this is why. european leaders trying to. despite stalled negotiations between britain and the european union commission president. says that he's more optimistic that a deal will be reached and he says europe is willing to give more time for its transition out of the european union. in the u.k. they do not like the sound of that also coming up turkish media publishing a new images in the case of the missing soldier journalist they say the photos show

a man with close ties to saudi arabia's crown prince holding consulate. on the same day. laws as the u.s. gears up for the midterm elections next month we'll take you to virginia one of the key states where democrats are looking to take back elaine is walked in a tight race for the u.s. house the former navy commander is running for the democrats and so far she has had . strong campaign. it's good to have you with us it is a tone that no one not in britain not in the european union is use to hearing e.u. leaders and british prime minister to resume a are talking about brecht sit in a positive way. a concluding

a two day summit in brussels both sides say that they are working hard to unlock talks which have become stuck on the issue of the irish border e.u. leaders have suggested extending the post breaks a transition period giving negotiators more time to find a way to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland at the end of the summits european commission president jiang called younger said that he is confident that he breaks that deal will be done but the idea of an extended transition period that is calls into recent problems at home where progress it critics are calling it quote a betrayal this is an idea that has been around a lot the last of us is in the potential for an extension in the house of commons previously i've always been very clear that we negotiated an implementation period with the i mean that implementation period went and at the end of december twenty twenty one it's now 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. are the tourism a there speaking earlier today let's pull in our correspondent max off and he's standing by tonight in brussels good evening to you max so we heard the prime minister there saying that it is something that they've considered before more time but extending this post breaks it transition period hell is that going to help solve the irish border issue. that's a very good question because of course they're not directly linked they are indirectly linked because if you have more time to actually negotiate the future trade relations that's what it's all about let's say for example of free trade agreement then maybe that's the think you have to reset may according to the nature of that agreement the whole problem of the hard border between northern ireland and

ireland might just go away but no illusions will really only go away if the u.k. are part of a customs union for example or even of the single market in the european union and that is something that the u.k. has more or less ruled out because they don't want to accept to a baby e.u. rule in this case that is something the brics it's years have said so really the present question is not how long the transition period will be but what the withdrawal agreement will look like because if there is no deal no deal then it doesn't matter what they agree on for the transition period because there will be no transition period just to hard drugs what about no deal i mean we've got five months until the u.k. is due to formally leave the european union as it stands right now and as it stands from where you're looking are we more likely to have a break sit crash than a deal. french president mccall put it pretty interesting that he said it's

a mathematical thing with every day that passes we have no deal the likelihood of the hard drags it increases of course you could also say it's like a pressure cooker and the most difficult topics are discussed at the end really the truth is we don't know because it doesn't depend on the you anymore here it's at least not exclusively it depends on what happens back in the u.k. and the political situation for its recent may has become so difficult she can't really move in either direction so the likely scenario is that at the end she'll come up with what has been negotiated she will put it in front of the u.k. parliament and say ok vote it down if you want to but you have the responsibility for it and what happens that we don't know yet that is very true next off in all the story for us tonight in brussels max thank you. breaks it may have dominated the e.u. summit but the vexed question of migration is never far from the european leaders

minds like bragg said the issue of refugees is long running and seems to be intractable most migrants coming to the e.u. arrive in italy or greece italy in particular says that this is unfair but this week's. has at least heard some fresh thinking on how to change there. austrian chancellor as a boston courts had an ambitious agenda tackling the gridlocked issue of migration his proposal a more flexible approach to resolve the e.u.'s divisions on how to resettle migrants and asylum seekers d.o.b. issue and by long the european union has been at a dead end for many years in the migration debate because there has only been one focus of mandatory quotas that we all knew would never come that's why we want to opt for solidarity instead of the sort of that we teach to the full treatment in fulton countries could then choose to contribute by paying for border security or

recommendations instead of taking in refugees themselves just this month amnesty international released another report on the devastating conditions in greek refugee camps the idea would be a defeat for german chancellor angela merkel westfall to hard for a mandatory relocation of migrants within the e.u. . does that would mean taking the easy way out it sounds good as a headline but if we all decide that mandatory sole dairy means just giving money then we still haven't solve many problems and abandon the countries of arrival systems of. the un can start this in fida isn't so i like. eastern european leaders however celebrated the proposal for those of us of the time are we going to the austrian proposal has shown that they understand in which direction the european union is headed it's a strong signals that the proposed system and clear divisions remain but your

leaders also try to show united front agreeing to boost cooperation with north african countries and to crack down on people smuggling. well here's a look at some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world people in russia annexed crimea have begun three days of national mourning in tribute to the victims of a school shooting that left at least nineteen people dead russian authorities in the black sea port of curch say an eighteen year old man detonated explosives and shot fellow students before killing himself three top officials in the afghanistan province of kandahar have been shot dead by their own guards 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. as well as the. governor and his deputy. were u.s. treasury secretary stephen mentioned has pulled out of next week's high profile

investment conference in saudi arabia as the investigation into that missing journalist jamal continues it follows a string of cancellations by finance ministers in companies from around the world today a turkish newspaper published in new images which it says proves that whatever happened to shogi was saying and right from the very top in saudi arabia. a pro-government newspaper in turkey says the man circled in these images is the head of a fifteen month hit squad involved in the alleged killing of saudi journalist. the photograph showed the mine in istanbul at the saudi consulate the consul's residence at ataturk airport on the day she disappeared he said to be. a saudi intelligence officer and former diplomat with close ties to saudi crown

prince mohammed bin. earlier this year he was photographed during the crown prince's trip to the united states. was last seen on october second and drink the saudi consulate in istanbul turkish officials say they have video evidence of his murder. state media has published details of the alleged audio including that the saudi consul mohammed the company heard in the recording he left a stumble earlier this week. had been living in the united states writing for the washington post he was a public critic of the saudi government where u.s. midterm elections take place in less than three weeks they're already making history for the record number of women running for congress taking a look at congressional races over recent years you can see a steady increase in the number of women running for office with a strong spike between twenty sixteen and twenty eighteen where the kickoff

coverage we're taking a closer look at for women grabbing the headlines the latest is democrat elaine loria she's a navy veteran running in virginia for the first time where she's hoping to win a seat in the house of representatives alexander phenomenon has been to meet her. elaine loria a former u.s. navy commander challenging a republican incumbent in virginia second district in a race that's considered competitive. and children special in norfolk an opportunity for lauria to meet with her constituents. she's been invited by the local chinese community many of its members are troubled by trump's anti-gay racial policies are there specific things that you're seeing on the ballot you know during a credible climate or that's a good question i asked her do we have a lot of business owners our church restaurant staff people working. this is.

the question is always an issue. more legal immigration affordable health care climate protection these are the issues elaine loria advocates but most of all and made a surprising plea for a democrat she believes in a strong and well funded military elaine loria is one of a dozen seniors veterans running for congress after serving her entire career in the navy warship she says public service like military work is about getting a mission done not about political affiliations. in a district were signs of military presence on never far away having a military background it's likely to resonate honor integrity service to country len loria says she wants her campaign to focus on the positive message it today's current political climate i feel it's more an obligation to not sit on the sidelines to take my experience in the military and also as

a small business owner here in the community and as a mother all of those things inform my decisions and also connect me to this community so i felt it was time to to step up and to run so far she's made a remarkable strong showing in this conservative district while her republican opponent also. had to run with the scandal it's campaign is under investigation for allegedly forging signature was to get a spoiler candidate on the bellows taylor did nice and he wrongdoings his hits back with attack ads that put strain laurie as a puppet of democratic leaders in washington. have hired. me to agree with the lens already on the retirement community and people here are curious to hear what she has to say they fly around and around the screen wearing a little. early. but i'm finding that i'm not anybody. and i made a comment. and i think she comes across as being just

a very honest person and i get so upset with her opponent put so close to not true you know when you get into this you know that everyone's not going to be friendly and you know you're not going to win over every voter and you know that you know it's sort of a contact sport. but genius one of the mid terms key states where the democrats have to look republican leaning districts to take back control of the house of representatives it's a tough mission but he says she wants to fight for every vote until election day. you're watching the w. news why from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day it's up to see if it. true.

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