prime minister has hailed the draft divorce agreement she's reached with the e.u. saying that it delivers on what the people voted for in twenty sixteen may is holding a crunch cabinet meeting to try to convince her minister it's back to plan or make an announcement at seven hundred g.m.t. . the un security council has voted to lift sanctions against an arms embargo asset freeze and travel ban were imposed in two thousand and nine amid claims that eritrea supported fighters in somalia. known as general force. is a wanted man with the u.n. and central african republic government accused him of war crimes committed when muslim seleka fighters took over the country five years ago he's in charge of the largely muslim neighborhood of p.k. five in the capital bangui in this exclusive interview with al-jazeera he speaks to nicholas haq. in hiding but still in charge surrounded by young heavily armed teenage boys is. otherwise known as general force accused of war crimes including a murder torture rape and extortion the government wants his arrest. but he's not ready to gi

we heard youngest saying in that report just now that the e.u. is prepared for a disorderly no exit no deal breaks it do you think it really is. no i think that's posturing just like by the way the hard line was was was posturing it's for certain sections of the european public which which we should want to be and the source of the britain of course he's saying ok you do it we'll see what happens i don't think europe is prepared but it should it should prepare my suggestion would be to say ok go we'll keep we'll still behave as if the customs union was in place you can still export to us and you can come back to this deal if you want to. it's up to you to push the you know push the responsibility firmly towards the brits but the question is when does the pain kick in and where does the pain taking and see if there are curious of trucks lining up in dover. or this there is a pharmaceutical that type of thing or or no legal arrangement to allow the planes to fly for example or is if with britain is outside of the european aviation safety area those

side in all of this alex just reminded us that the brics to tears say everything about the e.u. is wrong from the start the european union has made it clear that certain core e.u. principles like the link between free movement of goods and free movement of labor were non negotiable nonetheless e.u. leaders say that the deal that's no on the table does reflect concessions on both sides let's take a look. i need to spread in a new lease better than no deal i think that is the order of the day when we have to advertise that we live on the table now is the best of the possible deal usually the best i think there's no better russianness for this crazy practice that diverts the accomplice bit off the bricks that compromise currently on the table is truly custer called a compromise both sides of make concessions and i hope that everyone deals with it responsibly now which will be and we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved dressers and you do the longer the u.s. prepared for the final d

side in all of this alex just reminded us that the brics to tears say everything about the e.u. is wrong from the start the european union has made it clear that certain core e.u. principles like the link between free movement of goods and free movement of labor were non negotiable nonetheless e.u. leaders say that the deal that's now on the table does reflect concessions on both sides let's take a look. i needed it but in a new lease better than no deal i think that is the order of the day when we have to advertise that the deal on the table now is the best of the possible deal usually the best i think there's no better option it's put this crazy back to work so the accomplice bit off the brick city compromise currently on the table is truly guster called a compromise on both sides of make concessions and i hope that everyone deals with it responsibly now which will be and we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved dressers needed longer the u.s. prepared for a final deal with the

we heard younger saying in that report just now that the e.u. is prepared for a disorderly no exit no deal breaks it do you think it really is. no i think that's posturing just like by the way the hard line was was was posturing it's for certain sections of the european public which which are which want to be and is also for britain of course he's saying well ok you do it we'll see what happens i don't think europe is prepared but it should it should prepare my suggestion would be to say ok go we'll keep still behave as if the customs union was in place you can still export to us and you can come back to this deal if you want to. is up to you to push the you know push the responsibility firmly towards the brits but the question is when does the pain take in waves is the pain taking and see if there are cures of trucks lining up in. all this there is a pharmaceutical that type of thing or all new legal arrangement to allow the planes to fly for example because if britain is outside of the european aviation safety area those kind of things that pr

wait around for a man who says the e.u. will wait around for that if it takes twenty years or fiercely want to join the e.u. who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implement the reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to assume that there will not change europe or not mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policy is a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell the national real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reform

we heard younker saying in that report just now that the e.u. is prepared for a disorderly no exit no deal brax it do you think it really is. no i think that's posturing just like by the way the hard line was was was posturing it's for certain sections of the european public which which are which want to be on the sort of the britain of course he's saying well ok you do it we'll see what happens i don't think europe is prepared but it should be it should prepare my suggestion would be to say ok go we'll keep still behave as if the customs union was in place you can still export to us and you can come back to this deal if you want to. it's up to you to push the you know push the responsibility firmly towards the brits but the question is when does the pain kick in and where does the pain taking and see if there are cures of trucks lining up and. or this there is a pharmaceutical type of thing or all new legal arrangement to allow the planes to fly for example because if it britain is outside of the european aviation safety area those kind of thin

wait around for a man who says the e.u. will wait around for that if it takes twenty years obviously we want to join the e.u. who says that you will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implemented the reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's also fine to assume that there will not change europe or don't mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policy is a little bit we are what we're doing in terms of the reforms we're doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell the national real utility to let me just tell you what the e.u. is for us firstly the refor

you wait around for a man who says the e.u. will wait around for that if it takes twenty years obviously we want to join the e.u. who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implemented reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to us that there will not change you know i don't mind whether they wait around or that they will not change serbian policies a little bit of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell him not real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reforms in our e.u. accession parth mean that we have strong stable economy that we have we implemented structural reforms that will lead to strong stable econ

says a d.w.i. news on live from berlin e.u. leaders have endorsed of brecht's the deal at a special summit in brussels. is to be posted with just the first the post you were just so you see a rudy. european commission president. marks what he said it was a sad day for the european union. but british prime minister theresa may says she does not share that sadness and is calling on her country to move on may now faces the challenge of pushing the deal through her own parliament the opposition labor labor party has already said it will vote against it. then women around the world take to the streets to call for a stop to domestic abuse and gender based violence. nick spicer welcome to the program. the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the e.u. used twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad at the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the walk and britain would remain partners and friends u.k. pri

wait around for a man who says the e.u. will wait around for that if it takes twenty years obviously we want to join the e.u. who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implemented reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to assume that there will not change you know paul i don't mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policy is a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell i'm not real utility to understanding what the e.u. is for us firstly the r

with the e.u. than perhaps a panel the u.s. and that's why many financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. i want to get more on this now with our financial correspondent on the other side of the atlantic yens quarter is in new york for us yes we live in a global economy whether the u.s. president likes it or not how all the latest brags it developments that they were all there in the u.k. making themselves felt that. well we did see specially british stocks being traded here in new york being under quite some pressure and then also was the turmoil in the u.k. some investors who are looking for safe havens within the u.s. treasuries meaning the prices for u.s. bonds increased why yields were on the decline and actually fed chairman powell does see some headwinds for overseas of color me in the u.k. but in other countries as well during this week we've got worse economic data out of germany out of japan and so the u.k. just if you want to see it this way to the trou

side in all of this alex just reminded us that the brics a two years say everything about the e.u. is wrong from the start the european union has made it clear that certain koori you principles like the link between free movement of goods and free movement of labor were non negotiable nonetheless you leaders say that the deal that's now on the table does reflect concessions on both sides let's take a look. i needed it but in a new lease better than no deal i think that is the order of the day when we have to advertise that we live on the table now is the best of the possible deal usually the best i think there's no better russianness but this crazy brags that diverts the accomplice off the bricks that compromise currently on the table is truly custer called a compromise both sides have made concessions and i hope that everyone deals with it responsibly now which will endure we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved dressers and even longer the u.s. prepared for a final deal with the u

to leave the bloc they say the u.k. and the e.u. will remain friends partners and allies. are watching to. news from more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site as to w. dot com thanks for joining. us. climate change from. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good. eco africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference.

says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies have waited in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and german borrowing costs which is one measure of investor confidence continues to widen the children based human foundation says government and corporate poems and italian stock exchange losses have totaled more than one hundred seventy five billion euros since the government took office in may this process is going to have a very bad effect on italy on the part of that and so on italian savings italy's more than two trillion euro debt is already the highest in europe. when it comes to getting around cities not even the latest tech can beat the humble bicycle and announce it out for example is there any way to get around but people that know that bikes have one major drawback they're very easy to steal and once again tech is playing its part. that replace a call can be stolen no matter how well it is locked up but in amsterdam a city in which there are more bikes than residents a group of people has come up with a unique business idea. the throat

you know italy of course is projecting the budget the budget will spur growth but the e.u. saying it has yet to really see where that growth is coming from who's right in this case. i mean the government argues that because it is an expansionary fiscal policy basically it is injecting cash in the economy so we should see some sort of short term boost in growth now what they are not mentioning is that because they are losing financial markets along the way and interest rates are increasing this is having ripple down effects into the economy and we are already seeing borrowing costs for households for firms go up and indeed italy is resenting the recession italian growth has already been slowing and the budget is not even approved yet. though as you know we often talk about this crisis in the context of the greek crisis that started in two thousand and nine but this is different right this seems well political it is it is indeed you're right it is conversely from greece greece was an economic crisis but with a lot of political will on both sides the greek government and the e

says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies have weight in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and german borrowing costs which is one measure of investor confidence continues to widen the chairman based hume foundation says governments in corporate poems and italian stock exchange losses have totaled more than one hundred seventy five billion euros since the government took office in may this process is going to have a very bad effect on italy on the part of that and so on the italian savings italy's more than two trillion euro debt is already the highest in europe. when it comes to getting around cities not even the latest tech can beat the humble bicycle and in amsterdam for example is the only way to get around but people that know that bikes have one major drawback they're very easy to steal and once again tech is playing its part. every bicycle can be stolen no matter how well it is locked up but in amsterdam a city in which there are more bikes than residents a group of people has come up with a unique business idea the fraud. is the

says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies have weighed in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and german borrowing costs which is one measure of investor confidence continues to widen the chairman based hume foundation says government and corporate bonds and italian stock exchange losses have totaled more than one hundred seventy five billion euros since the government took office in may this process is going to have a very bad effect on italy on the debt and so on to mobility and since he's not even the latest electric technology can beat bicycles and it's really the only way to go round but people that know bikes have one major drawback they're very easy to steal and here to technology complaints. every place you call can be stolen no matter how well it is looked up but in amsterdam a city in which there are more bikes than residents a group of people has come up with a unique business idea for road bike theft is the biggest problem here so we came up with this idea of martha system with which you can track your own bike when it has been

but i don't think you can say that on behalf of the e.u. if you look at what you know what he said if what he. was fed up with us then we would not have any new chapter so point and we do have new chapters being constantly opened and that the trend is that we are going towards the e.u. well that's not according to the president micro who said what we've seen over the past fifteen years is a path that has weakened europe every time we think of enlarging it and i don't think we do a service to the candidate countries or ourselves by having a mechanism that in a way no longer has rules and keeps moving towards more enlargement and the apple is hardly welcoming you with both of those and i agree with president mccrone one hundred percent i do not think that enlargement in the past was particularly successful i think the likely to be with you can i think that will likely do it with you and i think that the consequence of that. kind of accession to the e.u. is that the country whose success in the e.u. is weaker because its economy cannot compete

you know italy of course is projecting the budget the budget will spur growth but the e.u. saying it has yet to really see where that growth is coming from who's right in this case. i mean the government argues that because it is an expansionary fiscal policy basically it is injecting cash in the economy so we should see some sort of short term boost in growth now what they are not mentioning is that because they are losing financial markets along the way and interest rates are increasing this is having ripple down effects into the economy and we are already seeing borrowing costs for households for firms go up and indeed to italy is resenting a recession italian growth has already been slowing and the budget is not even approved yet. though as you know we often talk about this crisis in the context of the greek crisis that started in two thousand and nine but this is different right this seems well political it is it is indeed you're right it is conversely from greece greece was an economic crisis but with a lot of political will on both sides the greek government and the

you know italy of course is projecting the budget the budget will spur growth but the e.u. saying it has yet to really see where that growth is coming from who's right in this case. i mean the government argues that because it is an expansionary fiscal policy basically it is injecting cash in the economy so we should see some sort of short term boost in growth now what they are not mentioning is that because they are losing financial markets along the way and interest rates are increasing this is having ripple down effects into the economy and we're already seeing borrowing costs for households for firms go up and indeed to italy is resenting the recession italian growth has already been slowing and the budget is not even approved yet. though as you know we often talk about this crisis in the context of the greek crisis that started in two thousand and nine but this is different right this seems well political it is it is indeed you're right it is conversely from greece greece was an economic crisis but with a lot of political will on both sides the greek government and the

sanctions that's how how it's invision and the e.u. maintains that this is going to happen although it's not operational today but what we have seen is an exodus of european companies and some very big german companies among them deciding that simply their bottom line cannot support being in a confrontation with washington and that whatever losses they have to take by cutting contracts in iran and and possibly annoying brussels is going to be worth it. teri schultz there let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world around eighty people have been kidnapped from a school in the city of bomb mend in the western english speaking part of cameroon reports suggest that all or most of those abducted abducted are children there are no immediate claims of responsibility separatists are fighting to form a breakaway state in the region. saudi arabia has told the un human rights body that it will prosecute the alleged perpetrators in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi and in turkey a pro-government newspaper has

says that that is unacceptable given internees enormous mountain of debt the biggest in real terms in europe italy is the euro zone's third largest economy and the second largest manufacturer in europe but despite the country's potential italian economic growth has been weak and it's been lagging behind the news average . of course more debt would jeopardize italy's credit worthiness and perhaps put the entire eurozone at risk german economist your. former chief economist hopes it won't come to that. yeah i hope that this can be avoided and this would be the worst case. i hope that the signals coming from the european peers from other european euro area member states but also from other european institutions like the e.c.b. president draghi was very outspoken in his recent press conference that italy cannot expect any support coming from d.c. b. it is not even within the men date of the e.c.b. to finance the fiscal deficits so i think the the the messages coming from the peters of italy pretty clear but i personally expect that markets will behave more fiercely and signal to italy tha

wait around for a while who says the e.u. will wait around for that if it takes twenty years obviously we want to join the e.u. who says that you will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implement the reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine tonight so that there will not change you don't bear in mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policies a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell the national real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reform

on higher deficit spending saying it's the only way to stimulate growth and bring down debt the e.u. says italy needs to rein in spending to cut debt european commission declaring today that the government is in breach of a huge balls of debt and inviting euro zone countries once more to examine its assessment in two weeks if they agree you know launch a special procedure that could result in fines. if push comes to shove and brussels begins an excessive deficit procedure. then italy could face a fine as high as three point five billion euros brussels is insisting the southern european country it hears to e.u. budget rules and it's turning up the pressure. to. keep. the. but so far italy is not changing course the government wants to deliver on campaign promises which include early retirement and increased spending on social services the problem is italy's debt as high as one hundred thirty percent of gross domestic product only greece has an even higher debt level e.u. regulations cap any country's debt at sixty percent of annual economic output financial markets are alarmed front p

sanctions that's how how it's invision and the e.u. maintains that this is going to happen although it's not operational today but what we have seen is an exodus of european companies and some very big german companies among them deciding that simply their bottom line cannot support being in a confrontation with washington and that whatever losses they have to take by cutting contracts in iran and and possibly annoying brussels is going to be worth it teri schultz reporting there on the e.u. reaction to the latest sanctions on iran and the united states and meanwhile democrats and republicans are making their final appeals to voters ahead of the midterm elections which take place tomorrow cheers days poll is widely seen as a referendum on donald trump's administration widespread dissatisfaction over the trump presidency has fueled a surge and women and minority candidates standing for election across the u.s. and now in a deeply conservative texas one woman is hoping to channel that discontent into an election victory and a seat in the

you know italy of course is projecting the budget the budget will spur growth but the e.u. saying it has yet to really see where that growth is coming from who's right in this case. i mean the government argues that because it is an expansionary fiscal policy basically it is injecting cash in the economy so we should see some sort of short term boost in growth now what they are not mentioning is that because they are losing financial markets along the way and interest rates are increasing this is having ripple down effects into the economy and we are already seeing borrowing costs for households for firms go up and indeed to italy is resenting recession growth has already been slowing and the budget is not even approved yet. we often talk about this crisis in the context of the greek crisis that started in two thousand and nine but this is different right this seems so political it is it is indeed you're right it is conversely from greece greece was an economic crisis but with a lot of political will on both sides the greek government and the euro zone to find a solution to

also coming up british prime minister theresa may says aggressive talks with the e.u. over the next seven days will be critical but will she survive the rebellion at home. and in tennis the new kid on the court twenty one year old german alexander set of wins the a.t.p. finals for the first time defeating world number one novak djokovic she will be the best moments from a traumatic. time series so much going to thank you for joining us the leaders of hong kong's pro-democracy movement have gone on trial for their roles in mass protests in the territory and twenty fourteen they have been charged with creating a public nuisance if convicted they could go to prison for seven years all have pleaded not guilty more than one hundred pro-democracy activists gathered outside the court to show their support for the defendants carrying the umbrella identified with the protesters now four years ago tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets for nearly three months to protest against what they said was chinese interference in hong kong's election. you spoke to one of t

but i don't think you can say that on behalf of the e.u. if look what you what mark riley said. was fed up with us. then we would not have any new chapters so and and we do have new chapters being constantly opened and that the trend is that we are going towards the e.u. well that's not a role it is a president micro who said what we've seen over the past fifteen years is a path that has weakened europe every time we think of enlarging it and i don't think we do a service to the count of countries or ourselves by having a mechanism that in a way no longer has rules and keeps moving towards more enlargement and though that was hardly welcoming you with both the rosary and i agree with president mccrone one hundred percent i do not think that enlargement in the past was particularly successful i think the likely to be with you can do anything at all lightly with you and i think that the consequence of that kind of accession to the e.u. is that the country whose accessing the e.u. is weaker because its economy cannot compete its agriculture ca

after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal back in may the e.u. says it regrets their reintroduction of the measures will affect all areas of the iranian economy including the oil and financial sectors iranian markets like this are where economic reality rubs up against real lives the mere threat of sanctions has seen food prices here double in just a year shuttered store front speak to the hardship i'm going to do is directed closer to home all about the he could team up because these disasters are inflicted on the people by our government i don't recall and the thousand trumps can't do anything to us there's no mention of support. i mean. the effects are felt beyond the bazaar with iran's oil and finance sectors washed it major international companies are withdrawing from tehran at this advertisement business they have had to sack several staff. that's really heart breaking it's heart breaking for the people that we talk to to say that look i'm so sorry there is no business and therefore if there's no business i cannot give you a job they've stu

they will set the country back to square one the e.u. says twenty seven members indorsed the deal in brussels on sunday after months of torturous discussions. a moment of relief for theresa may the british prime minister has delivered against the odds after nearly two years of negotiations may end the e.u. have agreed on the terms of their divorce she took the opportunity to remind critics of her conviction tell us what's really going through those research that reaching a break to agreements that work for both sides was an impossible task from the start i rejected that counsel of despair and such about negotiation a deal. it worked for the u.k. and give one that delivers on the results of the referendum on sessions on calls for a prosperous future while maintaining a close relationship with our friends and neighbors. but her victory could be short lived may must now sell the plan to a divided british parliament so far she doesn't have a majority to pass it and some m.p.'s from her own party have vowed to vote against it the european uni

says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies of weight in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and german borrowing costs which is one measure of investor confidence continues to widen the cherone based hume foundation says government and corporate bones and italian stock exchange losses have totaled more than one hundred seventy five billion euros since the government took office in may this process is going to have a very bad effect on italy on the part of that and so on italian savings italy's more than two trillion euro debt is already the highest in europe. when it comes to getting around cities not even the latest tech can beat the humble bicycle and announce it out for example is there any way to get around but people that know that bikes have one major drawback they're very easy to steal and once again tech is playing its part. every bicycle can be stolen no matter how well it is locked up but in amsterdam a city in which there are more bikes than residents a group of people has come up with a unique business idea the throat. is the bigg

parliament will reject this bill you will not have an e.u. that says look then let's wait for a couple more months until the until a cliff edge breaks that they will say ok let's see what we can do but there is minimal wiggle room that can actually be offered from the you site. reporting for us from brussels thanks very much for that. now to some of the other stories making news around the world syrian state television says at least forty one people are being treated following a suspected always in gas attack by insurgents on the go on tell city of the left or doctors say most patients are suffering from breathing problems and blurred vision. in taiwan is to be to write suffered a major setback with voters overwhelmingly opposing same sex marriage and supporting the removal of sex related content from school textbooks a landmark court ruling in twenty seventeen have left taiwan set to become the first asian region to legalize gay marriage. u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that he's reached a deal with mexico to make asylum seekers wait

the for a foreign secretaries a former foreign secretary if i said this looks like a vassalage to the e.u. says anything that keeps britain very close to the european union like the customs union where then britain's wouldn't be able to do its own traders around the world which is something that him and i was great city is hoping for that this could give britain a competitive advantage towards the e.u. anything that prohibits that is completely unacceptable and if this is to be the case in this deal then they will not go with it and the question where is all the cabinet ministers resigning over this and what's parliament going to say so the labor party also has made signs of them not going to vote this year so it's going to be a really really tough sell for to resume at home for bass in london very small in the strasburg thank you both. the middle east and now militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will halt a cross border attacks if israel does the say the statement comes after the most serious upsurge in violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourtee

went to the e.u. with a proposal to say we need a bit more time to hold a referendum but we need a bit more time because we need a general election i think that the e.u. side would be amenable to live with let me just with that or go get regular brussels and you've been in the corridors of. brussels i know it's a hard question to ask but i'm just going to ask it anyway is there going to be any attitude is there going to be any move to brussels to potentially grant an extension the way john was suggested. i'd say it generally i would agree with john that there is some leeway when it comes to the issue of time however there is a big problem here the european elections are coming. this summer and the closer we get to the deadline of the european elections where if the u.k. would still be a member they would be. allowed to run in these elections now you have parties like ukip who came out very strongly from the european elections very keen that if the u.k. would still be a member they would want to run an

make him back to the e.u. and said look if you make a few changes so is that provision entirely out of the window now all it is still a bit of a wait and watch scenario. before answers that. let me just quickly say there is one exception when it comes to piece of advise how what should british parliament should do and that was the dutch prime minister today who said if i where an m.p. in the british parliament i would vote in favor of this deal so you did get some some advice coming here from brussels when it comes to the wriggle room there is the two austrian chancellor for instance was very clear about a number of other e.u. leaders as well he said there is no leeway we have we have worked extremely hard on this we have made compromises this is the best we can we can offer to the u.k. and he doesn't see what else should be done personally i think if it would come to this i would see some room maybe regarding the timing we've been talking about that but also a bit of fluffy language here and there but when it

brussels says the budget breaks e.u. spending rules and could impose fines worth billions of euros. u.k.sa may is urging lawmakers to embrace her brexit plan after european union leaders signed off the deal. 27 other nations took less than 40 minutes to improve the agreement with theresa may saying it will go before the house of commons before christmas. is theficials say it best outcome for all sides and there will be no renegotiation if british mp's reject the deal. >> before christmas mp's will vote on this. it will be one of the most significant votes in many years. it will depend whether we move forward together into a brighter future or opened the door to more division and uncertainty. dealam in favor of this because this is the best deal possible for written. -- britain. kingdom the united [indiscernible] unionthe european [indiscernible] closed the star -- a street in crimea. trait in crimea. pressure use all necessary measures to stop the ships from entering the water. there was an emergency cabinet meeting, and they spoke to nato and the european union. reports from japan

europe's trade commissioner says syria says the e.u. is ready to fire back if president trump imposes new terrors on cars exported to the united states she said that brussels has a list of retaliatory measures ready if the strong follows through on his long standing threat aimed at european carmakers steps could target agriculture and other sectors but was monstrance expressed hope they could be avoided to toss on trump has repeatedly threatened to impose an extra twenty five percent levy on all cars and trucks coming into the u.s. . italy is borrowing costs continue to surge as its budget dispute with the e.u. is growing more acute on wednesday italy once again refused to cut down on its proposed deficit spending something that the european union had insisted on in light of italy's already huge deadlock now rome is facing possible disciplinary measures from brussels that could involve billions and. as tensions between the e.u. and italy rise so just the cost of italian borrowing investors in other words want more for their money it's n

too close to the e.u. they really think this is a capitation and that's the reason they has given much too much to the demands of the e.u. is what they say however industry they are happy because what they want to avoid is a no deal scenario where they crash at the end of march next year and businesses will be unprepared for something like that because everything has been tied into the e.u. so they have been putting a lot of pressure on tourism eighty two really of this and they have made happy noises so far ok but battle lines being drawn there in general in britain so from a brussels perspective is briggs it finally on track. well terry after years of negotiation they agreed on something they agreed on five hundred eighty five pages that's how how. how big the withdrawal agreement is an especially and that's the important a crucial part backstop for the to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland it's sort of an insurance policy and up until the end we did not know what it exactly would b

genie: the e.u. says it agreed in printable to a text setting out its relationship with the u.k. a statement from the summit chair says a deal has been agreed on a negotiators level and the political level subject to the endorsement of leaders coming in to sign that deal three days from now. spain is threatening to oppose it unless it gets assurances over the disputed peninsula of gibraltar. this isn't the first time the rock of gibraltar has been fought over. major boneong been a of contention in anglo-spanish relations known as the rock gibraltar has been a military base since 1713. -- to be held and enjoyed forever without any exception and .mpediment whatsoever gibraltar hass the right to decide its own agree.and gibraltarians in a referendum, they voted overwhelmingly to stay with britain. in 2002, 90 9% of the electorate voted against a proposal for joint u.k. sovereignty. gibraltar enjoys a tax haven status that made it a center for finance and online gaming and a considerably higher gdp than its neighbor. thousands of spaniards cross the border into your browser every day

i'd say not probably not in the next coming weeks i expect a declaration where the e.u. will try to make some points make it as clear as possible but without doubt it will contain fluffy elements it will not be what to reason they would like from it frictionless guarantee for a very close relationship maybe even the wording of of a free trade zone what she would in visage and it will also of from the e.u. side a most likely not include all the controversial points that are left for instance the question of the broader british territory close to spain something where spain has threatened to call off this entire deal or vision write something very close to the hearts of the dutch and the french so i think we will not find too many details in the political declarations while both sides are trying to push in things so they don't have to talk about them later now do we expect the e.u. leaders to sign off on this deal on that all important summit on sunday i mean is it for sure that the summit will go ahead on sunday i'd say that is my expectation because look from the e.u. si

the e.u. is saying this should be extended to 2022. italy' populist religion is ready to talk abouts their budget, but the e.u. says it must remain in place. luigi says the government is ready to eradicate wasteful programs but the basic reform plan will stay. brussels is expected to reject that when issues of a review of the spending plans wednesday. the european union is working on new rules to prevent foreign investment in red -- amid increasing security concerns with china. the legislation may be announced tuesday which will include how far e.u. members can push concerns with their peers. early germany was blocked from buying a robot maker. spacex is not planning to upgrade its workhorse, instead making the second stage reusable. elon musk said the market will have -- the rocket will have minor changes to improve reliability. they will focus on the falcon heavy booster with an accelerated design program he said is delightfully counterintuitive. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 j

what the e.u. is doing and what it is saying today are two different things we know that the european union maintains that it is setting up this special purpose vehicle is what it calls it a way of making alternative payments that would hopefully in mind by pass u.s. sanctions and allow commerce to continue with tehran that's their goal and that's what they say they're doing but today you wouldn't have known it spokespeople today from the council to the commission are saying this is a stay tuned moment you've heard what we're planning and today we're just going to basically wait for things to play out they were definitely not making any any loud statements today about. the sanctions which make things very much more difficult for the european commission to accomplish its goals of keeping the iran deal together both the nuclear deal and the business deals that european companies are now doing with tehran and there are so many business deals terry when most european companies that are here to the u.s.

and e.u. spokesmen said the good progress had been made during the meeting but that work is ongoing and here's what may had to say after meeting with younger we've had a very good meeting this evening we've made further progress and as a result we've given sufficient direction to our negotiators i hope for them to be able to resolve the remaining issues and that work will start immediately i now plan to return for further meetings including with president on saturday to discuss how we can bring to a conclusion this process and bring it to a conclusion in the interests of all our people. so may is to return to brussels for more talks with younger and e.u. officials and you have you brussels bear chief max wolf-man is standing by with the very latest on those developments so max what are those remaining issues that maids talking about here. you know sara we were quite surprised to hear that she was coming about to go on saturday to continue those negotiations because basically the text for the p

british prime minister to resign they says the next seven days will be critical to talks with the e.u. after last week's withdrawal agreement the two sides are now working to finalize a declaration on their future relationship. and watching t.w. news live from more coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime you can get all the information around the clock on our web site that's t w dot com thanks john . odd. how can we free the pacific ocean from plastic waste. a young dutchman is pointing the way to use it for a world full of plastic trash floating off the coast of california is ocean cleanup system is like a truck for the one who sees the maneuver not her daughter's risks. his mission succeed. tomorrow to the next. what traditional gender roles against intersexuality same sex marriage and the meat to the base. power society's view of sex change you. think that we should not push ourselves to strong goals. could we be nearing the abolition of gender in forty five minutes of the. continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers it's true potential. inventors ent

between saying your poor and e.u. between indonesia and australia and you that means. spreading we are spreading this philosophy that is so important as. a loss of. lives that europe's banks are waiting with bated breath for the results of the latest. stress test on the financial sector the reports tests the resistance of the banking sector in the eventuality of a heavy crash the london based european banking authority and the european central bank put forty eight european lenders under the microscope together those accounts for more than seventy percent of bank assets across the eurozone among. eight german banks including the country's biggest lender dortch and six french lenders for each from italy and from the u.k. . let's bring in a man who's stress tested on a daily basis by me and my colleagues here in the studio down here in france with that what is this stress test good for and what exactly is being tested there. that was a good one garrett finally somebody was understanding me. but anyway let's talk about the lenders and their stress tests and investor compar

says that's not acceptable given italy's enormous mountain of debt the biggest in real terms in europe actually italy however is the euro zone's third largest economy and the second largest manufacturer in europe but despite the country's potential italian economic growth has been weak and it's been lagging behind used average new government hopes the tax cuts will change that. more debt could have caused jeopardize italy's credit worthiness and even put to the entire eurozone at risk earlier we spoke to german economy stupid stock the e.c.b. former chief economist and i asked him what was likely to happen next here's what he told us at a certain point in time there will be a showdown the question is whether the government will hit the wall with the u. commission or other european institutions or with the markets i personally expect that the you with situations will stand firm not to give you know at this stage at least second that. rating downgrades will follow and credit spreads will widen further so in the end the italian government will have no choice than to soften its stance to s

say they will do everything possible to keep the agreement alive moscow insists tehran has been in full compliance with the treaty china says the u.s. must respect its right to trade with tehran israel though as welcomed decision. alison's of demonstrators across the globe are expected to take to the streets on monday for the million mom march the protest is led by hacktivist group anonymous and has been held every year since twenty thirty remember remember that this. coming to a different sort of. like the organizer of the million mosque march in washington d.c. told us about the main goals of the annual protest what we try to achieve year to year is to simply raise awareness we understand that things will not change overnight but we try to get. out there on the streets voicing their opinions about things that happened in the last year things that have been going on for many years and just try to spread awareness so more people know about it and we can try to get change that would be completely you know. still going on the view or you get out there with as voice your opinions leader wo

northern ireland is not really a backstop but it's a blueprint for the future relationship and they say. it's almost like a picture lation so a lot of negative feedback here from industry from british business there's been a positive feedback but because for what they want to achieve is really they don't want to crash out of the for them this is the absolute nightmare scenario is that their companies at the end of march next year will not know what the rules are so they hope that this is a step in the right direction but law a lot of hurdles still to overcome for trees are made. in the right direction a sigh of relief i would think for you negotiators from a brussels perspective is finally on track. sigh relief is probably a little too much michel barnier the chief negotiator of the e.u. commission was asked exactly how you felt he said he was still sad about bragg's it but yes this is a step in the direction that the e.u. had hoped for and they agreed on something they agreed on five hundred eighty five pages that's how comprehensive this withdrawal agreement is and especially as bill

says the proposal is an expensive miscalculation it's the first time that a member state's budget has been rejected by the block the italians now have until november thirteenth to resubmit. the father of the world wide web says the internet is broken but that he has a plan to fix it speaking at the website. tech conference in lisbon this week tim berners lee said that there's been a big change in the web since he invented it nearly thirty years ago his foundation has released a new contract for the web with guidelines for companies governments and individuals to protect an open web the contacts will be published in may next year at a moment when half the world's population is expected to be online now it's been described as the greenest country on the planet three quarters of bhutan is covered by thick forests to rare wildlife but as the country continues to develop it's struggling to find new ways to balance economic growth with the protection of the environment and a serious need barco reports it is a window on a time before humans return is the only carbon negative country in the w