terrorism is seeks to hammer out a last minute breaks a compromise. is this the only handshake she gets to said there will be no renegotiation as tempers flare over the specter of a no deal breaks it may get the latest from dresses also on the program to a tense standoff over humanitarian aid at the venezuelan border the self-proclaimed in children present one why though because of the military to defy orders by in

battle leader in the close one duel to block foreign aid into the country. and a community divided by religion in ukraine we have an exclusive report on how some worshippers are split over cutting centuries old ties to russia's also docs church . it's the hottest ticket in town the bulletin international film festival of the body not a stuff today cinema love was already lining up for this year's favorites in the race for the golden bear. hug of a while welcome to you i'm on the thought she. we're just for a few days until briggs's british prime minister to resign may is back in brussels me is meeting european council president dollar to speak and commission president george yorker she's determined to renegotiate have breaks

a deal wanting changes that would on the backing of britain's parliament the e.u. insists it will not reopen. with the pressure on tempers are flaring on both sides of the channel. only fifty days to go and no solution in sight fear of a hard brags it is growing day by day and so is the frustration in brussels watching theresa may head towards a no deal exit. what that special place. in looks like. feet without even if. it's safe a provocative statement that irish prime minister leo varadkar predicted would not sit well with those it was aimed at. but. not only in the press the response coming out of westminster was fast and furious.

i don't recall even the president insulting members of this house members of the government and the british people in such a way. others took a step back to look at the bigger picture i said earlier it was mr speaker sometimes the truth hurts. for nigel farrar as the former leader of the euro skeptics ukip comment is proof of why britain wanted to leave the e.u. in the first place after bragg's it we will be free of unelected arrogant bullies like you and run our own country sounds more like heaven to me. haven't had somewhere in between it's up to theresa may after meetings in belfast the prime minister is back in brussels seeking fresh concessions on the withdrawal agreement however neither donald tusk nor european commission president. seem willing to renegotiate the deal. so as we saw just

a short while ago to me is that is in brussels and so is the max offline everything they killing this appears to be a very desperate mission about to resent me trying to get some concessions out of the e.u. . desperate my hit the spot here let me tell you why because our mission is to change or even eliminate the infamous backstop so the insurance policy that's written in the divorce agreement between the u.k. and you to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and ireland and you know what seems like she's a day late to do that because the guy we just saw in that were poured the irish the prime minister of the republic of ireland leo varadkar was right here in brussels on wednesday and meds made sure that the rest of the european union the so-called e.u. twenty seven are standing behind him in unity is solid as a rock that tempers are getting faded max as we had another report the frustration

expressed by donna just the fierce an angry response in the u.k. but all is said and done a new indeed brags it is not in the interest of the e.u. either is it it's common knowledge that it's really in no one's interest maybe with the exception of the hardest of the hard liner breaks the tears back in london but that is also part of the strategy there are those who say that the european union at the very end when we approach the twenty ninth of march might cave in and try to do something about the backstop because the alternative might be a no deal bragg's it and that would mean immediate hard border between northern ireland and ireland but really to to tell you our perception here we don't see that happening at all at the moment so where do you see this going next. well we have three possibilities moralism rid us of the first one is first option is a brags that without

a deal that's not very likely at the moment because the house of commons in the u.k. has very made it very clear they're not in favor of that but it remains the default option so if nobody does nothing happens at all then this is what is going to happen then the second one would be to have no breaks at all maybe a second referendum or new elections but that would require an extension of the so-called article fifty period so basically delaying the braggs that in the third option would be to have a brags that with a deal but as things stand right now this won't be possible to achieve until the twenty ninth of march either so you would need an extension for that as well so what i think most people around here is most likely is. an extension i don't think so at the moment still a very very fluid situation max still funded obvious brussels beer chief thank you now to vent in venezuela as political crisis in a tense standoff over a convoy of humanitarian aid stranded on the country's border has deepened not the

conway remain stuck at at the club colombian border town then as it is government led by nicholas mcdougal has ordered the army not to allow it into the country and the aid has been organized by the united states and has been as opposition who want to see it removed from power no then is it is ministry has to choose whether to obey the government's orders or to let the a good to have this report. venezuelan soldiers keep watch at the barricades and the t.n.t. does bridge border crossing president nicolas maduro has called aid supplies offered by the united states a form of foreign intervention he's ordered the soldiers to turn the assistance a way. but the soldiers have also been given another order by one of the opposition leader who last month declared himself venezuela's interim president.

i give a direct order to the armed forces allow the necessary humanitarian aide to enter to take care of your family. that is put the focus on the military personnel at the border and their commanders which present will they obey. pedestrian bridges at the border remain open venezuelans can still cross to buy goods they can't get at home but many who have no money to go shopping in neighboring colombia don't understand why the aid shipments are being stopped. i am asking you to please open the border. and let the food pass through me. if like you say you really love been a swale or if you really feel something inside of you only if you love your family your children and you should to love them then you need to love us venezuelans as well i am asking you please open the border mr maturer for that to do or has

dismissed the us aid offer as a political show in the capital caracas supporters signed a petition that's to be sent to washington telling donald trump to keep his hands off of venezuela. make him are not bad we want to see if got our rights and interests because external forces are attempting to seize our national wealth i. had a military rally on wednesday when they were called on troops to show patriotism and unite against the us. am i feel i mean i've been threatened by the us empire by the president of the united states of america mr donald trump. as you know the next term. for now the border troops still appear to be following the orders of nicolas maduro there are concerns this aid standoff could escalate.

just. a chorus line especially though just up to date the latest on the standoff. well now to ensure the order bridge remained blocked from the brunt of. this is a bridge that was just constructed at the border in an area that or has not much transport so it came into focus when most of the humanitarian aid went to columbia was being gathered near this painting however and then when i was watching walk through program i'm sorry but it's what puerto rico secretary of state who's prepared on my view announced. a passenger plane on what he said was the secret flight so all the attention on the other one probably could have been what's focused on the quantum border where appropriate go have a good enough why there were tons of humanitarian aid into when it's really not in

one of. their journey of thirty to forty frequent on a secret mission. that was the obvious osca schrenker reporting from caracas here in berlin the u.s. ambassador richard grinnell has cordoned germany to abandon its north stream to pipeline project the pipeline will run from russia and the baltic sea and supply gas directly to germany now it's set to go into operation later to syria in an opinion piece written for d.w. grinnell along with two of the u.s. ambassadors in europe said the project would drastically increase russian energy leverage and would pose a security threat to the whole of the west dinette had previously threatened german companies involved in the construction of the pipeline directly with sanctions the german foreign ministry advised the companies not to respond. and for more on the story and we're joined by a political correspondent hans brand he's at our parliamentary sunni's welcome hans

and the question people here are asking what agenda does the u.s. ambassador richard good net have here in germany. well on the face of it obviously he's talking about the concern of european union union union security in other words the dependence of the european union and germany especially on russian gas which will be increased by this new additional pipeline we have to say that there is an existing pipeline there already that is already supplying gas through the baltic sea to germany and that's a concern about security is in fact a concern that is shared by large parts of the european union by the european parliament by the commission and by many states in europe especially those that are closer to russia the ones that are in eastern europe but we have to say as well that behind all of this there is an agenda that concerns united states commercial interests as well and this is a charge that through germany is leveling at grinnell and at the usa they are

saying that the united states are now becoming an export of natural gas have become so in recent years and they're looking to export this gas to europe as well so in some sense richard grinnell is also. promoting united states commercial interests here in europe. appears to be quite a controversial figure here hans doesnt it. yes indeed. well something like a donald trump here in germany somebody who for the american president. cuts a figure that is very similar to the one that on from cuts and the united states grenada is brash he does not stick to diplomatic protocol he interferes in a sense in the affairs of the country where he is being hosted where he is a guest in a sense for instance by threatening german companies involved in the pipeline project with sanctions he has also said that he wants to promote the interests of

right wing populist parties in europe including the right wing populist syria in germany so he's being very undiplomatic in many of his stances hun's bronte dumbass political correspondent thank you very much let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world rescuers in the take you city of istanbul are battling to free people trapped in the rubble of wednesday's building collapse rescuers have already been able to pull out at least thirteen survivors from the building debris including a five year old girl three people have been found dead u.s. president donald trump says the coalition fighting the so-called islamic state has reclaimed nearly all of the territory once held by the extremist group trump also welcomed the impending withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria u.s. military leaders and allies have voiced concerns that the pullout trigger a resurgence of i guess. investigators have

a confident identified body found the wreckage of the plane carrying football in million osama and pilots david if it's in the wreckage was found near the island of guns in the english channel following the plane's disappearance on the twenty first of january bad weather has hampered attempts to pull the plane's debris ashore. you're watching the news coming up ahead. it's almost international film festival the billion dollar kicks off this evening a vision feast the lovers patient enough to get tickets. but for the future of ever since pristine jet is on shaky ground yet again australia's quantas discounted an order for eight three eighteen models other airlines are reportedly planning to do the same the super jumbo jet was once billed as a great day for caris a dramatically increased passenger numbers and look costs boss at or was half

a billion dollars each few buying it. it's the largest passenger plane in the world the a three eighty years the pride and joy of the european aircraft group airbus but as orders for the a three eighty kept plummeting the group was forced to reduce annual production from thirty to just eight aircraft this year and those eight have yet to be delivered. quantas dropping the planes represents a four billion u.s. dollars loss for the european aircraft manufacturer and it's raised doubts about the future of the three d. itself the australian airline ordered the jets in two thousand and six but since then they've switched to lighter more fuel efficient passenger jets a worldwide trend the a three eighty is too heavy and uses too much jet fuel which wouldn't be as much of a problem if fuel prices had gone down but instead they've almost doubled since twenty sixteen. so it's not surprising that another major air bus customer is

taking off to the dubai airline emirates allegedly wants to cancel its existing orders for fifty three units at least in part that could mean the end of the world's largest passenger aircraft. such an impressive sight on that just. business as joins me now looking at that long this huge and it's meant to be a model of engineering what is the problem two words fuel consumption i mean the a three eighty has many parts build out of material nevertheless it is big and heavy plane and that's due to in some part at least according to one aviation official due to the big wings that are meant for an actual larger version of the airplane which has never come to pass and also it can carry more passengers than any other airplane around the world but it is a four turbine airplane meaning that the higher fuel cost takes

a big bite big bite out of the additional revenue that you get with more passengers but the same time the aviation market is expanding passenger numbers are growing one would have to look perfect conditions for a launch plane with lots of passengers to thrive and yet the struggling that's true but only in some part the a three eighty is a bet on the future so back in the nine hundred ninety s. when the project was thought about airbus predicted that pass or the numbers would increase so much that this plane would be a good idea for airlines. when it comes to travel between major hubs airports like new york like london like shanghai these places indeed passenger numbers have increased but rather than going to these big hubs people say well i would like to fly or out of my my home airport also long distance and for these kind of connections the a three eighty is not the right plane it's simply too big absolut you have the odd. some reports in fact christophe that the eight three eighty

project could be discontinued completely what are you hearing if it's true what would it mean for passengers like you and me well there is a real possibility of that just last year because management said if the next big contract doesn't come we'll have to discontinue the program build the contract did come from from emirates a loyal customer to the a three eighty program but this very contract is now being set of on the verge of being renegotiated emirates actually wants to back out of it partially switching to smaller planes that would mean quite a grim future for the a three eighty what it means to presenters like us well i like flying the three i think it is a marvelous marvelous plane nevertheless if it should be discontinued there'd be capacities at airbus to work on smaller planes. giving them to the market thereby providing more connections for passengers right christopher global from the business desk pleasure to talk to you. johnny not to train late last year the

country's christian orthodox lee discreated a new church independent of russia that's off there to see the blessing of orthodox christian and the spiritual head actually with hollymead based in istanbul and many people were glad to embrace a fully ukrainian church but not all are ready to cut their three hundred year old ties with the russian. our correspondent nick cullen he sent us this report about divided loyalties in the ukrainian village of bani. praying in the cold. it's not their usual church but these moscow patriarchy supporters say they don't have a choice the decision by the leader of the world's orthodox christians in far away istanbul to recognize the independent ukraine a church soon he posed in this isolated village. within weeks supporters of the two rival confessions were not in the standoff suddenly the village of burnet to head to priest father said he of the moscow patriarchy and father only of the ukrainian

church. supporters of the ukrainian church collected signatures soon they had a two thirds majority in the congregation in favor of joining the new body and within a matter of days they had the keys to the little church. father said he of the moscow patriarchy insists the whole procedure was raked the villages he says were tricked into signing the petition but that was just the beginning. this is ripping the community apart people have stopped speaking to one another we even have a husband who's threatening to throw his wife out for her religious beliefs they called us anti christ. a little bit about a fifth of the old congregation have decided to stick with father said he and the moscow patriarchate they've made their way to this rundown cottage on the edge of the village for the first service and what they hope is just a temporary home for their parish feelings are running high. we had

a funeral the other day the people that was split into each side kept to itself so i could never have imagined that i'd end up going to pray in a shack. they do look. the other end of the village the new york prince of the church synagogue or also preparing for their first service. inside then you increase a father or legs leading prayers and ukraine rather than old slavonic cake church language used by the moscow patriarchate was. or say year. old he proudly shows the congregation a copy of the official chartered by patriarch bartholomew in istanbul recognizing the independence of the ukrainian church it's something many here have been waiting for since ukraine gained independence three decades ago. this is all about the

congregation so they have decided which church they want to belong to the majority has made its choice i think the others will be back with those very soon. macdougall has replied we want to talk to god in ukrainian not in any other language we want ukrainian priests to be ukrainian churchyard russians are sending tanks against us no killing our children and grandchildren here we don't want the russians here no way. we have a ukrainian church a church that's truly independent of russia a country that's attacking us we're not praying for their soldiers anymore father said he refuses to accept that these changes the permanent is fighting to bring his parishioners back in from the cold. i hope the people will eventually understand what they've done repent and return to the fold of the true church for the moment at least that seems unlikely what began as an argument about bricks and mortar now threatens to turn into a long long division in this community. the event will be fans in berlin

have been looking forward to and look forward to every year the but in international film festival on the billion dollar is starting this evening this is a competition feel it's an unprecedented lineup of female directors among those vying for the top prize the golden bear the judy to be chaired by french star juliet benoist and what we learned was have already been lining up for the hottest tickets. the fans i want to make to be not in such a unique event it attracts the largest audience of any film festival in the world and anyone can get tickets here as long as they get in line enough. i read every single synopsis of every movie and made my choices but. i wasn't prepared for how difficult it is to get tickets for the. puzzle you have to fit the movies the timing but you have to fit quick because there's

a lot of ticket offices and they fly very quick nearly four hundred movies will be presented and one thing is for sure it's going to be a women's. french osco winner juliet in nashville date the jury british actress charla dram being received the honorary bearer for her lifetime achievement and seven of the seventeen movies running for a golden bear were directed by women a belly now a record and a milestone for an a list festival. and it's a woman who's kicking off the movie marathon danish director lone a shift will open the festival with a film the kindness of strangers in it she tells the story of a group of people who meet during a cold york winter. and they were any once and for years now. this year's barely noticed said the brits women festival director due to a costly excess it's

a reaction to the gender equality thanks. but truly off. course this is partially a result of the ongoing debate. our views have expanded and we're learning to question things. but i have to stress that we didn't include any films where we weren't convinced of the quality from the. german films are also well represented a committee not one powerful entry is by prize winning director. in the golden ball few profiles a notorious serial killer. and this man will be lending the festival some hollywood christian bale's playing former u.s. vice president dick cheney the biographical film presents him as a poet hungry politician daily intelligence briefing for the president gives us insight of the decision bush approved. her stand

at barely not its main venue the red carpet just being rolled out this year it's environmentally friendly it's made of recycled fishing nets so now it's green and glamorous. next focus on europe stable.

the first. organized crime in the nursing profession. some nurses from bosnia are highly skilled so they have a good reputation throughout europe. but now all the nurses have been hit by a fraud scandal. fake nursing school diplomas are being sold on the black market and it's impossible to tell the forgeries from the real thing. next on t.w. . enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful folks the

situation is going to play good hockey people come to market this week here in brussels says some cocoa who is known as wages ambassador to the european union for the record of the cooling human rights abuses the missing girl is known to stay in office. complex ofin sixteen of. hey listen up. that's what video game music sounded like thirty years ago. today's tracks take the experience to another level a sense to him talk compose a good way mozart. featured in many games his music

is bound to cause problems for his fans he opens doors to. sounds good. though genre that's so much more than just background music video game music starts february twenty fifth on d w. such. hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin with a problem that's facing societies right across europe the fact that they are bradley aig and the question is who's going to look.