this is the news live from berlin britain's prime minister says that a great deal is within reach speaking in parliament theresa may defend a draft agreement on post break that relations with brussels but with several key issues still to be resolved she says that the next seventy two hours are critical leaders are set to sign off on the divorce deal at a special summit on sunday. also coming up the board of nissan fires its chairman carlos ghosn that's after his shock arrest earlier in the week over allegations of

financial misconduct what is next for the japanese carmaker and its alliance with francisco no. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister to recent may has been facing heavy criticism from lawmakers skeptical about a draft agreement on post brags that relations with brussels may has defended it as a good deal for the u.k. but she admits that this is a critical moment in the negotiations disputes over fishing rights gibraltar and the border between the u.k. and ireland are still to be resolved and with e.u. leaders hoping to sign off on a brags it during a summit on sunday the clock is ticking. they're not exactly celebrating but e.u. leaders including chief breaks it negotiators jorma chopin

a have at least one reason to be cheerful the draft agreement on the u.k.'s withdrawal from the bloc should be signed off at a summit in brussels on sunday. british prime minister to resume a told parliament in london was a good deal for britain on. its own as the focus of the british people by taking back control of our borders our laws and our money while protecting jobs security and the integrity of our precious united kingdom it's a free movement once and for all we will make our own rules in our own parliament and it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the opposition leader jeremy corbyn was not convinced the prime minister said nothing is agreed until everything is agreed it's clear from this document that indeed nothing is agreed to this is the blindfold breck's that we all feared a leak in the dark german chancellor angela merkel had threatened to boycott

sunday's summit unless everything was hammered out in advance she now seems to be on board stuff even though i will do everything possible to get an exit agreement in. a disorderly breck that would be the worst possible thing not just for the economy but for a future relationship. if this big. also on thursday prime minister may had what she said was a friendly chat with the austrian johnson this suppressed goods getting the bricks a deal through parliament will be an altogether more hostile process. forward to discussing these issues with you today. thank you very much. let's get more now we are joined by yan zimmerman a speedy member of the bundestag and the deputy chairman of the german british parliamentary friendship group welcome to the program. how likely is theresa may to get support that she needs for the brags that you know because i mean if we look

for example at your social democratic friends the labor party they said they'll vote against it. i mean i saw a german perspective i completely understand because if you're in the government you need to have your old majority and i understand that the labor colleagues they're not really happy about the situation they they are now in. so it's going to be very interesting nevertheless i have a certain feeling that there might be some also some labor m.p.'s who vote at the end with theresa may what do you say to those m.p.'s though who meanwhile are really taking a hard line here they basically think that that that brussels will agree to renegotiate this deal. that's a very good question i mean if stories i'm a failed still have a majority in the house of commons nobody really knows what's what's happening next

and i completely understand to all fellow members of parliament in the u.k. that this is probably the most important decision of their political life so it's not only a long. potsie lines but it's really about what they think is the best for the country but i have i have the impression that if there isn't a majority in parliament the process will continue and europe is not interested in having a messy bricks and i mean we have a continuing and saying it over and over again we there is no interest in punishing the u.k. so i mean it would be it would have a certain irony if breaks it would fail in parliament but let's talk about the a level because i mean there have been some last minute issues that have emerged of alter for example spain bringing that issue up is there enough support would you say in the e.u. and in germany to pass this deal on sunday as it stands i in

the bluntest. there is a strong support fall for that deal mainly because i mean we've seen the the outline for the next two years for the real negotiations for the future relations this is the tricky part now it's all about the divorce and i think in germany and across twenty seven we can live with that of course and we make that clear all the time we stand along with our friends in the islands and there needs to be a solution which protects the good friday good friday agreement and this is going to be very tough. over the next two years to find solutions because i'm not seeing a solution yet there but fall for sunday i see a strong support in germany and a long trench seven so let's go down that path and say it does pass on sunday you

know there is that contingent as we mentioned there is this opposition to the deal in her own domestic parliament it sounds and correct me if i'm wrong as if you think though that it will pass. asked. i would bet on the outcome of that vote i mean i think it's really it's a fifty fifty situation i mean if we if we look at the hots call bricks it's years in the tory party on the d u p. so three some may really needs to convince quite a lot of labor m.p.'s and i'm not sure if she's able to do so think she does not. get a worst case scenario here that brings the tears they win out they take britain down a route of the deregulated economy perhaps looking at hair you know low business taxes harsh immigration policy how can the e.u. respond how should the e.u. respond first of all i don't think that we will see that if the. majority

because if she if she loses that vote that definitely means snap elections and then every everything probably starts from stretch again probably with a charity called in left government which would change probably some things but it might not stop from from happening but doesn't the e.u. need to prepare for the fact that this might be a hard brags that i mean and what would you do in that case i mean i am i'm convinced that all twenty seven countries are preparing for a heart breaks that i know from what sort of response. i'm not sure first of all this is really about damage control so i know i mean we have prepared about text controls on the balders we have the german government has prepared constant contingency plans and i think all of the countries would have done that so if that happens we will see really

a lot of issues but again this is first of all it's damage control and i don't know and i predict what is going to happen if we will do. pen's on a future government because a labor government would probably do very different things than a jayco move government which would also be possible just briefly before we go angle americal i'm here in germany she says that britain should remain a partner remain a friend is there really any danger that that wouldn't happen i don't think but the hawks call bricks it's yours they started from day one after the referendum to think about who to blame on the negative outcomes because brics it will have negative outcomes for many people in the u.k. and they started from day one to think about who to blame on and that's the french and the germans fall for many hearts called breck's it's years so there is

a certain danger that these relations between germany e.u. twenty seven and u.k. might suffer. i know from my fellow parliamentarians and from the governments we don't want that and we will invest heavily in maintaining good relations so there's got to be a fall guy if things go wrong but ultimately you think that things will go right yes so thank you so much for joining us to share that optimistic assessment yes zimmerman s.p.d. member of the bundestag and deputy chairman of the german british parliamentary friendship group we appreciate it thank you. well now the board at nissan has voted to kick out chairman carlos co he remains in jail on suspicion of falsifying financial reports the japanese carmakers french partner or no is meanwhile keeping going on as chief executive at least temporarily naming an interim c.e.o. just yesterday a major rift is threatening to open between the companies in danger ing their alliance the french and the japanese economy ministers even met today over the

matter. it was an eagerly awaited decision in tokyo and around the world for hours nissen's top executives held consultations with their c.e.o. hero to a psych hour then it became clear go and must leave his position as chairman of newsstand psych is expected to be his temporary successor. carstone has plans from the plush surroundings of his executive suite to a spartan cell behind the walls of this tokyo jail rumors that mr management was behind his fall from grace spread like wildfire. it's a source of coup de tat by nissan those who didn't like him to ninth internally to make him full. carlos ghosn is one of the most successful auto company bosses of all time in one thousand nine hundred six he began restructuring struggling french carmaker ran zero three years later he engineered

the alliance with nissan he soon had this company back on the road to success as well but a no holds a forty three percent stake in this and giving the french a lot of power in the company through to even appointing this on board the japanese company has only a fifteen percent stake in reno leaving it with no effective vote or power in its french partner. a complete merger would have cemented nissen's possession as the weaker partner even though the company is performing better than ran. the as sting of goan could signify that the japanese automaker wants to expand its influence in its alliance with france's right now. now let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world according israel has sentenced and american israeli man to tell ten years in jail after he was convicted of a string of hoax bomb threats against jewish community center united states the court said that he had met with some two thousand institutions before his arrest

last year. iraqi prime minister abdullah abdullah mahdi has met with the kurdish leader must suit barzani in baghdad it's a sign of a thaw in relations between the two sides soured after a failed kurdish bid for independence from baghdad last year. to chess now where the world championship is in drawling fans around the world defending champion magnus carlsen and his challenger fabiano caruana remain in deadlock after nine matches with the tenth game currently ongoing the type battle has seen a surge in popularity for the sport. this final is guaranteed to go down in the history books magnus carlsen and carolina have drawn all no one of their matches so far a world record carlsen the undisputed king of the chess world has been world champion since twenty thirteen boss this year he's facing his toughest challenge in quite

some time is known for his aggressive openings and experts have noted his meticulous preparation if the wind doesn't emerge after twelve matches. just saw at the top of that would hand the advantage to carlsen who hasn't lost a tie break in thirteen years tyree call not the world champion will be decided within the next week with the window receiving one million dollars in prize money. and with that now you're up to date on news i'm sarah kelly in berlin the news continues at the top of the hour but we will leave you now with some. it has been exactly fifty years since the beatles were laced their white album nowadays seen as one of the greatest albums of all time take a listen enjoy. doing. give. me a good. number nine number nine number

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