this is the the only news life from the european union transparent and flexible departure date prime minister boris johnson's been given the option of leaving the bloc between now and january 31st next year as he pushes for a snap general election also on the program this is all that's left of abu bakar al back that is high that the u.s. says the leader of the so-called islamic state blew himself up when special forces stormed his compound in northern syria world leaders welcomed news of his death but what if reprisal attacks. on.

the left celebrates its return to power in argentina president-elect altucher fernandes now has to pull the country back from an economic cliff. i'm forgetting welcome to the program the european union has agreed to postpone britain's departure from the block for up to 3 months european council president to donald tweeted that the remaining 27 member states had agreed to accept the u.k.'s request for a presage flex tension until january 31st next year. let's get more on this from d.w. correspondents barbara fazio in brussels and shawn otto potts in london welcome both let's start with you bob what is the thinking behind this flexible departure date. the thinking is that the divorce proceedings between britain

and the european union have reached the point to that they have gotten somewhat acrimonious and the 2 sides and particularly the e.u. want to see the back of the other so it is the message we are not keeping you whenever you're ready to go please we would even show you 2 at the door we would carry your suitcases and we might even order into a taxi to sort of facilitate the departure seriously this really is a signal to the government in london to sort of speed up and figure out what they want and how they want it and when they want to because the e.u. is relatively tired and exasperated was following this process and not knowing when and how it will happen social impulses in london or the prime minister barak's jobs and what's a snap election and he's hoping to make a brags of his big campaign issue so what does the timing look like.

oh now with all of that we have to remember that the u.k. was due to leave the european union the day the so what boris johnson had pledged for do or die of course this is out of the window now and this is why he's pushing for the general election he wants it as soon as possible pretty christmas and parliament is going to hold a vote on that later on today now here comes the tricky part because boris johnson needs a truth majority in parliament to back a general election and at this hour opposition parties are meeting and debating whether to support this call for a general election and we'll have to see comes out of. today's vote goes against mr. well there are other ways to push for a general election for example a simple majority and it does look like opposition parties could rally behind it

because in general everybody wants a general election at some point just for different reasons for example the liberal democrats and the scottish national party are doing very well in the polls they are hoping to get after a general election a pro european pro remain paul m and so they would most likely support this call at some point and i think chances that we will see a general election pretty christmas have really gone up and up and up the decision is expected at some point this week. in brussels 6 thank you bill. also in the u.k. the driver of a truck in which $39.00 people were found dead has appeared in court 25 year old maurice robinson is charged with manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people prosecutors said the case involves a global crime ring that is send large numbers of people to the u.k. many of the victims are thought to have come from vietnam where the case is causing i wish. their son was told he'd be smuggled to england in

a 4 seater sedan the vi p.r. now they say. was scammed. leading you to it's very very scary if i had known he would be in a truck i wouldn't have let him go. because i told my brother not to go but he did anyway i told him not to i did but i failed. to note. is just one of dozens of young people from this vietnamese province to be reported missing by their families since last week's grim discovery a refrigerated truck inside the bodies of $39.00 people frozen and suffocated another father tells how his son undertook the risky journey without his parents' knowledge. to go to work abroad so he could earn money

to support me and his mother. because we're both ill and can't work much i never wanted him to go. as british police investigate who was responsible for the deaths of these families back in central vietnam are hoping against hope that their fears may prove unfounded. i love my brother i'm just hoping to hear from him. even if he's been arrested as long as he's alive that's ok. now to some of the other stories making news around the world indonesia's president joked that we don't go as pledged investment for the country's poorest regions after writing on the problems of papua left dozens dead last month president widodo says shops and homes will be rebuilt and he's promised new roads and airports and the opening of a new bridge. the iraqi military has declared

a curfew in baghdad after another day protest left at least 2 people dead students clashed with police in the capital after joining anti-government demonstrations at least 220 people have been killed since the protests began earlier this month. protesters in lebanon recorded for a general strike to press their demands for an end to corruption and an overhaul of the political system demonstrations were originally sparked by a proposed new tax on internet commerce has been widespread disruption for the last 10 days. when world leaders have welcomed u.s. president donald trump's announcement that the leader of the so-called islamic state abu bakr al baghdadi was killed in a raid by u.s. special forces in syria mr trump said baghdad blew himself up as u.s. troops stormed his hideout the british prime minister boris johnson welcomed the news but cautioned that the fight against islamic state is not yet over other leaders have warned of possible reprisal attacks by us fighters. so far from east

90 for iraq and so close to turkey neither village berisha in series know the province of the world's most wanted man met he's the minds little remains of the i.s.i. foust it which i view back i'll bet he spent his last ties he much of his family plus plus followers died during the u.s. special forces operation. of my house and saw a helicopter in front of me no more than 50 meters in the air and another one right behind it there were no shots fired at 1st and then suddenly there was gunfire and the helicopter began firing back. by visiting the operation from the white house situation room with donald trump and he's top military commander has a dramatic address a u.s. president said that gotti had died quite like a dog blowing himself and his children up he ignited his vest killing himself and the 3 children his body was mutilated by the blast test results

gave certain immediate and totally positive identification now back at his demise is a further blow to the so-called islamic state that once control the territory the size of britain now the man who proclaimed a state and the land itself of both being lost but the terror group left behind thousands of victims and shattered lives the city in which al baghdadi proclaimed his calaf that most so he's now torn asunder. his tent is a fraction of the sins and misdeeds roots on the victims who lost their lives in the old city area. and here are their bodies are still under the rubble because of him and his organization. and this fight isn't over hours after al baghdadi is death was announced a joint kurdish u.s.

operation targeted an icebox man the man considered a potential future leader of the group he's also reported dead but even now over 10000 eyes militants remain to plot jihad and vengeance. the bond markets have taken a sliding early trading in argentina following the victory of santa last contend that i'll bet a phenomena in the country's presidential election debate pro-business incumbent morrissey oh my cri the campaign was dominated by the country's severe economic crisis and president elect fernandes faces the tricky task of reducing a growing mountain of debt and dodging another damaging default. celebrations in the streets acquaintance itas happiness and hope sweep over crowds supporting the victorian vision of political outsider fernandez. the people are waking up we can't stand the oppression of those who have more and don't give

a damn about us the working people the poor families so i'm happy because people still have this hope and my daughter will have a better future. supporters believe fernandez can lift a nation out of its economic crisis the 60 year old law professor term president elect was a relative political unknown until recently but he's clear on his plans for the country that is where your we are of course going to work together as closely as possible. because the only thing that will concern us is stopping the suffering of argentinians once and for all this election is seen as a referendum on conservative president will receive a mockery poverty sort under his watch that conceding defeat he struck a unifying tone. for argentina an orderly transition that will bring stability to ole argentinians because the most important thing is the future. this election is a return to power for argentina a center left making

a comeback this time as vice president cristina fernandez de kitchener she herself was president for 8 years fernandes his choice of running mate split opinion among voters but kitchen doesn't see it as dividing the country you know through your mother's very today i'll bet is president of all argentinean. for these people the hope is that this political plot twist will lift the nation out of poverty. straight to our. correspondent. lockets world nervous about populism to argentina how they reacted to this result. well phil the big crash didn't happen markets have responded in a relatively remodel manner to this result some economists say that's no wonder really because they had a month and

a half to prepare for this results in the primaries already indicated that alberta fernandes would win these elections the fact that the peso didn't plummet this morning though has mostly to do with extreme currency controls that were imposed by the central bank last night argentineans will now only be able to withdraw $200.00 u.s. dollars per month until the end of the year that limit until last friday was a $10000.00 so while these measures may be able to keep markets at bay it has caused uncertainty here among argentinians the black market value of the dollar has skyrocketed and many people don't know what these measures will do to their savings of broad and to their ability to travel and i've talked to some people here and they've told me that this is exactly the kind of measures that they're criticizing that they're wary off the fact that that the country is only taking measures to calm down mark our support not to come down people here on the street now we heard

in the report very conciliatory noises from both sides how much cooperation could all but it's a fine on this really expect as effective he tries to do brasil makris policies as it tries to rescue the economy. well as little as possible and as much as necessary let's put it that way maurice your mockery is still the president until december 10th so he can just sit back and how to pass it cooperate. he will be remembered by a big part of argentinians as the person who brought about the crisis so making for a smooth transition is also in his interest because it's part of his leg. see now what will happen after december 10th that's a whole different story because now the both of them might be striking conciliatory tone but that's going to change for sure after mary see a mockery passes on to the opposition so we saw the economy then what is the of

a biggest issue facing the new president. well the biggest issue of course is renegotiating the debt the country has with the i.m.f. and then a very different on his will have to create unity unity among the people of people that are deeply divided and weary of the country's politics they'll have to reunite around a new version of perrin ism a more moderate version of the parent s. and they've come to know and uniting people around his idea of politics is also the 2nd big challenge that very different on his will face inside his own party because there are 2 are deeply divided there are several splinter groups in the foot and that if those so putting that all under one tent will be a big challenge ahead for him. we'll leave it there thank you.

firefighters are battling huge blazes in northern and southern california strong winds are fanning the flames and the statewide emergency has been declared the state's governor said that officials were using every resource available the king carried 5 bunning for the last of 5 days this destroyed more than 90 buildings and 80000 more evacuation orders have been issued for nearly 200000 people in sonoma county north of san francisco. the curse of sonoma county just 2 years ago this wealthy area of northern california burned now it's again the region worst hit by the state's blazes fear of the flames has returned to communities that had just begun to recover from their last devastating encounter with fire. if you see this big. smoke in the bowl in the sky back there probably within a half hour or. less than that it was here already. then i walked outside my deck

was on fire it's about. time lapse footage shows the sonoma plays darkening the sky on sunday firefighting conditions worsened further the blaze is huge with spot fires springing up around it's. thousands of firefighters are battling it but even so they admit they're losing the battle. now right now where the wind conditions continue continue to be a challenge force were prepping the story right now for structure defense in the event that the fire does make a run with the wind driven of them towards this this subdivision authorities blame unprecedented gusts of wind for the worsening fire front their speed and unpredictability have been preventing firefighters from controlling the flames right now in sonoma the will of nature's deciding whose home will be spared and whose will go up in flames. ok let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world focusing colombia's

capital reelected a female that for the 1st time pass who is openly gay what about 35 percent of the vote the position of matter of bogota is widely considered to be the 2nd most important political post after the presidency. emergency crews in india southern states of tunnel nadu a working around the clock to rescue a topless stuck in a while the 2 year old is trapped about 30 meters down into the borehole will play with friends. aboriginal communities from the central australian desert region are celebrating the closure of the route to tourists offenses can no longer plod the attraction previously known as has wrong the national park abolished the process on the spiritual environmental. and safety grounds. a german chancellor angela merkel is being honored today for fighting anti semitism in her country the world jewish congress is warning of the terror the war has pries less than a month after

a fatal attack on a synagogue in east germany. following the attack on a synagogue in the city of hala 3 weeks ago german chancellor angela merkel expressed her solidarity with members of the jewish community outside a synagogue in berlin. i said this yesterday in front of the new synagogue and i'll repeat it here we are happy to have each and every synagogue every jewish community and every one of jewish heritage in our country in ones of them learned. earlier this month an attacker tried to storm the synagogue in holland when he was blocked from entering he shot 2 people attacks on jews rose by 20 percent this year studies suggest more than one quarter of germans hold anti semitic beliefs merkel has always been outspoken against this trend. the fact that she is now being rewarded for this is something even the opposition left party

welcomes in theory. this race is coming too soon the most important thing is for merkel before the end of her term to get a hold on the country and to make the security services aware of this problem and to ensure that society can push back against anti semitism and fear for chancellor merkel remembering the holocaust and showing solidarity with israel are a matter of fundamental government ethics she made this clear in an address to the israeli parliament early in her tenure either going to every government and every chancellor of the federal republic of germany before me was aware of our historical responsibility to help protect israel that they had surprise honors those who have actively taken part in helping the world be a safer place for jews. but for chancellor merkel this has never meant she would avoid political disagreements with the israeli prime minister. and so his award

ceremony in munich will be watched by d.w. corresponds to frank hoffman welcome frank tell us about the go ahead surprise and its significance. well it's one of the most prestigious and most important prizes in awards in the jewish world maybe it's the most important one run a lot of the presidents of the world jewish congress outlined today during a conference this congress here in munich it comes back goes back to theater has who was the intellectual and garion born again also intellectual who founded the idea of the jewish state's and which was the intellectual work for the foundation of the state of israel and in this mecca is only the 2nd german that has the on the to get a wallet but what by the price of the marxist ring of the famous conservative western popish are you going to pursue miss lee received the prize because you miss lee in

the 1980 so this is a very important moment for a german head of state here and why is the german chancellor receiving the award why swire what the world jewish congress say in. well both ronald lauder and charlotte a can opener has had the owner of the had presidents of the jewish community here in munich and their various that to me earlier this day that they want to honor the work and the subcontinent and the consequent in your slate so the support of miss mecca for just for jewish life for jewish religion and for the state of israel she really played herself into the hearts of of people representing jewish life and religion and of course politics in the state of israel but also united states where this world jewish congress has a strong spaces of falls so she really has a lot of support here and i think politically it's also an important moment for the

world jewish congress to awards it's to give the award to i'm going to america politically when it comes to latest developments here in germany and we'll talk about the settlers the latest developments how is the world jewish congress reacting to reports of growing onto semitism here in germany look at that this report came from the world congress this is a study based on a survey that found out that 27 percent of germans are anti-semitic and even 18 percent of german elites are anti-semitic so of course they want to put pressure on term politics to take care about this problem because they think it's rising again . from kaufman in munich thank you. well we'll start with football and then germany has been does leg mentioned last back held on to that spot at the top of the table after they were victorious in

a thrilling game against frankfurt the foals bounced back from a loss to dortmund last time out with a ruthless attacking display. have been placed firmly in front of the lens this season their performances continue to fuel title talk a promising start bore fruit early on bill m. below set off a blistering counterattack and teed up marcus to run by one nil after 29 minutes and below showing off pace and vision to create this simple tap in. and just before the break glass backs pressure produced a 2nd a slice of luck here but ask events finish was powered by a strong hit from the left back and coach marco only had to give a very simple half time team talk or so he would have thought on 59 minutes frankfurt pulled one back daiichi canada creating the chance for danny de costa to

one hope for the visitors yet. a flurry of goals followed on 75 minutes nico alveda restored black box to go bust. before martine him to return the favor 4 minutes later to make it 32. but it was glad backs not denny's that curry as precise hit sealed all 3 points on 85 minutes. before 2 victory sending the phones back to the top of the bundesliga table. and tennis 1st of all or roger federer a hostile abated to another victory at the swiss indoors championship in front of a hometown crowd and then followed it up with a special party it was a record 10th time federer won the bus the competition was also a ball boy 20 years ago clearly has forgotten his victory by throwing a pizza party the ball boys from girls

a moment to savor the champions for the champion i'm going to miss you know the fans. i was reminded of our top story this hour british prime minister bars johnson has been granted an extension the day when not britain could leave the european union e.u. members have a major supply extension so britain on top of the option of leaving at any point up to the 31st of january next year. coming up right next to him t w news asia. pakistan's population boom d.w. visit so moral center for a look at why family planning is still to. puppet show kids in indonesia take home the big problem of plastic to. close a chunk of those stories on morning news stations up next on. newsnight the top of

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