this is v.w. news live from berlin and british prime minister theresa may tries to assure the e.u. that he brags a deal is still possible but dismayed the european leaders at a crunch gregson summit say that the u.k. isn't delivering the concrete ideas needed to break the impasse we'll speak with our correspondent in brussels if this is taking the law closer to a no deal scenario. also coming up turkish police searched the saudi consulate property and that's the investigation into the fate of dissident saudi journalist

john to show the. u.s. president donald trump says he expects to learn the truth by the end of the week. remembering the victims of east germany's dictatorship. needs one of the first political prisoners in the g.d.r. she suffered torture and imprisonment and says that people must never forget all those who were brutally persecuted. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program they tried again and again bay failed european union leaders meeting in brussels were hoping for a breakthrough in talks on britain's withdrawal from the e.u. but after hearing from british prime minister theresa may the blocks twenty seven other leaders say that the lack of progress means there is no point holding a special summit next month to finalize the divorce they save more time is needed

to resolve the issue of the irish border. with breaks that northern ireland is set to become the u.k.'s only land border with the e.u. both sides want to avoid a physical border which many fear could reignite social tension in northern ireland . now a key part of negotiations is a so-called backstop a guarantee that the border will stay open should the u.k. leave the e.u. without a deal talks are deadlocked on how exactly to achieve that they'll have a look. actually i've been told that our correspondent matus is standing by with the very latest now on this issue so as we just heard leaders they say that not enough progress was made to hold this new brides that summit in november so what are we to make of yesterday's talks. sort of the main takeaway here is it remains completely in complicated and not great news

not the news many were hoping for maybe a breakthrough in these difficult negotiations but the awareness here on the european side is very much the ball is in theresa may score she will have to convince her own party or her own country that the way forward she has suggested is acceptable before the you can agree to do such a deal and there's a number of sticking points that remain on the table but at least a number of leaders have observed positive body language from to resign me among them. head of the european parliament let's hear what he had to say. you know you got a bad day i wish to look at all this positively. there is still time we have to vote by march. the vote is still time to reach an agreement but you've got to. get it judy georg the case sticking point again the irish border issue why is it so contentious. because

basically the european union has provided such a great solution to this irish northern irish problem both the united kingdom and with its northern ireland and the republic of ireland are in the e.u. and so the border question there is no longer an issue but the moment the u.k. pulls out it basically pulls the plug on that solution and it has basically have cracks it has already helped to polarize the two camps you have in northern ireland on the one hand you have nationalists who would like to see a reunification with the republic of ireland and you have unionists on the other side who are terribly afraid that they could be separated from the united kingdom my colleague the second i travel to northern ireland and here's the report we brought back. behind all the cheerfulness here is a sense of foreboding for young people in northern ireland has added a bitter note to the fragile peace they've come to enjoy after their country's

troubled past. we grew up in northern ireland how to pace with the border and hard border happens our pace is risk and we my you know things just turn for the worse that we don't we just don't know what's going to happen and we've never experienced that here syquest kerry. this is the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland its southern neighbor open passage with no controls but that could change if negotiations fail for gary middleton a member of the democratic unionist party backing brags that it's a risk he's willing to take. absolutely we would rather have a new day then we're going the option of a backstop which has no time limit which could affect the fact all for however because the new king will be in a weak position. a position that threatens to close the door on progress in the

bracks negotiations. well a so-called backstop would keep northern ireland economically aligned to the e.u. it would give northern ireland a different status within the u.k. shield shane which supports the unification of ireland and opposes bracks it says the backstop solution would be a nightmare for the democratic unionist party. we have seen the. draw blood red lanes we have heard their rhetoric in terms of guerrilla warfare we have hair. that they have come up with this week where they are in desperation but as it's nearly like they're willing to dry the economy or the north off a club. that has evoked shadows of the past on an island still grappling with century old divisions. unlike the unionist irish nationalists want to reunite their country with the republic of ireland and bracks it may actually help their cause.

reverend robert miller leads a unionist congregation which traditionally opposed unification with the rest of the island. but breaks it has led to an unexpected shift in perspective. from three people. minds' hapless called tough. would be prepared to consider reunification of ireland difficult was a way in which they could maintain their european identity. that a separation from the rest of the u.k. and a hard border with the republic of ireland could dismantle twenty years of hard work to improve relations between the two communities that make up most in ireland no one here has any illusions about that. it has helped to emphasize to shed light on the positive sides of the european union the only fear is the mets what people told me in northern ireland is that this insight may

just come too late for them let's talk a little bit more about that timing because the interest they have asked the e.u. commission to work with even more regular on a no deal scenario does not sound good it doesn't mean that they don't expect that a deal can be reached. but there's still hope that a deal can be reached but for the european union this these are pretty magic negotiations and their interests clear interests involved so when i i heard a number of times in the u.k. oh common sense would say let's say for instance for aviation on economic issues there's interest on both sides but from from the european union perspective it is common sense to protect their interests to protect the integrity of the internal market not to hand out gifts to a member that is intending to leave the club so no there are still positive thinking here but there's also a realistic few on things if the u.k. wants to leave without a deal if they think they're better off with no deal rather than staying in the club then that is the deal they will choose. matus in brussels thank you.

let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world and of course though in the meantime we do want to remind you that you can stay tuned for more on those increasingly tense president actually asians and their effect on companies that want to do business with the u.k. that. it's coming up a little bit later in the program but first as promised those other news stories from around the globe because a vigil has been held in russian and next crimea for the victims of a school shooting that left nineteen people dead the attack took place at a college in the black sea port of curch russian authorities say that an eighteen year old man shot his fellow students and then killed himself. the world health organization has warned that the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo could worsen dramatically the w.h.o. stopped short of declaring an official public health emergency but said that there was

a danger of the potentially fatal disease spreading to neighboring countries. u.s. president donald trump has asked turkish authorities to hand over an audio recording that is said to prove that missing journalist jamal khashoggi was tortured and killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul turkish investigators have conducted new searches at consular properties in the city vanished while trying to pick up paperwork to get married over two weeks ago. as the world looks on investigators search for clues on wants happened to jamal khashoggi . they were finally allowed to scour the home of the saudi consul in istanbul turkey believes the journalists body was just posed. to be a critic of the saudi leadership was last seen entering the nearby consulate turkish

officials claim they have an ordeal recording of his much inside. a take the u.s. president who's been accused of covering up for the saudis says he hasn't heard we've asked for if it exists run it over no i'm not sure yet that it exists probably does possibly they're an important ally but i want to find out what happened where is the fault and we will probably know that by the end of the week but my company is coming back we're going to hold off the top u.s. diplomat has been traveling to meet with saudi then turkish leaders. pompei and gave little away about what he'd learned about the probe on the plane home but she was recorded saying riyadh deserved more time. i keep hearing that we're giving them some benefit of the doubt they're going to do an investigation and when the investigation valuated it's not about benefit of the doubt it's that it is

reasonable it's reasonable to give them a handful of days more to complete it so they get it right. police have carried out a second sweep of the saudi consulate in the early hours they left taking evidence with them. that will lead to official onsets of which few have emerged in the sixteen days since she vanished you can get more now from our correspondent julie han who is standing by with the very latest from turkey yulia what are you hearing about these searches that investigators find anything. well sara no official statement has been made but yes i can tell you there has been a second search in the building right behind me that's the saudi consulate here in istanbul and more importantly maybe there has been a nine hour search of the saudi consuls residence just a walking distance away from where i am right now a team

a joint team of saudi turkish investigators went in there many of the turks in white jumpsuits with forensics equipment they were searching different rooms at the residence they were reportedly also digging in the garden and we were able to speak to one official very close to this investigation and he told us that they found further evidence supporting the claim that jamal was murdered he did not elaborate further on the kind of evidence they found but he said it matches what they found early here at the consulate earlier this week during their first search now this official has been talking to us on the condition of anonymous and this is really what church authorities and investigators have been doing in the past two weeks they have not yet officially tabled their evidence they're just leaking bits and pieces of information to the media so everyone is trying you know to come up with some kind of puzzle but the bigger picture that emerges here is that investigators search investigators seem to believe. was killed on october second shortly after he

entered the consulate and his body was later taken to the saudi consuls residence and we also had a further link to a pro-government turkish newspaper which published new details of an alleged recording of murder really gruesome details there tell us a little bit more. yes several of pro-government turkish a media have been citing what they have described as an ordeal recording of. being tortured and murdered other media institutions i have been reporting about this as well i can't confirm independently whether this will be a recording exists actually most of the sources also are just quoting officials who claim to have listened to it but really from these reports we hear some really gruesome details that mistook his fingers have been cut off that it took about seven minutes to dismember his body for example the reports also say that you can

hear the words of one of the alleged to kill us telling mystical shut up if you want to live once you return to saudi arabia but again i can't confirm the existence of these old your recordings yet and of course these might be just leaks and the bigger question might be where do they come from have the turks maybe illegally wiretapped the saudi consulate right behind me or do the recordings come from as some reports claim from mr apple watch so you see there are a lot of questions a lot of open questions and we're really waiting for answers and more facts and evidence to emerge from this investigation the search in what happened to jamal khashoggi indeed continues here leon with the very latest from turkey thank you. two hundred fifty thousand political prisoners were held in east german jails during the forty one year communist regime many of those still suffer trauma at the memories of what happened to them deb you met with one of the first political

prisoners in the g.d.r. who says that people must never forget all those who suffered persecution. my mom or my husband so often says don't think about it forget it i try to if i see a frightened animal outside afraid i'm always reminded of when i was frightened and prison. oh. the memories still haunt her in what was east germany anita was wrongfully sentenced to three years and eight months in prison in one thousand nine hundred fifty three the stars he had charged have been boyfriend with illegal possession of firearms one thousand year old goslar was accused of complicity. in. boycotting and harassing democratic institutions as well as the invention and distribution of biased room was that in danger of the piece of east germany its people and the

would work of one of the few. goslar was pregnant when she was convicted her baby girl was taken away from her just three weeks after the birth mother and daughter were only reunited decades later as one of the first political prisoners in east germany was taken to one neck a women's prison three hundred kilometers from berlin she endured food deprivation solitary confinement and notorious water filled cells three times she was forced to stand in water up to her thighs for twenty four hours at a time. i always wondered why the water was let out and fresh water lead in the water heated up because of my body warmth and they didn't want that they wanted it to be i scored. high as. gosling was released in one nine hundred fifty six and left for west germany before

the berlin wall was built but only after east germany ceased to exist in one thousand nine hundred one she declared innocent the foundation for the study of the communist dictatorship in east germany document stories like khosla as president funk steinmeier was on hand to mark the twentieth anniversary of the institutions founding. this vision that it's important to call injustice by its name when it has happened to report on it to recognize what was so we can make a picture for ourselves of ourselves and the time we live in that's what this foundation stands for its work is important or will remain so because it is not focused on the past for the past sake but seeks to remember for the future sake. me to go slower would like to see a monument to the victims of the east german dictatorship. many

have no idea why people walked up died in detention or were a kid trying to flee east germany we really should have a memorial to everyone who suffered under the dictatorship not just political prisoners but are those who were persecuted they should be honored by name i am. now in a much different now we have a system sports news and russian order nikita marianna has performed the latest in a long line of stunts this time riding on and around icebergs in southwest greenland he said that the high salt content made the water sticky and meant that it was much more difficult to execute certain jumps he also revealed that falling into the water was no fun as you might imagine the freezing conditions were one problem but the many ice needles floating around made it extra painful. and watch out for those ice needles monica time we are back to back that talking

about pain sara the irish border issue threatens to kill any possible deal in britain leaving the e.u. in an orderly manner by twenty nine thousand ireland a member of the european union and the euro zone already has quite tangible brics its problems to deal with today and that's due to the four hundred pound and a no deal breaks it would make things even worse and that is why many irish companies and ditching their british supply us in favor of the e.u. competitive. this forklift truck manufacturer in ireland is being forced to grapple with an especially weighty burden the fallout of bragg's it most of the six thousand forklift trucks produced annually by irish firm combi lived are sent to the u.k. but they've become more expensive for their british customers that's thanks to the pound falling sharply in value against the euro since the break that referendum and

that's bad for business we were forced to introduce a four point five percent increase this year to contract some of the currency fluctuation but of course if there's a no game scenario of course that's going to mean over have to increase our prices by another four point five percent after march two thousand and nineteen no brigs the deal that's the nightmare scenario most of the supply parts come from their british neighbor so a new deal brags it would suddenly mean customs duties border controls paperwork and delivery delays fed up with the uncertainty combi live has decided to increasingly avoid british suppliers the most prominent victim the seat for nearly two decades drivers cent and the british made seat but that now comes from germany . on the last thing any supplier wants to see is a story move business from them to source from all our markets like germany or in france if you look at politicians decisions can be left to the last minute but in business we have to plan for the future and there's also the uncertainty over

another major sticking point in bragg's of negotiations the issue of the irish border nearly ten percent of the company's employees come from british northern ireland the last thing we want to do is a hard border that's going to slow down the transit came over employees here and from work on to be an employee that works in our plan pay is a rich tax a or shoshu security what is that going to be the future going forward it will not have to be paid in northern ireland there's no longer any. as that london brussels will agree on a future without hard borders or customs and the consequences are increasingly apparent everyone suffers but especially britain breaks it stands to ruin trade between europe and just one of its partners the u.k. stands to risk a wrecking trade with twenty seven. of a war i'm joined by lord mark malloch brown former u.k. government minister and united nations deputy secretary general mark is also the chairman of a london based

a tech company smartmatic and he chairs the lobby organization called best for britain come paining against brics it mark good to have you with us why campaigning against brics it well the reasons why don't you say no to your world. com second it's business but today i do see that across a whole range of this is not wired that a lot is this is so it won't be smart your are essentially being forced to be part of the great not. so. rigid. it's so tragic that this has got to this that the european union proposed to prolong the transition period would that help companies or would it just prolong the uncertainty. i suspect it will be uncertainty because until the any

extension of the transition period has been linked to clarity and. now it seems. that a long time for only british government trying some. different parts. of the brics is going to the dispute within this maze cabinet within the party and more broadly within westminster and the country at large is being kept out of this arcane introverted. political also highly technical discussion and you know i just don't think that this is the watch moment . country is very appropriate this is totally. cool with where we are now but tragically as you mentioned it's a problem especially also with the recent mais government the labor party isn't particularly anti bracks it either let's say that breaks it happens what kind of

future relationship do you think could replace e.u. membership best us talk about a super canada deal or membership in e.a.a. the e.a.a. . well look i don't know when you're like a labor party it's incredibly disappointing that on the biggest decision of other political life mistreats m.p.'s it is not the government of the day as it's expected to happen on national issues of this kind in the two party political system and you know i think going forward there's no doubt the business of political establishment will try and preserve as a closer relationship with europe as possible whether it's a calendar or a fusion into difficulty is going to be the betrayal of ordinary people that this whole thing represents for that we get bread sit there a people who voted for it on their own stand the last thing in

a way they were promised would give british cities something else talk talk turned into a big functional being similar prostrations frankly by those who get it so they go where another is young political establishment come up with massive stress and we will see something of the turmoil that you're seeing in german politics today and i think you know this will not very very well be leading as country cuts and the government under stress is not good news for the economy either i suggest mark malloch brown there thank you so much for your time. gemini's that the trade union resumes negotiations with ireland's ryanair today the union wants better wages and working conditions but the talks are taking off into a storm because ryanair has just announced that it is making balance teagle airport its next base in germany this after the discount fly edges closed at base in

northern germany in the town of greyman leaving ninety employees up in the air right as this it's trouble with unions in germany is preventing it from expanding statuses wright has no frills rival easy jet started services from berlin stiegel airport at the start of this year. and is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. european union leaders have failed to reach a gregson breakthrough that talks in brussels the five british prime minister to resign reassurances needed. a deal possible leaders say too little progress has been made and more time is needed to reach a consensus disagreement on the irish border is one of the biggest issues is stopping a breakthrough and. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour on you've been. going to move.

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