well who would do it if you take time to do that. this is deja vu news live from berlin poland on the outs with the e.u. the bloc follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it calls on democratic brussels invokes article seven kicking off the process that could strip poland of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no one has heard from these two journalists since

their arrest and man mark over a week ago they've been investigating alleged abuses against muslims what have they are uncovered that authorities might want to hi. i'm sumi so much gonna get to have you with us after months of tensions between warsaw and brussels the e.u. has now started a process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the bloc european commission deputy had friends temperaments made that announcement and brussels a short while 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 in an unprecedented move the commission has now triggered the so-called article seven which paves the way to

punishing poland. our brussels correspondent terry szell's has been following the story for us today hi terry so article seven has been triggered what does it mean that's right and in the near term we won't see very much happening vice president runs timmerman says that while the process will now kick off meaning that e.u. governments will be asked to consider whether they want to go ahead with this he's given the polish government three months to reconsider its positions to amend the laws he says to remedy the decisions and to bring it back into conformity with with law if that happens to him and says the commission is willing to reconsider reconsider whether it wants to go ahead with article seven so there is a way out for the polish government if it wants to take it but if not to remain said it's with a heavy heart but he sees no choice but to move ahead with the triggering article seven day in the long run terry could we really see brussels sanctioning one of its own member states well that has to be the threat or there's nothing to article

seven but in reality that's very unlikely not only would it be a very long road to get there as i mentioned there are three months in which we'll see whether poland decides to move back to rollback these laws taking too much political control of the judiciary but in the end it would require the other twenty seven governments to agree to sanction poland to agree to take poland's voting rights and hungary has already promised the polish government it won't do that that it will make sure to block these moves so the commission knows that even as it invokes article seven but it's hoping that simply putting more pressure on the polish government in this process and also you know putting pressure on the markets poland needs needs confidence from investors that they're hoping that this entire process will in fact make pull pull and reconsider these moves even if it doesn't ever get to that final step terry is poland likely to reconsider what is warsaw is position here. well if you listen to temperaments he clearly hoped that

poland would reconsider he was quite emotional in announcing the decision saying that you know poland had once been a beacon of democracy he had looked to pull in that way when he was a young person and that he was personally frustrated that it was ending up like this but at the same time i checked wires just before coming here and the polish justice minister has already said you know what no way we're moving ahead with these reforms so it looks like the standoff will continue what are the implications terry for the e.u. at a time when this block is already facing plenty of challenges let's not forget brags that that's true it remains to be seen in the in the early stages this will not cause any sort of breach an e.u. unity because the first first step only requires twenty two of the twenty seven remaining governments to agree to move ahead in the end as i mentioned hungary will will likely vote against and we should also remember that with bret's at the e.u. looks more unified than ever after britain decided to leave and and so many citizens there regretted it so clearly the e.u. would be hoping that the same sort of bring grette would happen if poland continues

its moves away from the european union another interesting point british prime minister to resign may well be an poland's tomorrow and there are many calls in the e.u. for her to speak out in favor of the e.u. against poland or a correspondent terry szell's reporting for us from brussels terry thanks for that update certainly no minbar has barred a senior united nations rights monitor from entering the country special reparatory young he leader was due to visit myanmar in january she planned to assess allegedly rights violations against the muslim minority more than six hundred thousand were him to have fled suspected ethnic cleansing in wrecking state on the border with bangladesh min mar says it will no longer cooperate with police. meanwhile pressure is mounting on me and more authorities to release two reuters journalists arrested more than a week ago the men are accused of violating a colonial era official secrets law they had been investigating the alleged

military crackdown on rohingya 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 often . malone was a good husband to me. a hard worker and he continues to learn. to know you know but usually he's not a politician he's a real journalist the. i believe he wouldn't do anything wrong that's why i

want him to be free to soon as possible. wrote poetry before violence and his native rakhine state led him to write news. but his and while 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 dying 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 for me i'm a authorities to ensure the food production of the rights and to release the journalists as quickly as possible freedom of the prison media is the

foundation and the corners or the cornerstone of in the book. man mouth or a t. say police have almost completed their probe of the two journalists after which a court case against them well began. now the spanish region of catalonia is preparing for a snap regional election tomorrow let's give you a quick reminder of why this election is so important not just for spain but also the whole european union now three months ago a disputed referendum produced a yes vote for independence but madrid declared it unconstitutional shutting down many polling stations and spanish unionists boycotted it after the vote tensions ran high hundreds of thousands of independence supporters as well as unionists took to the streets of barcelona the catalan parliament then declared its independence from spain and madrid reacted immediately spanish prime minister mariano rajoy

sacked the local government and called fresh elections but campaigning has been anything but easy several former ministers are in jail on rebellion charges while others including of this man ex-president carlos bruised fled the country for belgium pushable is running for office again addressing his supporters from a safe distance. this is one scene that catalonia is former president has 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 an exile. me i want to be available to me that is now that we're 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'm elected president i will enter the government palace accompanied by the whole legitimate government that was set in the capital. it may

be a far cry from the massive referendum rallies here than just three months ago but if support here among the die hard to see now is where he could well return. 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 we want him back now. this is an election like no other the last campaign stop for candidates from the rival poor independence left party was to the president holding their leader. audio junk could ask his fate loomed large as an evening rally. for him there is more at stake than mere votes. and brought out the young audio was calm and content when i explain the campaign details to him. but he knows that we are the best guarantee for him to get out of prison i mean you know it in

the aggregate. but the republicans face a strong challenge from anti independents can that it in. detail supporters that she will draw a line under the chaos of the separatists. this is the fifth taste of this historical day it will be important because thursday will be the end date for the independence process of puja mont junk at us and forget oh it's over it's and go down here but over. 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. time for sports and the bundesliga may be on its mid-season break but the german cup last sixteen is offering football fans a festive treat this week shell could 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 now that would be in the hero and show because late two to 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 the old game another one in the second period led to another good chance this time a t. in the star situ was denied by an excellent save from t.-mo home. despite cologne offering little fret 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 mark's meyer the midfielder is an outside fit for jimmy'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 that best chance of a trophy this term while milot finished with meyer the hero the stark let's

take a look at the rest of tuesday's german cup results there were success for minds against regard while thirty year potter born will be in january's draw for the quarter finals after beating second division angle stock false burg also went through but only after extra time byron and dortmund meet in the german cup last sixteen tonight when the you remain in a four tie stake place holders dortmund have regained their form under their new coach. but hosts biron 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. 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 league's bottom club money to coaching the heavyweights of german football. so to see fancy his chances of silverware.

you'd like a headline wouldn't you want to try fate. of course if you have a chance of winning it with a team like. you do with a team like. this is this is a. person informed by and munich are 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 don't and will up their game for the star their food supply that. 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 like something english given can hide 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. are you watching d w new still to

come 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 a now well look at the fallout. fences on will have that story and all of your business headlines coming up in one minute. we see different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press.