this is a big. one for the twenty first century. story december second on g w. this is due every news coming to live from berlin under pressure the european union ups and see on london over leaving the blog the e.u. gives britain two weeks to agree on settling its exit bill announcing that crucial trade talks won't kick off until london delivers we'll take you to brussels for the

latest also coming up a brewing conflict in the middle east saudi arabia's newly powerful crown prince is on a mission to boost the oil kingdom's prominence but could help setting the delicate balance of power push the entire region into conflict. and a vehicle attack outside a school in the french city of toulouse a man deliberately rammed his car into a group of students and during three of them. i'm sara harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. the european union is stepping up pressure on britain over brock's it the news chief parks and negotiator michel barnier has given london a two week also made up to make clear how much it pant excuse me plans to pay when it leaves the bloc he says that these to be agreed upon before any trade talks can

start differences also remain on issues with the irish border as well as a use citizen's rights. to date news of progress and consensus from the projected brecht's of negotiations has been thin on the ground all the more surprising that the u.k.'s bricks and minister david davis came out with a distinctly positive view of the most recent negotiations there's no doubt that we have made and continue to make including this round significant progress across a whole range of issues across the board that may prove progress towards resolving some really difficult questions and that of course will continue to place between now and december in comparison comments made by davis counterpart e.u. bracks and negotiator michigan you seemed much more concerned by progress yet to be made on you compared the process to a matter of settling accounts as in any other separation and he offered

a simple answer when pressed whether the e.u. is sticking to its two week deadline for clarification or concessions from london. my answer is yes. many observers remain convinced that breaks it can't help but end in a nasty divorce there are still some who say this split doesn't have to happen at all as far as brussels is concerned as far as the treaty is concerned this country still has a free choice about whether to proceed as new facts emerge people are entitled to take a different view and there's nothing in article fifty to stop them i think the british people have the right to know this they shouldn't be misled the ball is once again in london's court if whitehall doesn't dede want to negotiate breaks it then the message from brussels is pay up. well the ws correspondent barbara vessel has been covering these talks for us from brussels barbara good to se you laura kara says that can still be stopped is that really an option. yes legally of course it is

until the divorce is comes through we can always say let's try again or you could even say i still love you a bit we shall have another go at it and stay together however it's a political question and the government in london that particular to reason may has increasingly locked herself in her clinging to power into a mechanism that sort of reinforces bricks it if we look at to date where she has said the date is exactly twenty three hours on the twenty third of march in two thousand and nineteen and that is supposed to be a law it shows that this is like a spiral that she can't really break any more she and her ministers her cabinet and the tory party are really locked into this process and for them to step away from the brink is hardly possible politically what about in the e.u. is there any feeling like maybe this doesn't have to happen or are we way past at

this point. for the e.u. basically they have accepted that this is going to happen because of the sea of course what is happening in london they see that the government is weakened that it's not really doesn't seem to be free in its decisions they also see of course that the mood in the in the united kingdom is largely sort of represented and created by a hostile press that still constantly briefs against the european union every day you just look at the headlines and you wonder how they make this up and so that is an aspect that doesn't have to be underestimated on the on the side of politicians academics economists and so on of course there is increasing despair more and more people say let's not do this it's like sitting in the back of a car and is really racing up to the abyss however nobody is stopping the car so brussels is more or less resigned to the process and the progress of the disaster

however people are now even diplomats here are saying it could be it could be happening what nobody used to say out loud before that we will end up with a hard break so it was a sort of car crash hard and barney has says that you need clarity in two weeks or what what happens in two weeks. in two rigs we have the summit and now we have the preparations for mid december we have to summit so in two weeks we need to know the conclusions will be written and so at the moment two conclusions are prepared one decision that says we will not move the talks will be stalled because britain hasn't made a compromise over money and the other varieties ok britain has made the compromise has promised to pay up but what it's due and so we will continue is trade talks in general those are the two the those are the two very at the righties

they are now being prepared in detail and before all the summit and the prime ministers and heads of state and government make up their mind what they want to do so yes time is running away time is running away and yet it feels like these talks have been going on forever i don't know about you barbara but have they made any progress is there anything concrete to show for these talks so far. this has been going on for five months now if it carries on at this pace we'll both be sitting here in two thousand and fifty and sort of going round and round in circles it's been really really fruitless i mean there has been have been tiny tiny little steps this little bit of progress on citizens' rights for instance but obvious things have sort of fall in baghdad on an island i mean there seem to be agreement there cannot be a hard border an island that britain simply ignores the necessity of a border in island breaks it and says oh it's supposed to be nonexistent it's supposed to be invisible yes but how and it hasn't offered any sort of concrete

plan or project called this could come about is so we going back and forth in sideways and progress is really absolutely minimal it's a very frustrating process and diplomats some are also say maybe we have to rethink the whole thing and aim for something else that means a deal that is known deal that deal it's like a minimum the minimum agreement and what and how we could create a future together but not the sort of really extensive negotiations that we've had before but that is still in the future it's still everything is still in place and you and i will be speaking much more in the future for now that's barbara vale in brussels thanks for the latest. let's turn to the middle east now where tensions between saudi arabia and iran are on the rise the power struggle between the two are tribals is now spilled over into lebanon on their prime minister saad hariri unexpectedly resigned while he was on a visit to saudi arabia lebanon's powerful husband launch chief is accusing saudi

arabia of detaining hariri now the u.n. and the u.s. are warning riyadh not to use the country as an arena for proxy conflicts. kuwaiti citizens heading out of lebanon their government is one of several gulf states that has ordered its people to leave the country this comes amid sharpening tensions in the region lebanon is being drawn deeper into a power struggle between arch rivals saudi arabia and iran. lebanese prime minister saad hariri is inside the arabia since he was designed last weekend accusations have been flying that the kingdom is holding him hostage for. iran backed militant group hezbollah says that amounts to a declaration of war the group is accusing saudi arabia of using lebanon as a proxy in its conflict with rival iran. that you would if your problem was with

iran why you are attacking lebanon just to preview have influence we admit that you have influence but if you think that you can defeat the lebanese resistance or its political parties who refuse to comply with you you're mistaken. lebanon's president met with the saudi envoy on friday local media reported that the president demanded harry reid's return riyadh says hariri is free to move as he wishes a claim that front supported on friday but there is no doubts that the complaint is escalating the united nations has sounded the alarm this is a matter of great concern to us and what we want is for peace to be preserved in lebanon. it is essential that no new conflict erupts in the region is going to have devastating consequences for the saudi iran rivalry is also playing out in war ravaged yemen a missile was launched from that against saudi arabia last week the united states

is now said that the missile was a rainy and. in the proxy war yemen is suffering badly now there are fears levanon. could become the next battle cry. about tobias a scholar who studies the region and is the head of the center for applied research in partnership with the orient he joins us now from darmstadt not a welcome when you look at the situation in lebanon do you see a war in the making. not really i really see an escalation in the political climate but actually to be to be to be honest i don't expect a major war i think the security apparatus in most important countries in the region and particularly in israel know very well that this war would have an unbelievable consequences that should be avoided so there might be some minor incidents here and there but i don't expect an all out war so this is all ever yet

again on this it's very crisis you mention the security apparatus in israel for those of us who aren't perhaps steeped in middle eastern politics walk us through what israel has to do with this conflict between saudi arabia and iran. well obviously hizbullah is a force that has defended against israeli invasion that is threatening israel however also in the middle east the iranians use has a lot as a defense line against any form of israeli influence in the region that the iranians do not like therefore any a school ation in the southern border or in the border between that israel wouldn't be in israel's interest and this is why i believe that the israelis won't this is a really see to see this escalating ahead of the u.s. france germany they're all urging the escalation is saudi arabia going it alone here who are their allies. as i said i think politically

political messaging can be a skill torrie while you actually don't do really anything so i think if we compare donald trump's tweets and reactions to this and the state department's statements today you can see a big difference in how people who just care about political messaging seem to like this when there are a lie with crown prince behind the fence on the side a review of those who actually do diplomacy those who actually do security politics made a call for caution and so i assume this is what we're all states should do in order for to not see this further escalate when we talk about the situation in lebanon specifically and saad hariri is it a matter of he can't go back to lebanon or he won't well that's a big that's a big question here a lot of people are saying he's basically held under house arrest others saying he's free to move but should not go back to lebanon i have to be honest here i simply cannot assess what's more accurate i think france has today said that they

don't believe he is under under house arrest and free to move but again there are so many conflicting reports that i'm humble enough to say that i am his god damn it what you don't know what want to take advantage relax the situation right now best case scenario best case scenario would simply be make sure that this doesn't translate into any form of military action call for constraints call for air each side to keep cool and to keep cool headed and make sure that the sovereignty of a country like lebanon has respect that's adnan tab a time i thank you for being with us wanted happy. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world right now germany and france have opened their first joint museum dedicated to the first world war german president fine quite a shine meyer and french president and manuel mccraw attended the opening ceremony in the french border region of alsace some thirty thousand people died in the area

during the early months of the war. russian lawmakers say they plan to make foreign media and social networks register as foreign agents this after russian state funded channel russia today so that it would comply with the u.s. demand for foreign agent registration u.s. intelligence alleges the channel was used to interfere in the presidential election . afghan officials say one policeman has been killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted a police compound they say a single bomber calls the blast in the southern helmand province no group has claimed responsibility yet. and it's looking like a transpacific trade deal will happen after all kristoffer you got that story that is right sarah an agreement put in jeopardy after the united states was drool earlier this year but now japan's economy minister told reporters that the eleven nations still committed to the trans-pacific partnership or t p p have agreed on

the basis for a new deal but that more work needs to be done so he made the announcement during an asia pacific forum in vietnam among the guests at the summit was u.s. president donald trump whose decision to withdraw from t.v. called the entire agreement into question used the opportunity to lash out as countries he uses of unfair trade practices. donald trump came to talk tough on trade and he delivered lining his position on countries this time unnamed he accuses of engaging in on what their practices. they ignored the rules to gain advantage over those who followed the rules causing enormous distortions in commerce and threatening the foundations of international trade itself he went on to express his clear rejection of previous free trade zones he said remains that don't benefit the us are thing of the past i will make bilateral trade

agreements with any indo-pacific nation that wants to be our part and that will abide by the principles of fair and research trade what we will no longer do is enter into large agreements that tie our hands surrender our sovereignty and make meaningful and forstmann practically impossible tiny's president xi jinping couldn't let that slide and challenge trumps comments albeit indirectly by expressing his support for free trade. what's your solution here change over the last few decades globalization has contributed significantly to worldwide growth. indeed it has become an irreversible historical trend. when trump withdrew from the trans-pacific partnership back in january its future was called into question but despite having their differences the eleven countries

remaining appear determined to push ahead with this without the united states. i believe that that's the best way for us there would generate wealth. and we'd be in for everybody concerned. now that america has taken the position to withdraw we respect that decision but it heaven countries let by japan we're trying to come up with new version just how the new deal will look remains unclear and the eleven nations have come up with the basis for a fresh agreement hammering at the details will be a bigger challenge. fox wagon has announced a six hundred fifty million dollar investment in argentina the money will go towards modernizing the company's operations in the town of pacheco where it's planning to build a new s.v. the german car company wants to launch several new models in latin america by the

end of the decade v.w. says the latest investment will create around two thousand five hundred jobs that's welcome news for the country's pro-business leadership which whipped to power and twenty fifteen on the promise of economic reform. financial experts are meeting in new york to discuss venezuela's economic crisis the country is on the brink of defaulting on stepped with many saying it's not a case of if but when government debt currently amounts to a hundred and fifty billion dollars and as well as one of the world's largest exporters of oil but plummeting prices and mismanagement have crippled the country . banknote that symbolizes the magnitude of venezuela's economic crisis. this month the country's president unveiled the one hundred thousand dollars bill it's worth about two dollars thank you year ago the one hundred dollars bill was the country's largest but inflation has skyrocketed the only thing growing in

venezuela these days some jest is the number of zeros on the banknotes everything else like food and medical supplies continues to shrink lack of hard currency has left the government unable to pay for imports the country's debt has become unsustainable president nicolas maduro is hoping to convince foreign creditors of his proposals for restructuring it. i don't i don't know how the investors of the world the holders of venezuelan debt i have the moral to summon a moment of them but thirteen to caracas and begin the process of refinancing. and renegotiation of the external debt. he hopes creditors will extend repayment deadlines lower interest rates and even agree to cancel debts altogether if no arrangement can be reached the country faces bankruptcy cutting it off from financial markets and unable to borrow more money meanwhile for ordinary

venezuelans the suffering continues. the virtual currency bitcoin has dropped by a thousand dollars in value in just forty eight hours that's after hitting an all time high this week on wednesday the cryptocurrency peaked at over seven thousand eight hundred dollars after the suspension of a software upgrade that could have split the digital currency into interest in big five is huge some traditional investors are staying away fearing that government regulators may crack down on the currency. and that's why a business more world news with sara thank you so much christopher three people have been injured after a car was deliberately rammed into a group of students in toulouse in france place arrest of the car's driver at the same time prosecutors say they're investigating whether he had psychiatric problems he's not known to hold any extremist views. earlier the deadliest photojournalist

chris brock went into lose he gave us this update from the scene of the attack. this seems quite in doubt a little bit the prosecutor gave a quick press conference here at the scene and he said that the dr admitted he deliberately planned this attack that he was psychologically and stable he'd been planning this attack for about a month. basically said he had voices inside him telling him to attack and it was three chinese students who were doing an m.b.a. here who are actually in jail to a severe condition so the police the prosecutor and the minister for transport who was actually in tutors today came to the scene as well and between them they said this wasn't terrorism it seems to be a psychologically unstable person who'd been planning this and that a history of low level crime so at least we know it wasn't terrorism and he wasn't in terrorism watch list he's now been he's in custody and he's like to face charges of attempted murder. of a united nations climate conference that's taking place and bomb this weekend one of the big topics there is how to protect the world's most vulnerable regions from

climate change the african continent is already feeling the effects of almost two thirds of its population dependent on the land to make a living our next report comes to us from the northeastern region of uganda it's stricken by extreme poverty and political turmoil and now the changing climate is making people's everyday wind even more difficult. the most important resource here in northeastern uganda is water but it's an increasingly short supply. temperatures in the care of merger region have been consistently rising for over thirty years causing the land to dry out and the seasons to permanently shift crops such as the staple so now fail regularly leaving people to scavenge for whatever's available. it is just desperation of hunger that forces us to eat such things when we have no sorghum we just go out into the wild and look for live. last year over half a million people face food shortages here the people of color emerging have always

lived with the punishing environment but this shift in season and temperatures is unprecedented. if the chain has more than twenty years on up all. the journeys there is significant then we can now claim a change. if the global community does not act temperatures in the region are set to rise by two point three degrees celsius by the end of the century. i'm joined now by robert dam alair i see africa energy corp matter of the world wildlife fund is also on regionally from uganda robert thanks for being with us what options do people in rural regions of uganda have to fight the issue of climate change. yeah thank you very much it's a group pleasure to. viewers to be joining in and watching and listening to us i think for me various options that people have climate change really

depend on the nature of the hazard and the risks that they face uganda for example already scientists are telling us that it has already experienced rise in temperature between one hundred sixty s. and now one point three degrees already. saw this is throwing into to the mix extreme weather. conditions including drought and and floods and you know with their straightening the ability of the local people to actually address these challenges by themselves so local people in the rural areas have no insurance for their. home noise surance for their agricultural practices and therefore it means that when the climate has it happens it really stripes them to the core. of the oceans of they have is basically

to educate them so on the very nature of risks and hazards that climate change is lead to present to their lives and then to pass on oh i just meant as well as hold the leaders. in terms of the institution of strengthening to ensure that they're in a better place to be able to deal with these climatic cause and so that's the situation in chris on the ground as you explain and the african climate topic is a big issue in bonn as well at the climate conference how was that for a specific way in bonn. so born is still happening this is only the first week. just ended so we are going into the second week and africa is hope for the whole world will really show up. and be accountable because as you understand climate change africa is very very very limited responsibility africa the average africa to meet just very very small fraction on average compared

to the global average citizen and therefore africans are expecting that their wild especially the industrial world would be able to count on their emissions because only three countries in the whole world account for more than fifty percent of global emissions that is us china and india and therefore these need to make the biggest cut and not to leave it there because we're running out of time we appreciate you weighing in on the issue for us from don that's robert m. a lawyer the africa energy corner coordinator of the world wildlife fund thank you . thanks for being with us for back top of the hour with more news and updates.

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morton is leaving the e.u. the only question is when or is it one british ship is claiming it isn't too late to call this whole breck's it thing off prime minister to resume however doesn't share about you i'm sorry harmon in berlin welcome to the day.