the ruling justice party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities and says the current system has too many vestiges of the communist era maia to buy inefficiency and corruption but critics say the legislation is a bit by the leader of the rightwing justice party kaczynski to enhance his power. over recent months tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns up the legislation that government remained for. now the e.u. has given three months to consider changes to its plans it seems unlikely that it will stand down. our we want to go to brussels now are standing by good evening to you max president has signed these laws effectively putting poland's chords in control of parliament are brussels and warsaw now firmly on a collision course. at least you have very mixed signals coming out of warsaw at the moment first of all you mentioned it before brant he signed those two controversial laws into law which is of course a very bad sign for what brussels once on the other hand the prime minister announced that he would probably come in january to talk t

the ruling justice party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities it says the current system has too many vestiges of the communist era inefficiency and corruption but critics say the legislation is a bed by the leader of the rightwing justice party. to enhance his power. over recent months tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns up the legislation government remained for. now the e.u. has given three months to consider changes to its plans it seems unlikely that it will stand down. well here is i'm of the other stories that are making headlines around the world of britain's deputy prime minister damian green has resigned he's been under fire after a cabinet office investigation found he had lied to the public and m.p.'s over viewing pornography at work this is a fresh blow to prime minister to resign may's embattled government to germany's two main political forces until americans conservatives and the social democrats have agreed to hold exploratory talks about governing together those talks are scheduled to begin on january seventh and

the ruling justice party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities and says the current system has too many vestiges of the communist era my advice inefficiency and corruption but critics say the legislation is a bed by the leader of the rightwing justice party kaczynski to enhance his power. over recent months tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns of the legislation the government remained for. now the e.u. has given will so three months to consider changes to its plans it seems unlikely that it will stand down. to take the story out of brussels our correspondent is standing by for is going to mean to you georg so we've got the polish president here saying that he will sign these controversial laws is this a sign that poland has no intention of battling to pressure from brussels i say brand everything else would have been a surprise to brussels pretty much expected that the standoff would continue at least in the short run and look for the european union this step has been really difficult with a heavy heart is the words of france to munn

other the most ration minister you know you also you all think oh you only listen to a lot and justice party that's that i'm a freshman but of lying just very far there are you are a freshman twenty five years in the business i think it was your father who got up in nov twenty fifth and said law is important but law is not sacred yeah good of the nation is above it so you your law and justice party doesn't accept the primacy of law i don't know exactly like like the famous german lawyers it would if your and some others they said that the positive he's most positive positive approach to law has to and has to stop at some moment because they're saying some things more important than the law of course of course the law is a much more dangerous than dangerous life of people security a more dangerous road to go nowhere lane just like i don't want to i don't want to be going to we're not really told that nobody is above the law of the law what it will put in your abstract no no no that's ok so let me build a commission as interpreted by let me let me be very going to predict and you are very prec

the ruling justice party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities and says the current system has too many vestiges of the communist era mayan to buy inefficiency and corruption but critics say the legislation is a bit by the leader of the rightwing justice party kaczynski to enhance his power. over recent months tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns up the legislation that government remains for. now the e.u. has given three months to consider changes to its plans it seems unlikely that it will stand down. all right take the story out of brussels our correspondent is standing by for us going to you georg so we've got the polish president here saying that he will sign these controversial laws is this a sign that poland has no intention of battling to pressure from brussels. it's a brand everything else would have been a surprise to brussels pretty much expected that the standoff would continue at least in the short run and look for the european union this step has been really difficult with a heavy heart is the words of france to munns us

yeah good of the nation is above it so you and your law and justice party doesn't accept the primacy of law i don't know exactly like like the famous general german lawyers it would if have your and some others they said that the positive is most positive positive approach to law has to and has to stop at some moment because they are saying some things more important than the law of course of course the law is changing or changes and dangerous life of people security a more dangerous road to go nowhere lane just like i don't want to i don't want to be going to we're not really told that nobody is above the law and not because of the what it will putting in abstract no no no that's ok so let me build a commission as interpreted by let me let me be very going to predict and you know very precise not abstract as it was in nazi germany the law was very much observed you're watching nazi germany you're right i don't know but i think prime giving you a drastic example because really elected everything was under the umbrella of law than in the thirty's and in the forty's and this law and th

the ruling justice party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities and says the current system has too many vestiges of the communist era inefficiency and corruption but critics say the legislation is a bed by the leader of the rightwing justice party kaczynski to enhance his power. over recent months tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns up the legislation government remained for. now the e.u. has given three months to consider changes to its plans it seems unlikely that it will stand down. you're watching the w. news still to come stuck in an eastern ukraine war zone what will happen to the people in this village on the front line if outside help can't reach them. all right well let's do some business news now i can guarantee they won't be calling and will they definitely not invoke her as i want to remain in day if they have been several protests across europe against now around five thousand text drivers took to destroy it's against uber in bucharest they blocks traffic in front of the government building and they call an illegal trans

reporter: the ruling law and justice party has made judicial reform one of its key priorities.says the current system has too many vestiges of the communist era, mired by inefficiency and corruption. but critics say the legislation is a bid by the leader of the right-wing law and justice party, jaroslaw kaczynski, to enhance his power. over recent months, tens of thousands of poles have taken to the streets to voice their concerns at the legislation. their government remained firm. now the eu has given warsaw three months to consider changes to its plans. it seems unlikely that it will stand down. brent: you're watching "dw news." still to come, stuck in an eastern ukraine war zone. what will happen to the people in this village on the front line if outside help can't reach them? all right, well, let's do some business news now. i can guarantee you they will not be calling an uber. fanny: not in bucharest. not in romania. indeed. there had been several protests across europe against uber. now around 5000 taxi drivers took to the streets against uber in bucharest. they blocked t

of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world poland ruling the law and justice party may replace the prime minister in a government short reshuffling next week after the prime minister tweeted what many interpreted as a farewell statement saying quote whatever happens poland is the most important thing the move is thought to be aimed at securing the party's future ahead of a string of elections starting next year a man has appeared in court in london on suspicion of plotting to kill british prime minister to resign prosecutors say the islamist plot involved an attack on her official residence one other man was arrested in connection with the case security officials believe it's the ninth is the most attacked afforded by british police this year. well the british government says that it's not yet formally of sess how leaving the e.u. will impact the country's economy breaks it minister david davis told parliament that such an analysis wasn't needed until later in the divorce the comments are likely to inflame criticism of the government negotiations with brussels have

you now about some of the other stories making news around the world poland's ruling a law and justice party may replace prime minister bayada glow in a government reshuffle next week well that's after she tweeted what many interpreted as a farewell statement saying whatever happens poland is the most important thing while the move. securing the pardons future ahead of a string of elections starting next year a man has appeared in court in london on suspicion of plotting to kill british prime minister to resign may prosecutors say the islamised plot involves an attack on her official residence one other man was arrested in connection with the case. islamised attack tortured by british police this year. a multi-sport has charged three men with october's car bomb murder of journalist daphne khurana. the fifty three year old was known for her blog exposing a government corruption the three suspects among a group of ten arrested this week of pleaded not guilty time magazine has named the silence breakers of the me too movement against sexual assault and harassment as is person of the year a few

separation of powers in poland since coming to power in twenty fifteen poland's right wing law and justice party has been at loggerheads with the e.u. and for its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the e's latest move is unlikely to worry the government i don't know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battled with brussels to their own advantage they can say to you just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they they will be perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months pollution opposition protesters who. their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. the e.u. has given plainly three months to address its concerns make them consider suspending wilson's voting rights but for that to happen all member states would have to agree and the problem for the e.u. is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move which russia bottler al-jazeera european union

in january if such a meeting will be organized however other politicians of the ruling kilo and justice party in poland or the other politician from the government they use some harsher words for example the polish foreign ministry said that this decision made by the european commission was a political decision and also the spokes women for ruling glowin justice party said it was a political decision and that she said it could have something to do with the fact that poland doesn't want to accept the muslim immigrants so it shows that for the part of the government this decision is clearly not a legal but a political decision or it will article seven has been triggered let's take a look at what exactly that entails that catherine martens sent us this report. europe has mechanisms to deal with cases of delinquency and that means more than just idle threats and reprimands. should an e.u. country go against the principles of democracy then europe has no choice but to nail its colors to the mast. article several cumbered triggered by the european commission only in the case of a persistent and ser

poland's ruling law and justice party may replace the prime minister in a government reshuffle next weekat's after the prime minister tweeted what many interpreted as a farewell statement, saying quote, whatever happens, poland is the most important thing. the move is thought to be aimed at securing the party's future ahead of a string of elections starting next year. a man has appeared in court in london on suspicion of plotting to kill brian -- british prime minister theresa may. prosecutors say the islamists' plot involved an attack on her official residence. one other man was arrested in connection to the case. officials believe it is the ninth thwarted islamist attack by british police this year. a maltese court has charged three men with october's car bomb murder of the journalist daphne caruana galizia. the 53-year-old was known for her blog exposing government corruption. the three suspects, among a group of 10 arrested this week, have pleaded not guilty. the british government says it has not yet formally assessed how leaving the eu will impact the country's economy. brexit mini

the governing law and justice party has nominated her deputy, mateusz morawiecki, the finance and developmentter, to replace her. mr szydlo has overseen sweeping changes to state institutions in poland, which critics in the european union say have subverted democracy and the rule of law. people in nepal have voted in parliamentary elections which the authorities hope will mark an important step in the country's transition to democracy. it's the first election under a new constitution, and nearly a decade after the end of a civil war and the abolition of the monarchy. results are expected in the next few days. singapore airlines has become the latest airline to change the path of its seoul—los angeles flights following a recent north korean missile test. itjoins lufthansa and air france, who've also re—routed planes because of pyongyang's more frequent launches. 200,000 people have now been forced to flee their homes after fast moving wildfires continue to spread across southern california. the blazes have reached the pacific ocean and impacted the state's main coastal highway. firefighters ha

poland's ruling law and justice party may will place their prime minister in a government reshuffle next week that's after she tweeted what many interpreted as a farewell statement saying quote whatever happens poland is the most important thing on the move is thought to be aimed at securing the party's future ahead of a string of elections starting next year. a man has appeared in court in london on suspicion of plotting to kill british prime minister to resign prosecutors say the islamist plot involves an attack on her official residence one other man was arrested in connection with the case security officials believe it's the ninth islamised potential attack tortured by british police this year. the british government says it's not yet formally assessed how leaving the e.u. will impact the country's a convo briggs it minister david davis told parliament session on alice's wasn't needed until later in the divorce process all the comments are likely to inflame criticism of the government to go with brussels have stalled in recent days over the status of the irish border all right now a

corner and article seven is really our only recourse at the moment because the ruling law and justice party seems absolutely unwilling to go back on these proposals to have more political control over the judiciary ok well stay with us your colleague our catherine martens in brussels is put together a report to give us a better idea of what exactly it takes to trigger article seven let's take a look at that. europe has mechanisms to deal with cases of delinquency and that means more than just idle threats and reprimands. should an e.u. country go against the principles of democracy then europe has no choice but to nail its colors to the mast. article several camera triggered by the european commission only in the case of a persistent and serious breach of the rule of law it's the most radical form of sanctions within the european union and has not been applied so far. every you country must uphold basic values including freedom human dignity and the rule of law breaches can incur real punishment but imposing sanctions is no simple process. every single member state passed a gift the approva

more combative words from back to mushroom records spokeswoman of the ruling right wing law and justice party she dismissed the e.u. commission's move as having no merit and said that it was solely a political decision let's go right to brussels state obvious next hoffman a standing by for us hi max remind us what exactly poland has done to prompt this reaction from brussels and do you have a couple of good examples there soon we earlier they really drew the line with the supreme court laws what you just said that the polish government tries influence the composition of the supreme court by a couple of tricks for example by lowering the age the eligible age for judges which would make some of them go now which would alter the whole makeup of the court in favor of the polish government and their political direction and that's just one example another example is that the justice minister would get get more influence over who becomes an ordinary judge by naming them directly and this of course is bad for the separation of powers the judiciary and the executive and plans to move on so we just saw

separation of powers in poland since coming to power in twenty fifteen poland's right wing law and justice party has been at loggerheads with the e.u. and for its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the e's latest move is unlikely to worry the government i don't know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battled with brussels to their own advantage they can say it is just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they they will be perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months polish opposition protesters have voiced their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. the e.u. has given poland three months to address its concerns it may then consider. pending warsaw is voting rights but for that to happen all member states would have to agree and the problem for the e.u. is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move natasha buchla al-jazeera. zimbabwe's new le

the independence but people are fighting back and it's mobilized on the social media against the justice party and the president ended up having to veto a wall that was sponsored that would have gone a long way to undergoing the judiciary so don't count that out just yet. if you are trying to build a democracy with a very watchful and assertive and aggressive neighbor that is in the process of taking your territory and making the eastern half of the country unstable, it is kind of hard to build democracy but they've made some progress. he has launched an anticorruption campaign and one of the great checks on democracy and the challenges of democracy is when you have corruption. there are some people there in the legislatur legislature thate determined to deliver democracy and is a vibrant society in its western part and with the troubles. people are dying every day as these that are suffered by the forces are causing all kinds of problems, so the ukrainian democracy is on kind of a nice hedge but it's not an authoritarian regime and that is something to celebrate. >> but then you don't see eas

separation of powers in poland since coming to power in twenty fifteen poland's right wing law and justice party has been at loggerheads with the e.u. and for its drive to tighten immigration and media laws analysts say the e's latest move is unlikely to worry the government i don't know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battled with brussels to their own advantage they can say to you just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they they will be perfectly content to think this one reckless way through over the past months polish opposition protesters have voiced their anger at a government they say is increasingly authoritarian. the e.u. has given poneman three months to address its concerns it may then consider suspending brothels voting rights but for that to happen all member states would have to agree and the problem for the e.u. is that hungary has already made it clear that it would veto such a move with such a butler al-jazeera. the europe

hand control of the judicial council that nominates judges in poland to the governing law and justice partynfluence over the supreme court. catalans will go to the polls on thursday in regional elections. the vote will determine whether the majority want to stay part of spain — or be independent. the crisis was triggered by an unauthorised referendum in october — after which, the catalan government declared independence. spain dissolved the regional government and imposed direct rule. the european court ofjustice has ruled that uber, is a transport firm and should be regulated like any other taxi company. the company maintains its a digital information provider that connects passengers with drivers. experts say the judgement could have implications for other firms in what's known as the gig economy. president trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that go against the us in a united nations vote onjerusalem. the un general assembly will on thursday consider a resolution. earlier, us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, said she will be "taking names" of countrie

but does not mean to say that they agree with the way the governing law and justice party is going abouthere of course. tens of thousands of people over the last few months have taken to the streets to protest against this because they share the european commission's fear that these reforms give the governing party the tools to essentially politicise the media and essentially politicise the media and essentially put in judges who are loyal to the government in positions of power. in a few minutes we will return to the us to talk about donald trump's first major legislative victory and we will get into the detailed of what will change. the metropolitan police is undertaking a review of all of its current sex offence investigations following the collapse of two rape cases. the prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. the attorney general, jeremy wright, has been giving his thoughts. we need to understand and urgently what went wrong in those cases, that is the work underway now but there is the work underway now but there isa is the work underway now but there i

increasingly common in turkey according to these women they say the ruling conservative justice and development party promotes a specific image of women and gives men certain rights over them in addition the government is seeking to water down one of the few laws that protect women from violence that's something these protesters want to prevent. the state sponsors the world view that women shouldn't live according to modern day laws but rather according to traditional religious law there's even this believe that at some point women were given too many rights and men are being adversely affected by that. filters cousin said the years joined the demonstration before her cousin was murdered she probably wouldn't have taken to the streets in this way. i wish we didn't have a reason to demonstrate i wish i didn't have to be here today but our loss is so great and the trial hasn't even begun. husband is in custody but six months after the crime there's been no date set for a trial to accuse justice system is overwhelmed but her family hope justice will eventually be served. more than fifty thousand people

and it is interesting as a reporter to see a party, the democrats say they're a party of justice. didn't get the due process he was essentially owed. if you're the democratic party, the democratic women, and a democratic women senator, can you say, you still deserve to be here. >> they're going to say it is a partisan issue. you may think there wasn't due process for al franken and roy moore will get he vg he should get. when people start on distinguish between democrats and republicans in harassment, it is a slippery slope. >> it is. i'll have to leave it there. have a great weekend. thank you for coming in. i'm sure you enjoyed me not being there. i couldn't interrupt you as much. you're missing some great gumbo here. >> rub it in! >> another crazy set of elections. (avo) when you have type 2 diabetes, you manage your a1c, but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. non-insulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. (avo) and for people with type 2 diabetes treating card

to press ahead with the reforms is on surprising i don't know where to call the law and justice the governing party in poland is riding high in the opinion polls i think that they are very adept at turning the battle good brussels to their own advantage they can say he's just an unelected bureaucrats are trying to undermine our national sovereignty so they say we're perfectly content to think this one reckless way through. or has suffered a setback after europe's top court ruled that it is a transport company and it can be regulated just like other taxi firms the right hailing app out argue that it's an information sharing app putting drivers and passengers in contact and not a taxi service the european court of justice didn't agree says e.u. governments can now regulate ober as they would for any other transport company. catalans are anxiously preparing for thursday's the size of regional vote which will help settle the question of whether the region should secede from spain polling stations are being set up across the region thursday's poll pits the leaders of the separatist movement against cand