this is deja vu news live from berlin world leaders gather in morocco to endorse a landmark migration pact the agreement aims to fight trafficking and improve the coordination between countries to deal with the ever increasing movements of people but some countries are refusing to sign. also coming up armenians throw their weight behind their reformist prime minister. party wins a landslide victory in a snap poll that was held to cement his authority. and british prime minister theresa may in a fight for political survival she says

a parliamentary vote on her break the deal will go ahead as planned on tuesday but will she get the support she needs and what happens if the deal is defeated. i'm sumi some is going to thank you for joining us we start in morocco where leaders from around one hundred fifty countries are gathering to adopt a landmark united nations pact on migration the u.n. says there are now more migrants worldwide than ever before some two hundred sixty million the proposed agreement aims to tackle the challenges arising from this massive movement of people earlier this year more than one hundred ninety countries unanimously approved the pact it's also come under heavy criticism with several european nations pulling out of the process. tens of thousands of displaced range of muslims living in crowded camps in myanmar it's one of the many faces of today's

global migration issue. now a u.n. agreement wants to pave the way for a better handling of migrant flows but what does the pact actually say increase information and data collection is one part migrants should be given information about their chosen route and they should be informed about the risks people living in countries on the route and in host countries should also be informed about the consequences of migration and to ensure that information is based on facts should exchange data at an international level the pact also urges origin countries to address the root causes of migration to work toward their advocating poverty creating jobs and meeting basic standards for nutrition and education and other key point is a respect of human rights standards should be set to protect those who nonetheless decide to leave the pact also encourages to see rescues. countries should make safe

and legal border crossing possible the pact calls for more international cooperation in the fight against people smuggling networks the countries could for example exchange information on smuggling routes but not all countries agree with the pact demands the u.s. was the first country to announce it was not going to sign hungary australia poland israel austria and the czech republic have already spoken out against adding their signature as they criticize what they see as a too positive view of migration and say the pact could lead to an increase in unwanted migration some countries also argue the pact could affect their border protection policies but what do the countries have to do legally nothing the contract is known binding the un migration pact is more about sending a political signal migration is a global phenomenon and the international community wants to tackle it together. for more on this story we can speak to barbara law on the green party she chairs

the e.u. u.n. committee in the european parliament and is in mara caged this won't look below thank you for joining us european countries are unable to find a common position on migration across a you why do you think that should work worldwide. well i think the reason why some european unions are not supporting this global compact is because the extreme right and right wing that works influence them and told them if you have a very untie migrant until for an approach you get a lot of voters and so they opted out instead of really addressing the problems they have and we all have as you say so many people are on the move and the international community including the european union and its member states need to address this properly because migration is not only a problem but if we don't organize it then we cannot also utilize that it is

opportunity for the countries where they come from because they send home money and also for us in europe because we don't need a labor migration we are a very old continent but let's not be let's not just the far right several countries that as we said do not want to sign this agreement they say it is pro migration it does not separate between the types of migration people seeking asylum for example and people leaving their countries for economic reasons can you understand that argument. you know this is a very superficial argument because there will be a separate picked on the rights of refugees and when you look into the pectin migration you find that a lot of the policies and recommendations they're already fighting international law like convention against discrimination and such issues so there is no additional new. laws or something like this it is

basically putting together what exists and underlining the aim of the compact is to facilitate people who are on the move and to help them that their rights are not violated where we see there are extreme human rights violations think about. the gulf states think about people dying on their routes to europe if this all already underlines laws that exist if it is not a legally binding pact no government is obliged to do anything what is the point why does this matter well this is a point i would like to criticise with this conflict it is really regrettable that we don't have any sanctions if governments don't follow up on this conflict for example you you say you are in favor and that means you have to draft a plan of action what you will do at home and every four year you should support

but if you do do not do anything like government then civil society and paladins have a difficult history and the. more. from the green party joining us from mark thank you very much. i think the other scoring pressure on british prime minister theresa may ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on brags that on sunday thousands of people took to the streets of london some to voice their wish to remain in the european union others who want to leave think mase deal with brussels makes too many concessions downing street insists the vote will go ahead as planned on tuesday despite signs that the government is facing a heavy defeat. britain is a country split over briggs it and all sides are out in force. working out with your rope a few thousand tons for approved bragg's rally led by the face of britain's far

right the. thing. beyond the noise in future of the capital divisions run deep and leave voting will new polls suggest that people are having second thoughts. i did but. that's just for us to make our own decisions. i think we've got a bad deal staining the it's. going to come right. i think is a lot of regret because i think a lot of people thought leave we just walked out but i knew it wouldn't be quite like but it's so complicated you know. you know with populations millions and it's just it's not as easy as shutting the door and saying goodbye. goodbye you don't come harder than this parliament is divided to mange deal appears destined for defeat by government is resisting calls to retreat from tuesday's vote. is going

ahead because it is a good deal only two and it's important that we don't let the perfect baby enemy of . god into the government's headache of the slot the growing band of figures calling for a second referendum to break the deadlock. we have a bit of news the true reason may and that is you know what's the will of the people can change the will of the people has changed the will of the people cannot be undermined by a votes of the people. but with public opinion so fractured it's unclear the vultures would choose to remain given a second chance anything could happen. let's bring in barbara vale who is in london for us good morning barbara is anybody in the london they're giving theresa may a chance at this point to actually get the still to parliament. simple answer sue

me you know everybody says she is going to walk into a huge defeat on tuesday evening and there's still some voices here is amongst her own cabinet that say she somehow has to wriggle out of it she somehow has to find a way to to postpone the vote but on the other hand downing street her spokespeople are standing firm and saying no we will do it and some here of course say it treason may it's better for her to speak in military terms to face the firing squad off her party colleagues tomorrow tomorrow and of course of the collective of the opposition then to postpone the pain and then the government will round wednesday the middle of this week being thrown into a deep crisis ok so if the deal is then voted down what happens what are teresa mayes options. she doesn't have too many options because then her

enemies will take over within her own party since the weekend of course boris johnson and michael gove and others who think they might have a chance to succeed or novice are jockeying for position all sorts of pairings are being made for a strong since it was david davis the form of bricks of secretary to convince people that there is still a child's for a wonderful breakfast at that will deliver everything that had been promised and will have none of the disadvantages of course realists know that this is not possible and they are of course even the labor party people who say she needs to go back to to brussels and renegotiate and ask to have the irish backstop that insurance policy against a hard border remove all that is wishful thinking and there is a lot of that about at the moment here in london and barbara were saying that european judges have ruled that the u.k. can stop brags that without getting the consent of the other twenty seven member states that is now been confirmed so how is that judgment likely to play into the

debate there in london. this plays of course for the remainder is because they can say listen people not all is lost we could just turn around and say sorry brussels this was just a stupid idea and turn back to breakfast and that will of course reinforce the calls of many now particularly within the labor party and even with the remaining in the tory party who say we need a second referendum people really have to make up their mind and now if they see what's on the table they can redesign it and maybe think again and so if there is a valid option for britain just to turn away from breaks it before the twenty ninth of march of next year then let's take it so it is strengthening that and it is something that of course then again plays against reason may. barbara vessel for us in london barbara as always good to talk to you. not to some other stories making news around the world french president tomorrow or not cohen says he will address

the nation of the so-called yellow vest crisis this evening protests erupted last month over a planned fuel tax and spiraled into a mass movement against the president mccall will also discuss the crisis with union and business leaders. saudi arabia says it will not extradite two suspects wanted in turkey for the killing of journalist. turkish prosecutors have filed warrants for the arrest of a top saudi aide and the country's deputy foreign intelligence chief kushal she was last seen alive walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul in october. global arms sales rose for a third consecutive year in two thousand and seventeen according to the sweden based research group sipri of the world's top one hundred arms groups totaled three hundred ninety eight billion dollars in sales the u.s. remains by far the world's biggest supplier of military equipment and services followed by a russia and britain and more than three hundred thousand households in the

southeastern u.s. have been left without power after a storm hit the carolinas bringing snow sleet and freezing rain the severe weather paralyzed road an air transport and the national weather service is forecasting more destruction on monday. in armenia prime minister nickel pasha neons alliance has won a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections taking just over seventy percent of the vote passion jaan had pushed for sunday's ballot in a bid to cement his authority that's after a peaceful anti-corruption uprising took him to power earlier this year. nico pushing me and was looking for a mandate his reform agenda needed political support and he was hoping these snap elections would deliver it but he said it was about more than just his program. i i can say that we would have preached all of the general. and it is really free transparent and democratic elections. in rode

a wave of anti corruption sentiment and indeed for many voters that was the central theme of this election thought out not we vote for quality and against corruption these are the most important things a solution of these two issues will satisfy me the rest is not that important neither salary not anything outside only these two major issues corruption and equality international monitors were on hand to observe the election proceedings this after decades of single party rule and the arrest just last week of a former president for trying to overthrow the constitutional order we are aware of the unique atmosphere around these elections however we have to be nonpartizan absolutely independent so we cannot be swayed by any political sympathies we are here to observe the process to make sure that it complies with international standards to make sure it complies with all meaning in electoral code

and other law for many armenians there is real hope that this election could mark the advent of real democratic change. earlier i spoke to journalist joshua could share and the armenian capital year of on and i asked him how is planning to tackle corruption in armenia. well he's already started that's one of the things he's been active during the last seven months it's been prime minister there's been a number of arrests as your report mentioned the former president robert sorry i was just arrested two days before the election and there are a number of other arrests of a senior officials for corruption and other related charges there have been some kind of exotic ad hoc arrangements where the brother of the former president just last week agreed to pay thirty million dollars to the state treasury and some kind of deal. another oligarch paid gave a hotel that same week to the to the treasury so there have been some kind of. ad

hoc arrangements but i don't know that if think the biggest thing is i mean it never had such a problem with kind of petty corruption like traffic cops and so on of the problem was very high level high government officials being corrupt and just removing that party that was the root of the problem i think is going to go a long way towards parts all in the problem. right now china has called on canada to free while waste chief financial officer or face the consequences of assuming the arrest of the executive seen as a further escalation of try tensions between the u.s. and china and has hit asian stocks today tokyo's nikkei index closed more than two percent lower the hang seng in hong kong is down one point four percent while i c.f.o. men one zoo was taken into custody in canada last week at the behest of u.s. authorities and is fighting to be released on bail for health reasons the government in beijing some of the u.s.

ambassador to demanded that cancellation of the arrest warrant. stocks in asia continue to slide this week as the rest of while ways chief financial officer revive straight wolf is among investors. tech stocks are among the highest loses in tokyo hong kong and south korea chip makers like hynix and producers of smartphone displays like japan display. because of the hallways incident investors now. trade talks might be stalled for this week and made the situation may worsen the chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that the united states history of sleep violated the legal and legitimate rights of weiwei c.f.a. men one judge and the americans to withdraw the arrest warrant one was detained last week while changing flights in vancouver and is awaiting possible extradition to the us federal prosecutors allege that while we're used to hong kong shell

company to sell equipment to iran in violation of u.s. sanctions they also say that man personally misled american banks about while ways business dealings in iran. the us government is trying to downplay the impacts have harassed washington says it's a criminal matter which is separate from the own going trade negotiations. investors all over the world however continue to down with the well to biggest economies can resolve the issues that divide them. german exports rose eight point five percent in october to one hundred seventeen billion euros data from the federal statistics office shows today analysts say it's a sign that europe's biggest economy is still robust despite international trade tensions germany is the third largest exporter in the world off to china and the us calls lightless say his b.m.w. unfolds germany's top sellers around the world make up around one fifth of total

exports machines chemicals and electronics are also in high demand abroad. so pretty positive new figures within the studio now as our correspondent stephen beard stephen why are these numbers significant will get her there is actually a great article a few weeks earlier and one of the business dealings here it talks about how oriented german businesses are over. excuse me and he said that four out of every five euros earned by germany's thirty dacs companies that is the biggest companies on the end of the dax come from overseas a four out of every five years that they earn in revenues so the german economy runs on exports is an export economy and so to see whether exports are going up or down is obviously what everyone here is watching investors looking to see the way things are going global demand is what drives the german economy and with a lot of the challenges the that the global demand facing right now the global economy is facing whether it's trade issues whether it's maybe decreasing demand

version economies lease things that are happening they're putting their finger to the wind and they want to make sure there still is the market for them this new shows their exports are up a bit surprisingly considering last quarter they had dropped a little bit due to some domestic issues and also the trade balance the trade surplus shrinking a little bit because german imports are also up so that's significant as well the trade. will focus on trade balances these days since since trump became president obama absolutely for him it's the metric of trade fairness and economists dispute whether this is really the proper metric of determining trades relationship to the economy but for him he feels obviously put out when there's a trade deficit that the u.s. is running against china against germany so while this may not really matter as much domestically for germany it matters politically for them to see that surplus shrink a little bit it's something they can go to trump with because of course he can hold such things as auto tariffs over german companies that are in the u.s.

if he's very unhappy so this is sort of a political winner you could say for the german government coming back to the rest of the who are way executive which is also kind of a warning shot that the u.s. is filing it seems it is seen by some as that many businesses in europe also have close business ties with iran that's what the arrest is about. iran sanctions should businesses in germany and in europe be worried as well you know i would say maybe the iran sanctions is one aspect of it obviously but german and european businesses have already sort of taken a lot of this into account they've already pulled their stake out of iran and sort of disconnected ties in many ways much to their chagrin but this is also about the ongoing dispute between the u.s. and china and that has ripple effects that can affect german businesses in european businesses a lot of german carmakers are operating in the u.s. making cars they're exporting to china and so this could affect them steve business

thank you very much. german rail operator dodge van has counseled early morning long distance trains across the nation as its workers participate in a warning strike hardest hit into the city and in the city express trains frequented by commuters and tourists regional services will also be limited in many cities the rail workers union broke off salary talks with georgia gone on saturday . as goes straight a corner of booze news standing by at frankfurt's main stations of station if i'm not mistaken yes there is. this is coming the strike is coming in the band time for the band is pnas. absolutely this is a very very bad time for the. german national train operator has been under criticism for quite a while now because well the reliability of the famous punctuality of the german trains has decreased quite significantly passengers have been complaining about the

cleanliness of the trains about the state of the trains and of course at the same time the train operator has fierce competition from many sides not very long ago germany liberalized the a long distance bus traffic in germany and those bus prices those ticket prices are very very low so it has been facing a price competition it never had in the past the problems are quite significant current and the union in this case is demanding a seven percent wage increase that sounds like an awful lot doesn't it. it is an awful lot and of course it's an awful lot for a company that needs a lot of money to invest of course in new trains in new technology is also talking about hiring twenty thousand new people each year next year and the year after and of course for this new stuff though. does not want to pay the high wages it's

already paying and of course it doesn't want to pay wages seven percent higher than right now and i think it's important to note at this point is not only negotiating with one union here there's another union that you know is in wage negotiations with so it's quite likely that we're going to see more strikes and more hassles at those in the weeks and months to come. something to look forward to for germany's commuters thank you very much calmer boos in there in frankfurt. those cubes in tokyo have just formally charged formalism simon cowell's gone on allegations of financial misconducts he was arrested in mid november queues of under reporting his income by about forty four million dollars over the period of five years he's since been detained in this facility and charges today would mean further detention for

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