lad. land. oh. this is g.w. news live from berlin britain on a collision course with brussels e.u. leaders insist that they won't renegotiate their breaks that deal with the u.k. so what options are now left for british prime minister theresa may we'll hear from a former press secretary. also on the program venezuela's top or self declared

interim president one of why go from leaving the country and rescind his assets are venezuela analysts has what to expect as the country prepares for war rallies today and a refugee footballers detained for more than sixty days in thailand the team arrives in scrum bar brain and fears that he will be tortured or even killed to eat is sent back to efforts to pretend to return to his adopted country australia are now gathering tapes plus. pilot. this is the song that same child life we will meet that survivor esther bashara known as a teenager she was forced to sing for the nazis now she sings for high school students in a history lesson they will never forget. i'm

sara kelly welcome to the program there is a potential new standoff brewing between britain and the european union after british lawmakers last night voted to reopen talks on the brags that agreement they've given prime minister to resign 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 to find 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 a limited appetite for such a change in the negotiating it will not be.

that close in contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve the 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 of ireland isn't up for renegotiation. i think if the backstop is what is an insurance and insurance is needed. to be one hundred percent sure that there is no border between you and i should public and we don't want all selves that the banks took these issues he's president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president macron lent his voice in support of no renegotiation comical so you open 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 exist yet. with the sit negotiate michelle bonnie a also defending the existing deal 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. so what does london now expect from brussels our correspondent mass spoke with teresa mayes former secretary dominic. doesn't think about what's happening here is a prime minister chasing unicorns are is there every a chance that things could change and she could come back with well you friends including our german partners have been saying is what is it that you want to get this deal over the line and parliament has resoundingly backed the prime minister if we can change the xbox operators so there's a deal to be done we want to do a deal with are you friends with our german friends and all friends across europe

and of course no deal would be have seen significant implications for german businesses livelihoods and jobs as well as here in the u.k. so there's a deal to be done but you can't keep saying no to every reasonable proposal the u.k. makes they need to reciprocate the flexibility that we've shown and if that happens and we have some pragmatism within the commission and cross councils this deal will get done if not we will leave on terms on the twenty ninth of march but then what are these alternative arrangements that prime minister can propose i mean what is it really well the idea is that we would use technology and decentralized process is to ensure that we respect the rules but that we don't have a hard border on any infrastructure the border between northern ireland the republic of ireland michel barnier he's very very clear that that can happen he said it could happen in a new deal sonar so why shouldn't that be possible within two years so the question isn't whether this can be done on this question or that you want it so that cool

and i would hope our german friends and all e.u. and european friends now grasp the opportunity to get this deal over the long. but it's hardly an arm of friendship when you demand something that the e.u. has repeatedly said that not willing to give and that is of real concern file and i mean you're being accused of basically ripping up the peace treaty with alan because you're demanding something that is really really concerned about and really not happy to do this we're going to go station it takes two to tango it's a two way process so we've made all sorts of compromises and that you have taken a very tough line these negotiations as is their right to do but if they want to deal with our european friends want a deal they now need to move on the key flaws that render the deal on acceptable to palm and to the united kingdom and in terms of the comments you made about me with niall and actually this is now that he used choice it's very clear that the u.k. would not have a hard border with no knowledge in any circumstances and i don't think in the spirit of european unity that you're going to assist on it but the real question

now is do they want to actually take the initiative and show that notwithstanding breaks it which i appreciate as being a headache for the use not something they wanted but we got to deal with the situation we got in front of us let's move on to a new phase in our relationship protect the trade that benefits both sides protect the security cooperation benefits very science and move on. let's get more on that and on yesterday's vote in london standing by in brussels for us is d.w. correspondent max often he's our bureau chief there so tell us max i mean we just heard the u.k.'s former brags and minister there dominic robb suggesting that moving the long gregson process forward is now up to the e.u. he he basically suggested that they now need to be flexible because the u.k. has been flecks of all what is the likely response going to be. there's still some confusion here sara about what the u.k. really once it's quite contrary to what we just heard from former regs except of terry dominic rob because if you look at what the parliament thousand of commons on

tuesday really decided it's kind of contradictory on the one hand they said they don't want no deal bragg's it so they don't want to just crash out of the european union on the other hand they're rejecting one of the main red lines that you put in very early which of course is the backstop so the insurance policy to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and ireland so what we're her hearing basically mainly so far are different politicians saying that the withdrawal agreement so that the voice agreement that has that backs up in it won't be reopened again and one european parliamentarians even called theresa may magician without rabbit she's trying to put rabbit out of her head repeatedly three or four times but it's just not there and it's really interesting i mean if you could just gauge the spirit of compromise there max because i mean if if we look at just the official lines from both of these sides the u.k. and the e.u. it really appears that they are just on a collision course here is that

a fair assessment. well something's going to have to give i think that's quite clear you don't need me to tell you that but the question of course is what is going to give something it's going to be theresa may still have to step down eventually or bragg's it all together there won't be a brags that but what's in the eye of the storm at the moment definitely that is the backstop because so far you had european union unity on the topic but what if at the end of march so just before the braggs a date the choice for the irish prime minister is between no backstop because no deal meaning he would have to install a hard border right away the next day between northern ireland and ireland or compromise on the backstop leave it in there but let's say limited to five years four years i don't know some kind of number what would you do as the irish prime minister and we don't know if the irish won't india and budge at least that is the

big discussion here in brussels behind closed doors it's also technical and all of these news and they have major implications and you really have to look at it in the context of the clock ticking because we are much closer to that march twenty ninth the deadline then i think many would like just take us through what you know many there in brussels see as the worst case scenario and that is the u.k. crashing out of the e.u. max is the e.u. prepared for that. the e.u. has been preparing for that and not only the e.u. the member states there are they're all triggering their their urgent their plans for this and of course brussels is very good at preparing different scenarios they have the people to do that they have the manpower to do that so they have been doing that for example trying to keep on aviation agreements to make sure that flights can still fly between the continent and the u.k. or to make sure that the people that need medicine in the u.k. get the right medicine for example if you're diabetic that you still get the necessary medicine for that so they're working on these these bare necessities and

probably that would all fall in place but of course it would still be a deep plunge especially for the united kingdom but also for the european union it would suffer so that's why here at least on the continent most people would say no deal bragg's it is just it's just the worst case scenario not only for the e.u. but especially for the united kingdom next o'flynn in brussels thank you so much let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world german police have arrested three suspected islamic extremists on suspicion of planning a bomb attack federal prosecutors say the men were iraqi refugees they were detained here the danish border in the region and did not show an official saying that the group had not yet selected a target for an attack where harvesting explosive material from fireworks. two people have been killed in a grenade attack on a mosque in the southern philippines the attack in zomba longa city comes just days

after a cathedral bombing on nearby joel island left twenty one dead it follows a referendum last week that overwhelmingly approved the creation of a muslim autonomous area in the region. and 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 including wind chill the deep freeze is a result of arctic air spinning southward and is expected to bring snow as far south as alabama and georgia you're watching news still to come in the program desperate pleas from a former bahrain national team football player who lives a respite in thailand are aynesworth classed activists are trying to stop his extradition claiming that he faces prison torture and even death if you sent back. but first minutes well as 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 it follows an order of five minutes while as attorney general to launch an investigation into why go the u.s. and several other nations have recognized the thirty five year old as been a swell as legitimate head of state after he launched a challenge to incumbent leader nicolas maduro thus week. and on tuesday washington also handed control of venezuela's u.s. bank accounts over to. the opposition leader has shrugged off the legal maneuvers being launched at home against him let's have a listen. you are 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 t w news welcome to you jennifer so tell us because you

know we've seen with 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 the question is why hasn't he been arrested already i mean these measures are expect this from the government the government considers him to be acting against the constitution and so there would likely go after him but their thing is the venezuelan government usually moves much much much quicker when it comes to my rescue people especially opposition figures that have galvanized and mobilize support so it's all timid lee 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 why go in safety because as they said it by those arrested they have they have threatened of serious consequences and what are the size

consequences we don't know but they think that it could be more intervention and that is not what the modern 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. well it makes sense the elections are not elections to remove him so he will he will throw a few things out like oh we could have elections for the parliament or we could have a negotiation but the main thing that people want is 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 so he's hoping that that will happen and the governments of mexico on here 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 that finitely of 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 have already been killed and hundreds have been arrested according to human rights organizations on the ground and they know that so you know i think that might the press the turnout but 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. now the effort to free

a bahraini football player from thailand president has picked up pace as he faces extradition to the nation of his birth a keep arriving he was detained more than two months ago while on honeymoon in bangkok he had been living as a refugee in australia since two thousand and fourteen when he requested asylum there claiming that he had been falsely imprisoned and tortured in bahrain. 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 in. 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 toy officials this week bahrain only in the last few days have

escalated this issue and. clearly stated their intention in a brazen fashion to 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 is returned 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. the trial end and to the prime minister. to release immediately. these international human rights. with al-arabiya having spent two months in detention for said he wants the case resolved before friday. and more now on this

case from bangkok and correspondent and heartache so busted how has it come to this for this young football player because i mean he's a refugee seeking asylum in australia and he was arrested on honeymoon in thailand . yeah that's correct so he was detained here at bangkok's main international airport when he arrived here with his wife to go on their honeymoon as you said and his wife has actually since spoken out and she said that they decided to go to thailand because they thought it was the perfect country for that trip now of course that turned out very differently with all araby in jail since november now there is speculation about the reasons why the bahraini authorities are targeting him beyond that official allegation of having vandalized the police station in bahrain something for which he has an alibi one reason could be that he is a vocal critic or has been a vocal critic of the president of the asian football confederation who happens to

be a cousin of the bahraini king and human rights groups are also saying that another reason could be his brother's political activism in that country sara so might he really be extradited. it is a possibility so the thai authorities are now saying that they received the official extradition request from bahrain and that they're now processing it now what that means is they're checking if it's in line with the thai extradition law now if they conclude that it's not then they're saying that they'll let. you go if if it is in line without law then they'll pass that case on to the criminal court which will then make its decision now lawyer has already said that should the court decide to extradite his client then he will launch an appeal against that decision on humanitarian grounds because of course is. an asylum seeker in australia because they're saying that if he is sent back to back reign he will face severe

punishment maybe even torture over it and i mean that's why we have seen such strong international pressure that he not be sent back to bahrain does that make any difference to the thailand government. see that's an interesting question if you think back a few weeks we had. a similar case here in thailand that of mrs. mohammed a young woman from saudi arabia who had fled her country because she said she feared for her life there and she was also detained at bangkok's main international airport and she then managed within a few hours to launch this incredible social media campaign which sparked an outcry outcry around the world we reported on it here on t w but not only not only that a lot of other media outlets around the world did the same human rights groups were on board and in the end the way it turned out is that. noone was allowed to leave

thailand and go to canada where she then. applied for asylum now the thai authorities are saying that it wasn't that international pressure right that led them to make that decision but they also did say they don't want to be that the country that sent someone to their death so i think the question is valid would that case have played out in the same way if that international pressure had been there and i think that is hope for mr al-arabiya as well because of course now his case is in the international limelight sara bustin heartache joining us from bangkok thanks. austria's marcel hesher has once again stamped his authority on alpine ski night race a spectacle that takes place in his home country and with his victory of the twenty nine year old seems almost certain to win an eighth straight overall world cup title this year. the lights are on in shuttling austria and the home favorite

marcel hit show who was already leading after his first run had one objective to win his tenth victory of the season and he had some fifty thousand fans behind him . the austrian who is the current giant slalom and combined champion managed the fastest time one point two one. seconds ahead of frenchman alexis pan to all. he was a pervert running page was so crazy it was here i mean this year's crowd was the easy once again thank you for another incredible race. it was here shows sixty eighth world cup win keeping him a top of the season standings he's also a clear favorite for the biannual world championships coming up next. well now 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 besharam no as a teen she was sent to the largest nazi concentration camp auschwitz and thanks to her musical talent she managed to survive this is this song saved my life hear the sleeve of that. ninety four year old esthetician is singing a popular german wartime song bellamy. children 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. 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 ok and 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 girls esther played songs as the prisoners marched out to do their work. she also had to play when the trains arrived bringing thousands of people to the gas chambers. this is the slips of us the 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 at no. more than a million jews were murdered in auschwitz as the bishop rauner 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 match here. concept was to bring members a lawyer to compose rap music using personal letters and journals from former concentration camp prisoners it was written. by using rap they hope to connect with today's young people here in the cohen high school getting a warm response. they've been sharing a stage for ten years now but the recent draw is a frightening radicalism. my dream is that all nazis who just disappear and i always say i was saying until there are no more nazis left.

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