the book. is called tender for. george december twenty second g.w. cut. plated . this is good news coming to you live from berlin with the beating british prime minister to resign me heads to brussels to survive in a vote of no confidence by a conservative party of more than a third of the own m.p.'s votes against to the red does this lead come directly to deal with the coming out of high speed train into

a good practice into another train and a pedestrian pool of a possible but tragic results could get the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. and she can only imagine what the scene looks like as commandant plans drives the big waves guided by instinct she spins first long female athletes to enter the one adaptive step to challenge. the landlady. ban play. after a table in d.c. full british prime minister to resign me she's heading to brussels for a summit with european union leaders she asked him to help us sell her controversial breck's a d.d. back home although she won the vote of no confidence and survived a leadership challenge back home to still opposition to have breaks that agreement what can she hope to get and how weakened is she politically correspondence but

first the support. i put the announcement came that the majority of conservative lawmakers do have confidence in to resign my her supporters could breathe a sigh of relief. here. not everyone could share the joy about one third of my it's own party voted against her the prime minister's critics think she should resign. her deal through. withdrawal agreement which is not supported by the people of many conservatives or by the opposition and having filed in her name plank a policy it would be called shushan in normal. in the friday after weeks of speculation about how much support my had from within her own party enough letters was sent to trigger a confidence vote on her leadership right first of january some conservative politicians are unhappy with the brakes a deal she struck with the european union but may warn that ousting her would only

delay or even stop progress but now that may has survived the vote she's adamant that she will continue her mission we now need to get on with the job of delivering bret's it for the british people and building a better future for this country opposition politicians remain unconvinced that to reason why it's conservative government is fit to cope this is the stage and the tory party confederacy and all viewing and bringing the picture this to the surface over the question of europe now it's it's their problem but it does impact upon the nation it's an absolutely crucial time for. political survival can't stop the brakes of clock ticking. it's less than four months until the u.k. is supposed to leave the e.u. . and for more i'm joined by our correspondents seana chance and pin in london and joe madison brussels yeah let me start with you to resemble a heads to an even summit today after

a turbulent day for so what does she want to get that a marriage or she will want to seek extra guarantees that the backstop will only come into force as an insurance policy is really only as a guarantee in case there is no future relationship the backstop is now and that if the u.k. the idea of the backstop is basically if the u.k. and the e.u. do not find a future relationship that would avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. in that case the backstop would come into force and it would keep northern ireland locked in the customs union and parts of the internal market in fact and that was a concession made by the e.u. because the reason they demanded that the whole of the u.k. would then remained locked in the customs union parts of the internal market and the concern here is of brics to tears it would lock the whole of the u.k. for eternity in the internal market and may want to guarantees that that will not

be the case so we have to see what happens there charlotte in london tourism me one the vote of confidence but how much has she been weakened by the challenge to her leadership. well the reason may we'll be breathing a sigh of relief this morning make no mistake this was the biggest challenge to her leadership so far and there were no guarantee that yesterday even that she was going to win this vote the euro skeptics within her party wouldn't have called it if they didn't think they stood a chance of ousting her so this will be a big boost but let's remember it was a decisive win for terrorism a third of her own party thought that she was not the woman for the job and now this is devastating for a number of reasons first of all it means that the euro skeptics aren't going to give up in their attempts to try and get a change to the deal that she struck with the european union she had to admit she made a concession ahead is that they that she wouldn't lead the party into the elections general elections in twenty twenty two

a lot of people here say that we can say significantly because it means that they'll be a leadership challenge for now until she's ousted and also she this isn't just a challenge for her and party they're also opposition figures who will be trying to oust her as well as for that reason that lumber people today are calling her a lame duck prime minister and guilt in brussels you mention the so-called backstopping issue what have other e.u. leaders been saying about this. have to resign me will want extra guarantees that the backstop really is only a guarantee an insurance policy she'll she'll get some extra watering today some more language that that really is the case when it comes to renegotiating that backstop for instance a legal time limit i think that is out of the question for the republic of ireland it's very important though the prime minister of ireland that the t. shirt has said a number of times the backstop is an integral part of the divorce agreement and

when it comes to the divorce agreement the opinion of the whole of the european union is crystal clear and quite a nice summary came from germany's foreign minister heikal modest let's listen what he had to say. we continue to have a clear interest in reaching agreement with britain. and the deal which took months to negotiate is a truly workable compromise. provides a good basis for an orderly exit and for building future relations. it's here there is no basis for opening it up again we made this clear in the past few days and this is not going to change. socialite as we have a legitimate foreign minister no change the bread's the dean but if terrorism he gets the assurances she wants an island which to be able to get the deposit in hope on him and. go for a lot of people not only within her own party but part of the opposition ranks as

well including the d u p which is supporting to reason may's government this is a real red line assurances simply won't be enough and said she despite all the drama as the last couple of days with the confidence vote which to reason may cause one we are in exactly the same position as we were before this vote to explain took place this is a deal that a lot of people aren't happy with she knew she couldn't get it through parliament before and at the moment very little has changed the only possibility perhaps is people are more than aware now that with every day we're getting closer to march twenty ninth the deadline for when the u.k. is made to leave the e.u. and with every passing day the risk grows that the u.k. could leave the e.u. without a deal will that get people into passing in getting this legislation through parliament still through parliament you have to say right seana chosen people in london and your muscles in brussels thank you both very much for that. that may not be updated

with some of the stories making news on the was us president donner transfer window it has been sentenced to three years interest and michael cohen for sentenced by a federal court in new york over his role in the payment of hush money to women who claim to have had a friends with trump before he was elected. in hungary demonstrators gathered in front of parliament in budapest in protest against new legislation dumps the slaves by critics little means a new isn't the live accord and the raise and overtime hours opponents are calling for pay hikes in the country which has some of the newest wages in the e.u. . prosecutors in brazil a c. and the rest of the country's most famous face here following allegations of sexual misconduct more than two hundred women have accused the man known as john of god of sexually abusing them rather to seeking spiritual guidance and treatment dixie area

if idea says he's innocent. release and johnson nor should the peterhead find the man suspected of carrying out tuesday's deadly shooting in strasbourg hundreds of police and soldiers are searching for twenty nine year old chad if check caught a known criminal he's described as dangerous and the public have been born not to approach him meanwhile investigators in germany awful ring reports that check out received a telephone cord from germany shortly before the attack two people were killed and thirteen others were injured when a gunman opened fire in the city's christmas market. is in strasbourg she sent us district court from the city in warning. here in strasbourg france is self-proclaimed capital of christmas festive cheer is in short supply today once again the christmas markets will remain closed the illuminations

you can see behind me the christmas tree will not be turned on as a mark of respect for the victims of choose day's attack and here in plastic laid bare in the heart of scars book members of the public are coming to pay their respects they're coming to pause for a moment to light candles and remember the victims of the attack that took place here on chuse day meanwhile an international manhunt is now underway looking for the chief suspect twenty nine year old chevy for shit cat he was known to authorities he was on the terrorism watch list nevertheless he managed to slip off thora g.'s net saw numerous occasions that international manhunt now continuing between france and germany he served jail time in both countries and it's believed that shortly before carrying out the attack on cheese day he received a telephone call from germany it's not known from who and it's not known why but

that is links that german authorities are currently be following up because authorities here have made it very clear this chief suspects may no longer be in france. that was deja news in the humphrey reporting from. filling out a turkey where at least nine people have been killed in a high speed train accident in the capital ankara around forty others were injured of these images you're about to see are of rescue workers handing body bags and they're being broadcast by local media officials said the train collided with a locomotive that was down in our track inspections then struck a pedestrian overpass at a suburban station causing two carriages to turn the train was headed for the central province of qana. correspondent dorian jones joins me now during what other leaders developments on this train crash. well the the train high speed train left at

six thirty in the morning from the capital ankara carrying over two hundred passengers eight minutes into the journey traveling between eighty and ninety kilometers an hour he hit a maintenance locomotive travelling in the opposite direction for the last thirty of the crash four carriages all behind the train being projected into the air and hitting an underpass now rescue workers were very quickly on the scene given the fact that this crash occurred in the suburbs of also the transport minister was on the scene quickly accompanied by the current governor speaking to reporters he said that the number of dead had risen to nine as one of the passengers being treated in hospital had succumbed to their injuries over forty people are being treated for injuries some are believed to be in a critical condition among those that are killed are believed to be the train drivers of the two trains and a maintenance worker prosecutors are now believed to be investigating the crash and the transport minister has promised

a full investigation and joining it was another train crash earlier this year which saw fatalities questions being asked about the safety of. all that's right in july this year express train not one of the high speed trains was travelling to stamboul twenty four people were killed in that crash along with dozens of injured the opposition claim but that was a result of poor maintenance of the track the government insists it was because of dave barry on the railway at the time a major point of dispute also. the high speed train above this crash back in two thousand and four the first year of his introduction for over forty people killed in a major crash one of turkey's worst train crashes on totally this will lead to greater questions about train safety but it will investigations will be difficult given the fact that it usually in these crashes courts him invoke a veil of secrecy on reporting. thank you very much for that update.

a fly in the congolese capital kinshasa has destroyed thousands of voting machines just ten days before the presidential election party see about seventy percent of the equipment was incinerated opposition leaders had raised concerns that congress fast use of voting machines could lead to possible manipulation in favor of president. the election commission's the vote rigaud ahead is set to step down after seventeen yes his presidency has been dogged by allegations of corruption and human rights abuses here we have a story of one activist group seeking to raise that legacy. the. fight for change they saying is also the name of their movement they demand political change in the democratic republic of congo the.

politicians don't know what it means to invest in development they prefer to line their own pockets with money instead of using it for everyone. the majority of those involved are students and young academics they want the state to be more accountable to its citizens which has led them to today's campaign for weed removal . on the early don't want to show the state that we are here and they're not doing their jobs we want people to see that we're saying take a look the authorities should be cleaning this up but they're not. it's the city government's responsibility to make sure this mess is cleaned up so while the group is raking away eunice taka distributes leaflets maybe someone is interested in joining the group the activists are demonstrating against the

government and specifically against this man president joseph kabila he has stayed in power two years longer than the congolese constitution permits activists the opposition and even the catholic church have repeatedly taken to the streets to protest according to human rights watch almost three hundred people were killed by congolese security forces during the mostly peaceful demonstrations over the past three years. has friends currently in prison there were at the same demonstrations she was a tackle was herself repeatedly detained and beaten by prison guards. that got me angry i asked them why are you doing this stuff and that hurts when you hit me. with your club it really hurts. but they nevertheless hit me two three four times. i wasn't pain i thought to myself that is the pain of freedom and i have to endure it for the support in. the democratic republic of congo

has countless problems corrupt politicians exploitation of natural resources armed conflicts in the eastern part of the country there are more than four million displaced persons. and an absolute lack of infrastructure. we have two countries in the states the cities and then the rural areas these rural areas were ignored for a long time which is why eighty percent of the populace lives with almost no proper infrastructure. the man joseph kabila is not on the ticket in the upcoming elections later this month but he has named a candidate his former minister of the interior and manuel rama tanishaa dari if he were to win many in the congo fear continued stagnation if he could be the loo to activists are taking their fight seriously they engage their fellow citizens call

on them to fight for their rights and not give up regardless of who wins the elections in late december. that fourth by carrying on down the talks fourteen in last night's champagne league football tournament buying munich and a x. first often a thrilling three or draw all the drama started with fifteen minutes to go and the match level at one apiece monster must have sent off for this high kick backs were already down to ten men by this point after that the penalty for each team made it two or rugged levon dusky time to school with his second goal kingsley come on then played by a head injury time just when you thought the. had done enough for victory. a tally of people never had the match again and three treat the finest school with still leaves behind on top of the group. away from footboards this

week the world adaptive surfing championship is taking place in california the event to give self as with physical challenges a chance to display their talents in a world class competition this year's event features visually impaired females for the fust time common lopez is representing state. carmen lopez can only imagine what the sea looks like. but that hasn't stopped the twenty one year old spaniard from riding this surf. christmas if. i can free entry locks i don't have any concerns and it's just me and the wave. coach locus garcia guides car men with whistled signals he's trained her to compete at the world adaptive surfing championship. no one had

ever thought that blind people could surf and suddenly we find kamen who can she needs an extra help in the water compared to other adapted sports but at the end when someone wants something they can break the limits and everyone can surf carmen was born with congenital about karma and lost her vision when she was a child she wants to encourage others with physical challenges to push past their limits it has to keep showing day by day and with everything that i do you have if you want something you can get it whether or not you have a disability the important thing is to do what you like the most people put their own dariya stop no one asked puts them there that's what. carmen has also learned figure skating and horseback riding with her bold attitude the seize the limit. what inspiring story. the kid doing business the line china is increasing the

pressure on canada that's show chinese state security and it is now investing investigates in wa a second canadian business by chinese state media says michael spader is being accused of harming chinese national interests it's the second canadian citizens citizen to disappear off the beijing detained former diplomat michael coverage on monday the two cases. appeared to be retaliation for the detention of men one jew sign is executive from phone maker why arrested in canada after the u.s. had issued an international arrest warrant the whereabouts of missed the state space remain unclear. this is businessman michael space and this is what he is known for bringing people together in this case foreign athletes to pyongyang to play the north korean hockey team he is a canadian businessmen with a cultural exchange company based in the northern chinese city of dying dog he is

also the man behind the unusual friendship between u.s. basketball star dennis rodman and north korean leader kim jong un space vers possibly one of the best connected westerners in secretive north korea and now nobody knows exactly where he is before beijing confirmed it was investigating spay for kenner's foreign minister confirms something was wrong. but we are aware. of a canadian. who got in touch with us. because he was being asked questions by chinese authorities. space for also uses his base in china to promote investment in north korea but china says he is now a security risk. italy's prime minister says his epic antti has been working hard to reach a compromise in the dispute with brussels over his company's ballooning budget he's

met with european commission president jiang clode young and what appears to be a step forward in i'm president of conflict between the e.u. and one of its member states. the tug of war between italy and the european commission has been going on two weeks. is now suggesting a budget of two point zero four percent of g.d.p. down from two point four percent just a bit higher than young what like right will split them it's not for me to foresee what the final reaction of the commission will be surely our proposal was judged important and significant and the next hours we will continue to work i trust on a positive solution. will italy's prime minister bring an early christmas present from brussels while shoppers a spending freeze on holiday presents the amount of money that government can spend next year is still up in the air the coalition partners and roma trying to satisfy

e.u. regulators by showing good will towards brussels and a willingness to compromise on their original budget proposal many italians now want to see that government make a deal and see that it's all very messy and so i think that something may be finally moving and maybe little by little in a strange way will finally become real europeans we've tried to be part of europe for so long even if often we haven't been very happy with it i mean. i hope the budget law will be approved. and that the e.u. understands the problems we have. to bring i hope that material salvini and our prime minister tzipi conti manage to do something good for italy. then they will believe that. but if the budget plan is rejected and italy is sanctioned by brussels that could trigger yet another election in march and even

more insecurity in italy citizens. and france of course of a compromise is in his government and the e.u. seems to be on the horizon that's good news for the euro is it not. it is absolutely good news for the euro and it's also good for italy's reputation on the financial markets you know get hard when we talk about italy and its debt the focus is always on lost spread that's what italians call the spread between the yield on italian government bonds and on german government bonds and this spread has narrowed significantly the yield on italian government bonds has come down significantly due to this perspective on a compromise clearly investors seeing a less of a risk in investing in italian assets. talking about the euro the e.c.b. is expected to end its super lose monetary policy today or the announcing that they

will end the markets prepared for that. yes they are the talk about this has been going on for a very very long time and you know. the e.c.b. is not ending its super lose one of terry policy in one moment it's just not printing new money to invest it in bonds bonds that the e.c.b. is already holding when they expire the e.c.b. also in the future is going to invest money in those in the following bonds of the same kind which means that this ending of the monetary policy this super lose monetary policy is going to be a very slow phasing out of a boost in front of thank you. and that's it's europe today you're watching the news live from berlin there's more news coming in the top of the hour of course. but stay tuned to the w. euro.

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