and certainly there was comments from others within the european parliament that britain really couldn'take part in the european elections and that this was the only chance and the only extension. let's listen to now... take a listen now to the belgian mep phillipe lamberts, who is also a member of the eu's brexit steering group. i think that we have to avoid an extension that bridges the european election, unless we have a clear strategy from prime minister may, but her strategy so far has been, ok, i'm running down the clock and i hope that these stupid mps will come to their senses. now, i don't think that the mps are stupid, and if they voted against us for a reason, you may like or dislike their reasons but they have reasons to vote against. if the third vote is again a negative vote, then of course it's

and in order to function the european union as a political system needs. the parliament the european. soso it isis absolutely impossie for the european union to accept a situation in which the u. k.. stay is a member o of the europn union without having -- m.. in. the european parliament legally it's just all possible full -- the u. k. memembers o of parliat to remain in the european parliament as they are right now without elections. well what about the idea of a long extension is that what you're a pizza is hoping full because said they're also is that to reason mais deal simply will not pasta night. or next week i'm sorry. it is the long term -- beyond -- the end of may or perhaps the end of june because you know the european parliament will start. working the new european parliament would start working beginning of july -- therere is a possibility i i thk all of that negotiation despite the fact that france's government is extremely clearance from this president is extremely clear -- into pushing -- for the deadline i think there is a negotiation of routing possible

move towards a more anti migration position than currently because currently the european parliament is extremely and the radical e pro migration. body and this is something that we don't like so you're living retailer next question because that has already also been in the news that you said brussels is intending to weaken the is border protection against migrants and is lying to the public when it comes to the border situation this is a serious accusation these are facts basically that was going to do you have a fact you have proof. those leaders who are now. trying to. shine up as leaders in favor of strong border protection their exactly the same ones who put enormous at that point hungary in twenty fifteen when they built the wall of the fence on our southern border let's let's look at the internet look at what they have said you know they have expressions almost rich which are really disgusting and now the very same people speak in favor of a strong border protection not credible absolutely not credible and then the organization you might heard a name from texas is being mentio

making the top charts when it comes to news to the block of the center right parties in the european parliament the european people's party has voted to suspend your ruling party fidesz. is a very big blow to your party what does it mean and why would they do it because it would seem like they need support for then my maid elections because. because you have to understand that migration the rules the agenda of the european union as such when it comes to politics or policies and being the largest political family coming from the right reach you know to censor all of the basically. you have a very colorful set of party is and that's why the migration there is an issue when it comes to the debates and the positions of different board. on migration the first and our position is a very strong migration position which is not shared by many. and since migration became the number one issue of your european politics it definitely raises emotions. very strong feelings and very strong the nonsense so that's why this is this is the the core of the conflict that's where the misunderstanding is because for p

nicol by the coalition for sure in order to create the majority in the european parliament and if you let's say governs together. he's a party family coming from the other side of the political spectrum that shapes you . and we have to be honest european people's party was shaped by this coalition in the last decades a lot so the decor of the e.p. peace position moved you know towards the left from there it used to be so this is pension happened it took place. they had all of your prime minister's office has said that if suspension happens that means that for us is leaving. yes but. then the decision was a little bit different than that because in english you say that the verse suspended but we are suspended by ourselves meaning that before devote to suspend or exclude feed us we have announced that to be suspended ourselves we step back we we become basically say that if we put our rights in the people on hold. and there is going to be a body or free persons appointed by the european peoples for these smart experienced the politicians who are used to used to be high ranking officials

there were some strong words from donald tusk at the european parliament brexit debate this morning as he defended the rights of european citizens in the uk. before the european council, i said that we should be open to a long extension if the uk wishes to rethink its brexit strategy, which would of course mean the uk's participation in the european parliament elections. and then there were voices saying that this would be harmful or inconvenient to some of you. let me be clear. such thinking is unacceptable. you cannot betray the 6 million people who signed a petition to revoke article 50, thei million people who marched for a people's vote, or the increasing majority of people who want to remain in the european union. applause. they may feel that they are not sufficiently represented

but in the european council after the election in european parliament who will support thi. not centuries europeans although i would credit micron with his tour to central eastern europe - last summer and before he reached out to the northern europe to central europeans because he's trying. to pick up winners and this is the crucial clash i think between paris and berlin. what crawled wants to move on into smaller europe? germany is a status quo nation and is terrified about starting to shake things up because not only today -- but i think. also the german foreign policy establishment afraid that that's that's a stepping stone to disintegration. so germany's no protecting key with twenty seven after brexit including hungry. and in spite of faux wood or bone is doing to find a allies including in central eastern europe for his. deep integration so let me come back to whether in fact to these proposals did find allies here in berlin. derek you said in your opening statement that the germany's ubik vocation is dusty and cliche did berlin dust itself off in response to what macro

the internet into the twenty first century there were protests ahead of the vote in the european parliament today critics worry that the changes could lead to censorship but supporters say it's time for online platforms to compensate the owners of content more fair also coming out unfit to rule president faces fresh calls to step aside this time from the country's powerful army chief will get updates on the situation from. plus europe and china making a push to reduce trade tensions in paris the top leaders telling the chinese president xi jinping they want a balanced relationship chinese charm offensive be enough to overcome europe's chinese suspicions. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with sweeping changes in the european union that could have a big impact on the continent that you see online the european parliament in

and certainly there was comments from others within the european parliament that britain really couldn'take part in the european elections and that this was the only chance and the only extension. let's listen to now... take a listen now to the belgian mep phillipe lamberts, who is also a member of the eu's brexit steering group. i think that we have to avoid an extension that bridges the european election, unless we have a clear strategy from prime minister may, but her strategy so far has been, ok, i'm running down the clock and i hope that these stupid mps will come to their senses. now, i don't think that the mps are stupid, and if they voted against us for a reason, you may like or dislike their reasons but they have reasons to vote against. if the third vote is again a negative vote, then of course it's about time that prime minister may find another strategy, and if she doesn't, well, someone else has to, and that someone else can be the house of commons itself to take hold of the process and decide how to proceed. if we have justified requests for a longer extension, then we can

citizens to support the to support a marshall place that he's political party in may in the european parliamentelections so far that the hope has not been does that successful in mobilising actually. he's old walters potential voters and i think the projection for his part the european elections stands at twenty two pct which will put him even among the top three political parties in europe so my question would be with all these great visions and oratory and pops what is actually political relevance of it who could be his allies and how strong this vision will be in terms of representation in a very divided and fragmented european parliament that we will get off of the elections let's talk about the degree to which he could find here in germany only to go to the last time the president might call laid out a big vision it was september of twenty seventeen and it was clearly timed and targeted toward german leaders that doesn't seem to be the case this time why is that what accounts for the difference when i mean it was talking to germany you go to a response from i think that come come bob but l

what i can tell you about the democratically elected european parliament is that they made a cheatinge in all parliaments in the world, including the european parliament, you have three options — vote yes, vote no, and vote abstention. and the only way that they could create two—form majority was that they took out abstention from counting. did you know that? isn't there a simple truth... crosstalk. any time from european bureaucrats, how is it possible that in a vote in session you take abstention out? ttotally contradicting the modus operandi in that parliament. what would you raise as a question if we had done the same in hungary? double standards you applie always. double standards you apply always. we have to understand, there is a phenomena that we are usually under attack by a mainstream media and mainstream political elite in europe and it is very unusual that someone fights back but we are not ready to take these accusations and allegations and we always fight back because we have to defend our country. you always question decisions here in hungary, we are nation of freedom f

the european union parliament has voted to approve major changes to european copyright law and a proposal had moved tens of thousands of europeans to protest against the measures they say they're worried about how the new rules will affect a free speech on the internet at the heart of the matter is article thirteen of the legislation its proponents claim it would help copyright holders protect their intellectual property opponents however fear it could lead to censorship. let's go to astro vent where we find a d.w.i. correspondent mathis out welcome gay old so in the end there were lots of protests in today's discussions reflect that. i followed an extremely emotional debate phil here in the european parliament in strasburg lots of arguments exchanged here last minute before that vote and then basically broad agreement for a landmark whole of the copyright directive to take eight and nothing has happened on this front and so there was broad agreement in the european parliament that something had to be done and one of the proponents of this reform said to me they've really bend over backwa

would be required to hold the european parliament elections in may.they don't, it opens up all sorts of questions about the potentl legality of decisions the eu would make, and very important decisions the european parliament has to take in july concerning the appointment of a coission president and oth commissioners. jane: a lot of i there. thanks, amanda, very much indeed for joining me. amanda: thank you. jane: tomorrow there will be another key vote in parliament asaboung for an extension. news" for"bbc world the latest developments. today the u.s. joined a growing rolist of nations inding the boeing 737 max 8. the announcement was made byt presidump, who said it was necessary to answer questions after a second such plane crashed this weekend.n the ethioprlines plane onnt down minutes after taking off, killing eveon board. the bbs's nick bryant report nick: today the crash site in hiopia became a place of multinational mourning. passgers and crew from 35 countries were killed when the plane plunged into this field on sunday, ju six minutes after t

not any other choice than backing down i think he does not want to be isolated we see in the european parliamentthat could be the alternative because it has been made clear to him that if he doesn't stop in may well be thrown out of european people sparky so i think that is the main reason really why he backed down to disappoint mr obama is playing an interesting a game with brussels at the movement on one hand he's dismissed calls to turn his back on the e.u. but on the other he's quoted on these governments websites as saying that this is a it's a saying this in a new book if we are left alone and they meaning brussels do not force islamization on us europe can continue to live as a club of free nations but if they force us to accept the un migration pact to the european commission's decisions so as to make us fit of their own western concessive policy is a breakup cannot be ruled out so stephan viktor orban making much of the whole migration crisis and he wants to fight the european elections in may on a ninety immigration platform is that popular in hungary. yes death is actually a whole str

studies on the disputed weed killer glyphosate must be made available to lawmakers members of the european parliament sued to see the studies after the european commission ruled that life is safe is safe to use up to now the commission has refused to release the studies life is safe is the key ingredient in a roundup probe widely used we kill or sold by german chemicals giant bio critics suspect life is say can cause cancer and that it harms the environment. well for more let's speak to spend gold he's a member of the european parliament from the green party and one of the supporters of the case being decided today by the u. court he joins us from brussels mr gold thanks for being with us so why is this ruling today so important. it is so important because. when it comes to health and safety concerns of food there should be full transparency and this case is about getting access to the original data and the original studies which have been used by the european food and safety agency in order to approve guy feel safe and the whole point of sciences and that results can be read can be tried to be repea

the european parliament has vowed it has voted to ban ten kinds of single use plastics twenty twenty one. welcome to this i'm joined in berlin thanks for joining us a balancing act for boeing as it attempts to win back the confidence of regulators and the public without inviting increased oversight its presented proposed changes to flight software on its seven three seven max aircraft that's after two a deadly crashes involving the model in five months the plan came as lawmakers the mad answers from the u.s. aviation authority which approved the planes for use. boeing has been demonstrating a software fix that it hopes will prevent any more of it seven three seven max passenger jets flying themselves into the ground to show the world is on top of the problems that may have caused two crashes killed almost three hundred fifty people . the seven three seven is a safe airplane the seven three seven family is a safe airplane family and the seven three seven max builds on that tremendous history of safety that we've seen for the last almost fifty years boeing says the software fix is almo

who sits on the european parliament for exits during committee because the e.u. negotiated in good faith a new song famous. so you did see a good twenty seven beginning to crowd doesn't look like. conflict about. to the general max channel. good line of story. with exclusive. the must see concerning startup culture keep your a. place to be for curious minds. do it yourself networkers. so subscribe don't miss out on. what keeps us in shape what makes us see and how. my name is dr costly i talk to medical experts. watch them at work. and i discuss what you can do to go ahead. stay tuned and let's all try to stay in good shape. come d.w. . there is less than a month to go before britain should do a departure from the e.u. and the union is staking out its final positions on the terms of withdrawal my guest this week here in brussels is the belgian m.e.p. philippe lambastes who sits on the european parliament's steering committee as the e.u. negotiated in good faith and there's that famous unity of the twenty seven.

that was a member of the european parliament haidee. in hungary the ruling a few days sparty is to take down billboards attacking the european commission president. and billionaire philanthropist george soros the move comes after the european people sparty of which both for this and your members in the european parliament threaten to expel feed this on the posters depict younger and solaces leaders off a conspiracy to promote mass migration to europe. hungary's ruling field as party is killed in the art of provoking its critics this time even prime minister viktor orban is our eyes were offended thousands of taxpayer funded billboards across the country depict you commission president jacques rogge younker and liberal billionaire george soros as conspirators in a plot to bring migrants into hungry. hungry as partners in the european parliament the european people's party called the posters fake news saying there is no conspiracy. hungary's government now says the posters will come down next week according to the original plan they say b

four years of intense argument came to a head in strasburg on tuesday when the european parliament debated copyright reform german law maker x. and fast negotiated the deal on behalf of the parliament thank you. start this is about the rule of law it's all one we're talking about is protecting a fundamental right it's about property and about the right to intellectual property and finally it's about fair payment for content creators it's up to us to save european cultural products and not to hand them over to tech monopolies for them to plunder. was. the aim of this reform is to require those who profit from content shared on the internet to obtain permission to do so and if necessary to pay the originators. of. people like musician alexander dommage who currently find it almost impossible to benefit when their creative work is uploaded to the internet. this is about a fundamental right to creators who want to live from their efforts composers photographers whatever have a right to share in the commercial exploitation of their work that means to receive payment. it is true critics fear the

the european union the european union parliament in strasburg has just approved just voted to approve major changes to european copyright law a proposal had to move tens of thousands of europeans to protest against the measures and they say they're worried about how new rules will affect free speech on the internet of the heart of the matter is article thirteen of the legislation its proponents claim it would help copyright holders protect their intellectual property. it could lead to censorship. so votes are taking place in the e.u. parliament in strasburg i d w confident matters is that welcome. tell us will absolutely fill look at a milestone decision here by the european parliament with a clear majority they have voted in favor of this new copyrights a directive which basically means that big tech giants like google its platform you tube or facebook will in the future be responsible legally responsible for the

making the top charts when it comes to news to the bloc of the center right parties in the european parliament the european people's party has voted to suspend your ruling party fidesz. is a very big well. to your party what does it mean and why would they do it because it would seem like they need support for then my may elections. because you have to understand that migration the rules the agenda of the european union as such when it comes to politics or policies and being the largest political family coming from the rights. to censor all of the basically. you have a very colorful set of party is and that's why the migration there is an issue when it comes to the debates and the position of different parties on migration the first and our position is a very strong. position which is not shared by many. and since migration became the number one issue of your european politics it definitely raises emotions. very strong feelings of a stronger nonsense so that's why this is this is the core of the conflict that's where the misunderstanding is because for people from the outside the p.p. is the c

i do sense here and my colleagues in the european parliament arejust and my colleagues in the europeang to number crunch, and we are trying to think through the consequences of next week and all the various permutations that might arise from it, and because we are in a parliament ourselves and we know how parliaments can be difficult, and i chaira parliaments can be difficult, and i chair a parliament so i have some respect for the speaker, i also think that we don't want to see parliaments being locked like they are in the house of commons. i think it does democracy no favours. but i suppose it reflects the society in the uk, that there is a division still over brexit, and that there are very strong views. i mean, that's what i find extraordinary, on both sides. and you know, it is quite interesting, if you look at the coalition against their withdrawal agreement, it is made up by people who want to remain in the european union and of people who are against even an agreement, just want to crash out. so i suppose that is a very difficult mix to deal with, and i hope that right prevails

good to have you with us hungary's populist prime minister has a lashed out at the bloc in the european parliament but his own party belongs to nature or bond's comments to german media came after the conservative blog called for his party's expulsion orbán accuse the center right european people's party of serving the interests of the left. he is worried about or bonds the fittest parties in strident anti us. anti immigrant rhetoric or bans repeated clashes with brussels came to a head last month after his government launched an ad campaign seem to have anti-semitic undertones train carrying american billionaire george soros and european commission president claude you are. all right let's get more on this from brussels correspondent barrett regard that hello to you tell us more about why a leading figures in the e.u.'s considerate conservative party want to kick orbán and his party out. views and actually trying to kick him out and many others have serious doubts so the party will now have to talk to the party family even though i have to talk a bit about this and obama did one provocation too m

the european union the european parliament in strasbourg has just voted to approve major changes to european copyright law the proposal had moved to tens of thousands of the europeans to protest against the measures they say they're worried about how the new rules will affect a free speech on the internet at the heart of the matter is article thirteen of the legislation its proponents claim it would help copyright holders protect their intellectual property but opponents fear it could lead to censorship. because wanted to go matter says that the e.u. parliament in strasbourg where the vote took place welcome gaoled. took a certain events. a landmark decision here really in the european parliament in strasbourg it was a nail biter bit off bit unexpected until the recent eruption of protests against this law which is a law that has already been agreed by the european commission it has been agreed by member states and now it was up to the european parliament and a clear majority in favor of making us tech giants in the future legally liable for the continent they upload onto their platforms on

and we'll be talking to german mep gabriele zimmer, part of the european parliament's brexit steeringroup. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: fears of at least 1000 dead in mozambique after cyclone idai hits the country leaving a 30 mile stretch of land under water. translation: i still haven't found where my daughter was buried in the debris. there is no furniture, no clothes, only rubble and stones. peace be upon you and peace be upon all of us. after 50 people were killed at mosques last friday, the prime minister of new zealand vows never to use the gunman‘s name. and a warning from the head of the environment agency that within 25 years, england will not have enough water to meet demand. hello. today at five — theresa may is to write to the eu to ask for a delay to brexit until the end ofjune, with the option of a longer extension of up two years. it follows a meeting of her cabinet this morning, where there's said to have been no agreement either about the strategy or about a final decision. yesterday, the commons speaker ruled that the prime minister cannot bring her with

the extension will run until may the 22nd which is the day before the european parliament, that has been granted. but that is the caveat, if by the 12th of april which is the cutoff date for the uk to and from the eu if it is going to take part in the parliamentary elections for the eu, there is no way forward on theresa may's deal or an alternative to the deal, then they want the uk at that point to inform them whether they will be taking part in the european elections and if they are not, the uk would be reading with no deal on the 22nd of may. they are basically creating some space and are well aware that the numbers are not on theresa may's side and are creating space for the house of commons to decide what to do next. all options will be to set not considered if they do not go through next week. if you cannot come to some sort of way forward, then tell us some sort of way forward, then tell us whether you want to be in the eu and european elections because if you are not in the european elections you cannot be a member of the eu and therefore you would not be leaving on the 22nd of

hungary and prime minister viktor orbán his ruling fidesz party has been suspended from the european parliament'sbiggest political party group and it could face expulsion or buns who does party is part of these interviews european peoples party bloc which is also known as the p.p. and it receives strong support from the right wing anti immigration party however some members of the e.v.p. they want to be thrown out because of its anti european union stand questions are also being raised over. compliance with european union walls. all right joining us now with more is our correspondent rebecca ritter's she is covering events for us from brussels tonight's could even see you rebecca viktor orban he has been slammed for his anti migration policy now his party being suspended from this big political bloc in the european parliament is it possible that they could be suspended and kicked out permanently what more do we know. at this stage it's not looking like a permanent but anything is possible it's very rare to see europe's biggest parliamentary group so divided bren's the question of what to do about

back to this decision to this statement by the european parliament which was voted by four hundred two votes against one hundred sixty three they took russia out of there out of the group of strategic partners or the european union well the what strategic partner now means nothing because you either have allies or you have neutral conifer you have enemies but it's amazing that the european parliamentarians are doing everything to spoil their relations with russia i mean no one forced them i don't believe that the united states could force them you know just take this last seaborne he made the right downside in doing that ok actually it's a. it's hollow ok but would like we started out this stigma here once you condemn russia and its propaganda and its barks and all that there is a logical continuation we're do we go next in this is what we're getting at here. is what you just said in forced speech let me just give you one example you know first the biggest piece and the most harmful piece of fake news was about weapons of mass destruction in the hands of saddam hussein because it led t

sent to my producers with some very appreciative and very valuable the first one here is the european parliament they say that rushes to this information campaigns main source of dissent from ation in europe and also we have the european commission peddling their digital single market strategy which will go into detail john out when i look at these two pieces of news here i'm not going to take the bait you know what it is it's censorship member citizens of the european union in russia is being used as the straw man go ahead john. yeah and this trend is quite an old trend now it's getting worse and these these resolutions and these decisions that you mentioned are very recent but the roots of this go back to a year or two ago for example to a couple of resolutions voted in twenty sixteen but also two debates that have taken place in the european parliament in january twenty eight hundred and the trend is to deal with what they call fake news most of which of course is blamed on russia to deal with it not by having a counter to cation but instead by having censorship and by for example requiring s

and we'll keep monitoring that story story as it develops but now we had back to the european union where the parliament in stroudsburg has voted to approve major changes to european copyright law well the controversial proposal prompted a tens of thousands of europeans to protest against the measures that they say that they are worried about how new rules will affect free speech on the internet while at the heart of the matter is article thirteen of the legislation its proponents claim it would help copyright holders protect their intellectual property but opponents fear it could lead to censorship and so how exactly will this new bill change things for in it users in berlin well right now if a user uploads text video music or photos to a platform like you choop that person is responsible for respecting copyright restrictions the age you has now reversed that principle the new legislation makes platform operators liable for the content on their sites and they will face fines if laws are broken while the intent behind this is to force sites like facebook and you tube to monitor what users publish but cr

and the holding copyright laws the european parliament house is the first major online content reform since the buses you chie. opponents say the move threatens freedom of speech .. good evening the chief of algeria's army has said today that president abdelaziz beautifully got must now be declared unfitit for offffice. the e intervention by off my god salah l long seen as loyal to te president comes off the weeks of mass protests againinst -- to freak out. salah hold on the constitutional council supply also got a hundred and two under whichch paparliament can declare the president unable to perform his duties. due to illness let's take a listen then at two so last speaking on state television a short while ago today. meme surely there is a one solution that respondso the visisions of each party. and that can be accepted by all means you can talk about. this solution can be found in article one hundred and two of the constitution w we met t thas g. using the let's k keep talkig about the development -- in algeria that and bring in reports simonson at cashierss covering at this story