yes. biala gassed at frankfurt airport city managed by truck bought. this is you don't really use line for berlin down to the wire the e.u. says it's for paris to offer britain more time for braggs it but the extension fall short of word british prime minister theresa me was it was asking brussels for and they use an offer comes with strings attached the british parliament must approve the divorce agreement by next week mrs may is locked in to go she issues with e.u.

leaders right now and an announcement is expected momentarily we'll bring you the very latest live from brussels. john way a heart thank you so much for your company everyone well we begin this broadcast to with a story that is dominating the political agenda right here in europe brags it british prime minister theresa may is in brussels on a mission to delay the u.k.'s departure from the european union while she's been scrambling to avoid a new deal exit and is currently still locked in negotiations with e.u. leaders they have now said in a draft statement that they would be prepared to hand britain a short breaks a delay but only until may twenty second that's not much shorter than the three months until. say to resign may was asking for and that offer would come with

strings attached britain's parliament would have to ratify the braves a divorce agreement by next week while at arisa may spoke to reporters at the start of the summit when she arrived for these high stakes talks take a listen to what she said what is important is that hanumant delivers on the results of the referendum on the engine of the brics it for the british people i sincerely hope that we can do that with a deal i'm still working on ensuring the continent can agree a deal so that we can leave in the was in a way what matters is that we deliver on the bench of the british people for they think you're trying to speak for what mass is what mass is is that we recognise that breaks it is the decision of the british people all right that's ours or go well let's go straight to brussels where we are still waiting for that press conference set to get under way due to his bro brussels chief is standing by max hofmann this has been such

a political game of cat and mouse catches up what has happened. it seems like the situation the discussions between the e.u. leaders is heating up a little bit we didn't know that in the draft conclusions the part regarding brags that there was a date and that date was this one second of may but with strings attached as you said meaning that the extension would only be given until the twenty second of may if the house of commons and the u.k. annex with week would approve that divorce deal that withdrawal agreement that had been negotiated for years but it seems like there are intensive discussions about this date as there is even an idea floated by the french here that there might even be an extension only until the seventh of may and with no strings attached this is most likely not going to be the final version we just don't know we do know though that this is nothing they have just taken and said ok we'll sign off on it. there

are discussions going on this might take a while and you can see that the e.u. twenty seven leaders aren't sure at all either how to resolve this issue all right so they're still struggling with it let's stick now with the may twenty second because that's what to draft a statement that has been leaked mentions what i wonder will this extension really make a difference. it will make a difference in the sense it really depends what happens in the house of commons would make a difference in the sense of if the reason made hypothetically steps down it would give the u.k. the time to find a new prime minister for example if your vote for the third time fails in the house of commons it would give them the technical possibility if the house of commons voted for that deal and that's why they have that strings attached to implemented because even if the house of commons voted for of that say next tuesday or next wednesday that would be enough time to implement that withdrawal agreement until friday because next friday is the twenty ninth of march so they're talking about

a technical extension here that's what it's called and why the twenty second of may because on the twenty third of may elections the european elections take place until the twenty sixth of may and if they want to avoid possible legal implications of a member state in this case the u.k. being part of the european union but not taking part in the european elections then they have to schedule the extensions like that. to talk about a tangled web thank you for explaining us some of the intricacies for us and max hoffman in brussels well i get back to you as soon as there is an update for now thank you and let's head straight now to london to do that we use a very good mosque because of bigotry so may has it seems at this point in time bought some of her previous but is it possible for her to end the deadlock and get the m.p.'s which she's trying to persuade to come on board and support her deal in the short amount of time that is left. yeah well isn't it amazing

that it's only eight days until bragg said and the country's in absolute chaos and we really don't know what's going to happen at the end of next week really was still in the european union will britain still be a member of the e.u. or you know what what's the state of the country nobody really knows at this stage as far as m.p.'s are concerned and getting them behind trees i'm a steel i at this point would be quite pessimistic the m.p.'s i've talked to and the picture i get from looking at twitter social media for example a lot of them are really skeptical and to reason they had a speech last night where she effectively excused m.p.'s to be swatting the will of the people and she herself would be you know the voice of commonsense and and the m.p.'s are against her and this has really angered a lot of m.p.'s some have pointed out that they've received death threats and that

language does matter and she was described as a populist and some m.p.'s who've before said they would vote for her have now said they will vote against the deal so it really doesn't look very good for this vote that's expected next week all right to be continued very good marks reporting from london thank you. we turn our attention our to iraq's second largest city mosul which is mourning the death of more than seventy people killed after an overloaded ferry capsized it happened on the tigris river just a few feet from the shore the vessel was reportedly packed with families children celebrating the woos new year holiday and the start of spring relatives have been gathering to check if their loved ones are among the dead. well that's to get more on this developing story i'm now joined by flora noir hoff a journalist who lived in iraq for two years and knows mosul a very well floor in

a horrifying accident that has unfolded there today do we know what caused it well there have been reports very early on the boat was vastly overcrowded. and now we have to have had a iraqi politician come out and say that boat which we've only been carrying at the most fifty people charged in fact around two hundred at the same time it's rainy season iraq was moving at a very fast pace and the current is very strong so suggesting that capsized because of those conditions tragically there were a lot of children and women on that boat because they were traveling to recreational park on an island in the tigris so many of the dead the majority of that are women and children right because it's a holiday there of course it's a holiday there and the first day of spring people trying to enjoy some of the normalcy that has returned to mosul because as you know better than anybody else the people of mosul have suffered through so much years of war the city being under

occupation of the so-called islamic state just recently liberated and now they have to deal with this that's right mosul was under i thought the place for one three months the battle to retake it from the jihadists took months and devastated a big pots with city. i actually i've been to this area it's an amusement park area where for. restaurants cafes leisure activities even a year after the battle was over are already people coming to enjoy their lives after all this hardship when i visited it late for the last year the place was buzzing and it's very tragic but an air of wish for signifies the resurgence of a revival of their will after all this years of hardship florian noire hof thank you so much for that update greatly appreciate it. u.s. president donald trump has said that the golan heights should become a recognized part of israel after fifty two years it is said it is time for the

united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights trump said in a tweet israel took control of the strategically located golan heights from syria in the six days war in one thousand nine hundred sixty four and the area has been occupied by israel ever since the annexation has not been recognized by the international community. while the news is a major boost for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in upcoming elections netanyahu hurt this to say about statement. president. i just read this group. i think it will be our. first. recognize. this girl. who is going to be. pulled out of this after if you go through the polls are you know you did something

. illegal. historic importance. of these rules. are. benjamin netanyahu is speaking a short while ago we're right want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world for the brazilian president michel to america has been arrested in connection with a large scale corruption investigation prosecutors say to merit was arrested on charges related to alleged graft in the construction of a nuclear power plant tamara was present from two thousand and sixteen to twenty eighteen he has denied any wrongdoing. at least five people have died and more than twenty have been injured in a series of blasts in the afghan capital kabul the explosions occurred near a shiite shrine as people gather to mark the persian new year police say the bombs were detonated remotely. venezuelan forces have reportedly arrested the chief

of staff of opposition leader one roberto mateo was taken into custody during a raid on his crack us home in the u.s. and other countries recognize mr garrido as interim president and have warned venezuela's government not to arrest him or his aides the. rescue workers in mozambique have widened the search for survivors of a powerful cycle on there ripped through southern africa one week ago causing devastating floods and turning mozambique's worst hit area of beirut into an inland sea on more than two hundred forty people are now confirmed dead in the country and several thousand more still need to be rescued well search efforts have been hampered by broken infrastructure and more rain is expected in the coming days. all right returning to our top story this hour u.k.

prime minister theresa may is in brussels and seems to have clinched a break sent delay until may twenty second let's check in with our brussels borough chief a maxell hofman what has happened in the meantime max. well it appears a couple of sources are saying this that the leaders have decided to draft a new text on the braggs it section of the conclusions here at this european council which means that it will take longer than anticipated apparently the original date that was in those conclusions of an extension until may twenty second was scrapped that doesn't mean it might not reappear in those conclusions but i can tell you from experience that once leaders start drafting their own texts because usually these things are prepared by so-called sherpas then it gets difficult and every anything is possible we've also been hearing that the french for example have suggested

a deadline of may seventh but with no strings attached in this case the house of commons would not have to pass the so-called withdrawal agreement in order to have this extension ok so you can see we have a broad possibilities now here at this at this summit is this because i mean of course is a speculation is this because no way to within the e.u. wants to be responsible or be held responsible for triggering a no deal bragg's it. well that's right the e.u. twenty seven so all the e.u. member states excluding the u.k. don't want to be the ones held responsible for a potential disaster so if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. without a deal they want to make sure that it's firmly within the responsibility of the u.k. itself but i think really that's not the top priority right now the top priority is to try to avoid a no deal bragg's it and because it seems very likely that this withdrawal agreement will not pass next week even if true some may puts it in front of the

house of commons for a third time they may be looking for alternative solutions right max the field is again one sig and why the wide open thank you so much for your reporting and you continued coverage and thank you for spending this part of your day out with me i'll see you tomorrow. evening it's a sex phone operator who works her masters thesis on the potato. to free. not to turn on well it's more ridiculous from their. list to determine the strain. we make up of what we watch

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