this is. trying to break the deadlock britain's prime minister leaves number ten on her way to brazil. leaving the european union. original deal last week you will satisfy the naysayers we'll bring you live coverage from la and also on the program won't the world's most repressive regimes. change its ways. president visits germany we hear from an journalist who says he was jailed and tortured for years so things changed. for him and to

maybe fifty years of unrest muslims in mindanao and southern philippines of votes in the referendum. we'll hear from separatists who think fighting lockers. of blood will smooth in the blood red last night we'll have more on the spectacular and there are events. welcome to the program well today is another big day for britain's prime minister is due to announce a baby for leaving the european union after lawmakers last week overwhelmingly rejected a original deal with the tories amazed proposals that are expected to focus on winning more concessions from europe and. particular on the so-called facts this is

a political insurance policy too to avoid a controlled hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic in you however since this is not really go sation the prime minister's usual dress the house of commons in about half an hour and we'll bring that to you live. ahead of that let's look ahead to what we can expect with the w.'s of alex forrest a whites here in the studio and the biggest mass in london. welcome welcome bigots are welcome alex let's start with you alex so talk us through what's going to happen today well this is to resume a coming back to parliament with his so-called plan b. and it follows the massive defeat that she suffered in the house of commons last week she was defeated by two hundred thirty votes on her deal that was the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that was thrashed out with the

e.u. back in november and a majority of m.p.'s in parliament said they didn't like it because of a previous change to the rules that was put forward by an m.p. the week before she had three days to come three working days to come back to parliament with her so-called plan b. and that is what we're expecting from her in just over half an hour's time so who does she has to win over she has a lot of people to win over one hundred eighteen of her own m.p.'s voted against her deal plus labor m.p.'s and other opposition m.p.'s and these ten unionist m.p.'s do you pay from northern ireland who proper government so she it appears is particularly focusing on those ten do you pm p.s.t. and those of brics it is those euro skeptics in her own party who she's hoping she can persuade to come on board and to if she can find

a way to get agreement from then they will back when it comes back when they vote on this at a later date. in london let's go to you sir as we just heard from our last week's reason maced deal was rejected by a huge majority of people who are expecting any sort of breakthrough today. not really it's called plan b. but many believe that it's more of a variation of plan so the expectation that you will again go to brussels and again ask for some movement on the irish question and as alex has explained this is to win over their right wing or for her part to you who are very in favor of a hard bricks and cutting loose from the from the e.u. as soon as possible and as much as possible so many m.p.'s. opposition m.p.'s but also those who are more in favor of a softer bricks and or even to remain in the you had hoped she would try and win

over maybe opposition m.p.'s and those who are no it's not on the right side of a party but as we have had she hasn't really done the made a big gaffe and somebody has said from the labor party she said her door was open but it seemed that her mind was closed so it looks like she's going to the heart of bricks it and to the reassurance own respect stop. watching so theresa may makes a speech in about half an hour what happens then that is that a vote is doable if there's no vote today and people get a chance to discuss what she's put forward they won't be voting until next week on that but just to make things even more complicated they are not this is not then meaningful vote this is not the vote that is needed to parse this withdrawal deal through parliament this is just them voting on her plan b. so she actually doesn't have to come back to parliament for them to vote on the

whole deal until probably the middle of february so this is just another step along the way so the prime minister speaks today poland will vote on it next week next week but it will be saying we don't like kids maybe you can make some make so we just just wanted to it and then you bring that your homework back in february yes but i mean in between. and she's likely to go to brussels next big it was saying she desperately needs something on the irish question haven't discussed that yet but that seems a little there that that seems to be the main sticking point for her to give us in london this the brits a process was supposed to paper is a two year long process that two years and on the twenty ninth of march yet it seems to have gone home for ever is there any sign that people in the u.k. are the sort of sick of this yet. they really are sick of it it seems to be that the opinion polls are shifting towards people saying you know what we've

really had enough of it no deal breaks it might be the best solution so soon really not having any more patients with politicians or door which of course is in no way a worrying development because it is like. the e.u. politician it's like extracting an egg from an omelette the u.k.'s been so intricate leigh intertwined with your the european union and to expect that this can be done extremely quickly is as a high expectation so it's very difficult here for politicians to do what the public wants from them they know that it's going to take more time and they know it's very very difficult indeed it's interesting you're so the longer it goes on the more people are starting to say well just know that let's just get out at any cost that's that's and this would sort of feed into this idea of berkut that the prime minister is effectively just running the clock down.

yes i mean that's what many here are fearing that she is running the clock down on the other end it's also a possibility that at the very very last moment that there is some movement on the irish specs of somebody has said on twitter well now the e.u. is saying well we're not going to give any guarantee any time guarantee that it's only dull scene for five years and also the brics it is a saying five years no way but at the eleventh hour just before the u.k. is going to crash out with no deal which would be terribly damaging for the u.k. but also for the european union who knows maybe then there is a moment but it could be a devalue very last minute and and maybe then there isn't and it's a just so unpredictable and nobody really here in london knows what's going to happen and i don't thing in the whole you know what's going to happen ok so we have perhaps as a massive game of chicken going on now we haven't gone into the irish box yet we

will later in the program for now though back at mass in london thank you alex forrester watching thank you as well. so i had about let's take a look at what else is going on in the world outside your window. taxi drivers in madrid have gone on strike called for stricter regulations against ride paling services like google and cabbie fire which operate under different licenses they join drivers in barcelona who've been on strike since friday and today almost catatonic pollo. protesters rallied in the northern part of khartoum sudan's capital last night and party weeks of sometimes deadly demonstrations calling for president omar al bashir of the step down after thirty years in power a government decision to triple the price of bread this latest on. nationalist and groups have clashed with police in greece's capital athens tens of thousands took to the streets on sunday to protest against the deal and settling

any thirty year old name dispute with macedonia now the deal would see greece's northern neighbor rename itself the republic of north macedonia. the israeli military says its jets have struck iranian military targets in syria including it says munitions facilities and intelligence sites you know which is a rare departure from israel's normally ambiguous statements concerning its activities in syria the strikes were in response to a rocket fired by iranian forces towards israel on sunday this in turn was a response to israel's earlier air raid near damascus international airport. explosions in the skies over damascus on monday morning the syrian observatory for human rights says some syrians have been killed israel's military has confirmed that it targeted at radian and syrian positions including arsenals and training camps as seen in this footage. during

a visit to chad yesterday israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu called it an early warning of a long term military strategy. is one of the newly prominently pursue a policy of attacking iranian positions in syria and everyone who tries to harm. the policy was developed after a drone attack on israel from an iranian position in syria in february last year in the months that followed israel bombarded hundreds of military bases arsenals and radar stations across syria the goal was to destroy the iranian infrastructure there as much as possible. israel increasingly views the expansion of iranian positions on the deployment of iranian revolutionary guards in syria as a direct threat to israel's security. after a rocket was fired over the golan heights israel has now warned of further counter

attacks by syria syria's ally iran. the president of respect. today for talks with a chance of. president. minutes there is u.s. wants to deepen ties with germany his visit comes at a time of change for the central asian country the president's assumed power to me years ago following the death of the country's autocratic leader mr you know i have says he's committed to opening up the country to the rest of the world. compliments of head on recent political. this reform process is genuine. yes it does otherwise this visit to which is the first such visit in eighteen years simply wouldn't have taken place in fact as long as the previous president was in power the german government steadfastly refused requests for a meeting and the chancellor said as much in her remarks today she said that this

visit was intended as a gesture of encouragement and as you said she commended the president for quote a lot of movement for initiating what she referred to as comprehensive political reforms including both progress on human rights and in relations with neighboring countries but i think though the glass definitely is half full it's important to remember a couple of points first of all these reforms so far very much top down the government the president could stop them at any point and secondly we're starting here from a very low base indeed under the previous president inspector stuns record on human rights was one of the worst in the world and certainly at the moment there's no talk either of free elections or of anything resembling democracy so is germany prepared to push harder for more. well the chancellor certainly expressed a very clear call for. and to proceed on further improvements

in human rights and in the political situation and she also offered a couple of carrots such as increased development cooperation and also support for stronger bilateral trade relations but questions on germany's willingness to perhaps use sticks is certainly justified in view of the past both because up until well about fifteen years ago after a massacre in the buttons back east on germany was one of the voices in the e.u. essentially holding back on stricter sanctions and as long as germany and to speculate on had an agreement for germany to use spec territory to resupply german troops in afghanistan germany was tending to downplay the human rights issues. chancellor merkel also mentioned respect his stance that they about afghanistan let's have a listen to what she had to say. we know that you have strategically important

neighbors such as afghanistan for many years german troops have an.