this is t w news coming to you live from berlin it's judgment day for british prime minister theresa may after weeks of waiting lawmakers vote today on whether to accept or reject her controversial breaks that deal with the european union has warned of dire consequences or parliament's rosena also coming out the people of poland mourn the slain mayor of the towns of damo bitch was stabbed on stage at a charity event in front of the times super.

bowl i'm terry barton thanks for joining us a historic day for britain as it counts the hours to the moment when lawmakers accept or reject prime minister teresa mayes deal for leaving the european union most observers say they're likely to throw out the controversial deal which has split the nation in the house of commons on monday may urged lawmakers to support her plan but her plea was scorned by opposition leader jeremy corbett here's part of their exchange the consequence is a vote against this deal tomorrow i'll be coming at the clear out with no deal we would have no internet period no security partnership no guarantees for u.k. citizens overseas and no certainty that this isn't workers like those i met in stoke this morning i mean would see changes to everyday life in northern ireland that would put the future of our union at. chris the government is in disarray it's

korea if the prime minister's deal is rejected tomorrow it's time for a general election it's time for a new government. leader jeremy corbyn there in the house of commons yesterday well our london correspondent standing by for us outside the houses of parliament in london bigot is it really a foregone conclusion that parliament will reject a recent days breaks that deal today. nothing is a foregone conclusion at this moment in british politics because things change quickly but it does look like m.p.'s have really hardened their opinions over the christmas break and we haven't really seen in the last days that many m.p.'s have come forward and said well i've changed my mind i'm going to back the prime minister even m.p.'s from our own party because it's such an issue that's so deep. in m.p.'s conscience where it's really about the future of the country it's historic vote that's been said

a lot and it is true so there are lots of m.p.'s are not going to vote with party politics but really with their conscience and it doesn't look like many of them are backing the prime minister. if the british parliament rejects teresa mayes breaks a deal today better get what is may's plan b. she has never really said what have plan b. is and it seems that maybe only how close is confidence know what she is going to do if she does as expected lose the most likely scenario is that she will try and go back to brussels and extract something else out of brussels we know that is tricky but there is still some hope that maybe on the issue of all and she could yet get another crucial concession but we don't know if she's going to do that and then also there is speculation if she loses by a big margin maybe more than one hundred or even two hundred m.p.'s this is the

scale of the resistance against her that she might then have to resign but we will know for sure later today or tomorrow but what's your impression of. the u.k. right now how are ordinary people that you're talking to reacting to this political crisis. mean to be critical to be honest a lot of people are really fed up with bricks and they really don't want to hear anything anymore they just want this issue to go away because the british political class in the newspapers television also on social media there really isn't much talk about anything else when it comes to politics who people really want to get rid of it doesn't look like in the near future however then it depends when you dig a little deeper and you asked for opinions it really depends where people live and about their past not succumb sensis i speak of the low spoken a lot of people in the past we went to brixton in central london yesterday which is an immigrant community and there's

a lot of views pro european use that are quite entrenched so let's listen to what people have had to say. the reason mays breaks a deal should the parliament support of fish. all of the she's very good to this country always believe in ourselves. it is struggling and officially comes out with . it we don't live in the lincolnshire side it's completely different areas. you know in this area a lot of different things yeah and so it's a bedrock of britain's better off leaving we think so in our area and what are your reasons for. no i don't think we should leave the going to make things very difficult for a lot of people because i voted for break six to come out so i did but no i don't want them to come out. so we're getting a feeling of ambiguity there from those those british citizens is that reflected on

the political level big it is there a sense among lawmakers that the government is not really in control of this process now. while it's reason my slogan was you know it seems to be strong and stable but at the moment she looks anything about and it is true that parliament is trying to somehow now take advantage of that and m.p.'s are really trying to drive the prices of grex and get more influence we've seen a lot of amendments to the deal and it said the question is which one are going to be voted on tonight but we see m.p.'s from both sides of the brics a divide remain and brits attempt to try and influence on come round to the side so the remain in peace are hoping that there could be an even soft a brick said than the one that the reason is proposing and then there are many of the progress that cited really say well let's not give brussels any money before we

have got any trade deal and if need be or are just going to crash out with no idea but that does not reflect the mood across parliament most people most parliamentarians don't want to crush out without a deal and indeed that's what also what's the reason why and how government wants a prevent to get thank you so much for now our london correspondent big outside the u.k. houses of parliament. right now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today german airports are bracing for travel chaos today security stuff strike over pay hundreds of domestic and international flights have been cancelled at eight german airports including the country's busiest hub pray pray for up to two hundred twenty thousand travelers are said to be hit by cancellations and delays. and a fresh blast of winter weather has hit central europe making many alpine regions treacherous and the austrian steep region of bird. these are urging people to avoid wooded areas over the risk of trees collapsing under snow the extreme weather has

been blamed for over twenty deaths in the last ten days. the people of poland are paying their respects to the murdered mayor of. a move which it was stabbed in front of thousands of spectators at a fund raising abed's on sunday night the mayor was a leading figure in the country's opposition movement. polls came to mourn the man who led their city for two decades pavel adam ovitz a husband and father was one of the country's progressive voices. council president donald tooth flew to get danske his hometown to honor his friend. i want to promise you today dear papa on behalf of all of us president holds an europeans. for you and for all of us we will defend our good times our poland

and our europe against hatred and contempt we promise you this so far well. many people knew him personally. for me it's terrible especially since we went to great school together just over there. i thought he would survive . as a child physically devastated and there is sad because i saw the mayor very often. died on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need. as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. to the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him he was then tackled to the ground.

prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death at a movie it's called get down scoop the most wonderful city in the world. a lasting message to the people he served. earlier i spoke to mark as a journalist with radio z e t he said the killing of the mortgage had united a politically divided nation at least for the time being. but if you go soon it's not as polarized as it was before the attack because everybody agrees that you see it wasn't barbaric act everybody is saying you need grief from prime minister and one of its key interest in town so you do the two old it only takes from day opposition parties so today we are all together. we don't know what will happen

after for example the funeral of the president where will that political discussion go after this event we all hope that to it will be a cold shower for everybody especially for everybody who are using that hate speech and day yesterday we saw as good a full moment of so you've got a thousand the whole conflict silent marches everywhere also indicts going to here and thousands of people gathered around there and then fontayne also as you stated don't ask us also and then there were many friends and i will be told so and the presidents of salt and being out there the countries there are cities that are nearby and this was a beautiful moment. and we hope that this only verity will last for that next months and years and we still don't know where it will get to where all happen we now know that president i'm very decided to and now it's nation day on this day of

the funeral. to assign a canadian diplomatic dispute about the fate of a canadian man sentenced to death in china for drug smuggling canada's prime minister justin trudeau condemned the sentence as arbitrary now china has hit back accusing trudeau of making quote irresponsible remarks relations are already frosty after candidate rest of the top chinese telecoms executive at the request of the united states his name is robert lloyd schellenberg. a community national in chinese custody since twenty fourteen. originally he had been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for masterminding a drug smuggling plot a charge he continues to deny but in a surprise move in appeals court allowed chinese prosecutors to retry him the result. was the defendant is guilty of smuggling drugs and is sentenced to

death all of his personal assets will be confiscated. it was. canada's embassy has urged its citizens to be cautious when traveling to china. and the prime minister has also expressed his misgivings. it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty in cases facing it as in this case a face in canadian the verdict represents a new escalation in the diplomatic spat between beijing and ottawa observers have link schoenberg's fresh conviction to canada's arrest of this woman. she's a senior executive at telecommunications giant huawei and the daughter of its founder she's accused of helping the company bypass u.s.

sanctions and american authorities are seeking her extradition. schoenberg's retrial was boxed through just weeks after one joe was taken into custody. and now it seems her fate as well as that of into other comedians in chinese custody might not be decided in a court of law but rather on the international stage. tennis steaming hot milburn players there are during high temperatures and high humidity in day two of the australian open the tournament has instituted new measures this year to try to ensure player safety during extreme heat waves well it turns out that serena williams barely had to break a sweat in her first round match it took her just forty nine minutes to defeat germany's top down. in the men's draw japan's kane corey was about to complete a five set comeback win against coming my chalk of poland when my chuck was forced to retire due to leg cramps very common problem in high heat. you're watching

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