from berlin. tonight, the british prime minister last backup plan for brexit. she insists they will be no doing the date of britain pasta pressure from the european union. can this new proposal satisfy the lawmakers that throughout -- threw out her plan a? we hear frorom an uzbek journalt

who says he was jailed and tortured in his home country for years. plus, an iranian airline loses its landing rights. citing the same security concerns that recited by washington, d.c. years ago. and that spectacular moon last night. did you see it? people are still talking about it. it was a super blood wolf moon. we will tell you how it got that name and why it happened. i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us. today, she came with plan b. theresa may presented parliament

with what was supposed to be an alternative plan for brings it --brexit. she was forced to amend her original deal to take britain out of the union. a huge amount of parliamentarian politicians rejected it last week. >> if at first you don't succeed, theresa may had an uphill battle. she is facing criticism for refusing to take a no deal brags it -- brexit off the table. >> the right way to rule out no deal is ifor this house to approve a deal with european union. that is what this government is seeking to achieve. we have to about article 50. that would mean staying in the eu. >> it has been hard to untangle

the irish backstop. it would opepen the border ofof northe islanan may is facing o opposition to te backstop in her own government. dublin says it is essential to maintain peace in n northern ireland. a car bomomb exploded d over the weekend. a possible warning from militant groups in the region. theresa may says she is looking for a solution. theresa may: with regards to the backstop, there remained to core issues, the fear that we could be trapped in its permit late concerns over the potential impact on our union if northern island is --ireland is treated differently than the u.k.. i would take the conclusions of these discussions back to the eu. >> who is willing to listen to

those conclusions in the eu is a four question. they have blocked out further concessions to the u.k. and plan c is nowhere in sight. brent: down the alphabet. let's bring in barbara. good evening to you. today in parliament, jeremy corbyn called teresa -- theresa may's new plan for brexit groundhogs day. did she put forth anything new? barbara: she did not. it takes a certain amount of cold-blooded this to take plan a that was roundly defeated, blow the dust off and say here it is. this is the plan. just vote for it. i will listen to your objections. what i do with those objections

means -- remains unclear. i will take him to brussels and we will see what happens. that is what she did. in a way it is admirable. theresa may does what she does best, she just carries on and does not swerve left or right. brent: who was she trying to win over with her address in parliament, today? barbara: that was completely clear. all of this was for her own party and for her coalition partner, the northern irish do you pay -- dup. they were the ones that gave her this incredible defeat. they are the ones that she now tries to convince. it was relatively weak. their objections to the brags a deal --brexit deal go deeper. there is a larger group of monks

-- amongst the brexiteers. they are fighting for a hard brexit. they want a total and clear break from the european union. brent: what about outside of parliament? the people in the u.k.. do we have any indication on how they want to move forward on brexit? barbara: there is a strong movement for a second referendum. you can't say how many parliamentarians would vote for it at this point in time. if you look at the media, there is a rising despair that parliament and the government are running in circles like a cat chasing its own tap. i asked people what the situation means for them and how they would like to self -- solve

it. >> i would like another referend um. >> my preferred option was to stay in. i'm beginning to change my mind. that is how i am now. i think that as things have taken place over the past couple of years, i am beginning to change my mind. my third option was to stay with europe. >> with the brexit stuff, i didn't vote because i don't care. i just wanted done -- want it done. it is so boring. >> i don't know what the european leaders will accept. it seems that it is an embarrassing situation where i don't even know what they could go back to europe with and have

accepted. brent: it is fascinating. the opinions are buried and divided as the country. -- as varied and divided as the country. is theresa may any closer to delivering brexit? barbara: absolutely not. she just increases pressure on parliament. she says look how time passes. if you are responsible, you will have to say yes to the deal. that is what she repeats over and over again. that is not a solution. there is a power struggle. parliamentarians are trying to grab the wheel. they are trying to force the government to change course. it is a difficult thing to do

under the british system of government and the division of powers here. in brussels, they really must be wringing their hands about the spectacle. they can't do anything, they just sit there and wait. whatever will come, whatever will happen. >> we will have to do the same. it will be interesting to see what happens on the 29th of january. that was barbara on the story for us, in london. brent: the israeli military says that it's just have struck military targets in syria. including an intelligent site. this is a normally ambiguous -- this is different than the normally ambiguous statements. they fired toward syria on

sunday. that was a response to an earlier israeli air raid, neaear damascus internanational airpor. >> explosionons in the skies ovr damascus early o on monday morning. the syrian observatory for human rights says some syriansns have been killed. israel's military has cononfirmd that it targeted these positions, as seen in this footage. during a visit yesterday, netanyahu calledd a military wawarning of a a long-term miliy stratetegy. we pursue a p policy of attacking iranian positions in syria and everyone w who tririeo harm us. >> the policy was developed after a drone attack on israel from an iranian position in syria on february of last year.

in the months that followed, israel bombarded hundreds of mililitary basesararsenals and radar stationss across syria. the goal was to destroyoy the iranian n infrastructure there s much as possible. >> israel increasingly views the expansion of iranian positions and the deployment of revolutitionary guards in as a threat to security. >> a after a rockeket was f fir, israrael has warned of furtherer counterattacks by syria or syria's ally, iran. brent: here are other stories making headldlines around the world. russia has threatened retaliation after the eu slapped sanctions on its military intelligence chief over the nerve agent attack. the target individuals were

indicated in the murder. at least 1 10 peoeople have d dd after r two cargo ships with ina and turkish sailors went up in flames. the boys occurred at the mouth of the strait between the black sea. there are going to be stricter rules online healing services. they join drivers in barcelona who had been on strike since friday and today. they marched on parliament. the president of the uzbekistan has visited germany's chancellor here in berlin. it is the first such visit in 18 years. the president shavkat mirziyoyev says he wants to strengthen ties. the president assumed power two

years ago after uzbekistan's long-term later. she mentioned increased military oppoposition.. they share a border with uzbekistan. how much has really changed in uzbekistan? in a moment, we will speak to a human rights campaigner. but first, juri rescheto spoke with a journalist who spent nearly two decades in prison. >> after 19 years behind bars, this journalist is enjoying every moment of his newfound freedom. the 55 rolleled journalist was jajailed in the late 90's for supporting opposition. he is one of hundreds of his backs -- uzbeks who had to pay

for their political freedom. >> i was tortured in prison. they always caca up with reasons to torture me and punish me. we had to unload hive bricks from railway wagons.s. they had just come out of the oven. we had to load them into cars. >> they were 16 political prisoners who were released into prprison in the last two y year. >> the main reason i was afraid was becaususe of ourur -- i war eed was because e of our currert presidenent. it came down to his commitment to stand up to them. >> the -- uzbek government's praised these

people. he said that thanks to the president, uzbeks have the opportunity to defend their rights. >> we used to receive 200 complaints per year at m most. last year, we got 900. today, we don't have a single popolitical preresident in our jails. the president personally monitors the situation. we have changed as a country. > a lotot has changed in uzbekistan in the last two years. the country is gradually opening up to the outsidide world. with people still detained on political chaharges, the rule of law still seems a long way off here in uzbekistan. human rights watch says there are still nearly a dozen uzbek's incarcerated for their political views. they include priests and journalists. unlike the human rights organization, the country's

government does not consider them political prisoners. change is tangent in uzbekistan. corrupt police are being criticized. > i i hope there will be real reform andnd concrete results. i wantnt uzbekistan to become a true democracy. >> of the reforms are also taking place in his pakistan right now, not just in human rights. central asia's most populous country wants to put an end to-- past. brent: millions of stargazers, including my mother got a rare treat to a rare of clips known as a stupor blood ---- super blood wolf moooon.

the spectacle in the sky brought out plenty ofmateur astronomers. >> people stayed up late or got up early to see a red treat in the sky. -- rare treat in the sky. they caught the super blood wolf moon. a total lunar eclipse happens when a full moon becomes completely blocked from sunlight by the earth. shadow covers it from view until only a dim outline can be seen at all. as for the name, a supermoon happens when it is close to the earth, making it appear larger than usual. a wolf moon is a name for any moon in january. the blood moon c comes from thte

red cololor. >> the blood moon n aspect of ts eclilipse is what we calall all eclipspses. it can take on a a coppery, red cololor. the atmosphphere bends s the lit and its the moon, it t turns i t red. if you are on t t moon, you would be all sunrises and sunsets happening on earth at once. >> more than n 1500 people turnd up at thisis observatoryry in california. one of many popular viewing parties here on earth. people were in a celebratory mood. >> it is his s birthday, it i ia super special day. we are also celebrating his birthday. >> i said i will give you the moon on her birthday. on mine, she took it away. >> the entire transformation took 3.5 hours before the sun lit up the mood -- lunar

surface. if y you missed the event, you haveve 10 years to prepare for this mix of celestial circumstances to come together once again. brent: sports news now, this season was suffering a stuttering start. they kicked off the new year with a difficult clash against wolfsburg. the coach is under pressure and he made a huge call pregame by switching goalkeepers. it is a move that helped secure victory. >> a massive change to start 2019. the captain dropped for the first time in six seasons. domenico tedesco making a big call to help the season. the replacement showed his worth in the early stages and soon after, they had a penalty. daniel kelly jury -- daniel

stepped up. 1-0. so far, so good for todesco. they cleaned up the scraps. the youth products -- they were caught ball watching. 1-1. they are searching for answers heading to the halftime break. they found one. once again. two goals for the german. the results saw todesco live to fight another day. brent: in the other game, or lend visited brookside. berlin did not go back in snow conditions. >> a new year brings new hope. with the home fans cheering them

on, nuernberg wanted to end their winless streak. if your defense invites your opponents to score, it will be easy. the bosnians made it 1-0. nuremberg struck back. the captain made it 1-1 from close range. they got a momentary boost. after the restart, they showed their class. ondrej duda finished the job, 2 -1. he looked better than ever against nuremberg. two minutes later, he struck again. 3-1 was s the final score.e. >> i am happy. >> his brace helped of their

chchances for next season. nuremberg have not tasted victory in 13 outings. brent: steven is here. it is time to head to the alps for the world economic forum. steven: the outlook for the global economy is worse t than t has enen in a longng time. that is accordining to internrnational mononetary fund. ththe imf knocksks it down its global projection to 3.5%. that is down from 3.7. the united nations expects even lower growth. he told a davos audience that brexit could cause turbulence. speaking of the slipping chinese economy, it is the lowest it has

been in three decades. it could slow the global economy done with it. they are raising queuestions abt whwhat is behind t the slump and whether r the rest of the world should be worried. >> chinese economic performance was not global news. those days are long gone. the growth rate acted as an indicator of the health of the entire world's economy. no wonder that this announcement was so hotly anticipated. according to pulmonary estimates, the total value of china's gdp was 19.03 chilean -- trillion. that figure outstripped the anticipated goal. 6.6%, it may not sound too shabby. look at this. a decade ago, chinese economic growth was over and around 10%.

in the years since then, it flowed steadily. what is worrying investors is not knowing when the decline will end. the reason for china's slowdown are manifold. there is a slow and property market whihi is putting pressure on growth. even more worrying is s e continuing trade dispute with the united states. the two countries are currently holding a 90 day trace. their leaders agreed to that after dining together in argentina. further trade talks are set to take place next week. after months of volatility, a resolution may still be far off. a further escscalation could hae a dramatic impact on the chinese economy. potentially setting in motion a decline in the rest of the world too. steven: four times a week, a jetliner flies into germany. no longer, starting today. berlin says that they use the airline to transport oteri

personnel to war zones in the middle east. the u.s. has welcomed the move. >> they y say that the a airline ovidided financicial a other support to irar's islamic revolutionary guards. it has been pressing its european allies to follow through ever since.. the german ban will take effect. the fact is that it cannot be ruled out that this airline could be used to transport things into germany t that could have a security impact. considering the recent backdrop of terrorist activity and intelligence of terrorist activities by iran and e europe. he denied that the decision to ban this airlinee was from u.s. pressure. but european countrieses have ft

essure since donalald trump told the u.s. out of the nonproliferation treaty. some might follow germany's lead. >> let's stay in europe. france's data watchdog has said that it will find google -- fine google. they say that google confused users if they did not accept their terms of use. they used pop-up boxes. it is the largest fine to date under the strict data protection . here is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. for -- british prime minister theresa may has presented her backckup plan for brexit, . she said she will hold more

talks with her coalition partners and the eu on the divorce deal. millions of people in the americas and north and europe were able to view a total lunar eclipse. it was totally obscured for about an hour before lighting up again with a red glow. you; are watching dw news from berlin. after a short break, brent will be back to take you through the news. i am steven beardsley, in b erlio cap -- berlin. thank you.

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