this is deja vu news live from berlin austria and germany brace for more extreme weather emergency crews are ready for as much as another meter of snow balls this is the death toll rises in the worst winter weather to hit the region in two decades also coming up the u.s. ambassador to germany issues a stark warning to german companies stop working on a controversial gas pipeline linking russia to germany or face american sanctions. plus ever felt so angry to get a chance wanted to smash something we take you to the anger room in beijing where

people pay to let off steam. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us. more storms and heavy snow are forecast to strike across the alps in the coming days and avalanche warnings are still in effect at least twenty four people are believed to have died and weather related incidents across the region. after a short break in the weather the snow fall in southern bavaria has been relentless this mountain pass was closed after an avalanche swept down from the austrian side of the port it with germany emergency services rescued a group of skiis who'd sought refuge in a mountain restaurant. this image of equipment a mountain rescue team in the police school today is down when the pass is closed

you can't just make your own way down. most of the roads around the town of practice garden have been cleared the biggest problem is the massive snow pressing down on buildings the thought followed by more rain or snow could destabilize some structures i must say in that they can only it around two hundred rubes a short while ago we could have said that's it we've done the job now we have to reassess and say we still got the third we've in two thirds to go home on the forums. another five hundred firefighters have been brought in to reinforce the five thousand relief workers already battling the snow in the varian outs. austria two remains on critical avalanche alert and one links including the albert pass above the renowned ski resort have sent anton shot an avalanche killed three german skiers on a route that was closed because of the danger from the huge piles of snow. i mean

as it has been tracking the story from southern austria where earlier today he told us rescue workers are likely to face even more bad weather in the next couple of days well there's another meter of snow forecast in some areas around here which is just unbelievable it's been snowing for two weeks we visited some places where there's almost three meters of snow but one thing people are really worried about is when the weather conditions do get warmer and there's a melt or there's rain that makes no much heavier on roofs but also on slopes and causes even more of a danger for avalanches so that's what the military and also civil services are preparing for to make sure they can deal with that if that happens. here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least fourteen people have been detained following massive german police raids against criminal clans more than thirteen hundred officers searched premises linked to arab crime syndicates in six cities across northwestern germany the raids were the

region's largest ever and focused on bars cafes and gambling venues. and italian communist terrorist has been arrested in bolivia says arriba tiste was convicted in absentia of for political killings in the one nine hundred seventy s. he'd been on the run for almost four decades until an international police squad tracked him down but he is set to be returned to italy shortly. and the greek prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament them after his defense minister resigned it all stems from a deal to end a long running dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name on those comments and his party are a key part of suppresses alliances to support is needed to approve the deal. breck says prime minister british prime minister tourism a is urging u.k. lawmakers to support her european union divorce deal just two days before it faces likely defeat in parliament she said failing to back the deal would be catastrophic

for the country britain is set to leave the e.u. on march twenty ninth but it still hasn't finalized the terms of departure on saturday lawmakers and ordinary people joined forces on the streets of london to protest may's leadership and call for fresh elections. the rancor of pro and anti bragg's of protesters has become too much to contain demonstrators on both sides who are high visibility jackets and an imitation of the french you know vests movement their anger was directed at the british prime minister. which choose days parliamentary vote looming to reason they pleaded with m.p.'s in britain's sunday express newspaper to back her brags a deal she wrote it's time to forget the games and do what's right for our country . u.k. opposition labor leader jeremy corbin said his party was determined to avoid the

u.k. crashing out of the european union i would rather get negotiated deal now if we can to stop the danger of a no deal an exit from the on the twenty ninth of march which would be catastrophic for industry catastrophic for trade and the long term effects of that would be huge we will do everything we can to prevent and no deal exit and it's cities like sunderland where those possible catastrophic economic effects could have their most profound impact heavily dependent on the nissan carmaker plant a decision by the company to shift production to another country could be devastating for the city despite the majority of voters casting their ballot in favor of leaving the e.u. patience appears to be wearing thin. on the. boards if she wants to stay in it please also bought all just wanted to be over and done with cause i'm sick of. it. but

apart from. i just don't know what's going on leave me any. feelie know all about. everything else changing. time is taking on britain's exit from the european union but many political hurdles have yet to be cleared. washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline that would supply russian gas to germany while bypassing eastern european countries richard burnett reported the growth to several companies involved in the construction of the north screen to pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector the u.s. has long opposed the pipeline saying it undermines european security. well max and he's been following that story for us he joins me now in studio with more max there's really a lots of breakdown here first just lay out for us exactly who did the u.s.

ambassador rights to and what was in the letters so u.s. ambassador richard green no wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction of the north stream to pipeline and among the among these companies were the german firms winter szell and you know prince well as the dutch british shell corporation now the united states opposes the project and make clear to the companies involved that they could very likely suffer harsh consequences let's bring up a quote from the litter that he wrote here it says i therefore request on behalf of my government that your company consider the danger this product represents to european energy security as well as the reputation costs and sanctions risks associated with our i guess the key word there is sanctions right i mean why would the u.s. want to slap sanctions on germany over this one. the us ambassador raised economical as well as security concerns connected to the north stream to pipeline and this pipeline is actually supposed to carry gas from the russian coast to germany

bypassing third countries and it is in addition to an already existing pipeline north stream this would allow russia to double the amount of gas sent to europe now there are fears in washington but also here in europe that this pipeline would give russia leverage over european countries and also do away with the need to transfer gas via ukraine as a. is doing now this is important because ukraine and russia have been in the conflict for the last couple of years largely over the eastern part of ukraine and despite the on a most animosity until now russian gas still goes through ukraine reprint serves as a gateway for russian gas and ukraine relies on transit free from transit fees from russia and also has some geo political leverage by them so it's interesting though to hear those comments from the u.s. ambassador to germany how seriously are going else comments being taken so many have commented on the on the issue and say grinnell is overstepping his boundaries you're going hotz who is the foreign policy spokesman of medicals cd you can

service in poland put it this way he wrote in his statement or he issued a statement which says that the us ambassador is now turning to german companies with direct threats is a new and unacceptable one sided tightening of the tone in the transatlantic relationship so there has been no official reaction from the german government yet however the german foreign ministry said the actions did not follow common diplomatic practice and berlin would address the issue directly with washington thanks for breaking that down max that a thanks very much it's been nearly five years since thailand's army took control of the country following a political crisis military leaders have been promising a return to civilian rule ever since but now they've pushed back the date for elections yet again just one month before they were set to take place that's brought people out onto the streets of bangkok and. it was there to hear their

demands. they've had enough enough of thailand's military rulers enough of seeing their rights curtailed enough of promised elections being pushed back time and time again. now these protesters in the heart of bangkok say they won't back down until the government makes good on its promise to let the people have their say we're living with the parliament that has no opposition opposition for the last five years without any you know good governance are any no opposition working in the parliament so the this election is very important for thailand not only to go back to democracy but also a deuce on the country back again after five years and to get their rights as citizens back in the past five years the military government has used its powers to stop critics from speaking out. until recently protests like this one were

prohibited by the strict assembly log file its military dictatorship put in place now that law has been lifted but in spite of that demonstrators are still telling me that they're being harassed by the authorities that if i can do it again let's. get right on this and find it will not but he's. good. at titles like. this put me in a coffee shop on the field. but these tactics aren't keeping the activists away they're afraid the government could play for time until the election deadline set by thailand's constitution expires then there would be no telling when thais would get to vote again. that was alright have you ever felt like smashing something after

a stressful day it. i guess we've all been there maybe a raid room also known as an ngo room is just what you need it's a space that's designed to let people vent their frustrations by destroying everyday objects safely a new angle room recently opened in the chinese capital beijing and it's proving to be a smashing success. if you are the kind of person who tends to book to not be over age then you may want to look at this. welcome to the anger room in beijing. it's a place where people can go to let off steam by smashing up every day objects this custom explains why it's such a good crack. to the legal pool so this place gives you the pleasure of breaking things in other places after you smash the item you might find the stuff

still there or you get fined but it won't happen here here you only need to pay the money. to a lot. of the beijing anger in the set up by former p.r. executive john manning. customers sign a safety form before being allowed to let to rip. gin sales people visit the anger room to many different reasons mainly to achieve stress. daughter show the brave cordial that all of them are at all her wedding photos here and smash them all we encourage people to bring their own stuff to vent their anger because we also see it is a place to say goodbye to a stage in life but what i didn't always show. jane says the new space is proving so popular with the chinese that she's already planning on opening up a second venue in the city. don't forget

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