this is due to the news from a key vote in taiwan on same sex marriage not as strong as waters on the i don't take photographs but i'm sums on gay rights and marriage equality it could become the first place in a shop to recognize same sex marriage also coming up a row over gibraltar could threaten madrid series without britain got into so that it will have a say on the future of the territory it could quite call tomorrow special. and in football saturday sees the final of south america's top club competition between

river plate. is the first time ever these two teams have played against each other for that title. welcome to the program taiwan could soon become the first place in asia to legalize same sex marriage long lines but everywhere as people turned out to vote in a series of referendums on gay rights including marriage the island is deeply divided on the issue lost its top court ruled same sex couples should be allowed to wed by me twenty nineteenth today's referendum which come alongside local elections on uncertainty on what amounted to could look like. for more i'm joined now in the studio by phoebe king from east asia. feeney welcome

good to see you know we have five referendums on gay rights today and the issue of same sex marriage is also included in these referendums with so many questions in the mix can you really expect a coherent result. yeah we have like as you mentioned we have ten referenda in total in this election and wish breaks the record high one selection is history so . today they are now they're being asked to these three to determine whether same sex marriage to be legalized in like by amending the civil code or and their special law which means same sex couples they will be granted different rights different from like heterosexual couples and that is considered to be a kind of discrimination. on the other side. they want to do even more so that way so that we have like referendums from both camps at the same

time in this elections where you have taiwan's court ruling last year that seemed sex marriage should be allowed yet this is not the case why is this for me yeah but firstly we have the clarify that this draft and it's not about to determine whether or not to legalize same sex marriage but it is to it is about in what way we should implement it in what way we should make it happen so we have mentioned that there is two ways like civil amena civil court special law so why is this referendum coming out today is that. under the landmark ruling last year the court has given the government two years to end its role since then the government health and put forward any proposed bill to the parliament to like it proposing any kind of suggestion to us like how to legalized same sex marriage and they are playing that because there is no consensus in time and society so today. the cans and.

they are proposing a brazing this referendum in order to put pressure to the government to like calling for the. method to implement same sex marriage in a way that one's. supporter of people of same sex marriages it has been a very polarizing issue in taiwan and openness from the general public is they flee the fight at this well we can see that supports from their fruits the main way come from just groups churches parental. generation and they have found a strong ability to mobilize voters so but at the same time we can see that gay marriage marriage equality has gained overwhelming support of our younger generation so it comes down the question is whether the young pay if they can over weight the opposition can set that is the question today but no matter how surveys

out. if both of them. they both pass at the same time so it may strike a. constitutional ruling that the court has to credit and the further interpret it interpret the law to give. so it would be another to the ruling party right certainly a vexed issue that would be gone from the deposition of you know i think you i think i mean you. were gone you could prime minister theresa may is making a final push to defend a break that agreement with the e.u. she said to me commission president a day ahead of a special e.u. summit to approve the deal its passage now depends on but the spanish prime minister. is satisfied the issue of gibraltar has been adequately addressed he has threatened to boycott the summit on this spain has written assurances over the future of the british territory. if there's no deal. then it's clear that the european council summit will not go ahead. so can not cause the

cancellation of this weekend's summit or even to veto the entire break the de brussels bureau of fun. that's a good question and i can't tell you the number of hours we have pored over the question this week so the conclusion of the w.'s to your brussels is yes they can because at these summits the decisions taken normally have to be consensual not consensual doesn't mean that spain has to say yes to the agreement they could abstain and these agreements so the withdrawal agreement and the political agreement would still pass but if they actively say no we do not want this then it cannot pass so some have jokingly suggested here in brussels that they should just wait until such as has to go to the restroom or something to actually do that but of course it doesn't work like that this is a decision of such magnitude than anything else than unanimity won't do it in this

case. in there with a view from brussels on whether spain and don't be doing that break the deal but even if e.u. leaders do move past madrid's concerns it doesn't stop there for three some aim if you need to sign off on how brakes are drafted on sunday the british prime minister still has to push it through our own bottom and in the face of strong objections from within her own conservative party the question is will she resign if the brig's of plans are rejected by m.p.'s actual fun has or. ah what would we all do without brags it's the story of a lifetime keeping thousands of politicians public officials and journalists busy most of all of course to resubmit yes and she still is the prime minister of the u.k. need at least at the time of this recording. but i believe with every fiber of my being that the course i have set out is the right

one for our country and all people you have to give it to her she's nothing if not persistent. it used to be different may was ridiculed disregarded declared for politically dead but that all changed with the brilliant move she made . to words. dancing queen. so this clearly shows that theresa may is beyond caring what people think of are ok that's not the only reason she's earning some admiration every paper it's written on prime minister it's also the fact of simply still being there but now things are about to get really dicey not necessarily here in brussels it seems likely that leaders will sign off on the withdrawal agreement and the political agreement on sunday. this is where the real battle will take place.

well the battle already is taking place really with interest in this house of commons yourself man they seem to joke about it. this empty document could have been written two years ago it's happened with phrases such as the parties will look out the policies will explode on watch on us as the government been doing for the last two years with this kind of resistance what happens next. let's say european leaders approved the divorce agreement that's up to the house of commons and you know what they're like. if they do say yes then the european parliament and the e.u. member states need to form of the approve the deal at the beginning of next year. results and orderly bracks and at the end of march two thousand and ninety if the house of commons votes no and that seems likely at the moment chaos ensues.

after some reflection time all of these possibilities are on the menu from directors it chaos to no gregs at all my thoughts on that. there are still lots of were. yes we always say that but you know what it's true. she remains prime minister. not as all the other stories making news around the world police in paris. demonstrations against rising fuel costs. brought to a standstill by so-called protesters the president's economic policies two people have been killed since the protests began last week. pakistani authorities arrested a radical islamist kerrick his followers staged major protests demanding stricter

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and going to take action last night's funding they have accused the host of the leaks was caught on the home side for very bringing the match to life in the second half thanks to a brain by them up front leverkusen took advantage of the defense from the guy. in full on with the ball and the striking finish with a brilliant head up that's the germans first goal at home this season seven minutes after the ball phone again who added his second goal snapping their fingers and two game losing skid in the process. for the first time ever the copa libertadores south america's most prestigious all of continent clubs finally but because of between two iconic argentinian teams they decided clubs of a plate and book face off in the second leg of the final on saturday the first leg ended it's a high octane match up stoking huge emotions among fans and not just during games but also team practices. fifty thousand for an addict football fans

is this a must win match no it's just a training session the famous la bamba near the stadium was packed with boca junior fans cheering on their heroes in preparation for the copa libertadores final clearly this isn't a run of the mill clash bokeh are facing off against bitter rivals river plate it's the first time they've come up against each other in a co-pay liberated or his final focus supporters saw their team draw two two in the first leg but won't be allowed to watch the return game at river plate stadium away fans are banned from derby matches in argentina. for their part river fans are nervous about the match. to be honest i'm a bit tense yesterday i went to sleep and dreamt about the match as you know i wanted to be here soon but at the same time on nervous because i don't know if this game will. ever happen again. river supporters faced lengthy queues to secure

tickets both sets of fans will be hoping for a historic win over their cross-town rivals. i get the bonus figure. from the strike i've been germany at the start of the season initially on the loan deal box office gold and nine goals in eight games including this match against when this nico rivals of munich. have decided to splash the cash they've paid twenty million euros to secure. the twenty five year old has signed a contract until twenty twenty three. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you right now the people in taiwan have been watching and referendums including gay rights of marriage equality means bitterly divided to get off of the. sex marriage should be allowed.

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