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The door will always be open and we have complete coverage tonight of what has been a momentous day in this long history of trying to make breaks it happen from brussels where e.u. leaders are meeting is g w next hoffman and in london tonight didnt we use your good mass to both of you good evening max let me start with you know we have weve come together before many times just like what were doing tonight 3 times before the break to deal with europe wanted was then shot down by the u.k. parliame...

A recent rallies or sterling rise by up to 5 percent investors have doubts about prime minister bars johnsons chances of getting the new deal signed if so britain would go for a harder break that than in the agreement reached under his predecessor a series of mate the british parliament will discuss the new proposal on saturday. for months now the break the negotiations have been all about one question what will the new case departure from the european union mean for northern ireland well or mor...

Agreement we have you know we have close this chapter about half for him you know this is a thats thats already thats already a victory for him also it was said that the backstop is nonnegotiable bought and the backstop in the half of the in the ultimate form in the end a loss from at least it went to he has got you know quite some its events and he will go i thing into this election law and weve already seen him making moves easy had a queens speech where he was laying out his future government...

Either. how significant is that to you? >> i think its a loosening of the tether between the president and republicans in the house and the senate. the senate has always been sort of that back stop for whatever the house does because, you know, the consensus is, steve, the house members are all going to line up and be against any form of impeachment. that may be a little soft right now. what i think is going to be more telling than what a republican senator or congressman does is the fact that y...

But come to do business africa. be with us the british pound surged to a 5 month high today on news that negotiators from britain and the european union struck a new brics its divorce steel sterling temporarily rows of. $1.29 on her britains exit from the e.u. will be in an orderly manner but the currency remains volatile and some hurdles still remain the deal still has to be confirmed by the british parliament the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. on october 31st for more im joined by. senior econo...

Draws heavily of course on prior versions of this but it doesnt include the ugly word backstop and that was a bad word for forced johnson he wanted that out of the deal and he got what he wanted at least in this respect just a reminder the backstop was supposed to be the insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern island which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union what they have now is a customs partnership so boris johnson can keep on s...

Draws heavily of course on prior versions of this but it doesnt include the ugly word backstop and that was a bad word for forced johnson he wanted that out of the deal and he got what he wanted at least in this respect just a reminder the backstop was supposed to be the insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern island which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union what they have now is a customs partnership so boris johnson can keep on s...

Forget the fate of the last deal which the u.k. parliament ultimately buried french president emmanuel back home sees no proof just yet that the end of negotiations is in sight this is fixed in cuba new to 2nd time you know our satisfaction goes hand in hand with prudence of course history shows that parliaments have difficulty in coming to agree on a number of you not in the best political with johnson has cleared an important hurdle but the path to the finish line is still not a straight shot....

A much closer relationship to the european union than boris johnson he wants or rather loose the free trade deal with the e.u. and that is why for the e.u. the irish backstop solution a solution that provides prevents a border on the island of ireland is so much more crucial than it was even before. matters for us there in brussels thank you very much. and look at the reaction from london our correspondent standing by for us there can tell us what the reaction there from political london this al...

Parliament ultimately buried french president emmanuel back home sees no proof just yet that the end of negotiations is in sight yes its fixed thank you to new to 2nd time you know our satisfaction goes hand in hand with prudence of course history shows that parliaments have difficulty in coming to agree on a number of you not in the best political. johnson has cleared an important hurdle . but the path to the finish line is still not a straight shot. all right weve got complete coverage tonight...