clues of reports from a destroyed city. philippines. starts april eleventh. this is deja vu news live from berlin the german chancellor says she will work to the last minute to prevent a no deal brax a column akhil visiting firelit the e.u. state most vulnerable to possible breast threats of disruption the country's prime minister says we have to be ready for all outcomes also coming out. fears of

carnage as militia troops reach the outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli a regional warlord is preparing to drive out the internationally backed government there. and a rebuke for president kerry won in turkey's local elections we report from istanbul where a recount is underway to decide whether airlines party has lost its twenty five year grip on power. at toxic air cutting lives short in a new study shows that children born in india china and other countries across region are at risk of deadly diseases linked where. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show a flexible twelve months delay to bret's it that's the proposal the european counts . president don't all trust is reportedly ready to offer london that is if it helps

break the deadlock over the terms of britain's departure his plan would allow britain to leave the bloc sooner if its parliament approves the withdrawal deal the british prime minister agreed with the british lawmakers have rejected that agreement three times talks between may's ruling conservatives and the opposition labor party are set to continue in a bid to break the impasse britain is due to leave the block on the twelfth of april. or bracks it's also top of the agenda in ireland where german chancellor on a macro hold talks yesterday there are concerns that a no deal outcome could have dire consequences especially for the delicate peace process in northern ireland merkel drew on her own personal experience with the berlin wall to show solidarity with the people of ireland. a warm welcome at a family house with german chancellor angela merkel dublin says she has been

a strong and unwavering the ally of iran and throughout the brics a person has. 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 home . it was a musical. 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 it's hard 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. the reasons we need to this is

already marked by. 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 e.u. the brics 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 of the u.k. which ended decades of fine and. prime minister varadkar laid out audience priority is. good. and we have to carousels for all that comes. with that in mind we discussed planning at european and domestic level for no deal thank you to how we can work together to meet start to put objectives protecting the good friday agreement on which peace in our lives is based on also protecting the intact. in the european single market in the close and. the common follow

a debate with fifteen people from both sides of the buddha about the impact a new deal scenario would have on their lives he didn't give any indication of what overly microscopic but you're starting to take away the importance of the course in june in a single market across the aisles of our country economies east to west as well as north of. the two leaders will consider further brics it defendants head of a special european council summit next week. to talk more about we're joined now by correspondent arthur sullivan in dublin good morning arthur how did michael's visit go down where you are. overall i would say that from an irish perspective because it went quite well so the i would says small degree of trepidation on the other side before she can that possibly she was calling to give peer instructions as to what i or needed to say regarding the border in the event of a no get gregg's it but according to senior sources the event joined the roundtable

discussions both with the group from the border community and also with the teacher quickly overawed her i'm an american made no direct demands are made no specific requests about the border so that was the main thing she didn't say that it needed to be absolutely secured in the event of a noted regs it didn't say that ireland or the irish government needed to come out and be much clearer about exactly what they were going to do in the event of an order of directors what she did was she came out of the press conference with leo varadkar and she spoke and i would say somewhat restrained terms in terms of the solidarity with art and she was clear that germany was done environment but she wasn't quite as ardent as with say a french president a minute in the chrome was when he met the teacher a few days ago but i think the most interesting thing she said was that when asked how the integrity of the single market will be maintained why this keeping the border opened in the event of a noted practice she didn't give any clear direction she simply said we must find a way i'm not quite sure how we do it but we simply have to find

a solution so from an irish sect of it went quite well because she didn't come out with any specific demands ok a lot of leeway there then for dublin but at the same time arthur dublin has been criticised for fair failing to prepare fully for a worst case scenario how will dublin manage to keep the border with northern ireland open in the event of a no deal bracks. well that is the sixteen billion euro question and it's news that figure because that's roughly speaking the volume of trade that goes between art and the u.k. as a whole but a large section of that go on across the border that is really at this stage a very hard question to answer because those two ideas and those two m's are simply it seems incompatible how can you uphold the integrity of the single market whilst having a completely open border if the u.k. is as they would be in a no direction and a completely different customs and tariffs ranchman a w t o scenario so there's been various solutions have been suggests that one of

them would be that for a period northern ireland remains and that the u.k. would agree in a short term sense for the northern term in a customs union of sorts with the e.u. but that obviously raises the hackles of regs here isn't the unionist community and it's also not quite clear how that function or even if that would be allowed under a w t o rules if the new show would allow that so it's a really difficult question to answer and at the moment no clear solution has been found are solving for us a doubling our thanks very much. ok let's get the german perspective on that visit the used book of correspondent kate brady joins us now in the studio good morning kate as we heard there from mars are giving being given a lot of leeway by by on the macro at the same time there are considerations very very firm ones you're in berlin about what germany what the american wants to see from our lives in the event of a new deal that exactly i mean concerns over the possibility of an exit certainly

have increased in the last few days were a week away yet again from a potential no deal brecht's and germany could in at least a year as well we could certainly see more pressure from the e.u. in the case of a note that we could see the e.u. putting more pressure on islands to implement the to install some physical infrastructure there on the boards of but of course this isn't something that as we heard there from moscow that it's been taken lightly germany as a country of course is all too familiar with the danger of of borgias and at the same time echoed made it care as well during her visit to ireland yesterday that she wants to or she wants to see the e.u. as a whole being able to protect the integrity of the single market while also being able to protect the good friday peace agreements or this is going to be very very difficult but merkel did say yesterday we will simply have to be able to do this now how that would actually be realized is

a very different question and one that will have to be answered should the u.k. exit the e.u. without dale and i feel twelve ok it looks like the e.u. has acknowledged just how difficult this this is we have the donald toast proposing there's reports of this and they look pretty substantial a twelve month flexible extension for braggs that would that have berlin's backing that certainly would help our lending get its act together it certainly would and we had as matt said when she was visiting island yesterday she wants to see something concrete. put on the table by to reason may by the time we have this e.u. council summit on the tenth of april now exactly what she means by concrete that was very vague in a very macro a way that she makes these quite vague comments sometimes and we could see you could see moving the goalposts that because we could still say at this stage to reserve make him back and to the e.u.

to brussels and say in her view look i have something concrete here i'm currently holding cross party talks is that you know to be able to grant the u.k. another extension to the to article fifty we'll have to say ok well what is clear in germany is that the people do not back of burkes that is not popular with the general population in germany that's what the latest polls are confirming something we've known for a while only sixteen percent of germans welcome the idea of roxette and overwhelming seventy four percent of germans surveyed say they regret that britain intends to leave the e.u. . what's driving german sense of the dollar well i think if you look at the cultural understanding of figure opinion as a whole and among in the in german society is very very different to the understanding of the e.u. in the u.k. and the e.u. has been a very intense part of german identity in

a post-war identity and is very much seen as a peacekeeper really. in europe and a lot of germans identify as being european and what they really are geographically as well at the heart of europe and i think it's being very difficult for the german public to understand exactly why the u.k. wants to leave and they see the u.k. as a close partner as well but there are also economic concerns here as well but high on a higher level among politicians but also among society even just this week the german economy minister peter out my has once again been warning these middle sized companies which are such an intense part of the german economy to prepare for this was a case not area which is the u.k. crushing out of the e.u. on april twelfth which of course could have huge repercussions on the german economy so personal and economic reason for for this german perspective kate thanks

very much keep breaking for us now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour wiki leaks says its founder julian assad's is to be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy in london the whistleblower website tweeted that ecuador has an agreement with britain for a song his arrest a senior during official is denying the claim though songs has been holed up in the embassies and twenty twelve to avoid extradition to sweden on allegations of rape. amazon founder jeff bezos and his wife mackenzie have agreed on the biggest divorce settlement any history should be receiving twenty five percent of the online retailers shares out there are about thirty five billion dollars that deal will make her the third richest woman in the world while basis will remain the world's richest man. new zealand court has ordered the suspect in the

christ church mosque shootings to undergo a psychiatric evaluation is testament will determine whether he's fit to face trial for fifty counts of murder and thirty nine counts of attempted murder. at least two people have been killed by a wildfire on south korea's eastern coast the blazes destroyed dozens of homes and gang one province and thousands of people were forced to flee. florida say the fire was probably caused by a transformer spark. it's to libya now where forces loyal to libyan a libyan militia leader have reached the outskirts of tripoli the seat of the country's u.n. backed government offensive launched by general khalifa haftar marks an escalation of the power struggle that's been raging in libya since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven. the libyan national army advancing westwards they say they want to liberate the

country from what they call terrorists and mercenaries they're making rapid progress since launching their offensive on wednesday they've already captured a town close to the capital tripoli now the troops are trying to reach their ultimate goal the capital itself the plan was announced in an audio recording posted on the militias facebook page by their leader. heroes the time has come it is time to advance. with a firm step towards tripoli and to answer peacefully. u.n. secretary general antonio terrace is calling for a dialogue he is in tripoli trying to mediate between huffed hours administration in the east of the country and the un backed government in tripoli i want very strong. and the deal for all these any movements to stop there is no military solution for every problem in the world and there is love

and military solution for the problems in libya the streets in tripoli are still calm but that could change if huffed arse forces push into the city. the turkish president. has often said that whoever wins istanbul wins turkey so last sunday's local election delivered a sobering result for air to one and his party official results released earlier this week show the opposition c.h.p. narrowly won istanbul. already has appealed a recount is now underway you have use your leon as for. the bags in this gym contain thousands of ballots cast in sunday's local elections in istanbul. mahmoud ten the other a politician with the opposition c.h.p. has spent days here to keep a watchful eye on that big. argument why do we keep watch to prevent the ones

party from replacing the voting bugs because it's done that before we have a lengthy record of this we have a sole purpose of securing people's rights and making sure no one is cheated we will not allow anyone to do this. for president reagan tired out one last weekend's election was one of his heaviest setbacks in years islamic group to take a county want to majority of votes nationwide but according to initial results the opposition has won key urban centers including the capital ankara and istanbul a city of more than fifteen million. billboards like this one have gone up in istanbul since election night president add on and his candidate for may have been only given thanking the public for their votes but actually they're facing defeat here and if confirmed this would be a stunning setback for add on himself who gained power after being mayor of istanbul in the one nine hundred ninety s.

. preliminary results in istanbul give the opposition candidate extremely mamu and narrowly difficult twenty five thousand votes the a.k.p. now alleges irregularities and miscounting it has pushed through a recount of the votes in several districts. the pro-government turkish media described the opposition's unexpected success in drastic terms they liken the election to a coup blamed foreign powers for meddling in turkey's internal affairs. of the achy pieces such accusations are exaggerated but he also emphasizes the vote was not a blow for the president until let's not forget that this election is our local elections. is resolved as a general election or almost like a referendum on president would be wrong but even if you do that the party and our party has got fifty two percent of the popular vote in this country let's say we

have lost some cities. anything but maybe a few cities will be a humbling point for us. but voters say the results in the signal to president add one quest to find an answer to turkey's economic crisis. k.p. deserve this result i support the party but it was dishonest with the people feel so this is what they get it. this gives me hope it shows people finally woke up and took a stand still in park. didn't lose that much the politicians understood they made some mistakes i know they're speaking in a different tone and showing more respect. for the other side it's. the opposition hopes it's election victory will soon be officially concerned it's candidate x. ray me mama lou has already changed his title on twitter to mayor of istanbul.

meanwhile his fellow party member mahmoud tonight will keep an eye on the ballots and money toward the recount as long as it takes. now to a problem plaguing more and more urban areas air pollution and its impact on our health some alarming numbers have just been released on average a child born today will have a slide shortened by twenty months that's due to toxic air that's according to the health effects institute in their latest report the state of global air when you break things down region by region you can see how asia stands out in south asia today children will lose an average of thirty months of their lives now in east asia and that figure is twenty three months and that's five times higher than the situation in north america where western europe pollution is now a bigger killer in asia than malaria or road accidents is almost as bad as smoking

here's a closer look. donning a face mask part of the morning routine for many school kids in delhi where toxic smog and the city for much of the year. some days twenty times about the w.h.o. that recommended limit for dangerous fine particles in the air. india is home to fourteen of the world's most polluted cities exposure to air pollution cuts the life expectancy of kids there by two and a half years by increasing their risk of chronic heart and lung disease among other illnesses. delis toxic air hit home for one mother when her young son fell ill i also says that my son was falling sick a lot with the pollution you know he was getting a lot of these allergic coughs and. i said that i might see that we realize that there the problem is really alarming. in china the entire population breathes air

that exceeds the w h o's safety standard. toxic air accounted for one point two million deaths in china in two thousand and seventeen. air pollution has dropped in recent years due to government efforts to curb emissions. but this time lapse in beijing shows the blankets of smog that worry many parents. the doctor says she's sick because of small and she was in the hospital for six days because of this i just picked her up. to the north in mongolia's capital lawn but tar a reliance on coal for heating has turned the air hazardous families are making hard choices. this mother makes a three hour round trip each week to see her daughter who now lives with her grandparents in the countryside under doctor's orders after two bouts of pneumonia i mean as a mune system couldn't cope with the city air. i

think she got sick because of the smoke. we were surrounded by and. now she has some fresh air she hasn't gotten sick. she will get a sniffle here and there but there usually passes easily. there exodus a stark warning for the future of much of asia's urban areas choking on dirty air. ourselves east asia correspondent boston harvey joins us now from bangkok one of those hard hit cities good morning boston why is the air quality so very bad where you are today in the thai capital well it's a at the moment it's especially bad in the north of the country really and the reason for that is that there are forest fires raging in that area and that it's a certain degree that's

a problem that this region faces every year really in the dry season so in the winter months because that's the time when farmers are burning their crops and when they're when they're when they're setting fires in the forest to clear land for agriculture and that comes on top of the other reasons that people especially in urban areas are facing the other reasons for pollution which is of course traffic and creased industry and coal fired power plants and construction sites but at the moment the reason why it's so particularly bad in the north of the country are these forest fires and that's those are fires that are not only burning in thailand but also in the neighboring countries like me and mar and like like like laos and that's what's making that situation so bad there at the moment and also because of the fact that it's been a particularly dry dry season. no matter how bad the air is people have to go about their their everyday lives how's that affecting people in the region.

well the government is telling them to wear masks and to stay inside if they can and to limit their outdoor activities and especially now in the north of thailand for example some universities have canceled classes when the air was really bad here in bangkok at the beginning of the year schools school was canceled for for several days but people are getting more and more upset about this and about the fact that the government doesn't seem to be able to get a grip on this and so you can see out on social media how people are venting their anger at the government really there's calls for right now the provincial governor of a child might which is in the north of the country to step down and people want to elect their own governor because they feel like they've been neglected by the central government in bangkok and because that central government is the one appointing the the provincial governors in thailand so they're saying they want to

elect their own government governor to have more accountability ok so politics or affecting politics is one thing people are doing what what else is being done to scale back the serious threat to public health briefly if you could. well look they've been trying to fight these forest fires but with with limited success really and at the moment that they've been trying is that they've been trying to crack down on crop burning and people who are setting these fires there's other things that they have done like spraying the air with water even trying to seed clouds to make it rain all futile attempts haven't really hasn't really improved the situation much at all so right now i think the only thing that can be done at this moment is to wait for the rains to set in boston harbor exams are very much from bangkok. this is news coming up on our business the economy slowing around the world one person remains very off beat

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