big problems for the republic of ireland which is. state and so far the republic of ireland had full rock solid support from the other even member states so 2 things we need to look out for now what does the republic of ireland make of this new proposals and what dewey unique oshie 8 years make of the proposal they now have to decide whether this u.k. proposal that is now on the table could become a new landing zone for a deal to prevent a heart breaks it and from matters in brussels to some of the other stories making news around the world. in peru at least 23 people were killed when a bus plummeted more than 100 meters into a ravine the accident happened that night on the twisting mountain road or than 50 passages on. the u.s. has been given the green light to impose tariffs on 7 and a half 1000000000 dollars worth of craft and other goods following a world trade organization ruled tariffs in retaliation for e.u. subsidies for the plane. ideation regular it is avoided inspections of nearly 200737 aircraft after structural cracks wit

from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. the brics it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential part of the nine hundred ninety eight good friday peace agreements between the republic of ireland and the u.k. which ended decades of fine and. prime minister varadkar laid out audience priority is. good. and we have to compare ourselves for all icons. without a mind to discuss planning european and domestic level for no deal thank you to that we can work together to meet start when objectives protecting the good friday agreement on which pieces are and is based and also protecting the intact. the european single market in the questions in. the commons following debates with fifteen people from both sides of the pull down about the impact a new deal scenario would have on the lives you didn't give us any indication if it were overly microcephaly but you're starting to weigh the importance of the customs union and think on markets across the aisle divide into economies it's

big problems for the republic of ireland which is you member state and so far the republic of ireland had full rock solid support from the other even member states so 2 things we need to look out for now what does the republic of ireland make of this new proposals and what do e.u. need goshi 8 years make of the proposal they now have to decide whether this u.k. proposal that is now on the table could become a new landing zone for a deal to prevent a heart breaks it. you know now to some of the other stories making news around the world. supporters of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi have called for a justice at a memorial event need these saudi consulate in istanbul where he was killed 11 suspects are on trial in saudi arabia but critics say it's a sham to protect the crown prince muhammad builds in some mountain. hundreds of pro-democracy activists have gathered in hong kong to demonstrate against a police shooting during cheese days protests and i thin year old was shot at close range after he attacked an officer with a metal incident marks a significant escalation of tension since

the irish border separates northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom from the republic of ireland which is a part of the e.u. . joining me now is our chief political editor mechanical fish she is in dublin to come across america visit there michelle what does johnson mecca want to achieve with this visit at such a crucial juncture. well clearly the timing the. week before this. summit who wanted to talk about practice is more than just political symbolism to see them rating european unity but she's also a strengthening the prime minister of ireland in his efforts to have a dialogue we understand that there are a lot of folks. off the public brain between dublin and london as well to try and resolve the situation that is so firmly currently stuck in british parliament with so many question marks over what the next step will be under that made clear before he even advised to that she felt that the very piece and you already mentioned that between. northern ireland is a stake here the good friday agreement that historic achievement of peace that she sees as the central table

when terry hughes enters his gas station he's in the republic of ireland. but walking past some groceries. and out the back door takes him across a national border straight into the united kingdom i cross the border if i'm going to grab a few drinks or. at the back doors and in the u.k. i'm in the front here with we have the republican guard and so. i would probably think maybe we're in the range of thirty forty times a day across the border living and working on the other side of the border is a daily routine for many in these irish communities the small town of petit go with it six hundred inhabitants has been divided ever since ireland gained independence from britain people cross the border to post letters and get milk and when they die they cross it to be buried behind me is the republic of ireland and right here is northern ireland and no deal breaks it would mean a hard to border and that means fences walls and checkpoints and all that right here in the center of this town. urban johnson runs a little repair shop right by a crossing point he remember

journal new border would be put up between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and it would have to be secured after all the e.u. has strict rules on which products are allowed to be imported are exploited and under which conditions. the problem is no one wants a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. border patrols and guard posts are symbols of one of the darkest chapters in our lives history the northern ireland conflict the troubles in which more than 3500 people were killed starting in 1909. only with the 1998 good friday agreement did the violence come to an end together with e.u. support the deal paved the way to peace. many worry that the conflict may flare up again in the course of the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. and several attacks in recent months suggest that this concern is not unfounded. but how can breck's it take place while preventing a hard inner irish border at the same time. a comprehensive customs and trade deal between the e.u. and the u.k. would be one solution but this has yet to be agreed now that's why the e.u.

ireland between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and that was also one of the big sticking points virtually no checks he says some will be made. and we are hearing the 1st reactions that for example the northern irish do you appeal who was always against it might now rally behind it ok sounds positive does that mean that boris johnson could have the votes in parliament to get the approval there for this package. well that is the big question right johnson has always set breaks it is about taking back control but he really is not in control at the moment as mike said the ball is somewhat in the european corner now so we'll have to wait and see what the european union says and then johnson is facing a very divided palm and here in the u.k. with really no majorities that the opposition labor party has already said they wouldn't really behind those plans he has lost majorities within his own polity so the question really is what a deal if the european union approves go through parliament and if not johnston has already said that he would take out the u.k. out of the european un

and the republic of ireland. britain's breaks that negotiators are delivered to proposals in person to brussels german reaction has been to say it will consider the proposals in detail 1st before commenting. events forcefully we will take a close look at the suggestions i cannot say anything more about that today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves 1st for us it's very important that the 27 member states are unified on this issue they have trusted michele and we will continue to discuss the matter. boris johnson has made it clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court our eve correspondent gay or not as he is assessing whether the european union will accept boris johnson's proposals and he said that's what he thinks. after months and months of break that deadlock in brussels there finally seems to be ward off positive advances even progress the u.k. has made the compromise in the new proposal that northern ireland could remain part of

infrastructure on the frontier again between northern ireland and the republic of ireland and of course germany is also keeping its own interests in mind as well of course if the u.k. crash does indeed crash out of the a u. on april twelfth without a deal that could have huge economic repercussions for germany certainly some of the biggest repercussions it within the e.u. on all the e.u. member states but right now germany is very much waiting for answers from london and again this is been the problem time and time again as this process has become longer and longer is that the the german economy that business is to are also waiting for answers they just want to know exactly what it is that they are that they need to be preparing for would germany back a hard border would draw me say ok this is the new external frontier of the u. and we need a hard border controls at the moment what we're hearing is certainly not and this is the where the compromise of the backstop came into the deal which has so far been agreed in the e.u. side and has been rejected as we know time and time again by the

the irishman traces the outlines of drummer lee on a map it's a little piece of the republic of ireland that's almost completely surrounded by british northern ireland. that has little effects on the lives of people in from early today but a return to a hard irish border would leave them virtually cut off from the rest of the republic leaving many here feeling anxious and afraid. stephen race from northern ireland also feels betrayed by the british government so instead of the union jack the snack bar owner flies the american and irish flags on his wagon instead. that he wants him to be out and that maybe the signal that the here or the will lead us to go that way because. that in baghdad on the ball over you know you think it's going to be easy going to see the evidence here that you haven't come up with those that will be able to actually here's over. a short drive away from the market a bomb recently exploded at this intersection. police suspect it was the work of the militant group known as the new ira no one was injured in the attack. on the read write for tom conlon the bombing is

without a deal the focus was on the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. merkel drew on her own past experience with borders in her support of her own. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years. for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear. and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. sleezy was already modified. the irish borders separates northern ireland which is part of the u.k. from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the you to bricks it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential part of the nine hundred ninety eight good friday peace agreements between the republic of ireland and the u.k. which ended decades of fine and. prime minister varadkar laid out audience priority is. good. we have to prepare ourselves for all that comes. with that in mind we discussed planning european and domes

here in northern ireland and in fact in the republic of ireland the foreign minister and he was very clear and he said that he condemned the bomb car bomb terrorist attack in derry this evening and he said there's no place or justification for it now there was also a statement from the secretary of state of northern ireland and she said that our voices across the political spectrum are united intolerable violence there's no place for it i mean want to move forward and build a peaceful future for all in northern arc as you mentioned there before of course there has been a peace treaty in northern ireland since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the police in northern ireland have also said that they suspect it was possibly carried out by. dissident republican group called the new ira run who are they well the new lawyer a was formed in twenty twelve they believe by a number of dissident republicans organizations that they said they were unifying under wouldn't leadership then we have to go back to one thousand nine hundred eight of course for when this peace deal was signed from b

republic of ireland both part of the e.u. and those who live along the frontier wanted to stay open believing that a hard border would trigger not just more violence but also more smuggling shamus murphy is among those who are supportive mildly very angry that people are even talking about the possibility that that worst fears could become a reality. they. changed. much. from his home in the republic of ireland seamus murphy shows his friend peter where the irish border runs rex it is a constant topic of conversation and concern for them some cynical humor helps. it would be illegal. to take his dog. down as far as those pine trees because once he passes the pine trees in the republic of ireland abut his dog would not be alive and it would need rabies shots i'm not too sure. i have me. here in the border region people aren't big sticklers about regulations seamus murphy says smuggling was part of everyday life when he was a boy so most of the time the goods involved were fairly innocuous detergent. a couple of sheep in a carr

break this between the republic of ireland and northern ireland to pritish government as opposed to the backstop in its present form johnson said under his proposal there would be few customs checks on goods moving between northern ireland and the republic of ireland britain's breaks of negotiator delivered the proposals in person to brussels german reaction has been to say it will consider the proposals in detail 1st before commenting. events forcefully we will take a close look at the suggestions i cannot say anything more about that today because we have agreed to evaluate the issue amongst ourselves 1st for us it's very important that the 27 member states are unified on this issue boris johnson has made it clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court. let's get more with our brussels fair chief max hoffman and also in london from did abuse potts good morning to both of you max is the ball really now in brussels accord and what are you hearing where you are about it. the head of the u. commission reacted already last idea to talk wi

although back then there was less trade between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. that facility was both here and in our area that was secure we have we have cameras we have we had the british military very close by the previous facility was was was destroyed and an ira which killed 9 people i'm not swore they are actual arjun's of the political conflict came from that's why 300000 british soldiers and northern ireland during the course of the 30 year conflict. some bricks and supporters say the answer to the problem is a smart border with infrared cameras and motion sensors but among locals there's also huge opposition to the idea. the problem with. any take no gi installed at this border will not last 24 hours. why because it will be either blown up by paramilitaries ripped down by respectable people like me. as well and these 2 men want things to stay just the way they are at the irish border they do breck's it is a threat to peace and stability in the region and no one wants the troubles to return that. 2 syrians accused of carrying out torture on the orders of

to consider the once unthinkable uniting northern ireland and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor john to nuke and wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party should faine openly lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just not. 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by prove british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may then you can believe the time is right to move forward will be brax it doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. 50 years after the bloodiest period in northern ireland's history a time when moralize by so many walls and gates around this city no one i spoke with believ

particularly talk of a return to a home or to remember the republic of ireland will stay with the new northern island is in the u.k. and up until twenty years ago when the good friday agreement was signed there was sectarian violence between the two three and a half thousand people died in the so-called troubles that no one wants to say i would turn to that and i think that is what is a big fear i want to you take a listen to what the german chancellor said today about european solidarity with ireland as briggs looms take a listen. this i hope. so we do hope that the intensive discussions that are ongoing in london will lead to a situation by next wednesday when we have a special council meeting where prime minister theresa may well have something to table to us on the basis of which we can continue to talk but we want to stand together as twenty seven until the very last hour i can say this for the german side we will do everything in order to prevent and no deal breaks that britain crashing out of the e.u. but we have to do this together with britain and with their position that the

and the republic of ireland but since a british decision a u. leaders have been queuing up to say that the deal and the backstop cannot be changed. in a surprise move defying agreements already made with the e.u. british lawmakers gave the prime minister a mandate to go back to the negotiating table parliamentarians narrowly passed a government backed amendment to change the irish back stop it buys may some time but the challenges remain clear there is limited appetite for such a change in the negotiating it will not be. that close in contrast to a fortnight ago this house has made it clear what it needs to approve the withdrawal agreement may's chances of achieving that appears slim the e.u. says the backstop plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland isn't up for renegotiation. i think if the backstop is what is an insurance and insurance is needed. to be one hundred percent sure that there is no border between you and i should public and we don't want all sense that the banks took these issues this presid

us what about dublin it is of course very important voice in all of this about the republic of ireland especially about the backstop. i think we need to remind everybody what the backstop is about i know we talk about this all the time but it's probably nothing you would you know if you would read for breakfast each day the backstop was intended as an insurance policy to ovoid a hard border between northern island which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is part of the european union and that's why they had this backstop in this withdrawal agreement it was unlimited that's important to know because an insurance policy always an unlimited because if you limit it it's no longer an insurance policy at least that's the position of the european union now in this new proposal by boris johnson there is a limitation it's not a time limitation it is the limitation by the northern irish to accept this meaning that they get a vote every 4 year saying ok we're just still fine with this or no we will reject it and the limitation is the problem and the over of the irish prime mini

and the republic of ireland after the u.k. has left the european union lawmakers have now voted for an amendment giving her that mandate when is likely to strengthen may's hands when she returns to brussels to try to read because she ate the brightside deal but that is something that the e.u. so far has. earlier to rescind they lost a vote in the house of commons when the majority of m.p.'s voted to reject a new deal bracks and here's what theresa may said just a few moments ago. we will now take this mandate food and seek to obtain legally binding changes to withdrawal a great deal with concerns on the back stop. maybe turn to a hospital between north and on and on and on my colleagues line which will to the about how we address the houses as i see this often there isn't a chopper type to such a change in the even because it will not be. closing contrast to a full. this house has made it clear what it needs to approve a withdrawal agreed. to resume a they're speaking in parliament just a few moments ago with me here in the st

including border and customs issues between ireland of the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. still as we just heard there are johnson's northern irish allies in parliament that the u.p.a. said they do not plan to back the deal that is all up for debate on saturday in london thank you for watching t w news will be back in just a few minutes with more updates on the story. of the last of their kind in cyprus songbirds and threatened with extinction every year around half a 1000000 of them end up as a delicacy. it's prohibited but for the bird mafia it's a lucrative business. and by our presence or never took a show in cream you know it's nice to know without we're going to be there. 30 minutes w. . answer the conflicts. why is it populism. rising in venezuela. protests roxette blog. the world is in crisis mode. this week we look back at the key interviews of the season the point that for one strange statement was only the real actually real discernible and you. look so for. double. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. googling geos te

loyalists to consider the once unthinkable uniting northern ireland and the republic of ireland the good friday agreement means northern ireland can take a vote on doing just that belfast new lord mayor john finn you can wants to make sure citizens are well educated about their options while hoping they'll back unification his party sheehan fane open. he lobbies for that it's a cause that colored his life he was just 9 years old when he saw his father a prominent republican human rights lawyer shot dead by pro british paramilitaries despite getting death threats himself as he took office in may and you can believe the time is right to move forward will be brax it doesn't automatically mean that unification will happen but what i do think is that it means that the conversation hostile because the conversation has already started not just from people within the north but people all over the island of ireland and certainly within europe as well. billy hutchinson a city council member from the progressive unionist party served 16 years in prison for 2 sectarian murders hutchinson says h

european solidarity with the republic of ireland and they call for patients with the u.k. as it tries to resolve its brights that blockage and she shared a personal story about her formative years in communist east germany behind the iron curtain she said that experience gives her a special understanding of the importance of tearing down walls and keeping them down. it was a musical most. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years into the muslim for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear openside good and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. sleezy this is our that is the german chancellor speaking there in dublin our boards of analyst alex forrest wyoming is back at the big table with me good to see you the chancellor she's determined to avoid a no deal brecht's it why didn't she say it in dublin when she could have just as easily said it here in berlin that's a good question

the frontiere between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland part of the united kingdom could put smugglers back in business. through money got all three on the fifty says mike has plenty of tales of smuggling he lives in northern ireland right next to the border the former truck driver says lots of shady stuff went on in the area in the past much of it involving customs control or between the british province and the e.u. member state to the south i see me going to shit what's the lorry so we're going to this big shit. my day through that through that door let's share that shit. in the so if i were to have even thought that if it's impossible i getting rid of controls didn't get rid of smuggling completely fireworks which are banned in the republic of ireland are still taken across regularly there are legal in the north and sales of them are brisk in the border region. and foreign diesel subsidized by the e.u. also often crosses the border illegally as does heating oil from northern ireland that's not been slapped w

the republic of ireland will remain part of the you now if there is a no deal brics it there is the very high possibility that there could be a hard border returning between the republic of ireland and northern ireland not only would that affect trade for example the republic of ireland exports a lot of agricultural products to the u.k. so that could cripple some farmers but the real issue is about the peace process remember when the so-called troubles were in place three and a half thousand people died and that all ended when the good friday agreement was signed twenty odd years ago nobody wants to see that done though any threat to it we saw the german and german chancellor visiting dublin earlier this week she was standing shoulder to shoulder with liver and the prime minister of ireland saying that we are one we stand with you we're in solidarity so nobody wants to threaten that island does not want there to be a new deal brics that they want to be an extent they want it to be extended brics it to be delayed for the time being at least so this question of the irish border has been an

from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. after brics it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential part of the nineteen ninety eight good friday peace agreements between island and northern ireland. knuckle true on her own past experience with voters in support of her car. personally come from a country that was separated by a wall for many years. for thirty four years i lived behind the iron curtain and. i know what it means when walls fall and when borders disappear. and so i'm aware of the need to do all we can to uphold the peaceful coexistence here for which so many lives were sacrificed. the reasons this is a. red card laid out priorities. and we have to go there are selves for all i comes. without a mind to discuss planning european and domestic level for no deal thank you to how we can work together means our twin objectives of protecting the good friday agreement on which peace and i. just based on also protecting the integrity of the european single market in

from the republic of ireland which will remain a member of the e.u. the brics it at the moment there is no physical border between the two the absence of a hard border is essential part of the nineteen ninety eight good friday peace agreement between our land and northern ireland which ended decades of violence. prime minister varadkar laid out islands priority is. good. but we have to go there are selves for all i comes. with that in mind we discussed planning european and domestic level for no deal thank you to how we can work together to meet start to put objectives protecting the good friday agreement on which pieces are and is based on. also protecting the integrity of the european single market in the courses in. the comments follow it debates with fifteen people from both sides of the border about the impact and no deal scenario would have on their lives the two leaders will consider a further break sit developments ahead of the special european council summit next week. well our chief political editor is in dublin to cover the chancellor's vis

when terry hughes enters his gas station a shop he's in the republic of ireland. but walking past some groceries. and out the back door takes him across a national border straight into the united kingdom i cross the border if i'm going to grab because of drinks or. if i'm serving across them or at the back doors and luke am in the front here with we have the republic of ireland so. i would probably think maybe we're in the region of thirty forty times a day across the border living and working on the other side of the border it's a daily routine for many in these irish communities the small town of petty go with its six hundred inhabitants has been divided ever since ireland gained independence from britain people cross the border to post letters and get milk and when they die they cross it to bieber it bourbon johnson runs a little repair shop right by a crossing point he remembers what life was like when there was a heart border during the early seventy's violence was almost a daily occurrence for him and his neighbors. or they all of business of in the northern