Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, have all been knighted in the new year honours list. Starr said it was great to be acknowledged for his music, while gibb said the knighthood was as much his brothers as it is mine. Stars from the world of sport who are recognised include the wales and Lions Rugby Union captain, Sam Warburton, and the world cup winning england cricket captain Heather Knight, who both receive an obe. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. Twist and shout twist and shout. More than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if i sang. Recognising ringo starrs half a century long contribution to music. I get by with a little help from my friends. Tragedy former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. With no one to love you, youre go
Is going to be messy and bloody. It is going to be messy and bloody. It is all every stage of this will follow the trajectory of the preliminary stage, so it looks like amy preliminary stage, so it looks like a my asthma off chaos and recrimination, and tell five minutes until midnight when suddenly it will be resolved and that is because economic reality has to take royalty over political vanity. The extent of the recriminations and poisonous atmosphere is correlated to the need to find a solution to the bitterness that european capitals feel about the uk leaving. But ultimately, there will be a kind of good news, which most of the media will regard asa which most of the media will regard as a surprise, which most of the media will regard as a surprise, even which most of the media will regard as a surprise, even though it was inevitable and somehow or other it will come right in terms of peasant nation. What that will actually mean, your guess is as nation. What that will actually me
To dateline london. Im jane hill. Today, were taking time today to look ahead to the world in 2018 in britain, the rest of europe, the us, and around the world. With me to discuss these weighty matters, is the british commentator and columnist for the sunday telegraph, janet daley, the writer on arab affairs, abdel bari atwan, from germanys die welt, stefanie bolzen, and from the us, Stryker Mcguire from bloomberg. And a warm welcome to you all. Thank you for being with us in between christmas and new year. We begin in europe. January is a time for talks phase two of the brexit negotiations will finally get underway between the uk and eu, while in germany, Angela Merkel has to resume discussions about forming a government after her attempts to do so failed in the wake of septembers election. Well, janet, my goodness, it took long enough to get through phase one of the brexit talks. How optimistic are you going into the next round . Me personally, ortheresa may . Yes, optimistic ultimat
Hello, and welcome to dateline london, imjane hill. Were taking time today to look ahead to the world in 2018, in britain, the rest of europe, the us and around the world. With me is the british commentator and columnist for the sunday telegraph, janet daley, the writer on arab affairs, abdel bari atwan, from germanys die welt, stephanie bolzen, and from the us, Stryker Mcguire from bloomberg. A warm welcome to you all. Thank you forjoining us. We begin in europe. January is a time for talks phase two of the brexit negotiations will finally get underway between the uk and eu, while in germany Angela Merkel has to resume discussions about forming a government, after her attempts to do so failed in the wake of septembers election. Janet, it took a very long time to get through phase one of the brexit talks. How optimistic are you going into the next round . Yes, optimistic ultimately, but it is going to be messy and bloody. It is all every stage of this will follow the trajectory of the
Edition of dateline london. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may must be clearer about what she wants from brexit before the eu can start trade talks, according to the french president emmanuel macron. Monsieur macron said three key issues must be agreed the rights of three million eu citizens living in the uk, how much the uk will pay on leaving and the future of the uk irish border. Its the First Response by a european leader to the Prime Ministers speech yesterday in florence, in which she suggested a two year transition period after brexit, meaning the uk would finally break away in 2021. Brexit secretary david davis is heading to brussels for the next round of talks with the eu negotiating team on monday. Our Political Correspondent leila nathoo reports. Theresa may came here to florence to try to unblock the brexit negotiations. With warm words about an Exciting Partnership ahead, a pledge to honour writtens commitments to the current eu budget, and promises to guara