prime minister has hailed the draft divorce agreement she's reached with the e.u. saying that it delivers on what the people voted for in twenty sixteen may is holding a crunch cabinet meeting to try to convince her minister it's back to plan or make an announcement at seven hundred g.m.t. . the un security council has voted to lift sanctions against an arms embargo asset freeze and travel ban were imposed in two thousand and nine amid claims that eritrea supported fighters in somalia. known as general force. is a wanted man with the u.n. and central african republic government accused him of war crimes committed when muslim seleka fighters took over the country five years ago he's in charge of the largely muslim neighborhood of p.k. five in the capital bangui in this exclusive interview with al-jazeera he speaks to nicholas haq. in hiding but still in charge surrounded by young heavily armed teenage boys is. otherwise known as general force accused of war crimes including a murder torture rape and extortion the government wants his arrest. but he's not ready to give hims

e.u. side in all of this alex just reminded us that the brics to tears say everything about the e.u. is wrong from the start the european union has made it clear that certain core e.u. principles like the link between free movement of goods and free movement of labor were non negotiable nonetheless e.u. leaders say that the deal that's now on the table does reflect concessions on both sides let's take a look. i needed it but in a new lease better than no deal i think that is the order of the day when we have to advertise that the deal on the table now is the best of the possible deal usually the best i think there's no better option it's put this crazy back to work so the accomplice bit off the brick city compromise currently on the table is truly guster called a compromise on both sides of make concessions and i hope that everyone deals with it responsibly now which will be and we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress that we have been achieved dressers needed longer the u.s. prepared for a final deal with the

e.u. wait around for a man who says the e.u. will wait around for that if it takes twenty years or fiercely want to join the e.u. who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implement the reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to assume that there will not change europe or not mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policy is a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell the national real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reform

says a d.w.i. news on live from berlin e.u. leaders have endorsed of brecht's the deal at a special summit in brussels. is to be posted with just the first the post you were just so you see a rudy. european commission president. marks what he said it was a sad day for the european union. but british prime minister theresa may says she does not share that sadness and is calling on her country to move on may now faces the challenge of pushing the deal through her own parliament the opposition labor labor party has already said it will vote against it. then women around the world take to the streets to call for a stop to domestic abuse and gender based violence. nick spicer welcome to the program. the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the e.u. used twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad at the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the walk and britain would remain partners and friends u.k. pri

e.u. leaders have signed off on a press a deal paving the way for the u.k. to leave the bloc they say the u.k. and the e.u. will remain friends partners and allies. are watching to. news from more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site as to w. dot com thanks for joining. us. climate change from. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good. eco africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference.

i'm concerned about it more than trickles deficit spending from the previous government's plan the e.u. says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies have weighted in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and german borrowing costs which is one measure of investor confidence continues to widen the cherone based hume foundation says government and corporate bonds and italian stock exchange losses have totaled more than one hundred seventy five billion euros since the government took office in may this process is going to have a very bad effect on italy on the part that and so on italian savings italy's more than two trillion euro debt is already the highest in europe. when it comes to getting around cities not even the latest tech can beat the humble bicycle and in amsterdam for example is the only way to get around but people that know that bikes have one major drawback they're very easy to steal and once again tech is playing its part. of replace a cool can be stolen no matter how well it is locked up but in amsterdam a city in which there are more bi

on higher deficit spending saying it's the only way to stimulate growth and bring down debt the e.u. says italy needs to rein in spending to cut debt european commission declaring today that the government is in breach of a huge balls of debt and inviting euro zone countries once more to examine its assessment in two weeks if they agree you know launch a special procedure that could result in fines. if push comes to shove and brussels begins an excessive deficit procedure. then italy could face a fine as high as three point five billion euros brussels is insisting the southern european country it hears to e.u. budget rules and it's turning up the pressure. to. keep. the. but so far italy is not changing course the government wants to deliver on campaign promises which include early retirement and increased spending on social services the problem is italy's debt as high as one hundred thirty percent of gross domestic product only greece has an even higher debt level e.u. regulations cap any country's debt at sixty percent of annual economic output financial markets are alarmed front pages

you know italy of course is projecting the budget the budget will spur growth but the e.u. saying it has yet to really see where that growth is coming from who's right in this case. i mean the government argues that because it is an expansionary fiscal policy basically it is injecting cash in the economy so we should see some sort of short term boost in growth now what they are not mentioning is that because they are losing financial markets along the way and interest rates are increasing this is having ripple down effects into the economy and we are already seeing borrowing costs for households for firms go up and indeed to italy is resenting recession growth has already been slowing and the budget is not even approved yet. we often talk about this crisis in the context of the greek crisis that started in two thousand and nine but this is different right this seems so political it is it is indeed you're right it is conversely from greece greece was an economic crisis but with a lot of political will on both sides the greek government and the euro zone to find a solution to it whe

e.u. is opposed to the u.s. decision to reimpose sanctions on iran and as our brussels correspondent teri schultz told us earlier europe is actively trying to bypass these sanctions the european union says it's setting up this so-called special purpose vehicle which would allow payments to go in and out of iran. and bypassing u.s. sanctions that's how how it's invision and the e.u. maintains that this is going to happen although it's not operational today but what we have seen is an exodus of european companies and some very big german companies among them deciding that simply their bottom line cannot support being in a confrontation with washington and that whatever losses they have to take by cutting contracts in iran and and possibly annoying brussels is going to be worth it. teri schultz there let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world around eighty people have been kidnapped from a school in the city of bomb mend in the western english speaking part of cameroon reports suggest that all or most of those abducted abducted are children there are no immediate claims of responsibility separatists are fighting to form a breakaway state in the region. saudi

also coming up british prime minister theresa may says aggressive talks with the e.u. over the next seven days will be critical but will she survive the rebellion at home. and in tennis the new kid on the court twenty one year old german alexander set of wins the a.t.p. finals for the first time defeating world number one novak djokovic she will be the best moments from a traumatic. time series so much going to thank you for joining us the leaders of hong kong's pro-democracy movement have gone on trial for their roles in mass protests in the territory and twenty fourteen they have been charged with creating a public nuisance if convicted they could go to prison for seven years all have pleaded not guilty more than one hundred pro-democracy activists gathered outside the court to show their support for the defendants carrying the umbrella identified with the protesters now four years ago tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets for nearly three months to protest against what they said was chinese interference in hong kong's election. you spoke to one of t

reintroduced the measures today after pulling out of the iran nuclear deal back in may the e.u. says it regrets the reintroduction of the measures will affect all areas of the iranian economy including the oil and financial sectors. iranian markets like this are where economic reality rubs up against real lives the mere threat of sanctions has seen food prices here double in just a year shuttered store fronts speak to the hardship. is directed closer to home. because these disasters are inflicted on the people by our government and the thousand trumps can't do anything to us. the effects are felt beyond the bazaar with iran's oil and finance sectors major international companies are withdrawing from tehran at this advertisement business they have had to sack several stuff. that's really heartbreaking it's heartbreaking for the people that we talk to to say that look i'm so sorry there is no business and therefore if there's no business i cannot give you a job they've studied they're excited about what they want to do in the future. no hope is being taken away from them the man behind

e.u. yeah but you say that i want to come on to those reforms were along a little bit because the e.u. as far from happy with the state of your reforms but last week my who i would also disagree with that profile growth will go through digital well go through it really into. india large one strategy the e.u. clearly identified serbia and montenegro as frontrunners are would say that is far from being this. disappointed by the run for answers but he is getting fed up with the un at the sofia summit in may and later in london there was a pretty lukewarm attitude to all six balkan countries looking to join the e.u. no mention of any timetable for accession and some pretty clear opposition from the french president emanuel markram wasn't that clear opposition only let me just say i do not think that you have the right to say that you use fed up with us i don't think it's diplomatic but i don't think you can say that on behalf of the e.u. if look what you what mark riley said. was fed up with us. then we would not have any new chapters so and and we do have new chapters being constantly ope

expensive election campaign promises rome is planning big cuts in taxes to boost growth but the e.u. says that that is unacceptable given internees enormous mountain of debt the biggest in real terms in europe italy is the euro zone's third largest economy and the second largest manufacturer in europe but despite the country's potential italian economic growth has been weak and it's been lagging behind the news average . of course more debt would jeopardize italy's credit worthiness and perhaps put the entire eurozone at risk german economist your. former chief economist hopes it won't come to that. yeah i hope that this can be avoided and this would be the worst case. i hope that the signals coming from the european peers from other european euro area member states but also from other european institutions like the e.c.b. president draghi was very outspoken in his recent press conference that italy cannot expect any support coming from d.c. b. it is not even within the men date of the e.c.b. to finance the fiscal deficits so i think the the the messages coming from the peters of italy pr

e.u. that says look then let's wait for a couple more months until the until a cliff edge breaks that they will say ok let's see what we can do but there is minimal wiggle room that can actually be offered from the you site. reporting for us from brussels thanks very much for that. now to some of the other stories making news around the world syrian state television says at least forty one people are being treated following a suspected always in gas attack by insurgents on the go on tell city of the left or doctors say most patients are suffering from breathing problems and blurred vision. in taiwan is to be to write suffered a major setback with voters overwhelmingly opposing same sex marriage and supporting the removal of sex related content from school textbooks a landmark court ruling in twenty seventeen have left taiwan set to become the first asian region to legalize gay marriage. u.s. president donald trump has tweeted that he's reached a deal with mexico to make asylum seekers wait on the border until their claims are processed mexican officials say there's no deal and talks are on

for a foreign secretaries a former foreign secretary if i said this looks like a vassalage to the e.u. says anything that keeps britain very close to the european union like the customs union where then britain's wouldn't be able to do its own traders around the world which is something that him and i was great city is hoping for that this could give britain a competitive advantage towards the e.u. anything that prohibits that is completely unacceptable and if this is to be the case in this deal then they will not go with it and the question where is all the cabinet ministers resigning over this and what's parliament going to say so the labor party also has made signs of them not going to vote this year so it's going to be a really really tough sell for to resume at home for bass in london very small in the strasburg thank you both. the middle east and now militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will halt a cross border attacks if israel does the say the statement comes after the most serious upsurge in violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourteen isra

to ratify have a drool deal otherwise she says they will set the country back to square one the e.u. says twenty seven members indorsed the deal in brussels on sunday after months of torturous discussions. a moment of relief for theresa may the british prime minister has delivered against the odds after nearly two years of negotiations may end the e.u. have agreed on the terms of their divorce she took the opportunity to remind critics of her conviction tell us what's really going through those research that reaching a break to agreements that work for both sides was an impossible task from the start i rejected that counsel of despair and such about negotiation a deal. it worked for the u.k. and give one that delivers on the results of the referendum on sessions on calls for a prosperous future while maintaining a close relationship with our friends and neighbors. but her victory could be short lived may must now sell the plan to a divided british parliament so far she doesn't have a majority to pass it and some m.p.'s from her own party have vowed to vote against it the european union ha

e.u. with a proposal to say we need a bit more time to hold a referendum but we need a bit more time because we need a general election i think that the e.u. side would be amenable to live with let me just with that or go get regular brussels and you've been in the corridors of. brussels i know it's a hard question to ask but i'm just going to ask it anyway is there going to be any attitude is there going to be any move to brussels to potentially grant an extension the way john was suggested. i'd say it generally i would agree with john that there is some leeway when it comes to the issue of time however there is a big problem here the european elections are coming. this summer and the closer we get to the deadline of the european elections where if the u.k. would still be a member they would be. allowed to run in these elections now you have parties like ukip who came out very strongly from the european elections very keen that if the u.k. would still be a member they would want to run and that is the scenario that not just european countries would like to avoid but also the conservative pa

e.u. will say well hang on a minute we've been negotiating with you for a year and a half already well you know telling us you want to negotiate something different if it was some other british teacher british prime minister either a conservative or labor one that maybe the picture might be slightly different just bear in mind that brussels still cannot accept britain leaving without a deal a kind of crash out breaks it that is the worst option for both sides and both sides know that and ultimately that is a lever that the british side could use to potentially extract some small concession just to be clear i mean based on that you would draw agreement that goes by. in the british parliament. it does provide for so-called hard brigs it essentially nor do you briggs it is bollywood done. and gotten to overdraw agreement on what the situation is is that if there is no agreement by the middle of january then to resume a must to all that then prime minister is not named would have to come to parliament and explain what to do now bear in mind the circumstances if there were to be no deal breaks

europe's trade commissioner says syria says the e.u. is ready to fire back if president trump imposes new terrors on cars exported to the united states she said that brussels has a list of retaliatory measures ready if the strong follows through on his long standing threat aimed at european carmakers steps could target agriculture and other sectors but was monstrance expressed hope they could be avoided to toss on trump has repeatedly threatened to impose an extra twenty five percent levy on all cars and trucks coming into the u.s. . italy is borrowing costs continue to surge as its budget dispute with the e.u. is growing more acute on wednesday italy once again refused to cut down on its proposed deficit spending something that the european union had insisted on in light of italy's already huge deadlock now rome is facing possible disciplinary measures from brussels that could involve billions and. as tensions between the e.u. and italy rise so just the cost of italian borrowing investors in other words want more for their money it's n

testing jean-claude juncker's resolved, the eurosceptics, they oppose this brexit deal, saying it keeps the u.k. under the e.u. --many saying they are theresa may said i am not sad but did not answer questions after -- at the press conference by reporters about what happens if this deal gets voted down, will she step down, will there be a general election. she is not ready to talk about that. she is talking about how important this is and why it needs to get done. haidi: weeks of campaigning ahead. 500 daysomes down to of negotiations, 500 pages in this document, one thing that relate represents the crux of the opposition to this deal. kathleen: a couple of big things they decided on took some time but the rights of citizens in the e.u. to live in the u.k. and vice versa, you can that -- take that off the list. the cost of the brexit, 39 million pounds, probably more than the u.k. wanted to pay, they say they shouldn't have to pay anything, but the irish .order is where the buck stops the idea of a backstop. they cannot decide how this is going to work. northern ireland is part of the u.k.. the rest is part o

e.u. is what they say however industry they are happy because what they want to avoid is a no deal scenario where they crash at the end of march next year and businesses will be unprepared for something like that because everything has been tied into the e.u. so they have been putting a lot of pressure on tourism eighty two really of this and they have made happy noises so far ok but battle lines being drawn there in general in britain so from a brussels perspective is briggs it finally on track. well terry after years of negotiation they agreed on something they agreed on five hundred eighty five pages that's how how. how big the withdrawal agreement is an especially and that's the important a crucial part backstop for the to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland it's sort of an insurance policy and up until the end we did not know what it exactly would be now we know also if they fail to come to a compromise on the nature of future relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. then this backstop will kick in and it means that the whole of the u.k. will remain in the custom

genie: the e.u. says it agreed in printable to a text setting out its relationship with the u.k. statement from the summit chair says a deal has been agreed on a negotiators level and the political level subject to the endorsement of leaders coming in to sign that deal three days from now. spain is threatening to oppose it unless it gets assurances over the disputed peninsula of gibraltar. this isn't the first time the rock of gibraltar has been fought over. major boneong been a of contention in anglo-spanish relations known as the rock gibraltar has been a military base since 1713. -- to be held and enjoyed forever without any exception and .mpediment whatsoever gibraltar hass the right to decide its own agree.and gibraltarians in a referendum, they voted overwhelmingly to stay with britain. in 2002, 90 9% of the electorate voted against a proposal for joint u.k. sovereignty. gibraltar enjoys a tax haven status that made it a center for finance and online gaming and a considerably higher gdp than its neighbor. thousands of spaniards cross the border into your browser every day to

italy' populist religion is ready to talk abouts their budget, but the e.u. says it must remain in place. luigi says the government is ready to eradicate wasteful programs but the basic reform plan will stay. brussels is expected to reject that when issues of a review of the spending plans wednesday. the european union is working on new rules to prevent foreign investment in red -- amid increasing security concerns with china. the legislation may be announced tuesday which will include how far e.u. members can push concerns with their peers. early germany was blocked from buying a robot maker. spacex is not planning to upgrade its workhorse, instead making the second stage reusable. elon musk said the market will have -- the rocket will have minor changes to improve reliability. they will focus on the falcon heavy booster with an accelerated design program he said is delightfully counterintuitive. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am rosalind chin. this is b

e.u. leaders to sign off on this deal on that all important summit on sunday i mean is it for sure that the summit will go ahead on sunday i'd say that is my expectation because look from the e.u. side they always wanted to make clear in this new slue scenario we are keen to get an orderly breck's it so we will reach out our hand and say look grab our hand here's our deal this is what we've offered you this is what you've negotiated with us this is what the technical teams have agreed on so take the hand or don't take it but if you don't take it don't blame us and that was also something clear from the start where nobody here in brussels has doubts if ever bracks it delivers not the land of milk and honey as rex the cheers have promised throughout the campaign it surely will be blamed on the e.u. on the lack of cooperation and that is something that's a scenario which brussels would really like to avoid both sides pushing the process to their brain garrick modest reporting from brussels thank you. all right let's bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world police same kenya see gunmen have k

e.u. tells italy that it is bleak walking into instability that says it projects rome's latest budget but italy's new government is digging in its heels setting the stage for a showdown and the concentration camp in northern germany that the world forgot aside from a small memorial there's not much left to mark the site of the count one of the last survivors has been talking about her experiences there. and with four years to go until the qatar world cup people taking a look at the controversy surrounding the next edition of the biggest football event. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. british prime minister to resign may has failed to achieve a breakthrough on the final bragg's a deal after crunch talks in brussels to resign made met with european commission president john could younker for further negotiations ahead of any use summit on sunday may has faced heavy criticism from members of the u.k. parliament over the draft for exit agreement with two senior ministers resigning. and e.u. spokesmen said the good progress had been made during the meeting but that work is ongoing and

e.u. between saying your poor and e.u. between indonesia and australia and you that means. spreading we are spreading this philosophy that is so important as. a loss of. lives that europe's banks are waiting with bated breath for the results of the latest. stress test on the financial sector the reports tests the resistance of the banking sector in the eventuality of a heavy crash the london based european banking authority and the european central bank put forty eight european lenders under the microscope together those accounts for more than seventy percent of bank assets across the eurozone among. eight german banks including the country's biggest lender dortch and six french lenders for each from italy and from the u.k. . let's bring in a man who's stress tested on a daily basis by me and my colleagues here in the studio down here in france with that what is this stress test good for and what exactly is being tested there. that was a good one garrett finally somebody was understanding me. but anyway let's talk about the lenders and their stress tests and investor compar

regard to the divorce agreement it will not be reopened that's what the e.u. says entries i'm a knows that she doesn't even attempt to she will ask for the few warm words in the declaration of the future relationship sort of voting there will be a close and frictionless trade relations and so on and so forth that she can probably get however it's just for in warm words printed on paper it doesn't mean anything you leaders can rip this up later on in the process if they start negotiating for the future in earnest which will be only next year. in london thank you barbara. tensions are rising in the mexican city of tijuana after the arrival of thousands of migrants from central america more than three thousand people from honduras el salvador and guatemala have been moving mainly on foot in a caravan towards the united states most are hoping to apply for asylum in the u.s. but the procedure is slow and authorities in mexico fear the number of migrants could soon swell to as many as ten thousand as we report this is causing friction with the local population. and miria

signatories to the twenty fifty nuclear deal have reacted to america's decision russia china and the e.u. say they will do everything possible to keep the agreement alive moscow insists tehran has been in full compliance with the treaty china says the u.s. must respect its right to trade with tehran israel though as welcomed decision. alison's of demonstrators across the globe are expected to take to the streets on monday for the million mom march the protest is led by hacktivist group anonymous and has been held every year since twenty thirty remember remember that this. coming to a different sort of. like the organizer of the million mosque march in washington d.c. told us about the main goals of the annual protest what we try to achieve year to year is to simply raise awareness we understand that things will not change overnight but we try to get. out there on the streets voicing their opinions about things that happened in the last year things that have been going on for many years and just try to spread awareness so more people know about it and we can try to get change that would be com

expensive election campaign promises now rome is planning big cuts in taxes to boost growth but the e.u. says that's not acceptable given italy's enormous mountain of debt the biggest in real terms in europe actually italy however is the euro zone's third largest economy and the second largest manufacturer in europe but despite the country's potential italian economic growth has been weak and it's been lagging behind used average new government hopes the tax cuts will change that. more debt could have caused jeopardize italy's credit worthiness and even put to the entire eurozone at risk earlier we spoke to german economy stupid stock the e.c.b. former chief economist and i asked him what was likely to happen next here's what he told us at a certain point in time there will be a showdown the question is whether the government will hit the wall with the u. commission or other european institutions or with the markets i personally expect that the you with situations will stand firm not to give you know at this stage at least second that. rating downgrades will follow and credit spreads will wid

busting spending and tax cut plan the expansionary measures designed to grow the economy but the e.u. says the proposal is an expensive miscalculation it's the first time that a member state's budget has been rejected by the block the italians now have until november thirteenth to resubmit. the father of the world wide web says the internet is broken but that he has a plan to fix it speaking at the website. tech conference in lisbon this week tim berners lee said that there's been a big change in the web since he invented it nearly thirty years ago his foundation has released a new contract for the web with guidelines for companies governments and individuals to protect an open web the contacts will be published in may next year at a moment when half the world's population is expected to be online now it's been described as the greenest country on the planet three quarters of bhutan is covered by thick forests to rare wildlife but as the country continues to develop it's struggling to find new ways to balance economic growth with the protection of the environment and a serious need barco r

busting spending and tax cut plan the expansionary measures designed to grow the economy but the e.u. says the proposal is an expensive miscalculation it's the first time that a member state's budget has been rejected by the block the italians now have until november thirteenth to resubmit. the founder of the world wide web says the internet is broken but that he has a plan to fix it speaking at the web summit tech conference in lisbon this week tim berners lee said that there's been a big change in the web since he invented it nearly thirty years ago his foundation has released a new contract for the web with guidelines for companies governments and individuals to protect an open web the contracts will be published in may next year at a moment when half the world's population is expected to be online now it's been described as the greenest country on the planet three quarters of bhutan is covered by thick forests to rare wildlife but as the country continues to develop it's struggling to find new ways to balance economic growth with the protection of the environment and a serious need bar