we want to know their story for migrants terrified and reliable information for margaret's. this is the w. news live from britain's prime minister fights for her political life as a reason may face his employees in the house of commons hours ahead of a vote of confidence in her leadership triggered by her own party colleagues i have a deal. also on the program a massive manhunt in the french secure strasburg police search for the gunman who

killed two people of the popular christmas market and injured several others both or as you say the suspect assuring sure cats was on a police watch list for radicalism his family's now in custody for questioning. also in strasbourg an empty chair to represent the women off the prestigious sakharov prize for human rights issues award goes to the ukrainian film director some soft was in jail in russia over claims of an awesome boss in crimea. and the chinese telecoms john twilight is released on canadian calls playing one genre of faces charges of violating u.s. sanctions against iraq. i'm filled welcome to the program. might be about to cost the u.k. its second prime minister opponents of teresa mayes deal. secured support for

a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the conservative party if she loses she will remain as prime minister but only until a new party leader is chosen a previous answer david cameron resigned two years ago when the u.k. voted to leave the european union mrs may's vote happens tonight to reason may is defending herself with all her might her message kicking me out will put brett sit in jeopardy and any successor will have no time to renegotiate britain's withdrawal deal a change of leadership in the conservative party now will put our country's future at risk so one of their first acts would have to be extending the rescinding article fifty. or even stopping breck's it maes ministers agree and have thrown their backing behind the prime minister they say she has their complete support. if we enter into a leadership election we wouldn't have a new prime minister in place until late january or february at

a time when there was really important work to do. but one of the leaders of the tory rebellion has made clear he believes the country needs a new prime minister and that it is time for may to resign others are reluctant to comment every kid my prime minister still before i tell you or anybody else what my vote will be i will give the courtesy of the. committee. the prime minister had wanted to travel to ireland today but tonight she's fighting for her political survival. straight to london where we join didn't lose a shot at chelsea so welcome charlotte so does theresa may have the numbers to keep her job. fellow well one hundred fifty eight that's the number that you need to be looking out for as the evening progressed is not the number of tory m.p.'s who need to vote in support of the prime minister now

a lot of media projections here are suggesting that that figure has been reached that that number of m.p.'s is that that they will back to reason may in the vote but let's be very clear this is a secret ballot being taken place it's very possible that m.p.'s particularly members of havenot may be publicly supporting her privately no one's going to know how they're going to vote perhaps they will rebel against her that's because have breck's a deal what she's agreed with the european union has proved extremely unpopular largely in parliament have been a lot of concerns that she hasn't got enough concessions from the european union so she is going to have to convince m.p.'s in the coming hours that had a deal is the best deal and that instead they face possibly new parks that are too so talk us through the timetable of this photons tonight. that's right first series i'm a will in dress the m.p.'s that will be voting for her then the secret ballot will

take place and we're expecting to hear the results fairly shortly afterwards when it comes to going forward then once that results but announce essentially there are three options we need to be looking out for either this reason may wins the vote in which case tory rebels won't be able to challenge her leadership again for another year or she loses in which case that will then promptly leadership by social remain prime minister until a new leader is appointed he will then take over that is something that could take weeks in fact but what people are really looking out for is if she wins and she's projected to at the moment how many votes will she win by if it is just a very slim majority there are many here that are saying that she is not going to be able to continue she simply cannot defend have breakthrough deal without enough support from her in policy in the meantime the brags that clock is ticking down to the twenty ninth of march how does this in laces development thank god.

that's right if we could just over one hundred days into the u.k. is meant to be leaving the european union will racing very rapidly towards that and there is growing concern that with all of these delays the u.k. is facing crushing out without a break sit deal which of course the e.u. and the u.k. alike looking at very nervously if she wins this ballot she will then try and push ahead with her deal chai and convince parliament that is the only way if she loses whoever takes over from her may wish to renegotiate the deal something the e.u. has all but ruled out so we could see a lot of weeks and months of chaos ahead in the build up to that deadline and face accidently leaving the without a deal. in london thank you. massive manhunt is underway in the french city of strasbourg after a gunman opened fire at a famous christmas market on tuesday two people were killed and thirteen others

injured sure aisha kept the alleged attacker was well known to police and had more than two dozen convictions for robbery and other violence as parents and two siblings have now been detained by police for questioning government officials say they're raising the incident as a possible terrorist attack an ordinary franchising block home to the twenty nine year old suspected terrorist one stop in an intense manhunt and today he's nowhere to be found prosecutors say he vanished after attacking his hometown the tragedy began unfolding around eight pm. the gunman opened fire near a packed christmas market killing and injuring indiscriminately a firefight broke out but the attacker got away leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. a strasberg went into lockdown

funds at a local basketball arena were united in defiance. today a heavy police presence remains in strasburg. one witness caught up in choose days attack spoke to details. i didn't realize first what all the commotion was about i didn't see people running but they were just panicking in some general way but then turned around the corner and immediately saw a man lying there with an apparent gunshot wound to his prove he was still alive. he was in the states. could have been alive or dead can't confirm we started resuscitate first we started with c.p.r. first outside and we took him into a restaurant that was close by kept going at it for forty five minutes french

authorities have raised the terror alert to the highest possible level. terrorism has again struck our country and spark we've been given a dramatic reminder that the dangerous reality. front has borne the brunt of some of europe's worst terror attacks in recent years. the country finds itself yet again in the crosshairs. straight to the french. what do we know about the suspect shirish a cat. we know that he is twenty nine years old apparently he was born in strasburg in a deprived area that's at least by he was living at the end now this person was known to police he was he has been known to the two police for a long time actually he was sentenced to twenty seven times in his life in france

but also in germany and in switzerland for petty crime but the police was also thinking that he had gotten radicalized there where they were really keeping him on their close watch apparently when he left the crime scene yesterday in a cab he told the taxi driver that the police had searched his apartment in the morning they found a grenade and that's how the government identified him really knew that there were actually talking about this twenty nine year old man. and there is a manhunt where they're searching why you got seven hundred twenty people deploy it seven hundred twenty police officers that's a loss actually so they searching probably in a lot of different places the government is not telling us too much of their strategy and not in order not to to not to undermine their work we know that authorities the authorities out cooperating with german authorities they have board

it checks also they are police officers at different christian markets across the country and everybody is really concentrating hard to to find in order to find the only on that thought that the suspect might be in care that's just across the border in germany from from strasburg but that turned out to be wrong so they're putting up other leads now i suspect and a strasburg must be in shock today. absolutely people have been talking to the french media telling them that well they knew that something might be actually in the air that was a threat that was known to people who lived in stratford especially concerning the christmas market actually but still a lot of people are shocked strasburg is a rather small city in the sense that people lots of people knew the people who were injured and those who died really and a lot of people are trying to you know get over this now and. different places in

the region have been holding. minutes of science actually says not just as trans but that's really in shock but at the area of the the whole country as well. and paris found here. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has threatened a government shutdown in a heated exchange with democratic party leaders over funding for the border war with mexico the president needs democratic support to pass any spending legislation that the democrats are offering much less than the five billion dollars he was. raised in brazil have been reviewing c.c.t.v. footage of the moment a gunman opened fire in a cathedral in the city of company niceness' are paolo the forty nine year old suspect shot and killed four worshippers before turning his weapon on himself police are still seeking a motive. they have been messages of solidarity from around the world for two

reuters journalists and made money on the first anniversary of their jailing while alone and quasi were given seven year sentences exposing a massacre of injured muslims in rakhine state trial was widely denounced as. well it sounds off is the ukrainian filmmaker who was imprisoned by russian all sorts of claims of an awesome plot in crimea he's been honored by the european parliament as this year's recipient prestigious human rights prize the sucker off prize is awarded to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the fight for human rights. european lawmakers standards one to applaud an empty chair. you would real recipient ukrainian film director all except sophie was denied the chance to attend the ceremony. today is a sad day for all of us we'd like to pay tribute to all eight cents of film

director from ukraine who's been imprisoned for political reasons. so it was jailed in russia in twenty fifteen convicted by a military court of plotting acts of terrorism. sense of who denies the charges is a fierce critic of russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula earlier this year he spent one hundred forty five days on hunger strike calling for the release of all ukrainian political prisoners his cousin says he's on the mend but still not fully recovered. own legs still being kept in very hot conditions that affect you very badly even without any hunger strike russian gulags have never added to anyone's health was that of a. russian authorities sentenced to twenty years behind bars

he's being held here in this arctic penal colony the e.u. is pressing for his release. international climate talks in poland events in the final stretch with the un secretary general urging nations to agree a plan of action to slow down the rate of global warming in many areas of the world are already suffering the devastating effects of a changing climate and the indian island of coral mara which is in real danger of being swallowed up by the say residents say the island has nearly half the incisor of the past three decades and it's leaving them with little hope for the future. in less than thirty years this indian island has changed beyond all recognition. it's not just that nearly one third of its population have left the island of itself is disappearing the reasons climate change and soil erosion and. one person whose life has been turned on its head as

a result his village where river city. that our house was built three times and was destroyed three times there was nowhere to stay after it was destroyed so we moved inland and built our homes here. this is city standing at the place where home used to be the problem on this island and others in the bay of bengal is that the seas rising and the soil is being eroded literally taking away the ground beneath the island is feet. flooding has devastated parts of the island and is threatening the livelihood and the future of the people who have lived here for generations. the residents here the four thousand eight hundred people who live here we have to save them we have to increase the height of the embankment we have to really keep the

residents from here to another better place it should also be given work in order for them to survive. people in gorham are lead a simple life creating almost no carbon footprint there are no cars and no electricity on the island yet it seems if efforts to rein in climate change fail it is they will pay the price for the consumption of others. in football last season's champions league finals liverpool have squeezed into the knockout stages with a narrow one no when open up early. as first half goal gave the reds the shutout victory they needed to progress but they had to withstand the dramatic finish in full goalkeeper made a spectacular save a point blank range to preserve the way the coach and club. and liverpool scraped by to advance to the knockout stage napoli dropped to right out

after starting the evening in first place in group say that's because the other big game of the night so perry sounds from our win and top the group another english side tottenham advance thanks to their draw in barcelona germany's dortmund and shall one already through to the last sixteen. the final group games in the champions league take place in wednesday night sound for want to term and club the chance of moving on to the knockout stages despite immense hardship ukrainian side a shock i don't i haven't been able to play at home since civil war in the east of the country fled in twenty fifth or fourteen now recent tensions with russia mean the crunch of home match with the french club as we move to yet another new venue. it's tough being a shut down at. the side of been forced to play away from the home stadium since two thousand and fourteen when pro russia rebels launched an armed conflict in eastern ukraine that dumbass arena was even damaged by artillery shells the

football team first started playing home matches in levey of over one thousand kilometers away last year they moved to the comparatively close city of kharkiv but now they must face leon in kiev. the recent naval spat with russia prompted an imposition of martial law in ukraine's eastern regions which is behind the switch of match venue to the ukrainian capital. fans at the recent domestic away game at the moment all the travelling and dream of a day they can play in donetsk again. would like chucked out a plane out dumbass the rainer in donetsk. playing at the dumbass arena we would all probably cry and kneeled down and great the team with open arms. the fact check is still in the running for the champions league last sixteen he's

down to an owner and good player recruitment following an exodus of big names there's also a huge pride in the jersey a win against leon will see them through but the players would much rather the game was in hockey have put the start of the move. they would have been a full stadium in hockey. i know that a lot of fans bought tickets. this is a big problem and. we hope the fans will have the chance to come to kiev to support the team. it's very important for us because i. was. shocked hope to be flying their flag in the champions league come february you know joe. well stephen here stephen beardsley is here from business to us to talk about how the british pound is reacting to all the political turbulence in the u.k. right phil the pound is actually a rally that after print prime minister it's recent may said that she would fight tooth and nail a confidence vote is scheduled for later tonight the currency is coming out of

a twenty month low against the euro reached on monday that after may pulled a vote on a draft brags that agreement it jumped by half a percent with may's response today and the pound has continued to rise making up some of those losses traders apparently believe they will win and that the u.k. could still avert a no deal. now to help us understand us a bit better let's turn to our frankfurt correspondent conrad. conrad help us out with this. the british government here is sort of on thin ice it seems like so why is the pound gaining. believe it or not stephen a majority of people in the financial world believe that the reserve may well make it that she will survive this leadership challenge and that eventually she will be able to pass some sort of brakes a deal through the house of commons no one. or at least very few people on the financial trading floors wants to believe that the parliament in london really is

ready to push britain over a cliff that's what. breaks it a deal breaker it would really be economists at deutsche bank have tried to put the valuation in numbers they say that the chances that the reason they would lose a leadership challenge have increased but only from ten to thirty percent which means that they still give her a seventy percent chance to survive this ok so putting some numbers there to the risk you're obviously a bet on her staying so what happens if she doesn't stay what happens if she loses the vote. well what i can tell you stephen is that everywhere. has to do with business or with the united kingdom everywhere people are getting involved in preparations for a no deal breaks it and those preparations have gotten a bit of a boost because of the events of today and the last few days today the german

government for example announced that it has introduced legislation which will allow british banks to continue to do business here in germany even after twenty nights those are the so-called passport rights which are to be extended until the end of twenty twenty rolls royce the large engine make an ounce that it is talking to the european safety aviation agency over shifting design approval here to germany not something wars roys really wants to do but something it has to do if it wants to stay in business here in europe so still lots of planning there for a new deal with trolls. in their force and in frankfurt thank you very much. a canadian court has granted bail to the chief financial officer of the chinese telecom giant while way among one joe the daughter of the company's founder now

waits a hearing for extradition to the u.s. one was arrested earlier this month at the request of u.s. authorities on allegations that she was involved in violating sanctions on iran. why ways chief financial officer was granted bail of ten million dollars after three days of hearings in vancouver among one show will have to handover her passport wear an ankle bracelet and should be confined at night so her home in vancouver. among is often viewed as a national hero in china so her release after over a week in detention was a relief to many in beijing. i feel happy about monk's release on bail it's a victory for the national enterprise although it's only bail i still hope all the sanctions on our way could be cancelled it's important that we have fair international competition sanctions only on china and not fairness. here still the prospect of monk being used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations between china and the us increased as us president from said he would intervene in the case if it was in america's interest

. hours before the bail hearing a former canadian diplomat was arrested in beijing presumably in retaliation for monk's arrest canada's government is still collecting details. we are aware of the situation of a canadian detained in china we have been in direct contact with the chinese chinese diplomats and representatives we are engaged in the file which we take very seriously and we are of course providing consular assistance to the family markets in asia close tie after among was released as invest if it is east about the trade battle among the world's two top economies. let's go to europe now where italian prime minister joseph a content says he's working hard to reach a compromise with brussels over his country's twenty nineteen budget the european commission has said the plans proposed deficit spending two point four percent is too high and has threatened disciplinary measures italy says it can't change too

much in the program without affecting its domestic priorities now qantas scheduled to meet tonight with european commission president john clarke and the tell us are waiting to see what happens. will italy's prime minister bring an early christmas present back from brussels while shoppers are spending freely on holiday presents in rome the amount of money their government can spend is still up in the air the coalition partners remain un willing to bring the budget deficit for next year to levels demanded by regulators in brussels many want to see their government come to a deal. you know. it's all very messy. i think that something may be finally moving and maybe little by little while in a strange way we will finally become europeans with it all that we have tried to form your for so long even if often we have not been very happy others have an understanding for their government's current refusal to limit the deficit to below

two point one percent of g.d.p. . about. i hope the budget law will be approved. and that the e.u. understand. the problems that we have. i hope that salvini can so we end up prime minister country managed to do something good for italy. they have been able believe that. but if the budget plan is not approved and italy is sanctioned by brussels that could trigger an early election in march investors believe that just might lead to a more stable government and italy's bond yields fellow early in the day as a result. and we'll be keeping an eye on that story as well that's it for us you're watching news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com thanks for joining the w. i'm sitting there's a bullet. can

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