this is d w news live from new and fresh and float their ideas for rival brecht said extensions proposes a flexible twelve month delay for the u.k. to leave the block tourism a once in june thirtieth deadline to weigh up the possibilities with our london and brussels correspondent also coming up. here's a con it is militia troops reach the outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli for the regional warlord preparing to drive out internationally backed government the

u.n. security council meets to discuss the crisis today. and with israel headed for a crucial election we found find out why many arabs in the country say they want the voting. a minute hoops mackinnon thanks so much for joining us british prime minister to reason may has also the e.u. for yet another extension to brics it saying the u.k. needs more time to avoid leaving the block without a deal in a letter sent to european council president donald tusk may offer the brics that deadline to be delayed until june first she said she hopes to get britain out of the e.u. before european elections in may she said that london would make preparations to hold the elections if that is not possible britain's parliament remains deadlocked . over the withdrawal of agreement to reason may be secured with the european union

for more on this we're joined from london by d. moss and from brussels by use his first to you in london get can you give us some details on what exactly true reason may is asking for this time. well the reasoning being heinrich to reason may's request is that she wants more time to sort of wrecks it basically because here in harlem and she has faced 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 then 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 until july so she really wants to present 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 you on this. they are indeed what we've heard from paris so far is that it's a bit premature to talk about this 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 them 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.'s 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 to long why can't 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 line 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 of rexx 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 gail 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. while you leaders will have to decide on midsummer's whether they will defer to reason made that extension or with

whether they will make an alternative offer 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 all right scaled matters in brussels and big mouth in london thank you 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 germany has called an emergency security council meeting for later today to discuss the crisis in 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 khalifa haftar or. are you all of our heroes the time has come it is time to advance as you have always done with a firm step towards tripoli and to peacefully. the u.n. secretary general. is calling for dialogue he's in tripoli trying to mediate between have powers administration in the east of the country and the u.n. backed government in tripoli i want to make a very strong appeal. for. 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. the streets in tripoli are still calm but that could change if forces push into the city. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world ukrainian president petro poroshenko and his main rival the comedian volodymyr zelinsky have both undergone teven televised alcohol and drug tests as the country's presidential election ramps up selenski had called for the test after accepting poroshenko challenge for a live policy debate the runoff vote will take place on april the twenty first. thousands of anti-government demonstrators and marching through algeria's capital algiers for a seventh consecutive friday calling for total regime change the latest rally comes just days after pressure from the army and street protests forced president of the lizzie's beautifully to step down after twenty years in power. for

former u.s. president barack obama is visiting 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 thousand in cologne. and media gathering outside the ecuadorian embassy in london after wiki leaks announced that its founder julian assange will be expelled from the building as being no comment from ecuador asar she sought refuge in refuge in this embassy in twenty twelve to avoid extradition to sweden on sexual assault allegations they have since been dropped. officials are recounting votes in turkey's largest city stumble up the president type at one's a.k. posse demanded results be checked the main opposition narrowly won the city in

municipal elections last weekend but the ruling party is protesting istanbul holds special significance for the turkish president as where his rise to power began. julia on reports. the bags in this gym contain thousands of ballots cast in sunday's local elections in istanbul. mahmoud a politician with the opposition c.h.p. has spent days here to keep a watchful eye on that big group. argument why do we keep watch to prevent everyone's 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 we will not or anyone to do this. for president reagan tired out one last weekend's election was one of his heaviest setbacks in his islamic rooted a k.

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 adlon and his candidate for mayor been only give 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 from the mamu and their own leaders 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 blame for him palace for meddling in turkey's internal affairs. of the a key

pieces such accusations are exaggerated but he also emphasizes the boat was not a blow for the president and let's not forget that this election was our local elections interbreeding does result as a general election almost like a referendum on president would be wrong but even if the. party has got fifty two percent of the popular vote in this country let's say we have lost them to be. anything but maybe lawful fugitives 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. the a.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 shows

people finally woke up and took a stand in part. 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. other that. the opposition hopes its election victory will soon be officially confirmed its candidate extremely 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. now it's just days to go until israelis vote in national elections final polls show right when prime minister binyamin netanyahu is likely to win a fifth term in office his centrist challenger ex general benny gantz isn't far

behind him but during the campaign a significant minority has been largely ignored around twenty percent of israeli citizens identify as arab their voice in israel's parliament the knesset has been weakened after a coalition of arab based policy is right. some arabs and now expected to boycott the boat 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 the 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 it troubles him 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 that onslaught it i showed you with. 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. jafar father is the director of the center which advocates for equality between all citizens he explains what many arabs in israel are hoping for i should 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 call me we cannot recognize the other if they discriminate against us and use our resources such as our homes land and manpower. to all of the fifty percent of arab voters

in israel are expected not to vote in the upcoming elections mohamed he is an activist in the boycott election movement and i want to sit on a summer 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 of 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. 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 he has fun hind end on he's been following this story for us what can you tell us about how this women in particular and the 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 children originally detained why p.g. run camp that is the. military forces in northern syria and. only 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 issue a sort of teaser northern syria and took actual sorties 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 fast there 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 any martin known. no diplomatic channel to syria

we don't recognize a question sorties so sorry there's no way we can deal with these people holed up in. iran camps and also in 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 of i asked members and their relatives who are being brought back here to tell me what is their immediate future look like well the immediate flu future of the ladies that just came back was that handcuffs were. taken a got around to risk she was taken right into custody and brought to a 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 a court cases from the information we've got at least twenty one cases ready arrest warrants ready so that those i s. 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 poor thing. to new zealand now where a court has ordered a suspect in the christ church mosque shootings in which fifty people were killed to undergo a psychiatric evaluation the assessment will determine whether he's fit face trial for mass murder i 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 all right he doesn't he doesn't want anything he looks very fit. and eventually i don't think so he. rules for evolution loss. the family of the family here 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 murder is concerned was saying nothing like this in the context of new zealand criminal justice system but i think the justice system in the courts are well able to be i would have conducted there's the process from here on and at the end of the twenty minute hearing turned was remanded in custody until mid june. and

a follow up now to stories of racial abuse in european football stadiums england star player danny rose has said he can't wait to get out of the game because he's so disgusted by racism and the response of football authorities pros and some of his team mates on the england squad with the focus of targeted abuse in the game and wants need very last month similar treatment of nonwhite players has been evident in england's premier league and elsewhere in europe rose told english media he's had enough but that he does expect to play for several more years before quitting the sport. men and women are competing against each other in a professional golf tournament for the first time of the join jordan mixed open this week husband and wife scott and kyle henry from scotland are among the players in the jordanian red sea resort of the total prize fund for the landmark event is around four hundred thousand dollars. the top women's tennis player in the world

has switched her allegiance japan's naomi osaka has agreed to a deal with sports apparel giant nike she had previously been tied to nike's rival added us asuka's rise to the top of the women's game has made her a strong commodity for the world's top brands she won the last two grand slams becoming the first ever japanese player to win any of the sport's four major tournament. now 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 a summer of rock n roll's most prominent hardware from the telecaster played by blues legend muddy waters to joan lennon's twelve string reckon back the display is a treasure trove for music lovers was the start of a revolution. was

. and now the art spaces of the 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 our generation's now rock and roll is seventy years seventy plus years old and there are still a lot of the. living legends who could participate could lens their objects you can learn their expertise to the show and bet 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 embrace to merging technologies by loud can be good as well as seen taking part as a source of pride for eagles legend don't sell jack. thanks hang on the wall here at the metropolitan museum of art is probably the highest accolade the highest honor i could get got first and third biggest selling album history of recorded music those are all really wonderful things feel the best i think this is the steps of that truth and so much. like a rock n roll stock can be a rough one and many of the instruments are not in the best make proximal also made the destruction of the instruments themselves a part of the performance like this one from the late pope have i you're

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