17/01/2017 World News Today

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Nearly seven months after the vote to leave the EU,

Britain's Prime Minister sets out what she wants Brexit to look like.

Britain will leave the single market with Theresa May dismissing the idea

of any deal which would leave Britain half in, half out.

What I am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market.

The EU has responded, saying it is ready to start exit negotiations as

soon as the UK is. Arrested in Istanbul -

the main suspect in the nightclub massacre which killed 39 is reported

to have confessed to the attack. And President Putin calls those

behind allegations of a Russian dossier on Donald Trump "Worse than

prostitutes." After months, finally today some

clarity on what the UK Theresa May set out

12 key objectives for The UK will leave the single

market, but seek a free The British Prime Minister

said she hoped that a deal could be done in two years -

but warned the remaining 27 countries that she would walk away

from talks, rather than accept In response, the European

Parliament's Brexit negotiator said it was an "illusion" to

think that Britain could enjoy the advantages of the single market

without its obligations. It was billed as the most important

speech of her term in office. It was certainly the clearest exposition

yet of what Britain wants from Brexit.

Not partial membership of the European Union, associate membership

of the European Union, or anything that leaves us half in, half right.

I want to be clear. What I am proposing cannot mean membership of

the single market. But, she said, Britain would push

for the freest possible trade with European countries and other nations

around the world. For the first time, Mrs May confirmed that the

British parliament would get to vote on the final deal at the end of the

negotiations. Sitting in the audience of the ambassadors to the

UK. Mrs Mae emphasised she didn't want to undermine the EU, but she

also warned against those who wanted to see the UK punished for voting to

leave. While I am sure a positive agreement

can be reached, I'm equally clear that no deal for Britain is better

than a bad deal for Britain. The opposition Labour Party said

that Mrs Mae wanted to leave the single market, yet still have access

to it. That, they said, was like having your cake and eating it. And

they warned against her negotiating position.

Throughout the speech there seem to be an implied threat that somewhere

along the line if all her optimism of a deal with the European Union

didn't work, we would move into a low tax, corporate taxation bargain

basement economy on the shores of Europe.

And that implication of a warning was picked up by the European

Parliament's chief negotiator on Brexit.

I don't think we're going to make a lot of progress if this has to

happen. Saying, OK, if our European counterparts don't accept it, we're

going to make from Britain if free zone or tax haven? I don't think

that is very helpful. It creates an illusion. The illusion that you can

go out of the single market, that you can go out of the union, and

that you can't cherry pick. But you can have still a number of

advantages. -- that you can cherry pick. I think this will not happen.

The German Foreign Minister said at least the British position was now

much clearer. A sentiment echoed in the Irish parliament.

I welcomed the statement today in that it brings clarity in a number

of areas. This is the start of the process now. Europe is now going to

have to respond to the statement made by the Prime Minister today.

And that response is only just beginning. The tough negotiations

will take many years. Sylvie Goulard is Member of

the European Parliament from France. She favours close ties. We know you

have to going vote shortly so we appreciate your time. First, what do

you make of what you've heard today? Mrs Mae tries to be friendly, but I

observed two things. First of all, there is a threat not to have a

deal, which would mean 50-60 billion and paid for the European Union. We

have to be aware of that. And the second thing is that of course I

wonder if she realises that the single market was the greatest

achievement of the UK in the EU. And also to be half in, half out was

never offered. It was always the thing the British diplomats wanted

to achieve in Europe. So it's just a big shift in the position of the UK

compared with the past. I'm a little bit surprised that people call this

clarity. Given what you say, and what other people there in the EU

will be thinking, how near to achieving what Theresa May has said

today - do you think people will how achievable if it? If you want to

achieve leaving the single market with no customs union and

recognising the restrictions of the Court of Justice, to a certain

extent it will be quick because we did not intend to give half

membership. But on the other hand, I wonder if one day people will not

wake up in the UK and realise the price to pay for it. Of course you

can do this, but how much are you ready to pay for that? And it not

something that is so easy. Once again, there is something missing in

Theresa May's speech which is that the UK should be responsible for all

the credit, the guarantees of the credit benefited in the UK from the

European investment bank. We are ready to continue, but then the

guarantee should be in the hands of the UK, or they have to pay the

bill. On this, she said nothing. So when Theresa May says that no deal

for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain, do you believe

her? Do you believe that Britain needs the EU less than the EU needs

Britain? No, I don't. We are all interdependent. We know that the

beginning of the negotiations, people are bluffing a little bit.

But once again I cannot imagine that the UK is leaving the EU with no

deal and at the same time we remain close partners in Nato and for

intelligence and fighting against terrorists. Let's be very serious on

that. There is a common threat for the Western world. We have to be

very close. It requires that we are reasonable on the other side. I

don't know why you would necessarily connect the single market idea with

cooperation and collaboration against the terrorist threat, why

those should be linked. This is all one common cause, surely? I agree

with you from a logical point of view, but from a political point of

view no deal would mean I insist -- no deal would mean billions of

unpaid commitment from the partners. I'm not sure it's the best they do

have a friendly relationship in the future and I cannot imagine that the

UK is not going to respect the previous commitments. Of course, I'm

not talking about the future. Giving of these reservations which many

others may share, how did you expect this divorce -- how long do you

expect this divorce process to take? According to the treaty we only have

two years to negotiate, sign and ratify on both sides, which is very

short. This is for the divorce agreement. To rebuild a new

relationship, above all if this is a full-fledged trade agreement, it

will require years. The former ambassador to the UK said it was a

matter of fact. He was criticised in the UK, but the experience of all

trade deals we have made in the past confirmed that it will take years.

We appreciate your time and we will let you go back into the chamber and

cast your vote. Thank you very much for joining us there.

Let's speak to our Political Correspondent, Rob Watson.

How close do you think we are to clarity on what might happen with

Brexit? I think we're closer to clarity on what Theresa May would

like, and if you strip away a lot of the rhetoric from the speech, it

comes down to this - Theresa May is essentially saying that Britain

would like all the things that it likes about the European, such as

free trade, cooperation over security and law enforcement, and

that it doesn't want any of the things that it doesn't like, such as

being part of a supranational political entity like the European

Union, paying money into it and having the freedom of movement. That

raises two huge questions - what will be the EU 27 make of that

position? Are they prepared to meet her all the way, half the way, some

of the way. And I think crucially what will the international banks,

International businesses, the vast majority of whom were very mixed

against Brexit, what will they make of what Theresa May has said today?

I think she's made it clear what she wants. The question is, can it work?

We had this from Theresa May that she is prepared to walk away with

nothing. What would that actually look like, walking out of the

negotiations? Well, of course, what her opponents say is that would be

pretty catastrophic if it really came to it because it would mean

instead of free trade, absolutely borderless trade with the current

single market of 500 million customers, you would have to operate

on the basis of tariffs. Of course, there's no doubt that the Prime

Minister wants to avoid that. But I think she also felt that it was

important and that unlike David Cameron she should be prepared to be

seen to be willing to walk away from the deal. I think for those who

thought maybe it would be a soft Brexit, it's pretty clear that she

really does mean a clean break with the European Union and what she

wants to put in its place is essentially a trade relationship and

one of cooperation over issues and diplomacy -- issues of diplomacy and

Security. Box of the timescale might we be talking about realistically?

Theresa May wants to get this process is underway in two years. In

other words, to have the shape of the deal done. Then she is allowed

for the possibility of a transition period. In other words she reaches

an agreement with some form of free trade and custom arrangement between

Britain and the European Union. But it doesn't come into force

immediately to enable businesses and border guards and whatever to adjust

to it. But I think really to step back from all this, there has been a

truly dramatic day. There's no doubt about this. It feels like a page has

been turned in the extraordinarily long and sometimes complex history

between Britain and continental Europe. The real test is going to be

how does the British economy perform? I think while it's

perfectly true that Theresa May is unassailably political in this

country, she remains fairly popular with the voters, the real test will

be is going to work out economic? Rob Watson, thanks very much.

Nigeria's military says a fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram

extremists has mistakenly bombed civilians, killing more than 100

It's thought that three of the kidnapped Chibok girls

With me if our correspondent. What details are emerging? First, we

understand from a statement released by MSF that 52 people were killed.

About 120 others were injured. It was a camp for internally displaced

people close to the border with Cameroon, but in Nigeria in Borno

state. According to the MSF, they're saying that six of the staff from

medicine. Frontier were killed in the bombing. The Nigerian military

are talking to each other. First they said it was a mistake. They had

had information that Boko Haram militants were gathering in the

area. Based on the information they got, they bombed the place.

Unfortunately, they discovered that it was killing civilian people, not

Boko Haram people. The President of Nigeria has also expressed concern

and save it was a regrettable operation and a mistake. But the

Army have said it is the first time that this mistake has occurred in

the operations in claim to clear the Easter blocker Ha-ram militants.

Thank you very much for the update. Turkey says a man arrested

in Istanbul last night has admitted carrying out the nightclub

attack on New Year's Eve, The suspect has been named

as Abdulkadir Masharipov, a 34-year old from Uzbekistan

who was allegedly Two guns, two drones and 200,000 US

dollars were also seized. A late-night raid to catch

Turkey's most wanted. Police swooped on an Istanbul suburb

after a massive manhunt, Abdulkadir Masharipov, a 34-year-old

Uzbek who police say has confessed On the run for over two weeks,

he was found in an apartment in a western suburb of Istanbul,

detained with four others. The city's governor said

the gunman had entered Turkey illegally a year ago,

spoke four languages Adding that he clearly

acted on behalf of the Questions now will focus on any

accomplices he may have had, If he talks, he could

lead police to others. The New Year's Eve attack

was swift and deadly. It took just seven minutes

for him to shoot his way into Istanbul's Reina nightclub,

firing 180 bullets inside. Most of the 39 people

killed were Arab tourists. Others jumped into the

freezing river to escape. Capturing the man who brought

horror to this nightclub will be a huge relief,

and could be a valuable asset. It's the first time the authorities

have caught alive an IS suspect But the real challenge now

is how to secure Turkey, to step up intelligence and halt

the wave of terror that has Now a look at some of

the day's other news. An inquest has heard how concerns

over security at a Tunisian holiday resort, where 30 Britons were killed

by an Islamist gunman in June 2015, were raised six months before

the attack took place. A report in January 2015 for the UK

Government suggested there was a low standard of protection at some hotel

entrances in the area of Sousse. There has been yet more unrest

in Brazil's prisons. 26 people are now confirmed to have

died in rioting at the weekend, while a new uprising has been

taking place in the northeast President Michel Temer has

said his country will aim to build at least 30 new facilities this year

in an effort to stop overcrowding - one of the major

causes of the riots. The search for in airliner vanished

three years ago with 239 people on board has been called off. An

underwater search for debris has failed to discover a significant

amount of wreckage. The families of those on board said the decision to

stop searching is irresponsible. The plane disappeared on its way from Q1

and to Beijing after turning off course. -- from Kuala Lumper.

Vladimir Putin has dismissed allegations that Russia had gathered

compromising material on Donald Trump as total nonsense.

The Russian president said the leaked information

which appeared last week in the US media was an obvious fake.

TRANSLATION: First of all, he's a grown-up man. And secondly, he's a

person who has been organising beauty contest for many years. He

communicated with the most beautiful women in the world. You know, I can

hardly imagine that he went to the hotel to meet with our girls of

reduced social response putting. Undoubtedly, my girls of the best in

the world, of course. But I doubt Mr Trump took this bait. And people who

order such things, which are now being spread against the new

President of the United States, they fabricate them and use them in the

political race. There were some prostitutes. They didn't have any

moral limits. One of Donald Trump's closest

advisers has told the BBC that the US would win

a trade war with China. Antony Scaramucci added

that the current trade relationship was more favourable

to China than the US. But in one town in America's

rustbelt, it's a company with roots in China that's

actually creating jobs. This is Donald Trump's America now.

Ohio, like so many small towns across the nation, he won here with

a promise to bring jobs. Somewhat surprisingly the factory down the

road is run by a company with its headquarters in China. Fuyao has

moved into a plant General Motors closed down, making windshield but

cars once bowled off the assembly line. This Ohio factory floor,

Donald Trump's anti-globalisation campaign rhetoric meets the reality.

This Chinese managed company is determined to become the biggest

manufacturer of car windshields in the world. Our goal is to become

number one. To be able to achieve our goal,

obviously you have to combine all the resorts, manpower. I believe we

have to have two feet. One in China, one in the US. Fuyao is putting its

money where its mouth is, investing millions of dollars in the plant.

More than 2000 jobs have been created locally. Scott used to work

the General Motors and he is still grappling with the cultural

differences of Siam we have to find common ground on what our goals and

standards. There are things you don't

necessarily see or hear as you would in an established American company.

For Tonya, who saw the community suffer when the GM plant close, it

doesn't matter that Fuyao is playing people less. I believe the wages

will go up once that more profitable. Those profits will be

shared with our associates. Experts say this is the future. Chinese

expansion into the US market. This is a country which has rapidly been

increasing its manufacturing exports to the United States. It tried to

move from being just an assembly plant to getting involved in the

distribution system, getting close to the customers. The question is

can they penetrate deeper into the American market? However Donald

Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Chinese imports. His

rhetoric against China is heated. Jeff says not worried we don't

really talk about politics. We talk about the family, local people in

the US and China. This is why we try to follow what is called the

American dream. The American dream has taken a hit at the local tavern

weather is nostalgia for the GM days when business was brisk. I would

have people around the bar. Two of the waitresses working. Now just one

person works during the day. It's very slow. Tammy's regulars say

thanks to, things are picking up. My son's working there. He's building

the catwalks and stuff inside the play. A lot of my friends work there

and they're doing good. Trump supporters around this, and across

the nation, hope the next President will bring business back to their

communities. They may be surprised that China is now creating

manufacturing jobs, but a Pajic is better than none. -- but a

paycheque. Winner Donald Trump is a prolific

user of Twitter. One of his messages was posted about his daughter,

Ivanka, but what a difference a space makes. Because of a simple

typing error, he directed people to hear - the Twitter feed of a

different Ivanka. This one lives in Brighton on the south coast of the

UK. The mistake went viral. We cannot speak to Ivanka Majic, who

joins us from Brighton. -- we can now speak. Tell us what happens when

you realise to the next President of the United States had mentioned you

in a tweet. I woke up to find that my husband had received a text

message asking me to appear on ITV news. In relation to this tweet. So

I quickly went downstairs to find my phone and to find that my

notifications had gone beyond being able to be counted. So, yes, it has

been quite a surreal day. Not quite what I expected and not what I had

planned, but there you go. What did you then do? You don't particularly

share the same politics is Donald Trump - you're involved in the

Labour Party that you decided to give him some advice. Well, I

thought it's one of those moments in life where you have an opportunity

to say something but some people may read or listen to. You're right, my

politics couldn't be further from Donald Trump's. However, I thought

climate change is something that everybody could agree with and is a

big problem and a big concern, regardless of their position on the

political spectrum. So I thought, well, if I find something, if I

quickly search for an article that has a good info graphic, if it's

going to get picked by should have something that looks good is

informative. And I went with my climate change tweet. You said he

should spend less time and twitter and more time learning about climate

change. I nearly said less time on Twitter, but then as my sister

pointed out, you know, that's where the action was so to advise him to

not spend time and twitter would be a bit counterintuitive in this

situation. So we went for more care and twitter, rather than less time.

Did you get any response from him or was this just response from

everybody else now watching the conversation? There's been lots of

response, but non-that I've noticed from Donald Trump. But I would

hardly expect a man with his impending job to have time to

respond to my tweet. It's not the first time you'd be mixed up in

social media terms with Ivanka Trump. It is not, no. It's been

happening for quite a while. I've been on Twitter for quite a while.

I'm a little older than Ivanka Trump so I got there first and I picked up

my handle, which is the common Slavic name. When I set up the

account I didn't even think there would be a time when Ivanka Trump's

father would be running for President so I went with my name and

here we are. Over the last few years there is many times when I've been

confused with Ivanka Trump. Like Mr Trump himself, people often put

space in and then things end up on my feet. She is not the only person

I get confused with. There is also a Hungarian concrete design. How many

followers did you gain in the last? Something like 6000. Thank you very

much Ivanka Majic from Brighton. We appreciate your time.

Don't forget you can get in touch with me and some

of the team on Twitter - I'm @KarinBBC.

For now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye.

Whilst there is no great rush to change the weather across the

British Isles at the moment, there was variety on a theme of cloudy and

mild. One of the major exceptions to that particular rule comes in the

shape of the weather that prevailing at the moment across the

south-eastern quarter of the