biala guest. managed by from. this is. from berlin tonight a powerful storm is slamming parts of europe claiming lives and creating chaos for commuter high winds have brought down trees blocking roads all of germany's long distance rail services are canceled at this hour we'll go live to central train station for more also coming up. and me and the money the leaders of france and

britain agreed to more financial muscle to help fortify their borders and to improve intelligence sharing. it's good to have you with us tonight europe is reeling from the arrival of a powerful storm that has killed at least six people and calls transport delays for thousands of commuters germany's national railway company has halted all long distance train services for the evening and flight cancellations have left thousands of people stranded at amsterdam's main airport in the netherlands one of the country's worst affected. there are some days when nature has the upper hand. in the netherlands lashing winds have caused ties if you're a swath of damage. and it's not just buildings several people have been killed by

falling branches. the driver of this vehicle was lucky in scotland drivers were advised to keep off the roads. on the dutch coast some hardy souls find ways to enjoy the onslaught. but the storm has been less fun for thousands of stranded travelers. germany's national rail service suspended all long distance trains local services were also affected. an understanding of my local train station when i saw a huge branch falling off a tree so i knew or didn't look good and i have lived to his as it used. and i blow dried my hair that was in waste of time. and most of sunni i was on my

way to university obligated to deadline for handing in some work fifteen minutes ago but if you met my professor and i think she'll forgive me for. this fanatic all they can do is wait if you. just want to go now to our correspondent charlotte chosen phil she is amongst those stranded in berlin's central train station this evening i dare say good evening to you shirley cause it's not a good evening for a lot of people how bad is it there is. no that's quite right warm coffee is being offered it to the constant stream of travelers coming through but in central station this is not doing very much to soften the blow for these travelers that being told that effectively they are stranded in bad lands and i. yes they're being offered eighty year olds they're being told that that can go towards either taxis out of the city or hotels some people are telling me that they're pooling together their money individual travelers getting into groups

affectively so they can try and leave the city others are trying to check themselves into hotels which are gradually getting around the areas that those who either aren't lucky enough to have found a dream all want to say close to the station in the the hope really that they can get the first trade out in the morning are actually being offered a seat on a train and just down there not far from i am where i am where they can spend the night but it's not exactly a comfortable sleep there have to sit on the train and it's not very much of a comfort for those who are unable to leave the city tonight that's true but train cancellations and delays are one thing and severe damages loss of wife is another i mean we've got reports of severe damage across the country too i don't. that's quite right we're actually hearing there is many as five people have been

killed in the netherlands and germany combined one person we understand has lost their life not far from where we are here in random not yet clear what happened to that person but we know that there has been widespread devastation across germany as the storm barreled its way through the country and we know as well that things could get even worse as the night goes on we've seen a very heavy winds outside and that could get considerably worse. our correspondent charles until tonight at berlin central train station there the one of the epicenters of tonight's trouble chaos caused by bad weather thank you very much. britain has agreed to pay sixty one million euros towards border security in france as migrants continue to gather there trying to cross to the u.k. in my moma crossing is on his first visit to the u.k.

since his election last may he was welcomed by britain's prime minister theresa may president micron also confirmed the story that had been circulating that france will loan britain the biyo tapestry that's an eleventh century penner ramma you see it right there depicting the norman conquest of england the medieval masterpiece depicts a key moment in british history and it has particular resonance britain prepares to leave the european new let's go now to our correspondent in london she's on the story for us there tonight good evening to you bear get so many in britain welcome news of the loan of that tapestry but there is much more at stake then a historic wall hanging now isn't there. yes for sure i mean it this huge display of friendship between a man with mccall and may they both stress the well intense relationship between

the two countries and obviously this is also especially important with three got to brics it and they said that for example the agreement that they have with regards to border control will not be affected by brics it and stress that cooperation the military cooperation between the two nations and old so the corporation the continued cooperation when it comes to securing the border especially and with the u.k. pledging support for france now this is already being criticized by quite a few conservative m.p.'s who say well it's not. this is not only our problem it's all to france problems why we are just giving the money here both countries also agreed on strengthening the military ties working you tell us about that. yes particularly up aeration when it comes to africa going to be three helicopters on loan not on loan but being deployed from the u.k. to mali where they're going to help french operations you just icky so much more

cooperation when it comes to security particularly was we got south africa and which we got sort of prevention of terrorism bought more generally of course also what they were talking about about brics it. was awesome is he going to is he punishing london when he says that there will not be access as much much access for the city of london as as they used to be and he denied that but he said you know if you're not in the single market you just don't have the he does doesn't have the same access so he didn't really budge from his more hardline position when it comes to press it but on many other fronts he was sort of extending the arm of friendship to the u.k. and trees and they were taking this lady our correspondent in london tonight bigot mosse biggest thank you very much the united nations says that violence against aid workers in south sudan's civil war reached

a new high last year twenty eight were killed in a country regarded as the world's most dangerous place for aid workers now in its fifth year the civil war has killed tens of thousands and plunged parts of the country into family fifty two people died when a bus burst into flames in kazakhstan five managed to escape it happened in the north west of the country the cause of the blaze has not been determined wife guards in australia have used a drone to drop in wife raft to two teenage boys trapped in dangerous rip currents the emergency call came as the lifeguards were nearby being trained in the drones use they say it's the first time that one has been used in this way. well tonight human rights watch is releasing its two thousand and eighteen world report reviewing human rights practices in more than ninety countries many getting poor grades and that includes the european union turkey and china the report also

says that us president donald trump's embrace of authoritarian leaders around the world has encouraged oppression now launching a report in paris today human rights watch executive director can if rauf blamed the rise of populism for many human rights violations trump in many ways is a bit the disaster for human rights domestically he's broken all the two crews against against racism against massaging the against seen a phobia in his foreign policy and he has this insatiable admiration for strong men and so he embraces people like poop in their area one see or do ten today and of course this makes it much more difficult to stigmatize these authoritarian leaders when trump says these are great guns. that was kind of roth there speaking joining me now is she williamson the director of the europe and central asia division of

human rights watch you it's good to have you back on the show so you know we we heard your boss there basically saying trump is part of the blame here for this increase in oppression but these these despots these dictators these authoritarian leaders weren't they oppressing their people before trump became president they would indeed us true but the message that he sent out on the very first day in office america first read for them human rights lost in a sense because they understood that's what he meant really that he didn't he wasn't going to focus on human rights and for countries like egypt and turkey and kazakhstan whose leader was in the white house this week the u.s. is an important a key partner one of the most important partners and if on the u.s. agenda with those countries human rights is at the bottom of the list or not even on the list it means those countries know they get a free pass you know we talk every time this report comes out and the report does

have impact at least in the beginning because it makes news but i'm wondering in a world where you have a president like donald trump and you have him in power what's the point of this report can it make a difference it could make a difference because it can it can send a signal around the world that that human rights remain on the agenda remain on the agenda in the u.s. their main on the agenda in the e.u. human rights organizations not just us hales others as well couldn't can push for highest standards for instance in europe the decisions made by the european commission to take a human rights stand against poland comes from pressure also from human rights groups in poland and around europe to raise the stakes and say enough is enough we have a report tonight vent turkey has extended the state of emergency there by another three months that you know translated means another three months of the crap. down on so many groups of civil society there what do you see happening in turkey what

can be done i mean it two thousand and seventeen was was probably the worst year for human rights for many many years in turkey hundreds of journalists imprisoned hundreds of thousand tens of thousands of civil servants and teachers and another as well can be done. that cannot be a return to business as usual with turkey. until this state of emergency until this crisis ends we hear the e.u. and germany are moving more towards returning to business with with with turkey but i cannot count happen until human rights and rule of law and governance agenda is addressed and we don't want to be completely negative you mean has there been progress in in a human rights around the world or has i mean that the the essay written by my bosses you can rauf focus is on you know where this principle politicians and where there's public protests then they can be they can be progress particularly against also tyrion leaders and populists take take the french elections in two thousand and seventeen model won because people realized they needed a

a rights respecting president not the national front take poland as i mentioned taken hungary people stood up on the streets and said we don't want to shut down one of our best universities the central european university and humbling and they're still open a year on so there are examples of positive developments and it's always good to hear he williamson with human rights watch as always good to have you assure good to have your insights thank you thank you so much. tennis now the fourth day of the australian open tennis championships in melbourne has seen players a sweltering in extremely hot temperatures former champion novak djokovic came from behind to defeat frenchmen fees defending champion roger federer won through in the cooler night session but former winner stan crashed out now maria sharapova has progressed to the third round the russian is back at the tournament for the first time since testing positive for

a banned substance two years ago in melbourne. things didn't go quite so well for third seed muguruza she was beaten in straight sets by shay sue way of taiwan and blames their surprise the scorching weather i'm back at the top of the work with more world news followed by the day you can see it in. crime fighter. radio crime thriller. for investigative cases that we've been on your toes. prizefight i'm sorry i've been thank you so every young person needs to listen to crime fighting and shan't tell a friend tell a friend. it's like yours don't miss it.