choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al jazeera westminster let's begin our coverage by joining jonah hill who's at westminster.

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster let's go live now to westminster and joined her in general just say no promises to is a way to leave downing street want to seems on her way to way to parliament. yes she's got pm queues prime minister's questions coming up shortly and after that several hours of debate this afternoon before that vote of confidence of seven pm it's a vote that she is likely to win quite simply because her own party and the north not and unionists who provide her with a working majority are most unlikely to wish to countenance a general election that could open the door to jeremy korb and a labor government let's talk more about this and events to come though with my guest professor john and men from kings college director of u.k. in a changing europe a think tank thanks for joining us this could be something on end of a coup for the prime minister in a weird way because she's likely to win she will in a way have forced jeremy corbin's hand she might end up retaining all regaining some of the all thirt

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options of just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster now the age you insist that the day a grave of may is the best it can offer a day which a to have the latest from brussels. in brussels a real sense of regret and dismay at the sheer size of the defeat for the prime minister to resign may the president of the european commission john podesta has been coming back to wait for any a merge and see talks that might be needed but the size of that vote means that it's very unlikely over the next three days that a plan b. can be sorted out with any real concessions a real compromise is because the deal on the table remained a deal on the table there will be no new negotiations there are talks but no chance of negotiations that will effectively change that in any way in the timeframe that reason may has got to put it before the u.k. parliament again.

choice between her deal no deal or no brakes it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster now the e.u. and says that the deal agreed with may is the best it can offer david chase to has the latest from brussels. here in brussels a real sense of regret and dismay at the sheer size of the defeat for the prime minister to resign may be the president of the european commission john load has been coming back to wait for any a merge and see talks that might be needed but the size of that vote means that it's very unlikely over the next three days that a plan b. can be sorted out with any real concessions a real compromise is because the deal on the table remained a deal on the table there will be no new negotiations there are talks but no chance of negotiations that will effectively change that in any way in the timeframe that reason may has got to put it before the u.k. parliament again so it's a case very much that the european union is preparing for a no deal briggs's taking measures to contingency measures that going on with that they're saying to the united kingdom it's tim

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. kenyan forces say they're still securing an iraqi hotel after a major attack that began on tuesday evening is a live pictures from nairobi suspected al shabaab gunmen killed at least fifteen people place a warning people to stay away from the area president who kenyatta is expected to address the nation soon. former ivory coast president is expected to be freed from jail the international criminal court acquitted him of crimes against humanity. who has been behind bars for seven years he was accused of ordering violence after a disputed election in twenty ten in zimbabwe a third day of protests against rising living costs expected on wednesday and the stay international says at least eight people have been killed and two hundred detained since demonstrations began and the former mexican president enrique pena nieto has been accused of taking a one hundred million dollar bribe probably drug kingpin and associates of joaquin el chapo guzman made the claim at the trial of his former bos

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster let's go live now to london we have barbara starr on the prime minister's residence and downing street the first service jenna hall it joins us from west palm and sits and a huge historic defeat has brought about is no confidence nation in the government took us through another busy day there on holman's. absolutely will the heat laura hasn't gone out of this week he yet because at seven pm on wednesday evening there will be that vote of confidence in the government tabled by jeremy corbyn the labor party leader invited indeed by two reason may the prime minister to do so in the immediate aftermath of that devastating defeat of her deal this vote will take place after several hours of debate on the motion a motion that will say that this house has lost faith in her majesty's government it's the first time this mechanism has been used to try and oust the sitting government in terms of the two thousand and eleven fixed terms parliaments have fixed term parliaments act which was introduc

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster as good live not london we have the side the bank of england the first time to jenna how he joins us from the westminster ungentle what does prime as the trees may intend to do now. norah assuming she survives survives they didn't vote that will take place later this evening and it looks like she will her own party and the northern ireland unionists who support it will be loathed to countenance a general election that could lead jenny coburn in the labor party in assuming she survives will she says she will go into listening mode should start talking to m.p.'s from different parties to see what they might support importantly she's already put put forward certain can be at so that she will only look at ideas that are actually negotiable and might actually achieve a majority in parliament she's not interested in ideas that involve the customs union because she wants the freedom to strike trade deals for this country that counts out the main labor party policy and she's not interested in

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. live now to westminster. hall and gen the government has confirmed that it will to jeanne's plan b. on monday with a vote on that the following week. yes the government has confirmed that i mean they were bound to do that to produce their plan b. next steps on monday that motion we know will be amendable by m.p.'s who could then put forward their ideas for next steps and if accepted by the speaker those ideas which would include patel potentially a second referendum an extension of article fifty a customs union saying i'm old so the whole gamut of the possibilities could be put to votes separate votes with a with a full vote on the plan b. itself now said you have to take place choose day of the following week so that lays out a sort of full week and a bit of discussions of ongoing debate of votes on amendments whittling down possibilities to see where a majority may lie and in and in the meantime we're told the prime minister he's engaging in cross party meetings within peace to try

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster well to reason may has begun using opposition leaders to try to secure a bricks that deal she will need to present have a plan b. to parliament by monday to politicians voted overwhelmingly against her original proposal if she fails to get it approved then britain faces the prospect of breaking away from the e.u. on march the twenty ninth without a deal to avoid this the british government could propose to negotiation new deal this would mean asking the e.u. to delay the departure deadline other options include calling another referendum snap elections or cancelling rexx it altogether now the european union has warned the brics a deal agreed with may is the best it can offer but the e.u. may be flexible on when the u.k. leaves the bloc to has more from brussels. it's a relief for the leaders of the european union that they will be talking to to reason maybe there was always the remote possibility that you could fall in this vote of no confidence but that least they do know who they be

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al jazeera westminster well theresa may has begun missing opposition leaders to try to secure a bricks that deal she will need to present have plan b s a parliament by monday after politicians voted overwhelmingly against her original proposal if she fails to get it approved then britain faces the real prospect of breaking away from the e.u. on march the twenty ninth without a deal to avoid this the british government could propose to negotiate a new deal this would mean the e.u. to delay the departure deadline other options include calling another referendum snap elections or cancelling bex it altogether well the european union has warned the brics a deal agreed with may is the best it can offer but the e.u. may be more flexible on when the u.k. leaves the bloc david chase a has more from brussels. it's a relief for the leaders of the european union that they will be talking to to reason maybe there was always the remote possibility that she could fall in this vote of no confidence but that least they do k

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster well the european union maintains that the brics a day integrated may is the best it can offer arts the e.u. may be flexible on when the u.k. means the bloc they would change has more from brussels. it's a relief for the leaders of the european union that they will be talking to to reason maybe there was always the remote possibility that she could fall in this vote of no confidence but that least they do know who they'd be talking to the same woman they've been talking to for more than two years now over this deal and the e.u. say that they will not change the details the important details of the withdrawal agreement but what is being increasingly talked about now in brussels is the fact that the march the twenty ninth deadline the the cliff edge that everybody is talking about the withdrawal agreement might be suspended they may look on that very favorably it's all a case of how long will it be extended so there's a pressure coming from the president of france and the chancellor ang

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster the tourism a has been meeting opposition leaders to try to secure a bracks indian law ansley was monitoring may's late night statement and sent us this update. three's a maze appearance outside downing street designed to coincide exactly with the main evening news bulletins here didn't say anything at all that she hadn't said previously in the house of commons but what it did do was stamped her all forward see back on the entire process just twenty four hours ago after she lost by a record margin withdrawal agreement votes she's now saying i'm back in charge of the entire process she said that this evening she met leaders of all the opposition parties except for jeremy corwin the leader of the main labor opposition he's refused to meet her because he says he's not going to until she rules out the prospects of the u.k. leaving the european union without any sort of deal at all and so there she was saying i'm listening mode all talk to anybody who's prepared to listen we've all got to

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster hall to resume has begun meeting opposition leaders to try to secure have rex at dale lawrence lee was monitoring me as late night statements and sent us this update. three's a maze of parents outside downing street designed to coincide exactly with the main evening news bulletins here didn't say anything at all that she hadn't said previously in the house of commons but what it did do was stamped her all forward see back on the entire process just twenty four hours ago after she lost by a record margin withdrawal agreement votes she's now saying i'm back in charge of the inside process she said that this evening she met leaders of all the opposition parties except for jeremy coleman the leader of the main labor opposition he's refused to meet her because he says he's not going to until she rules out the prospects of the u.k. leaving the european union without any sort of deal at all and so there she was saying i'm in listening mode i'll talk to anybody who's prepared to listen we've

at me with a twinkle in her eyes and then she told me that's what you get paid for paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. rescue is in southern spain have found the body of a two year old boy who fell into a well nearly two weeks ago minus worked around the clock for thirteen days to find the toddler who was trapped in a narrow bore hole seventy meters below ground. and the pride of refugees has been high on the agenda at the world economic forum in davos one aid group is highlighting the issue with an interactive simulation which is giving delegates a very different perspective john holley for some. it's a long way from the champagne and kind of plays that define the divorce. but even some of the world's most powerful people have been humbled by this experience of life as a refugee. when a soldier is yelling at you and. there's no one else around you you become like everyone else you're just human why are we here at the world economic forum it's that same goal to improve it's committed to improving the state of this world and our world and he's changing sixty eight million displaced people. who sits in

patience of this parliament and it's not at all clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster m as the international is demanding that the pakistani government disclose the whereabouts of a human rights campaign a video has circulated on social media of police in karachi arresting the activist animes a good they say he's a founding member of the past on to have who's movement or who t.m. the group's been campaigning for security and rights for the country's or than thirty million minority ethnic us tunes. muslim communities in southern philippines of voted on a long awaited referendum on the autonomy people of mindanao island were asked if they back a plan by separatists on the government to create a new self administered area is the culmination of a peace process to end decades of conflict in the region results are expected to be released later this week. as more fun. to go from bullets to ballots after decades of armed conflict millions of filipinos voted whether to accept or reject on the tunnel was government designed to provide greater powers for muslims in the southern p

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. let's go live now to john hall he's outside the houses of parliament in london's agenda many discussions that are taking place today how do we expect these cross party talks to work. well this is certainly going to be the focus of the next couple of days as we build up to monday's laura when she's got to come back to resume with her preferred plan b. in theory now an effort at a cross party consensus i say in theory well because theresa may on the one hand is not a person famously known for give and take for compromise she has these very rigid negotiating redlined she showed no sign as yet from stepping back from any of them to jeremy corbyn the opposition leader who was invited to take part in talks late last night declined to do so until or unless she takes a no deal breaks it off the table other leaders have said she's got to countenance the idea of an extension of the article fifty notice period she's got to start talking and thinking about the possibility of a second referendum

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster with. let's go straight to lawrence leigh who joins us that are in westminster and lawrence it is one of the most historic votes in recent british history that we've seen tonight a crushing defeat for the prime minister as she now faces a vote of no confidence but it the indications are that she is likely to win this. yes but that doesn't mean anything's any good for her and i think obviously you know amid the rubble of series a maze deal which is what we're left with now if you look at what's happened over the course of the evening i think one thing has become palpably clear first of all those that there was the hard brick sits amendment to her vote which sought to allow the u.k. to withdraw from the customs union without the european union's consents that absolutely hammered six hundred votes to twenty four and then she lost her deal by an absolute record margin as well and in terms of the winners overall tonight's poll of the opposition parties who are the ones a much softer breck'

question that nobody here appears able to answer just yet is what comes after that paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. well spent an evening in belfast in a moment first those lines he's outside parliament in westminster for us and laurence the suggestion is that two reason may's deal was pretty much dead before this vote tell us more about what are the expectations for developments tonight. well there's there's about three hours now left of debate before the amendments to the votes and the vote itself will be about a pass when you pass a local time but frankly don't bother turning into the votes because you won't hear anything and these are saying that they haven't said a hundred times before and all the divisions across parliament are all plain to see the only thing that a majority m.p.'s have in common apparently is that they from both sides leavers hands and those are the soft abraxas or don't want to leave it's all equally unhappy with stories amaze dalan that's the bind that they've got themselves into let's let let's take a sounding from passion mcguire from the new statesman magazine thank yo

patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster . donnacona back on is an associate professor at dublin city university he says both the republic of ireland and northern ireland want to avoid the return to a hard border. well we don't even have to imagine we only have to be old enough like myself to go back twenty thirty years when there was a heart boarder as a result of the conflict in north america which if so was this waged by joint membership and they were about twenty old fishel border crossings between north and south and now they're almost three hundred open border crossings between north and south and it seems it's fiction you don't know yourself in between north and south not has facilitated a whole range of cultural political economic interaction between the communities north and south who it might be stressed are not in favor of the kind of current situation they they want to backstop they didn't want breaks its position people living in the republican party it's also the position of the majority of people of north and

deal the question that nobody here is able to answer just yet is what comes after that paul brennan al-jazeera westminster and his lawrence lee now following events as they happen you know it's interesting that there is this much anticipation for this photo obviously it's very important but as you said it may end up being almost anticlimactic given we seem to know which way it's going to go. well yeah i mean the you know there is a debate going on about how many votes she loses by. remarkable as it sounds if they only lost by a vote so something they might regard as a victory because she would then say she's going straight back on some younger in the european commission and say please mr young to come you have some law you know and. but it's it is ridiculous because the european commission in your opinion have said over and over again that there isn't anything else that they can offer. and that's how it is but as you saw illustrated in poll brennan's ripple that you know it is like a maze with no exits and you know at some point that got to basically bulldoze a wall through the maze and try to find a diff

patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. pakistan's prime minister is holding talks in qatar imran khan is in the gulf state for a two day trip he met qatar's prime minister. at his private residence in doha is due to address council's pakistani community later on tuesday. amnesty international is demanding the pakistani government disclose the whereabouts of the human rights campaign a video has circulated on social media of police in karachi arresting the activists . i submit that for the past two and a half was movement to a few to the end who has been campaigning for security and rights for the country's over thirty million minority ethnic russians. now the annual meeting of the world economic forum will be held this week in the swiss alps known company by the name of a town which hosts it the meetings missing some big players this year who are staying at home to sort out their domestic issues difficult to get it said james bays is in the us. what is notable about this year's davos is not just who's here but who's not h

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. let's cross to lawrence lee he's outside the u.k. parliament in westminster following all of this so dramatic and fast moving twenty four hours lawrence and yet we still seem to be having the same problem to reason may is left having to find a way forward with divisions not just between the two main parties but also within . yes and as paul brennan said in another poll these are as tony times i mean this time last night's reason may have suffered the most crushing defeat and her in separate station of brecht's it was effectively reduced to rubble and people were calling for her to resign all sorts of things now twenty four hours on she's put herself back on the front foot because of jeremy colvin's failed attempts of a vote of no confidence the government everybody knew that they lose it and then she wrong footed him by then announcing that she we prepared semi's all the leaders of the different opposition parties starting right now she's been meeting the leader of the scottish natio

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. now the e.u. says the deal agreed with may is the best it can offer david chase has the nations from brussels. here in brussels a real sense of regret and dismay at the sheer size of the defeat for the prime minister to resign may the president of the european commission john load your has been coming back to wait for any a merge and see talks that might be needed but the size of that vote means that it's very unlikely over the next three days that a plan b. can be sorted out with any real concessions a real compromise is because the deal on the table remained a deal on the table there will be no new negotiations there are talks but no chance of negotiations that will effectively change that in any way in the timeframe that reason may has got to put it before the u.k. parliament again so it's a case very much that the european union is preparing for a no deal brigs it taking measures to contingency measures that going on with that they're saying to the united kingdom it's time to cla

patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back how young people in china are coping with a slowing economy and a lack of job prospects and the race to be the democratic challenger to donald trump and twenty twenty just got a little more crowded and more on up stay with us. l.a. for a change the snow is not the real story of europe we've had significant rain or into the western part of the mediterranean for the barracks more recently said sardinia in sicily and italy is that arc of plant there this is snow there's still snow running through ukraine but that's gone by tuesday and this is the picture of what's the next frontal system coming down through the u.k. into the low countries france and the norns by there's some snow in that because the air behind it is quite cold and the air in front isn't particularly warm either so a bit of proper winter swinging in from a different direction i suppose and that maybe start the presses off again we'll see rain and start slow part

with a twinkle in her eyes he said and then she told me that's what you get paid for paul brennan al-jazeera westminster graces parliament has now only voted to ratify a landmark agreement with its northern neighbor to change its name to north macedonia great politicians wanted one hundred fifty three to one hundred and forty six in favor of the un brokered deal signed last june it was approved following days of heated debate but not all greeks support the deal last reports from athens . despondent protesters against the name change lingered outside the parliament where lawmakers ratified the agreement had prime minister alexis tsipras put it direct to the people in a referendum two thirds of greeks would likely have voted against the deal amid the gloom sounded a note of optimism. this is a historic day for greece where protecting the heritage of ancient greek macedonia it's also a historic day for the balkans with a long history of wars and disputes a nationalist a trade we're turning over a new leaf we're making room for peace corp friendship solidarity a mutual understanding north macedonia is now c

patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster . we will be back in london in a moment with lawrence they but we're going to start with david chaytor for some reaction from brussels is there any reaction and has anything really changed with what terry summate said today. where you look at what the statement from the prime minister was in the house of commons and you'll see that she hasn't rubbed out any of her red lines now this is exactly what the e.u. negotiators and the e.u. leaders want to see they want to see something like a coherent policy a change in the policy before they possibly open up any more negotiations they don't want to come back to brussels here in brussels with very much the same plan a but it seems that's exactly what she's doing but there was a lot of speculation in the papers over the weekend in the newspapers saying that essentially there is some sort of deal that she's trying to make on the on the on the hard border to make sure they remain soft with the so-called backstop and she was hoping to open bilate

choice between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one paul brennan al-jazeera westminster let's begin our coverage by joining jonah hill who's at westminster jonah really another very big day in parliament just sort of talk us through what's going to happen in the coming hours. yeah that's right well fresh from that defeat on tuesday night the reason may now faces a vote of confidence on wednesday evening seven pm it's thought likely she'll win it this debate to be had in the hours preceding that of course prime minister's questions coming up not too long from now is the first time we'll see her on wednesday i'm joined to talk more about this by tobias hill elwood he's a defense minister in trees amazed and of course also a conservative party m.p. thanks for joining us is she going to survive she will big defeat yesterday and we have to move on but this is a distraction by the leader of the opposition who stands at the dispatch box but he doesn't have a unified army behind him a doesn't have visitation on bricks and he's an opportunist and that's what we're having to deal

with a twinkle in her eyes he said and then she told me that's what you get paid for paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. was more in everything we're covering right here the latest on top stories but there are also features that and comment and analysis al-jazeera dot com is the address. a quick recap of the top stories this hour u.s. congressional leaders and president onil trump of agree to a stopgap spending plan to end the longest government shutdown in the country's history the agreement will reopen federal agencies for at least three weeks announcing the plan trump said he expected democrats and republicans to use the time to work towards providing funding for his proposed wall along the mexican border they have said they are for complete border security and they have finally and fully acknowledged that having barriers or walls or whatever you want to call it will be an important part of the solution meanwhile roger stone a close ally of donald trump has been arrested on charges brought by special counsel robert muller stone who is one of trumps advisors in the twenty six thousand election campai

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. hall who is at westminster and gentlemen what do you make of that sort of this invitation to talk over across party lines and whether the prime minister really has the ability to create the change that parliamentarians want to see in the house. well we're told this is a process which is underway if it hasn't got off to a flying start to be fair to resume a did meet the leader of the liberal democrats late on wednesday nights of its cable said he feels she may be in listening mode but labor jeremy corbyn the opposition leader says he won't meet her nor will any of his senior m.p.'s until she takes the no deal scenario off the table the scottish national party and others say they won't talk to her until she contemplates the possibility of an extension to the deadline an article fifty extension and includes in discussions the possibility of a second referendum of treason may says she's open to compromise but she has all these red lines that she's not willing to compromise on she's not a

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. let's go live now to john hall he's outside the houses of parliament in london and jenna theresa may surviving that to fight another day but britain still deadlocked. yes laura that sort of is there's no other way of looking at it to resume a limping over the line in that no confidence vote last night with a very slim majority of the numbers falling pretty much along party lines indicating just how precarious hold on power really is her party doesn't have a majority of relies on the northern ireland unionists ten of them for its majority they along with the right wing fringe of her party hold almost total sway over her negotiating positions and strategy the opposition on wednesday night said she was a prime minister in position not in power puppets of her divided party and her divided cabinet and to be clear she is being pulled by them in opposite directions those on one side who recognise that now there is this need for compromise for consensus for reaching across party lines and sh

paul brennan al-jazeera westminster we go to greece now where parliament has voted to write a fine agreement under which its northern neighbor will change its name to north macedonia its genius school of. complete politicians voted one hundred fifty three two hundred forty six for the un blanket which was signed last june it was approved following days of teaching to base a test as opposed to the dio braved the rain outside parliament and it won't macedonia to feature in the country's name atoll jones or office has more from athens there are a lot of positive reactions from europe particularly from nato and the european union the two bodies. which the republic of north macedonia now in theory at least stands to join to the lifting of the greek veto. again stolzenberg secretary general of nato saying it's an important contribution to the stability and prosperity of the region donald tusk european council president praising the two prime ministers for their imagination and courage and putting the common good ahead of the narrow political interests but here in greece there are mixed reactions f

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster has go live now to join a whole he's outside the house of parliament in london jenna to resume a surviving that's a fight and on the day but it's still a huge fight that she faces isn't it. yes and if anything that vote on wednesday night indicates just how precarious her hold on power and or thora to really is she doesn't have a majority of her own in her own party she has to rely on the ten votes of the northern ireland unionists to give her that that's why it was such a narrow victory on wednesday not the unionists in hand in hand with the right of her own party have a near stranglehold on her negotiating position the opposition last night said she's a prime minister in position but not in power a puppet of her divided party and cabinet and to be sure as things progress now she is being pulled in opposite directions within her own party between those who say that now is the time for compromise for consensus for strategic and creative thinking and to come up with a new solution and

between her deal no deal or no bracks it the options have just narrowed by one things you paul brennan al-jazeera westminster with you ellen taylor has been following developments from downing street. well this is a huge defeat for treason may in the next toss but has to survive the no confidence vote and although many of her own m.p.'s voted massively against her deal they may not be so inclined to actually bring down her government for instance we've had the former firms actually boris johnson as saying that he would support her in a no confidence vote saying the same time that the scale of the defeat gives the u.k. a massive mandate to go back to brussels to cause that they may not see it that way if she does have i have no confidence vote and she said she will hold meetings with the opposition and others in parliament to try to come up with ideas that can get support for moving forward now that may include the idea of a second referendum but again that's not simple because the second referendum requires the backing of parliament and they may not be the support throughout parliament for that second refere

would effectively be in charge of the executive these are indeed extraordinary times paul brennan al-jazeera westminster one choice may has been meeting opposition leaders to try to secure baxendale law and famous monitoring mase lateline statement sent us this update. three's a maze appearance outside downing street designed to coincide exactly with the main evening news bulletins here didn't say anything at all that she hadn't said previously in the house of commons but what it did do was stamped her all forward see back on the entire process just twenty four hours ago after she lost by a record margin withdrawal agreement votes she's now saying i'm back in charge of the entire process she said that this evening she met leaders of all the opposition parties except for jeremy colvin the leader of the main labor opposition he's refused to meet her because he says he's not going to until she rules out the prospects of the u.k. leaving the european union without any sort of deal at all and so there she was saying i'm in listening mode all talk to anybody who's prepared to listen we've all got to make conc

patience of this parliament and it's not at all clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster from unpaid coast guard members to absent airport screeners more americans are feeling the pain of the longest government shutdown in u.s. history but president and the democrats appear no closer to ending the political deadlock over the funding for a proposed wall along the border with mexico rob reynolds reports now on a shutdown a month old. a month of shutdown gridlock and political posturing a month of misery for eight hundred thousand government employees going without pay in a sign of just how bad things are now kraft foods corporation opened a grocery pop up store in washington giving away cheese macaroni mayonnaise and so on to cash strapped federal workers. the pain spreads across the country on coast guard bases and research laboratories along the borders and in airports the partial government shutdown is hurting families and disrupting vital government functions for example the transportation security agency reported that about ten percent of its airport security screeners

patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster . well there not a buck on is that an associate professor at dublin city university and he says both the republic of ireland i nor the night and want to avoid the return to a home order well we don't even have to imagine we only have to be old enough like myself to go back twenty thirty years when there was a hard order as a result of conflict in north america which in itself was assuaged by joint membership and they were about twenty or fishel a border crossings between north and south now there are almost three hundred open border crossings between north and south and it seems it's fiction was you don't know what you're talking between north and south not has facilitated a whole range of cultural political economic interaction between the communities north and south who it might be stressed are not in favor of the kind of current situation they may want to backstop they didn't want breaks it that's the position people living in the republic apart and it's also the position of the ma

paul brennan al-jazeera westminster . in the democratic republic of congo for supporters of the present presidential runner up have been arrested police blocked crowds from attending a rally at marks and for use party headquarters in the capital kinshasa on sunday the highest court rejected by unis demand for a recount of the votes and declared feeling she should be the next president and the african union delegation to spain to visit after initially saying it had serious doubts about the election result to me tim miller has more from the capital kinshasa. two groups of supporters have been gathering in this area into chestnut just across from the national stadium on the side of the road supporters of martin for you too who are challenge the election result of the constitutional court saying he won that election his challenge was dismissed he supports his yes that he was robbed of the victory they say that the outcome of the election was determined not by the vote but by a nomination people from the side of the road ran a

patience of this parliament and it's not to talk clear which side will flinch first paul brennan al-jazeera westminster was cross live now to lawrence lee who is outside the u.k. parliament in westminster laurence this is meant to be to reason may's plan b. you're outside westminster last week when her plan a was voted down you've been there a couple of hours now do you get the sense that anything has really changed. no absolutely nothing and for despite the size of her loss last last week it's unarguable now i think that her strategy as you heard in black for this goes nationally say in britain's report that is effectively how to hold a gun to their heads of politicians know that there can be no ruling out no no deal because that might mean revoking that the leave the european union no that can be the long extension no there can be no second referendum because it would be in breach of the original referendum results and effectively in the end what she's doing is saying when p.s. look you know you've got some back my deal and if you don't then it'll be your fault if the u.k. leaves the european union w

al-jazeera london. live now to paul brennan who's outside westminster and the way the voting went tonight seemed almost contradictory can you break down what happened. i think the implications and the interpretation of how these amendments were voted are going to be pored over for many days as to exactly what kind of a mandate it's given the prime minister to resign may and exactly where it left parliamentary democracy you know the m.p.'s as you said. said in his report that they voted symbolically really against the principle of a no deal now it's not a binding vote and tied the hands of the prime minister it's an expression a parliament through sentiment but then the m.p.'s rejected other amendments which would have given a mechanism for the parliament to avoid a no bret's it so it's quite curious as to exactly why that situation transpired and the reaction of increases has been various you know some of the conservative loyalists have said that it's true terrific that the prime minister has been given this mandates to go back to brussels boris johnson is one of those who says now that the e.u. has si

looming and there is little sign of a breakthrough solution paul brennan al-jazeera lawrence lee joins us now outside the u.k. parliament in westminsterand theories in may it has pledged to reach across the party divide but she's already laying down red lines and ruling out things like a customs union which is exactly what the people that she needs to talk to want to talk about. well yes and have been saying this is the problem with with not having coalition politics in this country there's a tradition here of trying to talk to political opponents in a time of crisis it's a funny situation and atmosphere down here as they say but anticlimactic to be on itself all the fireworks last night in the disaster whose name is to reason may. have been no one really thinks that jeremy colvin is going to win the no confidence vote against the government tonight's and of the same time as you said and paul brennan said in that report there's no sign of treason may having the appetite suit to speak to jeremy colvin even though he's the opposition leader so it's like putting a boulder up a hill really let's take a sounding from the place we jettison