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leaders. passed. on the military strong. as a friend. to the program. so we start in the united kingdom where a prime minister to reason may has come up with a way to save her brakes and deal after european union leaders agreed to delay to delay the date of britain's withdrawal from the block to beyond next friday so let's take a look at the timeline the next states to bear in mind is next tuesday that is the twenty six of march that is the most likely date for a vote in the british parliament to approve the prime minister's deal which was drawn up with the e.u. bear in mind that lawmakers have already rejected it twice if they reject it for

a third time that britain is due to crash out of the e.u. in three weeks that's on the twelfth of april the u.k. could also use that time to find an alternative agreement but if parliament approves the deal then the deadline will be extended to the twenty second of may there is a may says she is determined that britain will leave the painful and drawn out process seems to have made other nations more aware of the benefits of a u. membership. one island detests another is happy to have iceland was an honorary guest at the brussels summit a quarter century as part of the european economic area for iceland's prime minister reason to celebrate. well like america one of the after member states. obviously very happy to be here to be able to celebrate this right fifth anniversary of the agreement that has been very beneficial for iceland and all the f. the states neither norway nor iceland is an e.u.

member but both belong to the european economic area they have adopted many regulations and in return they enjoy free access to the european domestic market which britain wants to leave and there's been a new timetable for that departure since thursday night the no deal breaks it has been temporarily prevented but there are conditions since germany's chancellor. then goes for ten years in the region approves the withdrawal agreement next week we will postpone the exit date to may twenty second some by and sponsors my first shebang that is the for the european parliamentary elections which is important for you member states but british m.p.'s reject the deal again next week. before then we can only postpone the deadline until april twelfth as britain would then have to tell us how they want to continue. be invoicing so after that anything could theoretically happen from a no deal bracks it to

a withdrawal of article fifty the ball is in britain's court and france's president manuel mccomb warns that e.u. countries contemplating similar moves should take note little exceed that means you need a record that is in my opinion not a matter of technical negotiation but above all a political lesson in order for pretty to reject europe without having a plan in place leads to a dead end what. mandela us at least she doesn't have this problem for the icelandic prime minister the e.u. still remains a win win situation. well they don't because what the barber very easily is in brussels for us we asked her if you leaders are now waiting for the house of commons to act. absolutely and there seems to be a certain amount of movement there and when we think back to last night what happened here at the council was that leaders had to reason may in here for an hour and a half that's a long time and asked her over and over again what is your plan b.

if you parliament rejected the deal again what will you do and she didn't have a single answer which is again then everybody found pretty annoying and so now in london there seems to be a certain amount of movement and everybody here will be quite happy to see that because now there seems to have been an agreement between the opposition and government to hold a series of indicate if the next week that means everybody every saying every possible solution to bret's it is put on the table like would you like bracks it was a customs union would you like breaks it was in no way solution would you like bracks it was those of what would you like basically every sort of permutation of rights it is put on the table and this will be voted on and then you quite easily can see where the majority of the house is sort of where it is and what the board parliamentarians really want is something trees may should've done in general after

she lost the vote first the first time around but now it's at the last moment it seems that some movement begins to happen in london and everybody here is sort of it's quite contentious that. reporting from brussels will talk about some of the other stories making news around the world tens of thousands of protesters gathered today and the algerian capital to step up calls for the media addressing the nation of present time this is beautiful because after months of demonstrations the first his plan to run for a fifth term but stopped short of stepping down. united nations world food program has begun to airlift supplies into parts of mozambique are cut off by has to be a flooding the u.n. says it's delivered a to about twenty thousand people so far cycling struck last week bringing some of the worst storms to hit the country for decades. police in paris of banned yellow vests protestors from the shows uneasy on saturday a week after hundreds of demonstrators are right and looted shops on the famous

blue rock at the decision follows french president demanding all backcross controversial decision to call in the army to cut the violence. now italy and china are set to sign a deal to make its way the first western european country to join beijing's belt and road global infrastructure project at least kastrup government is hoping for investment worth billions of euros in business and infrastructure from china but isn't his partners in europe see the deal as a bid by china to attempt to expand its power. china's president got a warm reception in rome host country it's really it's become the first g seven economy to join the new silk road project beijing is keen to package its massive maritime rail and road venture as an opportunity for other nations.

we want to strengthen our synergies to enhance cooperation in the infrastructure poorish logistics and maritime transport sector is. trying in order to build a series of concrete projects along the silk road. you die your true. but critics say the project which is officially known as the belt and road initiative will primarily benefit beijing many countries have expressed on needs about china's growing dominance. for italy though the potential economic boost appears to outweigh the perceived risks. italian presidency. is adopting a win win at pro church. the ancient silk road was an instrument of knowledge among people and

a tool to share reciprocal discoveries. the new silk road must also be a two way street to share not only goods but also skills ideas knowledge and forward looking solutions to common problems and projects for the future. other e.q. nations notably france and germany are taking a more cautious stance leaders of both countries are due to meet the chinese president in paris on tuesday the new silk road is certain to be on the agenda. well let's get more on this from christopher from business welcome christophe so first they saw this memorandum of understanding science so what the stop me as well legally not too much it's a non-binding agreement on average shows the interest and motivation of both sides and drafts of this and more you have been leaked to the italian media before and it shows in pretty vague terms of proposes three areas of cooperation here first being

telecommunication the second one being the upgrading of italian ports and also more collaboration when it comes to public finance ok so what does china get out of this access first of all access to ports the time port cities of t.s.t. in genoa are being talked about both are located in the north of the country so close to the heart of europe and thereby granting access to european markets were chinese companies want to sell their goods they would also be at the end of the of the maritime arm of the belgian road initiative as we as we see here i would say is a trillion dollar project that according to the chinese aims to revive ancient trade routes the overland railway routes for example and in germany by the way in addition italy a g seven country a founding member of nato and the european union would be it would be joining this initiative that's a huge diplomatic success for the chinese president who has been pushing this belt

unorganised and this is all about money for a country with a bit of a struggling economy mainly yeah italy is hoping for a lot of investment here the country is stuck in recession and the hope is that there's going to be more investment also better market access to china to sell italian products their products that the chinese president praised excessively in a newspaper article that was published before his visit so lots of concern. about this deal which focuses on won't what critics say italy might be getting into more . then than it could handle here there have been cases where china would finance infrastructure projects. initiative requiring those countries where these projects would take place to borrow money from the chinese thereby pushing them into debt also so those are when the these billions a concern that this is not direct investment these alone. either way it could be

investment but also loans and we have to understand that italy has the second highest mountain of debt within the e.u. and and it has been a bone of contention in no to go with your leaders as it is so a rising debt level in italy that's the last thing that the e.u. wants ok christof koch thank you so much. new zealand came to hold today to reflect on the shootings a week ago two mosques in the city of christchurch fifty people were killed about a shooting with the government to change its gun laws on the country to unite around its muslim population but families of the victims are still coming to terms with what happened the interview spoke to the mother of one man killed in the attack. let's send down a list yeah. that's. a lot of. this is john

a mother of his saying. he was killed in christchurch this is one of the last photos of the thirty five year old with his sister. he went to friday prayer that day and never came back. but how. well yes and we will always be everybody covered. the hammock in and out of. canada. canada fell and fell and how about how about how john i found out from eyewitness accounts that her son try to tackle the terrorist follower and forward. york of early. or.

get out what you are doing here. i said i love. the sauna geraghty of new zealand is after the attack has helped to establish pain . ma-ma cooler come hard. to hide have the most of my say i am a mom of kid had an elite and she has a million what to do when a nice man and a lot yeah really. just ahead. but meanwhile women on bed in new zealand have been wearing headscarves in the display. of the country's muslim community had skull full homily was organized by social media to deal with people who would include. what's the

idea behind this well as we've seen a lot of outpouring of support and unity in new zealand this is yet one more way that new zealanders have been trying to come together the facebook page facebook event was launched headscarves for harmony to encourage women of all kinds in new zealand to put on the headscarf men as well but mostly women especially today the one week since the shooting at the mosque this was done in consultation with a few muslim groups in new zealand to make sure that this was an appropriate way for non muslims to show their support for their muslim neighbors we see here people posting selfies of themselves wearing the headscarf today and also reasons why the reasons why that they did it what it meant to them we also have a few examples here of of women saying why they did it. support. and.

realize that. all my primary reason was that. i want to stand between him and anybody he might be pointing at it. and i don't want him to tell the difference because there is. so what sort of response shows that you know well of course when it comes to headscarves it's a bit of a touchy subject headscarves are seen by some as a symbol of oppression within the muslim community forcing women to cover up but when it comes to the context of just this particular situation a lot of positive response specially among the the muslim community we see a few responses here online the headscarf harmony facebook page itself can't find enough words to thank you ladies for your support today we really appreciate all what you've done for us always united and here on twitter to all those who have chosen to wear the headscarf and solidarity today and those who choose to do this in other ways know that you are legends respect with the hash tag head scarf for

harmony that's been trending in new zealand today so it's just one of several ways that we've seen in the last week new zealanders coming together to mourn this really horrific shooting that happened last week when blue cross thank you so much . goes to the polls on sunday for his first election for eight years the country has been under military rule for most of the time they will vote under a new constitution that gives the military a significant say over the government but one young council that thinks he can shake up the status quo. is something of a political rock star in thailand. one of the country's richest families he set up his own political party. 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 fight back i'm part of the new generation and when i see chinatown i believe he's also from the new generation. he has good policies and i believe he can make things happen and i'm happy he has good ideas beliefs and equality of all human beings and he's 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 has political arm the punk rock or out 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 taxing seen a lot and his sister yingluck but few are willing to speak out on camera they say they're afraid. afraid of him thailand's military dictator general prayuth chan or cha he took power by force in two thousand and fourteen to end the political turmoil of highland 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's 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 dictator to democratically elected prime minister with the help of a constitution that gives him a very undemocratic. no. 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 bought it i just stand by just going on last ten years ago then it's

something change so thailand have to go keep going so we're not stuck with. task so everybody wants a new one what's 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. from large scale protests to a counter by a rival military faction everything is in the cards. then i would be in fort pervy a long time yet again. that's a reference for getting clean water to people around the world today is world water day and the new united nations report shows how vulnerable children are when they don't have access to clean water. in the sight of daily water is delivered twice a day in this neighborhood it's free of charge not one of these houses has drinking

water and that has consequences for these families. because even children cannot go to school in they want to since media because they had to go and fetch what rather than going to scoop so was defected and they've been deported they were little and the children and do we mean that the lack of access to clean water affects rural populations and refugees worldwide in twenty nine countries across the asia pacific region water resources are scarce plumbing facilities are often missing today there are no public toilet facilities for women in rural india although the government is trying to change that rising water consumption is also an issue. this is just think as it is 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 are also affect the water crisis because you have to. the united nations report causing the world to recognize that clean drinking water and sanitation are human rights. leaven millimeter film festival was the first in the world dedicated exclusively to football this is open tells the story of brazilian team. a plane carrying the first team squad crashed on route to colombia in twenty sixteen killing all but seven on board despite the tragedy the club is rebuilding for the future. in front of the babylon cinema in berlin lies not a red carpet but green astroturf it's eleven millimeter time again they came in their droves for the opening film among them brazilian sports journalist rafael hensel was one of the seven survivors of the tragic chapnick owens of plane crash in two thousand and sixteen. no such operation a documentary about a football fairy tale turned tragedy. due to lack of feel of the plane with the

brazilian team on board crashed into the mountains near minty jean colombia. quote of the day i remember every moment of the flight we were happy yes entirely when supplies a. fairy tale ending to their cinderella since. after only three years in brazil's top division choppier reached the final of the many contests one step closer to making a fairytale come true. took them to the moment the turbines went out everyone remained. there was no excitement or colonic . as business no one thought anything could happen but will disable the deal but not far from the airport there was a turn for the wars only three players survived the crash.

with just the boys fifty days after the crash i went back to the stadium with broken ribs and pressure rated lungs. despite the pain it was important for me to get back to work as soon as possible it was also a tribute to the twenty journalists who died in the crash this is a more here don't like to the city. not such a shock and it's about overcoming grief and starting a new one it's a film that highlights the. of the human spirits. this is rugby world cup is being hosted by japan it doesn't start until september but for two avid fans the trip to tokyo starts today their cycling they're hoping to raise money for charity in the process. from london to tokyo as the crow flies it's over nine thousand kilometers but george cullen and ben cooke will be on

their bikes passing through twenty one countries all for a good cause. i think it's a chance can see the world first and foremost. in a country feeling all the hills mean all the people. the best way to go and travel . and then the chance to raise money as well so i raise money for the foundation of the. thousand pounds so if all goes to plan they'll arrive just in time for the rugby world cup in september in order to make it their travelling light along with this one luxury item. a substance that's pretty simple many things that we need to resupply along the route. say. there's two things that we should be there e it's a go. in six months time these two could be cheering on their rugby heroes after the ride of a lifetime. so up next here on africa.

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