this is news coming to you live from berlin and british lawmakers vote to send some a back to brussels. a mandate to renegotiate to deal with the e.u. especially the part concerning northern ireland e.u. says there will be no new deal so this mission impossible we go to london and brussels also coming up venezuela's top course self declared interim president from leaving the country. says for. what to expect to come from

prepares for more rallies today. also in the program a refugee football player detained for more than sixty days in thailand. arrived beat is from bahrain and fears he'll be tortured or even killed or be sent back efforts to free him to return to his adopted country of australia are now gathering pace plus. the. this is a song that saved her life. survive. as a teenager she was forced to sing for the nazis now she sings for high school students and a history lesson dale never forget. hello

i'm terry martin welcome to the program there's a potential new standoff brewing between britain and the e.u. after british lawmakers last night voted to reopen talks on the breaks that agreement parliamentarians have given prime minister to rescind may a mandate to renegotiate the so-called irish backstop that's the plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland if 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 framed the house of commons vote as a win here's what she had to say. we will now take this mandate forward and seek to obtain a legally binding changes to a truly great deal with concerns on the backstop won't guarantee no return to hospital water between northern audience and on and my colleagues and i will talk to the you about how we address the house is as i said the softer news there is

going to stop or time such a change in the negotiating it will not be. seeing contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve a withdrawal agreed. well we've got team coverage for you on this story d.w. is big that mouse is with us in london and our correspondent anthony get joins us from brussels good morning to you both get help us make sense of what the british parliament wants at this point they seem to be saying on the one hand we don't want to leave the e.u. without a deal but we can't accept the deal that's all the table which is the only deal available what options do they think they have. well the brics it is and also it's a reason they are happy that they finally decided on some plan of action they said now we have a plan and this is what reason they has to go back to brussels too and they believe

that they can somehow push the e.u. to give in on the issue off on the future the future status of the north or not and so they think that for some reason the e.u. will bob's at the last moment and that it's not everything is as they say boris johnson when it was put to him that europe was very negative about what series and made what parliament i have said to him well he said well no believe you me she can do it she can go back to brussels and she can come back with another deal so they just don't believe the words that we hear from brussels so some way wants to return to brussels she has that mandate to try to renegotiate the deal she struck with the e.u. in november what reception is she likely to get in brussels. she will be greeted warmly in front is always talks and kisses included john close your kind others here but when it comes down to business the atmosphere will be more frosty and

that's for two reasons first of all there's nobody to negotiate with because the men date of the show don the the chief negotiator has run out with the treaty he concluded the three's a maze and now he needs a new toss to negotiate and the second question is then about what what is the magical solution what is the alternative to the famous infamous back stop talking about now for months as sofa mrs may has not presented anything in brussels and some diplomas i spoke to say just let's do the game of poker be just wait until the twenty nice and then britain. because the parliament also said there is another brics it with out at the oh so simply wait and then breaks it has to be postponed or called off altogether so it may be a game of chicken who blinks first loses. pick at it it doesn't sound like there's any magical solution that's to be found there in brussels could we end up seeing

a second referendum or even general elections in the u.k. if there's no breakthrough. well we could even say there was also was an amendment that was vague to treat us tonight which actually said that if there is no deal at the end of february then then used to be an extension which would have given more time to prepare something like a second referendum so that pal and incidentally crashed off to the last night and that's not a good sign for any moves that brings a solution to the crisis so a second referendum maybe if there is really no other way if there's not is it impossible but the government has to call for one and it has to have a majority has so we're not much wiser from from what happened last night as to what is really going to happen not much wiser band we're getting closer and closer to march twenty ninth not much wiser the u.k. departure the u.k. scheduled to leave the e.u. on march twenty ninth is the e.u. ready for the u.k.

to crush out. where there is a contingency plans already in the making to keep planes flying and to keep the ferries crossing the channel but the you made it very clear that they don't bomb britain to crush it without no deal because that would mean i think a is an economic damage to both sides and it would not salute the result of the un and because of the hot border would then pia immediately on the island of ireland and the republic of i mean the government wants to avoid the any cost so all eyes now on dublin it depends on dublin how they are they flexible if the you can you know just give in to the brits the breaks that drama continues bench where you get there for us in brussels and in london was big it must thank you very much to you but. meanwhile brits living abroad in the other member states of the european union are

increasingly nervous about what briggs it will mean for them hamburg in northern germany has a significant british community kate brady went there to find out what british experts think about the goings on in london. know the city in germany post quite as much british as the northern port city of hamburg with four thousand brits now living in the one zero six town you'll never be too far away from british products fish and chips a full english breakfast or just a good cuppa. there's even beatles plastic commemorate the fab four's early years in the city. now with just two months to go until bricks it how merck has become the latest german state to announce plans for its own pricks it bill the legislation would guarantee brits is a living in hamburg the same rights as other e.u. citizens until the end of twenty twenty on one condition that the u.k.

leaves the e.u. with a brics it d.-o. . heartbreaks it would mean a shorter transition period of just three months and more complications for the brits abroad among them is purple and large give ok i'm following in the footsteps of the beatles the liverpudlian first arrived in hamburg in one thousand nine hundred sixty three after putting it off for months he's about to apply for german citizenship i thought it wasn't going to happen i actually really thought it always like highly paid you want to they say were politicians it's all people who can't get a real job and it's that that's what i that's what i thought the pose english pub has been calling in the punters for the past sixteen years but a disorderly bret's it could result in his supplier leaving him without the pints to paul they're going to stockpile it and then see what happens otherwise i'll have to strange my strategy i haven't got a clue really haven't got a clue they as one of the world. major brewers haven't got

a clue either but you know isn't alone in his concerns the support group british in germany part of the british in europe organization actively campaigns for the rights of u.k. citizens in germany selwood is keeping brits in hamburg in the know both on social media and information evenings the biggest concerns right now are whether they're going to you know hit the right quite teria to get their permanent residence and the number of people that really what they're going to fall through the cracks for various reasons many brits have been left with more questions than answers i just think it's making a fool of us. they're making a complete fool of themselves on. those left who happen to be pretty that's my opinion for now until brett's it becomes clearer this is time for a pint she is. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world

today large parts of the united states 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 south as alabama and georgia. lawyers defending the infamous mexican drug lord known as el chapo have rested their case in the us trial after calling just one witness you walking guzman's brief defense followed a nearly three month long case by prosecutors the sin of law cartel leader is accused of trafficking massive amounts of cocaine heroin and other drugs into the u.s. . and the death toll of brazil's dam disaster reached eighty four almost three hundred people are still missing and feared dead under the sludge that was released

when the dam collapsed on friday but the mining ways now threatens to contaminate a river that provides drinking water to five states by people have been arrested in connection with the disaster. venezuela's top court has frozen the bank accounts of the country's opposition leader and self declared interim president. and also barred him from leaving the country as follows an order by venice with his attorney general to launch an investigation into why do the u.s. and several other nations have recognized the thirty five year old as ben as well as legitimate head of state after he launched a challenge to incumbent leader nicolas maduro last free. or on tuesday washington also handed control of venezuela's u.s. bank accounts over to one. the opposition leader has shrugged off the legal maneuvers being launched at home against him let's listen in. 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 quiet as speaking there well let's now go to jennifer camino gonzalez from the w.'s latin american service jennifer m a doro is clearly putting the squeeze on one 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 certainly at the tail on those protests he was arrested and he's still in in custody he's in on their home arrest so the question is why isn't he arrested 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 they're appliance of pressure but then also holding back so to speak and holding back we've even heard that mud doro says he's ready for talks with the opposition what he liked about that was 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 a one why that has called for more demonstrations against moderate 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 they're all want to stay on as long as possible he's going to do anything to hold onto 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 other thing here is for the stars to align for for one or two generals to the to the flight from the government and that could come if there is it 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 pay they said 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 a difference and then right there the bad the high risk that the opposition has done could pay off load risks and jennifer camino from our latin america desk thank you so much. 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 old esther besh rando as a girl she was sent to the largest nazi concentration camp but thanks to her musical talent she managed to survive now she shares her remarkable story with german high school students. this is this song saved my lai hard years especially if that. ninety four year old aesthetician ronna is singing a popular german wartime song bellamy. cheering but it brings back memories of her time in auschwitz back then as to have to play bellamy on the accordion tradition for the concentration camp orchestra she was a talented musician but she had never held an accordion before. and 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' orchestra and i would have to do hard manual labor that would have been the end of me. lester was only eighteen years old when she was deported to auschwitz two years earlier she had been separated from her parents who were then both murdered by the nazis. in the concentration camp esther was forced to carry heavy stones until she was accepted into the girls . they played songs as the prisoners marched out to do their work later esther also had to play when the trains arrived bringing thousands of people to look ass chambers. slim's of us. 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 going

to their best now. behind us did the s.s. soldiers with their rifles and if we hadn't played then they would have shut us. up. more than a million jews were murdered in auschwitz as the base your honor may have escaped death but most effect here is did not she feels the decide you see to tell young people what the nazis did she goes to schools reads from her memoirs and gives concerts she's backed up by a hip hop band called microphone matter here. concept was to bring members a lawyer to compose rap music using personal letters and journals from former concentration camp prisoners. to. stare in the microphone i hope that by using rap they can connect with today's young people here in a color and high school they're getting a room response. and sharing

a stage for ten years now but the rise of right wing radicalism in germany and elsewhere worries esta. my dream is that all nazis would just disappear and i always say i will sing until there are no more nazis left. even though she knows that may not be a realistic goal and step in iran i will not give up. efforts to free a refugee bahraini football player from a type prison are gathering pace the asian football confederation is calling for hakim a ride be to be released despite an extradition request from bahrain expat from v.w. sports is with me to fill in the details hi yannick so. b. is a football player originally from bahrain why has he been arrested and put in prison

in thailand yes so he came has held refugee status in australia since two thousand and fourteen after the claims that he was wrongfully imprisoned and even tortured in bahrain now bahrain have sentenced him to a ten year prison sentence for an alleged attack on a playstation back in two thousand and twelve even though there is footage out there of him playing in a televised football match at the top of the alleged crime so that is the reason that the top stories arrest him off to bahrain issued a red notice through interpol however strongly in the. community in australia he plays for australian football club have rallied behind. cain and as well as human rights groups and they're the ones that i guess. leading the charge in terms of getting came released from 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 with. 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 toy officials this week. only in the last few days have escalated this issue in. clearly stated their intention in a brazen fashion to contravene the international human rights of the right be. on shoes day the asian football confederation weighed into the issue asking thailand's prime minister in an open letter to ensure mr al arabiya his return safely to a stray liya governing body faith has also called for the players' release we agree

that 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 a trial end and to 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. you know that this case is getting a lot of international attention is that simply because we're talking here about a professional football player i mean of course it helps having a profile like that and having a community such as a football comedian behind you but this is this is down to basic human rights for refugee activists say that the top thirty seven lawfully imprisoned came. based on international law that prohibits a refugee from being returned to

a country where they feel persecution in spill also contravene its own refugee policy in issuing a red notice for his arrest that policy says a red nose cannot be issued against refugees so this shouldn't happen in the first place and activists are now extremely worried about who came to future they're worried that if you return to bahrain he could face torture or even be killed and we got the statement there was just issued by the asian football confederation which i understand is led by a man who is actually a member of part of bahrain's royal family what is his role in all of this yes that shakes someone been ibrahim al khalifa now it's uncertain exactly what role he has played he stayed very very quiet on this and that is a concern but he came believes that this is a bit of a revenge from. after he criticized him and accused him of discriminating against

shia muslims and also accused him of persecuting bahraini athletes who protest against the royal family back in the arab spring of two thousand and eleven so activists in particular are worried about shakes elman's silence and they feel that he should be disqualified from office he's faced up president i have saved the president and i believe he should be disqualified from office if indeed hurricane is sent back to bahrain sounds like a very highly politicized case yet expat from d.w. support thank you so much. austria's marcel has once again stamped his authority on alpine skiing zn race under the lights of. austria. had some fifty thousand fans behind but as he put in to dominate runs he finished the second ahead of alexey to row of france it was here shows sixty eight world cup win keeping him atop the season's standings is also

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