this is it every news line from berlin british lawmakers deal another blow to the government's for exit plans mr m.p.'s reject a high stakes gamble by prime minister theresa may by a majority of fifty eight votes made it split up there were drawl deal in a bid to gain a short break that extension from brussels and you're allowed a long delays in britain's withdrawal from the european union but her planets

failed also coming up the clown who would be king or president at least he's a comedian who's challenging ukraine's political elites as the country has to the polls this weekend. the as. well mark thank you so much for your company everyone well today should have been the day that britain marched out of the european union instead it was the day that lawmakers dealt prime minister true some may another defeat over the issue on me was trying to pass a motion approving only part of the drawl deal she agreed to or with brussels it was a bit to get around those who oppose her plan and at the same time gave a short deadline extension from brussels but her deal was rejected by fifty eight votes well now it appears a much longer extension might be required from the european union as may hinted in her statement to m.p.'s after the vote bag mr speaker i think it should be

a matter of profound regret to every member of this house though once again we have been. able support leaving new york period. the implications of the house's decision are grave the legal force now is that united kingdom is due to leave the european union on the twelfth of april in just fourteen days time that is not enough time to agree that just late for and ratify it to you and yet the house is being clear it will not commit to leaving without a deal and so we would have to agree an alternative way forward the european union has been clear that any further extension would need to have a clear purpose and will need to be agreed unanimously by the heads of the other twenty seven member states ahead of the twelfth of april it is almost certain to involve the united kingdom being required to hold european parliamentary elections . the prime minister speaking there earlier were all and now that everyone has had

time to their just the news they want to turn to dissect the fallout from the big announcement want to turn to do the show pos in london and standing by in brussels is our correspondent again mark to so show it to you first lots of chanting happening behind you lots of protests so going on in london set the scene for us how are people feeling about what happened in the house of commons today. pretensions and emotions every running high here in london today as you can hear behind me so that comes with the significance of this day march twenty ninth was the day where the u.k. was supposed to leave the european union that hasn't happened and these protesters behind me they are angry about that those are ukip supporters so the architects basically of the referendum to leave leave supporters who wanted to leave the european union i've been talking to them alyea and they are angry and mad that the u.k. has not left the european union yet they want mrs may to go immediately and they

are demanding for an exit right now though i was there poaching last weekend here at a demonstrate. where hundreds of thousands of people were demanding a second referendum in the hopes that the u.k. would stay in the european union so really this country is extremely divided as is parliament at the moment all right stand by charlotte want to go to gay york and next to gary what's the use reaction been to these extraordinary chain of events. reaction came quite swiftly from the european institutions they do regret this decision by the house of parliament the deal failed third time the e.u. worked extremely hard made many compromises many you say they bend over backwards in order to accommodate the red lines that the u.k. have drawn and they hammered out this deal and now it failed again so the conclusions that were drawn in brussels but also in mumbai a number of member states is that a no deal breaker that is now

a likely scenario in fact the german foreign minister said time is running out to prevent a no deal scenario now but having said that you also made clear and that is also being reiterated from the european institutions that the e.u. is very well prepared for such a scenario of a no deal breaks it all right so they are already here prepared charlotta it one high ranking official to do that april twelfth is now the new if a twenty nine talked to us about what happens now that means deal house fail. safe will tell us is now the new deadline for the u.k. to leave the european union and the default option is if there is no alternative plan found that the u.k. leaves the european union without a deal and that could have a chaotic implications chaotic consequences for the people here in this country and for the economy so it's a scenario that parliamentarians here at want to avoid but it could happen

accidentally because no alternative plan is found until then as you said time is ticking and it's only we're only two weeks away another possibility is that theresa may goes to brussels and asks for another extension and says ok we need a long extension to find a way forward whatever that might feed my it be a second referendum a general election to change the parliamentary iris mantic in this country but she needs to ask for a long extension and that would mean that the u.k. has to hold european elections and many here would be at least those behind me would be very upset about that exactly again i want to give you the last word or we're just two weeks away for a you a parliament elections what does that mean for the u.k. will they participate in it will they not. well if they do want that extension they will have to participate and for the rest of the that may be for us a number of countries inconvenient in the sense that the seeds of the u.k. and the peace had already been split up for the case that the u.k.

least now if the u.k. participates that clearly will not be the case but looking over all the e.u. has very much an interest to find an orderly breck's it and if it takes an extension if it takes the u.k. participating then that is option is on the table. so much at stake for all parties involved marcus reporting from brussels and the charlotte fos in a london thank you both for your continued coverage. of ukraine it is set to elect a new president on sunday it's the first nation wide vote since twenty fourteen when the my diana revolution led to the fall of the country's pro russian government well two of the candidates are political veterans along with a surprising a newcomer who is a made a strong showing in opinion polls of a lot of mirrors alinsky he's a comedian it was for playing the president in a popular television show now he wants the role in real life.

just. go through good morning mr president as. an ordinary man taken by surprise catapulted into the top job by a string of coincidences that's the story of the ukrainian sitcom servant of the people now its lead followed him as alinsky is poised to become ukraine's president the second time and this time it could be the real polls consistently put him ahead of both incumbent president petro poroshenko and x. prime minister yulia timoshenko and there's the rub where both his closest rivals have been at the forefront of ukrainian politics for decades zelinsky is a blank page but he's never previously been involved in politics let alone held elected office but in a country struggling with massive corruption and a seemingly conflict in the east many are desperate for fresh faces but he ended up . and i'm running for president i'm challenging the elites on their own turf war

that's why they're tearing into me and calling me a clown yes i'm a clown and i'm proud of that. selenski is a candidate unlike any other and he's refusing to play by the normal rules of campaigning there are no rallies. very few interviews selenski is running a campaign that's almost all online and he's using social media to talk to his potential supporters directing the central message transparency breaking with the kind of politics that has made ukraine one of europe's most corrupt and poorest nations. becoming president but stay and. he says he doesn't want to make promises he can't keep on the really big questions he says let the people decide. but easy enough to donald trump and it. will. be the next show business outsider to shake up his country's politics.

creating a really popular political myth in ukraine. only and. the existing political system on his own. but how much of an outsider is really his critics argue that in reality he's anything but. pain. of the oligarchy. have made famous. one of ukraine's richest men and an arch enemy of president petro poroshenko selenski denies there is anything untoward about their relationship but the questions remain in servant of the people. of president protocol out of the window much to the delight of the crowd. within weeks his enemies begin to sabotage his plans preparing for his impeachment. he would do in real life is anything but clear but for now it looks like. this

time on the political stage and without the script. well it's free and now a vasella for the trucker a political analyst in kiev thank you sir for joining us this evening what does flat america lenski actually stand for well it's difficult to define because what we know about his program is basically what he said in his movie in number of his movies and different you tube per current loss and so once he's quite outspoken in what he's saying as a not to hell ever he's political interviews are much more and he goes but what are all he sees presenting himself as a man against current establishment and he's success he's only can be explained by their anti establishment feelings of people normally ukraine is if you talk to

them say we are we are tired we would like to get you to falls as old elite we just into five for twenty seven years in power and change one party to another part to one physician to another position they are all one be the family for all extreme right to extreme left all slept was a child in one birth rowsell won't be last time we want something you and it's not actually what people wanted to hear is that after my done but politicians who came to power up to my downward not truly new the same people has the same political culture and successful resilience given exactly reaction of people to no significant political change there he seems a country five years after my done right so he is a disrupter as you've just outlined and what i wonder is so is can he deliver because these elections are taking place against a backdrop of a simmering conflict in the east of the country how prominent a role does the unrest and arrest play in these elections. well again we predict

something which is unpredictable no one can give you a very well defined unser of what may be preston's lenski or roof resins linsky do in case the few views elections but again key functions of the president of ukraine are foreign policy security policy and resenting as a country of their he's basically current or of the constitution avar in that executive power ukraine is parliamentary presidential republic where absolute majority of power belongs not to the president but to prime minister and governmental called the senate and the government so in order to really be able to deliver anything at all selenski would need to have a strong majority or at least any majority in parliament and government which will be in one or another way accountable to him what we have now over the last few

years is current president poroshenko was able to the parliamentary elections and to create a coalition which is controlled in one way or another but he so for theorists hopley years against people basically unable to do anything significant he will be forced to talk to current politicians to his establishments against who he stands or to win the next parliamentary elections which will be just half a year after an increase if he wins arguments or elections and creates government yes that he can deliver ever sing what he wants but then he is. outside of current political culture a few craned rules of the game he's talking directly to people and raise appealing to people if you look at he's brilliant move yesterday. with washed he's basically

saying we can do all of us nation. to get it right working every day so it's very different say interesting mr sill philip schultz thank you so much for joining us for making ukraine aware fag rate we appreciate it our it's up next here we use a business and i will rock a moment if this happens to be that we can't i wish to fabulous at the weekend and something. clicks of it and i'm. sure link to news from africa for all your links to exceptional stories and discussions. of easy and wildly exciting debbie to come smash efficacy join us on facebook at g.w. africa.