i p t twenty k. the dolphin. tells me and i make a few of them tell us the famous potato. this is d w news live from berlin tensions between poland and the e.u. come to a head the european union has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms it calls on democratic brussels is threatening to invoke article seven and strip poland of

that see you voting rights also coming up yemen's who the rebels take aim at a saudi royal palace with rocket fire saudi forces say they intercepted it and they point the finger at iran as the source of the rebels increased firepower. and in the german cup shelter hope to keep up their good form against cologne the home side had most of the opportunities and stay tuned to see if they found the back of the net. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us after months of tension between warsaw and brussels the e.u. may trigger a process later today to strip poland of its voting rights in the bloc last week poland's parliament adopted new reforms allowing it to effectively choose members of the country's supreme court the e.u. says this reform puts a course under political control and is a violation of. european norms poland says the moves are needed to combat

corruption in what would be an unprecedented move the european commission could invoke article seven of the e.u.'s treaty to punish warsaw for breaking its rules. let's go right to our brussels correspondent teri schultz she is standing by for us hi terry good to see you how things got this bad between warsaw and brussels well it's taken a while the european commission has been warning morris for some two years that these moves to take more control of the judiciary were simply not in line with e.u. law and not e.u. values e.u. principles and they've issued recommendations to the polish government to reverse course to change what it was doing poland has steamed right ahead and now basically the commission feels it has no choice but to take out the biggest stick in his arse it's in in in its arsenal which is article seven it says if it does not do so then what does what do the use values mean so basically what we're going to see today is the commission saying we have given warsaw as many chances as much time as we can

and this is what we're left with the nuclear option kerry let's get a better idea of what exactly it takes to trigger article seven catherine martens put together a report let's take a look. europe has mechanisms to deal with cases of delinquency and that means more than just idle threats and reprimands. should an e.u. country go against the principles of democracy then europe has no choice but to nail its colors to the mast. article several cumbered triggered by the european commission only in the case of a persistent and serious breach of the rule. it's the most radical form of sanctions within the european union and has not been applied so far. every you country must uphold basic values including freedom human dignity and the

rule of law breaches can incur real punishment but imposing sanctions is no simple process. every single member state passed if the approval of the european commission needs within the material the member states in order to trigger at augusta the thankful scot of it tough they can in cleared the suspension of voting rights. video of even one e.u. countries against imposing sanctions in article seven amounts to nothing more than empty posturing. are terry we heard catherine say this is the most radical form of sanctions in law will we see brussels move ahead with this. well we will see brussels try to move ahead with this but in the end as catherine explained it would take all twenty seven members other than poland to actually implement sanctions that could include the cutting

off of voting rights and already the hungary and government has promised warsaw it won't let that happen so the first steps we may well see move ahead that would take only twenty two countries to agree to open this monitoring period over the polish government but when it comes down to actually implementing sanctions it's very unlikely that article seven can be seen through to its to its final implementation terry what is poland saying about all this well poland has has shown remarkable resilience against the commission in going ahead in ignoring all the recommendations the commission has given it to reverse course to to tone down the tension the polish government says this is a matter of sovereignty and that the e.u. should just stay out of its judicial procedures basically poland says that these are reforms that is weeding out corruption that in fact is getting rid of some communist era era people and procedures but the council of europe has has come back at poland without and saying you're acting like a soviet government so the language has gotten very ugly as we come down to this

final stage brussels correspondent terry szell's reporting for us thank you terry now to some other stories making news around the world austria's new chancellor has met with european parliament ahead antonio to johnny as he seeks to reassure you leaders that his government supports the bloc so bustin court says austria remains pro european despite a euro skeptic party joining the government course as conservatives formed a coalition with the far right freedom party this week officials in myanmar have told a un human rights monitor she has been banned from the country yang he leave was due to visit me in mar where more than six hundred thousand were hinge on muslims have fled alleged ethnic cleansing lease said the decision was a strong indication of rights violations in the country. a bus crash on mexico's yucatan peninsula has killed at least twelve people and injured many more the state government said the dead included tourists who were traveling from a u.s.

cruise ship to the resort town of my while to see an archaeological site. a saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic rocket that was fired by yemen's who the rebel group towards riyadh this is the second time in two months that a rebel rocket has targeted the saudi capital saudi arabia and its allies have pointed to iran as the source of the rebels' increased fire power to iran strongly denies that charge. this footage provided by the with the military is said to show rebels launching a missile on tuesday from an unidentified location in yemen. the latest missile fired by the who these toward riyadh was again intercepted by saudi air defenses before hitting the capital. the rebels said the missile had been aimed at the saudi royal palace where a meeting of saudi leaders was taking place their leader boasted that

after a thousand a days of fighting yemeni missiles posed a growing threat to the saudi's power base. at the united nations saudi ally washington sounded alarm the u.s. was quick to point fingers at a right and which backs the shiite who denies. thankfully the missile was intercepted before it could hit its intended target but the very fact of this attack is a flashing red siren for this council it bears all the hallmarks of previous attacks using iranian provided weapons it is only a matter of time before one of these missiles hits the target but washington is unlikely to persuade the security council to take action against iran and terrans ally russia which has be dope our has called for dialogue with instead of threats or if we. three months have gone by since a controversial referendum in the spanish region of catalonia resulted not in

independence but a crackdown by madrid spain prime minister sacked the local government and called for snap elections the region is now gearing up for that vote set for thursday campaigning has been anything but easy several former ministers are in jail over rebellion charges while others think looting ex-president carlos bustamante has fled to belgium who is running for office again but from a distance. this is one scene that cuts alone yes former president carlos pushed him on will not be needing atis final campaign rally he would be having his say from over a thousand kilometers away this is electioneering and exile. from both of them know that we are facing one of catalonia as most decisive elections once again i ask for your vote and i make this request with the promise that if i am elected president i will enter the government policy accompanied by the whole legitimate government that was sacked but. it may be

a far cry from the massive referendum rallies here than just three months ago but that support here among the die hard to see now is where he could well return. when we came to support our president because we want him back once and for all we want him to come back on december twenty first. this is an election like no other the last campaign stop for candidates from the rival pool independence left party was to the president holding their leader. oriel young could assist fate loomed large as an evening rally. for him there is more at stake than votes. and part of the young audio was calm and content when i explained the campaign details to him even though he knew that we

are the best guarantee for him to get out of prison. but the republicans face a strong challenge from anti independence candidate. us who tells supporters that she will draw a line under the chaos of the separatists. this. is the fate to study this historical day it will be important because thursday will be the end date for the independence process. and for it's over it's enough that he approved. this campaign has been viewed as a test of the region's pro independence movement but with the vote neck and neck and polls predicting a hung parliament catalonians may yet deliver a mixed result. to football down the bundesliga may be on its mid-season break but the german couple last sixteen is offering football fans a festive treat this week shocker have been on a strong run walk alone have used the knockout competitions this season as

a refuge from their poor league performances last night's game turn out to be a tight affair now that would be in the hero and show because late two to george frankfurt in the bond as they grew at the weekend and the defender was again in the action against cologne heading over in the first half corners were going to prove useful to shout the old game another one in the second period led to another good chance this time a t. in the starts it was denied by an excellent save from team zero zero on. despite cologne offering little threat shout to fans were it wouldn't be their night but their fears were raised on sixty three minutes when yet another corner was met superbly by marx meyer the midfielder is an outside pit for germany's world cup squad and head is light that will do his case no harm. the final whistle was greeted with jumps of delight from coach dominica to disco shell could know the cup is the best chance of

a trophy this term one the it finished with meyer the hero the stark ok let's take a look at the rest of tuesday's german cup results there was success for mines against stuttgart while third tier powder byrne will be in the draw for the quarterfinals of february after beating second division. all spoke also went through but only after extra time. well byron and dortmund meet in the german cup last sixteen tonight when the remaining four ties take place holders dortmund have regained their form under the new coach of pitcher sugar but hosts byron have won the cup more than any other side and they'll be looking for revenge as dortmund sent them crashing out of the competition last season. a change of fortune brought on by this. guy's lead don't want to back to back wins since taking over in the space of a week he went from being sacked by the league's bottom club a man to coaching

a heavyweight of german football. so to see fans use chances of silverware. you'd like a headline wouldn't you. want to trade faith. of course if you have a chance of winning it with a team like. you do with a team like. this is it this is it. wasn't informed by and munich us standing in the way of don't mince cup defense the record holders of one fourteen of the last fifteen games since your pint has returned as coach in october including a three one away win in don't mind but he's experienced enough to know that don't and will up their game for this tie their food by the. football doesn't follow a script. in a cup game identifying favorites because dortmund have shown that they can stand up to the big occasion when tight games that he knows lexington the english to give including his knows the stakes are high with most big teams already out of the

competition the winner will be taking a massive step towards the trophy. you're watching data but you knew still the cops are the wheels coming off for over the right hailing company is dealt a big blow europe's top court says it is a taxi service not just an hour we'll look at the fallout. that story and all the business headlines with monica coming up in one minute. when i'm traveling i like to be comfortable.