well you. this is the line from european leaders. commission president. to mystic any deal would probably require a long post brooks in transition from that's not going down well with prostitutes in the u.k. also on the program turkish media publish a new image using the case of the missing saudi journalist and they say the photo shows with close ties to saudi arabia's a crown prince and a saudi consulate in istanbul. disappear. in

business european banks accused of using illegal tax trickery over share deals to drain fifty five billion euros from the national treasury. i'm still going to welcome to the program a year later british prime minister theresa may have expressed renewed confidence over breakfast negotiations concluding a two day e.u. summit in brussels both sides said they are working hard to unlock talks which have become stuck on the issue of the irish border they usually just have suggested extending the postbox a transition period during which the u.k. would still be subject to the blocs rules commission president described an extension is a good idea it would probably happen european parliament president said he was more optimistic that

a deal could be done but the idea of an extended transition period is causing theresa may problems at home where the critics say it's betrayal this is may address the issue in her clothes were remarks. this is an idea that has been around before i've been asked about change in the potential for an extension in the house of commons previously i've always been very clear that we negotiated it was mentation period with the e.u. and when you go stated that implementation period would and at the end of december twenty twenty what is now emerged is the idea that an option to extend the invitation period could be a further solution to this issue of the backstop in northern ireland. brussels bureau chief welcome back so we have both sides apparently thinking that this would be a good idea but it's also going to cause problems for the prime minister. if you define both sides as one side being the e.u.

and the other side theresa may then yes you're right but of course the u.k. side is much much more than just theresa may as you just mentioned she has back home in her own party people who want to get out of the e.u. as soon as possible probably be happy that this happened tonight so they will be opposed to the idea of extending that transition period first of all just a reminder before we have a transition period there needs to be a withdrawal agreement otherwise there's a hard drugs and then there will be no transition period between the actual moment where that leaves the european union now slotted in for the twenty ninth of march of next year and the moment when the new. the new ties the new relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. start ok so they a you had to britain have spent months. over the question of the irish border so in the next ninety seconds save you can explain to us why it is so difficult to

solve. it's a tough one but i'll try well what they want is a backstop this is an insurance policy to make sure that whatever the outcome of the negotiations after the u.k. leaves the e.u. be that there won't be a hard border that's what the backstop is called in the u. has thrown around different concepts for for example pushing the border between northern ireland and ireland or pushing that border into the irish sea but that would effectively make northern island part of the single market or the subject to e.u. regulations that's something that threesome a has rejected she said she does not want to have an external border between different parts of the u.k. she says this will be so. all the future relationship the nature of the future relationship that's only truth they entered the single market or a customs union something they don't want so we still have these very much opposing viewpoints and it's unclear how this will be resolved ok so let's go back to the slightly more slightly more optimistic side of the street one of the european

leaders been saying about this idea of an extended transition period i think across the board to sum it up. we still have some time we still have you know the tough cookie that we need to eat or that hard nut to crack which is of course that backstop for the border between or not the border between northern ireland and ireland but they seem quite optimistic on the other hand because of the atmosphere the tone they all said was much better than in the past including dono to the president of the e.u. councils that seemed to give them some hope and i got to put in a question at the press conference about that i make of the german chancellor i asked her if she had the feeling that all the factual things were on the table now or if a new idea would come up later and she had she had this to say. to give a positive spin on this one can say that once you have a political situation you can very quickly. have to admit withdrawal agreement and

cornerstones on a future relationship. blackstone walked out which in a way it is is. there so you don't have to break new ground as it was. ok so that's quite positive briefly where are we on the risk of a no deal more likely or less likely. one in the words of the french president it's a mathematical feat so every day we don't have a deal or no deal scenario more likely but quite frankly it all depends on what's going to happen in the u.k. parliament once there is something that's recent may bring some in the current political situation there it's just impossible to predict. that in brussels thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world german authorities say this man from north was involved in the timing of a major islamic state terror attack in germany in twenty six states plotting to

cause a large number of deaths at a music festival a year long undercover security operation foiled it. puts people in russia annexed crimea have been paying tribute to the victims of a school shooting that left at least nineteen people dead national forces in the black sea port of cash say an eighteen year old detonated explosives and shot fellow students before killing himself the injured have been transferred to moscow another russian succesful specialist treatment. at least one person has been killed and dozens more injured during anti corruption protests in the haitian capital to process thousands of people have turned out to cross the caribbean country mccrory about the alleged misuse of funds from a government program sponsored by venezuela. three top officials in the afghan province of kandahar been shot dead by their own gods the attack took place at the end of a high level security conference at the governor's residence the dead include

kandahar's police chief zeek provincial governor and his deputy. united states says it's giving saudi arabia more time to explain the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi because show d. is a saudi. citizen with u.s. residency and there are concerns that he may have been murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul on the second of october a pro-government turkish newspaper has published pictures of a man it says headed the squad involved in mr constructors' disappearance the mansour diplomats reported to have close ties to saudi crown prince mohammed bin salomon the pictures show him at the saudi consulate u.s. media have also published photos linking subjects subjects suspects in the case to the crown prince if confirmed this would contradict riyadh's denial of involvement . so let's get the latest from d.w.

correspondent to dorian jones in istanbul tell us more than about these apparent legs between this disappearance and the saudi royal family. yes this individual is very closely linked to crown prince mohammed bin ali been solomon he's part of his security detail a senior member of the security detail in fact there's been many photographs but a group to train him very close to the crown prince and according to the local media report he will see the ringleader the man in charge of this alleged fifteen member saudi hit team that arrived the same day that she disappeared and he is linked to this journalist disappearance this also comes as a new report saying that the investigation is moving beyond searching the diplomatic missions in the stamboul to forest sources close to istanbul and the seaside town again very close to now it is part of this search for what is believed

to be the remains of the saudi journalist and the message is that this investigation is still going on and they believe that they are building up a very strong case linking directly to riyadh. doria understanding is that the official investigation hasn't had vast much to say yet there is masses of information floating around in the media coming from. that's right there hasn't been an official briefing by any person involved in the investigation since it started over two weeks ago that's unprecedented all of this information is becoming dripped drip drip through what's known as sources close to the investigation senior sources close to the investigation and they've been briefing not only local media but international media mainly the american media and there is a growing concern about how difficult it is to verify this and even how much and how seriously you can ground your reporting on these anonymous reports and the

biggest area of concern is the reports over these so-called video and audio recordings that allegedly recorded the last minutes of the saudi journalists life and then as the days have been going on the reporting has become more and more graphic more and more details gruesome in many ways but it is still no evidence that these tapes or video recordings do exist and a sign of growing frustration i think internationally the u.s. president donald trump has given almost an ultimatum he says i want to hear and see these by friday and this does put turkey now in a tight spot because for the first time i think there is now growing scrutiny over its distribution of information so given that turkish media is decidedly controlled by the state what interest toward her have been making false or exaggerated claims against saudi arabia. well you have to understand in many ways this is being seen as a double game being played by on cross now. before this crisis erupted had very

difficult relations with saudi arabia these two countries all the main power powerhouses are in the region and they've been butting heads all across the region and this really has plunged relations into rock bottom even before this latest eruption in over the disappearance of the saudi journalist but at the same time. it's bilateral trade is around eight billion dollars took economies in a bad shape and it really doesn't want to risk a full confrontation so what we've been seeing is the turkish president. has been very restrained uncharacteristically diplomatic in his comments but the same time behind the scenes you've been seeing is fueling all of me of anonymous sources that have driven the investigation and the pressure on. jordan jones in istanbul thank you former indian junior foreign minister who questions post after twenty women accused him of sexual harassment is now suing one of his accusers. accuses

a female journalist of defamation and the allegations refer to a time when he was a top newspaper editor the case is pushed india's growing me to movement back into the limelight. police removed protesters calling for the resignation of a politician whose divided india. just two days later a junior foreign minister and j x.-box quits. twenty women have accused the full menus paper edited turned politician of sexual harassment allegations he denies. many women have come up and no sign of the government has taken some disease and beach it which means that government is listening to the whites of the men. now act seen here on the right is hitting back he's filed a criminal law suit against one of the women for defaming him. in.

the hindu nationalist government has said little about the accusations but they've become increasingly haunt to reconnoitre. that other women coming out and accusing him we don't know if it's the good but we don't know why would they lie and it's good that it is and that. across india there is being growing anger at the rise in reports of sexual harassment against women in the me too movement which began in the united states is gaining traction in india more women a using social media to call outmanned they accuse of inappropriate behavior i hold me to. goes well in india also and because it's a rampant evil in the society and it's a right it's time to now take up these issues and for women to really speak fearlessly for m.j. akpom it's now want to the courts to decide not if he's guilty but if he's been

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