my name is dave out of the homes and i wore pads easy to. play bang. bang bang to abandon to feed the beast. this is the deputy is coming to you live from above and looking for a new lifeline after winning a confidence vote british prime minister tourism a goes to draw first took office more head to save of dregs of d.c. that's cold but even leaders have already made clear that they will not be open told so more is next for me and how unpopular agreement what's a government up to

a high speed street into crashes into another train and a pedestrian oval office creek tragic result of the stick drill bit companies has detained treat people in. just one plant is this man the second canadian is detained in china for india injuring national security the canadian government says each has lost contact with a. and b. can she only if she can only imagine what the b. looks like as common the president did speak believes she is spain's close visually impaired female athletes to enter the blood adapted selfing championship in the u.s. just a. little. the bag man band . i'm a bit touchy my good to have you had. british prime minister to reserve me has just

reached brussels she has gone there to lobby e.u. leaders for have after she survived a confidence vote by her own party on wednesday that's not enough to. conservative lawmakers who do support for controversial thanks indeed she first hand talks with the irish prime minister. she's seeking assurances that would help to sell the deal to parliament and that's just beeks before the chamber needs to approve a deal to prevent a disorderly exit from the european union and i'm pleased. to say joins me now from there get all out the surviving all that political turbulence atoll terrorism is now heading your way for the e.u. summit what is she hoping to get there and retire one of the key sticking points from tourism may's perspective regarding that divorce deal that is on the table is the so-called backstop the guarantee the european union seeks from the u.k.

that there shall be no hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland in case both sides the e.u. and the u.k. conduct read on a future trade relationship that would guarantee that there is no border between the u.k. and the republic of ireland so northern ireland and the republic of ireland and the reason may hopes to get additional guarantees or potentially even legal guarantees that the e.u. will only use this as a as an insurance policy and not trap the whole of the u.k. in some sort of a customs union and this is of course of a sticky issue watch have or you need has been saying about it. you had a number of member states who basically said look we will not touch the divorce deal the whole package and the backstop particularly irish prime minister the t. shirt made again and again clear the backstop is an integral part of the divorce

deal we will not renegotiate it now to what extent we will see some language being framed some fluffy language being added maybe a notes into the agreement that really this spec stop is only a guarantee and the e.u. has made a number of times clear they only want this as a guarantee it's an insurance policy nothing else it's not a trap to keep the you keep the u.k. artificially close to the e.u. and you know this lot of talk in london about to resent me being weak and also the fact that she said she will not stand in the next election how does all this being viewed there in the context of banks it i'd say you you have some sympathy here among e.u. leaders for the predicament the reason may finds itself in on the other hand you also have member states here who say well she put herself into that situation we've been waiting months and weeks for the record to get something else other than red

lines from from london but having said that however at the moment to reason may is the best option to get an orderly breck's it and that is something all member states agree they will see brics it as a lose lose situation but they do want to avoid a cliff edge president no deal scenario not at all costs but it is an important thing to achieve that dr. guild motus in gaza is going to be a busy day for you there thank you very much for that. well the ucas impending departure from the e.u. was also discussed the german parliament today on additions and businesses are urging the u.k. to approve the door deal but they're also preparing for the no deal scenario. past are facts were laid out emotions were also running high when the german parliament discussed corrected on thursday exam german m.p.'s feel personally a fact it. is percentage math the bracks it's the entire uk breck's it hurts me

every day i have family there and i have a british passport most of you know that and the family i have there move some time ago within the u.k. from england to scotland they ask themselves what will happen if things go on like this. what will scotland do will we someday be foreigners in our own country and also in that i didn't learn to fly and manage speakers made clear that there will be no cherry picking when it comes to the u.k. leaving the e.u. . 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. one of

the most discussed points was the backstop the last research of maintain an open border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland if the u.k. creches our jeff the e.u. without a deal we have to avoid a hard border between north and ireland and ireland this should be avoided in all cases because there we talk about peace the far right alternative for. germany party or f.t. is the only party in the german parliament that thinks beck said it's a good thing let's have the ability to let the british go and prove that there is life after leaving the e.u. and then after some possible difficulties in a transition process no one will remember why they were ever part of this continental european circus. not quite a circus but madness was the description some m.p.'s use for the current situation in the u.k. but still the vast majority of them think i know it will be good neither for the

u.k. nor for germany. let me not bring up today if it's on the stories making news around the bond is really efficiency of honesty in a shot and killed two israelis in the occupied west bank now the two are said to be who did the shooting happened near the jewish settlement of where a palestinian gunman wounded seven people in a separate attack on sunday. u.s. prison donald trump's former lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison michael cohen was sentenced by a federal court in new york over his role in the payment of hush money to women who claim to have had affairs with trump before he was elected. in hungary demonstrators gathered in front of parliament in budapest purchased against new labor legislation dumped the slave nor by critics the reform loosens the labor code code and business and in overtime hours opponents are calling for the rights of the

country which has some of the newest bridges in the. prosecutors in brazil and the rest of the country's most famous faces following allegations of sexual misconduct more than two hundred billion have accused the man known as john of gaunt of sexually abusing them wanted to seek the spiritual guidance and treatment he says he's at. at least nine people have been killed and many more injured in a high speed train crash in turkey the train collided with a locomotive on the same track shortly after it left the central station in the capital. shaken alive a man stumbled from the mine gold wreckage of the six thirty train from i'm corrupt to conejo in the dark a valley morning rescue team search for survivors buried beneath a mountain of metal and concrete. emergency services treated the walking wounded

as possible just describe the scene. was such an argument we hadn't yet reached high speeds when it happened i was in the sixth carriage we could see that the train had been ripped apart and had come off the tracks. the expression train was just a few minutes into its fated journey when it crashed into a maintenance locomotive seen on the bottom here then flew into a pedestrian overpass at a suburban station which collapsed it's unclear how fast it was traveling at the time of impact or why the truck was blocked authorities say three drivers are among the fatalities not as rescue efforts to recovery with the full extent of this tragedy yet to marriage. police in france have launched an appeal to head find the man suspected of carrying on tuesday's deadly attack in strasbourg hundreds of police and soldiers are searching for twenty nine year old chad if checa

a known criminal is described as dangerous and the public have been warned not to approach him that is the death toll from the shooting rose to three prosecutors say a fourth person is to critical condition in total a dozen people were injured in the attack this transports crist's market. did obviously in one hundred is in the city she sent us this report from strasbourg and morning here in strasbourg france says so for claims 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 strasbourg members of the public a 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 he'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. in the humphrey reporting from strauss book a fine and the congolese capital kinshasa has destroyed thousands of voting machines just ten days before the presidential election

a tashi say about seventy percent of the equipment was incinerated opposition leaders had raised concerns that congress falls to use of voting machines could lead to possible manipulation in favor of president joseph kabila preferred success officials from the election commission said the vote will go ahead. is set to step down after seventeen years his presidency has been dogged by allegations of corruption and human rights abuses here's a story of one activist group seeking to realize that legacy. now look up at. the fight for change they sing 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 her move. on the i want to show the state that we are here and they are not doing their jobs we want people to see that we're saying take a look at 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 that hurts when you hit me. 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 i have to endure it for. 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 infrastructure . and 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 it could be the lucia 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 report by a cardinal hoffman now for some sport and in last night's champions league football

tournament by in munich and faced off in a thrilling trio or draw the drama started with a fifteen minutes to go and the match level at one apiece combined storm was sent off with this high kick after that the penalty for each team made it to. good level dusky time to score with this second goal and then kingsley coma put it by the head in injury time just when you thought the germans had done enough for victory nicole last tally if he could level the match again a treaty final score would still lives by on top of the group here's what levon dusty had to say off the match. long and use the harness biggest i have not played in a game like that in a long while. if you are not going to luckily we managed to get through it. and we know where we can improve how we can play better and of course in attack we

could do with putting away two or three more chances. but in general i think we've shown our potential. so that was the key and the last team to get into the champions league last sixteen was leave all their travel to snowy ukraine and managed a one one draw the shock done the ask and that was enough to put them through here's a look at all of the teams that made it through as group winners including the german sides by an as i mentioned and door one of these teams will be seeded in part one for the next draw meaning they will not play each other but there is still some european heavyweights in part to featuring the group runners up notably last year's finalists liverpool in the draw for the last sixteen takes place next monday . away from football and this week there was adaptive surfing in chiefs

taking place in california the event to give surface of its physical challenges the chance of display their talents and once class competition this is event features visually impaired females surface for the first time cabin. she's representing space. 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 eve. i feel free entry locks i don't have any concerns and it's just me and the wave. coach locus garcia guides carmen with whistled signals he's trained her to compete at the world adaptive surfing championship. but it's a habit that no one would ever thought that blind people could surf and suddenly we

find kamen who can she needs to make to help in the water compared to other adopted sports but at the end when someone wants something they can break the limits and everyone can see if carmen was born with congenital about coma 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 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 various up no one asked puts them there that's what. carmen has also learned figure skating and horseback riding with her bold attitude the sea is the limit. yet i think we can learn something from never give up never give up ok china's increasing pressure on. canada tennis ball that's right state security in china is now investigating

a second canadian businessman chinese state media say michael spade is being accused of harming chinese national interests it's the second canadian citizens to disappear in china after beijing detained former diplomat michael kopper on monday the two cases appeared to be retaliation for the detention of men to a chinese executive and c.f.o. of phone maker while wide by. requests from washington the whereabouts of mr speight remain unclear. this is businessman michael spade for 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 space for kenner's foreign minister confirm 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. spader 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 that becomes a has been working hard to reach a compromise in the dispute with brussels over his country's ballooning budgets he met with european commission president jiang close close in what appears to be a step forward president a 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 for 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 light rain will split them if it's not for me to foresee what the final reaction of the commission will be shortly 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 shuckers a spending spree on holiday presents the amount of money that government can spend next year is still up in the air the coalition partners in rome a trying to satisfy e.u. regulators by showing. it will towards brussels and a willingness to compromise on their original budget proposal many a tiny ins now wants to see that government make a deal once you get out it's all very messy band so i think that something may be

finally moving and maybe little by little in a strange way will finally become real europeans. trying to be part of europe to siloam even if often we haven't been very happy with it and i mean. i hope the budget law will be approved. and that the e.u. understands the problems we have been. giving i hope that material salvini and our prime minister does that conti managed to do something good for italy. 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. in frankfurt court 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 hot when we talk about italy added stet the focus is always on last 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 at least announcing that they will end the markets prepared for that. yes they are the talk about this has been going on for a look very very long time and you know get hot 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 loose monetary policy is going to be a very slow phasing out on our business front with thank you. the european commission will not be allowed to relax the relax nitrogen oxide limits for cost it had made a rule change to permit high levels of emissions by the e.u. called ruled against it. and in favor of paris brussels complained about the planned amendment which would have. emissions to one hundred sixty milligrams kilometer it will come as news to consumers and common approaches though i have

already made decisions based on the mission's restrictions. giving the commission a year to make the necessary changes legislation to avoid legal. decisions. stories we're following for you right british prime minister. to appeal to e.u. leaders to help us controversial break. the move comes one day she survived a vote of no confidence. under these nine people have been killed in a high speed crash in the turkish capital ankara how the forty to the train collided with a locomotive that was carrying out inspections then struck a pedestrian overpass and steps. from the morning's coming out.

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