e.u. it is an insurance policy it has to be open ended it can't be unilaterally breached want to reserve main wants from the e.u. therefore a legal issue and that somehow the backstop isn't. what it is is a legal assurance that can't be given which is why all that was ever on offer from the e.u. with clarifications not renegotiation to resume a still hope some legal sleight of hand can be performed to persuade doubting in peace to back her deal the message from this e.u. summit is probably not join a whole al-jazeera brussels donald trump's former lawyer says the president told him to pay hush money to two women during the twenty sixteen presidential election michael cohen insists the trump knew that making the payout was wrong color and gave his first interview since being sentenced to prison on multiple charges which include violating campaign finance laws related to those payments a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. as the courtroom drama surrounding donald trump's for

twenty summit at the beginning did say he expects a rollover of the already existing e.u. sanctions against russia. thank you the g. twenty summit is the first international diplomatic test for the saudi crown prince mohammed here we are and sell it we are get it since the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in turkey back in october much of the world believes that the crown prince ordered that killing some leaders have distanced themselves from the prince namely and you're going to see that just a second turkish president heir to watch it did not go unnoticed today when the leaders gathered for a group photo we're going to see that photo there we go i want you to look closely now president ever one and the saudi crown friends position themselves at opposite ends of the group aired on one you can see on the left crown prince. on the right. that said the crown prince is certainly no political pariah at the moment and of the french the u.s. the chinese president's met with him in separate talks. today. so as he really isn't suffering is he is well we don't know wh

and the e.u. will remain open something everybody wants but under the draft agreement northern ireland will behave as if it was still part of the e.u. in terms of trade and the movement of people this would either effectively create a new board it within the u.k. or else the whole of the u.k. would have to keep e.u. trade conditions both of these options race fierce opposition amongst brics it is everyone seems a bit fed up by not. well they could be dealing with it anyway really i think they think. they've been really unclear about what they do and what they're doing it's i mean the point is i voted against it so i don't think anyone expects to get sick really understands highly it's making could be good she says so far delivered and not with her hands towards and she herself as it were might say she is the most and on and on and on when it talks. to interest. theresa may will head to brussels seeing to talk this out but brussels has already said it once he negotiates. and here's some of the othe

and the e.u. will remain open something everybody wants but under the draft agreement northern ireland will behave as if it was. still part of the e.u. in terms of trade and the movement of people this would either effectively create a new board within the u.k. or else the whole of the u.k. would have to keep e.u. trade conditions both of these options raise fierce opposition among brick city is everyone seems a bit fed up. i'm not sure they could be easy to get anywhere really i think. they've been really have been clear about. more that during it's i mean the point is. hard to get states or they think anyone expects to get sick really understands hard this may be just as good she says hard to live or work or hands towards she herself is in my thirty's this was the. moment i would have told your students. may now heads to european capitals in a frantic bids to rescue. our. and for more on the story let me join our correspondents max hoffman in strasbourg and bomber of reason is standing by in lon