e.u. presidency. happy birthday you wrote today twenty years ago the european single currency was born bringing both success and challenges to the block. and europe is hot for a whopping trade deal with south america but some of the countries are distracted with problems at home. i'm been physical and let's do business twenty eighteen is history but briggs it isn't twenty nineteen will be telling here are the key dates to look out for or avoid this year the first comes up in mid january when m.p.'s vote on prime minister to resign may's controversial breaks a deal that will determine what kind of breaks it it will be come march twenty ninth the date britain leaves the e.u. the american ambassador to the u.k. says a quick and massive trade deal with the u.s. would only be possible in the event of a no deal breaks it that's what would happen if parliament rejects mase deal and no deal breaks it would be a nightmare for european businesses well if parliament accepts mase deal it would mean an orderly bre

massive influence on the government even led to the country's president klaus he has to question whether rumania was up to the job of taking over the e.u.'s rotating presidency yet. it is evident that the government is being controlled by a criminal. track now is running its with the help of middlemen these are facts that we all know. on january first rumania did take over the helm of the e.u. . in the first six months of twenty nineteen the giant palace of the parliament in bucharest will be the venue of many you meetings. but remain in lawmakers are deeply divided over the e.u. and the handing of the judiciary florin you're ducking a close associate of dragon is held in abusive anti e.u. speech in parliament on market is not normal that romania should be simply condemned by experts from brussels who can determine entire parliaments without having the necessary knowledge. romanian parliamentarians have the right to decide on the law themselves. prime minister via recurred and sheila and other close drag me associate also brushed off any criticism of the legal reforms and the hindrances to the anti corruption effort. in romania we had

e.u.'s rotating presidency but european commission president. has voiced doubts about its ability to do the job romania joined the e.u. in two thousand and seven and is subject to special monitoring by brussels to show falls on corruption and the rule of law. these protesters say they've had it with corruption and nepotism so they gather at noon every day in front of the governing party's buildings in the city of sydney you in the region of transylvania. they're calling for politicians to respect the rule of law on. the grounds of existence what's clear is there is corruption at all levels of society that's why we're standing here on the streets to send a message we cannot look away any more all the politicians should know that we're watching them very closely. adrienne champion is the mayor of church here to sousse a town in the car pay theon mountains he is frequently confronted with corruption allegations connected to his plans to revive an old gold mine close to the nearby city of dave with the help of a canadian mining company. he says his p

e.u. commission president john. goshi ations over british prime minister tourism is expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament next week she had put off a december vote after facing opposition from many m.p.'s and her own party. for the setting out measures which will be specific to northern ireland will be setting out proposals for a greater role for parliament as we move into the next stage of the negotiations and we're continuing to work on further assurances on further undertakings from the european union in relation to the concern that's been expressed by parliamentarians now dozens of trucks have taken part in exercises in southeast england testing plans to deal with long queues at the port of dollar if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. with no deal the government says it needs to prepare for all eventuality but some experts predicting forty five kilometer long queues once new custom checks come in from ken says john holl has this report. in the dawn light a traffic jam emerges a convoy of trucks simulati

would be just to cancel the entire brags that process altogether that came straight from the president's e.u. council president's mouth they said if a deal is impossible and no one wants no deal then who will finally have the courage to say what is the only possible solution so it looks like that the e.u. won't mind if the u.k. changes its mind. absolute let me things with the latest from london. well the president of the european commission. he's also tweeted that whilst he regretted the outcome the u.k. needed to clarify its next. we. were voting inside hundreds of people gathered outside the houses of parliament in the british capital they were waving flags and wearing signs with the word ramon. of course showing their support for staying in their european you know what. to do they're not far from the houses of parliament is our correspondent on the ground resort a few remaining is waving their e.u. flags how would you sum up the mood on the streets. capitol tonight. but it's an interesting mood because well within the chamber of course it's a bit of a coalition of remain as and leave tho

e.u. commission president. says negotiations over british prime minister to resume is expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament next week should put off a december vote after facing opposition from many m.p.'s and their own party will be setting out measures which will be specific to northern ireland will be setting out proposals for a greater role for parliament as we move into the next stage of the negotiations and we're continuing to work on further assurances on further undertakings from the european union in relation to the concern that's been expressed by parliamentarians men are more than one hundred trucks are taking part in a trial in southeast england to prevent long queues at the port of dover should the u.k. crash out of the e.u. with no deal the government says it needs to repair for all eventuality is the test involves trucks driving between the port and a disused airport in kent to see where the traffic flow can be maintained john a hole has more. well it was just twelve weeks ago now to g

e.u. commission president john call juncker says negotiations are over urged prime minister teresa mayes expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament next week she put off a december vote after facing opposition from many in peace and her own party. and dozens of trucks have taken part in an exercise in southeast england testing plans to deal with long queues at the port of dover if the u.k. crashes out of the e.u. with no deal the government says it needs to prepare for all eventually alys with some experts predicting forty five kilometer queues once through customs checks come into effect from kent al-jazeera china hall has this report. in the dawn light a traffic jam emerges a convoy of trucks simulating the long queues for customs checks at britain's ports following a no deal brink's it. this was a live exercise operation broke the government's plan to ease congestion on major southbound routes by diverting trucks to the disused manston airfield from there forming an orderly procession through the kent countryside on smaller roads to dover port the contingency plan or traffic management m

e.u. commission president says negotiations are over british prime minister teresa mayes expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament next week we want more than one hundred trucks are taking part in a trial in southeast england to prevent long queues at the port of dover should the u.k. crash out of the e.u. with no deal the government says it needs to prepare for all eventualities this test involved driving trucks i'm sorry driving between the port and a disused airport in kent to see where the traffic flow could be maintained. hollywood's kicked off this year is award season with the golden globes talk on the red carpet was about diversity not just on the screen but behind the scenes. the star showed up on the red carpet in beverly hills as the two thousand and one thousand awards season kicked off with hollywood's first major award show the seventy six annual golden globes last year was the beginning of an ongoing with the not until everyone was safe for women so this year's times the times today where they're making an ass that's a double the amount of people from minorities we not

e.u. council president almost prepacked ticket on his hometown to honor his friend. i want to promise you today dear problem on behalf of all of us don's aggressive and holds on europeans. for you and for all of us we will defend our good god our poland and our europe against hatred and contempt we promise you this so well. this is a. very his death has shocked local residents. for me it's terrible leaders especially since we went to great school together just over there. and i thought he would survive. because it will be. physically devastated and very sad because i saw the mayor very often. part of the item over which was attending a charity event for children in need on sunday. as the man looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. the attacker remained on stage shouting that he blames the mess form a party for what he called wrongful imprisonment then he was tackled to the ground . prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death adam ovitz called the most wonderful city in the world a lasting m

e.u. . president u.s. president donald trump calls illegal immigration a humanitarian crisis the democrats accuse him of stoking fear. and from flexible t.v. screens to intelligence household devices we check out what's on offer at the consumer electronics show in las vegas and on peter stammered with the developments in the investigation into state sponsored drug use by russian athletes moscow says it's ready to hand over material from its anti doping agency that in more sports news coming up. an anti-government rally is underway in the sudanese capital khartoum keeping up the pressure on president to step down just a few hours. addressed his supporters in the city calling for unity and accusing foreign powers of stoking the unrest legislations have spread across sudan since mid december it began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption. however remain defiant that you know. we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agenda

e.u. commission president. said via twitter and i'm quoting here i take note with regret of the outcome of the vote in the house of commons this evening i urge the u.k. to clarify its intentions as soon as possible time is almost up so max is brussels prepared then for what is looking like a hard breaks it. what's interesting in that statement brant is also that he says that the european union will continue with the ratification of the withdrawal agreement so they haven't apparently totally given up on that withdrawal agreement or at least they want to be absolutely ready in case the house of commons should change its mind at the last minute of course it's really not looking like that and you are right the idea floating around to extend the period were in the article fifty period so the one that comes before the transition period or before the bracks it if you will it will probably be extended i haven't heard from any source in brussels or hidden strasburg who is against the idea although many say we need a val

e.u. members president trumpery impose tough sanctions on iran last year and washington has warned the e.u. against trying to sidestep its tungsten will attach a butler joins us live now from paris so it seems that even leaders have found a way to bypass u.s. sanctions on iran. that's right leaders are meeting in book arrest and they are expected to give more details of a transaction channel a new payment mechanism that they have set up to bypass the sanctions on iran and try and keep the nuclear deal alive now what european media is reporting so far is that it would be called in stakes it would be a transaction channel based in paris run by a german banking manager but with a supervisory board based in the united kingdom and it would deal mainly with trade between the e.u. in iran in areas such as food medicine and medical devices but it could be expanded to other things in the future now just to give you a bit of a back story ever since donald trump announced that he was re-imposing sanctions on iran last year the european union has been scrambling for a way to try and bypass those sanct

e.u. commission president john clarke says low she ations are over russia's prime minister choice a maze expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament next week. those are the headlines on al-jazeera produce stay with us the stream is coming up next. talk to their own. we urge you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want a relation with india all that was exactly my point we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter which is their own. fire for me ok today uprising in sudan where a look at the impact the current wave of anti-government demonstrations are having on the country we also want you to share your thoughts about what's happening in sudan so send is a chat via you tube on twitter of course. i mean you. know with quotes africa. anti-government demonstrators are once again calling for the resignation of sudanese president omar al bashir on sunday faculty members of the university of khartoum were arrested as a trying to join the protests more than two thousand demonstrators have been arrested since december nineteenth many say

e.u. council president donald tusk, took to twitter to reiterate the e.u.' agreement is not open for renegotiation in london the u.k. prime minister theresa may has met with the opposition leader, that's the head of the labour party, jeremy corbin, to discuss the next steps in the brexit process. he urged the prime minister to -- he said it was ub acceptable for may to leave that option on the table. the prime minister tweeted after that meeting that the only way to avoid a no deal brexit would be to vote for a deal. >> a deal or her dole? >> well, she said a deal speaking to cnbc, vin, the ceo at the european banking federation, says that brexit will certainly hurt the u.k. economy. >> brexit is not good for business not for fin tax as well. if you look at london and how much effort the united kingdom has put into getting fin tax the right environment to start up and the same is happening on the couldn't meant, if you compare to the united states and china, it is obvious that the bigger the market is, the better it is for fin tax. the faster they are can st

e.u. commission president john clarke says negotiations on.russia's promise to change the maze of expected to put the two of lotion parliament next week she had put off a december vote after facing opposition a many m.p.'s and her own a party well bush politicians opposed to breaks that will begin launching a fight back on tuesday more than two hundred a quarter on the promised us to ensure that a nod to give breaks that cannot happen while a parliamentary vote is planned watch could force a second referendum and there is a growing pressure on the leader of the main opposition party jamey corben to back a rethink on leaving the e.u. asshole dons lay has been speaking to a labor party activists who feel betrayed by their leadership. the billionaire has live in the streets of this palace of south london woods you might think. the give their children's christmas presents away then support the labor party scene as the most left wing for generations yet in local elections last year labor took this area from the conservatives it was based on the sim

e.u. president as british parliament voted today to do just that.ays she will follow parliament laws and to seek a legally binding changes to the brexit agreement. adjust some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight, we will be right back. woman: my reputation was trashed online, i felt completely helpless. my entire career and business were in jeopardy. i called reputation defender. they were able to restore my good name. if you're under attack, i recommend calling reputation defender. and consider joining their groundbreaking campaign to give every american the right to remove old, inaccurate search results by going to righttobeforgotten.org. vo: if you have search results that are wrong or unfair, call reputation defender at 1-877-492-6705. dealing with your insurance shouldn't be more frustrating than the accident itself. that's why esurance makes it simple. just take some pics. [picture noises] go to sleep. wake up. grab a bite. maybe some racquetball. and boom - your money's on the way so you can get back on the road fast. well, not th

brazilian amazon where indigenous communities are organizing after president sonora suggested they no longer have a place in modern society. now e.u. countries have devised a new payment system that would allow them to trade with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions that hope is to save the two thousand and fifteen iran nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of last year there and says the mechanism is a first step the plan would allow e.u. companies to trade with iran through a european payment channel created by france germany and britain or last year president trump free impose tough sanctions on iran and warn countries against trying to sidestep the measures will be speaking to the same bus to our views in tehran in just a few minutes but first let's go live to natasha bottler in paris natasha is it or talk clear how this mechanism is supposed to work. was not exactly clear because we're waiting to hear more details about it from you foreign ministers who are meeting in book arrest today what we gather from reports in european media is that it would be called instead it would be a transaction channel or payment channel that wo

were echoed by the european council president donald tusk it was also in attendance he said that there were those out there who would see the european project fail e.u. commission president those young coed younker was a little bit more fun at the at the ceremony he ended by saying that. long live the franco german cooperation and long live europe perhaps or perhaps he was joining the music just a little bit that was playing it really was rather super. of the french and german anthems playing never what wasn't music to the ears of the money were wrong with what he heard when he left the building there the green yellow vest demonstrators could be heard shouting abuses him some suggesting that he should resign and this is really the reason. why this treaty has been signed because there's no major problems between france and germany these days thankfully but what there is is they are cracks in the european union and this was an intent is was intended to try and shoot some of from the major cracks such as breaks that to potentially major cracks the fact that it's only hungary poland showed no sign of playing the game particularly the game the way brusse

e.u. president left leaning government to scrap controversial traditional reforms or get it which brussels says undermines the battle against graft. german chancellor angela merkel has said that germany recognizes its historical responsibility for crimes committed by the nazis in greece merkel made the remarks during a meeting with the great president on the second day of her trip to affan gray says that it has grounds to pursue a legal claim for two hundred eighty nine billion euros in reparations for the nazi occupation of the country in world war two. the greek president procopius pablo gave the german chancellor an exceptionally warm welcome after years of frosty relations between the two countries uncle americal appeared to appreciate the friendly reception but tensions linger greece is still pursuing its demand for war reparations public said his country had not forgotten its call for germany to pay compensation for the nazi occupation during world war two. greece estimates it's suffered hundreds of billions of euros worth of damage berlin's position is clear the matter was settled i

e.u. commission president when he paid a visit right here d.w. news take a listen. there is no room of maneuver for the legally binding treaty it is on the table so the commission will bernie as a full support of the european parliament on this if somebody has an idea to reopen this treaty then everything is again reopened then we talk again about the protests we talk again about the fisheries polities we can talk again about how much great britain must pay when they are leaving the european union so it is a balanced agreement the need is a tariff occasion on the long term relationship we have in london the big problem of the backstop on the table that is a domestic discussion the biggest problem for their education and everybody knows we can't avoid a backstop because it's only a fallback position we can avoid a backstop if we have a clear idea on the long term relationship if we know what we want to achieve we can make it in the next two or four years in citrus sensational period that let's clarify the long term relationship and then we have a good perspective for

e.u. and the usa president trump has made no bones of his criticism of the e.u. suggesting at times that the body is just too bureaucratic and even more criticism was heaped on the e.u. when the secretary of state might pompei you recently visited brussels even our european friends sometimes say we're not acting in the world's interest is the e.u. ensuring that interests of countries and their citizens are placed before those bureaucrats here in brussels these are valid questions the u.s. is also even threatened a trade war with the european union suggesting it wants to slack on tariffs to products that it imports from the european union so all of this is quite difficult for those relations now in terms of what the european union has said not very much the u.s. of course is an important trading partner for the book but we did have some strong words from donald tusk last year. but frankly speaking. europe should be grateful. he has realized that if you knew that. you will find around at the end of your. well that statement was back in may of two thousand and eight

e.u.'s rotating presidency for six months the country has been under scrutiny for corruption and disputes over the rule of law. these protesters say they've had it with corruption and nepotism they gather at noon every day in front of the ruling party's buildings in the city of sydney in the region of transylvania calling for politicians to respect the rule of law that's a grant of the exist and what's clear is that corruption at all levels of society and that's why we're standing here on the streets to send a message we can't look away anymore and all politicians should know that we are watching them closely and it will have to send them back. adrian champion is the mayor of to tell you to seduce a town and the cop a.t.m. mountains he's frequently confronted with corruption allegations connected to his plans to revive an old gold mine close to the nearby city of deva with the help of a canadian mining company he says his plans are all about bringing employment to the region. but. this project could create hundreds of jobs and therefore help to significantly reduce unemployment in our vil

president of the european council donald tusk also immediately announced that the e.u. was not prepared to reopen discussions while french president macron lent his voice in support of no renegotiation chemical so your plan has the european council of december has clearly indicated the withdrawal agreement that has been negotiated between the united kingdom and the european union is the best agreement possible and is not negotiable. with the e.u.'s bret's it negotiator michel barnier also defending the existing deal to resume a is poised to travel to brussels on what could be mission impossible she may come back with nothing new to offer parliament which means back to square one for bracks it again. straight to brussels that it will rejoin max max is always maintained that the deal they did with theresa may is the best and only one is there any chance or sign of it softening its stance. phil we've had. had the president of the e.u. commission speak this afternoon and also the chief negotiator and both said basically the same thing they said that the withdraw all agreemen

e.u. council president's mouth he said if a deal is impossible and no one wants no deal then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is now there have been from brussels before that all of this can just be scrapped and we can go back to being members of the european union. this is a pretty loud manner and last year just at the end of it sometime around november the e.u. highest court ruled that article fifty can be reversed so an interesting new development in that a lot of different forces coming into play trying to influence what happens next in relation to this rather difficult bragg's that process the president of the european commission john claude young who also tweeted that he regrets the moment that the risk of a disorderly withdrawal of the u.k. has increased with this for a. while m.p.'s were inside voting hundreds of people gathered outside the houses of parliament our correspondent explains. but in the chamber of course it's a bit of a coalition of remain as and leave as who opposed the act. that was put forward by to resign may i suppose a bit of

e.u. president trump tries to keep republicans united on his demands for a border wall ahead if another meeting with congressional leaders. with the developments in the investigation into state sponsored drug use by russian athletes moscow says it's ready to hand over material from its anti doping agency at a more sports news coming up. hello an anti-government rally has been going on in the sudanese capital khartoum keeping up the pressure on president obama to step down and three demonstrators have been killed hours earlier addressed his supporters elsewhere in the city calling. for unity and accusing foreign powers of stoking the rest the demonstrations have spread across sudan since mid december they began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption this year sudan's president for nearly thirty years remains defiant that you know. we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces to the sudan however we reiterate those who are seeking power they are welcome however there is onl

e.u. commission president says the negotiations are over british prime minister teresa mayes expected to put the deal to a version parliament next week and a government crackdown on fuel theft in mexico has led to a shortage for drivers president under arrest manuel lopez obrador who took office in december vowed to stop billions of dollars in petrol theft by gangs in oil workers tankers are being used to move the fuel and state of the country's vulnerable pipelines system back with your news hour in twenty five minutes right now inside story. after centuries of close ties. ukraine have cut ties with russia. dire consequences but what's triggered the split was a politically motivated this is inside story. i don't welcome to the program the peron i'm the eastern orthodox church has over two hundred fifty million members around the world its spiritual leader is based in istanbul but for follow us in ukraine there is a new found independence churches that have officially cut ties with their russian branch accusing it of what they called propaganda the decision has angered russian leaders will b

e.u. members president trumpery imposed tough sanctions on iran last year and washington has warned the e.u. against trying to sidestep its sanctions let's go live now natasha bottlers she joins us from the french capital paris first of all explain to us natasha how exactly does this mechanism work. well we don't have all the details of this mechanism because foreign leaders foreign ministers i should say are actually meeting in bucharest today and we are expecting them to launch this payment mechanism and actually tell us more about it what the european media are reporting is that it would be called in stakes it would be a payment transaction channel that would be based in paris run by a german banking manager but actually have its supervisory board based in the united kingdom now the idea is it would allow companies to trade continue trade between the european union and iran but it would at this stage only be for things like medicines food and medical devices but it could be expanded to other things and just to give you a bit of a back story to this ever since donald trump announced that

meanwhile, the e.u., according to the president of the e.u. commission is to step up its planning for a no deal brexit. obviously they are taking this vote very seriously, and undoubtedly, the u.k. government will be doing the same, because this is very concerning as we are getting just 10 weeks away from the u.k. leaving the e.u., and at the moment without a deal. although i do not believe that parliament will allow that to happen because there are so many within parliament who are against a no deal brexit. brent: the president of the european council saying the only positive resolution he sees at this moment, based on what is happening tonight, is for brexit not to happen. alex: the second referendum, and there will be many people who are agreeing with him. i've also seen people on twitter that are curious that he is saying that. these people are very pro-brexit , curious that he is involved in believing he has no right to be saying things like that. it just shows how divided certainly the u.k. is and how the e.u. is still putting out a hand