it. is it is live from. germany to britain twenty eight leading german personalities publish an open letter in the times newspaper asking the british people to abandon president's day in the european union will bring you reaction from the also on the program u.s. president donald trump marks the second anniversary in the white house in the midst of a record breaking partial government shutdown and the standoff with democrats. back to business for the big names in germany's winter break is over and by and do the

things that complicate the club at the top of the. i'm feel good welcome to the program more than twenty leading figures from german politics sports business and entertainment of appeal to the u.k. to abandon breck said the open letter appeared in today's times newspaper amongst the signatures of a new head of a kind of magical c.d.u. party i got come kind of about the head of germany's social democrat party. and robert green party leader robert how back it reads after the horrors of the second world war britain did not give up on us is as welcome to germany back as a sovereign nation and a european power this way is germans have not forgotten and we are grateful for britain wish to leave the european union for good it will always have friends in germany and europe but britain should equally know. we believe no choice is

irreversible ive door will always remain open europe is home we would miss the legendary british bra black humor but more than anything else we would miss the british people our friends across the channel therefore britain should know from the bottom of our hearts we want them to stay well let's go to london then i got reaction from i.t.w. our correspondent. welcome bogut how has this letter been received well we don't have as far as i know an official reaction but if by any of the government figures but i've looked at the newspaper headlines and it has been reported even though it's not exactly had lead news because there is so much going on in terms of president as an absolute chaotic situation where the u.k. is trying to figure out where it wants to go so it has been a system for example the financial times the business paper said it's reflects a rising anxiety in berlin in terms of the cost of business so it's the fear of the

heartbreaks it and this is a reaction to it then we have the sun the biggest tabloid they say they report well germany is begging us to stay in the you and similar the express and other tabloid and both the my leaning towards brics if they say it's a desperate desperate bid for britain to stay in the european union i haven't seen a lot of scathing criticism but it's certainly seen as something that is political and it's a political intervention so it's not just hot to hard by leading german figures but it is something that is yet at the center comes from the center of british of german politics really well and well it's nice to be wanted do you think it's likely to have much of an effect. personally i think it can harm i have really haven't seen that people are extremely cynical

about it here however we need to we need to wait and see how it plays out i think what britain is really hoping for and maybe this is a signal that it's giving hope to the british government that maybe germany might be pushing towards reopening somehow the withdrawal agreement so this is how some are reading this well is this a sign that they are making some more concessions however brics it tears will say well it also reflects what they've always said that german business is putting pressure on the german government and that they will continue to trade and also continue to pressure the german government to give really favorable conditions for britain so i think everybody is going to read in it whatever they want but i think you know on the human level and as a signal to the british people that i don't see how we can do much on broken mass in london thank you well that last comes at the end of

a rollercoaster week in british politics when the historic defeat of the prime minister's prexy deal and then have government not only surviving a no confidence motion heading into the weekend the situation remains deadlocked theresa may will present her plan b. next week so what is next for britain you w.'s are lousy shelter sick fun some unexpected answers and. london business as usual but wait was there something to oh yeah breaks it for tonight have years now we journalists have followed the breaks to debate and vote again and again and we spoke to analyst after analyst and we still don't seem to be much smarter about the outcome of that well maybe it's time to look for some chart of ways to find answers if you really want to know the going on in the british capital ask the cabbies they are the keepers of the city's secrets the ones with the ears on the ground. as the

milner has been driving a cab for ten years and discussions center on one thing in particular i mean that's all i ever talk about is. there is there is no subject not even not even football is just. what i believe what what what what i think is going to happen so what is going to happen to the fleet let's pull over for this one. to see affect. is coming in more people i would say all all interested in the in the. in having a second vote. ok that's a start but can we make this more concrete i'm like politicians numbers never lie and truth squad at that british automakers of course at a major bookie company in london politics is a big money maker so what do people think about bricks that would then actually put their money where their mouth is so i out of all the options

a country currently faces that's a second referendum the punches think as the my slightly that's followed by another general election obviously something the chairman called and would love and the least likely at the moment is actually an idea which is the odds of six to one punters do not think that is probably going to happen at this stage but. where money is won it's also lost and wasn't breaks it all about winning let's find spiritual guidance maybe they go through all of that sure and churchill will have the answer tarot card reader out of ya must with the man is well connected in that area and he's getting vibes that prime minister theresa may is playing dirty game i think she's going to make another pact the devil. i think she's going to look for we have here we have the devil we have temperance so the devil is all about me having contracts and making a pact and here temperance is about connecting things and putting things together

right and so i think she's going to find a way. to negotiate something. let's be honest the future of britain is still murky until that's resolved all bets are off. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world says russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says his country is open to a proposal to send german monitors to the chair straits this as his german counterpart high croaks off so it's moscow the waterway between a became a flashpoint between russia and ukraine two months ago. sweden's parliament has reelected prime minister stephan moffat to the second term with a confidence vote and then a four month political power vacuum often social democrats another center left parties will form a minority government alongside a center right party with cross party deal struck to keep the far right populist sweden democrats out of government. in colombia a car bomb has exploded outside

a police academy in chapel bachata killing at least twenty one people and injuring dozens more bombing is thought of being carried out by a fifty seven year old with links to the guerrilla group the national liberation on . the route between u.s. president donald trump and the democrats of the record for we could partial government shutdown is escalating president trump has refused to allow democratic house speaker nancy pelosi the use of a military military transport for a trip to afghanistan after ms pelosi suggested that he would he state of the union address well the shutdown continues all this as donald trump marks the midpoint of his four year term in the white house the w.'s washington bureau chief alexandra phenomena takes a look at forty fifth's president's achievements. he has remained true to himself bragging about his accomplishments lashing out at his critics.

your faith viewing the presidency through the lens of a television show many presidents trump has been dominating the national conversation as no other of modern president has done before at the midpoint of his term he has grown more confident of his own judgment but he also seems to be more isolated no then at any point since he took office his administration has seen a record breaking turnover with top level officials and advisers leaving or being fired as the president continues to push through his america first policy the parish climate accord is simply the latest example of washington entering into an agreement that disadvantage. the united states it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel iran sanctions are very strong the stronger sanctions resolve or impose there will be

a strong deliberate and orderly withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria some of trump's decisions come down to america's foes some even shocked its closest allies but no one should really have been surprised says ken that's weinstein the president of the conservative leaning council institute in his view trump is only delivering on his campaign promises the president is someone new to politics someone who both has outside the box ideas and a management style that is very unconventional not suited. particularly well too the way washington works. especially controversial dealing with. fueling speculation about the issue and made sure their relationship trumps two years in office have been overshadowed by the russian investigators focusing much of the on one question for the right not only that but we're i think it's great

that you're even worse. despite the russian approach most republicans are happy with their president praising him for bringing in conservative judges cutting taxes and fighting for a border wall thank you very much of this fight however could be just a preliminary skirmish in the current era of divided government and not just by a backlash against some of the president's policies the democrats are now in charge of the house of representatives with many freshman lawmakers eager to take on trump and we've seen how much more investigation is closing in on this administration and so this is this is why i like unit to. show house of cards because this is what he knows how to do is about creating distraction and chaos so that the american people are not paying attention to the real disaster that's happening in the united

states and that the sastre being his presidency and that's part of why so many folks around this country voted for change and for change has come to washington and that's the way it looks like. to mulch us as events have been so far donald trump's first two years may ultimately low call compared to what happens. when the bundesliga is back after the winter break with a friday night contest between hoffenheim and reigning champions by two clumps of help contrasting the training camps with byron once again choosing the war whether of the girls. biren have a tradition of holding their winter training camp in qatar but in recent years their form has been markedly better at this point in the bundesliga campaign there are six points behind leaders brasier dortmund and face a tough test in their twenty nine thousand opener against hoffenheim they're the

only side to have beaten the last two times they've hosted the champions and says it's going to be a very difficult we want to win in fact we must win if we want to increase the pressure on dortmund. hoffenheim are just one of four teams to brave the winter weather and stay in germany a win against biron on friday would be a welcome boost to a club just on the edge of a guaranteed european spot. and is and will be under pressure on friday if they don't win the game then it's a clear message to the leading teams that they have to step even harder on the gas . and pressing down on the gas pedal is exactly what biron need to do if they're to stay in with a chance of winning the bundesliga title for a record seventh consecutive time. i don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download from google play store if you might excuse for.

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