this is going to use live from finding a way forward on brecht said spritz volunteers preparing to vote on for alternatives to the government's divorce deal with the european union pressure on lawmakers to find a majority is intense for just eleven days before the u.k. is checked to me. also on the program turkey's main opposition party celebrates as local election victories give it control of the capital ankara istanbul likely to fall a huge club president the route. i'm

from gail welcome to the program with the u.k. divided over how when or even if the country should leave the european union parliament is about to have another go at breaking that deadlock lawmakers are currently debating a number of alternative scenarios and will vote on them in a few hours if the u.k. doesn't come up and plan to crash out of the e.q. in just eleven days whatever the rights and wrongs. of any good mr. list alex forced to by saying welcome. back at the mass in london welcome back and let's start with you but i guess another day another series of votes was there in surprise about. the speakers chosen for tonight's. well the speaker has chosen the second round those that had last time round last

week had the highest vote so this is the second round of voting on alternative options to terry's amaze deal and as such it's not that surprising because it's logical that he would have they have chosen those that have the largest have had the largest support of m.p.'s last week having said that the whole procedure is highly unusual and really unprecedented because m.p.'s are effectively trying to do the government's job they are trying to do what she's a may have so far failed to do to come to some sort of conclusion of where to go with bricks it had has failed in parliament several times now the the m.p.'s are hoping that they find a way forward and effectively force the government to do what they wanted to do of course why saying well so four of these options which which look like the the most likely to come on support will find it's just worth pointing out that although perhaps some people would say that these were the obvious ones for the speaker to

put forward tonight there has been a lot of upset from those who support who feel that he's taken off any talk of a no deal from the table so nobody is debating that looking at the stuff to bricks it options or even scrapping bricks it all together so there has been some upset about that what could win some support by the ones that got very close last week itself to bricks it option supporting a customs union and also the possibility of putting this back to the people for a come from a tree vote at the moment we know that labor is going to support that's the main opposition party is going to support three of the these options then you want it won't support is the possibility of scrapping grex it altogether and the f.m.p. that the scottish nationalists are also going to be supporting one in particular which is the so-called norway option so perhaps that could win some support. we know that two reason is not allowing her top team high cabinet to vote

a tool but she is allowing junior ministers and bench conservative m.p.'s a free vote so it will be very interesting to see what they decide to back tonight you said that the cabinet is not allowed to they are not allowed to they have to abstain ok we heard. earlier that this is actively parliament doing the government's job if one of these options gets a majority where does that leave the prime minister well let's remember that all these options are non-binding on the prime minister that means she doesn't she have to take anything into account if she doesn't want to however she would be foolish not to because as we know she's in a very precarious position and even her own cabinet is completely split at the moment whichever way she go she's going to upset one half of that top team so that makes it very difficult for her i think the idea of staying in a customs union that would effectively stop the u.k.

from making any independent trade deals in the future however that has got some labor support and also the idea of what's called a soft norway option which would also keep the u.k. in a single market now those are the ones that look popular but these are two reason may's red line she doesn't want either of those because she always had said the u.k. will strike their own deals they get away from the e.u. but that doesn't seem to be the way the parliament is going at the moment and on top of this it's more there's more because theresa may can still is still looking at trying to bring has three times defeated deal back to parliament and that is the possibility that she could put one of these votes tonight whichever one maybe wins a majority op against own do to try to win over yet again those people on the right of her party those euro skeptics to say you either have to support my deal to get out or we're going for self to bret's it if that's. it's a two impact of bogotá mass and in london

a poem and tonight is also due painting whether to console. how does this come about when can we expect. well this is a petition that's been that's been tabled because over six million people has all have asked for this to happen no they want article fifty just revoked and it's absolutely astonishing number of times the website crashed and it just shows that there are so many people here in the u.k. who are completely passionate about bricks it about stopping brick said but there are also others who for them this would be an absolute catastrophe those who have fought for bricks it they would really hate to see this happen and it's also something that is non-binding so paula meant we'll just debate it bought it won't it won't just happen so that paulo when we're just single handedly just stop

breaks it that's something that's not really on the cards here london and burke and we had a little earlier the no deal option is not one of the options for tonight so with the twelfth of april approaching is no deal out of the window. well no it's not and that was also the reason for the speaker not to debate it explicitly because his argument is that it is the default option so if paul amend is unsuccessful if terrorism a polman cannot agree on a way forward she doesn't get a deal through parliament called to agree on anything or the government is not willing to push through with it then this is what's going to happen so twelve of april is that is the day that the u.k. leaves the european union unless something else is agreed here in london and also with the european union so it's still very much on the cause if there is no

agreement but it must munden alex first to watching thank you. bring some breaking news to her out here is president top that isis beautifully says he will step down before his term of office ends on the twenty eighth of april local media reporting this could happen as soon as tuesday evening eighty two year old has faced weeks of protests demanding an end to his twenty year vote last month he agreed to drop his bid for a fifth term i'm on sunday he named a caretaker government headed by the country's current prime minister. we'll have more on this from journalist and should mila khatab in algiers joins us on the line welcome jamila how is this news of the president's state party how was that are announced. there are rumors that they concur good morning that

quickly carol was preparing to enter or is it a shame basically we were expecting the news that this has. only an hour ago and no one was made. any kid kind of president o'keefe. at the end and various heat on didn't fit in his nice page politically because i know that if you're going to speak to ensure to think it was continue to function during the transition period. you can buy print done but if you get the car. so he goes then by the twenty eight who runs the country i was there any talk of elections. according to their country's gotta have their car they have then the last who is head of they can and i don't care yet the house is likely to think of all her ability to pick up where we. can sorry chris is there to make

a name to see. if we. carry it. with the election presidential election we would think but i didn't but that event had left her in the seat of those who were in so prisons ok so is this latest announcement then likely to satisfy the protesters who of course have been demanding that he steps down. well i don't think that the daughter of adolescence was a clique i was the and not enough to me hands of a living in school have taken discrete over the best side league last friday during the month to exist we heard that there won't be old god to to leave the folder there were not only clones thought there was a nation of oz in the book if you go but they want to see. a need to to leave the poor so i don't think that it will be enough and we are expecting new mass

protests to be organized and maybe if this might all fighting thanks for joining us such an old khatab and i'll just thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the number of confirmed cases in mozambique's cycling hit city of bahrain has now passed a thousand one has been reported aid workers are working to contain the outbreak this after cycling a day of course at least eight hundred deaths in mozambique and neighboring countries authorities warn of that figure could rise. germany begins a month long term chairing the deny to nations security council today it takes over from the countries of pledging to continue to a close coordination both to focus on crisis prevention in africa and securing support for the un mission in mali. and ukraine's presidential election

a comedian with no political experience has won a stronger lead over incumbent president petro poroshenko one year old to t.v. still have a lot to me as the landscape counted more than thirty percent of the folks that are still faces a runoff against him or shaker on the twenty first of april the former prime minister yulia timoshenko behind him. local elections of the weekend have been described as a stunning setback for the country's president a budget tight now the main opposition party the secularist republican people's party candidates will c.h.p. looks up poised to win control of the two biggest cities ankara and istanbul many verses say they're unhappy with the way the president has handled the country's economic downturn. is celebrating the end of an era with this electoral victory the republican people's party candidate month puts an end to twenty five years of islam as party

dominance over the turkish capital. part of the cause today the loser in ankara is the a k peace movement this is seche. yes this is icky and his dirty politics have lost huge big. winner is our democracy and all other parties. but neither loser of the night president bush have tell you turkey's local election was largely seen as a test of the president's support amid a sharp economic downturn the nation of eighty one million faces a daunting recession with double digit inflation rising food prices and high unemployment the loss of sense a strong signal to turkey's leader which you want to use shown it's joyous didn't want to change in many places i think it one of the old to go and live new to come in for new things to happen and as a result of this it became clear in the votes in the election to be clear in the

capital not so much in other cities across the country the ruling party held fifty one point six percent of the overall vote while the opposition alliance to thirty seven point six percent assembled turkey's biggest city is still too close to call . one had framed the local election as a matter of national survival but now it seems that some of his party's candidates are the ones holding on for dear life. is double the k.p. is denouncing irregularities and has announced it will challenge the results expected in the outcome to shift in its favor if you can. just touch reminder the top story this hour algeria's are back. to figure out since you'll see. that down to four and this fool stuff on the twenty eighth of april regards to your old suspects weeks of protest a hundred and twenty years he says he will show government continue to churn

transitions. the news of life from coming up next he doesn't even guide you peaceniks africa and i'll be back at the top of the hour the meantime also all the latest news and information from the website sixties the new top of the. african. economy president the long. head of the london patriotic front to include the rebel army and to the one nine hundred ninety four genocide wasn't it when all in a row there was and when the us could be used in trot out need to reinforce the colors of the new nice but does that mean he was not floating in a group.