e.u. brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are on democratic the move could see poland stripped of its evolving brains also coming up no word from these two journalists since their arrest and me and more over a week ago they were investigating alleged abuses against him jumbos looks we'll get an update on their disappearance from their god. and europe deals a big blow to the right hill and company over's its top port says over is a taxi service not just the now full look at the fallout. i'm semi so much going to get to have you with us after months of tension between warsaw in brussels the e.u. has now started a process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the block the move comes after poland's parliament last week adopted new reforms allowing it to effectively choose members of the country's supreme court the e.u. says this puts the courts under political control and violates european norms in an unprecedented move the commission has now triggered the so-called article seven which paves the way to punishing poland. european commiss

e.u. brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no word from these two journalists since their arrest and d.n.r. over a week ago they were investigating alleged abuses against muslims we'll get an update on their disappearance from now on. and a life in the shadows of the frontline we have an exclusive report from a village in eastern ukraine that's been cut off leaving residents with no way out . also coming up are the wheels coming off for over europe deals the ride hailing company of big blow its top court says it over is a taxi service not just announced we'll look at the fallout. and the german cup shock i hope to keep up their good form against cologne the home side had most of the opportunities stay tuned to see if they found the back of the net. i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us after months of ten. between warsaw and brussels the e.u. has now started a process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the block the move comes af

e.u. gives the green light for the next phase of negotiations leaders' meeting in brussels the major hurdles have been overcome and britain and the e.u. could now move on to talking about their future relations with a focus on trade we'll go live to our correspondent at the summit also coming up another grand coalition could be in the works in germany as social democratic leader martin short gives the green light for. conservatives. lost the feet to the young european women who married. linda is awaiting trial in baghdad it's the first time the german teenager has. since running away to join the islamist group. how to warm welcome to you i'm on. day two of the e.u. summit in brussels on a breakthrough on briggs it constant presence just says it leaders had agreed on guidelines to send the negotiators into talks with the british over the transitional phase this means that for now that he does. and move on to the second phase in talks on britain's departure from the bloc it's a big boost for british prime minister to resign me the clock is ticking down to her country's exit deal in march two t

e.u. brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no word from these two journalists since their arrest and in march.

e.u. summit in brussels max thank you very much. hers is not a role to envy the british prime minister to resign may she is at the e.u. summit to talk about leaving the e.u. knowing that her authority to do anything more than talk about it has been severely curtailed by our own parliaments. charlotte tells until has more on a week that has not turned out the way may had hoped. sufficient progress sufficient progress and sufficient progress the months hearing those words had been top of negotiators christmas lists the e.u. had refused to phase two of talks until they had been sufficient progress in phase one then after a last minute scramble and a dash in the dead of night by to reason made to brussels finally a break three negotiators have reached a deal on three key issues citizens' rights the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million e.u. citizens living in the u.k. of a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u. on how much money the u.k. owes the e.u. after some tough conversations we've now agreed a se

e.u. brussels follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it says are undemocratic the move could see poland stripped of its e.u. voting rights all.

e.u. leaders tell his same line. we want to pull in our brussels bureau chief and he is covering that summit for us tonight good evening to you max so let's talk about what the members of the e.u. can agree on and that is defense right. it is defense indeed brant it's the permanent structure of cooperation on defense what might in the end lead to a real defense union so that was the happy moment today here when all the heads of state governments celebrated that decision something that by the way the chief diplomat of the european union federica margaret he said she couldn't have imagined three years ago but the european union at least in this matter has come a long way it's true and like i said it might lead to real defense union and even in the end some dream about a european our european army but some people also dream about consensus on what to do about migration migration of course being one of the biggest fault lines right. biggest fault lines and that most likely would will remain a dream for now at least because you know what we just heard i

britain's prime minister theresa may is heading to a summit in brussels today reeling from a parliamentary defeat over brags that she and the other e.u. leaders are expected to endorse a first stage deal on the terms of britain's divorce that was agreed last week but may's defeat at home could undermine her authority in brussels u.k. m.p.'s voted that parliament rather than just may and her cabinet must have the final say on any breaks of agreement before the deadline in march twenty ninth. this is the moment to reason may's way first said majority was exposed lead the ice to the right three hundred nine the nose to the left three hundred five. eleven of whom m.p.'s rebelled against hard to demand the british parliament gets a say in the final breaks if. this is the architecture from the latest humiliation. this was a time is a time for everybody to stand up and be counted churchill said he's a good party man he puts the party before him self and the country before we's party and that's what i intend to do. airily or theresa may try to stamp out the rebellion for though she may have been better targeting to those seated behind her bu

e.u. leaders to the same line. we want to pull in our brussels bureau chief now max hoffman he is covering that summit for us tonight good evening to you max so let's talk about what the members of the e.u. can agree on and that is defense right. it is defense indeed brant it's the permanent structure of cooperation on defense what might in the end lead to a real defense union so that was the happy moment today here when all the heads of state governments celebrated that decision something that by the way the chief diplomat of the european union federica margaret he said she couldn't have imagined three years ago but the european union at least in this matter has come a long way it's true and like i said it might lead to real defense union and even in the end some dream about a european are a european army but some people also dream about consensus on what to do about migration migration of course being one of the biggest fault lines right. biggest fault lines and that most likely would will remain a dream for now at least because you know what w

e.u. the bloc follows through on its threat to punish warsaw over judicial reforms it calls on democratic brussels invokes article seven kicking off the process that could strip poland of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no one has heard from these two journalists since their arrest and man mark over a week ago they've been investigating alleged abuses against muslims what have they are uncovered that authorities might want to hi. i'm sumi so much gonna get to have you with us after months of tensions between warsaw and brussels the e.u. has now started a process that could strip poland of its voting rights in the bloc european commission deputy had friends temperaments made that announcement and brussels a short while ago last week poland's parliament adopted new reforms allowing it to effectively choose members of the country's supreme court the e.u. says this puts the courts under political control and violates european norms but poland says the moves are needed to combat corruption in an unprecedented move the commission has now triggered the so-called article seven which paves the way to

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels benjamin netanyahu says e.u. nations should recognize your roussillon as israel's capital also coming up winter hits in europe with a vengeance heavy snow fall across the continent brings travel chaos on the roads railways and airports but it is a winter wonderland for some. and the bonus they got a blizzard of goals and blizzard conditions and cologne but the teams former coach was feeling the warmth of adversity and dortmund after getting a surprise call. i'm sumi so much going to get to have you with a. we start with fresh fallout from u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who welcomed trump's move is visiting brussels where he said he expected european governments to follow suit and move their embassies to jerusalem european union foreign ministers are expected to put pressure on him to revive the middle east peace process. let's listen to what he and the e.u. foreign policy chief had to say you know where the european unio

this is going to lead to britain finally gets a yes from brussels as the e.u. gives the green light for the next phase of negotiations european leaders say major hurdles have been overcome on that britain and europe. to talking about the future of relationship with a focus on trade we've made quite significant progress face to begin but we realised that obviously this phase of negotiation is going to be even hotter i'll bring you the latest from brussels also on the program. is an end to germany's political crisis inside the social democrats agreed to begin talks on forming a possible government but conservatives. on the german teenager reunited with her parents after running away to join the islamic states but now awaiting trial in iraq. plus an end to so-called net neutrality in the united states the government says. some users fear that if web traffic is no longer their access to information. i'm filled welcome to the program. day two of the e.u. summit in brussels has brought the progress britain has been waiting for a youth council president. leaders have

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels. i believe that all or most of the. countries will move their embassies to jerusalem correctly does crucial images rules work up little. robustly with us for security prosperity. and peace. we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which are as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is our considered position and we will continue to respect international consensus on jerusalem until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to die that's a negotiation between the parties and we hope that the part is kind of gauge in many for direct negotiations with the support of the international community thousands of people marched in ukraine's capital kiev to protest against the detention of georgia's former president mikhail saakashvili he became an opposition leader in ukraine and has been calling for the impeachment of president petro poroshenko saakashvili was rearrested on friday following a

e.u. summit in brussels max thank you very much. hers is not a role to envy the british prime minister to resign major she is at the e.u. summit to talk about leaving the e.u. knowing that her authority to do anything more than talk about it has been severely curtailed by our own parliaments. charlotte tells until has more on a week that has not turned out the way may had hoped. sufficient progress sufficient progress and sufficient progress the months hearing those words had been top of negotiators christmas lists the e.u. had refused to one last phase to have talks until they'd been sufficient progress in phase one then after a last minute scramble and a dash in the dead of night by to reason made to brussels finally a break three negotiators have reached a deal on three key issues citizens' rights the deal we've struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million e.u. citizens living in the u.k. of a million u.k. citizens living in the e.u. on how much money the u.k. owes the e.u. after some tough conversations we've now a

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels ways expected to face pressure to restart middle east the middle east peace efforts there's been widespread criticism of the decision by u.s. president donald trump to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which are as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is our considered position and we will continue to respect international consensus on jerusalem until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to die that's a negotiation between the parties and we hope that the parties kind of gauge in many for direct negotiations with the support of the international community. has been the capital of israel for the last seven years i think what president trump has done is put facts clearly on the table peace is based on reality producers based on recognizing reality and i think the fact that a couple of them is israel's capital is clearly evident to all of you visit israel see where the sea

e.u. summit in brussels thank you very much for that update. there's also breaking news coming up from germany at this hour the head of the social democrats martin shoes is not recommending that his party begin exploratory talks which these conservatives are forming a governing coalition now it's a major about face for the s.p.d. leader would previously said his father would go into opposition after suffering is vast worst election result in the post-war era in september but it's been under pressure the party s.p.d. to reconsider joining a grand coalition government. failed to get another three vehicles off the ground keeping. track of that story is a political cause one charlotte also she joins me now from up on the main tree studio shot first of all how surprised it was this announcement by the s.p.d. well this doesn't come as a huge surprise both parties the social democrats and the christian democrats know that they have a responsibility to at least try and form a government together but it's a very long process and we have to keep in mind

let's turn our attention to what is happening in brussels. e.u. cted to for the red -- green light trade talks after theresa may is seen to have complied with conditions. anna edwards is in brussels for us now. "complied" is an interesting word, isn't it? anna: indeed. will she have complied and enough to move talks to trade. theresa may was here last my for a dinner. she called her creativity and ambition in the trade talks that lay ahead. met by a round of applause. here is what jean-claude juncker had to say about that. efforts.d make big the process is that we have to formalize, regarding with this with a european parliament and before the house. and then we will start the conversation for future relations. stage could be wary see the hard work, both in terms of with agreeing with the u.k. and agreeing amongst the 27. german and italian leaders have all talked about the heart talks ahead. if austrian line has said brexit is a marathon, all we have done is the first mile. guy: let's think about where europe is and what it may fall out when it co

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels where he's expected to face pressure to restart middle east peace efforts there's been widespread criticism of the decision by u.s. president donald trump to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. peace is based on reality peace is based on recognizing reality and i think the fact that it drew some capital jerusalem as israel's capital is clearly evident to all of you live as it is will see where the seat of our parliament our knesset is the seat of our government my office the president's office the supreme court jewson him as israel's capital no one can deny it doesn't obviate peace it makes peace possible. we believe. that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states. as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is our consolidated position and we were continued to respect international consensus on general salim until the final status of the oldest city is resolved to die that's a negotiation between the parties and we hope that the part thi

e.u. members like luxembourg or ireland are not among them and british overseas territories are also being spared. a tropical tax haven in the middle of grey brussels today the e.u. finance ministers singled out seventeen tax havens on a black list countries like barbados namibia and tunisia have released to help crack down on tax dodgers but they stop short of imposing national sanctions on them for that hopefully this will help to increase the transparency of the global tax environment. well look i want to emphasize that this is not a punitive measure but our wishes that those countries will cooperate more in the future. or stood but according to the european commission the measures against tax havens don't go far enough. from the commission point of view we could go. seen a stronger defense so or counter measures but we hope that this work will continue on the council side the ngo oxfam also criticizes the blacklist as being too short they count thirty five countries that should be blacklisted among them for countries within the european union ireland the netherlands luxembourg and malta but there's not a single e.u. member state on the list cri

e.u.'s treaty to punish warsaw for breaking its rules. let's go right to our brussels correspondent teri schultz she is standing by for us hi terry good to see you how things got this bad between warsaw and brussels well it's taken a while the european commission has been warning morris for some two years that these moves to take more control of the judiciary were simply not in line with e.u. law and not e.u. values e.u. principles and they've issued recommendations to the polish government to reverse course to change what it was doing poland has steamed right ahead and now basically the commission feels it has no choice but to take out the biggest stick in his arse it's in in in its arsenal which is article seven it says if it does not do so then what does what do the use values mean so basically what we're going to see today is the commission saying we have given warsaw as many chances as much time as we can and this is what we're left with the nuclear option kerry let's get a better idea of what exactly it takes to trigger article seven catherine martens put togethe

brussels. federica mongering of the e.u. foreign policy chief that we just saw in that short video mention the words friends and partners i think three or four times right in the beginning so she tried to give binyamin netanyahu a friendly start after all animosity might be too strong word but there were very strong words exchanged in the last weeks after the trumpet ministration recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital so they try to give a good start but of course as soon as they start talking you saw the differences very very clearly and quite frankly federica mother really is said to be have been horrified by the u.s. decision last week and in fact made that has said he hoped that countries would accept the u.s. decision and also recognize did use them as a captive is in and move their embassies that is i just wish to thinking given the strong stance that u.s. taken on the issue there are two positions basically there is that you official position the one represented by federico green in that one is pretty clear it mea

e.u. members like luxembourg or ireland are not among them and british overseas territories are also being spared a tropical tax haven in the middle of grey brussels today the e.u. finance ministers singled out seventeen tax havens on a blacklist countries like barbados namibia and tunisia everybody used to help the bloc crack down on tax dodgers but they stopped short of imposing national sanctions on them for that but i see thankfully that this will help to increase the transparency of the global tax environment. and i want to emphasize that this is not a punitive measure but our wishes that those countries will cooperate more in the future. but according to the european commission the measures against tax havens don't go far enough. from the commission point of view we could go. seen a stronger defense so or counter measures but we hope that this work will continue on the cultural side the ngo oxfam also criticizes the blacklist this being too short they count thirty five countries that should be blacklisted among them four countries within the european union ireland the netherlands luxembourg and malta but there's not a single e.u. member stat

e.u. come to white head the european union has vowed to punish warsaw for judicial reforms it calls on the democratic brussels is expected to move ahead with its threat to invoke particle seven and strip poland of its e.u. voting rights also coming up no one has heard from these two journalists since their arrest in myanmar over a week ago is the government trying to quash their investigation into the alleged abuse of rohingya muslims. yemen's who the rebels take aim at a saudi royal palace with rocket fire saudi forces say they intercepted it and they point the finger at iran as the source of the rebels increased firepower. also are the wheels coming off for over the right hailing company is dealt a big blow europe's top court says hooper is a taxi service not just the now look at the fallout. from sumi so much going to good to have you with us after months of tension between warsaw and brussels the e.u. is expected to trigger the. osas to strip the poland of its voting rights in the bloc last week poland's parliament adopted a new reforms allowing it to effectively choose members of the country's supreme co

brussels seed me. and britain and the e.u. could now move on to talking about their future relations with the focus on. live to the summit. and political crisis could be inside the social democrats agree to begin talks in forming a government. in the us the government. but some users fear access to information. in the next sixty minutes the feet of young european women. linda blair is awaiting a trial it's the first time the judge has seen her. group. and the woman who's taking on drug. addicts in the capital. uses a own money to rescue. them. my. hundred one will continue i'm on the detail of the e.u. summit in brussels on a breakthrough on gregg said either council president donald tusk says even it isn't agreed on guidelines to send the negotiators into talks with the vet ish over the transitional phase this means that for now the ministers of the leaders can move on to the second phase in talks on britain's departure from the bloc it's a big boost for british prime minister to raise the main the clock is ticking down on he

e.u. leaders are gathering in brussels for their latest savage the twenty eight nations are being asked to reach consensus on the difficult topics off migration and breaks it they are expected to approve an agreement to move bricks of talks on to the second phase a future trade relationship. we remember six months off to the brain full tower fi a shock the world and killed seventy one people britain held a memorial service at st paul's cathedral survived as politicians and members of the royal family with a it's on of the victims the disaster has become a symbol of london's neglect of its low income residents. well how many problems are keeping european union leaders awake at night while the top three are top of the agenda as e.u. leaders meet in brussels for a final face to face for two thousand and seventeen tonight its borders and bombs go off in berlin this is the day. actually be the withdrawal bill is making good progress through the house of commons and we have on calls today on the fax it to be out this. would be the second phase of the but should. we should not put these british c

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels where he faced pressure to restart middle east. peace in new york arrested a man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway near times square the man identified as twenty seven year old. was injured in the last three other people suffered minor injuries judges at the international criminal court have referred to the un for failing to arrest sudanese president omar al bashir is wanted on genocide charges arising from the conflict and therefore he was in amman last march attending the arab league summit those are the top stories stay with us inside story is next. the e.u. talks of restarting the middle east peace process while israel's prime minister slams the continent for hypocrisy its european and u.s. policies towards the middle east diverged options to brussels really have this isn't science. well come to the show i'm sami's a than well there have been widespread protests and condemnation since the us announced its recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital as activists around the world take to the streets i

principles values and laws brussels correspondent terry szell's reporting for us thank you terry now to some other stories making news around the world austria's new chancellor has assured e.u. leaders that his government supports the bloc in brussels about in court said austria remained a pro here a peon despite a euro skeptic party joining the government course as conservatives formed a coalition with the far right freedom party this week the european commission's told courts the austrian government would be judged by its deep. political parties in spain's catalonia region have held their final rallies ahead of thursday's election prime minister money and campaigned on behalf of the pro-union popular party while ousted separatist leader carlos bustamante spoke to pro independence supporters via video link from brussels the snap poll was called after catalonia as parliament was disbanded following an independence bit. a bus crash on mexico's yucatan peninsula has killed at least twelve people and injured many more the state government said the dead included tourists who were traveling from a u.s. cruise ship to the resort town of my while to see an archeological site. also

e.u. directives per day which must be implemented no questions asked and inside a research only on any given time keeps a folder of all the legal direct us from brussels he called that the e.u. buyable. we have implemented more than ten thousand rules and regulations from. said voter i would like my prime minister mari minister of transport would have to sit in brussels to get with all the others and decide my future we have given it all away that's why britain could never join such an agreement as we have. despite the downsides a large majority of know we love the deal and at least for the transition period after breaks that no way might be the right blueprint for great britain. say to look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today it's been more than eighty days now since germany held its elections and there's still no clear path for a future government chance i'm going to met social democrat leader martin schultz first strange talks of rebuilding a ruling coalition his party will decide on friday about whether to move to the next stage of discussions. doctors without borders says at least six thousand seven hundred or

e.u.'s tax policy advisor for oxfam, who joins us from brussels this afternoon. thank you u for speaking to us n the e program. we know thth e.u. coununtries wl not be included in this list. is that surprising? the european n union never intended to assess its own member states, so that is worrying. we are wondering how the e.u. can ask for countries to reform while the e.u. is not able to put its own house in order. delano: we have reports coming out -- we have received a list of some 18 countries, ranging from bahrain to the uae, they could be on this list. compiling this blacklist has been secretive, because this naming and shaming is highly political, isn't it? reporter: it is entirely political. initially, when we saw the first criteria being decided by ththe e.u., when you see the whole discussion has been held in secret, in a very secret group, it was already clear frorom the beginningg that a lot of major tax havens, especially countries which have strong economic ties with the e.u., will be off the list. see is thatwhat you a lot of the tiny countries wil

are serving the eyes of it all off weekend she now heads for crunch talks to where else but brussels. the e.u. of course watching those developments in london closely let's go to our correspondent jug motus in brussels to find out more guild this is being viewed as a major setback for prime minister to raise may will this in any way affect the strategy in dealing with the dregs it i'd say i'm richard fuels the fear that stories are made simply not strong enough to push through any form of deal that may be reached to avoid a cliff atch to avoid the u.k. crashing out of the you without any deal which would cause mutual suffering on both sides something the europeans are very keen to avoid does it change the european strategy not at all the european strategy has always remained no cherry picking for the u.k. if they want access to the internal market they have to play by the rules and accept the strings that come attached packet parcel that was in brussels let's not take a look at some other stories making news around the wide russian president vladimir putin has rejected claims of interference

e.u.'s external actions service in brussels welcome to all if i could start with james in cairo so the e.u. foreign policy chief james has been speaking about what she calls increasing the work to relaunch the middle east peace process can the e.u. relaunch what almost all analysts now call a dead peace process well i don't think that it's possible to any one player in. this great event to do it alone it will be very very important. partnerships and try to find a way forward together and i think that's now what was sort of obligated forward together and what sort of partnerships can the e.u. perhaps look for now that haven't already been explored in the past. well i think the first thing is that you have you heard from. very clearly that as far as the e.u. as a whole is concerned nothing has changed when it comes to jerusalem stay with the ninety ninety three consensus so far as its status is concerned that it should be the subject of the very final stages of negotiations not upfront in fact the announcement the other day i think as we all know is really not help at all in terms of getting

e.u. concluded a meeting in brussels. u. 27 agreed sufficient progress had been made for brexit talks to move to phase two. but european council president donald tusk warned that while an agreement by march 2019 is realistic, it will be difficult. task: it is realistic, and dramatically difficult. it is for sure the second phase will be i think more demanding, more challenging, down with the first phase. joining us now from brussels with the latest is bloomberg's anna edwards. we got the news that broke a few hours ago that the e.u. was green lighting moving on to trade, but they are not going to officially start discussing it until march, and they want to wrap it up i october. is that realistic? realistic, but difficult. that were the words -- that was the words used. we have had a lot of these words over the last few hours. a host of e.u. leaders giving press briefings and talking about challenges ahead on the brexit front. angela merkel and someone from italy talking about how it will be difficult or a tough stage two.

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels where he's facing pressure to restart middle east peace efforts. all. countries the embassies to. record those traditional images rouge capital. for security prosperity. police in new york have arrested a man with a pipe bomb strapped to him which went off in the subway near times square the man who's been identified as twenty seven year old. was injured in the blast which happened at the height of the morning rush hour three other people suffered minor injuries new york's mayor says the suspect was believed to have acted alone. let's be clear as new yorkers are large revolve around the subways when we hear of an attack on the subway it's incredibly on settling. and let's be also clear this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve is ultimate goal. thank god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were safe across a tsunami is in manhattan for us question this given that as night there of what the situation is than now and how the investigation is progressing. well so i

e.u. members like luxembourg or ireland are not among them and british overseas territories are also being spared a tropical tax even in the middle of great brussels today in the e.u. finance ministers singled out seventeen tax havens on a blacklist countries like barbados namibia and tunisia everybody used to help block a crackdown on tax dodgers but they stopped short of imposing national sanctions on them for that hopefully this will help to increase the transparency of the global tax environment. well look i want to emphasize that this is not a punitive measure but our wishes that those countries will cooperate more in the future. or stood but according to the european commission the measures against tax havens don't go far enough. from the commission point of view we could go. seen a stronger defense so or counter measures but we hope that this work will continue on the consul side the ngo oxfam also criticizes the blacklist as being too short they count thirty five countries that should be blacklisted among them for countries within the european union ireland the netherlands luxembourg and malta but there's not a single e.u. member state on

e.u. and britain say they have reached an agreement that will allow them to progress to the next round of talks the announcement was made in brussels by u.k. prime minister tourism a and european commission president. they said they'd agreed on key issues like rights for e.u. citizens in the u.k. and guaranteeing no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland now they move on to negotiations about the future of trade relations between the u.k. and the e.u. and we'll speak to our brussels correspondent in just a moment but first let's listen to what a resume had to say in northern ireland we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to pursue the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. is following developments in brussels and joins me now from there lax the irish border almost led to the collapse of these talks so what led to this breakthrough and what has changed. well let's see first if it's really a breakthrough on the question of the border between northern ireland and ireland in the document we have here it say

e.u. leaders at the summit in brussels urging them to be creative talks move to trade the summit comes only a day after many suffered defeat in parliament over blueprint for quitting the e.u. the majority of m.p.'s banked in a bed but guarantee them a vote on the final breaks it deal struck with brussels those were the headlines of be back with more in thirty minutes to stay with is next they live in a country plagued by poverty for billionaires is only. one of the new maharajah at this time an al-jazeera.

e.u. directives per day which must be implemented no questions asked an inside a research at a given time keeps a folder of all the legal directors from brussels he calls it the e.u. buyable. we have implemented more than ten thousand rules and regulations from prophets and i said boettcher i would like my prime minister mari minister of transport would have to sit in brussels to get with all the others and decide my future we have given it all away that's why britain could never join so it's an agreement as we have. despite the downsides a large majority of no we love the deal and at least for the transition period after a break that no way might be the right blueprint for great britain. a report by the us and lars shelton sick now to some other stories making news around the world today ecuador's vice president jorge glass has been sentenced to six years in jail after a court convicted him of accepting bribes from brazilian construction giant oda breath politicians across latin america have been charged or are under investigation for purportedly taking bribes or illegal campaign contributions from what i over the past decade. doctors without

e.u. leaders at a summit in brussels urging them to be creative when talks move to trade the summit comes only a day after many suffer defeat in parliament over her blueprint for quitting the e.u. and majority go back to the men but guaranteeing them a vote in the final breaks a deal struck with brussels campaigning has ended for the second round of chile's presidential election voters will head to the polls on sunday to elect a successor to president michel bashfully now they're choosing between right wing businessman and former presidents of a city and pinera and former journalist i'll hand the air despite recent gains by where the race is still expected to be very close. politicians in argentina suspended a vote on president. pension reform plan after protests turned violent. tear gas and rubber bullets were fired at demonstrators in one desirous that angry about potential changes to their pensions union leaders say the measures will cut retirement payments as well as aid for poor families the country's top union has called for a general strike. of course of all of those stories on the

e.u. leaders at a summit in brussels urging them to be creative when talks move to trade the summit comes only a day after may suffered defeat in parliament over her blueprint for quitting the e.u. the majority of m.p.'s back to the amendment guaranteeing them a vote on the final break that deal struck with brussels barnaby phillips has more from brussels. the british prime minister arrived at this summit in the wake of that embarrassing defeat in the u.k. parliament which gives parliament a little bit more control over the break that process in the british government a little bit less but on the way into the meeting here in brussels to reason may not sound like a woman in a mood to compromise we have one thirty five thirty six votes on the bill it is making good progress in terms of commons and that means we are on course to deliver on the suffering of the british and the british people really see european union and that's what you'll be doing you might recall that the irish border was one of the sticking points in the first round of negotiations the government in dublin insisting that th

e.u. directives per day which must be implemented no questions asked an insider research only on any given time keeps a folder of all the legal director this is from brussels he called it the e.u. buyable we have implemented more than ten thousand rules and regulations from brussels not as a boater i would like my prime minister mari minister of transport whatever to sit in brussels together with all the others and decide my future we have given it all away that's why britain could never join such an agreement as we have. despite the downsides a large majority of norwegians love the deal and at least for the transition period after breaks that no way might be the right blueprint for great britain. six months in seventy one people were killed in a five and a high rise apartment block in central london today members of britain's royal family and government attended a memorial services in paul's cathedral for the victims of the grenfell tower fire but in the aftermath of a tragedy that has become a byword for social inequality in the u.k. survival has been complaining about being neglected by government. and mournful chuen played on that include a traditional

e.u. leaders summit in brussels urging them to be creative when talks move to trade the summit comes only a day after they suffered defeat in parliament over her blueprint for quitting the e.u. a majority of m.p.'s back to the bed with guaranteeing them a vote on the final break sit deal when it struck with brussels those were the news headlines and back with more in thirty minutes next we continue with al-jazeera world. on monday the fourth of december twenty seventh teen the former president of yemen . was assassinated at a checkpoint outside sanaa. the killing of. his funds yemen into even more uncertainty president great being a dominant political force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by who the fighters on monday had been in an audience with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years at his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital sanaa. two days before sallah had announced that his alliance with the who thiis an armed islamic group from the north of yemen was over. that he met. the filthy sauce on the shift of an agency as a betrayal and

e.u. and britain say they have reached an agreement that will allow them to progress to the next round of talks the announcement was made in brussels by u.k. prime minister to resign me and european commission president. this said it agreed on key issues like rights for e.u. citizens in the ukraine and guaranteeing no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland on the move on to negotiations about future trade relations between the u.k. and the e.u. and we speak to our brussels beer chief in just a moment but first let's listen to what terrorism he had to say all the law and we will guarantee there will be no hard border and we will uphold the belfast agreement and in doing so we will continue to pursue the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. max often joins me for more unless the irish border issue almost led to the collapse of these talks so what led to this brics one what has changed. the big question we're all asking ourselves and rita is is this really a big breakthrough and you need to look at the paper here of course they want to avoid a hard border to reason may said so but ther

made a breakthrough in talks prime minister to freeze and they made an unscheduled trip to brussels to meet e.u. commission president jiang called younker two sides will now move along to negotiating a trade agreement. will democrats in their leader march and schultz are preparing for talks with conservatives on forming the country's next government. party will push for improved european cooperation and the creation of a united states of euro. news you're up to date more coming at the top of the hour and if you can't wait don't forget you'll always find the latest on our web site that address for you is dot com i'm sarah harmon from our full team here in berlin thanks for watching have a great weekend. i'm a mother.

e.u. summit in brussels however failed to resolve the migration question.