w. o l. this is you know redos line from berlin days before britain's brags that the stakes are raised again as theresa may pass european leaders for an extension of the prime minister wants to delay the u.k.'s withdrawal from the in due time till the end of june russell says the no shortage stench of might be possible that is if lawmakers approved may spriggs the plan also on the program the first funerals have been held for victims of the mosque shootings in christchurch among them a father and son fled syria's civil war for new zealand being to be missing this

country in the war. and later herat thank you so much for your company everyone we're just days now to go until break that comes into effect british lawmakers are holding an emergency debate on the country's exit from the e.u. after prime minister theresa may formally request at the block to extend the date of the u. case which are all from the european union tree some may is hoping to delay brags that until june thirtieth the signals from brussels have been mixed. don't trust says the blocks leaders could approve a short delay at an upcoming summit if british lawmakers approved teresa mayes breaks that plan through a disc also expressed doubts about granting a delay until june thirtieth an internal assessment from the european commission a warrant that could. create quote serious legal and political risks for the e.u.

. while a threesome may has already said that she wants a short extension to the departure european council president tomatoes donald tusk meanwhile responded a short while ago and he suggested that the ball still lies in london's courts i believe the show that extension would be possible. but it would be conditioned on the positive votes on there was a draw if you meant in the house of commons. the question remains open as to that you ration of such an extension even if the hope for a fine of may seem frail. even illusory and though the regs it's not the increasingly visible and justified we come not to give up seeking come to the last moment a positive solution european council president only just speaking

a short while ago earlier had the opportunity to or talk to our brussels correspondent max hoffman and ask him what he made of dollar to six remarks he is going to suggest what he just said to the leaders when they come on thursday to brussels for their summit meeting he will suggest that they're in favor of the short term extension until the thirtieth of june if the house of commons in the u.k. next week approves the already negotiated withdrawal agreement that they have already rejected twice if that does not happen then it gets interesting because then he at least that's how we read what he said he will call for a special summit at the end of the next week where leaders could convene again and then think about what what they should do in the face of this third rejection by the house of commons and now this is this is speculation but it's kind of founded speculation. what we've seen in the last weeks that leaders could decide they need

a different kind of extension either much longer for the u.k. to sort things out maybe with a second referendum or even snap elections or something like that so well beyond the thirtieth of june which would mean that the u.k. would have to participate in the european elections or maybe a shorter extension up until the european elections so they're on safe legal grounds and the u.k. would not participate in the european elections so you see a lot of ifs but we'll have more clarification maybe on thursday when the leaders come for the regular summit here to brussels a lot of uncertainty max as you've been scammed sketching there but what is apparent is that we're going around in circles what i wonder is brussels pushing the u.k. parliament to a last minute vote and basically the reality of a no deal bragg's it. we might see it might seem like we're going in circles but you know this will end at some point so we're going to closer to the cliff edge

right here and that is something we've seen many times with the european union for decisions for example with the the threaten threatening gregg's it a couple of years ago when when there was the greek financial crisis it was always a last minute decision when the pressure was highest that's when the e.u. leaders found a solution but this time it's harder because you not only have the leaders you also have the house of commons and that has proven to be completely unpredictable but clearly that is still part of the strategy putting as much pressure into the pressure cooker and see whether through some a can get this deal approved in the end it's quite unclear how she will actually bring it to the house of commons because the speaker of the house of commons for bid to put it down for a third vote this week been seems like they might find a workaround to that but no matter if they make it the goal is to have as much pressure in that cooker to see if this no still stands or not. and

that was mark so hofmann reporting from brussels want to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. the european parliament is a lioness of center right parties a suspended hungary and prime minister viktor over and few desh party from the group members of the european peoples party turned against or ran for a recent spate of campaign attacking a leader is the suspension means the dish will no longer be able to attend party meetings partake in votes or put host candidates for posts dozens of italian schoolchildren have made a narrow escape after a man hijacked their bus and set it on fire near milan police were able to stop the bus and get all passengers to safety without serious injury the driver now under arrest said he was protesting migrant deaths in the mediterranean. aid organizations are racing to get help to devastated cities and communities after

cycle own and day devastated swaths of mozambique zimbabwe and malawi more than two hundred people have been confirmed dead in mozambique alone in the death toll is expected to rise as the rubble is cleared. a u.n. court in the hague has ordered a former bosnian serb leader radovan kerridge this is spend the rest of his life in jail for war crimes a panel of appeals judges upheld his original twenty sixteen conviction for atrocities committed during the balkan wars including a massacre of bosnian muslims instead of it and it's up to the court said he is original forty year sentence was too light. for the european union's anti trust watchdog has fined google one point five billion euros the e.u. competition commission says the internet giant abused its dominant position to stifle competition in the advertising market the find takes google's total penalties from the european union to more than eight billion euros over the last

two years. the first funerals for victims of the deadly shootings that two mosques in new zealand have taken place today in christian church hundreds of mourners attended the burial of a father and son who fled the war in syria what they believed would be a safer life in new zealand. two members of a syrian refugee family were among the first to be laid to rest in christ church. and his fifteen year old son hamza came to new zealand fleeing war before they were gunned down by a white supremacist in a mosque last friday. among the mourners studied mustafa younger brother he suffered gunshot wounds to his leg during the a talk. heavily armed police to guard outside

another reminder of the horror of what happened. the nation is grieving with its muslim community. and prime minister just cinda are down once to demonstrate dollars. here is a desire to show support to the muslim community as they were tuned to mosques particularly on friday there is also a desire months new zealanders to mark the week that has passed since the terrorist attack. to acknowledge this they will be a two minute silence. on friday. we will also broadcast nationally via t.v. and seed and radio new zealand the call to prayer. and

the outpouring of sorrow the message is clear we stand together in the face of terrorism. and i'm joined now in the studio here by my colleague or w.'s hannah cleaver who has been taking a closer look at just in the art and i had a good to see you as always she's the first leader had to deal with a terrorist attack on all of soil what makes her response a response excuse me stand out she's really interesting now how responsive hasn't been unique but i think at the moment in the current times perhaps remarkable with the way that she's approached this she first of all utterly rejected and dismissed the man who did this thing and who killed all these people but then moved on and has not kind of gone into this revenge rage type of reaction she's then pushed the focus completely on the community who was hurt on the people who

were killed in the relatives now she's pulling really trying to pull together this idea of an inclusive message that's not new after the nine eleven attacks in the u.s. george w. bush talked about how muslims were part of the american society and how that country contributed so much the u.s. but i think just into a den has pushed this much further and made this more direct if you like she tweeted on friday i think we've got to hey we can look at it on the day of the attack where she said you know these people are us new zealand is their home and they are us she said that's a really direct way of saying that we have been hurt by this and this emotion this this talking that she's done of love and of grief and yet at the same time promising to tighten gun laws and really being very specific about this is a combination of open emotion and clarity that is winning her an awful lot of praise let's take a listen to what she said of the last couple days. and so i can buy

me. love. kate agree. it is arcade us by how even if you were directly affected within ten days of this horrific act of terrorism we will have announced reforms which well i believe mike our community cypher. and had i would have people been saying about her approach there's been a hugely positive response to what she's been doing and how she's been tackling this i think she feels fresh to an awful lot of people i have a small selection here of tweets that people have been sending out into the ether over the last few days if we can bring them up now we can look at peggy hicks who's director of the united nations human rights office in geneva she said human rights heroes can be forged in many ways and cause that and a magnificent example then we also have

a party politician from the international congress party he says that she set a huge benchmark for leaders and specifically prime ministers of countries whom every event in occasion is nothing more than a photo opportunity but it's not just politicians who've been struck by what she's been doing british literary agent johnny if we can get his tweet up come up any second he says you know that she's reminding the world what a leader is and could be so she's been very inspirational to north a lot of people the way that she's taken on this one in the kind of mature fashion . now we often focus these days these last few years on a strand of kind of fairly elderly right wing and some would say sometimes even fascist world leaders are talking about donald trump the u.s. hootin of russia also narrow from brazil and even to tatar the philippines but i don't she belongs to a completely different group of people you're looking at liberal open and young

world leaders she's not even forty remember she's terribly young she fits in with justin trudeau from canada of iraq or of ireland and mccrone of france now you can easily say that the shine may have come off a little bit from mccrone france and from trudeau in canada but i think in new zealand this woman here is really having a moment she is stephanie having a moment hannah cleaver thank you so very much. and i just don't mind you of the top stories that we're tracking of for you this hour. british lawmakers are holding an emergency debate on breaks it after prime minister theresa may asked the e.u. to extend the date of the u.k.'s withdrawal until the end of the e.u. says it might grant a short delay that is if lawmakers approved may's princip deal. you're watching to go over your news coming up next hour outages are leaving south

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