cape horn was discovered for the western world by dutch explorers in sixteen sixteen. this is the port town of horn in the netherlands the starting point of the sea voyage that will discover cape horn. a faithful replica of a ship from that era is stuck near the harbor museum. is director of the west friesian museum which acquired the ship in twenty fifteen. big yacht this type of ship is called the young. there are only small ships but they have three masts and a lot of sail area so they were all very fast and can maneuver well all bodies of water including rivers. maneuverability was a big advantage for explorers. western ships like these discovered australia japan . and cape horn river. in the seventeenth century couldn't process that because of the trade with dutch businesses in east asia and sixteen or two rival merchants joined forces to create the dutch east india company one of the pioneers of international trade. the government granted the company a monopoly on the lucrative dutch spice trade in south and south east asia. that in sixteen fifteen competitive ap

our heartbreaks it is withering away the hopes of dutch flower growers. billionaire richard branson wants to make billions more with space tourism. and benefits all in let's do business beijing is backing down again somewhat it's a spending additional tariffs on american made cars and it's confirmed its first big purchase of u.s. soybeans since this whole trade war broke out the chinese finance ministry says it hopes china and the united states can speed up negotiations to remove all additional tariffs on each other's goods. chinese consumers will soon be able to afford cars from the u.s. again. beijing is reducing current import duties on u.s. vehicles from forty to fifteen percent tariffs will also disappear for a number of other u.s. products the regulations apply to the first three months of two thousand nine hundred one time agricultural products energy automobiles except for a are among the items that china in the u.s. have reached consensus on. the new regulations are music to the ears for u.s. soybean farmers storage facilities for the soybeans ar

i mean, the dutch had incredible bravery. and above all, the women who worked in the improvised hospitals caring for the wounded, and they used to pull them into their houses in the middle of street battles and things like that to look after them. the german response was brutal, to say the least. i mean, as far as the germans were concerned, the dutch were fellow aryans, their language was very close to german, they believed that they should have been on the german side. the fact that they'd invaded a neutral company in 1944 -- 1940, seemed to go out of the window in this particular logic, not surprisingly. there was always a confusion of cause and effect, to put it mildly. and as a result, they sealed off the major cities. they -- everybody was pushed out of arnhem and all of the north bank of the rhine. the houses were either looted and set on fire or destroyed. everybody was forced off, 120,000 or so, as refugees. and in the hunger winters, it was called, in 1944-1945, they were, they sealed off the cities and didn't allow

pinpointing evidence that a staged murder scene the dutch police are using three d. scanners undocumented reality to solve crime. thanks to interactive three d. models like this officers can investigate even when they're far away no matter how long ago the crime was committed and. the system is being tested on the training grounds of the police academy and apple door the dutch are currently world leaders in virtual investigation. an officer prepares the room for the three d. sky she places small white bulls as markers for the recording the equipment is expensive the scanner costs one hundred thousand euros about an avatar afterwards the program recognizes the balls and uses them to put a picture together that's a great advantage over ordinary photography where you have loose images here you get an overall impression if you are there and. to visit a crime scene in virtual reality they need a special set up too small boxes are positioned. infrared and lasers to cover an area of four by four metres movements can be tracked in that space with the help of a r goggles and

the dutch commander in chief said that his country -- when monty claimed that the dutch had been a success, he sort of said his country could not afford another montgomery victory. and our chief marshal who was eisenhower's deputy then said when monty claimed it to be a 90% success because they got 90% of the way to arnhem, said one jumps a off a cliff with more success except for the last 3 inches. [laughter] shall we say there were a lot of scathing reactions to that. >> what about -- and you'll understand i'm obligated to ask this -- what about churchill's response to all this, his role and what he had to say later. >> churchill, obviously, knew what had gone wrong. i quote in the book an interesting conversation that harold nickerson had with churchill beforehand, but also the way that churchill handled it in the house of commons. the british establishment has always been reluctant to admit it's made an appalling mistake, and churchill knew they couldn't criticize montgomery. he could not be held to hang out to try or basically face the consequences of what he'd done. andture chill fel

pinpointing evidence at a staged murder scene the dutch police are using three d. scan as undocumented reality to solve crimes. thanks to interactive three d. models like this office as can investigate even when that far away no matter how long ago the crime was committed. the system is being tested on the training grounds of the police academy and appledore on the dutch are currently world leaders in factual investigation. an officer prepares the room for the three d. scan she places small white pulls as marcus for the recording equipment is expensive this is going to cost one hundred thousand euros about a maverick and afterwards.

i think that the dutch are doing very well at the moment.s lead in the a league, which was already an achievement, despite the fa ct already an achievement, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the world cup, and now they are playing so well and they qualified for the semifinal. to face england is another test for them. i think england is also in somewhat of a transition. they play not english. they play more a european style. a style that gives them also much more possibility to win and of course the dutch we are in a transition as well. the young players who have a lot of abilities to become really great football players, and they have results, so it is going to be an open game between two teams who wa nt to an open game between two teams who want to play attractive football, but of course the dutch, they will do its. i thought you might say that for some reason. you do its. i thought you might say that for some reason. you have a very busy night ahead of you. thank you so busy night ahead of you. thank you so much forjoining us.

i was born near the dutch border so i always used to think what's so special about this place. but the soldier king gave me the same feeling here two hundred fifty years later that he wanted to achieve back then of being at home. christmas tradition is celebrated here. on one of the weekends sinterklaas comes to town. take the opportunity to show off their. version. plus makes his rounds. another institution in potsdam more french than dutch is the country salif and he said to us the holiday season is peak season for pastry chefs they make sweet cakes typical of the region and pretty leans a favorite is a bust of the famous prussian queen louisa all in chocolate. the food wins and the tradition of course the figures are closely tied into the history of pots and since louisa was a very positive figure customers like to give her likeness as a present for saying to her. is also a very modern city even if the old prussia lives on at every turn that includes the christmas market here visitors can enjoy tinsel and holiday lights in one particular color. all courses flower pression bl

during the revolution he went to obtain loans from the dutch.he was the first unofficial ambassador. >> there is also a franklin and eleanor roosevelt institute because of the roosevelt's dutch heritage and the whole judge -- dutch connection with the founding of america, new york city and the like. brian: i interviewed gordon what a couple of months ago. -- gordon would a couple months ago. he had this book, one of the clearest i have ever read, the difference between jefferson and adams. i want to read to you what he said and ask you to respond to this. as an adams expert. [laughter] brian: this is gordon wood. him andbrian: this is gordon wood. i adam was a realist. he did not believe all men were created equal. he thought all men are created unequal. he did not believe in american exceptionalism. we americans are no different from other nations. we are just as vicious, just as corrupt. these are the things he was saying. this is not the american dream. we could not live by adams' message, according to gordon wood. it would be too much to bea

is of coursh dutch speak english incredibly well. >> yeah. seth: you're back on a tr>>k. eah, yeah, yeah. >> seth: i want to ask you -- you have a very popular knlevision show in holland. you are very weln there. is it nice to be in new york and be a little bit more anonymous? >> that is actually very nice for a while, yeah. 'cause i've been -- i've been the show for four years now. and it's getting worse and worse. i mean, walking down the street is, most of the time it's fun. i mean you can probably relate. >> seth: of course. >> people say some nice things. but there was one embarrassing just happened to me recently. i was in a bar in amsterdam. you lived in amsterdam so you know these bars.>> eth: yes. >> yeah. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> by the way, you learned everything you know from comedy, you learn in aterdam. >> seth: that's true. i have a real -- there's a dutch chord to everything i do. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> yes. so you learned -- you mastered your skills. and you got back to the states, made the big

all the dutch prime minister would say is that their breakfast had been useful.as onto her next stop, but at every turn, the prime minister appears stuck. political gridlock at home, and here in berlin, even her car door refused to open. a fundamental problem, she has a to open. a fundamental problem, she hasa agreed... to open. a fundamental problem, she has a agreed... the uk'sjunior brexit minister was in brussels with her new demands. the good morning. she wants additional legal reassu ra nces she wants additional legal reassurances that the uk cannot be permanently trapped in the irish backstop. that has been the issue all along. that is the issue that is at the heart of concerns expressed by many members of parliament. eu countries say that mrs may agreed a year ago to the idea of special terms for northern ireland after months of haggling and drafting, the negotiations are over. translation: we have put so much time and effort into something that we in berlin and brussels don't want. nobody wants the uk to lead. now there will be further talks, but i can't

when the dutch founded the colony of the new netherlands which became new york and the dutch in the 1570s in the middle of their war, their brutal blood he war of independence against spain which lasted 80 years, and by the way that was a war that the american founders looked at as a model for their republic, because they were independent states that were banded together for independence. in the middle of that, spain launches the inquisition on them. while they were fighting for independence, the dutch colonies were then inverting to calvinism. to there was this bloodied horrific result and as a result of that the dutch craft this notion of freedom of conscience. which is really a watershed where they say you will not be persecuted because of your faith. and it comes out of this hard experience. and that is one of the episodes at the beginning of the dutch enlightenment which then heats the lighter european and ultimately the american enlightenment. and it's that kind of experience in the background that they were the founders of the american and the founders and the framers, were looking

a global forty six billion dollars and the world leader in the sector is philips developers of the dutch giant to now focusing on new applications in agriculture like bringing high tech farms into the hearts of cities. the earth is home to some seven point six billion people the majority live in cities green spaces are shrinking. how viable an option is been farming for example green houses lit by the lamps even in buildings without sunlight. any day light bulbs provide illumination by day and night and the plants compete harvested at any time of the year. becoming standard lighting solutions in greenhouses they have long been undergoing testing here in the netherlands in the laboratory of a signify it's europe's biggest lighting manufacturer and a spinoff of dutch technology giant philips so far the company has equipped around one thousand greenhouses with the lighting systems we have four dollars inside so it's red it's blue it's white then it's already had a far it is typically pretty are known to us because it's outside of our eye sensitivity curve. vertical indoor farming is a marke

schoolmates bullied young dutch for his stance on compelling social issues. adopting his father's politics, he disapproved of what he considered the robber barons controlling banks and railroads, and a fierce union advocate, he never missed a chance to speak out for the working man. he was violently opposed to segregation. it inspired him that william s. hart, his boyhood cowboy movie hero, opened his ranch for the benefit of the american public of every race and creed. young dutch was a champion of the needy and those affected by the epidemic of homelessness. my god, ronald reagan was a liberal biographer's heartthrob. by the time he was an established actor, he had become if anything more political. he loved sparring with his passionate republican buddies, william powell and robert montgomery, really going at it, then patching it up afterwards over drinks at the brown derby. reagan relished how jack benne always called him governor and how robert cummings referred to him facetiously as mr. president. they considered that a joke. ha, ha. ronald reagan's coll

the dutch police have begun using old mended reality to solve cases hundreds of kilometers away the system streams videos shot by offices at the scene to experts elsewhere providing remote investigators with interactive three d. models virtual crime fighting next week on shift.

and my expertise in history is really in the 17th century and the dutch period, the period when the dutch founded the colony of new netherland, which became new york, and the dutch in the 1570s in the middle of their brutal, bloody war of independence against spain, which lasted 80 years, and by the way, that was a war that the american founders looked at as a model for their republic because these were independent states that were banded together to fight for independence, in the middle of that spain launches the inquisition on them because while they were fighting for independence, the dutch colonies were then converting to calvinism. so there's this bloody horrific result. as a result of that the dutch craft this notion of freedom of conscience, which is really a watershed. where they say you will not be persecuted because of your faith of the and it comes out of this hard experience. that is one of the episodes which is the beginning of the dutch enlighten meant which is before the american enlightenme enlightenment. it was that experience that was in the background, that the founders

another institution in potsdam more french than dutch is the country survey from d.c. thomas the holiday season is peak season for pastry chefs they make sweet cakes typical of the region and pretty leans a favorite is a bust of the famous prussian queen louisa all in chocolate. the figurines and letters of course the figures are closely tied into the history of pots and since louisa was a very positive figure customers like to give her likeness as a present to call for saying to the. potsdam is also a very modern city even if the old prussia lives on at every turn that includes the christmas market here visitors can enjoy tensile and holiday lights in one particular color. all courses flower will bloom pression blue is generally associated first with the uniforms of the old prussian army as me then. under the soldier king the colors of all the different uniforms were standardized with russian blue only for five hundred fifty they wish to place a spell on what sounds so potsdam as christmas market is the only one in germany that uses all blue. ave to. originally the bl

as a european capital of culture the dutch city shared the honor with the maltese capital . and this is how it's here as a european capital of culture theatrical group. is world famous for its spectacular shows. thousands of the nation's and visitors alike elaborate masks and costumes it must be carnival time the carnival of venice traditionally opens with a historical water parade. in february folks at the. airport. yeah different people slip into the role of the prince the peasant and the major highlights of cullen's convo is that rose monday. by contrast the carnival of basel starts in the dark of night what's known as the morgans time a parade with lanterns. takes off for residents of basel three most beautiful day. nice is carnival is famous for its flowers some five tons of them distributed amongst the crowd during the battle of flowers. i also in february the german capital came down with film fever i stars came out for the sixty eight international film festival. director tom take her soft as gerry president. march began on a fashionable presentation of its fall wint

dutch football i and robin has announced to leave by a new deck at the end of the current season the thirty four year old says he's ready for a new challenge after ten seasons in the area during his time at the club by and won seven titles and four german cups robben also scored the winning goal in the twenty first game champions league final. against fellow bundesliga side or should don't mind. of missing a show is coming up after a short break with former but as they commit failed michelle didn't say as all special guests will be discussing the debates over monday night games and we'll also check out the best of some day's action which featured three of the league's top five sides. that's all coming up in just a moment and then i'll be back with a roundup of the latest news at the top of the ella thank you very much for joining us. her first day of school in the jungle. first clueless of the. doris grand moment arrives. join the ring on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. to bring you tame returns home on d w dot com.

and i was born near the dutch border so i always used to think of what's so special about this place. but the soldier king gave me the same feeling here two hundred fifty years later that he wanted to achieve back then of being at home it was the. christmas tradition is celebrated here as well on one of the weekends sinterklaas comes to town. and take the opportunity to show off their wares. closs makes his rounds. another institution then touched on more french than dutch is the country so he felicie tops the holiday season is peak season for pastry chefs they make sweet cakes typical of the region and pretty leans a favorite is a bust of the famous prussian queen luisa all in chocolate. the food wins and the tradition of course the figures are closely tied into the history of pot sales and since louisa was a very positive figure customers like to give her likeness as a present to cofer saying to. potsdam is also a very modern city even if the old prussia lives on at every turn that includes the christmas market here visitors can enjoy tensile and holiday lights in one particular col

netherlands but there is a legal loophole that offers the family a temporary reprieve according to dutch law as long as a church service is going on no one can be arrested without need to limit of this is not just whether we are a democratic constitutional state rather it's about emotion could call it and see. the church members say they're not testing the power of the state for them it's all about compassion. and it is neat-o. duck that many believe that we will stop once we have won we can't win it but our country can win if we handle the issue of human rights in a different way. from a terrorist if i mention thank. everyone here hopes that the government will compromise on the issue and avoid deporting the family of five. home around forty same sex couples have staged a mass wedding in the brazilian city of south paolo the participants tie the knot fearing that brazil's new hard line president in lancashire bulls noro could order a crackdown on gay weddings next year one newlywed husband called it an act of resistance. as said he would not be able to love a homosexuals. byron munich s

netflix is based in amsterdam where the dutch have got a double dutch light touch tax regime.ork for netflix in this country, if they take billions? 14 people. good luck to the authorities. it is a lot of profit andi authorities. it is a lot of profit and i do think this whole story plays into the idea that if you‘ve got a lot of money, you continue to make a lot of money by having very good tax lawyers and systems for finding the best way of working your way through tax regulations. exactly. you are always going to find the best way. if the question marks over these corporations, is the least launches investigations. that is a much bigger question. i have got a friend who works for a charity. she went to see the health secretary the day. she got the impression that the government couldn‘t think of anything else, education, schools, defence, because all the energy in the room is being sucked out by brexit. i know what that‘s like, insufficient bandwidth. we are talking about the duke and duchess of sussex, it‘s a fabrication, is viewed as is rumoured to be happening between ka

the dutch football i n robin robin has announced to leave by a new nick at the end of the current season the thirty four year old says he's ready for a new challenge after ten seasons in bavaria during his time at the club by and won seven titles and four german cups and also scored the winning goal in the twenty thirteen champions league final against fellow bundesliga side don't mind. the bonus think of shows coming up after a short break with former. fielder michelle didn't see it as a special guest will be discussing the debate over monday night games and will also check out the best of sunday's action which featured three of the league's top five sides. that's all coming up a few in just in just a moment in the meantime don't. thank ads that you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com thanks so much for your company. a continent is reinventing itself. as africa's tech scene discovers its true potential.

the dutch considered the brits one of their closest compatriots inside the eu.many in the netherlands were initially bewildered. today in a country that considers itself to be a model of stability, there's very little sympathy for a nation seen as, at best, indecisive, and, at worst, just a little bit reckless. it's a big mess. they voted for yes without thinking about the consequences. the british people tried to jump across a river, but they fall. even the prime minister has lost her way. as one of the countries with the most to lose from a no—deal brexit, there is a sense the dutch do want to help. but the problem is, no one here really knows how. it's quite chaotic. if they say, hey, we're sorry, we want to turn back the clock, then i say, oh, we can all make a mistake. i think the british government doesn't really know what to do at this point. so if they don't no, i don't no. a lot of people voted yes, so they kind of got themselves in this situation i guess and it hits a lot of young people, which is not the best thing they can do. and as the departure da

the retired dutch general, patrick cammaert, —— dutch general, patrick cammaert, arrived in the countryn was unanimously approved by the united nations‘ security council. caroline rigby has more. for the first time in years, a glimmer of hope for peace in yemen. the un team deployed to oversee it arrived on saturday. headed by retired dutch general patrick cammaert, the group of observers are tasked with helping to implement and monitor hudaydah‘s ceasefire, a fragile truce which came into force on tuesday following talks in sweden between delegations from the yemeni government and houthi rebels, a precursor to more significant negotiations scheduled for the new year. translation: today we met general patrick, the head of the committee. we welcomed him and informed him of the president's instructions to cooperate for the success of this mission. he will meet with the other parties shortly, and then he will start work on the ground. as a key entry point for aid supplies, the port of hudaydah acts as a lifeline to millions of people on the brink of famine, but in recent months, it has bee

so i was a big business and they play an important role in the dutch economy sales of flowers to the u.k. alone total around almost a billion euros a year it's the third largest markets off to germany and france. but the political chaos surrounding brics it has left many businesses him unsure what kind of arrangements if any will follow despite talks on so many different levels. flower growers in traders are worried that that business with the person will wither away . shares in starbucks fellow most four percent after the company lowered its long term growth or cost the company in the midst of slashing its global workforce and it hopes that teaming up with will help drive sales delivering coffees and brings true on to cross the united states starbucks has been struggling against the competition to get dinah's into their stores. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. french prosecutors say go for the person has died got attack on a christmas market stress spoke earlier this week obstructed the main suspect in the attack last night after a train on. the british pri

the family was initially offered asylum but the dutch 6overnment succeeded in overturning that rulingss the country have been volunteering their servers their services to prevent the police from gaining access. so when procedures take so long and children are rooted here, i think then you should come to yourself as the government as well, this is not how we like to treat people. and it has brought the congregation closer together. it is wonderful to see how people are helping one anotherjust by being here. they are hopeful the minister for migration will use his discretionary powers to grant the family permanent residency. a spokesperson at the dutch ministry ofjustice told the bbc: "we do not answer questions about individual cases like this for privacy reasons." their response is to keep on praying, partly for security. that makes us strong. the lord gives us strength. and his love to wait. now to an amazing story of a successful full face transplant. cameron underwood suffered devastating wounds after shooting himself, but doctors were able to re—build his face — as tiffany sweeney

and the dutch politician that's become the country's great green hope. then is our private data safe on facebook? the top tech journalist digs into alarming new revelations. plus, shooting the breeze. why the candid cafe chats of two british reporters are going viral the world over. >> uni world is a proud sponsor of amanpour and company. when she acquired uni world, a boutique river cruise line inspired by her castle, she brought a similar style to the rivers with a destination inspired design for each ship. bookings available through your travel adviser. for more information visit uni world.com. >> additional support has been provided by, roslyn p. walter, bernard and ilene schawschawrtzy and josh weston and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. president trump has stunned friend and foe alike with his announcement that the united states will be pulling it's forces out of syria with immediate effect. breaking such massive news with a tweet saying, we have defeated isis in syria. my

netherlands but there is a legal loophole that offers the family a temporary reprieve according to dutch law as long as a church service is going on no one can be arrested without need to limit of this is not just whether we are a democratic constitutional state rather it's about emotion could call it. the church members say they're not testing the power of the state for them it's all about compassion. and it is need to hold up that many believe that we will stop once we have won we can't win it but our country can win if we handle the issue of human rights in a different way open on the many years on home to rest of them incidentally. everyone here hopes that the government will compromise on the issue and avoid deporting the family of five. and watching the news from berlin melbourne or news with my colleague come out and coming up at the top the hour in the meantime you can always check out our website at www dot com thanks so much for watching. i'm skilled at the my work not hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar

that is prospective for for many european countries here so a lot of sympathy here today even the dutch prime minister said he admired her resilience the prime minister of luxembourg greeted her with a kiss a hock and the promise we're here to help so a lot of sympathy on the other hand leaders also made clear look we're not here to to hand out gifts we have our red lines and we've got to stick to them otherwise we are facing a bad deal and that will be worse than a cliff edge bracks it. matters. not are some of the other stories making news around the world officials in israel sam palestinian has shot and killed two israelis of the west bank another two are said to be wounded the shooting happened near the jewish settlement of ofra where a palestinian gunman budgets seven people in a separate attack on sunday. in the congolese capital kinshasa has destroyed thousands of voting machines as ten days before the country's presidential election opposition leaders had raised concerns that congress first use of these machines could lead to manipulate. in favor of president bill as preferred s

the prime suspect is her roommates, a 23-year-old dutch man. he was arrested at a train station attempting to flee the city. her classmates are shocked. >> it is a lot of sadness and fear in case something like this may happen again. >> her mother is left grieving thousands of miles away and said her are -- daughter was arguing with her roommate four weeks. sarah papenheim was studying psychology and reportedly chose her major after her brother committed suicide three years ago. her mother told a minnesota newspaper, my only two kids and i have lost them both. she was a skilled drummer that performed often in minnesota's music scene. >> i still can't believe something this bad happened to her. she was such a great d.>> thmur before she was set to fly home for christmas. >>> a community is in morning and teachers are remembering her for her love of percussion and as a vibrant light around campus. >> she found things to be involved with and wherever she was music was a constant in her life. >> her music teacher said she wanted to be a drmer. >>>

powering an electric future, we'll be talking to a dutch startup — which wants to build europe's biggesttery plant. and the uk's second busiest airport, gatwick, is paralysed by drones on one of the most important weeks of the year. today, we want to know — are you stuck? have you been affected? are you listening to us in gatwick? let us know — just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. get in touch, we will share your comments later. welcome to the programme. we start in washington dc, where the us central bank, the federal reserve — has raised the cost of borrowing for the fourth time this year. it is what everyone said it would. it has upped its main interest rate by a quarter of a percent — to a range of between 2.25% and 2.5%. the move comes despite recent turbulence on financial markets — and signs that growth is slowing, not to mention the ongoing criticism from president trump, who wants cheaper borrowing to support the economy. the fed has now raised rates nine times since 2015. you can see the steady increase. it says it expects to raise them again twi

i saw dutch experts la st repeatedly told.night and these people handle millions of customer transactions throughout the year and they know more about customs than our civil servants. they are appalled the withdrawal agreement used antiquated ideas as paper and stamps. nobody has used these in customs for 20 years. you would use existing techniques. but they don't do it the way you are talking about? the proposals are to go to what we are talking about, that is the proposal to go further down the road. all the customs experts we have talked to cannot understand why there has not been the political will to look at this and this looks up the whole issue, get rid of the backstop, have a seamless border. we have had senior civil servants coming to us asking for advice. even if the issues around the backstop could be resolved in the way you are talking about, the projections on the impact on our economy as a result of going to the world trade organisation rules would be the economy being £200 million a year smaller than it would un

getany dutch prime minister to see if she can get any movement there.s going to brussels to the end of the summit. we will speak to our europe correspondent gavin lee in brussels in a moment. but first from our westminster studio is our political correspondent jonathan blake. jonathan, i have been watching in the corner of my either debate that has been going on tonight with the leader of the house, andrea leadsom, telling them that they will not get a vote to postpone the boat, what atmosphere has there been in the house of commons this evening? there has been everything from amusement to resignation to confusion. the decision came earlier on to cancel the vote that we were expecting to happen tomorrow on the prime minister's brexit deal and ever since then people have been scratching their heads to figure out what happens next. not for the first time in this whole process. some mps concede it was the only choice she had because if she was to go ahead with the vote tomorrow, the prime minister would save a heavy defeats and one which she would have fou

rules without any say in how they're made so as you say should be meeting mark rooter the dutch prime minister chancellor merkel and the e.u. leaders themselves in brussels as well but don't expect the spotlight to fall solely on the prime minister and her travels this is a leader now widely considered to have lost much of her credibility her authority the spotlight will also fall while she's gotten on possible backroom dealings here at the possibility of a leadership challenge being launched within their own party that could come up again the possibility of a vote of confidence being called by the opposition labor party that could come up with smaller opposition parties lining up now to say they'd support it in this thing i think they like to call such things in on the shambles jonah hull in london there thank you dominic kane in brussels now let's talk about what series the maze going to try to get from these european leaders jonah mentioned who she'll meet but what does she want from them. well as journalist told us she wants assurances about the backstop this this idea that jonah