this is d w news live from berlin it is judgment day for british prime minister theresa may after weeks of waiting lawmakers vote today on whether to accept or reject her controversial gregg's a deal with the european union may has warned of dire consequences if parliament throws it out. also coming up to the people of poland to mourn the slain mayor of dogs he was downed on stage at a charity event in front of thousands. and supporting china's had since

a canadian man to death on charges of drug smuggling and sparks a full blown diplomatic problem. and expect delays if you are flying to germany security staff walked off the job at eight airports in a deepening drought over pay hundreds of flights are canceled in frankfurt airport urges the passengers to stay away. for now. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a historic day for britain as a quote counts the hours to the moment when lawmakers except or reject prime minister teresa mayes deal for leaving the european union and the house of commons may urge lawmakers to support the agreement morning that projecting it would be catastrophic for the country but observers say most m.p.'s remain determined to throw out may's hard won deal. just lift the nation. now if that is the

outcome of tonight's vote britain could end up crashing out of the e.u. with no agreement at all so the government is taking steps to minimize potential disruption to trade at ports on the english channel one of those ports is ramsgate although it will need an upgrade if it is to handle the big ferries used for cross channel trade. its glory days are long gone a channel resort once frequented by queen victoria ramsgate today is sleepy and rundown only its mayor appears to be advancing energetically into the future. of bricks a tear like the majority in this harbor town. trevor shock points proudly to what he calls a working harbor that's ready for all the investment needed to turn it into a hub that can accommodate large vessels and commercial traffic. and. ramsgate has not operated

a regular cross channel service since two thousand and thirteen the ferry to ostend was a loss making business now there are plans to revive it in the event of a no deal brags that it's slated as an alternative route to avert bottlenecks amid customs chaos in nearby dover. but the plan by transport secretary chris grayling has been sharply criticized the harbor is too shallow to accommodate freight ships it is a fantasy it is what's odd because we improve newport and the emperor in question is chris grayling he cannot see that this port is completely naked of all the facilities you might need to be an international. the harbor is as ill prepared for the freight service as the company awarded the contract to run it not only has it never operated a ferry service it doesn't have ships steve coombs and his action group discovered that some time ago as the transport secretary insists that's not a problem the government is testing other no deal scenarios alive rehearsal last

week this time at ramsgate defunct airport but only eighty nine trucks took part in the trial of an emergency traffic system to avoid congestion in dover a fraction of daily traffic ramsgate is already the brunt of jokes ridiculed as the town of failed preparations i think that we're just being a be used their id i think right right right wing groups who are trying to push for and through this no deal in the way they are the only people that seem to be appeased and everybody else thinks it's a bit of a joke hotel owners in ramsgate want clarity on what awaits their town amid brags that uncertainty their earnings have been dropping for months. but the mayor isn't rattled by the prospect of impending chaos he'd be fine with a disorderly present because that would catapult the sleepy town of ramsgate into the headlines as the no deal harper town. and our london correspondent there

gave masses outside the u.k. houses of parliament mattis is in our brussels studio welcome to both of you begin tonight to begin with you is it really a foregone conclusion the parliament will indeed reject recently is printed till today. there is not is no such thing as a foregone conclusion these days because everything seems to be possible in british politics however as far as we know there hasn't really been a change of opinion in the last moment in the last hours and days we have seen opinions of m.p.'s hardening and m.p.'s are most of them freely firmly divided there are some who are very much pro the e.u. and they are hoping that they can somehow shift the prime minister's hand towards a soft of rexx and then there are some who say well let's just crush out we don't want to give any money to the european union we just want to we just want to leave so there are two camps so to speak and there are not that many that are all behind the reason may still so the question is by how many votes will she lose you know

could it be is a day maybe just a few hours in the hundreds which would be a disaster for trees of a if it's rejected what's the plan b. . well we don't know of a plan b. tourism a says she's going to be pushing this deal through she hasn't really said what she's going to do in the event that she will lose the speculation is that she might just go back to brussels and try to extract just a little bit more another little concession possibly on the status of northern ireland she might be forced to step down if there is a really huge huge opposition against her but we will know tonight or maybe tomorrow if your cow is proselyte likely to react here. brussels will of course closely monitor how this election will pan out and if she is indeed facing a crushing defeat it doesn't even make sense to have said to make any forms of can further concessions so theresa may will not come and seek those if it is

a crushing defeat if it's a minor defeat this is a different story and then of course if it's a crushing defeat we're heading towards that cliff edge practices which brings me to the letter c. and the plan c. that brussels has already panned out they're not talking about about plan b. and the plan c. is the contingency plans for the heart of cliff bracks it but those plans are merely unilateral things for aviation so that airplanes keep flying but there are minimal they're not even close right in the controls brecht's that many like to say no let's talk a little bit more about the prospect of that so-called heartbreaks of thank you reference there georg i'd like to ask both of you who really has the most to lose from that option the e.u. or britain or to you first. obviously for the european union bracks it is a lose lose scenario i've covered a number off of stories now on both sides and i haven't come across a single one maybe apart from fishing where really the u.k.

would be the winner on the issue it is the u.k. that faces difficult times it is the u.k. that will have to find personnel make new institutions when it comes to aviation bake new deals make new trade deals it needs the people it is the country that will be hardest hit in the scenario and bear get your response. well here it depends who you talk to those who have pushed for gregg said they're very confident that the u.k. could stand alone in fact he see behind me a lot of protesters and those who are protesting for bracks that say no deal no problem and they think well we are britain we. we have dealt with much worse adversity is that confidence that britain could push through however there are all of us and i've spoken to some who are really worried about no deal drugs and who are preparing to as a growing number of people who are joining for example facebook groups and they are

exchanging tips on how to prepare for them stockpiling point toilet paper to getting i spoke to somebody who had a purifying water tank so there are people who are definitely worried let alone people maybe who rely on medication so britain does objective you have to lose in the scenario in every brick scenario of the g.d.p. is going to be affected but in a notice an area it's going to be worst affected you're going to mass in london gay or mantis with a view from brussels on this day where we get this vote on drugs it thank you so much to both of you. when i was going to quick check of some other stories making news around the world. a fresh blast of winter weather has hit central europe making many alpine regions treacherous in an austrian ski region bowdler authority used are urging people to avoid wooded areas over the risk of trains collapsing under the snow extreme weather has been blamed for over twenty deaths in the last

ten days. hundreds of central american migrants have set out from us to try and reach the united states a new caravan hopes to succeed even as thousands of migrants from the previous wave of caravans have been largely marooned i think u.s. mexican border since november. the world's largest pilgrimage is now underway in india more than one hundred twenty million hindus are expected to visit the northern city of. great job in the next forty nine days to take part in the camilla festival people believe that bathing in the city's holy rivers will cleanse them of their sin. just when other people of poland are paying their respects to the murdered mayor of don's pavol amo but the church was stabbed in front of thousands of spectators at a fund raising event on sunday night the mayor was

a leading figure in the country's opposition that. polls came to mourn the man who led their city for two decades pavel adam overreach a husband father was one of the country's progressive voices. council president donald to escape flew to get danske his hometown to honor his friend. i want to promise you today dear problem on behalf of all of us don's cries that insist. on europeans. for you and for all of us we will defend our good god poland and our europe against hatred and contempt we promise you this so far well. there are. many people knew him personally look the letters there's love you know for me it's terrible especially since we went to great school together just over there. i thought he

would survive life. as a child just a month is it devastated so i'm very sad because i saw the mayor very often of the . guys on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need and 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. let's bring in matthew jay a journalist who has written for the daily telegraph the scotsman and the economist he joins us now from the polish capital warsaw welcome to you and they do so much for joining us this afternoon what does the death of automotive h. need for the people of poland. well it's come as a huge shock and you know polls are astar you talk of polls and they just it's very hard for them to comprehend. such a popular and also a matter one of the country's biggest cities being murdered is is half hasn't happened in recent history has happened since the fall of communism and it is very hard for people to get their heads around it to the moon. now polish political opinion it's been polarized since the conservative nationalist law and

justice party was elected three years ago how do you think adam overtures death is being interpreted by poland's political establishment. well at the moment the politicians they stress that we have to keep this politically free at the moment we have to concentrate in the morning we have to concentrate on coming to terms with the death of a movie which. actually will be a time when people begin to question certain aspects of his death like he was very much early to see aggressive he was very much in favor of gay rights he was in the very much the liberal and kurdish politics. as had nor the occasion for nothing but been targeted with a lot of abuse recently by. people from the opposite end who are.

in power connector the people in power now and for a long time people are certain that this abuse is getting worse this sort of the discourse in focus politics is getting worse the culture within police politics is getting more and more personal more and more of the trolley and. perhaps now. once the dust is that would have the murder that might be a time for reflection on people and hopefully people begin to realize that we can oppose politics cannot carry on in the same sort of nastiness or sort of between bitterness the character that currently permeates the look at today's politicians who feed our world you might be up right now out there i mean a bright silver lining to this very dark night. matthew de foreign correspondent for the daily telegraph the scotsman the economist joining us from warsaw thank you . let's let's turn now to

a growing diplomatic dispute over the fate of a canadian man sentenced to death in china for drug smuggling canada's prime minister justin trudeau condemned to the sentence as quote arbitrary now china is heading back accusing today of making quote irresponsible remarks relations were already frosty after canada arrested a top chinese telecom executive at the request of the united states he's name is robert lloyd schellenberg a canadian national in chinese custody since two thousand and 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. may or may well the defendant is guilty of smuggling drugs and is sentenced to death all of his personal assets will be confiscated all of their hit with

a bat. 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 facing a 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 schoenberg and two other comedians in chinese custody might not be decided in a court of law but rather on the international stage yes let's. go now to beijing where our correspondent mathias ballinger and standing by on the line for us as we've heard mathias china sentencing schellenberg to death on those drug smuggling charges but he can appeal is there a chance the death sentence could be reversed. legally there is a chance that you can appeal to the next higher court and he also the supreme court of china will have to validate. this judgment but the question is whether he has a chance in reality and that will depend a lot on the paid off money one joy in canada and the diplomatic efforts between canada and china this seems to be a political case that will be told politico and now there has been speculation the

challenger death sentence is linked to the case of men want to the that senior chinese telecom executive arrested in canada what more can you tell us about that. speculation you could even say it is more than speculation most observers think that there is a clearly chinese state media that have close ties to the pump paci have issued warnings that china might do more than to take a canadian citizen in order to take revenge on canada diplomatic. says although china all officially denies any link between the cases but they have diplomatic voices who have issued kind of. ambiguous statements that could be read in that way so i think it's pretty clear that china is in gauging in some kind of hostage diplomacy here. would you say that there's calls

for worry here i mean that canada other countries on that their citizens in china could face arbitrary justice as the canadian prime minister suggested. yeah not only the canadian prime minister said the canadian foreign service job is has canada at ocean also wanting to use it to its citizens. at arbitrary. application of the dole could put them in the engine and they should careful when traveling to china. china has refuted the remarks of justin trudeau as irresponsible but nevertheless it is pretty clear that china is using this case and china wants the attention to this case china has invited the international media and has organized for the international media to travel to dischord this is something china never does. the report is very good access to courts so

it's it seems to be pretty clear that china wants. international audiences to know that there are red lines and that the citizens of other countries would have to be a consequence is not useful injure in beijing thank you. thank you. the head of japan's olympic committee has denied that two payments made shortly before tokyo was selected to host the two thousand and twenty games were in any way corrupt. he says that he has been indicted by french prosecutors as they investigate two million dollars in payments made just before tokyo was chosen to host the olympics the affair is a concern for organizers who have been praised for running ahead of schedule in preparing for next year's opening ceremony. well if you're flying into or out of germany today you might actually not be flying. france or germany airports are gearing up for

a day of travel chaos. today as security staff strike overpaid hundreds of national and international flights have been counseled that eight german airports including the country's busiest hubs frankfurt needs two hundred twenty thousand travelers are said to be hit by the cancellations and delays security staff were paid to be raised to twenty euros an hour across the board presence or large discrepancies in salaries across germany with workers in the east still earning less than those in the western part of the country and that's thirty years of germany's reunification . well for the latest let's go to our correspondent but that's who is frank for the airport for us paul how bad is is pretty empty there behind you. yes since two am this morning no passenger trying to get access to their flight here in frankfurt has been able to because security is closed the only people who can fly in and out are if they come from different airports or if you're an international

business traveler traveler going from delhi to new york and you have a stop over that works every that everyone else doesn't have access from the outside six hundred twelve flights have been canceled today that's around half of all the flights and that's why hallways here behind me are pretty empty people knew ahead of the strikes and some were able to change their flight some flew yesterday and we're expecting a lot more passengers tomorrow paula has also been some criticism that people say that this if you were to stop demanding twenty euros per hour is a bit much for a job that you can train for the couple of weeks. is there a part do they have a point. well there's very little understanding especially here i just ran into a group of people trying to fly into israel and they were of course of course furious and they asked a major question you know who in germany earns that kind of money. of course

security workers say living costs here in frankfurt are very high and they also cites terrorism as as a as a reason because you know you want safe airports of course but there is a lot of criticism of the levels between east and west germany currently fourteen euro zone east and seventeen here isn't west germany are not at that twenty year old level however and some people at the demonstration told me well we're not really going for the twenty but we need to ask for twenty so we get anything. in frankfurt to thank you very much. carmakers ford's unfolds will announce details about the planned alliance at the detroit auto show today the specter to cooperate on commercial vehicles and electric cars on monday told sodden announced that it wants to invest eight hundred million dollars in its u.s. production facilities the move expected to contract negative effects of u.s. trade policy because those tariffs hikes and falling call sales are putting

a damper on this year's detroit motor show reports. shine the hubcaps revs the engines and break out the blonde models the detroit auto show is back. it's still the biggest and for mere auto show in north america but this huge market automakers flock to the motor city every year and put on slickly produced reveals and performances but among the usual heavyweights like toyota and ford with are the germans. audi b.m.w. di miller and porsche are all big names that you won't see at the auto show this year volkswagen was the only german car maker that bother to show up it could be a sign that the germans don't think detroit is worth coming here anymore but it's hard to deny the politics also plays a role. here. at folks wagons press conference this year the emphasis was on investment and job creation in the u.s.

. by all of us. you see e.o. headbutt d.s. even brought the outgoing governor of tennessee on stage to talk about the w.'s found relationship with middle america. all this in the face of difficult and unresolved economic questions over tariffs and trade. two thousand and thirteen will be another year of challenges for us in the face of all the worries involved local politics and economics. markets have been particularly jumpy. when it comes to chinese cars and the back and forth over car tariffs g.a.c. was the only chinese manufacturer at the show and maybe this uncertainty that's keeping automakers away those who do choose to show are putting a brave face on it so i can't speak to the other brands i can speak for itself from real commitments to the u.s. market my thing being in detroit which is the major auto show makes sense and

products made here makes sense to be here. things are moving slowly at this year's detroit auto show. but at least they're not moving in reverse. business here's a reminder also top stories with the. british prime minister to resume his plan for leader of european union may has called on lawmakers to back the deal but all the indications are that they will throw it out for. the people of poland. which he died in hospital also being stopped by the charges he funk raising event on sunday it was a leading figure in poland's opposition means. a

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