instruments that steer us and whoever can control these feelings has great power over us. the rhythms instead of feelings measuring emotion starting december sixteenth on t w. this is the w. news live from berlin a test of unity for the us the latest summit gets underway in brussels the twenty eighth they are being asked to reach consensus on the difficult topics of migration and european council president says they should prepare for a bruising battle also on the program the tragedy that should never have happened

six months after more than seventy people were killed in a. london britain the victims. vladimir putin mocks allegations that russia meddled in the u.s. election at his annual the news conference russia's president also claimed to be puzzled by what's going on in the u.s. . i'm phil welcome to the program may you leaders of meeting from summers in brussels could be heading for a showdown over the issue of migration in the run up to the meeting a you council president donald tusk a call for the quota system about refugees are supposed to be distributed across the block to be scrapped describing it by safe and effective germany's chancellor angela merkel said countries could not show selective solidarity another difficult

topic on the agenda today so much will be. well d.w. correspondent masses is. welcome again ok so leaders still trying to find common ground on the migration issue can we expect anything concrete to come out of this. no council conclusion foreseen on the debate of migration of fill so it will be in much of a fin formal debate over the route that has been going on for two years now their spin some concrete announcements however the number of eastern european countries former communist countries who are very much opposed to taking in refugees have announced that they would like to donate twelve thirty five million euros into an african e.u. fund that helps that aims to curb migration already in africa and that has been welcomed by a number of leaders who arrived here but i'm glad america has many others also pointed out that selective solidarity is nothing that will move europe forward she

said it's good that we strengthen the external borders but we also need to show solidarity within the european union when it comes to relocation of the average east so let's talk more about the two years they have been talking about migration let's hear from the president of the european council donald tosk on this divisive issue. that divides with. and sorry for the geographical simplification. between love and love when it comes to migration. between east and west. these divisions are compounded by emotions. who each make it through to find even a common language and russian argument for the day and this is life we should. even more intensively and more effectively than before. matters how likely are you

leaders to find a common language it does seem to be these three european countries against the rest of them and. i think the council president is very accurate when he says this is an emotional debate although having said that one needs to say as well that he didn't help a great deal in his invitation letter to your leaders to say that the so far the relocation a mechanism has failed basically in the sense of stating the obvious but declaring it as as failed is another thing so yes it will be very difficult to paper over the differences here they are very much emotional for these eastern european states it's all about not taking in refugees it's mainly for cultural reasons because for religious reasons because they are predominantly muslims on the other hand everyone agrees on strengthening accidental borders so it will stem the massive flow of refugees we've seen during the refugee crisis and working out

a mechanism how to relocate people who have already made it into the european union will be the key challenge of all leaders in the months weeks maybe years to come. masses in the process we'll leave it there we managed to get through it without talking about well that us. that's not going to last because britain's hope is that this summit in brussels will pave the way for the second stage of president goes ations the deal was hard fought and almost collapsed before a british prime minister theresa may and the head of the european commission announced a breakthrough charlotte chelsea has. sufficient progress sufficient progress sufficient progress the months hearing those words had been top of negotiators christmas lists the e.u. had refused one last phase to have talks until they had been sufficient progress in phase one then after a last minute scramble and a dash in the dead of night by to reason made to brussels finally

a break three negotiators have reached a deal on three key issues citizens' rights the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million e.u. citizens living in the u.k. of a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u. on how much money the u.k. owes the e.u. after some tough conversations we've now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer some forty billion euro. and all of this instantly veiled threats from each member islands the european union is a family and families stick together there's a guarantee there will be no hard border dividing island and the u.k.'s northern island. last week's deal was like christmas come early for the british prime minister now with the e.u. heads of state expected to formally approve the deal here on friday this summit was meant to be another chance for celebration instead they we're seeing something quite different this week is don't blow after blow for projects breaks it really dampening the festive spirit. london's brags that minister david davis was the

first to burst the bubble he caused on parole in brussels after indicating the u.k. could legally back out of everything promised in phase one this was a statement of intent more than anything else it was much more so that it was a legally enforceable in all opinion that is really undermining. the trust that is necessary in such negotiations the ghost of brics its future is also hanging over this summit phase one was tough enough but phase two is expected to be even tougher with the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. still to be hammered out let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead we all know that breaking up is hard but breaking up but. it's much harder and to make things worse the reason mase been forced to give parliament a very is on any final deal potentially derailing a future agreement all in all the prospects of what's ahead is drawing very little

christmas cheer of course nothing is agreed until everything is. i. say look at some other news now it's six months since at least seventy one people were killed in a fire in a high rise apartment block in central london members of the royal family and the government have been attending a memorial service in some paul's cathedral for the victims of the ground for fire but survivors complained of being neglected by government in the aftermath of the blaze the tragedy has become a byword for social inequality in the united kingdom. a moment of silence for the seventy one people who perished in ground felt our survivors and their families stood shoulder to shoulder with members of britain's royal family as well as politicians and religious leaders in a multi-faith memorial. while the service was an opportunity for quiet reflection anger the disaster is still simmering the deaths in the tower block fire

highlighted extreme disparities in living conditions between rich and poor today we remember with sorrow with grief with tears. and we pledge that those we have lost will not be forgotten. today we ask why warnings were not heeded. why a community was left feeling neglected and cared for not listened to. the fire that broke out in the middle of the night on june fourteenth quickly gutted the twenty four story building it was home to a multi ethnic community living in a poor area within one of london's riches boroughs police are investigating the fire and say charges may be brought against individuals or organizations a separate public inquiry is underway and what caused the fire and how authorities responded six months on the people affected by the fire are not only grieving many

are still without a home despite promises by prime minister to resign made that survivors would receive new homes within weeks the majority of families needing re housing are still living in emergency accommodation. not are some of the other stories making news around the world israel has closed its gaza border crossings in response to rockets fired from the palestinian play over the past week israeli military responded by launching airstrikes into the gaza strip killing two hamas gunmen as follows us president to troubles recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. and walt disney company has agreed to acquire a large part of rupert murdoch's twenty first century fox for fifty two billion dollars the deal will see disney takeover focuses film and t.v. studios as well as cable and international t.v. operations is the hopes the you move will post to bolster its streaming services. a

lot of me a person has been holding his annual marathon press conference in response to an american reporter's question about collusion between the kremlin and the trouble campaign russian president said the story had been invented and was hurting the us political system today's event comes just a week after mr putin confirmed that he would stand in next year's in next year's presidential election and he had this to say about his potential challengers. when we talk about the opposition it can't just be about politicians who make a lot of noise about an anti democratic regime the opposition has to come up with something concrete proposals on how to make our lives better. of course people are dissatisfied with a lot of things and indeed it is justified because we could have done better but when we look at the leaders of the opposition especially the non-system opposition we have our thoughts as to whether they offer a concrete alternative. let's get more from t w cosmology you're

a chateau in moscow welcome europe we just heard president putin being quite dismissive of his political opposition how do ordinary russians feel his critics. i feel well i've got the latest opinion poll from of the livaudais center that works independently it says that seventy percent of the people surveyed to that said that they would vote for vladimir putin which is still pretty high number and to most important the highest number compared to the other candidates so let me put in remains very popular here and his critics have to do a lot of piercing ating to convince of the masses with their criticism the biggest role plays certainly russian state propaganda and russia's fight against independently working media state t.v. channels praise let me putin daily we while critical reporting media have to close or are being blocked by the government russian president used his any old mother home press conference today earlier to reinforce his reputation as the country's got on to off the billeted and to blame at the same time the national position on destroying the country. this is an annual event what struck you about this

years while my highlight was at the turn of a lot of new putin's opponents stop chucker russia's first female presidential candidate who used to be a t.v. presenter here in the country and now she is a political journalist so she has joined the press conference as a reporter and asked mr putin on whether the other politician opposition politician alex in a valley was being oppressed in response let me putin reminded the audience of turbulence times that russia experienced experienced after the collapse of the soviet union and compared to the recent protests here in moscow streets with machinations of the former president of georgia mikheil saakashvili is really in russia's neighboring ukraine what would you want to dozens of running around in our streets asked chuck in response and this was the cynical answer of course and looked like a political debate offered to presidential candidates maybe

a taste of what the russians can expect during the election campaign in the next months filled euro shatter in moscow found here. actress. joined the ranks of hollywood women accusing the movie producer harvey weinstein of sexual misconduct in an opinion piece described and accused him of sexual housemate and threatening to kill her one hundred fifty women. over the past three decades. allegations consensual sex. and football. leaders by in munich were looking down lips at the prospect of windlass cologne coming to town last night with a basement but more of a fight than even their own fans might have thought possible after. started on the offensive after the break and could have taken the lead had not lost his cool.

is the final score in munich and still no room for cologne sixteen matches into the season. just a reminder of top story this hour. on migration. in the meantime of course there's always the web site. information. the penguins the stress.