this is deja vu news live from berlin president trump addresses the nation to drum up support for his border wall with mexico this is a humanitarian crisis a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul but congressional democrats say trump is misleading the american public and holding the nation hostage with a government shutdown also coming up. the british parliament begins a key debate ahead of an historic vote on the government's breck's a deal next week over the prime minister unlikely to get the votes she needs what

are the options for britain i think and he's done it again egypt in liverpool's mahomet's a lot is named african men's footballer of the year for the second time in a row he's now targeting a very big prize on home turf after a landmark day for egyptian football. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us president trump has delivered a live prime time oval office address to press his case for a border war with mexico the president described what he said was a humanitarian crisis caused by illegal migration at the border also said the border was being used to traffic illegal drugs into the united states every set of physical barrier was critical to national security and called on democrats in

congress to back his five point seven billion dollars plan to fund the wall. he also said illegal migration poses a threat both to the economy and national security. all americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration it's strange public resources and drives down jobs and wages among those hardest hit are african-americans and hispanic americans our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including meth heroin cocaine and fentanyl every week three hundred of our citizens are killed by heroin alone while democrats responding of course with their own address the nation also broadcaster in primetime speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi saying trump was appealing to baseless fears and misleading the public who want to start with the facts the fact is on the very first day of this congress house

democrats passed senate republican legislation to reopen government and find smart effective border security solutions that the president has been jacking these bipartisan bills which would reopen the government over his obsession with works forcing american taxpayers to waste billions of dollars on expensive and ineffective wall a wall he always promised mexico would pay for well ahead of the president's address there was speculation that trump might declare a national emergency allowing him to allocate funds for the border wall without congressional approval but he did not mention that option during his talk you know you washington correspondent stuff and simmons he was his analysis of the president's border wall appeal. in his first formal address to the nation president own trump offered familiar warnings and the expected narrative when making his case for securing roughly six million dollars from congress for his border wall the

president tried to convince americans that the u.s. is facing a crisis border and immigration crisis and security crisis however the president did not declare a national emergency something some had feared he would now will the president get what he wants that's very unlikely why the democrats read bubbling the president just moments after his address made it clear once more they will not give the president any money for his border wall on top of that they say the government has to immediately stop the partial government shutdown and decouple the issue from any further negotiation for more funding for it border wall or border barrier of any kind. stuff seems there now for a look at some of the other stories making the news today a turkish journalist whose work for this network t w has been sentenced to thirteen months in jail and a fine by

a court in istanbul turkey. was found guilty of insulting and libeling a leading turkish politician over how to research the paradise papers story about offshore investments of major international firms and public figures united nations has granted refugee status to run half couldn't she's the young saudi woman who fled to thailand saying she feared her family would kill her after she rejected islam australia confirmed it is considering resettlement requests in bangkok officials said. as refused to meet with her father and her brother. well in just a few hours british m.p.'s are due to resume debating prime minister teresa mayes breck's a deal with the new that ahead of a big part of the tree vote a crucial one next week the vote was delayed in december because may did not have enough support to win it there is still massive opposition to her agreement especially over the so-called irish backstop now the backstop would prevent

a hard border returning between northern ireland which is part of britain and the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the european union if triggered it would keep the whole of the u.k. in a temporary customs union with the e.u. but there would be stricter conditions for northern ireland some fear this would lead to a de facto border w.'s bigot moss has been speaking to charles walker he's a parliamentarian who supports bracks it but is very concerned about the irish question. don't worry you've been empty for almost fourteen years you've seen a lot of debates in parliament how would you describe the atmosphere at the moment if you days ahead of the historic date it could be worse could be better but of course at times of great national importance there are going to be tensions the stakes are very high so i would expect parliament to feel as it does at the moment

a degree of electricity in the our radar you that the u.k. could crush out without a deal well i don't call it crashing out i mean the u.k. could could leave the e.u. without a deal not crashing out it's leaving i hope we don't leave without a dip so they could be better to have a deal but if we duly without a deal it certainly isn't the end of the world it just creates some more complexity is that collectively the u.k. and europe will have to navigate together what could the e.u. offer as a last minute concession for the deal to get through this time i don't think has to be called a concession living has to be called a last minute concession i think there has to be recognition i think there is recognition that the backstop the problem is to be a serious attempt to focus on the back story i think it is very difficult to have a backstop which if you get into can last indefinitely and no party can unilaterally get out of the do you think the ball is in the e.u. court i'm hoping that for the sake of europe not the european union but for the

sake of europe and our continued fraternity and good relations that actually if the vote doesn't go through next week that all sides can revisit this i hope chancellor merkel uses her influence to ensure this happens and president macro that is the grownups in the room to bring everyone together to to make this work truck it can work i think whether that close would you support a second referendum a simple thing absolutely no we've had a people's vote the people said they wish to leave if they didn't vote with a huge majority tilly's which is why i think it's quite important to recognise. that's and try and get a deal my suspicion is if if we do have a second referendum then i will never support a second reference to fact i will never vote for another referendum ever again on any subject but if we do have a second referendum i suspect the british sense of fair play will be coming to thoughts and if they leave it will be much greater i could see it being sixty forty

plus people say no this is not the way we do it in the united kingdom we voted to leave this is not on saturday why do you think it's still better for the u.k. to leave the parliament's been around for hundreds and hundreds of years our legal institutions our social institutions our political institutions and we we were to different place because the e.u. is a political point yet and we don't need a new set of politics in the united kingdom overlaid over all this does work i thank you very much thank you a lot more on the backs of the bait in london when it kicks off later today well tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers who fought in the war and. many are now suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders figures show the suicide rates among former combatants are surging if the government here refuses to acknowledge their plight now luckily a volunteer organization has stepped in the help them did obviously connelly

reports from ukraine it's been eight years since anthony returned home from the front line the fighting may now be hundreds of kilometers away but the conflict still hasn't let go. everything could be fine in the halls. constant vigilance to save them days life in the trenches is now getting in the way of adjusting to normal life his body releases adrenaline random. get all hot and lose control over my arms and legs my heart starts beating like crazy my blood pressure jobs sometimes i get full scale panic attacks. and that he spent three years on the frontline in dog. before the war he was a pos that evangelical church when conflict broke out he volunteered with the nationalist as o. patel and later training as a paramedic. down the shores track and when your friend through the snow to safety you fall down in the bullets are flying over you but your head you get

a few metres further and just end up falling down again because the fire is too heavy or. back home in tears even finding a job is a struggle many businesses won't employ veterans for fear they could turn violent and since returning and that he has not received any support from the government and he's not alone but the military's top brass denies it has a problem on its hands on the command tells us that most soldiers get back to normal after just three days at home confronted with biggest suggesting a surge in suicide rates they tell us that soldiers and no more likely to take their own lives than anyone else. it's activists that are filling the gap left by government with high up in the cup paid in mountains about as far from the conflict you can get in ukraine and they will be spending two weeks with other veterans supported by psychologist and author of it's all of it paid for by private donations without any government funding

whatsoever. when was the last time you drew something new it's been a while i didn't choose to think on it's been thirty five years at least talk or think me because i've never done anything like this i'm glad i came here i mean a really good point going there for surplus on the straight not before but the future of the project is under threat it's a good vision this percent of my time goes on fundraising trying to get people to just take notice of what we're doing it's getting harder and harder any twenty percent of my time is actually left to help these people. even after just a few days and the seems like a different person one with a plan to control the world. for the war i was a pastor. a therapist of a college. is mean you know i want to see experiences i've gained here to help others like me. i see myself how tough it is.

to be left the army a year ago. well you know still killing with a penis is what we should pull company who keeps what. we have some sports now and egypt and liverpool forward moments a la has been named the men's african footballer of the year for the second time in a row he picked up his award of the glitzy ceremony in senegal it meant a double celebration for egypt after their country was also given hosting rights for this year's african cup of nations. another all suspicious start to the year for the reigning king of african football mohammed salah helped liverpool to the champions league final last year and scored twice for egypt at the world cup in russia he's got big goals for two thousand and nineteen as well.

as. with you. it's no secret that salah is a hero in egypt the country has just been announced as the new host for june and july his african cup of nations after the tournament was taken away from cameroon partly because of security concerns but in egypt the threat of a terror attack is very real and besides that egyptian football has plenty of serious problems of its own. and i'm very happy as an egyptian i'm happy this an event like this is taking place the pressing issue will be the next step to come will the next step be a positive one will it be a step that can benefit football in egypt or will things go badly because of the poor condition of pitches poor stadium attendance is the present security restrictions. or the infrastructure security and even the hot climate could all

cause egypt trouble at their home tournament but star power in the squad is one thing that the hosts won't have to worry about. don't forget there's more on these and other stories are a web site that state of you dot com for now though for me brian thomas the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. nico is in germany to learn german. published in the. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free to suffer from the w.b. learning course nico speak.