member of the european parliament or a challenge is following developments from london and says john curtis is position in the european parliament is important as to why there are calls for his release his status as a member of the european parliament is integral to this call from the solicitor general the attorney general of spain for the supreme court of spain to let oriel eucharist go to brussels and take up this position as an m.e.p. as an m.e.p. which he was elected to be whilst on trial for 'd these these crimes sedition and misuse of public funds. when the european elections happened in may. his position is m.e.p. means that he has parliamentary immunity and that is why the courts of justice of the european union on december the 19th said that essentially he should be allowed to come to brussels to take up this position and that's why the spanish solicitor general has made this call essentially it is going through the processes is part of this the machinery the interplay all of european justice the courts of justice of the european union and how that works together with the justice s

i am reliably informed by listening to john curtis place.n curtis about how those of the hardest things to predict and clearly it is only a small number of people but it is a key constituency if they can be mobilised and effect accordingly. that money in your pocket, even after the criticism from the ifa is saying that spending plans were not credible. i am surprised, are you surprised they are still pushing that? i am not surprised because most people do not know what the iss is. we talk about the importance of social media and although facebook is influential, there are 48 people ——48 is influential, there are 48 people —— 48 million people illegible to vote. the idea that this what is going to be fought on twitter is not “ nonsense. going to be fought on twitter is not —— nonsense. the key concerns are tactical voting and turnout was up we haven't had an election in december for 100 years. our people going to turn out? part of the problem with the conservatives is they don't want to appear that they are on fora they don't want to appear t

spain state's attorneys calling for the temporary release of a jailed cattle and politician ordeal john curtis was sentenced in october to 13 years in prison over the failed catalan independence bit in 2017 but he was elected to the european parliament in may while he was awaiting his verdict in jail. you're up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera adrian is along next with the latest edition of counting the cost. hello i'm adrian finnigan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week 2019 and what a year it's been called the world put aside short term economic gain to save humankind from latin america to the middle east people took to the street to protest the unequal spread of wealth and demand that governments and staring. at a trade war between the united states and china has put the brakes on global growth and is reshaping globalization. the biggest story of this year and for that matter this century has to be climate change and the lack of will or apparently the lack of will to do anything about it with the exception of the

separatist leader was an immunity that comes with being a member of the european parliament oriel john curtiswas jailed for 13 years in october for his role in the 2017 catherine independence referendum that was deemed illegal by spanish courts the european court of justice has ruled that as an elected m.e.p. he should not be subject to detention or legal proceedings the battle against bushfires in australia as east coast is set to get even harder with more extreme heat and strong winds forecast at least 50 bush fires are burning out of control in new south wales it's declared a state of emergency to volunteer firefighters were killed on thursday when the truck crashed near sydney a bush fires have destroyed more than 700 homes. for those 2 private outstanding young men flags will be at half mast today throughout the state and we can't express enough al davis day precipitating condolences to the loved ones obviously still in shock as to what's occurred and they stoop brave young men who lost their lives represent for us the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ground today and tomorro

talk to people like john curtis, the not for me to say. , labour boat going up quite dramatically and the other parties really getting squeezed and going down quite dramatically. but there is still a lot of uncertainty to the big picture is it loose on the conservative ten or 11 point lead in the opinion polls but you talk to the opinion polls but you talk to the pollsters and they are not sure if that is more than 11 or less than andi if that is more than 11 or less than and i could have a massive difference on the number of seats they went in a course the polls are a snapshot. once, twice, three times burnt. exactly. explain to those at home and don't understand what a spin room is, how does it work? the most important thing is to that door there, see studio to come of that is there, see studio to come of that is the actual studio where they are doing the debate so if you want to put your ear, you will hear it. then you have all these journalists, a lwa ys you have all these journalists, always backs to us here are journalists from newspa

and that is sir john curtis with this marvelous team of analysts who've been with very hard because john of course has a key role in fashioning the results. it was 368, the original estimate and we are now looking at 364. i want to say on behalf of the team, brilliantly played by you again, so well done. tell us where you think it is now heading in terms of the performance that is to go to at the moment. >> it might end up at about 203 and figure nothing to get past 209 to the guardian and i have to say however is the team sitting next to me here that are the champions. they've done a brilliant job actually analyzing about turning. they collected data and are not interviewers that braved the december weather.com to collect the data without which none of us will be able to do anything at all. to go back to the labour party, there is a striking contrast between the longest time and the one in 83 and perhaps one were to believe this is a more serious defeat. back in 1983 by the way was enabled in 1983 to defend itself against it was no more than 20% share of the vote was that it held onto i

[inaudible] shield still in labor hands and in interview from john curtis saying they are happy for a few decorations with the swing from labor to conservative has been a little less and we were expecting so we should not clearly assume that the tory majority is 86 or in the 80s even if on the evidence it seems there will be he said a substantial tory majority so just a bit of a house calling from john. let's have a look at the bbc prediction at this stage of the night. it is two minutes past 1:00 a.m. on our election coverage and the prediction is that still at this point the tories will end up around 368 seats, later 191 in the absentee on 55 with the dems on 13 and breaks it party with no seats in the green party on one of the others 19. that's the broad picture. you are watching election 2019. >> that's across the newsroom and head towards -- are you there? >> thanks to you but hello. the conservatives are on call from substantial majority in the biggest since 1987. they were expected to lose around 70 seats and it was more than three decades. it was [inaudible] after the first de

john h. junior, curtis young.i have very little time on the stage, so i cannot give a shout out to the dean. if i had time, i would. i see a beautiful young woman in uniform, which reminds me of something i was amended by a dear colleague. can i ask all active-duty end all members of the military who made a sacrifice for this country to stand? you can stand, too, colonel. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> really really -- we really mean it. thank you for your service. you stood up, so i can't deny you. >> you gentlemen have done an excellent job. [indiscernible] >> nice to meet you. >> what would you say are the key elements for us to galvanize the military? the military has always been a precursor. the more things change, the more they stay the same. the struggles, we are still fighting. officers, male and female -- [indiscernible] this civil rights era where we .ere invested in the future my over to the right now is getting richer. we are moving out of the community. asare engaged in fratricide opposed to s

time during the night, sojohn curtis with his marvellous team of a nalyst curtis with his marvellous team of analyst because johnast the 209 they got in 1989 but the team next to me are really the champions. they have done a brilliantjob in champions. they have done a brilliant job in analysing champions. they have done a brilliantjob in analysing the data. and not least the interviewers who braved the december whether to collect the data without which none of us would be able to do anything at all. to come back to the labour party, a startling contrast between labours defeat this time and the one in 1983 which might lead one to believe this is a more serious defeat. back in 1983 when labour had a lower show of the vote, what enable labour to defend itself against what was no more of a 28% share of the vote was that it held on to its traditional areas, the midlands the working parts of the country. the striking thing about this election is a way in which it performed worst anything north of england, in the midlands, working—class seats. that is not just simply to do with brexit but it is certainly partly to do w

curtis about that at one time. told me it was all okay and it was going to be fine. >> reporter: now, as she mourned cory, marty knew her suffering would only deepen. her husband, johns dying. >> we had a visitation for cory, and john sat next to me, and it was like he was saying goodbye to friends, too. >> he didn't come home from the hospital after that. >> uh-uh. >> both those losses, one right on top of the other. >> yes. >> reporter: within the span of a month, marty lost a daughter and a husband. she purchased two burial plots at the local cemetery, even though cory's remains were cremated. that was a choice curtis says the entire family made together, but the decision to cremate would be one that would haunt this river town for years to come. >>> coming up -- >> she was different than -- than anyone i had ever dated before. maybe in some ways that difference intrigued me. >> curtis moves on, much too fast for some. >> she arrived as a girl friend. did i think it was too quickly? yes. >> when "dateline" continues. asy yes. >> when "dateline" continues er , so the whole world looks different. the unbeatable strength of advil. what pain? tonight is a magical nig