don't rush into systems. only starts in january twenty third on t.w. . to some how to proceed with bribes and we will have the very latest from london on the closure this is also coming up is the world getting better or worse when dealing with autocrats and human rights abusers human rights watch releases its twenty nine thousand report with a conclusion that might surprise you and a milestone in civil rights it is one hundred years since women in germany were

allowed to take part in the elections for the first time. warner. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program british prime minister to resign may is heading to back to the drawing board after her government's narrow win in a no confidence vote in parliament now she is appealing for cross party political consensus to buffo wood with bribes that may prevail in their confidence vote only with the help of her allies in northern ireland's democratic unionist party for victory coming a day after lawmakers dealt a crushing defeat by rejecting her brags that deal she may have survived those challenges but if the u.k. is to have an orderly departure from the e.u. on the march twenty ninth deadline compromise will be essential this is what may said after last night's vote. so now m.p.'s have made clear what they don't want we

must all work constructively together to set out what parliament does want that's why i'm inviting m.p.'s to all parties to come together to find a way forward when the both delivers on the referendum and country mom to the support of parliament this is now the time to put self interest but so on and let's get the latest now from our correspondent in london barrett massive barragan parliament has voted to keep the recent may in power how is this likely to impact. well it's a reason why has survived for now but what's in chaos here in london there is really not a clear way forward whoever you speak to the question is is reason may still the right person to move the country forward and many here in london doubt it but for now she's at the helm the expectation is if you're in love then many political observers seem to think that the u.k. is going to have no other choice but to ask for an extension of the time period an

extension of article fifty and also the expectation here in london is that the e.u. would grant that because they would have to explain to the european union that the deadline is too tight the end of march is too tight and then to ask whether there is a possibility to leave at a later stage maybe in the summer some are even talking at the end of the year of course there will be all sorts of practical haggles but this seems to be nothing official but it seems to be the expectation here in london meantime she's due to present a new bragg's and strategy to parliament on monday what could that entails. your guess is as good as mine goes to on the right on the heart frex it's divide they seem to think well she has to reach out to the hard bricks element of a party they call the so-called european research group and they are saying without us she just doesn't have a majority others are thinking and i have to say that this is also my

understanding that there is a majority could be a majority for a softer bricks in the so-called norway model suited for the u.k. to be similar like norway in the customs union possibly in the single market that's more realistic options but we'll have to see what it is that series i'm is going to go for she's going to suss out the mood in parliament and then she'll make a first statement next week and when we look at all these attempts at consensus building i mean she's been reaching out to all parties to try and find this person solution but after all that's happened there there are doubts about her ability to do just that could she maybe hand this off to somebody else. yes indeed and she has already done so those and other parties are really reproaching her for not having reached out and exactly not having done this in the

pos she hasn't reached out enough to all the other parties i've just been to a briefing this morning where one of a former x. minutes is conservative m.p.'s said well if she is the right move people are trusting to to do to do that and to have these cross party talks well that remains to be seen so he was very doubtful about that but david living to and which is who is in fact more or less a deputy prime minister is somebody who's going to do these talks so it might not be to reason my own self but there will be high level talks across party talks and many are saying well she should have really done that a long time ago thank you so much for your reporting from london barrett mass. and here in germany the latest events in london have been received with pleas for clarity and for unity this is what vice chancellor and finance minister all of schultz had to say a tradition. of course the focus in future must know be on the remaining twenty seven e.u. member states they have shown in the last two years that they can act cohesively

and achieve a lot together. let's get a check now some other stories making news around the world the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has won a narrow vote of confidence just days after the country's governing coalition collapsed the breakup was caused by a proposed agreement with macedonia to change its name which has been in dispute between the two countries for years. turkey says it has deported a dutch journalist on suspicion of links to a terror group ons boersma who shared her story on twitter was first detained on wednesday in istanbul while trying to extend her visa scores of journalists are currently imprisoned in turkey. in don's poland thousands lit a sea of candles to honor the city's murdered mayor pavol out a movie which died on monday after an assailant stabbed him during a fundraising concert many poles see his death as a blow to openness and tolerance in their country. a public sector workers in

tunisia are on a nationwide strike to demand higher pay the country's biggest union called for the walkout after the government refused to raise the salaries of some six hundred seventy thousand public servants a stoppage is expected to affect airports train schools hospitals state media and government offices tunisia's prime minister says that the state cannot afford to raise wages to the level demanded by the unions the international monetary fund is putting pressure on the government to freeze public sector salaries as part of reforms to overhaul the elling economy now to need us economy has been in crisis since the toppling of president saying. back in two thousand and eleven widespread poverty and unemployment continue to plague the country. this modest house is home to a family of six here how do i lug nuts as a single room with her husband and four children her husband is unemployed and one of her sons was disabled for huldah every day is

a struggle to make ends meet the family has applied for welfare benefits but their request was denied. and you know from an intern we get about one hundred eighty dinars about fifty euros a month in state support from my disabled son the entire family has to live off that money. i have to pay for my two daughters education from that amount. when i raise my head to the sky and pray i don't know if i will be alive tomorrow or you wouldn't know. the family lives near the city of katherine in the south of tunisia the reason was convulsed by the popular protests to topple autocrat saying i was in ben ali but poverty and high unemployment the drivers of the so-called jasmine revolution have not abated and people have once again started taking to the streets experts warn that if they cannot make situation doesn't improve fresh up people could spell the end of the new government. i have never seen or with that if

you let them in the past few years poverty has increased prices have risen and the purchasing power of tunisians has declined. that's affected the people here they're anxious and overburdened with the what get out should. the protests show no signs of abating keeping pressure on the government tunisia was the only country where the arab spring resulted in a peaceful transition to democracy but the stagnating economy threatens to undermine the success story. like many people in the impoverished countryside how to log it does not believe that things will improve for a family anytime soon she has long lost faith in the country's new rulers. now the world's autocrats face rising resistance that is the central conclusion of the annual report by human rights watch the presentation took place here in berlin for the first time marking the start of germany's two year stint on the un security council the group said that despite many headlines suggesting the contrary when it

comes to human rights things may actually be getting better. stories like that of the alleged murder of journalist jamal khashoggi by the saudi arabian government may make you think that autocrats and human rights violations are increasingly becoming the norm. but human rights watch is actually optimistic despite both the united states and britain withdrawing from their traditional leading role in defending democracy and civil rights the advocacy groups annual report says countries like germany are quote pushing back as the u.s. and the u.k. have retreated from state of meaningful human rights respecting foreign policy germany has started to fill the gap it's not enough and we want to germany to do much more but we have seen the germany has treated it openly and loudly the president of turkey the president of china russia and trump of course. another good

example is germany's response to saudi arabia's human rights violations shocked by the brutality of the killing the german government suspended the sales of arms to the kingdom and expelled some saudi diplomats the us took no such measures to distance itself from the saudi arabian regime. and germany is marking the one hundredth anniversary of women being given the right to vote the german parliament the bundestag held a special commemorative session with female social democrats wearing white as a sign of solidarity the speaker stress how far german women had come in the past one hundred years and how much remains to be done to achieve sure with equality. one of the speakers was the former president of the german bundestag and women's minister rita says she stressed that even though there are more rights for women there is still much to be done. we have arrived in the modern age

but we're not satisfied with that. in our experience and this applies not just to women. who are capable of a lot more than what they've been allowed to do. we are always discussing questions that still haven't gotten answered why alliance against women equal pay. what is with equal pay. equal pay of course remaining a thorny issue but the right to vote has become one that many women take for granted these days here in europe for centuries though national politics was male only dominated so what brought about the change and how does germany shape up compared with other major european nations of. the tumultuous arrest of women's rights activist emmeline pankhurst outside buckingham palace and emily davison throwing herself in front of the king's horse at the darby there iconic images from

one nine hundred thirteen the struggle for women suffrage in europe is just heating up. in germany activists like helen ally and clarke at second were a driving force to get the vote where women were banned from even attending political gatherings until nineteen zero zero eight from nine hundred fourteen external factors shaped the role of women in society. the first world war began many say that women's contribution to the war effort back home helped secure them the vote in one thousand nine hundred in britain and in germany. after the revolution women throng to the streets to vote for the first time in the elections to the national assembly in january nine hundred nineteen. the late comers to the table of women's suffrage were spain in one thousand nine hundred thirty one france

in one thousand nine hundred forty four and italy in one thousand nine hundred forty five and in portugal women were barred from voting in national politics until as recently as nine hundred seventy six. and although it's not uncommon to see women at the helm in european politics today take a wider view and you'll see the struggle for total equality is still far from over. all meantime in sports news that football's asian cup south korea has confirmed its place at the top of group c. with a dominant win over china south korea took the lead in the first half converting a penalty and doubled the lead shortly after half time despite the loss china has also gone through by finishing the group in second place. you're watching news from berlin and more coming up at the top of the hour but first it's business news with benches and when he is coming up after just

a short break i'm sara kelley in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great takes. the a. sleep. carefully. don't lose too many of you. to do good.