this is the news live from the militant islamist group al shabaab says it's responsible for an attack in nairobi an explosion and heavy gunfire sent people fleeing in part of the town talent office complex in the kenyan capital police say attackers are still active at the scene. also on the program just one day britain's prime minister no makers folks today on whether to accept three submarines controversial deal with the european union which is my has warned of dire consequences if parliament votes it down. and polling bomb say slanted sleigh maskhadov. french was stopped on stage a charity event in front of thousands. i'm

phil gayle welcome to the program we start with breaking news from kenya where the somali militant islamist group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for an ongoing attack in nairobi explosions and heavy gunfire reverberating from a luxury hotel in the office complex in the kenyan capital sending people fleeing in particular just security forces have been deployed and people are being evacuated from the eric police say several people have been injured i'm attackers are still active in the hotel here and i would insist i witness describes his own response. my colleagues. planning everywhere ever who was just a gun never. saw i went. i didn't go he's going to shoot. how did most of the features. you didn't reach. to go

straight to nairobi that joy a four star is east africa correspondent for the german news agency had to be a welcome joy what's the latest. well we've just had from the police chief joseph pointed to hamas carried out the attack is still going on apparently there are criminals as he said holed up in one of the buildings and security forces are kind of trying to flush them out as he put it but talk us through what's been happening today when did this stop. it started out at three pm so about two hours ago a panic attack and came to talk to the hotel come how out they were there was gunfire going on and some cars outside the hotel was sent alight and then they moved into the building we don't know yet how many attackers there were out and

some of the attackers dominate the police move to many very quickly and cordoned off the area and i'll still engaging the attack it's what has been said about casualties. the latest is that there are intent but we don't know the number of injured or if there were indeed some killed police you point that did say that they're checking at the moment and they'll give out information soon as they haven't what do we know about the area that was hit. well it's a relatively well off as if the central area in nairobi and it's only about five minutes away from the westgate mall and terrorist attack into that scene where dozens of people were killed the intel itself was very well look awfully tell and it's a large compound lots of offices don't just practice and even shops in the area. in nairobi thank you so much thank you.

let's get more on this from the doubly producer thomas who spent eight years living and reporting from nairobi he knows the hotel and is in contact with people that welcome thomas so we've we've heard about the this area why attack a place like this basically it's one of the sort of proud buildings of nairobi in kenya upscale markets a luxury hotel with lots of international offices there lots of international organizations one source told me that there was a pound the a big meeting with american or international visits has taking place a plan to take place that was moved in the last minute so it's a place that easy so-called soft hockett that you could create a lot of havoc by attacking other you've been in contact yourself with people at the scene what have you been hearing well that they are also the police chief which

is mentioning that they attack is ongoing i watch a speaking to a source just now their friend is inside the hotel so several people are still locked inside rooms or safe rooms what toilets and so on and they ah still seeing security forces on the ground so they are still trying with special forces to see how many attack is still inside the hotel so it's people trapped inside is there still is there still shooting going on we haven't heard any shooting in the last sort of hour also i suppose waiting waiting to be told it's ok you can there you a second and that's exactly what the westgate attack and that's exactly what happened back then five years ago that the attack. hiding inside the building and then started attacking recruiting basically and i think that's exactly what the security forces are looking at at the moment that that is not a risk you mentioned the westgate is that was june twenty third saying this is the

westgate mall the same group al-shabaab the. that. at least that's what we're hearing so far that this group. insurgent group from somalia main deep in active and involved in local issues inside somalia but since two thousand and eleven a group of african union countries have been on operation inside somalia as a peacekeeping force in kenya as part of that and they keep saying that these foreign powers need to leave somalia and one of the reasons why they keep attacking kenya interestingly they i was asking you out of the attackers of the westgate of the westgate mall they're actually in court today actually as a cold case the last few days and a magistrate actually yesterday said they have to stand trial we don't know how close they actually were to committing the attack because we think that the

attackers at the time were killed during the attack but nobody really knows but they are the police and the prosecution is saying that they have some involvement ok tom something thanks so much. let's take over now at some of the other stories making news around the world judges at the international criminal court and acquitted to former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo of committing war crimes following disputed elections in two thousand and ten judges ordered his immediate release as well as that of his codefendant a shard of glass good day bad most cases have been seen as a milestone in efforts to bring to justice even high ranking leaders accused of atrocities. a member of germany's armed forces has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the iranian secret service official say the suspects a fifty year old german of afghan descent and suspect reportedly had access to sensitive material including information about the army's mission in afghanistan.

the largest pilgrimage in the world is underway now in india more than one hundred twenty million hindus are expected to visit the northern city of prior gods over the next forty nine days to take part in the comella festival devoted his belief that bathing in the city's holy rivers will cleanse them festivities. now poland is paying introspects to the murder of the city of dabs. overture was stabbed in front of thousands of spectators at a fundraising event on sunday night and he died on monday it was a leading figure in the country's opposition movement. a city in mourning and flags at half mast for the slain man dansk pov a demo vich polls have been turning out to pay public tribute to the man who led the city for two decades inside city hall many of those who knew him personally but death in a condolence book. e.u.

council president donald tusk flew back to get on to his hometown to honor his friend. i want to promise you today you do your problem on behalf of all of us dance craze events. and europeans. for you and for all of us we will defend our good guards our poland and our europe against hatred and contempt we promise you this so well. this is a. very. his death has shocked local residents. love you know for me it's terrible news especially since we went to great school together just over there. i thought he would survive. because it'll be. just a mum says it devastated and very sad because i saw the mayor very often of the turnstile . parvo adam ovitz was attending

a charity event for children in need on sunday. as the man looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. the attacker remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mass form a party for what he called wrongful imprisonment then he was tackled to the ground . prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death at a most rich called the most wonderful city in the world a lasting message to the people he served. as a political scientist and deputy director of the european solidarity center bridge which found that he joins us from welcome to day i know you have a lot of movies personally what sort of man was. it's really hard to

say it today and we still cannot believe what really happened but he was a mayor of this city for over twenty years and and it's of us to knitting moment of the developmental disorder. from a. very unimportant c.t. to to one of the most important destinations in poland in industry june of you wrote when we deserve what was going on in the. of polenta in the last two decades and we can see how. talented mayor he was it was the economic development of the region and huge very intensive. and fast accelerated development economic development of the city. under stupid good culture is one of the key elements that tell to

develop to see a region so that stories and why he for example. did a lot to open the european solidarity center commemorating one of the greatest social movements in the late twentieth century into world born in the. shipyard. he created the dissenter with permanent exhibition just to tell the story of the movement. not only to the citizens but also to the entire world. opened and that time and many many other initiatives now the motive behind this attack is still being investigated but many people are suggesting that. by political opponents may have played a role what do you think of the political climate in poland and.

of course. let's say songlines that which was a strictly political assassination but when you political culture and a lost decade by this last three years. of the. of the political language using the metaphor of war and symbols of war into hate speech which had been introduced to. also against mayor of them of each and. and usefully see introduced to india last ten years then we have a very dark let's say political they grow full disk into all of us in nations for criminal acts. from your. thank you. to the united kingdom now where the country's lower house of parliament

is facing right decision tonight lawmakers are debating whether to accept the deal struck between the prime minister and the european union for the u.k. to lead the block the debate in the house of commons has cast and three some may have lawmakers to support a deal she's warning rejecting it would be catastrophic for the country both time piece and determined to vote against. any. correspondent back at masses in london outside britain so houses of parliament welcome to get the debate has begun the vote is tonight is there any sign that the expected overwhelming government defeat is going to be averted. it really doesn't look like the peace of any mood to compromise which actually mirrors the mood here outside parliament if you see you can see behind me there are hundreds of protestors has been really gathering out throughout the day and it's quite peaceful some people are singing

god save the queen others are singing go to joy there's quite a lot of fun so many boris johnson look alike some tourism a figure is on a giant titanic going towards the icepack so passions are really very intense and so far it doesn't look like people are coming together here outside parliament and also not inside because there was a member of the government who has appealed to m.p.'s and say stop the playground politics this is serious but i think most m.p.'s really know that this is historic vote that really history will judge them for what they are doing and there are many have three really deep convictions and either way think it's it's either really beneficial to stay within the e.u. or really necessary to go out in order to not be trade their people this is what the brics it is a fearing so no mood to compromise doesn't look like it so voting starts tonight and a few hours if parliament does reject the. prime minister spragg said what then happens

. that's a really good question we don't know what's reason mais plan b. if she hasn't really said anything about it the speculation is that she could possibly go back to brussels and also some more concessions mostly on the status of northern ireland but also we know that the low positioning labor party is thinking of a vote of no confidence in the prime minister if they think they might win it so really everything is open here in london we'll see possibly later tonight or tomorrow in which direction this is all going to go. right. back at mass in london thank you. and one of the issues that delayed the approval of this deal by the e.u. continues to be controversial with you because the so-called irish backstop this is the measure designed to avoid a physical barrier between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is

part of the u.k. opponents of the may deal say the irish backstop would impose an artificial border in the irish sea between two parts of the u.k. and would therefore violate but she saw francey. laws shelled sick visit while the town particularly worried about hot irish border for the simple reason that it straddles both sides. when terry hughes enters his gas station he's in the republic of ireland. but walking past some groceries. and out the back door takes him across a national border straight into the united kingdom i cross the border if i'm going to grab a few drinks or. at the back doors and in the u.k. i'm in the front here with we have the republican guard and so. i would probably think maybe we're in the range of thirty forty times a day across the border living and working on the other side of the border is

a daily routine for many in these irish communities the small town of petit go with it six hundred inhabitants has been divided ever since ireland gained independence from britain people cross the border to post letters and get milk and when they die they cross it to be buried behind me is the republic of ireland and right here is northern ireland and no deal breaks it would mean a hard to border and that means fences walls and checkpoints and all that right here in the center of this town. urban johnson runs a little repair shop right by a crossing point he remembers what life was like when there was a heart border during the early seventy's violence was almost a daily occurrence for him and his neighbors. or they all have businesses in the northern china had legal or grownup.

wishart knew or didn't like. the same thing again. but tensions are already running high republican hardliners such as patty gallagher who's the spokes person for a small political group are warning that a fixed border could quickly become a target if there is. a place you can or a concrete man structure i can assume that that there would be a tax collector there's an army are our act if they're there within our communities . from what i hear they are very capable of return to violence due to breaks to a nightmare scenario for a gas station owner terry hughes. in the twenty years or so of peace in this country i've never seen the poorest so you're cake and you're just whipping for the ignition heading home into the north again across the border terry is hoping for a bracks it solution that won't close crossings open moves.

a professor federal brini is director of dublin city university's brick city institute he gave us his assessment of what's at stake for the republic of ott. well indeed brax it represents a major challenge for the republic of ireland among the twenty seven member states of the european union the republic of ireland is certainly the one who has more to lose as a result of the decision to eve the by the u.k. treaty of the european union with the exit date approaching the net in few weeks the irish government has been planning to prepare contingency measures to deal with that deal scenario but of course the whole pie the republic of ireland certainly that that the deal will go through and that the border problem will be

sold within the framework of a more than the withdrawal of the u.k. from the european union. well businesses in the u.k. and continental europe are bracing themselves for tonight's a vote for stuff but intelligible expectations are filled that the prime minister's plan will be voted down hence many of the businesses are preparing for months of chaos companies have been stockpiling shifting investments and relocating jobs a vote against the agreement would make is so called heartbreaks it was unlikely leaving britain out in the cold overnight as far as trade with its most important partners is concerned news server ernst and young shows that sixty five percent of german businesses say that any kind of breaks it will be bad for the german economy still the survey of four hundred german businesses reveals that ninety two percent of them stand firmly behind brussels policy of not allowing britain to pick and choose which elements of its privileges such as free trade and wants to keep it

interesting you know even though german executives believe it will be bad for the county other under a third c. major disadvantages for their own businesses now earlier we spoke to lord malloch brown he is than i t entrepreneur and an advocate against for exit and we asked him brother he felt satisfied how the u.k. government and the opposition handled the matter. we plead failure political leadership tree neither has risen. through which. many centuries. it's maturity of its institutions you know who is. wrought with hope they are. you know it's showing up it's surely not on sprints is it is this new investment in jobs that can only form. it is

a very. quite opinionated lord browne speaking there being cut adrift from the biggest trading partner overnight without a deal would be catastrophic the head of the u.k. car industry body and many businesses in germany are also under prepared for brakes it with smaller companies finally get easier to address the fresh faces keep coming at this custom support agency in hamburg they've hired ten new people in the last few weeks thorsten poor company helps businesses both large and small with their customs issues if the u.k. ends up with a hard hits german companies could soon face mountains of paperwork the bricks of this. is a disaster for everyone but especially for europe. that is a company working in customs along with some other consultants and lawyers we're

among the only ones who profit from it. at the moment he employs fifty people in hamburg but he could do with fifty more because he believes that a disorderly breaks it will cause chaos at many german companies. new figures from the german economic institute to back him up a survey conducted late last year indicates that seventy percent of german companies who will be affected by breaks it are unprepared there's not going to. it could be a question of companies not having enough information or that they might not have had enough time to prepare because it's a complex issue or maybe they've been hoping and agreement could be met so i need. large companies like auto buyer and airbus say they've already made steps to brecht's it proof their businesses but they're keeping their preparations under wraps for now. electronics firm philips produces x. ray machines in hamburg and exports them to the u.k.

it says it's prepared for every eventuality we harmonise you know we've developed sensible workable solutions for every possible breck's it scenario solutions that make sense for us and for the brands globally in relation to the british market will react accordingly depending on which part of the u.k. decides to take we've been well prepared for months now right but philips won't divulge any further details about their plans meanwhile thorsten poor that is carefully following the events in the u.k. parliament he hopes tuesday's vote will finally bring clarity over great britain's future. and a bit of news from the automotive sector german car maker false flag and u.s. competitor ford have announced a much anticipated client to form an alliance the two companies will work together to develop commercial vans and medium sized pickups while exploring cooperation on electric and self driving cars you know it's meant came against the backdrop of the

motor show in detroit the company had say the first vehicles from the effort could hit markets as early as twenty twenty two because racial comes as international trade conflicts are triggering carmakers to rethink where they built their vehicles as a way of avoiding terrorists. and also said it wanted to invest eight hundred million dollars in a new plant in chattanooga in the u.s. state of tennessee. german airports are mostly out of commission today as security staff strike over pay hundreds of national and international flights have been cancelled at eight german airports including the country's busiest oben frankfurt at least two hundred twenty thousand travelers are said to be hit by cancellations and delays security staff won't pay to be raised to twenty euros now across the board at present there are large discrepancies in salaries or across germany with workers the east sister earning less than those in the us the parts of the country

thirty years after germany. and a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you al shabaab a somali islam is militant group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an upscale hotel an office complex in the kenyan capital nairobi firefighters and security forces are epicene several people have been injured. watching the news coming to a law from berlin we have coming more at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always go ahead and check our web site that's t w dot com for now thanks for watching.

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