is one of russia's main trade partners i thought it was all brics that with the russian federation. no home. britain is a very large market market for their russian exports. of course the majority of the line portion of russian export which it goes to britain is kabul's. still largely depend in our bilateral trade relations on oil and gas but i've also always see the increase of non resource non and energetic exports from russia this means that there are areas of common interests which can drive our belittle trade does breaks it he says it creates uncertainty is that a problem when being trade on voice not very much because now russia is out of e.u. and britain will. exit saw we will be part of not the britain can do any negotiations as we know so we think this is will create an opportunity for both countries britain we will have to search for new markets. russia is a free markets that britain can not ignore but what relations do you have as a trade ovoid with the trade department here i mean this is jury mind you of the context when the head of the british army doesn't think the he

the three hundred leading environmental scientists climate scientists contributing to it is it up to brics countries to take the lead yeah our many countries are especially if you look at the chinese roar of china in our lead there are many of your heard and or our economic innovations are also very personally coming from china solar and wind and that they are the war believe there are more than a ploy or a city for your energy and it is northern china and india is also a katrina and a brush it is also one of the leaders of energy. also the other countries are just more the us this is not. simply because of perceived them or the from climate impacts but he is because of the economy case the renewable energy is making because new energy is already approaching the prosperity we have for so if your and them know what they are even getting into the police mature stage where there are either parity is even comparable or you can also feel so in many parts of the word this you know energy is already appearing as a very serious alternative for renewable fuel and that they are even getting a new bo

leaders and not just about negotiations the brics it but moving forward i mean doesn't this make the prospect of leaving the european union based on the u.k. model it looks even more. the. less appealing than it ever has and could you make that argument. oh. absolutely friend because what we have seen is that really concentrates the mind wonderfully for all the other twenty seven e.u. countries you have see these negotiations and they have been more unified than they have ever been over anything and the british side i mean the negotiators the british david davis and the other ministers and all the robin stories amaze men in brussels they saw they could to divide and rule and they constantly toured the european capitals trying to talk to the polish government trying to talk to the doctor trying to talk to the spanish and somehow regal themselves in there and promises and so on and absolutely zero was the result i mean there was just nothing doing back in brussels they were just sitting there and saying we're unified on this and now talk to us and you will not sort of have any say we w

for talks with german chancellor angela merkel tourism is hoping to win support for changes to the brics a deal that will make it easier to sell to m.p.'s back home on monday she took the extraordinary measure of cancelling a parliamentary vote for today. joining me now is e.w. skate brady she is standing outside the chancery i'm afraid we don't seem to have got kate brady as yet ok so ok great it now tell us you're standing in the building a rare chance to machall and to raise on me holding talks what does tourism mean one from the german chancellor. so basically i'm rita to reason may is here in berlin today in a rather desperate bid to get some concessions from the german chancellor. and the german government but whether or not they strike will really be worthwhile is the big question and it seems very unlikely that anything is going to come out of these top stories may have already met with the dutch counterpart marc rich earlier today and he described the talk afterwards as useful and i think that's the only way that you can look at these talks are there any person that can really k

berlin tonight an uncompromising message from europe to britain there will be no renegotiation of the brics that deal germany's chancellor angela merkel was just one of the heads of state today with that message for british prime minister theresa may may then went on to brussels in a last ditch attempt to save her that deal also coming up tonight murdered saul the writers of all the show is time magazine's two thousand and eighteen person of the year he shares the title with three other journalists and a u.s. newspaper all described as guardians in the fight for truth and is yet in peace talks making progress on a prisoner exchange four hundred thousand children are at risk of starving to death the un children's organisation appealing tonight for an urgent end to the country's humanitarian crisis. gov it's good to have you with those germany's chancellor angela merkel did not mince her words today there will be no renegotiation of the brics a deal that's what she told britain's prime minister theresa may just several hours ago may is seeking changes to the deal to make it more. for example

with the prime minister away it seems like the fate of brics it is once again in play. both believed and the remain camp are pushing their agenda hard i think it's very important that people look at this think very hard about it try and get the timing right and do the thing which is right for the country and maybe the thing that's right for the country is to go straight to saying let's have a people's mood most of the policies are not being truthful with the british people in there is no there is no brics it available that is not going to make people poorer and our country weaker. meanwhile mase bracks it minister put on a confident face assuring lawmakers that at least they would get a say in the final deal. while on the street. londoners want the government to get on with it already. and they want to know what nice weather is now and what's happening with that. we just want to get on with our lives then when i'm quite borders of us that. yeah i'm going to think we'll end up with a night. that you know. leaves remain deal no deal nobody has a clue anymore but fears are

conservative member of the european parliament he lays responsibility for the brics it most squarely at the feet of russian president vladimir putin a weakening of the european union is in his interests it is his aim it is his goal and i'm afraid we are on the verge of. delivering that for him today i don't think brits and certainly many of the europeans have actually in the stirred to what extent their lives are about to change. unless our governments including my government in the united kingdom take the step of investigating and protecting our democracy today. it wasn't the only warning about russian meddling i heard in brussels. russia is responsible for eighty percent on the information given it is illegal eighty percent after european commission conference electoral interference former nato secretary general anders rasmussen is giving a stark warning of europe facing over the past two years already interference has been detected in at least ten divisions and referendums on both sides of the atlantic and find rest most and says was surely one of russia's targets but i have no do

and china and of course the upcoming brics and a survey by the german economic institution which i doubt we will show is that many of the countries trade associations lowered their expectations for twenty nine thousand on the upside to germany's domestic economy is robust and the construction industry is benefiting from it more on the economic outlook and to the drivers behind it i'm joined now by mr hutto director of the cologne based institute for the german economy good to have you with us professor we do according to the federal ministry of economics the german economy will grow only moderately in the coming year the forecast says one point three percent you have a similar view. i share this view of our forecast as one point two that's nearly the same that means that the high dynamic we realized in the last years is fading out and we see this also in the mirror of the business climate the business climate came down during the year two thousand and eighteen or so ray on economic branches makes clear this is all to chew for two thousand and nineteen so the climate is more depressed tha

down the leadership challenge at home recently is hoping to get reassurances about aspects of the brics deal that have split her party and polarized britain's parliament so you're right there leaving the summit just a few moments ago she left the european council in brussels leaving the leaders of the year of the e.u. twenty seven to debate amongst themselves how to help her get the deal through the british part of. the question the e.u. twenty seven they are in agreement on one thing that they have not tired of repeating they can offer her some warm words and moral support but no renegotiation of the brics a deal itself. had to win for may also from outside the european council this group of activists had come all the way from london to protest the deal. she's coming here begging the european leaders we demand an absolute right to have a final say on that deal it is shocking it lets britain down brakes it is is a is a horrific. thing for britain and in britain needs to stay in the you because britain will otherwise get much poorer actually no bret's deal is good enough for the british

trump administration is still a risk and we also see a lot of uncertain risk of risk in europe the brics we don't know what will happen in january we have new discussions between the european commission and italy and also some problems in front so that the the risk from international scene are rising and there's a most. porton for the press climate whenever our own economic situation is and certain we tend to invest less what what state german companies and when it comes to investment this is an interesting point when we look in our server to see that despite of the fact of the depressed climate we see a strong and stable investment activity for the next year as well as in ploy and decide something to do with the fact that there are some decoupling between the investment activity and the promise of one hand and the business climate on the other hand why it's huge is a fact that you have to invest if you have to invest over time to stay in a way to have to be in line with a digital transformation so there's an ongoing need to spite of the business climate to invest and this is what quite

to mean brics it you know the effort to essentially. created the president not really the president but we'll see the same problem in europe you can only hold it back for so long before it comes out in different forms so the only two powers left in to hold iraq together as being france and germany but as we see what could . let's go to very well accepted justice. but only to be replaced with michael to essentially if so it's interesting because it's it seems to me that the they've relied more upon ideology than on leadership ok because the ideology is the substitution for leadership you know that i think that's an important part of the e.u. project specifically i mean this is backlash this is a neo liberal pro globalization pro go ballistic if you want to use that elite who have forced. both economic and social. radical reforms on the peoples of europe and also the united states and canada over the heads of the people using you know these repeat referendums and repeat votes in the e.u. who didn't get it right the u.k. u.s. and canada us

going to die of its own contradictions to reason my government is sitting on a time bomb with the brics a deal once again in jeopardy campaigners like these guys really see this is that chance they want to capitalize on the uncertainty to push their case and to remind people that the brics that process can still be undone. moments and for a second vote does seem to be picking up speed one new poll suggests just over fifty percent of the country does now. i want another vote but right. it's extremely divisive. in general people tend to think it's hilariously funny they want to get the stickers from as they want to stand in front of the bus and get photos we've had a lot of older people coming up and waving their faces in our faces and shouting at us about democracy so buckle up u.k. if the second vote does come to pass it's likely to be right. you're watching d.w. news still to come chinese president xi jinping issues of warning to the united states he says no one can dictate economic policy to china as his calling his party celebrates forty years of meteoric growth under a policy of ope

but european union leaders are saying what they said earlier this week they will not renegotiate the brics deal also coming off a major search operation in a strong suburb it comes up empty handed that's as french police hunt in vain for the man who gunned down passers by in the city on tuesday and yemen's warring parties agree to a cease fire in the red sea port city of the data but will it bring relief to the hundreds of thousands of yemenis on the brink of starvation. i break off it's good to have you with us britain's prime minister to reason may is in brussels seeking help yet again all because of brics a day after facing down a leadership challenge at home to resume a is hoping to get reassurances about aspects of the breaks it deal that have split her party and polarized britain's parliament but the other twenty seven member nations of the european union they have agreed they can offer warm words and support but no renegotiation of the withdrawal deal itself. theresa may needs help selling for exit deal at home and right upon arrival at the summit european leaders seem eager to offe

economically there will be very little impact as a consequence of brics it initially between the united kingdom and russia and that's because of the negative relationships the fact that there are sanctions in place puts restrictions on british companies from being able to invest in armor. but we have huge costs for those russians who want to come and visit the united kingdom as tourists or indeed want to invest in the u.k. so i think brics it economically will have an impact but i think where it might have an important factor in the future is that once united kingdom becomes a sovereign nation again it can resume its place on the world trade organization. and look at other countries across the globe it might give you a new government but it might give future politicians the opportunity to say well perhaps this respect that is required to be russia and the united kingdom should be started now and i hope that openness to the world would allow them to do just a reminder we're speaking to independent british m.e.p. stephen walt stephen some of the other big global issues that's been touched

rules and that really upsets many a brics it is those who are pro brics it who just feel that this is too difficult to worrying for the u.k. to be put in this position so theresa may is now in brussels and tomorrow she is also jus to go to ireland to try to speak to the irish prime minister busy couple of days and while she's busy getting the brushoff all over europe one of the m.p.'s back in london doing they have been very busy there are rumors that it is we are on the verge of being a leadership vote being triggered by members of her own party they need forty eight let is to be put to a particular committee for that to be treated we're not quite there yet but it could happen at any moment meanwhile in parliament itself there has been another debate this time called by the labor party the main opposition party it's given a chance for m.p.'s to say how disgusted they were that this vote yesterday was stoned by two reason maybe doesn't she have any will affect many people one hoping that jeremy corbyn the leader of the labor party was going to himself trigger a no confidence motion in

but european union leaders are saying what they said earlier this week they will not renegotiate the brics he also coming up a killer still on the run the french police came up empty handed after a major search operation in the strasburg suburbs a day they're looking for the man who shot and killed people tuesday night near the city's christmas market. and the first step towards peace yemen's warring parties agree to a cease fire the red for bird seed port city of today to bring relief to hundreds of thousands of yemenis on the brink of starvation. war. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us britain's prime minister is in brussels seeking help yet again because of brics it a day after facing down a leadership challenge at home to resign may is hoping to get reassurances on key points in the brics a deal that of. split her party and polarized britain's parliament but the twenty seven other european union members they're not changing the narrative here they're happy to offer warm words and some moral support but a renegotiation of the breaks a deal remains out of the question. theresa

leaders rebuffed me as pleas for changes to the brics in. the united in saying the existing deal could not be renegotiated and said many have not adequately described what exactly she's looking for. stones for this agreement intends to proceed to is it so difficult. that it's not open for a new. coach we would like our british friends in four weeks time to let us know what they're expecting. because with taking part in a debate that is sometimes hazy and for science and i would like to see some firm clarification on this point. for more let me go and. not his is standing by at the european council building in brussels and bob a result is at bottom in london joe let me start with you recount that quite a bit of impatience with britain from the e.u. leadership how did the prime minister terrorism is appealed to help to push her legs if these football. and. you can retire we've just heard the head of the european council and the head of european commission and basically their message was reiterated by leaders arriving here for the second summit

backstop and that's going to remain there simply isn't any room to budge on that and we also have the brics a negotiator for the european parliament kieffer hust expressed his frustration in a tweet and say look i can't even follow this anymore they just need to take a vote but he also warned the u.k. he said we will never let the irish down so she really isn't going to find a warm reception here she comes saying hey let's talk about this again so barbara fazel if the e.u. chooses to remain where it is. the british parliament also seems to be against the steel if the deal holds in parliament what van happens. parliament has sworn the majority of parliamentarians have sworn they would not allow a heartbreaks it however it is difficult to see how they can prevent it the only possibility then would be new elections or to have a second referendum and those cases they might go to the e.u. and say listen we need a bit more time you need to extend the time you wanted twenty ninth of march of next year that probably be possible on the other hand treason may she's really fighting for her political s

well fishing rights are one of the most contentious issues in the whole brics it debate the u.k. hopes to secure sole rights to fish in its territorial waters but on the other side of the north sea denmark is opposing that fleur reports from the danish harbor town of tea borne. much of the fish alfred fisk hangs he brings home in the middle of the night is called far from denmark shores it's from near the east of scotland where his family has been fishing for generations this is dutch waters this is your war those the snow with their orders for this is the bridges so. the bricks if you mean european boats are no longer permitted to enter british waters where danish fishermen say they catch about forty percent of their fish when they face the lower where the border is actually so some years to remember we did so for some years there in the british so and so we're seeing more fish in the danish so as they have a tendency to move they really don't care about poachers. the fishing industry has found itself at the heart of the backseat battle used as a symbol for everything that takin

northern ireland over the last two decades has been built around a seamless border and the fact of the brics it will create a wholly new situation on the thirtieth of march the northern. and our land border will for the first time become the external front here of the european union's single market and customs union. to challenge. the challenge this poses must be met not waiting rhetoric but with real and workable solutions businesses operate across that border people live their lives crossing and recrossing it every day i've been there and spoken to some of those people they do not want every day lives to change as a result of the decision we have taken they do not want a return to our hard border. and if this house cares about preserving our union it must listen to those people because our union will only end with the sense. we had hoped that the changes we've secured to the backstop would reassure members that we could never be trapped in it indefinitely i hope the house will forgive me if i take a moment to remind it of those changes the customs and amount of the backstop is now u.k. wid

her last ditch attempt was on tuesday to try to save the brics a deal against the odds firstly she flew to meet the dutch prime minister. then on to berlin where she ended up locked in the back of her limousine before meeting the german chancellor then on to meet e.u. leaders in brussels but she made little progress and headed back to the u.k. to face the showdown she's showing that she can't lead a factory she doesn't listen to colleagues she doesn't listen for advice and she has a box herself into samy corners with her unnecessary red lines she was always going to disappoint people i'm sorry the moment has come to be honest about it and now we're seeing the results i stand ready to finish the job. it's been an extraordinary few days in british politics and the u.k. will find out on wednesday night if may can surprise her critics and survive the move against andrew symonds al-jazeera. london. in the past couple of hours mrs may face in question time in the house of commons miss may pushing back against calls for another general election which she said would not be in the national inter

who's a former environment minister saying look people who voted for brics it are unhappy with her breaks a deal because they actually voted for a new deal with the european union because they want to sever all ties leave the e.u. completely and utterly and then do trade with other w t o members so that's something that she's got to square away and sell as well. i mean look in the end nobody knew what they were voting for they were voting for the idea of britain leaving the european union not the mechanism by which that would become possible or what the consequences of any of it might be so there is no monopoly on the argument anywhere in britain now for what breaks it actually means that's on the one hand on the other hand let me bring you up to date with this issue of the legal advice that was given to the government by geoffrey cox q.c. he's an m.p. in the tory party he's the attorney general he stood up on monday and gave the edited highlights of his advice the government was reluctant to have it all released in full this substance of what he said on monday it was all about the backst

well today in parliament it became painfully clear there is no consensus on what brics it should be no agreement that it should be at all i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. justice wants to grex it. the government has lost control of in france and is in complete disarray because there will be no enduring and successful gretzky without some compromise.

says the only word i can use in britain are actually trying to say that russia was responsible for brics that now come on you know i mean brics it has been on the table well i mean your skepticism in england's been on the table for them particularly for you know twenty five or thirty years you see now you know in america they've tried to make it look like russia was somehow responsible for electing donald trump so this is just the latest in a litany of you know. reaching like this. i'm going to justin trudeau has expressed concern over two canadians detained in china last week saying his government is taking the situation very seriously. on sunday kind of as ambassador to china was finally caught had access to one of the detainees six days after his arrest trudeau says the arrests are politically motivated resulting from kind of being caught up in the ongoing trade war between beijing and washington. when the two largest economies of the world china and the united states start picking a fight with each other the escalating trade war between them is going to have all sorts of unintended c

i began this film with questions about the brics a referendum that urgently needed answers what i've heard has only increased those concerns. as britain's departure from the e.u. draws ever closer i'm left with one chilling thought were we here in britain jute into making one of the worst political decisions in our history if you win our campaign or referendum or an election by. on breaking the law then it isn't democratic it's a lie it's a scam to cheat. adored by millions the stones most famous cookie to arrive just prime minister on the blades of the national center for a show. now one hundred days into his leadership people asked whether delivering on promises would be as easy in practice as it was in theory. right now the nation is not feeling confident right all people are disappointed with the film and in runs one hundred days on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every. hello i'm. with the top stories on al-jazeera nearly two hundred countries have agreed to a rule book aimed at making good on the paris climate agreement struck three years ago some critics say the framework lacks a

british prime minister theresa mike says she intends to hold a parliamentary vote on her brics a deal.

top news stories british prime minister treason may has postponed choose days parliamentary vote on brics it expecting defeat e.u. leaders will meet on thursday to discuss but warned they'll be no we negotiation. it is clear that this house faces a much more fundamental question does this house want to deliver bricks it. was. clear a clear message from the s.n.p. but if there are stars does it want to do so through reaching an agreement with the e.u. if the answer is yes and i believe that is the answer with the majority of this house then we have to ask ourselves whether we're prepared to make a compromise because there will be no enduring and successful brics it without some compromise on both sides of the debate now the french president has taken partial responsibility for the anger that's led to the country's worst on rest in decades among all mycroft concessions to pensioners and the working poor but stop short of reinstating a wealth tax on the rich a key demand of the so-called yellow vest protesters a top executive of chinese telecom giant way will spend at least one more night in

thrown up in the air after prime minister theresa may decided to delay a parliamentary vote on her brics a deal explaining her reasons in the house of commons prime minister may conceded she had no chance of winning the vote. if we went ahead and count the votes tomorrow the deal would be rejected as significant. we will the food for the coach actually for tomorrow. and not proceed to divide the house at this time what happens next is hard to say possible options include written crashing out of the e.u. with no deal of never read another referendum on e.u. membership or a last minute read no good move negotiation of teresa mayes deal now earlier in the day europe's top court confirmed that the u.k. could call the whole thing off without seeking permission from the e.u. the prime minister describes that ruling as meaningless as she has no intention of halting. so lawrence lee is live for us outside of the house of parliament in london quite extraordinary day lawrence the vote itself was extraordinary enough and now that actually isn't even happening. i'm trying to think of what to compare

it means breaks it well today in parliament it became painfully clear there is no consensus on what brics that should be no agreement that it should be at all i'm bored go through berlin this is the day. justice wants to bricks it. the government has lost control of invents and is in complete disarray because there will be no enduring and successful grex it without some compromise on both sides are ok if the prime minister cannot be clear that she can and will degree negotiate a deal then she must make way. i don't even know if the internet from the players i took up the responsibility of being prime minister of this great country i've known that my duty is to all of the results of that space. and coming up later on not so young in a grand crisis french president emmanuel mccrone breaks his silence on the yellow vest protests that have many in his country seeing red and maybe i have given you the impression that i did not care that i had this not have been priorities and i think i must have hurt some of you by what i said. we begin the day inside the british parliament where theresa may t

found itself at odds with its electorate two years ago in the brics it referendum when northern ireland did vote overwhelmingly to stay within the e.u. these staunchly pro british pro breaks that party is afraid that means deal could split the united kingdom lawrence leena reports from belfast. in the process to loyalist parts of belfast their loyalty is unquestioned country first the four corners of the u.k. in divisible their problem with the brics a deal is that in theory it could lead to a future trade agreements pushing northern ireland closer to the e.u. than the rest of the u.k. that in turn leads to the inconceivable fools that northern ireland could be unified with the republic of ireland our whole purpose of union our system and take on the language thing in young way fail lots of the best interests of northern ireland long term and it is in our d.n.a. where unionists we we're british were all in our eyes and therefore i'm nothing that takes us side with the united kingdom as extremely honesty about them on sapling for a large ordeal this for the politicians who represent thes

minister nick cowdery to test had the danish political winds are blowing with regard to britain's bricsit and alex also speaks to the arche represents a fair two islands in the danish problem and i'm combines european skepticism whether wish for independence for his own islands for the first few treats mess just and emails and another great response to our show on pricks at last week first of all from sunday sunday says if the break up happens it will be two reasons incompetence that will make it happen len says beshear yet on bricks and keep up the good work cyril but thank you len and sovereign will swear she is for a government of national unity think chance will be a fine thing with caroline lucas as pm the begging says thank you alex salmond for keeping us informed you wouldn't it is absolutely vital for folk like me to be able to recognise what is going on and what it might mean for us and finally stacy he too has a view on what george kevin said on the show last week and she says i'm the s.n.p. alienating the people of scotland with the prove european stance regardless of that wa

reassurances ins how to interpret the brics a deal but the deal itself is not be all that these attentions are drafted as we speak to be issued of the u.s. summit later this week but not more and that the very big question is is that enough. that is the question alex is it going to be enough for word to resume a once she is home and once she is standing in front of parliament well the big issue here over this withdrawal agreement is northern ireland on this so-called backstop to prevent a ha border between northern ireland between the republic of ireland and because of brussels and today and the magical have said that they will not reopen the will withdraw agreement negotiations it means that she cannot get anything that is legally binding and that will therefore not be enough for those people who are very concerned about what is going to happen with northern ireland and with that stop they will not be satisfied that if it kicks in this backstop which is to prevent the hall border that the u.k. the whole of the u.k. will be in a customs union for a temporary amount of time but that's been

to recently is hoping to win support for changes to the brics a deal that. will make it an easier sell two m.p.'s back home on monday made took the extraordinary measure of cancelling a parliamentary vote share due to four today. and within the last half hour to resign me a ride in berlin where she would sit down for talks with the german chancellor angela merkel. now for more stroll in our correspondence kate brady she's at the chancery in berlin and max hoffman joins me from strasbourg good let me start with you for us what does terrorism me want to get from. oil when series m a arrives at the chancellor here behind me she will of course be voicing her concerns for that she's heard in the house of commons over the fast last couple of days and also and obviously since she called off the parliamentary vote that was planned for today and so now should be putting a feel is out to see what concession she can get from anglo amount go but that does indeed seem very unlikely merkel has made it clear time and time again that the negotiations are based in brussels a

it's not clear what reassurances they gave if any they've ruled out any really good she engine of the brics self-made left the talks you see it right there there she is without any comment while european union officials continued their need our brussels bureau chief max help and he is on the story for us he is covering those faults towards tonight so max theresa may she left without saying a word does that tell us anything did she get what she came for. that doesn't tell us anything because that's usually how she leaves here but we have some inside information we do know that she talked and also the ensuing jewett a was for about just under one hour which would be record breaking for brags that at these summits because even though we talk about that all the time the leaders usually don't because they believe that they go she has a process up to the e.u. commission so they really took some time for her to listen to what she had to say and afterwards and that's the point we're at at the moment they are talking among themselves so the e.u. twenty seven probably if they can make any kind of com

completely overshadowed the fact that was supposed to be the ground old opening of the five days of the brics it debates well it has entirely divided the nation for the last two years and it all boils down to that vote in parliament on december the eleventh and in the last two years we have seen no any many difficult stages for the prime minister we've seen resignations from her top team we've had deadlines come in we've had calls for breakfast to even be reversed and ideas and notions that a second referendum could be on the cards and even the e.u. has put options in place saying that the britain could actually remain within the e.u. but it's really been pandemonium in parliament and it's going to be a very difficult uphill five day battle. for the prime minister because now it's make or break for how government when theresa may return to parliament this afternoon to face more questions from a likely face more skepticism and resistance international trade negotiator duration hunter is among those who thinks the deal has to be stopped but cannot go ahead. the words that are being used by mel

s in a showdown this evening what does this challenge mean for the brics it closes we get the latest from london. on a very warm welcome to you i'm on the touchy mama we start here in berlin with german chancellor angela merkel is due to take questions from members of the bundestag it's only the second time she's had to face such a grilling of that's off to new rules were introduced earlier this year which say the. firstly for the government's policies three times and of course we'll take you live to the german going to start as soon as the event starts but for now i'm joined by our political correspondent with me in the studio and our chief political editor. is at the german parliament or the bundestag of a warm welcome to both a few let me start with you keith why is questioning taking place today and why is it so important well basically this question time takes place now plans to be taken to take place three times a year and that was something that was introduced in the coalition deal that was agreed upon earlier this year and this is only the second time that merkel will have to

the government in contempt of parliament for failing to publish in full legal advice relating to the brics it deal and in another blow to the prime minister calls were back to to give the house of commons a direct say and what steps will be taken if the draft breaks it deal is rejected on december the eleventh however despite all of that the reason may still claims to have faith in her deal that's on offer. if you reject what the other side have described as the only deal on offer whatever you say to the contrary you put this country on course for no deal the e.u. twenty seven member states have made it clear that this is the best deal available there is miser the time nor the inclination to reopen negotiations and ensure we leave in good order on the twenty ninth of march next year the choice the choice before parliament is clear this deal no deal or the risk of. well it has been an absolutely turbulent time in parliament the house has spoken in the most unprecedented of fashions and that's as the government has been found in contempt of parliament now that comes following in the common s

chance they want to capitalize on the uncertainty to push their case and to remind people that the brics that process can still be undone. momentum for a second vote does seem to be picking up speed one new poll suggests just over fifty percent of the country does now. i want another vote but right things to fix stream divisive. in general young people tend to think it's hilariously funny they want to get the stickers from most they want to stand in front of the bus and get photos we've had a lot of older people coming up and waving their fists in our faces and shouting at us about democracy so buckle up u.k. if a second vote does come to pass it's likely to be right. back here in mainland europe french finance minister bruno lemaire has announced a digital tax come january the first twenty nineteen paris decided to go it alone as european union the european union struggles to finalize a new e.u. wide levy france has been driving hard for a new so-called gas tax named after google apple facebook and amazon to ensure the global giants pay a fair share of taxes on their massive business op