this afternoon that you commission will have to pronounce here in strasbourg. what their way is going to be, what their path is going to be a we'll be waiting. i'm about barbara. i do w correspondent, barbara, video, and strasburg. that's it. you're up to date. a gout alphas will have a more well news at the top of the out. i'm good with some are driven by merciless greed. others are fighting the destruction. land grabbers are exploiting, beaten amazon rain forest, indigenous peoples upon now bravely opposing them. to report to them the heart of brazil stuart's march 9th on d w ah .

fifth person has died of injuries sustained in the attack near the christmas market in the city of strasbourg the paris prosecutor's office identified the victim only as a polish national police killed the gunman on thursday night after a two day manhunt. in brussels belgium police clashed with right wing protesters marching against the un migration pact adopted earlier this week in morocco several hundred protesters tried to storm the european commission building authorities had attempted to ban the march but courts said it could go ahead. officials in the japanese city of suff hurrell are searching for the cause of a powerful explosion that demolished a building the blast ripped through a pub on sunday night injuring forty two people and starting fires local media reports say the detonation may have been caused by a gas leak but officials say it is too early to comment. and a brazilian a faith healer accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women has turned himself in to us john of god as he is known by followers allegedly used so-called spiritual healing sessions to assault and even rape wo

prevent radicalization and such attacks locals and tourists alike showing their support for the city of strasbourg and its long tradition of celebrating the holidays at its christmas market. for more let's bring in malta rachet ski he is a security consultant and a managing director of planned forest in. some all to thank you for joining us seven hundred police officers deployed to find one man and somehow he was able to evade capture how did that happen well that's a very very good question the things that he was apprehended in a place that he actually grew up in and a place that he he belonged to and where his friends and family are so he has had the advantage of terrain he has got he had the intimate knowledge of this area plus you could maybe draw on the support of the networks that are being investigated now and in fact some people have been arrested already and on and on the questioning but that doesn't explain you know his knowledge of the area how he was able to go through the cracks it's understood that he was on a french list of possible security risks so how did this happen well he was

here in strasbourg a sense of normalcy is now starting to return off to a tense couple of days you can see here that the christmas markets have now been reopened albeit with heightened security last night the chief suspect sheerly schick out the man accused of opening fire in this very area was shot dead in the west of the city in an area called doff we traveled to that area following police vehicles which sped through the streets and it's there that we understand that police offices had come into contact with a man much in his description they try to apprehend him when they did he opened fire on them they returned in kind neutralizing him and shooting him dead local residents then started to emerge they told me of their relief after a tense couple of days some of them opening their houses to offices sharing refreshments nevertheless here in strasbourg questions remain over seven hundred offices were mobilized in this country to search for sure cats he ended up turning up in the very area he was last seen some fifty hours ago. for more let's bring in malta russian ski he is a security

it's been a tense few days for the people in the french city of strasbourg police have been unable to extract are a gunman who opened fire near a christmas market and kills three people but last night after receiving a tip off from a member of the public this found and killed the twenty nine year old suspect shot if checa police say he opened fire on them as they attempted to question him residents are relieved but many questions remain a correspondent had to humphrey has been following events as they've unfolded. here in strasbourg a sense of normality is now starting to return off to a tense couple of days you can see here that the christmas markets have now been reopened albeit with heightened security last night the chief suspect the man accused of opening fire in this very area was shot dead in the west of the city in an area called off we traveled to that area following police vehicles which sped through these streets and it is there that we understand that police offices had come into contact with a man matching his description they try to apprehend him when they did he opened

checa i talked to our correspondent in strasbourg in a moment but first this report. police gunned down the alleged killer sharif shikata and strasburg's annoyed or neighborhood. the twenty nine year old grew up here security forces finally caught up with him on thursday evening a full two days after the attack on the city's popular christmas market. that. this individual matched the description of the person wanted since tuesday evening . at the moment the try to arrest him he turned around and opened fire. they then responded and managed to shoot him down. to. show reach a convoy is already known to police for his long criminal record and radical islamist beliefs before he indiscriminately opened fire near the christmas market. but here originally managed to escape. security has been heavy in strasburg since then and now people say they're relieved it's finally safe to go out. or everybody's great idea for you to know just as well that's the killer and this family's future for some of these men families so it's it's interesting to see the raising them with their rel

for people in the french city of strasbourg when he's had been able to track down the gunman who opened fire at a christmas market and killed three people but. last night after a tip off from a member of the public they found in kids the twenty nine year old suspect sheriff checa i talked to our correspondent in strasbourg in just a bit but first this report. police gunned down the alleged killer. in strasburg's annoyed or neighborhood. the twenty nine year old grew up here security forces finally caught up with him on thursday evening a full two days after the attack on the city's popular christmas market. that. this individual matched the description of the person wanted since tuesday evening . the moment they tried to arrest him he turned around and opened fire. they then responded and managed to shoot him down and the bus that you want to. share each account was already known to police for his long criminal record and radical islamist beliefs before he indiscriminately opened fire near the christmas market. but here ridgeley managed to escape. the security has been heavy in strasbur

security has been heavy in strasbourg since then now people say they are relieved it's finally safe to go out. for everybody is quite hard for you to get just small boats to the killer is finally the usual for some of those men families shorts and you think you're snow in the city amazing video where she's going on the strolls aboard the christmas market it's reopening on friday france remains on high alert in the wake of the largest number of terrorist attacks which have shocked the country in recent years the tuesday. this attack has left stross book in mourning but determined not to give in despite the latest terrorist outrage. and our correspondent helen hunt various and stross bergen helena we understand that you actually witnessed the police operation last night walk us through what happened. that's right sarah shortly off to nine pm here in france i was walking with my colleague when we saw three police vans make their way down the road just behind me at high speed despite this being a pedestrian area blue lights flashing we followed them and as we did we arrived at the area of

and correspondent helen humphrey is on the scene in strasbourg helena you actually witnessed a police operation firsthand last night piece together what happened for us. sara a fifty hour international manhunt came to ensure the off to nine pm he instead last night we were out on the streets at around that time we saw three police vehicles relatively high speed come down a road just near where i'm standing blue lights flashing we followed them they led to the area of no dolphin in a dollar a police operation was on the way that is where three members of the police are believed to have come across the prime suspect they try to speak to him to apprehend him when they did he opened fire they returned in kind they need to realize the suspect has been confirmed as killed in an area that area was on lockdown when we arrived members of the public started coming out onto the street they were relieved it off to a tense fifty hours he'd found finally been apprehended and yes people were opening up their homes opening sash windows drinking a glass of wine and we saw with police one lady coming a

fifth person into custody as part of their investigation into the shooting near the christmas market in strasbourg on tuesday the gunman himself is still on the wrong officers from an elite police you conducted a major search operation today shutting down parts of the neighborhood where the twenty nine year old suspect. lived in chicago is described as dangerous and he's warning the public not to approach the death toll from the attack has risen to three. humphrey went to that neighborhood in salzburg to find out some local residents what chicago was like. this block of apartments is home to france's most wanted man twenty nine year old cat but the man accused of opening fire on christmas market after a very different impression on locals. not on jury were very shocked by what we heard because he came from on neighborhood. he was good to we knew his brothers and sisters. this story represents two different sides of sizable on this side of the road a quiet residential street and on the other side of the road the council estate and the apartment block where the suspect share the fisher cat lived. a

right to muster the former lawyer for the main suspect in the strasbourg shooting thank you very much you're welcome let me now bring you up to date some of the stories making news around the wind is really official see a palestinian has shot and killed two israelis in the occupied west bank another two are said to be wounded the shooting happening at the jewish settlement off. when a palestinian gunman did seven people in a separate attack on sunday. a fire in the congolese capital kinshasa has destroyed thousands of voting machines just ten days before the presidential election opposition leaders had raised concerns that congress first use of voting machines could lead to possible manipulation in favor of president joseph kabila preferred successor officials from the election commission say the vote will go ahead. in hungary demonstrators gathered in front of parliament in but uppish to protest against a new labor legislation dubbed the sliver by critics the reform loosens the lever code and this is and you over time our eyes opponents are calling for peace heights in the country wh

is in strasbourg she sent us district court from the city in warning. here in strasbourg france is self-proclaimed capital of christmas festive cheer is in short supply today once again the christmas markets will remain closed the illuminations you can see behind me the christmas tree will not be turned on as a mark of respect for the victims of choose day's attack and here in plastic laid bare in the heart of scars book members of the public are coming to pay their respects they're coming to pause for a moment to light candles and remember the victims of the attack that took place here on chuse day meanwhile an international manhunt is now underway looking for the chief suspect twenty nine year old chevy for shit cat he was known to authorities he was on the terrorism watch list nevertheless he managed to slip off thora g.'s net saw numerous occasions that international manhunt now continuing between france and germany he served jail time in both countries and it's believed that shortly before carrying out the attack on cheese day he received a telepho

france are searching for the man they say carried out the deadly shooting at a christmas market in strasbourg they believe the suspect is dangerous and they're warning the public not to approach or. china confirm the detention of a second canadian man for post in danger of national security after canada angered beijing by arresting a top chinese executive after the u.s. has requested. and she can only imagine what the scene looks like but that doesn't stop on the most hands from writing big wigs guided by instinct she is spain's forced winds female athlete to enter the world the adoptive surfing championship. i'm sumi so let's got to thank you for joining us british prime minister theresa may is preparing to make another appeal to european union leaders to help her south her controversial bragg's a deal at home may. set to join an e.u. summit in brussels in a few hours time now the move comes one day after she survived a no confidence motion brought by members of her own party on happy with her breakfast plans may says she will seek more assurances from brussels on the so-called backstop desi

launched a public appeal to help find the man suspected of carrying out tuesday's deadly shooting in strasbourg hundreds of police and soldiers are searching for twenty nine year old sherry shikata a known criminal is described as dangerous and members of the public have been warned not to approach him meanwhile investigators in germany are following reports that chicago received a telephone call from germany shortly before the attack two people were killed and thirteen other injured when a gunman opened fire to the city's christmas market shouting. let's bring in helena humphrey she's standing by for us in strasburg hi helena good morning seven hundred police are now searching for sheriff schuchat is there any sign that they are actually closing in on him. good morning sumi while a massive manhunt underway the front page of the regional newspaper this morning simply said. the manhunt which sums up exactly. what is going on nevertheless what we do know so far is that he was last seen in a suburb all of us in the dog and then he seemingly appeared to vanish he was last seen injured and we now kn

soldiers in france are searching for the man they say carried out a deadly shooting at a christmas park in strasbourg they believe the suspect is dangerous and warning the public not to approach. and she can only imagine what the scene looks like but that doesn't stop carmen lopez from driving a quick guided by instinct she's feigns forced blind female athlete to enter the world adaptive surfing championship. i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us british prime minister theresa may has won no confidence vote brought by members of her own party unhappy with her breaks a deal that the victory means she cannot be challenge for the leadership of the conservative party for at least another year but it has left her authority damaged more than one third of her own party's m.p.'s voted against her after the vote she said she would press on with efforts to deliver brags that she said she would also seek a short says from the e.u. over the terms of the withdrawal deal at a summit in brussels later today. but there. smith came that the majority of conservative lawmakers do have confidence in to reason

on the story for us tonight in strasbourg france thank you. well from holding the title go to man to receive in the order go to jail michael cohen the former personal authority and confidant to u.s. president. was sentenced to three years in prison today cohen was sentenced by a federal court in new york over his role in the payment of hush money to women who claim to have had affairs with mr trump before he was elected president coburn was also charged with lying to congress about a proposed trump tower project in russia a project that was being discussed while mr trump was running for president in two thousand and sixteen the sentence was reduced due to mr cohen's cooperation with prosecutors. alexander phenomenas in washington she's on the story for us tonight good evening to you alexandra so what should we read here what does michael cohen story year prison sentence tell us well it tell us that the judge was convinced that michael cohen committed serious crimes that warrants considerable punishment and as the judge said that these crimes w

on the story for us tonight in strasbourg france. you're watching the w. news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news we're going to have special coverage when the results come in from that vote of no confidence they are targeting prime minister theresa may in the u.k. stay with us for that we'll see you give the top of the hour. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time. for people and projects that are changing for the better it's up to us. if we could. be w. .

also in strasbourg an empty chair to represent the women off the prestigious sakharov prize for human rights issues award goes to the ukrainian film director some soft was in jail in russia over claims of an awesome boss in crimea. and the chinese telecoms john twilight is released on canadian calls playing one genre of faces charges of violating u.s. sanctions against iraq. i'm filled welcome to the program. might be about to cost the u.k. its second prime minister opponents of teresa mayes deal. secured support for a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the conservative party if she loses she will remain as prime minister but only until a new party leader is chosen a previous answer david cameron resigned two years ago when the u.k. voted to leave the european union mrs may's vote happens tonight to reason may is defending herself with all her might her message kicking me out will put brett sit in jeopardy and any successor will have no time to renegotiate britain's withdrawal deal a change of leadership in the conservative party now will put our country's future at risk so on

of the old party who oppose the plan there's also coming off a massive manhunt in the french city of strasbourg police search for the gunman who opened fire near a popular christmas market killing two people and seriously wounding several others . and to see if all of the chinese telecom giant is released on bail by a canadian court made one jew faces charges of violating u.s. sanctions against iran. it was a do or die of match up for liverpool in the champions league thanks to the spectacular and talented muhammad. did it his go on and then the spectacular at liverpool saved near the end helped push the club boss not and into the final sixteen of europe's top club tournament. and of a warm welcome to you i'm with that shima british prime minister to resign me is fighting for her political life in an announcement outside ten downing street to resign they said she would fight a no confidence motion against her with everything she's got that came shortly after lawmakers in the governing conservative party gained enough support to trigger the vote on the leadership that will take place this evenin

and not a d.w.i. a max hoffman in strasbourg max you've been covering this story since it broke last night what is the latest on the investigations. well public prosecutor gave a press conference and filled us in on some of the details most of them we knew but it's still. terrible just to listen to them for example how the shooter went from where we are right here in the center of strasburg with all took place to a southern neighborhood he he went into a taxi forced the cab driver to take him from that cab driver for example we know now that the suspect was injured but it gets darker for the rest of the way gets a lot darker so we don't know yet what happened after that with the suspect where he went from there you mentioned earlier read and he also yelled a lot bar god is great in arabic so that brings brings us closer to a connection let's say for example with the so-called islamic state and indeed the prosecutor for the first time mention the word terrorism so there's a clear connection now between terrorism and what happened here in strasburg last night and although we see some s

and he is in strasbourg france right now he joins us now. nags what can you tell us so we understand two people confirmed dead in this shooting right that's what we're hearing as well but the experience with this kind of events is that the toll in the body count unfortunately will go up as far as we know so far the level of information what we have is in flux and the authorities are slow to give us more information understandably so because they're trying to get the full picture as well what i can tell you is that we were behind what you can see behind me that right there is the cathedral so this is close to this monument of france really this is where it happened and we were in a local bar where we saw people running by and the owner of the restaurant had talked to the police and said stay inside it's dangerous and that's when we started to get the notion what was happening outside we managed to get closer to the perimeter where you had military personnel preventing anyone from going in and of course you had to resign and so on the streets

can throw its weight behind a make changes to that deal on it's hard so this isn't decision max in strasbourg leaders obviously have been watching these developments closely what have they been saying. well here the earth taishan is pretty high to tell you the truth and no one sums of a better and more telling way than that who is the e.u. chief brags at the go she had her he tweeted on monday i don't get it anymore meaning that now that they've negotiated over two years thousands of hours negotiation and now they postpone this vote we don't know whether and when it's going to happen and it appears that what is wanted by the u.k. parliament isn't something that that you leaders the other day you leaders are willing to give the parliament i have met one parliamentarian who said yeah ok let's try to find a compromise in the withdrawal agreement and you know who really put it in a very telling way also that was you know include your grow the head of the e.u. commission he was almost angry you could see he was shaking and this is what he had to say and i have to say here in department as i do to

have been in london and max still fun in strasbourg thank you both very much for your perspectives. to france now where the government is fleshing out its financial concessions intended to calm greeks of to test by the yellow vest movement in the national address on monday president in money and crawl appeared contrite aki accepting blame for the anger that has spilled over into often violent riots but while some demonstrators welcome to speech others say they are not convinced they have ali to press ahead with their protests he is known for his bold words but as he addressed the nation for the first time over the protests french president emmanuel mccall tried to cut a humble figure. except my share of responsibility i may have given you the feeling that i wasn't concerned that i had other priorities i also know that i've hurt some of you with my statements. we want to france where one can live in dignity through one's work and on this point we have moved too slowly i want to intervene quickly and concretely on this issue michael said his government would raise the minimum wage by

german chancellor angela merkel trying to drive home today when she addressed the european parliament in strasbourg france echoing her french colleague president. urged fellow e.u. leaders to reject what she calls national eager wisdom and she repeated her calls for a broad based european approach to migration. if there's any doubt thanks chancellor merkel was greeted by applause. thank you for joining her speech the atmosphere was emotionally charged was thank god thank you i've been that while i'm actually enjoying this that doesn't bother me i also come from a parliament that had been a major point of contention with some polman terry and merkel strong call for a true european army. you know. a common european army would show the world that there will never be war again among the european nations and that's nothing against nato you know me a gig come on ladies and gentlemen it's in addition to nato vote again and nobody wants to cut established time assuming. that raise doubts even among supporters of the plan which has not yet produced any concrete steps was action told small than words we have

our very own barbara vigil in strasbourg tonight and the biggest mosque in london to both of you thank you. ole common defense force for a unified europe that is the vision that german chancellor angela merkel trying to drive home today when she addressed the european parliament in straw spur now echoing her french counterpart president in my remarks wrong merkel urged fellow e.u. leaders to reject what she called national you're with them she repeated her calls for a broad based european approach to migration. it president thank chancellor merkel was greeted by applause thank you but during her speech the atmosphere was emotionally charged was i. i'm actually enjoying this doesn't bother me i also come from a parliament that have been in a major point of contention with some palminteri and merkel strong call for a true european army. you know. a common european army would show the world that there will never be war again among the european nations and that's nothing against nato you know me a gig come on ladies and gentlemen it's an addition to nato route. nobody wants to cut establis

who have doubts about this very strong doubts that moment back at mass in london barbara faisal in strasbourg thank you. now to the middle east pilots militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will hold cross border attacks if israel does the same the statement comes after the most serious upsurge in violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourteen israeli military has stepped up its deployment along gaza's border but house and mobilized its reserve force. correspondent tony kraemer has just returned to israel from gaza welcome tanya what's happening in gaza now. well for that we're getting his report states these are still unconfirmed reports set apparently a cease fire survives the say a calm has been reached with the mediation off egypt the u.n. and other countries between palestinian factions and israel this is still on concern because palestinians factions have basically said we would hold of it also israel would stop its tie and is very usually in these cases says they would reserve the right to respond to any impression we have seen. over the afternoon

here from our correspondent in strasbourg about why this issue is so contentious. and forty two data both and two hundred twenty missing california real trauma deadliest wildfires in its history as authorities prepare to hunt for victims. i'm still getting a welcome to the program. militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will halt cross border attacks they face around us the site the statement comes after the most serious obsession violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourteen the israeli military has stepped up its deployment along gaza's border but hasn't mobilized its reserve force we'll have a correspondent in a moment first this report. people in gaza worked to a scene of destruction. this was all that was left of the t.v. station run by hamas. the israeli military said it was a strategic target. it gave a warning that the strike was about to happen. but the attack still caused panic among local residents. as soon as we saw the rockets we ran away from the house we are civilians we don't have weapons and rockets so soon as

money is in strasbourg with the european parliament listened into the speech for us max that we heard the chance was there say the greatest parliament in the world that means you put the european assembly above her own german parliament what do you make of that. i think what she meant was that it's the biggest problem in the world because of the number of deputies that are here putting it above as you said would probably cause some trouble at home but she did try to express her gratitude and her her ration for this institution which of course is at the heart of european democracy in return though that europe her parliament at least parts of it didn't treat her that well there were some parts where she got booed louder than ever before because this of course was not the first time she made an appearance in the european parliament and the parts where she was booed included one of the most contentious issues in the european union migration but also when she talked about a european army. mexico she spoke specifically as you said about this vision of a european army this is a really conten

law makers there in strasbourg what are you expecting to hear from her today. yeah vision is probably a big word for what i'm going to back to will have to offer here at least the parliamentarians we spoke to are not expecting a grand vision she's never really done that she's somebody for bret pragmatic steps but she has made a couple of things very clear in the past especially now and you mentioned it on wednesday for the come immigration of world war one she she's a strong supporter of the european union peace project she will probably talk about nationalism as she did on sunday the dangers of nationalism that if more countries in the e.u. walk down that path like for example hungary or italy it could be very dangerous for the foundations of the european union we know that she's repeatedly called for solidarity especially in the migration crisis and she's also in favor of the reform of the euro zone but in small pragmatic steps and i think she will mention all these things during her speech here in book max we should say that this address is part of a series

to address the parliament in strasbourg and around an hour's time and will be listening in live on that. and is in stress for us timex good to see you so the chancellor is expected to outline her vision for europe's future to the lawmakers there in strasbourg what are you expecting to hear. the german chancellor really hasn't been one for visions in the past she has more of a pragmatic approach but we do know the elements that have been close to her heart in the past she is a big supporter of the european union especially when it comes to the e.u. as a piece of project she has made that very clear over the weekend and you just mentioned the comma in the ration for world war one and she spoke at the peace for him there and she warned of the dangers of nationalism basically saying that if some countries in the e.u. continue to go down that road of nationalism and forget about solidarity for example in the question of migration that is extremely dangerous and might shake the foundations of the e.u. that was after all the director of peace in the last decades here on this continent max we'r

an unprecedented tour of world war one memorial sites this week he started on sunday last sunday in strasbourg and then he went to eleven different departments those that were hardest hit by world war one and some of those by the way are coincidentally also departments where he's facing a lot of trouble where the right wing populists are very strong so you get what he's trying to do first of all he's trying to get the remembering intensive remembrance going all over the country at the same time talking to the people there that are not happy about what he's doing so again trying to build that are between the past and the present it didn't really work in some places it was sort of a hybrid situation he was sometimes in facing a lot of criticism and that kind of blew away the the yet in syria that you would expect for something like this commemorating an event like world war one but one thing's for certain he's put a lot of time and a lot of energy in it and this right behind me where all the heads of state in government have now arrived at the heart to charm was supposed to be the culmination of

break that summit whenever negotiators are ready he spoke at a meeting of the european parliament in strasbourg in france he also says the u.k. should be granted an extension for the breaks a transition period if requested by london. hurricane wilma has hit the pacific coast of mexico as a category three storm packing winds of nearly two hundred kilometers per hour towns in the storm's path for most evacuated as it closed in but some people were forced to seek shelter in public buildings the storm is expected to bring to rancher rains as it moves further inland. at least twenty people many of them football fans have been hard to after an escalator on the room metro station collapsed italian police say most of the injured was c.s.k. moscow fans heading to their team's champions league game against. some eyewitnesses say people were seen jumping and dancing on the escalator before it broke down. time now for some business news and then joins me for the latest here is the european parliament has just voted through a european union ban on cotton buds straws and other plastic disposables to protect

breaks of summit whenever negotiators are ready he spoke at a meeting of the european parliament in strasbourg france he also says the u.k. could be granted an extension for the brics a transition period if requested by london. hurricane wilma has hit the pacific coast of mexico as a category three storm packing winds of nearly two hundred kilometers per hour towns in the storm's path were mostly evacuated as it closed in but some people before still seek shelter in public with things the storm is expected to bring torrential rains as it moves further inland. at least twenty people many of them football fans have been hurt after an escalator on the wrong metro collapsed italian police say most of those injured were c.s.k. moscow fans heading to their team's champions league game against roma some eyewitnesses say people were seen jumping and dancing on the escalator before it broke down. this is the end to the conflict still simmering in eastern ukraine in the past four years nearly two thousand people have been killed by land mines no one knows how many mines were laid in the chaotic early st

council speaking here in strasbourg was also careful about it because he knows that in the u.k. to reset the british prime minister faces resistance as to extending that transition period because among the back to tears are a lot of people who would rather see the u.k. leave the e.u. sooner than later so we're not sure if this is actually going to happen but we do know that it would be necessary to negotiate anything at the same time the british prime minister to visit may give a very upbeat assessment saying ninety five percent of the majority agreement has been selected out is this a view of this upbeat assessment shared by the e.u. . the chief negotiator for the commission i think the figure at ninety percent the gist of it is a lot of the topics have been covered have been settled except for one which is of course or at least one major one which is the hard border a possible hard border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the rest of the island which is the republic of ireland which belongs to the european union and the head of the liberals here who is als

because if the markets start going haywire this actually might be a huge problem everybody here in strasbourg says if there is a problem if there is one case that has really the capacity to become a euro crisis then it's only because of its one hundred thirty one percent national debt of g.d.p. which is second highest in the eurozone just after greece because of the state that its banks are in max with all the figures all the facts and that show down in stress but thank you very much a big drop in biased stock dragged down frankfurt shares today a judge up holding a verdict finding its new acquisition monsanto liable for not warning a school grounds keeper but it's weed killer could cause cancer but the u.s. judge did cut the damages bill from about two hundred ninety to seventy eight million dollars and center says it's pleased with the production but will still appeal the verdict saying there is no scientific proof linking its best selling have a side ground up to cancer. following this story for us from frank a two hundred ninety million dollars damages bill cuts a seventy eight million wh

the domestic intelligence chief was accused of going soft on the far right my guest this week here in strasbourg is david mcallister he's chair of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee and the former regional prime minister.

the hungary and prime minister took the initiative he travelled to strasbourg to in his own words defend hungary. that we don't know personally after i have come here today because you're not going to condemn just the government but a nation as well. you are going to denounce hungary that has been a member of the family of christian european nations for a thousand years get us to know it all for you. it is the entire nation being condemned the majority of politicians don't believe so including the hungary and really explained to nobody attacking hungary what is head in the in the european parliament this is the critique of the politics of the current government she unlike poland already facing a new sanctions hungary has so far been spared european green m.e.p. units are containing believes this is political videsh the political party is member of the european peoples party and they have friends in commission council and in parliament. german conservative m.e.p. manfred of a bar is in a difficult position he leads the european peoples party and takes a much softer stance on migration tha

become more of a global player giving his state of the union address to the european parliament in strasbourg called for stronger external borders and a shared approach to tackling migration he pledged to ensure an orderly exit for britain and also proposed measures to crackdown on terrorism and election meddling and he urged member states to resist nationalist tendency. for well our correspondent max hoffman was following you know because speech in stross very very closely and max joins us now i'm actually i was probably young because last big speech as head of the e.u. commission or the most important points for him he touched upon you know various amount of points as you mentioned he talked about migration the rule of law but the over arching message here was he wants europe to stand together he was the e.u. to a global player not only in trade matters but also in political matters even mention military matters which is quite unusual for the european union you know what terry let's listen to his own words in this respect. when we are united we europeans. as a union. have become. a force to

become more of a global player in his state of the union speech speaking to the european parliament in strasbourg called for stronger borders and asylum reform to tackle migration and he pledged to ensure an orderly exit for britain in the us he also proposed measures to crack down on terrorism and election meddling and to abolish daylight savings time. european seventy will never be too active. you must remain. just a tolerant constant as we remember that us europe will never become a fortress turning its back on the world moment. in particular the sufferings of the world. it is about us europe must give up on it will remain a multi. will continent because the world belongs to everyone not just the few. well following the proceedings at the european parliament in stratford day is d w correspondent max hoffman max it was a big it was his last big speech rather for you as head of the e.u. commission what were the most important points for him. it touched upon number of topics as you could expect migration taking up a big part again he said we need to increase the number of border agents we have wi

parliament in strasbourg many thanks indeed. well now to rome where those who work in restoration are in high demand just as they've been for centuries across italy there are thousands of cultural sites dating from the antiquity to the renaissance but even as many of these sites slowly crumble the government is cutting restoration funds. this sound just like nonnie orson joseph of the carpenters at the heart of the foreman room i use of god's ny with a wreath waiting ceremonies were held here on a regular basis until just recently luckily when the rift caved in the church was a mighty rescuers didn't find anyone beneath this rubble. now you city authorities are looking into concerns about the maintenance and upkeep of the building indeed room is a sightseeing paradise for culture enthusiastic but it is becoming more of a sight for sore eyes with cracks appearing in many of its structures but just how dangerous is it to visit a church here this is the santa. journalist and cultural expert for toto emily any point say the cracks i

in poland then that might hurt told right now important point there max hoffman reporting for us in strasbourg thank you very much max. and one fans are celebrated in the english capital yesterday after their team's win against colombia with renditions of football's coming home that's after a dramatic day at the world cup that saw their side progressed to before the finals for the first time since two thousand and six. by the match that went to penalties leaving even the most optimistic england fan worried the three lions have one of the worst records in the sport when it comes to spot kicks but they finally turn the tables and found a way to win. harry came penalty after fifty seven minutes put in lynden the lead against an ultra defensive colombia side without the services of their injured star hi mr rodriguez. in injury time england keeper jordan pickford had to produce his best save but was powerless on the ensuing corner when yet he mean up pounded the ball into the net for the last ditch colombia equaliser i mean is third goal at this world cup sent the match into extra time when england

hope on there talking to us from strasbourg where the european parliament is meeting today now some other stories making headlines around the world today the bodies of three migrants including one child have been recovered by libyan rescue workers after their boat capsized last friday at least two hundred people have estimated are estimated to have died off the libyan coast last week and more than a thousand people have drowned this year sailing from libya to europe australian archbishop philip wilson has been sentenced to twelve months detention for covering up the sex abuse crimes of a priest in one thousand nine hundred seventy s. wilson is the most senior roman catholic cleric to be convicted of concealing child sex abuse a court will decide whether he can serve his sentence at home. that huge relief in thailand after rescuers found twelve boys and their football coach alive in a flooded cave more than a week after they went missing as the monsoon rain continues rescue efforts now center on preventing water levels from rising authorities say it could take months before the boys can be

presidency for the next six months our correspondent max hall fun is standing by for us in strasbourg where austria's chancellor sebastian cortes is about to present his program max how is the austrian government responding to the immigration deal struck in germany. the newest reaction we have terry is a reaction to declaration actually by the austrian government saying that they are preparing to safeguard their southern borders of germany really rejects migrants coming in from austria to germany how specifically they would do that is not clear yet but the austrian chancellor is a bust and call it's a small summit a couple of weeks ago in brussels already said that they might have to close crucial passageways between. the italian and the austrian border for example the very famous brenner crossing where you have a lot of tourism a lot of crossing that's one of the places in the alps where a lot of people come through but you know for the details it will be very interesting to see what the man himself has to say here in strasbourg today the austin chance as he sets about their quotes i

in strasbourg thank you. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the united states has a very controversial new office in taiwan that it's referred referring to as an american institute it's widely seen as a defacto embassy on the self-will an island china claims taiwan as its territory criticize the opening of the institute as harmful to us china ties. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has ruled that victims of a domestic or gang violence should no longer automatically qualify for asylum in the united states and this overturns a twenty sixteen ruling that granted asylum to a woman from el salvador who'd been right and abused by her husband the child could affect tens of thousands of refugees. pope francis has accepted the resignation of three chilean bishops following a child sex abuse scandal they resigned last month after being accused of covering up abuse by a paedophile priest during the ninety's eighty's ninety's the pope has apologized to the victims and admitt

to give you or your correspondent over this all is a roman max hoffman our brussels bird chief is in strasbourg at the parliament a very good day to you both the barber i want to give you the first word a don't know if you were able to a listen in to even the. italian secretary of state of international trade and investment to talking to us there a little earlier he is not happy with the commissioner when anybody welcome his remarks in rome where you are. absolutely not i'm afraid and seen from here you think they should maybe shut up and brussels because everything they say makes things worse in a way many italians here feel pressurised they think all this is a german conspiracy i've even heard some people whom i talked to earlier this evening i've even heard some people say oh someone involved in called president matter ellen told him to take the would be finance minister down because they don't like him it goes as far as that so as things from the european union are can be counterproductive we've seen this before the french finance minister. it was quite strident about it to be ten days ago