s max hoffman who's in paris max you have more on exactly what this plaque there represents. we do we don't have the exact wording of what's going to be on the plaque but the sense of it was conveyed from some officials who said that it is supposed to underline the special significance of the reconciliation of germany and france also for the future of europe so what we've been talking about before called basically recognizing what happened one hundred years ago and also trying to look forward at the same time basically our king between the past the present and the future are trying to draw lessons from from what happened back then the significance of peace and the european project and how to go forward it's almost seems like my call who has this kind of right of marathon is really trying to regain force not only personally as a politician but also for the european project by remembering the horrible fate of the first world war back then of course when you think the first world war automatically a lot of people on this continent will think about the second world war as well an

correspondent there good master ending by in london max hoffman is in brussels they are going to like to begin with you a spokesman saying that theresa may believe she can win a vote in parliament on this brags that where does this conference confidence come from and what's her plan b. well of course she has to exude sound how this confidence because her own future as a prime minister is really depending on getting this deal three but it's really everything that she will look at the truth she had a lot of resistance there was a very heated debate and parliament several hours and it's also clear that there's still a lot of resistance against the deal and she has a plan b. which we presume we don't really know i think she will bank on the fact that she doesn't get it straight to parliament the faster than the market crash and then it's likely that she will try and go back to crossings again and try and well somehow have some different wording maybe and then she will hope that the parliamentarians don't want to see the same thing happening again and also that they want to avoid a cliff t

max hoffman there with a view from brussels on whether spain cantle pito the bedsit deal but even if it does move past madrid concern it doesn't stop there for timmie's and may you see if you need a sign off on how bread the draft deal on sunday the british prime minister still has to push it through her own parliament in face of strong objections from within her own conservative party the question is will she resign if the bedsit plans are rejected by m.p.'s next often again with this report. what would we all do without drugs is the story of a lifetime keeping thousands of politicians public officials and journalists most of all of course to read something yes she still is the prime minister of the u.k. at least at the time of this recording. but i believe with every fiber of my being that the course i have set out is the right one for our country and all people. you have to give it to her she's nothing if not persistent. it used to be different maybe was ridiculed disregarded declared for politically dead but that all changed with the brilliant move she made. to words. dancing que

let's turn to max hoffman who is in paris for us next a historic occasion and the highly symbolic meeting today between two former enemies who are now of course a strong allies how significant was this bilateral event today between the french president across on and german chancellor angela merkel the official highlight of this commemorative week of course will be on sunday when sixty nine heads of state and government will be here right behind me at the act it's the often paris but of course at the heart of all this are two nations france and germany they have been the peacekeepers in the last decades in the european union in europe so to say and also of course the engine of the european union and that's why that meeting was so important because this was all also the first time between since the federal republic of germany has been founded that a german chancellor and a french president went to continue a place that was symbolic before that for hatred was symbolic for humiliation and also for revenge and if you look at that picture between i'm going to back of the german chancellor and f

little while ago we have with us our correspondents bear get mass in london and in brussels we have max hoffman max and ask you to comment on what we just heard there the chief breaks of go shares are for the e.u. it sounds like michelle obama is saying that from brussels perspective right sits on the right track. well with the stepping down it just shows that the real front line no longer is here in brussels at least it's not between may and the e.u. it is in the u.k. itself and let me just remind her what this is about robb stepped down it's about the so-called backstop big it just mentioned in the backstop is an insurance to make sure there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland and it would have been an insurance that kicks in if the e.u. and the u.k. cannot agree on the nature of their future relationship free trade area for example or customs union and that backstop in this withdrawal agreement draft says that it would be a customs union between the e.u. and the whole of the u.k. but in definite meaning that to get out of this customs union both sides would have to agree a

well joining us now from paris is the marx hoffman max good to see you so it's set to be a somber day of ceremonies what else can we expect well what's going to happen is actually going to go down right behind me maybe we can take a look over there about sixty five heads of state and government are expected that's the latest number it's hard to get the real number apparently they don't know for the last detail who's really going to show up here you can see the rehearsals are underway of the different branches of the military the french military that's also here and as you mentioned one of the highlights here will not only be the speech by a minor but a black hole but when eight schoolchildren will read parts of letters from soldiers of world war one those soldiers are from different nationalities french of course but also chinese and and germans and others and we expect that to be one of the most moving parts of the ceremony which will conclude as you already mentioned by with the rekindling the relighting of the flame of the unknown soldier who's buried right behind me under the arc

all right every good mosque in london and max hoffman instruct her to both of you you thank. well to say that the presidential bromance between emanuel mccrone and donald trump is on the rocks well that would be an understatement especially after the events of last weekend trump was in paris to mark one hundred years since the end of the first world war he began his visit with a tweet blasting macron for insulting the u.s. with plans to develop a european army and that he said would be able to fight against the u.s. well fact check here mccrone wants a european army to be able to defend itself without relying on the u.s. as a big difference not today again trump launched another tweet offensive writing a manual micron suggests building its own army to protect europe against the u.s. china and russia but it was germany in ward wars one in two how did that work out for france they were starting to learn german in paris before the u.s. came along pay for nato or not take the story out of washington are liars waiters on the story for us good evening to you my own that tweet today

i'm joined tonight by our very own max hoffman he is in strasbourg at the european parliament maxilla start with the very first message that merkel delivered today take a listen and point today i'm here with julie but also with gratitude in front of the big east democratic parliaments in the world. the right of the start there we've got the biggest parliament the world surprised like that they've never really been essential to miracles political the cabul larry but they weren't today what happened. well it is the biggest democratically elected parliament in the world with over seven hundred men are members of the europe are even in parliament but of course for her it was also important to underline that she was somebody who was very much in favor of institutions like this european parliament that is controversial in some countries because they feel like brussels is overreaching and that more power should be given to national parliaments or just simply national institutions and she has been the champion of multi-lateralism or institutions within the european union in the last days very

well let's get the latest from barber of a school in london and max hoffman in brussels welcome both barbara let's start with you cannons to the left callum's to the right does it look like mrs ray is going to get this deal through parliament. it seems that treason may has really set off civil war in her own party that is the first thing that is happening and that is what we are seeing today here in london because the brits cheers are now in full battle mode against a reason may you just mentioned jekyll freeze mark who've said i'm throwing down the gauntlet against her leadership but we will have a leadership contest it is not quite yet clear when that is going to happen bot it bodes ill thought to reason may and so she really is surrounded by enemies and as you said there are cannons speaking fired from all sides so a tough day for the prime minister first they would have to had deal now it looks like they're coming after her let's hear from jacob riis mark the conservative party referendum on which almost all conservative m.p.'s stood said specifically that we would leave the cust

colleague simon young and we're also joined from the french capital paris by our correspondent max hoffman max and we start with you we had a rainy day in paris a somber setting for the ceremonies that just concluded and a warning amidst all of the remembering that peace is again threat. you know that we still have the rain and you're right that was basically the essence of the manner of my calls the french president's message in a speech and it seemed like he was talking to some of the leaders that were sitting next to him when he held that speech of course a great stage for him because it was the only one who got to say something with trump and poutine looking on he talked about the dangers of nationalism he said it was the absolute contrary to patriotism and patriotism is something he said we need we favor but it doesn't mean that we should just basically ruin everything that was built up after the second world war and he referred to the multilateral institutions like the united nations and the european union and it was really a call to continue building those institutions in order to k

analysis now as you have your correspondent barbara is in london for you outside westminster and max hoffman our brussels bureau chief is in the q. where he has also listened to this ongoing debate barbara want to go to you first. did she make a convincing case will she get this agreement through the house of commons. i mean from the speech that we heard today would be coded hurted i mean that is not going to be a deal breaker problem and because people who are now beginning to understand. and p's here in westminster are beginning to understand what this means and they now do understand that we have two parts the divorce agreement which is legally binding and then this paper that she talked about today as if it was a done deal which is not its is not it is just a diplomatic declination it is a lot of.

paris playing host to only been a nice today together and reconciled our chief europe correspondent max hoffman was at that anniversary ceremony in paris earlier today he says french president emmanuel mccrone used his speech there to born of the dangers of nationalism but he made a stark contrast between nationalism and patriotism actually saying that patriotism was the opposite of nation nationalism and that was a pretty thinly veiled message to some of the world leaders that were sitting there besides him. for example the u.s. president donald trump he also made the case for multilateralism saying that what was responsible also for those years of peace that the european union and europe of course has enjoyed in the you know ever since the second world war were multilateral organizations he specifically mentioned for example of united nations he mentioned the european union and he said this is proof that together we can achieve much more than alone and this again this was a thinly veiled message boards donald trump who has repeatedly said that he doesn't care much for multilateralism but he p

unpack to be correspond bigger mass is standing by for us in london and our brussels bird chief max hoffman is at the e.u. h.q. before we start off our conversation let's take a quick listen to what theresa may said in parliament moments ago. this is because the draft text that we have agreed with the commission is a good deal for our country and for our partners in the e.u. it honors the. owners the coaches the british people by taking back control of our borders all the rules and all money while protecting jobs security and the integrity of our precious united kingdom. free movement once and for all instead we will introduce a new skills based immigration system based not on the country people come from but on what they can contribute to the u.k. . it is the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in the u.k. . we will make our own rules in our own parliaments here in westminster and in edinburgh cardiff and belfast and they will be adjudicated on by u.k. courts and it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the e.u. all right theresa may there making her pitch just moments ag

how far the german french friendship has come in the last one hundred years thank you very much max hoffman there live in paris. u.s. president donald trump had planned to visit a military cemetery in france to pay respects to the american soldiers who died fighting in world war one but the white house scrapped the plans due to bad weather president mcchrystal had earlier held an apparently cordial meeting with donald trump at the elise a palace this after the u.s. president described french calls for a joint european defense force as quote very insulting on twitter and demanded that europe has its fair share of nato in california and nine people have died and hundreds of thousands of displaced as wildfires continue to rage in multiple locations on thursday flames engulfed the town of paradise in northern california driven by strong winds and fed by a parched landscape the blaze destroyed thousands of homes their separate fires have forced two hundred thousand people from their homes in thousand oaks in ventura county on friday the entire city of malibu also had to be evacuated. malibu home

s and thank you miles in london and max hoffman from brussels thank you. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world police in paris have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse demonstrations against rising fuel costs a lot of our other parts of the french capital have been brought to a standstill by so-called yellow vest protesters who oppose the president's economic policies two people have been killed since the protests began last week. pakistani authorities have arrested a radical islamist cleric who's followers staged major protests demanding strict blasphemy laws hussein his views supporters brought citizen pakistan to a standstill this month with street protests over the acquittal of. a christian woman on death row for blasphemy. spanish police say they have arrested seventy nine people suspected of producing and distributing child pornography on the internet in raids across spain police confiscated computers phones and hundreds of d.v.d.'s described as extremely graphic police say that the operation is one of the larges

correspondent melinda crane and in buenos aires at the summit for us is our brussels bureau chief max hoffman and our business correspondent arguelles good day to all of you max if we could start with you. what would you make of the comments we just heard there from. sounds like the e.u. wants to project an image of stability in very turbulent times. they are indeed now the champions of walter lateral is and that's what they've been trying to fill this role in the last months ever since drugs came on the scene brian and of course this is the topic where they have the most power also as you know trade is in the responsibility of the european union so it doesn't come as a big surprise but what counts in the end brian is what is in the declaration and here the first question is will there be a declaration now we've heard from e.u. officials on the sidelines here they will not exclude that there won't be a declaration sherpas have been negotiating until four o'clock in the morning but surprisingly still a lot of tough issues especially on trade and climate now trade though there seems to be a sma

thrown up and i think that's what's holding it up at the moment our correspondent barbara basal and max hoffman thank you both very much. and just a quick reminder we've been watching theresa may and defending her a draft of bread said a deal in the parliament there she is and under intense pressure after her draft deal triggered a wave of government resignations including her brags that minister dominic robb. will be back at the top they are. going. to. have. equality and better opportunities. more and more croatians on leaving their homeland because they can't find a book. many areas amounting fully to families with children more and more schools are closing. especially the qualified an educated on leaving because they see no future in croatia. next on d w. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful. serve beer is pushing ahead with loose join the european union of brussels who so far unimpressed with its reforms my guest this week visiting the serbian prime minister i'll go further that beach. why so little progress on so many key issues. conflicts so for sixty minutes he told you. t

the chancellor we have group of politics with us here in our studio and our brussels bureau chief max hoffman is at the european parliament in strasbourg for us max let's start with you as we said the chancellor it's expected to outline her vision for europe's future to e.u. law makers there in strasbourg what are you expecting to hear from her today. yeah vision is probably a big word for what i'm going to back to will have to offer here at least the parliamentarians we spoke to are not expecting a grand vision she's never really done that she's somebody for bret pragmatic steps but she has made a couple of things very clear in the past especially now and you mentioned it on wednesday for the come immigration of world war one she she's a strong supporter of the european union peace project she will probably talk about nationalism as she did on sunday the dangers of nationalism that if more countries in the e.u. walk down that path like for example hungary or italy it could be very dangerous for the foundations of the european union we know that she's repeatedly called for solidarity especial

just a short while ago well let's cross over now to our correspondent big it must in london and max hoffman in brussels starting with you max we just heard the news chief negotiator there referring to an ambitious new partnership it sounds like from a brussels perspective breaks it is on the right track i think that would be overstating it i haven't heard one of the officials yet say that brags it was a good thing they all and needed the same thing they all always insist they still regret that decision but of course given the circumstances at least they did agree on something with the cabinet at least a three some a five hundred eighty five pages of withdrawal agreement and they also got the most contentious issue resolved you hinted at it the backstop the so-called backstop to avoid a border between northern island of ireland a backstop by the ways nothing else than an insurance that there won't be a hard border very there was a lot of speculation before that how this could look like now we know if the you in the u.k. failed to reach an agreement for future relates and then it would be a c

speaking of there we have team coverage of the g twenty summit tonight in bonus r s d w's max hoffman is covering the european union angle for us and the w's business anchor how here our greatest is there as well and right here at the big table with me is our chief political correspondent melinda craned to all of you welcome x. let me start with you the world order is under threat now many say more than any other time since one thousand nine hundred five should we expect leaders gathering there to change that fact at this g twenty. well i assume you mean that the threat might go away or be diminished but if you look at who's here and what they stand for and what the future may hold the likelihood of that happening isn't very great who do you have here blood in your poutine who's playing his old games in the eastern european border you have donald trump who repeatedly has stated that he's not a real fan of multi-lateralism but he prefers to do things bilaterally and we haven't talked about brazil today yet if you look at what's coming there you have tropical trumbo so narrow has been e

delivering let's bring in our correspondents for more on the story barbara vessel is in london and max hoffman is in brussels good morning to you both max let's start with you in brussels the clock is ticking for theresa may what can she expect when she faces e.u. leaders next week well compared to what she's facing back in london it'll be a walk in the park no seriously she probably is going to have to face some criticism over the deal as well although you have to sort that out amongst themselves but we've heard in the last days that france for example is not at all happy about fisheries not being included in that deal in germany is worried about a level playing field meaning that companies in the u.k. and companies on the continent will face the same conditions if they are in the customs union later on but like i said it's a different animal than in london it's not her personal fate that's on the line here in brussels you have to squabble among themselves and go shit among themselves figure this out if they really can back the deal or not in the most likely scenario is that they will back th

colleague simon young we're also going to be joined from the french capital paris by the correspondent max hoffman and this is indeed prince belgium to help us cover this momentous occasion max we're going to start with you two major events there in the french capital today to mark the centenary of the world war one armistice more on looking back in one looking forward to tell us more. and we're starting here with the one looking back the bells are ringing at the moment to mark what you just mentioned the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the eleventh hour right here so it's exactly now one hundred years ago that the armistice to end. world war one came into effect and this is of course the part looking back where we're expecting about sixty five heads of state and government arriving just right behind me not sure you can see it with all the rain but for example the u.s. president is here and the bus with the rest of the other leaders is also all riving there will be music there will be recitals from students who will recite the passages from letters of soldiers of different nations who fought

thank you so much above or evasive reporting from outside westminster and our brussels bureau chief max hoffman thank you both for your continued coverage. all right now while we move on to yemen peace talks between that country's warring parties looks set to take place in sweden in early december that's at least according to the u.s. secretary of defense for the people here in the talks can't come soon enough aid agencies estimate that more than eighty thousand children may have died from extreme hunger in the past three years of yemen civil war and the u.n. says half the country's population is now on the brink of famine. this is one year old new side when this footage was taken on the twenty third of october he's mother said he'd been diagnosed with money tradition twice in the last six months because the might of. he keeps having a high fever during the night so i don't know how to get his temperature down when it's high. not at all we don't know what condition musayyib is in at present but his story resonates today as an aid group warns eighty five thousand children in yemen may have died

could still see a lot more drama there in london today our correspondent barbara vessel there and max hoffman in brussels thank you both. now to some other stories making news around the world a top saudi prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five people charged in connection with the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi the official deny that crown prince mohammed bin solomon was involved in any way turkey has attacked the findings of the saudi investigation was killed last month after it entered the saudi consulate in istanbul the death toll in california's wildfires and now stands at fifty six with authorities warning that some one hundred thirty people are still missing thousands of firefighters are still battling blazes in the north and the south of the state with already say they're slowly gaining the upper hand. the european court of human rights has ruled against russia and a case brought by opposition activist alexina volney judges in straw for excited with no volley and said his various jailings by russian authorities between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen were politica

it limited but did have his box hoffman is out the european parliament in strasburg welcome max so we saw that and heard enthusiastic applause and heckling for this idea of a european army it's not a new idea so why the extreme reactions. it's not a new idea but it's the first time that the german chancellor put her weight fully behind it but you know we should talk to somebody who's really involved with this and that's david mcallister who's standing next to me who is also the head of the foreign affairs committee of the european parliament and of course a member of the european peoples party which is the party of angela merkel still mr mcallister were you surprised that i'm going to put her full weight behind european army here no i wasn't surprised i would like to commend the chance to have to say today because she made very clear that she supports our policy in the european parliament that we are calling for a closer cooperation on foreign affairs on security and on defense and that the way forward is to eventually create a european defense union and this includes of course europe