well mr comes to. this is d w news live from bergland british prime minister theresa may tries to assure the e.u. that a transit deal is still possible but just maybe european leaders have a crunch breaks at the summit say that the u.k. isn't delivering the concrete i guess you did to break the impasse 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 the saudi consulate

property as the investigation into the fate of a dissident saudi journalist jamal khashoggi speaks up u.s. president donald trump says that he expects to learn the truth by the end of the me . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program leaders in brussels have failed to break the impasse on britain's withdrawal from the e.u. the leader said that british prime minister to resign may fail to deliver fresh proposals and postponed calls for a special summit next month to finalize the divorce the main problem is the issue of the irish border with bribes 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 tensions in northern.

ireland now a key part of negotiations is a so-called backstop a guarantee that the border would 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 to rescind may says that's unacceptable good progress both on withdrawal agreements and on the future partnership a future relationship only with your agreement there are issues remaining around the back story just to remind everybody the back story is what would become in place to ensure that there would be no hard border between north and if the future relationship is not in place by the end of the mentation period now the original proposal from the e.u. was one that we could not accept in the k. it would have created a customs border down the irish sea earlier in the year we put forward a proposal as to how to deal with this issue a further idea that has emerged and it is an idea at this stage is to create an option to extend the implementation period for

a few matter of moments and it would only be for a matter of moments. let's get more now on what the british prime minister has had to say let's bring in correspondent they are matters in brussels and barrack at mass in london i'd like to begin with you because theresa may there essentially saying that she is open to extending the braz rights that transition by a few months explain to us what exactly that would mean. it's a bit technical and it shows you if you want the desperation of the british prime minister here really to get something new she can sell back home in order to make this deal she has in mind look more attractive to do her own negotiating side if you want the idea is that if you would add time to the transition period something we will only see if a divorce agreement can be reached within the next couple of months then we would have a two year maybe them with this extra extension of the possibly three year transition period and that is time to hammer out a new relationship

a future relationship for the e.u. and the u.k. and that makes the possibility that in fact stuff would actually come into action something that is extremely controversial and let's remind our viewers something the british side had already agreed to in december and now basically forgot about that fact so it would make that scenario of a backstop coming into place less likely and that is why she likes this idea. how is that idea though likely to go down where you are there in the u.k. because we are hearing that this is triggering some backlash right. now for the media one of the pregnancy paces said. sorry better get that one was for you please continue. yes and so one of the breaks and backing papers here in the u.k. was crying out another year in limbo and i think this is word over and pays a feeling across the board those who are back back in wrexham but also those who

want to remain even though remain employees you would have thought well it's kind of a sensible it sounds like a sensible solution to give more time but even they are saying well we don't have money for our public services and then you have another year where you're basically paying but you have no say and is this really going to actually solve the problem is it not more a problem that's fundamental and with another year really help so. yes a lot of criticism for tourism a year in the u.k. . so therefore i just like to ask him in where do we stand now because i mean we just we just heard from back at that there's a lot of criticism on the domestic front the e.u. also not happy with progress what are the chances that we will still ultimately see no deal here. your leaders here today for instance luxembourg prime minister has said we're not on the time pressure on the use side we we wait for the u.k. to make the next move we've put a suggestion on the table the backstop is basically not negotiable we really need

a backstop in order to make sure there will be no hard order if this is basically the big last sticking point and of course the no deal is a scenario that comes closer by the day there is less than half a year basically until the u.k. would crash out and create a new shoes for both sides but do you still comfortable that somehow a deal can be struck. they're going mass in london day or matus in brussels thank you so much to both of you well now let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world a vigil has been held in russian and x. 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 warrants that the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of

congo could worsen dramatically w.h.o. stopped short of declaring an official public health emergency but said that there is a danger of the potentially fatal disease spreading to neighboring countries. israel has conducted twenty air strikes on gaza and closed its border with the palestinian territory this after a rocket fired from gaza struck a house in southern israel early on wednesday israel blames hamas which governs in gaza for the rocket attack but the militant group has denied responsibility. 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 turkey besta gaiters have conducted new searches at consular properties in the city after vanished over two weeks ago growing international an ease overcome case has led to hide level business and

political representatives pulling out of a saudi investment conference next week including the dutch finance minister. 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 orgy a 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 right but if ever there were no i'm not sure yet that it exists probably does possibly there 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 with but my papa is coming back we're going to walled 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 riyadh deserves 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 will you wait 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 of which few have emerged in the sixteen days since she vanished. over two hundred and fifty thousand political prisoners were held in east german jails during the forty one year

communist regime many of them still suffer as a result from their experiences did i met a woman who was arbitrarily imprisoned and tortured in germany's former east and who says that all those who suffered persecution must never be forgotten. my mom go whoa whoa whoa my has been 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. movie mench with of. all. the memories still haunt her in what was east germany anita goslar was wrongfully sentenced to three years and eight months in prison in one thousand nine hundred fifty three bush does 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 organs when there are very few. ghosla 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 eck 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. when i always wondered why the water was let out and fresh water let 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.

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 a communist dictatorship in east germany document stories like khosla as president frank steinmeyer was on hand to mark the twentieth anniversary of the institutions founding. this is the 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 to will remain so because it is not focused on the past for the past sake but seeks to remember for the future sake.

each of goslar 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 are persecuted they should be honored by name i. mean. well now to some other news and sport russian wakeboard are the key to marianna off has performed the latest in a long line of stunts this time riding on and around icebergs in southwest greenland he says 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 you might imagine the freezing conditions were one

problem but the many ice needles floating around made it struck painful. mexican boxer kind of as has announced that he has signed a quote historic contract after agreeing a three hundred sixty five million dollars deal to broadcast his fight on streaming service does own now the world's midway champion has signed a five year old eleven fight deal that would be the most lucrative in sports history the twenty eight year old people can already told they can in september and one of the fights of the year says that he was humbled to be selected for the contract. minor now the top stories we've been following for you here on news the british prime minister says that the u.k. is transition out of the e.u. could be extended by a matter of months to ensure no hardboard. in northern ireland this comes after

european union leaders failed to reach a branch that breakthrough at talks in brussels. and with that you're up to date on d w news i'm sarah kelly in berlin don't forget you can always follow us on social media the conversation continues and on our website d.w. dot com thank you so much for joining us have a great day. any colby's in germany to learn german. village people why not learn with him online on the mobile and free form of the w z learning course because he. came after.