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this is deja vu news live from berlin could the united kingdom finally be on the road to break that down main street has been briefing cabinet ministers on the draft deal hammered out with brussels but it's likely to be a tough sell out in the emergency meeting later today. also coming up authorities tackling california's worst wildfire disaster say they're starting to get the upper hand but the death toll is nearing fifty as forensic teams step up the grim search for human remains.
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i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us after nearly eighteen months of negotiations the british government has right now pouring over the details of a draft agreement on the u.k. leaving the e.u. prime minister theresa may summoned ministers to brief them on the document ahead of an emergency cabinet meeting later today she faces potential opposition to the deal from within her own government from those who want to remain in the european union and euro skeptics who want less compromise with brussels. rebuffed me still mr greenberg one by one they were called for an audience with the prime minister you'll be out after months of stalled talks and false starts a moment of bragg's truth. arriving in darling street to resume a chief enforcer said the end was near to be interesting simone's we suspect. we are getting closer. to
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a deal he told reporters. as ministers filed out their white smiles but tight let us. say until now the main sticking point has been how to keep the u.k.'s only land border with the european union the irish border open after brags early reports suggest the u.k. has agreed to stay in a temporary trading bloc with the european union. as the briefings were going on inside don't excrete the pressure was piling on from the outside this is highly unlikely to be the right tool for britain but we've made it clear throughout with if it doesn't satisfy now conditions will be voting against it inside parliament to deal took at hammering from all sides of the political divide we're going to stay in the customs union we're going to stay fit to be in large parts of the of the single market and that means it's basson states we are going to for the first time in a fountain and use this place this parliament will not have
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a say over the moves that govern this country it is splitting families to just around the corner morris johnson's brother joel was making the case for a second referendum. hundreds turned out to hear former england football or gary lineker interviewed joe johnson on why he wants a so-called people's vote. in the end there where are cheers in westminster last night just not for breaks and. let's go right to london nicole resisting by force there covering the latest brags the developments for us nicole good to see you so this deal is hundreds of pages we know the government is poring over it in detail right now but what do we actually know about what is in this deal. or are they areas at first this not so we know about the structure really only that it has caused quite some turmoil here in london among the m.p.'s as we have just heard it's set to be of more than five hundred pages
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document outlining the future relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. and also covering one of the most crucial points in these discussions which is the irish quarter now there are some rumors out that this could be and could be looking like a white customs arrangement that avoids. but also sees special provisions all the northern irish for northern ireland so that would be quite exciting news if this rule would be to be confirmed right because we are waiting of course for more details on what's in this deal the other big question everyone is asking is it going to fall apart does theresa may first of all have the support she needs from her own cabinet this is a moment of truth she asked seen cabinet members some of them at least yesterday to put forward the trough probably also to check what the mood is like at the moment of truth is coming now when she will see who is going to back the trough and if
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this get haass through that is if the progress that mrs stone put her obstacles in the way and this is likely to be signed off by brussels and then another hurdle is coming at you because she needs to make sure that it's being passed through parliament now this is where have a party doesn't have a but jory t. so she does rely on partners such as the democratic unionist party from northern ireland and they have expressed concerns that teresa mayes plans actually could divide the country. that is the big next hurdle isn't it then in parliament are we going to how much opposition are we going to see from hardliners like boris johnson well he always pops out there if he can so he's already taking a very strong stance at the moment saying that cabinet ministers should chalk this dropped away so you probably will be back in his plays like the usual boris johnson
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that we know two races force. i did reporting for us from london thank you very much. thank you. let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world sri lanka's political crisis has intensified after lawmakers voted out the country's newly appointed prime minister in a heated session the move follows a decision by the country's top court to suspend a presidential order to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections the rajapaksa was appointed prime minister last month after the president kicked out his predecessor. u.s. vice president mike pence has told me and our leader aung san suu kyi there was no excuse for the violence that's caused hundreds of thousands of to flee her country and it was meetings hoochie on the sidelines of a regional summit he also pressed for the release of two jailed journalists. and egypt has brokered a truce between israel and palestinian militants in gaza cross border violence
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flared up after an israeli raid in gaza over the weekend palestinians responded by firing hundreds of rockets into southern israel killing one and injuring dozens were tied with airstrikes which left seven gazans dead. thousands of firefighters are still battling to contain blazes across northern and southern california authorities say they are starting to gain the upper hand but the threat is far from over at least forty eight people have been killed in the worst fires in the state's history and hundreds are missing national guard troops have been dispatched to help search for human remains in the town of paradise. this is what's left of paradise in northern california the fire go to town so quickly that many people have no time to escape. now teams of forensic scientists to sifting through the rubble searching for human remains. finding the bodies of some victims in and around the wreckage of cars
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a grim reminder of last desperate efforts to free the flames. one person who made a narrow escape was nineteen year old patty saunders. everywhere we went it was all around all sides in front of and we kept stopping we couldn't go to traffic would stop and then we finally got to a place where you couldn't go forward or backward but had looked up and i saw the fire department a big sign paradise in a beautiful angel farm and with a big goals and he was bringing everything he was making our cars cool off. nearly a quarter of a million people in california have been forced to leave their homes because of the fires in the last week. as firefighters appear to get a handle on the worst of the blazes and workers start repairing the damage to roads and other infrastructure thousands are now being allowed to return to their
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communities but authorities say that the crisis is not yet over. we are not out of the woods yet we still have some incredibly tough conditions ahead of us please as has been said in the past please remain vigilant stay tuned to your local media outlets we will let you know of any changing conditions. this warning comes as one fire flared up again in the santa monica mountains in southern california. firefighters were eventually able to beat it back but they said the vegetation is so dry to see if you catch light again at any time. climate change experts from nearly two hundred countries are gathering in the egyptian resort of sharm el sheikh they're aiming to push through plans to protect the biodiversity over the next decade the future of delicate habitats like these mangrove forests here in southeast asia are at risk around the world experts at the united nations conference will also be discussing how to clean up high pollution
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sectors like mining energy and manufacturing. let's go more perspective on the story now with marco lumberton is the director general of the conservation group w w f internationally joins us from sharm el sheikh where that conference is taking place marco thank you very much for being with us i'll ask about the conference in a moment but first you know your organization just recently released a report warning that we're seeing an alarming decline in biodiversity how severe has this decline been and what is the reason behind it. so it's three really severe we're talking about sixty percent of the colline or wildlife. percolation of land and water and the sea in less than forty years less than the human generation stiger shocking and the bad news is that these trends continue downwards so we're expecting almost seven percent in the next few years and the reason the.
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direction of natural habitats for the station. and sustainable use of natural resources over fishing in the ocean and in all this combined has driven some of these ecosystems and the wild that lives in these places to the brink of collapse in some regions of the world. those are staggering numbers and it's a call to action in a way the un conference on biodiversity is taken place where you are right now what realistically can be achieved there. first of all. the convention this morning opened the conference saying we are failing and he's too we're taking nature for granted and we have no think in place the necessary actions to correct the trend of by diversity and the nature of loss so the knowledge that to business as usual is not an option we have to change in terms of changing we need to be more ambitious but perhaps more importantly we have to really understand and change the whole perception of nature nature is not just beautiful
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inspirational and has as it is indispensable to our own future and if we have ecosystems like forests and oceans on the brink of collapse the consequences not just for the wildlife. cherish but also for us for our future in the short term for the future of our children living on the planet today it's. very dangerous and so we need to really stop taking nature for granted can see the nature of. the flow of development well being and happiness. and implement this strong going to be. nature is indispensable to our future that message from our poll number twenty the director general of the international thank you so much for joining us on. thank you. thailand now where the death of a child who had participated in a kick boxing match has sparked
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a debate of the country's national sport the boy was thirteen years old and had fought more than one hundred seventy matches when he died reportedly from a fatal brain hemorrhage it's common for children to start practicing thai boxing at a young age and organizers insist that things should stay the way they are. the so-called art of eight limbs more a toy is thailand's national sport where he started fighting a new chad was just eight years old he was thirteen when he died of head injuries suffered during a fight his death has ignited a national debate about the rules and dangers of the sport with legislation being considered that would see under twelve's banned from competitive fighting a new uncle is a boxing coach himself and he believes it's time for regulation. we've done that have all for me i think it's important to have protective gear we should have protective gear for children under twelve. but those seemingly modest proposals
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face organized opposition from a lobby that believes regulation would destroy more time because this case an anomaly and says that fighters have to start young. a new choose death has laid the dangers involved. are in russia several pedestrian pranksters had a really creative way to get around some passkey regulations and cross a bridge that's actually closed to traffic. on lookers film the source of the hold up on the bloody bus talks vehicle only bridge came into view the four people dressed as a makeshift yellow bus didn't get very far before they were busted by a security guard it's not clear whether the stunt was a protest or a prank there was a public outcry and twenty fifteen one local authorities ruled the crossing would be off limits to pedestrians. you're watching news still to come is germany's economic boom in trouble the country's
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economy is strong for the first time in years so is it a temporary setback or part of a larger trend. monica jones we'll have that story coming up right for you in business. with him how to be do as well behind your head and the boat would be smiling i never.

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