this is d w news live from the e.u. in person floats their ideas for rival threats that extensions be used donald tusk is said to be proposing a flexible twelve month delay for the u.k. to leave the clock series a may want to june thirtieth deadline will be weighing up the possibilities without london and brussels correspondent also coming up fears of qana just military troops reach the outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli a regional war hold is preparing to drive out the internationally backed government

. and with israel headed for a crucial election we find out why many arabs in the country say they won't both go to. my manuscripts mackinnon thanks so much for joining us british prime minister to reason may has also the e.u. for yet another extension to bret's it saying the u.k. needs more time to avoid leaving the block without a deal and a letter sent to european council president donald tusk may all stay for the press deadline to be delayed until up to june first yes she said she hoped to get britain out of the e.u. before european elections in may but said that london would make preparations to hold elections if that's not possible britain's parliament remains deadlocked over the withdrawal agreement theories i'm a secured with the e.u. . for more on this we're joined from london by w.'s budget mosse and from brussels

by news first to you in london bagot can you give us some details on what exactly true reason may is asking for this time. well the reasoning really heinrich to reason may's request is that she wants more time to sort out wrecks it basically because here in parliament she has faced a deadlock she has to try time and again to get the deal that she has negotiated with brussels to get it three but she has failed so now she has a plan b. she's holding talks with the opposition with the labor party but she knows that this will take time so if they come to an agreement it would take more than just a couple of weeks but she's asking for this time to be given until the end of june and the reasoning behind the end of june is that than the european parliament would sit so britain would make provisions for the e.u. parliament elections but the m.e. piece wouldn't actually start sitting on till july so she really wants to preserve

prevent that but she knows she needs more time here in london i guarantee you now in brussels there are conflicting comments coming from brussels in paris today on a second extension is their agreement with the e.u. on this. they are indeed what we've heard from paris so far is that it's a bit premature to talk about this kind of an extension and it's not surprising really because theresa may has asked for that deadline already once the one chief for the first on asked for an extension to the may rather to the march deadline and back then at the e.u. summit there was quite a row over whether the u.k. should be given that extension the decision then was a two stage extension which are the u.k. is currently facing in april and in may and so i'm not sure if you leaders will give him to teresa mayes wishes in fact the head of the european council has

made a suggestion for a much longer extension a year's extension that includes some flexibility so if a deal would pass the house of parliament then the u.k. could leave the attractive. part of that solution would be that the e.u. avoids the u.k. coming every other week asking for short extensions ok and get back to you how is treason maze decision to seek this extension and hold e.u. elections how's that likely to go down on both sides of the political aisle in london. i think overall it's really not a very good look if you speak to people on the streets most of them can't really understand what's going on why is it taking them so long why it called we just leave especially those who wanted gregg's it here in parliament those who are advocating a softer bricks and maybe staying in the customs union some sort of a law in meant to the single market which would be more the labor position for them this is good news because they would have time to influence the brics that process

and getting their views had in the government and their deal different deal they go shoot it here in london so for those who advocated for breaks it who really were driving this process for them it's something of a taboo they really don't want the european elections most of them at least are very clear that they don't want it. so you it really depends which sure which side of the you're looking on but overall for the people i think most of them don't want to have more on saturday they just want to know when is this over ok and gayle briefly if you could what happens next in brussels there's a key e.u. summit set for next week what's going to happen now. what you do leaders will have to decide on that's almost whether they will give to resign made that extension or with whether they will make an alternative offer of potentially even the longer

extension the flex tension will including flexibility to leave whenever a deal has been reached that all will be discussed next week at the summit at the end of the day for the e.u. it's absolutely crucial that a disorderly breaks it can be avoided right scale matters in brussels and broken off in london thank you so much. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world former u.s. president barack obama is set to visit german chancellor angela merkel in berlin later today that talks are expected to focus on relations between the two countries obama is on a three day trip to germany on thursday he spoke to an audience of fourteen thousands in cologne. wiki leaks says its founder julian assange could soon be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy in london the anti secrecy group said ecuador has an agreement with the u.k. for a songes arrest a senior senior ecuadorian official denies the claim songe sought refuge in the

embassy in twenty twelve to avoid extradition to sweden on sexual assault allegations which have since been dropped. and u.s. aviation giant boeing has revealed the company is grounded seven thirty seven max and minus a suffering from an additional software problem regulators say it must be fixed before the aircraft can be cleared to fly again it's thought the problem relates to software affecting the flaps and of the flight control hardware. officials are recounting the votes in turkey's largest city istanbul after president typepad ones aka party demanded results be checked the main opposition narraway won the city and municipal elections held last weekend but the a.k.p. is protesting istanbul holds special significance for the turkish president it's where his rise to power began he reports.

the bags in this gym contain thousands of ballots cast in sunday's local elections in istanbul. a politician with the opposition c.h.p. has spent days here to keep a watchful eye on that. argument why do we keep watch order to prevent the ones party from replacing the voting bugs because it's done before we have a lengthy record of this we have a sole purpose for securing people's rights and making sure no one is cheated he will not or anyone to do this. for president of egypt talking about one last weekend's election was one of his heaviest setbacks in his islamic group. take a county want to majority of votes nationwide but according to initial results the opposition has one 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 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 as about twenty five thousand votes. 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 or blame 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 and let's not forget that this election was our local

elections interpreting this result as a general election almost like a referendum on president would be wrong but even if you do that the. party has got fifty three percent of the popular vote in this country but so we have lost some pretty. anything but maybe more so 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 out of a kid. this gives me hope it shows people finally woke up and took a stand still in part on their videos. didn't lose that much the politicians understood they made some mistakes i know they're speaking in

a different tone and showing more respectable among. other outlets. the opposition hopes its election victory will soon be officially concerned its candidate actually mammal 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. german car makers b.m.w. dima and folks have been charged with looting to prevent competition on emissions cleaning technology european regulators are accusing the comic has of working together to limit the development and introduction of technology that would clean up the missions from diesel and petrol cars sold in the european economic area yeah legations cover the period between two thousand and six and two thousand and

fourteen it means the auto giants could face penalties of up to ten percent of their annual turnover. for more on this let's cross to de w.'s financial correspondent in frankfurt ginnell it chanel thanks for joining us give us more details about what the car maker is a supposed to have done. well this appears to be the conclusion to a years long investigation by the european commission now one part of the investigation is to see whether these carmakers colluded to reduce the size of their diesel cars being the solution that helps regulate harmful nitrogen oxide emissions and the other part was to see whether they delayed the introduction of a certain kind of particle filter in their petrol cars now in doing so they collectively made their cars less clean thus denying the consumer the ability to choose a cleaner car although that technology that exists now remember that the point of

competition of course is to force companies to come up with better products and in this case the reduced quality of the cars isn't just a byproduct of the collusion but it's very objective and that's one of the main points that the european commission made in its statement today. became one of the initial reactions been to these allegations. well fought sagal has only said that it will review the allegations and come back when it's completed its evaluation dial are for. its part has said that it is not it is not expecting any fines one has to remember that dialer had applied for a leniency application very early on meaning that they could avoid fines and any other kind of punitive measures in exchange for giving helpful information to the investigation they're also thought to be the ones that had tipped off authorities in the first place. and also applied for a similar application but being the second one to do so it can only count on

reduced fines rather than rather than being fully let off at the time the m.-w. was only one who was the holdout and it's also from them that we haven't heard from today all right gentle do not loan then frank thanks so much. in libya 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 that's been raging 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. oh 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 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 view. and the view for. any movements. there is no military solution for any problem in the world and there is love military solution for the problems in. the streets in tripoli are still calm but that could change if huffed arce forces push into the city.

germany has repatriated several children of jihad as militants held in iraq he jails germany's foreign office has confirmed that up to nine miners have been brought back to live here with relatives also a mother and her three children were returned from syria earlier today. i'm joined now by correspondent has fun hine and bone has been following this story for us what can you tell us about how this woman in particular and her children were brought back to germany. well i had a chance this morning to talk briefly to a lawyer and he told me that this woman and her children were originally detained why p.g. run camp that is the kodesh military forces in northern syria. yesterday morning she was brought together with her children right up to the turkish border

and that she was taken into custody by turkish officials who then took her to a nearby city from where she was flown out early this morning back to germany and all this and that's the interesting part all this was only possible after lengthy negotiations between the german foreign ministry and could tease a northern syria and took a shot or she's something that the german authorities that the german foreign ministry has said all along was not possible well that's right germany has been very reluctant to take back citizens who join the so-called islamic state so far so is this a change of policy that we're seeing in. well it's a bit early to say that but i think it's a kind of it's a proof of concept it proves that if german authorities are willing there is a way to take these people back and up to now the german authorities have always hidden behind prosecutorial questions basically the argument was we don't have an

embassy in damascus anymore known. no diplomatic channel to syria we don't recognize a sorties so sorry there's no way we can deal with these people holed up in. iran camps in northern syria but this proves if the will is there then it can be done and i think. with this point now the pressure will rise to take home more of those jihadi. what's likely to happen to any form i asked members and their relatives who are being brought back here to germany what is their immediate future look like well the immediate flu future of the ladies that just came back was that handcuffs were. taken the guard around to risk she was taken right into custody and brought to german prison german authorities struggle to. gather evidence

there's a special group of investigators under the federal prosecutor trying to gain evidence and to prepare court cases from the information we've got at least twenty one cases ready arrest warrants ready so that those fighters and their families if they are involved in any crimes can be taken into custody and then be prosecuted according to law. hein thanks so much for your important. with just days to go until israelis vote in national elections final polls show right wing prime minister binyamin netanyahu is likely headed for a fifth term in office his centrist challenger ex general benny gantz is right behind him but during the campaign a large part of the population has not been addressed around twenty percent of israeli citizens identify as an arab their voice and israelis parliament in

israel's parliament the knesset has been weakened after a coalition of arab representing policies broke apart some arabs are now expected to boycott the vote altogether. the port city of haifa in northern israel where arabs and jews live alongside each other they work eat and drink in the same places these days politics dominates daily life right wing parties advertise using patriotic is where these slogans and promote national pride many native arabs here feel left out. on a curry is a student working in a cafe in the mixed neighborhood of haidar like many from his generation he sees himself as a palestinian with israeli citizenship the trouble seems that some israeli political parties portray arabs as the enemy. since the beginning of the election campaign the right wing parties are challenging each other to incite more and be

more racist only to win votes i showed you. some arab voters feel disappointed by all sides of politics a coalition of our representing parties called the joint list was the third strongest group in the knesset after the last election but the alliance recently split apart. just father is the director of the center which advocates for equality between all citizens he explains what many arabs in israel are hoping for. order to be able to recognize each other's human and national rights we need to respect our basic rights and live with dignity. we can not recognize the other if they discriminate against us and use our resources such as our homes land and manpower. a lot of it fifty percent of arab voters in israel are expected not to vote in the upcoming elections mohammed he is an activist in the boycott election movement and

i want to say that honestly are struggling for our existence and our fight now is for more awareness and this is nothing we can achieve in the knesset. or understands this viewpoint but he still believes that voting is essential. because . the boycott movement claims that they are the voice of the streets i say we can raise our voice both in the streets and in the knesset we don't need to choose either one we can do both. in the cafes of haifa it's rare to find a table of mixed cultures despite living in parallel societies here at least most people can find their peace. a new zealand court has ordered the suspect in the christ church mosque shootings in which fifty people were killed to undergo a psychiatric evaluation the assessment will determine whether he is fit to face trial. around twenty five relatives of victims

and some survivors of the massacre travelled 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 alright he doesn't he doesn't want anything he looks very fit. and eventually i don't care about rules for evolution loss. my mum the family the barely hear that i want to go through that and i. can but i want to be 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 nader is concerned was saying nothing like this in

the context. i think they just the system and of course are well able to conduct this and the prices from here on and at the end of the twenty minute hearing tyrant was remanded in custody and till mid june. it seems many music fans are as fascinated by their idols musical instruments as they are with the hits that they love to listen to at the metropolitan museum in new york an exhibition is set to open featuring some of rock n roll's most prominent hardware from the telly coughed up played by blues legend muddy waters to john lennon's twelve string reckon back at the display is a treasure trove of music lovers. it was the start of a revolution. and

now the art spaces of the met museum in new york are 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 and generations in iraq and was seventy years seventy plus years old and there are still a lot of living legends who could participate who created the lens of 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 ringrose star 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 in braced emerging technologies play loud can be heard as well as seen taking part as

a source of pride for eagles legend don felt. a hanging on the wall here at the metropolitan. hard cover for the highest accolade the highest honor i could get the first and third biggest selling album history of recorded music those are all really wonderful say he is the bad guy because of the steps above that truth and so much. thought the rock n roll stock can be a rough one and many of the instruments enough in the bass make can hold a sodomite the destruction of the instruments the sounds of project the performance my response from the night. thank you. all right a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you british prime

minister treason may is asking the european union to delay her country's bret's a deadline until june thirtieth officials say the e.u. is offering britain what it calls a flexible bret's extension of up to twelve months. you're watching news from berlin coming up the break cleaning up cosmic let enough science show you tomorrow today thanks so much for watching.

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