this is d.w. news live from girl enter greece i'm a fights to break the bronx it's a deadlock after and overwhelmingly rejected their plans to leave the e.u. earlier this week the british prime minister of years up to address parliament in charge away full time and clashes erupt in athens as greek nationalists protest the deal to change the name of their country's northern neighbor they say changing macedonia's name to north macedonia would be an insult to the greek identity.

i'm calling assman thanks for joining us. british prime minister theresa may has been holding cross party talks to try and find a way forward that our plan to leave the e.u. was rejected by a huge majority of british lawmakers earlier this week and she's due to present a proposal on how to proceed in parliament on monday at the core of the deadlock have been tensions over the irish border a car bombing this weekend in the northern irish city of london derry again put those tensions in stark relief. the car bomb exploded in the center of the city of london there in northern ireland no one was hurt police suspect a splinter group of the militant irish republican army are behind it a deliberate attempt to harm this community and one which we must all all condemn.

there are fears that there will be more violence of a hard border is reestablished between northern ireland and the republic of ireland which is part of the e.u. . but brags that supporters fear that an open border would give the e.u. too much influence over the u.k.'s affairs prime minister theresa may is now trying to come up with a special agreement with ireland in order to break through the impasse too little too late say her critics there's a majority of members who say we don't support a no deal breaks it then we can pass motions and attempt to give instructions in the end you need legislation to force the government to listen to the prime minister is not listening on a prominent talk show the trade secretary claims that parliament was overstepping its bounds and parliament has not got the right to hijack the brics a process because parliament said to the people of this country we will make a we make

a contract with you you will make the decision and we will honor it may is poised to reveal her latest brags a plan on monday. joining me now john worth political blogger in berlin been closely following all the ins and outs of that he's also a member of the german greens john we just heard there liam fox he's accusing pro e.u. british lawmakers of trying to hijack it is that a fair accusation there's a lot of her accusation atoll what the members of parliament are trying to do is actually trying to fend find a way out of the current crisis they're essentially saying we know the government's plan is not working what other options are there this is a typical line from of from liam fox he's essentially been very loyal to resume a recently so he's just essentially defending his boss with ok now summation needs to bring a majority of lawmakers over to her side now she has to break this deadlock is there any sort of proposal that she could bring to the table on monday to achieve that it would know there is no plan b.

. she has essentially just kept on repeating what essentially was plan a which was essentially the deal it's on the table with some minor tweaks to it there is no hope of that managing to pass palm and it was defeated by two hundred thirty votes last week and not some minor changes around the edges i'm not going to change that so no one actually really knows exactly what she can put forward tomorrow and indeed even based on what's being written online today and also some sources and some quotes from some british journalists it looks like most of the ministers don't even know what's going to be put forward tomorrow it looks like it will be the same old theresa may again just digging in essentially saying i'm going to try to deliver on the will of the british people so i have no hope tomorrow that there's going to be much change ok so if there isn't much change potentially she doesn't get then a majority of parliament to support any sort of updated deal then the e.u. u.k. could crash out of the e.u. if this isn't proved now one option to avoid that is dealing let's take a look at how that work. the united kingdom could delay its departure from the

union by asking the e.u. to extend article fifty which currently set as march twenty ninth but that would require the agreement of all twenty seven other member states european politicians have indicated that delaying breaks it is an option german economy minister has said such a request would be reasonable. but german chancellor angela merkel cautioned that an extension must come with new ideas from may on how to break the impasse. french president emmanuel mccall has also hinted that an extension is possible but he's warned the e.u. will make no fresh concessions to the u.k. . and europe is ready you officials are said to be expecting a request to delay it but there would be complications if the delay lasted more than three months because the u.k. may then have to put forward candidates for the european parliamentary elections in

may. ok so that's how it could go down how likely is it that is delayed i think he's extremely likely because it's clear that britain does not want to deal crashing out on twenty ninth of march and it's also pretty clear by now that finding any acceptable deal to have breaks it in an orderly fashion by twenty ninth of march is equally very very difficult so what's your only option delay but in the clip we just saw there the point from from angela merkel is very very relevant the european union would give a delay but it doesn't want the brakes approaches dragging on a normal norm essentially the response from brussels is likely to be if there is a request for a delay yes but we will give you the delay tell us a timeframe brits and please where you can find a way out of your own political crisis that's what brussels and indeed all of the other twenty seven you countries are going to be looking for ok time is ticking john worth political blogger thank you very much and you. to greece now where

nationalist groups have been protesting a deal they say would rob greece of its national identity the agreement settles a nearly three decade old name dispute with macedonia under the deal from last june greece would let its northern neighbor rename itself as the republic of north macedonia in return athens would drop its objections to the balcon country joining nato and the european union greece's parliament will be voting on the controversial deal this week. protesters charged at the entrance of greece's parliament i guess police fire tear gas to deter them. right wing groups called for the demonstration against changing the name of greece's northern neighbor. and tens of thousands he did that call. he killed my stand that gun were entitled to a referendum for the name of our neighboring country no matter what the prime minister says he said they'll probably put a watch in

a busy area before it's damaging for our country there will be good to solve the name issue but on our terms and for the good of our own country i look to god knows what it must get it might get going again from macedonia blood was spilt to me somehow he has not sat down hands do not concede even a letter from the sacred name many greeks agree the name us a donia is part of their heritage it's also the name of a province and their country's north. creases naming dispute with its neighbor began in one thousand nine hundred one that's when macedonia emerged as an independent country from the disintegrating yugoslavia. greece objected to the name blocking macedonia from joining nato or holding e.u. accession talks. then last june the tide turned greek prime minister alexis tsipras reached an agreement with macedonia that the country would change its name to north macedonia now the greek parliament just needs to approve the deal . that's fueling protesters anger they fear greece's

neighbor is robbing them of their cultural heritage who are might make territorial claims on greece's own province of macedonia. i'm joined now by george george accomplice he's been following this story closely for us from athens georgia we just saw those dramatic pictures of protests it's clear that there's a lot of anger among demonstrate. but what about the population at large i mean how much support is there nationwide for this name change deal which not so much it looks like a dream of you all the country is strongly against the deal with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. it is not just the name for a neighboring country also the provision supposedly said they got in and so called the macedonian language and the so-called macedonian nationality they greeks object because of the very thing that robs them of their own culture and history prime

minister's surprise so he now needs the votes in parliament to get this macedonia deal data fired by the end of next week what do you think is he likely six to us succeed. likely to succeed it looks like besides the one hundred forty five deputies over there only by the series there will be at least five or six sentries or send the rest deputies who were in favor or video and. you would be surprised if by the end of the week we do not have the confirmation on the deal by the greek parliament all right george george accomplice in athens thank you very much now a look at some of the other stories making news around the world in colombia thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the couple bogota to protest violence and terrorism comes three days after a car bombing at a police academy killed twenty one people colombia's president if on doogie has

blamed the leftist rebel group or the. jihadists linked to al qaida have attacked a u.n. base in northern mali killing at least ten blue helmet peacekeepers the sunday morning attack occurred in the town of our good luck the un says peacekeepers killed several of the attackers and are pursuing the rest. israel and shabda restored diplomatic relations after nearly fifty years of political animosity a minister benjamin netanyahu called the step a historic breakthrough during his visit to the muslim majority nation both netanyahu and chad's president interest debbi said they'd work together on confronting islamist insurgency in the region. to nigeria now where the country's much anticipated and first ever televised debate in a presidential vote was flop audiences were surprised and disappointed when president mohamed two bihari and his main rival both declined to take the podium

journalist friday a local is getting ready for an historic moment jury has first ever presidential debate with the most promising candidates broadcast live on all major channels across the country but minutes before the speculation is building will the president himself show up. it has not happened and he commands appear. to be it doesn't happen. even prism of the brewery. makes history. by appearing for this to bits. will be entered. into the. positive. politics. the event venue is filling up but no sign of. organizers say he promised to be here and presidential candidate for nigeria's biggest opposition party the p.d.p. has already arrived but now refuses to go on stage next candidate has been the vice

president of nigeria now he's a businessman. very interesting this is live t.v. show anything and happen on live t.v. . movie go. article later tweeted we came here for a presidential debates not a candidacy debate and i cannot challenge or question an administration where the man at the helm of the affairs of the nation is not presence to defend himself or his policies. so the podiums remain empty the p.d.p. and. now the two biggest parties in nigeria they are also the only democratic parties to ever rule the country they have just simply announced the exit from the government was right always comes before. i am

every time you believe that you have no need to tell the people what it is that you are going to do it means or you were not there to serve them in the first place. the president is not known for being a talented speaker the seventy five year old has also suffered from health problems over the past few years many nigerians believe he dodged the debate after an embarrassing performance at his last live appearance at a town hall meeting on wednesday there he appeared anxious and struggled to answer questions. honestly. at the end of the presidential debate is satisfied despite the limited attendance the other candidates did a good job the journalist says talking about the burning topics in nigeria education the struggling economy and security maybe or no course says some of nigeria's political underdogs might have a real chance now. and a reminder of the top story that we're tracking for you right now thousands of

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