W. This is it we do is live from berlin looking for a lifeline britains a theresa may makes a deadline dash to avoid a greggs that crash out just three days away from the word drawled its main meets with president michel and paris to plead for another extension earlier she made the same plea to chance on the american and berland also coming up israelis vote in a hotly contested election political newcomer but he got a centrist and a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to for term Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his right wing
likud party were in jerusalem. On the ark thank you so much for your company everyone. It is crunch time for british Prime Minister theresa may shes been on a whirlwind European Tour ahead of a crucial issue summit tomorrow and just days before the u. K. Scheduled departure from the bloc she met with french president in myanmar calm and paris and earlier she was here in berlin for talks with german chancellor Angela Merkel may once an extension to the leaving date is thought that berlin favors a long extension but paris once a short while the Prime Ministers office simply said she and meryl had agreed that britain should not leave the e. U. Without a deal. Just as with briggs it to resume his arrival at the chancellery didnt go
as planned the british Prime Minister was obviously a little too early and merkel wasnt there to welcome her it was only after to resume a went inside that both leaders came back out for compulsory handshakes but smiles cant hide the fact that the german chancellor and other european leaders are urging the british to provide more clarity. This became clear this morning at the meeting of a u. Foreign ministers. And we are waiting finally for substantive steps in the right direction up to now is nothing at all has changed and we are of course thinking about an appropriate extension of the deadline and also about a longer extension i must however come with very strict conditions on guns. Theres a lot of speculation about what a reason may could offer the e. U. Before the end of june or what the u. Is prepared to give the u. K. Room is in london that merkel could be willing to put a five year limit on the backstop have been refuted by the German Government and
the u. K. Would have to take part in european elections in may if it doesnt exit the e. U. Before that date after her visit to Belinda Reason May travel to paris chancellor Angela Merkel made it clear breaks it could even be extended to the beginning of twenty twenty and i different president and menu of mcallen said a delay within limits was an option. And paris is our correspondent lisa lewis is standing by for us as theresa may needs frances president might call as we speak lisa to be a Fly On The Wall at the end is there right now i know what theyre saying do you think in one remarkable Play Hardball with mrs may today. Well that would be great but i can only take a guess on for me i think he will play the bat cop as a pace im going actually as a parent playing the good cop so i call stance on this has been very tough indeed over the past few years hes been saying you know we need to reform the e. U. The e. U. Has other things to do and then being held up by the brics it affair for years on end and also it seems to be the traditional role of the french leader kind of. His Job Description actually to be tough on the brits if you know that to the one Nine Hundred Sixty s. The very famous vision i shall undergo and at the time he vetoed britains bid to join the e. U. Twice at the time so some people here are speculating the have been speculating that in my remark all it will matter or might have his do go in moment however this afternoon i talked to the emmys a told me that the government was not a pace to an extension however that extension must be within reasonable limits and also certain conditions must be fulfilled rightly so luis reporting from paris thank you and it every brussels correspondent joins me right now from brussels barbara i understand that youve got details of the terms the e. U. Is offering the u. K. And return for an extension to the breaks that date give us the main points if you can. There are already the outlines of the new agreement for tomorrow night when the summit comes together here and it says there can be an extension as long as necessary britain has to leave the e. U. At the moment when it agrees to the was Drawl Agreement and the final date the end date off that extension period is left open date x. X. The likeliest outcome at this point of time is a compromise the end of the year as we heard merkel ones more mccrone one so that so they meet in the middle as usual and that would mean like the end of december so thats the outline but this comes with some Strings Attached of course. Britain would finally have to stop fiddling around with the Withdrawal Agreement it is closed and it stays closed there will be no sort of negotiations about the future
and of Course Britain will have to promise good that it will not interfere in European Business that it will sort of Promise Sincere Cooperation and there might be checks on that all right barbara so that is the draft report so now on the table the a news chief brings that negotiator negotiator on your weight in earlier today lets take a listen to what he said and then well pick up our conversation after that. Who do you know do you will never be the European Unions decision on the coup we have worked for an agreement for a treaty that is much more than just a deal to go to provides guarantees breaks it creates uncertainty for you susans and for ours its more than a deal its a treaty did i hear him correctly is he completely ruling out a no deal exit on friday. Nothing is impossible in bricks and as we have learned later of course not in that sense its still the day is the default date however. Tourism a has written to the e. U. To ask for an extension the e. U. Has today prepared that extension it will be granted tomorrow night what can she do should she turn around and say no thank you i see differently now and ill go home and have a crush for exit the un says no so its not going to have months friday itll happen at some later point this year hopefully we can all say after the saga we have experienced all right ive got twenty seconds left lets look ahead Emergency Summit Taking place tomorrow are they going to get that one year extension. Rule being for all the more than nine months maybe even a bit less because not everybody is happy about the bridge staying in for so long because the chances that they might obstruct European Business europe talking about their own future and making decisions on those are too high we have seen what
london has said to that so they are wary at this point in time they are wary and we will catch up to marburys of reporting from brussels thank you. Lets bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. Algerians have taken to the streets in protest again after the country named its first new president in almost two decades lawmakers installed the speaker of the countrys upper house. As Interim Leader after have disease beautifully stepped down but demonstrators saying he is a Regime Insider he demand a radical overhaul instead. Of courts in hong kong has found nine leaders of the twenty eight fourteen movement guilty on public nuisance charges they could now face jail time for their role in organizing the prodemocracy rallies calling for greater autonomy from china. Unity increased u. S. Attorney general william barr has promised to release a redacted copy of special counsel Robert Mullers report on a Russian Election medal and within a week of our face to intense pressure to release the full support after initially publishing just a short summary of it are portrayed its findings as highly favorable to present Donald TrumpsZero Tolerance policy. Its election day in israel voters are deciding whether to extend Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is conservative ten year for a fifth term is up against his former Military Chief and he guts a centrist whos made much of Corruption Allegations against netanyahu but is new to politics its expected to be a very tight race as always israeli elections are being closely watched in the entire region and will have the opportunity to talk to our correspondent in jerusalem in just a moment but first this report. The Election Campaign is over it know its up to the voters to decide who will be the countrys next Prime Minister. Is various have
a day off to go and vote here at a Polling Station and to slim expectations are mixed. I believe that netanyahu has a much better chance of saving israel as an existing jewish country then benny gantz clearly its for its a referendum on the on our Prime Minister and you know but of course much more is on the line and where the future of the territories our relations with the palestinians the nature of Israeli Society the legal system a lot of things are on the on the table right now its time for netanyahu to go hes been missed hes been successful certain kinds of things but the corruption and ugliness of the campaign i think is indication that its time for somebody else so i think its time for him to go Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu wants to be reelected with his likud party despite facing a possible indictment for corruption. Netanyahu has been in office for ten years if
he wins this time and lasts a full term hell become is rose longest serving Prime Minister so far his main rival. Chief any guns whose newly formed blue and white party has led most of the Opinion Polls in recent weeks that is that what this elections about are about their personal mostly focus on the leaders on the indictments on on the new guy in the block. Benny gantz and nothing more than that posters project that netanyahu may have more opportunities than the center left to form a coalition with other smaller parties on the right. All right lets get you latest now with merriam to god she joins me now from jerusalem very good to see you whats the Voter Turnout so far. The turnout so far the last numbers that i saw or heard about were around thirty six percent since the Voting Booths close to
ten pm theyre expected of course to rise and the general Voter Turnout in israel is very high around seventy percent one interesting thing arab or palestinian citizens turnout so far has been much lower or much lower than in the last elections at around twenty percent so far and there are various reasons for that but one thing is for certain the arab vote is very important in israel because it will also make a big difference to which party center the knesset the Israeli Parliament how many mandates theyll have and what Coalition Building options the Winning Party will have to marry him and netanyahu is of course hoping to secure a record fifth term was he up against talk to us about his challenger because this is hes a bit of an unknown on The World Stage where platform is youre running on and is he resumed meeting with israeli voters. Yes so benny gantz in israel actually is a well known figure because he was the army chief in the last gaza war so everyone
knows him but of course hes new to politics but as part of his team he took a very very popular politician into his party so we have a number of interesting figures here who resonate very well with israeli voters especially because they stand for security and security something that Benjamin Netanyahu has always been able to. Just this was what he was voted for was elected for in the past and thats why its one of the toughest challenges coming now from any guns otherwise there these elections havent been so much about content or about issues i think as we heard in the reports its very much a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu as leadership and of Course Pentagon has been playing out that has been talking about. Corruption and has been calling for unity and accusing rightly or wrongly Benjamin Netanyahu of Sowing Division in Israeli Society so thats more or less been his platform Doesnt Matter who wins when it
comes to the palestinian issue and how we future Peace Settlement might look like neither of the leaders have committed to a two State Solution but i think the direction of netanyahu is more to the right and maybe benny gantz is more to the center so it might actually make a difference yes all right marry him to god reporting from jerusalem thank you. And we end now with some fascinating news from turkey for History Buffs Archaeology is archaeologists rather there i think they may have found the worlds oldest shipwreck in waters off the mediterranean coast researchers believe the wreck is this around Thirty Six Hundred years old and appears the ship was transporting copper mind and smelted into bars and cypress when some. Say. That is pretty