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it's. this is deja vu newsline from berlin the waiting game the e.u. delays its decision on a briggs it extension chief brags that negotiator michaud dani and you and batters agree that an extension is needed but not on how long it should be. meanwhile tempers flare between supporters and opponents of gregg's that as the process drags on some lawmakers have received death threats. also coming up confusion at nato the military alliance struggles to find a common voice as the u.s. says it may send its troops back into northern syria after pulling them out earlier
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this time. i'm serious so misconducts good to have you with us the u.k.'s exit date from the european union has been delayed yet again but it's unclear for how long britain was set to leave the e.u. in just under a week's time but a recent vote in the u.k. parliament against an ambitious braggs a deal schedule made that deadline impossible to reach even basters have confirmed that there will indeed be an extension but said a decision on a new exit date won't be reached on till next week some are advocating a shorter extension to encourage the u.k. parliament to continue working on passing the withdrawal agreement an extension until the end of january 2020 is also being considered. correspondent is following the latest and she joins us now from london hi barrick if with no clear
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extension date at this point what is westminster's plan for pushing this through. well prime minister boris johnson has been compared by his critics to a toddler with a giant hissy fit because he actually is saying he wants to strong arm the opposition into gaining him an election this is his plan old away 3 and now that actually actually exit from the e.u. is sort of up in the air as to when this is going to happen he says the stalemate can only be broken when there is a new general election and he wants to get the opposition to play a role and to help him with that because he does need opposition m.p.'s to actually agree to a general election so where does that leave greg sits we really don't know at the end of this week there's been so much back and forth and now it's up to the e.u. to agree on an extension we know that there are a lot of m.p.'s in parliament who would like to see
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a longer extension prime minister johnson was to get everything done as quickly as possible and this is why is trying to basically push the boundaries here in the u.k. and get his general election on the way which he wants to have done in december already . i want to talk to you about another aspect of brags that namely how divisive it has been in the u.k. and a recent study has shown that people on both sides of the brights of debate think that the risk of violence against members of parliament has quote a price worth paying to get their desired brags that outcome now you've been speaking to some m.p.'s about this let's take a look. at your pocket very very clear 533 over here there is a crowd outside the palace of westminster every day made up of both angry neighbors and remain ors the police often have to intervene m.p.'s arriving for work face verbal abuse and sometimes even physical attack. nigel for raj leader of the bracks
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a party had a milkshake thrown at him earlier this year a relatively harmless incident compared to what other politicians have experienced . i have threats of violence including a death threat but a civil death threats civil prosecutions by the police so i sat in a meeting recently with some other breaks here senior colleagues and some he said look around so does anyone not have a death threat and the answer was we've all had death threats. including tom brake . the liberal democrat is a staunch opponent of breck said. one facebook page contain comments suggesting he should be strangled. varies from low level abuse to death threats i suspect probably every other member of parliament in the house of commons has had death threats and there's no doubt that these things have got worse since the referendum in media the after the referendum there was a very clear increase. 3 years ago labor m.p.
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jo cox was murdered on the way to a drop in in her constituency. her attacker has links to a neo nazi group. members of the opposition also blame the prime minister for fueling current divisions they say his talk of capitulation and surrender is fueling hatred. but prime minister boris johnson merely dismisses threats of violence against m.p.'s as humbug it's a disgrace to the right i. have to say to just be dr never know judge somebody nobody. britain is defined between remainders and labour's grows ever starker many m.p.'s receive threats every day usually via facebook or twitter their references to hanging and firing squads civil war and gunning for blood there's no way of knowing if some of these users might perpetrate violence in the real world. liberal democrat tom break believes that the political culture needs to change the way back
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is for. i think in the u.k. to resolve the issue bret's that i think until this is dealt with one way or another then we will continue to see this level of aggression the sort of language news for now the brits it crisis remains ongoing and that makes all m.p.'s potential targets wherever they stand on the political spectrum. because that is an incredibly troubling trend how much of a toll are these threats taking on lawmakers. i think 1st n.p.c.s. big to put a brave face on the they also know that they need to get on with their work but it does take emotionally a toll on them one m.p. told me how she got send pictures of rape scenes of decomp has said to bodies and that even had children were approached in her house in her garden and that she was advised by the police to to fence the garden off so she told me that when she is in
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parliament she felt secure because there's a lot of security there but once she goes out that's it's very hard and she doesn't feel that there is really enough protection but also we know that m.p.'s don't really see another way out i mean they call and walk around with bodyguards and they have to have these open surgery so it's really. a situation that they feel many of them feel they just have to kind of tolerate and they have to endure or i did have his favorite mass reporting for us from london thank you better now at some other stories making news around the world british police have arrested a 3rd person on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking after $39.00 bodies were found in the back of a truck in southeastern england officers believe most of the victims were chinese but human rights activists say some might be vietnamese the driver is in custody on suspicion of murder of. a soldier has fatally shot 8 fellow servicemen at
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a russian military base in the town of courtney in south eastern siberia the defense minister said the soldier was in custody and had suffered a nervous breakdown. the head of the world jewish congress ronald lauder has visited the german city of. weeks after a gunman killed 2 people while trying to break into a synagogue there larders visit comes amid numerous signs of a rise in anti-semitism in germany on monday he will present chancellor angela merkel an award for her commitment to fighting it the u.s. city of baltimore dignitaries attended the funeral of congressman and civil rights leader a larger coming among them was former president barack obama who praised cummings fight for rights and opportunities for forgotten people across america comics' was the head of the powerful house oversight committee investigating president donald trump he died earlier this month at the age of 68. nato has ended a 2 day summit in brussels acknowledging differences over its own member turkey's
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off fences in northern syria the us pulled its troops from the region earlier this month but washington is now saying it may send them back to prevent the so-called islamic state from capturing crucial oil fields. it isn't easy keeping up with america's position in syria after president trump emphatically said u.s. troops are coming home his statement seemed in downstairs reports came in that the white house had set out options for leaving u.s. forces in northeast syria the new order seemed to be modifying the objective of keeping isis extremists at bay to include the safeguarding of the oil fields the region is in a state of flux after trump declared he was withdrawing u.s. troops creating a vacuum on tuesday russia and turkey struck a deal on a 30 kilometer deep safe zone to enable the withdrawal of armed kurdish units from the area the oil fields which are of interest to the u.s. and in the east of the region at a nato press conference in brussels u.s.
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defense secretary mark esper tried to give some clarity to the u.s. position where both objectives and the reversal of trump's earlier order of troop withdrawal were set out. and his team so we are reinforcing that position it will include some mechanize forces again i'm not going to get into details but the mission in syria remains what their mission in syria began with it's always been about defeating the isis call ition. while russian forces step up their presence with turkey esper drew attention to news that turkey had said it had recaptured some of the $100.00 isis militants believed to have a scaped from prison in syria as a result of the turkish incursion. now could married men be allowed to become catholic priests that is one of the controversial topics being debated at a 3 week summit at the vatican the meeting of bishops is focused on the amazon region home to several isolated catholic communities the proposed change to the
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celibacy rule for priests would allow older married men in such communities to be ordained the idea has outraged conservatives but in a part of the world where the church faces a chronic shortage of priests many say it is the only solution. nelson cardoso is a devout catholic but at the moment he's not altogether happy with his church he's critical of the celibacy requirement. every man needs a partner pastors in the protestant church have them. so catholic priests should be allowed to have them to look at the men were just didn't . know since church has largely been abandoned the paint has faded and moisture has penetrated the walls children play in the place of worship deep in the amazon rain forest the priest in charge can only make rare visits getting there
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is always difficult for edilberto the 77 year old may not look like a catholic official but he's one of the most senior priests in this region and he's sworn to celibacy he tells us he has lived this way his whole life. the trip to remote congregations takes him at least 6 hours. in the eyes and a hammock while on route father and alberto is also critical of celibacy. but the pope francis has recognized that our congregations need the help of married priests why should any chased priests be allowed this is a major issue in the church right now and i see it as a blessing. in the amazon it's clear what father deal barito is talking about the congregations are far apart travelling by boat takes a long time and his church struggles to find young people willing to be celibate. in the village of self russets go and father at oberto celebrates mass with $200.00
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catholic youths. only edilberto can consecrate bread and accordance with church rooms. the region's catholic youth meet and sell francisco and they seem fun interested in taking about chastity edilberto discusses the pope's amazon synod and possible plans to ease the celibacy requirement. for voice support finally getting rid of celibacy if a priest wants to be chaste fine but it should be voluntary not obligatory. knew it must be don't give it that this idea was discussed at the amazon senate at the vatican and even encouraged by pope francis the catholic church is looking for ways to cope with a lack of priests and stop members from leaving. most members of milton's congregation support the end of celibacy in the priesthood so mass can take place every sunday and not just once every 3 months nelson would even consider leaving
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the church services himself but he wants to remain married there. it has to be possible. we see how protestant ministers have wives and children from the if we want this to a marriage they're there for married the. the reform of the catholic church might just have its origins in the amazon. now tourists are flocking to australia's iconic sandstone rock allure for one last climb before a permanent ban comes into effect starting on saturday the monolith will no longer be open to climbers the decision was made out of respect to indigenous australians who consider the site sacred according to the park's most recent data 300000 people visited the louvre and 2015 with a 130 people climbing it every day was added to the list of unesco world heritage sites in 1987. coming up
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