freedom of art. a multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely. d.w. don't come to freedom. as still every news coming to laws from berlin the divisions over immigration and bricks that threaten the emu show of unity leaders meeting in brussels clash over migrant quotas and the meeting is overshadowed by the only going to accept talks.

also coming up fury in argentina left wing protesters are against pension reforms and those with pension reform protest falling violent causing parliament to suspend debate but president more research says the alternative could be out of control inflation. and into the so-called net neutrality in the u.s. the government says it's cutting red tape that throttles innovation but users fear this is going to throttle their freedom to access data at the speed they want. and as israel looks forward to it seventieth anniversary we will back at german israeli relations that are defined by the darkest chapter in german history. i'm sorry harmon welcome to the show thanks for joining me. elaters meeting in

brussels are heading for an showdown over the issue of migration european council president called a mandatory quota for refugees quote highly divisive and ineffective but germany's angela merkel has responded by saying member states can't just pick and choose when it comes to burden sharing and solidarity migration crisis is not the only controversial issue on the agenda one other difficult topic as. this was the happy moment of the summit leaders celebrated the start of closer defense cooperation which might lead to something that a few years ago it seemed unattainable a real defense union today this dream becomes a reality we are launching permanent structure of cooperation so-called. which is a practical expression. to build a european defense but right after the happy moment the german chancellor seemed to

have a word with two sgt nobody said what it was about but one thing seemed certain medical wasn't happy about comments on a mandatory refugee quota the council president had called the quota divisive and ineffective some agreed but the chancellor had a rather different view on. this i made it very clear that i'm not happy about the simple statement that the regulations we have aren't working solidarity has more than an external dimension we also need it internally and that's where we have a lot of work left to do because the different positions have not changed. in the pictures like these from two thousand and fifteen are not forgotten migrants trying to make it to europe it's still the most contentious issue in the e.u. more trouble on other topics is looming though until now the twenty seven member

states that will remain part. the e.u. displayed rock solid unity on the backs at negotiation front and it's virtually certain they will give the green light to start pace two of that process on friday it will be about discussing future relations with the united kingdom. talking about the ambitious and deep and special partnership that i want to build with the european union for the future and on the security issue i'm very clear that although the british people to suffer in decision to leave the e.u. that does not mean that we were going to be leaving our responsibilities in terms of european security but those talks will mainly be about trade not security that's when national interests will come into play it might spell more trouble for the european union and fewer happy moments. of war i'm joined now by correspondent in brussels good morning let's start with what they did manage to

agree on closer cooperation when it comes to defense tell us more about that indeed twenty five countries signed a pact to integrate their military capacities their defense forces now for decades what can almost say this was blocked by the u.k. over fears it might create a structure in in competition to nato for instance or even create the basis of a european army now that. leaders have ruled out but they do want to fund together they want to deploy together forces they want to cooperate more on the defensive in the defensive field for instance when it comes to buying military equipment which so far each european countries doing individually and in the future they could work together on that front save a lot of money and so the summit started with a show of unity here all right let's talk about the sticking points there's little agreement on migration what's going to happen there. it's

a very difficult field and so chancellor merkel just after midnight had had to say you know we have a lot of work to do in that field you basically have the former communist east countries in the east of europe who are refusing to take in refugees who are refusing to participate in the mechanism of relocation as it's called where you would take refugees from those countries who carry the strongest burden in the refugee crisis and still do with people coming in for instance italy and greece you would take people and relocate them to other european countries they are resisting that idea even more so to find a permanent mechanism to do organize that in the future and so it may be that in the months and years to come we'll have to see a majority vote away where that decision is pushed through ok meanwhile britain's prime minister tourism a try to put on a confident show despite

a setback for breakfast in the british parliament let's have a listen so disappointed with the amendment but actually the withdrawal bill is making good progress through the house of commons and we're on course to deliver on the bracks it. remind us what was that disappointment and how might it affect these talks. a common slogan during the press referendum was taking back control in this case it was politicians taking back control theresa may face a rebellion from within her own party where some of her party members backed a motion so that the poly would will have the final say on bret's it now. seeing that the european parliament for instance will also have a final say there's a number of institutions that will have a to give a green light if ever we will see a deal on the table will that change the european position dramatically the simple

answer is no the european position has always been no cherry picking for the u.k. and that remains to be the case even after that defeats for two reason may. stay there for us in brussels for a second one to come back here in a moment but with all this bracks at talk threatening to dominate the summit we need to talk about something else ministers are going to be making time for other things like crucial in finance reforms and for that i'm joined by our business anchor helena humphrey helena so what's going on here walk us through this all right what essentially what happened was last week the e.u. commission president put forward a set of reforms to overhaul the euro zone to ward off financial crisis in the future these reforms were spearheaded by the french president. cheering his campaign essentially what they include is a euro zone finance minister for the nineteen member states which would probably be the head of the euro group wearing two hats a little bit confusing there and also a european monetary fund currently the stability mechanism exists that countries

must agree through a unanimous vote to release funds in the case of financial crisis in a member state this would be through a majority vote and then there's also the idea of a euro zone budget essentially raising the question of who would have a final say over an individual country's financial budgets you could see it as a lot to be talked about that today in brussels but let's take a closer look sara now at those euro zone reform proposals and some of the concerns . greek protesters calling for an end two years of a sterile sea thursday's twenty four hour strike was the laces show of opposition to cuts imposed largely as a condition of the country receiving loans from its european creditors the latest protests come at a time when the e.u. is contemplating its future especially with britain preparing to leave the bloc european commission presidential include young couple leaves the solution is closer integration his vision involves introducing

a euro zone budget to forge closer ties between member states appointing a joint finance minister to monitor and coordinate income and expenditure and establishing a permanent european monetary fund for emergency to protect euro zone countries from crises but those plans have split countries and even germany the e.u.'s biggest economic power has voiced reservations the idea is to discuss a range of topics on friday with a further summit in june to table concrete decisions the european commission president will have his work cut out for him if he's to reawaken people's passion for europe. are some big proposals on the table what's poland and brussels we've heard this before european budget office the finance minister that would be a huge step closer toward a unified european union but how realistic is this. don't

expect any fireworks today from this meeting of the council president basically invited leaders to share their vision for the single currency for the euro zone and that is exactly what they will do there will be no council conclusions. any concrete decisions have been postponed to a summit in summer two thousand and nineteen there is a large consensus has said on the idea to make the eurozone more resilient to economic shocks there is large consensus to work on the banking union and creating a firewall for financial crisis and even there is a large consensus to create a european monetary fund but even these two are ideas for the future today will be an open discussion of what could be achieved in the near future discussion and indeed they point out that resistance to these ideas did represent

a north south divide why would gemini be so strongly opposed to these ideas exactly he said this geographical simplification basically boils it down to the do it to an old situation we have seen in the euro zone a number of times and that is that the rich countries in the north are reluctant to share risks in the eurozone budget for instance with the indebted countries in the south and that is basically the main reason why germany is resisting ideas a lot of money put together and then bail out or. be transferred to countries that have more debts it's the eurozone is not a transfer union that has been the argument from the german site all right this is having overtones of the correct. thanks for walking us through what all is new again in brussels. have been violent clashes between protesters and police in

argentina the government's planned overhaul of pensions the rioting was so severe that it forced the congress in what desirous to suspend debate over the reforms president no resale mockery says they're needed to bring the country's deficit under control and curb worryingly high inflation as opponents though say this all started dr will leave millions of people worse off. shiri in buenos aires protest is demand the government keep its hands off their benefits trade unionists took de coles to the streets of argentina's capital bought them march descended into violence on wrist fueled by unpopular reforms i'm just cutting the country's high deficit and reviving its economy. on video to meet their end of the previous government we received two pension increases that helped us

keep our dignity i mean. we. go the former government gave to the farmers to the minorities they gave to everyone but the new president is taking from the poorest and giving to the richest. the unrest outside spilling inside to forcing argentina's congress to suspended a bank over the reforms president merissa machree has been on something of an austerity drive in his two years in the job aside from tax and labor of forms machree is also trying to change how pension payments are calculated something expected to save billions but the opposition and labor unions say millions of retirees and people on benefits will end up with less money and unpopular oval hole that people here will hit aaj and tina's most vulnerable. here's a look now some of the other stories that are making news around the world two

nephews of venezuela's first lady have been sentenced to eight years in prison in the united states a new york court found they conspired to import cocaine into the u.s. nephews of silly a flores venezuelan president nicolas maduro wife tried to make twenty million dollars their drug trafficking helped keep their family in power. poison germany have launched raids on properties linked to suspected members of the so-called islamic state. officers searched multiple locations of berlin and other parts of eastern germany the raids targeted four individuals three of whom are believed to still be in the us how the territory. the head of the islamist militant group hamas has called for fresh global protests against donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital speaking in gaza city at an event commemorating the group's thirtieth anniversary ismail haniya demanded that the islamic world make every friday

a day of anger. german president frank loesser steinmeyer will today be attending the launch of celebrations as israel prepares to mark its seventieth anniversary next year here's a look back at german israeli relations defined by the darkest chapter in german history. the whole accost the murder of around six million jews under the nazis has always been the defining feature of german israeli relations that crime against humanity links the two countries in a special relationship the criminals and the victims. after the end of the second world war and of the show on there was a drive to form an independent jewish nation. in may of one thousand nine hundred eight in tel aviv david ben-gurion proclaimed the state of israel. in one thousand nine hundred fifty one for the first time west german chancellor out an hour

describe the holocaust as an unspeakable crime against jews he promised moral and material reparations in the years that followed economically thriving germany supported still poor israel not only with money but with arms. but the past had yet to be resolved there were angry protests on the streets of israel when west germany sent its first ambassador there in one thousand sixty five it took a while for him to be accepted our relations were only gradually normalized. then in september of one thousand nine hundred two the massacre at the munich olympics palestinian terrorists took the leaven israeli athletes hostage all were killed in the catastrophe and the mourning for the victims brought the two countries closer together. political relations were also normalized in march of two thousand and eight german chancellor angela merkel spoke to the israeli parliament and offered

assurances of lasting support either going with with you every german government on the front and every chancellor before me has been committed to germany's special historical responsibility for israel's security that today mutual criticism and clear expressions of opinion are just as much a part of relations as mutual respect both sides accept that german israeli relations will always remain very special. with me in the studio now is our political correspondent charlotte potts show it welcome a very special relationship one that's fundamentally defined by the horrors of the past what is the defining german israeli relationship nowadays is you mentioned the horrors of the past i mean we're talking about the holocaust horrific events and many question in the beginning what if any relationship could have with germany and that changed over the last decades israeli german relations became very very close

especially on an exchange side there lots of cultural exchanges germany's funding scientific research in israel is funding submarines for the military is having a huge bilateral trade with east so a lot of relations on those sides but also politically germany has always backed up ease rail has always been behind israel and as we just saw she was first german politician to speak in front of these really parliament nearly ten years ago that was something very special but in the past years there has also been quite some criticism towards israel from germany because of settlement program and because of its critical crackdown on and this is something that the german government sees very critical and actually in the beginning of the year and. cancel of government consultations in israel so relations are not at its best at the moment and of course trumps decision to acknowledge jerusalem as israel's capital sparked

worldwide outrage and protest what's the german stance on that well i mean first of all the chancellor strongly condemned move she said it was something that was unnecessary and just protests around the world germany stance is that there should be a two state solution israel and palestine and that within those negotiations for a two state solution one should talk about the status of jerusalem as a capital who had belongs to germany as always. itself as a mediator in the process the european union as well but the chancellor has also stressed that germany can not be the main negotiator that the us has to be there as a neutral negotiator so to say and at the moment there is a lot of well frustration on this side because they know that trump's decision now lets to a two state solution really not being any being there any time soon

a couple days ago these images of arab protesters burning in israeli flag here in berlin went viral these images shocked a lot of people. how concerned are israeli diplomats and jewish groups in germany about rising levels of anti-semitism right they have a lot of concern and rightfully so i mean there was those were images that were seen so far in germany mostly palestinians burning israeli flags. has said there should be a very harsh crackdown on those protests to the flags israeli diplomats and. and jewish leaders are very concerned not only because of that but also because of the rise of anti-semitism we've seen the nationalists you know phobic alternative for germany coming into probably amend and they've questioned the existence of israel of that was in the german national interest if germany should atone for its past so these are things that jewish leaders are very concerned about a lot to be concerned about that charlotte parts are political correspondent thank

you thanks for having me. well in the us federal communications commission has reversed net neutrality rules championed by former president barack obama they barred providers from blocking or slowing access to content or charging consumers more now the move is part of u.s. president donald trump's push to scale back regulation in many economic sectors. net's neutrality rules banned internet providers from giving preferential treatment to certain websites after the f.c.c. vote that seems to be a thing of the past. the ending of net neutrality has been met with fury by millions of internet users both online through social media. and offline at this protest outside the f.c.c. headquarters they say consumers will be forced to stump up the costs of say paying

for faster access to their favorite sites or even paying to access certain websites that all. say it will saddle content platforms with costs that they will be forced to pass on to their consumers the chairman of the f.c.c. saying it's not the role of the regulator to dictate to business models to the market it is not the job of the government to be in the business of picking winners and losers in the internet economy we should have a level playing field and let consumers decide who prevails action but for democrat commissioner minion cliburn it signals a dereliction of duty to the public can plainly see that a soon to be toothless of c.c. is handing the keys to the internet the internet one of the most remarkable empowering enabling inventions of our lifetime over to a handful of multi-billion dollar corporations the companies argue they need the

money internet users are demanding faster connections for ever more devices and that infrastructure will add to billions in costs to their balance sheets that has already been legal opposition to the ruling but for now it's a victory of light touch regulation over big government of corporate america over the average internet user. so watching movies on the web may become more difficult in the united states soon and in the meantime internet giant disney is propping up its online business now disney announced it was spending fifty two billion dollars to buy a chunk off a twenty first century fox the deal will see disney take over its film and t.v. studios as well as cable and international t.v. operations disney is hoping the addition of fox's assets could help promote streaming services as and. companies struggle to compete with online services before the buyout fox will separate its broadcasting network and stations into a new lift a company that will then be spun off to show its. leaders have

agreed to extend tough economic sanctions against russia for another six months the first imposed the sanctions off to the malaysia airlines flight m.h. seventeen were shot down over ukraine following russia's annexation of crimea in twenty forty businesses within the e.u. have criticized the measures saying that they've cut off a significant source of revenue right back to sara now what can only be discard described as a tragic day in from a really sad day indeed at least four children have been killed in southern france after a train collided with their school bus force of the impact sport that bus into it was carrying around twenty students from secondary school and no one on the train was hurt but those passengers and crew are being offered psychological care on their way home from school secondary students on this bus ripped in half by

a train on a level crossing dozens of emergency rescue workers were deployed to the french prime minister also rushed to the scene. the three stars feel a deep sense of sadness as well and it's something that's shared by everybody who's been directly or indirectly affected by this accident. the accident occurred late thursday afternoon in the small village of mia close to france's border with spain the bus was taking around twenty students home off to school when the regional train smashed into it on this crossing at a speed of around eighty kilometers per hour french president emmanuel mccann tweeted his condolences. my thoughts are with the victims and families of these terrible school bus accident risk you services have been fully my belies to help.

investigations are under way to work out exactly how the crash happened it was francis facial rail incident in the past four years. will turn into something a little lighter now as many offices and schools hold their christmas parties along those who is also getting into the festive spirit santa brought the zoo's furry and feathered residents some early treats in festive stockings and gift wrapped boxes. that looks like they're enjoying those gifts. or minder of the top stories we're following for you this hour divisions over migration are overshadowing a meeting of. the european council president calling mandatory quotas a highly divisive and ineffective leaders are also expected to agree to start the

next phase of negotiations later today. news you're up to date i'm sara harmon in berlin thanks for watching i'll see you at the top of the. it's in to sneak in the food industry. is business did it effect movement meat minds the freak the team's first win in what seemed like forever. off to buy

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