from berlin. tonight, the battle over brexit. the u.k. opposition leader says he will not let the prime minister get away with letting the country crash out of ththe european union. jeremy corbyn says he will move swiftly to keep johnson from suspending the government at the end of the deck nine. -- of the deadline. also coming upis columbibia's historic piece on the verge ofof unraveling?

a former commander of the country's largest rebel group vows to take up a arms against e government, three years after a peace deal ended a half-century of bloodshed. plus, protesters in indonesia burned down government holdings and businesses after wednesday's deadly protests. the government says it will investigate reports of a racist attack believed to be the cause of the unrest. i'm brent goff. our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. can the u.k. parliament use legislation to prevent its own suspension? opposition leader jeremy corbyn says yes. he plans to introduce legislation to block prime minister boris johnson from suspending parliament ahead of brexit. just yesterday, johnson

announced that he would suspend parliament for five weeks between september and october. he says the break is necessary to allow the government to develop it's a domestic agenda. opponents say it is an undemocratic attempt to stifle debate before the scheduleded departure from the eu on october 31. >> more than one million signatures were gathered in 24 hours against the forced recess of parliamenen many regions are furious. including businesswoman and anti-brexit at the guest miller. she has launched legal action to defend the rights of parliament in the courts. >> we are not questioning whether using that power is illegal or not. what we are questioning is that the use of this power in provoking parliament for such a long time. >> brexit hardliners don't understand. jacob reese smog told reporters

the move was democratic. behind the scenes at westminster, opposition parties are forging alliances under great pressure to try and politically thwart johnson's plans. therefore kissed on bringing forward legislation to halt a new deal brexit. >> we will use every device we can. if it hahas to include a vote of no-confidence, we will be open to that. what we want to do is allow boris johnson to act like a dictator. >> politicians only have four session days to get any measure through parliament. it is a tight race against time. brent: for more on the legal aspects, i am joined by dr. -- a senior lecturer at middlelesex university. it is good to have you on the show. let's talk about time.

is the clock w working against parliament now? does parliament have only next week to stop its own suspension? >> very simpmply, yes. let's start with the legal fact. on the 31st o of october, 2019, unless s something else happens, that something else has to be legislation through parliament, the u.k. will withdraw without a deal. that is a new deal brexit on the 31st of october. in order to avoid this situation, parliament has to do so, but with this use of what is otherwise anan ordinary power -- there is a correct this in saying it is an ordinary power, but they are using it to give five weeks without debate, without any means of creating legislation and avoiding any kind of no deal brexit. we are facing a very simple question of little or no time. some very important points, that

four days was just mentioned, the parliament will come back from summer recess in september. the e few days are the very end of this parliamentary session. any legislation which has not reached through both houses and become law by that date is dead. it will not continue into next session. brent: if i could, i just want to say, we are saying next week is the only time parliament has to stop the suspension, but we are talking about a full week. correct me if i am wrong, but the mother of all parliaments can come up with legislation in one week to preventnt its own suspension, right? > we a are going to be lookit standing order 24. it is bringing emergency debates, emergency legislation.. this is a problem we have faced

in the u.k. for almost three years is consensus. you can ring legislation, but only if you have a majorority in ththe house of commons and the house of lords. what oppositition are going to e facing for those few days is potentially fibusterining. if the house of commons has the flfloor, it can n run down that clock so o that legislation coud die atat t the point that parlit is suspended. there is such h little time. we might see one off my f favore termrms, parliamenentary p ping, where a piece of f legislation willll bounce quiuickly betweene houses, but that is very little time to get such important legislation through. brent: if that is the case, then in your opinion, is anything going to happen next week that can stop the suspension or a no deal brexit? >> rightht now, we are discussig

three different legal ways in which this suspspension of parliament, the stopping o of debate, can happen. the first is the cocourts. we have three challenges going on, one of which is being spearheaded by gina miller, but this is goingg to be a big constitutional q question in and of itselelf, becauause this pows a royal power. it is exercised by t the queen upon advdvice of the government. we could have seen a constitutional c crisis yesterd, had the queen refused the advice of governmnment. now, what gina milleler andnd te other litigants of these cases are going to do is challenge that advice, saying that the advice given by government to the queen was illegalal, that it was an unlawful use, and abuse of a power of government. we are also potentially -- and this is where the oppositioion e

going, wee will try to see legislation to e either focus on avoiding a new dedeal brexit. in order to avoid a no deal brexit, it is not enough to say we vote against it.t. you need t to vote for ann alternative and morore than that -- this i is when time comes in- if you want an agreement with the eu, you will need aa qualified majority of the euroropean council to agree with yo you need legislation saying we want the agreement and the last european council meeting before brexexit is on the 17th and 18th of october. parliament comes back the 14th, butt is to spend the first five days talking about the queen's speech, not about a withdrawal. brent: it sounds very bleak. let me ask you about this suggestion madade today. there is what is knownwn as a humble address to the queen, where our limit can ask a motion asking the queen to stop this.

why not do that? >> this comes back to the very core essential. this is why we are talking about fundamental questions of the u.k. constitution. the queen is not political.l. in facact, the queen is he an institutioion. the m monarchy has not been political inin hundreds of year. the last time a queen -- it was queen victoria -- stepped in, it caused a a crisis. you are absolutely correct in saying that the government are appointed by the queen. they are not voted in, they are appointed byby the queen. a humble addddress, in my y hume opopinion, will l bring the quen into such an extxtreme political and almost a crisis situation, foforcing in a political body to make one of the most important polititical decisisions in a century. brent: senior lecturer in law at

middlesex university, laying out tonight how the clock is definitely working against westminster tonight. dr., we appreciate your insight. thank you. is it the end of a new peace in columbia? a former senior commander of the demilitarized rebel group said he is s taking up arms again against the governmement. the militant leader is accusing the colombian govevernment o of violating the peace treaty thaht wawasigned i in 2016. that treaty ended decades of civil war. he was the chief rebel negotiator in the peace talks. he released a video that was more than 30 minutes long, explaining the new reasons for opposing the government. >> when we assigned to accord in havana, we did so with the conviction that it was possible

to change the life of the most humble and dispossessed. the state has not fulfilled its most important obligations, which is to guarantee the life of its citizens and especially avoid assassinations for political reasons. brent: for more, i am joined from bogotá by a journalist and consultant for the ngo crisis group. it is good to have you on the show. this is a disturbing development. what does this mean for this peace process? >> i think thatolumbia's roadd to peace wasas a bumpy ride.e. ththe announcements yesterday ae a major setback for the agenda, anand most likely will generate ininternational pressure. to be honest, i think the security situation not so much willll change.

marques babasically spea together witith former command's in the name e of what we considr the dissssidents. these a are people e who from t beginning alreaeady said they ye not up for it. they havee been joined by neww recruiuits. to be honest, thehey laid down arms. it is only an insignificant part thatat joined forces with the groups. now, it is not so much that there is a new factor in the conflict. it is basically a dissident group with a more clear leadership. it also gives rise to new possibilities and new open lines of communication. it does not mean that there is any armed actor. now we know that t the governmet and the commanders of ththe fark local party, if t they remain, i

think that after the shakeup of today, not much will change. brent: what about the accusations? he says the government is violating the peace deal. is he telling the truth? >> these accusatioions are not new.w. the president supportrts the pee deal in his own way, but he has not been as compromised as the ex-p-presidedent, who won a nobl prize for recurring the piece. there e are many criritics that denounce him for not c complying with the set agenda concerningng rural integration with substitutionon of crops.. since the sigigng of thee agreement, morore than 50 x combmbatants have bebeen killedd the government has not done a great deal to protecectheir

security, which is also the case for civil leaders in c columbia and human rights activisists. more than 500 have been killed since the signing of the peace deal. many international c critics and government representatives and especially -- disagagree w whetr the new group -- have been critical. brent: all right, joining us tonight from bogotá, we appreciate your analysis. thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines. he will try to put together a new coalition of the grassroots five-star movement and the central democratic party. the parties are cooperating to block a power grab by matteo salvini, leader of the far-right and tate margaret -- anti-migrant party.

the greek prime minister is on an official visit in berlin. top of the agenda with angela merkel is the desire for war reparations. he estimates that germany owes it at least 300 billion euros for both world wars. hurricane dorian is heading for florida after blowing through the u.s. virgin islands without causing major damage. a c category one storm, it is forecast to become a highly dangerous cacategory for and c d hit saturdrday. residents are stocking up on sandbags and fuel supplies. the governor has declared a state of emergency. police in indonesia say demonstrators have set fire to a government building. the region has been rocked by protests for nearly two weeks. authorities will investigate reports of a racist attack by security forces believed to have prompted the unrest.

protesters in the eastern province say that police hurled racist abuse at them, accusing them of desecrating and indonesian flag. one soldier and two protesters have been confirmed dead. in a region that has long struggled for independence. > thehe indonesian region pld into chaos. in the largegest city, protestes set fire to buildings and attacked businesses. ththeir protest was peaceful, bt demands were clear. they want and and to what they say is racism by indonesian security forces. some are calling for the region to break away from indonesia, a

country they became part of 50 years ago after a disputed referendum. >> we want independence. that is our first demand. secocondly, there was racism by security personnel. >> the protests started nearly two weeks ago after videos were circulated on the internet showing security forces calling students monkeys and dogs. the rallies turned violent as protesters and indonesian troops faced off. to try to stop the unrest, the government shut down the inteternet. security forces are investigating allegations of racism. >> we already investigated several people, and seven people are under intensive investigation, but we still have not declared which is the suspect.

>> many of the demonstrators say this is not enough. they are determined to continue to push for change and what they say is justice for their people. >> cheers and crowds awaited gre ta thunberg in new york, marking the end of her low carbon sea voyage, d designed to raise awawaness of t the threatf climate chanange. the united statetes is s w territorory for the swedish teenager and it is not necessarily friendly to her calls. -- to her cause. our reporter is here with a look at what might be in store for her. what challenges does she have? there were all cheering and clapping yesterday. >> about 200 people where there, but here in europe, she is a household name.

a lot of mostly positive coverage, and a law in european media. that is not so much the case in the u.s.. she is not as well-known. a lot of people, who is she, why is she here, what is she doing? to take one look at a map put up on where various events take place, we see on the left-hand side europe, where a whole score of friday's for future events have taken place over the last months and the u.s. is far thinner, far more in between. european countries are smaller, easier to organize. brent: it is where the population centers are. >> exactly. cities on the coast tend to be more liberal and more open to climate action. this is the way we talk about climate change, we talk about sea levels rising. we don't really talk about the effects inland, so that could be

one reason they are not so many going on in the united states. the president of the united states, we heard last night, what she thought about donald trump. >> my message for him is just, listen to the science, and he obviously doesn't do that. no one has b been able to convie him about the climate crisis and the urgency, then why should i be able to do that? i am just going to now focus on spreading awareness. >> focusing on spreading awareness. she might have some luck, because there are two poles out showing quite a surge in climate change awareness. mostly among democrats, but also among republicans. one survey company showed and 11 point increase to 58% of american republicans surveyed

believe that climate change is a concern for them and among younger republicans, 67%. there is some traction, but at the political level, president trump is not a fan of the paris, according. yesterday, it was announced that the environmental protection agency was making it easier on methane emissions, which many in the industry are against. same thing with a rollback on car emissions. many carmakers are happy to go along with tighter emissions. but, we have a climate change conference at the end of the month and the ipcc, the u.n. panel of scientists came out today with bullet points of what that is going to be about. just to take one of their major points, we are looking at a possibility of 280 million climate refugees by the end of the century if we can't keep a low two degrees warming and we are already out one degree. brent: people complained about

hurricanes, just wait until the end of the century, they say. thank you. scientists have just released images of what one of our early ancestors could have looked like. the reconstruction is based on a 3.8 million-year-old skull found in ethiopia, often seen as the birthplace of humankind. announcing the finding, researchers said the discovery changes our understanding of how ancient humans evolved. we are going to try to show you that picture, but we are having technical programs -- technical problems wewe will try t too that later f we can. >> it is here in ethiopia, more than 400 kililometers nortrth oe capital that this latest discscovery was buburied. the professor and his team found the agent early human skull here in 20166, , ter o oy days of

fting through the sand. first, they spotted the upper jaw bone sticking out of the ground, then recovovered the ret of the fossil. >> first instinct was that these pieces were perfectly joint. i picked them up and, click, perfect cranium. >> the skull is 3.8 million years old and the size of a chimpanzee. it is the most complete one of that age ever found, giving the scientists the chance to reconstruct how this early human ancestor might have looked. he is one of the worldss latest -- one off the world's leading evolutionary scientists.s. he says the find challenges how humans evolved from our apelike ancestors. >> this is a game changer in a lot of ways and answers questitions we have had for

decades. we h have the answers now from this beautiful specimen that we found. >> that is because this find has distinct differences to another ancient skeleleton found nearby, of lucy, the most famous early human fossil. it is further proof that early humans were a diverse bunch, with different species living at the same time. scientists say they can now finally put a face to the name of some of our earliest ancestors. brent: sports news now, the champions league draw has handed difficult ties to german clubs. munich was drawn into group b, along last seasons losing finalists. they also face red star belgrade serbia.

dortmund have a daunting task, where they will face barcelona, the italian giants and check stock you be up -- and czechoslovakia prague. others will face the russian champions, francis lyons and portuguese power in group g. group stage matches kick in mid-september. it is an earth shattering moment for germany's most successful soccer team. the munich president will quit his role at the club in november. it is a fast turnaround. he just returned after serving eight prison sentence for tax evasion. >> eight munich re is makiking way. president hearn as has announced he is stepping down. it is hard to imagine munich without him. now 67 years old, he was a

three-time winner of the european c cup in t the 1970's.. he also won the 1974 world cup and 1972 euros with west germany. the success didn't slow down when he transitioned into management. first as general manager and later as president. he helped mold munich into the powerhouse they are today, steering the club to two champions league titles. his 40 year reign has not been without incident. in 2014, he was jailed for writing over 28 million euros in taxes. he returned to his post three years ago, making his retirement quickly afterwards more puzzling for fans. the ceo has had a rocky working relationship and sources say this is a major reason for the decision. they have also felt competing europe in recent years, but despite problems, the record

champions no much of their success is down to him. brent: here is a reminder of the top story. britain's opposition leader says he will move to block boris johnson from suspending parliament at the end of the brexit deadline on october 31. critics say the surprise move will bring -- will increase the likelihood of a new deal brexit. you are watching dw news. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which isis responsible f for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

to the microbes seems to be for now out in the cold . thank you very much for being with us. south yemen the separatists claim ththey've takenack t to port ciy of eight and this is just twenty four hours after the news that the government forces had won it back. the role of the united arab emirates is coming under increasasing scrutinyny. so from separatist forces r rolled down agents main roadad t the nighthts off to the internatationally recognized government said and force the mounts. ngo doctors