an exclusive report from a destroyed city. in the science of art this starts april eleventh on g.w. . this is you know when he was lying from berlin looking for a lifeline britain's theresa may makes a deadline damage to avoid of regs that crash out or just three days away from the were drawn dates mean the chancellor angela merkel to plead for another extension next stop paris to make the same plea to president recalled also coming up libya's escalating crisis tripoli's only functioning airport closes as the country's

warring militias face mounting international pressure to stop the fighting meanwhile the military strongman challenging the government already controlling large parts of the country and israelis vote in a closely contested election political newcomer and many dot's say centrist a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to for a time prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing likud party are interested. only a hard thank you so much for your company everyone well it is crunch time for british prime minister teresa mayes she is on a world wind european tour ahead of a crucial if you summit tomorrow and just days before the u.k. scheduled departure from the bloc she's due to. meet french presence in many around

my car any time now earlier she was here in berlin meeting the german chancellor angela merkel on may once an extension to the leaving dates it's thought that berlin favors a long extension while paris favors a short while all the prime minister's office simply said she and merkel had agreed that britain should not leave the e.u. without a deal. as with other aspects of brakes it maes arrival at the chancellery didn't go to plan the british prime minister was obviously a little too early and medical bills in there to welcome her it was only after theresa may went inside that both leaders came back out to do the compulsory home takes but the smiles can type the fact that the german chancellor and other european leaders are running out of patience with the british and the failure to deliver this became clear this morning at the meeting of the e.u. foreign ministers. and we are waiting finally for substantive steps in the right

direction up to now is nothing at all has changed and we are of course thinking about an appropriate extension of the deadline and also about a longer extension they must however come with very strict conditionals on guns. there is much speculation over what exactly theresa may could offer the e.u. to get an extension until june thirtieth but what the u.s. prepared to give rumors in london that marco could be willing to put a five year limit on the backstop have been denied by the german government and in luxembourg the treif brics that negotiator for the e.u. make clear that there won't be any new offers to open the brics a deal especially not on the backstop. of the extension depends on the purpose units for and that depends on when this is may will say to european leaders tomorrow. would usually be. off to visit to berlin to recently left for paris before she even the arrived in france french president called sent but he

doesn't want to see an extension beyond two thousand and nineteen. and let's get you analysis now from berlin and paris where me is due to arrive any moment now to be a political correspondent max kosik is in berlin for you and correspond lisa louise is in the french capital of paris when i give you the first word max there was no press conference following amaze and miracles a meeting so we're kind of groping in the dark here but what are you hearing is berlin prepared to offer the british prime minister an extension well i've heard it again and again of the germans government's highest priority is an orderly brax it and the german chancellor angela merkel has said that she's very committed to make that happen after the meeting with a reason may as we've just seen there has been no press conference but we have heard we haven't confirmed that both have a great at least to stay committed to that idea of an orderly breck's it's what is

happening now is that the reason may is the one who needs to be delivering and the german chancellor has said previous to the meeting that she will stand together with the twenty seven members of the european union and will only decide that they will work together i quote off to the last hour to find solutions for an orderly breck's it but it's in the end to reason may's. three says may's work to deliver an option for the you to work with all right so still a very measured and very merit type of approach there max how worried is berlin that the u.k. may actually crash out of the e.u. with no deal by friday. well there very much worried because again all they want is an orderly regulation of how britain is going to leave the european union and they will probably tomorrow in the next meeting in brussels again discuss hard how they can help the u. king and to work on such a solution but in the end it is we've seen in the last couple weeks the disorder in

the british palm and the like the lack of finding a solution that doesn't help germany and the other member states to help britain to find a solution let's go to you now lisa in paris because we expect to theresa may to arrive there in a short while now and i'm a call has taken a particularly hard line against giving british the british another delay to bragg's it why is that. while in monaco once to be the lead in the european you know at least one of them and he has great plans to reform the e.u. and he says you know we can't have the united kingdom block us for years on end he wants this to get over with and on the other hand it seems to beat to be somehow part of the job description of a friend to be tough on the brits if you look back to the sixty's the very famous general challis goal when he was president he knocked he vetoed britain's bid to

join the u.k. twice so as some people here are speculating that this might be him and mark holes to go movement and he might just say no to an extension right well that begs the question is he like general to go how determined as my concert is for down and carry through on his stated position to not give britain another extension. well apart from all the decor grandstanding he is also a realist as we know he met the irish leader a few days ago and we know that for the irish is very important to solve the irish border issue and i'm a convert said at the time you know we will never let our land down no matter what so that indicates that the east some kind of opening there and people here are saying that at least two weeks could be possible for technical reasons but if it treason may want a long extension she would really need to have to put something on the table the

worst case would be that she just shows up empty handed and this would go on forever so mccall is really looking for for example a backing by the u.k. parliament for a deal to give her an extension for a few months and they said that now leads to very neatly to my next question to you if paris in the end does agree to another extension what are they going to want in return from london what's the price tag. well that would be one option you know of backing back holliman from may's deal another option would be a pledge to hold another another referendum but paris will also want the u.k. to say we were not if we get along extension is especially. longer extension then the e.u. elections in may then we going to promise you that we will not block the e.u.'s business you know because in the u.k. of these some politicians have been saying if we stay on for longer we're going to

create havoc and surprise surprise people here in mainland europe can reach and they can also read u.k. newspapers so they're now saying if you really want to stay on if you want really want to have a long extension we will need you promise to promise that that will not happen and also they don't want the deal to be unmade they say we can negotiate cheap negotiation but also only on the future role of future relationship really now right the moment of truth it will be very soon we'll know how this is all going to play out in paris the salaries and here in berlin maxima corsica thank you ladies both for your reporting we're going to shift our attention now to north africa and that escalating crisis in libya where pressure now is mounting a libyan military strongman khalifa haftar to halt his advance on the capital tour of tripoli of forces loyal to have to are carried out an air strike on tripoli's only functioning airport on monday a security source said the strike hit

a runaway without causing casualties after meanwhile is trying to seize tripoli from the un backed government there and thousands have fled the fighting was so who is general khalifa haftar and why has he started this offensive we have this report . the overthrow of colonel gadhafi and twenty eleven plunged libya into chaos for four decades he had ruled the country with an iron hand holding together libya's disparate groups including some one hundred forty tribes and clans his death left a power vacuum the government in the capital has limited power even though it's recognized by much of the international community is rivalled by a parallel government in the eastern city of tobruk both of ministrations have parliaments and armed forces adding to the chaos various militias are also fighting for their own regional interests military commander fairly for hafter who's leading

the current attack on tripoli is loyal to the administration in tobruk he took part in the twenty eleven uprising against gadhafi and then initially disappeared from the scene but in twenty fourteen he returned taking fighters to the city of benghazi. a defeated al qaeda linked militants who were effectively controlling the city and much of the region the operation took nearly two years one have to widespread credit eastern libya and some recognition abroad too. but he didn't stop there after consolidating his hold on the east he swept through the oil rich south of the country earlier this year and now he's turned his focus on the capital hafter has backing from russia and egypt his supporters see him as the best hope of unifying libya under one government while his opponents fear he would be another dictator like colonel gadhafi. like to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories that they

were following for you from around the world. algerian lawmakers have named their speaker as solid as interim president he will leave the country during a ninety day transition period former president of the aziz of the khan who resigned last week after pressure from the country's powerful military and leaks of nation and public protests. a court in hong kong has found nine leaders of the twenty fourteen umbrella movement guilty on public nuisance charges they could now face jail time for their role in organizing the pro-democracy rallies calling for greater autonomy from china. to the u.s. attorney general william barr has promised to release it where data copying of special counsel robert muller's report on russian election meddling within a week bar has faced intense pressure to release the full report after initially publishing only a short summary of it will bar portrayed its findings as i lay favorable to

president donald trump policy u. of. in munich the trial has begun of a german woman who traveled to iraq back in twenty fourteen to join the so-called islamic state prosecutors say the woman known as jennifer wu murdered a five year old girl who she kept as a slave she could face life in prison if convicted. now to another story of a woman who became entangled with the hottest janina finta eyes and is a german journalist too even though she was in the seventh month of her pregnancy went to syria to film a friend who had become a hottest friend eisener was kidnapped by islamic radicals and imprisoned her child was born in captivity in an exclusive report stuff and tells her story. not a day goes by without janina finda eyes and thinking about the kidnapping three hundred

fifty one days that changed her life it all started in a split second demo meant. when the taxi was stopped six men with kalashnikovs jumped in front of the car and the van door was opened i was really a french unlike his frightened animal. i did my best to remain calm and to shut out the thousands of thoughts going through my mind. after her year in syria began in the autumn of twenty fifteen despite being in the seventh month of her pregnancy janina dared to cross the turkish syrian border with the help of a smuggler in the northern syrian town of al done a she met her friend who is now a jihadist in the midst of the canvas of war for one week they shot for the documentary film her girlfriend guaranteed janina that she would be safe. trusted each other but the circumstances were so different from the last time that

we had seen each other and bone those two different worlds that don't have any connection to each other anymore. when the journalist wanted to leave all done as she was kidnapped the master kidnappers took her to different apartments the pregnant woman was provided with what she needed but was always scared to death. that the kidnappers were prepared to cut off my head ruthlessly in front of the camera at any time that was clear. janine says the most extreme moment of her imprisonment was the birth of her son a few days earlier one of the kidnappers came into her room with a veiled woman it was the gynecologist who helped her bring the child into the world. but they told her if anything happened to me or my child her husband would be killed. she told me that after she'd been there a few times that's when i understood why she was willing to do anything to help the

birth go well a few months later janina was unexpectedly released the young mother and her child were allowed to return to germany the circumstances of her release are unclear she was told that no ransom was paid we asked what she now thinks about her decision to travel to the war zone. a dangerous mix of the naive feeling of security that i had and under-estimating a very risky situation and had sold out before janine if in doesn't wanted to tell the story of her former school friend before the birth of her child today she knows that was a mistake and she's glad she was able to leave syria alive with her child after three hundred fifty one days of captivity. one story all right we're moving our attention now on to the mideast because it's election day in israel voters are deciding whether to extend prime minister benjamin netanyahu is conservative ten year for a fifth term is up against as a former military chief any gods say centrist who has made much of corruption

allegations against netanyahu but he's new to politics is expected to be a very tight race and as always israeli elections are being closely watched the entire region and maybe even in the world we'll talk to our correspondent jerusalem in just a moment but first here's her report. the election campaign is over and no it's up to the voters to decide who will be the country's next prime minister. is various have a day off to go and road here at a polling station and to slim expectations are mixed. i believe that netanyahu has a much better chance of saving israel as an existing jewish country then benny gantz clearly it's for it's a referendum on bibi on our prime minister leaving us and you know but of course much more is on the line where the future of the territories our relations with the palestinians the nature of israeli society the legal system

a lot of things that are on the on the table right now it's time for netanyahu to go he's been missed he's been successful certain kinds of things but the corruption and the ugliness of the campaign i think is indication that it's time for somebody else so i think it's time for him to go prime minister binyamin netanyahu wants to be reelected with his likud party despite facing a possible indictment for corruption. netanyahu has been in office for ten years if he wins this time and lasts a full term he'll become is rose longest serving prime minister so far his main rival. chief any guns whose newly formed blue and white party has led most of the opinion polls in recent weeks that is that what this election's about are about their personal mostly focus on the leaders on the indictments on on the new guy in the block. benny gantz and nothing more than

that posters project that netanyahu may have more opportunities than the center left to form a coalition with other smaller parties on the right. our let's get your latest now we don't use miriam to god she joins me now from jerusalem erm good to see you what's the voter turnout so far. the turnout so far the last numbers that i saw or heard about were around thirty six percent since the voting booths close to ten pm they're expected of course to rise and the general voter turnout in israel is very high around seventy percent one interesting thing the arab or palestinian citizens turnout so far has been much lower much lower than in the last elections at around twenty percent so far and there are various reasons for that but one thing is for certain the arab vote is very important in israel because it will also make a big difference to which party center the knesset the israeli parliament how many mandates they'll have and what coalition building options the winning party will

have to marry him and you know who is of course hoping to secure a record fifth term what is he up against talk to us about his challenger because this is he's a bit of an unknown on the world stage where platform is you running on and is he risen meeting with israeli voters. yes so benny gantz in israel actually is a well known figure because he was the army chief the last gaza war so everyone knows him but of course he's new to politics but as part of his team he took a very very popular politician into his party so we have a number of interesting figures here who resonate very well with israeli voters especially because they stand for security and security something that benjamin netanyahu has always been able to. just this was what he was voted for was elected for in the past and that's why it's one of the toughest challenges coming now from any guns otherwise there these elections haven't been so much about content or

about issues i think as we heard in the reports it's very much a referendum on benjamin netanyahu as leadership and of course pentagons has been playing on that has been talking about. corruption and has been calling for unity and accusing rightly or wrongly benjamin netanyahu of sowing division in israeli society so that's more or less been his platform right but arguably netanyahu literally has a trump card is that giving him an edge in this election. you could say so i think what i think one thing that's very important about netanyahu and that people i think the general israeli public even those that would probably not vote for him appreciate about netanyahu or think what is one of his achievements is his foreign policy and his ties with the world leaders i think most people agree that the. relations of israel with the united states no matter who is the leader would be will continue to be good relations and have always been good

relations so maybe it's not necessarily just the trump card but netanyahu general achievement and his warm ties with the with foreign leaders including our countries by the way i mean what i guess i'm going to twenty five because i've got twenty seconds left does it matter who wins when it comes to the palestinian issue and how we future peace settlement might look like neither of the leaders have committed to a two state solution but i think the direction of netanyahu was more to the right and maybe benny gantz is more to the center so it might actually make a difference yes all right mary i'm gonna reporting from jerusalem thank you. we're having some technical issues there good to have you back with us for decades now four years from the baseball crazy nation of cuba have defected to the united

states in the hope of signing professional contracts it appeared the days of risking everything in undertaking a potentially dangerous sea journeys were over after an agreement allowing players to play in the u.s. but the trump ministration has now pulled the plug on the deal. manchester city barely have time to catch their breath right now in bed guardiola sign to reach the english cup final at the weekend now they european hopes are on the line star striker sergio aguero returns from injury to boost a stellar attack also featuring rocky stirling as the campaign for an unprecedented quadruple continues the island knows this will be a tough examination of city's credentials even if he'd like it to be an easy encounter course who goes into minute. i would like to use my message to the players in the way for us like. when we know each other quite well and we were in

two to make it would be our city will have to keep a close eye on harry kane the striker has already scored five goals in the tournament this season even with the threat he poses there's no doubt the odds a stacked against tottenham who have lost their last three games against the premier league champions but coach mauricio party tino has caught the scent of an upset. we want to start to morrow. i know to see from put. in the game we see we've got to leave in that situation another challenge for man city to limber up for at the start of a phase that could make or break their quadruple hopes. for decades sprayers from the baseball crazy nation of cuba have defected to the united states in the hope of signing professional contracts it appeared the days of

risking everything and undertaking potentially dangerous sea journeys were over after an agreement allowing players to play in the u.s. but the term administration has now pulled the plug on the deal. an abrupt end to a historic agreement an obama era effort led to a deal being reached last year that allowed cuban baseball players to maintain their citizenship and play in the united states it had been hoped a new generation of players would not have to defect to the u.s. like baseball star. and many others like him in cuba that if any at all cement but again this was an opportunity to continue to see talent in the air. with the breaking of disagreements that sets us back like it has in other areas because of the blockade there's a lot of talent in cuba that won't get a chance because of the breaking of this agreement then they are very well done with. the announcement came just days after the cuban baseball federation released

its first list of thirty four players authorized to sign contracts directly with major league teams as part of the deal the federation would receive a fee for each player signed but since the trumpet ministration considers the cuban federation to be part of the cuban government this would go against u.s. sanctions united states national security council spokesman garrett marquise said on twitter the administration looks forward to working with major league baseball to identify ways for cuban players to have the individual freedom to benefit from their talents and not as property of the cuban state. for now at least cubans hoping to pursue a career in the u.s. have once again found themselves with the entry door from the shot. all right get caught up on the world of football and kick and off again at the top of the hour.

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