s of alex forrest a whites here in the studio and the biggest mass in london. welcome welcome bigots are welcome alex let's start with you alex so talk us through what's going to happen today well this is to resume a coming back to parliament with his so-called plan b. and it follows the massive defeat that she suffered in the house of commons last week she was defeated by two hundred thirty votes on her deal that was the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that was thrashed out with the e.u. back in november and a majority of m.p.'s in parliament said they didn't like it because of a previous change to the rules that was put forward by an m.p. the week before she had three days to come three working days to come back to parliament with her so-called plan b. and that is what we're expecting from her in just over half an hour's time so who does she has to win over she has a lot of people to win over one hundred eighteen of her own m.p.'s voted against her deal plus labor m.p.'s and other opposition m.p.'s and these ten unionist m.p.'s do you pay fr

alex forrest whiting, alex, as always we appreciate it.onight, there are renewed efforts to free a soccer player from a prison in thailand. hakeem al-araibi faces extradition back to his home country bahrain, and he does not want to go home. he was arrested more than two months ago in bangkok where he was spending his honeymoon. now, it is important to note here that hakeem al-araibi fled his home as a refugee to australia back in 2014, and he asked for asylum there. he claims that he had been falsely imprisoned and that he had been tortured in his home country. reporter: more than 60 days after first being detained in thailand, hakeem al-araibi remains in limbo, separated from his wife, unable to return to his adopted country australia, and his job as a professional footballer. >> i did not do anything. reporter: a 10-year prison sentence awaits al-araibi if he is extradited to bahrain, even though he was playing in a televised football match when the alleged crime to place. activists have been tirelessly advocating for his release, with

to bryce that have that we join me here in the studio now as my colleague news breaks it expert alex forrest whiting and standing by in our studios in brussels georg good evening to you both elephant me start with you i mean we don't want to say it but you know we told folks there was going to be this way right when we said here a week ago and predicted that we would be in this situation and that's what happened how did that happen yes she had three days three working days to come back with a plan b. and c. pretty much does not have a plan she's just repackaged plan a i mean there were a couple of bits of meat that she was able to surprise people so she has performed a massive utena by saying that there's enough. knows who want to settle in the u.k. when i no longer have to pay sixty five pounds to do that there's a lot of anger about the fact that they had imposed that fate and secondly she said two particular labor m.p.'s who could perhaps support in the future that we will do everything we can to guarantee workers' rights but really this message was for the brics it is in her own party an

this time the stakes are high indeed with me here in the studio we're joined by briggs it analyst alex forrest whiting who is going to talk with us in just a moment but first we're actually going to go to the live feed now alex in the house of commons and then we'd like to get your reaction there after. city's. i don't think my right orderable former colleague will find that out is an accurate interpretation of the government's position so my colleagues like the right all about the honorable gentleman from buchan has our good strong belief about peace and we will see what happens when the bill retardants report states for questions to the prime minister charlie elphick number one mr speaker. the prime minister q mr speaker. the whole house will join me in condemning the appalling attack in nairobi and in sending my thoughts and prayers to all those who have lost loved ones high commissioner has confirmed one british fatality and we are providing consular assistance to british nationals affected by the attack we stand in solidarity with the government and people of kenya and will continue to of

brent: alex forrest whiting at the big table and our very own barbara wesel in london.both of you, thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. two people were killed when a car packed with explosives blew up in the somali capital mogadishu. the explosion happened at a petrol station near the petroleum ministry. authorities say the explosives went off prematurely before the vehicle had reached its intended target. ukraine's president petro poroshenko has launched his campaign for reelection in march's vote. poroshenko said that he would push for ukraine to join both the european union and nato if he were reelected. opinion polls put him behind former prime minister yulia tymoshenko, who has promised to regain control of crimea if she wins. myanmar's parliament has approved steps that could lead changes to the country's constitution. these would lessen the power of the armed forces. military lawmakers have boycotted the vote. the high-profile zimbabwean activist evan mawarire has been granted bail by the country'

brightside debates continues at the big table with me here to my right is our resident briggs it expert alex forrest why don't you know it's good to have you here and at the houses of parliament in london is our very own barbara vai's old good evening to you barbara want to start with you tell us if you could i mean what what are we seeing tonight in the commons what is happening in parliament. i want to see happening in parliament is that the attempt by a number of parliamentarians to sort of take control of a practice it has failed because the amendments from the opposition parties in problem and that would sort of bring that about that would sort of tie trees amaze hands for the future and for the next steps in bracks if they have failed so there is no majority for that and that means that on that side clarity has not been increasing in the other thing that we now know that problem and terence do want their own control over breaks it now the ball is back in in the quarter frees them and it seems that the evening is going her way at the very end of the vote so within the next half hour maybe there

movement has been overshadowed by controversy our reporter far alex forrest whiting joins me in the studio alex hi thanks for joining me so where people been protesting today well in at least thirty countries around the world and within see pictures now of the u.s. where. that's been in washington the very first much was held in twenty seventeen and as you said it's just a day after president trump was sworn in and as well as some much against activist this year have said. that the democrats are also a chance to say the demonstrations are also a chance to celebrate the wins women had in the congressional elections this year and they were proud about that and on social media we've got pictures of a march in the zambian capital lusaka they were shouting justice for women and there was also a big turnout in central london where women have been demonstrating against a variety of issues including austerity measures which they say unfairly impact women so really a global event again this year but it's not been so straightforward in the u.s. this year no that's right there's been a big controvers

movement has been overshadowed by controversy our reporter alex forrest whiting joins me now in the studio tell us what's going on today well they have been demonstrations the munches in such countries across the well where women are on to modern day rights such as equal pay protection from violence and these pictures that we're seeing now from a much of the stock of the capital of zambia where they've been calling for justice there was also another very big gathering. in central london in the u.k. where women have been demonstrating against a variety of issues including austerity measures which they say unfairly impacts women and of course in the u.s. where the very first march was held in washington back in twenty seventeen the day off to donald trump was sworn in this year as saying that there's marches are a chance to celebrate the wins men and women made in the twenty eight hundred congressional elections which obviously was good particular for the democrats but which they think has been something to celebrate this year for a good situation for women generally at least in terms of pol

parliament just a few moments ago with me here in the studio is our resident breaks it expert alex forrest widing and in london tonight standing by in the house of parliament is our very own barber of a zal barber let me start with you i know this is being called a victory for theresa may in parliament because she's got she's finally she's got solidarity in her party she's got her party's backing but now she has to go to brussels and she has to convince twenty seven countries to renegotiate something that they have said they won't do how she going to do that. so the question that nobody can answer at this point in time because it seems impossible and it seems somehow absurd i mean richard was there at the negotiating table during the last two years when this backs up the solution for the irish border to keep it open when this was negotiated in the end of bridge to go shares in greed and said ok we can live with this and now we see this piece of political theater being played out and prominent here today which then means it treason may says we've had second thoughts my lawmakers don't like

s breaks it specialist right here at the big table alex forrest widening and joining us from london is our own correspondent barbara vaizey good evening to you both barbara let me start with you theresa may i mean she's suffered we have to say a humiliating defeat in parliament tonight but she has vowed that she wants to get this job done is she made of teflon how do you explain this. she is definitely made of teflon because all the encryption off the opposition all the arguments that she is sort of bought see and read in the media and all the other opinions about what sort of wrecks and britain should have and could have if then breck's it seems to be necessary that they just get a light off for she has not changed one millimeter within the two years that she has been negotiating this this breaks it and this breaks the deal and she just sort of goes on saying my deal or no deal and when she now talks about a constructive spirit talking to the opposition she should have done that at the beginning of the talks to use ago now it seems quite late plus she has nothing to offer what kid she

s bragg's it specialists alex forrest widing and joining us from london is very own correspondent barbara vasovagal to both of you welcome what a night is or it will be barbara let me start with you the prime minister there just delivered the final speech saying that it's the most important vote that the people in that room will see will see him be a part of in their political careers will it be enough to save her breaks that plane. i mean she really struck a point there phil was saying this is the most important vote that the members of this particular house will ever have to put down in her in her political career is that is absolutely evidently right but apart from that what we heard was largely her stump speech the segments where she always defends her breaks a deal and says this is the best and the only one that is on the table and certainly the only one that is on the table bought what she says this is the best for britain then of course deal position on all members of the house who oppose breck's it put a big question mark to that and we know it's the reason why is not afraid to so

debate continues to know each i'm joined here at the big table by our resident briggs analyst alex forrest whining alex it's good to see you and in london at the houses of parliament is our very own barbara veins or even to you barbara good to start with you alex they're saying that this is of a victory for to resign me this evening in parliament how much of a victory is well it's a victory compared to what she's had over the past few weeks she has finally managed to get some unity within her party she has managed to bring on board those euro skeptics those hardcore bracks it is who want to leave the european union as quickly as possible and she's managed to get support from those ten northern irish unionist m.p.'s who prop up her government so from but point of view she's done very well also i would say tonight that what we have seen is that a rich deal have planned threshed out with the e.u. it's not yet dead it has almost come back from the dead and that we may we will probably see more of this in the next few weeks and she goes of c. to the e.u. and she comes back to parliament again y

and alex forrest whiting is the w. reporter and former westminister political correspondent she says it's now up to parliament. to find a consensus. that will prevent on no deal rex. well we did all of you and to our viewers around the world. alex if i could start with you you say it's all about consensus right now but how can britain and european politicians. come up with the deal that they've been unable to find over the last two years in just a few weeks. is a very good question and everything is late in the british parliament. the easy was made it very clear so -- heads of governments -- ma'am members of the e. you've made it clear that it has to come down at the moment. to the u. k. what is the u. k. want what is british parliament ones. and the only downside to that is it does not know there are all these different functions with in parliament someone's. heart breaks it even in no deal others want a second referendum or a much softer brexit set up the moment. in my mind it seems that parliament that the mps they

analyst alex forrest whining it's good to have all of you here on the program barbara let me start with you in one been so unprecedented defeat for the british prime minister and yet she plans to carry on how do you explain that. under normal circumstances after a defeat as fresh ng as we have seen it tonight as devastating and as really just complete and total because what can she say if she has this third own party against her on this breck's a deal after in normal times the prime minister would have stood up and said sorry ladies and gentleman this is it i stepped down but we're not a normal times in british politics and so she had even beforehand because this was of course it defeat that everybody knew was about to happen it was only a question about the size of it it's so even before had she had said she will stay on she will fight for her brakes until the very end and we don't know when and where that end would probably come the twenty ninth of march shows some of the dates in the future. reason may is sort of not playing according to the rules anymore these are extraordinary time

what's happening right now in parliament here at the big table with me is our brightside expert alex forrest winding we've seen her many times here at the big table and in london is our own barbara vale she is standing by the houses of parliament good evening to you barbara i want to start with you i mean we've just heard that one of the key votes this evening which is known as the cooper amendment has failed to pass what does that mean. it means that this day is going rob the two trees of my looks like it at this point in time because the first three amendments failed failed and those were the ones brought by the a position not the coop amendment you mentioned was one that would have tied the hands of government that prevented no deal and then it would have been a sort of paragraph by a prominent in order to sort of hedge and trees in may and make certain things impossible for her now that has been voted down so it means that problem is not going to take control that means that treason may and her conservative party is going to keep calling throw off breaks it but it does not mean that the

is going to happen a softer brick sit for a kinder gentler future book i have to wait and see alex forrest right here at the big table with me and in brussels our very own georg matis to both of you thank you . for the hope is that the vote will be a vote for peace muslims in the southern philippines of cast ballots in a referendum that could grant them more autonomy about two point eight million people in the volatile mindanao region were asked if they back a plan by muslim separatists and the government to create a new self administered area of now that could end decades of separatist violence between muslim militants and the military our correspondent busted hard to travel to the region he has this report. abdul aziz. has been a muslim rebel for half his life. for him like for so many other men in this part of the country not becoming a fighter was never an option. join the rebels because of my religion but it's more than that i also saw the injustices and the oppression against my community that's why i decided to join. he and his comrades are part of an armed struggle between muslim i

so what do they want well joining me now in the studio is our analyst alex forrest whiting and what you can see in that little box right next to my head is the speaker of the house of commons john the herco about is the situation that is the scene live and they house of commons the lower house of parliament in the u.k. for. the moment alex welcome walk us through what's going to happen tonight so just to remind that these this is a chance for m.p.'s to try to put forward some changes to to reason may's bracks deal that they overwhelmingly rejected a couple of weeks ago in the house of commons so there were various m.p.c. came out with amendments to you had a deal seven have been chosen by the speaker and we're just seeing now that i think that's possibly the first one now that m.p.'s are getting the chance to vote on a labor amendment but they range from various things including taking a no deal breck's it off the day table in the extending fifty so delaying breck's it to actually trying to change the agreement altogether encouraging theresa may to do that so there are seven as i say an

no one knows and that's what we could be facing next week ok we'll see how this vote goes and alex forrest whiting will be following force as well thanks very much well heavy snowfall and avalanches in austria and germany have claimed at least five lives about one and a half metres of snow has fallen in the northern alps in less than a week that's a lot for that region thousands of tourists are now stranded in villages more snow is expected this week train services and road travel been disrupted authorities are warning the risk of avalanches remains very are these forest rangers on patrol in southern bavaria this road has been closed since sunday the reason trees buckling under the weight of snow. those two trees over there are in a critical state if the top comes down onto a car or a pedestrian they're probably dead. in many places emergency workers are out trying to minimise the risk. several people have already been killed in weather related accidents in the alps. but locals know full well it's not just the roads that's a dangerous this is the danger is that the masses of snow come down

of parliament which let's talk about what we've just seen right here in studio three with me is alex forrest why doing our briggs and analysed i mean we knew this was coming that we can't talk about a surprise but the margin of defeat that is stunning is it is enormous and very very disappointing for tourism a who has been trying to win over support for bret's it deal with the funny how it out last november she supposed to put this to parliament back in december she decided to pull that fight because she didn't have enough support she put it to parliament today and it has been rejected by well yet she was defeated by two hundred thirty face and four hundred thirty two against it only two hundred into full so and then the. if there is two hundred two will be m.p.'s who are working for the government and some for ministers would have a so she does she live it does not have the support of politics that she lost and she says she's heard the voice of the hells there will be a vote tomorrow of no confidence she's expected to survive this out and then she says she'll come back next monday with an a

alex forrest whiting is d.w. reporter and former west minister political correspondent she says it's now up to parliament to find a consensus that will prevent no deal bracks. did all of us to our viewers around the world alex if i could start with you you say it's all about consensus right now but how can bridge and european politicians come up with a deep deal that they've been unable to find over the last two years in just a few weeks it's a very good question and everything is on the table particularly in the british parliament the e.u. has made it very clear heads of government members of the e.u. have made it clear that it has to come down at the moment to the u.k. what does the u.k. want what does british parliament want and the honest answer to that is it does not know there are all these different factions within parliament some want a hot for even a no deal all this want a second referendum much softer at the moment in my mind it seems that parliament that the m.p.'s they need to come together and they

next and to talk about that i'm joined here in the studio by our breaks it analysts that is the alex forrest whiting and our very own barbara vanes old is in london barbara you heard the prime minister say right now that she's heard the house and that a confidence vote should be held to test support for her government after this defeat what she doing. yes she is acknowledging that she is defeated actually i mean in one sense she came out fighting brant because she said i listen to the house i listen to what m.p.'s are saying and then on the other hand she she also said that the divorce agreement it was the european union somehow needs to get across the hurdle it somehow still needs to sort of come to pass so she says one thing was one hand and another thing was the other hand bob of course she has to acknowledge that we was so soundly defeated because the figures involved in this are sort of the worst case scenario for theories of may i mean some have thought if it would be like only in the two figures that she went down she could handle it but if it was around two hundred that means that sh

s breaks it specialist right here at the big table alex forrest widening and joining us from london is our own correspondent barbara vai's or good evening to you both barbara let me start with you theresa may i mean she's suffered we have to say a humiliating defeat in parliament tonight but she has vowed that she wants to get this job done is she made of teflon how do you explain this she is deaf.