all other countries that are not leaving the e.u. well then discuss their position but we can be pretty clear that it's publicly at least the e.u. leaders both the presidents of the institutions here in brussels but also wrangle americal and other heads of government or state say there will be no written renegotiation perhaps there's wriggle room perhaps there's intelligent clarification and interpretation to quote president younker of the european commission perhaps that can take place but the reality seems to be that that would be taking career at the edges the essence of the deal will not change and that's the deal that's not acceptable in london that's a deal which has managed to persuade more than a third of the conservative party's parliamentary party to oppose their own prime minister as the situation that to reason may will be flying into on thursday morning here in brussels john mccain thank you very much. the u.s. senate has defied president trump and voted to advance a resolution to end u.s. military support for the saudi led c

economy is it continues to broker its way out of the e.u. well look at a major milestone for the internet plus an underwater economy in kenya counting the cost. when the shots came from the holiday and we heard cracks we heard some noise. this was known as sniper alley one in the most dangerous intersections in sight able to. he didn't come in through the front entrance that was what happened to the people who were shot they came into the wrong and the nightly pyrotechnics of the furniture to the cameraman so that's get the hell out of sarajevo holiday and war hotels on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. cell raman you're watching the al-jazeera news our life one headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. it is something that the work has been waiting for. one hundred ninety six nations agreed on rules to live in climate change but leave the most contentious issues for another day. also seven weeks after he was so.

deal meanwhile groups on the left to gather tism on the government abandon its plans to leave the e.u. well together the prime minister is coming under pressure from all sides as parliament prepares to vote this week on hope regs that deal with many expect you know make is to reject a plan. showing their colors before the decisive parliamentary vote these people are protesting against the braggs a deal struck by prime minister theresa may they want to stay in the e.u. . the country is divided many now think brags it is a mistake wales has flipped a majority here voted to leave the e.u. two years ago latest polls suggest that's changed. i did but. that's just for us to make our own decisions. now i don't know i think we've got a bad deal staining the walks at the moment the going to come right i think is a lot of regret because i think a lot of people thought leave we just walked out but i knew it wouldn't be quite like this so complicated you know. you know with populations millions and it's just it's not as easy as shutting the door and saying goodbye theresa may is under attack from those

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economy is it continues to broker its way out of the e.u. well look at a major milestone for the internet plus an underwater economy in kenya counting the cost on now just. again the main news on al-jazeera this hour there are reports of fighting on the outskirts of the yemeni city of her data just a day off the warring factions agreed to a cease fire in the port city early on friday aid agencies took advantage of the truce to distribute food and humanitarian supplies sri lanka's disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is resigning after just seven weeks in the child the country hasn't had a functioning government for nearly two weeks now that's when a court suspended rajapaksa and his cabinet after they'd lost to no confidence votes but a stray as prime minister scott morrison has formally recognized west jerusalem as the capital of israel unlike the us which recognized the whole of jerusalem as israel's capital earlier this year. only recognized the western half of the city. britain's prime minister's reason they still insists that she can ge

e.u. as well as canada mexico with whom he signed an updated version of nafta called u s m c a and then of course it was china trump went after the country for its trade imbalance with the u.s. and started a trade spat that ended in tariffs on cost electronics agricultural products and other goods worth billions of dollars over the weekend trump said on twitter the. he has been talking to china's paying about a comprehensive trade deal that progress is being made and on the last trading day of the year chinese stocks ended the session in positive territory for more let's cross over to andrea hang in singapore andrea how much of those gains are actually down to those trade talks between the u.s. and china a lot of it has to do with the chinese china us to. provide a very big boost to the market sentiment over the last few days now is also a rare glimpse of hope in what seems like a very tumultuous year for in twenty eighteen and according to reports trump a good call the chinese premier see jinping so this is possibly hinting at the goes he has been well underway as well as even a truce and

e.u. as well as the u.k. if we didn't do that or at the same time i think if you go into any negotiation without a whole back plan you are not in a negotiation you're in a capitulation and so she has to prepare for her no deal option because that is hopeful that plan is her legal fallback plan and despite what you may have heard from your other commentator. you know germany's currency is presently about twenty percent lower than it would be to have joined the euro and i've never heard anyone say that germany's gone off a cliff we all know that it's doing incredibly well it's very important it's a lower currency as is china by the way sort of i think idea that this is going to kill the british. economy is just not true but i do think that a trade deal is possible but you know they do have to do it and she can't sit there with this very complicated let's try and get all the benefits of the you leaving the e.u. manes you have to leave a lot of those benefits afraid we all. know you're allowed to say sell off in

e.u. as well and most recently and unexpectedly from overseas with the american presence nationalist approach that means established transatlantic order is europe going to move further to work self-sufficiency away from their partnership with the americans well. it's all previous that. we have some. problems with the current. u.s. president. that he. is the puppy. that he's not in favor of the. union. that he favors but i accept. the fact that they put in his. will now the european union he is supporting it he started to question nato meanwhile he's said he's in favor of nato but nato has to spend more money on defense. and as you know a. we are interested in good relations between the united states and russia as well nevertheless. united states is a democratic country. they have. legal system which works and therefore a lot of similarities between united states and the europeans in the parsed united states very close. therefore i do hope. we will. do very we still have a close relationship because what you have to know. there are members european members who would not be happy just being dep

more than words as well when the e.u. issued a document rejecting the initial italian budget want to tally and then pay for employed a little pun to mine to express his dissatisfaction. so it's really found themselves firmly in the financial naughty corner over their budget that they've now backed down on but just this week france's announced plans to appease the yellow vest protesters with a slew of social spending a manual on well his government planning to run a budget deficit that could run from three percent to three point five percent the reaction from pierre moscovici the e.u. commission commissioner for economic affairs was quite different have a listen to what he had to say. the eventual overrun of the three percent must not extend over two consecutive years nor exceed three point five percent over the one year there is no indulgence these are rules and nothing but our rules for the italian side are unhappy they say this is a double standard from moscow richie and the e.u. commission site they say that two slight

economy is it continues to broker its way out of the e.u. welllook at a major milestone for the internet plus and on the walls or economy in kenya counting the cost on al-jazeera. and monday pointed wealth on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. aid packages arrive for the people of the day to as yemenis pin their hopes on a cease fire agreed for the vital port city. hello there i'm from a city bar and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up after a week's long power struggle is disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa says he'll step down to end the crisis. kosovo's parliament votes to form an army prompting serbia to threaten armed

e.u. as well we should say year ago you advocated a united states of europe a new constitution for europe you said any country that didn't adopt it should have to leave the european union by this draconian stance who wants who wants a united states of europe does this mean for example i want to address address that because i think many others really. in the united kingdom for sure not in other countries yes i think the united states of italy poland hungary czech republic croatia other holland you think they want. and right wing governments in europe against deepening integration in the european union is the news this is the case and i'm for sure proud not to share the view of mr mr country but if we want to run future times the european union and the idea of democracy against people like mr trump xi jinping obviously put it we have to deepen european integration and not to redevelop the european union the kind of lose assembly of national states and this is my deep conviction and that's behind the idea of the united states of europe which would not be like the united states of america uni

economy is it continues to broker its way out of the e.u. well look at a major milestone for the internet. underwater economy in kenya counting the cost. of the u.n. envoy to grateful. in the peace talks that's despite the country being responsible for much of the suffering but also calls for the urgent deployment of u.n. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease fire in the strategic port of the data. the u.s. senate is taking aim at saudi arabia all military support for the coalition fighting in yemen also blamed prints for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. now britain's prime minister theresa may is bound to keep trying to convince the e.u. leaders to help save her brags that deal they say to you had said may's agreement was not open to renegotiations the bloc now plans to step up preparations in case the u.k. leaves without an agreement by march may has been told her proposals are not clear enough and the e.u. will present contingency measures next week. the e.u. is clear as i am that if we are going to be for the deal this is

e.u. as well as canada and mexico with whom he signed an updated version of nafta now called u s m c a and then of course there was china trump went after the country for its trade imbalance with the u.s. and started a trade spot that ended in tariffs on cars electronics aquaculture of products and other goods worth billions of dollars over the weekend trump said on twitter that he has been talking to china's ping about a comprehensive trade deal and that progress is being made. and on the last trading day of the year chinese stocks ended the session in positive territory for more let's cross over to andrea hang in singapore andrea how much of those gains are actually down to those trade talks between the u.s. and china a lot of it has to do with the chinese china us talks that provide a very big boost to the market sentiment over the last few. now it is also a rare glimpse of hope in what seems like a very tumultuous year for twenty eighteen and according to reports trump a good call the chinese premier see chimping so this is possibly hinting at. being well underway as well as even a tru

german industry as well calling on companies to take extra precautions and stop planning for the macro herself said to some of the biggest issues should the u.k. just bounce out of the e.u. with no deal with no bricks deal then there's going to be huge questions to answer here also in beilin across germany this is going to be a massive. and challenge as well for german authorities what are they going to do with the one hundred thousand britons currently living in germany what does this mean for the german economy are they going to be hit by tariffs this is could also have huge repercussions obviously not only for the u.k. but also here in germany and across the other remaining twenty six e.u. states as well as germany right a lot of stake bridie at the chancery in berlin where tourism has just arrived and gone into talks with the german chancellor angela merkel and mine in strasbourg thank you both very much for your assessments. to france now where the government is fleshing out its financial confessions intended to calm weeks of protests by the yellow vests movement in a national address on monday president mccraw appeared contrite baki accepting blame for the angle t

e.u. could well be misplaced. they're actually playing out a no deal scenario electors going out to households and businesses in this project fear with nuclear nuclear warheads on at the moment so they're ramping up the fear of this. by brussels is an option that's on the table and under government legislation if we don't have a deal in the next few weeks that we just leave under world trade organization rules and there is no problem without the problem is in westminster is that we have too many m.e. and pace and any pay standing behind cameras going on radio just just all here amongst themselves not listening to what the voters want we've got to remain prime minister that are in main opposition and we've got remain m.p.'s in the house of westminster when they was they were given a clear mandate by the people to leave and we knew exactly what we were voting for and that is leaving without a deal if that comes down to it but i mean brussels now broadcasting two years they they really don't get its and understand th

e.u. rules well at the same time a crowd gathered in east london to demand a second referendum on leaving the e.u. the backs of process enters its most crucial phase on tuesday with a vote in parliament to decide whether may's deal should be approved or not is leave barca he was at the protest in london. this is a cross-section of britain's political right there are some hardline ultra nationalists here we've even seen some one supremacist flags but also nationalists to members of the u.k. independence party ukip played such an instrumental role in pushing for an e.u. referendum in the first place but they are united in their anger and frustration that the british government is not prepared to deliver the kind of breaks it that these people overwhelmingly voted for many of them breaks it because they believe that the borders have been open for far too long and they believe that mass immigration has put a strain on the national health service and the british economy is well known in london and on our living don't you know one living don't say in the west country not because i love to say be

e.u. states as well as the us refused to attend. salo with what they've been those who were in attendance were intending in what they were attending for the migration pact the un migration pact to set out to put in place a framework for a global solution or at least to try and get a global solution to tackling migration one of those world leaders that was in attendance was the german chancellor angela merkel. the whole migration pipes idea was roundly supported here in germany only the right wing opposition alternative for germany spoke out against it they had this to say the migration pact to contains lots of political commitments and leads to more migrants entering germany but it proved far more toxic elsewhere another of the big names in attendance from europe was the belgian prime minister shot in a shell and now he in fact lost his well governing coalition because of this migration pact on sunday the right wing flemish nationalists that were helping to give him a ruling majority in the belgian parliament walked out of the coali

e.u.'s position well as i said i'm against this present individual firms however in terms of forecasting i have to admit that the result the myth of promise to invest more in the united states that this off cost strengthens the position of the european union commission because in the end trump wants something which he can settle to support us and more investment by german car industry in the u.s. is something which he can so to his supporters and so far it is less difficult for the european union for strike a deal providing that they have a clear position which is not yet totally clear all right yet claim of their chief economist of command thank you so much for your time thank you. well leaders are gathering in the polish city of council to discuss the world's growing climate problems and how to solve them to understand how complicated the situation is one can look at india as the planet is heating up due to an ever growing demand for energy sunless half become unbearable at leading even more people to buy air conditioning units for their apartments only to make matters worse. it's hot in

e.u. rules well at the same town. crowd gathered in east london to demand a people's vote on breaks it a second referendum on the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. . greenpeace activists have projected a message on to the venue of the un climate conference in poland demanding urgent action from world leaders the first week of climate talks in kind of ended without agreement the intergovernmental panel on climate change recommended global warming be kept below one point five degrees celsius but saudi arabia kuwait russia and the united states refused to endorse its report nick clarke has more on our special coverage. despite more than twenty years of climate conferences like the one underway in poland right now the amount of carbon emitted continues to rise so you can say that international political cooperation has so far failed some believe we should put more effort and money into radical scientific solutions to keep climate change at bay we focus now on geo engineering the injection of millions of tons of sulfur dioxide

e.u. as well so that is how the ballots are works if it so you either it's acceptable to the e.u. in which case it's not acceptable to parliament or is acceptable to parliament in which case it isn't acceptable to the e.u. so there's nothing she can do on the deal to make it palatable so she has to admit defeat and go to plan b. now some m.p.'s are talking about the so-called norway option for plan b. which is the new way past actually which is to keep us in the economic instruments of the e.u. the single market and the customs union but not having a vote or a veto on how those instruments work which would be economically for. politically democratic very damaging because it takes away control it doesn't give us control but but but would that get through parliament do you think because it has the the the apparently logos freedom of movement the so many people want want to stop using the be a majority for those it's very hard to say the moment to reason maze incredibly opposed to the idea of norway for that very reason because he hates freedom to people so a lot of people there cons

e.u. will broadly. welle see a general trend that the populist agenda off personalizing power dismantling the separation of. our putting pressure on churches putting journalists into prison or streamlining media leads to a relatively successful strategy no matter where exactly you stand as a political organization and when we look at previous european parliamentary elections then we had a pretty broad spectrum of political parties but a very fundamental agreement on what the european union is and what it stands for what we now see with all the different bonds and developments in italy and. right wing leaders that you mention is a much more politicized european parliamentary election that will also politicize the european union in which this no longer just about how exactly do we run migration policy or the euro but there are a number of very fundamentalist voices that try to get rid of the european union and create something like a union of nationalist forces. guy what's the extent of the old ban the new gov

e.u. states and from germany as well and the point is this that this is an e.u. matter and that the decisions will be made in brussels by twenty seven e.u. member states and not by germany alone right kid pretty outside the chancellor's office where the two leaders to resign me and chancellor angela merkel holding talks as we speak thank you very much for that update meanwhile your leaders have also been commenting on tourism is the latest push for concessions max hoffman spoke to one trade verba the head of the conservative bloc in the european parliament let's have a listen. it appears that the u.k. government three some may is calling for a change in the withdrawal agreement with the european parliament except any changes to that agreement to no obvious ago british people voted in favor of praxis we had a long long ongoing discussions about the treaty on the table the british government and twenty seven governments on the continent said yes of the treaty so for us it is the final proposal on the table the leaf treaty is the treaty of managing the bracks it and

e.u. withdrawal deal well earlier pro breaks it demonstrators were also out in force including far right groupsmarching to denounce may's deal saying it will leave britain trapped in the dark was at that rally in central london. this is a cross-section of britain's political right there are some hardline ultra nationalists here we've even seen some white supremacist flags but also nationalists to members of the u.k. independence party ukip played such an instrumental role in pushing for an e.u. referendum in the first place but they are united in their anger and frustration that the british government is not prepared to deliver the kind of brakes it that these people overwhelmingly voted for many of them by breaks it because they believe that the borders have been open for far too long and they believe that mass immigration has put a strain on the national health service and the british economy as well though i'm in london and now living don't you know what if we don't stay in the west country not because i love to say because i call live in my own town but does it for the bloody immigrants and

well for more on e.u. preparations for a no deal bragg's it let's talk to our brussels correspondent. we just heard about aviation what other key areas would be affected in this scenario. terry you mentioned those eight sectors and there's a number of proposals in these sectors clearly finance top of the agenda there as well apart from aviation because very close ties here for example regarding the clearing process when it when it comes to a eurozone currency there's a lot of things happening in london which the you ryssdal relies on then of course there is the civil rights and trade you have issues like customs so there will be a proposals on how to guarantee your continued visa free travel how to get guarantees and securities of for ex-pats e.u. k. ex-pats living in the european union but to be clear all these proposals are time limited they are there they can be ended unilaterally so they're not the small little deals that some breaks the tears are now thinking about when they talk about a managed breck

well now to another e.u. leader who is under fire britain's prime minister to resign may she says that parliament will not vote on her breaks that deal tomorrow as planned and he says that it's clear there is insufficient support for the deal on the table e.u. leaders they have called a meeting for thursday to discuss the crisis they say they are stepping up preparations for a no deal breck's it to resume these problems not getting any small. a difficult day for it to reason may britain's embattled prime minister. i this is very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and about the. she had hoped her draft breaks it deal on how the u.k. leaves the e.u. would somehow get through parliament. does this house want to deliver threats it the. that is now stuff. does it want to do so through reaching an agreement with the e.u. if the answer is yes and i believe that is the answer with the majority of this house then we both have to ask ourselves whether we are prepared to make a compromise politicians of all

e.u. officials as well all that's going on back home any time the british leader snatched away of course m.p.'s chances to vote on her ear withdrawal plan the last minute trees in may was jeered and booed in parliament last night or yesterday afternoon rather than the vote and m.p.'s across the house didn't mince their words about what they thought about it. doest this house wants to deliver bricks it. if she doesn't take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make way for those who can bammers across this house don't want your deal does she not realize how chaotic and articulate this makes you know. this isn't a government in control failing again. isn't her time wasting to like simply reckless what has been the portable payment on certainty of the last two years what the heck is going more oh i. for eight is it true but not a prime minister is better than a bad prime minister yet it's two and a half years since britain voted to leave the european. but the prospect of staying in that club is higher than ever how did it get to this. it had to be rather straightforward the co

e.u. summit why him well because his country holds the rotating six month president.