it's time for. indeed obvious coming up ahead. minds. this is deja vu news live from berlin and the e.u. and britain float their ideas for rival breck's at extensions they use donald. is said to be proposing a flexible twelve month delay for britain to leave the bloc theresa may the british prime minister wants a june thirtieth deadline will be weighing the possibilities live with our longdon and brussels correspondents also coming up. fears of carnage as militia troops

reach the outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli a regional warlords preparing to drive out the international in fact government there. and a rebuke for president aired a warning turkey's local elections we report from istanbul where a recount is underway to decide whether error once party has lost its twenty five year grip on power. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show the british prime minister theresa may has asked the e.u. for another extension to bracks and saying britain needs more time to avoid leaving the block without a deal and a letter sent to european council president don't alter may ask for the deadline to be delayed until up to june thirtieth she says she hopes to get. out of the e.u.

before european elections are scheduled for next month in may but that london would be making preparations to hold the elections if that is not possible britain's parliament remains deadlocked on may's withdrawal agreement secured with the. from london we're joined now by diffused bagot mohsen from brussels by do you have use your mouth as a day to both of you first to london bear give can you fill us in on some of the details on exactly what theresa may is asking for well their reasoning behind what reason is asking for is that she acknowledges that she needs more time had deal that she has negotiated with process did not go through here in parliament in london so she now is holding talks with the opposition with the labor opposition and she's trying to find an agreement with them acknowledging that that might take some time and thus pushing the deadline a further into the summer she doesn't want any peace to actually go to brussels and

sit there and this is why she's asking for the thirtieth of june but she knows that she does need some time to get some form agreement here in london a guarantee you know in brussels there's a conflicting comments today from brussels and from paris on a possible second extension is there agreement right now in the e.u. on this. brian june thirtieth in fact is not a new date that is the date that's a reason may initially asked for at the last breaks its deadline at the last you summit and there was quite a bit of a debate about that and the result was a compromise the two stage that line that the u.k. is currently facing. so it's it's in the libby interesting to see what happens obviously we've heard from from from paris again that there were not thrilled and back at the summit it was the french president who was was not very

keen to give the u.k. a long extension whereas the european institutions and particularly donald tusk the head of the european council has today made commons where he has said look even a one year extension of flexible even one year extension could potentially be on the table a bigot how is a treason maze decision to seek the second extension and especially to hold e.u. elections likely to go down on both sides of the aisle in parliament. well it really is really interesting to reflect on what their message is and many people even spoken speaking to people on the street they just call understand why is this happening why are there not just getting on with it why european parliament election i mean this is ridiculous for a lot of people on the streets however for those here in parliament who are fighting for some softer breaks it for many labor m.p.'s and for some even are

thinking of a second referendum hoping to get a different result next time around this is well come breathing space and they would even prefer to have the longer extension the one that just mentioned a one year extension or would be even better for them to have more opportunity to shape the debate but for those here in parliament and on the streets in the u.k. who wants to leave as soon as possible for them definitely not good news georg how are these new developments going to affect what's happening in brussels what happens next ahead of the key bracks and summit we're expecting next week. well look even summits are always extremely well prepared with the draft conclusions being prepared and so we expect diplomatic delegations immediately now working on the maybe a potentially a compromise seeing which member state could agree because at the end of the day to a new deadline however long the extension will be all member states have to agree

to that so diplomats will now be working on what how what deadline the e.u. could offer where everybody is on the same page is that they want to avoid a disorderly breck's it but clearly they are also those in brussels who hope that if you gift the u.k. a long extension maybe at the end of the day it won't take place so that is something one also has to consider at the end so there are a number of options more time could mean a deal can be found an orderly bret's it or maybe no precedent all both scenarios is something that brussels could live with ok still a lot of work there and on both sides of the channel thanks very much again org madison brussels and bigamous for us in london ok time to check in with some of the other stores today wiki leaks says its founder julian assange is to be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy in london the whistleblower website tweeting that ecuador has an agreement with britain for his arrest a senior official has denied that claim

a song has been holed up in the embassies and two thousand and twelve to avoid extradition to sweden on allegations of rape. u.s. aviation giant boeing has revealed the company's grounded seven thirty seven max airliners are suffering from an additional software problem regulators say it must be fixed before that aircraft can be cleared to fly again salt problem relates to software affecting the flaps and other flight control hardware. amazon founder and owner jeff bases and his wife mackenzie have agreed on the biggest divorce settlement in history will be receiving twenty five percent of the online retailer shares valued at over thirty five billion dollars deal maker the world's third richest woman obeys those will remain the world's richest man credit . it's to libya now where forces loyal to a powerful militia leader have reached the outskirts of tripoli the seat of the

country's un backed government the offensive launched by general khalifa haftar marks an escalation in the power struggle has been raging since the overthrow of moonwalk mark duffy eight years ago. 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. are you are. heroes the time has come it is time to advance as you have always done with a firm step towards tripoli and to answer peacefully. the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists is calling for

a dialogue he is in tripoli trying to mediate between huffed r.s. administration in the east of the country and the un backed government in tripoli i want to make a very strong appeal. and. for all these any movements to stop there is no military solution for any 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 arce forces push into the city. a new zealand court has ordered the suspect in the christchurch mosque shootings to undergo a psychiatric exam incessant will determine whether he's fit to face trial for mass murder. around twenty five relatives of victims and some survivors of the massacre travel to the courtroom in christ church. the accused twenty eight year old australian brenton tyrant appeared by video link he's being

held in new zealand's only high security prison in oakland. he looks all right he doesn't he doesn't want anything he looks very fit. and eventually i don't think he care about real civilization loss. my mum the family the family here that i want to go to and i. can but i want to be the more the alleged shooter is facing fifty charges of murder and another thirty nine of attempted murder experts say the case is unprecedented in the country's history. as far as nature is saying nothing like this in the context . i think just the system and of course how well i. and the prices from here on end at the end of the twenty minute hearing tyrant was remanded in custody until mid june. officials are recounting the votes in

turkey's largest city istanbul after present. a party demanded that those results be checked the main opposition narrowly won the city and you know all actions of last weekend but the k.p. is protesting. holds special significance for the turkish president is where his rise to power began. as more. the bags in this gym contain thousands of ballots cast in sunday's local elections in istanbul. mass moved to town i a politician with the opposition c.h.p. has spent days here to keep a watchful eye on that because europe argument why do we keep watch to prevent the ones party from replacing the voting bugs because it's done that before they 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 the islamic group to take a county one of 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 mayor been only gives room 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 romney mamu a narrow lead with about 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 a key pieces such accusations are exaggerated but he also emphasizes the vote was not a blow for the president to let's not forget that this election is our local elections are breaking his resolve as a general election almost like a referendum on president would be wrong but even if you do the party and our party has got fifty two percent of the popular vote in this country let's say we have lost some plebes. anything but maybe a few cities will be 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. this gives me hope it's yours people finally woke up and took a stand in part on their videos the. k.p. didn't lose that much the politicians understood they made some mistakes now they're speaking in a different tone and showing more respect to. the opposition hopes its election victory will soon be officially concerned its candidate actually mama lou has already changed his title on twitter to may of istanbul. meanwhile his fellow party member mahmoud will keep an eye on the ballots and money told the recount as long as it takes

let's get you a reminder now of our top story this hour prime minister theresa may is asking the european union to delay britain's praxis deadline until june thirtieth visuals say the e.u. is offering a long and what it calls a flexible extension of up to twelve months. this is deja vu news live from berlin i'm brian thomas with the entire team thanks for joining us and have a great week. hear what's coming up on the borders when you have plenty to talk about here you know it's going to take a look at what all that means for the table of course. the bundesliga.