i've. never you knew zz live from berlin i'm brian thomas great to have you with us german chancellor all americans about to give a key speech in parliament this comes ahead of a an e.u. summit a crucial one expected to focus on the u.k.'s imminent departure from the e.u. we'll go live to that address with me for analysis as political correspondent michael yon a question good morning mike good hunting you know this is

a very big summit and a very crucial speech for the chancellor what can we expect her to say about bret's today well this is as you said one of the policy speeches that she regularly gifts in the german pod them and it's what she does to give the members of the parliament a general auslan on how she's going to handle the different topics that are going to be talked about at the pin commission summits but in regards to backs it will of course be the overlying topic of the overshadowing topic of this has now been reports that sort of an agreement has been reached between the e.u. and the united kingdom but mogul's law and on brecht it hasn't changed and we will see probably that she's going to stick by what she has called or as her redlines she doesn't think the u.k. can cherry pick in terms of how to leave the european union and also that there should not be a hawesville of its fee in ireland and north and ireland and that's been doesn't that been a very. porton issue the irish border the border between the republic of ireland

a new member state and northern ireland of course part of the united kingdom and the chancellor has been very specific about what she wants to see there exactly she has been always been spare specific that she doesn't accept a hard for debates between these 2 countries and that's probably not going to change and that will be heard is that there's going to be. the has been some kind of compromise being made but of course that still has to be approved by the british parliament still has to be formally adopted by the un member states and of course that will be the overlying topic today in brussels and merkel is certainly addressed that in her policy speech today in parliament ok in the hard border meaning no border controls between northern ireland and the republic there are some other big issues as well what are they of course the german chancellor will address in her policy address probably but also we'll talk with you haven't you member states at the summit in brussels about 3 send turkey military action in syria

sabbat us a big topic the foreign council of the you has just this week said it condemns the action of turkey and of course there's now the question if the you will formally adopt sanctions towards turkey now there's a big. discord within the u. member states france wants to push for sanctions but other countries don't germany has already has sanctions in place doesn't germany just impose them germany has puts not sanctions per se but kind of economic measures in place to kind of condemn the actions and so far those on the weapons sales to to turkey as well yes but no formal sanctions in this in the sense that you would impose them and that is something that probably will be discussed at the summit in brussels and that merkel could give an outline in her policy speech but that's to be expected ok we'll be looking for some movement on turkey as well those are the 2 main issues or right now is there anything else is going to be coming up in the chancery. speech in

a few moments well again this is looking ahead at the european summit today starting in brussels and of course there's a lot of issues on the agenda for the member states of the european union that's the chance that probably will address one of the big issues on the agenda in brussels today is of course also the future of the european union so 1st of all it's going to be the 1st summit that the commission president elects not the functioning president but the elected president also the funded line gemini's former defense minister will attend and of much she will talk about her vision her strategy for how she wants to lead the european union commission once she is going to be formally may for the commission president and also about how the european union can move forward and that also includes new members potential new members of the european union members in brussels will talk about what's your member states for example the accession protocol for north macedonia and also about its budget the budget in brussels going to be a big issue and all those issues could be now addressed in merkel's policy speech

in berlin today before she would leave for brussels ok you know the chancellor has indicated that she's very interested in getting breaks behind germany behind the entire u.n. to move forward with the future goals of the european union that is one big mission you can say that the chancers are trying to achieve in the final years or even months of her term in office yes so the european union and house are sort of like leave a mark on like the big mission has always been in the last couple years multilateralism and to stay up like to stand up for a liberal democratic will do it and of course the european union is the heart and center of politics that she conducts at the moment and yes she is also going to host a big european summit in the upcoming year so germany will have the council presidency in 2020 and she has already said that her big goal is to have this summit that germany will then host for the european member states here in german. so be about

china for example so she sees also europe's rule with china as one of the big issues and how to handle that and that will be something that she will maybe a address in her speech today but that certainly is on the agenda for the german chancellor when it comes to you mattis ok now can we also expect or perhaps to talk about the german relationship with france france of course being the other key motor in moving the e.u. forward yes and of course that will be probably a bit of a complicated moment upcoming in brussels in the next 2 days because as we've heard the last couple of weeks the commission has been the commissioners have been elected by the committees of the european parliament and one of the like expected commission this the french nominee. has not been nominated by the committees and this is something considered to be a big of a backlash for micro he was very upset about is he's been saying i just don't understand it and of course this question of not understanding it was

a the big parties in the european parliament one is the social democrats and the other is merkel's party is all integrated in is the european people's policy and this this this this upset that the french candidate has not been elected for the commission there is something that both has been considered a bomb for the upcoming commission of the fondling some tensions between germany and france as well exactly have to lay it out there it's not smooth sailing right now between those 2 capitals we're going to go to some live images right now from the bundesliga german parliament who've gone surely there is no talking about the events in the hall of just a few days ago to people if you murder there and they are right wing a terrorist attack is what does being called right now investigations are ongoing in that most. why is this so important right now for germany and for the

parliament to take up before the chance to express but this has been one of the big overlying issues in like german domestic politics how to deal with. right wing attack sinks in a phobia and many and of course the events and holler last week or one horrific example for like how that has increased in the last couple of years and now the german parliament has to consider what actions can be taken in terms of governmental issues ok there are a number of policy considerations being taken up right now they include a closer monitoring of what happens online can you thought on some of those also considerations well yes so the german government wants to increase the want to trying all of writing activism they want to increase both make how to monitor. groups close to the new head of the domestic intelligence service has been saying

they want to close attention to that ok we're going to have to wrap it up there for now we'll be talking much more of the council speech of yours here is a german chancellor angela merkel now with her whole speech ahead of this crucial summit then you think we're going to the president is talking colleagues ladies and gentlemen for 2 and a half years now we've been intensely debating about britain leaving the european union in the last few days there's been some serious movement the british side has shown a willingness to negotiate and this specific. well so we're on a better path than we were before however and i have to say this in no uncertain terms we have not yet reached our goal. we're not there yet and this is why we have to continue to do absolutely everything we can to help this negotiation reach a happy end i'd like to thank me. by and. i have

a conscious team who have worked day and night to try and make progress here and it remains the case that if we find a good solution and want to do so it's going to be about squaring the circle really in the last few weeks and months and years we have regularly thought that we were just about to reach a conclusion and then everything fell apart again which is why i cannot stand here today and tell you what's going to happen tomorrow after the summit meeting. but it's certainly the case that we will not allow there to be. a hard border again between northern ireland the republic of ireland where hatreds and violent might be the result we want to ensure that the good friday agreement stays in place there should be no change here and the principle of the single market cannot be called into question we cannot say this often enough. because

it is also the case that we have not yet agreed on all of the questions around the customs we need practical realistic solutions as to how the new customs controls in northern ireland should be implemented and the negotiations on these are underway so what we can state is that an agreement to have a regulated. a deal on the written leaving the e.u. is on the cards it may happen but we have to see what comes out when we go she ations but even if we are well prepared for a no deal bracks it regulated breaks it is of course in the interest of all of us not least in the interest of britain the united kingdom remains an important partner in many different issues be it the economy or security policy we also share common values and a long common history and this is why. i even when breaks when britain leaves we

want to continue to have close ties both in terms of economy but also in terms of foreign and security policy. that's a good thing to believe and this is why the german government will continue to do all it can to ensure that our future relations between the united kingdom and germany as well as the united kingdom and the european union are such that we have a rosy future together. critically engaging intensely with britain leaving the e.u. in recent days must not detract from the fact that in europe and on the world there are other urgent issues that need our attention and these concern the security and stability on the european borders is one issue that is important in this parliament that was debated a few weeks ago and that is continuing. or beginning rather accession

with talks with macedonia in the western balkans these are important for us geographically but also in terms of socially economically many immigrants from these regions live here in germany and it is in our common interests in europe to ensure that the states of the was western not balcony not only have close ties to the european union but also could potentially become european member states and if this is to succeed we have to stick to our commitments that we offer these countries a european perspective delivering on our promises is the best way of triggering reform efforts and to be able to call for this and to manage this and it is therefore the best prerequisite for prosperity stability and security within europe itself i was therefore very grateful when i heard anything on the 27th of september the german parliament has done justice to. our responsibility to the western

balkans this early well balanced attitude is one that builds a bridge to many of the partners that we have in europe who still have concerns about this move and this is why i believe that our. position can be food for thought for others can be a role model for others so it's important that the accession process again created in a more transparent way but i do think it's worth having north must do india and albania have this perspective now. thank you very much to do but the welcome of appears we will continue this debate in the european council. and perhaps we'll be able to convince some people who weren't convinced but the chances of us getting a vote on this unanimously today or tomorrow is not likely we're also going to be talking about turkey our relations to turkey are multi-layered turkey is a nato partner european neighbor and the situation in turkey at the very border

doorstep if you like of europe impacts on us directly i have regularly in personal talks with the turkish president i have called. for a stop against the military. involvement against the kurds and i'd like to repeat it at this point. i only would also nuff would see just by all of the understandable security interests the military operation of turkey in syria in what is already a devastated country will only cause addition of human suffering it will bring many victims with it and drive thousands including thousands of children to flee their homes is a humanitarian drama with major geo political repercussions and this is why the german government under the current conditions will not be exploiting an. more

weapons to turkey and i'm pleased that this is the view of our european partners as well. and if you are given. to talking about geopolitical repercussions we also have to think about the fact that the role of russia has increased hugely in this region together with iran as well after the american soldiers are withdrawing and the repercussions of this cannot yet be assessed just looking at the terrorist organization is causing new uncertainties and this after years of battle against waged also by european partners this will lead to uncertainty in the region itself but also in europe and. if we can no longer have that security protection that we would like and this is why the turkish operation is just making things worse in turkey the battle against. which was possible not least because of the kurdish resistance will now be weakened it's we

believe that turkish security interests at the turkish syrian borders cannot be carried out through military means but only through diplomatic means. to them not to invite. another she will be debating in the connection or an impasse of turkey is the gas drilling in the waters of cyprus our european partners we cannot accept that turkey is infringing on the territorial integrity of an even member state consciously and we will be expressing this at the european summit as well. we're going to shout at them knowing despite the many developments we also have to see that 3600000 syrians have found a new home in turkey and this means that turkey and there are many refugees from other countries there as well. contribution extraordinarily to.

helping these refugees and i think this is a disgrace if we think of some of the debates we're hearing in europe when we look at what turkey is doing. despite all of the criticism that i have heard since 20152060 about the ear turkey agreement but i will continue to advocate for the continuance of this agreement it saves lives very specifically in the edges and it also prevents people smugglers running out of getting out of hand again and stealing money from people who have none. but if we do so i will continue to push for this maintenance of this agreement so that those people who have fled their homes and found safety in turkey can live a good life close to their homes not least through the finance provided by the e.u. and by germany on topic and this has contribution fact that nearly all syrian

children in turkey can now go to school. people tormented through conflict and war are the weakest in this conflict and this is why despite the operations of turkey in syria we have to continue to do justice to our responsibilities to these children. ended and e.u. turkey agreement would not make things of the latter at all if anything would exacerbate the problem at the expense of the most vulnerable the most they are fabulous and dimitrius and as well as visiting greece and turkey have emphasized this position until there is a gentleman of the situation like that he must really order shows that europe's role in the world has to change. there are more and more lots of things that we need to tango and for this you do either needs a memo. modernized the financial framework over

a number of years targeted to these issues which is why that finishing the presidency is making progress with this or that a foundation has all been in the percentage that if there's a summit to discuss these issues we're not going to reach an agreement at this meeting but there will be talks in which i will be pushing for a future oriented budget that makes you more able to act 2 in 3 ways you firstly it is a modernization of the multi-year looks fine and shows the framework allstar game is to support the aim and to set out a point in the agenda history of our climate protection migration india and out of its investment in research and science as well as investment fund it's a beaut and for any security over the relief the reliability of this funding will be not to be questioned we need to feel the factor in the final in many regions

eastern germany still has structural deficit and i just wish we could let what's important is to strike a balance in the budget more you have all of that it enables us to tackle the new challenges facing europe all of those can 2nd point of departure for the negotiations or the super can't be wishes they have to be realistic foundations as a player and we. put the country needs one percent of the g.d.p. of the 27 that does the lower states so this alone would mean see a considerable increase in contributions over germany particularly let's not put off when i 36 because of this increase is wall and because of the. brics it just on the horizon we were missing a multi-year financial framework will mean that germany has a particular burden which is why we need to ensure that we distribute the burden and speak in favor of some kind of. age discount as it were for

germany influence and the beauty and this is the music of you know obviously all this financial balances on top. of the age of freedom all the chief men that we have and you have that one go hand in hand with accountability and responsibility when it comes to spending only a little money open. over pierce i mean spending european a funding that this after and yet not infringing on vital and principles and the rule of law you know such member states cannot expect to profit. from. funding as they have so far. this helps us strength and good governance in all of europe and protects the interests of millions of taxpayers quickly approving this financial framework as a prerequisite for the ability of the e.u. to be able to act and it is also

a prerequisite to the fact that the new commission of the european union which will soon take on its work somewhat delayed unfortunately and will be able to really implement its priorities at the moment we are seeing the end of the old commission and the beginning in fact of the new commission and we are in this corridor between it i want to thank. you all and donald tusk for their tireless passionate work for europe. this is both have done great things with permanent things for europe the strategic agenda approved in june. something both been worked on to set the programme for the next 5 years the new institutional cycle with a new commission is grounds to think about the way forward to. agree on our

priorities and our objectives in order to take the european union forward and that's something we will be discussing and the european with the european council with a goal as a fund the language that. was the last underline rather she has set out the political principles for her future and i'm very pleased that the president has made clear right from the start that she sees the new commission as a geo political commission that already today brussels is setting standards world wide when it comes to the competition authorities ruling on google and facebook etc we want to set standards like this in other areas around climate protection or around digitization when it comes to challenges in which we can only set a signal together as europe when we join forces that is really seen and heard across the globe. and europe needs to set its own signals and have digital

sovereignity we need to have you as a peace that we support our way to live that reflects the way we live in digitalization most successful digitization made in europe is something that will have people at their center this was our idea when it comes to. our own and. it will also be how we deal with artificial intelligence and 5 g. this is also true for climate protection and for this challenge facing humanity the new commission. has approved a european climate directive and a european green deal with which europe by 2050 will be the 1st 0 carbon continent thank god but. europe is that's showing that it is committed to. the paris accords and the 1.5

degree as well as to carbon neutrality. in implementing these objectives however we have not agreed among all of the under states what the path forward is obviously we need to factor in the specificity of each member state because it depends if you're talking about a country like poland which gets 80 percent of its power from coal or if you're talking about sweden which has already over 50 percent of power from renewables. for this reason europe has to support the other member states to get to a climate neutral position by 2050 to remain pioneers in the area and also the environment. now a commission that sees itself as geo political will be focusing on strengthening europe's role in the world for this we need to join ranks and fight for our convictions against the background of a fast changing country political situation in the world europe cannot.

allow itself not to join ranks around important foreign policy and defense question is. germany has fought for a long time for this strong europe and for this reason within the framework of the german council presidency next year all of the heads of state government. you will be invited like secretly or china summit the relations between the e.u. and china will be a focus of our presidency because at the moment we do not have a clear unified china policy in the european union and this is not good for the view. is that. it is decisive that europe's being one voice otherwise we wouldn't be able to have clear results of our cooperation together if we're talking about climate. change or

investment you do it under the lot of them and in the german presidency in the 2nd half of the 2020 we want to work towards troubled times and the expectations of germany are i'm aware of this at the same time when we look forward to the cooperation with other member states in europe and with the new parliament and the new commission of the recently elected president of the biggest. despite all of the challenges in eastern we must never forget that part of what europe is this unique and the community about peace and looking beyond the e.u. borders shows us just what we have to do. thank you for talking to you but once in a new last few days we have been thinking about the fall of the berlin wall and recently we remember the courage of the thousands of citizens of east germany when 1989 fought for liberty democracy and justice and hit the streets to try to achieve

it and this courage on the other hand reminds us just how worth it is in the future to fight for your convictions and your objectives particularly for unified view of . god and this courage reminds us that changes for the better are possible and it is worth working for them in europe and it is indeed our obligation to do so thank you very much before . your brother. it was to work through and through through the art from the go through. your we did there is live coverage coverage of chancellor merkel's speech to

parliament her policy speech before heading in just a few hours to brussels for that key summit on bret's that with me here to unpack all of this in the studio is political correspondent. and we have in brussels for us as well georg math is following the speech as well today to use well again or if i can start with you me on a 1st off this was a fairly optimistic take i mean all the americans saying. we're not there yet we're look we look like we could get a deal it sounds pretty optimistic although she did point out that this is all crashed before yes so this was done with the i'd say dry optimism that is typical for german chancellor angela merkel she said we haven't reached the goal yet and that she things and this is something that speaks for the kind of character that sometimes you know comes through it's often very trite but it comes there that see things that are regulated breck's it is in the interest of full even as she things

and i quote that the united kingdom so she is hoping for the best but she doesn't hold her breath ok let's go to brussels garrick what did you make of the speech the chancellor was very emphatic that there's there can be no options when it comes to the arash border it has to remain open there can't be any controls there. exactly and i find it quite remarkable you know that she mentions the integrity of the internal market in the same line with the irish northern irish border to all of the key objectives of the european union that is also in the german interest to protect that issue and clearly you know if you look at the economics of it the internal market for germany is a lot more important than an irish border that will in effect only affect directly the republic of ireland a very small member state but she mentions both of them at the same time and that gives you an idea how important that backstop scenario is for angela merkel all

member states have been backing michel barnier in on the idea of make sure there will be no hard border northern ireland that is the message she is sending today and then also you know when she talks about the willingness to negotiate concrete proposals you can really sense that that that feeling that is not only in germany but also in brussels you know finally in the last couple of days and we've been in brussels waiting for this for a month some concrete proposals have been put on the table there is some willingness and for the e.u. that is good news in the hope to achieve an orderly grex it ok when you when you hear it the chances been saying there are g.'s on or where there shortly what's the sense in in brussels is there the feeling that this is going to move forward that there's enough on the table to get some progress is that what you're hearing there . exactly i mean there is there's some really good news on the question of of the irish backstop of this idea that the no not northern island which is part of the

u.k. remains aligned not only but it comes to standards of the internal market but also written remains aligned in the customs union so the u.k. would leave the customs union regarding northern ireland only on paper so effectively if you buy a sofa in northern ireland you would pay the same v.a. t. as you would pay in the republic of ireland seeing that the borders open so that you avoid that people from the republic of ireland which is part of the e.u. would rush to northern ireland to get a better deal the small things like this is what negotiators in the cup past couple of days have hammered out have put into paper and it is those text that experts know at this summit will look into and then give their e.u. leaders the green light or not so so it's these small things that leaders have been working on and that is positive news whether it will work in the end you know that is the big question that u.p.c. in northern ireland has already signaled as it stands they they cannot vote for the

deal and after all you know bracks brussels has been in exactly that situation with one could say exactly that to deal bit less function i would say and it has been rejected 3 times so i would say optimism yes but no no not too much optimism left but that one can i think that's a good way to handle it max you know there's other issues a big issues that the chancellor was talking about she's talking about turkey for example and what i found very interesting brussels setting global standards when it comes to climate change when it comes to issues like internet governance are those issues going to be taken up as well max. sorry. well look what i found really interesting is yes on the digital front in porton question she mentioned what i found really interesting is that she talked quite a bit about the european budget germany what once the u.k.

leaves has a clear interest that they do not carry the entire burden of of the of the british money that has been coming into the e.u. budget so she was very clear on the front that she would like to if you want inherit the british rebate or have a somewhat more balanced share of that bargain once the u.k. leaves and another really interesting thing i found is that she mentioned the conditionality and that is a very tricky question when it comes to the european budget the fact that she says member states who don't play by the rules and there's a number of states we can think of poland the czech republic where there has been an infringement regarding the rule of law for instance or the freedom of press that's where she said these member states cannot profit in the same way as member states who play by the rules and that will be some really sticky points in the in the budget negotiations ok i found that a very strong statement as well georg maximillian what do you think is germany

willing to push for a punishment regime for countries like poland hungary that have been accused of not following the rule of law when it comes to the media for example i think what was very mark about that speech at the german tacitus' in the german parliament is that what we can see is that germany sees its role in europe more clearly so what was quite remarkable made to me to notice is that even though their. elected commission president was in a fund and who was the former defense secretary defense minister of the german chancellor angela merkel cabinets and that she now has left for brussels the 2 seem very much to be still in sync about what they want to achieve a europe so a lot of the ideas that the commission president elect as an affront to light has presented or. yes her vision for europe he could hear also in the speech that the german chancellor angela merkel now just scaife and that is how i like to look at the bigger picture for europe and what europe's have become in the future and that concerns very much the stability of the european borders she was talking about how

the union security through the turkish defense if in syria has. threatened the security issues talked about the accession talks fall begun yet north donya and how they are going to be addressed at the summit in brussels but she also talked very much about the geopolitical straight kind of challenges that germany has or the european union has and how germany wants to help to secure europe's role to tackle them through the budget through making sure that the money goes where it can do good but also through a core of a strong europe ok strong euro very important for all a macro much 1000000 thanks very much for being with us masses for us in brussels as well gary thanks for that will be back to brussels for much more throughout the day as we learn more hopefully from the summit there about those fears that thanks a lot well as we've been reporting about syria u.s. vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pump a.o.

are traveling to turkey to try to persuade her to halt its offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria now that's despite the white house essentially paving the way for the events of last week by pulling its troops out of that area turkey's targeting kurdish groups and towns just south of its border with syria word says it wants to establish what it's calling a 30 kilometer safe zone says it will push ahead with the assault until it accomplishes all of its goals that despite the threats of further sanctions from washington let's look now at what turkey's incursion means for the balance of power in this essential region. it's a fight turkey has been spoiling for for a while. ankara and its proxies are determined to remove kurdish led syrian forces from an area in north eastern syria along its southern border. and it's going down well at home. president added one says syria's kurds pose

a threat to security because of their links to terrorist groups in turkey. added one also wants to turn the area into what he calls a 30 kilometer deep safe zone for the resettlement of up to 2000000 syrian refugees currently in turkey. ankara finally launched its offensive after u.s. president donald trump appeared to give a green light by withdrawing american troops from the area troops who are up until that point had fought alongside the kurds to defeat islamic state. after being left in the lurch by the americans the syrian kurds then switch sides and made an agreement with their former enemies the syrian regime of bashar al assad and his russian backers this agreement allowed syrian and russian troops to push into territory previously controlled by the kurds and now abandoned by the americans

this is a significant victory for damascus and moscow as it is giving them a foothold his swathe of syria that have been largely out of their reach since the start of the civil war 8 years ago but it's also raised fears of a clash between syrian and turkish troops as an area russia says it's working hard to avoid. analysts say the wider implications of the situation are also worrying it has strengthened the homes not just of the assad regime and russia but also of another u.s. adversity iran and it has left a vacuum at the heart of one of the longest running conflicts in the middle east. those brief you know some of the other stories making the news at this hour the leader of one of hong kong's biggest pro-democracy groups has been hospitalized after an attack by men wearing masks on and armed with knives and hammers is the 2nd time the jimmy sharma's been arrested since protests began in hong kong in june

his pro democracy group is planning another march this weekend. meanwhile in hong kong legislature opposition lawmakers have been heckling the territory's leader kerry lamb for a 2nd consecutive day a number of pro-democracy lawmakers were dragged from that chamber there demanding kerry lamb address the demands of hong kong's protesters. officials in the philippines say at least 4 people have died after an earthquake caused a fire at a mall as well as a landslide a 6.3 magnitude quake hit the south of the country ones they are in the region surrounding north korea bato problems. telling authorities are working to recover the bodies of migrants who drowned you know the island of lampedusa over a week ago the wreck of the vessel in the bodies of at least 12 people were located earlier wednesday and estimated 50 people were on board when that boat sank.

all spanish and cut along leaders are appealing for an end to the violence in barcelona and other cities after protesters clashed with police for the 3rd night running the demonstrators want the release of independence leaders who received long prison terms for their part in the $27000.00 bid for independence they also want to pass nationhood police firing rubber bullets and tear gas after reportedly being attacked with petrol bombs. one small thousands took to the streets. and one small clashes erupted between demonstrators and police in a televised address the spanish prime minister trying to calm the situation appealing directly to catalonia spro independence leader. this is. what i would like to make a special plea to the catalonian president don't do it. member of this will be in other members of his government or have

a political and moral duty to condemn it without any excuses and with maximum clarity in determination the use of violence i mean it. was late on wednesday night. then responded. you see independence movement is not violent. that we have always condemned violence. we cannot allow the incidents that a taking place in the streets of our country. well you got there is no reason or justification to burn cars or to carry out any out that active vandalism protests should always be peaceful. but that was not the case as the clashes continued into the night and demonstrators are calling on people across the region to make their

way to boston for more protests on friday. let's get you reminder now of our top stories at this hour just a few moments ago the german trials are all about so that a break that deal is still possible but that some work still needs to be done to finalize an agreement the comments coming in an address to the german parliament ahead of a key summit that's in just a few hours expected to focus on the u.k.'s withdrawal from the e.u. michael also said the summit will discuss other issues including the conflict in northern syria. while in northern syria turkey is pushing ahead with its offensive there that despite international calls for a cease fire the u.s. has sent a delegation to anger of to try to persuade president air to want to halt the operation against kurdish led syrian forces.

this is the interview news a live from berlin off next we have the business news which benefits all and i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being. a moment of truth on break that the pound is on a show as our officials as the u.k. any use fram to secure a last minute to punch a deal. fish fine. a messy breaks it could mean trouble for the u.k.'s top food exporter salmon. i mean for let's do business someone press the pause button global shares are on hold a volatile pound is hovering off the rising.