e.u. council presidency but when will the e.u. the youngest a member join the euro we'll talk to a gracious finance minister. i'm going to jones of berlin welcome to do that we have business well markets from asia to europe has started 2020 on a strong note with germany's dax up more than half a percent and hong kong closing at a 5 month high a cost the index in south korea literally began 2020 with a firework and then gave up early gains soon markets seem to be torn between optimism over an upcoming u.s. china trade deal and worries about looming geo political troubles including recent threats from north korea. now for more let's bring in our market correspondent already bards who's in frankfurt only. not exactly fireworks in new york but it didn't start on on a too bad a note did it what's what's pushing stocks right now. yes certainly not to mention the gains in frankfurt the other stock markets in europe for example london doing even better in the latter or paris than the german shares there's still some vacation absentees her

e.u. council building in brussels it's more than 3 and a half years since the u.k. 1st voted for brics it prime minister forrest johnson says it will be a moment of national renewal government buildings in london have been lit up in red white and blue and i count on call it will be projected at number 10 downing street going to bring you much more coverage on that story throughout the evening but to coming up now on al-jazeera it's up front looking at us in iran relations and the un's agnes kalama also discusses her report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi stay with us for that. all wrong in the united states on the path to war on today's up front a special debate between a former iranian diplomat and the retired u.s. general. i'm mad also on the show u.n. investigator and yes calabar has accused the crown prince of saudi arabia of hacking into the cell phone of washington post owner jeff bezos kalama whether anyone can stand up to m.p.'s but 1st after iranian general hossam salem on he was assassinated in iraq on the order of u.s. president donald trump the islamic republic o

e.u. council president met with the leader of the un back to government fire as the raj the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. bolivia's in term government plans to start a corruption investigation into $600.00 officials who are part of former president a former all this is the ministration or ellis was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia in the wake of disputed elections under the thousands of people in puerto rico are currently without electricity without water after a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake at a magnitude of 6.4 that makes it one of the worst in the century at least one person has died hundreds more were made homeless. european commission president horse the founder lion has visited london for talks on bracks it she told prime minister boris johnson his deadline for post breck's of trade deal by the end of the year was unrealistic the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. at the end of this month. well big ch

e.u. council president met with the leader of the un backed government has also raj the e.u. russia and turkey have call on government forces and rebel groups declare a cease fire starting this sunday. a pneumonia outbreak in china may have been caused by a new type of by race that's according to the world health organization more than 50 people of cotton ammonia in the city of new han many of them worked at the same market the w.h.o. said that the illness could come from the same family as the sars virus. well carlos gone has given his 1st public statement following his escape from authorities in japan he described his treatment by the japanese legal system as a travesty against his human rights and dignity and he revealed more details about why he became a fugitive tokyo prosecutors have slammed his allegations accusing him of one sided and quote unacceptable criticism of japanese legal system. in beirut carlos ghosn faced the cameras for the 1st time since his daring escape from japanese justice today is a very important day for me one that i have looked forward to every s

e.u. council the youngest member of the european union has yet to adopt the euro many say doing so would help the country's tourism and other sectors although not everyone is on board. for the croatians to treasured national currency is more than just a means of payment it's a symbol of their national independence croatian see the coup not a stable and reliable even though it's an e.u. member crew asia has been reluctant to join the european common currency the euro. thank you. both at the euro is better for us but we love our kuna that's our national currency. misunderstood and we're not ready to bring in the euro we're too economically weak maybe in a couple of years time pictures want and i'll suddenly. hear invoke of our in the north east of the country you can still see relics of the civil war against the serbs more than 30 years ago the region remains an economic underperformer. factory once employed 16000 people today there are just 600 left. the company has lost money for years and relies on the state for support. it's hard to find younger workers because low wages have driven many yo

e.u. council presidency for example by holding a summit of all member states with china and a meeting with the african states. and so chancellor merkel concludes the year pragmatically with concrete plans for the future employer there is still much work left for her to do. now to a rare display of aggravation from a usually unflappable figure of francis the pontiff showed he's just as likely to get grumpy as the rest of us during a walk through some pay to square in the vatican. but francis had been shaking hands with people in the crowd and was turning to leave when a woman yanked him back he dropped gesture appeared to cause the pied piper he slapped a hand and got her telling off before walking away visibly annoyed. not within moments his holiness was back to more familiar jesus. that thing. kissing babies. it watching day the news from berlin up next is a documentary on making yachts the latest must have for the world's rich and powerful something that you can get all the lettuce news and information around the clock on our website that's the deadly dot com i'm anthony held in berlin w

e.u. council president of the 2nd half of 2020 and germany is going to be very important for turkey in that position so no wonder that at this particular press conference things were looking a lot more relaxed and friendly than they have in recent months when the crane our chief political correspondent reporting thank you. u.s. president donald trump has been speaking at an anti abortion rally in washington today while the 1st president to do so it took to the stage as thousands gathered for the march for life the annual rallying point for opponents to a woman's right to choose which was legalized in 1983 well turns presence comes as senators conduct his impeachment trial just a few blocks away and his campaign for reelection continues to gather pace all right let's take you now straight to washington correspondents all over salant is standing by and i could see in the backdrop there rally there all over president the 1st sitting american president to address the antiabortion or rally what does this signal his decision to physically attend the rally now. that's right for the 1st time in the

e.u. council president of the 2nd half of 2020 and germany is going to be very important for turkey in that position so no wonder that at this particular press conference things were looking a lot more relaxed and friendly than they have in recent months when the crane our chief political correspondent reporting thank you. now as we reported earlier china has imposed travel restrictions on several cities part of the effort to stop the spread of a deadly flu like virus and it could have come at a worse time the country is heading into a week long holiday for a lunar new year normally the world's biggest annual migration when people travel to their hometowns to celebrate the event with their family while this year people are ushering in the year of the rat coincidentally a creature often associated with a spreading disease but as our next report shows a bad rap for rats largely undeserved. disease spreading in. cute furry pets. marty lineback has been living with rats for nearly 30 years. every single one of them has a different personality and i can actually predict their behavior so to have

e.u. council not at sunday's meeting certainly a big and important guest was there despite those missing tell me did more about this conference now or is there a chance that be could see either peace or at least some sort of cease fire come out of these meetings on sunday. well the main focus of sunday's conference i think is on the international partners the backers of the 2 warring factions to get them to commit not to send troops and arms as they've been doing. to the various sides on the one side you've got egypt russia in the u.a.e. supporting general have to are on the other side turkey in particular supporting the unity government in tripoli and it's very important that those countries be able to speak and find a common path other countries have also got interests because of the. raw materials in libya and also the fact that that country has become a conduit for refugees if you can get those countries to agree that will be good but obviously the 2 warring factions need to reconfirm that they're sticking to the cease fire are i did a political correspondent simon young thank you very mu

e.u. council presidency for example by holding a summit of all member states with china and a meeting with the african states. and so chancellor merkel concludes the year practice magically with concrete plans for the future employer there is still much work left for her to do. celebrations. around the world ahead of the festivities we sent our correspondents out to ask people in a number of cities about their hopes and wishes for the new you. know. i hope hong kong will become. hong kong has always been called a cultural it does it because we focus on economic development we young people should show hong kong's cultural uniqueness to the world. for the coming decade i wish for the lebanese people to wake up and become aware that their religious and political affiliations would leave them no way and would never be and would never be the country. i would like lattimer putin to stop dollars he's been in power for over 18 years and i'm tired and i want to change for russia. is disappearing just strongly. obvious good governance good economic growth and i hope we get out of poverty to. leave n

e.u. council presidency for example by holding a summit of all member states with china and the meeting with the african states. and so chancellor merkel concludes the year practice magically with concrete plans for the future employed there is still much work left for her to do. and now to a rare scene at st peter's square where a woman who made it through pope francis is entourage cause a scene that led to a papal slap and a rebuke pope francis had been shaking hands with people in the crowd and was turning to leave when a woman suddenly yanked him from behind the abrupt physicality appeared to cause the 84 year old pope some pain he slapped her hand away gave her a good scolding before moving away visibly annoyed. now within moments francis was back to wishing people a happy new year and kissing children. this is deja vu news live from berlin up next markets will have something to celebrate in the new year a new trade deal between the united states and china has all the details coming up in business after the break and don't forget you can always get more on these and other stories or web

e.u. council presidency but when will the emus newest member join the euro we talked to creationist finance minister and we'll talk to american officer jeremy rifkin who argues the u.s. needs to massively overhaul its economy to become greener. i want to get jones in berlin welcome to the business good to have you with us asian markets started the year on a positive note both shanghai and hong kong gained more than a percent on the 1st day of trading in 2020 across the index in south korea literally began 2020 with a file work but gave up early game soon markets seem to be torn between optimism over an upcoming u.s. china trade deal and worries about moving geopolitical troubles including recent threats from north korea. i want to bring in our market correspondent in frankfurt only bad so it's good to see you back in 2020 tell me give it back fire works in europe today as well. i think that would be a little bit too optimistic the fireworks you saw that in 2019 when the dax here advanced by about 25 percent and you saw records on wall street and i think there's a bit of trepidation going in

e.u. council presidency for example by holding a summit of all member states with china and a meeting with the african states. and so chancellor merkel concludes the year pragmatically with concrete plans for the future implying there's still much work left for her to do. now to a rare display of humanity from a usually unflappable figure francis the pontiff showed he's just as likely to get grumpy as the rest of a string i walked for he sent paid to square in the vatican francis had been shaking hands with people in the crowd and was turning to leave when a woman yanked him back the abrupt gesture appeared to cause pain and slapped a hand. and after telling off before walking the wife visibly annoyed. within moments his holiness was back to more from in the g.t.s. . that day. kissing children. you are watching day w. news from berlin don't forget you can get all the lights news and information from around the clock on our website that's. for now i'm anthony howard in berlin wishing you wherever you are watching happy new year. what secrets lie behind things will. discover new adventures i

e.u. council president met with the leader at the un backed government files as the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting on sunday. a shock announcement in the british royal family britain's prince harry and his wife meghan say they are going to step back from their oil and spend more time in north america one tab that has described the move and makes it reports say the news to prince charles and the queen by surprise and that the royal monaco was apparently hurt by the decision. and meghan on their wedding day it was thought to be the start of a new chapter for the british royal family but it was not meant to read like this in an instagram post the couple explained they would stay back a senior royals and would aim to become financially independent it seems the cult even the queen of our guard she's reported to be heart one commentator said it was beyond belief last year was a pretty dreadful year for the royal family this year has begun in a way that is not only completely unprecedented but potentially

e.u. council president met with the leader of the un backed government. ceasar. rather the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. but libya's interim government plans to start a corruption investigation into $600.00 officials who were part of former president evo morales says administration or alice was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee believe in the wake of disputed elections. hundreds of thousands of people in puerto rico are without electricity and water through a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake had a magnitude of 6.4 making it one of the worst in a century at least one person died and hundreds were made homeless. and in pneumonia break in china may have been caused by a new type of virus that's according to the world health organization more than 50 people call pneumonia have caught many in the city of on many of them worked at the same seafood market the w.h.o. said the illness could come from the same family as the

e.u. council president met with the leader of the un backed government by as the so raj the e.u. turkey and russia have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. hundreds of thousands of people in puerto rico are without electricity and water after a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake had a magnitude of 6.4 making it one of the worst in a century at least one person died and hundreds were made homeless. some movie news now and for fans of actor will smith and the bad boys film franchise the wait is over it's been almost 17 years since the last movie in the series and now the 2 miami detectives are back german fans got a 1st look at the film called bad boys for life as the world premiere was here in berlin on tuesday night. it's been 25 years since the 1st bad boys movie that proved will smith had what it takes for the big screen he and costar martin lawrence are back in action now in their fifty's secret . the real secret to this blockbuster franchise is of course the comedic chemistr

e.u. council building in brussels it's more than 3 and a half years since the u.k. 1st voted for brics it prime minister forrest johnson says it will be a moment of national renewal government buildings in london have been lit up in red white and blue and i count on call it will be projected at number 10 downing street going to bring you much more coverage on that story throughout the evening but to coming up now on al-jazeera it's up front looking at u.s. iran relations and the un's agnes kalama also discusses her report into the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi stay with us for that. are iran and the united states on a path to war on today's up front a special debate between a former iranian diplomat and the retired u.s. general. i mad the our son also on the show u.n. investigator and this caliber has accused the crown prince of saudi arabia of hacking into the cell phone of washington post owner jeff bezos kalamata anyone can stand up to m.p.'s but 1st after iranian general hossam silly money was assassinated in iraq on the order of u.s. president donald trump the islamic republic

e.u. council presidency in the 2nd half of 2020 and that makes relations with turkey particularly important if she wants to move forward on several issues that are absolutely key for her. i want to go back to you in istanbul of course as melinda actually just referenced bilateral relations have been very strained have even deteriorated in the past couple years did you also notice a warming of relationships again building of consensus. yes i did during the inauguration of the university campus that melinda just mentioned edwin today repeatedly called america my dear friend to repair refer to her as a friend as i mentioned merkel thanked him repeatedly for his efforts in the so-called refugee crisis so they're also silly attempts of warming relations because they're just so important for turkey as well it konami for example but that doesn't hide the fact that these 2 leaders still disagree over a major issues just to give you one example today during her lunch break and met a group of civil society activists here in turkey and they told her about the situation of freedom of expression freedom

e.u. council building in brussels it's nearly 4 years since the u.k. voted for brakes and prime minister boris johnson says it will be a moment of national renewal government buildings in london have been lit up in red white and blue and the countdown clock will be projected at number 10 downing street. and israel's military saying it launched as strikes on targets in the gaza strip in response to 3 rockets fired by palestinians oh no reports of casualties or major damage from the exchange of fire israel said it hit targets linked to hamas including underground infrastructure used to manufacture weapons tensions are high because of don't transplant for the middle east palestine ambassador to the u.n. has refused to engage in talks with washington battlefield washington is the program that now continues looking at alleged russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. this is the story set in one of the most powerful capitals in the world a political and judicial conflict. a battle that has pitted donald trump against those who believe he was an accomplice

e.u. council and really once that ratification happens it really brings soon end of what has been a rather dramatic 3 years ever since the u.k. decided that it was to leave the european union back in 2016 after that referendum what we'll see next of course is in just a couple of days britain formally leaving the european union that say really for the last time britain will no longer be part of the e.u. now off to plant their begins a whole other process because of course briggs it is far from done the u.k. and europe must then decide exactly the outlines of their future relationship and most importantly they really will have to decide and come to an agreement on trade johnson the british prime minister has made it clear he wants that wrapped up by 2020 wants agreement by the end of the year e.u. officials have been quite clear that they think that is are not likely at least it's unlikely that they'll be a fully comprehensive agreement perhaps the outlines of an agreement big day nonetheless for the u.k. and the e.u. tell us about the mood in brussels. hillary depends on what side you stand

e.u. commission the head of the european council the e.u.'s chief friend of foreign representative and all the major european west european countries was that what the trouble is that didn't seem so much consensus among them when it comes to when it comes to libya and particularly the france seems to be like you know playing a role in tendons where intend on with. egypt and u.a.e. that is not very fruitful and that is not very of contributing into the stability of the libya in this regard i think like you know particularly germany and italy should assert as much as possible and particle sporter un process and support the legitimacy so in this regard we once again so we should not indulge the maximalist position of after because in there and he was the one that's not the effort in in moscow for a ceasefire and he is right now the one that is there you know or indulging in stubbornness and maximal ism so in this got it should not be just a plea for the sides to abide by the ceasefire what actually there should be a clear mechanism of pressure i

e.u. to the european council in brussels the european parliament is set to vote later to ratify the u.k. withdrawal agreement britain is due to officially leave the e.u. in 2 days' time brazilian media say floods and landslides in the southeast of the country have now killed at least 59 people some 30000 people have been displaced a state of emergency has been declared in more than 100 cities and towns including the state capital what is on to. president trump's legal team has concluded its opening arguments in the impeachment trial with an appeal for trump to be swiftly acquitted of trump's lawyers also try to marginalize former national security adviser john bolton whose testimony should the senate allow it could be incriminating for the president. it's a meanwhile president trump has unveiled his long awaited peace plan for the middle east alongside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now under the proposal palestinians would gain statehood but they would also give up largest stretches of land so let's take a closer look at this plan 1st of all let's look at the current map of th

e.u. he delivered that to the european council in brussels the european parliament is set to vote later to ratify the u.k. withdrawal agreement britain is set to officially leave the e.u. in 2 days and brazilian media say floods and landslides in the southeast of the country have now killed at least 59 people some 30000 people have been displaced a state of emergency has been declared in more than 100 cities and towns including the state capital but you know what he's on to. you're watching news still to come on our show we go to the philippines where climate change is forcing people to leave home as parts of the country sink beneath the sea. but 1st hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated from the chinese city of on the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak more cases of the virus have been confirmed in china the death toll has risen to over one $130.00 australia says its citizens who are being brought home from china will be quarantined quarantined on an offshore island at 1st some airlines including british airways have suspended all flights to and from china. for 206 japanes

saroj met with european council presidents and old so e.u. foreign affairs chief in brussels germany have been vocal and this is well and they suggested holding a peace conference in berlin in order to find a political solution to the instability in the country. well of course that affair with the latest thanks for those updates. back to our other headlines now in the iranian capital where police have deployed tear gas against anti-government protesters the administration into iran is facing intense pressure right now after admitting that its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday killing all 176 people on board mainly a rainy and nationals and widespread mass vigils have been held for the victims which steadily turned into anti-government rallies iran's armed forces admitted the airliner was mistakingly identified as a cruise missile defense systems officials in washington have spent the past 48 hours also throwing their backing behind the protests and donald trump was among those to warn iran over its next mo

e.u. should be ready to play also an extra vote in the country itself there where there where there were 4 european leaders and the commission. and the council re presented with within the leader conference today in berlin and this shows that the e.u. after a years of in a e.u. conflict about libya and you see france and italy have contradicting interests in libya on on economic fields and so so the e.u. was paralyzed and turkey and russia stepped in so it's really time now that the e.u. and its direct neighborhood like to be shows diplomatic and political strength and be ready to help on the ground christine both good and merkel emphasized that there is no military solution to this conflict in libya in their opinion but there was also no announcement of a ceasefire and the 2 warring sides wouldn't even sit inside of the same room can they bring a political solution in this case there can be a political solution this is why the idea of that conference and the process is to get all the spoilers from outside out of the of the of the called controversy parties westley be against east asia so once the idea is once russia turkey egypt emirates no

joining me now is iran and in this cloning is he's from the german council on foreign relations welcome to you canidius as you mentioned the e.u. foreign ministers are meeting today in brussels for an emergency meeting what can we expect from that oh well on the one hand it's an emergency meeting as it's called on the other it's about bringing this issue back into the formal policy making processes of the european union it's been a frantic week things happening on the ground on a daily basis and now the foreign ministers are meeting to carve out the way what is it that the europeans would want to do what are the opportunities that they see from the shelves because over the past days it was more individual statements it was one country or another it was the president of the european commission the president of the european council now they need to get together to get to a more formalized and unified approach cyclonus what can the e.u. play in deescalating these tensions which have spiked between iran and the u.s. well thankfully the 2 sides managed to deescalate without the intervention of the european union they did so on wedn

down in brussels from the institutions from the parliament the commission on the council buildings we've also seen the e.u. flag being taken down from british offices in the belgian capital while flags have been coming down what we did see in brussels on thursday night was a square in the belgian capital lifts up in the colors of the union flag to mark the u.k. leaving the european union we have also been hearing form on the line the e.u. commission president now she was saying that what she wanted to see in the future was a good relationship between the e.u. in the u.k. i think everybody's agreed on that but what the what is on the line was very keen to stress was this any deal outside of the european union couldn't be as good as membership. we know very well as the sun rises tomorrow and you chapter for our union of 27 will start and with it comes a once in a generation opportunity to ensure that europe leads the way on these 2 twin ecological and digital transformations indeed tomorrow almost half a century of the united kingdom's membership in the european union is over we want to have the best possib

e.u. leaders are meeting with libya's un back to government as the conflict in the country worsens germany's foreign minister heiko us and eat council president met with the leader of the un backed government by as. the e.u. russia and turkey have called on government forces and rebel groups to declare a cease fire starting this sunday. now for fansub will smith and the bad boys film franchise the long wait is over it's nearly 17 years now since the last one and now are to miami detectives are back with bad boys for life so half the bad boys slow down with age well it's german fans who got to get the 1st glimpse of it at the world premiere here in berlin on tuesday night and will smith and his costar martin lawrence were there. it's been 25 years since the 1st bad boys movie that proved will smith had what it takes for the big screen he and costar martin lawrence are back in action now in their fifty's secret. to put. the real secret to this blockbuster franchise is of course the comedic chemistry between the 2 cops mike and marcus. come on you. know you can get that. they are older but not much wiser and not know. what they're not

e.u. leaders are now turning their attention towards the future of post brags that europe the presidents of the european commission the european parliament and the european council presented a united front when they addressed the media and they reiterated that the remaining e.u. member states would continue to build a common future and to have britain as a neighbor and friend if it respects the rules. we want to forge the closest possible partnership with our british friends but at the same time it's clear that the e.u. will stand up for its interest and with great determination yes britain will now be a nonmember state and the same rules apply for all non member states only those who respect the rules of the e.u. single market can enjoy the full benefits of our shared market. all right good abuse brags that analyst rob is with us for more on the story hi rob we heard the european commission president was a last sunday line speaking there what did you make of what she had to say i think is a completely valid position and the only warm the e.u. can say i mean it's quite clear if you leave the policy you don't get the same benefits and especially on these new stan

e.u. institutions from the the commission presidency the parliament on the council building as well we've also seen the european flag being taken down from british offices in brussels as well we also saw emi piece from the briggs party well being piped out of brussels as they were leaving heading back to london many of them as we've already seen have been at the the big party in parliament square right now we've also in the last few minutes though heard some reaction from the european institutions the high representative for foreign affairs your set boyle who is basically the e.u. foreign minister he's being the 1st one to really come out and say post this 11 o'clock u.k. time deadline of course it is midnight dead it was a midnight deadline here on mainland europe. to say that the u.k. will remain a very close partner of the e.u. both on a regional and global scale that's really emphasizing what we heard from the e.u. commission president on the line early on friday where she said that she hoped for a close and more productive relationship post breaks it between the u.k. in the e.u. but

e.u. so you shall find out what has been agreed by the security council there is nothing that contradicts city officials of the security council and during the talks. we are been doing our best to make these documents one more legitimate i hope that after the building conference everything will be going through the plan and the security council would support its outcomes it's up for the flooring sides in libya but they should not make the same mistakes they used to make because they should not be mounting any more conditions they should not. be blaming each other for the problem is that they don't want to be in the same room they don't want to have direct talks they don't want to have direct meetings that has been the major problem so we together with the italy will be meeting other conference with foreign minister demaio we will be meeting in the early hours of the day before the conference of the high level conference starts. so let's give it credit which. my relations with the new here at christmas and a lot of our holidays due to the constitutional changes proposed by the president of

e.u. so you shall find out what has been agreed by the security council and there is nothing that contradicts city officials of the security council and during the talks. we are been doing our best to make these documents one more legitimate i hope that after the building conference average thing will be going through the plan and the security council would support its outcomes it's up for the flooring sides in libya but they should not make the same mistakes they used to make because they should not be mounting any more conditions they should not. be blaming each other for the problem is that they do one.

organized crime standards of the council on foreign relations european council formulation said you french action may have actually weaken the e.u.'s leverage in this region french veto of north macedonia is albania is a session ago shoes and has a mix certainly changed the context for resolving bilateral problems in the west balkans once again look at serbia they are in the process they are negotiating they are opening chapters and closing chapters and they are closer than ever to moscow they are with something that is not working some people decide not to see it we decided to name it because we want to reform it if we're serious about enlargement and we are serious it's not just a slogan it's not just to play nice and then go to some countries and try to make business it's about having one hand the known to take with the other it's being in having them ready to enter the european union and not being a failure and not in danger in the european project to me about the rumblings in the our most party because they've been some signs of serious discontent 2 months ago a more deported the delusional. president to the our must group

e.u. and britain have formally signed the withdrawal agreement the presidents of the european council in commission charles michel and sort of on the lion put their signatures to the document in brussels it was later signed by u.k. prime minister boris johnson in london britain's former departure will start an 11 month transition period to discuss a trade deal an irish judges agreed to the extradition of a truck driver wanted in connection with the deaths of $39.00 ve in the means migrants amun harrison will be sent to the u.k. to face charges of manslaughter in human trafficking unless his lawyers will feel the victims' bodies were discovered last october inside a trailer that harrison allegedly delivered the container was found in essex just outside london. turkey and greece are bracing for a standoff in the eastern mediterranean over a turkish plan to drill for gas in cypriot waters turkey backs the northern turkish speaking part of cyprus john seraphina's has more from the greek capital athens. more tension in the eastern mediterranean as cyprus accuses turkey of using stolen data to position a

believe she is focusing everything on the germany you council presidency but that won't be easy that will take more than launching a successful e.u. china summit in the fall. as a dozen short hartis it will be a tough program if she wants to celebrate becoming the big european leader and at the end of her chancellorship fire and wished with germany's e.u. presidency coming up in the 2nd half of 2020 machall needs to mend the strategically important marriage with france to fulfill her key aim a united europe that can stand up to an increasingly dominant china back home her own party worry that her refusal to actively back a successor could weaken germany's position speaking of political leadership i think she. should think about supporting someone so do give. surance the germans and the europeans and everybody out there who could play also a role for stability in that someone is still widely tipped to be his successor as party leader on a case come catherine bell and also defense minister she recently called for a more active role for german troops on the world stage she offers the kind of clarity even merkel phones have lately be