this is deja vu news live from berlin a possible reprieve for war ravaged syria russia and turkey agreeing to set up a demilitarized zone in problems effectively delaying an offensive against the rebel forces dug in there the deal could prevent a major humanitarian crisis is. also coming up to someone try to kill this russian dissidents german doctors treating a member of the russian activist group pussy riot say it is quite highly plausible

that he was in fact poisoned they say computers or various off all flights apart support and are confident he will recover. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show the leaders of russia and turkey have agreed to establish a demilitarized zone in syria's provinces the last major stronghold of anti-government rebels inside syria now more than three million civilians are currently trapped there until now it has been almost entirely controlled by rebels and is a must to hottest but in recent weeks the syrian government has threatened to attack it love and its capital city city so this deal could prevent a major humanitarian crisis but details are still unclear including exactly where in islam. this saves would be. the promise from ridge of thai air to one

and let him have putin it live will be a safe haven they'll be no bitter battle for control of the last rebel held province in syria. hootin an heir to one of agreed to set up a demilitarized zone by mid october they say russian and turkish troops will patrol a buffer strip between syrian government forces and rebels. but. we both agree that implementation of the plan steps will give a new amount into the process of resolving the syrian conflict politically allowing work to intensify on an international solution and it will contribute to peace returning to syrian soil. russia and turkey both have direct strategic interests in syria moscow has strongly backed syria's president bashar assad's regime with troops on the ground but turkey too has intervened in the syrian conflict carving out

a zone of influence near its border in recent days turkey has increased its military presence in the region the risk of a confrontation between russia and a nato ally over it live grew as fighting increased. a low have you. sensed the beginning of the month dozens of people have been killed and wounded in air raids and attacks by the syrian government and the russian air force reports from it live have been growing increasingly dire with more and more people fleeing to turkey. there's always the sound of war planes and there are attacks on many areas and. people can't sleep because of the air raids all day and night. but now two of syria's major players have pledged an end to the killing and led.

but they still have to ensure the deal is honored. so could distil become a reality correspondent yulia harness for us and hawkeye that's right on the turkish border with syria is this agreement what people. have been hoping for. well actually be are right at the international border crossing between syria's a province and turkey so the huge gates behind me that you can see behind that is a province people over there that's what we here have been bracing for the worst in recent weeks and days for a massive attack by the assad government and its russian allies now it seems the agreement between turks present add on and russian president putin has delayed such an offensive but it's not clear right now whether it has entirely prevented it so for people in italy if it's like a glimmer of hope for the three to four million civilians over there trapped over

there with nowhere to go we were able to speak with people on the turkish side. former evil of residents people who fled before talking turkey closed its borders they still have relatives over there in it live and they told us this is a big step into the right direction that might save many many lives but others also tell us they're really skeptical whether russia whether the assad regime as they call it will stick to the deal will keep the deal so people here feelings are very mixed and it's not clear how this whole negotiations at these this agreement will play out on the ground ok as far as all the skepticism how much of it should this deal become reality will be safe for civilians. well you know there is very conflicting information out there right now turkish t.v. channels report that this demilitarized zone will basically be like a circle around city the major city in its lip province extending fifteen to twenty

kilometers it will be a demilitarized zone so happy to have the weapons have to be withdrawn rebel fighters a jihadist groups will have to withdraw obvious sources say this demilitarized zone will start at the turkish border and then extend into it live province which essentially means it live city will be left for the assad government so right now i can give you a very clear picture we are waiting for a first official map to give us a clearer picture of the situation and how this. demilitarized zone deescalation zone will in fact look like ok you know. what does this deal for turkey and for president richard. for him first of all it means a diplomatic success he was the one who when convinced president putin not to have this not to force this major offensive turkey of course has geopolitical interests

in syria it wants to sell a longer term presence over there it wants to be part of negotiations over syria's future but for now it also means that a large scale refugee influx that something president adam has been warning about will not happen in the near future the borders will remain closed and turkey will try to take care of the many i.d.p.'s inside syria from over here maybe you can see trucks going and coming across this border gate there are huge humanitarian aid deliveries into it live that's what turkey is trying to do to take care of people inside it looked province. on the border to. turkey thanks so much for the details we have at the moment and bring us up to date. and we have this breaking news coming in in this region a russian military jet has been brought down by syrian anti-aircraft fire killing all fourteen personnel on board but the russian defense ministry is saying

maneuvers by israeli aircraft led to the loss of that plane this video posted on social media by a security analyst purports to show the moment that russian jet went down moscow's says israeli pilots attacking targets in northern syria allegedly used the russian jet as a shield and that syrian government forces then inadvertently shot down the russian plane. and want more details on the story as they come in let's take a look now at some of the other news from around the world. president trump has added more tariffs on chinese imports affecting some two hundred billion dollars worth of goods to duties will start at ten percent next week and rise to twenty five percent in january washington warned that if beijing retaliates it will respond with tariffs on a further two hundred sixty seven billion dollars worth of chinese imports. south korean president has arrived in north korea for his third and possibly most

challenging summit with its leader kim jong un moon is hoping to mediate an impasse between washington and pyongyang over the north's nuclear weapons program he also aims to promote business ties between the two koreas. and the philippines hundreds of rescuers are searching for victims of a landslide caused by typhoon banket dozens are feared dead in the northern town of it gone in the country's worst affected region many had sought refuge in the gold miners bunkhouse the country's death toll from the typhoon has climbed to more than seventy that storms also hit hong kong and china. well here in berlin a doctor in the german capital says it is quote very likely that pussy riot member p.-a tour various aloft was poisoned the activists was flown to the german capital for treatment after he fell ill following a court hearing in the russian capital moscow last served

a fifteen day sentence for protest on the field during a world cup football match in russia doctors say he is still in intensive care but are confident he will recover. for the very latest we're joined now by our chief political editor michelle. can you tell us what else the doctors have been saying this morning. as well quite k. there indicating that this was a poisoning and that there were of course allegations from the russian side that he might have taken drugs himself now this the doctors say which points to suicide. idle tendencies which is something they couldn't confirm having spoken to his family and having spoken to him they can now speak to him again he is conscious but he still needs intensive medical treatment although he is out of the crucial hours and days that he saw from the beginning of his treatment in moscow to the arrival here where he was in a queue danger. so what happens now if

a poisoning was highly plausible in light of the number of poisonings we've seen of other russian dissidents well to put it straight the word never talk wasn't used in that press conference and the doctors were very reluctant to narrow down any kind of any kind of particular poisons that for the potentially been used they say there are potential there are remnants in the body it also depends on how he is physically how well you know i mean he is a young man he's thirty years old how quickly his body will be able to get rid of the toxins and the remnants within his body at the same time they were completely unwilling to speculate which particular poison could have potentially been used and they were also unwilling to speculate whether this is something that some how we could have potentially picked this up they say they simply don't know they're still investigating the biology the toxicology of it but they are not very hopeful that

they will come to any conclusions because they only were able to take some kind of . some kind of tissue or any kind of substances from his body six days after what appears to have been poisoned took place now a clinic in moscow there were two clinics which were initially involved in the lifesaving treatment quite unlikely would have survived this unless there had been significant treatment in moscow they came to know talks along the toxicological conclusion that that of course raises more question marks so many open questions still but clearly he's out of the danger zone ok has there been any reactions to this development at this point. well there's been no political reaction here so far this is seen as something of a criminal case that took place in russia he is a canadian citizen however so this will be expected to be picked up from the canadian side if there is any further indication that this could have involved any

kind of officials but there is no clear link so far so so far and by then i think there is a sense of relief that one doesn't have to get too close to this whole issue we learned that certainly the chance to be on the foreign office what in the form of him being brought to berlin but there was no direct involvement by the general government michel thanks very much for that we have some sports now and tonight two german coaches will be facing off as the most prestigious club football competition returns the champion's league you're going to clubs liverpool host to thomas twitchell's paris songs remain in a major group. one common denominator spells in charge of birds here dortmund you're going top lead them to the bundesliga title lifted the german cup and even made it into the champions league final now he's delivered poor boss thomas to hold took over from copper and won the german cup before landing his current gig.

in the french capital two who has a plethora of stars in his squad most notably neymar and one of the world cup most impressive players killing him bobby you need we need the best performance that we have with the ball against the ball and in the moments when nobody has the ball like you can never feel comfortable against your against teams you can never feel comfortable and feel p.s.g. are among this season's favorites to win the tournament. even you're going to plop thanks so. everybody knows about the quality of players this built that this team is built for winning the chairman sneak they win the championship in france anyway so and look so far quite easy for them because don't believe the quality they have but quality is something liverpool also have plenty of last season's runners up of beefed up their squad to and still boast a top goal scorer mohamed salah and even the much the group c.

showdown is expected at anfield but will it be too cold for club who come out on top. this is the demeanors live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for joining us and don't forget there's always more on these and other stories on our website did of your doctor. is in germany to learn german. published in the. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free stuff from the w z learning course.