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:00:10. > :00:11.This is BBC World News Today. The latest headlines:

:00:12. > :00:14.The summit that could change Britain's relationship with the EU -

:00:15. > :00:18.I think it's much more important to get this right than to do

:00:19. > :00:21.anything in a rush, but with good will and hard work,

:00:22. > :00:23.we can get a better deal for Britain.

:00:24. > :00:28.And you know, my mother gave me this bible, this very bible.

:00:29. > :00:31.Donald Trump's built a presidential campaign on Christian values,

:00:32. > :00:36.but the Pope says building walls is no such thing.

:00:37. > :00:40.Captain Kirk and Mr Spock in Star Trek.

:00:41. > :00:43.Now William Shatner writes of his 50-year friendship

:00:44. > :00:58.When the venture is over, you say goodbye. Best friends forever. And

:00:59. > :01:03.there are instances where you say, man, I will call you tomorrow and we

:01:04. > :01:17.will have lunch. And it never happens, and it is all gone.

:01:18. > :01:26.A very warm welcome to you. David Cameron says he is battling Britain

:01:27. > :01:31.as he tries to negotiate a new deal for Britain's relationship with EU.

:01:32. > :01:35.The Prime Minister has spent the day meeting other EU leaders at a summit

:01:36. > :01:41.in Brussels, where he said with hard work, he could win a better deal for

:01:42. > :01:44.Britain. The president of the European Commission said that he was

:01:45. > :01:48.confident that a deal could be reached, but with big disagreement

:01:49. > :01:51.is looming over access to welfare and other issues, let's cross live

:01:52. > :01:58.now to our correspondent in Brussels. Good evening and welcome

:01:59. > :02:01.to Brussels. Somewhere in this building, there are 28 leaders now

:02:02. > :02:07.poring over a draft document that has been put before them by the

:02:08. > :02:12.European Council leader. It is the three baskets of reform David

:02:13. > :02:15.Cameron is looking for. The press room is alive with speculation. In

:02:16. > :02:20.the last hour or so, we have had some idea of what is happening in

:02:21. > :02:24.the room. It was David Cameron who made the opening marks. He has been

:02:25. > :02:28.telling European colleagues that we have already come a long way with

:02:29. > :02:33.this renegotiation. They have solved many differences, but is about time,

:02:34. > :02:38.she said that Britain's place in Europe was to find once and for. He

:02:39. > :02:42.said Britain's position has been allowed to fester. He said this was

:02:43. > :02:46.the chance to settle it for the next generation. He also made the point

:02:47. > :02:51.that although he is trying to get some clearer language on the union,

:02:52. > :02:55.he is not opposed to other countries seeking that political integration,

:02:56. > :02:59.further economic integration. It is just that Britain, he says, once a

:03:00. > :03:05.different model and those who want that should be allowed to. Really,

:03:06. > :03:10.it is a message of live and let live. There are great differences at

:03:11. > :03:14.the moment in the text, still some square brackets on the important

:03:15. > :03:19.issues, such as child benefit in particular. Some real concerns among

:03:20. > :03:23.Eastern European countries. Also concerns from the French about what

:03:24. > :03:27.sort of mechanism Britain would have to protect itself from the decisions

:03:28. > :03:32.at the 19 countries of the Eurozone are taking. Remember that Britain

:03:33. > :03:36.stands outside the euro zone. An awful lot to discuss. David Cameron

:03:37. > :03:40.told reporters earlier he brought plenty of shirts. He expects the

:03:41. > :03:44.negotiations to go along into the night and possibly into tomorrow.

:03:45. > :03:50.But when he finally emerges, he hopes to have a document that will

:03:51. > :03:51.allow him to fire the gun on the referendum campaign.

:03:52. > :04:04.The Prime Minister wants 27 other politicians to agree to his terms.

:04:05. > :04:08.We've got some important work to do today and tomorrow and it's

:04:09. > :04:14.If we can get a good deal, I'll take that deal,

:04:15. > :04:17.but I will not take a deal that doesn't meet what we need.

:04:18. > :04:21.I think it's much more important to get this right than to do

:04:22. > :04:25.But with good will, with hard work, we can get a better

:04:26. > :04:29.Mrs Merkel wants to help make it happen now.

:04:30. > :04:37.TRANSLATION: I'll do everything to keep the UK.

:04:38. > :04:40.Agreement is possible, but no country has the right

:04:41. > :04:54.Those dramas could derail the process, or it least drag

:04:55. > :05:04.The Prime Minister wants to change the EU rules,

:05:05. > :05:09.new regulations to protect the city, before giving you the choice to vote

:05:10. > :05:24.But can the Prime Minister bring everyone together?

:05:25. > :05:26.Inside the gathered ranks, there is still disagreement on how

:05:27. > :05:29.long the UK should be able to limit benefits,

:05:30. > :05:33.and whether it is fair for any new rule to apply only to us.

:05:34. > :05:37.But across town, his opponents accuse him of making all this fuss

:05:38. > :05:42.Well, he's brought an internal Conservative Party dispute

:05:43. > :05:45.to international proportions, so he is running around Europe

:05:46. > :05:49.trying to get people's support here and they are not very keen

:05:50. > :05:53.They may well end up with some kind of agreement,

:05:54. > :05:56.which he will represent as a victory.

:05:57. > :06:03.And anger over the proposed deal goes way beyond these brave souls

:06:04. > :06:09.There are plenty of Eurosceptics, MPs and ministers among

:06:10. > :06:15.Conservatives, and politicians ready to attack.

:06:16. > :06:17.and free trade, but we can't have that as members

:06:18. > :06:29.But tonight, Number 10 is adamant this whole project can

:06:30. > :06:32.and will deliver a new and improved EU.

:06:33. > :06:35.Their negotiators believe this is the moment.

:06:36. > :06:37.There are so many countries, so many complications involved,

:06:38. > :06:43.This is the best chance David Cameron has of getting

:06:44. > :06:49.a new deal for the UK with the rest of the Union.

:06:50. > :06:52.but there is no guarantee the terms would get any better,

:06:53. > :06:58.so his political future could be determined tonight.

:06:59. > :07:01.Brave or foolhardy, this journey has seen the Prime Minister striking out

:07:02. > :07:07.Who he can take with him in the next few hours will shape

:07:08. > :07:18.Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Brussels.

:07:19. > :07:25.On nights like this, it is worth reminding people of the structure of

:07:26. > :07:29.the EU and how decisions are taken. The European leaders who are sitting

:07:30. > :07:33.upstairs for the European Council. The council is the highest level of

:07:34. > :07:37.political cooperation within Europe. They set the direction of travel and

:07:38. > :07:42.once they reach agreement, and it must have agreement of all 28

:07:43. > :07:45.countries, then it is up to the executive of the European Commission

:07:46. > :07:53.to come out with some legislation, to propose legislation, and then the

:07:54. > :07:56.European Parliament will debate and put that legislation into action. Mr

:07:57. > :08:00.Cameron needs not only the support of the 28, he needs the support of

:08:01. > :08:05.the commission and he also needs the support of the European Parliament.

:08:06. > :08:10.On Tuesday he was here lobbying the president of the parliament. Let's

:08:11. > :08:14.listen to what he had to say. I do not belong to those who urged

:08:15. > :08:20.the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to call for the referendum,

:08:21. > :08:25.that is for sure. But the question is served, the referendum is fixed.

:08:26. > :08:31.If this is a good idea or a bad idea, it is not what we have to

:08:32. > :08:36.discuss about. I will do the utmost to convince citizens in the UK to

:08:37. > :08:41.vote to stay in, because I believe that we need each other. The United

:08:42. > :08:48.Kingdom and the European Union. We are stronger with the United

:08:49. > :08:52.Kingdom. Well, in Laura's package, you heard the thoughts of Nigel

:08:53. > :08:55.Farage. I spoke to him today and he is quite scathing about what is in

:08:56. > :08:58.this document. It is not what the paper it is written on, he says,

:08:59. > :09:04.because the underlying it will be the parliament that un-pics at all.

:09:05. > :09:10.And that is shared by Ukip's sole MP. He has been talking to BBC about

:09:11. > :09:14.his disdain the document. Some sort of deal has been done, but it is not

:09:15. > :09:19.really a great deal, because we haven't asked for much. Take a step

:09:20. > :09:23.back. At the time of the Bloomberg speech, David Cameron said he would

:09:24. > :09:29.seek out fundamental, fire reaching reform. He clearly has not. Not even

:09:30. > :09:36.supporters pretend this amounts to much. He promised us he was going to

:09:37. > :09:40.seek treaty change. He has not. He promised he would return powers back

:09:41. > :09:47.from Brussels. Not a single power is being transferred. Clearly, a deal

:09:48. > :09:50.has been done, but it is pretty thin gruel, you might say. I don't think

:09:51. > :09:54.this is really going to impress many voters in the run-up to the

:09:55. > :09:58.referendum. We are starting to see some very encouraging movement in

:09:59. > :10:03.the polls, the momentum is with the Leave campaign. Yes, we can do this.

:10:04. > :10:07.There is a growing realisation that we do not need to be in a political

:10:08. > :10:13.union in order to trade with Europe. Europe faces enormous economic,

:10:14. > :10:18.technological challenges. The safer thing to do is if we take back

:10:19. > :10:22.control and I think people are beginning to realise that actually,

:10:23. > :10:27.David Cameron's EU deal does not add up and we will be better off if we

:10:28. > :10:33.took back control and didn't have to send ?350 million to Brussels every

:10:34. > :10:36.week. Look at what David Cameron is negotiating and compare it with what

:10:37. > :10:40.he said at the outset. He claimed he would get treaty change. There is no

:10:41. > :10:45.treaty change. He claimed there would be a transfer power back from

:10:46. > :10:50.Brussels but not a single power has been transferred back. Again and

:10:51. > :10:53.again, David Cameron has watered down his demands and even the

:10:54. > :10:58.mediocre and Mikey is asking for it doesn't really add up much. There is

:10:59. > :11:02.no fundamental, fire reaching reform. People are waking up to that

:11:03. > :11:07.and I think people realise that we can leave the EU and trade freely

:11:08. > :11:13.with the European Union. If we do that, we will get the best of all

:11:14. > :11:17.worlds. Douglas Carswell, the Ukip MP setting out some of the thoughts

:11:18. > :11:20.of the Leave campaign. Also setting out some of the challenges that

:11:21. > :11:24.David Cameron will face when he returns to Britain with this

:11:25. > :11:28.document. You get the impression talking to people in the UK that he

:11:29. > :11:32.cannot afford to water down any more at the document as it stands. He is

:11:33. > :11:36.going to fight for everything that they have in the draft text. We have

:11:37. > :11:44.had some briefings from different camps in the last few minutes. It

:11:45. > :11:46.tends to happen that certain members of negotiating teams come out to

:11:47. > :11:49.brief journalists. One German diplomat was talking about the

:11:50. > :11:52.agenda and how long they might go into the night. He said I hope the

:11:53. > :11:58.Getty Gilberts that satisfies Mr Cameron, but I cannot bet we get it

:11:59. > :12:01.today. We're not 100% happy with everything in the text, but overall

:12:02. > :12:08.we can find agreement. He went on to say that it is other countries that

:12:09. > :12:12.have bigger problems, the likes of Poland and Romania. We're talking

:12:13. > :12:16.about work benefits and the challenges of child benefit that Mr

:12:17. > :12:19.Cameron wants to index to the countries that the families and

:12:20. > :12:23.children live in. Let's try to understand a bit of

:12:24. > :12:27.that vertical context in Europe's major capitals as David Cameron

:12:28. > :12:31.tries to persuade his European counterparts. Any moment we will

:12:32. > :12:39.hear from our corresponded in Berlin and one in Budapest, but first, here

:12:40. > :12:46.is our correspondent in Paris. Here in Paris, the real concern is

:12:47. > :12:50.in the -- isn't benefits for migrants, but rather, protecting the

:12:51. > :12:54.euro. David Cameron wants to ensure the euro zone countries cannot gang

:12:55. > :12:58.up on the UK, but the French president is concerned this would

:12:59. > :13:02.mean giving the City of London and on the advantage. France is still

:13:03. > :13:06.struggling with high unemployment and the president will be seeking a

:13:07. > :13:10.real election next year. He certainly does not want to come home

:13:11. > :13:15.looking like a loser. He has got to be seen to be sticking up for French

:13:16. > :13:20.interests. The French are particularly opposed to the idea of

:13:21. > :13:25.an a la carte Europe. We do not like cherry picking. One minister

:13:26. > :13:30.famously said you cannot come to a football game and expect to play

:13:31. > :13:38.rugby. Ultimately, France wants Britain to remain in, just not at

:13:39. > :13:42.all costs. Germany's position has not changed.

:13:43. > :13:47.It wants Britain in the EU and right now Angela Merkel is arguably David

:13:48. > :13:52.Cameron's greatest ally. She has voiced support for some of his

:13:53. > :13:56.ideas. She has said in the run-up to the summit that national

:13:57. > :14:00.parliaments, not Brussels, should be responsible for protecting those

:14:01. > :14:04.systems against abuses. She has also spoken about ever closer union,

:14:05. > :14:08.saying that whilst nothing should stand in its way, individual member

:14:09. > :14:12.states should also not be obliged to follow that level of integration

:14:13. > :14:17.every step of the way. So broad support from Germany. Worth

:14:18. > :14:22.remembering Mrs Merkel's red lines. She will not budge on them. That

:14:23. > :14:27.includes non-discrimination against EU citizens. As far as Mrs Merkel is

:14:28. > :14:32.concerned, they are non-negotiable, so interesting to see how much

:14:33. > :14:36.Germany is prepared to concede. Also remember there is a degree of every

:14:37. > :14:42.patient at public and political level here in Germany that David

:14:43. > :14:46.Cameron is choosing to raise this at a time when the refugee crisis is

:14:47. > :14:48.threatening to tear Europe apart. In the words

:14:49. > :14:53.threatening to tear Europe apart. In broadcaster, David Cameron is

:14:54. > :14:56.playing a dangerous poker game. Here in Hungary and the other

:14:57. > :15:02.central European countries, known together as the Visscher grabbed

:15:03. > :15:05.four, the main concern is to ensure its citizens have equal rights in

:15:06. > :15:10.Britain and elsewhere in the union. What that seems to mean in practice

:15:11. > :15:15.is that they might be willing to accept curbs on benefits for

:15:16. > :15:18.Hungarian, polls, Czechs and Slovaks working in Britain provided these

:15:19. > :15:23.are only applied to new arrivals, not the hundreds of thousands

:15:24. > :15:26.already there. And that these restrictions are phased out

:15:27. > :15:30.gradually as workers contribute to the national economy, they should

:15:31. > :15:35.also be able to claim benefits, they argue. The Government is also what

:15:36. > :15:39.guarantees that citizens of non-EU countries do not suddenly have more

:15:40. > :15:44.rights than they do on the British job market. Other British demands,

:15:45. > :15:49.especially for stronger powers, for a national parliament and safeguards

:15:50. > :15:53.against what some see as the groin powers of Brussels dovetail neatly

:15:54. > :16:02.with their own policies. -- growing powers of Brussels. At last,

:16:03. > :16:06.everyone has to take them seriously. Nick Thorpe in Budapest. You do get

:16:07. > :16:12.the impression it is those for, namely Poland, the Czech Republic,

:16:13. > :16:18.Slovakia and Hungary that might pose David Cameron the biggest problem.

:16:19. > :16:27.Let's bring in our political corresponded. We started to get a

:16:28. > :16:31.feel for how it is going. What are you hearing's so far the tone from

:16:32. > :16:36.the EU leaders has been fairly positive. They were saying look, I

:16:37. > :16:41.think we will get agreement here. It might require compromise, but we

:16:42. > :16:42.want the UK to stay within the EU. We are hearing via Twitter people

:16:43. > :16:46.are saying it was a constructive We are hearing via Twitter people

:16:47. > :16:50.session. David Cameron was setting out where he sucks renegotiation was

:16:51. > :16:52.session. David Cameron was setting at. He was effectively trying

:16:53. > :16:52.session. David Cameron was setting persuade them he needs a credible

:16:53. > :16:59.deal to take back persuade them he needs a credible

:17:00. > :17:03.voters. We are not hearing if those political differences

:17:04. > :17:05.voters. We are not hearing if those countries which have a particular

:17:06. > :17:11.beef about a particular issue, for example, Poland and Hungary on

:17:12. > :17:14.payments to migrant workers. We have got this tract

:17:15. > :17:15.payments to migrant workers. We have which is where the officials are

:17:16. > :17:18.trying to hammer out some legal details while the leaders

:17:19. > :17:23.resolve some of the political detail. That'll go round the table

:17:24. > :17:28.again tomorrow Mike with the hope of getting some deal, but what we are

:17:29. > :17:34.hearing so far is that we are not at that stage yet. Armies of lawyers in

:17:35. > :17:40.this building. I was making Albany remarks about David Cameron's speech

:17:41. > :17:44.to the summit where he said Britain has to have a codified place within

:17:45. > :17:49.Europe. It has to be put down in text what Britain is to Europe. I

:17:50. > :17:52.think those in the remaining camp in Britain might have some sympathy

:17:53. > :17:56.with that. What you have got at the moment is a situation where Britain

:17:57. > :18:00.does already have a specific relationship with the European Union

:18:01. > :18:03.which differs to some other member states, with its own particular

:18:04. > :18:07.exemptions. There is a recognition that Britain's approach has been

:18:08. > :18:15.different over a long period of time. This is not new. The problem

:18:16. > :18:18.the David Cameron is that while people have sympathy with that

:18:19. > :18:20.notion and want Britain to remain in the EU, but under its own terms, the

:18:21. > :18:25.problem is there are plenty around the EU table who think why should

:18:26. > :18:28.Britain have its own special deal? The president of the European

:18:29. > :18:33.Parliament said earlier on that what is it about Britain that makes it

:18:34. > :18:37.special? The point Mr Cameron makes is that shouldn't just be one size

:18:38. > :18:42.fits all in Europe. There is a recognition across the EU that it is

:18:43. > :18:47.moving into different directions. There are countries which want to

:18:48. > :18:50.progress towards a deeper political and economic union. What's David

:18:51. > :18:54.Cameron is trying to secure is some sort of guarantee that the UK will

:18:55. > :18:58.not be sucked further into that. The problem is how do you do that

:18:59. > :19:02.without leading to some sort of contagion, other countries wanting

:19:03. > :19:06.their own parameters. That is the fear of some readers. Not just

:19:07. > :19:10.specific demands from other member states, but that this could perhaps

:19:11. > :19:14.lead to another referendum across the EU. This is a union facing big

:19:15. > :19:18.difficult complex issues on the economy, the migration crisis and

:19:19. > :19:23.the message from the readers is that this is a tapered unity, not

:19:24. > :19:26.division. David Cameron is trying to get this deal to satisfy the

:19:27. > :19:31.sceptics back home, the British public and his own cabinet. We might

:19:32. > :19:36.be in for a long night. I think that is guaranteed. Thank you very much.

:19:37. > :19:41.The first session has broken up. Now they go into some of those issues

:19:42. > :19:44.over dinner, particularly the migrant crisis. It does Aberdeen to

:19:45. > :19:50.Britain because there is concern here about the flow of migrants to

:19:51. > :19:55.Europe. It does pertain to Britain. The Greek Prime Minister in

:19:56. > :20:00.particular feels the same way. We will bring you news on thoughts on

:20:01. > :20:03.that thread the evening. And of course the important bits on the EU

:20:04. > :20:09.reform package as well. For the moment, I will hand you back to

:20:10. > :20:10.London. Sounds like a long night in store. Christian Fraser Forest live

:20:11. > :20:12.in Brussels. Pope Francis has strongly criticised

:20:13. > :20:14.Donald Trump's comments Presidential hopeful Mr Trump has

:20:15. > :20:18.said that he would like to build a wall along the US border

:20:19. > :20:23.with Mexico to keep migrants out. But the Pope said comments

:20:24. > :20:25.like that are un-Christian. In response, Donald Trump has called

:20:26. > :20:28.the remarks "disgraceful". Our North America Editor

:20:29. > :20:33.Jon Sopel reports. The Pope went deliberately

:20:34. > :20:36.to the US - Mexican border, where Donald Trump

:20:37. > :20:39.wants to build his wall, not to make a political

:20:40. > :20:42.point but moral one. On his flight back to Rome,

:20:43. > :20:47.when asked about the billionaire property developer, he couldn't

:20:48. > :20:49.resist and waded straight TRANSLATION: A person who thinks

:20:50. > :21:00.about building walls wherever they may be and not

:21:01. > :21:02.of building bridges, As far as what you said

:21:03. > :21:10.about whether I would advise the boat or not vote,

:21:11. > :21:13.I am not going to get I say only that this man is not

:21:14. > :21:17.Christian if he had said We're going to build

:21:18. > :21:26.a wall, believe me. In this race for the White House,

:21:27. > :21:29.the one thing we have learned about Donald Trump is he doesn't do

:21:30. > :21:32.turning the other cheek, ever. He has bullied opponents,

:21:33. > :21:37.lashed out at critics, But taking on the leader

:21:38. > :21:42.of the Roman Catholic Church? Well, that might be

:21:43. > :21:49.something different. At a rally in a short

:21:50. > :21:51.time ago, Mr Trump professed to feeling surprised

:21:52. > :21:53.about the Pope's comments, If and when the Vatican

:21:54. > :21:56.is attacked by Isis, which as everyone knows

:21:57. > :22:00.is Isis's ultimate trophy, I can promise you

:22:01. > :22:03.that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that

:22:04. > :22:06.Donald Trump would have been It's true.

:22:07. > :22:14.It's true. Donald Trump has sought to play

:22:15. > :22:17.up his Christian faith in a bid to win over

:22:18. > :22:19.the key constituency Having the Pope call that

:22:20. > :22:25.into question is hardly helpful. My mother gave me

:22:26. > :22:27.this Bible, this very But Donald Trump throughout has

:22:28. > :22:34.defied political gravity. What makes others crash

:22:35. > :22:37.to the ground has often just led Their interstellar careers

:22:38. > :22:51.were linked decades ago, but for William Shatner

:22:52. > :22:54.and Leonard Nimoy, that was only The actors who played Captain Kirk

:22:55. > :22:58.and Mr Spock on Star Trek went on to become lifelong friends,

:22:59. > :23:01.even if there were a few bumps In his new book, Leonard: My 50-Year

:23:02. > :23:06.Friendship With A Remarkable Man, Mr Shatner recounts the off-camera

:23:07. > :23:09.details of their relationship.. The BBC met him in

:23:10. > :23:18.New York to learn more. In exploring this book,

:23:19. > :23:22.I learned more about Leonard... Perhaps not more, but a great

:23:23. > :23:25.deal about him that His vast and historical

:23:26. > :23:35.interest in photography, the things he wrote,

:23:36. > :23:41.some of the movies he was in, plays that he did and

:23:42. > :23:46.musicals he was in. I didn't know that he

:23:47. > :23:57.sang in a musical. We were both made fun of in a way

:23:58. > :24:04.by having our voices on some records - you know, actors

:24:05. > :24:08.who thought they could sing. So we both laughed about that,

:24:09. > :24:18.but he was doing it professionally Rivalry - I guess would be

:24:19. > :24:25.a term that could be used. It's dramatic, but it was just

:24:26. > :24:29.the push and shove of actors Had we known each other earlier,

:24:30. > :24:36.I don't think that would have happened, but on that occasion,

:24:37. > :24:43.as a young actor and very hungry, I'd like all those fans to take away

:24:44. > :24:54.the knowledge of how wonderful a friendship I had with

:24:55. > :24:57.Leonard Nimoy and how dear Friendship is very

:24:58. > :25:05.difficult to have, to give, because what happens between actors

:25:06. > :25:09.on a movie or television series or a play, the passions

:25:10. > :25:15.of the venture bond them. When the venture is

:25:16. > :25:19.over, you say goodbye. And there are instances

:25:20. > :25:23.where you say, man, I'll call you tomorrow.

:25:24. > :25:26.I'll call you for lunch. And it never happens.

:25:27. > :25:30.It's all gone. And in the business we are in,

:25:31. > :25:34.where you were roaming a lot, solid connections are difficult

:25:35. > :25:37.to make, and I cherish the one But for now from me and the rest

:25:38. > :25:58.of the team, goodbye. If you would like to get in touch,

:25:59. > :26:09.we would love to hear from you. Bye-bye.

:26:10. > :26:10.Good evening. We will have some big contrasts in the weather by the time