he is it hasn't always been an easy experience for the u.k. it's being long it's been painful it's been divisive and now is the moment for us as a country to come together now this is a moment for our parliament areas to come together and get this thing done and as i say to begin building a new and progressive partnership with you friends with whom course we share so many priorities now i have to go to you know. the late thirty's to i'm told to keep this very tight indeed but i'm going to i'm going to go to. north korea back to the b.b.c. and thanks very much for thinking this very tight to very quick questions why are you confident this can get to the parliament when it doesn't seem to be the case at hand and what are still you do if this falls on saturday well thanks for i think that there is as i say

a very good case for m.p.'s across the house of commons to express the democratic will of the people as we pledged many times to do and to get brakes it done and desire i have never tired of telling you i repeat again i don't think there is any case for delay we should get on and get it done by the 31st rabbit. promise that was that literally no other way of getting the deal of the citizens over your partners in government the democratic unionist party i think this is a very good deal for every part of the u.k. and particularly for for northern ireland and i would point out that as i said just now from the beginning northern ireland will be able to join with the rest of the u.k. and doing free trade deals around the world. all the other benefits for

membership in the u.k. market and of course without having a a h x any infrastructure of any kind of border into my feet in that respect it is a great success i'm going to take 2 more questions where you don't get. wished for this it will be in the front. how will it so as you are prime minister bars johnson taking questions on this on a victory i suppose as it could be said for him with regards to what we have gathered around the table here d.w. news editor robert budge in brussels i gave mathis and in london a burger to mass final question to each of you then. robert mudge boris johnson talking about this being a deal that allows us to come out of the u.k.

as one united kingdom i suspect that's. part of a terror suspect in the northern ireland who would question that absolutely nothing as we've already pointed out the day is is unhappy to put it mildly of the situation the way it is now. i think what we should also point out in this context is that this is the man who just the head of the referendum in 2016 said it would be foolhardy to leave the single markets and now he's selling it as a great deal that shows how fluid and opaque the situation still is and another say it is by no means a given the parliament will vote on it's going to through on saturday a budget mess in london. boris johnson very much in income paving mood for an election that is not to far off the. there's been

a conservative chant of that bricks it's done which he slipped in there and then talks about his concentration on domestic priorities. he really does because one haim and probably is biggest same off to getting done is to win another election his majority here in parliament has gone he doesn't have a majority anymore he's we cannot home you hardly got any legislation through parliament and what he has been trying recently is to bring home the message head that can win votes is that how you like he said on domestic issues like they have. and on crime being tough on crime so we know that this is what boris johnson really wants and if he doesn't get the bricks to do it through parliament on saturday well actually in the election doesn't look more like they say even if if he doesn't succeed if he doesn't get the numbers to you to get the spreads the deal agreed

here in parliament he could stand could still be the result that there is a general election really within a few weeks time again so we must tempo all of this this this bottom in all of us a positive way with the by remembering that this still has to be passed by the u.k. parliament by the e.u. parliaments. with regard to an ongoing relationship between the. britain boris johnson's only being in the job as prime minister a couple of months what sense do you get of what brussels thinks off him. i think i think german chancellor merkel today said sometimes i think that puts it really all into a nutshell the attitude of the e.u. towards that deal towards boris johnson and that is we have negotiated this deal to get it rejected so what they see in boris johnson is someone who has made it possible again to bring back this deal from the debt if you want

a deal of 600 pages that have been hammered out over days and nights and weeks and months by a whole team of you need a lot of work has gone into this to secure that an orderly practice it can be achieved and that is why some of the enthusiasm that you heard from the british prime minister here is shared on the part of the e.u. only to the extent to say let's bring this over the line let's finish this on the whole issue itself it's clear the e.u. never asks for breaks it they never wanted it and for the e.u. bracks it is a lose lose situation never mind how good a deal this is on matheson in brussels but get to mass in london and here with me. i keep getting a wrong robert i'm sorry robert mudge thank you very much. and now we're going to move on to other news here d.w.

. we'll start in hungary where the prime minister viktor orban has warned his country as well that his country may use force that its southern border allows millions of refugees currently in turkey to enter a year he said he was considering breaking the terms of a deal with the block. on migrants because of its opposition to turkey's offensive in northern syria. catalonia has made that kim torah says he supports holding a new referendum on independence for the spanish region he was speaking as a night of separatist unrest and left dozens. injured in boston and the thousands have been protesting against the prison sentences 100 to 9 separatist leaders this week. u.s. congressman elijah cummings has died at the age of 68 a long serving democrat was chairman of the house oversight committee and played a key role in the impeachment inquiry into president trump is office said he'd had

longstanding health challenges but turkey is resisting u.s. efforts to broker a cease fire in northern syria the talks between the us vice president mike pence and turkish president. appear to have made little progress and chris says it will press ahead with its offensive against kurdish forces syria meanwhile says it will respond by all the different means. fighters from the syrian national army many of them are islamists. who support the turkish army in northern syria and are taking part in the salt on the kurdish militia e.g. including the street fighting in the border city of russell i.e. in. the turkish army is also bombing kurdish forces with artillery. doctors describe the situation as a humanitarian emergency and are calling for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor out of the city for the injured. u.s. vice president mike pence met with turkish president richard type. the u.s.

delegation hopes to convince everyone to declare a cease fire the turkish president had previously stated he would only talk with the us president. he may have changes to. however he's shown no sign of willingness to stop the assault on kurdish troops and there's been no word of progress after the meeting. meanwhile damascus in moscow are changing the facts on the ground in syria. assad's troops have entered the town of call bani after kurdish fighters called for help. there accompanied by russian forces who are working to secure areas previously under u.s. control. lawmakers in the legislature have heckled the territories leader for a 2nd consecutive day carol lam is being urged to address the demands of the territories months long protest movement the disruption comes after a prominent pro-democracy activist was violently attacked. i j after being

forced to abandon her annual policy address hong kong's embattled leader kerry lamb returned to the chamber where opposition politicians accused her of having blood on her hands several were ejected from the session as it descended into chaos and was repeatedly suspended. over the old. by the. amid all the anger and the shouting moments of silence where held for protesters injured in hong kong's months long demonstrations not least activist jimmy sham one of the public faces of the movement he was left bloodied in the street after in 1000 tamera attacked sham has urged others not to retaliate while his colleagues remain undetected. no matter who the target is it won't stop us insisting on

our 5 the months. the protesters and activists want to secure greater democracy while many or position lawmakers are calling likely for carry law to stand. up to the african nation of madagascar next we have most people have no access to electricity either because they can't afford it or because it's not available. this is where claudine and her family have been living since her house burned down killed in last everything 6 months ago together with 20 other family is when the blaze swept through this neighborhood of internet or in. the short circuit started at that house over there. because that house was made of dry wood when the poll caught fire. fire spread to our house

which was also made of wood. and all too common story in madagascar as capital where most burn outs are triggered by electrical faults. in this state on power company and its workers struggle to maintain the 100 year old friendly infrastructure even just replacing an electricity paulie's the rest site. is in dire financial straits and illegal power tapping is making the situation more dangerous. people connect whatever they want without permission and the transformers can't take the overload and insulation can only hold 3 amps for example and there are people doing welding using hair dryers and other high voltage devices cables in their homes can overheat and burn. itself out it's been accused of mismanagement for years it has sold this electricity at a loss buying power from private suppliers at twice the prices it sells to

consumers the result a colossal debt of $300000000.00 euros. being left in the dark stiff and came up with a solution solar panels. are used to buy electricity from. whenever we watch t.v. shows it would always cut out as soon as it got interesting never. since we've been using solar panels we can. use all of our devices. like stiffen many could turn to solar energy a more reliable and greenest source of power only one out of 10 people in madagascar have access to electricity but all of the great island this and science most of the time. but the decision to grant rights to host the 2022 world cup has been a constant source of controversy especially given the country's exploitative employment

system which is considered abusive to migrant workers but the gulf nation has announced reforms following pressure from human rights groups. migrant workers in qatar many of whom have been building the country stadia for the 2020 world cup we cry our approval from their boss before they can change jobs or even leave the country if that is said to change. the gulf state has agreed to abolish labor and introduce a minimum wage law that would not discriminate against nationalities. it is very important because we are looking at you know how to be an attractive place for investors for the skilled workers to have productive communities. amnesty international has long called for an end to the abusive system in qatar it praised the announcement as a major step forward but the organization also remains cautious the devil will be

in the detail far too often workers have continued to face exploitation and abuse despite reforms. the pressure to reform has been a sticking point ever since the working conditions of could toss migrant workers were exposed as specially under the spotlight of woodcut preparations one agency that has been working closely with qatar forming its system is the united nations international labor organization. and set you up today it's more news at the top of the.