why are people more concerned. first. the book . the book. this is news coming to you live from the talks to end the breaks a deadlock collapse in the u.k. the opposition labor party pulls the plug off the 6 weeks of negotiations with the prime minister. we find out what this means for the u. kids' departure from the e.u. also the programs taiwan becomes the 1st place in asia to approve same sex marriage

lawmakers passed the landmark legislation despite a last minute attempt by conservatives to defeat the bed. and just over a week before the european elections and climate change dominates the minds of many voters we talked to a lot of voices calling for more drastic action to protect the environment. plus a stop loss that means the internet smile. has died at the age of 7 boxing more fun millions of fans. hello and welcome good to have you with us. briggs's compromise talks between the u.k. government and the opposition labor party have collapsed liberal leader germany called

an end to the negotiations saying instability within prime minister to resign is government had saw and doubt that any deal between the 2 sides would be kept talks have been underway for 6 weeks in an effort to break the deadlock on the terms of the u.k.'s departure from the european union. speaking earlier today britain's prime minister suggested it was the opposition that was to blame for the talks collapsing well as jeremy corbyn says actually these talks have been constructive and we've made progress the areas where we have been able to find common ground but other issues of proved to be more difficult and in particular we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labor about whether they want to deliver at rex's or hold a 2nd referendum which could reverse let's go straight to london i'm joined by did this big get last will standing by begin the labor leader germany corben said the talks with the government have gone as far as they can what do you mean by that.

well he means that there simply wasn't enough common ground between the 2 parties labor was trying to push through a customs union so for the u.k. to stay within the e.u. customs union which of course wouldn't mean that they are restricted wednesday when it comes to forging their own trade deals is that something that many entries amaze parties the bricks of tears could not really swallow the other also obstacle is that reason may has announced that she is going to go and of course from labor's point of view they see a government gerry mccolgan as mentioned in stable and anything that treason may says not who knows where there has success so will actually stick to that and boris johnson the former foreign secretary is somebody that's being mentioned as favored by the conservative party base by the activists so he is likely contender for the next prime minister and i think many in the labor party are very worried as to

who they would get as the next prime minister and whether he would stick to anything that they agree now as to reason may so a bit of a setback for terrorism is what's going to happen next i'm being it. well you have mentioned that they are going to vote once more on the original bill a slightly different version slightly ahead of the original bill that was already voted down 3 times in the u.k. parliament so not very likely that it's going to go on the 4th attempt also what's very likely option now is that there is another round of the so-called indicative aides say giving it back to the parliamentarians trying for them to work out a brick said that they could live with and then of course that also needs to agree to again with the european union we see that it's a very complex and complicated process and it really looks at this point that none

of these options seem to be very likely to have a satisfactory result so what remain compay pnas are hoping for the main complaint is here in the u.k. is that at some point this is going to go back to the british people and there might be a 2nd referendum that is trying to find a solution out of this whole breaks of mess and it is got to be asked i guess how likely is a 2nd referendum. well really nobody knows how this breaks it does look can be broken and this is the most likely moment for a 2nd referendum it's hard to put a number on it but the chances over happening has been steadily rising and there was particularly within the labor party a lot of pressure on them we see that now in the campaigning for the european elections the braggs of party and i just roger's bragg's a party has been extremely successful and he's been campaigning to it and rallying

and people are really celebrating him like a rock star people are also flaccid flocking to be members of this party and those on the remains site hoping that this is going to galvanize also people to say well this is not what we want we don't want to just crash out of the european union without any deal which would be the default option if no compromise can be fined and that there is more pressure on parliamentarians particularly in the labor party to come right into the 2nd referendum to people's vote they get in london thank you very much for rain us up to date from there. enough look at some other stories making news around the u.s. president trump is announced plans to tighten immigration with a merit based system you've also immigrants to have english language and job skills the plan would also drastically reduce the number of asylum seekers democrats have

said the plan is destined to feel. fully u.s. intelligence analyst chelsea manning has been jailed for contempt of court for the 2nd time after refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating wiki leaks forever manning has already spent 2 months in jail and has repeatedly rejected prosecutors requests to cooperate with the court. venezuela sceptically president has confirmed he sent delegates to norway as a scandinavian country tries to mediate in the venezuela. but has denied direct talks with the president of the government is the 1st official confirmation of an attempt to dialogue in venezuela. since. the china born architect who shaped open landscapes i.m.p. has died at the age of 102 his vox were here by many but also met with some

controversy the range from hong kong's bank of china skyscraper to the last part of that the courtyard of the louvre in paris. savas fall of legalized same sex marriage it's the 1st place in asia to. legislation lawmakers approved a government bill that allows same sex couples to form exclusive permanent unions and apply for marriage registration the bill overcame several hurdles including attempts by conservatives to remove any reference to marriage despite the outcome of today's vote the issue of same sex marriage continues to divide the country. an emotional day for l g b t rights campaigners as they celebrated their victory outside parliament in taipei. the legislation survived a last minute attempt by conservatives to pass a watered down version. or lights. for me to know what the

outcome isn't perfect. so you thought i think it's the best thing that could be for taiwan's gay communities. today it's a very significant day to us because we could finally pass a law is that to protect my family we've been fighting for for this change this. law for 5 years for me personally but for even my children and now that i do anything for it it's a happy thing for me the taiwan compare such a lot of your home told us although there were divisions it's still a happy occasion and i'm quite emotional 3 different bills were tabled for friday's vote but only one used the word marriage put forward by the government it allows same sex couples similar rights as married heterosexual couples a bill satisfactory for rights campaigners the other versions backed by

conservative lawmakers left out the term marriage altogether opponents say lawmakers are ignoring the will of the people in a series of referendums last year and more than 2 thirds of voters said marriage should only be defined as a union between a man and a woman but that's far from the minds of these rights activists celebrating what is a landmark day. and this law on taiwan's drawn breaking new law still to come as the community celebrates from gay activists in the soup and what's legalizing gay marriage means to that's coming up later in the news. iran's foreign minister has called on the 5 remaining signatories to the 2015 in the nuclear deal to take concrete action to save it mohamed job if said that what he calls supportive statements were not enough to safeguard the accord iran has

previously said it would scale back some of its commitments under the deal last year the u.s. left the pact and has since really. on iran. political correspondent spoke to the german foreign minister asking him about the rising tensions and if he thinks that the u.s. government is preparing for a u.s. led war against iran. are surviving spouse partners according to the people i've been speaking to and that's mainly mark pump also the president he said in recent days that no one wants war that's how it should be and how it should remain. we want to talk with iran about things we all find unacceptable like its role in syria or yemen it's ballistic missile program or its stance towards israel says that. this will not change we threats of war and certainly not with war itself

that's why i'm confident that this is not the i'm of the american government but tensions are now so high that we must fear that unforeseen incidents by unidentifiable actors could very quickly lead to reactions that could escalate and trigger violence that's the problem right now this is just. the funnest. that can generally lawmakers have paved the way for the use of these cortez on streets drive debate in the country has been fierce over the issue destines want protection and many motorists see them as the has. their compact and they run on electricity east tutors will be hitting german streets so. these 2 women are test drivers sophia and selena both from bombay are. neither of them have written an east scooter before now a representative from the public utilities company gives them

a crash course in how it works and they're both excited to hit the street on the new form of transport and stuff like that in terms of traffic cause it's like being on a bike if you will have to see how it goes with cars and buses in the. helmets are required here and there are once those are on sofia and selena are off. after practicing in a parking lot they head into city traffic the scooters go up to 20 kilometers an hour east routers aren't allowed on sidewalks and back during the official testified. writers have to use the bike lane if there isn't one they have to go on the road as traffic builds up sophia and selena have to stay focused as if it is a big this soon turning is tough you have to do say many things of once you have to concentrate on going forward to keep an eye out for the traffic check behind you and put on the brakes i missed but i'm so. so far there haven't been any accidents

here and i'm back and with a few restrictions the german government decided on friday to allow hooters for people over 14 as long as they stay off the sidewalks. in the run up to you parliamentary elections many voters concerns over the environment will decide the ballot next week some member states of course for the european union to become carbon neutral by 2050 but germany fees that goal is too ambitious the effects of climate change and the pollution of the seas has prompted millions of younger peons to take the streets we need one will one who's trying to take action assess to help the health of europe see. some final instructions before the dive. but how do the nets look. i know dozens of old fishing nets are caught on a shipwreck off lithuania's coast. and our crew are going to bring them up.

is a pharmacist and one of germany's most experienced divers. and 2016 she noticed a particular kind of a waste in the baltic sea all trolling and fishing nets. a study revealed that thousands of nets are lost in the baltic every year since west coast. here employees painstakingly cut apart the tangled nets. the various materials are then separated and recycled each in the appropriate fashion. just still good quality but it's not good enough for fishing but it could be good enough for an beach bag but it's likely the process of turning old fishing nets into beach banks is complicated so being a character house team has finally succeeded in bringing parts of the enormous trolling net to the surface but they still have to keep it aboard their boat. for us as

a group we've achieved fabulous success and i'm overjoyed i think it's wonderful that we've managed to get this done and that everybody worked together so well let's keep it up. they all agree that many more people and especially governments will have to join in their battle against the ghost nets. the few countries at least want to introduce a tagging system for fishing nets so in future their owners can be traced so being a character sees it as a 1st step to ask my father you know if we can prevent 521-0000 nets getting lost again this year they will only have to worry about the ones already underwater. and we won't have to worry that for every net we bring up $100.00 more are being discarded. so cares about the baltic sea she'll soon be back she says the battle against the ghost nets has just begun here in the baltic sea

and all the around the world. this week for us it of alabama passed the country's most restrictive anti abortion law the new code bans abortion except when the mother's life is in danger and today the state of missouri is expected to pass a similar restrictive ban but pro-choice supporters say these laws violate rule versus wade and that's the landmark supreme court decision in 1973 that legalized abortion and they're trying to see if access to the procedure our correspondent had in the humphrey traveled to alabama to talk with people on both sides of the divide the alabama state capitol has become the latest front line in a fight for reproductive rights that most pro-choice activists thought they'd won in the 1970 s. inside this building republican governor kay ivey signed the bill into law and now she has a battle on her hands she has the support of proponents light lori mullins who runs

the co pregnancy center in montgomery alabama offering baby items and parenting classes in an effort to dissuade women from seeking abortions like the bill itself she sees no exceptions even in the case of rape or incest if you believe that at conception it is a person then you have to believe that all life is sacred how i was conceived has should have no impact on the value of my life why would you protect lives. and say except yours yours is not the case of incest that is a really really difficult discussion to have it's never right there is no good answer but at the same time the way the law is now we see it all the time if a child is being molested and she becomes pregnant at 13 or 14 or 15 the family takes her to have an abortion the only person who wins in that scenario

is the person who was abusing her while proponents of the text want it to include few exceptions to see it potentially go all the way up to the supreme court and maybe even overturn roe v wade itself opponents of the bill accuse state lawmaker has of playing politics with women's bodies one of them is margo hotline dressed as a handmade the pro-choice activist protester on the steps of the state government as the bill was passed my. personal stake in this is that i was for 3 years a victim of continuous sexual assaults and i did think that i was pregnant when i think about someone who might be in the situation that i was in and isn't able to. escape from that you're stuck you're stuck with your rapist's baby and currently with her you 3 abortion clinics in the entire state choices already seem limited alongside her work as an activist mia raven also works in an abortion clinic

patients often find themselves in dangerous circumstances as an already difficult time tell me about harassment paint a picture for me about what a woman might face coming into the clinic where you work the minute she pulls in said driveway she's going to be read in by some protesters the minute she walks out of a corridor in this are screaming at her telling her that she doesn't need to be here and that she's still going to be a mother but she's going to be the mother of a dead murdered baby the doctor are used to southern states trying to vilify what they do. this is not an uncommon tactic they go after the providers especially doctors is another way to cut down access because abortion can really go all day long but if you can't access or. you might as well not have that right. those rights are being challenged not just in alabama but across republican held

states in the south the midwest which are looking at a muni conservative supreme court and hoping that now might be the time to roll back reproductive rights for good. that support by hannah humphrey the internet is in mourning that's because the front that launched a 1000 marines has passed away internet sensation grumpy cat has died at the age of 7 the cat's famous cult caused by feline shelter to online fame and even trying to drum these illinois to pretend jobs to set up a company promoting stop pet who made numerous t.v. appearances and even starred in all christmas movie. but this culling cat managed to win over the hearts of millions to talk about this feline sensation i'm joined now by the social media editor donna vega hi donna 1st of all who was grumpy cat and why did she become so popular. well i can't believe i have to talk about her in

past tense but grumpy cat was indeed an adorable feline 7 years old born in arizona united states in 2012 to her owner tabitha she was an adorable little cat who as you said because of dwarfism certain type of dwarfism she received this well how to say this very grumpy face she rose to fame when her owner's brother posted a picture of her on reddit in 2012 and ever since well the rest is history she was able to capture everyone's hearts on the internet she was part of millions of means tweets movies and we will all miss her. and then the other not only did grumpy cat have millions of followers she also made her own a lot of small. correct she had more than 8000000 followers on facebook 2000000 on instagram more than 1000000 on twitter but she also had a brand established after her name grumpy cat ltd the family never disclosed just

exactly how much. worse was but speculation talked about anywhere between $1000000.00 and $100000000.00 to the media brian todd with his brother said that grumpy cat allows them to have a low 6 figure salary and this is more or less what we know about the numbers she was definitely a hit also in merchandise books mugs and all that kind of sort. though this led me to bed soon but who do you think is going to be the next katha of any potential . well for me personally i'm retired this is way too soon to discuss this but i can tell you with a very heavy heart that a very prominent candidate has to be i don't know if you've heard about her everyone who spent more than one minute on the internet must have this is also an adorable little cat also suffering from some sort of syndrome that well believe it

or not keeps her tongue out permanently a little bob has this beautiful beautiful look very lovely heart and she's also an internet star. again thousands of post pictures with her so who knows maybe she's going to have the next crown. and of course all right. kat. as the top stories. in the united kingdom the opposition. has ended talks of prime minister may the 2 sides had. to reach a compromise on the departure from the easy. and taiwan's parliament same sex marriage a 1st in. grants same sex drive to register their marriages conservative opponents had tried to defeat the bill with a more limited version. you're watching.

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