go in there it'll be show he says he'll get there with our innovations magazine for . us from the coming week and ways of looking to the future phone t w dot com science and research for. this is due to be a news live from berlin tensions between poland and the e.u. come to white head the european union has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms it calls on the democratic brussels is expected to move ahead with its threat to invoke particle seven and strip poland of its e.u.

voting rights also coming up no one has heard from these two journalists since their arrest in myanmar over a week ago is the government trying to quash their investigation into the alleged abuse of rohingya muslims. 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. also are the wheels coming off for over the right hailing company is dealt a big blow europe's top court says hooper is a taxi service not just the now look at the fallout. from sumi so much going to good to have you with us after months of tension between warsaw and brussels the e.u. is expected to trigger the. osas to strip the poland of its voting rights in the

bloc last week poland's parliament adopted a new reforms allowing it to effectively choose members of the country's supreme court the e.u. says this reform puts the courts under political control and is a violation of european norms but 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. street to punish warsaw for breaking its rules. let's bring in our brussels correspondent teri schultz she's been following this story for us hi terry we've been hearing some reports just from one news agency that article seven has been triggered what are you hearing. that's right we're waiting for european commission vice president runs temperaments to come out any minute now his briefing was was scheduled for earlier and is now scheduled for one pm where we expect to hear the announcement and if these early wire reports are true that the commission has decided to trigger article seven that's exactly what we expected in fact the polish

prime minister told journalists last week that's what he expected to nothing dramatic will happen right off the top this means that the commission will will recommend that the member states take action vote to open the monitoring period which then during which time poland could reverse course and if not then they move on to the next phase and that again as as we've discussed would mean asking. the member states to find poland in breach of the e.u. law and to go ahead with article seven and that could eventually mean the poland could lose its voting rights but that's a long long road and this would just be the first step terry it's a long road to that point but still that would be a very dramatic step could we really see brussels sanction one of its own member states. well brussels would like to think would like everyone to think that it would sanction one of its own members for systematically violating the rule of law this is been years that the commission has been warning poland that its moves on the judiciary are just not acceptable and not legal so this is its biggest stick

its so-called nuclear option and really the last step the commission has to try to bring poland into compliance nothing else has worked so far poland has absolutely rejected all the commission suggestions to reverse course so article seven is really its last resort what is the been the lead up to this terry whole thing has gotten so bad between warsaw and brussels. the action that poland has taken on the judiciary has really worried to brussels it is simply unacceptable that an e.u. country would allow a government to to determine how long a judge can serve and who that judge could be all the way up to the supreme court and other member states also are worried about this they think that if poland is allowed to get off the hook with this other countries could follow suit and if we also should mention that hungary a country that of course has been described as an illiberal democracy for for many reasons his promise poland it will not allow this to happen so even though we can talk about an eventuality that poland could legally lose its voting rights hungary

has promised it will make sure that doesn't happen so even the big stick probably won't be swung to its full extent no matter what and terry what is poland's position on all of this it basically tells the e.u. to butt out of its business it says we can reform our judiciary as we see fit poland contends that these changes would make its judiciary actually more democratic not less democratic and it tells the e.u. our judiciary is our sovereign business and you should just leave us alone all right brussels correspondent terry shuls reporting for us thank you terry for that update. now me and maher has barred a senior united nations rights monitor from entering the country special reparatory yang he leader was due to visit me and more in january ashi plan to assess allegedly rights violations against the ro hinge a muslim minority more than six hundred thousand were injured have fled suspected ethnic cleansing in wrecking state on the border with bangladesh mean maher says it

will no longer cooperate with lea. meanwhile pressure is mounting on me and martha ortiz to release two reuters journalists arrested more than a week ago the men are accused of violating a colonial era official secrets law for possessing documents about the military crackdown on revenge on muslims. committed to finding the truth but now held captive thirty one year old while alone and twenty seven year old cho so who are described as bookish and warm by family and friends. while lone joint reuters news agency over a year ago from a family of rice promised he'd always dreamed of becoming a journalist. he's also written a children's book co-founded a charity to promote tolerance between myanmar ethnic groups and worked with orphans. on the. phone was a good husband to me. a hard worker and he continues to learn.

tonight. he's not a politician he's a real journalist. i believe he wouldn't do anything wrong that's why i want him to be free to soon as possible. who wrote poetry before violence and his native rakhine state led him to write news. but his learns reporting on the military crackdown that which has forced more than six hundred fifty thousand muslims to flee has cost them their freedom. they've been missing since last tuesday after being invited to dine with police officers and young gone. ministry of information released this photo of the two men who it said had illegally obtained documents on the violence they plan to share with international media foreign governments human rights groups the u.n.

and the e.u. have condemned the arrests we expect from your mouth or at least to ensure the food protection of their rights and to release the journalists as quickly as possible freedom of the press and media is the foundation and the corners or the corner stone of in the book. myanmar thora t.s.a. police have almost completed their probe of the two journalists after which a court case against them again. let's go to yangon to talk to a journalist david greene bohm he's been following the situation with the detained journalists david thanks for joining us tell us more about this official secrets act that the two reuters journalists are accused of violating. yeah this is a lot of dates back to one thousand nine hundred twenty three when me and maher then called burma was part of british india now legal experts say this lot has

a very broad definition of what can be an official secret i mean basically anything in the government domain that's not been put in the public domain to be official check could be an official secret so for example as we see so often leaked in western press a budget proposal that hasn't been officially proposed yet gets leaked to the press so it comes out in the press first under this broad definition that could be considered an official secret of the press gets their hands on it that they could potentially be charged now in this case we're we're talking about something more serious than that these two orders journalists had been reporting on the crisis in rakhine state like your reporter just said before me now there have been reports in local media here in the last twenty four hours connecting the arrests of the two warders journalists to human memory and remains that were recently found in northern rakhine state so this is leading up to a lot of questions as to what happened how did these people die is there any question connection to these remains and any reporting by the writers journalists on how they did died now keep in mind while you an official have accused me of

arbuthnot cleansing the military continues to deny it so the question is would miss grey potentially these ten bodies that were found there a hole in those claims and if they do were the reuters reporters working on that case and that of any connection to their arrest so a lot of ifs right there right david a number of journalists have been arrested me and maher and recent months and not just local journalist but also foreign correspondents what impact is this having on the ability to report especially on the range of minority. well here's the thing they've been they've been targeting more of the local reporters and but particularly looking look at these two workers reporters they're working with international media and i mean a real chilling effect on a lot of me on marginalist those who work for local publications and those who work with foreign press because we become very dependent on them because of their language skills because of their connections because of the their ability to really understand the full context here that's really having a real concern and then and of course we have to be concerned about the well being

and safety of the locals who we work with and many many local reporters working across different agencies have told me they are really concerned when they look at these two workers reporters being you know charging something that could lead potentially to a fourteen year jail sentence and they're very very concerned about it there is no question i've been in this country since two thousand and thirteen and this is the worst climate for media freedom that i've seen in the time that i've been here david that is concerning also concerning is that mean mars also banned the main u.n. human rights monitor from coming into the country it looks like it gives the appearance that they have something to hide and they're trying to keep it hidden yeah you lead a special opportunity when right made that a big part of her reaction to the government banning there for coming in and she was supposed to come in and january now the government is saying that they're banning her because a statement she made in july when she raised concerns about reports of killing torture a long list of other concerns around the humanitarian crisis for there are hendra

keep in mind she made those statements in july yet she made those statements more than a month before this latest wave of violence started in late august so this is just adding more to it also keep in mind that word of this ban on the any leaks comes out one day after this this grave without least ten bodies and it was found in retiring states ok it is leading to a lot of questions about without a member really want to cooperate with the u.s. journalist david greenbaum for us. david thank you so much for that. now to some other stories making news around the world in mexico a reporter has been shot dead in the southern state of vera cruz authorities say paris was killed in front of dozens of parents and children at his son's school christmas party head is regularly about security and drug trafficking he is the twelfth journalist to be killed in mexico this year austria's new chancellor has met with european parliament head antonio to johnny as he seeks to reassure you

leaders that his government supports the bloc sebastian quote says austria remains pro european despite a euro skeptic party joining the government course as conservatives have formed a coalition with the far right freedom party this week political parties in spain's catalonia region have held their final rallies out of thursday's election prime minister mariano rajoy campaigned on behalf of the probe pro-human popular party while ousted separatist leader carlos pushed him all spoke to pro independence supporters via video link from brussels the snap poll was called after catalonia parliament was disbanded following an independence in. 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 firepower tehran strongly denies that charge. this footage provided by the

military is showing 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 one 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 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 on to runs ally russia which has be dope our has called for dialogue with instead of threats if we don't. create is a lecturer in security and military affairs at king's college in london he joins us for more on the story hi andreas a three un organized efforts to negotiate a peace deal have failed what chance is there really of ending this crisis. in the meantime at the moment actually there is no real chance of of a way out of this crisis not because the un has no teeth which it doesn't it doesn't it's not really a play on what's going on in yemen at the moment but also because yemen has been dragged into a proxy war with all the different actors in the region including the united states including indirectly also european countries who are supplying the saudis are

getting involved and they have tried to play a variety of different actors you know this yemen conflict is not a bipolar conflict it's not between north versus south. versus sunny's or even of different tribal factions they are all these different groups fighting each other there's so many different blurry lines of allegiances that constantly change depending on the climate and depending also on outside input so it's very difficult to ascertain which direction this is going to take also because of the fact that only the former president of yemen who kind of kept this crisis is somewhat messages for the last thirty forty years has been killed a couple of weeks ago some people suggest despite these complex alliances that if you push the who these out of sanaa that could end the war with that the a solution. i mean there were these are one party to the conflict and you know it's too simplistic to just say there are supporting the shia minority they're not even

shia they have the shia sect in northern yemen they are one which are supported by a variety of other actors at the moment the saudi you see there who these as the most important player they want to push out of sanaa but they were they were easily retreat into the northern part of yemen and keep on fighting there as they have done for the past seventeen years so control of sanaa is not really the most vital problem address some people say that the only real solution is for yemen to be reclaimed by you many just briefly do you agree and what would that look like. well it's it's true i mean the fact that this is a proxy war that both saudi arabia and the iranians to a lesser degree have been meddling in internal yemeni affairs has exacerbated the crisis on the ground also to the extent that you know the various groups been trying to fight for their patterns rather for their own interests and it has polarized the environment so we need to have

a withdrawal of all these external parties and find an actual neutral mediator we haven't found a neutral mediator yet who can actually bring all the various yemeni sections to a table and start a dialogue that would kind of collapse in twenty twelve and twenty thirty a national dialogue with which is inclusive and brings all the different factions to the floor and to do the negotiation table regardless of where they come from great interest create a lecture in security and military affairs at king's college in london thank you so much for that insight you're watching d.w. news still to come in the german cup chalco hope to keep up their good form against cologne the home side had most of the chances they don't to see if they found the back of the net. a first big blow to over in europe monica and why because someone said but it's nothing more than a taxi service i mean that is what the e.u. court of justice ruled today in a major setback to the popular right sharing app. it was simply an app that

connected people wanting a right with those trying to make some spam money the decision means will face more regulations and fees and that is app may be unavailable in some european countries officials had ready said that a ruling against them would affect their presence in most or would not affect their presence in most areas of the bloc. still the question remains is this then the end of in europe brussels correspondent max hoffman with more. well the end of it would probably be a little exaggerated here but it will probably have consequences in spain at least because what the european court of justice has said now is that countries can regulate as a transportation company as we understand the ruling they don't have to do it so if some country chooses for example to regulate we were in a different set of rules or established new laws saying we like the way it is they

are free to do so but it they want to regulate them as taxi companies then they're allowed to do this and many countries have chosen to do so for example germany for example france also here in belgium we have but those drivers also need licenses they also need training so this will drive up the cost of this will obliterate their unique advantage that they have in the past and this will benefit the taxi companies but it will not be the end of it because as we were already has stated that is true there are already being regulated as a taxi company as a transportation company in many countries in the european union and i was max hoffman for us in brussels the european union wants to end the brics a transition no later has and by the end of twenty twenty the exact date would be the thirty first of december in twenty twenty that's according to the european commission's negotiating directives british prime minister to reset may had formally asked for a transition to last around two years speaking in brussels today the european

union's breaks it negotiated michel back and he also said the brics its treaty must be finalized by october twenty eighth scene and with that crossing over to daniel cooper standing by for us at a from fred stock exchange daniel the transition period is to end by the thirty first of december twenty twenty why that date. well remember that the united kingdom in the past was always kind of asking the european union to be a little bit more flexible when it comes to the end of the transition time but why this date monaco were pretty much like a country of the european union also has a sort of financial plan that is always made already a couple of years had and after december twenty twenty the united kingdom is not anymore in this plan if there would be

a longer transition time new agreements would have been made and he has been very clear that he thinks in general a sort of transition time is very good because he thinks that at the beginning is going to be a very bumpy road for the u.k. and for the european union but after twenty twenty well then the u.k.'s through do it. on their own stop stand on his own feet well the brics a treaty he also said of course must be finalized by october twenty eight hundred that is less than a year from now what are the issues will they be resolved. well many experts already at this point called this date not any more realistic remember how long it took at the beginning to get a final bill to get those rights of the citizens being sorted out and the next chapter is going to be even more antennas going to be about trade how to do trade in the future is there going to be sort of a freight free trade agreement between the europeans and the united kingdom so all those talks are going to be very controversial an expert at this time already

saying that they don't think those talks will be easy and that time is really running very fast the clock is ticking as always they're done to cope in frankfurt thank you so much. and i just this the u.s. senate has passed the republicans a one and a half trillion dollar tax overhaul along party lines moving the bill closer to the president on the trams desk and marking his first major legislative victory the house of representatives must first take another vote on the measure after procedural violations mark the first to vote so all the measures passed comfortably numb trump wants to sign the bill into law before christmas critics say the package is a deficit blowing a giveaway to the super rich but republicans argue that tax cuts for corporations small businesses and individuals will bolster economic growth. and we do have some breaking news now sumi that's right monica back to our top story the european commission has now triggered that process that could see poland lose its voting

rights in the bloc commission deputy had france temperaments that made that announcement in brussels just a few minutes ago 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 puts the courts under political control and violates european norms but poland says the moves are needed to combat corruption. phil will bring you more updates on that story again at the top of the hour for now though some sports news the bundesliga may be on its mid-season break but the german cup last sixteen is offering football fans a festive treat this week shaka have been on a strong run while cologne have used the knockout competitions this season as a refuge from their poor league performances last night's game turned out to be a tight affair it's. now that we've been the hero and shall because late to two george frankfurt in the bundesliga 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 go oh game another one in the second period lead to another good chance this time a t. in the stats it was denied by an excellent save from t. mo home. despite cologne offering little fret shock of fans who would it wouldn't be their night but their fears were raised on sixty three minutes when yet another corner was met superbly by mark's meyer the midfielder is an outside fit for jimmy's will 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 that best chance of a trophy this term won the it finished with meyer the hero the stark let's look now at the rest of tuesday's german cup results so there was success for mines against stood guard while third tier peter brown will be in january's draw for the quarter finals in february after beating second division english vosburgh also went through but only after extra time for older

rivals byron munich and dortmund meet in the german cup last sixteen tonight when the remaining four ties take place holders dortmund have regained their form under new coach. but the 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 complete competition last season. a change of fortune brought on by this. guy has led don't want to back to back wins since taking over in the space of a week he went from being sacked by the expansion club a man to coaching a heavyweight of german football. to see fancy his chances of silverware. like headlines when you go once to try faith. of course you have a chance of winning it with a team like goldman than you do with a team like. this is this is. informed by and munich us standing in the way of

don't mince cup defense the record holders have won fourteen of the last fifteen games and supine has returned as coach in october including a three one away win in don't mind but he's experienced enough to know that dolphins will up their game for the star their food supply that. doesn't follow a script. in a cup game like this identifying them as a favorite because dortmund have shown that they can stand up to the big occasion when tight games that he knows lexington the c.l. 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. reminder now our top story at this hour at that european commission has triggered the process that could see poland lose its voting rights in the bloc commission deputy had france to mention made that announcement

in brussels just a few minutes ago. thanks for watching t.v. we're back about thirty minutes. the. company aims to consolidate.

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