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venezuela's top court bans goes to claire interim president won the white oak from leaving the country and freeze its assets are venezuela analyst has what to expect as the country prepares for war rallies today at a refugee footballer detained for more than sixty days in thailand to keep a robbery is from bahrain and fears that he will be tortured or even killed the peace setback efforts to free him to return to his adopted country of australia are now gathering pace plus. higher than. the. decision of the song that saved her life we will meet with survivor and start special rago as a teenager she was forced to sing for the nazis now she sings for high school students in a history lesson that they will never forget. i'm

sara kelly welcome to the program they is 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 they have given prime minister to recent 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. but it's not clear what she can actually achieve because the e.u. insists that provision cannot be changed in a surprise move defying agreements already made with the e.u. british lawmakers gave the prime minister a mandate to go back to the negotiating table parliamentarians narrowly passed a government backed amendment to change the irish back stop it buys may some time

but the challenges remain clear there is limited appetite for such a change in the negotiating it will not be. pushing contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve a withdrawal agreement may's chances of achieving that appears slim the e.u. says the backstop plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic isn't top three negotiation . i think the backstop is what his insurance and insurance needed. to be one hundred percent sure did to raise no. between you and i we should probably also the backstop is. president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president mccrum lent his voice

in support of no renegotiation. as the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable . the e.u. brics it steering group meets today as to reason may is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. says so what does all of this mean let's get the european angle on what was decided in london yesterday. there is at the german government's committee at foreign affairs in berlin max hoffman is joining us from brussels good morning to you both mahela i'd like to begin with you the british parliament wants a different deal what's the reaction in berlin. while your direct reaction

but is that there simply won't be one and there's a sense of frustration also that once again the british parliament didn't make clear what it actively once it once again voted against something which is the brics it which is a no brics that scenario and also the so-called backstop insurance policy and i did get the chance to talk to several committee members amongst them what are the keys of s.f. in the conservative c.d.u. party this is what he had to say. well i think it's the wrong approach from the united kingdom and the reason is on the pressure so i can understand the chief would like to negotiate as far as possible however we have another eight weeks and we should really award it. and we should in the west all our engagement to keep a kind of tariffs and customs union and nothing else there will be no further room of maneuver so let's put it this way even the far

right if tea party stops short of making it an aim for germany to leave the european union and even if germany did so the far right if d. which often talks to nigel fars in britain would be against a no deal scenario so that much for theory but there's also a lot of belief in the endless creativity of process of course which is where we're going to go next where max hoffman is standing by so max i mean what's the take there because you know very much the message from brussels to london was figure out what you guys want and now may seems to finally have a clear mandate and idea of what she can get past her parliament is the e.u. going to give her what she needs. it's become a little clearer sarah what the house of commons in the u.k. actually want but it's kind of contradictory but one thing is clear they don't like the backstop so the insurance policy to avoid a hard border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union that's always been a priority and so far we've heard in the report the official stand is we're not

going to reopen the withdrawal agreement the divorce agreement that's where this backstop is anchored but what is going to happen and that's the question we're hearing a lot in brussels and also we are asking what is going to happen if the alternative is between no deal bragg's it where you automatically have a border between northern ireland and ireland or let's say limit the backstop in time maybe say five years what are the irish going to do then are they going to cave in because everybody here in the european union will follow the lead of ireland in this because they are the ones that are really going to get hurt by this so i can tell you this so far european unity still seems to hold but i think it's safe to say that in the back rooms a lot of people are talking to the irish at the moment absolutely a lot of very important discussions going on right now what is the overall perception though in germany on what is going on right now not only in the british

parliament but also in brussels. so well i mean there's a big difference look to brussels that really tells. the european union was more successful in showing a united front that many here would have expected throughout these two years two years or something of the negotiations at the same time there's a sense of frustrations when looking towards london and there's also a perception of that this is all political drama that is being staged that to resign may is now doing towards brussels what she's done towards her own parliament which is basically upping the ante working as close to the deadline as possible to forge some kind of compromise because one thing is clear just over a week ago we saw the german chancellor here saying there is still time to talk well then if there's nothing more to give why would you still want to be talking so pointed out a lot of discussions a lot of scenarios clearly being talked about right now but nobody wants to give

ground on the point of principle and it's really worth reminding that we're getting closer and closer to that march twenty ninth the deadline that is the scheduled departure date of the u.k. from the e.u. so max i'd like to ask you because i mean you were talking a little bit about the conversations that are happening right now in back rooms to try and get a compromise but take us through what many in brussels see as the worst case scenario the e.u. the u.k. rather crashing out of the e.u. is the e.u. ready for that. it's more ready than the u.k. let's put it this way they've been working on a number of smaller agreements to have central ties with the u.k. up and running if they crash out with a no deal bragg's and let's say for example for. one thing's clear no deal brags that the experts who know about these things you cannot make experts really agree on this the u.k. would be much worse off than the european union if there is no deal briggs it but

you know it's going to hurt the european union as well because of the economic ties there so it's in nobody's interest really ok thank you so much that's hoffman in brussels. giving us some analysis on the conversations that are happening right now and the reaction to what was decided in london yesterday we appreciate it from both of you. you're watching still to come on the program china's daring delivery man who braved the icy roads on the high mountain passes of tibet we will find out what it takes to drive routes like this one. the first a quick check of some other stories making news around the world because in germany police have arrested three iraqi citizens on suspicion of planning an islamist motivated attack the federal prosecutor's office said that the three men have not yet selected a specific target for their attack authorities said that the men had downloaded bomb instructions from the internet and began harvesting explosive material from

fireworks. two people have been killed in a grenade attack in the mosque in a mosque in the southern philippines the attack in the city comes just days after a cathedral bombing in nearby jolo island left twenty one dead it follows a referendum last week that overwhelmingly approved the creation of a muslim autonomous area in that region. 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 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. venezuela's top court has frozen the bank accounts of the country's opposition leader and self declared interim president on white oh and

also barred him from leaving the country it follows an order by venezuela's attorney general to launch an investigation into quite oh 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 the asked week now on tuesday washington also handed control of venezuela's u.s. bank accounts over to go. position 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 to be understood like a 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 let's get more on this now we are joined by jennifer communal gonzales she is a venezuelan analyst at the news welcome to you jennifer so tell us because you know we've seen the doro now clearly putting the squeeze on he's facing

a criminal investigation his assets are being seized he can't leave the country is it just a matter of time now before we see quite oh arrested in the country. you know what the question is why hasn't he been arrested already i mean these measures are expected from the government the government considers him to be acting against the constitution and so they would likely go after him but the thing is the venezuelan government usually moves much much much quicker when it comes to i rest the people especially opposition figures that have galvanized and mobilize support so all timidly they're not they're not going as far as arresting him because of the united states i think the united states has is playing a huge role here keeping white though in safety because as they said it by those arrested they have they have threatened of serious consequences and what are the consequences we don't know but they think that it could be more intervention and

that is not what the mother regime wants right now and you basically also have another interesting wrinkle here because you have when doro saying that he is ready for talks with the opposition he even offered fresh parliamentary elections what are we to make of that what makes sense the elections are not elections to remove him in a new presidential election and that he is not willing to give absolutely not but i mean this makes sense you know he has done this before every time that the opposition mobilizing and has a big phrase then he says ok let's have negotiations and that usually the mobilizes the opposition is always hoping that that will happen and the governments of mexico on your right have already backed this so he thinks he has the international some international backing to carry this out and it's interesting because we've seen the pressure you know against. basically coming from international governments around the world but how is the situation domestically because i mean one has called for more demonstrations within the country against majority government today what can

we expect there. well people will come out definitely and the opposition is galvanized it is united it is fired up and it really the opposition and this voters really believe that this can happen and so they will come out absolutely no question but the problem is of course they do have the threat of violence the threat of arrest dozens of people that already have been killed and hundreds have been arrested according to human rights organizations on the ground and they know that so you know i think i might the press the turnout the people will come out ok we'll see how they shape up today those demonstrations which are scheduled jennifer come you know gonzales joining us from news thank you thank you. all this week as events are being held around the world to remember the holocaust there are also 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 special rado as a teen when she was sent to the largest nazi concentration camp. thanks to her musical talent she managed to survive now she shares her remarkable story with german high school students. this is really this song safe my lai hot here the sleeve of that. ninety four year old estefan urana is singing a popular german wartime song bellamy. is a happy children but it brings back memories of her time in auschwitz back then as to have to play bellamy on the accordion traditions of a 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' ocus right then i would have to do hard manual labor

that would have been the end of me and. i was only eighteen years old when she was deported to auschwitz she had already been separated from her parents who were later murdered by the nazis. as part of the girl's orchestra esther played songs as the prisoners marched out to do their work . later she also had to play when the trains arrived bringing thousands of people to the cast chambers. slim's of us. that's the worst thing that has ever happened to me because i felt so hopeless i couldn't help these people i knew they were going to the best now. behind us that the s.s. soldiers with their rifles and if we hadn't played them they would have shut us.

up at no. more than a million jews were murdered in auschwitz as the bishop or on our escaped death but most of her peers didn't she feels it's her duty 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. the old concept was to bring members a lawyer to compose rap music using personal letters and journals from former concentration camp prisoners written. by using rap they hope to connect with today's young people here in a cohen high school getting a warm response. they been sharing a stage for ten years now but the recent draw is a frightening radicalism lauri's esther. my dream is that all nazis who 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 estop is your honor to not give up. the beautiful to witness well now we're going to turn to a job that requires veins of ice this tranquil landscape in tibet it hides dangers for a chinese delivery man he's been negotiating these for more than thirty years i see road such as is that you're seeing right here where the slightest slip could really mean death now because roads there are part of a high altitude delivery route connecting in tibet and chang do in session one province a network of mountain roads they rise as high as five thousand meters snow wind ice making for slippery driving as you might imagine and those are not the only risks

have a look it's one of the most dangerous delivery routes in the world on the mountain heights between tibet and inland china and someone's got to do it that someone is dorothy jim and it's a job that scared off most other drivers especially in winter slip a few inches and it's over the cliff. from october to may the whole mountain is covered by oars and. a little carelessness could cause great damage to the truck and for me even death. winter driving can also mean delays trapped in these mountains but georgie comes prepared. your car your white my favorite pastry sambo's butter and beef we also know. george i got the job because he can drive and repair vehicles but the most serious damage to his truck wasn't from an accident he was robbed and beat up by gangsters. but once recovered he volunteered

to get back on the road again. it's only when i'm driving that i feel alive and happy which is like a sing on a stage follow with. his wife sarah and josie worries about the risks of the road she makes sure he takes her prayers with him. what it does this is my greatest fear is that he may be in an accident as the road to the question mountain is so dangerous that thoughts and cities every morning when he sets out i will pray before the go to us for his safety you. duty calls and dorothy is back on the road the thrills and dangers just part of a day's work. that is bravery now to the efforts to free a bahrain a football player from thailand to prison has picked up pace as he faces

extradition to the nation of his birth a king a rabi was detained before or rather more than two months ago while on honeymoon in bangkok he had been living as a refugee in australia since twenty fourteen when he requested asylum there claiming that he has been falsely imprisoned and tortured and bothering. 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 australia 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 meeting with faith and thai officials this week bahrain only in the last few days have

escalated this issue in. clearly stated their intention in a brazen fashion to to contravene the international human rights of paki male araby 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 leah 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. trial end and to the prime minister. to release immediately. these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention for sustained he wants the case resolved before friday.

and we are joined now by. an expat from sports to tell us a little bit more about why bahrain is so determined to see al-arabiya returned yes to the bahrain authorities claim the al-arabiya committed a us attack on a police station back in two thousand and twelve or we see a very serious crime in the sentence into a ten year prison sentence in his absence the only problem with this is that there's actually footage of him playing in a televised football match on the day the alleged crime was committed so that obviously brings up problems as well as the fact that he fled bahrain after claiming that he was imprisoned unlawfully and tortured by bahraini authorities for his brother's political activities so now he faces extradition back to bahrain and obviously fears for his life and this story is getting a lot of international attention why has it struck such a chord with human rights activists i think it does help the football community has

got be haunted me does play football in australia for melbourne club but also this is just about basic refugee human rights activists say who came was unlawfully imprisoned by toy authorities because international law actually pretty hits refugees being sent back to the country with a few persecution on top of that interpol also contravened its own refugee policy in issuing a red notice for her cames arrest and i actually read through that so this should never have happened in the first place and now that bahrain has officially requested his extradition from top thirty activists are getting more and more concerned that if he sent back he could face torture or possibly even death and that we've also got a statement from the asian football confederation which we understand is actually led by a man who is part of the bahrain well family what role if he had in this year so shake been. he's the president or sorry the president of the i.o.c.

and the vice president of faith so massive figure in world football but he's been completely silent over this issue and became claims that shakes ohman is behind this extradition process he accused. of discriminating against shia muslims and also of persecuting bahraini athletes that protested against the royal family during the arab spring so he believes this is a political move from selman and activists very concerned about his silence and they feel that he should be removed from office if indeed hacking is sent back to bahrain yeah expat joining us from sports thank you. you're watching t.v. news a quick reminder of our top story u.k. lawmakers have given prime minister to resign a mandate to return to brussels and reopen gregg's the talks with the european union of brussels says but the deal is non-negotiable.

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