this is g.w. news live and from berlin tonight the irish border breaks it and the berlin wall the german chancellor visits ireland amid growing fears of a no deal great sit i'm going to medicals side of her own personal history behind the iron curtain and she told the irish prime minister that she understands the importance of maintaining peace at the irish border especially with bricks it learned also coming off germany's foreign minister feels the heat seventieth anniversary meeting he comes under fire from the u.s.

secretary of state for not spending enough money on defense and banning violent videos australia has a landmark law that could punish social media companies and their bosses if videos showing real extreme violence are streamed on their platforms plus a home run for cuba's baseball players for years cubans could only play in the united states if they defected but that's about to be history will tell you what. i bring coughed to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome to as the second deadline for breaks it approaches germany's chancellor angela merkel says that she will work until the very last hour to prevent. a disorderly withdrawal by britain from the

european union now a crash out of the e.u. would include a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland so today merkel met with the irish prime minister in dublin to see how they could prevent that grew up behind the iron curtain in the former east germany she said that makes her someone who understands the importance of keeping walls that have fallen down forever. a warm welcome at family house with german chancellor angela merkel dublin says she has been a strong and unwavering to and i have on and throughout the breaks a process. called in the irish prime minister leo varadkar held roundtable talks on what could happen if the person leaves the e.u. without a deal the focus was on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. merkel drew on her own past experience with borders in her support of her

own. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years. for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear. and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. sleezy was already modified. the irish borders separates northern ireland which is part of the u.k. from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the you to bricks it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential part of the nine hundred ninety eight good friday peace agreements between the republic of ireland and the u.k.

which ended decades of fine and. prime minister varadkar laid out audience priority is. good. we have to prepare ourselves for all that comes. with that in mind we discussed planning european and domestic level for no deal thank you to how we can work together to meet our twin objectives of protecting the good friday agreement on which peace in our it is based and also protecting the intact. in the european single market in the courses in. the comments follow it debates with fifteen people from both sides of the border about the impact a new deal scenario would have on their lives the two leaders will consider further brics it developments ahead of a special european council summit next week. as well our chief political editor is in dublin to cover the chancellor's visit good evening to you make hello

i mean there were some very strong emotional words coming from you know emotional support for the irish what else did the chancellor say today. well he was quite clear that this was not just simply symbolism although of course it was coming at this particular moment in time to ireland and together with the irish prime minister effectively looking across the border into the north and wondering whether london which after all has the final say in this whether the british parliament will actually find a way ahead one thing was also quite clear from the side of the irish prime minister of iraq that he saw an event to a potential hot breakfast scenario as something that would then be a joint responsibility between islands onto the other e.u. member states so the new division there but also new word coming from him that he

would make absolutely sure that there is no sign of a real hot breakfast in the end because he says the boy is simply still so much with london and the german town of course peking to those who were affected both north and south of the border then came out afterwards and gave that press they've been saying that they really felt that this demonstrates that to have some we understood the personal circumstances but to put a pretty. big killer do you think the fact that the german chancellor is in ireland now with bracks it looming just proves the suspicion that the european union is now worried that the irish border will be its problem after bragg's it and do you think that the irish were pleased with what miracle had to say today. i think i was pleased to get that kind of backing uncle america has been very restrained in making any kind of public comments but then she did yesterday say that this was

a matter of peace essentially war and peace in northern ireland very very strong wording from her basically calling everybody to pick up their piece of the puzzle and actually share responsibility and actually got the chance in that press conference author specifically for that she felt that all parties involved in this had understood that this effectively was a question of war and peace and specifically looking towards london towards britain and then she mentioned everybody on and on the other e.u. member states except britain so i think that also quite a lot about her kind of quiet criticism but no doubt she has a lot more patience than certainly the irish prime minister and particularly the french cousin in monaco who has come out a couple of times already now against an extension of that practice deadline without a real grasp of will pass the head of the german chancellor and the french president

definitely not on the same page when it comes to the next step which brought such a killer to us and reporting from dublin tonight mckellar thank you. or no to london and those bricks it talks across the political divide they continue the u.k. government has been meeting with labor the main opposition party for a second day as it tries to find a way out of the brics a deadlock now the meeting which lasted about four to half hours was described as productive labor confirming it will have further discussions with the government but the talks have a good hard wind but since years into reserve base conservative party they fear any new plan that she presents will include much closer economic ties with the european union after brics it's something they do not want. or don't you know is our very own gelato pod she's on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you. how is the first of all how is the miracle visit to ireland how is that being received

there in london. well it wasn't perceived at all really i think everybody is busy here with their own political infighting and finding a compromise between jeremy colvin and theresa may at the moment but of course it's priority for the u.k. to avoid hot blood between northern ireland and the republic of ireland at all costs and this visit from merkel to dublin was also about symbolism the symbolism that the european leaders standing together while may has to fine fight her own battles here at home alone and what about these cross party talks. any tangible progress there and what about this piece of legislation trying to force the prime minister to get an extension it's hasn't gone all the way through parliament right . yeah that's right so first of all in the talks between jeremy colvin into recent may no great breakthrough that today the talks will continue they were

detailed and technical and i think technical we should look there is actually some common ground between the two leaders both want to stop the free movement of people and they technically want that the u.k. leaves the european union with the deal at some point but they are on polar opposites of the political spectrum and in both parties that we have seen the base and some m.p.'s really rebelling against these new alliance between two recent may and jeremy corbyn so in london there is little hope for compromise on this so and then paul amend also pos this piece of legend legislation where basically may has to ask the e.u. for a longer or for an extension and it's up to her the length but may has to go to brussels now as a messenger of column and not as the negotiator anymore so we will see what comes out of that next week we'll see if she has anything to bring. in brussels next week

on the story for us tonight in london thank you. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a preliminary report into last month's ethiopian airlines crash as found that the crew performed all required steps but were not able to control the aircraft ethiopia's transport minister presented the findings two days she said authorities should ensure the problems with the boeing seven thirty seven max control system are fixed before ending the world wide grounding of the planes. the u.s. and several of its european allies have called for an immediate deescalation of tensions in libya well that's after the head of the libyan national army khalifa tarr ordered forces to advance on tripoli dozens of militias have fought for control of the oil rich country since the overthrow of moammar qaddafi back in twenty eleven clashes have broken out between migrants and police outside

a camp in northern greece hundreds of migrants had gathered in the hope of crossing the border of north macedonia and travelling further into europe some threw stones at the police who responded with tear gas and stun grenades it's. thousands of teachers across france have taken part in strike action to protest against the government's planned education reforms president says he wants to reduce inequality and ensure that students are better prepared for the job market but teachers say under this new system they would have to work harder and do that with fewer resources. as nato marks its seventieth anniversary this week the alliance remains focused on the threat from russia today nato said yes to measures countering russia in the black sea region including increased naval cooperation with georgia and ukraine but the appearance of unity masks disagreement on other

issues within nato case in point germany. family reunions can be fraught and his seventieth anniversary meeting was no exception in washington with ministers from member states gathered round germany played the reticent relative foreign minister her mass was in the hot seat as the us press germany to spend more on defense is not the time to repeat tired excuses that our citizens don't support increased defense spending or security spending each nation has a duty to make the case to our people we as leaders have a duty to make the case to our citizens germany is far from meeting the alliance has stated goal of spending two percentage e.d.p. on defense the country now aims for military spending of one point five percent of g.d.p. in twenty twenty four disputes your money is always the focus here because the biggest sums are in play there just so it's understandable but this is not an

impossible question to result of hours before president bush referred to the. nato secretary general ian stoltenberg trying to calm tensions by praising specific german contributions germany is the lead nation up almost all has been there for many years germany it leads all the robot groups in the start got it on tonight in italy trail but that's unlikely to settle the money question which has a way of making family squabbles drag on and on. you're watching u.w. news coming up. rockers young and old should head to the metropolitan museum in new york to see the instruments that their music heroes played to create those eternal hits we'll have a preview of the exhibition. australia has passed away and mark legislation that could punish social media

companies and their bosses for hosting videos of real extreme violence on their platforms not the wall comes in response to last month's mass shootings at two mosques in christ church new zealand the gunman wife streamed the attacks on facebook the footage was widely shared before it could be removed and australian white supremacist is due to face fifteen murder charges for the crime. australia's attorney general described the new law as a world first in terms of legislating the conduct of social media and online platforms the internet it's not an ungoverned space and to get that one mr x. to ensure that pippa tribes and their accomplices cannot live rich online platforms for the purposes of spreading they volunteer and exclaim fanatical propaganda based platforms should not be weaponized for evil purposes. all right for more on this now i'm joined by our reporter on tell us more about this new i mean they're saying

it's landmark legislation so it's targeting of course the big social media companies like you tube or facebook but it could also affect smaller companies you know your news websites or job science or even dating science basically anywhere where it uses can upload or stream their content now if you look at some of the details of the bill it makes it a crime for a content hosting service not to remove abhorrent violence material expeditiously and would in a second they define abhorrent material as acts of terrorism murder attempted murder torture rape and kidnapping the material can be audiovisual or both must be recorded by the perpetrator or an accomplice and finally individuals who fail to remove the material can be imprisoned for three years the company can be fined over ten million dollars australian or ten percent of their turnover ok i mean looking

at it like you said the word expeditiously removing material expeditiously well that's open the interpretation right there a lot of open questions here yeah of course i mean expeditiously with speed and efficiency but how fast is fast enough exactly you're talking about removing this content and the australian attorney general who we just heard from before he says he doesn't have the answer to that question he says it will be a case to case basis decided by a jury he says but he says in the case of christchurch that video was on facebook for an hour they thought of a more than an hour on the before facebook took it down that he says it's too long now just to note the algorithms that facebook use to find this violent material basically they're not smart enough to do it on the runs the die. a the company relies on human uses to flying any inappropriate material you know.

the other question that the bill doesn't really. is who are we supposed to punish which will come up a thing mark zuckerberg in in prison for all i was talking about someone from middle management in the cons and moderating departments who act they didn't react fast enough so that also remains unclear and so there's you know a lot of uncertainty here about this legislation and yet the war was passed very quickly yeah it went from from conception to lowell and just five days amazing the labor the opposition labor policy they are behind the bill. they have called it rushed and floored and so this is interesting they say if they win the federal election which is coming up most likely in may in next month they will review it so there is a whole political aspect to this case as well and then we have tech companies

they're upset that they were brought in for four consulting. we have to see. the tech giant at last and for example we have a tweet from him he says let me be clear no one wants this material on the internet it's not the legislation is flawed and will unnecessarily cost jobs and damage tech industry i mean it sounds like the old three an attorney general is counting on people to sue in the courts to decide what the legislation doesn't do interesting well as always thank you. for decades cuban baseball players who dreamed to play in the american major leagues had only one path defecting and leaving cuba behind forever but the days of it risking everything to play ball in the u.s. well they're now over the cuban baseball federation has announced its first list of players authorized to sign contracts with major league baseball. it's

a historic agreement that's a homerun for both sides the cuban baseball league has struggled to turn a profit and only pays players a basic wage of fifty u.s. dollars a month players like yasiel puig defective and subsequently signed a contract worth millions with major league baseball in the u.s. now teams in the states will pay their cuban counterparts a release fee for each player to be signed providing a huge windfall for cuban baseball cuba's top tier tallit has now been shortlisted for teams in the u.s. . if that were world will see that this agreement is a reality in this case there are thirty four play as i think cuber is a baseball quarry those who don't see themselves on this list do not despair will have mullis in the future this is an agreement that should last forever the locals in havana seem pleased about the venture and are looking forward to seeing more of their heroes on the biggest stage. possible is a great step there's

a ton of talented and we can do well and do things for this country there's no longer any need to go via regular routes it's great for cuban baseball to rise again as it deserves to with the best in the world there are strings attached to being on the coveted list however both baseball federations are working together to showcase cuban talent in the u.s. potentially strengthening relations between the two countries in the process. all right from american baseball to german soccer the bundesliga fans all over the world will be looking forward to the biggest match of the season this saturday second place byron munich host first place dortmund in what the germans called their classic the classic. all eyes will be on as they chuckle here in the studio all eyes will be on byard star striker robert levin he has played for both clubs g.w. spoke with the poland international in a one on one interview looking ahead to what could be

a huge title the side. he moves with the control and precision of a needle that doesn't just. love it live and ascii really misses and that's why he's known as the gold machine no non german player has scored more goals in the history of the bonus we got than the polish international they have and sat down with died to tell us that his magic touch in front of net it's partly down to genetics. you need to this feeling. of course you have to work on. not only on the one thing so you have now in the modern football if you see for the striker it's not strong strikers not only for. technique you need to think because you have to know how to play behind. your teammates or the front of your teammates you need the left foot right

through the head everything. he's not shy when it comes to using his right one left foot against his former club he scored fourteen goals against. in an unforgettable hat trick in the last season's the classic out by a not just two points behind dortmund in the table at the moment so you'd think remember wins on saturday would be confident about have been to see a title not if you leave and off steve. they were. the first that the big step. but ones that will be not enough because we have a lot of games until until the end this is an. uncertainty in the title race but at least is a level of certainty when it comes to live and offs here he just can't help himself it's in his d.n.a. to school i'm told it's. in his d.n.a.

all right to english football where manchester city player sterling has bought five hundred fifty tickets for children from his former school so that they can watch his side's f.a. cup semifinal this week that's a nice guy sterling went to school near london's wembley stadium where saturday's match with brighton takes place sterling's gesture comes as manchester city bid for an unprecedented quadruple of truth this season was. well diehard music fans will tell you they are as fascinated by the music instruments played as the hits that they love to hear at the metropolitan museum in new york at exhibit featuring some of the iconic tools of rock n roll is set to open from the telecaster strong by blues legend muddy waters to john lennon's twelve string rickenbacker the display is an absolute treasure trove for music lovers take a listen i it was the start of

a revolution i. i . i i and now the out spaces of the met museum in new york being filled by the icons of rock n roll. using a cornucopia of instruments play it loud is taking on the history of the genre that changed music forever it's a great time because this is one of the most important artistic movements of our lifetimes i'm generations now rock and roll is seventy years seventy plus years old and there are still a lot of living legends who could participate who could lend their objects and lend their expertise to the show and that they did the collection boasts more than one hundred thirty pieces on loan from some of rock n roll's biggest names. the beatles

ring go stock eddie van halen band keith richards of rolling stones fame to name just a few the exhibition is organized the magically and looks at how musicians embrace diminishing technologies play loud can be heard as well as seen taking part as a source of pride for eagles legend dumbs feld. paying a wall here at the metropolitan museum of art is probably the highest accolade the highest honor i could get the first and third biggest selling history of recorded take those are all really wonderful things to see if the vet because of the steps of the book that say it is so but it's. not a rock n roll stock can be a rough one and many of the instruments and not in the best meet. inside made the

destruction of the instruments themselves upon the film and my response from the night can't cope. all right here's a reminder the top story that we are following for you germany's chancellor angela merkel has met with the irish prime minister leo varadkar amid fears of a chaotic break if britain crashes out of the european union border checks at the irish border could become a reality again miracles says that she will fight until the last hour to prevent theft. after a short break we'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that.

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