this is news coming to you live from the european union delays the deadline for braggs it now the race is on for british prime minister theresa may as she returns from an e.u. summit the other e.u. leaders imposed conditions pushing one last time for the u.k. parliament to pass the breaks that deal next week also coming up. we got a broken hearted. a message to new zealand from a christ church whose mosque was attacked one week from the shootings to claim

fifty lives the nation polls and support empathy and unity. and in a country that's put democracy on hold many times in the past thailand chooses between a wealthy young candidate and the military strongman who now who's now portrayed as plainly uncle. hello and good to have you with us european union leaders have agreed to delay the braggs a process postponing it to beyond march twenty ninth but only if parliament next week approves the withdrawal deal if they do not the e.u. will back a shorter delay now let's look at some dates here the next state to bear in mind is actually march twenty eighth. sixth that's the last possible date for

a vote in the british parliament to approve the deal that's already been rejected twice before now if lawmakers rejected again britain will likely crash out of the e.u. on april twelfth but they can seek an alternative solution with the european union up to that date but if there is a yes but in parliament by march twenty sixth the timeline extends to may twenty second for britain to go through with an orderly brecht it. the union jack at the european council will stay in its place at least for another few weeks after almost seven hours of talks e.u. leaders a grudgingly offer the u.k. a bit more time to complete its departure from the block for clarifications in december we gave them. we gave i was i was full for the reassurances. rule not to be we've got to the big step i gave

this closes and completes the full package the reason no more than we can if the length of the delay will now depend on whether the prime minister to reset may can finally get her bracks a deal through parliament pending a vote and approval next week the new deadline is may twenty second any extension beyond that date would require the u.k. to participate in this year's european elections a scenario prime minister may want to avoid at all costs i believe strongly that it would be wrong to people in the u.k. to participate in these elections three years after they leave the e.u. . well the decision today underlines is the importance of the house of commons policy in the brics it deal next week so that we can bring an end to the uncertainty and leave in a smooth and ordinary nana without approval by palm and the brics that extension agreed in brussels will run only until the twelfth of april at this point britain

would face a disorderly breck's it or could ask for another extension if you don't of either we are not prepared for all scenarios we still want britain to leave the european union in an orderly fashion but we must be ready for the different possibilities which also need to be acceptable to the people in europe if we did mention in the uk to tavis and other leaders pleaded directly to the british parliament to finally accept the agreed to brics that deal an outbreak since we had some shot in the heart brecht's it would be damaging for the european union but even more so for the united kingdom come one can only advise british m.p.'s to change their opinions and vote for this deal which is a good one to name and while the new deadlines mean britain won't crash out of the next week the threat of a chaotic departure is still there and so is the uncertainty so much linked to

brics that. for now i'm joined by our correspondent be a good boss in london and in brussels. the e.u. summit which recent may have produced a timeline of sorts but hasn't really taken us any closer to resolving the breaks that impasse. we've done what we could that is terry what the luxmore experiment is to battle set up on a rival on the second day of the summit really what they've leaders have done is is put a number of options on the table for theresa may option number one she can't stand to deal through the french presidency is a five percent chance of that happening and so in that case she got this second deadline basically where she can decide if he doesn't get the deal through it it'll be a hard pranks it's old no deal or she participates so the u.k. participates in the european elections and she'll get a longer extension but really the message from brussels is it is in the hands of the u.k.

to decide its future brussels has done what it could. beget theresa may wanted a longer extension for breaks that she didn't get it how's it going down in london . well that's been widely reported that's reason make ever really unconvincing performance at the summit and that she was described as wooden and really not convincing so overall the picture more of humiliation of the british prime minister in brussels and it's been pointed out it's not the u.k. taking that control but if the e.u. taking back control in this instance. is expected to ask parliament again to approve a deal they've already rejected twice will the speaker of the u.k. parliament allow that vote to take place and if so are the chances any better now that it will pass. all this we will find out next week the speaker has attached conditions to this deal getting in front of parliament another time this will

really mark the beginning of another exciting phase in this brics it crime drama because if the deal does go in front of parliament m.p.'s will try and influence the whole process they will try and take control yet again somebody else trying to take back control they will try and forge a consensus in other vision basically for for britain for britain's relationship with the european union and that could happen as early as next week here at the summit we've seen the e.u. twenty seven member states sticking together pretty well in this negotiation with the u.k. but i understand there is some disagreement between the french and german leaders about giving london more time tell us about that. i'd say unity is still very strong even when it comes to that time limit yes there was some differences the french president wanted to get the u.k. less time a german chancellor angela merkel made clear that no deal scenario is so terrible

that she'd be repaired to give some extra time and so they found this compromise which is now in the council conclusions those two basically deadlines that reason may is facing now overall you have to see that patients with teresa mayes really running out here in brussels they've done what they could is is their message and it is up to the to reason may basically if she wants where she will lead the country will it whether she wants a heart breaks or whether she wants revote breaks it or whether she wants an extra extension participating in the european elections garrick thank you very much that was our brussels correspondent masses there and in london big at last thank you both. also during their summit there in. brussels evil leaders were supposed to be talking about the blocks relations with china this as chinese president xi jinping is in rome to promote an infrastructure

investment program that's being eyed with suspicion by italy u.s. and european allies she was welcomed by president sergio mouth or rather the highlight of his visit is expected to be a ceremony where italy will sign up to china's giant belt and road infrastructure plan initiative is inspired by the ancient silk road trade route between east and tween the east and west even leaders are discussing a joint approach to china at their summit in brussels. our correspondent that reka joins us now from brussels so bad thing chinese president came to italy to sign a business deal on his belt and road initiative apparently it's a memorandum of understanding why is this so important italy would be the biggest fish in the european pond that the chinese would catch if it really

comes to this is on saturday so it's highly symbolic for the chinese because italy is the fourth largest economy in europe and it's a g seven a country that means one of the biggest economies in the world as so far the chinese are only able to tie up in these wrote about initiative sixteen small and medium european countries like greece for example all of serbia apart ago. now china is locked in a bitter trade dispute with the u.s. particular with donald trump and others is this deal with rome something of a coup for beijing. but it's certainly important for china and. the e.u. because they are more or less in this in the same boat when it comes to trading with donald trump in the white house china is in a trade war with. donald trump and the european union is on the brink of

a trade and this perspective they are in the on the same side as the trade at the belgian vote initiative with italy is something different because this is not about trade this is about about concrete stones and steel if you will china would offer italy credits to bid then infrastructure in italy was chinese companies though this is more about the chinese economy not so much about the european trade ben thank you so much for that correspondent bent link at that in brussels. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today officials in seoul south korea say north korea has unexpectedly withdrawn its staff from an intercom in lives so office just six months after it was set up the development is a setback for peace on the peninsula and it came hours after the u.s. imposed the first new sanctions over the north's weapons program since the collapse

of talks last month. two u.s. servicemen have been killed while carrying out an unspecified operation in afghanistan their deaths bring the number of u.s. soldiers killed in the country this year to four the incident comes a day after a series of bombings killed at least six people in the capital kabul. the united nations world food program started air lifting supplies to parts of mozambique that have been cut off by severe flooding the u.n. says it has been liberated aid to some twenty thousand people so far mozambique was hit by one of its worst storms in decades last week. new zealand paul's today to reflect on the shootings one week ago at two christ church mosts fifty people were killed the horrific event as moved the country to unify around its muslim population a long way from all along. the at times the slum

a call to prayer resoundingly in christ's church. pastors that silence falls across new zealand for two minutes the nation mourns and remembers. as many as twenty thousand people have come to gather at christ church is hardly park opposite the newer mosque targeted in friday's attack. the mosques the mom calls the country's reaction an example of love and unity. the fairest. soul if you leave it all of a sudden. we believe you'll let it lead we're all doing all right. but. we're all over. new zealand's prime minister wearing a headscarf in sign of support and quoting islamic scripture we need the heart of

the body south as to how far the field sprang new zealand mourns with you we are one. while the grief is palpable in christ's church a message of unity prevails. it was good to come to get it today as one fun night and you know we got a don't know is a strong. for the muslim family and the muslims. as the government takes steps to prevent tragedies like this from happening again new zealanders in christ church and across the country are determined to find a way forward as one community. now to the middle east and russia's foreign ministry has warned of a change in the status of the golan heights would violate united nations

resolutions on the issue the warning is a reaction to a tweet by u.s. president who said the area should become the recognized part of israel israel annexed the golan heights from syria in nine hundred eighty one in a move not recognised internationally syria still lays claim to the region and has condemned tribes declaration as irresponsible. well hilly golan heights area measures around twelve hundred square kilometers that is situated around sixty kilometers southwest of the syrian capital damascus united nations observer forces patrol a buffer zone in the disputed region. we're standing by for us in jerusalem is our correspondent tanya cramer tony what more can you tell us about reactions in the region. well of course this tweet has caused more concern and also a lot of criticism and neighboring countries here in the region the syrian state

news agency quoted foreign ministry officials saying that the golan visit remain the golan heights remain always syrian that the regime would work to recover it by all available means also the rain ians have slammed the decision calling it a move that was illegal and acceptable but of course in israel the move was widely welcomed a kind of consensus here that this is just a defacto recognition of reality on the ground and the golan heights are seen as strategic a set israel is also in the middle of a fierce election campaign and old and main parties have called out or called for recognition in a sense here that the ministration is leaning towards such a move and when the tweet was. prime minister prime minister netanyahu action was very swift he had been hosting u.s.

secretary of state mike pompei all here for the past two days and this is what he had to say the president. has just made history. i called him. i thanked him on behalf of the people of israel. he did a good. first to recognize drew's one was israel's capital and the u.s. embassy here then he pulled out of the disastrously wrong truly i mean both our actions but now he did something of equal historic importance he recognizes rules so we do with the golan heights. open enough and yahoo is clearly pleased with donald trump's statement there could donald trump's tweet end up giving netanyahu a boost in the upcoming elections. well that's what's definitely also being

discussed over here and some commentators he has see it as an election gift to mr netanyahu with the elections just being three weeks away and mr netanyahu is also. waited to meet with mr trump next week in washington of course all eyes will be on that meeting whether this tweet then will relate in to translate into actual policy some also here and it was said it might aim to deflect from mr netanyahu as legal troubles because some new allegations against him in another corruption affair have surfaced in recent days having said that there's also the question what does it benefit to israel because the intended recognition by the u.s. is of course a major us. major policy shift of u.s. policy and the region but is totally ignored again international law it also ignores you and security council relations resolutions and also most of the

international community you would consider the golan heights still as occupied territory tony thank you so much for bringing us up to date did use turn your kramer in jerusalem. in china the death toll has risen to forty seven after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in the east of the country hundreds were injured by the blast at an industrial park in the city of young child north of shanghai it's one of china's worst industrial accidents in recent years. this shift force of the explosion that shook the city of yen chang i did send a chemical plant with a long record of safety violations thick toxic smoke seen from all around. us all the black smoke a my house is windows and doors were all broken.

emergency services worked around the clock to bring the blaze under control and to rescue the injured. oh not only was a member of parliament is now. this man clearly hurt now safe by morning the devastation all too plain to see several chemical factories once stood here the company at the center of the explosion had already been accused of thirteen health and safety violations including mishandling tanks of toxic benzene it's benzene that's thought to be the source of thursday's explosion but the cause of the blast one of china's was to industrial accidents in recent years is still being investigated. boaters in thailand will go to the polls on sunday for the country's first election

and eighteen years most of that time spent under military rule the country will vote under a new constitution one that gives the military a significant say over the government but a young candidate there thinks he can shake up the status quo. at home drawing it all wrong is something of a political rock star in thailand. a son of one of the country's richest families he set up his own political party a year ago. his declared goal and military rule bring back democratic rights and create a more equal society. these ideas resonate especially with young. this is the first time i get to vote i pod to the new generation and when i see

china taiwan i believe he's also from the new generation. he has good policies and i believe he can make things happen. my father in law he has good ideas believes in the quality of all human beings and he is determined. no region will send more and peace to the new parliament than thailand's poor rural northeast. most voters here are still stand supporters of the previous democratic government that the country's military junta ousted in two thousand and fourteen who does political arm the pollen talk to right party has been working hard at making inroads here. the military government has been trying to win over voters in this part of the country basically by handing out money many of the people we spoke to here however told us they still support parties affiliated with former prime ministers tocsin seen

a what and his sister yingluck but few are willing to speak out on camera they say they're afraid. afraid of him highland military dictator general prayuth chan or cha he took power by force in two thousand and fourteen to end the political turmoil hyland had been caught up in for more than a decade since then he's been trying to present himself as the people's friendly uncle. i think the country has become a lot more peaceful there are no riots no fighting that's what i like everything is quiet. but to achieve that. suppressed democratic rights jailed critics and tried to take out political adversaries. now he wants to rebrand from pick tater to democratically elected prime minister with the help of a constitution that gives him a very undemocratic and. i think you can say that the home

to has one in terms of electoral engineering they've engineered the cost of tuition they've engineered political party laws and of course they control the monopoly of violence they control the military ok but what the hotel doesn't have is control over people's emotions over voters who really want change so the military's party is trying hard to sell a dictator who has been mostly preoccupied with consolidating his power as an agent over. i think i just stand what is going on last ten years ago they need something change so thailand have to keep going so we're not stuck with. pass so everybody was a new one was new come on the new policy. new politics the

question is will tie voters be happy with the result these heavily skewed elections produce and what will happen if not. scale protests to a counter by a rival military faction everything is in the cards higher than could be in for turbulent times yet again. now efforts to get clean water to people in every corner of the globe today is world water day and the united nations report shows how vulnerable children are when they don't have access to clean water here's more on the ripple effect. here in the sites of daily drinking water is delivered twice a day in this neighborhood it's for free not one of the houses has a water connection and that has consequences for these families. because even children can own good to school in the water since the area because they had to go

and fetch what rather than going to scoop so was terrific good and then when we were little children and do we mean this lack of access to clean water not only affects the people in the slum but also the rural population and refugees worldwide in twenty nine countries across the asia pacific region water resources are scarce and in places where there is no water sanitary facilities are missing to the women in rural india there are no public toilet facilities for them although the government is trying to change that and there are other issues this is michelle i just think president drinking water is not the only problem water consumption is increasing in general especially due to consumer behavior and eating habits we have are becoming more similar to those in western countries with lots of meat and a very high water footprint the clothes and all the other water intensive goods we consume but also affect the water crisis on the you have to basically sells the united nations report coals in the world to recognize that clean drinking water and

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