this is deja vu news live from berlin crossing the political divide to prevent a no deal brax it britain's prime minister reaching out to opposition leader jeremy corbyn to seek a common approach with time running out meanwhile the german chancellor heads to ireland which would be hit hard by any possible chaos we'll have some analysis. also in the show former nissan chairman carlos going back behind bars he's been arrested on new charges that he'd reached himself at the company's expense. and a standing ovation from the u.s. congress as nato secretary general again stoltenberg march the alliance the

seventieth anniversary pledges there will be no new arms race with russia. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us with concerns growing that britain could exit the e.u. without an agreement the german chancellor is heading to ireland today the only use state with a land border with britain arlen's economy could take the biggest hit from a disorderly bricks and germany's concerned about the security situation there all in london prime minister theresa may is holding more talks today with office leader jeremy corbyn in a new push for a compromise on she needs to present a plan to deal leaders by april the tenth after they rejected her request for a brief extension name corben met yesterday but corman said more work needed to be done. to find common ground i think we had

a discussion hasn't been as much change as i expected but we are continuing to have some discussions tomorrow morning explore some of the technical issues surrounding it. and the meeting was useful but inconclusive let's go straight to london where our correspondent greg moss is standing by for us good morning barry good may and corben are holding more talks today they're both saying that they want to deliver now what could hold up a compromise. a lot could hold up a compromise for the prime minister she doesn't have the trust of many in our party the party base there are many of them incensed we've had reports of people not even campaigning anymore for the local elections because that's how angry they are with the government so she doesn't have the support and then a germy corben side well you've already hinted at it there are fears on the labor side that this could be

a trap that she may be promising something that labor would get involved in bragg's it so far they've managed to cause it as a tory bricks it's not their fault anything bad happens but this could change if they became involved and then who guarantees them what can be the guarantees that the next prime minister because may is on their way out that the next prime minister doesn't really need these promises so very difficult to actually make sure that they get what they agreed on a lot of mistrust on both sides really big of last night there was a dramatic razor thin vote in parliament today voted to block a no deal bracks and now what does that mean at this point for teresa mayes. well it means festival the bill has to go through the loads and come back to the common so it's a matter of days that this needs to get ross true the houses of parliament if it does get through then to reason may has to go to the un asked for an extension the length of the extension hasn't been specified parliamentarians have made clear that

they will on the prime minister to decide and then they want to have a say on that basically means that pollen mint is trying to get as much control over the bracks and process as they can they have been defeated one vote but this one. went through yesterday so they're trying to shape the bracks a process and many parliamentarians particularly from the labor side want to make it softer the hoping for maybe a customs union as a form of self the breaks it and there are others that are hoping that to do anything that will be agreed we'll go back to the people for a second referendum briefly if you could with the vote in parliament with the cross while talks are we any closer to breaking the law. we are really not very close you can see that they are really fighting on all fronts are many attempts to break the deadlock and end this chaos but the truth is that at the twelfth of april the u.k. will leave the european union if no extension is being sought that if no deal has

been possible that remains the the threat for the prime minister who wants to avoid that she doesn't want to leave without and from london this morning to get moss thanks so very much better. and the german chancellor all americans traveling to dublin today to discuss the uncertainties surrounding brics and those talks are expected to focus on how to maintain an open border in ireland one of the biggest factors in the brics a deadlock right now the irish border separates of course northern ireland which is part of britain from the republic of our own land which will remain a member of the european union after brock's and at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is a central part of course of the peace process in northern ireland. break this down with our political correspondent kate brady in the studio now good morning kate other german chancellor on the macro using some very stark words some stark alternatives before heading to dublin today what does she want to achieve with this

delicate visit at a crucial time and this is indeed a crucial time in the main aim of this trip at least is what we've heard from is that merkel wants to get a clearer picture of exactly what measures island is putting in place for the eventuality that the e.u. that the u.k. sorry crashes out of the a you on april twelfth without a deal but they say is also a sign of solidarity from then to blame and we can have a listen now to exactly what merkel had to say ahead of the visit. we often say in europe and this is a question of war and peace and we can see that it's fundamentally a question of violence or nonviolence of course we want to play our part and so i will look closely at the situation regarding the irish border and ways to find solutions to prevent heart breaks it in the deaths in these solutions must ultimately come from london. we can see that intense efforts are being made but

also that there are clearly very different competing visions i hope that the discussions led by theresa may are successful. as expressing her very deep concerns about the possible repercussions the security impact of a no deal brax on ireland and northern ireland what can germany do though to help find a solution well germany can certainly advise but moscow has reiterated time and time again throughout this entire process that decisions from the side come from brussels from the remaining twenty seven that said germany has also been extremely vocal in its support for island throughout this entire brics it process and of course germany is all too familiar with the dangers. of borders and merkel plans also today to actually go and visit some citizens who are living in that border region between all the nile and in the republic of ireland to see exactly what

effects and repercussions security measures could actually have lives ok this is one of the most tense places right now physical locations in the birth of discussion as a border between northern ireland and the republic of it certainly is and germany as i mentioned has said time and time again it does not support a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland our fear is that installing physical customs infrastructure on the border region along the irish border could reignite sectarian tensions but at the same time you also have to keep in mind that merkel wants to protect the integrity of the single market ok that is exactly what did abuse frank often has been looking at in arlon he's been addressing this question how hard border could lead to or turn of the ethnic and sectarian conflict of the past he met with an author who's written a bestselling book about dissident irish republicans. iconic images that have gone

down in european history bloody sunday the deadly incident in derry one thousand nine hundred seventy two has become symbolic of the north and conflicts between pro irish republic catholics and pro brits and protestants that conflict ended officially in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight with the good friday peace agreement historian. many irish republicans to refuse to accept that for her recent book unfinished business the politics of irish republicanism she interviewed some. irish nationalists and as commemorations of. so-called dissident organizations you will hear the. traditional republican. candidate she would have heard. that she calls for united. and the end of pride is ruined it's also the subject of republican murals which continue to be painted in northern ireland's analysis of the militant minority is

a cause for concern these radical groups are prepared to go to any lengths in pursuit of their goal. they are realistic in their assessment that popular support isn't a numbers aren't what they have been in the past and so they very much would say keep in the same burning as essential in their organization at present as one of the interviewees said in the book to pass the same on for the next generation to soak up. that means that below the surface the north niland conflict has still not been settled. one of the militant groups has agreed to a rare interview redirected to sleepy town somewhere in the countryside these members of the republican shin fein polity say that bracks it would actually help them in their course. people will think if there's not a chance now. why did all the presidents go to jail why was the volunteers killed

won't tell for now so you know we need to continue all going to stop it again you know but republicanism is not the only defense against us borders need to fight for reunification i'm looking and these radical republicans may not be alone in thinking that unification of violence is business that should be finished call them a clinch a things the ongoing breaks a deep eight has made the prospect of a united ireland an increasingly realistic one even for moderates you know there's that's. a soft innocent soft nationalism that's really what we know so soft and people are saying that they would be better off with. a wider died and you know it's still with a little and so we do still to listen dynamics that. marissa mcglinchey analysis has brought her to the conclusion that once britain leaves the e.u. europe will have to deal with the question of irish unification. kate looking at

that report it's easy to understand why ireland does not want to say come what may the return to any kind of border between the north and the republic but in the event of a no deal brussels is saying it wants to see border controls for trade reasons what's germany's position well germany has said no it's very much against a hot border but these official or at least physical infrastructure on that border to come protect the integrity of the single market a customs union really could become a reality and that's exactly what marco wants to assess today why. effects this could have on the border and on those lives of people living with potential borders physical infrastructure on the frontier again between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and of course germany is also keeping its own interests in mind as well of course if the u.k. crash does indeed crash out of the you on april twelfth without

a deal that could have huge economic repercussions for germany certainly some of the biggest repercussions it within the e.u. on the e.u. member states but right now germany is very much waiting for answers from london and again this is been the problem time and time again as this process has become longer and longer is that the the german economy that german business is to are also waiting for answers they just want to know exactly what it is that they are that they need to be preparing for germany back a hard border would you're missing ok this is the new external frontier of the u. and we need hard border controls at the moment what we're hearing is certainly not and this is the where the compromise of the backstop came into the deal which has so far been agreed on the e.u. side and has been rejected as we know time and time again by the u.k. polman so of course at the moment at least these talks in london between the

government the conservative government and the labor party the opposition signal in signs that we could see the brics a deal move towards a soft abraxane which of course would be something that germany would prefer as well because that would then. perhaps signal that the that there would still be participation from the u.k. and customs union but we've really have to see i mean these talks radio could still completely fall flat but of course time is not on the side of either the the e.u. or the u.k. it's all still up there right now to brady thanks very much. now to some of the other stories making the news this hour police in new zealand say the man suspected of carrying out the christchurch attacks on two mosques has been charged with fifty counts of murder and thirty nine counts of attempted murder the alleged wife of promises to set to appear in court friday for hearing by a video. libya's internationally backed government has declared

a military alert after forces loyal to strongman khalifa haftar are announced they're advancing towards tripoli dozens of militia fought for control of the oil rich country since the overthrow of market in two thousand and eleven. the international red cross is boosting relief efforts in parts of iran affected by severe flooding. twenty six of the country's thirty one provinces have been hit by heavy rainfall again mid march more than sixty people have died in the disaster. former u.s. vice president joe biden has promised to change after four women claimed he touched them inappropriately in a video posted on twitter biden promised to be more mindful of other people's personal space he's seen as a likely contender for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination. was to japan now where police have arrested the former nissan chairman carlos go in

for a fourth time that over new allegations of misconduct. prosecutors say the arrest is based on the suspicion he diverted five million dollars to a company linked to him when he was chair of nissan denies the allegations he's called for governmental assistance from france where he's a citizen owns least on bail over separate charges last month. monica jones joins us from good of your business now with more on the latest developments monica load you a japanese police have gone a step further today haven't they now drawing in one of those family a. prime case of being at the wrong time at the wrong place carlos ghosn wife carol she apparently was with carlos goldman in the early hours of this morning when the

arrest took place and authorities decided to also confiscate her passport and her mobile phone now let's remember that call is gone wife is not a suspect and his defense team is legal team is outraged said they would. strongly appeal what just happened and they say this is simply a unforgivable what's happened here that the case as such is already quite a strange let's say i mean this is fourth arrest it happens a month after a spectacular release on bail and legal experts left right and center agree that even for japan it is highly highly unusual to rearrest somebody who is just out on bail prosecutions as of course they have a new case looking at payments that were apparently made to all mon to a company named carlos gold sending payments there for the perfect purpose of self interest and nuisance as they lost some five million dollars as

a result so going back in prison is back behind bars his wife does not have her passport this is a very unusually tough approach that the japanese police are taking and still is in for a lot of purposes joe well it is in that case it may be an unusual tough approach but then of course it's part and parcel if you like of what we now know as the japanese hostage justice system which has been sharply criticized certainly since the goan case came to light which is basically a kind of tactic of keeping a suspect in custody pretrial for as long as possible. all we can being the fence so there's a lot of criticism coming down of course go on is now under the protection of the french consular he himself is a french citizen but it's interesting that the french finance minister already came out saying that the french government the main priority for them is not so much goes reputation or safety but the reputation of ren know the comic distance

a big question right now is the larger corporate picture how is this all affecting the go in case nissan renault well need some so far declined to comment on a japanese company they say the concert of comment on legal decisions but right now has only yesterday released an interior probe in the allegations of financial misconduct by go on saying that they found sort of evidence of questionable and concealed practices that violated the company's ethics rules that go on obviously also resigned from his board and the french government is looking into these new allegations which have now been also passed on to them and it certainly raises also the question i mean there's almost a political question at stake now in this of being a japanese company a french company there is successful together and now all of a sudden there is friction of course this case course tricks in and raises the question what could this imply for future mergers of japanese and foreign companies

or corporation and you'll have more on this coming up in the business market jones thanks very much and the united states nato secretary general has addressed a joint session of the congress in washington making him the first leader of an international organization to do so his speech focused on the need for a strong alliance in an unpredictable world he said the alliance is not seeking a new arms race with russia but he did call for greater efforts to turds. a historic chance for young stoltenberg the first nato chief to address a joint meeting of the us congress he sought to shore up support for the alliance at a time of transatlantic tension. america has been the backbone of our alliance it has been for the mental to european security and for freedom we would not have the peaceful and prosperous europe we see today with out the

sacrifice and the commitment of not the states for your enduring support i thank you today. nato has long look to washington for leadership the president has questioned the value of the alliance he's also demanded that member states shoulder more of nato is financial burden stoltenberg said trump's words are having an effect of the years or reducing defense budgets all our lives have stopped the cuts and all our allies have increased our defense spending before they were cutting billions now they are adding billions. stoltenberg also warned of the threat posed by an increasingly a sort of russia including a military buildup in eastern europe. nato has no intention of deploying land based nuclear missiles in europe but nato will always take the necessary steps to provide credible and effective terence. echoes of the cold war

even as nato moves to confront a growing number of twenty first century threats. joined now by train a horse deputy director of the german marshall fund of the us and brussels where nato has its headquarters good morning to you thanks for being with us again stoltenberg they're saying there is no new cold war but the russian foreign minister says the u.s. is in fact starting one do you think moscow has a point there. good morning and thank you very much for having me i don't think it is very helpful to use we've used in the pot in the past i don't think we have another cold war the cold war was about military and there was absolutely no dialogue between the europe the west us as and russia i think we now in a new situation with the much more diverse the threat to russia poses on us whether it's invasion to the premium. support for the syrian regime or election

interference and we need to come find new ways of how to deal with russia and i actually think it's a secretary by just the right person to do so his speech in the u.s. congress was very very skillful and he said of was very nuanced and he is the one who listens he can do compromise this is a bridge builder and he shows a tremendous leadership that's sort of a different kind of soft power in a very military security related environment that can lead to new types of dialogue ok well as part of the dialogue was was in washington a head of that speech talking to a president trump for his part the president's been pushing germany of course again at that meeting to pay more for its defense is that only about money with berlin or does the u.s. want to see the german military taking on more responsibilities and international deployments. yeah i don't think the focus on defense spending

is very useful and helpful because new also get lost and those of us in the us administration who know germany well also fully understand the complexities of how we how determined it gets to its political decisions and you know what because of its very unique pot needs to be very carefully how it's a defense itself to the broader environment i think of this time that we shift really from just talking about nature as a military alliance to security alliance and that allows sort of new types of partnerships where we can talk about how europe and they can work together and also kind of bring in different kind of. mechanisms in how we deal with the security front threats and i mean germany is doing quite a bit when it comes to development assistance and these tactics need to be taken into consideration when we want to address the security threats that we have these

days because what we also see is a sorry i just want to jump in there briefly if you could also pointing to this diverse security threat that you mentioned coming from a number of quarters not just russia but we're hearing from other voices in nato that china is arising for nato do you share that opinion briefly if you could. china is definitely the flavor of the month that has come up a lot i think in part as a little bit because people are stuck and not not knowing and went to a nature should go and trying to the diff divert a little bit from internal divisions that exist as nato and china clearly goes beyond nato it's the west it's europe and the united states need to sort of figure out how to deal with it it's not a military threat but it's a politically economically and technological threat poses competition and we need to figure out how to deal with that trina where stephanie director of the german marshall fund joining us from brussels today thanks very much we have some sports

now and a dramatic night of german football in the german cup quarter finals bar in munich just barely getting past second division club that in a nine goal thriller one big reason nicklaus was given a red card in the thirteenth minute very early on that made it a bit easier for hard times number nine robert bhosle he managed three goals on the night but barnes rubber doll speedy scored twice including the penalty kick winner in the fourth minute with biron slipping into the semifinals. also a braman knocked out by a two no score so braman joined by and leipzig and hamburg in the. the state of the news live from berlin lots more ahead including germany's collapse bonk is ready to wrap up merger talks and now a new suitor is showing some interest and find out where that is as with monica in

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