sarah: this is the w news live from berlin. british prime minister tourism it resists calls from her own party to step down. >> we need to see brexit through to honor the results of the referendum. sarah: her reworked deal to lead

the european union and backfires , even within her own government. one of her closest allies has quit. also coming up -- violence and fatalities in indonesia as protesters destined traders protest the results of the election. flares and fireworks continued ththrough the night after clashg with security forces. at least six have been killed. plus, president trump indefinitely cuts off key talks with democrats, including nancy pelosi, in a doomed oval offffie meeting. >> maybe it was lack of confidence on his part that he could not match the greatness of the challenge that we have. sarah: and one of africa's most influential authors have died.d. it was her mission to change the way the world perceived to be

consonant. -- it was his mission to change the way the world perceived the continent. ♪ sarah: british prime minister theresa may is facing renewed calls to resign after she asks lawmakers to approve her redesigned brexit proposal. the withdrawal agreement sets out the terms under which the u.k. would lead the european union, but parliament has rejected previous versions three times and even some of the captain members are asking her to cancel the vote, saying not enough has changed all stop that is despite her opening the door to a second brexit referendum. many within her party on her out, but earlier today, the prime minister rejected calls to rip up her brexit plan and leave office.

>> we need to see brexit threw two on of the results of the referendum and the change people demanded. i believe most members of this house feel the same. for all this is agreement, we believe in democracy. we want to make good to the promise we made for the future of our membership. >> let's get to our reporter in london. developing news coming in. we have been hearing that the leader of the commons, andrzeze led some has -- andrea ladsom has stepped down.. reporter: it could well be. the whole day had the whohole dy -- had people threatening to resign.

the colleagues wantedd to meet, but reportetedly refused to o mt them. then, we heard she e was resistg calls s resign amid but this is a blow.. they had so far supported the prime minister, but she had been oil t to her nowow. she said she is resigning over the issue of a second referendum. that was one of the things she put in her resignation letters. you have to see the timing. it is on the eve of the european election. the e ting here e is tomorrow ad to d do this the evening beforen important election which will be about brexit, that is quite something to do to your prime minister. sarah: not a good sign for that

vote on her deal. the four-time voting on this deal now. is it already dead in thehe wat? >repoporter: preretty much. onee of the arguments was s wher thereresa may should present itt all because they were -- there were so much opposition, but also she was trying to reach out to the labour party with ththe offefer of a second referendum, however the leader, jeremy corbyn has said this is not a new offer and we have seen so many of her own party members turning against her, people voted in the party -- in the past for this deal now say they will not vote for her in the question is whether she could bring it before parliament and whether she will be prime minister in the next days or if people are forcing her to go.

sarah: indonesia's president has warned that strong action will be taken against rioters in the capital of jakarta. he was taking -- at least six people haven't killed in the clashes with security forces. by was erected after authorities confirmed the president's reelection. supporters of f a candidate clam that vototing was rigged. >> on the streets of jakarta, another night after protests continued throughout the d day, demonstrators throwing stonenes and lightiting fires a as they continue to defy police orders to leave the downtown area. the demonstration started peacefully on tuesday. election results show the

incumbent president joko widodo had one -- won. they hurled molotov clock titles -- molotov cocktails and projectiles at police, setting five -- fire two vehicles. dozens of suspect had been arrested. >> the majority of protesters came from outside of jakarta. we also found evidence, including an ambulance that was filled with stones and tools for attack. reporter: the election commission said president joko widodo had 55% of the vote. the opposition said the election was fraud, but so far has no

evevidence to back up the claim. >> there is no choice. the military and police will tatake firm action in accordance with the law. reporter: the defead candidatete is refusing to accept the election result. the e government has deployed se 50,000 police to back up the president suffer tort. sarah: let's get more now. tell us, how far could the president go to stop these protests? reporter: he never hesitated to do the necessary thing to secure his residency. in 2014, a powerful enemy was trying to undermine his power. you saw how he disbanded the organization.

he was defeated and then thrown in jaiail. we can see a similar pattern today on joko widodo is slightly irritated and will not tolerate any attempt to disrupt the democratic process. meanwhile, a former general says he has a list of names of people who are allegedly responsible for the rights. from the looks of it, we see more people are arrested. the only thing is, we don't know if high-ranking politicians are included. sarah: how widespread is the report -- the support? reporter: many are saying he is now running out of time. even former president of the party was in the coalition and gave his support to the reelection. after the announce of the

results, we expect to see more from the political s spectrum. this was repeated again and again. sarah: thank you. let's get a quick check on some other stories making news around the world. recent germany have conducted a raid against a mainly iraqaqi motorcyclele gang,, making at lt one arrest. hundreds of officers search locations in 11 cities. the gang members are accused of illegal arms deals and human trafficking. south african lawmakers have reelected, post --

[indiscernible] the united states has said it suspects the syrian government of using chemical weapons again, this time in a week and attack in the northwest part of the country. washington has threatened reprisals if it is proved that chemical weapons have been used, but observers have disputed the claims. north korea has named joe biden a full -- fool. this, after b biden called north korean leader a tyrant. he said his -- they said his candidacy is enough to make a cat laugh. present from cut the short a meeting with leaders of the democratic party. he said he ended the talks

because democrats are openly discussing impeachment. however, they say it was a plane stunt and reiterated their accusations that president trump is engaging in a cover-up of interference in the russia probe. for his part, trump says that he will not work with democrats until they stop discussing impeachment or as he calls it, the [indiscernible] >> this meeting was set up a number of days ago, 11:00. all of a sudden, i hear they are going to have a meeting rental for this meeting to talk about the "i" word. can you imagine? sarah: let's get more now. helena, what goes through wide trump cut this meeting with the democrats short? reporter: on the surface, the president said he was serious the speaker of the house,

nicolosi, accused him of being engaged in a cover-up and indeed that is something nancy pelosi said shortly after meeting today. -- resist testimony, exert executive privilege, but rather than cancel the meeting, it appeared to be a choreographed move. the fact that the president attended for a few brief moments before the president stormed out of the building and spoke with reporters. the question is, why now? as we all know, the democrats have long been investigating the president ever since they took control of the house following the midterm elections. chuck schumer said it was because the president d doesn't want to pass his infrastructure bill, he cannot come up with the funds for it. that said, the president said he was serious about mention of

impeachment and certainly talk about impeachment has intensified in recent days. sarah: our democrarats looking r impeachment -- are democrats looking for impeachment? reporter: i would say they are not united on this. they give losey has pushed for a soft investigation and said. -- nancy pelosi has pushed for a soft investigation instead. >> would you believe it is important to follow the facts? that no one is above the law, including the president. we believe the president of the united states has engaged in a cover-up. reporter: the speaker of the house nancy pelosi there. impeachment would likely fail,

so long as we have a republican-controlled senate. not necessarily do the american public want to see impeachment. a recent poll found that 60% of americans do not support impeachment, but the removal of office could come with the election. sarah: 2020 still a long way away. if trump thousand not to work with the democrats on legislation, what is it mean for the country? reporter: i think that is a really good question. it is important not to get sidetracked by the theatrics. politics is about getting things done for the country. right now, we're going to see little progress on a badly needed infrastructure bill, so no money for aging bridges, roads, high-speed internet. the trade deal, nafta for example, that likely won't

happen and that could be risky for a president who has long staked his claim on being a dealmaker and economic reformer and ththat in light of an electn campaign could be dead -- could be a dangerous move. sarah: sarah thank you. now to our series on the german constitution which is 70 years old. it came into effect may 1949 after being dropped off on the supervision of the victorious allied powers.s. its aim was to ensure that after the years of nazi rule and the destruction of the war, the new germany would be built on solid democratic foundations. 40 years later, w when west and east were reunited, the constitution was adopted in a new, reunified germany. all this week, we are looking at how germany's constitution works in practice. in this next report, we locus on

one of the most hotly debated issues today. what to do about rising rents, especially here at the capital of berlin. one activist has invoked the constitution in his fight. he says property owners are responsible. he notes that property entails obligations and should serve the public good. >> i would like the people that live in the city be able to keep living here in ordinary people find a home here. >> city life is becoming impossible for some. rising rent prices are forcing people to leave. he hears stories every day and

fighting to make large property companies serve the public good as the constitution requires. his main target owns more t than one and 2000 apartments -- wanted thousand apartments -- 10100,000 apapaments. >> they have been bowling tennis for years be socialized in the apartments become publicly owned. >> he insists it is possible by the constitution. >> property entails responsibility and it must also be used to serve thehe public good. no one can claimim these properties are being used to do that. in fact, the opposite is true . >> he works with fellow campaigners and it dominates his

life. his job running an online delivery firm has taken a backseat. they are collecting signatures to try to trigger a referendum, but the major political party says the city needs new apartments, not appropriation of old ones in the property companies say the idea is no more than old -- and -- old-fashioned socialism. >> it has resulted in many negative experiences throughout german history and you can see how things were there with socialized housing in many cities. >> we have heard this before, but we are talking about the german constitution. >> his initiative is gathering pace in the city. >> dear berliners, sunday petition. >> they have 20,000 signatures,

the first step towards a referendum. [inaudible] everyone wants to meet him. he stresses that what is driving him is a strong sense of justice . the city cannot stand by when all the people who have lived here for 40 years are forced to leave their homes. >> you can't t do without an apartment. you can do withthout a car, but everyone needs an apartment. we have to enforce this social human right. ♪ sarah: in other news, ukraine's new president vladimir zielinski has announced his new administration. seen here during this week's inauguration, the closest president he has come to live

office is playing the country's president in a hit tv series. david stern is in the ukrainian capital. he joins us now. tell us more about these political novices who are now set to be in high office. >> we knew that mr. luzinski -- mr. zielinski would bring new faces. these are people who work with him in his production company and his hit comedy. the most prominent being the first assistant to the president. he is mr. zielinski's partner in his production company. some people see this as an insecure -- indication that he is in fact bringing new blood into the administration, new faces, not the same old faces we have seen before, the other people are questioning what exactly these people bring to

the job. sarah: there's also been controversy about the appointment about a lawyer who used to work for one of ukraine's richest men. why is that? reporter: he was a close advisor to mr. zielinski during the campaign and now he has been named head of the presidential initiation, but he is also a lawyer to one of ukraine's richest men and very, the restroom -- very controversial figure indeed. he was accused by the ukrainian authorities of embezzling over $5 billion from the bank. he denies these charges and he was out of the country on a self-imposed exile for two years, but now he has come back, so the question is what exactly the connection. in fact, mr. zielinski has his own connection to him and how

this is going to influence the case against him? sarah: what is it tell us about how he will run things? reporter: it is quite early still in his term. it is just over two days. i guess we can say that he is not afraid to shake things up as we saw from his inauguration, but the question is, further down the road, how will he work with parliament? he is called these snap elections that are supposed to take place in two months. this is important because he hopes to have a majority or working majority and that would influence people he can bring into the government because it is parliament, the majority of ministers, so he is hoping for a positive outcome so that he can push forward with his programs. sarah: thank you. a kenyan author and gay activist

has died in nairobi. he won the 2002 prize for african writing, but he may best be known for a work published later about his sexuality and beining hiv positive. he was only 48 years old. >> she wrote detail for -- he wrote the tail for his mother. he failed to mention his sexuality, his coming out. >> people have dignity. all people have dignity. there is nobody who is a beast or animal. i'm fine with that, but don't come with stones and sticks and

laws. sarah: he was already -- reporter: he was all ready one of [no audio] the ward held him to world prominence. in 2014, time magazine named him one of the m most 100 influentil piece of -- influential people. >> you know you're going to lose an election, you find loud noises in zimbabwe. every human being has a little bit in him. reporter: his passing comes just days before the high court's sectoral on anti-gay laws. notably will he missed that, but he plans to marry his boyfriend in south africa. now the two will not have their wedding. sarah: now to plans to expand

the next world cup 248 teens have been abandoned by fee for. the tournament in qatar will go ahead with 32 teams as previously planned. the change would have required qatar to share coasting duties -- hosting duties. they said after a thorough and consult -- thorough consultation process, the change would not be made now and the tournament in 2026 would be the first to expand the number of participants. a reported 3 million people have fled venezuela since 2015 and for many of the migrants suggesting -- adjusting, it can be challenging. a group living there is using sport to share their concerns. >> these venezuela migrants, playing baseball is more about the love of friends, it is also

about hopes and troubling situation back home. >> my others and friends are still living there. all of the stream of another venezuela -- all of us dream of another venezuela. >> they have seen in influx -- an influx of baseball players from venezuela in recent years. >> every team has three or four venezuelans. >> it is clear that their biggest goals are not of a sporting nature. >> a change of government, as this one has led us to bankruptcy. >> it brings them together during difficult times. sarah: i'm sarah kelly in berlin, thank you so much for watching. have a great day. ♪

. by priests . thank you very much for being with us the word. in the corridors of power in london is that theresa may is on the brinink. the spin a special meeting of the conservative backbench nineteen twenty two dorothy seeking to call another vote no confidence then came the news that a member of the cabinet has resigned. over handling of breaks it and your lessons predicted by many in size to be preparing. leadership. al