this is deja vu news live from berlin and 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 budget deal with the european union may has warned of dire consequences if parliament voted out. also coming up the people of poland more of the slain a mayor of it done popping out a mortgage with sound on stage at a charity event in front of thousands. and

a consultant to the german armed forces has been arrested on suspicion of spying for iran a media report says that he passed on highly sensitive information to the iranian intelligence service. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. we begin with a historic day for britain as it counts the hours to the moment when lawmakers accept or reject prime minister to rescind may's deal for leaving the european union and the house of commons may urged lawmakers to support the agreement warning that rejecting it would be catastrophic for the country but observers say most m.p.'s remain determined to throw out the hard won deal which has split the nation if that is indeed 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 and ports on the english channel one of those force is from skate 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 for a lie this. breaks 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 i'd i think right right right wing groups who are trying to push for and through this no deal is they they are the only people that seem to be a please and everybody else just instituted a job 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 bragg's it because that would catapult the sleepy town of ramsgate into the headlines as the no deal harper town. and for more let's bring in our london correspondent megan mass who is outside of the u.k. houses of parliament where we know lawmakers are about to begin debating gregg's it ahead of tonight's vote what

a day there in britain bear get any sign that the mood of overwhelming opposition to teresa mayes brags that deal might change. so far we don't have any sign as yet and indeed it's really not a boring day here outside parliament there are so many protesters hundreds of them now i don't know if you hear the drumming in the background this is a lady who is drumming for leave she is afraid that britain might actually not in the end leave the european union and for how this was would demand to be trailed then there are others they've had the people's vote campaign while campaigning for a second referendum they have titanic and it's reason may figure because they think cracks and what a mind to a titanic like tragedy and this is also mirrored by the the mood inside paul i'm and so you see the protests outside but also inside it's really for parliamentarians a heavy decisions many of them are going to vote with that comes and many have a really very strong view on breck's it easer either side so there are not many

that seem to have come around to reason may's compromise so take us through what looks to be at least the most likely case scenario and that is the fact that her deal might really be rejected here does she have a plan b. . she really has not sad whether she has a plan b. all not maybe just her in the cycle would be informed as what next steps would be i think it also depends on the size of the loss assuming that it will be a loss of course it's not a foregone conclusion that anything can change here in britain these days but if she did lose it depends also on how much she would lose labor the opposition in labor party have said they are thinking of tabling a vote of no confidence against now they want to be sure the day can win it so if it's just if she loses by a by a small margin they might not want to do it at that point in time also there is speculation that she could possibly go back to brussels and just look for just

a little bit more of a concession from but brussels mostly on the content of their. of the situation over northern ireland but what she would see is a big mystery right now we will be clear off of the vote tonight and also mari. here get what is the opposition labor party doing in the situation because its leader jeremy corbyn threatening to call a motion of no confidence in may's government is that likely to be successful. he's holding his cards pretty close to chester colvin as the membership of the labor party overwhelmingly supports a second referendum and indeed at the last labor conference there was a big debate as to under what circumstances labor could support a second referendum so jeremy coburn has said first of all there is going to be a vote of no confidence he wants a general election we'll see whether he's deal do that here trigger that his second

step if he is not sure whether he'll win it he might support in the end a second referendum there get mass in london thank you. well let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world judges at the international criminal court have acquitted former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo of war crimes allegedly committed following disputed elections in twenty ten judges ordered the immediate release of aagot and codefendant in a good day now both cases have been seen as a milestone in efforts to bring justice to even high ranking leaders accused of atrocities. hundreds of central american migrants have set out from on do it us to try and reach the united states the new caravan hopes to succeed even as thousands of migrants from the previous wave of caravans have been largely marooned at the mexican u.s. border since november. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has increased the

minimum wage in the country by three hundred percent he announced the hike at the start of his second term in office and increasing calls for him to quit and still as economy is in deep crisis the country is suffering from annual inflation approaching two million percent. 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 cryo bra over the next forty nine days to take part in the comella festival people believe that bathing in the city's holy rivers or climes there since. a member of the german armed forces has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the iranian secret service officials say that the suspect is a fifty year old german of afghan descent a media report says the suspect had access to sensitive material including information about the german army's mission in afghanistan.

let's get more on the story we're joined by political correspondent simon young so simon how important is the information that the alleged spy passed on to iranian intelligence. well sarah we don't have many details yet but the allegations reported in desh biegel magazine suggest that this man was working as an interpreter and sort of cultural specialist on afghanistan for the german military and that he would have had access as you say to operational information for instance about troop movements between germany and afghanistan and within afghanistan and the allegation is that he's been passing that kind of material to the iranian intelligence service m.-o. i-s. for some years so pretty sensitive information and who uncovered this alleged ledged action here. and we don't have much more than the statement from the

federal prosecutor he says that you know he's satisfied that there is sufficient case and that's why he's ordered the arrest which is happened on tuesday this man will be brought before a federal judge later on cheese day to decide the terms of his detention simon young with the very latest on the story thank you. the people of poland are paying their respects to the murdered mayor of the dons pavol ultimo that he 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 meant. came to mourn the man who led their city for two decades pavel adam over which a husband father was one of the country's progressive voices he counseled president donald to escape flew to get down to his hometown to honor his friend.

i want to promise you today dear pavo on behalf of all of us presidents. and europeans. for youth and for all of us we will defend our good 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 . just a month physically devastated so i'm very sad because i saw the mayor very often just go. on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need of them as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with

a knife. you know 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 called get down the most wonderful city in the world. a lasting message to the people he served. and vice is fronted obvious polish service and joins us now for more on this so what is the death of out of movie what does it mean for the people of poland. well what has happened is simply shocking for polish people who are reacting very spontaneously and very emotional

you we've seen those big big marchers against the violence taking place in many cities of poland very big one in the in the city of diancecht and poles are shocked because although polish politics is very aggressive verbal the it hasn't seen a tragedy like that before a very popular liberal politician politician has been killed a politician who just won the election a politician who was the face of this liberal open poland so i believe everybody now in poland is asking the question will this tragedy change the way public discussion is being held in poland will it change the way politicians are talking about each other will it change the way the media are reporting about politics because i really do believe that poland needs cooling down. and emotional you know you're really highlighting you know that the fact the polish political opinion right now is so polarized since the conservative nationalist law and justice party

was elected three years ago and if you had to you know perhaps weigh in on this item of which is how is it likely to be interpreted by polls political establishment. well the political establishment reacts kosher slip because everybody is aware that you shouldn't really escalate this just after hours after the death of the mayor however we can already hear some voices. saying that this is actually the fault of the aggressive and the grid aiding the language used by disapproving conservative party towards the opposition and this ruling party indeed polarizes poland very much but you can hear the same voices accusing opposition for for doing so as well tell us a little bit more about the suspect and his motives. well it's a twenty seven years old man with a criminal record he was imprisoned for robberies bank robberies armed robberies

and when he attacked mr rhythm of which he claimed it's his revenge for. the being that were wrongfully imprisoned polish prosecutors claim this man has some serious mental problems. now he's in custody will have to wait and hear more about his about his motives voice actual maskey from his polish service thank you so much thank you. australia is sweltering there temperatures of forty degrees celsius as yet another extreme heat wave bakes the country records may be broken if the mercury climbs above forty six degrees in australia's most populous state needs new south wales extreme heat has killed a million fish and mass die offs since december now officials have announced desperate measures to try and save the remaining fish in an ecological disaster

is unfolding in the waterways of southeastern australia the country has been in the grip of a record breaking heat wave and it's having a devastating effect on lakes and rivers. drought conditions have been compounded by algal blooms which is starving the water of oxygen fish a dying by the thousands like here on the darling river. this species one hundred years old coming back this is what he describes likely absolutely now the regional government has announced it's deploying battery operated aerators to mechanically pump oxygen back into the water. well the trucks will arrive in the next twenty four hours from western australia almost out installing a right as. identified solution we admit that nothing will stop these fish to

unless we get proper river flows and water levels are now dams back up to normal. but returning water levels to normal looks unlikely to happen any time soon full cost is a warning the record temperatures in many parts of australia are offset to linger and even rise over the coming days. also a steaming hot melbourne where tennis players and fans are enduring those high temperatures and high humidity at the australian open the tournament has put in place new measures this year to try and ensure player safety during the extreme heat waves german star alexander it's where if kept it cool in his opening match though he cruised to straight sets victory against the day name and serena williams barely had to break a sweat in her first round match it took her only forty nine minutes to defeat germany's tatyana maria. well the head of japan's olympic committee has denied that two payments made shortly before tokyo was selected to host the twenty twenty games

were in any way corrupt so in a case of takeda has been indicted by french prosecutors says they investigate two million dollars in payments made just before tokyo was chosen to host the olympics if there is a concern for organizers who have been praised for running ahead of schedule japan's olympics minister said that the country must now overcome a bad image to cater in teens its innocence. i'm very sorry that this trouble could possibly affect the olympic movement the organizing committee and all the people involved and start fast and smooth preparations toward hosting the twenty twenty games. very much. in football the final round of the asian. group stage has begun with heartbreak for india they have crashed out of the tournament after opponents bahrain scored in stoppage time to take a one nil victory and the other game hosts united arab emirates confirmed their

place in the round of sixteen they drew one all with thailand who also progressed the next round despite firing their coach early in the tournament. now a twist on the tradition of champion sports teams in the u.s. who are invited to the white house for photos and the cullen area device of its top rate cooking staff in the midst of a partial government shutdown the dishes of the day for the college football champions from clements in university were fast food burgers pizza and other great american food as the host of the event donald trump put it the junk food loving president also made it known that he picked up the bill a number of white house staffers including some in the kitchen are out of work during the shutdown. of all to have been announcing a major commitment to america gary hart has that story and a whole lot more that's right if you are now is that it wants to invest eight hundred million dollars in his u.s. production facilities a move expected to counteract negative effects of u.s.

trade policy the tariff hikes and falling consols are putting a damper on this year's detroit auto show car industry insiders gathered there also keenly awaiting more details about the planned alliance between comic because for the volkswagen the two called giants are expected to all cooperate on commercial vehicles electric cars. shine the hope caps rev 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 fault. wagon's press conference this year the emphasis was on investment and job creation in the u.s. . but all of the dot c.e.o. habit d.s. even brought the outgoing governor of tennessee on stage to talk about v.w. is fond relationship with middle america. i all this in the face of difficult and unresolved economic questions over tariffs and trade. two thousand and thirteen will be another real challenges for us in the face of all the wars involved local politics and economics. markets have been particularly jumpy when it comes to chinese cars in 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 auto makers 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 myself and when we have a commitment 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. the german economy continues to grow the energy it's enjoyed over the past few years is on the way overall in twenty eight t. the german economy expanded by one point five percent over the previous year talking of a ninth year of growth for europe strongest economy on the less that slower than the two point two percent growth of the previous two us notably the federal office of statistics says the economy contracted in the third and last quarter is off to an eighteen raising concerns among investors the slowdown comes as the european

central bank regularly starts its prices stimulus measures. german airports are mostly out of commission today as security staff strike over pay hundreds of national and international flights have been canceled at a german airports including the country's busiest busiest frankfurt at least two hundred twenty thousand troubles are said to be affected by cancellations and delays security staff pay to be raised to twenty euros an hour across the board a present large discrepancies in salaries across germany with workers in the east to learning less than those in the western part of the country thirty years after germany's reunification well for the latest let's go to our correspondent christiane but that's who is frankfurt 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 a international business driver traveler going from delhi to new york and you have a stopover 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 is a bit much for a jolt that you could train for the couple of weeks. is there a part do they have a point as. 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's and east and seventeen euro's and west germany are not at that twenty euro 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. that's all your business here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you so you know the w. it's judgment day for british prime min. plans so before leaving the european union may has called on lawmakers to back the deal. that's for they will see.

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