this is news coming to you live from berlin british lawmakers vote to send two recent maybe back to brussels parliament gives me a day to renegotiate or breaks a deal with the e.u. especially the part concerning northern ireland the e.u. says there will be no new deal so this mission impossible to go to london and. also coming up but as well as top quarterbacks self declared interim president. leaving the country. has assets plus carbon as well and have

a list of what to expect as the country prepares for more rallies today. and american and chinese trade officials are sitting down today for new talks goshi actions were overshadowed by recent criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant huawei and zte by a slumping chinese economy. also in the program a refugee football player detained for more than sixty days in thailand hakim a right beat is from belgrade and fears he'll be tortured or even killed if he says back efforts to free of the return to his adopted country of australia are now picking up papers. plus. the. day's news the song that saved her life we meet. esther rondo as a girl she was forced to sing for the nazis now she sings for school students in a history lesson. they'll never forget.

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us there's a potential new standoff brewing between britain and you after british lawmakers last night voted to reopen talks on the brags that agreement parliamentarians gave prime minister theresa may a mandate to renegotiate the so-called irish backstop that's the plan for boyd a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland but the e.u. insists that provision cannot be changed. with the clock ticking on an orderly brags that what happens next is still unclear but may frames the house of commons vote as a win is what she had to say we will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain a legally binding changes to be truly great to deal with concerns on the backstop

won't guarantee no return to the hospital to between north moderns and on and my colleagues and i will talk to the you about how we address the houses as i said this often there is limited opportunity for such a change in the even negotiating it will not be i. mean contrast to a full might of this house has made it clear what it needs to approve the withdrawal agreement well we've got team coverage for you on this story this morning we've got the w.'s london correspondent big mass and brussels correspondent teri schultz good morning to you both let's start with you bigots help us make sense of what the british parliament wants at this point they seem to be saying we don't want to leave the e.u. without a deal but we can't accept the deal that's on the table which is the only deal available what options do the british parliamentarians think they have.

they don't accept that this is the only deal on the table had one cabinet minister saying well they would say brussels with the they were in rio with the talks bots you know this is majority that really know how for a plan he is doing what he wants to go back and boris johnson when it was put to him that brussels would agree on reopening the withdrawal that we've been he said well believe you me she can say they just don't accept they believe that there is in the end room and that the e.u. will now have to act they believe that the ball does not meet use call it. well terry theresa may wants to return to brussels to try to renegotiate the deal she struck with the e.u. in november what reception is she likely to get in brussels. you know diplomats have been saying we can just rerun their comments from the last time and the last time and the last time because their position hasn't changed there is no

room for renegotiation according to brussels they do not want to reopen this agreement all you really need to know is that ireland would never agree to have the backstop removed from the deal and you need unanimity to pass the the agreement any change in the agreement everyone is standing behind ireland no one is willing to remove the backstop it's very difficult to see from our perspective here in brussels where treason may think she has this wiggle room ok. where is all this headed everyone is wondering at this point could we still see a second referendum or even general elections in the u.k. if there's no breakthrough. well for not reason may has a little bit of breathing space but not very long she wants to come back within roughly two weeks and then it's to question what she can present and those people who are fighting for a second referendum they are still hoping that it's somehow on the table that there will be another dad look that she might have some i don't know some declaration

from brussels some some goodwill maybe within two weeks but nothing really substantial and what and that's another impasse to say this situation fundamentally here for it's reason they might not have to change and all says labor's still hoping that they will somehow be able to have you know political capital out of this and what they are hoping is a general election so i think everything is open but for now for the immediate now to resume a is safe. so in two weeks we might know something at least whether there is going to be wiggle room or not from from an e.u. that's simply not budging at this point we are getting closer and closer to the march twenty ninth meanwhile the u.k. departure date is the e.u. ready for the u.k. to crash up terry. it says it's making contingency plans but that's of course worst case scenario nobody wants a new deal breck's it the e.u. has said it would be willing to consider an extension of the article two twenty

nine start of the article fifty if if britain is not able to come to an agreement before march twenty ninth that is something they have said but that doesn't mean reopening the deal i think what would be very welcome in brussels would be a second referendum is difficult or perhaps even impossible if that seems logistically for the u.k. . brussels very much wants this bracks it to go away they would be very happy if the u.k. just decided bracks it isn't going to happen at all not a no deal bricks it but no bricks it ok terry thank you so much a teri schultz our correspondent in brussels and in london bigot much thanks for talking with us this morning

saying they have said that that doesn't mean reopening the deal i think what would be very welcome in brussels would be a second referendum is difficult or perhaps even impossible if that seems logistically for the u.k. . brussels very much wants this bracks it to go away they would be very happy if the u.k. just decided it isn't going to happen at all not a no deal bricks it but no bricks it ok terry thank you so much a teri schultz our correspondent in brussels and in london was bigot much thanks for talking with us this morning. top court has frozen the bank accounts of that country's opposition leader and self declared interim president. and also barred him from leaving the country this follows an order by venezuela's attorney general to launch an investigation into the u.s. and several other nations have recognized the thirty five year old as venezuela's legitimate head of state after he launched

a challenge to incumbent leader nicolas maduro last week well on tuesday washington also handed control of venice which has u.s. bank accounts over to. the opposition leader has shrugged off the legal maneuvers being launched at home against him take a listen. i'm not underestimating the threat of jail and i don't want it to be understood like that very responsibly i say there is nothing new coming from a regime that doesn't answer to the venezuelan people's needs their only response is repression and persecution on why it is speaking there well let's now go to jennifer camino gonzalez from the w.'s latin american service jennifer m a dora is clearly putting the squeeze on he's facing a criminal investigation now as assets are seized and he can't leave the country is it just a matter of time now before quite it is a rest. well let's face it he should have been arrested already the government

usually moves very quickly on these and these opposition figures don't forget the fall of the lopez he was leading protests in twenty fourteen and sorely i detail on those protests he was arrested and he's still in in custody he's on their home arrest so the question is why isn't he rested why hasn't he been arrested yet and the answer is the united states the u.s. has said that if y. though is arrested that they will take harsher measures and that is the problem that the government is actually afraid of this they're afraid that if they move into harshly on white will that they might invite more intervention from the united states and so their plans of pressure but then also holding back so to speak and holding back we've even heard that mud duros says he's ready for talks with the opposition what do you make of that. now and this is what they always do they this is what he wants ultimately he does not want to call for new elections and he

doesn't want to leave power but the third way for him which he has done before with the opposition every time that that the opposition mobilizes people he says well let's talk and so he has the backing of mexico and your wife for this and now he thinks that this is the way to diffuse the situation but the opposition is not likely to take this deal because they know what happens when this occurs that they go to the negotiating table normalization that is down and then and the end the government just continues to stay in power plays an important day in bed as well one of why the has called for more demonstrations against moderate his government today what can we expect. well you can expect people to go out in the streets position is mobilize it is unified it is firmly behind by bill but at the same time the threat of violence is real people are still scared of dying in the street people have already died since last week and the government is not afraid to jail people to to apply force so that could depress the turnout but we should definitely

at least expect mobilization today to happen. looking at the bigger picture here white house says he is venezuela's legitimate interim president he's been recognized by a number of other governments but is there any indication that look doro might be willing to relinquish power or call a fresh election well my they're all want to stay on as long as possible he's going to do anything to hold on to his power and so it is not likely that he will call for elections but the thing is that this is the long game here and the opposition is playing it and they know that ultimately all that thing here is for the stars to align for for one or two generals to get to the flag from the government and that could come if there isn't a bad situation with that with the money everything in inverness says government is about money about the oil and now that the u.s. has imposed sanctions on pretty says the state oil company we have to wonder what will happen in the long term if this starts affecting the government and if with

the international pressure that one or two generals say you know what out then that could make the difference and then right there the bad the high risk that the opposition has done could pay off a lot of risks and jennifer camino from our latin america desk thank you so much thank you. now it's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a high profile zimbabwean activist and pastor evan maori read has been granted bail by the country's high court he was arrested earlier this month on charges of subverting the government and inciting violence after voicing his support in social media for a national strike called by trade unions. ukraine's president petro poroshenko has launched his campaign for reelection in march or shank has said he would push for ukraine to join both the e.u. and nato if he were elected opinion polls put him behind former prime minister

yulia timoshenko who has promised to regain control of crimea if she. lawyers defending the infamous mexican drug lord known as el chapo have rested their case at his u.s. trial after calling just one witness you walk in guzman's brief defense followed a nearly three months long case by prosecutors the civil cartel leader is accused of trafficking massive amounts of cocaine heroin and other drugs into the us speaking of the us large parts of the us are bracing for the worst cold snap in recent memory temperatures across the midwest to maine are forecast to plunge to as low as minus fifty three degrees celsius the deep freeze is a result of arctic air spinning southward and is expected to bring snow as far as alabama and georgia. the death toll in the devastating

brazilian dam disaster has now reached eighty four and it's expected to increase authorities believe hundreds more people are buried under the sludge that was released when the dam collapsed on friday five people have been arrested in connection with the dishonest thing. how was it possible for the death improvement in you to collapse it's not only the victims' families who want answers to that question so to brazil's authorities. the first arrest took place on tuesday two managers working for valley the company operating the mine along with another employee whose. two engineers working for the german company to suit were also detained in september the company carried out safety inspections on the dam self discovery and we conducted a search and seizure at the homes of the two engineers we are going to take them to minas where the situation will be clarified. both of ali and to have said they will

cooperate with the investigators meanwhile environmentalists stage a protest in front of the mining companies headquarters and sao paulo they call the company a murderer and chanted this was no accident this was a crime a criminal investigation against the company still going on after previous down collapse back in two thousand and fifteen. a defective we're seeing more disasters and every time the impact on the environment and the economy becomes worse the months appellate he gets poorer and agriculture and fishing become impossible for the guy. at the mining site the search for victims continues rescuers discovered a bus full of bodies buried underneath the mud. finding survivors here is increasingly unlikely since the weekend search teams have only recovered bodies. you're watching did news still to come an survivors campaign to stop the resurgence

of racism we meet ninety four year old. who's using music as a medium to reach today's younger generation. in football news casa have reached the final of the asian cup after a dominant four nil victory over hosts the united arab emirates fans and kowtows capital doha watched on a big screen as the team spirit is placed in the final for the first time they face four time winners japan in friday's game success would be a boost to the gulf nation as it prepares to host the twenty twenty two world cup. at efforts to free a refugee bahraini football player from a thai prison have picked up face the asian football confederation is calling for hakim b. to be released despite an extradition request from buffer. expat from sport is here

with us to fill in the details of it so we got this football player a ride b. he's originally from bahrain why is he sitting in a prison in thailand so he has been stressing twenty four tane on refugee status on the basis of claims that he was wrongfully imprisoned and tortured in bahrain back in november of course he was arrested by thai authorities up to bahrain requested a red notice from interpol he's been sentenced to ten years in jail in bahrain for alleged an attack on a police station dating back to two thousand and twelve this despite there being footage out there of him playing in a football match at the time of the alleged crime. football community has rallied around came particularly for mr crewe craig forster and other ones pushing the charge to get his lace for. the top prison. more than sixty days after first being detained in thailand became al-arabiya remains in limbo separated from his wife

unable to return to his adopted country astray and his job as a professional footballer. if you're a ten year prison sentence awaits al-arabiya if he is extradited to bahrain even though he was playing in a televised football match when the alleged crime took place activists have been tirelessly advocating for his release with former footballer craig foster a meeting with faith and thai officials this week bahrain only in the last few days if this issue in. clearly stated their intention in a brazen fashion to. contravene the international human rights or lack email raby. on tuesday the asian football confederation white into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya his return safely to

a stray governing body faith has also called for the players release. this is now become an emergency situation we want to see progress along with this week given the immediacy of the situation and we continue to call for. trial and the prime minister. to release him immediately and these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention foster said he wants the case resolved before friday. yelling the story is getting a lot of international attention is that just because hockey team arrive he happens to be a professional football player not at all i mean this is this is an example of a guess what activists are saying is unlawful detention in thailand based on the principle of non reform and which under international law says or privets the

return of a refugee to a country where he or she may for fear of persecution in the fact that the interpol red notice was withdrawn after it was issued because it contravenes intervals own policy that a red notice should not be issued against a refugee also is quite brazen the strength government has also been criticised by activists the federal police themselves notified the toy authorities that came was actually arriving in thailand and so this whole mess should never have happened and now that bahrain have officially requested his extradition activists are very concerned about future. and they feel he could be tortured or even killed if he's returned to bahrain and we've got the statement from the asian football can. federation which i understand is led by a man who who is part of bahrain's royal family quickly if you can what role has he had in all things yes so it's a bit uncertain the role that sheikh salman has actually had in this he's been very

quiet on the matter when the f.c.c. called on thailand's prime minister to release the cane they said that sheikh salman had actually been recused from overseeing the matter now came claims that this is all a matter of revenge he he claims that this is coming about because he cues sheikh salman a member of the ruling bahraini royal family of discriminating against shia muslims and also punishing the bahraini athletes who protested during the arab spring so now she's someone he's president and activist is very very concerned that he's not saying anything on this and they. don't thank you so much an expat from did obvious sports. on sunday as the world marked international holocaust remembrance day there were warnings that young people today know less and less about the nazi era genocide of jews and other groups one person working to

change this is ninety four year ninety four year old esther. as a girl she was sent to the largest nazi concentration camp but thanks to her musical talent she managed to survive and now she shares a remarkable story with german high school students this is this song saved my lai hot. ninety four year old establish a rhino enjoys singing this popular time german song. it's a happy tune but it brings back memories of her time in the us what's concentration camp like them the camp authorities were scouting for inmates to join. and she grabbed the chance. to ask her how to play bellamy on the accordion she never even held an accordion but knew she was a talented musician. i concentrated on the job at hand and told myself you can do this i knew if i didn't get accepted into the girls and i would have to

do hard manual labor that would have been the end of me. is there was only eighteen years old when she was deported to auschwitz at seventeen she had been separated from her parents who were then both murdered by the nazis in a concentration camp is there was forced to carry heavy stones until she was accepted into the girl's orchestra and work as a musician consisted of playing songs as the prisoners marched out to do their work and later she also had to play with the trains arrived bringing thousands of people about to meet us in the gas chambers. that's the worth thing that has ever happened to me because i felt so hopeless i couldn't help these people i knew they were go. into the vest now. behind us did the s.s. soldiers with their rifles and if we hadn't played them they would have shot us.

more than a million jews were murdered in our streets hannele may have escaped death but most of her peers did not she feels it's her duty to tell young people what the nazis did she goes to schools from her memoirs and gives concert she's backed by hip hop and called microphone mafia. concept was to bring members along to compose rap music using letters and journals from former concentration camp prisoners. and the microphone mafia hope that by using rap they can connect with today's young people here in a cool known high school the concept seems to be working they've been sharing a stage for ten years now singing against racism in recent times wiping radicalism has been rearing its ugly head again in germany and other countries. my dream is that all not just disappear and i always say i will sing until there are no more

nazis left. even though she knows that. i will not. just remind her the top story we're following for you here today on. the u.k. lawmakers have given prime minister theresa may a mandate to return to brussels and reopen the talks with european union but brussels has said this deal is no longer negotiable. you're watching news live from berlin don't forget you get all the latest news and information web site that's at d w dot com coming up next in business talks are set to resume in washington today aimed at settling the simmering trade conflict between the u.s. and china but it doesn't look good america's justice department has brought charges

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