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European Council President Donald Tusk has called on the UK to come up with a "serious response" on what will happen to EU citizens in Britain after Brexit. "We need guarantees," he said in Brussels as 27 EU leaders backed the bloc's Brexit negotiating guidelines. The rights of EU citizens to live, work and study in the UK is one of three topics they want dealt with in the first phase of Brexit talks. Negotiations will start after the UK election on 8 June. Mr Tusk put citizens' rights centre stage at a news conference after EU leaders - minus UK PM Theresa May - nodded through the guidelines in a matter of minutes. "Over the past weeks, we have repeatedly heard from our British friends, also during my visit in London, that they are ready to agree on this issue quickly," he said. "But I would like to state very clearly that we need real guarantees for our people to live, work and study in the UK. "The same goes for the Brits," living on the European continent, he continued. UK citizens living in EU countries and non-UK EU citizens living in Britain are estimated at 4.5 million. Key points in the EU's Brexit negotiation plan Image copyrightEPA Image captionThe guidelines were rapidly approved The EU's negotiating guidelines, first proposed by Mr Tusk in March, list citizens' residency rights, settling Britain's financial commitments to the EU and avoiding a "hard" border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as the three top issues needing agreement in what are termed "separation talks". Only once "sufficient progress" is made on these topics can talks touch on the UK's future relationship, including any trade deal, with the EU. The UK government, however, has pushed for parallel negotiations on trade. Applause Speaking after the summit, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker again stressed that separation talks could not run in parallel with talks on a future trade deal with the UK, backing the line taken by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrived in Brussels. EU officials said leaders burst into applause as the negotiating stance was waved through at the summit. EU leaders and officials were keen to stress the EU's unified position on Brexit. Chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said: "We are ready... we are together." Expats, exports, security: What's worrying the EU about Brexit? Brexit: All you need to know The people who will negotiate Brexit Brexit - special report Common purpose: Chris Morris in Brussels Image copyrightREUTERS The fact that the guidelines approved today haven't changed all that much in the past month shows that the EU's claim to have a unified position on Brexit is more than skin deep. The other 27 countries do see a common purpose in sticking together; and if anything the main changes in language - on a single financial settlement and on the rights of EU citizens in the UK - toughen up the conditions that the UK will have to meet. Of course there are differences of emphasis in different national capitals - Poland is understandably more concerned than most about the rights of its citizens in the UK because there are so many of them; the Dutch are eager to start talks on future trade relations with the UK sooner rather than later, but they also want to ensure that the UK pays its divorce bill in full. For now the emphasis on unity is real, and the determination for the EU to negotiate as one should not be underestimated in London. Speaking earlier, French President François Hollande said there would inevitably be "a price and a cost for the UK - it's the choice that was made". "We must not be punitive, but at the same time it's clear that Europe knows how to defend its interests, and that Britain will have a weaker position in the future outside Europe, than it has today within Europe." On the issue of the UK's financial obligations, EU officials estimate that Britain faces a bill of €60bn (£51bn; $65bn) because of EU budget rules. UK politicians have said the government will not pay a sum of that size. Britain certainly won't tamely accept that it has to pay a huge divorce bill - but it's likely to find the Europeans united on the concept if not the precise amount, the BBC's Kevin Connolly in Brussels says. UK Brexit Secretary David Davis said in response that both sides wanted the negotiations to be conducted with goodwill. But he added: "There is no doubt that these negotiations are the most complex the UK has faced in our lifetimes. They will be tough and, at times even confrontational". Brexit timetable: 29 April - EU leaders (excluding the UK) meet in Brussels to adopt Brexit negotiating guidelines 7 May - French voters decide between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as their next president 8 June - UK parliamentary election - Brexit talks to start soon after the vote 24 September - German parliamentary election, with Mrs Merkel seeking a fourth term 29 March 2019 - Deadline for ending talks on UK exit terms (any extension requires agreement of all member states) May or June 2019 - European Parliament election (without UK) Ratification - Any Brexit deal requires ratification by all EU's national parliaments and European Parliament

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a "major, major conflict" is possible. In an interview with Reuters he praised China's President Xi Jinping for his handling of North Korea, calling him "a very good man" who loved his country. Mr Trump also said it had been "very hard" for Kim Jong-un to take over North Korea at such a young age. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss North Korea on Friday. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington would negotiate with North Korea, with a view to removing nuclear weapons from the country, not changing the government. He told NPR radio in the US: "We do not seek regime change, we do not seek a collapse of the regime, we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. "We seek a denuclearised Korean peninsula - and that is entirely consistent with the objectives of others in the region as well." Mr Tillerson also indicated that he thought China, North Korea's major ally, might be starting to see the regime as a "liability" or a security risk. "What China is beginning to re-evaluate is whether North Korea is any kind of an asset to them, or whether North Korea themselves and the regime have become a liability to China's own security," he said. Shortly after being elected, Mr Trump accused China of not doing enough to rein in North Korea and suggested the US could take unilateral action. But Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that tensions on the Korean peninsula risk getting out of control. According to Mr Tillerson, China has told the US it will impose sanctions on North Korea if it conducts further nuclear tests. You may also be interested in: Trump 'misses life' before presidency North Korea crisis: Why now? How mixed signals could spell disaster Are N Korea's neighbours worried? In his wide-ranging interview inside the Oval Office, Mr Trump - who met Mr Xi earlier this month - said the Chinese president "certainly doesn't want to see turmoil and death". "He is a very good man and I got to know him very well," he said. "He loves China and he loves the people of China. I know he would like to be able to do something, perhaps it's possible that he can't." Of Mr Kim, he said: "He's 27 years old. His father dies, took over a regime. So say what you want but that is not easy, especially at that age." But he stressed he was "not giving him credit", and added: "I hope he's rational." "There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely," said Mr Trump. North Korea has carried out repeated missile tests in recent months and is threatening to conduct its sixth nuclear test. Media captionKim Jong-un this week inspected an intense display of military firepower Other developments have raised tensions in recent weeks: North Korea executed a failed missile launch and held a massive military parade in an apparent show of strength The US deployed a group of warships and a submarine to the region Pyongyang reacted angrily, threatening a "super-mighty pre-emptive strike" The US began installing a controversial $1bn (£775m) anti-missile system system called Thaad in South Korea - which Mr Trump said South Korea should pay for. Seoul said on Friday there was "no change" in its position that the US pays for it Mr Tillerson and US Vice President Mike Pence visited South Korea, reiterating that "all options are on the table" in dealing with the North Earlier on Thursday, Mr Tillerson told Fox News that China had again urged North Korea to refrain from carrying out more tests. In February, China banned coal imports from North Korea - one of the country's key exports - and is reportedly also considering restricting oil shipments if Pyongyang continues to behave belligerently. What else did Mr Trump say? The president reflected on how the demands of his job were greater than his "previous life", which he said he had loved. "You're really into your own little cocoon, because you have such massive protection that you really can't go anywhere," he said. "I like to drive. I can't drive any more." On other key topics, Mr Trump said: He would speak to Mr Xi before again contacting Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen, after China lodged a formal complaint over a phone call he made in December He said so-called Islamic State must be eradicated and that Islamist extremism had to be defeated - "and it has to be humiliation" He could see no reason why Israel and the Palestinians should not make peace Media captionHe says he misses driving and going out to restaurants Earlier, Russia's President Vladimir Putin called for the resumption of talks with North Korea. Speaking in Moscow, where he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, he urged those involved to "refrain from using belligerent rhetoric".

The US military's top commander in the Pacific has said an advanced missile defence system in South Korea aims bring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "to his senses, not to his knees". Adm Harry Harris, head of US Pacific Command, told Congress the US would be ready "with the best technology" to defeat any North Korean missile threat. The US has also deployed warships and a submarine to the Korean peninsula. China argues that the US Thaad missile system will destabilise security. Tensions have been rising amid fears North Korea could be planning further missile or nuclear tests. Speaking ahead of a classified briefing for senators at the White House, Adm Harris said he believed that North Korea would try to attack the US as soon as it has the military capabilities. "With every test [Mr] Kim grows closer to his goal, which is using nuclear weapons on US cities," he told the House armed services committee in Washington DC. "As [US President Donald] Trump and [Defence Secretary James] Mattis have said, all options are on the table," he added. Image copyrightREUTERS Image captionAdmiral Harris told the committee that the US was ready to respond to any threat from North Korea Adm Harris said that the relationship between Mr Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping remained "positive and encouraging". "It is purely a defensive system. It is aimed north, not west," he said, adding: "It poses no threat to China." His comments come after China launched its second aircraft carrier in the latest sign of its growing military strength. The as-yet unnamed ship was transferred into the water in the north-eastern port of Dalian, state media said. It will reportedly be operational by 2020. The heated rhetoric between the US and North Korea has intensified in recent weeks. China's Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, has called for an end to US-South Korea war games and also a halt to North Korea's nuclear development in order to reduce tensions in the region. The Trump administration, which has been urging China to rein in its ally, North Korea, is due to hold a briefing for senators on the situation later on Wednesday. What can the outside world do about N Korea? Why Beijing should lead on the North Korean crisis North Korea's missile programme The Thaad (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) system is designed to intercept and destroy short and medium-range ballistic missiles during their final phase of flight. "South Korea and the United States have been working to secure an early operational capability of the Thaad system in response to North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threat," South Korea's defence ministry earlier said in a statement.

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka was met with groans as she defended her father's attitude towards women at the G20 women's summit in Berlin. The First Daughter was taking part in a panel discussion about female entrepreneurs alongside German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and IMF chief Christine Lagarde. But the audience bristled at her praise for the US president. The event is part of the G20 women's summit. An audible groan went up as she told the room her father was a "tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive". Media captionIvanka Trump's prominent role in her father's administration is seen as a positive thing by many young women. Mr Trump has been criticised over his attitude to women, especially after a tape of him making obscene remarks was released during the presidential campaign. America's other first lady? Jared Kushner: Who is the Trump whisperer? But Ms Trump said that although she had "heard the criticism from the media and that has been perpetuated", she did not recognise her father in the description and nor would the "thousands" of women he had employed over the years. "He encouraged me and enabled me to thrive. I grew up in a house where there were no barriers to what I could accomplish," she added. Tough crowd for a charm offensive: Analysis by Jenny Hill, BBC Berlin correspondent Image copyrightAFP/GETTY Image captionMs Trump said her father "encouraged me and enabled me to thrive" As she posed for photographs with the world's most powerful women, the first daughter rubbed shoulders with a chancellor, a queen and a leading banker. But it was the absent figure of a president that overshadowed Ivanka Trump's first official overseas engagement. Ignoring the boos, hisses and disapproval of a room full of female delegates, Donald Trump's special adviser persisted in her defence of a father who, she said, had enabled and encouraged her. Ostensibly today's visit - at the direct invitation of Angela Merkel - was about empowering women. But it's been widely interpreted here as an attempt to forge another line of communication to the US president, and may mark a profound shift in the way in which Berlin - and Europe - does business with Washington. Thus far the charm offensive seems to be working. Despite their significantly different politics, Mr Trump has said that he shares an unbelievable chemistry with the German chancellor. The relationship Mrs Merkel forges with his daughter will be closely scrutinised on both sides of the Atlantic. Because there is an acknowledgement in Berlin that, in the age of Trump, family comes first. Mr Trump tends to blame the media for negative portrayals of his character or presidency. It remains unclear what exactly Ms Trump's role is within her father's White House. In March, it was announced that Ms Trump - who joined her father's business a year after graduating from university - would be an unpaid assistant to the president. She and her husband Jared Kushner are seen as increasingly influential, however, and German newspaper Berliner Zeitung said officials hoped "the president's daughter will convey a positive image of Germany to her father as a result of her short visit". Mrs Merkel invited Ms Trump during her trip to Washington last month. Ms Trump has spoken repeatedly about the need to empower women professionally, including in an opinion piece for the Financial Times ahead of her visit to Berlin. Who were the other women on the panel? Ms Trump was on the stage thanks to her background as a businesswoman and her position as the US president's daughter. But who were the other women? Angela Merkel: The German chancellor is arguably Europe's most powerful leader and has been active in politics since the late 1980s, when she completed her doctorate in quantum chemistry. She has been in power since 2005 and is seeking re-election later this year. Image copyrightREUTERS Image captionMs Trump was invited to Berlin by Mrs Merkel (second right). Also on the panel (left to right) were Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland, IMF head Christine Lagarde and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Christine Lagarde: The head of the IMF is the first woman in the role and previously served as France's finance minister for four years. Before that she spent more than two decades working in law. She also has a number of masters degrees. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands: The Argentinean-born royal worked for some of the world's top banks before meeting and marrying King Willem-Alexander. She is also a UN Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. Chrystia Freeland: Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs studied Russian history and literature at Harvard and has a master's in Slavonic studies from Oxford. The author of two books, she turned to politics after a successful career as a journalist. Juliana Rotich: Kenyan-born Rotich used to be executive director for Ushahidi, an election mapping platform which was used to track possible voter intimidation in the US election. She now describes herself as a strategic advisor and entrepreneur. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller: President and chairwoman of technology company Trumpt, she holds a doctorate in philology. Anne Finucane: Ms Finucane is vice-president at Bank of America, and was named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 most powerful woman in the world last year.

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More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed or wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base on Friday, the defence ministry has confirmed. Fighting lasted for several hours near the city of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Balkh province. Insurgents targeted those leaving Friday prayers at the base's mosque and others in a canteen, the army said. The Taliban said in a statement they had carried out the attack, using suicide bombers to breach defences. Earlier estimates put the death toll as high as 134, but a statement from the defence ministry on Saturday gave the figure of more than 100 killed or injured. It is one of the deadliest tolls in a Taliban attack on the Afghan army. At least 10 Taliban militants were also killed in the fighting and one attacker was detained. Who are the Taliban? Afghanistan's new 'Great Game' The Afghan government has declared Sunday a day of national mourning. Separately, the US military command in Afghanistan said that Taliban commander Quari Tayib had been killed in a coalition air strike. It said that Tayib was "once known as the shadow Taliban governor of Takhar province" in the north-east, and was killed along with eight other Taliban fighters in the strike on 17 April. The Taliban fighters who attacked the base wore army uniforms and drove through checkpoints to launch the raid, a military spokesman said. One injured soldier, Mohammad Hussain, said: "When I came out of the mosque, three people with army uniforms and an army vehicle started shooting at us. Of course, they had some infiltrators inside the base, otherwise they would never have been able to enter. "One of them sitting inside a vehicle had set up a machine gun at the car's window and shot everyone in his way." President Ashraf Ghani flew to the area on Saturday and visited wounded troops. US military spokesman John Thomas described the attack as a "significant" strike, but he praised Afghan commandos for bringing the "atrocity to an end". Relatives' anger: Syed Anwar, BBC News, Kabul Image caption Jan Agah from Jowzjan province lost a nephew in the attack There are conflicting reports about casualties. The defence ministry confirmed more than 100 soldiers had been "killed or injured" but a security official in Mazar-e Sharif told the BBC that more than 100 had died, including a top military commander. Relatives of some of the soldiers gathered outside the base to take possession of coffins. They all questioned the security measures in place at the main entrance. "If strict inspections had taken place, the attackers would not have passed the first gate," said Jan Agah, from Jowzjan province. One of his nephews serving at the base died and another was injured in the attack. The raid shows the Taliban can plan and carry out complex attacks. The militants said four of the attackers had served as soldiers for a long time and had knowledge of every corner of the base. The base at Mazar-e-Sharif is home to the Afghan National Army's 209th Corps, responsible for providing security to most of northern Afghanistan, including Kunduz province - which has seen heavy recent fighting. Several German and other foreign soldiers are reported to be garrisoned there. Last month about 50 people were reported to have died when militants believed to be from the group known as Islamic State targeted patients and staff at a military hospital in Kabul with guns, grenades and knives. Also in March the Taliban said they had captured the crucial south Afghan district of Sangin after a year-long battle.

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US troops have targeted and killed a leading member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in a commando raid in Syria, military officials say. The attack took place near the town of Mayadin in eastern Syria. Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, who was believed to be from Uzbekistan, is said by the Americans to be a close associate of the IS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The US says he played a key role in an attack on a night club in Istanbul on New Year's Eve which killed 39 people. Turkish police arrested Abdulkadir Masharipov, the main suspect in the attack, on 17 January after a huge manhunt. "It was a ground operation. I think that's all we're willing to say about that," US Central Command spokesman John Thomas said in Washington in relation to Friday's attack. A rare operation - by the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue in Washington For the most part, the US has used unmanned drone strikes with Hellfire missiles to kill what they term "high value individuals", often targeting them in vehicles to minimise the possibility of collateral civilian deaths. But while using troops on the ground to target IS leaders is unusual, it is not unheard of. In 2015, US special forces troops killed Abu Sayyaf in Syria not far from the site of this recent operation. Abu Sayyaf was described as chief financial officer for IS and his wife was captured and interrogated. Another such raid took place in January of this year in which US forces hoped to capture an individual for interrogation, but he was killed in a shootout. Using ground troops is of course more risky than flying drones. But it can often bring greater rewards as special forces can capture computers and other sources of intelligence which would otherwise be vaporised by a Hellfire missile. Syria war: US says 'low point' of Russia ties cannot continue Trump acts decisively in Syria: Now what? Syria 'chemical attack': What we know At any one time there are around 500 members of US special forces in Syria, mainly advising and assisting Kurdish and Arab groups fighting IS. An "expeditionary targeting force" has operated inside Iraq and Syria to target senior IS and al-Qaeda leaders since late 2015, ABC reported, but usually details of their operations on the ground are not disclosed. Mr Thomas was quoted by ABC as saying that the US has "a pretty good record of finding these folks and killing them". What happened in the Reina club attack? Reina at the time of the attack was one of Istanbul's best-known clubs, with a view across the Bosphorus towards Asia and attracting singers, actors, sports stars and tourists. Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the assault on the club, rushing through the entrance with a long-barrelled gun and firing randomly at people celebrating the new year. Citizens of Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia were among the victims, and dozens of people were injured. IS said it orchestrated the attack, saying it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria. Police arrested Masharipov more than two weeks after the attack, when he was found along with his four year-old son at the home of a Kyrgyz friend in Istanbul.

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A group of Qatari hunters - including members of the ruling family - have been freed 16 months after being kidnapped in Iraq, officials say. The Iraqi interior ministry said "all 26" were in Baghdad and would be handed over to a Qatari envoy. The hunters were abducted by gunmen in a desert area of Iraq near the Saudi border in December 2015. A large-scale search was launched but very little information was known about the group's whereabouts or condition. What's known about the kidnapping? The group was seized in December 2015 while on a licensed hunting trip near the border with Saudi Arabia. The hostages were abducted when gunmen swept into their camp at dawn in four-by-four vehicles. The hunting party is widely believed to include one or several more prominent members of the Qatari royal family, although they have not been identified. They were hunting the Asian houbara bustard, akin to a small turkey, using falcons trained to home in on their quarry. Why are they being released? Their release is believed to be connected to a complex deal in Syria involving the evacuation of four besieged towns, which was announced earlier this week. However, the interior ministry has not provided details confirming this. The Guardian newspaper has reported that an Iraqi militia with strong ties to Iran, a key backer of the Syrian government and its ally Hezbollah, was holding the Qatari hunters. It says the deal involves the Syrian Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham, Iran, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Qatar. A Qatari royal and a Pakistani man were freed earlier this month. Also on Friday, a spokesman for Ahrar al-Sham told Reuters that the Syrian government was going to to release 500 prisoners into rebel-held territory, as part of a swap deal. What is the 'four towns' deal? It is an agreement to end the sieges of four towns - two surrounded by pro-government forces, two by rebel and Islamist fighters - in eastern Syria. Foah and Kefraya are mainly Shia Muslim, government-held towns, close to the border with Lebanon, which have been besieged since March 2015. Madaya and Zabadani are rebel-held towns in the north-east, which have been besieged since June 2015 by the Syrian army and fighters from Lebanon's Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement. Conditions have been desperate, especially in Madaya and Zabadani, with severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel. International aid deliveries have been infrequent and required careful negotiation. Government air drops have eased the situation in Foah and Kefraya somewhat. Starving to death' in Madaya Madaya, where children resort to suicide Under the exchange deal, residents of Foah and Kefraya are being bussed to government-held Aleppo, while people in Madaya and Zabadani are being taken to rebel-held areas. The evacuations began last week, but were held up after a bomb attack hit the convoy of buses from the two government-held towns, killing at least 126 people including 68 children. Thousands of evacuees from Foah and Kefraya have also been held up at a staging point for 48 hours, but a rebel involved in the operation told AFP that the buses had left after the news of the release of government-held prisoners. According to AFP, the current phase of evacuations involves 8,000 people from Foah and Kafraya, and 2,500 civilians and rebels from Madaya and Zabadani. A second phase is to begin in June.

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