this is d.w. news from berlin tonight here in a political sense a nation in the polish city of. the city's longtime mayor stampin killed on stage at a charity fundraiser while you may not be familiar with the name powerful. many in poland were he was a popular leader in the country's opposition also coming up tonight the clock is

ticking the british prime minister launches a last ditch plead for parliament to back her brakes agreement. urging lawmakers to give the deal a second look before they vote on it tomorrow and a fresh wave of winter weather is hitting austria and its tourism har a local hotel owners are telling the w. news that some skiers are refusing to be daunted by the heavy snow. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with a political assassination in poland carried out in public in front of thousands of spectators the mayor of the city of good danske was stabbed on stage at a fund raising event on sunday night. or his name was powell. a politician known

across the country as a leading figure in the opposition movement a double digit was taken to a hospital in critical condition and he died from his injuries earlier today. poland is a country in shock. residents of good downs bring flowers and light candles to grieve for the city's mayor pavel adama vic's. despite hours of surgery and hundreds of polish blood donors coming to his aid the mayor died from the stabbing. many people in the city knew him personally. but there's love you know for me it's terrible meters especially since we went to great school together just over there. but i thought he would survive if. president john stumm. physically devastated i'm very sad because i saw the mayor very often

and. moments before the attack pavel down lovett's was praising a fund raising effort for children in need. as the mayor looked out at thousands of people and men lunged at him with a knife. to the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blames the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him. then he was teko to the ground. with the twenty seven year old suspect is a convicted bank robber who had served more than five years in prison prosecutors are charging him with murder. civil movements have already called for marches against violence and hatred and several polish cities tonight but president

andre duda and other political leaders decided not to organize a march to respect the wish of the a dam of its family. his idea but that it's all going to have citizens want to organize marches spontaneous marches them police they can do it this is always an expression of solidarity but because the family wants to maintain dignity so what i want to the least politics in all of this we have decided that we will not organize any marches to just new chairman so it was imposed on the. use of id. but with many residents asking how this could happen the murder of pavel adama bitch is likely to inflame an already divided poland. disturbing story to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table by. polish good to have you on the show i thank you let's talk a little bit. about possible a dome of it i mean he was politically significant beyond the borders of the dance

because of the oh yes he was he was much more than just a mayor in and it is a big it's one of the biggest cities in poland with big political significance but i would say poverty. turned into the face of this liberal poland that opposes the national conservative no one justice party has been ruling in poland for the last three years. and he has ruled for more than twenty years he ruled the city with liberal views and no one just his party one that really marched to take this city from the liberals we had last fall this local elections were conservatives were hoping to win but they didn't. which one and this victory it was really a big boost of confidence for polish liberal opposition and what do we know about

the suspect and his motives well it's a twenty seven years old man with already big criminal record and he has already been imprisoned he spent some years in prison for armed robbery secure up banks but you know it's. quite disturbing after she stabbed mr them of each as we saw as we heard he stay on the stage he wanted to be seen he wanted to be heard and she claimed that this is his revenge for wrong foully imprisonment and that he had or. he has her teeth he's now he's now in custody and. maybe she was something more about his motives. he had a personal axe to grind here maybe not a political one but as you were saying it. the political scene in poland is very polarized right now so how has the you know the death of the murder of adama how's

it been received. well all political parties have condemned what what happened and poland is really shocked to this quite young polish democracy hasn't seen things like that in recent history so really the country's shock everybody's asking to calm down to come down not to make such. a political issue out of it but as you said the country is very much polarized so i guess this phase of coming down will not last very we'll have people quickly particularly in the media in poland have they been quick to assume that there was a political motive here in this stamp yes of course very much there is a very. big discussion going on on twitter some site opposing the government says this is the folds of the government of the government said tongue the

government's language into words the opposition about even the people supporting the opposition say ok let's calm down this is really not the best moment to say things like that. with g.w. polish giving us the latest tonight on this stabbing death in the downs which we appreciate it thank you you thank. well in just twenty four hours we will probably know the answer did the british parliament say yes or no to prime minister to resubmit breaks it planned today may made a last ditch appeal to parliament to approve the divorce play and that she negotiated for britain with the european union theresa may urged lawmakers to give her a deal a second look she warned of dire consequences if parliament rejects the plan a lawmakers are due to vote tomorrow evening local time in london the u.k. is set to leave the european union at the end of march

a date that the prime minister says should not be delayed she warns that a no deal brecht's could threaten the country's stability and unity. and to those who think we should reject this deal in favor of no deal because we cannot get every assurance we want i ask what would a new deal brecht's it do to strengthen the hand of those campaigning for scottish independence or indeed those demanding a border poll in northern ireland surely this is the real threat while you're here . mr speaker mr speaker we just seventy four days until the twenty ninth of march the consequences of being against this deal tomorrow i'll be coming at the clear out with no deal we would have no implementation period no security partnership no guarantees for u.k. citizens overseas and no certainty for businesses and workers like those i met in stoke this morning and he would see changes to everyday life in northern ireland

that would put the future of our union a triss. correspondent barbara biggs was in want in on the story for us and we asked her about the reactions to teresa mayes address to parliament today she was quite impressive to reason may for the first time since months was heard with this particular speech in parliament because she struck a more rational tone she appeals to the sort of the good sense the common sense of calm and terence and she was mostly of course speaking to her own conservative benches to agree to this deal because what she says how she sums it up is that everything else is worse and of course she reiterated her ultimate stretch that if the government and the parliament and parliament were pushed into a corner over it mind and up the country might and that was no bracks it at all in the end and that of course should strike terror sarah into the hearts of the hard

line breaks the cheers in her own rose however of course everybody knows the deadlines have been drawn in the sand and parliament people have made up their minds there we've heard some. changes from one side or the other but nothing to really remedy the defeat that she is supposed to experience tomorrow and it is a large defeat that's what the latest surveys say those barbies are there reporting from london you will have more on the bright vote later on the day and more on the breaks that uncertainty and its effects on britain's financial services sector that's coming up later in this half hour. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least four people have been killed and more than ninety others injured in a car bombing in afghanistan the blast struck near a compound housing foreign workers in the capital kabul there's been no claim of responsibility but taliban militants have carried out similar attacks

a canadian man has been sentenced to death on charges of drug smuggling in china robert snow and back was initially given fifteen years imprisonment but a sudden reach oil led to a new sentence canadian prime minister justin trudeau called the sentence arbitrary it comes amid high tensions over the arrest of a top chinese executive last month in canada indonesian authorities say that they have failed the cockpit voice recorder from that lion air jet which crashed into the java sea last october killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board the broken into the recorder may still be useful in shedding light on the cause of the crash of the boeing seven thirty seven. well a fresh wave of winter weather is hitting central europe hard and the heavy snow is having a disastrous effect on austria's tourism many skiers are staying away due to the threat of avalanches but hotel owners have told the w.

news that those adventurous enough to try well they haven't been disappointed. the last ten kilometers to over tower and ski resort are the most dangerous this morning like many mornings this past week the route is closed the danger of falling trees and avalanches is too high authorities have managed to open the gate for a few hours on most days but those hoping to get up the mountain must wait here and hope for the best. it's already knew that the road was blocked but we thought we'd come and try our luck anyway. and his father came prepared to wait. for those who work at the ski resort however the situation is frustrating and we've been stuck up here and undertow and the guys working at the restaurant at the moment they're stuck up in overtime because they are not can't get up and can't get down so for some people it's been a mess a lot of people sleeping in their cars and stuff like that. at

a level am the news travels from up the mountain that the road will remain closed today. now i sure and his father have to find a hotel here in newtown. after two weeks of relentless no austrian tourism industry has taken a hit several large ski areas are temporarily inaccessible stranding thousands of skiers and nationwide short term hotel bookings are down fifty percent yet here and on to town the local hotel owners tell me the media is partially to blame for keeping the tourists away they say their guests came for austria's famous snow and despite a few frustrations have not been disappointed. this group of friends has decided to take a room at the little house hotel and wait it out it was that's your hotel bar will help us deal with our disappointment with the will of a good time there it's obviously and. they hope tomorrow morning they'll know if there's a ski trip can finally begin. doesn't sports news now on the high drama

on the first day of the australian open where former world number one andy murray waltzed in what could be his final match before retirement he truly gave it all coming from two sets down in a fine set loss to spain's roberto of things to our good murray says he'll retire from tennis this year due to an injury possibly as early as after the australian open when the american band maroon five has been announced as the headline act for this year's super bowl halftime show reivers a big boy and travis scott will also perform it will be the first time maroon five have played on one of music's most iconic cons words the super bowl is on february third in atlanta the kansas city chiefs and the new orleans saints are the favorites to reach the american football show p s. a south african non-governmental organization is using sports to try and reverse

a destructive trend young people intelligence are at high risk of drug abuse and crime one place notorious for its gangs and drug related violence is eldorado park a suburb of johannesburg in eldorado pock even the children have been ravaged by drugs this is a community we only four in ten people have a job substance abuse is rife. but some have already started the fight back to help kids here beat their odds the plan to empower young people through soccer office sports we offer epidemic support and we offer character development programs so we teach them how to become good people with good choices understand what they stand for living with in their life lessons on just taught on the field. but in groups stations like this one where young people can talk through their

issues with a trusted peer one like delano am a former gangster and reformed drug addict and. lock. and it's almost like picking the lock never know when you can open but with many of these kids with minutes to prepare not plantin stage managed to believing in myself enough to give up and then believing in other people and by making sport an alternative to drugs. well these are spencers building in the business world over take a guess. at it and that big vote in parliament well you couldn't get better timing by the british business lobby group c.b.i. its survey shows demand for britain's financial services sector has dropped for the first time in five years uncertainty of a briggs of decided as the reason only last week the head of the city of london corporation which runs london's financial district said

a no deal breaker could spot chaos in the stock markets and close london up to twelve thousand jobs another survey from the as young so c. known as y. says money managers are planning to move one trillion dollars worth of assets from the u.k. to other parts of europe. ahead of tomorrow's vote my colleague spoke to stephen phipps and c.e.o. of the british manufacturers organization e.f. five and says he doesn't see any long term advantage in britain leaving the e.u. in fact we've been pressing the government on on two issues one is a long term future arrangements with the e.u. must be one with frictionless trade we spent forty years integrating our supply chains together and it's very difficult to try and change course very quickly with the investments we've got so we really need to see a comprehensive agreement that maintains those frictions borders and secondly in common with many other sectors no deal would be a disaster if you can manufacturing we're just not ready to exit on the twenty

ninth of march with no arrangements in place particularly around the borders in the exchange of goods and the free movement of people that's absolutely critical for the manufacturing sector in this country see a heavy industry lobby organization shouldn't people like you all the c.b.i. have used their influence to stop briggs it altogether or at least get a deal that's actually good for the bridge economy and goes through parliament do you think you've done enough. well we work very closely with governments and i must say we've spent many many months together with the c.b.i. actually we are part of a group that actually meets every week with ministers describing to them in great detail what is required to make sure our businesses can sustain that position going forward a lot of our points have been reflected in the agreements that have been negotiated so far so we are pressing very hard for parliament to approve the deal the trees amazed actually negotiating with the commission because it sets forward a sensible transition period during which we can adapt to changes are you happy

with that electorate that's on the table right now and it's not it's not perfect in some respects but it does give us a transition period it gives us time to negotiate and bearing in mind it's only the exit from the e.u. and it gives us time then to negotiate what is comprehensive new free trade deal will be between the u.k. and the year what's your main concern about tomorrow's vote is it in order to break that. they are no deal breakers it would be a disaster now main worry is that we've been out in the press we've been speaking very publicly over the last few weeks together with many other organizations that we are a not ready for it and b. the level of integration particularly around manufacturers and bear in mind we've got two point seven million people employed in the manufacturing sector in this country has been one this really difficult one around very quickly so if so that would cause the difficulty we think very briefly what's your prediction for tomorrow's vote it's very hard to predict politics in the u.k.

at the moment i hope i hope really that the promises there can get through if it doesn't i hope that they can convince m.p.'s in a second vote perhaps to get it through but really we need to get to a resolution very quickly because this uncertainty is causing as we know lots of issues like lack of investment and difficulty with customers and we need to resolve it as ricky as we can. see of british manufacturers organization e.t.f. thank you very much for joining us on the dollar. thank you thank you washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stern warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline it supply russian gas directly to germany bypassing eastern europe which a grinnell reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the gold stream through pipelines reminding them of you with sanctions on the russian energy sector will also criticize the project on social media the us has long opposed notes stream claiming it undermines european security. organelles

threat of sanctions has the media listening closely but what about all the companies that are already deeply involved in this huge european project like it's full run a north stream one the new pipeline will supply europe with gas right from russia directly to germany around a third has been built and its focus to be up and running by the end of the year russian gas corp gas from is a key contributor with several european companies at least two german firms received the ambassadors letter winters ha which is based or owned by b.s.a. if and you tipper offshoot of german energy company on it also involved is france's and g.e. and british company world out shell as well as austria's m v so far none of the companies has responded to the threat the us is not an important market for unit the same can't be said for the parent company of interest b a s f the chemicals company employs over eighteen thousand people in north america and rates in fifteen

billion euros annually the company refuses to comment on the later well here's what some of germany's political leaders think about the contentious energy project. on the one hand you must say that it's a form of diplomacy that is unusual but not totally new we experienced this when he took office and the german economy has already given a clear answer. to. recent comments or indeed rather unusual for diplomatic customs. i assume he will turn this into a positive. but. there are good reasons to criticize nord stream too and to look at a critically. on the other hand it can't be that mr grinnell operates as a mouthpiece for one of mr trump's political agendas instead he should restrict himself to maintaining diplomatic conventions but he's had a problem with this since his arrival in germany. mr grinnell just an otherwise

a tear to diplomatic conventions and that's why it is not really surprising and i think this must be rejected even if it really is possible to debate the contents we also believe that not stream to is not useful and energy policy and it isn't acceptable in a few of our is european partners. about our financial correspondent in frankfurt daniel what would be the likelihood of sanctions. well then mr grinnell the u.s. ambassador to germany is really known to be a man with is strong rhetoric and he's also a close buddy of the us president if these sanctions are really going to happen that's really difficult to say investors here are also little bit divided about this issue according to the u.s. congress is already working behind closed doors on a possible draft if this would be really the case companies and you just said it

not just here in germany but also around europe could be hit very hard to be already received a statement from the german foreign minister he says that he also does not appreciate these kind of commons and says that this pipeline project is very crucial for the european energy sector it's not the first time that the u.s. ambassador has tried intervening. yeah you're right it's not the first time this is happening last year grinnell was also very clear in an interview and stated that german companies which would continue to do business with iran could face sanctions as well and just like last year investors are shaking their head here and are saying that they don't think that this is the job offer top u.s. diplomat to basically threaten companies here in germany and around europe. so you jump in frankfurt thank you very much. falling car sales and u.s.

tariffs are putting a damper on this year's detroit motor show it's one of the oldest of its kind but some of the big players a giving it a miss this time. detroit's also show hasn't lost all its glamour but it's certainly not the event it once was. six premium luxury model. g.m. chose to unveil its new cadillac s.u.v. but many other luxury car makers including b.m.w. and mercedes are giving the event a miss this year. this as the global car market contracts and uncertainty grows over the threat of u.s. tariffs. going to transition in the industry we've had a great run of strong car sales over the last decade or so we're probably going to have a dip in the next couple of years at the same time the auto companies are have to focus on today's business to generate profits so they can finance a future that's going to be very different. speaking of the future one major

carmaker that is making an appearance in detroit this year is fox it's expected to announce an alliance with us also giant for it at a time of heightened transatlantic tension the bond could be politically as well as economically strategic. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the mare of the polish city of good ol scads died after being stabbed at a fund raising event on sunday night opposite of the voyage was also a leading figure in the country's opposition movement. which indeed after a short break brant or be back to take you through the day that's up next.

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