soa went to the side of alexis tsipras.ng, and as we speak, it will be very, very difficult and also, so much more difficult and also, so much more difficult is that the prime minister after this confidence vote pits himself against popular opinion. there was a mass demonstration against macedonia, against this deal set for this weekend, and it will be very, very difficult for the prime minister to convince greeks to signup to the steal. and use a very difficult for him but for those lawmakers who have been very public about how they are voting, some of them have said they have received death threats, that they are receiving some very serious intimidation. just give us a sense of how sensitive and controversial this is for our international viewers. —— this deal. this is for our international viewers. -- this deal. well, the macedonian issue is extremely emotive and notjust for macedonian issue is extremely emotive and not just for greeks, macedonian issue is extremely emotive and notjust for greeks, it is on both sides of

but many greeks are against the deal including tsipras coalition partners. over. the sparkle in the region for americans visit isreal the deal with macedonia gets ratified by parliament. who in short remains valid even if the opposition takes power things. it's a little. conservative opposition leader close mates of tank is is leading the resistance to the macedonia deal in the greek parliament super's hopes that miracle might be able to influence the conservatives position because of his coalition breaks down tsipras may soon find himself facing a vote of confidence. but well across europe the heaviest snowfall in two decades is bringing daily life in alpine regions to a grinding halt at least sixteen people are reported to have died from weather related causes in the past week austria has been especially hard hit forecasters warning that there will be more snow and in some places avalanche warnings are there hot yes. it is a beautiful sight but the snow laden slopes also spell danger many mountainsides in austria so heavy with snow that the army is preparing for

but many greeks are against the deal including tsipras coalition partners here that will form a. response in the region for americans visit this or the deal with macedonia gets ratified by parliament. if. the insured remains valid even if the opposition takes power to the east. it's a little bit. conservative opposition leader kitty a close mates of talk is leading the resistance to the macedonia deal in the greek parliament super's hopes that merkel might be able to influence the conservatives position because if his coalition breaks down tsipras may soon find himself facing a vote of confidence. or just how serious is that one of the questions out there today following the visit as did abuse chief political editor michel cover joins us now from athens good morning michelle could on the macro help and first off this name dispute over the two macedonia's. well she certainly is trying. mapped out here in athens already that she felt that this agreement that would basically ended decades long dispute is good for both sides and it would help greece as much as it would help the europ

back then, a radical alexis tsipras talked about leaving the euro.er, and greece is still in the single currency, expecting to return to the financial markets, and the economy is back to its pre—2002 growth path. but austerity is still inflicting pain that won't go away. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. nicolas maduro has been sworn in for a second term as venezuela's president, despite international criticism that his re—election was illegitimate. last year's poll was boycotted by the opposition and there were claims of vote—rigging. last week 1a countries, including the us, refused to recognise his presidency. he says his his new six—year term is a "step of peace" for the country. the high court in yangon is to rule later on an appeal by two burmese journalists jailed for reporting on the rohingya crisis. wa lone and chaw soe oo, who work for the reuters news agency, were sentenced under the official secrets act for possession of classified documents. their defence argues they were entrapped in a police sting as they in

were german chancellor angela merkel is in greece for talks with prime minister alexis tsipras and other officials there it's the chancellor's first visit since twenty fourteen and it comes just four months after greece emerged from its final bailout package now ahead of the formal talks with the press merkel highlighted the improvement of greece's finances relations between the two countries have calmed since miracles previous visits which were overshadowed by angry rallies merkel is widely blamed degrees for the old stereotype that the country has lived through for much of the past decade. or more on this now i'm joined by the w.c. political editor mcculloch listeners she is in athens forests this evening good evening to you mikhail and so we've got alexis tsipras and they used to lock horns we remember we talked about that many times how was their meeting today. well they used a lot particularly just before lexus to press was elected prime minister twenty fifty and just after that but what then happened is that he came around to actually standing in for the very austerity package that

back then, a radical lexus tsipras talked about leaving the euro. the single currency, expecting to return to the financial markets and the economy is back to its pre—2002 growth path. but austerity is still inflicting pain that won't go away. let's get some of the day's other news. nicolas maduro has been sworn in for a second term as venezuela's president, despite international criticism that his re—election was illegitimate. last year's poll was boycotted by the opposition and there were claims of vote—rigging. last week 11! countries, including the us, refused to recognise his presidency. he says his his new six—year term is a "step of peace" for the country. the high court in yangon is to rule later on an appeal by two burmese journalists jailed for reporting on the rohingya crisis. wa lone and chaw soe oo, who work for the reuters news agency, were sentenced under the official secrets act for possession of classified documents. their defence argues they were entrapped in a police sting as they investigated the massacre of rohingya men in a bru

and in his final speech before the vote, mr tsipras set his sights on elections due later this year.nfidence in this government, a government which led the country out of the bailout programmes, led the country out of the crisis, and can give a future prospect to the greek people. a version of events fiercely rejected by kyriakos mitsotakis, leader of the largest opposition party, new democracy. translation: the title of this parliamentary debate is vote of confidence in the government, but it is in reality the last act of a performance played for four years at the expense of the greek people. in the end, alexis tsipras and his government live to fight another day. 151 votes to 148, a simple majority. now he can press ahead with his main challenge, ratification in the greek parliament of the name northern macedonia. that's deeply unpopular with greeks, who feel the name macedonia belongs only to them. and it's also controversial in skopje, where many macedonians turned up to protest, even as their parliament was ratifying the deal with greece last friday. 27 long years after the repu

nato and the european union but the deal has been hotly contested in greece prime minister alexis tsipras narrowly won a confidence vote in parliament on wednesday after his right wing partner left the coalition to protest the agreement. you correspondent and. asked why so many greeks are angry about this deal very simple for the greeks they refuse to relinquish the name macedonia simply because they believe that it harbors territorial designs on greece's province of macedonia which is in the north and this is a region also which gave birth to greece's most revered ancient warrior alexander the great and they want the government to hold a referendum on what they are saying is a very very important and divisive national issue and given the fact that the government here is teetering on the verge of collapse it is gone effectively into

the german chancellor makes her first trip to greece since alexis tsipras became prime minister in the past many greeks blamed on low machall for the hardship caused by austerity measures so how do they feel about her today. plus snowed under people an alpine region in germany and austria struggling to clear record amounts of snow some villages completely cut off emergency workers are warning of the danger of more avalanche. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us a court in myanmar has rejected an appeal by two journalists serving seven year prison terms while alone and cost to arrest in december of two thousand and seventeen after investigating the massacre of ten boys and men during the army's brutal crackdown on the muslim community the two reuters journalists were later sentenced for breaking the official secrets act by possessing classified documents their lawyers argue that they were entrapped in a police state. earlier i spoke with one of their colleagues kevin colicky reuters asia editor i asked him for his reactions to the verdict. it's another in justice for well known an

independent greeks are withdrawing from the government the departure means prime minister alexis tsipras is left with a minority and may struggle to stay in power and get the deal passed by parliament or. do you have a guess here we will proceed immediately as is prescribed by the constitution with a vote of confidence in my government in order to move forward with a clear majority in resolving all the critical issues facing our country and society. commandoes formed a coalition with to put us in twenty fifteen and he's never been shy about expressing his views against the name change when the deal was announced last june it triggered of vote of confidence in the government the men also took an ambivalent stance supporting the government but opposing the deal now that the deal has been approved in the former yugoslav macedonia has no room for ambivalence his political survival is at stake. last year's stance split the party and some independent greeks m.p.'s will support the government bringing it closer to a governing majority in this week's vote does seem confident that he can get thre

joining nato but the deal faced fierce opposition in greece and has already cost prime minister alexis tsipras his parliamentary majority there were more protests outside the assembly ahead of the vote although torrential rain in athens did keep many demonstrators away friday's vote was delayed by a day to accommodate the law. number of lawmakers who wanted to debate the deal further. let's bring in our correspondent and the chorus of issues in the greek capital athens for us hi andy so the greek parliament did go ahead and approve the name change but it was a narrow vote wasn't it. absolutely one hundred fifty three that's just chew over the one fifty one which the prime minister needed it's enough however to ratify this agreement and it's enough to serve the prime minister alexis tsipras a significant a major diplomatic victory in this after a tumultuous week and tumultuous events violent protests and a political turbulence that nearly cost him his government so he's if there is it is so it's no surprise that he's calling this a historic deal a historic moment one that normalizes relations b

lastjune alexis tsipras maggies macedonian counterpart on the lake which straddles the two countriesdonia. 0n rename the country the republic of north macedonia. on thursday, russian president vladimir putin arrived in serbia and expressed his displeasure with the circumstances of the agreement. he claimed that western leaders strong—armed the macedonians into which to ensure western influence in the balkans. but in athens, a rather different performance and different fields. the name northern macedonia is going to be forgotten after a certain period and what will be used together with the name northern macedonia, northern macedonia or republican of northern macedonia, and at the end of the day people will have the impression that macedonians live only in that part of the geographical area of macedonia. prime minister alexis tsipras believes he can push ratification of the macedonian name deal through the parliament. it would then be legally irreversible. however much that paints the greeks 01’ annoys however much that paints the greeks or annoys the russians and whatever his own pol

back then, a radical alexis tsipras talked about leaving the euro.ce is still in the single currency, expecting to return to the financial markets, and the economy is back to its pre—2002 growth path. but austerity is still inflicting pain that won't go away. in the democratic republic of congo, one of africa's poorest and most unstable nations, political rivals have denounced the surprise result of the presidential election as fraudulent and a coup. the catholic church, which posted thousands of election observers, has also questioned the election of felix tshisekedi. there had been hopes the country might be able to celebrate its first democratic transition of power since independence in 1960. our africa editor fergal keane is in the capital, kinshasa. these are the winner's people, convinced he triumphed fairly. nothing you could say will persuade them otherwise. we are very happy about the result. it's something we have been fighting for for so long, 36 years. but we avoid shedding blood, so we went peacefully and we have the power. felix tshisek

european pinus this objected to a confidence vote in the last few hours we'll tell you how alexis tsipras in greece . hello there it is hot for some of us in australia at the moment in fact in sydney is so warm that the animals in the zoo having to either be hosed down or been given some frozen treats and a thing to help them cool down those like it's going to stay hot there as well as we head through the next few days the reason being this area of high pressure just down to the east of us and the fact we haven't really seen any monsoon in the north so for many of us in australia it's pretty dry at the moment so nothing to help us against that heat a few showers will be with this in the eastern part of the as we head through the next couple of days but really for most of us it's just going to stay hot until this weather system rolls its way across us so if adelaide will see the end of that heat starting on thursday and then as we head into friday the temperatures will really drop down to around twenty nine and that's what we'll see in melbourne as well sydney though will still be in the h

greece's prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament, after thejuniorion government withdrew its support. the two parties disagree over an agreement made by tsipras's government, which would see greece's northern neighbour given the official name of north macedonia. the deal has yet to be ratified by greece's parliament. the president of venezuela's national assembly has been detained while travelling to a rally. opposition leaderjuan guaido was arrested by intelligence officers and released a short time later. mr guaido has said he is willing to replace venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, after the opposition declared mr maduro's second term illegitimate. on saturday brazil recognised mr guaido as venezuela's legitimate president. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come... from a communist militant to a crime novel writer — who is cesare battisti, who has just been arrested in bolivia ? day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the seco

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alexis tsipras says... agreement made by alexis tsipras‘ government which will see grease's northern neighbour given the official name of north macedonia. the deal has yet to be ratified by the parliament of greece. president emmanuel macron has published an open letter to the french people in an attempt to diffuse the yellow vest protests which have rocked france for nine weeks. he has called for a nationwide debate until march to discuss the future of the country. french rescue workers have found the body of a missing woman, bringing the number of people killed by a powerful explosion in paris on saturday to four. two firefighters and a spanish tourist were also killed in the blast and dozens injured. the latest victim lived in an apartment directly above the site of the explosion, a bakery in a popular tourist area. in the 48 hours before the british parliamentary vote that could define brexit, and her future, the uk prime minister has told mps not to play games but to do the right thing for the country.

tonight good evening to you make hello you know we've said it and we've seen it many times alexis tsipras and uncle americal walking horns as what they used to do how was their meeting today. well they were trying to stress the harmony between them it is true alexis see press before he came to power one of his campaign slogans was actually against machall and of course against the austerity package which in the end once he was in office he himself implemented and took forward so both of all that began to move away from i'm going to natural being the face of all story sterrett greece and with alexis tsipras implicit promising that the toughest days were over now that greece is on a much more stable course both were very eager to stress that they are looking at this whole challenge in the hospital so this challenge is in the future as a european project that they stand there is european and there of course they feel that they are united by taking a stance against populism across europe ahead of booking to the european elections in may so that was also mirrored by just a very few protests in

object because macedonia is the ancient name of one of their region's greek prime minister alexis tsipras has survived two confidence motions in parliament over the contentious deal fencer openness is more from athens the reason people are demonstrating here today is to prevent that parliamentary vote from happening very demanding a referendum but i think after the referendum of july twenty fifteen in which sixty two percent of greeks voted for noble austerity and the government turns that around into a third emergency loan accompanied by austerity measures the government is loath to go into another referendum adventure it is likely to lose the vote because most greeks are polling as being against this agreement so i think what we're seeing here is a last ditch attempt a real good to express sentiment felt by many greeks across the country but it's likely to fall on deaf ears when it's return now to the government shutdown in the us and donald trump's compromise offer to the democrats for more on this particle hang joins us live now from washington d.c. party president tom's offer was ins

greek prime minister alexis tsipras has survived and no confidence motion by just one vote tsipras called the voters off to his government who lost its parliamentary majority on sunday when his main coalition partner walked out it's all the result of a controversial deal to rename greece's neighbors macedonia northern macedonia and an attempt to resolve the twenty seven year dispute between the two nations the narrow victory should pave the way for greece to ratify the name change john seraphina's has more from athens. the government has survived this those of confidence by rebuilding its majority in parliament by attracting six and p's that it needed to get fifty percent plus one vote so it's a razor thin majority but it is a constitutional majority the opposition accuses it of creating a majority of convenience in order to remain in power rather than one based on conviction the government says that it wants to remain in power for the last few months in office until october in order to post a series of legislative reforms but of course the main reason it wants to remain in power is to pa

well he has the prime minister alexis tsipras has been stating just that for the past few days during the course of this heated debate he has been trying to make the case that this deal is to the greater interest of greece because it will stabilize relations between the two states betweens athens and scorpio it will provide security in these turbulent in this turbulent region the balkans and it will limit the sphere of influence of russia bringing the. bringing the states closer to the west getting macedonia the former yugoslav republic anchored closer to the west and into its key alliances the european union and nato and thank you very much for bringing us up to date kyra sabol there in athens. moving on to ben as well of the u.n. human rights chief michelle bachelet has called for deescalation talks and an investigation into claims that security forces have killed at least twenty protesters the alleged crackdown followed a bid by opposition leader one quite go to oust president nicolas maduro but euro says he's the victim of a u.s. led to and has cut off diplomatic ties with washing

johnson office is following events for us in athens what happens now that the government of alexis tsipras has won the fight. well it means that he gets the last leg of his term in office because no further vote of no confidence can be brought for six months after this one which means he'll services until october and he has quite a long to do list including raising the minimum wage protecting primary residences from bank foreclosures and also making government more transparent through certain constitutional changes but of course the signature legislation for which he wants to remain in power is to pass this macedonia name change agreement and that is what he has bound his political future to ask him for a vote of confidence the opposition leader says you can't separate the two issues who have a votes yes to the government tonight he said opens the way for a macedonian ethnicity and language the people who are opposed to this agreement believes that it opens the way for greek macedonian history to be disputed by its neighboring state by one day claiming that ethnicity which greece says is s

its name panelists kamin or so announced his resignation after meeting with prime minister alexis tsipras he said his party is quitting the government methadone is parliament approved an agreement to change its name to the republic of north macedonia but it still needs backing from the greek parliament. i have decided i haven't formed the president of parliament that we will go swiftly to the procedure that our constitution and the parliamentary rules of the light for the renewal of confidence by parliament in my government will grow in order to proceed with a clear majority on to all those crucial choices for our society and our country. or younis. is a european affairs analyst and columnists at feel if they lost dailies he joins us now from athens thanks very much for being with us so help us make sense of this then we know that greece for a long time has been. opposed to the name macedonia the country next to greece because it has its own province with the same name and that that threatens their sense of identity to some extent but what how does that affect the issues going on inside t

then last june the tide turned greek prime minister alexis tsipras reached an agreement with macedonia that the country would change its name to north macedonia now the greek parliament just needs to approve the deal . that's fueling protesters anger they fear greece's neighbor is robbing them of their cultural heritage who are might make territorial claims on greece's own province of macedonia. to northern ireland where a car bomb rocked the city center of the city of london derry also known as derry on saturday night there were no reports of casualties police suspect however the. it was carried out by a dissident irish republican group known as the new ira two men have been arrested and leading politicians have condemned the bombing fears have been rising that the political turmoil surrounding breck's it could lead to a return to sectarian violence in northern ireland and nine hundred ninety eight he steel known as the good friday agreement largely brought an end to that violence now joining me here in the studio to break this story down for us is d.w. reporter foley ileus pablo tell

to come and also whose independent greeks party props up the government of prime minister alexis tsipras has long opposed the accord with neighboring macedonia which was signed by their governments last year. at least seventeen people have died in a fire in a drug rehabilitation clinic in ecuador the blaze started when patients set fire to mattresses in an attempt to escape for the passivity located in the city of quiet. police say the clinic did not have the necessary permits to operate. now british prime minister theresa may has called on a u.k. lawmakers to support her european union divorce deal two days before a crunch vote in parliament she said failing to back her deal would be catastrophic for the country britain is set to leave the e.u. on the twenty ninth of march but has yet to finalize the departure of terms on saturday lawmakers and ordinary people join forces on the streets of london to protest may's leadership and to call for fresh elections. the rancor of pro and anti bragg's of protesters has become too much to contain. demonstrators on both sides who are high visibility

shelters fifteen children have died in camps inside syria in the past month greek prime minister alexis tsipras has survived a confidence motion by just one vote super has called the voters off to his government lost its parliamentary majority on sunday when his main coalition partner walked out it's all the result of a controversial deal to rename greece's neighbor macedonia more than macedonia the international criminal court has halted the release of former ivory coast president after a new appeal by prosecutors earlier the court in the netherlands said babo was free to go a day off to his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity afghan peace talks of his a stumbling block with the taliban threatening to walk away from negotiations the group has accused the us of deflecting from the issue of withdrawing forces from afghanistan those are the headlines now back to al-jazeera wild jerusalem's palestinian cabbies. someone jane. a lot of cool about a feat that would develop. through such a nice if you. wish you had sure had that close a kid in a way. that . you know. look up. at least. at

name panos communists independent greeks party of props of the government of prime minister alexis tsipras has long opposed the accord with neighboring macedonia which was signed by both governments last year. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has confirmed that israel has carried out air strikes on iranian weapons in damascus he said quote the last attacks prove that we are more determined than ever to act against iran in syria exactly as promised he said tony natanya comments mark a rare public acknowledgement of his really activity in syria. british prime minister theresa may has called on the u.k. lawmakers to support her european union divorce deal two days before a crunch vote in parliament she said failing to back her a deal would be catastrophic for the country britain is set to leave the e.u. on the twenty ninth of march but has yet to finalize the departure of terms saturday lawmakers and ordinary people joined forces in the streets of london to protest against may's leadership and to call for fresh elections. the rancor of pro and anti bragg's of protesters has become to

five zero triple one one four nine now greek prime minister a degree prime minister that is alexis tsipras has hailed a historic day after his parliament agreed on a landmark deal with neighboring macedonia so greece has long argued that use of the term macedonia implied territorial claims on its own province which has the same name seen here in orange so under the deal macedonia will not be called the republic of north macedonia or the settlement hopes to end the twenty eight year old dispute between the two countries and the macedonian prime minister's iran ziad has congratulated his agreed counterpart and he tweeted this take a look congratulations my friend alexis tsipras together with our peoples we reached a historic victory johnson is covering the story joining us from athens but not everyone is happy that this is a done deal john.

the greek prime minister, alexis tsipras, has narrowly survived a vote of confidence in parliament aftere renaming of macedonia. hopes of a truce in the trade war are dashed by reports that china's huawei could be charged with stealing technology from us firms. let's dig deeper. what is the global media saying about some of these stories? we begin with the i newspaper, here in the uk. ‘softer brexit‘ is its headline. it is looking at the reasons why many believe that is where the uk is headed. arab news. it reports on the four americans killed in a suicide attack in syria, saying it complicates the us withdrawal from the country. the wall streetjournal talks about the alleged theft of trade secrets at hauwei. —— huawei. it says the claims centre around t—mobile technology that huawei's accused of copying. bbc news online among many covering a landmark food study. scientists say they've found the right diet to save lives and the planet. and fake news has made the real news, after this mocked up issue the of the washington post was circulated in the us capital, claiming donald trump had qu

some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has won a narrow vote of confidence just days after the country's governing coalition collapsed the breakup was caused by a proposed agreement with neighboring glasses donia to change its name which has been in dispute with the two cut between shock others for years. and good dogs colons thousands literacy of candles to all of the city's murdered mayor. a mortgage died on monday after an assailant stabbed him during a fund raising concert. many poles see his death as a blow to openness and tolerance in their country. and a man from the u.s. state of georgia has been arrested and charged for allegedly plotting to attack the white house and other federal buildings in washington local reports say the twenty one year old planned to carry out the attack using fire or explosives. taiwan's military has carried out live fire drills following growing tensions with china. simulated invasion of the country was staged and the defense ministry says more exercises are planned it comes after beijing

greek prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament after his defense minister resigned it all stems from a deal to end a long running dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name. mentalists and his party are a key part of cyprus is alliance with support is needed to approve the deal. washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline that would supply russian gas to germany while bypassing eastern european countries richard burnett reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the north's freen two pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector the u.s. has long opposed the pipeline saying it undermines european security. well max and he's been following that story for us he joins me now in studio with more max there's really a lot of breakdown here first just lay out for us exactly who did the u.s. ambassador right sue and what was in the letters so u.s. ambassador richard grinnell wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in

german chancellor angela merkel has arrived in greece for talks with prime minister alexis tsipras had of marigolds arrival at doherty's band demonstrations in a large part of athens the chancellor's previous visit back in twenty fourteen was met with mass protests at her tough stance on austerity measures in greece. a funeral service for five teenage girls killed last week in a fire has been held in poland officials joined relatives and friends for the emotional ceremony girls were celebrating a birthday at a recreational escape from sites but were trapped inside when a fire broke out. when as well as president nicolas maduro has been stored in for a controversial second term where dura was reelected last may and a vote boycotted by the majority of the opposition and dismissed as a fraud by much of the international community the european union the united states and venezuela as south american neighbors all boycott at the swearing in ceremony which was carried out by the supreme court rather than by congress which is controlled by the opposition. as takes the helm for another six year

greece's prime minister is also facing i confidence vote in parliament today alexis tsipras a call the vote after his coalition collapsed when conservative defense minister. resigned over neighboring macedonia as plans to change its name on the prime minister's aside its party does not have a majority in parliament but could win the confidence vote if enough opposition m.p.'s abstain. kenya's president says fourteen innocent people were killed in a terror attack on a hotel shopping complex in nairobi on tuesday but the more than seven hundred were rescued unharmed or hero kenyatta said security forces killed all the government involved but with as many as fifty people still unaccounted for many kenyans are voicing their skepticism about the government's ability to protect them. friends and family of the victims coming to grips with the horrors of the day before these people have come to nairobi's mortuary to identify their loved ones. but while they were unable to escape the attackers bullets many others managed to get away. the insists many were freed by security forces after hours hi

needed it's enough however to ratify this agreement and it's enough to serve the prime minister alexis tsipras a significant a major diplomatic victory in this after a tumultuous week and to most of this event violent protests and a political turbulence that nearly cost him his government so he's if there is it is so it's no surprise that he's calling this a historic deal a historic moment one that normalizes relations between greece and macedonia after thirty years of almost toxic relations it remains to be seen however how this will go down with the rest of the people seven in ten greeks here continue to oppose this deal yancey it has been to mulch us on the streets as well there have been violent protests do you think that this vote could finally calmed things down . no it will not come things down greeks are very impassioned and they're very they feel very very strong about this do you understand that there are several mayors across the country who have submitted their resignations in protest we don't know what more will unravel on the political spectrum and we don't know how this this dea

the german chancellor angela merkel has praised her greek counterpart alexis tsipras for leading his country out of a very difficult period after nine years of austerity. at least 16 people have been killed in severe winter weather in parts of central and eastern europe. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. and — as so often — we start with brexit. namely, a story in the guardian, which quotes the confederation of british industry — or cbi. it says a no—deal brexit could have profound economic consequences with the uk's gdp shrinking by up to 8% — putting thousands ofjobs at risk. next we turn to gulf news, which is reporting on mike pompeo‘s tour of the region. in a speech in cairo, the us secretary of state said america was determined to rid syria of iranian influence. the financial times has more worrying news about the state of the american economy. perhaps the country's most famous traditional retailer, macy's, saw a major downturn in its share value after it issued a profit warning following weak festive sales. accord

and the greek prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament them after his defense minister resigned it all stems from a deal to end a long running dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name on those comments and his party are a key part of suppresses alliances to support is needed to approve the deal. breck says prime minister british prime minister tourism a is urging u.k. lawmakers to support her european union divorce deal just two days before it faces likely defeat in parliament she said failing to back the deal would be catastrophic for the country britain is set to leave the e.u. on march twenty ninth but it still hasn't finalized the terms of departure on saturday lawmakers and ordinary people joined forces on the streets of london to protest may's leadership and call for fresh elections. the rancor of pro and anti bragg's of protesters has become too much to contain demonstrators on both sides who are high visibility jackets and an imitation of the french you know vests movement their anger was directed at the british prime minister. which

then last june the tide turned greek prime minister alexis tsipras reached an agreement with macedonia that the country would change its name to north macedonia now the greek parliament just needs to approve the deal . that's fueling protesters anger they fear greece's neighbor is robbing them of their cultural heritage who are might make territorial claims congress's own province of macedonia. i'm joined now by george george accomplice he's been following this story closely for us from athens georgia we just saw those dramatic pictures of protests it's clear that there's a lot of anger among. traitors but what about the population at large and how much support is there nationwide for this name change deal. not so much good looks like the mainstream view of the country is strongly against these deal with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia because it is not just the name over the neighboring country but also the provisions of overseas the i was a grad and so kind of my sedona in language and the so-called. nationality which the greeks object because they feel that the ropes and o

panel's common office whose independent greeks party props up the government of prime minister alexis tsipras has long opposed the accord with neighboring macedonia signed by the government last year one of the many. thousands of people who protested in guatemala city against president jammeh more doubt is attempts to close a un anti corruption commission the body has been investigating this campaign financing whereas accuse it of overstepping its duties and threatened to end its mission early question modest constitutional court overruled his decision but what alice says he will not own the building. a teenager fleeing alleged abuse by her family has now found safety in canada it's been a long odyssey for a half mohammed atta canoe and she was planning to seek asylum in australia but was stopped on route bangkok airport and threatened with deportation after days of uncertainty was canadian officials who offered her new her. her half all canoeing briefly appeared before the press at toronto airport but was too exhausted to take questions after edger matic journey she's finally safe in her new

prime minister alexis tsipras and his syriza party narrowly won a vote of confidence in parliament lasteparture of his coalition partner over the macedonian name issue. the parliament in skopje has already ratified the agreement. if the greek parliament now does so too, it will enter into force and become legally irreversible. its champions say it will benefit not only northern macedonia, but the whole of the balkans, and will also be good for greece. this protest may be the last chance of opponents of the deal to vent their anger and frustration. nick thorpe, bbc news, athens. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: theresa may is preparing to make a statement in parliament, setting out how she plans to move forward with brexit. china says its economy grew at its slowest rate in almost three decades last year. figures show it expanded by 6.6%. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin wi

becoming greek prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament after his defense minister resigned over all stems from a deal to end a long running dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name come on the commandos and his party are a key part of the proceeds of the lions who support is needed to approve the deal and that will you know for years forty years the mayor of the polish city of six is in a critical condition after being stopped at a charity event hobble adama dave is a leading figure in poland's opposition movement of course is the city that gave birth to the solidarity trade union that brought an end to communist rule more than thirty years ago sunday's event was part of a nationwide campaign to raise funds to provide medical equipment for hospitals through. moments before the attack america dunst praising the fund raising effort for children in need as a demo of it looked at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. you know he's an idiot how to then remained on stage shouting that he blamed them as form a party for wrongfu