A conclusion that may surprise you plus a milestone in civil rights its one hundred years since women here in germany were allowed to take part in the like sions for the first. And a royal collision britains Prince Philip is shaken but otherwise unhurt following a car crash earlier today that ninety seven year old was at the wheel when the accident occurred. Im bringing off its good to have you with us the next big date on britains breaks a calendar is now set january twenty ninth is when parliament will debate and vote on Prime Minister to resign mays plan b. For taking the u. K. Out of the European Union but what exactly plan begin tells will thats not yet clear may have. Been Holding Cross party talks in an attempt to find a solution that a majority of parliament will support but so far at least the leader of the Main Opposition Party hes refusing to take part meanwhile there is growing concern across the European Union about the ongoing brics it chaos. To learn from berlin to lisbon the words of european officials and leaders betray growing nervousness time is running out for an orderly percs it. Was month oh thats why we have to say clearly to london site the time for petty games is now over. The ball is now in britains caught with time in the once and thats why we can only call out british colleagues. Even precedent demonstrated your sense of black humor in recent days. And now we are counting on your legendary pragmatism and sense of reality its. In paris Prime Minister edouard phillipe announced a fifty million euro Investment Plan to prepare french ports and airports for the worst. Referring to tuesdays vote in the British Parliament he said. We can regret this defeat all rejoice about it in any case whats clear is that the prospect of a no deal breaks it is becoming more likely by the day. Portugals government to announced contingency plans for a no deal breaker but Prime Minister antonio costa warned that that was the worst solution and said it was urgent for british authorities to take the necessary steps to reach a good deal by in march twenty ninth. That is the use chief negotiator. Who ordered the clock is ticking on. This serious moment we must remain lucid. She stays afloat reinforces the risk of an exit without an agreement. And that is not the option that we are working for. In the name of the e. U. And with the confidence of european leaders and the parliament i remain determined to work for an agreement to organize an orderly exit but that risk does exist. The risk is highest for britain government ministers meeting at ten downing street in london know that europe is waiting for their next move. You know what will the next move be lets bring in d w correspondent barbara vase and she is standing by in london tonight good evening to you Barbara Teresa mayes shes staggering on in power if not quite include a that theoretically shes supposed to reach out to the opposition leaders to the heads of the other parties in palm and and talk to them and figure out which majority could lie what kind of breaks it sort of could carry the house with that however if you look at what happened during the day you get the impression that the two sides are rather digging themselves in because from her own side from my own cabinet came veiled threats that ministers would stand down if she wouldnt sort of take no deal off the table and if she would not let parliamentarians grab more power off the proceedings how things are going to go on here and on the other hand to resume a iterated a sort of command to the army to stand by for the end of march in case they would need it for on rest or all the civil problems so you look at it and you see day one of the very short frist until she needs to come up with plan b. Nothing zero zero and we know the Prime Minister she has to present parliament with a new Board Strategy by next monday theyre going to vote on it then january twenty ninth how is her plan b. How is it likely to change from plan a. Maybe it will change very little and that that is going to be a major problem because then were going to have groundhog day on the twenty ninth so generally when Parliament Comes back together and tempers i getting even more afraid than they were already on tuesday this week when she suffered this catastrophic defeat in parliament so is she really doesnt have anything and there is no sign of movement from downing street ok shes got friday saturday sunday to sort of really turn things around and and get to get something going but so far no sign of that she could yet sort of ask for a full on patient to the e. U. She could yet ask for more time to renegotiate and so on into force there are some ups and on the table but it is still completely unclear what she wants she will choose yes so many Unanswered Questions as you say just as it was twenty four hours ago previous on the story for us tonight in london barbara thank you. And here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world a former bodyguard for print french president has been taken into Police Custody alexander banal is being investigated for the possible misuse of diplomatic passports the bodyguard was fired last year after a video emerged of him assaulting protesters at a demonstration in zimbabwe a prominent pastor and activist has appeared in court charged with subverting the government says evan maher iraq is one of six hundred people arrested this week after protests against a hike in fuel prices he could face up to twenty years in prison at least nine people have been killed and many more injured in a car bombing in the colombian capital bogota it happened outside a Police Academy of the words have named the cars driver a new group has claimed responsibility the countrys president is describing the explosion as an act of terrorism. Which human rights abusers are facing rising resistance that is the central conclusion of the twenty nine thousand report by Human Rights Watch which was presented here in berlin for the first time today despite so many headlines to the contrary the report finds that when it comes to human rights things may actually be getting better. Stories like that of the alleged murder of journalists by the Saudi Arabian government may make you think that autocrats and Human Rights Violations are increasingly becoming the norm. But Human Rights Watch is actually optimistic despite both the United States and britain withdrawing from their traditional leading role in defending democracy and civil rights the Advocacy Groups annual report says countries like germany are quote pushing back as the u. S. And the u. K. Have retreated from the stage of meaningful human rights respecting Foreign Policy germany has started to fill the gap its not enough and we want to germany to do much more but we have seen the germany has tried to size it openly and loudly the president s of turkey the president of china russia and trump of course. Another good example is germanys response to saudi arabias Human Rights Violations shocked by the brutality of the killing the German Government suspended the sales of arms to the kingdom and expelled some saudi diplomats the us took no such measures to distance itself from the Saudi Arabian regime. All across the Public Sector workers are striking over pay the countrys Biggest Union called for the walkout after the government refused to pay the salaries of six hundred seventy thousand Public Employees the Prime Minister says that tunisia simply cannot afford the unions wage demands the International Monetary fund is pressuring the government to freeze Public Sector salaries as part of reforms to the over all economy. Has been in economic crisis since president zine El Abidine Ben ali was toppled back in two thousand and eleven widespread poverty and unemployment still plagued the country. This modest house is home to a family of six here. As a single room with her husband and four children her husband is unemployed and one of her sons was able to for every days a struggle to make ends meet the family is applied for Welfare Benefits but their request was denied. And the we get about one hundred eighty dinars about fifty euros a month in state support from my disabled son the entire family has to live off that money. I have to pay for my two daughters education from that amount. On the us when i raise my head to the sky and pray i dont know if i will be alive tomorrow or you will. The family lives near the city of katherine in the south of tunisia the reason was convulsed by the popular protest that toppled autocrat in the isle between ben ali but poverty and high unemployment the drivers of the socalled jasmine revolution have not abated and people have once again started taking to the streets experts warn that if the Economic Situation doesnt improve fresh up he could spell the end of the new government. Have not seen a with that in the past few years poverty has increased prices have risen the purchasing power of tunisians has declined. Thats a fact of the people here theyre anxious and overburdened just what get out. The protests show no signs of abating keeping pressure on the government tunisia was the only country where the arab spring resulted in a peaceful transition to democracy but the stagnating economy threatens to undermine the success story. Like many people in the impoverished countryside had a larger does not believe that things will improve for a family anytime soon she has long lost faith in the countrys new rulers. Or Queen Elizabeths husband Prince Philip walked away unscathed from a car crash near the royal sandringham estate earlier today according to reports the ninety seven year old ponce or he was driving the range rover himself at the time was shaken by the accident two people in the other vehicle we understand have been treated for minor injuries. And yes we should be glad we were not on the road there. Jared reid my colleague he is tracking this story for what happened well as you say he was out driving behind the wheel himself and the the royal familys sandringham estate which is in norfolk around two hundred kilometers northeast of london is it a joy ride it was going to the store what was he doing we dont know he was out with his buddy god and he was pulling out onto a road when the crash happened and his range rover ended up on its side and he escapes quite miraculously he was said to be very shocked and shaken as you cannot imagine he was taken to see his doctor hes now back home at the estate and two people in the other car were treated for minor injuries so it looks like everyone escapes pretty likely and i dont want to get emails from people complaining about this but i have to ask me hes ninety seven years old is he even allowed to drive at that age because they have a drivers license well i guess he does have a drivers license as the situation in the u. K. Is you never too old to hold a drivers license but once you turn seventy you need to get one you need to renew it every three days. You might imagine though that is the queens husband Prince Philip shouldnt need to drive himself around but if youve seen the crown on netflix youll know that hes a pretty forthright and stubborn character who has you know driven the obamas around hes very fiercely independent back in the fiftys he even got his private pilots license which was very much frowned upon at the time yet this is a man even though hes retired from public duties which he did a couple of years ago hes still very fiercely independent in so im not familiar with the driving walls for royals in the u. K. But are there any consequences when a duke causes an accident on the road well ive read that there will be an investigation into the circumstances of the accident where the Prince Phillip himself faces any kind of retribution is we dont know it seems unlikely but i guess maybe he might now be persuaded to give up the last. Yeah i mean hopefully she will get a good stern talking to by. You know she doesnt hit him with a purse or her reading following that coalition tonight thank you dear were germany is marking a hundred years since women here first exercise their right to vote the government in berlin on the occasion with a ceremony in the parliament the boldest talk. Among the dark suits these women stand out female members of parliament have dressed in white shirts today a sign of respect to the women who helped bring in a new chapter of german democracy. One hundred years ago today womens suffrage was introduced leading to the first woman ever to give a speech in parliament. You made your first blog and i would like to state and i think that i speak in the name of many that german women dont owe this government any gratitude but does that make you want to tell them what this government did. Was a matter of course. This is a reenactment of that speech given by matthew hatch in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight years before german women went even allowed to attend political gatherings it took protests and patience for their voices to finally be heard. The fight has continued ever since peters use more as a former president of the bundestag and one of only two women who have held the job do you think we have arrived in the present but not in the satisfactory present yet its time to take the next step. The overarching message womens rights are human rights and its important to keep sticking together. A century after german women voted and entered parliament for the first time gender equality still hasnt been achieved today there are two hundred nineteen women in the bonus track and four hundred ninety men some here happy about that. Is the youngest female member of the bundestag she says germany is actually going backwards when we see the last legislative term of the bundestag we have more women and we have younger people in the bundestag and we turned all the our and more male and i think that is the situation we need to change again. She says she didnt face too many obstacles to get to where she is today but she admits she sometimes gets treated differently to her male colleagues you points are very different when i say can we please come down sometimes people and that is what mostly the men they say well that is what women do right being a little hysterical. Jensen says shell fight until thats changed and women are equally represented in the German Parliament and everywhere. Thats still a long way to go you. Are through sports news now tennis in the Australian Open womens top seed simona halep struggled in her second round match against americans of fia can in but advantage in a three set thriller meanwhile japans naomi osaka continued her winning streak the current u. S. Open champion won in straight sets to reach the third round she has made the semis in four of the last five grand slam events meanwhile Serena Williams crushed jenny bouchard in straight sets to advance we as remains the favorite to win what would be her well twenty fourth major in the mens singles germanys fourth seeded alexander very have scraped through his second round match against frances jeremy sharks are the football now and japan have sealed the top spot in their Asian Cup Group with a two one win over was back a stand then they came back from a goal down to win their third successive game and will play either saudi arabia or qatar in the next round now despite losing today whose back to stun will still progressed to the round of sixteen as Group Runners up where they face reigning champions australia. All right now to my colleague from britain problem shes here said the u. S. Changing its tune. That were talking about Something Else here in search of something to make the connection that yes i am british nevertheless were going to be talking about the u. S. And china and whether it could be the u. S. At least changing its tune when it comes to that trade war because weve got this report that say the dow is up two hundred poor points at this hour of report the United States is considering easing tariffs on china during upcoming negotiations now that was the idea touted by treasury secretary Steve Menuhin however there is a possibility that that could face pushback from the u. S. Trade representative robert light high say he thinks that any concessions would be perceived as a sign of weakness now all that aside a potential new thrown in the side of china is on the table when it comes to trade and thats from a Bipartisan Group of us no make is theyve introduced a bill that would ban the sale of american chips and other components too while way t. In other Telecom Companies that violate u. S. Sanctions now the move of course it risks for the escalation in terms of trade conflict between the two countries and it will certainly make those upcoming negotiations between the u. S. And china potentially even trickier. Nothing would work in while we and c. T. E. Plans without us made Semiconductor Chips or the mobile phones and Network Devices made here in china need American Technology from tech giants like intel a. M. D. And qualcomm but plans by u. S. Lawmakers to ban the sale of chips to companies that violate washington sanctions or export controls could draw in Chinese Companies the u. S. Has accused both while way and in failing american sanctions against iran the Chinese Government has some sharp words for what it sees as efforts to destroy chinas tech industry. To someone the bottle with cannot open jones and i saw the news on the bill which was hysterical. Or jealousy to the un tried the action of these you representatives demonstrates extreme arrogance and a lack of selfconfidence on the chip that says in the. Last year the u. S. Government banned the sale of American Goods to chinese tech giant which had violated washingtons iran sanctions the export ban almost bankrupted the as a result it agreed to pay the u. S. Government a hefty fine of one point four billion dollars to lift the ban. Well jack unease from hitachi has put its twenty eight billion Dollar Nuclear power project on ice it would have been a Huge Investment a motive confidence in the british economy now also say they dont blame greggs it but insiders say it had limited the governments capacity to make plans. It was supposed to be a massive project a new Nuclear Power plant named will for a while some countries are trying to give up Nuclear Energy due to safety or expenses the u. K. Has had several projects in planning but thats changed just last year toshiba pulled out of another u. K. Nuclear project due to growing expenses hitachi has now followed and that despite the British Governments promise to provide a third of the financing hitachi couldnt find additional investors as the total cost estimate mounted reportedly doubling to twenty billion pounds i mean from the economic standpoint of a private company weve made the decision to freeze the project or hitachi says its this edition is unrelated to the ongoing brags that chaos but at any rate the British Government knows that long Term Investments carry more risk now than ever before. This is because if nuclear is to be successful in a more competitive and she market which i very much believe it can be its clear that we need to consider a new approach to financing future projects the willful project was supposed to employ nine thousand people for the construction of two reactors those jobs are now hanging in the wind. Well Companies Across the European Union are trying to predict how trade relations with britain will develop in the near future theyre afraid the business went running smoothly as it used to now for aircraft manufacturer advice a disorderly brags it would massively disrupt a supply chain. When an air bus takes off from the runway a big chunk of the European Union takes off with it an airbus jet is a prime example of e. U. Cooperation Aviation Group is located in germany france Great Britain and spain. Production takes place across europe france as the largest operations with some forty eight thousand air bus employees across different sites germany is in second place with around forty four thousand workers in spain the aircraft manufacturer has thirteen thousand employees and almost eleven thousand five hundred people work for air bus in the u. K. Thats where the wings are made in addition around four thousand British Companies supply parts to the company so what could happen in a vent of a hard break that who airbus still be able to manufacture in Great Britain at all and no deal brags it would be bad for business in the country in britain more than one hundred thousand people working for suppliers could be gravely affected the effects would also be devastating for air bus itself the group has been working on contingency measures for a long time according to airbus in the short term warehouses will be set up to secure the supply of the missing parts but the plane maker may have to build new factories in the long term their bus says it has invested fifteen Million Euros in preparing for a hard brags it but the real cost of braggs it is still up in the air. And earlier we spoke to earlier to guy kewney kess aviation analyst a german we gave that shot an offer to him if it were possible for us to bring the production of wings over to europe if they would not deal with food and customs controls what he said this cant happen anytime soon because you need a couple of years to set up production and again as its the most crucial part and where you need the most expertise to build these parts it would take years to get to the same level of efficiency that the u. K. Manufacturers on the menu the plants in u. K. Have now. U. S. Retail a says has been saved from bankruptcy as chairman Eddie Lampert had won approval for a multibillion dollar plan to keep it afloat forty five thousand jobs in four hundred twenty five Stores Across the u. S. Were on the line founded back in eighty nine eighty six days at its heyday on the Second World War when Consumer Spending rose but in recent times contrary to competition from the likes of target and walmart as well as a hammering off of the financial crisis has left the american Retail Institution on the brink of co. And just a reminder of the top story were following for you british Prime Minister theresa may is seeking Cross Party Consensus on how to move forward with breaks it off to her government narron he survived a no confidence vote show present a revised plan to Parliament Early next week. And good news from Human Rights Watch as it presented its annual report him but today the Advocacy Group says the past year has seen a growing pushback against torture kratz and other human rights abuses. If you know what you tell me news from berlin im kind of a home for you remember brant golf is back in just a moment to take you through the day to join him like an. Old. 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The british and their broken brights it after this weeks high drama inside parliament it may not surprise you that a new poll shows support for remaining in the European Union at its highest level since the brakes at referendum in two thousand and sixteen but those numbers are not changing the calculus for leaders from finland to portugal from belgium