Union in britain failed to agree on advancing to the next stage of talks and thats despite hopes that an offer on the irish border from british Prime Minister theresa may would walk trade negotiations will bring you the latest from brussels and london on todays unexpected negative outcome also coming up the rebels turn on former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in yemen killing him in a rocket and gun attack that as fighting in the countrys civil war intensified. And police in malta have arrested ten people in connection with the murder of journalist Daphne Koller ana. She reported on corruption on the island when she was killed in a car bombing back in october. Plus germany still without a government but it could be closer than ever to a new one that as social democrat leaders say theyre ready to hold exploratory talks with the conservatives of the question. Remaining can they convince the partys rank and file to example another socalled grand coalition. Im bringing off its good to have you with us well one step forward two. Depps back were talking about the brakes a dance that were all familiar with there were some genuine hopes of a breakthrough in brussels today which were scuppered at the last minute now that despite reports that the british Prime Minister to resign may have thrashed out a deal with dublin on the thorny issue of irelands border with britain or theresa may will have to revive that idea by a summit next week if she wants to unlock those trade talks with brussels by next year. The handshakes were maybe a little premature the u. N. Britain say they close to solving one of brics its thorniest problems the status of the irish border but despite reports a deal had been reached it failed to materialize despite our best efforts and to significant progress really on the way to have made over the past days on the street main move toward issues which was not possible to reach a complete agreement today but on a couple of issues some differences do remain which require further negotiation and consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end of the week and i am also confident that we will concludes this positively. The border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland is part of the u. K. Northern ireland will also leave the e. U. But the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u. K. Will replace this invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing one possible solution would be to allow Northern Ireland to stay in the e. U. s Customs Union after the u. K. Laves but thats something Northern Irelands Largest Party has rejected we are being very clear that Northern Ireland must leave the European Union on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence what separates Northern Ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u. K. The republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. The irish negotiating team received confirmation from the British Government on the buying a task force that the United Kingdom had agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the British Government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed to earlier today. Next week e. U. Leaders will meet to decide if enough progress on brics it has being made britain is under huge pressure to make sure the consensus is yes. For more on this now im joined by our correspondent Barbara Biggs all in brussels good evening to you barbara so lets start from the beginning of the day we had the british Prime Minister and we had john paul younger meeting they were very optimistic when they went into their lunch meeting when they came out they were not what happened. Yeah everybody had been all joy and optimism the smalling and brussels and a lot of premature tweets were said if put out there are treats that many people will not probably rather take back however what happened during the lunch meeting was a telephone call from foster from the Northern Irish a d p it to theresa may the british Prime Minister and then us of in disagreement between the two as we have just seen and in the piece and reason may instead of saying ok if you dont play was me you can just go somewhere else so where the grass might be greener teris may caved in and said all right we need further consultations now how and when and as she wants to consult was our lead foster is totally unclear so its very much up in the air how these things could possibly continue and be carrying on in the next days i mean its also amazing that what we saw today you could even happen and we heard in that report the Irish Government said that it was on the same page with the British Government and that they were on the same page with the European Union and then all of the Northern Ireland leader early foster says no thats not what we want and britain caves in. How are we supposed to understand that i mean does the deed u. P. A. Northern ireland do they have that kind of power is that what were looking at tonight. You know pretty much looking at the little party of relatively speaking that props up to reason mays government and she is not ready to sort of stand up against the blackmail from Northern Ireland and say you know you either stay in government was me or you dont and ill have to find another solution or maybe even maybe you know face the consequences and say you know im going to stick to the steel and if you are trying to discover it from the outside no im going to step down and then you can see where you find your bricks and i mean there would have been chances in possibilities for this reason i had to move and to really show some backbone here but she didnt see she sort of left for all sorts and now is probably back in talks and in london to no avail more or less and frustrations in brussels are sky high as weve seen that they are in dublin because once again the British Government has shown here on this stage that it cannot handle its own internal problems that its not possible to solve them beforehand and then go and negotiate goodwill and was sort of a trust on both sides and broadband is a big problem briefly before we run out of time what about this notion of an exception to Northern Irelands talking about it now weve got scott were talking about it london talking about it i have read we opened a pandoras box here is of course in a way and its in him using thing of course that everybody now stays stands up to scotland london wales to it and says oh we voted against bricks that we dont want this now we want to special regulation we want to stay in the Customs Union and this and then and the other so breaks it would really fall apart as would the United Kingdom something that of course london really does not one so they are in a very difficult position no its quite impossible to see at this point in time how this could be solved and how they could go forward during the course of this week. All right a correspondent barbara vais of on the story for us tonight in brussels barbara thank you very much. Rebels in yemen have killed the countrys former president Ali Abdullah Saleh it happened just south of the capital sanaa solly was fleeing after abandoning support for the rebels in the countrys complex civil war its now new closer to ending after attackers ambushed alis vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. It was a gamble the turn fatal for yemens longtime strongman. Who the rebels killed their former ally ex president Ali Abdullah Saleh as he tried to flee the capital sanaa saleh was one of the conflicts central figures his killing comes barely two days after solid tore up his alliance with the who feels in favor of a saudi led coalition. Thats tough we will turn a new path without and start dealing with them in a positive have because whats happened to yemen is enough. But you have a problem with. Those words put the who the rebels on the defensive in sanaa with clashes spiraling on sunday the rebel group claimed it fired a Cruise Missile towards a Nuclear Plant in the United Arab Emirates with the saudis having the upper hand and talk that irans backing of the movies may be waning the countrys years long civil war enters a potentially critical phase. Well im joined now by american transfield she is a middle east expert here in berlin for university with a special focus on yemen its good to have you on the show lets talk about what has happened to. Just in that last couple of days now he reportedly changed saw and what was it just two or three days ago. And abandoned the hoody rebels and now hes been killed by the who is this a revenge killing. Market off either way what we saw in libya similar yes. I understand his defection as a coup against the states. The trade. But it wasnt a very confident alliance it was very fragile they entered this alliance in two thousand and fourteen as a matter of convenience to. To join forces against president had he who was in riyadh. But i have to decide i was always flirting with the idea of talking to the saudis and to find a way out for himself so this was an opportunity now and it clearly backfired as he underestimated the strength or how much influence do you really have because he resigned what was it five years ago right so was he did he have still have impact then on the country he certainly did he remained general secretary of the general Peoples Congress party and he was pulling strings of strength from behind so he he was sanctioned by the un because he was sabotaging the transitional process at the time and he also contributed to the whole thesis taking power in sanaa and by directing loyal military commanders to that the who these tasks for instance so he was a key player in the conflict and his death is certainly first a sign that his him and his support base weakened in the last so what does it do than to this proxy war that were seeing in yemen does this mean the saudis no have a stronger foothold in yemen is that what were looking at you know its actually the opposite yes so the saudis are all that is signaling that they would take on and support ill have to listen and they were hoping that this could give them a way out of the conflict and now the who is proof that theyre still the stronger ones and i think the saudis are going to retaliate with much force and of course theyre not going to lift the blockade level so i was going to ask you a means retaliate what does that mean youve got the blockade there youve got people starving to death are we looking at a humanitarian crisis going from bad to worse an absolutely were. Going to see more airstrikes i also believe that the saudis are going to try to support ground fighters more. Especially now that the supporters are most probably going to join the other side. So were going to see a realignment of the fronts and definitely violence is going to escalate further in a negative picture there for the future unfortunately in iraq it runs village with ruins for university thank you very much. Heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world north and south korea have begun their biggest ever combined air force exercises together involving more than two hundred thirty fighter jets this is drawn a predictably. Provocative reaction from north koreas state television there describing the exercises as an all out provocation that could lead to nuclear war according to spain has ordered the release on bail of six former cattle on cabinet members who were being held in custody for their part in catalonia as declaration of independence however the judge upheld the jailing of four other men who have been in prison since november new yorks metropolitan opera has suspended longtime music director james levine after multiple allegations of Sexual Misconduct against him these are the latest in a stream of sex accusations against high profile men in the United States politics here in germany now the country appears to be edging closer to a new government thats after the social democrats the leaders of the social democrats said that they are willing to enter exploratory talks with americas conservatives but there is one condition the partys rank and file will have to give the move their blessing. The social democrats h. Q. On monday Party Leaders approved preliminary Coalition Talks with macas conservatives if members give the go ahead out of congress this week. If Party Members approve i will arrange an appointment for talks with miss america and must as a whole. But will discuss a proposal and then see if it makes sense to continue the talks. The Party Congress will also sign off on the s. P. D. As key demands. I think were all clear that we need to put forward a key points in the negotiations so we dont end up with a lazy compromise. Of the s. P. D. As Parliamentary Party group also deliberated on the plans and the blunders talk on monday they want to go into the talks with an open mind. Its important for all of us that we discussed different options with the conservatives many Party Members would prefer a minority government so well need to figure out exactly what options are available to us. And if Coalition Talks lead to an agreement grassroot members of the s. P. D. Will have the final say on whether to proceed and if so how. Youre watching the w. News still to come the hunt for the killers a journalist daphne her want to lithia Maltese Police have arrested ten suspects in the politically charged case please dont them. All right here is here and now apple will have to pay a huge tax bill here in europe and they need to fix their Software Problems too but theres a difference you know you have an i phone right yes youre probably glad to hear that apple is also going to pay a high price its thirteen billion euros indeed an unpaid taxes that the company will have to pay the European Commission had ruled last year that the i phone maker must reimburse the irish state for the money ireland initially didnt want to break its agreement with apple by taking the taxes but the e. U. Said that tax benefits received by the tech company were illegal under rules because they would allow apple to pay substantially less tax than other businesses brussels had would prefer to erlend to the European Court of justice in october for failing to collect the taxes and we stay in the subject of e. U. Finances because my dios and banjo is the name that will take over of the person that will take over jerome deisel blooms role as the head of the group of eurozone finance ministers hes up to the challenge as he successfully led his home country portugal through the worst of the eurozone crisis however right now euro zone countries are doing quite well. Europe is expecting big things from our you sent a new who becomes the first elected euro Group President from a southern member state and a former bailout economy my candidacy you. Mean besides lead is to generate some sense to be able to reach across the aisle the time it would be like that with my colleagues his first on the job challenges will include deepening euro zone integration in areas such as banking as well as bucking up the blocks crisis fighting tools hell also chair politically sensitive talks over debt relief for greece a job hes well prepared for he was a finance minister of portugal and he sort of managed the miracle the one that everybody in europe is looking for first of all consolidate the budget at least more or less and at the same time dont be too austere dont be the. Credibly also spend the money so thats something that all the social democrats all the socialists in europe like a lot and thats your recipe for success the right backing the right policy the right guy sinton who takes over from outgoing youre a good president your room discipline on january thirteenth economists hopes and can work his economic magic across the entire you. To venezuela now where president Nicolas Maduro introduced the petro on sunday the countrys very own crypto currency its supposed to counter the disastrous performance of the real currency they were added which has plummeted by more than ninety five percent against the dollar on the black market over the past year but few believe this will make any difference as corruption political turmoil and mismanaged finances are bringing that as well us economy to its knees. In the fight against his countrys economic crisis president maduro is running out of options the state is on the verge of bankruptcy. Unlike bitcoin the petro will be backed by a physical asset only oil venezuelas reserves are the largest in the world but the needs to squeeze more money out of them has led to the surprising idea. But says the cryptocurrency will help the nation. But i want to understand this monetary sovereignty to make financial transactions. To overcome the financial blocking and. The socalled financial blockade is comprised of u. S. Sanctions and restrictions against venezuela they were imposed after a majority increasingly brutal treatment towards his own people the value of the Paper Currency the bolivar has plummeted venezuelans are suffering under hyperinflation of one thousand four hundred percent the economy of the once prosperous country has taken a nosedive imported food and medicine is running out majoris cryptocurrency is now a sign the country is to some extent moving away from banks and regulation in a desperate attempt to stay afloat. Now on this subject we spoke to tom long a specialist in Latin American Affairs from Warrick University and asked him what impact the petro could have a man as well as economy. Well i think its affects are probably going to be pretty limited right now we dont have a lot of details about exactly how the venezuelan government imagined this currency other than the idea that it would be backed with venezuelas Natural Resources that sounds like its something novel and certainly compared to bitcoin and its novel but in a sense venezuelas currency is always backed by its Natural Resources and a lot of its debt is explicitly backed by resources so to a large extent those resources are already committed elsewhere i suspect theres a hope that this would help venezuela get around some of the u. S. Sanctions of course dealing in u. S. Dollars means that venezuela is subject to restrictions that are imposed on global banks particularly u. S. Banks and that does limit venezuelas freedom of maneuver but this would require those banks and other investors to really take a leap of faith that venice was going to stand behind this crypto currency in a way that it has not stood behind the solidity of its of its normal currency the foot wells the open as well deuce does with that crypto currency back to you and i thank you very much i hear police in malta have arrested ten people in connection with the car bomb that killed a journalist on the island in october you know focusing heavily on corruption daphne her want to see i was one of the countrys leading investigative journalist and the suspects are described as maltese nationals most of whom have criminal records investigators now have forty eight hours to question them and decide whether or not to seek charges. Im joined now by keith macau he is a journalist at the times of malta based in the maltese capital well lets and he is good to have you on the show what more do we know about these suspects and do we know anything about their potential motives. So far the police have been and the other of these have been involved in more divorce so the client to comment well there were actually masterminds of the color though there were the execute their solo work out of the ten suspects rounded up to day two particularly being mentioned two brothers or their name is alfred and george the jaw drop the investigations are focusing around and whats interesting is that this evening the relatives actually the sons of difficult when its you know have complained they should a statement saying this was more of a p. R. Exercise out there then and investigation differently in that they only learned about what was going on from the media and they complained that they should have been kept in the loop about what was going on and theyre practically accusing the Prime Minister hes doing it the other exists is some damage control too to make up for the lack of progress made up to today we have to remind him that these events are rather extraordinary because up to today the police were believed to have done little in roles in the investigation but then all of a sudden today within about ten arrests and the police this evening has even really have even released footage dramatic footage i would say of the arrest of a number of suspects in march and in and the higher building where it was in and figure was operational withdrawal its quite rare for the cortizone to see Something Like this let me just ask you what the Justice Minister for martha spoke to arm us here in the wu and really seem to be convinced that the killing of daphne caron are going to see. That there are criminals that she had been investigating and reporting on they were the people responsible for her death the family doesnt believe that. You know what do you what do you think is the truth here. Well. I repeat i mean there is a lot of skepticism from the family side. Apart from corruption chiller seems to focus on politicians some shady dealings involving politicians and the timing of their arrests all of also have been questioned only two days ago there was the European Parliament delegation want to have a very critical evaluation of the state of all of the state of affairs here in fact the clerics who are dealing more time more water then then a very before so this did todays events the timing especially has been has been question all right mcauliffe with the times of malta joining us tonight from valetta key thank you very much. Motives the season to be jolly that was definitely the case at the sunday river ski resort in the u. S. State of maine on sunday as santa sunday hit the ski slopes over one hundred sixty skiers were decked out in santa claus costumes there you see them they raise money for local charities he has so much festive joy and serious skills on display it really does raise the question does santa need a sleigh in a rainbow with the red nose to get the job done or maybe he should just stick with his skis or who knows. I said earlier a state again santa has been on a diet all right heres a reminder the top story that were following for you the e. U. Says it has not reached an agreement with britain on its divorce from brussels now that despite progress on the issue of the border between ireland and the u. K. 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