this is d w news live from bird lane british prime minister to receive many tries to assure the e.u. that he brags that d.l. still possible but dismayed to european leaders at a crunch break the summit say that the u.k. isn't delivering a concrete idea needed to break the impasse but we'll ask our correspondents in brussels and london if this is taking the block closer to a no deal scenario. also coming up turkish police searched saudi consulate property he says the investigation into the fate of the dissident saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. u.s.

president donald trump says he backs to learn the truth by the end of the week and remembering the victims of east germany's dictatorship didn't have the of these a woman who was imprisoned and tortured because her boyfriend had been charged for illegally possessing firearms she says people must never forget all those who brung fairly and brutally persecuted in east germany. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program they tried again and again they failed to 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 to resign made the blocks twenty seven other leaders say that the lack of progress means there is no point told in a special summit next month to finalize the divorce they. more time is needed to

resolve the issue of the irish border with gregg's it 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 i keep 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 the e.u. wants to keep northern ireland in the customs union and the common market london says that is unacceptable as it would create a border with thank you ok let's break all this down now we have our correspondents standing by with the latest from brussels and london mattis and barrett mass and join us now like to begin with you because as we just heard a new leader is they say that not enough progress was made to hold a new grads at summit in november what are we to make of yesterday's talks. the sensation here sara really is the ball is in the u.k. scorers to reason may is the one who has to make the next move now she said up on

arrival this morning here there are still some sticking points there are some positive new ideas she said so for instance a longer transition phase that could potentially be used but overall the feeling is really that it's the u.k. that has to move the but there were a number of leaders who after yesterday night saw a positive body language from theresa may i'm turning to jani the head of the european parliament was among them that's what he had to say. can blow you out of that if i wish to look at all this positively. there is still time we have to vote by march. there is still time to reach an agreement which should carry. the day today when i go to the. the european union your is made clear today there is don't see you under time pressure prime minister for instance has made that clear again he said look we can't give gifts you know it's not in our

interest to sell the internal market only to secure a deal with the united kingdom. let's talk a little bit more about the united kingdom let's have their big mass standing by so we basically have to rescind they under pressure back at home don't mean don't we how united is the united kingdom right now. it's really is not very we're not united and when you say pressure this pressure really hasn't been decreasing and also not with this these new proposals of extending the transition period the reaction here at home has been really quite critical and not just from the brits to tears they say this is ridiculous and why do we need to stay in the european union and pay more but also from others who voted remain who say well if this is a matter of principle how can this be resolved with extending the transition period no please the politicians are remarking that then the u.k. would have to pay in the war substantially more but doesn't really have

a say in anything so not really much to gain from the perspective of many parliamentarians here at home the newspapers equally critical i would say let's break down one of the biggest issues i mean this is really the main sticking point this issue of the irish border remind us why it's so contentious and some difficult at this point to find a solution. it's a bit difficult because in northern ireland you have an age old conflict involved with two sides one side that that wants to see a united ireland that does not want to see a hard border by all means and the other side that is concerned that they could be pulled away from the united kingdom or reunification of northern ireland is their big fear and the custom controls in the irish sea and what breaks it has done it has polarized those two sides what the e.u. has done for the northern irish conflict is both the united kingdom an island where part of the are still are part of the easy you the internal market in the customs

union and so the border apparently practically doesn't exist now does show the second i travel to northern ireland and here's the story we brought back. behind all the cheerfulness is a sense of foreboding for young people in northern ireland has added a bit a note to the fragile peace that come to enjoy after their country's troubled past . we grew up in northern ireland the high pace and with the border and. high border happens that pace is at risk and we my you know think just turn to our state we don't we just don't know what's going to happen and we've never had that experience out here said the quest gary. this is the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland its southern neighbor open passage with no controls but this could change if cracks at negotiations fail for gary middleton

member of the democratic unionist party backing for exit it's a risk he's willing to take. absolutely we would rather have a new deal then we're doing the option of a backstop which has no time limit which could affect the fact you are forever because the u.k. will be in a weak position. position that threatens to close the door on progress. in the bronx it negotiations while a so-called backstop would keep northern ireland economically aligned with the e.u. it would give northern ireland a different status in the u.k. shin fein which supports the unification of ireland and opposes brics it says the backstop solution would be a nightmare for the d u p. we have seen the there do you draw blood red lays we have hair their rhetoric in terms of guerrilla warfare we have hair and many statements that they have come up with this week where they are in desperation but as it's nearly like they're willing to drive the economy of the north off

a cliff. brit's it has evoked shadows of the past on an island still grappling with century old divisions. and like the unionists irish nationalists wants to reunite the country with the republic of ireland and breaks it may actually help the course. reverend robert miller leads a unionist congregation which traditionally opposed to unification with the rest of the island but bracks it has led to an unexpected shift in perspective. there are definitely people are you gnashed. mindset last scoffed at who would be prepared to consider reunification of ireland but that was a way in which they could maintain their european idea but i but a separation from the rest of the u.k.

or a hard border with the republic of ireland could both dismantle twenty years of hard work to improve relations between the two communities that make up northern island no one here has any illusions about the. people in northern ireland told us their breaks and ironically helped to highlight to shed light on the positive sides of the european union for. preserving peace in northern ireland for the past twenty years over also the economic benefits but people in northern ireland fear that this site for the rest of you. it just might come too late and we also know they did not vote in favor of a key point there. what are the chances of a no deal as things stand because i mean as we see here the issues which remain to be resolved are great. the issues are great but then again there is a will on both sides on the on the u.k.

side to actually come to deal because no deal would be really very very bad for everyone so so ultimately both sides to the question is can they have it in the on the continent but also here in the u.k. measures have started there are motorways here in the u.k. that extended to being called hog i don't thing that people are panicking over the i don't think is stockpiling any and the food drink for the event of a hard. deal but certainly it is something that businesses are incredibly afraid of and so there is a lot of pressure all through on the prime minister to find a solution with the e.u. counterparts bear good bass and london day work matus in brussels thank you so much to both of you. and you can stay tuned for more on those increasingly tense brags that negotiations on their affect on companies that want to do business in the u.k.

that's coming up a little later in the program but first we're getting a check of some other stories making news around the world a visual has been held in russian and next crimea for the victims of a school shooting that left one thousand 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 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 pick

for work 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 disposed. to be a critic of the saudi leadership was last seen entering the nearby consulate turkish officials claim they have an order recording of his much inside. a tape 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 rather they have 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 who gave little away about won't he learnt about the probe on the plane home but he was recorded saying deserve 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 comes out of valuating 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 on says of which few have emerged in the

sixteen days since she vanished. over 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 we'll speak with the director of an organization that researches the communist dictatorship in east germany but first. we're going to meet one of the political prisoners in the g.d.r. who says that people must never forget all those who suffered persecution. of 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 in prison. the mention of. all. 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 stars he had charged her then boyfriend with illegal possession of firearms one thousand year old goslar was accused of complicity in a new set of boycotting and harassing democratic institutions as well as the invention and distribution of biased rumors that endanger the peace of east germany its people and the word orchids when there are very few. 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 gosling 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

left in the water heated up because of my body warmth and they didn't want that they wanted it to be i scored thirty five. goslin was released in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and left for west germany before the berlin wall was built only after east germany ceased to exist in one thousand nine hundred one she declared innocent the foundation for the study of a communist dictatorship in east germany documents stories like khosla as president frank was on hand to mark the twentieth anniversary of the institutions founding. this vision is 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 to will remain so because it is not focused on the past for the past sake but seeks to remember for the future sake. and it's a gosling would like to see a monument to the victims of the east german dictatorship. the nevis many have no idea why people were locked up others died in detention or work here 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 are persecuted they should be honored by name i. mean. well for more let's bring in atika minsky's she is the director of that foundation as we just mentioned and as we just heard there in that report a call for a central memorial in order to remember people who were persecuted in east germany

i was actually surprised to hear that one doesn't exist what do you think about having one like that. yes i think we should have a national memorial for all the victims of communist repression and dictatorship and what we have here in germany there are a lot of monuments of museums off memorial places all over the country but what we don't have is a national and a central monument which yeah which might be a point. not only the victims but also. normal people can go to heaven i. what happened in. communication why is it so important to have that i mean do you germans people who are where visiting the country who want to learn about its passage are they not know enough about east germany's past would you say. you know that that in our history we had to tell you terry and regimes and to dictatorships and nazi dictatorship which is well known

and after world war two. in the eastern part of their voice instead of a communist dictatorship and yes i think that until today pete don't know enough about a communist dictatorship and to have such a public sign and a kind of politico demonstration that the victims of this dictatorship are not forgotten and they get a kind of popular honorary vi are such a memorial i think this will be a good just a good. seeing and a good symbol you know it's not just about the victims though on that we also need to focus on because for example i mean someone who used to live in the eastern states they say that you know always folk. in on the bad things that happened in east germany devalues them in and their parents i mean what do you think about that line of thinking and how do you address that appropriately. some years ago i was

asked. what was good in the g.d.r. and i said i should say or explain that not all things in the g.d.r. rabbit and i fit you are right we had a nice life we had had happy families but this is not support and the point is in the system you are living and i am certain i think you shouldn't ask me what was good in the g.d.r. you should ask me what is good in dictatorship because at some point that we don't have to just about personal life or the individual things people lived or or didn't live we have to speak about to systems we have to speak about lack of democratic rights of freedom we have to speak about. humiliation and yet and repression too as as an experience of everyday life why why is it so important to

talk about the things and why is it so important to come to terms with east germany's past. moments of course this is part of him of our history this is part of the history of this divided country and of this divided continent big course germany was it's a it's a borderline of citu. systems we're confronted at cold or curtain see iron curtain on one inside and on the other hand it it has to do with with our imagination in what society we do want to live. the to be expected except minorities are impressed and excluded would be except that our freedom rides and democratic rights are our domain they do it by a small group of people people who may say to you what is allowed and what is not do not think you so much for joining us to speak with us this morning and commenced

as we mentioned your director of the federal foundation for the study of communist dictatorship in eastern germany i think you around. russian way order nikita marianna off 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 fed it was much more difficult to execute certain jumps he also revealed that falling into the water was no fun the freezing conditions were one problem but the many i still floating around made it extra painful. v w not d w w volkswagen in his ear and it's diesels off the streets want to contest this but there is that story they plan to do something for the motorists here in germany. taking back all the diesel cars in response to the growing number of diesel bans here in german cities and that is according to

a report by a german daily builds the german car maker plans to buy back and scrap all of its diesel cars in germany that lack current emission certificates but owners won't get the purchase price back they'll receive a credit of up to ten thousand euros towards a new v.w. car company has had to pay billions in fines in connection with a decent gate emissions cheating scandal. let's hear wat the financial world has to say about that only by standing by for us at the franklin stock exchange well it just looks like i'm trying to get into the good books of german motorists again and will it work. they sure are trying to get in the good books but they're also trying to get off a little cheap and save jobs and save profits at the same time and i don't think the program that they're offering we don't have all the details yet volkswagen is not offering them all yet but the advocates and the consumers that have been addressing their issues with folks wagon won't be satisfied by this volkswagen will

only buy back products of its own and you mentioned it only with a credit to give to the customer towards a new car from the volkswagen group and. so far consumers say maybe i want to drive my old car many do many can't afford a new car and they say either install the hardware and make it clean or buy it back period i may not want a new volkswagen so this is going to continue to be a contentious issue folks wagon made an offer it's better than what was on the table before but i don't think it'll satisfy consumers it's a tiny move in the right direction that's a really bad sign from fed thank you so much. now than while the how irish border issue threatens to kill any possible deal for britain leaving the e.u. in an orderly manner by march twenty nine thousand ireland a member of the e.u. and the euro zone already has quite tangible breaks and problems to deal with today

and that's due to the forming pound and no deal breaks it would make things even worse that's why many irish companies a ditching the british the pla is in favor of all that you competitors. 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're forced to introduce a four point five percent increase this year the contract some of the currency fluctuation but of course if if there's a no team 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 pars 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 sent in a british made seat but that now comes from germany. and the last thing any supplier wants to see is a store and move business from them to the shore smaller 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 time or for employees to run

from work and to be an employee that works in our plan is a rich tax a rich shoshu security what is that going to be the future going forward or will that have to be paid in northern ireland there's no longer any try. that london and brussels will agree on a future without hard borders or customs and the consequences are increasingly apparent everyone suffers but especially britain brags it stands to ruin trade between europe and just one of its partners the u.k. stands to risk wrecking trade with twenty seven. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin more is coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that is d w dot com thanks for joining us.

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