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0:00:10 > 0:00:13North and South Korean competitors march together in the opening
0:00:13 > 0:00:17ceremony for the Olympic Games.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19But the harmony among the athletes was not always
0:00:19 > 0:00:21matched in the stands, where the US Vice-President snubbed
0:00:21 > 0:00:26the North Korean delegation.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Relatives of the victims of two members of an Islamic State
0:00:28 > 0:00:30execution cell, demand that they face trial.
0:00:30 > 0:00:36The pair were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces.
0:00:36 > 0:00:41If it goes to trial, I will certainly be there. I certainly want
0:00:41 > 0:00:45to look them in the eye and let them know I am who I am and they have
0:00:45 > 0:00:48destroyed a big part of my life.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Uber agrees to pay Waymo 245 million dollars in stock,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53to settle accusations it stole trade secrets.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56The EU's chief negotiator warns the UK to face up
0:00:56 > 0:01:04to the potential consequences of Brexit for Northern Ireland.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Eight UK decision to leave the single market and leave the customs
0:01:09 > 0:01:18union would make border shakes unavoidable.And Paris the Eiffel
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Tower for the second time this week as another blanket of snow covers
0:01:22 > 0:01:23French capital.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Athletes from North and South Korea have marched together
0:01:37 > 0:01:40at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
0:01:40 > 0:01:46in PyeongChang.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Cheered on by spectators, they paraded behind the blue-and-white
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Korean unification flag.
0:01:49 > 0:01:57Some athletes held up their phones. Some almost danced along the route.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04With the latest from PyeongChang, here's the BBC's Stephen McDonell.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07With the opening ceremony, comes the start of the Winter Olympics.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09After years of preparation, this South
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Korean mountain community has become the centre of the world, at least
0:02:13 > 0:02:15for the few weeks.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21Freezing temperatures and icy winds are
0:02:21 > 0:02:24thought to have made this the coldest games yet, but the
0:02:24 > 0:02:26spectators who have flooded into the town don't
0:02:26 > 0:02:27seem overly concerned.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Just hours before the opening ceremony was due to start, 45
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Russian athletes and two coaches who had been banned for doping lost
0:02:32 > 0:02:37their appeal to participate.
0:02:37 > 0:02:43Those Russians who are allowed to compete
0:02:43 > 0:02:45here will do so under the Olympic flag, and
0:02:45 > 0:02:49following any medals, the
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Olympic theme will be played.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52But the real attention here has been on
0:02:52 > 0:02:54engagement between North and South Koreans.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56The joint women's hockey team will play tomorrow against
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Switzerland.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59In front of a packed arena.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01And yet, it is the political engagement which has upstaged
0:03:01 > 0:03:06everything else.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13The North Korean leader's sister, Kim Yo Jong, appears to have
0:03:13 > 0:03:17stolen the show, as the first member of her country's ruling dynasty to
0:03:17 > 0:03:21have travelled to the South since the end of Korean War hostilities.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Her every move is getting wall-to-wall coverage.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25She will dine with the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, tomorrow.
0:03:25 > 0:03:31Something which seemed impossible just weeks ago.
0:03:31 > 0:03:39However, the United States Vice President has
0:03:41 > 0:03:43cautioned Seoul not to overly reward PyeongChang.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Mike Pence invited Warmbier, whose son died, after being held in
0:03:46 > 0:03:47North Korean custody along with him to PyeongChang.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51And this will be one of the images of these Games.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56The US Vice President and Kim Jong Un's sister
0:03:56 > 0:03:58row apart in the stadium.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02These Games are shaping up to be nothing short of historic, and
0:04:02 > 0:04:02they've barely begun.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Steven McDonald, BBC News at the PyeongChang Olympics.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09They are called the "the Winter Games," but there
0:04:09 > 0:04:10has still been a lot
0:04:10 > 0:04:13of conversation about just how cold it's going to be in PyeongChang.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15The BBC's World Service Sports Editor Ben Sutherland tells
0:04:15 > 0:04:17us what to watch out for when temperatures dip to almost
0:04:17 > 0:04:20minus 20 Celsius.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22There have been concerns about how it might
0:04:22 > 0:04:24affect the Games.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26It makes the snow very difficult for skiers, for
0:04:26 > 0:04:29example, and it messes with the bottom of the skis.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32It is going to make the down slope runs or things
0:04:32 > 0:04:34like luge and bobsleigh, it's going to make them
0:04:34 > 0:04:35grippier, so it will be...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37They will be less fast basically.
0:04:37 > 0:04:45But, yeah, from tomorrow we will start to see for the first
0:04:45 > 0:04:46time this combined Korean female hockey
0:04:46 > 0:04:50team, ice hockey team, and
0:04:50 > 0:04:53they will be playing against Switzerland.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Lots of excitement around them in the build up to the Games.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01They did have a practice match against Sweden, which they
0:05:01 > 0:05:04lost 3-1, but there is so much interest on them,
0:05:04 > 0:05:05particularly they have been
0:05:05 > 0:05:06trying to get together and integrate.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08It's incredibly interesting, actually, because there
0:05:08 > 0:05:10is a real language barrier, because with South Korea,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12a lot of the words they use when they are playing
0:05:12 > 0:05:14are words they have imported from English.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17For example, the word to pass, they just shout "Pass", but in
0:05:17 > 0:05:20North Korea, they don't have any of those words.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24They just use Korean words, so the coach, who is
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Canadian, has had to come up with a sort of English to Korean,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29to North Korean dialect in order that they
0:05:29 > 0:05:38actually know what each other is going to be doing on the ice.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Ben Sutherland reporting there.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Uber has settled its courtroom battle
0:05:43 > 0:05:44with self-driving car unit Waymo.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46The legal dispute was over stolen trade secrets relating
0:05:46 > 0:05:47to self-driving technology.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50As part of the settlement, Uber has agreed to pay Waymo 0.34
0:05:50 > 0:05:53As part of the settlement, Uber has agreed to pay Waymo 0.34%
0:05:53 > 0:05:56of its equity stake - which works out to about
0:05:56 > 0:05:58$245 million.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00The BBC's North America technology reporter Dave Lee joins
0:06:00 > 0:06:06us now live from San Francisco.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10It is an eye watering amount of money, but if they had not settled,
0:06:10 > 0:06:16it could potentially have been much more.It could. We were talking in
0:06:16 > 0:06:22the region of more than $1 million if all of these trade secrets had
0:06:22 > 0:06:28been stolen, if the jury ruled that. It is the crucial point that using
0:06:28 > 0:06:32them was what Waymo was trying to prove over the course of the trial.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36There were a suggestion that the reason the two companies came to
0:06:36 > 0:06:41this is because it is mutually beneficial. On EgyptAir's side, they
0:06:41 > 0:06:46can move on and not have to worry about this case going on and hearing
0:06:46 > 0:06:54any more dirty laundry and on Waymo's side they get an increased
0:06:54 > 0:07:01stake in Uber. They can keep an high on what Uber is doing in self
0:07:01 > 0:07:05driving technology, which has really been there more long. This is about
0:07:05 > 0:07:10making sure, for Waymo that they stay ahead in the race to bring self
0:07:10 > 0:07:14driving cars and a self driving fleet of taxis to our roads. That's
0:07:14 > 0:07:19what they were trying to do from the outset, slow down the progress of
0:07:19 > 0:07:24Broad by accusing them of getting an unfair advantage by stealing these
0:07:24 > 0:07:31trade secrets. -- progress of Broad. I don't think these trade secrets
0:07:31 > 0:07:38were used, but a settlement like this has benefits for both parties.
0:07:38 > 0:07:50-- Uber. Not like what impact has it had on both businesses? For Uber it
0:07:50 > 0:07:53has been a distraction. He wrote a letter to his employers and said he
0:07:53 > 0:07:58regrets what happens although he was not at the company at the time and
0:07:58 > 0:08:04he apologised to staff for the big distraction this caused, the people
0:08:04 > 0:08:07working on that self driving team have essentially had to put down
0:08:07 > 0:08:11their tools because of this case and only now can they start working on
0:08:11 > 0:08:15it again. I think the immediate impact in that case will be that
0:08:15 > 0:08:22Uber can begin its work in self driving again. Looking ahead, many
0:08:22 > 0:08:25people predict that Royal Bank of Scotland will become a public
0:08:25 > 0:08:32company perhaps in 2019. -- Uber will become a public company. They
0:08:32 > 0:08:36have managed to put this behind them, and the idea that they could
0:08:36 > 0:08:41go public in 2019 becomes a lot more likely than it was before.Andy
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Burnham at as always for bringing us up to date.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47President Trump has called the departure of a former
0:08:47 > 0:08:49White House aide accused of domestic violence "very sad" -
0:08:49 > 0:08:50and has wished him well.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Staff secretary Rob Porter resigned following allegations
0:08:53 > 0:08:54that he physically abused his two ex-wives.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57One ex-wife claims he gave her a black eye, while another says
0:08:57 > 0:08:59she had to file a restraining order.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Mr Porter denies the allegations.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Here's what the President said a little earlier.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06He did a very good job when he was in the White House and we hope he
0:09:06 > 0:09:09has a wonderful career, and hopefully he will have a great
0:09:09 > 0:09:11career ahead of him, but it was very sad
0:09:11 > 0:09:12when we heard about it, and
0:09:12 > 0:09:14certainly the is also very sad now.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18He also, as you probably know, he says he is
0:09:18 > 0:09:21innocent, and I think you
0:09:21 > 0:09:23have to remember that.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26He said very strongly yesterday that he is
0:09:26 > 0:09:30innocent, so you will have to talk to him about that, but we absolutely
0:09:30 > 0:09:31wish him well.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34He did a very good job when he was at the White House.
0:09:34 > 0:09:40I'm now joined by Barbara Plett Usher in Washington.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Before we talk about what Donald Trump said, remind us of the
0:09:44 > 0:09:49background to this case.It started with media report earlier this week
0:09:49 > 0:09:54that said that this White House aide Robert Porter had abused his two
0:09:54 > 0:09:59ex-wives and the weight has defended him at that point, but then it
0:09:59 > 0:10:02photographed was published showing one of those ex-wives with a black
0:10:02 > 0:10:05eye and so the narrative changed and the White House said it was taking
0:10:05 > 0:10:09action against him and he resigned. The whole question of what the White
0:10:09 > 0:10:19House knew exactly and when its new continues to bubble up, because the
0:10:19 > 0:10:21timeline keeps changing, particularly the role of the chief
0:10:21 > 0:10:23of staff and communications director who is said to be dating Mr Porter.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26These are two people who are supposed to bring order to the White
0:10:26 > 0:10:31House and now they are embroiled in this controversy.We had the
0:10:31 > 0:10:35president say this is very sad, adding that he wishes him well. Is
0:10:35 > 0:10:40he supporting andit certainly sounds that way. It sounds like he
0:10:40 > 0:10:47is continuing to defend him, wishing him well, rather than taking the
0:10:47 > 0:10:51opportunity to stake a stand against domestic violence, he says a member
0:10:51 > 0:10:57that Mr Porter says he is innocent. This is a pattern we have seen
0:10:57 > 0:10:59before when certain people within his orbit are accused of behaviour
0:10:59 > 0:11:03rather than condemning the beaver, he suggests that there might be two
0:11:03 > 0:11:09sides to the story. I think there's approach is told death. He is the
0:11:09 > 0:11:13top law enforcement officer in the country and he is not calling out
0:11:13 > 0:11:18domestic violence, also giving the current environment with the
0:11:18 > 0:11:21campaign against sexual harassment and abuse which is in the country at
0:11:21 > 0:11:24the moment.Thank you very much.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Let's take a look at some of the other
0:11:27 > 0:11:28stories making the news:
0:11:28 > 0:11:30President Trump has signed a new spending bill into law, ending
0:11:30 > 0:11:33a brief US government shutdown.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Congress passed the legislation after a midnight
0:11:38 > 0:11:39deadline was missed.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Fiscal conservatives had opposed the bill,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43which included billions of dollars in deficit increase.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Indian regulators have fined Google more
0:11:44 > 0:11:46than $21 million for abusing its dominant
0:11:46 > 0:11:48market position.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50India's Competition Commission said the search giant was indulging
0:11:50 > 0:11:52in practices of search bias - thereby harming its competitors
0:11:52 > 0:11:59as well as users.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Researchers at Edinburgh University have grown
0:12:01 > 0:12:04human eggs in the laboratory for the first time.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06They say the breakthrough is an opportunity to explore
0:12:06 > 0:12:08how human eggs develop, much of which remains
0:12:08 > 0:12:09a mystery to science.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11The hope is these findings could lead to new ways
0:12:11 > 0:12:19of preserving women's fertility.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26The families of some of the victims of two
0:12:26 > 0:12:29British jihadists belonging to the Islamic State group
0:12:29 > 0:12:31and captured in Syria, have called for them to face
0:12:31 > 0:12:33justice in court.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee El Sheikh were part of a team of four
0:12:36 > 0:12:38British IS members whose British accents earned them
0:12:38 > 0:12:39the nickname "the Beatles."
0:12:39 > 0:12:42US officials say the group are accused of executing 27 hostages.
0:12:42 > 0:12:49Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford has more.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54They became the most infamous gang of foreign fighters
0:12:54 > 0:12:56in the self-styled Islamic State, callous torturers and public
0:12:56 > 0:12:57executioners of hostages.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Jihadi John, his real name Mohammed Emwazi, now dead.
0:12:59 > 0:13:07Aine Davis, in prison in Turkey.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10And the two men captured last month, Alexanda Kotey
0:13:10 > 0:13:16and El Shafee Elsheikh.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17The two were detained by American-backed
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Syrian Kurd fighters.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Kotey, the Kurds said today, was trying to escape into Turkey.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26The gang are suspected of beheading Alan Henning,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30the driver and aid worker from Eccles, and David Haines,
0:13:30 > 0:13:37seen here in Croatia, a former RAF engineer and long-time
0:13:37 > 0:13:42aid worker from Perth.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44This morning, his daughter, Bethany, was finally contemplating
0:13:44 > 0:13:47what punishment two of his suspected killers should face.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49They should die a long, slow, painful death.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52And I think quite a lot of people will understand that,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56that they shouldn't be allowed to live.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58But realistically, that's not going to happen.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01And I have to come to terms with that.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04And the best thing for them is to be locked up and throw away the key.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06They should never be allowed back in society,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09because they will just recruit people and they will
0:14:09 > 0:14:10just do this again.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13And for the sake of her father, if they end up in court,
0:14:13 > 0:14:14she will go to watch.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16If it goes to trial, I will certainly be there,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20I will certainly want to look them in the eye and let them
0:14:20 > 0:14:23know that I am who I am, and they have destroyed a big part
0:14:23 > 0:14:24of my life.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29And hopefully there will be some sort of justice.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Some of the gang's hostages were freed, including
0:14:31 > 0:14:37former French reporter, Nicolas Henin.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40He wants them to have the fairest trial possible.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42I would not be happy if they were just sent
0:14:42 > 0:14:45to Guantanamo Bay, because this is denial of justice.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50If we want justice, we need to give them the trial
0:14:50 > 0:14:55that would satisfy them, but also the victims.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00The British men detained last month are El Shafee Elsheikh,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02who arrived in Syria from Britain in 2012, and Alexanda Kotey,
0:15:02 > 0:15:07who left the UK on an aid convoy to Gaza in 2009,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10and also ended up in Syria.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Their gang is accused by the US of beheading at least 27 hostages,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17including Alan Henning, David Haines and Americans
0:15:17 > 0:15:21James Foley, Peter Kassig and Steven Sotloff.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23They are also accused of water boarding, mock
0:15:23 > 0:15:29executions, crucifixions and electric shock torture.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh grew up close to each other
0:15:33 > 0:15:37in quite a small area of west London, near to the A40 flyover.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42It became infamous as an IS recruiting ground.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45As well as Mohammed Emwazi, Jihadi John, some half a dozen other
0:15:45 > 0:15:50men from these streets died fighting for IS in either Syria or Iraq.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54At El Shafee Elsheikh's house, his parents, who had another
0:15:54 > 0:15:59son killed in Syria, asked the media to leave.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01There's nothing we can say, no comment whatsoever.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Please, please, let us be in peace.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Their son and Alexanda Kotey have had their British
0:16:07 > 0:16:10citizenship removed already.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Now a trial, possibly in the United States,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14seems the most likely outcome.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19Daniel Sandford, BBC News.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22The scale of suffering in Syria has reached
0:16:22 > 0:16:25unprecedented levels according to the United Nations as a wave
0:16:25 > 0:16:26of fresh bombardments continue in rebel-held areas.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29The UN Security Council on Thursday failed to uphold
0:16:29 > 0:16:31an appeal from aid officials for a month-long ceasefire
0:16:31 > 0:16:39to end what they describe as an "extreme situation".
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Officials say access to aid is being blocked in crucial areas,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44with an estimated 13 million people in need across the country.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47More than 240 civilians are thought to have been killed in the besieged
0:16:47 > 0:16:50area of Eastern Ghouta after five straight days of bombing by Syrian
0:16:50 > 0:16:54warplanes and artillery.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56With me is Panos Moumtzis assistant secretary
0:16:56 > 0:16:58general of the United Nations and the UN's regional
0:16:58 > 0:17:04humanitarian coordinator for Syria.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08An unprecedented scale of devastation.Hundreds of thousands
0:17:08 > 0:17:14of people displaced and killed and you are calling for a ceasefire?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Absolutely. The situation as early quite extreme at the moment, between
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Italy where we have seen a massive displacement of more than 300,000
0:17:22 > 0:17:27people just in the last few weeks from southern Italy to the central
0:17:27 > 0:17:32parts, but also BBC judgment where over 400,000 people had been really
0:17:32 > 0:17:37living under extreme situations. We have war than 700 medical cases of
0:17:37 > 0:17:46people. -- we have more than. We haven't been able to bring
0:17:46 > 0:17:52assistance for more than months. It cannot continue. Enough is enough.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57It is the time to think and act in a way that the protection of civilians
0:17:57 > 0:18:01is insured, women and children in desperate situations receive
0:18:01 > 0:18:07assistance and the injured are able to come out.Just last year, the UN
0:18:07 > 0:18:13only got access to 27 of its quest is to get access to opposition areas
0:18:13 > 0:18:17by the Syrian Government. The UN is failing miserably in terms of
0:18:17 > 0:18:21getting a grip on this.I would say what Israeli happening at the
0:18:21 > 0:18:29moment, there is a failure of humanitarian dis- Pullman C. -- what
0:18:29 > 0:18:39is really happening. More than 6 million people are displaced. It is
0:18:39 > 0:18:44a very difficult situation. We are able to help about 7.5 million
0:18:44 > 0:18:49people every month. That is through a regular programme. What we are
0:18:49 > 0:18:53unable to do is really reach the people in the most desperate need,
0:18:53 > 0:18:58in besieged areas and hard to reach areas. This is why we feel we are
0:18:58 > 0:19:04raising her voice because really something needs to change. We cannot
0:19:04 > 0:19:07continue like this, not being able to reach the most vulnerable in
0:19:07 > 0:19:13Syria.As you said, this has been going on for years, you have had
0:19:13 > 0:19:16time to raise your voice. You not putting enough pressure on the
0:19:16 > 0:19:24regime to drive humanitarian aid to those who need it?We are in contact
0:19:24 > 0:19:26with the Government of Syria, every single Government capital that we
0:19:26 > 0:19:31can think of that can be of help to help us to reach these people in
0:19:31 > 0:19:35this situation. This is not happening, this is not moving
0:19:35 > 0:19:39further. Last year we reached about a quarter of what we should have
0:19:39 > 0:19:44done from within Syrian operations. Since two months, this has come to a
0:19:44 > 0:19:47complete halt and that cannot continue any longer. It cannot be
0:19:47 > 0:19:53business as usual. The reports, pictures, images we're getting every
0:19:53 > 0:19:59day I really quite dramatic. Health facilities should not be targeted,
0:19:59 > 0:20:05civilian facilities should not be targeted.How affective can you be
0:20:05 > 0:20:08if you have Russia continuously supporting Assad? What can you
0:20:08 > 0:20:15genuinely do?We always say that humanitarian response cannot be a
0:20:15 > 0:20:18solution what is actually a political problem. We need the
0:20:18 > 0:20:22political will, commitment, the quantities of politicians and
0:20:22 > 0:20:25governments to bring the pressures that is an improvement to be bull
0:20:25 > 0:20:36fights and situations. This huge and conflict is not the way forward. We
0:20:36 > 0:20:40need to take the medical places or people whose lives are on the line.
0:20:40 > 0:20:47It is desperate then needed. Thank you for joining us.Thank you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49The European Union's Chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52has warned that a transition period for the UK after it leaves the bloc
0:20:52 > 0:20:53is not guaranteed -
0:20:53 > 0:20:55unless what he called substantial disagreements can be overcome.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Mr Barnier said these include Britain not wanting to extend
0:20:58 > 0:21:00permanent rights to EU nationals who arrive in the country
0:21:00 > 0:21:02during the transition, and not wanting to follow
0:21:02 > 0:21:03all European rules during that time.
0:21:03 > 0:21:12Here's some of what he had to say.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19Brexit is coming and time is running short, just 13 months before Britain
0:21:19 > 0:21:24is officially out of the European Union, and today the EU had a sharp
0:21:24 > 0:21:29warning, sort out key sticking points or there will be no deal and
0:21:29 > 0:21:33no transition. Britain's Brexit Secretary met the EU chief
0:21:33 > 0:21:36negotiator in Downing Street on Monday. Friendly enough, but there
0:21:36 > 0:21:41are just weeks to shoot things out. Today in Brussels with the big EU
0:21:41 > 0:21:47summit coming next month, Michel Barnier had a blog message, in terms
0:21:47 > 0:21:51easy to understand.If these agreements processed, the transition
0:21:51 > 0:21:58is not a given.So much to sort out and talks are getting prickly. On
0:21:58 > 0:22:03the rights of migrants arrive after Brexit day,
0:22:03 > 0:22:09will Brussels block trade if Britain breaks EU rules?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10The Brexit secretary Colback discourteous.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Mr Barney disagreed.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13TRANSLATION:Throughout these negotiations, my attitude has not
0:22:13 > 0:22:15been in the least discourteous or vindictive.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20We have never wished to punish the UK.
0:22:20 > 0:22:28It is totally foreign to my state of mind.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And how to leave the EU without bringing back a
0:22:30 > 0:22:33hard north-south Irish border?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34Nobody wants that but...
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It is important to tell the truth.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38A UK decision to leave the single market
0:22:38 > 0:22:46and to leave the customs union would make border checks unavoidable.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It is not just a political problem at
0:22:49 > 0:22:51this shoe shop in Northern Ireland.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54These issues are men for walking, on both sides of the border.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Customs and tariffs could mean a business
0:22:56 > 0:22:59like this running into trouble.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01We need easy access from the factory to
0:23:01 > 0:23:05our shop floor.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07If there is a hard border, there will be hold-ups all
0:23:07 > 0:23:14the way along that we cannot predict.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Tonight, the Brexit secretary is saying he is surprised
0:23:16 > 0:23:18that Mr Barnier is not clear that Britain
0:23:18 > 0:23:20wants to go on trading as
0:23:20 > 0:23:21now during a transition.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22The government is hoping for compromise
0:23:22 > 0:23:25in negotiations, but if there is no transition deal next month,
0:23:25 > 0:23:26ministers will have to prepare Britain
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and British business for the
0:23:28 > 0:23:32possibility of a cliff edge Brexit.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35If there is a transition deal it is on to deciding the ambitions for
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Brexit, which divide Parliament, Tory MPs and the Cabinet.
0:23:37 > 0:23:44One day, one crisis after time.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been shut for the second time this
0:23:47 > 0:23:49week because of snow and black ice.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The French capital is covered in a heavy blanket of snow that has
0:23:52 > 0:23:55brought some parts of the transport system to a halt.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57But not everyone is complaining.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Here's our correspondent, Hugh Schofield.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04For the second time this week, snowy weather
0:24:04 > 0:24:05has blown into Paris from
0:24:05 > 0:24:09the west, setting off to good effect for the tourists some of the most
0:24:09 > 0:24:10popular landmarks.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The city was just getting over the previous having
0:24:12 > 0:24:16fall on Tuesday, that caused some disruption
0:24:16 > 0:24:23to transport on road and rail.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Parks were shut as freezing temperatures overnight turned slush
0:24:25 > 0:24:26to ice.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27I love it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I'm used to coming to Paris when it's sunny.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35I've never been here when it has snowed before.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37As a tourist, I don't enjoy it, because lots of
0:24:37 > 0:24:40stuff is closed, the metro lines are closed, but it's beautiful, isn't
0:24:40 > 0:24:41it?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43You can't really not enjoy it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45TRANSLATION:I think that certain roads should have been
0:24:45 > 0:24:47cleared quicker, but then that is the weather,
0:24:47 > 0:24:48nothing out of the ordinary.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I think we should look at the positives.
0:24:50 > 0:24:56Snow is actually quite beautiful.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58At the airbase just west of the capital, snowploughs
0:24:58 > 0:24:59have been brought to clear the.
0:24:59 > 0:25:07And one adventurous soul had a flaky answer to the transport problem.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10Now there is the skiing fan.
0:25:10 > 0:25:18Hugh Schofield, BBC News, Paris.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Now here's one thing you don't expect
0:25:23 > 0:25:25to find in the post - this two-month old tiger
0:25:25 > 0:25:28cub, which had been packed into a plastic container and mailed
0:25:28 > 0:25:29to an address in Mexico.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32The package was detected when a dog, which was searching
0:25:32 > 0:25:33for contraband, sniffed it out.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35The cub was taken an animal management centre,
0:25:35 > 0:25:42and is reported to be "dehydrated but otherwise well".
0:25:42 > 0:25:45A reminder of our top story::
0:25:45 > 0:25:48North and South Korea have marched together under a single flag
0:25:48 > 0:25:50at the opening ceremony of the Pyongchang Winter Olympics.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Among the crowd were the most senior North Korean officials to visit
0:25:53 > 0:25:54the South in sixty years.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Don't forget you can get in touch with me and some
0:25:57 > 0:26:05of the team on Twitter - I'm @BBCKasiaMadera.